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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

went. with this Eggleston hCx m
your escort Where Wa Cari -
night?" she demanded.
Jane groaned. Look A..cs
Mae, can't take much more az
this. It's all too silly. And ms
making me sore. I'll probably get
a headache. That DANCE she az
planned. was q senior prom Carl
and l were scheduled 10 no as
chaperonS. Carl didn't want 10 20.
He was showed under with work
and he had a headache. At The
last minute he asked me n I'd
mind going with Ted. And ulease
don't preach any more. Aunt NJ.
II you do I'm going 70 laugh
is 1t so amusing 10 know That
you're getting yourself taIked
about. Jane? I'm only telling YOU
all this for your own Rood nd
for Carls good.
"or maybe Aunt Ma sur.
gested slyly, he might think a
little gossip about you and vouY
doings would take their minds Of
him. I happen 10 know FOR 4 fact
that Carl and that young TaIbot
girl spend quite . number Of
hours eloseted together m his
Office"
Jane got UP. 'Iook. darllnws
she said, Il don't want 10 az anv
more about all this, II you don't
mind. AS for the Talbot eirl she's
working on q thesis she hae 20
write to get her masters degree.
Carl promised 70 help her with L
and ! suppose that's why she Goes
to his Office. You got me upset
about Helen once before but I re-
fuse to get upset again. Come
over some day NEXT week and
have lunch with me, won't yoal
/ don't like to hurry You OF haIt
right now I'm pretty tired. Would
you like me 70 nm yoa hogne IN
the carr"
Don't bother. Aaznk H6>e ~
quite definitely offended. !
ne b senliaaeAFrs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29
BY LYNN HEINzERLINc

JERUSALEM R-Since 1949 an
armistice line has coiled between
Arab and Jew in the Holy Land.
It halted war, but it has brought
no peace.
Cutting through the middle of
a conflict of emotions and reli-
gions, the line has become a guide
post for thieves, saboteurs and
murderers on their way to harass
the enemy.
"An eye for an eye, tooth for
a TOOTH" is the practice on this
frontier. An incident leads to re-
taliation and retaliation to another
incident.
The Holy Land has become a
place where fishermen on the Sea
of Galilee have armed police pro-
lection. Shepherds carry rifles in.
stead of crooks. Farmers know
how to use machineguns and NOR
tars. The man blowing toward you
in the next field may be planning
your murder.
There are nearly 800 miles of
armistice line separating Israel
from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and
Egypt, four of the nations which
fought Israel in 1948. Set up in
l949 through the efforts of the
United Nations mediator, DR..
Ralph Bunche, the line was ex-
pected to be replaced by perma.
nent boundaries under peace trea-
ties within few months. 1t has
lasted nearly five years now.
There has been bloodshed all
along the line, but the real trouble
area extends for about 80 miles
from the Jordan city of Tulkarm
in the north, through Oalqiliye,
the Latrun Valley, Jerusalem and
down to Idna in the south.
On the Israeli side of the border
are the greatest concentration of
Israels population and a large
proportion of the border settle
ments it has established, backed
up by the Israeli army. On the
other side are Jordan's heavy
population centers, excepting Am
man, and the border outposts of
the well-trained and well-equipped
Jordanian army, the Arab Legion.
And, mixed in with the population
and army at points usually not
more than 40 miles from the bor-
der and often within walking dis
lance, are most of the 474 900
Palestinian refugees in Jordan
Six years ago the refugees lived
on the other side of the border
Al many places in the country
the line is marked only by stones
painted white. Jewish farmers on
one side of the line and Arab
farmers on the other NAV find
themselves working with only a
patch of weeds between them. AT
other points, notably in and around
Jerusalem, in the Latrun Valley
and in Galilee, there are narrow
demilitarized zones between the
two countries.
Neither army Is able to guard
every foot Of the frontier between
Israel and Jordan. It requires no
special cunning to slip across the
fields at night and move toward
the nearest lights. Some of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the views Of lis read
but fe editor the right 10 delete items which
considered belov The writer's should be
fair and eonne the letters 200 words and write side
OF the only Signature Of the writer accompany the
letters and will be published unless requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

Clocks came into use In Europe
about the 18th Century although
there Is evidence they were invent.
ed some centuries earlier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

With some people it is better to remain silent since
they will do ninety per cent of the talking anyhow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

Good grammar, as get it, is understandable Ian
guage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

Intelligence does not always accompany the degrees
that some people acquire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

Chaos often results from good intention in COM
binaton with an ignorant mind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29
HOMES AND FIFTY-YEAR PAYMENTS

Senator Homer E. Capehart Republican chairman
Of the Senate Banking Committee recently proposed
91OO 900 Government program to help people buy
homes on fiftyyear mortgage plans. The mortgages
might even run to sixty years, according to the Indiana
Republican.
Senator Capehart advanced this plan in preference
70 public housing program in which the Government
would rent houses to citizens in lower income groups He
said the lorgmortgage plan would be preferable to the
public housing program in that it would make more
U. s. citizens homeowners and thus better citizens
Capehart said such policy would be an effective
one in combating Communism and that if the u s.
Government lost money the program, it would
be beneficial in the long rum tx
While we have not seen details of the Capehart
plan, the motivation behind the idea is sound and we
agree with Senator Capeharts theory home-owner-
ship Whether fifty sixty year payment plan is too
long is question which will be holly debated.
Generally speaking, we ndorse the Capehart idea,
although not the specific pan since it has yet been
presented in the form of bill We would like to see
more home owners in this community, and in all parts
the country, believing that man woman with this
responsibility develops a better community spirit.
Good grammar, get it, is understandable Ian
guage.
Not every dead-beat is pauper - some of them
are well-to-do
Intelligence does not always accompany the degrees
that some people acquire.
Chaos often results from good intention in COM
bination with ignorant mind
With some people it is better to remain silent since
they Will 90 ninety per cent of the talking anyhow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29

Not every dead-beat is pauper - SOM
are well-to-do.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-29
Yours very truly,
CHARLES HELBERG,

President, The Key Wester
January %, 1854
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Lifelong County
Resident Dies
In Bethesda Home

Jesse Lee Barber, son of the
late Edward and Mary Elizabeth
Barber of Laytonsville, died Nov.
II at his home in Bethesda. He
was 65 years old.
He is survived by his widow,
Blanche Windsor Barber, a son,
Edward R., of Bethesda, two
granddaughter and by five
brothers and one sister: Edward
H., John William, Roy W., Ellis
R. and Clarence A. Barber and
Mrs. Bessie M. Windham.
Funeral services were held Nov.
20 from the Roy w. Barber Flu
neral Home in Laytonsville with
burial in the Laytonsville GENE
terry. The Rev. Hartwell Chand-
Ter of the Easton, Md, Methodist
church officiated.
Mr.. Barber, a life long resident
of Montgomery county, was en-
ployed by the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission. He
was one of the original members
of the Bethesda Fire Department
to which he belonged for Is years.
He was member of the Francis
Scott Key Council of Frederick,
the King David Lodge No. SO of
Odd Fellows in Frederick and the
Laytonsville camp of the Modern
Woodman of America.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
SHOP IN
DAMASCUS
Square Dance Comes from
Biblical Times to County

and numerous styles of dancing
ar "a ,ored by the different Sec
tons, out the basic steps and fig
uil formations remain the same.
The real object of square dancing,
and of the callers who conduct
the dances is to provide fun,
pleasure and relaxation, not that
good dancing is neglected to
achieve this but good dancing is
taught in a manner so as to re-
tain the main objective.
Montgomery County boast APP
proximately 1000 members in its
Montgomery County square
Dance Association, good dancers
all. To see the majority of them
on the floor at one time is a sight
indeed. Upper Montgomery Coun-
ty has not at yet developed a
taste for group dancing of this
form but the move is on. To our
knowledge one caller travels from
Virginia to call for a group. Of
course, Sugar Loaf Barns, Square
Dance Country Club, devotes it's
entire time to teaching such old
time dances. But by and large the
revival of square dancing has a
way to go before catching up
with its neighbors in Uppe
Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Roland MulIinir
Rites Are Held
In Damascus

G. Roland Mullinix died Nov. 20.
He was the son of Mrs. Mary c..
Mullinix and the late Granville
Mullinix.
A native of Damascus, he was
a member of the Damascus Meth
odist church and an employee of
the National Institute of Health
Besides his mother he is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Null
link, one daughter, Mrs. Carlton
Brandenburg, and one son, Aus
tin H. Also two sisters, Mrs. Will
liam N. Scott and Mrs. Paul Wat
kins, and one brother, William
M.
Services were held Nov. %
from the Wordsworth Funeral
Home in Damascus with the Rev.
A. Dean Kesler officiating. Bur
ial was in the Damascus GENE
terry. Pallbearers were Noah If
ert, Jerry Williams, Edward Wat
kins, Claytus Brandenburg, Will
liam Waters and Pearl Dryer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Laytonsvi||e and Woodfie|d
Mrs. Ulysses Griffith " Damascus 1882
Damascus 1882

the many cards and kindnesses
she received during her recent
stay in the hospital
Mrs. Ava King spent last week
with her son, Julian King, in
Cedar Grove, and is spending this
week in Woodfield with her
daughter Mrs. ]. Raymond Kemp.
Mrs. j. William Erwin had as
a recent house guest her brother
in-law, Chester Lewis, of Holly
wood, Calf.
Wesley Grove church in Wood
field will hold its annual turkey
supper as usual on Thanksgiving
day. Come out, eat a good meal
and save yourselves all the work
of fixing Thanksgiving dinner at
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Ward,
Tommy and Jimmy attended the
Maryland George Washington
game on Saturday and were din
ner guests afterward of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur M. Ahalt of College
Park. They were joined at dinner
by their daughter, Mary Ann, who
is a student at Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Ward of
Baltimore were guests of Mrs.
Mary G. Ward at the Mt. Tabor
church turkey supper Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Vincent
and Ann of Snow Hill will be
Thanksgiving weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Faucette
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of baby daughter, Nov.
IS at Montgomery General Hospi-
tai. Little Miss Faucette weighed
in at little over eight pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pope, Mr..
and Mrs. James Burns, Mr.. Don
aid Wayne and Miss Augusta Mae
King attended the annual Peoples
Life Insurance banquet and dance
Saturday at the Francis Scott Key
hotel in Frederic.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pope were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Pope in Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
DQteZine Damascus
Mrs. Ulysses Griffith ~ Damascus 1882
Damascus 1882

Miss GI-dhill came home Tuesday
for the Thanksgiving holiday
Two Damascus high school
studcn,s are entering the county
Il speak For Democracy" con-
tee,,. They are Barbara Steele and
Bcrnardine Gladhill. Their speech
es VII be tape recorded at the
2Card of Education office for the
contest which is to be held Nov.
IS. i,e county winner will par
tic!rata in the state contest in
January.
TlSrc will be a special Thanks
giving assembly at the high school
Wednes -ay, Nov. "a with the Rev,
A. Desl Kesler delivering the
MESA e and appropriate musical
select ons from the high school
chorus.
Jane Nichols, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Nichols, OBJ.
served her 10th birthday Nov. ii
with a party for 80 of her young
friends. A delicious color scheme
of pink and white was carried out
and Jane was the recipient of
many lovely gifts.
Thanksgiving houseguests of
Captain and Mrs. George w. Ger
ing of Sugar Loaf Barns were
Mrs. Catherine Hayes of Mont
clair, N. j., Miss Ram Wherung
of Washington, D. c., and the
Gerings' sons Henry and Michael,
home for the holidays from the
Citadel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Slacum
and children are spending the holt
day weekend with Mrs. Slaeum's
parents in Orange, Va.
The Mt. Airy sub-district MYF
booth festival was held Monday
at Calvary church in Mt. Airy.
Materials collected by the mem
Der MYFs for the Strawbridge
and Kelso Homes were displayed
in individual booths.
Mrs. Howard Taylor entertained
the members of the Wesleyan
Service Guild Tuesday with Mrs.
Herbert S. Hyatt as co-hostess.
The following members were
received at the morning service
Sunday at the Damascus Meth
odist church Mrs. Evelyn Wat
kins, Mr., and Mrs. Robert Davids,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark King, Mrs.
Donald Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Freienmuth, Mr.. and Mrs. r. r
Carlson and Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Isaac.
The Intermediate MYF enjoyed
a guided tour through the Wash
ington Cathedral Sunday after
noon. They also visited the new
Mohammedan mosque. They were
accompanied on their trip by Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert S. Hyatt, Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Mullinix, Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Burke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll Fetzer, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth King. On their return to
Damascus they enjoyed a deli
cious buffet supper prepared by
Mrs. Druid Clodfelter, Mrs. Gil
more Hurley, Mrs. Merhle Bur
dette, and Mrs. Kenneth King fol-
lowed by their regular meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Cold Models
To Be Made
By Chevrolet

In a salute to the General
Motors Golden Carnival, 5000
gold" Chevrolets will go on dis
play at dealer showrooms across
the country November %.
Appearance of the especially
finished cars is planned concur
rent with the assembly of the
corporations 50,OOO.000th vehicle.
The milestone model will be a
Chevrolet sport coupe and form
the basis for a celebration in GINS
home town" of Flint, Mich, and
other plant cities which have con.
tributed to the amazing produc-
ton record.
Showing the gold models at
dealer establishments will be ac.
companied by special decorations
and the distribution of booklets to
visitors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Plan Course
In Recreation


Anne Livingston, leadership
training specialist of the National
Recreation Association, will con-
duct a recreation leadership train
ing course in Hyattsville and Sill
yer Spring, on November 20, 30,
and December l and 2.
The course, which is sponsored
by the Prince Georges and Mont
gomery Recreation Departments
IN cooperation with the National
Recreation Association, will be
held at the Education Building of
the First Methodist Church, Balti-
more Blvd. and Hamilton Street,
Hyattsville and at the Silver
Spring Intermediate School, Phil
adelphia and Chicago Avenues,
Silver Spring.
Identical sessions are scheduled
Monday through Thursday at the
following hours: 9 am. to 11:3O
am. in Hyattsville; and 8 pm. to
10 pm. in Silver Spring.
Volunteers as we'll as profess
sional recreation leaders are in
vited to take part in the four-day
course which will concentrate on
Social Recreation. Mrs. Living
ston has been on the national
training staff of the National Rec
reation Association since 1913
and has conducted training pro-
grams in every state in the coun-
try reaching thousands of recrea-
ton leaders every year.
Those who want to register for
the course for which there is a 81
fee should get in touch with either
the Prince Georges County Rec
reation Department, 4S11 River
dale Road, Riverdale, Appleton Z
2207, or the Montgomery County
Recreation Department, County
Office Building, Rockville, Poplar
2-2121.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Damascus Water
System Studied,
Census Taken

Residents of Damascus are now
being canVassed to ascertain
their pleasure with respect to be-
ing "hooked up to a proposed
town water system.
A town meeting will be called
in the near future to hear a pres
entation of the results of the
water census and plan future
steps.
The census" committee was
appointed at the Nov. 16 town
meeting which considered prelim-
mary studies on a town water
system. Herbert Hiatt was elected
chairman and Mrs. Marian Viii.
cox McNabb was named Score.
tary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
County Cage
League Plans
Will Be Made

The Recreation Department of
Montgomery County held a
basketball league organizational
meeting on Tuesday evening, Nov.
16, at 8 pm, in the Recreation
Department Office, County Office
Building, Rockville.
The Department will sponsor
two adult basketball leagues this
year. One league will be an open
league, with all players and teams
within the Metropolitan area be-
ing eligible to play, with games
to be played on Sunday evenings
at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School. The other league will be
restricted league open only to
residents of Montgomery County,
and games will be played on We'd
nesday evenings at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
BY Babe Gering
Sugar Loaf Barns, Damascus

Last week we tried briefly to
explain some of the good reasons
for square dancing. This week
let's discuss the origin of square
dancing.
Dancing has been in the world
since Biblical times. 1t has been
used to express many emotions
and to celebrate many things.
Like all things in this world
dancing has enjoyed high mo-
ments of beauty and low periods
of ugliness, because it is an ex-
preston of the people, and such
things as wars, economics and
other forces affect our diversions
as they do the other aspects of
our lives.
Square dancing is no exception,
and is no less an expression of
the people than other forms of
dancing which have come and
gone through the ages. The term
folk, means people and square
dancing is the form of dancing
used in the old countries, brought
to this country and used by our
forefathers. Therefore square
dancing is often referred to as
American folk dancing. Wars, de-
pressions and other upheavals
caused this American folk dane
ingto recede and almost disap-
pear, while more sophisticated
forms of dancing became popular
In the East particularly, square
dancing disappeared. However. in
the Middle West it was continued,
especially in rural areas. Sudden
ly tired, jaded people, rediscov-
cred the pleasure of these dances
and rapidly it began to spread
both east and west. 1t grew faster
in the west, thanks to Lloyd
Shaw, but now the trend in the
east is steadily growing.
In some sections, such as Ashe-
vile, N. c., for instance, great fes-
rivals are held and people travel
from all over the state to partici-
pate and compete in the square
dance festival and people crowd
the town to watch.
The type of dancing varies with
the locality. For example, down
south, a circle form is used; in
New England, more contras or
long ways dances are popular.
The contras or long way dance
most familiar in these parts is
the Virginia Reel. Out west the
squares of eight are used and all
sections have found the old time
couple dances a pleasure.
Various tempos for dancing,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Hold Stephens
Rites Tuesday

Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning from the
Wordsworth Funeral Home for
Robert Edgar Stephens, age 81,
who died Nov. 20 at Mt. Wilson
Hospital after an illness of sew
eral months.
Born at Seneca the son of Rob-
ert T. and Isabelle Padgett Steph-
ems, the deceased was a retired
farmer who had driven school
bus for many years. He was a
member of the Upper Seneca
Baptist church in Cedar Grove.
He is survived by his widow,
Essie, and three children, James
E., R. Carl and Miss Mary Lou
Stephens, all of Damascus. Two
grandchildren and a brother,
George, are also among the sur
vivorS.
Burial was in the Monocacy
cemetery, Beallsville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Bell in Korea

Pvt. William A. Bell, 10, son of
Mrs. Florine A. Taylor, Route l,
Gaithersburg, is serving with the
Oath Infantry Division in Korea.
The Victory division first
landed in Korea in July 1850 and
spent 10 months in combat before
going to Japan for security duty.
1t returned to the peninsula
shortly before the cease fire.
Private Bell, message center
specialist in Headquarters Com
pany of the divisions 21st Regi-
ment, entered the Army last
March an darrived in the Far
East in August.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
Mrs. Ulysses Griffith. "

A joint Thanksgiving service
will be held at the Damascus
Methodist church Thurs d a y
morning at l Dam. Participating
churches are the Methodist
churches at Woodfield, Cedar
Grove, Clagettsville, Brownings-
vile, Mountain View and Damas-
Gus. The Rev. Leon Dage OF
Montgomery Chapel will be the
npreacher. The Rev. Henry E.
Ernst of Cedar Grove will also
take part in the service.
Sunday, Nov. % will be a
Homecoming day at the Damas
Gus Methodist church. There will
be covered dish supper at 5 pm.
at which former pastors and their
families will be the honor guests.
The supper will be followed by an
informal service in the church.
This column extends sympathy
to the family and friends of Ro-
land Mullinix whose death occur
red last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Woodfield
entertained at a family Thanks
giving dinner Sunday. Guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs Robert Price,
Kenny and Mary Jane Mullinix,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Harvey, Mr..
and Mrs. II. T. Bennett and chill
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
WoOdfield and children.
Mrs. Alan Callicutt spent the
weekend in Philadelphia with her
sister, Miss Anna Lee Gladhill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
OFFER SPANISH CLASS

"Aqui Sc liable espanop and
you'll talk Spanish, too, no mat
ter where you are if you'll enroll
in the adult education Spanish
class that is being offered at the
Richard Montgomery High school,
Rockville, on Tuesday evenings
from 8 to 10 pm. To register,
come to class or call the Board of
Education.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-25
WOODFIELD

Mrs. Ralph Howard has asked
the column to help her to express
her thanks and appreciation for