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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
LaytOnsville-WOodfield
P-TA Sees
Movie on
Children
BY Marion Griffith
Clearwater 3.26S2

The LaytonSville PIT A m e {
Tuesday at the school at 8 pm.
A movie "Children's Play" was
shown with a commentary by
Mrs. Roland Green. A discussion
period and business meeting fol.
lowed. A report was given by the
chairman of the building and
grounds committee, David Mar.
tin, on existing problems within
the school plant as found by the
P-TA executive committee and
the trustees during a tour of in
| spection of the school on the
preceding Friday.
Miss Hattie Griffith entertained
re ce ntly at a dessert bridge.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Vestus
Wilcox, Mrs. L. f. Brashear and
Miss Mary c. Warfield.
Mrs. Harold Atkinson, ST., en-.
tertained Thursday at a bridge
luncheon. Prizes were won by
Mrs. Allison Taylor, Mrs, Mary
Allnutt and Mrs. Remus Riggs.
The Sunday School teachers OF
st. Bartholomew will meet Sun
day evening at 1880 at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Walker on
Hawkins Creamery rd.
Mrs. ]. Thomas Howes h a S
asked the column to express her
appreciation for the many cards
and kindneSses she has received
during her recent stay in the hos
pital.
Karen Sue, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Reginald Kephart was chris
tened on Sunday at the morning
service at st. Luke's Lutheran
Church, Redland, by Pastor vii
liam Mercer.
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs
Allison Taylor and Mrs. Mary
Allnutt were Mr.. and Mrs. Stan.
ley Stiles and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hawkins and Mr.
and Mrs. Remus Riggs. Lunch
con guests Monday of Mrs. Tay.
lor and Mrs. Allnutt were Mrs
Edward Carter and Mrs. Nicholas
Squelaro. Last Tuesday they en-
tertained at a bridge luncheon
Prizes were won by Mrs. Virginia
Bartlett and Mrs. w. w. Griffith
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyter II. Webb
are receiving congratulations or
the birth of Joseph Douglas, Or
January 6 at Montgomery Gen
eral. Joe, who weighted a bounc
ing nine pounds one ounce, has
three brothers, Ronald, Roy anc
Harry, jr., and one sister, Susan
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Mather OF
Muncaster I'd. are full of good
news these days. They have new
grandson, George Andrew, borr
January Z in Michigan to their
son and daughter-in-law, the Rev
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
I Believe

II is not generally known that the great
American elephant once roamed over the fertile
valleys of Montgomery County. Deer were plen-
tful and was the principal food of the prehistoric
American Indian, while the elk, caribou, black
bear, grey wolf panther, wildcat, the red and grey
foxes, racoon, mink, musElrat, marten, weasel,
rabbit, grounding, skunk the grey, fox and fly
ing squirrel and the great river otter and beaver,
flourshed in large numbers.
Quite a few of these animals are nearly ex-
tinct, notably the elk caribou, bear, wolf beaver
and rabbit In nearby Pennsylvania the beaver,
long protected by wise legislation, is making a
strong comeback, The Maryland otter once
thought to be completely extinct is slowly in
creasing in numbers in the Potomac Valley area
between Great Falls and Seneca, a number OF
them being trapped each season.
Undoubtedly the greatest animal population
increase in this section is the phenomenal come
back of the raccoon. This elusive little nocturnal
quadruped, for years protected against trapping,
and hunted almost entirely by the old-fashoned
pot licking, long cared bugevoiced 'coonhound
in spite of the dearth of fox and chicken grapes,
and the entire loss of chesnuts - Is quite plen-
tiful in almost all parts of Montgomery County.
The very low price being paid for the 'coons fur
is almost solely responsible for its increase. In
the roaring 20s the raccoon's pelt was utilized
for the making of coats being worn almost ex.
clusivey by college students.
Those were the days of the touring" car,
the open roadster, the rumble seat, the cars
with ilIfitting curtains and, almost always,
without heaters The heavy fur coat those
days was almost must. prime coon hide
at that time was worth from $40 to SIP; today
ii will bring about soc. The same thing is
true of all of the long -haired furs, notably the
skunk and fox In 1921 you could get $4 or SIS
for No skunk, the almost completely black
skunk. You were paid $l8 to $50 for a red
fox and 81 to So for a grey fox in those days.
Today these furs are almost valueIess.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15

mere met Sgt. Leroy Rogers
commanding officer of the Be
thesda police station who also was
Captain of the fire department.
Sgt. Rogers told me, one
day in 1926, that the county
was building a new police
station, the one that's there
now, i'm Bethesda. He said
there's a job as janitOr and
why didn't l apply.
Well, l went to my doctor, Dr.
Benjamin c. Perry who also was
County Commissioner. DR..
Perry told me, Jimmy, you're
about the 25th person to ask me
about that job, but just keep your
shirt on, and I'll see what we
can do"
/ got the job and it lasted for
a year and a half. Sgt. Rogers
decided that it would be cheaper
to pay civilian clerk to be a sta
ton clerk than to keep police
man off the street all day. A
policeman earned $125 a month
so I started out at 500.
Incidentally, l kept the janitor's
job for a while, cleaning up be-
fore my clerks job and after /
was through for the day.
Then, shortly before the Sec
ond World War, Trial Magistrate
James c. Christopher asked me
to be his clerk in the new mag
istrate's court at Bethesda. They
raised me to S120 a month.
At about this time, a justice
of the peace died, and somebody
put in my name as his replace
ment. The Democratic State
Central Committee recommended
my name to the Governor and
he appointed me to my first two
year term. I've been reappointed
every two years since.
I'm the oldest justice of the
peace In the county, in terms
of service. Things haven't
changed much, except that
we do a lot more work than
we used 10. The important
change, or changes, is that
Ups no longer are allowed
TO marry couples, and the old
fee system has been done
away with.
can well remember one man
whose name / won't mention
who used to say to policemen,
SAY fellows, it's getting around
dinner time and I'm getting hun.
cry. Go out and get me some war.
rants"
In those days, you used to get
a dollar for every warrant you
wrote. Now, of course, you don't
get a thing. II all goes to the
county, and there is no incentive
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
Dairymen Make
Emergency
SnOW Plans

An emergency plan born out
of mutual setbacks caused by
last February's record snowfall
has been made by representa-
tives of the Maryland Coopera-
tive Milk Producers, Inc, with
the Western Maryland and
Koonz Dairy officials.
When storms block roads,
dairy farmers living near county
plants operated by Western
Maryland and Koonz may take
their milk to the nearest plant
and it will be accepted, regard
less of its normal destination.
Planners warned, however,
that in case of power failure,
country plants may also be out
of order. They also said that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
I'm a Justice of the Peace

as a full-time J.P. is paid $3195
year. If a full-timer works out
of his house and l can't think
of one who does-he gets an addi-
tional $25 a year for the office
space. This is what you might
call an honorarium.
Altogether, there are 9 full
time and ii part.time UPS. And
right here, I'd like TO say that it
would be a valuable thing if each
of us were required to have some
basic knowledge of the law before
we were appointed. l didn't when
/ started and / don't think a J.P.
today is required to have any.
You know, of course, that if I
write a warrant mistakenly a de-
Tense lawyer has a good chance
of getting a case against his
client thrown out of court.
That recalls the first criminal
warrant l ever wrote. l was
down at the Bethesda police sta
ton when two officers came in
with a warrant another J.P. up
county had written for the ar
rest of a school teacher. He was
involved in morals case.
They told me, Jimmy, can you
understand this? We can't" /
looked at it and had to agree
with them: they'd never have got
ten anywhere in court with that
warrant. So here / was: / didn't
know anything more about law
involving crimes of this kind
than they did l had to get out
some law books, read them care
fully, before l could come up with
the right language.
The research paid off. Aft
err the man was held for ac-
ton Of the grand jury, the
men from the detective but
Teau came downstairs and
congratulated me. They said
the defense lawyer tried to
find some flaw in the war
rant but couldn't. 1t made
me feel pretty good.
l well remember another war
rant / wrote some years ago. 1t
was for the arrest of a lawyer
l knew pretty we'll He shot his
wife and then gave himself up
TO the police. He stood there
in front of me and l said. "You
know, can't set any bond on
this murder warrant. You can't
go free" and he laughed at me
and said, Eyes, l do know,
Jimmy"
But most of our work these
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15

dairymen should not take milk
to local plants merely because
snow is falling. Rather they
should be sure, first, that an
emergency exists.
Listen to the radio. they urged.
The State Roads Commission has
arranged to have news of large
snowstorms relayed to MCMP
headquarters at about 5 am. and
broadcast from Baltimore sta
tons at $50 am. This, Of course,
applies only to State roads, not
county roads.
The MCMP maintains liaison
with city and county radio sta
tons and newspapers and viii
make every effort to supply
them with, news pertinent to the
milk situation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15

| used to dream OF
somehow being associated
with t h e police depart
ment, but then, 1 was
crippled from tuberculo-
sis of the bone so l knew
l didn't have a chance.
But here l am a JUS
tice of the peace for the
last Is years, stationed
right in the main office
at t h e Rockville police
station. / also work as
a police clerk.
But it took me a
while to get here. My
first job was as a check
room boy at the Washing
ton Hotel in the District.
I'll never forget that first
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
Carol Scharf Elected

Carol Ann Scharf, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Scharf,
1923 Hampden Ia, Bethesda, has
recently been elected vice-presi-
dent of King House, dormitory
at Pembroke College in Brown
University. A graduate of the
National Cathedral School, she is
a member of the freshman class
and a candidate for the Bachelor
of Arts Degree.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15

days is concerned with swearing
out warrants for traffic violatorS.
Say an officer comes into the
office with his part of ticket
he's just given to county resi-
dent, maybe for speeding He de-
scribes the violation to me and /
write out the warrant, setting
collateral.
A county resident can sign the
summons and post collateral at
some date before the trial. OF
course, he may forfeit in some
cases.
Anyway, / write out the war
rant which is provided for the
judge to read at the mans trial.
The man may have forfeited his
collateral, but any judge can re.
woke, or rather, refuse TO accept
collateral on any charges if he
wants to.
On that warrant, the judge sees
the amount of collateral or bond
that | set when the man was ar
rested. The amount is set in re
lation to the seriousness of the
offense and in line with a sum
married. set of county code. This
little book suggests amounts OF
bond or collateral for each of
tense.
l can set from 81 to 500 col
lateral on traffic cases. If the
arrested man is from out of state
he has to make bond. Out-of
staters may not pay by check
Chief reason for this, l think, is
that us UPS have to stand be
hind every check we accept, sc
we don't accept any.
Incidentally, the States At
torney is the only person
who can reduce or dismiss
warrant. The policeman is
out of the picture once war
rant is drawn.
And these are drawn at any
time of the day. Many's the time
I have been walked up in the
middle of the night to come down
to the station and write warrants
The only people for whom
won't write warrants are those
who l can tell have been drink
ing. I tell them TO go home and
sober up. Usually, they don't
come back.
We also are very careful about
issuing so-called peace warrants
These almos invariably are
sought by wives who claim their
husbands have beaten them up
And, almost as invariably. the
women won't testify against their
husbands when the time comes
So / always send them over tc
the States Attorney if l can.
Similarly, we refer applicants
for civil warrants such as
landlord seeking back rent - to
the sheriff's office.
And we can't issue a warrant
for a juvenile. A regular sum
mons is filled out by the police
| officer huf tho whole thing is
handled by the juvenile court.
Still, in every case, it's up to
the individual justice of the peace
TO decide whether a warrant is
the answer to a complaint. He'd
make the police department go TO
lot of extra work if he issued
warrants that wouldn't stand
legal scrutiny, so he's got to
watch his step.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
BY James G. Nichols
LAS told TO Steed Evans, Staff RepOrter)

When kid, used to go to the GAINESVILLE
picnic every year and of my biggest thrills to
watch the uniformed county policemen on duty there
They quite a sight in their olive drab uniforms
riding motorcycles Remember this early in the
19O0s and uniform really impressed the kids.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15

When preparing your Federal
income tax return be sure to at
tach all forms VIZ that relate to
1858 income yours and your
wife's, IL a joint return.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15

Read the instruction booklet
carefully when preparing your
958 Federal income tax return.
If read together, form and book
let usually provide all the infor.
nation you need.
If not, there are official tax
guides for individuals, small bust
nessmen, farmers, and others
with problems. One or the other
should help you.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-15
Nichols

day when earned So 80 in tips
Later took a job attendant in a gasoline sta
ton at Wilson Ia and Old Georgetown rd While there
became volunteer with the Bethesda fire department
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19

pass and got his share of num-
erouS tackles.
Larry Marshall and Mike Dill
Ter were repeatedly making
tackles for the Pirates, with as
sistance from John Soldan, who
ranged from one end of the line
to the other to get in on the plays.
Bluttton .... Forest
Is First Downs 2
244 Rushing 81
"a Passing 0
l Passes Attempted 8
l Passes Completed O
2 Intercepted BY 0
3 Fumbles 2
2 Fumbles Lost 2
40 Penalties 5
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19

blood pressure. A moderate
amount of alcohol can increase
the blood pressure, regardless of
whether the alcohol is in the form
of whiskey, wine or beer. In
many cases of high blood pressure
the doctor will prescribe a low
salt (sodiuml diet. Since beer
contains some sodium, its con.
sumption would add to the body
the very substance which the doc
tor is trying to reduce.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19
Urich Again Picked Twice as BE
Earns Eight Spots on Honor Squad

Versatile Joe Urich again
was named on both honor
squads as the BlufftOn Bea-
vers nailed eight spots on the
Mid-Ohio league honor teams
picked Monday.
Four spots on both the Of.
fensive and defensive all
league squads went to Bluff
ton. In addition, BlufftOn grid
ders earned honorable men,
ton for five other slots.
Urich was picked as often.
sive quarterback and defen.
sive linebacker for the Sec
cOnd consecutive year, the
first player in MOL history
to make both squads for two
straight years.
Bulky tackle Jim Weaver
nearly matched this feat.
Named to a first string spot
on the defensive platoon, he
was given honorable mention
on the offensive squad.
First string offensive slots
went to Urich, center Duke
Snyder, fuIIback John Weber
and end Ron LOra. Weaver
and slippery halfback Bill
Lape earned honorable men.
tion.
Urich, Weaver, Iinebacker
Harold Garverick and defen.
sive halfback Larry Hedden
were given first team slots
on defense. Ends Ez Springer
and Ralph Reichenbach were
picked for honorable mention
on defense.
Hedden pulled the rarest
feat of all, earning strong
mention for two spots on the
defensive platoon. Picked for
halfback, he also received
honorable mention for outside
liDebacker.
Eight Beavers were named
for the 22 first team spots.
Findlay college was next
with five first team picks;
Ashland, four; Defiance,
three; Ohio Northern, two,
and Wilmington, one.
Despite an influx of some
good freshman players, par
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19

though handicapped by a Is yard
holding penalty.
Logan scored again, this time
on prettily executed double re-
verse to the right. Larry Mar
shall scored the extra points on
sweep around right end. The
Pirates led 16-0 at the end of the
half.
An attempted Forest air at
tack went astray badly in the
third quarter. Schiffke seemingly
intercepted their first pass, but
had a foot firmly out of bounds.
Given a reprieve, Tom Lease
tried another pass on the next
play, but Larry Marshall pulled
it in and galloped Al yards, giving
the Pirates a 22-0 lead at the end
of the third quarter.
Forest drove back, getting
their only two first downs of the
night, but the Pirates halted
them on the Bluffton 20 early
in the fourth period.
Three plays later Bluffton was
on the Forest 33, helped con-
siderably by a "a yard twist by
Logan.
A touchdown followed on the
next play but it was scored by
Forest. Quarterback Steve Ba-
singer, attempting a pitchout, put
it squarely in the willing and sur
prised arms of Phil Johnson,
who went GA yards for an un-
molested score. Lowell Miller
bucked over the extra point.
Bluffton came rafting back to
cover 81 yards and score a final
touchdown. Seniors Logan, Burk-
holder, and Terry Marshall did
practically all the ball carrying.
with Marshall scoring from the
one. Steve woodward got the
extra points, bringing the score
to 30-8.
Ray Ruggley intercepted an
other Forest pass but the game
ended before the Pirates could
start a serious push.
Logan played a good game, Of
fensively and defensively. He
netted ITO yards in 10 carries,
caught the "a yard touchdown
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19

The Bluffton Pirates oozed
and Slithered to a 30-8 victory
over the game Forest Rangers
Friday night, mailing down sec
ond place in the Northwest con-
ference.
Forest entered the game with
only five substitutes and only one
of these men saw action in the
first three quarters.
Underpowered and underman-
ned, they still held the Pirates
even during the first period.
Bluffton's superior size and re-
serve strength began to tell in
the second period and by the end
of the game the Pirates were
moving at will.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19
GrOUe Wraps Up
BIuftOn Second

Coumbus Grove defeated Pan
dora-Gilboa 32-0 Friday night,
wrapping up the Northwest con-
ference championship, and COM
pleting an unbeaten season.
Tied by Elida in league play,
the Bulldogs finished half game
ahead of the Bluffton Pirates.
Bluffton defeated Elida but lost
to Grove 60.
Bluffton defeated a courageous
Forest club 30-8 in Harmon
fields mud Friday night. Lafay-
cite turned back Spencerville 40
in the other league game.
Elida lost to Bath 40-26 in a
non-league game, while Delphos
Jefferson wrapped up their sea-
son the week before.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19

Ken Logan scored twice in the
second quarter and helped
nightly in setting up another
score in the fourth quarter. Two
Pirate touchdowns in the second
half were scored by the Marshall
brothers, Terry and Larry.
George Burkholder hit Logan
with a short pass near the left
sideline on the opening play of
the second period and Logan cut
back towards the center of the
field, hurdled one man and went
all the way, with assistance from
a pretty block from Buck Schiff-
ke.
Covering "a yards, the play
climaxed a nine play drive which
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19

Duke Snyder's selection as the
Mid-Ohio league all-starr center
is entirely justified in the eyes
of his coach, Kenny Mast, who
has termed Snyder the most
underrated player in the whole
league"
Mast has always found a spot
for Snyder to play, even when
mammoth Lee Krecji anchored
the middle of the BC line in
1956-57. In those years Snyder
played over the middle of the
line on defense.
When Krecji proved less sue
cessful in the classroom than on
the football field, Snyder moved
smoothly into the offensive CEN
ter position. Things moved just
as well with Snyder as with
Krecji and Masts only problem
at center the past two seasons
has been a lack of substitutes.
Snyder carried the load practical
ly alone this year.
One of four Be seniors who
never played in a losing game
in the Mid-Ohio league, Snyder
is probably the Beavers hardest
in games and in practice.
He always does the job"
beamed Mast. He went on to say,
Duke is as steady as anybody
A good student and a leader in
extra-curricular activities, Sny-
der was one of eight BC seniors
recently selected for who's
Who in American Colleges and
Universities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-19
FINAL STANDINGS
Junior High Cagers
Slate Nine Games

Nine games with other North
west conference schools have
been scheduled for the Bluffton
junior high school basketball
team, which will be coached by
Dick Kirkendall.
Games will be played on
Thursday evenings.
Dec. 3 Elida
Dec. 10 at Spencerville
Dec. II Lafayette
Jan. at Harrod
Jan Ia Beaverdam
Jan. II at Conner
Jan. % Bath
Feb. A at jefferson
Feb. IL Perry