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Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
Meadow Hall
Famed i'm CITY
Then and Now

Meadow Hall is the large stone
and frame plantation home on
the edge of Rockville that can
be seen so clearly from Viers
Mill Road since the start of its
widening.
Situated above Rock Creek
with one of the best views in
the county, the house, outbuild-
ings and 10 acres of ground have
been offered at cost to the City
of Rockville for its new commun.
ity center. Joseph Geeraert, de.
veloper of Twinbrook is its pres.
ent owner.
The spirit of service to the
community is in keeping with
the history of this old homestead
of the Viers family almost 100
years. Samuel Clark Viers bought
400 acres of the original land
grant of 1882 acres called Pre-
vention in 1888. The Beall family
had been possessors of the grant,
given to William Beall since
July, 1927.
Samuel Viers' record as Judge
of the Orphans Court from 1864
to 1880 was the inspiration for
the descendants of both the VierS
and the Bouic families. The VierS
have been in Maryland almost
since the settling of the county
in 1858. The first Bouic came
from a village in Normandy,
France in 1855.
William Viers Bouic was left
an orphan and adopted by Sam.
uel Viers in 1921. He repaid his
guardian by marrying his daugh.
ter, Martha Ann, and continuing
his record as a public spirited
citizen. William Bouic was states
attorney for 20 years and then
served as Judge of the circuit
court until 1882.
His son, William Viers Bouic,
Jr. carried on the tradition, first
as commissioner and then mayor
of the growing town of Rockville.
In 1879 he was elected state sen.
ator.
Albert NJ. Bouic, son of vii.
liam, Jr. and grandson of the
first WILLIAM, also became a tai.
ented member Of the Maryland
bar and a director for both the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
of Montgomery County and the
Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
Nests Lousy?
Here's Old Time
De-LOusing Plan

Mrs. Emma Magruder Waters,
a County housewife of the last
century, made this note in her
cookbook:
ITO Prevent Lousy Nests
Make pads from old cheap
magazines and place them in the
bottom of the nests, thoroughly
saturating these pads with kero-
sene. Upon these pads place a
half-gallon of good ashes, then
make the nest. At Matching time
renew the pads to protect the
young from vermin while hatch.
ing"
Mrs. Waters may have had the
cleanest chickens in the County,
but she obviously didn't worry
about fire hazards in her out.
buildings. The formula is from
a cookbook owned by the Nun.
caster family.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL (
1855 - CENTURY EDITION - 1855
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
Got a Cough? Try 1850 County
Cure of Crushed Insect, Sugar

full of the white buds of the
common pine tree into a quart OF
gin. Take a wine glass full twice
day"
A strange remedy for rheuma-
tism reads, "If your pains are
violent, use plaster of Burgundy
pitch, spread on leather. Little
pills of CASTLE soap and rhubarb
should be swallowed. They are
easy to make" says Mistress
Betsy.
Copyright 1855 by Esther B. Stabler)
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
In Sentinel's Youth :
BY Mrs. Ulysses Griffith w

What life like for the farm woman back when the
Sentinel baby We put this question to many people
and particularly indebted to Mrs Mole Gadhil and
Mrs William Warfeld for the following answers:
We kept hearing the old refrain in speaking of life
the farm for mans work from sunto-un, but
womens work done" Indeed, there was never
ending set of tasks for the farm woman.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

objects. This would give them a
reasonable price for the service
and be of great accommodation to
the public.
Principal objections to this
measure may arrive from the
railroad proprietors for continual
travel must make the arrival and
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
1880 Dream Train Was Hailed
For 17-HOur Run to New York

A citizen of early Montgomery
County, United States Deputy
Postmaster General Abraham
Bradley, was keenly interested in
improving mail service in the ma
ton.
Among a collection of his pap
erS now owned by the Muncaster
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29
History Told
In Farquhar
Homes Book

This Centennial edition CRATE
fully acknowledges its debt to
Roger Brooke Farquhar's His
toric Montgomery County, Mary
land, Old Homes and History"
for source material used in a
number of its articles.
AS our junior high students
know, when they begin the study
of Montgomery County, such ma
terial is rare.
Roger Brooke Farquhar is well
qualified to write a history Of
Montgomery County as it is also
the history of the Brooke and
Farquhar families.
Robert Brooke came to Mary
land from England in his own
ship in 1850. He brought with
him II children and % servants.
Later he became Acting Governor
and President of the Council of
the Province.
The first Brooke in Montgom-
cry County was James, great
grandson of Robert, who married
Deborah SnoWden and built the
original Charley Forest house in
Sandy Spring. His heirs develop
ed the colonial estates of Brooke
Grove, Della Brooke, Brooke
Meadow, Fair Hill and Falling
| Green.
Allen Farquhar came to Penn.
sylvania from Ireland in 1921.
His great grandson, Ames was
the first Farquhar in Montgom-
cry County. He came to teach at
Fair Hill School in 1925 and his
son, Charles Farquhar, Sr. mar
ried Sarah Brooke of Brooke
Grove in 1888.
Sarah Brooke Farquhar's eld-
est son, Roger inherited from her
! 225 acres later known as Rock
Spring near Norbeck. He moved
there in 1861 and six years later
married Caroline S. Miller of AL.
eXandria.
In 1876 in the Lonesome Hol.
low log house on the Rock Spring
farm, Roger Brooke Farquhar
was born. His first education was
at a nearby farm in a small
school run by Mary Coffin
Brooke and at Sherwood. He then
went to Pennsylvania, first to
George School and next to
Swarthmore, from which he grad
uated in 1900.
In 1910 he married Margery
Holt of Illinois. Three children
from this marriage are living,
Caroline Holt, Roger Brooke Far
quhar III and Richard Hanna
Farquhar. Their mother died in
1921.
During World War l he was
superintendent of the Waterford,
Mass. steel boundary under the
Ordnance Dept. of the Army. He
returned to Montgomery County
in 1924 and went into the real
estate business where he began
the collection of information on
old homes in the county.
He and his second wife, Emily
Jean Kraft bought and restored
the old Cherry Grove plantation
home in 1928, living there until
1912.
At that time they moved TO
Georgetown, while Mr.. Farquhar
served in the Maritime Commits
sion until his retirement in 1945
They returned to Silver Spring
where Mrs. Farquhar died this
year on their 27th wedding ami
versary.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

venience to travellers especially
the arrival at night when it is
inconVenient to search for prop
er lodging for this can be rene
died in great measure by having
distinct sets of apartments for
females and males, where they
can be accommodated with cots
and blankets to rest upon for part
of the night.
"Supposing the train is to run
twice a day and they leave Wash
ington 4 pm. or II am. The
comfort of the passengers might
require one-half hour out at Sus-
quehannah and Princeton in 60
ing east they will breakfast and
sup in Baltimore, dine in Phila-
delphia first trip and sup and
breakfast in N. York. In return
ing they will breakfast and sup
at N. Y. before starting out dine
first trip in Philadelphia sup and
breakfast in BALTIC. This project
will not increase the P.O. expense
in carrying the mail to the P.O.
on the stage road and this may
well be afforded for the accom-
mOdationS of those such import.
ant sources of revenue.
Water was usually obtained
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-09-29

She baked her own bread as
well as cakes and pies and care
fully saved some Of the yeast ris-
ing from week to week for the
next batch. She made all her
own clothes and those of her chill
dren as well as many of her hus-
bands clothes. A few still prac-
ticed the art of weaving but for
the most part the material was
bought.
Cleaning was harder and the
scrub pail and the broom were
her main helpers.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

At special session here, the Is
rael and Jordan negotiators ex-
changed drafts of a new COM
manders pact. The present Israel
Jordan commanders agreement
covers only the Jerusalem area,
but the extension will, if accepted,
cover the entire demarcation line
between the two states, the largest
border between Israel and any of
the four neighbor Arab states,
Maj Gen. E. L. M. Burns, United
Nations truce chief, will chair the
next meeting.
At the GAIA session. where Gen.
Burns also presided. it was Off
ciallY stated that progress in
drafting clauses regarding repre-
sentation and communications"
was made on the local command
ers agreement. There was. how
ever. a divergence between the
Egyptian written draft of the
document and the oral agree
ment." The oral agreement" is
interpreted in two different ways.
with Gen. Burns and the Israel
delegate on one side. and the
egyptian delegate on the other.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

of Walkowisk His son was explaining Darwlnlsm
to him. The rabbi reflected moment. So" ne
said after the pause according to Darwin, we are
descended from monkeys Well, my son, am not
but maybe you are"
AS rule Jews are tolerant about such matters
If Jennings had been Jew, 1 think he would
not have directly opposed the teaching OF the
evolutionary theory. Instead, he would have tried
TO show that the idea of evolution does not really
contradict the account of creation in the Bible
Jews I think, taken as a whole, have great deal
of respect for intelectualsm and where that brings
forth heresy their tendency is to seek to reconcile
A Jew once said to Rabbi Pinchas Koretz. DO
Won know that Spinoza contends that man and
animals have identical natures?"
LET me ask you" responded the rabbi, do you
know of any animals who produced Spinoza?'
It may be said that this alleged Jewish toler-
ance was not manifest in the case of Spinoza, who
was communicated by the Jews. The synagogue
did excommunicate Spinoza, but there is some
evidence for the. belief that the Jews were am
mated by a desire to protect themselves rather to
punish Spinoza The outside world was beginning
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29
William Jennings Bryan and the Rabbis

to look with horror at this hereto who denied
their most sacred ideas and the Jewish community
of Holland, relatively new in the country and
insecure, sought to dsassociate itself from him.
It is told of Rabbi Elchanan Spector that once
when he was believed to be dying, doctors forbade
all VISITORS but the rabbi asked that exception
be made in the case of young chemist, an adj
nnitted unbeliever. The rabbi recovered and the
chemist, puzzled why the rabbi had singled him
out asked for an explanation.
"Well, you see" said Rabbi Spector 81 thought
1 was dying expected to see my other friends in
Heaven but since never expect to see you there,
1 thought would like to see you for the last time"
The sincere unbeliever was not hated. 1t was
different though for the vicious spiteful infidel.
scoffer said to the Malbim, rabbi, we are told
that when a rabbi passes one should rise; are
also told that when dog passes we should sit
down. What would like to know is what we
should do if rabbi and dog pass simultaneously"
"That is easy" said the rabbi, '1et us both go
out in the street and see what the people do"
A scoffer on a train with a rabbi once asked if
the train were not really a moving house and
therefore required a mezuzah.
Yes, said the rabbi, he thought so.
Then, said the scoffer, should not the railroad
authorities be approached to have them installed.
1t would be good idea, returned the rabbi.
But in the interim" said the scoffer, "since
there is no mezuzah what shall we kiss?"
"Well, returned the rabbi recognizing with
whom he was dealing, when the mezuzah are in
stalled, you can kiss the mezuzah, and until then
you can kiss elsewhere"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

sponsible for the composition of
the next government and its man.
agement for the next four years"
He indicated he felt certain that
Mapai again would be the leading
party in the Knesset.
Over % political parties-as
well as some independent office
seekers = submitted candidates
lists and Wed for office this week.
Most observers feel the next
Knesset's composition won't differ
much from the outgoing one. Pre-
diction is that Histadrut General
Council. the right-of-Mapai Pro-
gressives. may gain somewhat.
Gershom Shocken. 42-Year-old
owner-editor of "Ha'Aretz." is ex-
pected to pile up a good vote for
that party.
Mapai, the leading labor party
headed by David Ben-Gurion,
which has held the reins of gov
eminent all along, dropped sew
eral old members and replaced
them with younger people, such
as Ehud Avriel, kibbutznik, who
has held many important govern
ment and diplomatic posts. Senta
Josephthal, wife of the Jewish
Agency's treasurer Giora Joseph
thai, was also added to the slate.
Mapai is expected to hold its own.
Last-minute differences pre-
vented the four religious parties
from submitting a single list.
There are two religious lists:
Poale Mizrachi and Mizrachi. and
the two Aguda groups.
Mapam, 1eft-wing labor group
that favorS reorientation of Israeli
foreign policy toward the Soviet
bloc (but officially rejects Com
munism because of its hostility to
Zionism) and the Communist
Party (Which now has seven
Knesset members, but is expected
to lose some of them) made strong
bids for support from Arab
groups.
General Zionists. second largest
party in Israel. the middle-of-the-
road free enterprise party which
(Continued on Page 81
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

(The New York Times reported
from GAIA that eleven of IA
clauses in the draft local COM
manders agreement are settled
with only three clauses still to be
agreed upon. These three, the dis
patch says, deal with the degree
of UN participation in the opera
tons of the local commanders
agreement, and with the level on
which the pact will be signed. The
Israelis are represented as want
ing it signed on high political
levels and the Egyptians are re-
ported to be opposed, preferring
signature on an operational level.)
Meanwhile. Israel objected to
an Egyptian charge that Israel did
not want the UN involved in the
pact. On the contrary. the Israel
delegate insisted. I'VE want them.
they help US settle disputes" Gen.
Burns was optimistic at the end
of the session. However. he re-
fused to guess when a pact would
be reached. The meetings at GAIA
were recessed until next Wednes-
! day.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

The play in which Paul MUM
is now starring, Inherit the
Wind" goes back to the famous
Scopes trial. The state of Tennes-
see had barred the teaching of
evolution. A test case was made
with William Jennings Bryan up
holding the anti-evolution law
and Clarence barrow standing up
for freedom of thought.
There is the story of the rabbi
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

David Ben-Gurion last week
broadly limited that he would re-
turn as Premier after the election.
In an article in Davar, the organ
of Mapai, he wrote: 'It is evident
that the undersigned will be re-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29
PLAIN TALK
/ AM CHOCHOM
BY ALFRED SEGAL

eOce@ee9
columnist have only lately be-
come. To make it short: I have
been elevated to the degree of
Chochom by public presentation
and by parchment scroll.
I feel that my readers should
know this so that they can feel
sure from here on that these col
umns come out of the head of one
who is really an authorized Cho-
chom, that is to say, Wise Guy.
Oh. it was quite an affair in a
private dining room in one our
hotels. They had me at the speak
ers' table almost elbow TO elbow
with the president of our Cho-
chom Club which was setting me
up as Honorary Chochom. a fit
associate of the Chochom Club.
At the appropriate moment, l
was presented with the diploma
which unto all my posterity as
well as for the readers of this col
umn testified that l had been
elected Chochom.
was most humble in response.
I said that all these years I had
been only seeing Chochom in the
press-a pretender. you might
say. in whom quite lot of people
believed. Indeed. there were mo-
ments when I had conscientious
doubts about myself. knew I was
not really the Chochom I was
making out to be.
But, I told them, from here on
1 could no longer doubt myself;
nor could any reader doubt me. I
am Chochom by authority. And
what other columnist anywhere
could show that? They are Wise
Guys only by self-appointment.
maybe I should get a raise Of
wages.)
But, really, my great pride al
being a member of the Chochom
Club has to do with much more
than my vanity. Our Chochom
Club contains not even one doctor
of philosophy, not one DID,, not
one atomic physicist, not a medl-
cal doctor. Yet they are we'll
founded Chochomim, even though
few of them came out OF any col
lege-business people, plain Joes
They know how TO translate
their chochomische wisdom into
variety of kindnesses; they
know that to love the neighbor las
Leviticus saYs) is TO be wise. In
that way they have earned Inc
RIGHT to call themselves Chochom'
i'm. without benefit of college.
There are Is of them, organized
originally as a gin rummy CLUB
They get together every Thursday
evening for gin. rummy and one
Thursday evening some years ago
they came to this wisdom: We win
this money at gin but couldn't we
Just as well do without it? DO we
feel any richer by reason OF our
winnings or, for that matter, any
poorer if we lose? But we mlgn'
feel richer if we applied our WIN
nings to kindly doings, if we uSeo
the money for the good OF people
who need it more than we.
So. you see. then and there they
BECAME authentic Chomomim'
and, in time. by way OF whimsY'
they named themselves the Cho-
chom Club. / myself have been
(Coutinued On Page -
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29
Israel Reaches Oral Agreement"
With E Ypt

JERUSALEM (JTA) Extension agree
nen between Israel Jordan the
here and negoaors will down specific meeting
scheduled for next week. it This followed
meeting the GAIA frontier which Egyptian
tors oral details
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

An estimated 100000 the polls this
elect 100 members TO the Knesset Israes Political
predicted
Mapa Party leader who recently would
asked week by President Ben
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-29

BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
Copyright, 1885, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 1nco
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-16
.21 BlufftOn FLA
Boys Attend
Columbus COnfab

Twenty one members Of Blufton's
Future Farmers of America chapter
were in Columbus last week to attend
the state convention of the associa-
ton where three of them received the
State Farmer Degree.
Don Kimmet, James Matter and
Marlin Burkholder were those receiv-
ing the coveted degree, and Paul Jorg
placed fourth in the written test of
the state poultry contest.
The program on Friday included
contests in Judging Of dairy cattle,
meats, poultry and eggs, engineering
and land. Those att Snding on Friday
were Paul Jorg, Marvin Diller, Gareth
Basinger, Wade M6ser, Larry Moser,
David King, Ron bra, Ron Chidester,
Emerson Basingef and Ned Althaus,
Drivers furnishing transportation
were Wade Mosek, Emerson Basinger
and Mr.. Basingerl
On Saturday the group making the
trip included DwaiI1e Leiber, Robert
Green, Richard Garmatter, William
Herr, Alfred Kaufman, Duane Bixel
and Gary Lora. Principal Gerhard
Buhler accompanied the group.
Those from Bluffton who attended
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-16
EleUen Brownies Advance To Girl Scouts
In Fly-Up Ceremony At Harmon Field

Eleven Browniey in Mrs. Bertram
swank's group became full-fedged
Girl Scouts in Fly-up ceremony held
recently as a q losing exercise of the
Bluffton Girl Scout Day Camp at
Harmon Field.
The group Included Elaine Baker,
Deanna Beach, hiuda Bucher, Karen
Burkholder, Sharon Gaatz, Connie
Habegger, Diana Hilty, BheAnn John
son, Sharlene Lanning, Marcia Tray
is and Maureen Petrud1i.
Girl Scouts from MIS-. Vern Walk
er's troop who were Advanced to the
second class ranking and awarded a
badge were: Nancy Balmer, Barbara
Barkimer, Sue B3sh, Sandra Edie,
Joan Emmert, KaF zen Gilbert, Paula
Greding, Rachael Hilty, Donna Jean
Klingler, Donna Mae. McCluer, Dian
ne Neeper, Janice Oberfy. Elizabeth
Ann Raid, Jean StauffeH Sharon
Steiner, Nancy Swank.
Receiving numerous badges from
Mrs. B. w. Travis troop t24 were:
Ruth Buhler, Irene Basinger, Louise
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-16

the Friday event. tg session to see the
State Farmer ceremony included Mr..
and Mrs. Hilary Kimmet, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Matter, Mrs. Rolly
Moser and Mn and Mrs. Vernon Burk-
holder.
The convention program was print
ed in the Fl irm of an award book in
which all Ohio FLA awards to chap
ters were Rsted. The Bluffton chap
ter SCRATCHED" the book eight times,
whereas a standard chapter should he
listed three or more times, according
to the Ohik FLA officers.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-16
Frog Hunting
Season Now Open

Frog huntipg becomes legal in the
Ohio Inlandf Fishing District today
Thursday, and Ohio Wildlife officials
said frogs cannot be legally taken be.
fore 12;01 A. M. June 18th.
Each frog hunter is limited to ten
frogs "a day, or in possession, and it
is illegal to shoot frogs.
1t is also pointed out that contrary
to popular thinking, frogs are great
travellers and will migrate great dis
tances in search of water. 1t is be-
cause of this. that frogs, even in
privately-owned waters, may not be
legally taken except during the open
season.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-16

Core, Carol Sue Devier, Joan Dir
meyer, Janis Gable, Carol Jordan
Sally Schaaf, Carol Ann Schmidt
Karen Short, Mary Smucker, Jane
Steinman, Jana Steiner, Kathy
Traucht, and Jackie Tschantz.
Participating in the Tapestry Of
Life" presentation were: Connie anc
Nancy Patterson, Sue Clauss, Beverly
Benroth, Kay Zimmerly, Betty STRAIT.
ton and Betty Gaiffe. This group is
led by Mrs. Richard Lewis and receiv.
ed their earned badges.
A recognition service to the moth.
ers was in charge of Ruth Frank
hauser, Mary Margaret Steiner and
Pamela Berry.
Mrs. P. W. Stauffer was the chair.
man of the Day Camp activities
Adults who took training and helped
with the program were: Mrs. Bertram
Swank, Mrs. FFancis Reichenbach
Mrs. Gene Mericls, Mrs. Clair Bucher
Mrs. Silas Dillerl Mrs. vern Walker
Mrs. Paul Emmett, Mrs. Robert Bar
nett, Mrs. Raymond Dirmeyer, Mrs
Junior Zimmerman, Mrs. Kenneth
Henry, Mrs. Harold Klingler, Mrs
Francis Devief \, Mrs. Karl Gable, Mrs
Carl SmuckqF, Mrs. B. w. Travis
Mrs. Arthur 6chaaf, Mrs. Ralph Ram
mel, Mrs Richard Lewis and Mrs.
Denver Augtburger.
Program saids included: Joenita
Shelter, Ann Stauffer and Lynn
Swank. Assisting in other ways were,
Mrs. Darwin Luginbuhl, Mrs. Stanley
Basinger, Mrs. Allan McCluer, Mrs.
Vyrl Neeper and Mrs. Paul Greding.
Mrs. Vern Walker is Bluffton's
Neighborhood Chairman.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-06-16

WITH THE INCREASE in the dial
system of telephS Sning there has been
a steady increase in employment of
telephone operatp prs so that there are
8 today for every in 1910, according
to the CounciI( for Psychological
Advancement
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