Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-02
People
By Peter DGWsOn


EACH CHRISTMAS time the Sentinel children to
send letters to Santa Claus through its private service to The
generous Quite number of letters are received and
prize given for the best There has been no special
award for the early birds but perhaps there should be- The
would brothers. Don and Neae Seeks of
Gilbert Rockville Their letters to Santa Claus North Pole
came in the mail this week
Another good thing about this is that the
the Rockville Office alert the jolly old
himself They evidently that the Sentinel is head
quarters for Santa Claus early August with the
perature soaring higher and higher.
Anyway Donald wants camera fishing rod racing
with small motor glider uansstor radio army
set "wy" game history book and rifle Were glad to
history in the lst) Neale would like to have
train set watch big tool set RADIO fishing rod bike Light
basket and mirror His list is simmer but he knows what
wants
Santa half the guy think he is he'll start making
get things if delivery date
awfuly long time away.
OTIS KENT showpace % out of Rock.
VILE He has indicated that he will leave to the State of
Maryland with the hope that officials will know what to
with the than 300 of beautiful unspoiled land
Many local citizens would be pleased if Mr. Kent would
change his mind and instead of leaving his property
Maryland would leave Montgomery County
Our officials would know what to do with it. And might
be that it could be turned the Park Director for
other big natural park Jack Hewitt the Director
sit and dream of large tracts of land that he buy and
into regional parks Before long, Montgomery County will
parks than other county in the United States Wish
he would hofoot to Mr. Otis Kent and If
ments could be made for the establishment Of the Otis Kent
Natural Park in Montgomery County Maryland
THE WHEATON RESCUE SQUAD is in financial trouble
mainly because Overextended ITSELF II bought awful
lot of expensive equipment couldn't afford Nevertheless
the Squad excellent job
deserves the support of the communities well
1t is understandable why this group Of young men
wanted and impressive equipment but like everything
else, public private, arrangements must be
payment before the delivery However they
have fhp nQnt do nufefand
community service and the people need Them We hope
port comes from all quarters
SOMEONE WAS SAYING THE OTHER DAY that all coun.
officials including members of the school board and the school
administration, should think of the county they would
family.
Say there members of family living
roof There four children, mother father
grandmother Two of the children young say
four The other two their Grandma quite
Perhaps the father is fairly well do That he makes
good salary. They live in nice home The mother
father very intelligent They know they have so much in.
and that isn't possible buy they pay
for in a reasonable time. ksN
They would like buy lot of play equipment for the
little They would also like give the boy and girl in
their special things such as swimming pools and
And they would also like provide Grandmother with
her special suite But they can't do all things
And they smart enough know that it wouldn't
to spend greater portion of their money children alone
If they did this they would have to put Grandma little old
bare upstairs and leave her there any thought
whatsoever Perhaps they would take her of soup
very little else.
What does this have to do with officials in Montgomery
County? Well in the first place it that great portion
of our tax being spent of citizen the
young people
Good schools essential especially country
to be left In good hands However necessary to GO
overheard in providing the very best everything All
families would like the very best but afford
overspend.
Hundreds of thousands Of are spent each year in
giving children recreation program none. And
TINS IS wonderful If another segment population were
not completely neglected talking about the very few
older citizens who have families money but have to
live somewhere
Our county does not have elderly folks home Instead
it provides 1855 day of these fine old
clzens at private nursing homes That enough to keep
anyone in minimum of wellbeng And why the
county officials can't realize what injustice this is is diff
cu to understand Where is all of the about this being
the wealthes county tune that DR. C. TAYLOR
Whittier has been singing for years?
Each here hundreds of thousands of dollars an
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