davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-03-22

over the southern section OF
the town moments before the
crash on the northern out
skirts.
II heard this noise, some
thing like a jet cracking the
sound barrier" he said. Then
looked out the office window
and saw this big column OF
black smoke rising from near
the school,"
The lane narrowly missed
overhead utility wires strung
along the street in front of
the house, sliced into the
Brown home and scattered
wreckage over wide area.
The Brown house-a FIVE
room ranch-type frame build
ing-was just across the street
from the schoolyard.
May Have Brushed School
State police said the plane
may have brushed the roof OF
the one-story school as II
crashed.
William Palmer, jr., a Denton
town commissioner and a men,
ber of the community's volun-
teer fire company. said the
plane came down like "a flying
leaf" and didn't catch fire until
it hit.
Mr.. Palmer said the pilot
seemed to be fighting to get
out of his election seat "all
the way down."
He said he heard the plane
coming in low and then saw
the pilot bail out. Mre Palmer
estimated that Capt. Smith wa,
about 1000 to 5000 feet in tn,
air when he elected himself
from the DomDer.
Another witness, William
Fleetwood. was one of the first
to reach the Air Force pilot.
Capt. Smith, Mr.. Fleetwood
said. was conscious. He cam,
down in a field just of Mary
land Route 3l3 about 112 mile
north of Denton not far from
where his plane plowed int,
the house.
Inquiry Under Way
The plane took of at 30!
pm. about half an hour befor,
the crash, from Martins air
port near Baltimore.
A spokesman at the Dove
CDelD Air Force Base, which
is conducting an investigation
said the bomber went out o
control at $4,000 feet and re.
slSteo the pllotS EFFORTS X
right it.
1T didn't seem to be a hu.
man failure" said Maj. H. L
Tracy, the public information
officer.
I'VE do know that he tried tt
gain control of the aircraft anc
only when he couldn't he baileC
out"
Mai. Tracy said investigators
will transfer the wreckage tt
Dover for analysis.
Denton is town of 100
only a few miles from tn
Delaware line.
The B-57, which has a maxi
mum speed of about $50 mile
per hour. is derived from tn,
British Canberra bomber ant
| is built under license by Martin
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

James Franklin Moore, for
IS years an operating engineer
at the National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, died February
20 at the Montgomery County
General Hospital. He was 62.
Mr.. Moore lived on Shady
Grove rd., Gaithersburg. Mem
bers of his family said Mr..
Moore had been i'll the last sew
eral years and that he retired
from his job because of Ill
health.
Mr.. Moore was born in Broad
ford, Va, near Marion, Va, and
came to Montgomery County
with his wife and family in
1887. Prior to working for
NH, Mr.. Moore was a farmer.
A veteran of World War /,
Mr.. Moore once was a member
of the American Legion and be-
longed to the Jamestown Pres
byterian Church. Lately, he also
attended the Pines Community
Church, Travilah.
In addition to his wife, Mrs.
Mary Doane Moore, he is sur
vived by two daughters and two
sons: Mrs. Irene Smith, Of Oak
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
Mrs. Alva B. Brewer,
Former Writer, Dies

Among her family she num-
bered a great-uncle, Joseph
Stiles Blackburn, who was a
United States Senator from
Kentucky for many years as
well as the first governor of the
Panama Canal Zone. Sen. Black
burn also served as chairman
of the Lincoln Memorial Com
mission.
Another uncle, Luke Black
burn, was a former Governor
Of Kentucky. Mrs. Brewer
claimed many friendships on
Capitol Hill and in the diplo.
matte corps.
Her son, J. Newton Brewer,
In addition to heading up the
Montgomery County arm of the
Park and Planning Commission,
is a partner in the investment
firm of Rouse, Brewer, Becker
& Bryant and is an administra-
tive assistant to Governor J.
Millard Tawes. He lives in Rock
vile.
Another son, Cecil Blackburn
Brewer, resides in Atlanta, Ga,
while daughter, Miss Patricia
Scott Brewer, lives in the Dis
trict.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
Giant Eye at Der,Uood
VIII Be Operative Soon

gear never rotates more than
half its circumference in a "a
hour period.
Recording meters inside a
shack below the scope interpret
the waves that are intercepted.
AmpIified, the radio waves are
audible In a falsetto chorus that
is music only to an astronomer.
Scientists at Carnegie esti-
mate that the planet earth, a
part of the Milk Way, Is about
10000 light years from what
may be the center of our
galaxy.
After they study its neigh
borhood, they plan to turn
their attention to our nearest
suburb, the Andromedae Nebu-
lac Galaxy, around 100000 light
years distant.
The radio telescope at Der
wood is an instrument of pure
research, not meant to track
satellites or missiles. It cost
between 100000 and 100000,
a Carnegie spokesman said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Mrs. Alva Blackburn Brewer,
mother of J. Newton Brewer,
jr., Montgomery County Plan
ming Board head, died Monday
at the age of 60.
A high requiem mass was
held yesterday morning at the
Blessed Sacrament Church,
Chevy Chase. Mrs. Brewer was
buried in the Gate of Heaven
Cemetery, Silver Spring.
For many years, Mrs. Brewer
wrote a popular society chat
ter column for the old Wash
ington Times-Herald under the
pen name peter Carter" She
retired several years ago and
was given a reception attended
by thousands of greats and
near-greats whose names APP
peared in her columns through
the years.
Mrs. Brewer was the daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Ernest Ce-
ell Blackburn, socially promi.
nent couple of Memphis, Tenn.
She was educated at the st.
Agnes School, Memphis, the
Mary Baldwin Seminary, Staun-
ton, Va. and at Bristol School
in Washington, D. c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
In Rockville
Old Newspaper Tells
OF Bygone Euents

Every once in a while, some
body opens a drawer of a Ions
stored and forgotten bureau, Oh
looks behind an antique mirror
and finds a copy of an old news
paper, telling in microscopic
type the details of the day.
This happened recently in
Rockville when Howard Muir
ply, an operator for the Rock
vile Crane Rental Company dis
covered a copy of the old Rock
vile Journal and Montgomery
County Advocate.
The paper would be JOG years
old today had its publishers,
Braddock and Fields, stayed in
business. But as it happened,
Matthew Fields set up his own
newspaper in 1855 and called it
the Montgomery County Sen
tinel.
Like most of the newspapers
of its day, the Journal was a
four-page publication and cost
ST a year eff paid in advance. !"
And again, like newspapers in
the mid 1865, the Journal
leaned heavily on patent medi-
cine ads and sepulchral advice
from physicians who warned of
ailments that all seemed to be
"scrofulous" in nature.
Braddock and Fields took a
waspish editorial stand against
some members and actions of
the Maryland Legislature. For
instance, they snapped that low
ing to unaccountable neglect or
opposition" the General Assem-
bly, continued its policy of fail
ing to have new public laws
printed in the press.
"How is it," they queried,
"that the laws of the State will
be obeyed when not one man
in so ever has an opportunity
of reading them?"
Another short article report
ed that the men at the Water
works at Great Falls went out
on strike, demanding SIPS a
day. They were working for
ST. a day and had to pay $40 a
month board, the paper noted.
Nearby was another cryptic
news note: "The Emperor Ma
poleon in an autograph letter,
makes last appeal to the Good
Sense of Emperor Nicholas"
John P. Bouic took an ad in
that weeks Journal to announce
he had taken over and COM
pletly refitted the Montgomery
House (where the Villa Theater
stands today. In addition to
his assurance that the stable
was to be strictly attended by
attentive ostlers," Bouic advised
that his bar was to be well sup
piled with the choicest wines
and liquors - something you
WON'T find today.
A. r. Poole & Co., owners Of
the Washington Hotel, fully
aware of Messer. Bouic's ad,
FASTENED to take out another,
Immediately below the competi-
ton, to declare the firm IRE
turns their most heartfelt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
BY Steed Evans
Staff Reporter

When the Cyclops eye Of a
giant radio telescope at Der
wood blinks its aluminium orb
at the armament for the first
time this Spring, clues to the
secrets of the mysterious Milky
Way may be found.
While not unique as a type,
the scope represents the latest
attempt by man to find a stair
way to the stars.
Farsighted optical telescopes
can't compete with the Der
wood scope, owned and OPP
Grated by the Terrestrial Mag
netism section of the Carnegie
Institute.
Its cOncave eye socket has an
aluminium retina that can detect
astronomical radio waves at
least 100000 light years away.
If expressed in our familiar
measurement of miles, this dis
lance defies human cOmprehen-
sion.
Its specific assignment: re-
ceive radio waves from the cold
layers of hydrogen that make
up the batter of the Milky Way
galaxy so that its location, dem
sity and velocity can be meas
ured.
The towering scope (75 feet
tall, 60 feet across) is a snooper.
1t doesn't send out radio waves
and bounce them off stars like
a game of cosmic billiards.
Rather, it's kind of scientific
private eye that sees all and
scientists hope-tells plenty.
The ponderous mechanism Is
rotated in a polar axis by a
very small electric motor, so
geared as to track its target.
The dish is meshed to a circular
gear 30 feet across. So slow
does the dish "pan," that the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

thanks and acknowledgements
to their friends and the public
generally, for the very liberal
patronage extended them !"
Tv viewers will recognize to-
days hard sell" techniques in
a Journal ad that came right
to the point: "FITS!! FITS!!
FITS!!" The ad offered a ham
dy-dandy vegetable extract pill
that today would erase the need
for the Public Health Service
and National Institutes of
Health at one stroke. You name
a disease, this pill cured it.
Poetry occupied a prominent
place in the press of that day,
and the Journal was not to be
caught mapping. Accordingly,
in the best style on enlightened
Victorianism, the Journal front
PACED a poem entitled God
Bless the Honest Laborer."
Those blessed in rhyme in
cluded Him who lays the mas
sive keel" "him who turns the
matted SOIL" ''him who yields
the ponderous sledge," and
many others - including, of
course, the boys in the news
paper game who were immortal
lied with these lines:
"Bless him who gives each
beauteous thought a resting
place, a name; And twines its
ancient glories with the fade
less wreath of fame; Who sends
it forth on every breeze and bids
it live to bless; While ceaseless
clicks the slender type and
groans the printing press"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
Airport Here
Sought Again
By Chamber

Members of the Montgomery
County Chamber of Commerce
have reaffirmed their opinion
that Montgomery County sorely
needs a business type airport.
They made their views known
in a recent letter to the County
Council, in which they asked
that body "for an affirmative
vote" on the petition submitted
by William E. Richardson, ask.
ing for industrial coming at a
site near Laytonsville.
The Board of Appeals already
has given its approval for spe-
cial exception industrial coming
for two air strips proposed by
Richardson near Snouff er
School I'd. But Richardson has
taken the position that sur
rounding acreage must be zoned
industrial as well, if the airport
is to be a success.
In its letter, the Chamber
noted that Montgomery County
is "the only one of the USA's
top 100 counties in population
without direct access to the ma
TONS anyways.
Richardson has offered to
deed the airport acreage to the
county, and lease it back for a
nominal sum, as evidence of his
good faith to stay in the airport
operating business, and not sell
out once he gets industrial zon-
ing. y
The Council accepted the
Chamber letter but took no ac-
lion on its pleas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
VITA Rejects
Ray as President

Julian II. Ray has been re.
elected president of the Wash
ington archaeological Associates,
Inc, 979 Rollins ave-, Rockville.
Other officers named are:
Eugene S. Culver, engineer
ing vice president; Bernard j.
Gallagher, secretary and gen
eral counsel, and Eugene Blitz,
treasurer. Harold A. Timken,
jr, was reappointed assistant
secretary and Wendell c. Sven.
son, assistant treasurer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
cIorksburg
Sales Help Church Fund

residents that the maps pre-
pared by the development COM
mittee are ready for distribu-
ton. These maps are to be filled
in by anyone interested in the
organized, orderly development
of Clarksburg. The resident is
requested to place on the map
his idea as to where the light
industry, commercial, multiple
dwellings, parks, schools, should
be developed.
The maps are available to
anyone interested and may be
had by contracting Russell Corey,
chairman of the development
committee, or me. If you prefer,
contact any member of the COM
munity of the association and
they will be most happy to help
you.
The County planners will aid
a community in its planned de-
velopment, but only after that
community has shown the de-
sire and ability to help itself. If
you have any ideas at all on the
subject, please request map
and put your ideas where they
will do the most good-in the
hands of the planning authori-
ties.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
James F. Moore, Retired
NH Engineer, Dies at 81

mont ave., Gaithersburg; Mrs.
Louise West, Fields rd., Rock
vile; James L., of Beall ave-,
Rockville; and Clarence F., of
the home address. Six grand
children survive.
Two sisters and brother also
survive. They are Mrs. Georgia
Shaver, of Fishersville, Va, Mrs.
Mary Kate Coe, and Clyde
Moore, both of Broadford.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
BY DOOdy Burkett
WAverly 6-1461

There were two personal
property sales held in Clarks-
burg this past week and each
was well attended. The Clarks-
burg Methodist W.S.C.S. served
lunch and other refreshments
at both sales. They wish to
thank those who patronized the
food counter for their support.
Since the church has sold the
old Church Hall that had always
been used for the suppers, there
Will be no more income from
that source until the new combi-
nation hall and Church school
building is completed. Therefore
the recent sales will certainly
aid the income at this time.
Thanks again to all those who
participated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
a. Honor Students

Forty-four juniors and SEN
iors have been indicted into the
Wheaton High School chapter
of the National Honor Society.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

The Community Association
would like to remind the local
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Anyone who has children en-.
tering kindergarten or first
grade for the first time. please
contact the school Immediately.
These children have to be regis
tered, and the papers to be
filled out can be gotten from the
school. If you know of any
families with children who have
moved into the community re-
Gently, notify the school so they
may contact them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

This past week, the Clarks-
burg Baptist Church passed an
other milestone in its history by
breaking ground for a new
Church at the intersection of
Comus I'd. and Route 355.
This group, in utilization with
the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, the Maryland Baptist
Union Association and the local
Seneca Association, was con.
stituted a year ago as a Mission
airy Baptist Church. This fol-
lowed a period of some three
years as a mission under first,
the Veirs Mill Baptist Church,
and finally the Germantown
Baptist Church.
The immediate plans call for
the erection of educational and
worship space and eventually
the main sanctuary will be
added. The firm of John A.
BARLEY, Wheaton, designed the
building, and the Church has
sub-contracted the various
phases of construction.
1t is situated in a fast-grOw.
ing area, serving CIarksburg,
HyattstOwn, and ThOmpsOn's
Corner, and will begin a full
program of Southern Baptist
activities as soon as the facili-
ties are available. Pastor of the
church Is the Rev. Roy BedelI,
formerly pastor of the mother
church at Germantown.
The services are being con-
Quoted temporarily at the
Clarksburg Elementary School
with Sunday School at 9:45
am. and morning worship at
IL am, every Sunday. Mid
week prayer and priase services
are conducted in various men,
bers homes.
A major emphasis Of the
church's ministry is to set forth
a wholesome, well-balanced pro-
gram for the young people Of
the area. The doors are open to
you with an invitation to come
and worship, and the pastor
stands ready to be of spiritual
help at all times.
Showed in? Drifted out7
Weather got your dander I'D?
Flu got you down? Cheer up!
The Vernal Equinox is only
about three weeks away and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

DR.. and Mrs. John Wolfe are
In North Carolina on a combina.
ton business-pleasure trip. Mrs.
Wolfe's sister makes her home
there, so they should enjoy a
pleasant visit with family.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Showed in? Drifted out?
Weather got your dander up?
Flu got you down? Cheer up!
The Vernal Equinox is only
about three weeks away and
brother, that's SRING!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Dfnky Bill KimbIe.Beecher.
Burkett has laid an egg. Since
DinISy Bill was supposed to have
been gander, no arrangements
were made for a wedding. How.
ever, II anyone knows of a lone
some eligible gander, please con-
tact me, and 1 will pick up the
lucky bridegroom.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John Redgrave
are enjoying a vacation in Flor
ida. They planned to go to the
Reyes and more or less stop and
look at the places that looked
particularly interesting to them.
No planned schedule or route.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

The entry of Robert Parham,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Par.
ham, Clarksburg, placed fifth
IN a pig judging competition
last week in Frederick. For his
efforts, Bob brought home the
bacon. A registered Hampshire
sow pig was awarded him and
is he proud.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Taylor
have left for Illinois where Mr..
Taylor's father is i'll. The elder
Mr.. Taylor has suffered two
heart attacks and the younger
Taylors plan to bring him to
their home here in Clarksburg
to recuperate. We wish them a
safe journey, and a speedy re-
covery for their Dad"
Holmes County herald., 1960-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. 1. T. Gardner,
Jr., were dinner guest with Mr..
and Mrs. H. T. Abernathy and
family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Rogers
and children spent the week
end In Jackson with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Rogers and daugh-
ter Linda.
Sorry that Mrs. Ada Ables
fell last week and hurt her.
self. Friends wish that she
will soon be OK.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathern Ed
wards were visitors with Mr..
and Mrs. James Harthcock
Saturday and they all were
supper guest in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Wigley,
Jr., in Lexington.
Mr.. David Hearn from Ole
Miss, Mr.. Joe McGinty from
Miss. State University and Mr..
Raymond Sims from Rosedale
were home over the weekend.
Misses Rita Ann Mobley and
Mr. Buddy Mobley from Yazoo
City were visitors in the Byrd
Ables home Sunday.
A host of people gathered at
Oak Grove Baptist church SUM-
day for their Homecoming
Rev. James Watson from
Kosciusko brought the HOO
o'clock message. Special music
was presented by Mrs. F. G..
Mcintosh and the Glee Club.
In the afternoon the mes
sage was brought by Rev. Cor
ley from McCardy, Miss. He
used to be their pastor back
in the 30's. Everyone enjoyed
seeing him after a time.
1t was a lot of people there
but these are the ones from
out of State who used to live
nearby:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Sharon
from Tenn; Mr.. and Mrs. B.
w. Butler from Luling, La;
Miss Bette Lou Eakin from
Mobile, Ala; Mr.. and Mrs
Dellingham from Fort Worth
Texas
Holmes County herald., 1960-10-13
In And About
TchuLN
BY Ruth Barrett

son of Lexington to Jackson
Sunday to spend the day with
their daughter and son, Mr..
| and Mrs. Leland Johnson. Mrs.
Martin remained for an ex-
tended visit with Margaret and
Leland.
MI. H. E. Barrett, Jr., of
Jackson visited Monday and
Tuesday with his father, H. e.
Barrett, ST., and sister Ruth.
Relatives of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. O. Moore from Kosciusko
who attended the funeral of
their five month old grand
daughter, Cheri Moore, were
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Davidson,
Mrs. j. H. Harvey, Mrs. c. H..
McWhorter and Mrs. ]. N.
Hodges.
Up from New Orleans last
weekend to help Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Vegezzi celebrate their
| 25th wedding anniversary
were their daughter, Marlyn
who is a junior at Loyola Uni
versity, Mrs. Vegezzi's niece
and daughter, Mrs. Irwin Surgi
| and Debbie and her sister,
Miss Marie Maggie.
Mrs. T. j.. Bogue and Ruth
Barrett visited for a feW hours
in Greenwood Friday morning
with Mrs. Bogue's daughter,
Mrs. Earle Fisher. They were
accompanied home by Mrs.
Bogue's granddaughter do
die" Fisher for the weekend.
Mrs. Steve Short and daugh-
ter, Stephanie of Sledge spent
several days last week with
Mrs. Shorts mother and father,
DR.. and Mrs. j. J. KaZar.
Mrs. c. G. Cartrett of Ban
dera, Texas came home last
week to visit her brother, Mr..
Clifford Smith and sister, Mrs.
N. E. McKibben while their
brother, Mr.. Vardaman Smith
underwent serious surgery at
the Holmes County Hospital in
Lexington. Mrs. w. G.. Smith of
Yazoo City was also here with
her nieces and nephews.
Miss Jeanne Shields of Mem
phis spent the weekend with
Holmes County herald., 1960-10-13
Coxburg
NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harris N.
Robertson and son, Mickey
were supper guest in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. 0. Pettus
and Eddie last Monday night.
Mrs Taylor Mobley and
daughter, Rita from Yazoo City
spent Wednesday evening with
Mrs. Robert Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Meeks
and boys and Mrs. Edward
Chisolm spent Sunday in
Tchula with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Chisolm and Eddie.
Dinner guest in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harth-
cock Sunday were: Rev. and
Mrs. Jimmy Jackson and Mr..
and Mrs. Bilbo Marshall and
Beverly.
Friends extend their SYM
pathy to the family of the late
Gordon Spell who passed away
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Spencer
and children spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin AbleS
in Thornton.
Visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
u. D. Purvis Saturday and
Sunday were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Purvis from Cleveland
and Mr.. and Mrs. Obbie Lee
Killebrew and children.