davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

proved lots and 81 unimproved
lots.
BY 1850, there were 80 families
living in Poolesville, according to
the Census for that year. A de-
cade later a detachment of Union
troops occupied Poolesville dur
ing the Civil War. Participating
in the Battle of Balls Bluff, the
leader of these troops, General
Baker, was mortally wounded
and was laid out" in the parlor
of the Willson-Poole house. This
event, as described in great de-
tail by her parents, impressed
Mrs. Fannie Williams deeply in
her childhood.
What kinds of people have liv-
ed in Poolesville? Many have
been retired farmers or prosper
Gus ones who preferred life in
the village to the rigorS of life
on the farm. Many were trades
men including blacksmiths,
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

President William Henry Har.
rison and Clara Barton, founder
Of the American Red Cross,
bought lots at Glen Echo, some
for homes, some for investment.
Just when the future of the
Glen Echo National Chatauqua
looked brightest, the mosquitoes
moved in. They bred in the
water-filled quarries from which
the stone had been taken TO con.
struct the buildings.
Without attempting TO eradi.
cate the mosquitoes, the faculty
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

and staff moved out. In later
years, Tife holes were filled and
the mosquitoes eliminated, and
the houses around the park sold
for a fraction of their cost.
About 1909, the Washington
Railway Co. began operating the
park as a, picnic grove, and built
a merry-go-round an an added
attraction. The company install
ed Leonard Schloss as general
manager of the park, and he held
that post until his retirement in
1948.
The parks biggest attraction,
the roller,coaster, was built in
1923. Since then, it has been re-
built five times; daily checks are
made to insure safety. The park
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

still standing, joined the religi.
GUS life of the community.
In 1841, Maj Peter gave land
for a school. Here, on the corn.
er adjoining the Methodist
Church mentioned above, school
house was built which was used
until about 20 years ago when
the new school, a fine modern
structure, was built. A mile or
two outside of Poolesville was
Briefly Hall, a boarding school
for girls from the 1870s to about
1900; later it became Military
Academy and served as such for
a number of years.
This was the "old" Poolesville
1t grew slowly. The Montgom-
cry County Tax Assessment
Books show the following: 1873
3 improved lots; 1928 3 improv-
ed lots; 1896 8 improved lots;
1871 improved lots and 16
uMmproved lots; 1830-10 i'm
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

tually the oldest part of the
amusement park, now boasts
such features as special reduced
rates for groups. For birthday
parties, the park will furnish
everything, including a cake, for
small celebrants.
But Glen Echo isn't just for
children. In fact, a kiddieland
for children under II was built
recently, so they could be sure of
rides without having to compete
with the adults.
Some people really throw
themselves into the spirit of
things at Glen Echo. In 1851,
two Marines got on the roller
coaster and didn't get off until
they ran out of money $40 later.
And one MISUNDERSTANDING
businessman, noted for his fond.
iiNHH lpi NilN ClCNlllC OdlS, spent
SIS in one evening jockeying his
red racer around the floor.
More sophisticated patrons
have enjoyed dancing to big.name
bands in the Spanish Ballroom
for % years.
Jerry Price, who succeeded Mr..
Schloss as manager, said the
greatest tribute to Glen Echo
came from New Zealander
travelling around the world
The young man told Mr.. Price
that in his travels he had been
most impressed by five things:
the view of Honolulu at dusk
from the air; San Francisco at
night from the Mark; the United
States as a whole; the city of
Washington in particular; and
Glen Echo's roller-coaster.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

and grandparents living there be-
fore them. Today new" people
are coming to Poolesville, but
mostly to live in the old houses.
Two more fires, one in 1885 and
another in 1858 have necessitated
some new building.
The town of Poolesville is the
economic and social center of
the Poolesville "neighborhood."
Many fine old houses are on sur
rounding farms. To mention on
ly few, these include the lovely
Chiswell house, "Stony Castle"
"Kilmain," the Doctor Brewer
house near Beallsville, and "Aix-
la-Chapelle." At Beallsville is
Monocacy Cemetery, once the site
of Eden Chapel.
An account of this larger
Poolesville area would go far be-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

In 1869, John Poole sold 70
acres of his land to his brother,
Joseph Poole, who also is listed
as living in Sugarland Hundred
in 1776, Joseph's farm is now
owned by Warren Irwin.
One boundary of Johns and
Joseph'S property was CoXen's
road, leading from Seneca to
Whites Ferry (then called Con
RAIDS Ferry and now Pooles-
ville's 'Main Street" Along this
road John Poole laid off Is acres
of his land (at that time called
"Poole's Right") and gave it to
his son, John Poole, ir. This
was in 1899 and that, no doubt,
was the approximate date when
this younger John built the house
still standing in Poolesville in
which, it is said, he lived and
kept store.
Shortly thereafter Poole mar.
ried Priscilla Sprigg, one of the
heirs of the deceased Frederick
Sprigg, and the couple moved to
her estate near GAINESVILLE. In
1917 John Poole sold his Is acres
along Coxen's Road to Dennis
Lakeland.
Joseph Poole, meanwhile, had
marked off six lots of one-fourth
acre each along Coxen's Road to
the east of his nephew Johns,
and in 1906 decided one lot to
each Of his five sons, keeping the
sixth for himself. On one of these
lots is the house now belonging
to Mrs. Virginia Hersperger. It
may be seen today along the "old
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
John, Joseph Poole Gave
Town Its Name; Many of Old
Gracious Homes Still Stand
by Martha Sprigg Poole

The town Of Poolesvile named for two brothers,
luton.
John Poole "scrivener" of Anne Arundel County ac-
quired 23S acres in Frederick County (now Montgomery
1850 He moved to his property before 776 as
his wife and children listed in the Census for that year
as living Sugarand Hundred John Pooes farm adjoined
Pooesve on the north and in recent years to be
known the "Nossburg farm, owned by Mrs Jessie
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

is especially proud of the fact
that there has never been an
accident on the roller-coaster, for
which it was responsible.
However, the SENTINEL of
June 13, 1926. reported an acci-
dent on the ride, due to the care.
leSsness of a rider.
Nineteen-year-old Clayton Lam.
bert, sitting in the front seat of
the second car, stood up to reach
for his hat, which had blown
off. He fell under the car and
his right leg was cut off. He
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

died the next morning in a hos
pital, the paper says.
Another milestone in the de.
velopment of Glen Echo Park
was the opening of the quarter.
million-dollar Crystal Pool, in
1881. II is one of the few in the
country with a sand beach.
In 1888, the Washington Rail.
way Co. and the Capital Traction
Co. merged to form the Capital
Transit Co., and Glen Echo Park
continued TO be operated as an
affiliate. On April /, 1854, Con.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
Insured Cows Against
Autos Back in '2S

Life insurance on livestock was
offered to County farmers in an
ad in the SENTINEL of 1923 by
James Oliver Ora of Washington,
DC.
Il insure horses and cattle
against death from any cause in
eluding autos and trucks" his
copy read. In fact, as the punch
line of his bid for business, Mr..
Ora proclaimed that he would in
sure anything insurable."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
D2 MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
1855 - CENTURY lEDTON = 1855

yond the scope of this article
which has necessarily been con-
fined to giving the beginnings of
the $50 year old village named
that long ago for its founders.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

w E. for part proud, too proud that we have
been privileged to provide Electricity when and where
the countys growth has required it "MatchIess
Service for the farm, the home and industry.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-11-11

The old adage that we sell
dom see ourselves as others
see us was demonstrated
again this week - this time
by tive genial German boys,
who have developed some in
teresting likes and dislikes in
their first three months in
the United States.
Opinions on Catholic education,
religion, food, and sports came
from Rainer Hahn, Is, of Rotten
burg, Ger any, and Peter
Sehlamp, II, of Munich, who were
brought to Columbus as exchange
students through the efforts of
the Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women.
students in America" de-
clared Hahn, receive an educa-
ton. Those in Germany have only
knowledge from books"
Hahn, who along with his CO.
hort, is a senior at st. Charles
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This view conceded with young
Schlamp's opinion on religion.
He believes that Americans 90
to church because they love God.
and mot because they have to
60"
At Mass itself, Schlamp notes
one difference. In Germany, there
is more congregational singing.
Schlamp also is of the opinion
that American schools emphasize
character building. Nevertheless,
he said, school systems here
aren't perfect because there is
too much emphasis on sports"
In Germany, he noted, football
is about as popular as skiing on
the Sahara Desert.
American food, the boys agreed,
is quite different, too.
Schlamp is just getting accus-
toned to eating big" breakfasts,
and deserts after meals In Ger
many, his usual morning fare
Continued on Page q
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The State Department an.
nouncement referred to a note
sent to the Soviet government
on June 81, 1855, in which the
us. offered to grant a Russian
prelate the same rights accorded
an American chaplain under pro
vision of the 1888 Roosevelt-Lit,
vinov agreement granting Amer
ican recognition to the USSR.
The June ~ note pointed
out that Archbishop Boris had
frequent contact with Amer
lean citizens and fhe oppor.
funify of holding services al
many American churches dur.
inq his earlier visit in the US.
In contrast, .fhe note added
"Fsfher Bissonneffe was unable
TO hoio services In the small
Roman Catholic Church In
Moscow and was forced 10 use
his small apartment for this
purpose"
The note then offered TO give
a Russion prelate "the same pos
sibilities of entry and religious
activity as those accorded tc
American clergymen in the Soviet
Union"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-11-11

Paris, France. The sisters aid the
very poor and the refugees from
behind the Iron Curtain.
Last Christmas, said Doug.
las Hyde, one OF Eritain's best
known Catholic journalists, fhe
Sisters distributed . total Of
lA4,0 gift parcels. In the past
year, they have given away
more than 5000, 900 pounds Of
relief goods, including 1000
600 pounds of butter, 406, 1872
pounds of cheese and 610,782
pounds of dried milk. Clothing
and shoes valued at $500, 900
were provided by U. S. catho-
lies through q collection in the
dioeeses, Hyde said.
"The Paris office, the noted
convert declared, ''is just one of
the scores in all parts of the
world, which could provide spec
tacular evidences of American
generosity.
'It is right and proper" he
said, that American Catholics
should be modest about it, but
it is surely equally right that we
should sometimes blow their
trumpets for them"
Native poor of BOLIVIA, Brazil,
Chile, Peru, Haiti, Martinique,
Goa, Spain, Tangier, Egypt and
Italy also benefited from the
more than 100000 pounds of
clothing u. S. Catholics donated
in the 1854 collection.
Millions of destitute, refugees,
expellees and civilian poor =
whole populations existing on
marginal levels, attest to the
acut" need for successful drive.
Monsignor William e. Kap.
pes, diocesan director of ehari.
ties, is in charge cf the eolIee-
ficn. Details of fhe campaign
in fhe diocese will be snnoune-
ed in next weeks issue OF The
Catholic Times.
This year, the ninth campaign
will be conducted in some $4,000
parishes in the United States.
After sorting and processing in
warehouses in this country, the
contributions will be shipped by
Catholic Relief Services Ma.
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, to the homeless and needy
in all parts of the world. The ma
terial, as always, will be distri.
buted solely on the basis of need
regardless of race, creed, color or
national origin.
The faithful of the diocese oi
Columbus last year contributed q
record amount of 86,944 pounds
of usable clothing to the Bishops
collection. This was an increase
over the 1853 collection of more
than 5000 pounds.
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written for N.C.W.C

could. Another was King Louis
XIV of France, who tried to
infringe upon the rights of the
Church.
Time has blurred the peoples
memory of Pope Innocent XI and
the courageous policies in the
Church's defense. Recent steps in
the 264 year old beatification
cause of this sanity Pope, how
ever, have served to bring into
sharper focus both his own per-
sonality and the issues he was
called upon to face.
Less than iWo years after his
death--on April tt, 1871 -
The process was begun 10 inves.
tigafe Pope innoeeni's sepUfa-
sion for sanetiiy and thus pre-
pare the introduction of his
cause for beafifieation.
The process was allowed to
lapse, however, and was not re,
opened until 1884. In 1914, a so.
called antepreparatory session
Continued on page q
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magazine or book publishers,
Monsignor Fitzgerald ad de d.
"And in these fields the rene
gade publisher is taking over"
he said. "He depends upon the
sensational to sell his publica-
tions; he has no sense of respon-
sibility to society; he brushes
aside all moral principles; his
sole standard of success is mea-
sured in terms of profit. AS COM
petition gets keener, he has only
one way to bolster his sales-by
making his publications more
sensational"
Monsignor Fitzgerald also criti-
cized the reputable publisher"
who, he said, is equally at fault
in his insistence that "there is no
place in our society for extra
legal efforts to coerce the taste
of others, to confine adults to the
reading matter deemed suitable
for adolescents, or to inhibit the
efforts of writer's to achieve ar
tistic expression"
The reputable publisher, he
said, calls for vigorous enforce
menf Of fhe present laws deal.
ing with obseenitY, "but at fhe
present firne in the vast ma
Continued on Page y
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-11-11
Father StauntOn
Offers Requiem
For His Parent

Father John C. Staunton, exec
utive secretary of the Ohio Catho-
lie Welfare Conference, offered a
Requiem Mass this morning in
st. James Church, Wyoming, o.,
for his father, William J. Staun-
ton. so, who died Tuesday morn
ing following a brief illness.
Also surviving are three daugh-
ters. Mrs. James Roettele and
Miss Mary Staunton of Wyom-
ing. and Mrs. Raymond Leurck
of Cincinnati; another son, Will
lam, Jr., of Wyoming; eight
grandchildren; two brothers,
Terrence of New York City,
and John of County Roscommon,
Ireland, and a sister, Bridget, al.
so of Roscommon.
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The committee also emphasized
the need to develop spiritual and
moral values in the classroom.
The group urged that schools Of
fer special services for the gifted
child, the slow learner. the men
tally or physically handicapped
and other exceptional" children.
Higher student achievement
in fhe basic studies - fhe three
RS, English, spelling and Amer.
lean history-slso was recon-
nended by The committee mem
bers.
Other resolutions urged Ohio
schools not to accept federal aid
(this does not include aid for
school lunch progrsms}, that Ohio
needs better school product
even if il means longer, harder
work by pupils, teachers and the
public, and that mediocrity in
public education in Ohio cannot
be condoned.
No such aim for higher educa-
tion standards can succeed, the
committee said, without active
support, cooperation, even insist
ence. from parents and the COM
munity as a whole"
Six topics are 70 be discuss
ed at the Washington meeting.
They are: u What should our
schools accomplish? u In what
ways can we Organize our
school systems more efficient
" and economically 81 What
are our school building needs7
~ How can we get enough good
teachers and keep fhem2
81 How can we finance our
schools - build and operate
them? 81 How can we obtain .
continuing public interest in
education?
Specific references to private
schools in study guide provided
for delegates are included in a
Continued on Page p
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dents, FOR example, must spend
from one TO two years Of fhs
normal five-yesr course study.
ing Msrxiss-Lsninist PhiIoso-
ply.
AS a result the philosophy de-
partment dominates the universe
ty. A university pamphlet issued
this year says, "Marxist-Leninist
philosophy - dialectic and his
toricaI materiaIism - is of great
for the education of
the worker. 1t trains the Soviet
people in a lively Soviet patrio-
tism and gives them the eonvic-
ton of the inevitable world tri-
umph of communism"
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1T is located in poor section
ofsthe city very close to the Lubi-
anka Prison where the former
Russian leader, Beria, was report
edly executed. The church is sur
rounded by tenements and run
down apartments, but is the only
place for Catholic worship in the
entire Russian Capital"
He stated that the priest did
not read routine church an
or give sermon.
This tends to bear out reports
that all churches must confine
their activities entirely to relig-
ious services.
The description OF Lomono-
SOW University. which Is located
in Moscow in Russis's falIesf
skyseraper, came from Or. Karl
Bringmann, managing editor OF
the kNA, the Catholic news
agency in Bonn, Germany.
DR.. Bringmann, just back from
a trip to Moscow, said the 81
story building is the training
grounds for some $4,000 elite stu
dents picked from all parts of the
Soviet world.
In addition to practically free
education, the students receive
numerous special privileges, in
Guiding monthly grants from the
government as high as SIPS.
Az Lomonosov, students are
forced into an academic strait
jacket. While their studies Gov.
er . broad field and include
required courses in . variety
Of subjects, everything is
taught according TO a strict
Marxisf point OF view. All stu
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This warning came from Msgr.
Thomas ]. Fitzgerald, executive
secretary of the National 0rgani-
cation for Decent Literature, who
addressed the two-day triennial
convention of the Ohio Chapter,
international Federation of Cath
olic Alumnae, here.
Admitting that many of the
publications he criticized "can be
read by the average normal adult
without any serious, adverse eff
feet" Monsignor Fitzgerald de-
clared, "our primary concern is
the manner in which these books
are distributed. If they were sold
strictly to adults, if they were
confined to book stores, our con-
cern would not be so acute.
''But because they can be pur-
chased by our grammer school
and teen-age children-and don't
think they aren't being purchased
at the nearest corner and for
q nominal cost, our concern is
natural"
1--WE feel that the state has
an obligation 10 exercise its pro-
teefive custody toward its youth
rs far as lies within It's eonpe-
fenee," Monsisnor Fitzgerald
said. I'VE realize that we can
rot legisIafe our children into
good reading habits, but we
feel there has 10 be q middle
of-the-road through which lesis-
lation can be enacted which
would protect the minds OF
young children and al fhe same
= fine offer TO the adult the read.
Ing matter suitable for mature
consumption"
"We have laws" he pointed
out, Restricting the use of ciga-
rettes and liquor for juveniles,
and no one has ever cried censor
ship in these cases"
Referring to the Code Author
fly set up last year by the Comic
Magazine Association of America
Monsignor Fitzgerald said that
while much has been accom-.
plished to clear up the comic
book situation,' more remains tc
be done.
No similar code authority
however has been set up by the
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Archbishop and his secretary to
enter the United States to minis
ter to the needs of Soviet nation
ais in the us.
Father Dion, now registrar at
Assumption College here, will re-
place Father George BisSonette,
fellow Assumptionist, as the
American Catholic chaplain in
Moscow. Father Bissonnette was
ordered to leave Moscow on
March 2 of this year.
N is recalled in Washington
thar Father Dicn's predecessor
was exDelIed from the Soviet
Union because fhe American
government had refused 10 ex.
tend he temporary visa Of the
Russian prelate. He is Arch.
bishop Boris who had been sent
70 the US. b, ths Moscow Or
fhodox Patriarch as Exsreh of
fhe Russian Orthodox Church
Of The AIeufian Islands and
North America.
The secretary who. has now
been granted permission to &C,
company Archbishop Boris is
Alexander Sedoroyich Shishkin
No termination dates were sci
for their visas.
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Preparatory School, elaborated
on the distinction:
Students here have . wide
knowledge in a variety OF SUBJ
ieets. They can talk on relis-
ion, sports and on politics. A
German student merely nemor.
izes dates and facts"
Hahn also was enthusiastic
about St. Charles, particularly
the schools science laboratory
He declared;
Science classes are wonderful
In Germany we watch our teach
er perform scientific experiments
We can't do them ourselves be-
cause there just isn't enough
equipment"
Also startling TO the young
German was what he described
Is Americas great spiritual
ity." Churches are more crowd
ed in the United States, and
parish activities more nUmer.
Gus than in Germany, he said.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-11-11
100000 Is Pledged
By 5000 in the First
Report of Fund Drive
Seek $50
From Each
Wage Garner

First unofficial returns in.
dicate that the special coIIec-
ton held in Franklin County
parishes last Sunday netted
s104, ,037.93 in pledges. A
total of 3056 persons answer
ed the appeal. Cash contri-
buttons amounted to $780,
1925. Donors have pledg-
ed to pay the balance by May
1, 1856
The initial report included q
splendid response from the fol-
loving parishes: Immaculate
Conception, Holy Rosary. Christ
the King, ST Thomas, and st.
James the Less.
The special appeal will con-
finUe in The parishes shs next
two Sundays. Development
Drive offieisls indicated that
1900 wage earners have nos
answered ths plea. Successful
completion Of the major build =
ing program which calls for
new 81. Vincent orphsnass
and ore additional central high
school will be assured II each
wage Garner will pledge and
contribute $50 to the fund by
May I, 1856.
Plans are being made to collect
pledges and contributions in each
of the parish churches on Sum
day. November 13, and Sunday,
November 20. Special appeal en-
yelopes will be available for any
adult who has not yet contribut-
ed TO the plea.
Prior to last Sundays collec-
ton. s1,S28,078 had been con-
tributed to the building fund.
Goal of the present special sp-
peal is to raise an additional
$500. 900 BY May /.
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Among the 20o0 delegates to
participate in the session are Fs-
ther G. Bennett Applegate, Mrs.
Alexander J. Glockner and Mrs.
Victor J. Warken.
Ohio representatives will take
with them to the conference a
number of resolutions passed by
q 29-member committee appoint
ed by Governor Frank Lausche.
Perhaps the most important
resolution asks the White
House Conference 10 recognize
"the substantial contribution
made 10 education by paroehisl
and private schools"