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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-06

lllOuSu LIE NiOlIlSIl lIleIIlSelNeS
have long since gone.
The vital personality of Mar.
garet Farquhar, for instance, is
as appealing and Interesting as
it was in the days when she was
the Associations first secretary
and busy encouraging the women
of Sandy Spring *to promote
their own and each others i'm.
provement."
For someone like me, living in
Twinbrook where I am one of
three original settlers" left in
our block of IA homes built five
years ago. it is quite an expert
ence to meet the people Of a com
munity where men still live and
die in the homes of their birth
place.
Mary Reading Miller, the pres
ant secretary, who is also his
torian for the annals of Sandy
Spring, has a talent amounting
to genius for reaching back
through the century and bring.
ng to life the women who met in
May, 1857, to organize their club
believed to be the fifth Oldest in
the country.
The only pattern they had to
follow were the business associ-
ations of the Friends Society and
the mems Farmers Clubs recent.
" organized in the neighborhood.
Since these organizations had
only one officer, the secretary,
who presided and kept the rec
ords, the Mutual Improvement
Association, nicknamed the
"Club's Wife" by the men of
Sandy Spring, also had one Off.
Ger.
Margaret Farquhar held this
position for 16 years followed by
Annie Gilpin who served for II
years. Nowadays, the pattern has
changed slightly to allow the hos.
tess of the previous meeting to
preside and to leave the job of
recording to the secretary.
Some time in this century also,
dues and a treasurer were added
but the date is not certain. India
DoWney was the first treasurer
and there have been only three
since her time.
The meetings, on the first
Thursday of each month, are still
held at the homes of members,
rotating alphabetically. The Tooth
anniversary held in May was at
the original meeting place, The
Cedars, now the home of Mar
garet Farquhar's grandson, A.
Douglas Farquhar. 1t is interest
ing to note that there has been
a member at the Cedars since
the Associations beginning.
The May 2 meeting was num-
Der 1853 with only 80 missed dur
ing the hundred years. Six of
these were caused by the gas ra-
tioning of World War II when the
members voted by secret ballot
to continue meeting at the dis.
cretion of each hostess.
The organiZational meetings
roster included Mary L. Roberts,
Hadesseh ]. Moore, Sally Ann
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-06
Dorothy, WaArh5
Hits for Mrs.

AS the result of complaint from out-oftown reader
that had neglected the Tooth anniversary the Mutual
Improvement Association of Sandy Spring spent most
delightful morning last week reading the old minutes and
learning the history THE Association as it called famil-
iary in the neighborhood.
In the lovely quiet of the home of Mrs Robert Miller Jr
Ashton spent hours sleeping myself in history
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-06

FINS HIN 9
All Processing Done in
Rockville, Nd
We have pickup and de-
livery service at the fol-
lowing locations:
- ROCKVILLE =
Rockville Trading Post
20 Park Lane
9. c. Murphy Co.
E. Montgomery Avenue
Seems
Z. Montgomery Avenue
Sea Horse Gift Shop
N. Washington Street
Arthur's Dairy Bar
w. Montgomery Avenue
Mike and Mons Restaurant
N. Washington Street
GAlTHERSBURG
Kinsey ESQ Center
N. Frederick Avenue
0rme's Ressauronf
Summit Avenue
GoifhersbUFo Point g. Hardware Co.
~ Frederick Avenue
- DAMASCUS
Damascus Pharmacy
Damascus, Md.
- OLNEY -
0Iney DeIieotessen
olney. Md.
r. c. White
oiney. Md.
- POOLESVlLLE -
Buffers Lunch
Poolesville. Md.
- GERMANTOWN -
willard Main
Germantown, Nd.
WASHINGTON GROVE
Hershey's Grocery Store
Washington Grove, Md.
- TRAVlLAH -
Bill Ddniel's General Store
Travilah, Md.
Street.
reu moY also Ie0ve your film At
our plant Ioeused In she basement
Of A. 6. Watkins Building. En-
trance 70 basement on Bridoa
SUBURBAN PHOTO
FINISHERS
400 {. Montgomery Avenue
Rockville. Nd.
Poplar 2-osl6
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
The New Nobility
BABSON DISCUSSES COMPETITION

factory working at full volume,
installment sales and other means
of coaXing people to buy more goods
than they really need, or to buy
them before they need them. This
means that when unemployment be-
gins, housewives will be so stocked
with new furniture, electric utili-
ties and clothes that they will be
able to stop buying almost every
thing other than food. Further
more, the food bill can be greatly
cut, probably resulting in better
health for the family.
The future of employment is
therefore in the hands of the con-
sumers. As long as consumers con-
tinue to increase their purchases,
conservative manufacturers will get
on satisfactorily. When, however,
consumers begin to economic, the
unemployment will follow and most
manufacturers will be headed 70
trouble. This means that retailers
have a great responsibility. Al
though retailers are dependent on
the consumers, who are the source
of real power, yet consumer buy
ing is largely Influenced by the
attitude of retailers.
Most retailers are now not doing
their part to prolong prosperity.
Golf courses, luncheon dates. bowl
ing alleys, boating, and autOmobil-
ing are taking the time Of retailers
who ought to be in their stores.
Customers are not being given the
individual attention which they
like. Merchants are making it
harder to buy through self-service,
poorly arranged stock, and care
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
Washington Letter : By Robert Nelson ToYlo,

These manifestations will be
brought about by one of the most
concerted efforts yet made to enlist
his loyal helpmeet in the job of
making life easier all around. To
this end, the electric people will be
providing Americas housewives
(any day now with charts for rat
ing themselves-as indicated above
lin terms of their electrical SER
vantst
The "object all sublime" they un-
doubtedly will achieve in time"
But it won't be to make the pun
ishment fit the crime" Rather, it is
the relatively sublime state in
which we shall all Live Better
Electrically"
Thus, whether you know it or
not, you are about to be swallowed
up by the push-button era of din
ner (also breakfast and supper)
duchesses and fnger-flickers (who
also employ the finger for hus-
band-wrapping-a purpOses).
We felt that the least we could do
is to warn you
WE ARE IN GRAVE DANGER of
playing into Communist hands
through our atomic infatuation"
warns Captain Richard H. Bowers.
USN, in the magazine of the A
merican Ordnance Association. II
Russia started non-nuclear war,
he suggests, no u. S. president
would want to shoulder the ''im-
measurable moral responsibility
of making it atomic. Therefore we
must maintain an adequate arsenal
of conventional weapons, what
Captain Bowers calls a nicely of
balance" between gunpowder and
atoms.
Untried in battle, atoms "are still
something of pig in poke, he
said.
THE NEWPORT MEETING OF
President Eisenhower and Arkan-
sas' Governor, Orval E. Faubus may
go down in history with that of
Generals Grant and Lee at Apo
mattox Court House. Mr.. Faubus
can conceivably be the last U. S.
Governor to seek to exercise the au-
] thority of his Office as it has hereto
fore been understood.
Under the civil rights legislation
passed August 81, Federal judges
are now empowered to pass upon
the conduct of state, county and
local administra tive officers
from governor to dog-catcher. The
procedure is to charge the alleged
offender with interference with q
court order. He may be found gull
ty of civil contempt-without the
former right of jury by trial-fined
or jailed.
And this applies to the 4S states
not just the southern ones.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20

less advertising.
What Retailers Should Do
The next depression will be
brought on by automobile conges-
ton or by the fear of Fallout due
to the threatened Russian tests"
Parking meters are helpful in pre-
venting all-day parkers from hogg-
ing the streets; but parking meters
may reduce the amount of mer-
chandise sold. AfteI | drop my coin
into a parking meter, | cannot
forget the meter. / have it con-
stantly in mind as | am shopping.
This worry about the parking
meter causes me to buy fewer goods
than / would buy if it were not for
my parking meter worry. All of
this means that downtown retail
ing is in a chaotic condition. Even
ing shopping may be an answer to
the parking problem.
l once asked John D. Rockefeller,
Sr., how a retailer could make
more money. He replied, Live over
the store and be available to GUS
toners from o'clock in the morn
ing until 9 o'clock at night" This
does not necessarily mean that the
store will DE open, or that the
retailer will spend more money for
more employees. (Mr. Rockefeller,
of course, was a great believer in
better lighting. whether by candles.
kerosene, gas. oil, or electricity
Then he continued Next to we'll
trained employees and proper light
ing and advertising, merchants
should keep their stores open longer
hours. Evening shopping is coming"
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20

Babson Park, Mass, Sept. 10.
Competition will increase constant
ly and severely during the next
few years. This few years" prob
ably means until a severe busi-
ness depression comes which will
wipe exc the weak concerns and
leave the field only to the strong.
Reasons For Severe Competition
The basic reason is that manu-
facturers-in order to counteract
increased wage demands-are con-
stantly. reducing their other costs
of production. Although the retail
prices of most goods have gone up,
vet, except for labor, the cost OF
actual manufacturing has declined.
New machinery, electronics, auto
nation, and other new develop
ments are seeking to overcome the
effects of higher wages. AS a result,
there is a constant struggle be-
tween the labor-leader and the
inventor. This results in increased
production and surplus Of goods.
Manufacturers then are forced TO
create more customers and sell
more goods in order to keep their
plants running at full volume. Only
as a manufacturer is running at
full capacity is he able to pay
higher wages and produce goods at
lower cost.
Certainly If farmers-whO are
really manufacturer sub
sides and other helps from Con-
gress, many manufacturers are en-
titled to the same help. All Of this.
however, results in severe compe-
tition which is profitable to no one.
To keep labor employed and the
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
SUNNY DAKOTA

BISMARCK, N. D. -CPl- sun
ny Nodak" has been registered as a
trademark by the Greater North
Dakota Assn.
Sunny is a youthful-appearing
individual who acclaims North Da-
kota as a good place to live and
earn a living. He is dressed in
western wear, sporting cowboy
hat and boots, checkered shirt,
fringed vest and a bandana.
The GNDA viii make reproduc-
tions of Sunny available to busi-
ness firms and organizations de-
string TO use the emblem in their
advertising, signs or letterheads.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
WHY WE IRK OTHERS

"A problem has arisen in recent years con-
corning American relationships with tEe pe0-
pies of various foreign countries. 1t js report
ed that Americans are growing rfore urpop-
ular, even in some of the countries which we
have aided greatly since the end of World
War IL.
The reports have become so consistent
one must accept them as at least partially
accurate. A scholar, treating the subject
recently, ventured the opinion that there
were three main reasons for the growing hos
tility toward Americans in Great Britain
the most important of our Western demo-
cratic allies.
First, it is claimed, is the hostility which
has existed since 1776, which amounts to a
sort of cultural contempt Second, it is claim
ed that there is a sort of envy among many
position in the world to the United States
in recent years. Third, it is said that many
Britishers feel that many Americans are not
really the champions of minority opinions
and individual liberty that the British are.
To these reasons, and we do not neces-
sarily agree with them, we must add that
Americans are--unhappily-too often poor
ambassadors. Since we are now the principal
democracy policing world peace-that is, sta
tiOning our soldiers, sailors and airmen in
all parts of the world-it is important that
our service men act as good ambassadors.
Being comparatively young country, our
people being ndependent-minded and still
possessing some of the frontier spirit, their
characteristics sometimes seem bombastic or
egotistical to many foreigners. That is true
both in Europe and in the East.
The armed services have undertaken to
do something about this in recent years. but
we believe more intensive approach to the
problem is justified and that a thorough and
mandatory course in public relations should
be made standard indoctrination for every
American to be transferred to an overseas
port.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
Building Strength Out OF Weakness

Du1Au4nS = CACnB liA Vub va VfCSSsAACos
A strange new word, diversified
tion" has crept increasingly into
the language of American busi-
ness since World War II. What il
means, if you ask grampaw, is
simply having more than one
string to your bow, and it prob
ably has its origin in a truism
more ancient than he.
We can think of no better ex-
ample of what goes on than the
company founded by Henry Kirke
Porter, in 1866, to build small steam
| locomotives such as were in brisk
demand by large factories, mills
and mines, and such as faithfully
| hauled New York's elevated trains
until the third rail took over about
the turn of the Century.
AS time went on, the company
kept pace by adding diesels to their
production, but locomotive build
ing, whether pint-size or jumbo
became a feast or famine" oper-
alton that was too risky for small
companies. In 1949, with an an
nual business of less than $40 mill
lion, Porter adopted a new policy
ito add new products by the ac-
QUESTION of good, going busi-
lnesses". Today the locomotives are
memory, but with eleven divi-
sions and forty plants in the U. S
and Canada, Porter is still serving
industry-on many different fronts
and with a volume of over SAC
million in 1856.
'Diversification" in the H. K
Porter book means industrial rub
ber, steel, wire rope, electrical
equipment, fittings, eopper-alloy
metal products, refractories, and
saws.
AS President T. NJ Evans told
the Newcomer Society of America
/ in a recent speech, I'm that period
from 1945 to 1949 we learned def
nitely that it is easier to buy
company and broaden its re-
search and product development
than to try to start concern from
scratch" And again, To-day a
company must be relatively big tc
compete with the giant corpor-
/ dIIOuS II yOu obdA4 SNAAA JSO
are actually falling back +. smaller
companies are faced with only two
alternatives; growing, or remain
ing as they are, which we fee
eventually means falling behind, il
not finally going out of business,
| Today, in other words, the ole
span of three generations from
| shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves" may
le over-long-especially with in
heritance taxes considered. Those
who are about to come into the
business that Grandfather founded
may therefore find in this new typ<
# American busines the diversi'
fer, deliverance from the sheriff!
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
BACK IN PLACE

APPOMATOX, Va. -'P)- The
marble statue of a Co -federate
soldier is back on its pedestal here
after a three-year absence and
Sheriff David T. Robertson is the
modern hero Of this Civil War sur
render ground.
The statue was toppled by Hurr-
cane Hazel in 1854. It shattered
into many pieces. Souvenir hunters
carried some away. Pleas by Rob-
ertson in newspapers caused re-
turn of the souvenir pieces. After
three years he got all together with
dental cement and the statue was
rededicated.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20

OhIA SuS CulluTSn are IN Inol
They won't remember much of what
they see and you will remember
most the family ructions, not the
beautiful countryside or the his
toric sites.
But sometimes a long car trip
is necessary. In this case plan well.
Without plans, you may wish you'd
stayed home.
Advance Planning
Here are few suggestions.
1. Let the children help plan.
Let them take on some response
bility for seeing that all goes well.
Draw up few rules with full par
tfcipation of the children. Maybe
the oldest child can write them
down and keep the list in the glove
compartment for references when
needed. One of our lists ran some
thing like this:
mo swearing applies espe-
cially to Daddy.
Allowances 2 cents per child
per day of trip. Cannot be spent for
anything to eat".
''Thermos jug to be kept supplied
with cold drinks-mother's job.
Each child will have turn at select
ing the kind of juice"
mo wrestling-this applies to
you-know-who."
Car Games
2. Have things for. the children
to do in the car. Car games are a
necessity. Select these with care.
A magnetic checker board is won
derfuI. Magic slate offers many
possibilities. Small cars and dolls
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20
HOMES AND INITIATION

President Eisenhower has vetoed bill
which would have made it easier for veterans
living in rural areas of the country to OBJ
tain financing for building homes. The Pres
idents reasons, as given to the press, are that
signing the bill would have been an infia-
tionary act.
The President was also said to believe
that legislation should not extend benefits to
those living in rural areas without extending
similar aid to those living in metropolitan
areas.
The net result of Eisenhower's refusal to
sign the bill means that loan funds for veter-
ans, which expired July 25th, will not be
available again for some time, maybe never.
The program expired on that date
Home building has declined rapidly in the
last two years in the United States and nigh
interest rates and tight money are among
the reasons for the decline. We think the
Presidents refusal to sign the veterans home
loan money bill was a mistake. One can ar
que that anything which allows money to be
spent, or loans to be made, is infiationary.
Defense spending is infiationary, social
security is inhationary and every form OF
payment from the Federal government, and
every loan from the Government, is infia-
tionary.
We believe that the right to build ones
home with borrowed money at a decent inter-
est rate is one of the great privileges of the
American system. We do not think the gov
ernment necessarily owes every man home,
but we think the government should see to 1t
that every citizen has a decent opportunity
to build a home and finance it at reason
able rates, through program of guarantee
ing loans made by private companies.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20

: teens, don't take loug car trips.
are always good. Now and then a
guessing game in which the whole
family takes part is fun.
Children who can laugh with their
parents have fewer tantrums and
fewer troublesome episodes. Laugh
ter doesn't cure everything, but it
helps.
Early Start
3. Start early and stop early. Get
going at six in the morning or
even earlier. The kids will be grog-
gy and likely go back to sleep. The
roads are almost deserted in the
early morning so you can get a big
stretch of country behind you be-
fore the youngsters are up to any,
thing. In the mid-afternoon you can
stop for the night and give the chill
dren time to play.
4. Plan some picnic meals. Eat
at regular times-hungry children
get very crochety and so do grown
ups. Stop early enough in the after
noon to visit supermarket and buy
HidJS. tdlS AOf plculc supper.
If the weather is hot, be very
careful Of any food you carry in
the car. Food spOils quickly in hot
weather-and family epidemic of
food poisoning is not recommended
as part of the fun.
Get where you are going as quick
ly and smoothly as possible. Don't
prolong the travelling unless you
have some truly unusual young
sters who really enjoy the going as
well as the getting there.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-20

IndignatiOn-Via Special Delivery
The United Nations General As
sembly, at this writing, is about
to adopt it's thoroughly debated
resolution condemning Soviet bru-
tality in crushing Hungary's des-
parate and heroic stand for free
dom.
BY way of giving such a docu-
ment some possible usefulness,
Commander Allan Noble, Britain's
Minister of State, has urged that
in addition to cOndemning Russian
actions, the resolution should ap-
point a special UN representative
to "seek contact with the Soviet
leaders. He asked appointment of
Thailand's Prince Wan Waithaya-
k0n, who is president Of this spe-
cial Assembly session, and who
may even now be able to induce
the Soviet Government to heed the
voice of public opinion"
Commander Noble also said that
the Assembly will now be satisfied
with less than ''full compliance"
with the previous resolutions call
ing for free elections for Hungary
and the withdrawal of Soviet
troops.
Adoption of the resolution was
also urged by Netherlands For
eign Minister. Dr. Joseph M. A. H.
Luns who said the only thing the
Assembly could do is to raise its
voice in protest and to give ex-
preston to the conscience of man
kind. He found it difficult to be-
lieve the resolution would have any
effect in view of "lhe history of
Communist Imperialism and
its past performance in connection
with Hungary.
OF course, the past performance
of the free nations with respect to
Hungary is nothing with which to
point with pride. At the moment
when very little help would have
turned the balance and secured the
free elections and liberation from
Red soldiers that the UN now de-
mands, the free world sent pious
messages of sympathy.
There is little reason to think
that the Soviets will consider that
the free nations have any greater
courage now.
+ m&@
The New Nobility
Americas long-suffering pater
familiaG will be discovering pretty
soon now, whether the Little Wo-
man considers herself a dinner
duchess, a Culinary countess"
a ''lady-in-waiting" or (brace your
selfD a 'galleyslave"
Father will also be told, before
long, whether he has a finger
flicker. "wrist-flipper" an elbow
bender or a "kneedeeper" in his
household-an whether or not she
| is working too hard on Mondays"