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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-05-07
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per, car, Ford; Dale Fowler, car,
Ford; Denver Mckee, car, Ford;
Clara B. Smithberger, pickup,
Ford; Ethel T. Richards, car,
Studebaker; Delmer G. Lewis,
car, Plymouth; Marion F. Par
sons, Jr., car, Chevrolet; Kenneth
Hickman, car, Chevrolet; James
E. Cox, car, Ford; Edwin l..
Crum, car, Pontiac.
Clerk Snyder reported that
$425.68 was turned over to the
treasurer of Noble county and
$1O2.80 to the treasurer of the
state bureau of motor vehicles
from the sale of car titles during
April. The treasurer of the state
division of wildlife received
$21.00 from the sale of hunting
and fishing licenses last month.
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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-05-07

The Ohio School of the Air :
elementary school broadcast SER
vice operated as part of Ohio
State University's Bureau of Ed
ucational Research and Service :
celebrated its 30th anniversary
January Z, 1859. It is the oldest
school of the air in the United
States.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-05-07

The motto of Horace Mann,
first president of Antioch Col
lege, Yellow Springs, Ohio, was:
BE afraid to die until you have
won some victory for humanity"
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-05-07
Proposed Buckeye Trail Would
Gross Noble County Al Seneca

First organization Buckeye Trail Association
establish hiking trail Ohio taken Columbus
evening
fourteen member executive committee named begin
work formal organization and ncorpoaon
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-05-07
WINS TROT

WINS TROT
Marys Lassie, owned by Mr..
and Mrs. Blake Davis, Caldwell,
won a 8-horse field class c trot
at Lebanon, Monday night. The
horse won the trot in the time
of 2:l0.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
County Comment
OIney Has Smash
Hit in Salesman

If you find it difficult to associate our
uppercounty COW country with fine artistic
achievement, or If you dismiss summer stock
drama as theater-n-thes ticks-think again.
Or better yet, drive out to Olney Theater
and see for yourself. And feel for yourself
the profound emotional experience of watch
ing truly superb production Of what may
well be the greatest play ever written in
America.
Those are passionate superlatives we
agree. But, we haven't visited the opium den,
and we're not on the payroll of the producers.
It's just that the Olney production of Death
of a Salesman" like certain brand of ciga-
rettes, provides that deep down satisfaction.
The play itself has been praised by many
as the great American classic. If that is true,
its message must stand the test of time. We
believe 1t will, because 1t deals with such time
less and universal problems as selfdelusion,
the deadly allure of material values, and the
eternal strife between father and son.
In our immediate time, however, it takes
direct aim at some contemporary PHILOSOPHERS
Of Madison Avenue. Principal among these
is the cherished notion that success is mat
ter of appearances; or, what counts is not
what you are, but what you seem to be to
others.
Perhaps Willy Loman's tragedy was that
he read too many commercials and worse, be-
lieved them. He dreamed of achieving wealth
and glory, and assumed the key to both was
in something he called personality ("you've
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Viewpoints

County educators have pridefully an
nounced that the higher teacher salary scale
has enabled them to hire more degree teach
ers-an new teachers have at least bache-
lor's degree and there is now 12h per cent
increase in the number of new teachers hired
who are the owners of advanced degrees
This, we are sure, is an announcement
that should be greeted with jubilaion by one
and all but somehow we are having some diff
ficulty in feeling elated over it. The figures we
would really like to see are the ones that show
how many of our teachers are the products of
teacher colleges and how many were gradu-
ated from good, oldfashioned institutions OF
higher learning where art, literature, history,
languages, philosophy and the sciences are
the main concern-not teaching methods
We have a firm impression that a gradu-
ate of one of the several state teachers col
leges with an educational B. S. would be given
preferential consideration over a graduate,
say, of one of the Ivy League colleges who
has been busy learning a subject-not the
techniques of teaching. That the former
knows how to teach as a result Of all the So
called education courses he or she has taken
is too often the presumption, we fear. And
somehow, the fact that he or she may have
little or no knowledge to share with pupils
seems to have gotten lost in the shuttle which
comes from placing too much emphasis on
degrees.
OF course, the justconcIuded survey show.
ing that we now have teachers with more ad
vanced degrees is a great thing for the coun.
tvs prestige-in educational circles.
But Little Johnny, we just have bunch,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
An Opinion
QuinIan Case Gould
Be Campaign Issue

The Quinlan case may provide the Repub-
lican leadership with long-sought issue on
which to make a serious attack on the all
Democratic County Council. Whether or not
it takes full advantage of the situation is up to
David Scull, chairman of the Republican
Party.
William A. Quinlan, long highly re-
spected member of the Board Of Appeals for
Montgomery County, made charges at Board
hearing that high official" had tried to
use influence in case involving zoning APP
plication by the Potomac Electric Power Co.
Mr. Quinlan and other members of the
Board of Appeals were invited to appear be-
fore the Council in open session to explain the
facts behind this case. Mr.. Quinlan reiterated
his charge but refused TO name the high Of
fetal" 1t was no secret that it was County
Manager M. L. Reese who had called members
of the Appeals Board into private unofficial
meeting to discuss the PEPCO case
The Council got the facts at the public
hearing but, subsequent action shows it may
have provided political issue to the opposi-
ton by not facing up to the realities involved.
First Of all, the statement prepared and
passed by the Council concerning the case
was ludicrous in the extreme. Then it showed
its true feeling by falling to approve a review
OF the procedures followed by the Board Of
Appeals by issuing a strong letter to Mr..
Quinlan signed by Mrs. Werner and by pass.
ing resolution asking the Republican State
Central Committee to. present at least three
Republicans to DO considered to appointment
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Wick Byron

TO minority post on the Board of Appeals.
MI. Quinlans term expires in August.
There was a time when no lawyer. or any.
one else, dared have ex parte or unofficial COM
munlcahons with any member of the Board.
ms Is the thing that concerns Mr.. Ouinlan.
Thls is the real crux of this whole matter.
Mrs Werners letter expressed regret"
mat needless embarrassment" was suffered
at the hands Of Board of Appeals member.
one wonders If she used the right termi-
nology.
The next indication of the Councils dis
pleasure with Quinlan came when It passed
resolution asking the Republicans tn furnish
tnree names for the vacancy due In August.
David Scull and his Republican Commit.
zee refused to send any name except that of
william A. Quinlan who is not seeking reap
pointment but who says he feels he should
flnish this fight" he started over EEK parte
communications"
James J. Hayden, former member of the
Board of Appeals, in letter to the County
Council, said the "opinion reeks with pseudo
reasoning, phony arguments and sheer non.
sense"
Inc Council faces a dilemma because Il
refused to face up to the facts of life II pre-
terred instead, to scoot the matter under the
mahogany bench it sits behind. Mr.. Hayden
saio' tne decision of the County Council in
TINS matter is disgrace to the county and
should be revoked without DELAY and with
AFFECT apologies to Mr.. Quinlan and the peo-
pie Of the county"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Rockville Firemen
7OCKVILLE'S hard wo1

DOCkVHLES hard working volunteer firemen are
~ again preparing for their annual carnival their big
Embarrassing event that is successful enables them to
continue operations without resorting to fire tax
only TWO other fire departments in the county -
Hyattstown and Damascus do not levy fire taxes on
residents OF the area they All of the others have
given up their Embarrassing efforts that had become in
creaslngly complex and burdensome and now simply
watch the tax funds roll in to support their operations
This Is the normal way of providing fire protection but
Hockve - to its credit still insists doing it the old
Iasnoneo way Meanwhile, Rockville taxpayers gain as
result Of the practice.
Someone should get up and say thanks to the Rock
vile firemen and the Sentinel here and now takes this
opportunity to do So The public meanwhile, show
their appreciation in tangible way by visiting the fire
mems annual carnival that will be held August 10 o.
While expressing your thanks you have fun too And
TINS would seem to add up to ideal combination assur-
Ing city residents of axfree fire protection for
to come
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30

HE proposal by the Alexandria school superintendent
Tor uniform salary scale for teachers in the Wash
mgon area is thnlydsguised effort to pull Montgom-
cry County down to the financial level of the other school
systems
At the moment Montgomery County is paying its
teachers more than any other school system in the Wash
lngton area. Why shouldn't we? We the weathest!
The proposal by Superintendent T. c. Williams should
pc opposed by Montgomery County residents We know
OF no good reason why Mr. Williams and the City of Alex
andra should lower our standards.
The Montgomery County Council very wisely, we
think approved starting teachers salary of $4,000 begin
ming this coming school year. AS result we unqueson
ably received teacher applications than is custom
ary And there is every reason to believe that many
teachers who applied after the higher pay scale was an
nonced were of higher caiber Do not the better qualified
people usually wind up with the higher paying jobs? If
Montgomery County afford it, why shouldn't pay
teachers more?
Supt Williams admission that equality of teachers
determines quality of education sufficient in itself
to pull the rug out from under his argument Are we
in Montgomery County wrong in desiring the best teach
ers in the Washington area?
Supt. Williams thinks that if teachers
the pay SCALE school systems would be forced
to lure and retain the best instructors by offering greater
professional opportunity rather than money Can
not we in Montgomery County offer teachers greater
professional opportunity" and at the time pay them
well?
In offering the proposal, Supt Williams puts forth
several rather thin arguments including that here
is merit in trying to attract topght teachers an area
rather than independently" Why? That's the sheerest
naturalization his part which consciously or other
wise obscres the fact that Alexandria just can't afford to
pay what Montgomery County can for its teachers.
It's as simple that and at the risk of appearing to
De little snobbish say to Alexandria: you pay YOUR
teachers and we'll pay Let's not have any coy little
resrantoftrade agreements cooked up behind closed
door that will bring greater mediocrity to Montgomery
Coty schools In the interest of uplifting Alexandria
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
You've Got II Made
With That OF BIS.
Roger Forquhor

isn't too concerned with how the National Ed.
ucation Association rates Montgomery Coun.
ty-degree-wise. In fact, some educators
might find it hard to believe that JOHNNY
couldn't care less about how many or what
kind of degrees his teacher has under her
belt. He wouldn't put it quite this way but
We just have bunch that his main concern
would be wheANer teacher knows her subject
and likes it. If she is that kind of teacher,
she has little trouble in communicating her
subject to Johnny.
In today's educational jungle you are
superlative teacher if they call you doctor"
1t goes without saying With masters YOU
are known to be much better teacher than
the average And if you have bachelors de.
gree, you can be satisfactory teacher if YOU
take some courses in education. Perish the
thought, however, that mere A. B. could out.
teach an M. A. Or that Bachelor of Science
in Education doesn't mean you're qualified to
teach all subjects
How many of us, with kids, have com.
pared nOstalgically, the relative merits of
the oldfashiOned school marin type, who takes
little or no CUFF off the kids and-as a result
classroom discipline is maintained, to the
pretty little miss fresh out of normal school
who has studied the tricks of teaching but
has nothing to teach?
In between, of course, there is goodly
number of conscientious teachers who are
good in their jobs and what type Of school
they attended is unirnportant.
Nevertheless, it seems fair to ask: are
our schools getting too degree happy?
Shouldn't we develop other ways of evaluat-
ing real teaching skill?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Bob Bernstein

got to be wellliked'). Success became some
thing that could be measured in terms Of the
alteration and envy of others.
So Willy is amazed when neighbor
Charleys son, bookworm and an ugly duck.
ling compared with WHY'S own allAmerican.
type boy, becomes successful lawyer. Willy
shakes his head in bewilderment when he
learns Charleys son is going to argue a case
before the Supreme Court 'He didn't even
say anything about it," mutters Willy. Re
plies Charley: HE doesn't have to. He's GO
ing to DO it,"
II you've seen Myron Mccormick as the
clustering topkick of mo Time for Sergeants"
or as rollicking Luther Bills in South Pacif.
&c" it might take a while to become accus.
toned to him in the tragic role of Willy. But
once you've adjusted your sights, you can APP
preciate that Mccormick is as talented heavy
as buffoon
Nevertheless, the heartiest audience &C.
claim the night we attended went to Sydney
walker as the cynical, sad-eyed neighbor
Charley, man with face of iron and heart
Of putty.
Arthur Miller writes eloquently Of the
dangers of superficial values. It is an in.
tr1guing bit OF irony that this man should
choose to marry Marilyn Monroe who, how.
ever sterling her character as private citizen
and housewife, is a national symbol of the
bright, phoney tinsel that smothered Willy
Loman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30

HE depressingy familiar story about another increase
In automobile insurance rates that appears elsewhere
IN this issue OF the Sentinel should another
mlnder to both the automobile manufacturers and the
public that something should be done about modern-day
autos
The Sleek metal yachts that glide down our super
highways may be beautiful to behold but paying
more dearly for them than realize If you haven't taken
your to body works establishment for minor fender
job lately, talk to who has,
The most insignificant little dent in that glisenng
surface will probably set you back weeks pay due in
large part to the way today's cars are designed.
Anyone who has not detected the definite trend to-
ward smaller economical foreign-type is pulling
Rip Van Wrinkle act And both the manufacturers that
encourage such nonsense and that segment of the public
that demands escapstype dream boats to transport them
from place to place probably beginning to learn vau
able lesson. Meanwhile poor suckers who just want
car to take us somewhere not to have hoe
mother wife, family principal entertainment and way Of
life all rolled into stuck with exorbitant repair
and insurance bills Soon comes the revolution
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30

Torcaso: More!

From perusal of County news
papers it seems that one Mr..
Torcaso is much in the lime.
light. From what 1 read I
gather that the gentleman will
not take the oath because it
would be a Justification. Now,
let's see how consistent this is
with all the facts. If Mr.. Tor.
case is given the office of no.
tary he will be obliged to sign
each oath with his signature,
giving the date Of the instru.
ment and also signifying on
what date his commission ex-
pires. Now WHAT date? Every
newspaper, magazine, legal doc.
ument letter, etc. has a date.
Again WHAT date? Why "in
the year of our Lord" of course.
No matter how firm his belief
IN MS opinion that there is no
Supreme Being, nevertheless he
must sign this date or that date
and that date means ''in the
year Of our Lord" Knowing this
to be true, how in the name of
High Heaven can a man re.
fuse to subscribe to the fact that
there Is no Supreme Being and
then turn around and attest to
the date Of the birth OF a Su.
preme Being? This looks a little
thin to me. II don't believe in
a God, but I will subscribe to
the date of His birth" Is this his
creed?
Iohn HALL Rnnav
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
18th ST. Extended
New Street Lighters
Load on Georgia Avenue

The new 10th st extension In
Silver Spring has nearly doubled
sthe traffic on that street and
.has reduced the daily number
aof cars on some parts of Georgia
.ave. by more than 5000. a survey
indicated this week.
Figures from a weekday traf.
fic count, taken shortly after
the July 16 opening of the one.
mile, SIS million extension,
were released by the State
Roads Commission.
They showed these results:
SThe number of cars passing
a point on 18th st. Just below
East-West hwy, which was
10,100 on a similar day before
the extension opened, rose to
rs, ZOO.
. At a spot on Georgia ave.
near its Intersection with the
new road, where $4,000 cars
passed in one day before the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Proud Member

I wish to comment on the ar
ticle, Petition Group Whistles
Dixie" in your issue of July %.
am proud to be a member of
the Maryland Petition Commit
tee, and was shocked by Roger
Farquhar's ill-informed remarks
about this very worthy and re-
spectacle organization.
Mr.. Farquhar was incorrect
in stating that the county chap
ter of the MPC had "voted to
affiliate with the white Citizens
Council" The county chapter
had nothing to do with said
utilization. 1t was voted by the
directors Of the state committee
in Jessup.
The Petition Committee is a
Maryland organization, incor.
porated under Maryland law.
Unlike the NAACP, the head
quarters of the Petition Com
mittee are in Maryland, not
New York. Yet Mr.. Farquhar
refers to the MPC as the $50
called Maryland Petition Com
mittee" (the inference being, 1
suppose, that it's not really a
Maryland group.
1t would seem that Mr.. Far
quhar knew very little about
his subject. I'll have to give
him credit for one thing,
though. He certainly had the
courage of his ignorance.
EIpar Smith
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30

opening, the number had
dropped $500 to 32,1O0.
Between East-West hwy.
and Georgia ave, 10000 cars
used the new road.
Additional counts will be
taken in the future along the
new six-lane strip, to determine
its effects more fully, accord
ing to George N, Lewis, direc.
tor of the traffic division of the
State Roads Commission.
Included in the project was a
new bridge over the B & o Rail-
road tracks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Bernstein Lauded

Mr.. Charles w. Bells letter
really confuses the issue raised
in Mr.. Bernstein's column about
the Maryland law which requires
a declaration of belief in the ex-
istence of God.
The last paragraph of Article
vi of the u. S. Constitution
states, THE senator and repre-.
sentative before mentioned, and
the members of the several state
legislatures, and all executive
and judicial officers, both of the
United States and of the sew
eral states, shall be bound by
oath or affirmation, to support
this constitution; but no reli-
gious test shall ever be required
as a qualification to any office
Of public trust under the United
States"
Article 81 of the Maryland
Declaration of Rights provides
"that no religious tests ought
ever to be required as a quail
fication for any office of profit
or trust in this State, other than
a declaration of belief In the
existence of God !" There is
a similar provision in the Mary.
land constitution regarding wit
nesses or jurors.
The u. S. Constitution clearly
states that mo religious test
shall ever be required" but the
Maryland statute adds "other
than a declaration of belief in
the existence of God. :" This
seems to be clear cut case Of
conflict.
Officials of the United States
government and most of the
states are not required to swear
but may affirm. The oath or af.
firmation of the President of the
United States as given in the
Constitution begins: II do sol
EMMY swear Tor affirm" 1t
would seem the laws of Mary.
land are out of step with the
u. S. Constitution.
Religion, and that includes a
belief in God, is a matter of
reason and conviction. You can
not make a man believe in God.
He either does or doesn't, and
that is his own business. OF
course, in some nations Of the
world a man can be punished II
he doesn't accept the majority's
views OF religion. In the United
States, however. we have the,
principle of separation of church
and state written into our Con-
stitution to protect the individ.
ual from those arrogant individ-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Youth Problem

Recently l was distressed to
read in your newspaper a shock
ing account of willful damage
to our school buildings by jul
venile vandals. Montgomery is
my native county, and in the
long, long ago, 1 taught school
there. Hence, a double interest.
1 asked myself who is to
blame for such vandalism by
juveniles? Why do they do it,"
In May the FBI reported that
1t had employed so more agents
to deal with juveniles. And in
the Washington Star of July
~ we read that in this city,
Serious juvenile crimes have
increased Is percent during the
last year."
Who is falling in the training
of our youngsters? What are
parents doing to train in reli.
gion, responsibility, and duty to-
ward others?
j. Edgar Hoover says that SO
percent of the children who get
in trouble have never been in
Sunday School. i believe I am
right in that percent. Are they
taught the Ten Commandments
anywhere? How can one obey
a law il he does not know it?
Where l formerly lived in
this city I saw on several occa.
sions boys of 10 or II years of
age walking the quiet streets
throwing pebbles and striking
automobiles with sticks. Finally
some were arrested for some.
thing they had done.
When asked why did you do
it," the reply was I'VE had
nothing else to do"
why didn't you 60 to the
Playground" they answered,
I'VE can't play all the time"
That made me think: Why
can't states, counties and cities
provide work of some kind for
such youngsters? Give them
something constructive to do.
They can do more and take
more responsibility than we
think they can.
We all know the old adage,
"An idle brain is the devils
workshop; idle hands are his
tools" To our sorrow, we are
finding that true. Are school
vacations too long, with nothing
to do?
Not long ago a friend of mine
made a trip to Salt Lake City.
He said he was much impressed
with the clean look and bust.
ness-like air of the youth on the
streets. He said to his friend,
Don't you have any juvenile
delinquency here?"
His friends reply was, mo,
we keep them so busy they
don't have time to get into
mischief"
The Lord Jesus was a worker.
He could make Jokes for oxen
and chairs and tables for
homes. Are our youth any bet.
ter than He was? Let's think
on this and give our youngsters
work to do. Teach them that
all work well done is honorable.
Mrs. X. Y. Nicholson