Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-12
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TRIBUTE mo- A GOOD SAMARITAN: On Fourth of
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 4-8SS9

engine stopped on Falls Road 1t was late and
nearby houses dark the trouble nothing obvious like
ofgas dead battery In short fes
Then along Mr. Windsor station wagon going
opposite Now didn't know us from Adam
still don't Windsor except obviously
person who lives by the golden rule
Because Mr. Windsor back got
into the pouring and Is
finding and fixing the trouble "a distributor WIRE fractured
broken located by ourselve
ginned cheerful good night backed around again and
his way
We drove home thankful but awed silence It's not every
Fourth of July that find such good neigbor Mr. Windsor
AS we promised we are now prepared to tell aabou the
Enchanted Forest Held by trouble oldest
physical for his military finally made the last
with the Maryland farm country looking
You can pick your own route but clicked at q miles
portal portal First Street Oney right
onto Route 1O8 to Route 20 to Route 40 at Elco City
Two miles Eicott City way you will
to medieval castle with seenadng dragon and princess
whose pgtas reach from balcony ground This
gateway to the farytale land of the Enchanted Forest
One interesting fact about route is that way
to will ubiquitous Patuxent River eight
times This than bears theory that matter where
Maryland the Pauxent get there
Other POINTS of the deer crossing sign
highway 40 and Bay Bridge straight ahead as you start the home
ward trip That State Roads Commission has imagination
and farsghtedness than realizes
At gift shop in the castle you your admission of
dollar adult and so cents child This Is
Is ride very wagon drawn
by two lovely mules the total of expenditures unless you
want to donate coin two to the crippled children by of
the wishing well.
you bring your large picnic
next weequpped playground On the other hand
vacation and freespendng mood with children whom
eang OUT is the highest form of treat lunch the
in Robin Hoods perhaps
Ginger Bread House will be for business The day
there being decorated in multi cooed spashes of paint
On the other side of the CASTLE by Old
Cole himself who presented youngest with gold
bearing the legend Enchanted Forests miles Baltimore
After that you your it's
which direction to turn The first thing children did
to sliding down the rainbow The next visit to the old
who had many children
you crooedy
go shooting slide you approaching
IN
crookedy stairs remembering pardon me" the
people you step as you crawl down.
The place that drew children back time and time again
the Billy Goat Gruff bridge which down
and sideways bridge that ambs the coming from
the Merry Mers pond its to the pond where Willie the
Whale lies in wait
Billy bridge that Lucy lost
her locket but her which plop while she
waving the troll Luckily the saved by the Story
book Princess who oblgngly gave Lucy replacement
Other characters that face face with from time
time Little Red Riding glory and
Miss 30 Peep The woods full flying
ees toadsool giant foot prints and lost there
street signs telling that this Loypop Lane perhaps
Number 2 EIumpty Dumpy Place.
There plenty action mixed with sights
Humpy Dumpty sitting on his wall, Jack climbing his beam
stalk, Little Miss Mufett which
perpendicular to the Little Blue sleeping his
haystack, all the others.
chin to make him
laugh ring the bell the Little School step
the welcome Father telling story Gooc
visit Little Riding grandnohers
wolf will tell all about his plot against the edcoaked girl that
worries the children you can always take them over
the Little Pig who built with bricks and show them the VOLTS hide
When the doobe at the Merry Mers he and his
dancing mice will sing for while the the mill
into the Or might like Rapunzel
Peter Rabbit tell to brush teeth and wash hands,
by way of telephone
My Gregory evidently had pemontiOn this be-
he absolutely refused to have anything do with those
telephones
Mixed in with makebeeve
real rabbits browng under the giant egg white
tailed deer (Which vivid mental picture of the SRC
waiting the deer crossing" sign singing
in the Spike Jones manner and Ws pond full of
This is enough of pevew you idea of what to
expect at the Enchanted Forest To bring to date
history have back five when Howard Harrison
ST. father of five grandfather H. conceived idea of
dramatic faand while telling rhymes to his grandchildren
His interest in his offspring and his love of children in
brought fayland
large scale that everyone might enjoy.
He suggested the his Howard they
looking for They searched through Maryland for
years In 1854 they happened the present location.
They weeks going the dense wooded
jotting down rough with locale for of the we'll
nursery the
their next step call in a specialist for IDEAS
They referred to successful Baltimore display designer