davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
STAR DUST

Our NEW COLUMNIST, Helen Worden Erskine c"Thats
" Life, page 49, is the widow OF John Erskine famous
author and educator and a noted scrvener In her
right She began her writing In 1925 on the
YORK World and later worked for the Scripps Howard
syndicate and the New York World-Telegram In 1914
she took leave Of absence from the Telegram
work on special assignment for Readers Digest-inves
cation Of port town rackets pracced
"nen other assignments followed she quit the newspaper
70 devote her full time to magazine work
Miss Worden and Mr.. Erskine were married in l945
In ls4s she returned to the newspaper world to do
column about people for the New York Herald Tribune
Her husbands illness forced her to quit again 1919
however and she did not writing until after his
death in 1851 Besides working newspapers and maya
zines, she has written q haf-dozen books
Mrs Erskine got into writing via a side door After
Studying art IN Paris for year. she submitted portfolio
OF sketches OF people In the news to the World The
editor bought the sketches condition
thing to 60 with them"
Next Sunday: You'll meet a champion swimmer who's
also beauty queen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
COVER PICTURE

Miss Kathleen Walsh,
II, with her 38-caliber
revolver. See pistol
Packin' Prom GIRL"
pages II and ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Public HOUSING


Approval of four proposed pub
lie housing sites was recon-
mended to the District Commits
sioners yesterday by the Urban
Renewal Council.
The council acted on recon-
mendations by its public hous-
ing committee, headed by Morris
Miller. It also approved sec
ond suggestion that the public
housing committee and the re-
location committee combine in
a special study to determine the
exact needs for low-cost rental
housing and the extent to which
that need can be met by private
enterprise.
Mr.. Miller warned that lack of
low-cost rental housing to pro-
vide shelter for families displaced
by slum cleanup programs could
destroy the urban renewal con-
cept as we know it."
The council also ordered its
committee planning a small jobs
clinic" to go into action after one
more meeting. The clinic would
provide special assistance for
small homeowners who have
been ordered to fix up their
houses under the city's new
Housing Code.
The four public housing sites.
all of which have been approved
by the National Capital Housing
Authority and three of which
have been approved by the Ma
tional Capital Planning Commits
sion. are:
The 274-unit Benning road
Sc. project on Is acres: the 1872
unit P street S.W. project on.
three acres; the 1l8-unit Hop
kins place Sc. project on two.
acres, and the 183-unit Sheridan
road Sc. project on nine acres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
igh-bu|k -turbo means soft, fluffy
ORION. SWEATERS
by Globe knitWear
,.,,.. 2:ss ..,.,,., a

This Christmas give h-buIk turbo Orion sweaters to
the girl on your list Hi-buk Orion is yarn process
thot results in fIuffer, softer yorn is guaranteed
hand washable, will not stretch or shrink. Choose
her Christmas sweater from lovely coIors including
light blue, white moize mint green, amber, oPreot,
charcoal and navy. Sizes "a to 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

Washable, handsomely tailored
sIocks in bankers eroy, charcoal,
oxford brown and black.
Short All" to 5'2"-----fO to l8
Medium 81" to 5'6"----l2 to 20
Toll Sc" to 5ll"------l2 to 20
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Dispute Tale
Of 7H. Tall
Indians Here

The life of the Susquehan-
noughs, the Indians who roamed
Montgomery County three CEN
turtles ago was essentially the
same as the other northeastern
tribes with a few variations.
The wigwam of the picture
books was their home; it was
made of bark or mats over a
framework of saplings. Shells
were their wampum and grooved
stone axes their weapons. Their
pottery was distinctive, collared
jugs with peculiarities that iden-
titled them as only of Susquehan-
nough origin.
Blood relationships and the in
heritance of chattels, honors and
rights descended through the fe-
male line and the clan had the
same basis. The clan was the
unit of government which in the
Susquehannoughs was almost re-
publican. Treaties for instance
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
First County Railroad Ran
OnOak; Used :DObbinPO,Uer''

The rails" of Maryland's first
railroad, in Montgomery Coun-
ty were not rails at all, but
grooved oak trunks.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road was not, as many people
believe, the first line in this area.
D6ring the building of an aqua.
duct by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, four or five
miles of track were laid to trans
port stone from the White Quar-
ry at the base of Sugarloaf Noun
tain to the operations at the juno
ton of the Potomac and Mono
cacy Rivers.
Some authorities consider the
horse-dEawn trains" plying this
wooden track to be the first rail-
road in the United States.
The oak rails were from II to
16 feet long and not less than
eight or 10 inches in diameter.
No spikes or crossties were used
to hold the tracks in place, blast
rock firmly ballasting them on
the inner and outer edges. After
the rails had been laid, an adze
was used to gouge a deep groove
in the wood the whole length of
the track.
With the wheels in this groove,
a car was prevented from run
ming off the rails. The economy
minded builders of this tiny rail-
road turned each rail over when
one surface became worn so as
to gain double-life for each plank.
The cars of this railroad, pull
ed by two horses who walked in
the cleared place between the
rails, were merely wooden plat
forms set on iron wheels. One
or more wheels of each car had
a lever-and-cog brake to prevent
uncomfortable speed when going
down grade. This" comments
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Bulls Tossed Trains
Of Area in 1905

RailrOading in the 1865 in
this area did not have to con.
tend with Jesse James and 9TH
er train robbers, but it did
have to fight bulls as the fol.
lowing account in the SEN.
TINEL of Aug. IL, 1859 indi-
Gates:
Railroad Train Attacked by
a Bull.
can accident of singular and
serious nature occurred on the
Allegheny RR ON Wednesday
evening.
ut appears that as the ex-
press train was passing
point near Whire Rock Sta.
ton, it was charged upon by a
bull belonging to a gentleman
named Kilensmith, and said to
be an animal of unusual
strength and ferOcity.
I'm the collision, his bovine
majesty was reduced to jelly,
and his defunct remains car.
ried some distance down the
track. But the bull succeeded
in stopping the train-the loco
motive, tender and four cars
were thrown off the track"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

could be signed by the heads Of
each clan or by an official entitl-
ed 1.-THE Chief General Counsellor
of the Suequehannough Nation"
Bear and wolf skins were worn
like ponchos by passing the head
through a slit in the center and
letting the garment drape natu-
rally around the shoulders.
1t was their custom to bury
theid dead in a seated position in
a pit rooted with bark according
to George Alsop. But anthropo-
logists from their studies of skel-
etons disagree with Mr.. Alsop's
description of the Susquehan-
noughs as "a people cast into the.
mold of most large and warelike
department, the men being for
the most part seven foot high
in latitude, and in magnitude and
bulk suitable to so high a pitch,
their voice large and hollow, as
ascending out of Cave, their
gate strait and majestic"
1t sounds as though Mr.. Alsop
listened too closely to the tales
told around the tiresldes of the
early settlers in the days when
the Susquehannoughs were a
fierce and warlike tribe hunting
the wilds of western Maryland
and driving back weaker nations
to the eastern shore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

writer of the day, twas to the
relief of the horses"
When the aquaduct was finish
ed and the pioneer railroad aban-
doned, Montgomery Countians
still made use of it. The wooden
rails were seized for firewood,
and the ballast was hauled off to
build and repair stone fences.
This pathetically primitive rail-
road was kept open even during
heavy snowfalls, records history.
The men who shoveled snow
from the right-of-way were re-
warded for their cold job, though,
by supply cars manned by the
"grog boss" who dispensed "dou-
BILE jiggerS." ]. Thomas Scharf
in his History of Western
Maryland comments, "The men
greeted this with great hilarity."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Slave Exodus
Was Hardship
To BOnifants

When the Union armies came
through Montgomery County dur.
ing the Civil War, slaves belong.
ing TO the Bonifant family ran
away from the farm to follow
the army
This left the Bonifants with
no servants, and with a houseful
of guests. The lady of the house
took charge, telling the guests to
relax while she made the break.
fast herself. She forgot TO put
the coffee in the coffeepot with
the water, and her biscuits were
so hard that she soaked them in
hot water in an effort to make
them soft enough 10 eat.
Mr.. Bonifant, the head of the
household, went out to milk the
cows. When he came back, he
was so covered with milk that
his family and guests barely rec.
Ognized him.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Early County
Mystery Still
Held UnsOlved

Mystery lovers who are tired
of seeking the answer to the
atomic age might try their skill
on a 70 year old County puzzle
for which no certain solution has
ever been found.
Just before Christmas in 1885,
Philip Haviland, a Montgomery
County miller, returning home
from a trip to Washington with
a load of feed, meal and flour,
disappeared. No trace of him was
discovered in spite of the whole
county's intense interest in the
search.
The first clue that he was miss.
ing came when his horses turn.
ed up at watering trough in
front of a store on the Brooke
Ville-Washington Pike, a half mile
north of Wheaton.
Tradition has it that a dying
convict made a confession 26
years later that he and another,
intending to rob Mr.. Haviland,
climbed into the wagon and
struck him from behind. Panick-
ing, when they learned that they
had killed him, they sank the
body in nearby Rock Creek.
But our mystery lovers should.
mt give up the chase as the
truth Of this version has never
been proven. The Sentinel will
gladly give credit to anyone I'M
covering evidence of the true an.
swer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
LIST Paper Match
Made at Home;
Here's Recipe

If you ever run short of match
es around the house, you might
find this 10Th century system of
County match manufacture
handy.
Cut out piece of paper about
three inches long and one inch
wide. With the scissors, make
about a dozen clips into one of
the lower edges of the paper ex-
tending about three quarters of
the distance across its width. Dip
the clipped edge into a "combusti-
BILE mixture" When dry, you nave
a row of paper matches.
AS one early County user said
of the above: Il struck the match,
the first of it's kind known in
the trade, and with a cheerful
and glad heart lit the candle"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
Lords of Manor

Continued from Page AID
wing for the dining room, kitch-
en- and pantry. At one time there
was a detached summer kitchen
with a breezeWay. There are
four more bedrooms upstairs.
A 1T year old brick colonial
house is Cherry Grove on PARIS
Ridge built by Richard Thomas
of Hungerford Tavern fame. This
is one of the finest examples of
what life in the old manner
houses meant.
Situated on the ridge, it has a
sweeping view of two valleys on
the north and south sides. It's
soil is excellent, the best in the
state and good for anything. Its
bricks were laid by imported
English bricklayers in the we'll
known Flemish Bond.
Richard Thomas will, probat-
ed in 1906, left 112 slaves who
were to be freed as soon as they
came of age. They were quar-
tered in a long line of cabins
stretching out from the rear of
the house.
That the wilderness was still
close to these early settlers is
shown by the story that a wild
cat was once killed in a second
story bedroom here.
The full story of these earlier
Montgomery Homes can be found
in Roger Farquhar's Historic
Montgomery County, Maryland,
Old Homes and History" More
than 100 other houses such as
Brooke Grove, Barnsley's of Oh
ney, Clover Hill, Dellabrooke, Fer.
tile Meadows and Zeiglers Choice
are described in this book.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
1857 Panic
Blocked Rival
B. & o. Road

Though the main line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
skirts Montgomery County, it's
Metropolitan Branch running
through the county from George
town to Frederick thence to Hag-
erstown was of major importance
in the last half of the 18th CEN
fury.
Originally a private firm, the
Metropolitan Railroad Company,
set out to build a line through
Montgomery County from
Georgetown to join the B & o
near the Monocacy Viaduct and
from there to Hagerstown run
their trains on B & o tracks.
On July 30, 1858 the company
was organized with Francis
Dodge as president, and F. C.
Chopper of Montgomery County,
John w. Maury, w. w. Corcoran,
Joseph Bryan, George Parker,
Daniel Weisel, M. Davis, A. H.
Dodge, A. H. Pickrell, w. M.
Boyce, David English, and H. C.
Mathews, as directors.
Though the distance from
Georgetown to Hagerstown is on
ly IS miles, $40 miles were sur
veyed. Crest-levels were taken on
PARIS Ridge in the county. Fin.
ally the engineers reported four
possible routes for the railroad.
From these the Metropolitan
Company decided to begin con-
Struction of a line from Cows
Corner" in Georgetown, east of
Rockville, east of Clarksburg,
across the Seneca, to meet the
B & o line at Bush Creek.
Cost of construction was esti-
mated at $3,465,000 but because
of the 1857 financial depression
and the Civil War shortly after,
the Metropolitan Railroad Com
pany never built its road.
Taking its cue from the de-
funct Metropolitan Railroad Com
pany, the Baltimore and Ohio de.
cided to lay track through the
county to join its main line at
Point Of-Rocks. This job was
completed by dividing the pro-
posed route into sections, each
section to be constructed by a
separate contractor.
Generally conceded to be the
most difficult section of track
was that q mile through the
PARIS Ridge cut. James A. Boyd
was assigned this task. Other Sec
tons of the line were layed by
Henry Gantz, E. D. Smith, Bern
ard Riley, Peter Mcnamara,
White and McArdle, Timothy
Flaherty, B. R. Codwise, Michael
Buoy, Dennis Murphy, Timothy
Cavan, G. M. Watkins, Patrick
McCabe, Alfred Ray, James Far
ward, Thomas A Waters, and
members of the company's hired
force.
Finding no materials for the
necessary bridges over the Lit.
tie Monocacy, Big Seneca, and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

uel Brewer Magruder, Samuel
Watson, Mark Elliott, and Mich
ael Dowden.
And how were the men repaid
for the time they took off from
their fields and businesses? "For
their two days services (the jur.
ors) received 40 pounds of tobac.
co, the same as was allowed the
grand jurors for that length of
time"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29

Little Seneca, the builders cree
ted trestles about one hundred
feet high with the idea of re-
placing them later with perman-
ent structures.
AS writer of the time point
ed out, the Baltimore and Ohio
Metropolitan Branch is 42% miles
Ito Point-OfRocks) and % sta
tons afforded unprecedented ia
cilities to the people for personal
travel and transportation of pro-
auctions and supplies"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Woodhead
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Kesler Of Lima Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nolan Benroth and
family of Elida, were Sunday eve
ming supper guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Follas and daughter Joan
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Montgomery
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Montgom-
cry and daughter spent Sunday eve
ming with Mr.. and Mrs. Donivan
Montgomery and family.
Miss Frances Downing and Shirl
Basinger spent Wednesday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Marquart
and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs Emanuel Boutwell,
and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Schaublin and family and Mr..
and Mrs Wilford Gratz and daugh-
ter called on Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Schaublin Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren MoSeT, Mr..
and Mrs. Rawleigh Moser and sons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz, Mr.. and
Mrs Dana Moser and Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Wolfey and daughter of Ken
ton, helped their mother Mrs Min
ME Moser celebrate her birthday
Sunday evening.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27
Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Woodhead en-
tertained the following Saturday eve
ming: Mr.. and Mrs Henry Hilty,
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Eikenbary and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin.
Mr.. and Mrs Melvin Marquart and
daughter Julia Ann spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan
Lause and son of Ottawa
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilary Burger and
son Mark of Ft. Wayne, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Hendricks.
Mrs. Don Dillman and daughter
Marilyn called on Mr.. and Mrs. John
Barnhart Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and daugh-
ter Sharon.
James Green of o. S. U. spent the
week end with his parents and
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Green
and Bob.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Eikenbary were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Nonnamaker and sons
and supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Chidester and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Follas spent
Wednesday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Sam Basinger of Colum-
bus Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donivan Montgom-
cry and family entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. @. E. Burkholder and son and
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Balmer and
family Friday evening in honor of
their daughter Comics birthday.
Rev. and Mrs. Howard Landes
called at the Amos Gerber and Mar
ion Hochstettler home Saturday af-
| ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Marquart
and daughter Barbara were Thurs
day evening supper guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Marquart and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison Neuen-
schwander and Mr.. and Mrs Robert
Marquart spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs Amos and Mr.. and Mrs.
Weldon Luginbuhl. Evening callers
were Mr.. aDd Mrs. Kenneth Moser
and daughters and Mrs. Don Dill
man and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sehaublin
and Mr.. and Mrs Guy Eikenbary
left Monday morning to spend sew
eral weeks in Florida
Mrs Russell Leiber and son
Dwain spent Thursday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Green and son
Bob.
Mrs. Dortha Hundley of Toledo,
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
Harold Hendricks home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27
BellefOntaine And
st. Marys Now Tie
For WBL Leadership

Bellefontaine's Chieftains will be
out to make it four in row in West
ern Buckeye League and clever
straight this Friday night when they
meet the Button Pirates in the high
school gymnasium.
While the Logan county crew will
be the decided favorite in the contest
to keep pace with the st. Marys
Roughriders as co-leaders of the
WBL, the Pirates, who have been
ragged in recent contests, could give
the visitors bad night providing
they begin hitting the hoop with the
consistency which marked their early
season showings.
Meanwhile the powerful st. Marys
quintet, which last Saturday clipped
the Pirates 79-49 and held them score
less from the field in the second
period, travels to Shawnee for game
with the Indians. This could also be
a great ball game although the Rid
ers, with 80 WBL mark and 100
for the season, will rate the heavy
favorites.
In other loop engagements Kenton's
Wildcats, who last Friday beat Ada,
64-61, and came back the next night
to give the undefeated Findlay high
Trojans their toughest ball game of
the season before bowling, 56-49, takes
on a Celina team which Is 0-3 in the
WBL and Ill for season at Celina.
In the remaining loop game Van
Vert which is tied for third place in
the league at 3-2 with the Pirates,
journeys to Wapakoneta which stands
OF in the WBL and 6-5 for the
campaign
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs. |. J. Amstutz wer,
Saturday evening supper guests ir
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell
Amstutz in Lima.
Mrs. Cal Herr had the misfortune
of falling on the ice last Monday
and fracturing her arm
Samuel Varvel celebrated his 70th
birthday anniversary on Monday
evening. Supper guests in the home
were Mr.. and Mrs. Bus Graveline
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kiefer and
family, Pandora, and Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Varvel.
Rev. and Mrs. T. ]. Wilson, Sha-
dyside, Ohio, have taken up resi-
dence here in the Cleda Gratz rental
apartment. He viii serve the Bea-
verdam and Bluffton pulpits of the
Churches of Christ.
Dedicatory services will be held in
the Methodist church on March goth
for the new electric organ which was
installed recently. DIR. Harold Ka-
logg, Lima, will b the guest speak
er.
Mrs. VIM. Youhkman has been
confined to her home with illness
during the past two weeks.
The CWF Ladies Of the Church
of Christ will hold donut bake
sale on Wednesday Of this week.
Mrs. Alma Amstntz has returned
to her home here since the death of
her husband William She would
appreciate having her friends call
on her. She and the family wish TO
thank any one who contributed with
assistance in any way during the
recent illness of Mr.. Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Arnold and
family, Elida, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Merrill Arnold were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Pugh.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Williams and
son have just returned from a two
weeks vacation trip to Bradenton,
Florida. On Saturday they called on
his mother, Mrs. Bertha Williams,
who is making her home with Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Hall.
The Beaverdam Lions Club will
hold meeting in the Cookie Doodle
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

restaurant on Thursday night this
week. The Lady Lions will be guests
and good attendance is desired.
Mrs. Ella Yant and Mrs. Eva Ar
mold spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Arnold at Cairo.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Rupright
spent Saturday eve with Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Rupright, Jenera, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fox at Bluff
ton.
Mrs. Myrtle Lutterbein entertain
ed the birthday club in her home on
Friday evening in honor of her own
anniversary.
A house warming was gwen TO
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Bassitt in their
new home at Route 2, Columbus
Grove Those attending were: Mr..
and Mrs Ray Rhoades, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. r. Staup of Lima; hr. and
Mrs. Paul Geiser and Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Corson of Button; Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Burkhosder, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Downey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vern Lobdell, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Simon, Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Amstutz,
all of BeaveFdam; and the honored
couple.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

IF AN S-FoUND BABY grew as
fast as a modern broiler chick, he'd
weigh $50 pounds in 10 weeks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

JAMMING ON BRAKES is the
most frequent cause of skidding on
slippery roads,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-01-27

FIFTY-FIVE degree is the ideal
poultry house temperature. USDA
studies Show egg production was
highest and feed consumption lowest
at this temperature.