Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-08-11
By Susie Kaplan
10. 4.7368

terested in earning some pocket
money from now until school
opens?
Do you know of the service
available to any Wheaton High
student who is interested in
working? ALI you need to do is
call Miss Diggs at Wheaton
High, VIII. $1,000.
This is county-sp censored pro.
gram, under the Board of Edu-
cation, which is very new to the
Wheaton area. Miss Diggs is co.
ordinator of the Work Expert
ence Program. She is a certified
teacher whose job it is not only
to teach but to help survey the
area and find out which mer.
chants can use students. It is
sort of semi-employment agen-
cy for the kids.
You must register with Miss
Digs and let her know what
type of work you are interested
in, or just what you are able to
do. The program is set up so
that after the initial contact is
made by the school, the student
is then on his own. Interviews
with the employers must be
arranged by themselves, working
conditions worked out and all of
this is left to the student who
goes after the job.
This is good training for the
youngsters. Of course, every
thing that is proposed is done
with the idea of preparing the
young student for the time when
he has to enter into any job
hunting later completely on his
own.
Miss Diggs said "The local
merchants have been very CO.
operative. They are more than
willing to help in the program
Of locating jobs for students who
want them"
There are still a number of
odd jobs that need to be filled
by young boys or girls, so why
not call Miss Diggs and let her
know if you can be placed. She
is at Wheaton High Monday
through Friday 9 to IL.
With our slogan of "Commu.
nifty of Opportunity, it seems 70
me that with more programs
such as these more of our neigh
bors will feel that their roots are
here in our greater Wheaton.
All signs of temporarily
situated seem to be disappearing
from our minds as we all settle
down to watch little children be-
come big children, tiny shrubs,
spread themselves so that they
soon have to be transplanted and
of course little trees growing
into beautiful shade trees.
What else gives a community
roots of settlement?
The stores in Wheaton not
only give you that small town
service yet carry all of the mer-
chandise of the big cities. It is
true Wheaton doesn't have its
own railroad station nor does it.
claim a formal post office and
we have yet to see that big com.
munity building where all of the
local people can get together and
exchange the news of the day,
but is 1t necessary?
When the local people band to-
gether to realize that a good
working program for teenagers
is the best way to keep them off
the streets, feel that the town
has it.
The SENTINEL has been plug.
ging for teenage work program
for some time and as made the
rounds of the business center ]
couldn't help but notice the
youngsters who are in there
pitching.
At the Wheaton Radio and TV,
Inc, Allen Carpenter has been
working during the summer re.
pairing radios and television sets.
Gabe Lesko and John Hall are
two boys that have been doing
lots of small jobs and filling
your tanks at the Wheaton Tex.
AGO Service Station.
The Wheaton Pharmacy hired
William Binch to help out at the
soda fountain. Harold Schwartz
is learning the glass business at
the Wheaton Glass Co. Mr..
Hunnicott, owner Of the business,
said he found Harold invaluable.
Mr.. Harding of Wheaton Paint
and Hardware was full of praise
for Edward Ballantine who has
been clerking doing general all
around work in the store.
Bob" Brown is learning to be
an auto mechanic at AIS Whea.
ton Auto Service.
Betty Goldberg has improved
a great deal over the summer
doing a good job as a manicurist
at Victor's Hairstylist. She is
majoring in cosmetology at
Wheaton High.
Standard Electrical Co. hired
mike" Hurney to fill in as an