Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-09-04

We Know
BY Ed Brown


time of their young lives meeting
new friends and getting reac-
quainted with classmates. AS
they prepare to sharpen their pen
ellis and wits for another school
term, let's be especially mindful
of their presence on our streets
and highways. It's an old remind
er but certainly worth repeating
again and again.
SPEAKING OF OUR YOUNG
Err GENERATION God Bless
them marching onward towards
higher education, it is only proper
in keeping with the theme of a
Service column, that we should
report the latest role of former
county school graduates embark
ing on their military careers this
week. Tuesday morning right
after breakfast, three June grad
yates from Richard Montgomery
and. one from Poolesville High,
left Rockville, with this writer as
their chauffeur, to take the oath
of Allegiance in Baltimore. The
trio from RMIIS were Howard
Starkloff, 1915 Crawford Drive;
his neighbor and longtime friend,
Tom Maddox, 1913 Crawford
Drive; and Mike Mcmillan, 2105
Belvedere Blvd, Silver Spring.
Starkloff and Mcmillan were ac-
cepted for service with the Army
Security Agency. Tom Maddox
will enter map compiling at The
Engineer School, Fort Belvoir,
this Fall. Ronald Gibson, who re-
ceived his diploma from Pooles-
vile last June, left the same
morning to commence Armor
training. The son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Grant Gibson of Poolesville, Ron
ny signed up for Far East duty
with the hope of seeing his big
brother, Bill, who left a week ago
for Korea. A graduate of last
years class at PIS, Bill joined
the Army Regulars early in 1858
for diesel schooling at Belvoir.
OHIO UNIVERSITY GRADU-
ATE Robert M. Noyes, 1927 Bex-
hill Drive, Kensingtop, is sched-
uled tomorrow to join the Regu-
lar Army for three year tour in
the electronics field Richard
McBryde, former Maryland U.
sophomore, from 10100 Falls
Road, Rockville, is also planning
to join early Friday morning.
Dick will enter aviation schooling
after completing basic training
Christopher ]. Clark. 5128
Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, left
Monday to begin his Army train
ing at Fort Jackson, S. c. :.
WAC Private Marilyn L. Hansley,
1919 Grace Church Road, Silver
Spring, recently completed her
eight weeks of training at the
Women's Army Corps Center,
Fort Mcclellan, Ala.
AIR FORCE AlRMAN Sd class
Henry X. Poss, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard ]. Poss of 100 Park
Street, Rockville, is currently sta
toned in the Azores, according to
his parents. Someone was asking
me about Henry the other day.
Now can report that his address
is 1905 FMS. APO 406, New York,
N. Y. A 1856 graduate of RMHS,
Henry enlisted in the Air Force
shortly afterwards, and complet-
ed aircraft mechanics schooling
at Sheppard AT Base. Texas.
AT MURNAU, GERMANY, Pfc
Donald Wiley of Olney, recently
completed the vehicle mainte-
nance course while studying at
the Armys European Engineer
ing Ordnance School there :.
Navy seaman apprentice Robert
E. Hatton of Germantown, re-
turned to Norfolk earlier this
month, aboard the destroyer USS
Wren after completing a two
month Midshipmen cruise in the
North Atlantic j. MARINE Pfc.
James R. Powell. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James w. Shoemaker of
Gaithersburg, is serving with the
Fourth Marine Regiment at the
Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
=. MARINE Corporal Sydney t.
Cornwell, 545 w. Montgomery
Avenue, Rockville, is serving
with the Second Marine Regiment
at Camp Lejeune, N. c. "Sid'
joined the Leathernecks' last
year right after graduating from
Richard Mont gomery High
School WAC Pfc Mary Brit
ton of Rt. 2, Gaithersburg, recent.
ly arrived in France and is now a
medical specialist with the 34th
General Hospital in LaChapelle.
She is 1856 graduate of CHS
and a former telephone operator
at the Gaithersburg exchange :.
Army Pvt. Eugene G. Brammer,
Germantown, recently completed
NIKE-AJAX guided missile train.
ing at Fort Niagara, N. Y. :.