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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18

Two weeks and four thousand miles since
the last column finds this reporter, his wife
and teen-age boy and girl camped amidst
giant Redwoods in the cool dark forests of
California. We have been camping our way
west in a Chevrolet Greenbrier bus all fitted
out with Pullman berths pop-up tents and
cooking gear Also in the party are a teen.
age boy and girl as companions for our two
Once week we put up at motel, to
get good shower, meal or two cooked by
others and laundry done in laundromat. 1t
is extraordinary how quickly you can get
dirty on camping trip. carry piece of
soap and wash my hands when anything
liquid shows UP. It's a long way between
drinks.
This kind of travel beats anything have
ever done 1t is Incredibly cheap (less than IS
per day per person., and you see every inch
of the country, hear every local accent and
smell every smell Out here in the Sierras
you get one degree cooler with every two
hundred fifty foot climb in altitude Strange
and beautiful birds can be seen and identi-
fled almost every mile Last but not least
the biggest dividend of prolonged camping
trip with its 24hour-a-day intimacy is the
opportunity of getting to know your own
children.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
A Few Words
Some Thoughts on Change
BY Kent Palmer

them wouldn't go back to regular corn on
subsidy
The conclusion these educators reached
is that a new idea if it affects large num-
Der of people, takes at least five years to
become acceptable. 1t takes longer than that
to get the idea into practice
The point Of all this is that the most
vociferous critics of DIR. Winters plan to
operate the schools on a full year schedule
are opposed to any change in the summer
vacation period
And that's a perfect example Of our re-
action to change. Why are our schools oper-
ating on the calendar system they now use?
Because the days when our society was pri-
marily agricultural, as DR.. Whittier pointed
out, the children were needed at home during
the summer and early autumn days to help
in the fields
Now that about Is per cent of our popula-
ton is feeding the rest of us, that reason for
school scheduling has about as much validity
as a 1859 auto tag.
If we're opposed to the 12-4 plan, or any
other proposed change whatever its nature,
let's be sure we're opposed to it on sound
grounds, that the objections we raise have
real validity.
Reaction to change has seemingly become
its own reason for being in Montgomery
County, in Maryland, in the nation.
1t has, however no place in our lives if
we plan to continue as people with future.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
We See, Hear And Smell
Everything Travelling By Bus
By David scull

Reading local and city newspapers picked
UP en- route adds dimension of reality to the
people living in the plains, mountain or desert
region through which you are passing. The
Fresno Bee is full of alarm about the forest
fire sweeping down from the mountains, de-
stroying timber, farm crops and even threat.
ening the homes in the city. Kansas papers
were far more concerned about the wheat
crop than Berlin. Las Vegas features a story
about cripple whose Weimeraner dog fought
off coyotes for six days, to save his master
lost in the desert.
The further west one goes the more de.
termined public opinion seems to be to stand
firm in Berlin. The best indication I got of
this was the remark of garage mechanic in
Indianapolis. When asked what he thought
of Khrushchev (this grimey son of the Mid.
west said, ut looks like we're going to have
to bash the sonof-a-gun in the mouth"
Our white camp wagon with Mary
land plates invites lot of questions about
camping and about the trip for such dis
lance. 1t seems as though everyone, at one
time or another, has thought of doing Just
this sort of thing. When we get back wen
write book about the tricks we've learned
and hope that others will try the most re-
warding kind of family vacation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
A Few Words

After intensive consideration during
the moments specially dedicated to thought:
standing before the mirror shaving, pushing
the lawnmower across the yard, hidden
behind the newspaper at the breakfast table
we've come up with some thoughts on the
LA school plan.
Granted there may be a number OF
administrative problems too deep for us
normal parents, most Of us admittedly lousy
administrators, what is the chief reaction to
the proposal by C. Taylor Whittier, superin-
endent of schools?
Among parents, it's the reaction to
change. And there's the chief drawback to
what we fondly call the American Way of
Life, paying particular attention to supplying
the capitals.
Americans, if left to their own devices,
would still be living in colonial days or at
least in colonial circumstances. Every change
we've made, technically spiritually, sociolog-
ically, has been, perhaps not always literally,
over somebody's dead body.
Some Iowa educators have an outstand-
ing example of what we're talking about.
When hybrid corn was introduced some years
ago. agricultural scientists could prove, with
conclusive facts, that the new grain could out
produce regular corn on year-byyear basis.
Corn farmers, however. would have none
of it. 1t took more than five years just to get
the message across to them. Now, most of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
Sen. ]. Glenn Beall

Socialized M edicine: Who
Pays For It?---Socialized medi.
cine is one Of the principal aims
Of those who would lead us
away from the fundamental
American concept Of private
initiative and free enterprise
into socialism. They are biding
th@lf time waiting for what they
think Is the right moment to
spring socialized medicine upon
us.
Aside from its insidious part
In the socialistic scheme, what
about it from purely practical
standpoint? Socialized medicine
seems so simple and easy, so in
expensive and, above all, $50
cially just" It seems that way,
that is, to those who haven't
bothered to get a true picture.
'Socialized hypochondria" is
what they call the results of
''tree" medicine in New Zealand.
In England the government
medicine program costs four
times what its Socialist propon-
ents said It would. It isn't free.
Medicine Is costing the English
far more than ever before. Four
fifths of the cost comes from in
creased income taxes. The first
Hoover Commission, in its ex-
l1austive investigation of the
subject, found that there was
always a wasteful operations
where the government was in
charge of medical programs. As
in the case of other government
laid" the people pay dearly for
what they get.
Independent insurance com
panies cannot afford to operate
a medical program in the ex-
cessivly wasteful manner which
always goes with government
operation. They cannot afford
large, unlimited staffs as are
usually found in government
agencies, with some employees
doing little or nothing. AS part
of the great American competi-
tive system, they are competing
to give the best service for the
least money, and there isn't
any organization that can do it
at less expense, including, most
certainly, the Federal govern
ment.
No medical program-"so social
lied" or not--is free. Somebody
has to pay for it, and govern.
ment medicine is the most ex-
pensive of all. Ask the man who
advocates socialized medicine:
(which of your neighbors do
you think should pay your
bills?"
How The Communists Oper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18

lion. What would a billion dol.
lars look like in smaller demon.
nations? To count one billion
one-dollar bills, one at a time,
would take a person SO years
working on a 40-hour week.
Stacked in silver dollars on a 10
foot square, a billion dollars
would reach four times as high
as the Washington Monument.
1t would take 10000 5.ton trucks
to carry a billion dollars in
dimes. Stacked up in pennies, a
billion dollars would reach 23o,.
600 times into the sky.
QUESTIONABLE Returns Reas.
surfing GIN sure you were
pleased, as was I, with the cues.
tionnaire returns. Once again
we have evidence-though il
wasn't needed-that the people
OF Maryland have their feet on
the ground. They have not been
fooled by the do-gooders with
t h e ! r creeping socialism
schemes. The vote was almost 3
to ] that heavy government
spending hurts our economy. 1t
was 5 to against extending un.
employment payments beyond
six months, nearly 3 to against
Federally financed medical pay.
ments, and 5 to i aaginst so.
called Federal aid to education.
1t was 10 to / against farm
subsidies, and more than IL to l
against "backdoor spending"
Turning to a different line OF
inquiry, more than three Mary.
landers out of every four said
virtually that they considered
price-fixing no worse than wage.
fixing, and the vote was 6 to /
against secondary boycotts, 8
to l against common situs
picketing at construction sites,
and 9 to l for outlawing strikes
at missile bases.
AS for the cold war; Mary.
land people want the U.S.A. to
be tougher in dealing with Com
munist countries. They'd rather
go to war than have us do any
more backing down. And they
want the government to crack
down on Communists at home
They apparently have TO patti
ence with left-wing attacks on
the House Un-American Activi
ties Committee. The vote was
more than 10 to / for continuing
the Congressional investigation
and expose of un-American &C,
tivities. Six out of seven Mary.
landers, in loud, clear retort to
Left Wingers and fellow travel.
ers, ask rhetorically, "Why
should any student receiving
Federal funds for his education
hesitate about signing an aft.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18

ate-About three months before
his visit in the United States,
Russian Dictator Khrushchev is
reported to have said: I'VE can
not expect the Americans to
jump from Capitalism to Com
munism, but we can assist their
elected leaders in giving Amer
leans small doses of socialism,
until then suddenly awake to
find they have Communism"
For report on how Soviet
agents operate under our very
nose, we turn to Matt Cvetic, a
former undercover American
agent who for nine years posed
as a Red and associated with
the Reds in this country. He
says that Soviet agents with
whom he came In contact 'func-
toned from the Red embassies
and consulates, while others op.
Grated in Communist Relief
Missions travelling in this coun.
try, in industrial and aericul.
tural missions, student ex-
changes and scientific expedi.
lions, Soviet dance groups; in
fact, in every legal channel
which we, under the banner of
good diplomacy, foolishly
opened to those murderous con-
spirators."
A Billion Dollars Looks Like
This--A few months ago, in an
issue of Senate Cloakroom,"
we remarked that if a million
dollar stack of one.thousand dol
lar bills is II inches high, then
a billion-dollar stack would be
higher than an SS.story building.
As a matter of fact, there are
not that many thousand dollar
bills in existence--not 1 billion
dollars worth, although our an
nual national budget is so bill
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
Charles Wallace
Wins Time Award

Charles Wallace. a Sherwood
High School student, has been
named a winner in Time maya.
zines 18th annual current af-
fairs contest.
The current affairs test, given
this year to more than 10000
high school and college students
in the United States and Can
ada, consists of 100 questions on
national and foreign affairs.
Top scorers receive a certificate
from the weekly magazine and
a choice of either a world
globe or a book.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
I'OOlesyille

University at Morgantown Sun
day, July 2. There they are at
tending the High School Spe-
cial Division of the West Vir.
GINA Fine Arts Camp for the
next month. The boys will have
classes and study public speak
ing as well as enter debates and
oratorical contests. They will
also join in regular camp ac-
tivities. A swim and dance for
the group has been scheduled at
the Morgantown Country Club
July Is, the day Eddie will cele.
brate his 18th birthday.
Danny Painter accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellstood White,
Bethesda, and their grandson,
Charles Gaillard from Missis-
sippi, on an overnight trip to
Pennsylvania recently where
they made their headquarters In
Gettysburg.
The annual carnival of Upper
Montgomery County Volunteer
Fire Department is in full swing
at Beallsville where two of the
Wednesday night features will
be a fried chicken and ham sup.
per served country style at the
fire house, followed by the an.
nual parade.
At the regular meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary, Tuesday, July
IL, plans for the carnival were
completed with chairmen and
committee members named. On
Wednesday night nine members
met at Peter Pan Inn at Urbana
with other members of the
Montgomery County Auxiliary
for the annual county meeting
and banquet. Approximately lis
ladies enjoyed the performance
of four majorettes and the lee.
ture by guest speaker John c.
Livingston of Silver Spring.
Mr.. Livingston told of the com.
bustible possibilities of various
household items such as spray
cans and the danger of easily
igniting hair sprays. foam rub
Der, fingernail polish and re.
mover, etc. He cited a number
of results of flammable mate.
rails as well as the hazard of
overloaded fuses. In closing he
gave a number of tips for extin.
gushing home fires. If the
skillet on top the stove catches
fire, quickly place a lid of the
same size on the pan. If the
Sunday roast causes flame in
the oven, throw baking soda in.
side and close the door. In both
cases the fire will be smoth.
cred. The Marching Unit of
the Junior Auxiliary of the fire
department has added another
trophy to its ever-growing col.
lection. AT the annual firemen's
parade held in Damascus re.
Gently the local group won a
first award for best appearing
ladies' auxiliary.
a
Mrs. Ruth Keffer of York,
Pa, a former resident of Pooles.
vile, and her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
Underground Wealth

KARACHI CUPD-A geolog-
ical survey has located a IS mil
Lon ton deposit of limestone in
the Sylhet District Of East Paki-
stan. The deposit is said to ex-
tend nearly 3ls miles, 80 to so
feet below the ground surface,
and to a depth Of 400 feet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
BY Elizabeth KiIe
WA. 6-1454

The First Baptist Church Of
Damascus is holding prayer
meetings during July at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hitch. This group meets each
Wednesday at 7:45 pm. for a
lesson on the Book of Revela-
ton and prayer. All are invited.
Mrs. Mamie Brown, mother
of James Brown, is recuperat-
ing at her home in Kemptown
after being a patient in Doctors
Hospital, Washington.
The Rev. Thomas F. Sim is
attending the Board of Missions
Training School, from Monday
to Friday of this week at Lee
nore-Rhyne College, Hickory,
NC.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Cain
and family have returned to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18

e'ASA hOAhC dAtCA q N0NobAOll III
Concord, N. H., where they Wis
tied the parents of Mrs. Cain,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray w. Peaslee.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown
of Cumberland have taken an
apartment in the Perrywood
apartments. Mr.. Brown will be
a teacher in the Damascus High
School this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Caffrey
who have been living in the
Perrywood apartments h ave
purchased a home in Woodfield.
DR.. and Mrs. Lee c. Greene
of Knoxville, Tenn, announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Miss Harriet Lee Greene,
to Mr.. Thomas Upton Hitch,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hitch of Damascus. Miss
Greene will graduate from Indi-
ana University in January and
Mr.. Hitch will receive his BIS.
in Metalurgical Engineering in
August from the University of
Tennessee. They will be married
in Knoxville August 5. Mr..
Hitch will be employed by the
Martin Company in Baltimore
after he graduates.
Sam Hitch, a recent graduate
of Damascus High School, has
returned from a visit to rela-
tives in Maryville, Tenn.
Mrs. Kinsey L. Plummer was
called to Minor, N. D., last
week by the death of her father,
Mr.. Thomas.
Mrs. Ira L. Plummer of
Blytheville, Ark, is visiting her
son and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kinsey L. Plummer. She will be
with them for about a month.
The Women's Society of
Christian Service of Damascus
Methodist Church, will have a
fried chicken and country ham
dinner in the Educational Build
ing Saturday, July 90. The din
ner will start at 2 pm. and
baked goods will also be on sale.
Miss Anna Slacum, Miss Mari
Ign Hackett, Richard Grosbier,
Miss Sharon Hawkins and Miss
Barbara Buxton of Damascus
High School are attending the
Maryland State Choral Work
shop at the University of Mary
land this week.
The Damascus Rotary Club
entertained the winners of the
Bicycle Derby at dinner at their
regular meeting held at the
firehouse Thursday, July 10.
They were Randy Koontz,
Sheila Mullinix, Jay Meadors,
Chris Van Petten, Ruby Merson,
and Gloria Clover. A report on
the success of the Fat Steer"
project was given, and the win
ner was S. Kolpack of Seat
Pleasant, Md. They also had a
recorded message from the new
president of Rotary Interna-
tional, Joseph A. Abey of Read.
ing, Pa, who gave the program
for the year. He terms it
ACT" Afor Aim for Action,
c for Communicate for Under
standing, and T for Test for
Leadership.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18

Charles Keffer and three chill
dren of Wheaton, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Reddick of
Poolesville, Saturday.
Mrs. Ann Wynngate and
daughter, Christine, formerly of
Tulsa, Okla, are spending some
time with the formers sister
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
E. Lockwood, jr., Beallsville.
Shortly after her arrival, Chris.
she celebrated her fifth birth.
day July 5.
Sally Allnutt, teenage daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r.
Allnutt, Poolesville, has re.
turned from a trip to New York
State with relatives. She stayed
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Koss
of Peekskill. Sally had the time
of her life visiting such places
as Bear Mountain in Palisades
Interstate Park, overlooking the
Hudson; West Point; the United
Nations; Empire State Build.
ing; Radio Music Hall; the Au.
tomat and Maryknoll, near Os.
shining. She also attended the
musical my Fair Lady"
Mrs. Mary Clark, mother Of
Mrs. Charles M. Butler, Pooles-
vile, has taken an apartment in
the Addie Reddick residence at
Poolesville.
Edwin Johnson, jr., Comus,
and James Markell Winpigler,
Jr., Poolesville, have returned
from a weeks vacation at Ocean
City.
Mrs. William B. Griffith and
daughter, Mary Pat, Beallsville,
spent part of their vacation at
Fenwick Island, Del.
Committee members of the
Poolesville All Club planning
the carnival float for the parade
met at the home OF the chair
man, Susan Straw, Poolesville,
Monday night. Others present
were Mona Brown, Melinda
LANCE, Larry Burgess, Linda
Poole and Ginger Bodmer. Cook
les and soft drinks were served
by the hostess.
Mrs. Charles E. Kohlhoss has
returned to her home in Pooles-
vile from Suburban Hospital
where she had been a patient
since June % when she was in
Jured in an automobile accident.
With her broken knee in cast
Mrs. kohlhoss is improving and
Is able to get around with the
aid of a cane.
Mrs. T. B. Dorset, near
Beallsville, took her grand
daughters, Martha and Debbie
Wells, near Poolesville, to Balti.
more recently where they visit
ed for several days with their
aunt, Miss Betty Dorsett.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18
Senator Butler

mo Premium On Dishonor"
In May of this year. the Su-
preme Court considered the
case of three former CTS who
were demanding backpay from
the u. S. Government. Who
We're these men?
They We're enlisted men In
the U. S. Army captured during
the Korean War in 1850 and
1851. In the prison camps to
which they were sent, they be-
haved with utter disloyalty to
their fellow prisoners and to
this country. After the Korean
almistice in the summer of
1858, they refused repatriation
and went to Communist China.
They were formally discharged
from the Army in 1854. In 1855
they returned to the United
States. Later that year they fill
ed claims with the Army for ac-
crued pay and allowances be-
tween the time of their capture
and their discharge. The claims
were denied and when they
brought their case before the
u. S. Court of Claims, that court
ruled: Neither he light of rea-
son nor the logic of analysis of
the undisputed facts of record
can possibly justify the grant
ing of a judgment favorable to
these plaintiffs"
The Supreme Court over.rul-
ed the Court of Claims. 1t ex-
planned that the three men, dis
loyal as they had been in the
Korean prisoner camps, were on
active duty until 1854 and that
no law existed to block the pay
ment of backpay to servicemen
however reasonable their be.
havior as POW's.
One week after this technical
ly correct but nevertheless alb.
horrent decision by the Supreme
Court, / introduced two bills in
the Senate to remove a "prem-
ium from disloyalty." One bill
amends existing law to prohibit
payment in future cases to pris-
oners who cooperate with or
give assistance to the enemy or
who act in a manner inconsist-
ent with the continued well-be.
ing Of their fellow prisoners.
The second bill prohibits the
expenditure of funds for any
prior claim made by a prisoner
of war who engaged in disloyal
acts against the United States.
This provision will prevent the
three Korean War turncoats,
Bell, Cowart and Griggs, from
collecting backpay and allowan-
ces, regardless of the Supreme
Courts decision in May.
l am pleased to report that
the Comptroller General has in.
formed the Armed Services
Committee that he is in accord
with the purpose and objective
of the first bill. 1 am confident
Of receiving similar approval
for the second bill. I sincerely
hope that the various commit.
tees and the Senate choose to
act upon these bills at an early
date. To continue the present
legality" would mock the prin-
ciples Of loyalty and devotion
the overwhelming majority of
Americans have for their coun-
try. / believe that almost every.
one of us agrees that disloyalty
should be forcefully condemned
not rewarded.
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Perry Mason Fan

TULSA, Okla. (UPD-When
Henry M. Vernon was called as
a witness in a civil suit here
and rose from the spectators
gallery to testify, the defense
objected on the grounds he had
watched and heard other wit.
nesses.
The judge disqualified Ver-
non and asked him why he had
been sitting in the courtroom.
That's the way they do il
on television," Vernon replied.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-18

The loran system, developed
in World War II, enables a nav.
igator to fix his position by
measuring the time difference
between the receipt of signals
sent out by two synchronized
radio stations.