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Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
BOland Picked for
Conference Group

Joseph Boland Of Rockville
has been elected to a 14-man
committee chosen from among
$500 Nationwide Ins uranc e
agents to attend conferences
this week with company execu-
tives. The idea-exchange ses-
sions will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 18 and
10, at Nationwide's home office
in Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. Boland was elected from
the 264 agents in Nationwide's
Tri-State Region, with head
quarters in Annapolis. The com.
mittee-known as the Agents
Company Advisory Council -
will develop the discussion agen-
da. Topics for discussion will be
introduced by agents as well as
management representatives.
Executives present will include
Murray d. Lincoln, president Of
Nationwide, who will attend a
dinner meeting Tuesday evening
and take part in an open discus
sion session.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
Civitan Dinner for Football
Stands at Montgomery High

fore going to California, they will
also visit their son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. William Tay-
lor, Jr., in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Jennie Blankenhorn, Seat
tie, Wash, was a recent house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Leim-
bach, Jr., 1900 Viers Miyl Road.
While in the east Mrs. Blanken-
horn also visited her twin sister,
Mrs. w. M. Waddell, $40 West
Montgomery Avenue. Mrs. Leim-
bach is a niece of Mrs. Blanken-
horn. Mrs. Blankenhorn, a for
mer resident of Rockville, enplan-
ed Sunday for her return to
Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis M. Leim-
bach spent the last weekend in
Ocean City at the Commander
Hotel. While there they attended
the annual summer meeting of
the Maryland and Del-Mar-Va
press associations. Mr.. Leimbach,
president of the Sentinel Publish
ing Co. Inc, Rockville, Is also a
director of the Maryland Press
Association.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
League of Women Voters
Meeting Held Last Monday

the stairs fast last July and
stopped short and that's all 8.
her leg broke, which should be a
lesson to all of us whose stairs
require a short stop. Leave the
living room door open and install
foam rubber stoop,
The Leagues first luncheon
meeting will be held next Wednes-
day at st. PauPs Church in Ken.
sington and interested non-mem.
bers are welcome, call Opal Able,
Madeline Lord or this reporter
for information, or transporta-
ton.
The first meeting of the Home
makers II Club was held at the
home of Mrs. William Hatch
Caren't we formaD. Shirley
brought home n collection of
prizes for the paintings she ex-
hibited at the Gaithersburg Fair
as a representative of her home
maker group.
The only other entrant from the
Homemaker ii group had her mis-
fortunes here recounted a couple
of weeks ago and her name mis-
spelled just to make everything
consistent. Ray Coke" is other.
wise land correctly known as
Lorraine Koch. This clubs first
affair" of the season will be a
square dance on November 10 at
the Viers Mill Recreation Center
TO raise money for their pre-
school playground project.
The Homemakers l group had
its first meeting last night and
toted up the score on their Gath
ersburg winnings. 1t is impress
sive. Phyllis Kavanaugh won a
first prize for her bread and but
ter pickles, third for her pears,
fourth for chill, second for a
mans sport shirt, third for a girls
suit.
NeVa Woelk was awarded
first prize for house dress, first
for a child's dress and third on
wool suit. Virginia Persons cop
per picture took a second prize in
crafts and June Hall won a third
prize for her enamel on copper
cuff link and pin set.
Silvia Massero won third prize
for her textile painting and Betty
Kuhn won a second for her cock
tail apron, while Augusta Schil-
ling won a prize for her knitted
table cloth it looks like hair
pin lace.
In response to several requests
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
City Plans Teen Canteen
Pigskin and Dance Classes

The Rockville Recreation De-
partment this week announced
its winter program which includes
football training, a teenage can
teen, and tap, ballet, and ballroom
dancing lessons.
The football classes will be
taught by Carl Fahrner, assistant
grid coach at Richard Montgom.
cry High School. Registration is
Saturday from 9 to IL am. at
Rockville Junior High School.
The 7-week football course is
open to boys of all ages. The
schedule of Saturday lessons is:
grades 2 and 80 to 10 am;
grades 4, 5, and Go to II am;
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
5 Rockville Men
Finish Fire Course

Eight members Of the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department at
tended and completed the Annual
4-day Short Course for firemen
at the University of Maryland
last week. The course began Sep
tember a and ended September Z.
The members attending and re
ceiving cards for the completion
of the various subjects were: Cap
tain William Berry, Lieut.. Eugene
Helbert, Privates James Nichol
son, George Wilt, Jr., Lewis Ros
ser, James Barrack, Samuel Car
ter, and William Gilmore.
The School which is designed
for an advanced study of fire
fighting tactics covered such sub
iects as Small Tools and their
uses, Gas Masks and actual use,
Salvage, Grass and woods fires,
Actual Structural fire fightings
and Actual Flammable Liquid
fires.
Instructors for the school were
men well known in the fire serv-
ice from adjoining states and
Maryland, U. S. Navy, Bainbridge,
U. S. Army at Aberdeen, and the
Md. State Dept. of Forestry. The
school was attended by approx
mately 400 men from different
fire departments throughout the
State of Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
BY Elaine WOtjanOwski
Garden 4.8S98

Last chancel to register.
Today and tomorrow you may
register to vote in the national
election if you will be 81 by Nov
ember 6, and have lived in Mary
land since last November 6 and in
Montgomery County since May 6
of this year, and are a citizen.
You register at the County
Building (Room 221) between 8
am. and 4:30 pm. or between
1880 pm. and $3.50 pm. Trans
portation will be provided by any
number of eager beavers, call
Garden 4-8898 or Garden 1882.
.9 With local election activity
reaching a fever pitch the coffee
klatch at Betty PreStemon's last
Wednesday provided a nice
change of pace. A discussion of
world government and political
theory has an airy detachment
from our everyday struggle that
refreshes the mind while the body
is restored with Aunt Siggy's
banana and hickory nut bread.
The coffee-klatch was an intro
duction to the course to be given
as a part of the County Adult
Education program this fall. 1t
will be discussion group rather
than a lecture series and will
therefore be quite small. The fee
is $1,000 for for an individual or
$500 for a husband and wife.
The sessions will be held in the
Citizens Building and Loan AS
sociation auditorium on Friday
nights. Registration may be made
or information obtained by call
ing Garden 4-8819.
Aunt Siggy is Betty's great.
aunt, Mrs. John Keyes, who has
been visiting the Prestmon's this
week and will visit Yonkers next
week, before returning home IN
Jacksonville, Florida.
The first meeting of the Rock
vile Unit of the League of Wom.
en- Voters was held Monday at
the home of the unit chairman,
Mrs. Leslie Able and the years
program mapped out.
Newest and most promising of
the leagues studies will be of
watersheds and conservation with
the local group concentrating on
the Potomac. Helen Davis land
her broken leg) will represent
the Rockville unit on this re-
source group. Helen came down
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20

grades, 7, 8, and 9-11 am. to
noon.
The teenage canteen will be
open from 7:30 pm. to 10:30 pm.
The Junior Teen Club will use the
canteen the first and third Friday
of each month. The Senior Teen
Club will use it the second and
fourth Saturday.
Registration is set for Saturday
from IL am. to / pm. at Rockville
Junior High for tap, ballet, and
ballroom dancing lessons. The
tap and ballet classes are open
to youngsters from kindergarten
to high school age. Students in
grades 6 through II may regis
ter for the ballroom lessons.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20

from people with discerning pal
ates and surplus energy we have
secured Phyllis prize winning
bread and butter pickle recipe:
To make eight pints:
la gal. med cucumbers (rinds on
8 small white onions
l green pepper
l sweet red pepper
15 cup coarse salt
Crushed ice
5 cups sugar
l1s teaspoons tumeric
1a teaspoon ground cloves
2 tablespoons mustard seed
2 teaspoons celery seed
> cups vinegar
First .. get up at the crack of
dawn. Then:
Slice cucumbers thin. Add on.
ions and pepers cut in strips. Add
salt. Cover with cracked ice. Let
stand three hours. Drain. Com.
blne remaining ingredients and
pour over cucumber mixture.
Heat to boiling and put in hot,
sterilized jars. Seal.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
ungerford Town II
By
" Caroline e. Ldnts ~
PO. 2-2360

Boy, are we tired, but it sure
was worth it.
The dance was a great success
and you people who missed it
missed a wonderful time. The
dance was opened by our presi-
dent of the Civic Association Mr..
Francis x. Brown and following
his remarks the fun began. Door
prizes were awarded to Mr.. Ray
Watts, Mrs. Evelyn Hyman, Mr.
AL Houghton and Mrs. Hank
Gouque.
Several dances and games
were played throughout the eve
ming and prizes were won by Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Mack for the
Spot dance. The Jitterbug dance
was won by Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid r. LantZ. The balloon dance
was won by Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodie Stevenson and Mrs.
Joseph Hulgus and her brother
in-law Mr.. John Hulgus, and the
last event of the evening was the
potato game which was won by
Mrs. Carolyn Taylor.
think now we should thank
the merchants of Rockville for
giving the entertainment COM
mittee the gifts which were won
as prizes at the dance. They
were: P. j. Nee, Jaye's Bootery,
Joyce's Studio of Beauty, Jac-
mar, Children's Center, Gretta
Stevens, Drug Fair, AIS Texaco
Service Station, Abode Hard
ware, Mr.. Bradley of Hungerford
Towne, Standard Supplies, Smit-
/ tvs Barber Shop, Rockville Sta
tionary Store, Rockville Locker
Plant and the Spic and Spice
Restaurant.
Following the dance Mr.. and
Mrs. Kamrod of Cruthers Lane
entertained several of the neigh
bors by serving PiZza and a good
time was had by all.
Our first event on Saturday
other than the dance was a well
come home and surprise birthday
party for Fred Saxton. Mrs.
Saxton gave our guest of honor
a Ping Pong table for the base
ment of their home and we all
had fun taking turns at the
table. Refreshments were serv-
ed to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nit
chell, Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Schloe-
gel, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Colbert,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas French,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Dent and Mr..
and Mrs. Don LantZ.
Our congratulations to Mr..
and Mrs. James Hughes on the
arrival of their son who was
born at Providence Hospital
weighing 10 lbs. 9 OF.
Mrs. Otto Lavsa of Port Even,
N. Y, is visiting her daughter
aand son-in-law Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas French of E. jefferson
Street. Also let us welcome
home Mr.. Leopold of Mt. Vernon
Street from an extended trip
through Europe.
Don't forget to call me on any
news you have. Call Poplar 2.
1850.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
By Janet Miles
Poplar 2-3357

Did you know about the "Kick.
Off" dinner sponsored by the
] Rockville Civitan Club on Satur-
day evening at the Motel Wash
ingtonian?
The dinner was to raise funds
TO erect stands at the Richard
Montgomery High School so that
people will have a place to view
the forthcoming games. Wouldn't
you like to help out little bit?
They need your support finan-
cially. The dinner on Saturday
evening was quite a gala affair
with the principal speaker none
other than George Marshall,
owner of the Redskins. We also
understand that our Mayor How
sepian was also among the hon
ored guests. Bob Killian is Pres
ident of the Clvitan Club and if
you are interested in helping
these boys get this project going,
contact him.
Friday afternoon at George
town Prep the Richard Montgom-
cry Rockets will officially open
the 1856 football season, so lets
show these youngsters this year
that we are really interested in
their games, and lets also hope
we have stands to sit on so we
can really enjoy the game!
Of interest this weekend to
many of our city was the mar
riage of Louisa Jenkins, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jenk-
ins to DR.. Dexter Bullard, Jr.,
son of DR.. and Mrs. Dexter Bull
lard. The wedding took place in
Christ Episcopal Church and the
fabulous reception was held at
the lovely home of Mr.. and Mrs.
jenkins on Falls Road.
Also of interest to many of our
natives will be the wedding of
Margaret Elizabeth King, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest King,
Bristol, r. l., and 1t. (j.g0 Lee
Fairfax CiSsel, son of the late P.
Calvert CiSsel and Mrs. Ellen Cis-
sci of Bethesda. The marriage
took place in the brides home
town of Bristol, r. l., at st.
Mary's Church. A reception fol
lowed the wedding and the young
couple are spending their honey
moon in Tennessee. Mrs. Ellen
Cissel, Anne and Nancy Cissel
and Mrs. Mary Walters emplaned
for the wedding on Friday after
noon.
g Mary Ames Tyler was one of
a group in the Junior Volunteers
Corps who received their caps at
impressive ceremonies at Subur'
ban Hospital on Saturday after
noon.
Laura Lee Hickman of RocheS'
ter has been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Hickman OF
South Adams Street.
Janet Terry daughter of DR.
and Mrs. Luther Terry of South
Van Buren Street was hostess to
a number of her young friends at
a dinner party on Friday evening
The guest of honor was Bonnie
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20
Don Fusitt photo

Your Montgomery County Tu-
berculosis and Heart Association
says: Some forms of heart dis
ease can be prevented, some
cured and almost all helped with
proper treatment after early dag
nosis.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert James
Cochrane, ST., of Rockville an
nounce the recent marriage of
their daughter Ellen to William
c. German Jr., of Gaithersburg.
Mrs. German is a graduate of
Richard Montgomery High School
and is now employed by the c. e
p. Telephone company in Wash
ington, Mr.. German is staff
member of the Rockville Motor
Company. The Germans are liv-
ing in Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
Game A-pIenly

Now's the time to bring
down your share of wild
turkeys, geese, ducks, quail
and dove in the woodlands,
rolling fields and all along
the river bottoms of North
Florida. Deer, black bear,
wild boar, panther, as well
as small game are also plen-
tiful. Inquire locally about
hunting regulations.
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acy 10 maintain childhood's faith
In Santa Claus, and parents are
being given the opportunity Il
fan In with the plot. Tens Of
thousands Of them will, accord
ing to indications. as 100000
children Just before Christmas
last year got letters signed BY
Santa and bearing q magic post
mark, North Pole Station, Fair
banks, Alaska"
Pan-Am whispers these in.
structions, so the children will
not hear:
Writing paper and envelopes
with the Santa Claus imprint
are available at any Pan Amer
lean office or authorized travel
agent. They're free for the ask.
ing.
Write q letter on the stationery
and sign it Santa. The promises
however, are your own.
Put the letter in the envelope
and address it to the child you
wish to surprise. Don't forget tt
put q Scent airmail stamp on
lit.
In another envelope. mail the
Santa letter to Pan American
World Always. Fairbanks
Alaska, nearest station to the
North Pole. or return it to the
Pan American office or traveI
agent who will forward 1t t.
Alaska for mailing.
Your letter with Enclosures
should be mailed to Fairbanks Of
returned to the agent or office
before December is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
Mexico's Fomed Castle
Rich in Historical Lore

MEXICO CITY. - There's 9
heap Of history packed into
Chapultepec Castle in Mexico
City. Long before any foreigners
showed up in Mexico, an Indian
Prince chose the site for q
palace, and an Aztec Emperor
later improved on the original
plans.
Came the Spaniards, and q
Viceroy decided this was the
spot to build a castle, which
Eventually the Inflated Austrian
Archduke Macmillan embel-
lished with costly European
furniture, tapestries and paint
Iings.
To its credit also is that it
once served as the summer
residence Of a Mexican dictator,
and the headquarters Of Mexico's
military academy.
Open to Public
But today it is known as the
National Institute of Anthropo-
logy and History, is open to the
public and provides a graphic
picture Of the Mexican way of
life from the earliest times.
Crammed with relics, objects of
art. and the like, Chapultepec
Castle is a lasting memorial to
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wild orchids, rare birds,
snoozing alligators. Back at
your resort laze on golden
beaches, swim in the warm
Atlantic or Olympic size
pools; enjoy gay evenings in
wonderful restaurants.
LukesI Lakes! Lokesl
Central Florida has so many
sparkling lakes, you can't
count 'eml Just wet your
line in any one you choose
for the sportiest black bass
fishing of your life. There's
glorious bathing in crystal
clear sand bottom lakes,
water skiing, and wonderful
boating. Picturesque lake
side resorts offer golf, good
food, relaxed living.
Historic Sites
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18
Another Time cut

Another red tape reform to
speed the traveller on flights to
various parts of the world is
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Phoenix Visitors
Find Home Folks

PHOENIX.-A bit of home is
always available to vacationers
who spend their winter holidays
in Phoenix, capital of Arizona's
Valley Of the Sun resort area.
One Of the most popular re-
minders Of home for many tour
lists are the frequent State pic
MICS held at various parks in
Phoenix. There are more than
80 so-called State clubs in the
city where the folks from home
gather periodically for a round
OF fun, and the big events are
always the picnics.
That means that no matter
where a visitor halls from he can
make new friends to visit when
he returns home.
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Mexico City Hotel
To Add so Rooms

MEXICO CTTY.-A $3.50, OOC
Expansion program for the Hotel
Reforma Intercontinental here
has been announced.
The project will add two new
stories to the presently 1O-story
structure, giving it so new guest
rooms including "sky top" suites
Construction Of the additional
floors will take about five months
to complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-18

Stroll narrow streets, saun-
ter across sunny plazas alive
with history in Northeast
Florida. Visit Americas old
est city. See its 2s4-year-old
fortress, Castillo de San
Marcos, and many other
ancient structures from st.
Augustine's colorful past.
Near jacksonville visit his
toric Fort Clinch on Amelia
Island. Travel 10 DaytOna
for q drive on IT, 23-mils-
long. world famous beach
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THE TRAVELLERS NOTEBOOK
That Freezing Return
Won't Be So Bad

going on behind the scenes as
the air transport industry revs
up for the Jet age. Target Is q
reduction Of time consumed by
ground formalities. and what
spurs the action is this:
AS faster planes are intro
duced, the passenger is Short
changed in the advantage Of
speed by red tape delays at each
terminal, and ground time be-
comes q greater percentage of
the elapsed time Of the flights.
The disparity will become even
more pronounced as Jets begin
flying the Atlantic, and the In
ternational Air Transport Asso-
citation has been urged to get
busy on the problem now.
Travel Items. q tourism pub
LEGATION. carries q story from
Montreal which sketches the
problem and tells Of success in
previous efforts to keep ground
time in proportion with actual
flying time. 1t says:
1.-THE IS per cent cut in elapsed
time on the New York-London
run-2S hours and 20 minutes
in 1948 to IA hours 10 minutes in
1956-has been matched by a cut
in passenger terminal time from
8 hours and is minutes to 2
hours.
with the delivery Of faster
planes, the 1859 time from Lon
don to New York should be
about six hours, or a 81 per cent
cut in 1856 time. However, If
passenger ground time remains
the same, the total time will be
eight hours, or IS per cent Of
his travel time. In order to
maintain q IL per cent relation
ship, there should be q 5O-minute
ground time in 1885,"
Delightful Conspiracy
Pan American World Always
again Is engaging in q conspir-
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The best accommodations
are always yours in Florida
and in wide variety TO fit
any vacation budget. From
now through mid-January
money-saving, pre- season
rates prevail making this an
ideal time 10 see the Sun
shine State. So do come
down and -.
Explore all Florida
...Iand Of good living
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the men who helped shape
Mexico into what it is today.
The location. straight out the
tree-lined Paseo de la Reforma,
lis high above the city, and
affords the best view available
|of the teeming metropolis OF
3 million people.
The surrounding park is
famed for its ZOO, its lake, and
countless lovers lanes, over
Swallowed by ancient ahuehuete
trees. The public forest, picnic
grounds and athletic field are
all used extensively by the
native population on Sundays
and holidays.
Helps Police Work
Apart from serving as a mu.
scum the massive castle makes q
definite contribution to the cause
OF law and order. Within the
watch tower, highest point on
the magnificent edifice, is the
transmitter for Mexico City's DO
lice radio.
The stark antenna atop the
tower is in sharp contrast to the
beautiful flowers on the sur
rounding roof garden.
OF high interest to visitors
are the possessions of Emperor
Macmillan and his wife Carlota
who turned the castle into a regal
residence. During their reigr
the castle reached its high point
in splendor. It was the scene
OF lavish parties and entertainine
was done in the style of European
royalty.
State Carriage on Display
Now on view is the state car.
riage used by the couple on spe.
clal occasions in Mexico City
Made in Italy. the carriage i:
heavy with gilt and ornate decor
The coat of arms of the seconC
empire is emblazoned on the
doors. 1t is said to have beer
used only twice.
Mounted on a plaster horse
nearby is the Mexican COWBOY
saddle used by Macmillan the
day he was captured at Ouere.
taro May is. 1867. He was exc.
cuted the following month.
In other halls are displayed
ancient arms, paintings and
statues OF missionaries and vice.
roys, maps. heroic flags, heraldry
religious art, painting and pot.
terry. wearing apparel ant
jewelry.
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Delightful Conspirae

Pan American World Airway,
again is engaging in q conspir-
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NoW's the time
to take in
all these features
at preseason rates
Tropie Waterways

See the Gulf Stream Coast
and its romantic lagoons
fringed with coconut palms!
Sightseeing boats take you
on thrilling cruises past
tropic isles spangled with
handsome homes and story
book estates. Explore rivers
that flow through lush jun
giles to Seminole camps. See
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Treasure Hunts

Search for rare, amazingly
beautiful shells treasured by
experts the world over. You
find such unusual specimens
as the Lions Paw and Cham
neled Whelk, the Conch and
Nautilus on Captiva, Sani-
bel and many other fascin-
ating islands off Florida's
subtropic West Coast.