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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16
Curious About Denver
r. H., Arlington

I am interested in finding
out about Denver. Colo. !
am being transferred and
wish to know the following !:
Best location for living
(apartments);
Food and clothing costs.
How one can best become
acquainted-what clubs there
are Il realize church is a
good place. tool.
I'll be working at Lowry
Air Force Base and wondered
if living in Aurora would be
better. ] understand Aurora
is closer to the base than
Denver.
Also I have a son about II
years old and woulc like to
get him started in clubs of
some sort. Please advise re-
garding this. ! would appre-
ciate any and all information
about Denver and its climate,
plus the above.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16
To Shine Silver?

Mrs. A. G., Leioisdale
Please, does anyone have the
recipe for cleaning silver by
the use of baking soda, tinfoil
and boiling water? This ap-
peared some time ago; how
ever, ! have misplaced the ar
ticle. Thank you for your con-
Sideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16

or wedges? The soles should
be about as soft as a manu-
featured sponge when it is
barely damp. The last pair ]
had were purchased in Green's
boro. N. c., but from what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16
Ladies' Oxford?

Miss L, S., Rockville
Can some kind soul tell
me please where I can find
. pair Of lady's soft sponge
rubber sole oxfords. with heels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16
READERS CLEARING HOUSE

store is a mystery-their card
Is lost and the name in the
shoes worn of. Many thanks
for any and all help received;
each clue will be run down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-16
Magazines for Mother
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NJ. E. ~. Takoma Park
In answer to request from
Mrs. A. M. S., the publishers
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Fer Jack and Jill-The Cur
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Evening star., 1955-06-27

PLYMOUTH 'b3 Cranbrook 2-door
radio, heater. turn signals, seat GOV.
ers; beautiful dark green finish
one owner. very low mileage; vaca
tion special. only 81 ,095: safety
written guarantee.
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PAUL BROS. (Olds. }

WIS. AND ELLIcOTT ST. NV.
KE. 7-130S 90 Closed Sundays
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1854 Belvedere. fully
equipped. one owner: 81 900. Can
RAMONA BURDICk, IA. 9-3795.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

lsTUDEBAKER '53 Commander hard.
top: r. and h., overdr., W.-w. tire
and leather interior: 2-tone green
like new; 30-day written warranty;
81 495. BOWMAN STUDEBAKER
1000 Ga. ave. NV RA. 6-ll22
Open Sun, 10-5 p.m- -27
sTUDEBAKER '52 4-dr. Champion:
blue; heater: very clean, one owner
moron MOTOR CO. fFord5.
$500 8 Columbia Pike, Arl. Va
STUDEBAKER-'47. AS and '4e
models, all body types; all have
heaters, many with oyerdrive and
radios; priced from S95 to S295.
BOWMAN sTUDEBAKER, 1900 Go
ave; NV. RA. e-1122. Open sun,
10-5 pm. -27
sTUDEBAKER '5s Land Cruiser
VS. 4-dr.; :. and h.. auto trans,
very clean; one owner; low mi.
ns esf4es sns aas nish when soas
$1.ss5. BOWMAN STuDEBAKER,
1900 Ga. ave. NV. RA. 6-1l22.
Open Sun, 10-5 pm. -27
STUDEBAKERS-'5O Champions and
Commanders; equipped: excel. low
cost, dependable transp.: S295 to
S495. BOWMAN STUDEBAKER.
1900 Ga ave. NV. RA. 6-1122.
Open Sun. l0-5 pm. -27
STUDEBAKERS-'52 and '53 Cham
pions and Commanders; sedans,
coupes and hardtop models: many
choice one-owner, low-mi. cars; all
are certified and carry written
guarantees; priced from S745 to
S1.395. BOWMAN STuDEBAKER.
1900 Ga. ave. NV. RIA. 6-1122.
Open Sum-, 1913 pm. --27
STUDEBAKERS, 81 Champions,
Commanders and Land Cruisers.
2-dr. and 4-dr. and Starlite cpe.
models; choice 0t auto. or cd.
trans: &495 to $695. BOWMAN
sTUDEBAKER. 1900 Ca. ave. NV.
RA. 6-1122. Open Sun. 10-6 pm.
sTUDEBAKKR '53 Champion hard
top conv.; 2-tone green, heater,
auto. trans, Wv. tires. tinted
glass. showroom cond.: one owner: !:
30-day written warranty; Sl,39B.
BOWMAN STUDEBAKER, 1900
Ga. ave. NV. RA. 6-l122. Open
10-6 pm. -27
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MANN OLDSMOBILE

PLYMOUTH 81 cranbrook 4-door;
r. and h., seat covers, Wv. tires,
orig, blue finish; $685..
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

sTUDEBAKER 1850 (Champtcn)
S3ie. terms. Sie down. SIS VI.
ROPER, 18th and r. ]. ave. ne.
STUDEBAKER 81 4-dr. champion;
small car. immac,: $500. FLOOD
PONTIAC, 1921 Connecticut. Wo.
6-e400
sTUDEBAKER 1852 Champion de-
eond.: sone ''0' sscPifiee. sPli :" Sees, serns.
ROPER" 18th and r. /. ne.
WILLIS 1888 sta. vag.: Suaran.
teeA condition; heater and overs
MiTcHELL's MOTORS. NC, 223
SIND st. NV. EX. 3-4i06. Closed
SundAys. -.
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AUToMoBHEs FOR SALE

PACKARD 80 900" de luxe 4-dr.
I. and h,,. very clean, excel. fam
lily car. 30-day written warranty
$4e5. BOWMAN STUDEBAKER
o5oO 1SoO o. Ssj ave; NV. RA. o-iI22 oiaI122
PACKARD SO 4-dr. de luxe Clipper
excellent condition. bur green, Ul'
tramatic. power brakes. good rub.
Der; be- 81 ;os5 cash. TEL Dl. 7-ssSSl4 sS
PLYMOUTH 1851 de luxe Glib. cpe.
18th and r. !. ne. -2S
PLYMOUTH 1850 Special de lux,
mi, garaged; s495. 1920 Wilson
blvd. -27
PLYMOUTH 1855 Suburban VS.;
Powerflight, r. and h.: most extras
S345 down. OV. 3-1615. -27
PLYMOUTH 1910 suburban station
wagon; $4,000 MI, orig. upholstery
like brand-new. beautiful through
out. 1920 Wilson blvd. -27
PLYMOUTH 81 4-dr.: $4,000 MI,
l owner; LIST reas. offer. 1926
Conn. ave-, EN-. 2-2210. -27
PLYMOUTH 1e47 sedan; orig. own
err mech. good: $3.50 or best offer
DU. 5-9i76 before . or after 8
PLYMOUTH 1854 Belyedere. fully
equipped. one owner: $1,000. Call
RAMONA BURDICK, IA. 9-3795.
PLYMOUTH '53 Cranbrook 2-door:
radio. heater. turn signals. seat coy-
ers; beautiful dark green fintsh;
one owner. very low mileage; vaca-
tion special. only 81 ,095: safety
tested for your. protection; 30-day
written guarantee.
PAUL BROS. (OldS.)
WIS. AND ELLIcoTT ST. NV.
KE. 7-13Os 90 Closed Sundays
-27
PLYMOUTH 81 Cranbrook 4-door;
r. and h., seat covers, Wv. tires,
orig. blue finish: S595.
MANN OLDSMOBILE
5000 18th ST., sIL. sPG. JU. 5-61s6
PONTIAC 80 "8" 2-dr.; excel. cond..
small trade. JU. 9-s367. "a
PONTIAC 80 "s" sedan; r. and h..
todav's special. S445l Car No.
603-A MONROE FORD. 1897 East
West hwy, Sill Spg., Md. Open
evenings It'll q JU. 5-7S04.
PONTIAC 1919 Custom de luxe club
coupe; Hydramatic, radio, heater
looks and runs like new; S495,
terms. ROPER, 18th and R.. l.
ave. ne,
PONTIAC 40 Chieftain sedan coupe;
original owner. engine completely
oveFhauled. Best cash offer takes.
See Mr.. Bryant. WALLS DEPT
STORE, 7th and H st. NV. Daily,
12 noon to Q pm -29
PONTIAC So Supreme de luxe &.
dr.: air-conditioned. power steering.
power brakes: loaded with every
extra sold Reduced hundreds.
S3.03S Electric windows FLOOD
PONTIAC. 4221 Connecticut. WO.
6-S400.
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AUTOS ron SALE tceat.l

HUDSON 81 Hornet 4-dr.; Hydra,
!. and b.. best buy in town; Soeo.
BELL MOTORS oyaso SOLO Wis. ave ave
HUDSON .52 Wasp 4-dr. sedan:
Green, clean. new tires. brakes,
seat covers. battery, equipped with
radio. heater: directiensl lights
$500 or best oner. so. s-7495
HUDSON '53 Hornet 4-door; Hydra.
heater. seat covers, priced At less
than red book loan value; $095.
MANN OLDSMOBILE
5000 18th ST.. sIL. sPG. JU. 5-6Is6
KAISER '52 Virginian; 2-tone black
and white: Continental spare, July
equip; priced to sell. $685.; BOW
NAN sTuDEBAKER; 1900 Ga.
ave; NV. RA. 6-1122. Open SUM-
10-5 pm. -27
LINCOLN 81 2-dr.; Hydra. r. and
ao1oss. ssnsr 5ono l0m1si Wis. save. ave. gEEL nE
IiNoooTN IMo cSSsg2 y 4-door sedan: &c 2.tone
blue-gray. Wv. tubeless tires.
power brakes, tinted glass, dual
speakers and heaters. nylon custom
:sti sssins s0ssEs os5 s" oHsHR aPRER1 e. e
MERCURY 1854 4-dr.: cleaning
light green finish. like new. radio.
heater. Merc-o-Matic drive. very
leE mi!sesgs. sas. diplomat driven. ocai Gan
MERCURY 1855 hardtop convert
ibie; Merc-O-Matic, power steering,
r. and b., other extras. Only 500
miles. Diplomat owner leaving.
weekdays, EN-. 2-S200: week ends,
EN-. 3-3467. 80
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ARCADE PONTIAC co.
1897 IRVING ST. NV. AID. 4-S500
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OLDS 81 ''9s" 4-door; 2-tone gray
Hydra, r. and H. excel. runnins
cond.; fully guar; S1.045.
ARCADE PONTIAC CO
1887 IRVING ST. NV. AID. Assoc
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PONTIAC "a Chieftain de luxe e
door sedan: fully equipped. includ-
ing r and h.. 2-tone gray and
hlork. peu-rar 0uaroptaa- CT AQS
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PONTIAC 80 S-cyiinder 2-dr. sedan;
r and h.; see this beauty and you'll
buy 1t at only S675, So down. Call
No r.rO1O and ark fnr pilI Dru.
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PAUL BROS. (Olds.)

OLDS 'b2 "98" de luxe Holiday Sc
dan: Hydra-M Matte. radio. heater
turn signals. seat covers, back-up
like new; only 81 .295.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC AZ 2-dr sedanette: r. h.
Sf95 (s5l down. TRANSPoRTA.
TION SPECIAL FROM sToHL.-
Man CHEVROLET cali AD 2
S722; ask for Bill Serhus, 5 am
e yAp,m- sERvIcEMEN n
PONTIAC IS station wagon de lux.
4.dI.: low miles; tmmaeulats
Ss1G FoSTlAc.' e''1 4sai SITE coSneesisut. asH; %o
PONTIAC 55 Catalina star chiei
hardtop: leather interior; low miles:
ss.6ss. fmmacniate. FLOOD PoN.
PONTIAC az ss Convertible: cream
color. BODY. tires. mot9r. etc; IL very
PONTIAC 1855 Catalina hardtop;
d, luxe equipment: 80 mi: ali
pywer equipment: $500 on list.
JU 5-73S4. -27
PONTIAC '53 Chieftain de luxe f.
door sedan: cylinder, auto. trans.
cond. y throushout: s1'sss.
ARCADE PONTIAC co.
1897 IRVING ST. NV. AID. 4-s50o
-0U
PONTIAC "a chieftain de luxe 2
door sedan: fully equipped. includ-
ing r. and h.. 2-tone gray. and
black; new-car guarantee; SLAB.
ARCADE PONTIAC co.
3460 14th st. NV. AID. 4-s500. Ext.
80
PONTIAC 80 s-cyiinder 2-dr. sedan;
and h.: see this beauty and you'll
buy 1t at only S675, S5 down. Call
NO. T-7212 and ask for Bill Dry
man.
Stohlman Chevrolet
3270 NJ st. NO. 7-7212
PONTIAC '51 Chieftain "s'' de luxe
Catalina: Hydra. r. and b.. Wv.
tires, 2-tone ivory and green; Ss95.
MANN OLDSMOBILE
5000 18th ST. sIL. sPG. JU. 5-61S6
SUNBEAM. TALBOT 1888 4-dr.: i'm.
maculate: black with red leather in
terror: low miles: SLIGO FLOOD
PONTIAC. 4221 Connecticut. Wo.
o-o7VV.
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ARCADE PONTIAC co.
3480 I4th st. NV. AID. 4-S5OO, Ext. o
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

OLDsMOBILE '55 Super "ss" Holi.
day: black and red; Hydra-Matic
radio. heater, power steering. Wv
tires, tinted glass: 1900 miles. Cal
III 5-QA54 Pr
Evening star., 1955-06-27

PONTIAC 1855 Catalina hardtop:
d, luxe equipment: 80 mi; all
pvwer equipment: $500 OF list.
LU h-13S4 ~ :
Evening star., 1955-06-27

PONTIAC SO Chieftain de luxe f.
door sedan: s cylinder, auto. trans.
r. and h.. 2-tone green; excel.
rond thro,lRhntIt. 81 3Q5
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Bees BuZZed
For Profit in
Last Century

About the middle of the last
century Montgomery Countians
got sweet" on honey. The bees
in their bonnets put money in
their pockets.
Tired (and broke) from the
disastrous fluctuations in tobacco
and peach returns, residents
were attracted by the small in
itial investment ($250) needed to
set up yard of honey-producing
bee hives and the immediate
large returns ($1,000 the first
year,.
Even the biggest apparent
drawback was discounted during
the "bee rush" Said one en-
thusiast, "Bee keeping has be-
come a science and those who
patiently learn its ways have no
fear of being stung."
A small suction machine
which drew the honey from the
combs without injuring bees or
hive greatly contributed to the
growth of bee raising in this
section. Honey obtained in this
manner repeatedly was the
purest on the market.
Mahlon T. Lewis of Clarks-
burg and Capt. F. P. Meigs of
Boyd's Station were two of the
most prosperous bee keepers Of
the era.
Apparently there was no bees
ness like the bees beeS-neSS!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

but always blamed on a "stray
Indian" BY 1915, wars and small
poX had reduced this once mighty
tribe to 300 warriors. They were
defeated by the Five Nations and
their fort destroyed.
A remnant of them took re-
fuge in an abandoned stockade on
the Potomac near the site of
Georgetown. During the summer
there were several murders blam-
ed on them and in September,
Major Thomas Trueman with a
group of Marylanders and Col
onel John Washington, grand
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

ed, the operation proved unprofit-
able.
Somehow Moore found time to
spread his engineering talents be-
tween Virginia's James River
Canal and the famed Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. 1t was during
this latter project that he con-
tracted a fever that shortly
caused his death at the age of
63. His can truly be called a full
life!
Gen. Uriah Forrest
This officer was one of the
earliest distinguished personages
of the county, born in 7156. Dur
ing the war for independence,
Forrest, with the rank of lienten-
ant-colonel, received wound in
the battle for Germantown. Re-
covered from his injury after the
war, he was appointed Auditor
for the State of Maryland.
While retaining his major-gen-
eral militia rank, Forrest served
two years in the Maryland House
of Delegates and two years as
representative to Congress. He
sat at the Continental Congress
and at his death in 1905 was
clerk of the Circuit Court for the
District of Columbia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

brick which proved eminently
successful and profitable"
After Col. Berry's death, part
of his fortune, left to John Hurst
helped to establish the National
Exchange Bank.
Elisha Riggs
Elisha Riggs was one of Mont
gomery Countys first million
aires. He founded the firms of
Riggs, Peabody, and Company,
and Corcoran and Riggs and died
leaving a fortune of a million
and a half dollars.
Israel Griffith
This Montgomery County-born
merchant didn't trust banks, evil
IDENTIFY. After his death it was
reported that $445,OO0 in stocks
and bonds was found in a trunk
beneath his bed!
Thomas Moore
Reversing the story of many
of the aforementioned men,
Thomas Moore, though born in
Virginia, was a valuable resident
of Montgomery County.
Trained as a cabinet-maker,
Moore faced poor, unproductive
land when he took over the es-
tate of his wife, Mary Brooke,
near Brooke's Grove in the coun-
ty in 1894. Soon, however, thanks
to his inventiveness, Moore had
the model farm of the state and
frequently was called upon to
conduct visitors about. A writer
of the time paints "a mammouth
ploy of his own invention, his
stock of cattle in the fields of
red clover, his meadows of tim
othy, fine fields of corn, the
ground yellow with pumpkins,
and the large pen of small-bone
hogs fattened on pumpkins, corn,
and slop boiled in a box"
Elsewhere in this edition you
will find a description of the
worlds first ice box, invented by
Moore.
The former Virginian began to
spend less and less time on the
land, though, as his adopted state
called for his talents. In 1905 he
received $4,000 for constructing
the cauSeWay from Mason's Is
land to shore. Immediately after
this job, the us. Government
employed him to lay out the Ma.
tional Road to the West. During
the War of 1912, Moore was man
ager of the Union Manufacturing
Works near Ellicott's Mills.
Moore, with his two county.
dwelling brothers-in-law, Caleb
Bently and Isaac Biggs, erected
the cotton mills at Triadelphia
during the conflict with Great
Britain, but when the war end
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

people plunged nine feet into a
cement pit. Though the broken
bones and bruises were numer-
Gus, amazingly only one fatality
resulted, Ella L. Hartshorne, who
died two days later of her in
juries.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
First Area Newcomers
Were Indians; Beat White
Men by Mere 800 Years

The Indians found by the first
settlers in Maryland were rela-
tive newcomers to the area,
having been here only three CEN
turtles before the arrival of the
white man.
Little is known about the First
Families of Maryland" except
that their civilization was not as
highly developed as the Algen-
quins and Susquehannoughs who
followed them. Relics from the
earlier people include soapstone,
bowls, grooved axes, arrow points
and simple pottery but no pipes.
1t was the latecomers who con-
sidered tobacco a sacred herb,
a precious gift of the Great
Spirit to his children" and who
made a ceremony of the act of
smoking.
A large and ornamental pipe
was kept in each village for the
reception of strangers who indi-
Gated their hostile or friendly in
tentions by either rejecting or
accepting it. Smoking it was a
sign of peace.
Montgomery County and the
rest of western Maryland was the
favorite hunting ground of the
most powerful tribe in Maryland,
the Susquehannoughs or the
Conestagas as they called them
selves.
Fierce enemies of the Algon-
quins and Iroquois, they were
one of the most warlike nations
of the Atlantic coast and kept
all tribes within their reach in
constant state of turmoil.
The early colonists established
friendly relations with the tribes
warning with the Susquehan-
noughs and thus came into con-
flict with them early. This was
aggravated in 1888 by the seiz-
ure of Claiborne's trading post
on Kent Island which was the
chief market for the Susquehan-
nough's furs.
The early records give accounts
of many murders, houseburnings
and robberies committed by them,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Fire Volunteers
OF 1857 Shot
Rivals on Sight

Volunteer fire companies of the
present cooperate with only &C.
casional rivalry in racing to the
scene of a blaze. But such was
not the case in Baltimore of 1857.
The Sentinel reports:
"The Baltimore firemen had
another riot on Saturday night.
A large number of persons were
wounded by shots.
"The row occurred between the
Mount Vernon Hook and Ladder
Co. and the Washington Hose
Company. Pistols and guns were
fired in the crowded streets with
out the slightest regard as to
what the consequences might be"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Rain Brought Tragedy To BroOkeville Tea

shelter In one of the school build
ings. About 80 stood outside on
the porch.
Suddenly the rotted timbers of
the porch collapsed beneath the
added weight and the Mortified
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

A peaceful silver tea on the
grounds of the Brookeville Acad-
envy, August 8, 1916, was turned
into a bazarre tragedy by sud-
den shower. When the rain be-
gan to fall the crowd ran for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Some Didn't Trust Banks,
Others Founded Them, Built
Worlds First Icebox, PIow

former countian served five years
as Governor of Illinois. He died
in 1888 of cholera.
Jared Williams
Another active politician was
Jared Williams, born in the coun-
ty in 1865. He served several
terms in the Virginia House of
Delegates, commencing in 1911.
For six years he was representa-
tive of his adopted state in Con-
gresS. AS Presidential Elector in
1929 he repeatedly voted for Gen
eral Andrew Jackson.
John w. Jones
Like Ninian Edwards, John W..
Jones, born in Montgomery Coun-
ty in 1906, left Maryland to seek
his fortune elsewhere. He. was
educated at Kentucky's Carlisle
Seminary and Pennsylvania
Jefferson College from which he
received a Doctor of Medicine de-
gree.
His political career lowered in
Georgia where he was elected to
the State Legislature in 1910 and
from which he was a representa-
tive to Congress for two years.
Jones medical education was
not wasted on politics, though
for he was medical professor at
the Atlanta Medical College and
it is recorded that he did much
to further education in Georgia
and Alabama.
Patrick Magruder
This member of a famous fam
lily was born in the county In
1853 and educated at Princeton
College. He, too, turned to poll
tics. He served as representative
to Congress from Maryland for
two years at which time he as
stunned duties of clerk and librar-
ian of the House of Representa-
tives. He served in these capaci-
ties for eight years.
James Dunlap
Princeton College claimed an
other countian in James Dunlap
who studied law there with a
Francis S. Key" with whom he
later associated in practice. 1t is
not known whether this is the
same Key who wrote the "Star
Spangled Banner"
Dunlap rose quickly in the jul
dietary. From District Attorney
he was appointed recorded of
Georgetown and then chosen
judge of the United States Cir.
cult Court. In 1856 he was ap.
pointed chief justice of that court
where he served until its abolish.
ment.
The admiralty case concerning
the "Tropic Wind" brought world.
wide acclaim for the opinion OF
Judge Dunlap.
Col. John Berry
This native countian turned his
back on a blossoming military
career to concentrate on private,
commercial enterprise.
After his well directed guns
had caused the British to weigh
anchor and pull down river dur
ing the battle at Baltimore's Fort
McHenry, Col. Berry was offered
a promotion and transfer by Gen
Winfield Scott. The young Off
Ger declined, however, preferring
to return to private life, where
with his brother, Thomas L. Der,
ry, he developed a patented fire