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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Welsh Rare Bit

Monty Gopher seldom ventured south OF
Ounce Orchard At one time he felt so
strongly about the superiority of the Up-Coun-
ty over the Down-C County that he attempted to
introduce bill to have them divided. But
then, Monty is frequently wrong, like for
instance he told me that Koufax couldn't
pitch, that the Yankees would win in four
straight and that Dean Beman never four
putted.
But once or twice year it becomes neces'
sary for Monty to renew his friendship with
his famous Down County cousin who lives in
Silver Spring and who is known to everyone
as Brains Fox.
Brains Fox is a city boy and Monty
Gopher is the country boy Monty has made
his in farm land and beef, and Brains has
made his in many different ways He is
real smart boy and has the largest and most
active ulcers of anybody out of hospital.
They were induced by disease prevalent in
Lower Mungummery County called Conflictus
Interestabus. Brains also has the most money
of anybody in Down County territory
Monty called me up several nights ago
and said that he had been invited to Congress
sional Country Club and heard that Brains
would be there and nothing would please him
more than for me to meet Brains. So Monty
and Sarana put so gallons of gas in the
Marmon Sixteen and picked me up and drove
up to the impressive facade of Congressional.
We strolled into the Club of high ceilings and
rocco dissertations and met our host and
hostess with up-county poise and aplomb
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
cIemeney Plea

The accommodating evidence
in the Giles-Johnson case -
especially the in d e p endent
study by DR.. Harold A. Knapp
makes it Enthusiastically clear
that the death penalty or life
sentence for these three young
Negroes would be a vengeful
and inhuman mockery of jus.
tice. The two years that the
accused have already spent in
prison should be considered
ample punishment for their
crime.
Hope is growing for an end
to second class citizenship in
this country. Governor Tawes
will have an opportunity, at
the coming clemency hearing,
to move us a step closer to that
goal. The Governor could
demonstrate that, at least in
Maryland, there are safe
guards against the ugly fact
that, in some courtrooms, in
order to obtain justice you
need a white skin.
Rex v. NaylOr
TakOma Park
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Needless Shipping

We, and suspect quite few other citizens of Mont
gomery County getting little tired of the constant
depracatory attitudes of at least two members Of the four
member School Board majority toward our school system
During the School Board campaign Of last fall, the
pair, Boarmembers Woodward and Saunders spent most
of their time eerng at the school system and now, per-
haps they feel they must continue the harassment only
to prove themselves right in their earlier declarations.
What they have overlooked perhaps, is that campaign
fun campaign fun and everybody recognizes when he
sees it. It's quite fashionable in all campaigns for the outs
to take swpes at the ns This is routine and expected
And then, if the "outs" elected they quickly settle
into the groove and of course recognize that all of those
things they saying not true and get down to
the serious job of running the SYSTEM being responsible
and making improvements where they but forgetting
about campaign oratory for the time being anyway.
At last Tuesdays School Board meeting Boardmem-
bers Saunders and Woodward continued the old campaign
oratory, batting and badgering and betng persons and
statements that indicated county school children have
tested out extremely high in relation to the national
For long, boring period Messrs Woodward and Saunders
tried to prove the testing methods off and because the
last available national norm is several years old the county
testing is invalid This is patiently absurd long all
school systems the nom which is the but
the two gentlemen monopoized good part of the meeting
in trying to prove the opposite Somebody should tell them
the campaign is over they have the jobs they sought
and now it's time to settle down.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
DonviIIe PIeo

On Sept. 3, eight teenagers
from Rockville visited at the
Bannockburn Clubhouse, in
Bethesda, at the invitation of
Mrs. Esther Delaplaine. Dur.
ing the visit these youths
heard the Danville (Virginia)
story as told by Mrs. Anne
Karro and saw the film of pre-
vious police brutality at DAN
vile. Perhaps this was the
first opportunity that some of
these youth had had to sing
freedom songs that are being
sung in civil rights fights
across the country today.
So impressed were these
teenagers by the statement of
Mrs. Karro that they returned
home with a determination to
do something about the situa-
ton in Danville. Today they
have organized themselves into
a group of about % teenagers
who called themselves TEEN
AGE FRIENDS of DAN
WILLIE" Already they have
had one showing of the film in
Rockville-this was for the
purpose of making local citi-
zens aware of the situation in
Danville and to raise funds to
help alleviate some of the
financial strain ($400,000) of
the Negro residents of Dan
vile. Twenty white youth have
requested membership.
Last Saturday these youth,
adorned with their badges of
Identification, an ord nary
cross bearing their name in
black letters and threaded
with black yarn to carry the
theme "Black and White To-
gether," made door to door
canvas to collect funds for
Danville. AS this group grows
in size, it appears to be spread
ing out into other areas of the
county. Hopefully, 1t will ex-
pand and make some signifi.
cant contribution to civil rights
progress, not only in Danville,
but throughout the country
where such progress is pres
emily stifled.
We are hopeful that those
of you who did not take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to
mail that contribution to Allen
Richardson at Ills Braeburn
Place for the Danville Fund.
will give generously to these
youth when they rap at your
door with the Danville story.
Norma H. Duffin
Rockville
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
by Les KimbIe

formation is available in the official files Of
the local government or near by local govern
ments, as it was in the Giles-Johnson case,
one is forced to conclude that serious break.
down in the legal processes has occurred.
An appeal of verdict to higher court is
discussed in mot Guilty" by Judge Jerome
Frank and Barbara Frank Doubleday 1850:
"A popular notion prevails that, if an innocent
man is convicted, the upper court, on appeal
from the conviction, will surely set it aside.
This notion is unfounded Z. :. For the upper
court, on an appeal, knows no more than did
the jury and the trial judge that for instance,
the police had not run down leads favorable
to the accused, or that prosecutor concealed
evidence damaging to the case against the &C.
cused, or that witness made mistake in
indentifying the accused as criminal"
'"The upper court, unaware of these facts,
is obligated to accept the jury's verdict, since
it is the function of the jury to decide which
stories are correct-those told by the govern.
ment witnesses or those of the witnesses for
the defense If the verdict is guilty" the up.
per court must pay no attention to the test.
mony of the defense witnesses, and take as
true the testimony of government witnesses,
even If that court suspects that they lied or
were mistaken. In short, except in few
states, on an appeal the upper court judges do
not become sort of new jury; they do not
retry the CASE
The Giles'Johnson case, as presented in
study by Dr. Harold Knapp, deserves close
study by the executive and legislative depart.
ments of Maryland. To this layTnan, DR..
Knapp's study indicates the need for changes
in criminal case procedures. A new procedure
should be formulated so that defendants Of
limited means are not denied important and
perhaps ifesaving facts because they have
no money or because officials overlook such
facts. If new evidence, not presented to the
judge and jury, indicates reasonable doubt
about the defendants guilt, full pardon
would seem to be the minimum corrective &C.
ton that the state could take.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10

plain the full cost of the fu-
neral, provide a complete list Of
services, and seek the aid of a
clergyman in making the ar.
rangements.
Families, he says, should be
leery of the costs of death
notices, hair dressing, organist.
flower coach, use of limousine
and professional pallbearers.
Some of these are extras that
should be itemized and the fam.
lily should watch closely 20 see
that the funeral director acting
as middleman is not adding a
wide profit.
AS in many businesses, fu-
neral directors are relatively
free to assess their own fees for
services rendered. That some do
1t for whatever the traffic will
bear is recognized by the nation
al group.
1--WE must constantly be aware
of our absolute necessity to in
form the public, to keep no Sc
crets and make no mysteries, to
speak fully and frankly that all
may know what we stand for
and what they expect from u.s."
declares NSMA President Bus
tard.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Public Forum


Hurray for Rose Kramer! /
know she is speaking for the
overw helming majority of
teachers and educators. Her
article showed understanding
of educational problems and
the way Montgomery County
is solving them. l cannot
understand how the Council
for Better Education has man.
aged to survive in our midst
with such total ignorance of
both.
We are doing a good job
teaching the 8 RS. The sta
tistics show it every year. We
are also teaching in areas not
measured by tests. We can
always do a better job, but
Amidon won't help us. There
are many things we need, but
we don't need Amidon.
County Teacher
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Monty Goes to A Party
by Barney Welsh

except that Monty, who had been watching an
old Charles Boyer movie, kissed the hand of
the hostess and nearly chewed it off at the
elbow.
We walked over to where great crowd
of mighty men and lovely women were pack.
ed together. Monty thought that it was a
gang around Brains Fox who might be Civ.
ing money away; but to his SURPRISE the
people were fighting to get to a fully equipped
bar which was manned by several seven
armed bartenders who were doing their best
to raise the decibel rating of the quiet night.
know that people make party Just like
people make county; but am real glad that
both the party and the county aren't made at
the same time or, maybe they are.
Apart from Brains Fox, am not going to
mention any names. The people who aren't
mentioned feel neglected, and those who are
mentioned don't like what is said about them.
But saw the usual crop Of lawyers and
Joined in with them talking to councilmen and
past Senators, future Senators and just plain
Senators; in fact we lawyers will talk to
everyone except other lawyers because we
don't like to waste words.
Soon Brains and Monty, they being
cousins and big tycoons Joined with group
of builders, feather merchants, concrete and
stone vendors, bankers, land planners, second
trust buyers uppers, coming experts, educa.
tors, gentlemen and scholars. They decided
to move the Sugarloaf into the Potomac below
Seneca and put the Upper County under water
and thereby get rid of the whole Gopher tribe
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Young COP Meeting

The Montgomery County
Young Republicans will hold
their monthly meeting Oct. ID,
at Governors House Motor
Hotel, $500 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, at 8 pm.
Featured speaker will be Don
r. Kendall, Chevy Chase, chair
man of the Republican State
Central Committee for Mont.
gomery County. Former presi-
dent of the Maryland Young
Republican Federation and a
congressional aide for 10 years,
Kendall will give his views on,
"Why We Can Beat the Ken
nedys Next Year."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
. Funerals
CONTINUED from All


minister of the United Presby-
terrain Church of Silver Spring,
and Edward L. Ericsson of the
Washington Ethical Society.
So far, a spokesman for the
group says, area funeral parlor
directors have refused to coop.
crate with questiOnnaires sent
them by the group inquiring
into prices and services.
"And they won't even talk
to us once they know we're rep
resenting memorial society, ="
she said.
Funeral directors who practice
the "hard SELF on grieving fam
lily members have caused the
National Selected Morticians AS
ISOLATION to begin policing its
own ranks.
William L. Bustard, president
of NSMA, said in his keynote ad.
dress at the groups 10th annual
meeting in Montreal, What the
critics are saying now is not
new. The instances of abuse
which are repeated time and
again have occurred over many
years. The very reason for our
(association'S) existence is to
establish and maintain high
standards of service and a code
of responsibility to the public.
We are more concerned about
any possible abuse than any of
our critics"
A Rockville funeral director,
Tyson Wheeler, comedies that
the pitfall in purchasing" p
proper funeral can be the high
pressure funeral director who
takes advantage of the bereaved.
Because funeral directors are
astute businessmen, he points
out, they offer a wide range of
merchandise and services to ap.
peal to all socio economic
groups. The individual con.
sumner faces the task of buying
a funeral within his means, he
says.
But there are rotten apples
in every business" Wheeler
comedies. "And when a person
is emotionally upset, it is pos,
sible to cram something down
his throat"
Wheeler agrees with the local
memorial society that arranging
for a funeral can best be done
in advance of death. With a
clear head and without adverse
emotional strain, it is easier
and it can be more economical
to make the necessary arrange
ments.
Ethical funeral directors first
find out the financial status OF
the family and then provide a
funeral that stays within their
ability to pay, Wheeler says.
Guidelines for the family in
making suitable arrangements,
he says, should be firm insist
ence that the undertaken ex
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Likes Welsh

THEN, YOU'RE A TEACH.
Err" by Barney Welsh was
marvellous. So is the Sentinel,
of course. But every once in a
while, while columnists and
editors are still vertical, they
should be told so.
Cody Pfanstiehl
TakOma Park
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10

The Suburban Woman's Club
of Montgomery County will
meet Oct. 10 at 8 pm. in the
Parish Hall of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church, Bradley Lane and
Wisconsin Ave-, Chevy Chase.
Fashions of yesteryear will be
the program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10
Terrier Show

The 18th Annual Speciality
Show, sponsored by the Scottish
Terrier Club of Greater Wash
ington, will be held Oct. II at
Z pm. in the Rockville Civic
Center. Admission is 81.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-10-10

Eight persons were killed last
week on Maryland highways.
Six were drivers and two were
pedestrians.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-03-28
Sandy Spring
Fashion Show
To Benefit
Hospital
By Margaret Adelfio
Walker 4.38O3

A lot of ladies have been won.
dering if they have missed out
on the Hospital Guild Fashion
Show this year. The fact of the
matter is the annual February
show of Spring fashions has
been changed for the first time
into a Summer Fashion Show.
The date has been set for April
"a.
So you can still plan to sup.
port the Montgomery General
Hospital Guilds Twelfth Annual
Fashion Show. 1t will be at Jel.
leff's in Silver Spring as usual,
and will feature local models
who have already been selected.
Mrs. Francis Krumn Is acting as
chairman and Mrs. Lawrence
Ashworth and Mrs. William Cat.
lin are her co.chairmen. Pro-
ceeds will go towards a new an
esthesia machine for the hospi.
tai delivery room.
Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire
Department had a near record
number of calls as this week be-
gan. There were eight calls on
Sunday and at least II on Mon.
day according to Chief Francis
Snowden. Everyone who is do.
ing Spring cleaning-up of their
property, PLEASE observe the
rules: don't burn before four
o'clock in the afternoon, and
then only If there is adequate
water at hand and no wind
blowing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Oliver,
with Cathy and young Robbie,
were weekend visitors at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Stabler, in Spencer.
vile. The divers drove up from
their home in North Carolina.
Other houseguests of the Stab.
lers this week were Mr.. and
Mrs. James Bathgate and their
daughter, Anne, of Chestnut
Hill, Pennsylvania. Mr.. Bath.
gate is Mrs. Stabler's brother.
Some school children in the
neighborhood have been out on
Spring vacation already. Sandy
Spring Friends School and St
Johns in Olney have both been
closed for vacation. Sherwood
and st. Peters Schools will have
their Spring recess during the
week after Easter.
The National Capital Garden
Club League this year for the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-03-28
Watershed
Plan Topic
Of Meeting

Members Of the newly.form.
ed Upper Northwest Branch
Citizens Association met at
Friends School in Sandy Spring
last Thursday night to hear E.
H. Schmidt of the Montgomery
County Soil Conservation Serv-
ice speak on the feasibility of a
watershed plan for the area.
Noting that the Upper North.
west Branch watershed paral-
lels In many ways the Upper
Rock Creek watershed, Smith
said that the Soil Conservation
Service would undertake a
study of the area to see whether
a plan similar to that worked
out for the Rock Creek area
could be developed under Public
Law 566 watershed problems
and flood prevention act).
Six or seven years ago a plan
for the Upper Rock Creek
watershed was developed by a
group of citizens in that area
similar to the Northwest Branch
group. The plan was presented
to the Montgomery County Soil
Conservation Service people
who agreed to sponsor the pro-
posal. The Service also obtain.
ed sponsorship of the County
Council and, later, the Park and
Planning Commission.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-03-28
POOlesville
Winner In
All Tourney

PooleSVille All Club walked
off with both the championships
in the junior and senior divi-
sions of the boys tournament
Thursday while the Montgom.
cry County Beef Club and Ger
mantown Club won in the jun
ior and senior division of the
girls tournament.
The Beef Club girls defeated
the Busy Bees 1876 to gain the
championship with Pat Heeney,
Laytonsville, and Betty Lou
Schaeffer, Germantown, leading
the way. In the senior girls
championship, Norma Wachter,
Germantown, led Germantown
in an 80 win over Glenallen.
The semi-finals in the girls
senior division found German.
town downing the Jersey Calf
Club SO, while Glenmont elm.
mated Poolesville 14-2.
In the senior division of the
boys tournament, Poolesville
won the championship by a
score of 1921 over Glenallen.
Poolesville overcame a 1873
Glenallen lead at half-time with
the sharp shooting of Larry
Hoffacker, Poolesville, Tommy
Austin, Poolesville, and Brian
Tolson, GAINESVILLE. Jon West,
Gelnmont, led Glenallen scoring
with nine points.
In the semi-finals Poolesville
downed the Beef Club 22-11,
with Tommy Austin and Larry
Burgess, Poolesville, leading the
scoring with both tossing in
eight points. Tommy Heeney,
Laytonsville, led the losers with
five points.
Glenallen took the measure
of the Jersey Club 2S-15 with
Jon West and Robert Biggs,
Glenmont, each tossing in eight
points. Norman Fraley, Der
wood, got six points for the
losers. In the quarter-finals the
Beef Club downed Norwood
Grove 1912, with Tom Heeney,
Laytonsville, scoring 16 points
and Dick Fisher, Gaithersburg,
getting 10. w. Lyons, Sandy
Spring, scored seven for the
losers.
Poolesville swamped the
Jersey Club for the junior
championship, winning by a
score of AT. Billy Jamison,
Poolesville, led the scoring with
IA points while Paul Stiles,
Rockville, scored all seven of
the Jersey points.
In the semi.finals play Pooles-
vile defeated Laytonsville 25-14.
In the first round play the Jer-
sey Club defeated Jamestown.
In a hard-fought contest the
Jersey Club edged Sandy Spring
10.6 with Wally Hurley, Ounce
Orchard, scoring four points
while George Bonifont, Sandy
Spring, scored four for the
losers. Paul Stiles and Wally
Hurley led the Jersey Club to
a 20.9 victory over Jamestown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-03-28

tanned at dinner on Saturday
evening for Mrs. Keady's neph-
ew James Storey, and his fian'
Gee, Miss Ann Tyson of Beth
esda. They will be married in st.
Anne's Episcopal Church on
Easter eve.
At the service this Sunday of
the Lutheran Church Of the Re-
deemer, the sermon will be
"Who Is this Christ that pre-
ceeded Abraham" At 2 pm.
the Luther League will leave
for a visit to Gettysburg College
and the Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, the old
est Lutheran Institutions of
their kind in the Western Hem.
isphere. The Music and Worship
Committee will meet Monday at
the home of William Donsife on
Lewis Drive at 8 pm. The Mid
week lenten Moment Before
the Cross" will be Wednesday at
7:30 pm. in the Damascus Ele'
mentary School, the meditation
Zone Man For the People"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-03-28

first time will hold several 81.
multaneous Flower Shows in
the Washington area in place of
its one big annual show. Three
of the shows will be held at sub.
urban Woodward and Lothrop
stores, and of special interest
locally is the fact that Mrs. Tho.
mas F. Lansdale is chairman of
the Wheaton Plaza Show. Mrs
Lansdale, who is president of
the Friendship Garden Club. has
Mrs. Harold carp, also of the
Friendship Club, as her vice
chairman. Mrs. carp is also in
charge of staging. The Flower
Show takes place April %
through April &c.
Mrs. George Coffee, Mrs. vii.
liam Kricker, Mrs. ]. ]. Never.
Mrs. Stanley Stabler and Mrs
Charles Williams are joint host.
esses at a Linen Shower on Fri.
day in honor of Miss Beth Mill.
er, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert H. Miller. Her marriage
to DR.. Lorne Garrettson takes
place April 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller were
hosts this week to the Home In
terest at their home in Ashton.
V. E. Hussman was host at
Saturdays Farmers Club. The
group met at st. Luke's Church
in Brighton for dinner preceding
the meeting.