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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-10
Did You Ever
Fish for Muumuus
Welsh Rare Bit

There should be an Eleventh Command
ment and it should be: "HONOR THY SON
AND DAUGHTER" This thought struck me
when / went muumuu shopping with my
teen-age daughters.
1t happened like this We were all seat
ed around the clam shells, crab claws and
corn-cobs on the sandy beach contemplating
the wonderful stretching ability of the hui
man stomach and contrasting it with the hui
man brain. When the stomach is full it
stretches to accommodate the needs but when
the brain is used nothing spectacular happens
in the head except ringing in the ears and
a headache The brain just does not expand
to contain big thoughts and as a matter of
fact it is just the reverse: the hitler the
thought the bigger the head. We discussed
this when senior high school daughter an
nounced that she was uncomfortable and
needed some muumuus.
l said would like to go along and asked
if one used bait or lures to catch muumuus
Margaret said all I needed was my check
book and said alright lets go and if we had
to charter a deep sea boat to troll for muu-
MUS was her man: half fin and half scales
ready to chase muumuus to the caves of
Neptune
She set me straight soon and the ten of
us got in the car to shop for muumuus. CMer-
cedes and Chauncey sit on the running board
of the. old car and let the wind whistle
through their ears. There is no need to name
the six teen-agers, the mother and the other
dog: it is sufficient that all of us were young,
full of good food and high thoughts on the
trail of the muumuu
Time now passes and daughter returned
with her saggy muumuu, pair of beat ten
mis- Shoes trench coat (madras and Moth
ing and I mean Nothing else would do and if
they could build cars from madras teen-agers
would buy them, drinking hat couple of
long, long sweaters and short short skirts
which are called kits and circle pin
which carries secret meaning depending up
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-10
BY Barney Welsh

on where upon the body it is pinned.
In accumulating this assortment of teen.
age status symbols (but wearing that drink.
ing hat does something to me also) finally
came in from out there but it took some doing.
AT first, when looked at the dirty beat
tennis shoes l said, Dear why not buy these
sturdy saddle shoes. We used to wear them
wnen was in college" Had recommended
10 tne Archbishop of Canterbury that he per-
lorm an abortion could have brought forth
no more shrill cry of outraged anger than
came from the group of teen-agers. curled
up into my pocket book and stuffed myself
into my watch pocket
also suggested that the kits were rather
short and the sweaters bit long. and 7 re-
minded them that even the Temple of David
was not built of madras (where can b,Iv
some stock in it, but they countered and said
that Solomon just did not have it available
at the critical time. l could not rebuff that
and as fact have often wondered about
the plans and specifications given for the
wonderful building and questioned whether
c. B. DeMille followed them.
BY the time the muurnuu expedition was
over and all of the teen-agers were dressed
nearly alike but with patches of differences
existing just enough to show individuality but
not enough to mot belong" stood back and
looked them over
saw group of youngsters dressed like
ndppy ana prosperous paupers; similar to the
long line OF teenagers who during school
season, sit at the Peoples Drug Store foun-
tam and to whom ! am indebted for several
minutes of clear-eyed conversation on DAYS
when come out of court after several hours
of bleary eyed arguments with other lawyers
l don't quite know what they saw in me-
but it could not have been too bad for thew
let me into their world for little while, and
when came out felt fresher and stronger
and thought of the thought in the first sen.
tence Of this column.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-10
No DoIdrums Here

In some sections the summer doldrums reach an
almost unbearable climax in August. Then come the
dog days." when ennui combines with heat and hui
nudity to sap the strength and only mad dogs and
Englishmen go out in the MONDAY sum-"
But not so in Montgomery County, It is then that
residents enjoy the countys two biggest events of the
year-the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department Car
nival and the County Fair in Gaithersburg.
The carnival is in the middle of its 12-day run
while the fair will open August % for five days and
nights. We hope both will have record attendances
Rockville is justly proud of its Fire Department.
Unlike other urbanzed areas of the county, local res
idents pay no fire tax.
1t is community service which depends for its
revenue solely on the annual carnival If it were for
this reason alone the carnival should be smashing
success. There is another reason, howeyer-it's a
place where everyone from toddlers to adults can be
sure OF having good time. And that's why people
from all sections of the county and even from outside
Maryland flock to the Rockville Fire Department
Carnival.
This is true also of the annual county fair It's the
time, too when farmers housewives and children dis
play products of the farm and home in friendly COM
petition and learn as result of the judges decisions
how to select exhibits which reflect the high stand
ards demanded by the consuming public
For Montgomery County is not only wealthy ur-
ban community its farms are known throughout the
Nation for the outstanding quality of their products
So everyone-let's go to the fair.
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man order is part can ever
bring in a transcedent order Of
which the human order is part
can ever bring that mind to
recognize anything else? The
dillema of every human order :
centering altogether upon man
and his purposes is that it
ends with total absence of free
dom. 1t cannot assume as an
element of practical will what
1t denies as spiritual reality
the brotherhood of man,
which exists only in God.
"Enlightment, reason, prog
ress, the draining of the
spiritual morasses in man,
regulation for external secur-
ity and trurer justice-all
these efforts at release from
the pressure of existence,
from the terror of life are
wonderful human accomplish
ments. Instead of a boon they
become a scourage, instead Of
a tool a means of oppression,
If they are exalted to be the
absolute human values" %.
1910
DR.. Whittier has indicated
publicly that what is done by
the Administration has the
blessing of County Council be-
cause its members furnish the
money. Taking this one step
farther, County Council could
say, "The taxpayers furnished
the money"
Critical Thinking" by
adults and students alike, must
be based on something more
than clippings of news releases
turned loose upon the com.
munity by a publicity team op-
Grating under the direct super
vision of the schools admins
traitor. We need your type of
'Research"-KEEP 1T UP and
may your readers offer you all
the support you need.
Helen Burton.
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Letters to the Sentinel

the couples listed whose land
is to be condemned, / feel I
should clarity few facts con-
corning this article.
Your article says that coun-
ty officials claim "they have
been trying to agree with the
four couples for more than a
year on a fair price fol- their
properties" l can't speak for
the other couples but the first
time we heard from the coun-
ty on this matter was less than
a year ago. The county land
agent talked briefly with my
husband last fall and then dis
appeared for months. / never
met the man at all until this
past spring. 1 suggest the
county officials are exaggera.
ting their position in this mat
ter.
Concerning this new law"
which authorizes the council to
seize property prior to con.
demnation trial, l can't help
but wonder what's new" about
it. The county land agent told
us repeatedly that the county
could actually go ahead with
this project without purchas-
ing any land if they so de-
sired. Whenever l asked why
they just didn't go ahead and
do it he said, well, they didn't
like to do something like that"
The main reason my hus-
band and / have refused to
sell our property is that not
only are we to be assessed
over seven-hundred dollars for
this project, but we have
learned that when the project
is completed school bus service
on our block is to be discon-
tinued. This means that when
our son starts kindergarten at
the age of five, he will be
walking one half mile along an
arterial highway. We think
anyone who trusts in the safe
ty of a five-year-old under such
circumstances is a fool. Need
less to say we feel the Mont
gomery County Council is CIV
ing us a very dirty dealt
Mrs. Allen C. Trainer
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More on Munossus

In reply to Mary Halls let
ter, published in the August 8
edition of the Sentinel, con-
demning you for questioning
the reasoning behind the re-
enactment of the Manassas
massacre, l am reminded of a
thought which struck me as I
was visiting the Gettysburg
Battlefield recently.
There, as l watched the Ma
ional Museums Electric
Map" explain the progress of
the battle, / heard the narrator
praise this as "the greatest
battlefield in the world" and
l thought with shocking reali-
cation, why, the United States
is the only country that is
proud of its Civil War; While
other countries celebrate trade
fairs, we celebrate wars.
If it takes the "anti-Centen-
NAL sentiments of the Nation,
the New Republic and radical
journals of that ilk" to point
out this foolish American prac-
tee to the citizens of our coun.
try, then more power to them.
While she is in such a pa
triotic mood, why doesn't Miss
Hall suggest the reenactment
of VerdLn? Stalingrad? The
Battle of the Bulge? All of
these were as bloody as Ma.
nassas, some even more so,
Continued on Page 49,
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Congratulations

We welcome the appointment of long-ti Rock
vile resident as the ctys acting postmaster and
we wish him long and successful career
Lee c. Hooker has an excellent record in the post
al service This, together with his activities in the
community where he has lived since childhood re-
suited in strong support from local residents.
We join with William C. Doherty, president of
the National Association of Letter Carriers in COM
mending Post Office officials on their choice.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-10
Research Reporting
Needed

There is nothing more vital
to the maintenance of freedom
than a Free Pressi Your excel
lent and enlightening reports
and editorial comment on the
Monocacy experiment in coun-
try living, bear witness to the
basis upon which The Sentinel
has been adjudged worthy of
Merit Awards.
John Stuart Mill sounds a
clear warning against the type
of experimentation and re-
search which is being conduct
ed by our schools administra-
ton, under the guise of "Edu-
cation" and Education Serv-
iceS":
whatever theory we may
adopt respecting the founda-
ton of the social union, and
under whatever political insti-
tutions we live, there is a
circle around every individual
human being which no govern
ment, be it that of one, of a
few, or of the many, ought to
be permitted to overstep; there
is a part of the life of every
person who has come to years
of discretion within which the
individuality of that person
ought to reign uncontrolled
either by any individual or by
the public collectively. This re-
served territory ought to in
clude all that part which con-
Germs only the life, whether in
ward or outward, of the indi-
vidual and does not affect the
interests of others, or affects
them only through the moral
influence of example" A po-
litical historian has stated that
this is a test which Should
be applied to every proposed
extension of governmental au-
thority. When government is
permitted to invade ones pri-
vate life and make regulations
to matters that do not directly
and closely and powerfully
affect the outer social world,
human liberty suffers a loss
for which no governmental
service however great is likely
to be a full compensation"
There is now ample evidence
that, by invasion of our pri-
vate lives via devious and non
fortnight methodist is, in
fact, the considered intent of
the educationists and social
planners to discover means via
which their research and ex-
Fermentation will directly
and closely and powerfully
affect the outer social world"
In the pursuit Of this as an
"avocation" by those in whose
trust we are compelled by law
to release our beloved children,
the following note of warning
sounded by Herman Rausch-
ming, former leader of the
Danzig Free State, in "The Re-
deption of Democracy" (trans-
lated from German by Bar
rows Mussey, 194D, extends
the area for Critical Think
ing" as to the probable out
come of such invasion of our
personal lives:
g. what becomes of a
democracy when its rules are
no longer inviolable-when
there is no longer any common
ethical basis? Are the old con-
ventions binding in dealing
with a mind that recognizes
nothing but itself, its life. its
right to live, its will to power?
And what but belief in a trans
cendent order Of which the hu.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-10

Letters to The Sentinel, to
be considered for publication,
must bear the a0riter's name
and address. However, these
WiU be 10ithheld and kept
confidential If the 10riter so
requests. Please keep letters
brief. The Editor reserves
the right to cut them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-10

Continued on Page 49,
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Geftins Dirty Deal

In your issue of Thursday,
July 27, you had an article en-.
titled, Council Uses New Law
For Land Seizure" Because
my husband and 1 are one of
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MATTHEW: CHAPTER III

reached Bethany at the Mount OF Olives Jesus sent
two disciples with these Instructions Go to the vii
Iage opposite where you will at find donkey ethered
with her foa beside her unite them and bring them to me-
IF anyone speaks you, say, Our Master needs them
and he will let you take them once This in fulfill
ment of the prophecy which says, Tell the daughter OF
Zion Here your king who to you in gentleness,
riding on an ass riding on the foa of beast of burden
The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed and
brought the donkey and her foa they laid their coaks
them and Jesus mounted Crowds Of people capeted the
road with their coaks and cut branches from the
trees spread his path Then the crowd that went ahead
and the Others that came behind raised the shout osanna
to the Son of David! Hosanna in the heavens!'
When he entered Jerusalem the whole city went wild
with excitement Who is ths2' people asked and the
crowd replied This the prophet Jesus from Nazareth
in Gailee'
Jesus then into the temple and drove out all who
buying and selling in the temple precincts ne upset
the tables changers and the of the dealers
in pigeons and said to them Scripture says, 'My house
shall be called house of prayer" but you making it
robbers cave.
In the temple blind men and crpples came to him, and
he healed them The chief priests and doctors of the law
the wonderful things he did and heard the boys in
the temple shouting Hosanna to the Son of Davdr and
they asked him Indignantly DO you hear what they
saying? Jesus answered do; have you read that
text Thou hast made children and babes the breast
sound aloud thy praise Then he left them and out
of the city to Bethany where he spent the night
CHAPTER 20
HEN chief priests and the elders of the nation
met in the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas; and
L there they conferred together on scheme to have
Tes arrested bv some trick and put to death 1T must not
be during the festival they said or there may be rotng
among the people
Then of the Twelve, the called Judas Iscariot
Evening star., 1961-03-19

The English Bible
1851 Deeoofe Of Oxford combd9e University Press
Evening star., 1961-03-19

new translation of the III
Bible appears this
month. From its pages -
we present the Passion of Christ :.
y One of the great publishing events of the century is
the appearance this month Of Jbe NetO englsb Bible
Neto Testament" 4 board Of leading British Bible
scholars bas been occupied since 1947 in mdsspe
undertaking comparable to that Of the King James
scholars of $50 years ago.
Recognizing the importance OF this accomplish
meHt Jbis Week bas obtained exclusive rights to first
nagdzine publication of the Easter story in this nep
2otb-century translation We tu present it in three
installrents starting today and concluding in our
Easter issue Jbe passages have selected from
The nep gospel Of St. MattbeU
AsyoA read you Uil become Of the aim OF the
"A trans1ators to produce text in modern English
that is clear and natural tpbout being self consciously
modernistic Jbe scholars Of the Joint Committee Of
Protestant Churches in Great Britain Obo co1aborated
in the york. under the direction Of Dr. c. il. Dodd,
tUent back to the earliest manuscripts kHopH Some OF
these greatly antedae those available to the King James
scholars and to authors Of many later repsions
But the modern scholars bape sought to translate not
merely "tUord for Word but rather meaning for
meaning tObcb is wbat their King James predecessors
sought to do for their otUH time
Jbe NeU Testament, published jointly by the Cam
bridge University Press and The Oxford University
Press noO available in a single edition at S4 95 Sep
arae teams of scholars are also at work on The Old
Testament and the Apocypba; their tasks Ol not be
finished for seDerat years.
10 illustrate Jbe etO Easter Story tpe baDe chosen
tOorks by Georges Rouau the late Trench painter Ubo
isrecognized the great modern master Of religious art
THE EDITORS
Of
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WOMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR
Both the North and the South
Had Their Share Of Heroines

women could begin their
work such as the sewing cir
Giles and church groups of
the North. Distance between
their plantation homes which
in themselves constituted a
full-time job of management
plus the fact that a large
majority of the women were
a leisured class presented in
itial difficulties.
Their zeal for the cause
overcame some Of these OBJ
stacles. To some extent they
were united as the Women's
Relief Society of the Con-
federate States, headed by
Mrs. Felicia Grundy Porter
Of Nashville, but their work
was channelled within the
confines Of their own States.
When it came to facing
the horrors of the battle
field, the women of the North
and South were alike in that
they were mprepared for it
but moved by compassion
steeled themselves to it and
gave invaluable service, often
under the most primitive
conditions. Not the least
unsung of the heroineS were
the II orders of Catholic
nursing sisters who aided the
wounded of both sides.
Economic Differences
The women's response to
the war emergency on both
sides variously reflected the
basic economic differences
between the induStrialized
North and agrarian South.
In the South, a handful
served as spies, soldiers, and
nurses at the front while the
vast majority had to remain
at home, many of them to
oversee plantations Of hun
dreds of acres with vast num-
berS of slaves. Some worked
in munitions plants making
cartridges and percussion
caps; others in clothing fac
tories.
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One of the most imagin-
alive of their efforts was the
"gunboat movement" Started
by the women Of Charleston
and Mobile to raise funds
to finance building of gun
boats they hoped would break
the Northern blockade, the
idea materialized in the COM
miSsioning of several gun
boats but had short lived
success.
At the Front
Because they didn't have
to cope with these basic
problems Of manufacture and
keeping supply lines open,
more Of the women of the
North went to the front.
Many Of them too, especially
those from the West, were
better equipped for the hard
ships of the battlefield be-
cause they were accustomed
to the rigors Of pioneer life.
Countless numbers Of the
Northern women volunteered
for nursing duty, later find
ing themselves right in the
thick Of battle. The more
adventurous went one step
further, adopting male dis
guises and enlisting as SOL
diers. 1t has been esti-
mated that at one time dur
ing the early part Of the
war there were 400 women
soldiers in the army whose
sex wasn't discovered until
they'd fallen dead or
wounded in battle. One sur
vivor, Sarah Emma EdmondS,
has left a graphic account.
Miss EdmondS had q
Southern counterpart, Loretta
Janeta Velasquez, a West In
dian girl who married a
New Orleans planter and en-
listed in the Confederate
Army after his death in bat
tie. Later when her disguise
was discovered, she was used
as a Confederate spy, came
to Washington and succeeded
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mark Of the war was the
pitiful figure of Mrs. Mary
Surratt, who to the last
maintained her innocence of
the charge she was a con-
spirator in Lincoln's aSsas-
Sination.
Were it not for the fact
that the women Of the North
and the South we're prolific
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become her first book, Hos
pital Sketches" mo monu-
ment of quarried stone No
eloquence of Speech Can
grave the lessons on the land
His martyrdom will teach"
Equally intense were the
feelings Of the women Of the
South. Penned a young Flor
ida girl, Susan Bradford, in
her diary, Mother says she
wants the Negroes freed but
she wants the United States
Government to make laws
which will free them grad
ually. All agree on one point:
If the Negroes are freed our
lands will be worthless"
No Precedent
In that April OF 1861, OPP
timism ran high. The women
on both sides thought their
cause was Just. prayed that
Divine Providence would
award the victory to their
side and thought the war
would be over in a few
months. With patriotic vigor
they plunged into such home
tasks as making flags and
uniforms and preparing food
baskets and clothing pack
ages for the soldiers.
Soldiers aid societies muSh-
roomed everywhere. In the
North they were the fore
runner of the Sanitary Com
mission and the Christian
Commission. Through these
two great relief agencies, the
women members organized
their efforts on a national
basis. They formed supply
depots, and provided camp
inspection teams and hos
pital ships for the wounded.
From their ranks came such
great nursing figures Of the
battlefield as Clara Barton,
Mother" Mary Bickerdyke,
Mary Stafford and DR.. Mary
Walker.
In the South, there was
no precedent of organization
as a nucleus from which the
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writer's. recording their ex-
periences and impressions in
diaries, journals and poetry,
much of their story would
have been lost in the greater
rush of events which have
been officially recorded.
One of the most outStand-
ing poems of the war when
set to the music of John
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Browns Body" survived the
war and became an Ameri-
can classic. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe penned her now ia
nous Battle Hymn Of the
Republic" right here in
Washington.
Next Sunday: Spies on both sides
will be the subject.