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Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
OBITUARY
GILDERsLEEVE

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Services for James Raymond Gill
dersleeve, ~, of Wyoming, who
died Friday, September %, in the
Kent General Hospital, Dover,
were private from the Torbert Fu-
neral Chapel at 2 p. m Monday,
with the Rev. Ira G. Doyle, of Cam
den, officiating. Interment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Camden.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Alice Gildersleeve; a niece, Mrs.
Florence H. Kitchin, Philadelphia /;
three nephews, George A. Huet, of
Media, Pa; Paul Huet and Cecil
Huet, both of Philadelphia. Mrs.
Mary Raymond Of Dover. is a cou-
sin
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

1t is interesting to note here
that the sum of s26i.6S was
collected in Red Cross Area 6
for the flood districts in Il be
east. Boxes were placed in
places where they could pc
seen and the above amount was
the result. There were nur b
Der Of checks sent direct to t be
headquarters in Wilmingto n.
Those heading Red Cross in
this area were pleased with
that amount.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
Personal Mention

Captain and Mrs. James L. May
er Of 1913 S. e. Second street. Mil
ford, are being congratulated upon
the birth of a son. Chrigtian, on
September %, at the Dover Air Base
Hospital
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
Milford Bowling League
standings
individual Averages

Individual Averages
Kimmel, l76; DoRohe, 174; John
son. 1863; Moore, 16e; Briggs 1853;
Resenfelder, 1853; Dare, 1865; West,
l64: Cresson, 164; Kennedy, 1853;
Jaouette. 1853; wilkins. 1853; Hoch,
100; Hall. 159; Carter, 1856; Horn
er, 154; Saunders, 152; Nauman,
151: Short, $50; Otkinson, 147;
Groverman, lag; Mcpherson, las;
Eypel, 145 Clendaniel, 142; Woll-
ters, 141; Carnright, 14l; Lynch,
40; Adkins, f3S; Bressler, 1S4;
Dellinger, 1873; Fink, 1S1; MeCar-
thy. I29; Schaefer, 128; Espeland,
127; Brown, 126; Grier, 124; Stops,
1913: Wolfe, 10S.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
WRONG JOB

KILGORE, Texas ~ up n In
his letter Of resignation. District
Judge Fred Erisman said he was
quitting an "ulcer-creating. patti
enee-trying, grossIy-underpaid job.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

lHE Milford New Cen
tury Club will begin
its ifty-seventh year
on Monday, October
- 10, with a full and
interesting program already
planned by the committee COM
posed Of Mrs. Forrest N. Webs
ter. Mrs. Carleton C. Fooks and
Mrs. Joseph J.. Pearce, who
have worked well and long TO
make this one Of the outstand-
ing years. Mrs. Desmond A.
Lyons. the president. will pre-
side at the Business and Social
session and reports Of Interna-
tional and State Federation
meetings will be given. Mrs.
Carleton Fooks and Mrs. s.
Gellens will head the committee
for the social hour. Mrs. Cas-
per Boyce will be chairman Of
the hower committees for an
other year and those serving
for october will be Mrs. Fooks,
Mrs. Charles Banning, Mrs.
Frank Austin and Mrs. Frank
Clendaniel. There are prasti-
calIy no clubs in the state that
have a weekly meeting, hut
Milford New Century Club has
had interest enough msnifeat-
ed throughout the years to
continue with the weekly meet
ings and it is a mark on the
credit side for the members.
q
Mr.. and Mrs. John Alfred
Prettyman announce the en-
gagement OF their daughter,
Charlotte Norma to Mr.. Claude
Lansberry Tease, son Of Mrs.
Marguerite Denney and the late
Mr.. /. John Tease Miss Pretty
man completed her studies at
the Beacon College in
Wilmington in June and has
been at her home near town
since then. Mr. Tease, a graa-
uate Of the University Of Mary.
land Law School. has been as
sociated with the law firm Of
Tunneli and Tunnell in George
town for the past year. No date
has been set for the. wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burn
welcomed daughter in the
Beebe Hospital in Lewes on
September II. Mrs. Burn is the
former Miss Frances Simpson.
The little Miss has been named
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

Mrs. David N. Sills will be
hostess to the directors Of the
Milford New Century Club On
Tuesday for its first board
meeting Of the club year. n he
hour is two O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

The Sewing Circle met W ith
Mrs. John o. Snyder on Wed
nesday Of last week for lunch
con and an afternoon Of sewing
and what have you. It was an
enjoyable covered dish affair,
much appreciated by the mem
hers and the guests who W Pre-
Mrs. Theodore Townsend, Mrs.
Edwin Messick, Mrs. John r Dg-
ers and Mrs. Pennewill Isaacs.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

CIRCLE NO. 3 MEETING - Cir
Gle No. of the w. S. G. S. Of Cal
vary Church held their regular
monthly meeting on Tuesday eve
ming, September 10th, at the home
Of Mrs. Thelma Pearson, with Mrs.
Mild7ed O'Day, co-hostess. There
were 18 present, devotions were
led by the president, Mrs. O'Day,
after which time the regular BUSH
ness was discussed and also plans
for the bazaar, Delicious refresh
ments were served by Mrs. Pearson
and Mrs. O'Day. The next meeting
will be held at the home Of Mrs.
Lille Hall on Wednesday evening,
October 18th, at 500 p. m, with
Mrs. Sophie Pase as co-hOstess.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

WSCS MEETING - The regular
monthly meeting Of the WSCS of
Milford Neck Church viii be held
in the church Friday evening, Oc-
tOber 14th, at 500. The secretary
of literature urges ali members to
attend to hear the October message.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burn
welcomed a daughter in the
Beebe Hospital in Lewes on
September II. Mrs. Burn is the
former Miss Frances Simpson.
The little Miss has been named
Ann Marie Burn. They have a
son, Tommy, Of school age.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB
The MillwOod Home DemOnstra-
tion Club will meet Wednesday,
October 5th, at 200 D. M, in the
MillwoOd Hall. Mrs Eleanor Jac-
obs will be hostess.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

BROWNIES MEET ~ Brownie
Troop No. 137 met Tuesday, Sep
tember "a, 1855, at the home of
Mrs. Jean Clendaniel on South Wal
nut Street. The following commit
tees were formed: Leader, Mrs.
Irma Mcpherson; Assistant Leader,
Mrs. Carter; Transportation, Mrs.
Burton Willis; Finance, Mrs. Belle
ROsenweig; Chairman, Mrs. Her
.schel Billings; Publicity Relations,
Mrs. Helen H. QuiIlen; Camping,
Mrs. Alexandra; Sewing Assistant,
Mrs. Carter.
Brownie Troop No. 1877 will meet
Monday, October 1, 1866, at $500
p. M, at the Avenue Methodist
Church.
SORORITY The Beta Sigma
Phi Sorority held their second
meeting of the year this week at
the home Of Mrs. William Kutz.
Plans are being made for a get
acquainted party" and tea to be
given in honor Of new members ex-
pected to join the Sorority the end
Of October
The Beta Sigma Phi's along with
the Xi-gamma Sorority are also
planning to have a bridge party
early in November.
A letter was received from Miss
Susan Brown, the former Physical
Education teacher, by members of
the Sorority. They all enjoyed
hearing Of Miss Browns new teach
ing position in Newark High
i School.
The Cultural program was given
by Mrs Leroy Rust, the topic be-
ing DEFINITION Of Happiness.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

165TH ANNIVERSARY - Sun
day, October, End, we viii celebrate
the 165th Anniversary Of the Sardis
Methodist Church at ThompsOnville.
The speaker will be Rev. o. B..
Reed, a former pastor. Special mu-
sic will be furnished by the quar-
tette of Calvary Church, Milford.
Services will be held at 2:SO p. m.
MILFORD NECK CHURCH
Special Services will be held at
Milford Neck Church, Sunday, Oc-
tober 2, at 200 p. m. This is the
165th Anniversary of this church.
Rev. o. B. Reed will be the guest
speaker and there will be special
music. Come and observe this his
toric event. Everybody welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

GOOD HUNTING ~ Crisp wea.
ther has introduced Delaware's
fall hunting season. Dove hunters
who started shooting at noon on
September 10Th, are getting their
bag limit in Kent and parts Of New
Castle Counties.
Several reporting from lower
Sussex County are having success
full squirrel shooting. Delaware's
squirrel season is from September
Is to October 81.
Trout fishing is excellent on the
Coral Beds near Slaughter's Beach.
Two men caught 81 In three hours
one day this week.
Came and Fish personnel OBJ
served approximately 400 black
ducks and teal on the Assawoman
Wildlife Area recently.
The Delaware Board Of Game and
Fish Commissioners at a reOrgani-
zation meeting Monday, September
10th. elected Rodney B. Layton,
Greenville. President. M Hayes
Wilson, Jr., Dover, Vice-President
and G. Parker Wheatley, SeafOrd,
Secretary. The newly installed
member Of the Board. M. Hayes
Wilson, Jr., replaces Austin D.
smith also Of Dover, whose six year
term expired September 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

RESORT HOUSING = Work on
the construction Of new S1,000,-
900 housing development on the
outskirts Of RehObOth Beach is ex-
pected to get under way shortly on
the agreement now made By the
board Of commissioners to furnish
sewer lines and water supply to
the project.
The development is being pro-
NOTED by J. Frank Darling, former
owner Of the Darling Hotel in Will
mingtOn.
An option on a 17-acre tract Of
land in the vicinity Of the Rehoboth
School on the southern outskirts Of
1.-The town is held by Mr. Darling.
This tract is owned by Mrs. Anna
Dick. To be built are some 100
ranchltype. three bedroom dwell
ings costing around $ll.5O0 each.
KENT CLINICS ~ October g:
Well Child Conference, Dover
health Unit. 414 South State Street,
1t0C p. m. Call Dover 57l1s Ext ~
4 fol, Appointments.
OcSOber 4, 1855. Well Child Con-
ference. Smyrna, Health Unit, z.
Commerce Street, 200 p. m: We
nereal Disease Clinic, Milford,
/ Health Unit, Shore Theater Build
ing. 11.31 a. m.-12:S0 ,. m: Grip
pied Chlldren's Clinic. Milford
American Legion Building, Reho-
both Boulevard, $3.50 a. m.
i October s.: Chest Clinic. Dover
Health Uni. 414 South State Street
1000 a. M and 100 p. m.
October 8. Cancer Detection Cen
4 ter, Harrington. New Century Club
9.45-11:I5 a. m. and 12:45 p. m
I2:45 D m. This service is for wo-
men rs years Of axe and over. Gel
Harrington SS55 for appointments
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30

RUMN-AGE SALE II Circle No. 5
Of Avenue w. S. G.. S., viii hold a
Rummage Sale in the Hallef- Build
ing, 16 S. Walnut Street, Milford,
this Saturday, October 1st, at $50
a. IN.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
LocaI Happenings

RALLY DAY AT WILDWOOD
Rally Day Services will be held at
MillRyood Church, Sunday, October
2, 1855, at 200 p. M. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-30
OBITUARY
DAVIDSON

DAVIDSON
John H. Davidson. age 48 years,
husband Of Mrs. Doris davidson,
passed away suddenly in the Mil-
ford Memorial Hospital on Sunday
morning, September 25.
Funeral services were held in
the Calvary Methodist Church in
Milford on Wednesday afternoon at
2 O'Clock. Rev. Donzel G. Wildes
officiating. Interment was made in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Mil-
ford.
Besides his wife he is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Alberta Cul-
lum of Lewes, and Mrs. Irene Jack
son of Lincoln; three sons, Leland,
George and Leslie, all of Milford;
seven grandchildren two brothers,
Charles and William Davidson,
both of Dagsboro, and a sister, Mrs.
Bea Helm of Dagsboro.
He was a member of the Calvary
Methodist Church and was super
intendent of the Youth Department.
He was employed by Burris Food
Distributors Of Milford.
SMITH
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
E. Smith, S5, Of FELTON,, formerly
Of Christiana, We're held Sunday
afternoon at the Berry Funeral
Home in FELTON,, with interment in
Mt Olive Cemetery, near Sand
town. The Rev. Charlie Atkins,
retired Methodist minister, ofaci-
ated.
Mrs. Smith died Thursday NOR
ming in the Kent General Hospi-
tai, Dover, after a brief illness.
Surviving are her husband, John
A. Smith; a daughter, Carolyn Ann
Z; two sisters, MRS. Hazel Owens
OF GoldsborO. Md, and Mrs. Hattie
Bradley, also of GoldsbOro; two
brothers, Marvin Pritchett Of Eel
ton, and Nelson Pritehett of Phil
adelphia; her parents, Mr.. anG
Mrs. Edward Pritchett Of Colds
boro, Md.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13

Visitors during the 3eek end
u NH and Mrs Joan Hutsson Jr.
were her parents. Mr. and MIS-.
Use Gillian ol near Panplin.
Hr and Ms Gordon Cham. and
.tt.= dalzhta-, Brenda, ,ot R4ch-
moad and Nj and M-4 Ronald
2 R.eS. j and fam.,g Mrs.
Gordon Gillian and lttlA 'dauEh-
.eg rama.Ie1 ID spend A week
VILLA Mrs Hudson
M aad Ms Nolan a-naer.
Ana At,.e dalehta-, MARIA Of
F-rhn7nt pea- Moeh@g Day
r.ta as parents. Nh and MIS-
Charlie r SKINNER S.
N aaa Mrs Charlie Il ssn-
tell III mo.ored To Richmond
Saturday afternoon 70 Attend the
Graham -Csaraet. wedding held at
t1e Frst Indepandent Cturca
sunday guests o9 MI ind MIS-
3 Il Allen we're their children,
M aad Mas JACKIE Cries ana
-,t. daughter ot Mehfrin
Corporal H.lard Foa@er aho
has ben Stationed at F4s Ber-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13
Guinea

j. a Addlcman underwent an
operation AT Southside Hospital
on Friday May He is reported
to be getting on nicely
Dr and Mrs Wyndham Blan-
ton Of Richmond spent the week
end at their country home West
HIll
The Rev f r look preached
an inspiring sermon on The
Blrssedncss Of Motherhood at
Centenary Church Sunday morn
ing Among those present were
Mi and MIS- George Bailey. Of
Chaflottcsville Mrs Billy Meade
and son Ray Jr Of Petersburg
Mrs Raw Mathews and son. Ray
Jr Of Cumberland There we're
beautiful flowers the gift Of Mrs
r w Crowder OF Calla0
Nj and Mrs Frank + Brown
and son. Bernard whose home
Was burned last October moved
back to thus nciRhborhood last
week into their new home
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gordon
Of ~ diold spent the week end
with tho Joe 7 Hazcleroyc fam
ilv OF Portland
Mr. and Mrs Charles II Friend
Of brakes Branch. were guests IN
the John Holman home on Tues
day May 3
There was large attendance
OF friends and relatives at the
funeral Of William Holman on
Wednesday. May 4
A good many from hcrc have
visited J A Addlcman al tho
Southside Hospital
Mr. and Mrs George Bailey. OF
Charlottesville SD hi Friday tc
Sunday with tie lattcrs parents
MI and Mrs Burton Walker The
Robert Wooten family OF Burke
vllc were Saturday guests IN the
same home
The Charles Womack Jr fam
tlv Of "Woodviile were Sunday
luncheon guests OF MIS- A J
Smith and family Of Guinea Mills
Orr Saturday MAY : Mr anC
Mrs Frank Brown visited Mr. anC
Mrs Leroy Dennis and family and
Mr. and Mrs Joe Companion anC
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13
It's Different In Iran
Student SAYS Americans Smoke Too Uuc/

IN balfspg Fng14sh Ahoat All
getleer,eor 1t-.eat1.1d- ry.r,ar
Exchange tt4,den, described my
sirntlar lf6 in hiq naftv. cos5ntrv
IA vstb ,hat n America
Dreas b sfr,rtty Frg{tab derlar-
ed Aboas and Inc gals even gear
shorts hs5, only II, the mo- c3f,es
I've Tebrar near h4s hoene
farming L n,cS,aty,, ,re ofogcs.
dtsfererce All farms arn irrigated
,ts3alIv frou lake Or r,ver and
M village Il yery lar Tram sorne
body ~ water they have ~ BE-
Aooas declaret II s4ldofu rains in
IRAN
rooarro onD of the gol,,b.s b5g
noncy cror* + rot grown To any
-cx,rnf IN iran II ts uns,lv fa-
.oo,ted and Abna% ano fbtn<s
hnerIcars eooko Ia mnch .ny-
INV, stanncbIv refnsee ary otter
Of cigarettes In fact Athas claims
yegy few rfan,ans g,noke IA ali
f,,tan r,nens,ve
cation can he found IN mas.
rranlan farms q. il - one If fhes,
b4v0est noney rror,s IN d yerv
exuensiye Abnas declared And
af,cr co,nnay,son ~ currency
ratios e., he nrice ~ = rot.on
.atrt ., ahoat saa nlne rranian
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13

Stuart circle Hospital
Bill Peasants is oil the sick
list
Mr. and Mrs Ed Harrison and
daughter. Of Newport News spent
the week end at their home here
Nh and Mrs Alex Ransome
m visited Mrs } A Ransomc
Jr at Stuart Circle hospital on
Sunday While IN Richmond they
also visited Mrs ! w Pa rson
Mrs. II II Holman spent Tues
day with her mother Who is a pa
tent at the Southside Hospital
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13
Greer, Bay

The boys aoltball team PLAYED
the Burkfy.llc team at Bukewlc
ON Monday Although tie BOYS
played an excellent game they
were outplayed 1911.
Fifth and sixth grades entered
the Poster Poppy Contest spon-
sored by American Legion Aux
iliary Winners for this school
were Steve Metcalf, first and Car
land Pollard, second
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13

and jimmy Smith Of Richmond
were week end guests Of M and
Mrs w S Anderson.
Mrs J Gordon Smith and jim
my visited Mr. and Mrs e w
Anderson and Mr. and MIS- f B
Anderson Sunday morning She
also visited MIR and MIS- Lewis
Dawson Saturday afternoon
Gordon Nelnhard Of FaFmvillc
Mr. and Mrs Carl NJ smhafd and
George and Claude Mcinhard Of
Guinea Mills VISITED Mrs G f.
Mclnhard and MI and MIS- w S
Anderson Sunday afternoon
Miss SH$anne Cole Of Fine
Gre X Mills. visited Mi and FMS.
Lewis Dawson last week
Mi and Mrs John x St0nncll
and family Of Richmond VISITED
MI and Mrs Lewis Dawson sun
dav.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13
Oak Forest

Mesdames VERNE Ncado' pur-
mo Meador and Nellie Stonncl'
attended the annual session q
The w NJ L at Dlll~yn Baptist
Church. April %
Mr. and Mrs Rehiord Nelson
and family Of Pemberton. recent
" moved into their home here
formerly known as the Morrison
home .
NJ Gordon Smith ROBBIE
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-13

Harlequin SoItone IN black and turquoise Sizes
2 TO ! S, pedal pushers mo. 2Oll 4.o8; bermuda
shorts No 2O2l 3.oa. Solid PopIin in black. moss
turquoise, blttefswee', redol Pushafs, Sizes P-lo
no. 203l 1913; shorts mo. 204l 2.o8. Talon
Blouse. sleeveless. button front with shoulder tobs
for suspenders, in solid colos TO match Mo 2o5l
3.9s.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

to be one of the soundest in TIN
country.
8. Recognized the value o
married women as teachers ant
was one of the first in Maryland
to employ them.
9. Year Books and course 0.
study bulletins.
10. Summer workshops If
which teachers participate If
setting up the course of study.
II. Standardizing criteria fol
accredition of high schools.
II. Using the school as a
laboratory for democracy. Pro
vided special services.
10. Physical education and
vocational education programs.
ii. School nurses and doctors.
IS. School psychologists.
~ ONllOOl llDl dilCS.
II, Child study groups, under
DR.. Daniel A. Prescott, to train
parents as leaders who in turn
form study groups with other
parents in their local communi
ties.
IS. Organized the PTA,
10. Developed a new type Of
school building, schools for
childhood not adulthood".
20. Developed the functional
type Of school building, inexpen
sive, not elaborate but perma
nent, example, use of glass blocks
instead of shades.
These are the accomplish.
ments of the man who at his
retirement was given "a testi.
mOnial of a permanent commit.
tee, The Edwin w. BroOmc
Educational Project, with Ma.
than X. Gilbert, Mrs. Ben b.
Baylor, Miss Marjorie J. Bill.
lows, 5. Walter BogIey, Sr,
John A. McIntire and Daniel 4.
Prescott as its members.
This committee handles a fund
built from contributions Of hun
dreds of individuals, not only in
the county and Maryland but all
over the country who want the
educational PHILOSOPHERS and writ
ings Of DR.. Broome to be made
available to parents and teachers
throughout the world.
II is this project that now &C.
cupies most Of the time Of gu.
DR.. Broome, retired.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
1884 Quake Didn't
Quake Any Quakers
Those Quakers must have been

Those Quakers must have been
Stoics.
A Montgomery County histor-
ian, writing in the Annals of
Sandy Spring, dismissed an earth
quake that rolled across the east
crn United States from Maine to
Virginia on August 10, 1884 with
these few lines: IAN earthquake
was severly felt in many
houses at the time it occurred
and more persons felt it percep-
tibly the next day after reading
Of il in the papers"
Stoics with a sense of humor,
of course.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
A Tribute
(TO E.W.B.)

(Mont1omery County Teachers dissertation Aprl H. 1881
You searched our hearts and found need
Before felt it there;
We know only emptiness while you with your hearts
wisdom,
Saw the light of distant star.
You recognized need Is our growth,
Not TO be filled blu 10 be nourishcd;
And so you dreamed
You wove your dream with understanding
And in your work forgot yourself;
From the infinite depths Of your sympathy
You worked with steady hands and courageous heart
Binding the strength of your dreams to reality.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Jamestown, through the commit
tee, offered the building and $500
of the principals salary, provided
the same was not less than $700
land will keep the building re-
paired" The contract was ordered
drawn up and approved on July
9th.
On May Z, of that year, the
Board as a committee went be-
fore the County Commissioners
with following estimates: Wood
side, $500; Montrose, $1,000;
Burnt Mills, $1,000; Clarksburg,
$500; Glen Echo, $500; and
Middlebrook, 5000.
On August Goth, $500 was .ap-
propriated for new building at
Middlebrook and August 29th,
SIPS for an addition to German
town.
On November 25th, 1907, the
Board appropriated $1,000 and
5000 for a site for the construc-
ton OF modern two.room school
at Clarksburg.
On July 18th, 1908, the Board
accepted an offer of DR.. Henry
Howard, trustee of the Brookville
Academy, of the building to the
County with yearly donations for
a graded public school. A ten
ants lease prevented them from
taking over the building until
June 2, 1909.
On October T. 1908, the Board
passed the following resolution:
that hereafter no appointments
to schools, failing to make an
average of II, of first grade, first
class teachers, with three or more
years experience, shall be con-
firmed by the Board of School
Commissioners"
On April II, 1910, the Board
announced that a local bill car
rying appropriation of $4,000 for
the purpose of building schools
in the county had passed the leg
islature. Tentative buildings sub.
mitted by the Superintendent
were Damascus, Clagettsville,
Gaithersburg, Four Corners, Bur
louisville, Germantown, and FL
mer,
On March 5, 1912, "a number
of citizens and taxpayers of the
neighborhood of Old Union, with
16 children of school age, peti.
toned that a wagon to haul their
children to Poolesville be started
by the School Board"
On June Bird. "a large delega.
ton of patrons from the schools
OF Goshen, Claysville and Lay.
louisville were present and asked
that Laytonsville be constituted
high school and that pupils
from Goshen and Claysville be
conveyed to the Laytonsville
School in school wagons"
An undated newsclipping from
Mr.. knights files around that
time noted the passing of the "lit-
tie red school house" without sad
ness as "the children are being
collected in wagons and carried
TO schools which compare favor.
ably with schools in town"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
The Prof Said:
'TOday,CIdss
Veil Build
Our School,

A little more than so years ago
a history professor walked into
his classroom and outlined the
project for the day-get shovels,
picks and hammers, and build a
school.
He was Dr.. B. G. Wilkinson,
now president emeritus of the
Seventh-day Adventists' Wash
ington Missionary College, in
Takoma Park.
After the Adventist Church de-
cided to set up new headquarters
in Takoma Park in 1904, the first
building they scheduled for COM
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Our Cause

UNPUBLISHED poem by E. w. Broome Christmas present
to of his teachers December 194S)
If just great design gloWs affair."
Then all Straying thoughts fragments of this
While of humble heart confessed are
Safe with skills to the loose outlaws too bold
Let false leaders arise
AS alien tongues learn force is than human rights
Still faith and freedom sacrifice
Before we give all to help in the common fight!
The winter night seems longer than the day,
So fleeing discomfort may blot from sight -
But vision outlives human delay
And free spirit grows best unfettered in sunlight!