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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
BY Roy Lee Yinger

1t may not be wise to enter into any argu
ment on controversial religious subject, but
am going to get into one, anyway.
Under the dateline of March II, Bill Gold,
columnst for the Washington Post and Times
Herald, gave out with quite dissertation on the
Ten Commandments. 1t seems that bill had
been introduced in the New York State Legisa-
ture which would authorize the posting of the
Ten Commandments in every school, Mr. Gold,
in no uncertain language, takes to task George
f. Sokolsky. who wrote about the item in the
first place, beaboring Mr.. Sokolsky who, APP
parenty saw nothing wrong with the bill.
Mr. Gold says ''there seems to be a notion
in some quarters that each of us has a right to
believe and espouse he fit; but of
us has right to impose his viewpoint on others"
The way look at it a writer never imposes
his viewpoint on others if he but writes what
he, HIMSELF, believes. A person is certainly
not forced to believe everything he reads But
Mr.. Gold rambles on in a hit or miss fashion,
and when you get through reading his column
you can have little doubt but that he is AGAINST
the posting of the Ten Commandments in the
public schools
/ hope I am not considered bigot when
make the statement that all of us shall most
certainly escape helps fire if astute enough
to obey, without derelicton, the admonitions of
Moses found in the Ten Commandments.
consider the violation of any one of the Ten
Commandments cardinal sin; may be wrong
but do not believe that it is sinful to smoke
or drink in temperance. Remember, l not
trying to Impose" this viewpoint you.
think that IL would be wonderful thing
to post the Ten Commandments in conspicuous
place i'm every classroom of every school In this
country.
The Ten Commandments are something to
live by and cannot be decred by the proponents
of orthodoxy, reform or agnosticism They are
a part of the Holy Bible the Bible which not
single creed dares to deny. For ALL religion
stems from the Bible. Is there any creed to deny
that a violation of any of the Ten Command
ments is not a sin? What then is wrong
with posting them in the public schools? You
obey them, or you disobey Them you will
They are not rammed down your throat; this
country founded religious federation and
had flourished and will continue to flourish on
religious liberation Try to find finer premise
on which to live than the points enumerated in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05

THE proposal to restrict the activities of
certain hitchfikers is good one and it
is to be hoped the County Council viii follow
through on it.
AS usual, those who have good thing
make too good thing of it and, as a result
of overplaying their hand do themselves in.
This is what apparently has happened in the
case of hitchhiking. And about time, too!
To be sitting patiently at a red light,
waiting for the green and suddenly discover
that hefty youngster is pounding on your
window practically demanding free ride,
is bad enough.
But when you weaken and let him in
only to find that his destination is all of two
or three blocks away and you must then
stop and let him out, it is downright dis
couraging.
Aside from the individual motorists
personal reactions, there is the fact that the
practice is not only dangerous to the young
person practicing it but it creates a traffic
hazard, as well. We hope the County Coun-
Gil approves the proposed measure described
elsewhere in this issue in a news story.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
In Polio Funds
We Spend More
Than We Raise

While the March of Dimes, during its 1858
campaign in Maryland, raised total of $580O6O
the amount expended in Maryland by local chap.
tiers Of the National Foundation for Infantile
PARALYSIS as well as by the Foundations national
headquarters, totaled $S03,749 last year it was
reported by former U. S. Senator George L. Rad.
cliffe state chairman of the March of Dimes.
In financial report sent to officers of Ma.
tional Foundation chapters throughout the state.
Radcliffe pointed out:
while Maryland's March of Dimes record is
one of the finest in the country we continue in
the amazing position of putting far more into the
states economy than we raise, locally, from our
campaign"
He also said that contributions in 1853, to con.
tinue the fight against polio and its after-effeets,
are wonderful public vote of confidence in our
organization. providing the means toward final
victory over polio"
I'm bringing that victory closer Maryland
chapters of the National Foundation last year
spent S37s962 in direct assistance to polio vic.
Tins by meeting the costs of their disqualification
medical care and rehabilitation" the chairman
continued.
an many cases, patients who required a
respirator year ago. breathe Independently now;
people walk who were bedrdden, and children
who walked hestantly with the aid of crutches,
now run unaided," Mr.. Radcliffe said.
Continuing, Radcliffe said that total of
$439963 was paid out by Maryland March of
Dimes chapters during 1857, including $79310 in
emergency advances made by the national head
quarters for patient aid, subsidies to local health
departments for Salk vaccination programs and
special patient review clinics.
In addition. the national organization spent
$213,175 in a research grant to Johns Hopkins
University and ST. 1900 in scholarships and fellow
ships to Maryland residents.
Discussing the future of the National Founda.
ton for Infantile Paralysis, Mr.. Radcliffe said
Shortly, this organization will swing into
another great undertaking - this challenge will
be far greater than was its attack on polio and
even more basic to the nations health and well
fare. In whatever we do he concluded, 1--WE will
remain true to the obligation the public has laid
to bring polio to final defeat and to insure
the finest available medical care ito its victims"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Too Few in State
Bound for College

Only half of Marylands high school grad
yates who are qualified for higher education will
enter college next Fall.
State Superintendent of Schools, Thomas C.
Pullen Jr. told the Rotary Club in Baltimore this
month that this problem was not Marylands
alone but national in its scopeA
At the same time, Pullen criticized the Presi-
dents Committee on Education Beyond High
School, headed by Devereux C. Josephs, chairman
of the Board of the New York Life Insurance
Company.
This committee, the State Superintendent
said, 'presumes to advise state and local govern
ment and non-public organizations just what they
should do in higher education and at the same
time disclaims practically any Federal respon.
sibility in the field itself"
Pullen thinks that "the major role of the
Committee should have been to indicate national
consequences of the situation and to suggest the
part the Federal Government should play in it."
The result, according to Pullen will be to invite
legislative Intervention by Congress on political
basis
Pulen also opposed scholarships as an
"anachronism in a democratic society" He be-
ieves that the cost of all higher education should
be lowered for all students to the extent that any
body with any get up and go" would be able to
attend the college of his choice.
Pullen reserved his strongest blast for the
antiintenectuasts and the critics of the Amer
lean faith in democratic education
The American IDEAL he said does not neces-
sarily mean that all higher education should be
entirely free, but it does mean that the oppor-
tunity for higher education shall not be denied
to any individual for economic reasons
Comparative statistics cited by Pullen to show
the approaching crisis are the number of young
people OF college age in Maryland in 1855 Ill OOO
against those expected in 1870, $4,000.
Pulen predicted that the crisis would be met
by more liberal attitude towards higher educa-
ton by the public. He felt the greatest progress
would be in the extension of part time education
rather than in the colleges. Even now, he pointed
out there are 10000 students in Maryland taking
part time education against 10000 in formal in
stitutions of higher learning.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Mourns Passing

A D. J. has died. To many
this would mean nothing except
that there would be another TO
take his place, but to us who
listened to him regularly, no one
could take his place. He was
warm and friendly and no matter
what kind of mood you were in
he could always make you feel
better with his little witicisms
and views on records, CONNER
Gals, station time breaks.
To those of us who had met
him and knew him personally
this is a great loss. 1 have
watched him do shows when
knew he was feeling lower than
the lowest but from the sound
OF the show you could never tell.
He always sounded as though he
were in love with life, which he
was. Some people will forget
this fine boy in a matter of
moments, but as for those who
knew him and listened to him
regularly, / speaking for myself,
and | hope for them. say we
have lost a good friend and will
remember something of him as
long as we live.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Should the 10 Commandments
Be Posted in Public Schools?

the Ten Commandments 1 do not think it can
be done.
/ have also noted with some dismay that
one of our well known and popular radio stars
has deleted from his program the inspiring, i'm.
promptu little word of prayer with which he
was wont to end his program. Did he offend
someone with prayer? Was someone embar-
raised because he prayed? Didn't he have the
right to pray even though he was not theologian?
What religion is there to deny the right to pray?
Maybe we are going little bit astray i'm religious
liberation.
| believe in the Ten Commandments Every
child, every adult, should be able to read them
from memory. 1t is never too early or too late
to start obeying them Let us, by all means, have
them posted in our public schools
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
German Mayor Asks
Is NOT the Rose
Queen Of Flowers?

casual mention of the possibility that Rock.
ville's school children might want to send some
dogwood trees to the city of Pinneberg, Germany
Tuesday night resulted in chain reaction of
events that left the Mayor and Council in a
rosy glow
Mayor Greene and his council started an in.
formal evening of talks with no specific topic
before them. Greene brought out the dogwood
idea in relation to the gift of 200 rosebushes to
Rockville by sister city Pnneberg.
Shortly afterwards, Burgomaster Henry Gliss.
mann and his interpreter Herbert Stanton and
ex-Mayor DiclSran Hovsepian arrived Greene
picked up his conversation and explained to Herr
Glissmann the gift of the roses had inspired his
idea.
Councilman Charles Prettyman remarked
that he seemed to remember that Rockville many
years ago had adopted the rose as its official
flower
Councilman Joseph Rogers then started to
elaborate plan to take cuttings from the
Pinneberg rosebushes and distribute them to Rock
vile residents. But it seemed that there is
twoyear quarantine period during which the
bushes may not be cut.
The talk then shifted to the reinstatement
of the city's now defunct Identification Commit
tee which expired year ago after offering two
schemes that never worked out
At this point, Mayor Greene asked Mayor
ence with roses.
Herr Glissmann knows a good deal about
the subject: roses are big business in Pinneberg
For the next hour he told them that commercial
nurserymen in his city compete to see which of
them can give the city the most beautiful roses.
He told how the plants massed in groups
of 200 or 300 in the city's central park and while
they impart a spiritual quality to the city, they
also are commercially advantageous
rs not the rose the queen of flowers?" he
asked. He then urged the mayor and council to
undertake rose park at the Civic Center with
the plants donated by nurserymen. He specifical
ly mentioned the Guide nursery which he had
visited the day before.
He capped his informal visit with the mayor
and council by presenting the city with a lovely
water color framed and behind glass, of part of
Pinneberg's "rosengarten"
Il wish this to be hung at the civic center
near the place where / hope you can begin
rose garden" he said in eloquent German.
He said his visit to Rockville was one of the
more gratifying experiences in his life, and that
he hoped Rockville could be sister city "in its
rose gardens" with Pinneberg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Public Interest

THE reasoning behind the recent offer of
David Scull to resign from the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission seems somewhat obscure.
If the official thought it would be in the
public interest for him to resign his planning
post in view of his extensive real estate in
terests and the fact that he won post of
Republican party leadership in the May 20
primary, he should have gone ahead and
done so.
If he did not think his resignation was
necessary, his point in bringing up the whole
thing escapes us.
For him to have raised the issue himself
at public meeting of the planning body is
somewhat reminiscent of the offers that most
of us make, from time to time, to do favor
for someone, hoping all the time they won't
take us up on 1t.
Mr.. Soul is very nice fellow and all of
his colleagues promptly and politely =
treasured him of this when he offered to
quit. If it wasn't the motivation, good pub
lie relations, at least certainly was the result.
If nothing eles, the incident again drives
home the point to public officials that they
must separate public interest from self in
terest and deal only in the former when
they are members Of public bodies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05

Your paper stressed the error
of permitting the dogcatcher to
carry firearms, but seemed to
miss the most important aspects
of the whole affair. The sad
plight of the defenseless doggie
victim--and other similar ones,
begins with irresponsible persons
permitting their dogs and cats to
breed unwanted little ones and
then handing them out to other
irresponsible persons who do not
want them. Also involved are
those persons who, instead of
trying to do something to help
the mistreated doggie, complain
because the poor little fellow
cries out in his misery. Then
there are the people in City Hall
who know perfectly well that
only person of unquestioned
character, patience, kindly in
stincts and proper training in
the handling OF animals in the
best interest of their welfare
should be entrusted with a job
which places defenseless animals
at their mercy. The police also
should receive training in the
proper and humane care and
handling of animals.
Humane education is the great
est need in the world, for lacking
same, people just don't even act
civilized. Cruel and irresponsible
people should not be permitted
to own animals, and there ought
to be humane laws strict enough
to prevent them from doing so.
PhrOcene Hamilton
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Letters to the Editor
Nor Bad Loser

Your Twinbrook correspondent
would do well to refrain from
gambling.
In her last column she says if
is a safe bet" that the Twin
brook Democrats for SO viii sit
on their hands in the general elec.
ton instead of working hard to
get the entire Democratic slate
elected.
If she would bet on horse races.
she would have more chance of
winning than on the bet she con-
sidcrs safe" in her column.
Certainly, she should be a6-
vised not to put any money oil
her guess or she will have to
trade in her ehemise for a barrel
We fully intend to do every
thing in our power to elect a COM
plete slate of Democrats in the
November election.
Art GareI
Rita POsner
Billie Harrison
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
How Long?
A Friend

How long before Montgomery
County officials step in and do
something about the packs of
dogs that roam the streets and
lawns of county residents at
will?
Must we wait for another
wanton attack by dogs on a
human being as recently oc-
CURED in Arlington when two
boxers viciously attacked a full
grown man? Suppose it were
your child that had been at
tackled. My youngsters eye
was almost torn out by an un-
provoked attack by a dog not
on a leash not too long ago.
True the dog was destroyed but
what good would that have
been had my little girls eye
been ripped out. AS it is she
has a scar that may stay with
her for life.
If people want to have dogs
that's fine. But put them on
leashes when out of their prop
erty or else put a fence around
them and KEEP THEM IN.
Some youngsters do of course
tease dogs and do get them
riled up but this is the excep-
ton and not the rule.
Apart from the danger to life
and limb my blood boils when
free roaming dogs and their
masters take their morning walk
or evening walk and use your
lawn as an clubhouse.
l personally would vote the
Rockville dog catcher that shot
the dog recently a medal of
honor for giving the dog exact
ly what he deserved.
Lou BrOtt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Tuke Us 70 Tcsk

Possibly your paper is unfam-
liar with the facts on desegre.
cation in Montgomery County,
because otherwise l cannot be.
lieve the fair editor of this paper
would have blasted NAACP's re-
cent statement.
In the first place, after 3 years
of compliance with the decision
of the Supreme Court" this is
Montgomery County's box score:
1865 - 400 mostly from the
closing of four sub-standard
Negro schools
1856 - 1856 - 686
1857 - $50 - 936
1858 = 2193 yet to be deseg-
regated
And this snail's pace in the face
of a AZ percent Negro enroll
ment.
The Board continues its policy
which is to permit" (note that
white children are assigned)
some desegregation when space
and program are available" Then
a few Negro children are picked,
sometimes one to a class, often
breaking up family units in a
school by permitting" one in
a family to go to a white" school
but not the brother or sister.
This is done in the face of the
fact that any number of white
children moving to a particular
school district are accepted with
out question, regardless of
space and program" Now is
this not artificial as NAACP
charges?
Furthermore, at schools like
Laytonsville capacity 27o, en-
rollment 250), Olney Capacity
$50, enrolment 430), Sherwood
Elementary capacity 585, enroll
ment 531) space and program
are available, but a little inte-
grafton" is considered less often
sive to some, and SO policy is
ignored.
BY the way, all this informa-
ton can be CLEANED from study
of the capital budgets, for those
who care to see.
And why were the additions
to Jamestown, Germantown,
and the building of Gaithersburg
Junior High delayed when the
figures have showed for more
than two years that more space
was needed to allow for deseg-
regation of the Negro children
living in these school districts.
This is positive evidence of
planned space shortage"
Does your paper know that
Negro children often are bused
past three and four white"
schools to get to segregated
school, making their travel time
three hours daily? And this in
spite of desegregation going in
to its fourth year.
Had the editor of your paper
attended the last Board meeting
at which desegregation was dis
cussed, he would have observed
that the "slow step" Board mem
bers were suddenly concerned
with the Negroes rights" his
right to be segregated, his right
to be a second class citizen. The
best educational opportunities
for the Negro were not consid-
cred. Yet these same Board MEM
bers had not conferred with a
single Negro concerning his feel
ings about his rights, When
finally the NAACP speaks for
the Montgomery County Negro
it is called "an ill-advised blast"
The fact is that until a plan
is developed to place all children
in their nearest schools, we can
not completely judge the ''space"
situation. Certainly it is artifi-
cial if five Negro schools in ex-
cellent condition are never con-
sidered in space plans.
Let's get all the facts before
we blast the fellow who has to
take the "left-overs."
Margaret Nolte
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05

The right thinker and worker does his
best, and does the thinking for the ages
He improves moments; to him time is money,
and ne boards this capital to distribute gain.
Mary Baker Eddy
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05

We need not power nor splendor,
Wide hall nor lordly dome;
The good, the true, the tender
These form the wealth of home.
S. j. Hale
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
Party Units Elect
SculI, caddington

David Scull leader of insurgent United
Republicans this week was elected chairman of
the Montgomery County Republican State Cen.
tral Committee and Ward Caddngton was re-
elected as chairman of the Democratic Sec
SculPs election was significant in that he
replaced party stalwart Walter W. Dawson, who
headed COP party affairs since the 1905
Pivotal vote on the Democratic sec - split
evenly between, candidates from the United Demo
Gratis and the Democrats for SO states - went
to Mrs Ann Brown, of the United Democrats who
voted with her organization to re-elect Cadding.
ton and then swung over to the Democrats for
SO to elect Ray v. Murphy treasurer
Only what feeds and fills the sentiment
with unworldiness, can give peace and good
will towards men, = Mary Baker Eddy
Peace is such precious jewel that l
would give anything for it but truth.
= Matthew Henry
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05
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Thanks Given

We were very pleased to see
that you were able to use our
press release regarding our x-ray
equipment and radiation. AS a
result of the publicity you have
given this matter, we have re-
ceived number of telephone in
quiries from local citizens re-
questing additional information.
Thank you very much for your
interest in this matter.
Claudia b. Galiher
Executive Director
Montgomery County
tuberculosis and Heart Assn.
Liked CD Editorial
Your editorial complimenting
volunteers in the civil defense
field was excellent!
This sort Of recognition means
much more to those who are de-
voting so much time and hard
work to the improvement Of civil
defense capabilities.
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh
Administrator
Federal Civil Defense
Administrator
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-06-05

Art Garel
Rita POsner
Billie Harrison