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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11

difference in Spanish milled
dollars"
The deed for Lot II of Wood
stock Manor is dated January
10, 1894, and is from John
Francis Mercer of the City of
Annapolis Esquire and
Spohie, his wife, James Stewart
of the town of Baltimore i.
Gentleman and Rebecca, his
wife and Elizabeth Sprigg of
Anne Arundel County Spin
ster, to George Washington,
Esquire, President of the United
States. (Liber 0, folio SIS, Rock
ville).
In June, 1894, Washington
wrote to Col. Francis Deakins
who lived near Woodstock
Manor:
"The north part of Wood
stock Manor in Montgomery
County Qate the property of
Richd. Sprigg. ESQ., has fallen
to my lot by the division there.
of which was made by you and
Mr.. Jones.
Colo. VIM. Deakins, at your
request and for which l thank
you. has informed me that the
tenants are committing tres
passes thereon. Will you permit
me therefore to request the
favor of you to cause, on my
behalf, a stop to be put to them.
You would oblige me also by
furnishing me with the names
of the tenants who live on my
part of the manor, what rents
they pay, what kinds of tena-
ments they occupy, and the
order they are kept in. In a
word, would thank you for
paying some attention to my in
terest therein"
The following month, Wash
ington refused to rent the en-
tire farm, saying, g. it is
long since 1 have formed a
fixed resolution never to let
land to anyone who does not
live on it, but adjoining there
to, because 1 have found from
experience that my land has al
ways been pressed hard to save
their own, and the improve
ments which it ought to receive
from the stock, litter, ETC., it
has been robbed for the benefit
of the other :. Besides it might
be inconvenient perhaps to the
tenants that are on the land to
be dispossessed." He added, 1
should greatly prefer the cult
walton of wheat to tobacco on
those lands"
In July, 1875, the President
refused to sell his part of
Woodstock Manor: GAS that
land was received in payment
of the balance of a debt the
greater part of which had been
discharged by such driblets, and
in such a manner as really to
have been of very little service
to me, will wait awhile to see
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11

to what heights the price of
land Whereabouts will rise be-
fore l dispose of it, under full
conviction that it will not fall"
In the fall of 1896, Washing
ton visited Woodstock Manor
on his way from Mount Vernon
to Philadelphia. To Francis
Deakins he wrote: 1T would
have been pleasing to me, as
much on acct. of the esteem 1
feel for you, as for the satisfac-
ton of viewing my land with
more accuracy, to have found
you at home. AS the case hap
pened, I took only a hasty and
superficial view of parts Of the
Tract"
During the next three years
there are many mentions, in
Washington's Writings, of my
tenants near Monocacy" whom
he listed as Mr.. Charles Nc
Davitt, Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Dade,
Jno Warning and Mrs. Pris-
ella Beall.
BY the terms of Washington's
WIZ, Woodstock Manor was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11
Summer School
DeddLine of
June 10 is Set

Montgomery County Board OF
Education announced today that
June 10 would be the cutoff
date for accepting applications
for the elementary summer
school program. Any student
wishing to apply after that date
should contact the Director of
Elem ntary Education, Rock
vile, for consideration on an
emergency basis.
William l.. BroOmaII, SUPER
visor In charge Of the program
reported that 800 applications,
twice the number for last year
have been received so far.
Although the number of stu
dents signed up for the special
science program shows an in
crease over last year, there
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11
By Dorothy Troth Muir


In 1894, President George
Washington wrote concerning
the purchase of land in Mont
gomery County: "As you think,
and I have always heard, the
contemplated purchase would
be valuable one, it would be
regretted if you should miss it,
as there can be no doubt under
the rapid encrease of land
particularly that web. aproxi
mate to the Seat of Govern
ment); but that one half would
pay for the whole a few years
hence :" The President own
ed 519 acres in the northern
part of the county, a part of
Woodstock Manor.
Granted to Thomas Sprigg,
in 1871, as 1000 acres, Wood
stock Manor, which lay north
of the grant, Hanover, and the
site of Beallsville, passed from
father to son. In 1888 it was
being leased out by Richard
Sprigg in 100-acre farms to Will
laims Holland, Matthew Reed,
Walter White ard others. The
farmers agreed to pay 1000
pounds of tobacco and 20 shil-
lings annually, and to plant 40
young apple trees, and build a
log dwelling house not less than
10 feet square, a small corn
house and a log tobacco house
or barn 20 or "a square feet and
reserve 40 acres to timber.
uiber B 2, folio SO, 99).
Richard Sprigg's daughter,
Sophie, was mentioned in
letters of the great men of the
day. Before leaving for France,
Thomas Jefferson wrote to
James Madison that Henry Lee
was counting miss Sprigg, a
young girl of seventeen and
10000 pounds expectation"
After he reached Paris, Jeffer-
son heard from James Monroe
that Mercer hath married
Miss Sprigg."
John Francis Mercer, a grad
uate of William and Mary, at
nineteen had been Ado to Gen.
Charles Lee. After the war he
represented Virginia in the old
Congress. In 1855, he married
Sophie Sprigg, moved to Mary
land, and represented that
State in Congress. He was
later Governor of Maryland.
At the death Of his father, he
Inherited the estates and the un.
paid balance of a loan made by
George Washington to the elder
Mercer. Col. Mercer and his
wife called on the President in
Philadelphia and offered to pay
the Mercer debt with some of
the Sprigg land in Montgomery
County. Washington agreed to
accept Lot II of Woodstock
Manor, 519 acres, but as the
debt was less than the value of
the land, the President paid the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11

Kilgour, trustee for George
SCOTS heirs, to Thomas Green,
and by Thomas Green's heirs,
in 1885, to Daniel Price. George
Washington's part of Wood
stock has continued to be sold,
divided and resold, to the pre-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11

sent day.
Lot 1, the southern portion
of Woodstock Manor, 583 acres,
was sold, in 1884, by the Sprigg
heirs to William Brewer. 1t re.
manned the property of the
Brewer family for over a hun.
dred years. In 1912, it was sold
to the Harry Sherbys, and ten
years later bought by Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Clammer. George
Washington's land lies directly
north of the Clammer's large
farm near Beallsville. The
view of Sugar Loaf Mountain,
across the broad fields which
once bore tobacco, is as beauti.
full today as when President
Washington took "a hasty and
superficial view of parts of the
Tract"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11
MEGA Awards
Scholarship

Florence Bethel, 17-year.old
senior at Poolesville, has been
named winner of the Montgofn-
cry County Education Associa-
tons annual scholarship. 49,
She is first in her graduating
class of 33 students and has
served as president of the
schools library club. Florence
will attend Frostburg State
Teachers College next fall.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11

have not been enough to Jus
tify opening the nine centers
originally planned, Broomall
said. The four centers neces-
sary will be at Belt, Montgorn-
cry Hills, Eastern and Western
Junior Highs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11
George Washington Once Owned $40 Acres in County

1.-THE author of this article collected information
on Which it is based Ule doing research for her books
Potomac Interlude' and "Presence of a Lady," She
is resident of Boyds, Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-02
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Evening star., 1959-11-27

Paul's. an Episcopalian insti-
tuition. No charges were filed
against them Immediately.
DR.. Perry, a 51-year-old ma
tive Of Whitesboro, N. Y, had
been a member of the st. Paul's
faculty since 1851. He came
here from st. Lawrence Univer-
sity in New York.
Several newspapers indicated
that bad feeling between st.
Paul's and Daito Cultural Uni
versity might have been partly
responsible for the incident.
They said students at Daito,
a right-wing institution spe-
cializing in Oriental literature
and culture, resented the stu
dents at the American-sup-
ported university because their
financial situation was gener-
ally better.
A spokesman at Daito denied
this, insisting" We are on
very friendly terms with st.
Paul's."
DR.. Perry, who taught ORR
entail history at the university
was a graduate of st. Lawrence
and Harvard. He taught al
st. Johns University in Shang-
hal, was a naval intelligence
officer in World War II, anc
Evening star., 1959-11-27
Tokyo Arrests
Two in Staying
OF American

TOKYO, Nov. 27 (AP).-Two
Japanese university students
were under arrest today in
connection with the fatal beat
ing Of DR.. Charles E. Perry, an
American teacher at st. Paul's
University here.
Newspaper reports said one
Of the youths struck DR.. Perry
on the head and face last night
after he admonished the pair
for throwing rocks at his home
and entering the university
campus while drunk.
Another st. Paul'S teacher,
Nobumoto Takuma, rushed to
the Americans aid and turned
the students over to police. DR.
Perry died at his home a short
time later of a brain hemor-
rhage.
The youths. identified as Set
just Mori and Teruo Yokohama
both 10. attend Daito Cultural
University, which adjoins st
Evening star., 1959-11-27

cation study being financed
with a grant from the Fund
for the Advancement of Edu-
cation. The director of the
project is Clyde M. Hill,
Sterling professor emeritus of
education at Yale.
OF the eight mothers. five
are still teaching. The other
three plan an educational ca
reer, Yale said, but have not
yet begun full-time teaching
because of home responsible
tiles.
None of the eight had pre-
vious teaching experience and
none was otherwise employed.
Their ages ranged from 80 to
IS. The mothers have from
one to four children. Six have
children of preschooI age.
Evening star., 1959-11-27


answer for the Nations teacher
shortage"
Eight mothers, all graduates
of liberal arts colleges, partici-
pated in an experimental train
ing program stretched over
three years to allow them to
continue their housekeeping
chores. The Yale education Ol-
pertS drew these conclusions in
their report:
/. Young mothers = turned
teachers are considered better
than the average beginning
teacher and they are more
likely to remain in the profess
sion.
2. A program such as the
one conducted by Yale is work.
able and costs $3.50 a teacher
over a three-year period.
3. College-trained housewives
in the United States are a de
pendable reservoir of teaching
supply"
Yale, is in its report on the
experiment, said that prior to
the project housewives who
wanted to teach were often
kept from doing so because the
time involved infringed on their
home responsibilities.
The experiment was carried
out in the public schools in
Fairfield, Conn, as part of q
long-range Yale-Fairfield edu.
Evening star., 1959-11-27
WIRELESS CAR VISITS NEW YORK

Mrs. Marie L. Puffer, suffered a
6-inch cash, a skull fracture
and brain injury when struck
at the Foxboro Town Play
ground.
The girl was one of a big
crowd watching several ex-
uberant boys tug and pull at
the goalpostS after Mansfield
High defeated Foxboro High.
The post suddenly pulled
free from its concrete-encased
sleeve and it went crashing
down on the girl. She was
standing In a crowd, but no
one else was hurt.
Evening star., 1959-11-27
Orthodox Church
Sets Peace VioiI

SITS, Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church will
open its observance of the Week
of st. Andrew with an all night
vigil for the peace of the world
tomorrow night.
The vigil will begin at 7:30
pm. and eliminate with divine
litgurgy at 10:30 am. Sunday
in the church, Ais Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1959-11-27
Feursome Bride Puts
Hitch in Weddino

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Nov. q
(AP) "A marriage has been ar
ranged for a cigar-smoking
gorilla in Colombo's zoo at a
cost of $4,000, but getting the
bride here from Amsterdam
poses problems.
The zoo keeper, Mai. Aubrey
Weinman, says he's trying to
get some airline to accept heI
as a paying passenger-"AfteI
all a gorilla is so little removed
from human beings"--w.th o
human travelling companion, Il
necessary.
Evening star., 1959-11-27

taught at st. Lawrence from
1949 to 1851.
st. Paul's announced it
would hold a school funeral
Monday for DR.. Perry. Presi-
dent Masatoshi MatSushita de-
scribed him as "a fine Chris
tian, gentle and understand
ing"
Evening star., 1959-11-27
Girl Who Was Hit
As GouIpost Fell
Dies Of Injuries

ATTLEBORO, Mass, Nov. 81
(AP).-A 14-year-old Foxboro
girl died today of head injuries
suffered when struck by a
metal goalpost uprooted in a
celebration at the end of a
Thanksgiving Day high school
football game.
Jane Puffer, daughter of
Evening star., 1959-11-27
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Named to Council

MART1NSBURG, w. Va,
Nov. q (SpeciaD The Rev.
w. w. Beale, pastor of Calvary
Methodist Church here, has
been named by Gov. Underwood
as a member of the Berkeley
County Department Of Public
Assistance Council for a term
ending August 81, 1860.
Evening star., 1959-11-27
Yale Proposes Drafting
Mothers as Teachers

NEW HAVEN Conn.,, Nov. q (AP).-Yae University yes
rday proposed cobng the ranks Of cgeducated mothers
for badly needed public school teachers.
The university said experiment with group of young
mothers has been successful that the formula might be
Evening star., 1959-11-27
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ADVERTISEMENT
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago.

Taken from the June 6, 1919 Issl
Miss Mabel Bowser left on
Wednesday, May 10Th, to visit
her home in Butler, Pa, Miss
BoYser attended a luncheon
In the Hotel DUPONT, given by
the Association of Graduate
Nurses on Wednesday after
noon to the Red Cross nurses
who have returned from over
seas.
In heavy slugging match
staged in Frederick on Deco
ration Day. the FELTON, AA out
classed the fast Frederick nine.
Mcbride, Frederica's classy
moundsman, who earned great
laurels in his recent victory
over Fort Salisbury was treat
ed to a bombardment such as
the Germans received at the
Argonne Forest. He eventually
retired in dismay. His success
sors Chambers and Hudson
Jared little better. When the
smoke of the battle had clear
ed away the Frederick boys
were buried under a 19 to 12
score. Hughes. the FELTON, slab
artist, after having a few bad
innings, returned to his old
form and turned the heavy hit
ters of the Frederick team
back to the bench in order.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05
Twenty Years Ago.

Taken from the June 0, 1899 Iss'
A registered Guernsey bull
has recently been sold by
Blakeford Farms, Inc, to Per-
cy ID. Stevenson of Milford.
Del. This animal is Blakeford
Merriment 265589, according
to the American Guernsey Cat
tie Club. Peterborough, N. III.
zee
William Henry Heald, attor-
ney and former u. s. Repre-
sentative in Congress. died last
Saturday afternoon, June 3,
1889, few hours after his re-
election as president of the
Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity of Delaware. He was
in his seventy-fifth year.
zee
DIR. G.. Layton Grier, presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees
of the Milford Memorial Hos
pital, announced today that
that institution had become a
member hospital in the Plan
of Group Hospital Service. In
corporated. the statewide
non-profit plan for hospital
care. located in Wilmington.
With the inclusion of the Mil
ford Hospital. the Delaware
Plan now has completed con-.
tracts with every voluntary
hospital in the state.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05
Ten Years Ago.
Taken from the June 3, 1919 Issue

Taken from the June 3, 1949 Issu
Houston experienced tn e
most spirited election in it's
history last Saturday, when a
total of ninety votes were cast
for an entire new town board.
The following were elected,
Robert H. Yerkes, "a votes;
Chester c. Benson, rs votes:
William e. Manlover, Jr.. SO
votes; Charles Hayes, 81 votes;
Palmer Anstine. 81 votes. Out
of the ninety votes cast. three
were thrown out by the cleo
ton board.
Upon completion of nineteen
years of service in school mu-
sic in various capacities, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cathcart Bennett
was highly honored on Friday
evening of last week when
friends from the teaching world
in the state met to do her hon
or. A few less than a hundred
had dinner together In the Mu-
nicipal Hall in Laurel. DR..
George r. Miller. state director
of education in Delaware. was
POSTMASTER. Mrs. Bennett was
presented with silver service
in recognition of her splendid
work and in appreciation of
the esteem which her fellow
workers had for her.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05

Elma and Thelma Stauffer
are the honor students of the
class of 1949 at the Harrington
High School and will deliver
the valedictory and salutatory
addresses.
Last Sunday afternoon the
members of the Carlisle Fire
Company of Milford were sum-
moned to Milton, where a CON
fiagration at the poultry pack
ing plant in that town was
raging out of control. When
this blaze was finally extin-
guished the owners of the plant
reported that their loss would
be upwards of $4,000.
Evergreen Forest No. 40. Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, participat-
ing in the parade at the recent
national convention held in At
lantic City, was awarded sec
ond prize for appearance. The
Rangers of Evergreen Forest
marched to music of the So
piece Tall Cedars Band under
the baton of Walter Wells of
Selbyville. Roy Palmer of Re-
hoboth. is captain of the Rang
ers. A color guard and three
smart stepping majOrettes
completed the unit.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05

Fred Johnson, who contract
ed to paint the Town of Mil
: ton water tank and tower for
SITS, did the job last week.
On Tuesday evening, Miss
Hilda Burton of MillsbOro,
gave a river party in honor of
her guests, Miss Edith Spark
lin of Wyoming, and Miss Ruth
Messick of Frankford. The
party was composed of the
younger set of Millsboro and
they were conveyed to Oak Or
chard in a large motor boat
recently purchased by F. H.
Burton.
Citizens of Milford who own
automobiles have been enjoy
ing one of the most beautiful
sights ever seen in this section
during the past week. In the,
woods just north of the home
of William Trader, near For
ty-Four School House." laurel
is in blossom. The big trees
of these flowers are perfect
mass of pink and white, and
those who have seen the flow
ers in California at their best
state that they do not compare
with the display in the woods
near Milford.