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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Wick Byron

Board and is former principal of Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School,
1t took Mr.. Pyles three minutes to explain.
FIRST OF all, there is no stamp used. Further,
there is complete academic transcript plus
personality form that is sent to colleges.
And While 1t is true that a student does not
get recommendation from the high school
unless he received 60 per cent GAS" and "B's"
and no IDS" in his last two years of high
school, there Is an explanation If extenuatng
circumstances exist
Mr.. Pyle suggested we talk to Mrs Mar
ian H. Leimback, secretary, and Miss Dorothy
b. Quayle, counselor, at B-CC Both knew the
student They cooperated with proper infor-
nation.
The words on this particular students
transcript said: This Students grades do not
meet standards established by the Maryland
state Board of Education for recommendation
for college entrance" AS YOU can see, this is
lar different than the original version of what
was stamped on the transcript
This student did receive one "D" in her
junior year. And her other grades did not add
up to 60 per cent GAS" and "B's". They
weren't far behind, however Furthermore,
this student had passed college entrance ex-
amlnations in good shape. Individual colleges
decide which students to accept or reject.
The standards seem a little rigid but re-
quirements for college are much higher than
In former years. The competition is tough.
But we're glad to learn our high school Off
Gals are not as cold as one might have sus.
pected before this matter was investigated.
The happy ending Of this story is that the
student was accepted by very fine college.
And we hope the future Is bright.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
County Comment
Gadge+ Confounds
Proper Procedure
County Comment

AS we pushed through the doorway, a
young man and a middle-aged one were in
earnest discussion.
1T beats me-" the young man was saying.
II don't see any reason at all for the darned
things"
Replied the other: "If they worked, it'd
be different. 1 get mad every time see one."
The scene was the mems room Of a local
eatery. The object of the gentlemen's criti-
cism was that most sadistic of man.made con.
trivances, the hot-air hand drier.
The latter term Is used loosely, of course,
since we have yet to encounter the hand that
was really dried by one of these perverse little
mechanisns. With proper cooperation and
perseverance on the part of the user, we sup
pose, the machine might possibly do its APP
pointed job. We wouldn't know We have
never mustered sufficient courage to stand
from five to ten minutes, wringing our hands
like SNUG pawn broker, while others wait,
impatient and dripping, in line behind us.
The message on the machine advises us
to rub hands together lightly" under the thin
flow of warm air (which, however thin, is
hardly called for in these days of the soaring
Discomfort Index. The message continues,
ITO dry face, tilt nozzle up
Can you imagine trying to dry your face
In that woeful little breeze? Presumably the
proper procedure would be to rub your heads
lightly together.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Toke Back the District?

HE often-repeated offer of Congressman and Sen
ators to give the District of Columbia back Maryland
is udlcrous in many respects but it keeps coming up
often that more and people beginning to wonder
if something might come of the proposal
1t is undoubtedly true that legislators throw out
the proposal to obscure their objections home rule for
the District These have real intention of granting
District home rule assisting rerocesson of the District
to Maryland AS far they concerned it is just talk
There are nevertheless, more and more people both
on and OF Capitol Hill who getting sick and tired of
the hypocrisy and interminabe delays encountered
the years on District home rule. And being in state
OF resigned exhaustion they seriously wondering if
they shouldn't give up the home rule fight and head off
anew in the direction of retrocession.
Maryland officials almost to a man. have Nightmares
when the proposal is mentioned Already overbur
dened with more than enough problems in their mush
roomng they be forgiven for wanting to take
on a multiplicity of new ones. Even with the
having its own government there would be almost
beevaby complex legal and other problems arising from
such transition.
Sen Beall and others who argue that the only sensible
course is to put muscle into the home rule fight
would seem to be on the right track.
1t must be frustrating though, for the home rule
leaders when they realize the average District resident
seems to have little stomach for such fight Many Dis
rict residents put somewhat higher premium their
comfort and convenience than they do their VOTE
citizen OF Hungary and Poland Czechoslovakia just
might experience little difficulty understanding this
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06

always at their own expense.
Not often is teacher lucky
enough to rate vacation, and
here, too, you will likely as not
find much summer time spent
in revision of courses of study.
Those who beef that teachers
are now paid as much as per-
sons of comparable status in
State or other organizational
frameworks would have quite a
time finding a professional
group, working in excess of 1000
hours per year and with SINH.
lar scholastic requirements,
which has a salary level com
parable to that of teaching eli,
Their at the secondary or uni.
versity level.
Allan Harrison,
Science Department, Walter
johnson High School, Rock
vile, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Free America

From the tone of your edi.
torial, which appeared in The
Sentinel, Thursday, July %,
1859, you are an ardent inte-
grationist; but whether you are
or are not an integrationist you
ought not to accuse others who
oppose your views of being hate
artists and manufacturing ven
ON, as we could just as easily,
if we wanted to be unfair, &C.
cuse those opposing our beliefs.
We do not know how you pos.
sibly arrive at the conclusion
that "there is only a negligible
amount of blind, unreasoning,
die-hard opposition to integra-
ton in Montgomery County;
certainly any editor who broad.
ly associates with cross section
of the people of Montgomery
County and gets a frank expires.
sion from them, could never ar.
rive at such a conclusion. Can
it be that your conclusions are
your own personal wishful
thinking, or are you blindly in
fluenced by a small circle of peo-
pie bent on wrecking this coun-
try and its institutions with in.
tegration? We do not know how
you can have the audacity to
state that moves for segrega.
ton bills have "failed misera.
bly," and that mot one of the
123 Delegates was willing to
fight the racialists' battle for
them" Can it be that you were
misinformed or entirely ignor.
ant of the fact that House Bills
No. 695 and No. 696 were intro.
duced in the 1855 session, which
We're introduced at the request
OF the members of the Maryland
Petition Committee, Inc? In
any event, the introduction Of
these named bills and others,
certainly proves the fallacy of
your statement. 1t is your priv.
lege to attack whomever you
desire, IL that gives you pleas.
ure, but you certainly should
adhere to the truth and veer
away from nasty name calling.
We further inform you that
the Maryland Petition Commit.
tee, Inc. is a statewide organi-
cation with Chapters in several
of the Maryland Counties. and it
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Teacher Pay

Many of those opposed to bet.
ter pay for teachers base their
case on the teachers "nine-
month year." Allow me to lay
that ghost once and for all.
Teachers hours are daily from
somewhere between eight and
nine until four o'clock. During
this time they must instruct and
keep pace with up to $50 super
charged, vitaminStuffed young
dynamos, and this is no small
chore in itself. Comes evening,
at last, and dinner and a bath
and all the other citizens settle
themselves for an evening of
bridge or watching the idiot box.
But teacher? Upstairs and to
work, for there are $50 exam
papers to be graded, lab work
to be checked, planning for to.
morrow's classes, and possibly
a register or forms to be filled
out! Maybe by IL, then teacher
can get bit of sack time, for
tomorrow is another day.
The point is that the average
person working a 40.hour week
works about 1000 hours per
year. / can speak only for my.
self, but because the school in
which / am employed was being
evaluated for generalization last
year, ! kept a pretty close rec
ord OF my working time and
found that I had logged 1000
hours by the early part Of May.
English teachers spend substan.
TALLY more time than this. So
let's not be naive about that
lovely nine.month year, citizens.
1t just doesn't exist. In addition
to this, most teachers spend
their summer months either
working or attending summer
schools for the specific purpose
OF improving their efficiency in
the classroom, and this almost
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Torcaso Backed

Your paper recently carried
a follow-up article on the case
of Roy r. Torcaso, whose appli-
cation for notary public in Mont
gomery County was turned
down because he was not a
theist. Mr.. Torcaso's plight rep
resents the continuing problem
of defining the separation OF
church and state which should
be of great concern to every
American.
The ruling Of Attorney Gen.
eral Sybert, if left unchallenged,
means that the State of Mary
land has the right to demand
a religious test for offices of
profit or trust; i.e., that can
didate for such offices has to
have a theistic faith. This is
contradictory to our constitu-
tional guarantees. 1t is definitely
not the business of the State
to ask whether any of its cit.
zens are theists or humanists,
let alone what religious affili-
ations they have.
A mans right to work at his
chosen occupation, and his worth
as a citizen, should not be de-
termined by the strength of his
theism, or the lack thereof.
Rather, a man should be judged
on the basis of his character,
integrity and sense of RESPONSE
bility to his family, community,
State, Nation and the world. I
do not believe that theism is a
detriment to public office, but
I do believe that it should not
be the sole or determining quail
fication for public trust.
I call upon both Senator
Northrop and Gov. Tawes, who
originally approved Mr.. Tor
caso's appointment, to see that
appropriate legislation is passed
in Maryland to remove this final
religious test from the constitu-
ton. I also appeal to Represent
alive Lee and the citizenry of
Montgomery County to lend
their support to this action.
Rev. David Hicks MACPHERSON,
Minister, Universalist Church
of Silver Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06

I sincerely hope there will be
all possible public opposition to
the proposed Cabin John mon
strosity of a development pro-
posed by the president of a
Washington real estate corpora
ton whose sole interest in our
county and its orderly develop
ment is the greedy dollar.
Thank heavens we have a fine,
intelligent Zoning Commission
and a sensible Board of Appeals
so we may set our minds at rest
and let the future be in the wise
hands of those we elected to
high county office.
Cabin John, Potomac, Travi.
lah, and the River Potomac Els.
tates are the remaining un-
spoiled suburbs to which many
D. c. residents moved in order
to bring their children to the
pure air of the country side, and
give them, too, the space in
which to live and grow near
nature.
The black.top parking lots are
not playing fields" for little
children or baseball diamonds"
for Little Leaguers.
So let the developers 60 else
where to make their dollars and
leave the county its green fields
and quiet country lanes to those
who came to them to escape
the heat and confines of the city.
I came too, to breathe and live
in peaceful surroundings.
/ hope everyone will give the
Cabin John Park Citizens Asso.
citation and its president all pos
sible support and back UP the
Montgomery County Zoning
Commission 100 percent in its
duty.
1t John Redgrays
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Letters TO the Editor

was the statewide organization
which voted to become aSsoci-
ated with the Citizens Councils
of America; and we wish to adj
wise you further, that the Mary
land Petition Committee, Inc.
did not make anonymous phone
calls" regarding the appoint
ment of the Negro principal to
an all-white school, as a tele.
gram was sent to the Montgom-
cry County School Board under
the name of the Maryland Peti.
ton Committee, Inc. and appro.
pirate press releases given of
that fact. Please see attached
copy of release given out to the
press at that time.
We agree with you that too
many people have been entirely
too quiet regarding the matter
of Indignation, but we would fur
Their advise you that you ought
not to delude yourself into be.
lieving that a present general
quietude on the subject is an
acceptance of the integration-
lists plans which fit into the
Communists schemes.
Inasmuch as you nave rather
strongly attacked us via name
calling and untruths, we would
think that in all fairness to us,
you would publish this letter as
a letter to the editor in your
paper.
Yours for free America with
a majority of its white citizens
determined to remain white,
even though there may be a
minority who either carelessly
or deliberately may eventually
mongrelize.
Robert l.. Wiseman,
President,
Maryland Petition Committee
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Belief in God

is the job of the Maryland Attorney Generals office to
rule on Maryland law. Accordingly, in the famous
Torcaso notary public involving individuals refusal
to state his belief in God in order to qualify for public Of
flee, the attorney general has ruled that the nobeiever
cannot assume the office. eers
He based his opinion on the following provision
(Artcle 81 of the Declaration of Rights Maryland Const
tuton) which reads as follows:
mo religious test ought to be required
for any office of profit trust in this State other
than declaration of belief IN the existence OF God
The sentence would seem to be contradictory On the
one hand states that mo religious test ought to be
required But then adds: other than declaration of
belief in the existence of Cod The Maryland Attorney
General has nevertheless probably ruled properly There
can be little doubt about the meaning of oter than de-
claraon of belief in the existence of God That is clear
and unmstakabe Whereas the phrase mo religious test
ought to be required is subject differing nterpreta-
tons. What is religious test?"
The United States Constitution contains the following
language (Article VIZ:
1.-The Senators and Representatives before
mentioned and the members of the several State
Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers,
both of the United States and of the several States
shall be bound by oath affirmation to support this
Constitutions but religious test shall ever be
quired qualification to any office public trust
under the United States"
And of course the first amendment to the United
States Constitution also declares:
Congress shall make no law respecting an estab-
lishment of religion prohibiting the free exercise
thereof !"
In discussing the principle of religious freedom Thom-
Jefferson wrote that the Legislative powers of the Gov
eminent reach actions only and not opinions and of
course he strongly favored his wall of separation between
Church and State"
In 1947 ruling of the United States Supreme Court
attempted to define what the establishment of religion
clause meant in the First Amendment to the Constitution
and in words which appeared to have the approval of most
of the justices, declared:
Neither a state the Federal Government can
set up church. Neither can pass laws which aid one
religion, aid all religions, prefer religion over
another Neither can force nor influence person to
go to or to remain away from church against his will
force him to profess a belief disbelief in any re-
lgion No person can be punished for entertaining
processing religious beliefs dsbeiefs for church
attendance non-attendance."
The subject is an important and-aways-in
one. And it would appear that in requiring citizen to
state his belief in God the Maryland constitution contra
the letter of the United States Constitution and al
most certainly, the intent Maryland legislators should
think seriously about proposing State Constitutional
amendment to let State voters decide whether they want
to repeal the requirement
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06

Pen names may be used
but letters will not be pub
Rshed unless the aUriter
Identifies himself to the
Sentinel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Disapproves

l was amazed and Mortified
at the picture Davis funeraD
that met my eyes on page three
of last weeks issue of your
paper. To the person who took
it and to you who published it,
1 just want to say: how could
you be so devoid of human love
and sympathy and understand.
ing?
Emily Gardner
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Montgomery County
S { N TIN Ell

Established 1855 by Matthew Fields
MEMBER MARYLAND PRESS ASSOC.
AFFILIATE MEMBER NATIONAL
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO., INC.
Published weekly, Thursdays, az 28
East MONTGOMERY Avenue. by the SENT.
nei publishing Co.. Inc. Cy M. Camp
Entered az second class matter al the
Post office at Rockville Maryland, under
ACT OF Congress. March 3 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
NAH In Maryland and the District Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06

Robert L. Wiseman,
President,
Maryland Petition Committee
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-08-06
Opposes Plan

Emily Gardner
Holmes County herald., 1959-08-06

creased baking dish. Cover thick
Y with crumbs, a little sugar and
oits of butter. Repeat until dish is
ull. Sprinkle lemon juice on top
md bake 80 minutes in moderate
ven, 375 degrees. Serve with whip
ned cream or ice cream.
Care Of Household Metals
To clean brass and copper, sprink-
lie on salt and a little vinegar. Rub,
rinse and dry. For a dull finish use
oil and rottenstone. For a bright
polish use whiting and denatured
alcohol.
Mild securing powders are best
to clean aluminium. Cooking acid
Gods such as tomatoes also bright
n it. Avoid soaps, lyes and other
strong alkahs since they may eat
through. Do not soak for long time
since aluminium may pit if it stands
in water.
Holmes County herald., 1959-08-06

Rev. and Mrs. Hayes Clark and
Miss Marimae Clark, of Jackson
were visitors in Lexington Tuesday.
Mr.. John Gwin of Richmond, Va,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. w. K.
Gwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cass Andrews and
children Patty and Bill of Green
vile, Texas, have returned home
after a business visit in Lexington.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. DIN
Dunn the past week were Mrs.
Dunn's mother, Mrs. c. A. Stinson
of Greenwood, Mrs. G. c. Oswalt
and Barbara OsWalt of Cleveland.
Miss Beth Beall and Pat Barrett,
Jr., were Jackson visitors Monday.
Mr.. Joe Latham of Jackson greet
ed Lexington friends Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hughes were
weekend guess of Mrs. Hughes
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. v. Land
reth of Oakland. While there they
attended a family reunion at Enid
Dam on Sunday.
Holmes County herald., 1959-08-06
Home

BY
Mary f. Harpo:e, Home Agent

~ AA0G
Why don't my nylon stockings
wear as long as they used to?
You've probably asked this question.
Or heard it asked. The answer Ia
in the denier or sheerness of the
hose you buy now. Don't you do
as most women and buy Is denier
stockings for every occasion, Early
nylons were 80 denier, exactly
twice as heavy.
The 80 denier stockings are still
available, but most of us prefer
the Is denier of even sheerer hois-
cry. 1t isn't reasonable to expect
these dress and evening sheers to
gives as long wear as the service
able, but still flattering. 80 denier
stocking. Ask for a copy of Pub
LEGATION 356, which will give you
tips on Buying Hose.
Water SOftener Uses
You'll find on most grocery shelveS
a packaged water softener that
you can use if your water is hard.
It should be used in both wash and
rinse water as you do your laun-
dering.
1t will help you with some other
looundering pdoblemS, too.
To remove line on dark cottons,
wash with a cup of water softener
and use nothing else. Sometimes
it requires two washings. Try the
water softener in the regular wash
; nd wash dark cottons separately.
To condition or strip clothes, If
you have "tattle tell" gray, it can
be removed by adding a cup of
bleach and a cup of water ~softener.
Wash for 9 minutes. Then go
through complete wash using de-
tergent.
Peach Betty
4 cups sliced peaches
2 cups bread crumbs
a cup brown sugar F,
2 tablespoons butter
l tablespoon lemon juice
Arrange layers of peaches in
Holmes County herald., 1959-08-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis King and
children of Scott were recent guests
of Mrs. Kings mother, Mrs. ANNA
Mrs. Lewis Bennett has returned
home after visiting in the home of
Mrs. Will Lowe in Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Jones, Jr.
and son of Eldorado, Ark. spent
he past week with Mr.. Jones par
ents, MI. and Mrs. w. C. Jones.
Mrs. j. M. McRae and Miss Sib-
Il McRae were weekend guests in
the home of DR.. and Mrs. J. M.
McRae, Jr., in Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Beall were Wis
tors in Jackson Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jere Tuck have as
their guests this week Mr.. Turks
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Turk of
Prattsville, Ala, and his sister,
Mrs. Bill Gaskef and children of
Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Herman Flowers and Miss
Beth Flowers were among Jack
son shoppers Saturday.
Mrs. E. w. Hooker, Mrs. w. L.
Hooker and Miss Helen Hooker
were Greenwood visitors Monday
Guests of Mrs. Lois Brady thi
week are her daughter, Mrs. T. +
| Thompson and children Susan an
Tommy of Decatur, Ga.
Linda King of West Point was ;
recent guest in the home of her ur
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernol
King.
Friends will be sorry to know
that Mrs. Ben Aurback is a patien
in the Community Hospital.
Miss Katherine Mcleod and Mrs
w. L. Hooked were among Jack
son visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. j.. w. Sisler, and children @
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ar
visiting Mrs. Sisters parents, MIR
and Mrs. Homer Davis.
Mrs. l.. w. Rabb has returnet
from a 5 weeks visit with her dau
ghter and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Arther Vanderveen of Glen Ellen
Ill.
Mr.. L. w. Rabb, Jr. of Meridlal
will be a weekend guest of his mo
Their. Mrs. L. w. Rabb.
Holmes County herald., 1959-08-06
Butch Pepper HOnored
With Birthday Party

Master Butch Pepper, O Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Pepper was no.
nored by his parents with a party
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the
occasion being his fifth birthday.
Fifty young friends assembled on
the lawn where they played var
iouS games.
The refreShment table covered
with a white cloth held a beautiful
birthday cake and punch. Green
and yellow party napkins were used.
LollpopS and whistles we're given
the guests as favorS.
Mrs. Dan Pepper, grandmother
OF the honoree, was a special guest
and assisted in the entertaining.
Holmes County herald., 1959-08-06
Infant Son Baptized
At First Presbyterian

Edgar Johnson Turk was present
ed for Christian Baptism by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jere Turk
Sunday morning at the First Pres
byterian Church. The Rev. Mr..
Fred Fowler, pastor, OBLIGATED.
MI. George Love df Leland,
material grandfather, held the sill
yer urn as the sacrament VOWS were
taken and the Christian name pro-
nounced. Standing with the parents
also was Mr.. Turks father Mr.. Lee
Turk of PrattSville, Ala.