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The Montgomery County Sentinel
Published Every Thursday at Rockville, Md.
P. G. Strom berg, Publisher Tow.vsknd Howes, Editor
Subscription—One Dollar per year in advance.
Entered at the Post Office at Rockville, Maryland, as second-class matter.
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933.*
BACK TO STAY
Out in the country it is the correct thing to do farm
work with horses again. This trend has been noticeable
for the past year, owing to the high cost of operating trac
tors compared with the low cost of feeding animals. The
government figures that the average horse now is worth
$56. This is equal to the price of a year ago, and while
27 percent under 1929, it compares favorably with the 61
percent decline in other farm products. As a result, the
horses and 5,000,000 mules are back on a pedes
tal in the country. The thought thrills horse breeders, who
believe that a new day is dawning in their industry. Out
siders are inclined to believe that when farmers again have
money to buy gasoline they will go back to their tractors,
but horse raisers believe that country people have come to
realize the economy of horse power in farm work. The
moral seems to be that horses are back and are fashion
able again.
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LET 'EM PLAY
hTe old adage that “all work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy” is as true today as in the days of your own
youth. Expecting the boy to spend all of his waking hours
doing school work is not good for the boy. Certainly he
should devote every minute of his school time to study,
and it is best that he should have a reasonable amount of
work to do about the house or farm. But denying him a
holiday now and then, and discouraging him when he wants
to spend a few hours with his companions in a game of
ball or on a fishing trip is unfair to the boy. Of course
he will grow up to be a man whether he plays or not.
Every boy will do that. But he will grow up to be a
healthier, happier and more dependable man if he is en
couraged to seek the association of other boys at the only
time in his life when such association can be worth any
thing to him. Don’t forget those early days in your own
life. Don’t forget that the boy of today is not different
from the boys of your early days. They want exactly
what you wanted. So it's up to you to see that they get it.
NOW A RADIO TAX
Owners of radio sets will probably be hearing ere long
about a “radio tax” in this country. An Ohio congressman
has a plan to tax the advertising programs now cluttering
up the air. He says the money derived from such a tax
would serve to restore postage to the 2-cent rate. If it is
a tax on the ones using the radio for advertising, then it
will be one that cannot very well* be passed on the the con
sumer. If it is a tax on the listener, then the advertisers
are sure to suffer, for few there are who would pay any
thing to listen to the programs they are now broadcasting.
They have to give them away if they can’t get anyone to
listen. So here at last appears to be a tax that is justified.
Considering the class of stuff that is filling the air these
days the ones sponsoring the programs really ought to be
taxed for asking the public to listen to their old-time medi
cine show ballyhoo and their jokes that once made Joe
Miller’s Joke Book a ready seller.
SELLING THINGS
George K. End, a Florida man, has an unusual business
and one that proves beyond question that you can sell any
thing. He declares rattlesnake meat is good eating, and
he has succeeded in getting enough other people to try it—
and like it—to enable him to go into the business of can
ning it for the market. He is prospering.
All of which is sufficient to show the most skeptical
how easy it is to sell things if he will go at it right and
if he will show plenty of persistence. Thousands of people,
even with reduced incomes, find away to buy what they
want. Thousands of people who really have something to
sell are not cashing in because they hesitate to offer it.
It is possible that stored away in the cellar or attic
or somewhere about the premises is something you no
longer have use for and that is too good to throw away.
How do you know but someone is waiting that very article
of furniture, machinery or whatever it happens to be?
Just now, when every penny counts, would be a good time
to unload the things you no longer need, and a few cents
spent in telling your neighbors through your home-town
paper what you would like to dispose of may turn a few
dollars into your hands. If the Florida man can sell rattle
snake meat you can sell things that are in greater demand
and for which there is a ready market right here at home
Think it over.
JUST START THE BALL ROLLING
Nothing succeeds like success. People flock to any line
of business that shows activity and profit. The horse busi
ness is an example of that right now. Not a few who quit
it yeans ago are planning to get back in, we are told.
It is this trait of human nature that may be expected
to give momentum to business recovery. As things pick
up here and there, both men and capital will make ven
tures in the same lines, and thus will the rebuilding process
get under way. And the farther it goes the faster it will
go, so long as a little profit can be picked up byway of
encouragement. The incentive to invest will spread from
one line of business to another, too.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Gaithersburg Aces
Down Rockville In
Thrilling Triumph
.
First Time In Three Seasons
Rockville Has Been Defeated
By Upper County Nine
The Gaithersburg Aces Sunday de
feated the Rockville ball tossers by
the score of 5-4, in the first of a three
game series. It was the first time in
i three seasons that a Gaithersburg
; team has emerged victorious over the
lads from the County Seat. Despite
ithe intense rivalry between the two
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j teams, the game was clean cut
i throughout.
Esworthy, the Aces’ star hurler,
held Rockville to eight well scattered
hits, fanned six and w-alked but two.
He was invincible in the pinches, al
| lowing but one man on base per inn
ing, with the exception of the third,
when Rockville scored all of their
runs.
The Aces started off with the drop
of the kerchief, scoring two runs in
I the opening stanza. Smith led off with
a single and forced at second on
| Howard’s roller. Hits by Godfrey and
> Dosh filled the bases and on an at
tempted squeeze play, Howard was
out at the plate. The paths were still
occupied by Godfrey, Dosh and Dia
mond and when Cashell walked, God
frey scored the first run of the con
test. Beall scored Dosh with an infield
hit and “Mouse” Gloyd died out to
Heider to end the frame.
Rockville did not see life on the
bases until the third when they stay
ed at the bat long enough to score all
four of their runs. Doubles by Case
and Coleman and singles by Valenza,
Heider and Hutchinson, sandwiches in
between errors by Godfrey and Cash
ell made possible the four tallies,
after which the Aces settled down
and did not allow another alien run
ner to reach the far corner.
In the Gaithersburg half of the
fourth .after Gloyd had rolled out, a
single by Esworthy, a double by
Smith, a single by Howard and anoth
er double by Diamond enabled the
Aces to score three runs and end the
scoring for the day. From that per
iod on neither team was able to get
more than one man on base per inn- j
ing. Eleven hits were gathered off
Benny Coleman’s delivery, while
Morosa limited the Aces to one bingle
in the three innings he toiled. Gaith
ersburg was helpless before him.
John M. Burdette Sustains
Injury In Fall From Car
John M. Burdette, nineteen-year
old son of Claud H. Burdette, is a
patient at Montgomery County Gen
eral Hospital as a result of falling
from the running board of a car on
which he was riding. The accident oc
curred on Wednesday night of last
week. He sustained a fractured skull,
but shows marked improvement at
this time, and a complete recovery is
anticipated.
Johnnie Burdette, as he is familiar
ly known by his host of friends grad
uated from Damascus High School in
the class of 1932 and was awarded a
medal for out standing sportsman
ship during his four years of high
school. He is a nephew of Dr. George
M. Boyer.
Rockville Junior High
Operetta Cast Is Chosen
The entire cast of characters for
“Aunt Drusilla’s Garden," an operetta
in two acts, to be held in the Rock
ville High Auditorium on May 12, is
as follows:
Aunt Drusilla, who swallowed the
pepper plant, Betty Young.
Nelda, her niece, Mary Marguerite
Wilson.
Florence, one of the girls’ circle,
Marguerite Sudduth .
Pat, the Irish gardener, James 1
White.
Bob, leader of the school gang,
Gene Waters.
Ted, smallest member of the gang,
Preston Weaver.
Tiny Little, another of Nelda’s
friends, Freda Katz.
The Girls’ Circle—playmates of
Nelda, Elizabeth Boise, Susie Bel!:
Cronise, Edna Anders, Helen Eng- j
land, Dorothy McGaha, Myrtle Perry,!
Blanche Waters, Gladys Powell, Mary 1
Henderson, Hilda Kraft, Elvera Me-1
Gaha, Lavinia Moulden and Elizabeth !
Gude.
The School Gang—chums of Bob— 1
Francis Day, Gordon Conklin, John
Myers, Norman Smith, Alfred Bur
roughs, Dorman Beall, Stuart Nice-;
warner, Charles Nicewarner, Guy i
Merry, Roy Harmon, Clyde Milor,
Harvey Brake, Jack Ochsenreiter,
Edward Higgins, David Bailey and
Robert Forsburg.
70 Years Ago in The Sentinel—
A report is rife in the upper portion of the Fourth District
that, while a servant of a citizen of Rockville was preparing some
fresh herring for supper, a ring was found in the stomach of the
fish supposed to have been on a finger of a soldier, of which the
fish had eaten. I thought it would not be out of place to make
some inquiry in regard to the matter, for I have always been of
the opinion that shad and herring will not eat flesh, as they*will
not bite the hook. If my opinion be correct, I shall set this story
down as rather “fishy”. So, ye lovers of the finny tribe need not
hsitate about eating fresh fish.
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Deaths —Mrs. Sarah G. Griffith, 69, wife of Philemon Griffith,
Sr., of this county.
Mrs. Sarah West, 66, wife of Samuel West.
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Markets —(Flour) $4 to 4.1214. (Wheat) red, $1.05 to $1.06;
white, $1.05 to $1.25. (Corn) 63 to 70c.
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Trustees of the Poor —At a meeting of the County Commis
sioners the following gentlemen were appointed trustees of the poor:
Henry Harding, Samuel Jones, William Thompson, Josiah W. Jones,
Dr. B. E. Hughes, Francis Valdenar and Joseph A. Taney.
300 Expected To Attend
4-H Banquet On May 27
Arrangements are being made to
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entertain approximately 300 4-H j
Club boys and girls of this and near- i
by counties and other guests at the
first annual banquet of the Montgom
ery County 4-H Senior Council to be 1
held in the high school auditorium at
Gaithersburg the evening of May 27.
Albert A. Ady, assistant county;
agricultural agent, who heads the;
committee in charge, has announced 1
that Ridgely Howes of Washington
Grove has been selected for toastmas
ter, that Dr. Thomas B. Symons, di
rector of the extension service of the
University of Maryland, is expected
to deliver the principal address and
that Lois Molyneaux of Glen Echo
and Allie Messer, members of county!
4-H clubs, will be among those on j
the program for talks.
I
President Roosevelt On
Sunday Spin Thru County
President Roosevelt enjoyed a 40-
mile automobile ride late Sunday
afternoon that took him beyond Rock
ville and back. As usual, the Pres-;
ident used an open car.
Mr. Roosevelt had with him Miss
Mary Cushing, a sister of Mrs.
James Roosevelt, Jr., and Philip
Coniff, of Boston, who are house
guests, and Miss Grace Tully, a sec
retary.
Sitting in the back seat the Pres
ident was recognized by many of the
hundreds of Sunday afternoon motor-,
ists along the Rockville Pike.
BROOKEVILLE I
Mr. J. J. Hutton was host to the
Young Men’s Club of St. John’s on
Friday evening. Entertainment was
furnished by Mr. Brooke Johns with
his banjo and songs.
Miss Carrie Owings of Baltimore;
spent the week-end with her sister, i
Mrs. L. B. Riggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard en-J
tertained at dinner on Saturday eve
ning. Their guests were Mrs. Marian
Martin of Washington; Mrs. Richard'
Martin and daughter, Joan, of Rock
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Wood
field, Henry and Carolyn Woodfield
of Damascus.
Mr. J. R. Porter is able to be
out again after being a patient for
several days in Montgomery County
General Hospital.
Miss Imogene Porter, who for the
past year has been employed in Bal
timore, has returned to the home of
her father near here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Porter, Jr., and
children, of Washington; Mr. and
’ Mrs. Ridgely Chichester and daugh-1
ter were guests for dinner at the
I Porter home on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Harvey had :
as their guests for dinner on Sun-:
day, Mrs. Margaret Oland, Mr. and I
Mrs. Frank Hawkins, Oland and
Mary Virginia Hawkins.
Mr. W. P. Jones entertained at
cards on Monday evening, his guests
being Mr. Winter Jones and Mr.
| Molesworth of Ridgeville; Mr. Frank
; Downey, Mr. John Downey and Mr.
L. B. Riggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones, Mr.,
{and Mrs. John Shutrumph and Mr. ■
Reuben Walker, all of Washington,'
1 were dinner guests at “The Madison
1 House” on Friday evening.
Mrs. Alice Harriss of Washington
jis * house guest of her sister, Mrs.j
{James Brown.
i The Parent-Teacher Association of
the local school will give a benefit
dance on Saturday night, May 13th.
Music will be furnished by Laurel
! Orchestra.
Vacation Bible School To
Hold Meeting At Ashton
M. E. Church On May 30
The East Montgomery County
Council of Religious Education an
nounces a mass meeting for Vacation
I school workers to be held in Ashton
Methodist Episcopal Church, Tuesday
May 30th. The director of Vacation
school work for the International
'Council of Religious Education, Paul
■ Eddy of New York, will be in charge.
It is hoped that every Church in the
county is planning to hold a Vacation
school itself or to join with some
other church or churches in the con
duct of one. The greatest problem is
that of securing and training leaders,
it is said.
To meet this need, the East Mont
gomery County Council urges every
; community to make a canvass of |
! young women home from normal!
j school or college, who will undoubted- j
; !y be delighted to share in this kind
>of project. In previous years public
! school teachers who have not attend
ed summer schools have been most
generous with their time.
Appoint your leaders now and have
, them attend the mass meeting on the
30th.
The Maryland-Delaware Council is
assisting a number of the county,
councils of religious education in put
, ting on these Vacation school insti
j tutes and it is through their coopera-!
tion that the services of Mr. Eddy are
made available.
CLARKSBURG
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Services will be held at the M. E.
Church on Sunday morning, May 14th
;at 11 o’clock A. M.
1 The Olmstead Players, of Los
Angeles, presented a play at the M.
E. Church on Friday night, which
was a visual sermon, an adaptation
of Marshall Gould’s prize bible play,
j “St. Claudia.”
Worship services were held at the
|M. E. Church, South on Sunday night
! and a “Mother’s Day” sermon was
j delivered by the pastor Rev. S. J. L.
I Dulaney.
Miss Eraa Martin a member of the j
j staff of the Montgomery County
General Hospital was a dinner guest
of Mrs. Paul Wire on Thursday night
of last week.
Mrs. William Purdum and Mrs.
James Purdum, entertained at a sur
prise birthday party on Wednesday
‘ night in honor of Miss Evelyn Pur
dum. Their guests were: Mrs. Delma
■Harris, Miss Rose Warfield, Mr. and
; Mrs. Roscoe Purdum, Mr .and Mrs.
Harry Browning, Mrs. E. E. Barr,
Miss Velma Barr, Miss Marguerite
Barr, Mr. Emory Edwards, Mrs. Paul
' Wire, Miss Laura Davis, Mr. Edgar
j Davlh, Jr., Mr. Levi Price, Jr., Mr.
j Claude Purdum. Mr. Thomas JfU ■,
j Mr. Purdum Jamison, Mr. Robert
| Green, and Mr. George Boyer, Jr.
The Home Hygiene Class met at
| the school on Wednesday afternoon
of last week and was attended by
virtually all the members. Miss Edith
Crumbaker visiting Red Cross Nurse,
is the instructor and was in charge
of the class.
The Pleasant Grove Woman’s Club
met at the home of Miss Evelyn
Purdum on Tuesday of last week.
The meeting was conducted by the
president Mrs. Ollie Baker and the
members of the club present were: 1
. Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs. George Lin-!
thicum, Mrs. Windsor Davis, Mrs.!
, Edgar Davis, Miss Florence Fair,
■ Miss Evelyn Purdum, Mrs. Aubrey
| Davis, Miss Laura Davis, Mrs. Robert
Windsor, Mrs. C. V. Biser, and Mrs.
William Purdum. Visitors at the
meeting were Mrs. Josie Burdette,
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. James F. Purdum,
and Mrs. John Lawson.
Thursday, May 11, 1933
$121,500.37 To Be
County’s Share In
Lateral Road Tax
Amount Will Become Available
When New State Road Law
Goes Into Effect June I
Montgomery County will have the
sum of $121,500.37 available from the
State gasoline tax for lateral roads
this year, the board of county com
missioners have been notified.
In addition, the State Roads Com
| mission informed the board that an
additional $49,874,31 will become
available in the county if the Feder
al appropriations to aid road con
struction throughout the country are
made again this summer,
j Under the new road law recently
enacted by the General Assembly the
j proceeds of the l!i-cent gas tax will
be available for construction of lat
eral roads as part of the State high
way system, reconstruction and main
tenance of county roads, bridges or
| municipal streets or for debt sen-ice
lon county road and municipal street
' bonds.
The previous law restricted use of
the funds to the construction of new
State roads in the counties.
Members of the board were asked
to inform the road body as to the
amount of the Montgomery fund they
desire to be expended in the various
categories together with details as to
types and costs of each project and a
report of bridge conditions and an
answer will be forwarded to the
highway group as soon as possible.
Frank Davis, clerk of the county
; Police Court for the past two years,
i was reappointed by the commission
ers for a second two-year term.
250 Rockville Students
Take Tuberculosis Test
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During the week of April 24th
■ approximately 250 students of Rock
i rille High School submitted to the
skin test for tuberculosis. The tests
were administered by Dr. V. L. Klli
| cott of the Health Department.
The skin test for tuberculosis is
a harmless method of determining
I whether a person has been infected
with the germ of tuberculosis. A
small amount of liquid is injected
between the layers of the skin of
the arm. If the test is positive it
■ shows that the child should have an
x-ray or physical examination. There
lis no charge for the test or exam
ination. If the disease is discovered
in its early stages it can be treated
effectively, thus the tests should re
duce and control the number of cases
;in this vicinity.
BOYD
Mrs. Catherine Elkins, Mrs. Anna
'Elkins Potter, Mr. O. Milton Elkins
and master Bobbie Curtis all of
1 Poolesville were the Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. E. Kingston Pickrell.
Master Billie Headley accompanied
by his father Lieutenant B. F. Head
ley, went on his first fishing trip one
day last week. Although the fish
; wouldn’t bite the youngster returned
home greatly thrilled over his exper
ience.
We wish to call your attention to
the Annual Meat Supper and Ice
Cream and Strawberry Festival to be
given by the Ladies’ Aid Society at
the Church Hall in Boyd, Saturday,
May 20, beginning at 5 o’clock P. M.,
and continuing throughout the even
ing.
Special Mothers’ Day Services will
be conducted by our pastor Reverend
James P. Kerr, Sunday, May 14, at
II P. M. A most cordial welcome is
extended to all mothers. The oldest '
and youngest mother will receive a
white flower
Mrs. Ralph Whittier left Thursday
for Baltimore where she is visiting
friends.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Boyd Presbyterian Church held
its meeting on Sunday evening after
which there was an annual election
of officers: President, Mrs. B. N.
Headley; Vice president, Mrs. Thomas
Dannde; Secretary, Miss Rebecca
Wire; Treasurer, Mr. Charles Israel.
The young folks of the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Boyd Pres*
byterian Church are planning
| special Mother’s Day program for
i Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. A cord
! *1 invitation is extended to all-
The Congregational meeting for
the Annual election of officers of the
Boyd Presbyterian Church on Thurs
day evening was well attended.
Mr. Virts and family attended the
funeral of an aged aunt in Frederick
in Saturday. Interment was in Mt-
Olive Cemetery.