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Potomac Russian Aviation Group Entertained by Tiptons By Cissy Morgan Sentinel Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Tipton of Glen rd. entertained on August 29 a group of Russian delegates representing Russian Aeroflot, the Russian organiza tion that owns and operates everything pertaining to . avia tion in Russia. The party began at 6 p.m. With cocktails served at the Tip ten swimming pool. About 45 guests were included. 10 mem bers of the Russian delegation, interpreters and representatives from our Federal Aviation 4gency. A buffet dinner was served later. * The guests participated in ! sjvimming and ping pong j around the pool. Mr. Tipton i said that they were very pleased with the Tipton’s teen ajge twins’ ability to swim. They asked them to race for them a|nd later presented the girls With aeroflot medals for their performance. They also played ping-pong with the twins and their loder sister, Judy. ’ The delegation is going to be here for three weeks. The pur pose of their visit is to view the Air Transport Operation, of Which Mr. Tipton is president. On September 15, a delegation cjf Americans are going to Russia for the same purpose. Mr. Tipton will head this group. 3e stated that this is an ex lange program that can estab lish a relationship with Rus sians without any political don notations. It is a technical exchange that experts in the field find in teresting and it is a means of establishing good personal rela tionship with these people. (It is interesting to note that there sfrere no State Department rep resentatives at the party. I guess that this was purposefully done in an effort to eliminate i —" ■■■ " — 1 Going to School in Laytonsville \n 1870 Was a Muddy Business Almost 15 years ago, a coun ty lady wrote her memories of 2er 1870 school days for the entinel. She says: 5 .. We trudged through mud and dust for one and one-quar ter miles and always took our bottle of milk. There were two Isg boys who looked like men to me—who liked to take our milk 4way from us we did not row that they intended to give back. * “If a school bus had over taken us we would have been as greatly astonished as were tjie Indians when they saw the list white man. We went to school to learn our letters in those days, and as I was young and the way was long I had for gotten them by the time we got hack next day. * “I do not remember just how long I went to Goshen School— but I do remember there were apme bad boys there. One day t|te teacher, William Pace, chased one to the nearby pines tj> administer the rod he so much needed. Later we were fortunate to have a school built near the village (Laytonsville) but we still ploughed through itiud and snow all winter to Beach it. • * “Now, why It took so long to rfrasp the fact that it would be an advantage to have a school l&illding in the village. I do not lsiow, but the county finally secured a lot and we now have fine building in the town. * "It is a good thing to take tee care of the children that is ifow done by the county and the community. “I enjoyed mv years at what isy brother, William D. Bell, called ‘Corn Bread College,’ and M?e had teachers who gave us all the grades that the children rfow get. and taught us all that we could take—fine teachers— xjho taught us higher mathe matics (I never reached them), Wtin, etc., all in one room! v * “The boys excelled at mathe matics—it seemed easy to them. Our spelling bees were very en joyable, and we visited other schools to vie with them— sometimes vanquished. ‘The preparation I had in these one-room schools enabled me to go to the classes in the school I was later fortunate to attend, *“The first school was over a isile from Laytonsville, at the Ooshen crossroads. Other tiaehers I remember, besides Mr. Pace, were Ernest Holland and E. M. Beach. SAVE ON DAVIS TIRES end WIZARD BATTERIES AT YOUR FRIENDLY ... Damascus, Md. ICL 3-2284 MT. AIRY 22 i any political connotation.) Miss Susan Brubaker, daugh ter of Mrs. John Mann Dodds, of Clarksburg, W. Va., and Mr. Hal Whitney Williamson, jr., son of Mrs. R. Granville Curry of Potomac, were married on August 20 at the Curry estate on River rd. The 4:30 p.m. ceremony, followed by a recep tion, was held on the lower garden patio, surrounded by a creek. The bride was escorted down a winding path through the woods to the patio by her brother-in-law, Mr. Ronald Rich ardson. Mrs. Richardson was matron of honor. The bride wore a cocktail ! length gown of chiffon with a pastel floral design. A short | white veil descending from a crown of seed pearls covered j her auburn hair and she car ri'd a bouquet of pink red rosebuds. Mr. John Wilcklein served as best man and Mr. Charles Dugan and Mr. Carl Flinn were ushers. Mrs. Williamson is a grad uate of the University of West Virginia and teaches in a Mary land junior high school. Mr. Williamson will graduate from the University of Maryland in 1961. Dr. "Pete” Moran is at home recuperating from a hunting accident. Dr. Moran suffered two broken vertabrae when he fell while fox hunting. Mr. Sam Bogley moved into his new Persimmon Tree rd. home over the weekend. Summer vacationers are still moving to and from. The Harry Lowe family are in Canada . . . Billy McCrossin is at home prior to leaving for his new ; naval assignment in Rhode Island ... the “Stretch” Hart ; ings took the family to Wil ■ laimsburg this week . . . the * Jack Kneipp family have just “In 1879 I entered Rockland ' School (Sandy Spring) conduct i ed by Prof. Henry C. Hallowell, assisted by Miss Ellen Far- I quhar, with Miss Rose Hayden, music teacher, and lectures by ! William H. Farquhar. We were a part of the family, living In ’ the home of Prof, and Mis. c Hallowell. I “On Sunday we went to serv , ice either at the Episcopal Church in Olney or the Friends’ Meeting House in Sandy Spring, ‘ driving to the services in what 1 seemed to me an ambulance — 5 probably a relic of Civil War 5 days. Lucky was the girl who ’ was Invited to sit on the front 1 seat with the driver, who was • the eldest son of Prof, and Mrs. ‘ Hallowell. 1 "Everything was done for our pleasure as well as for our edu r ; Mining Fever ; Ran Highest t | Near Potomac i ! “There’s gold in them , there hills!” That was the opinion of a , number of noted mineral ■ ologists as they cast eyes on I the particular rock formations t of Montgomery County close to i the Potomac River, particularly • in the great Falls area. In 1865 a gold hunter from the West Coast picked out par i tides of free gold from the > quartz of the region and the county’s “little gold rush was t on.” , Shafts were sunk in the For t rest property, in the canal, near I EUicott Mills. Even an ex-Con i gressman, MeClurg of Missouri, t caught the gold fever and spent much time scratching among . the rocks. It is estimated that , individuals and companies spent SIOO,OOO searching for the yel low metal in Montgomery’ County. Not one bar was cast ' for the trouble. It remained for a boy, the son of Robert G. Davidson, to make the first worthwhile gold discovery in 1871. While tend -1 ing cattle on his father’s farm, 1 the lad picked up a stone that ‘ subsequently was sold for • $16545. Shortly another stone containing gold was discovered i in the same area and brought ! S7OO. Needless to say, Mr. Da r vldson kept his eyes on the i 1 HggtawMrtdiS returned from Ocean City. The Brererton Pooles and William Copenhavers recently returned from a two-week ‘‘to do” at Ocean City, N. J. .. . the Larry Melton family spent two weeks at Bethany Beach . . . the Donald Harris’ are at Sky Top in the Poconos. The John Tupper family are home from a Florida vacation . . . Susan Shipe is at Patrol Camp, near Baltimore . . . the Rube Rubinos combined a North Carolina and Florida vacation, and the Rev. and Mrs. Gloyd Allis and their family are home from North Carolina and Bethany Beach . . . the Joseph Kreegers are at Bethany and General and Mrs. Harry Sem mes have rently returned from Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wendler of Falls rd. announce the mar riage of their daughter, Sandra Lee, to Mr. Herman Thomas Sigman, jr., of Silver Spring. The wedding took place August 20 at Potopiac Church. The Rev. Gloyd Allis officiated. The bride wore a full length white nylon eyelet trimmed gown with a tiered skirt. She chose a fingertip veil and car ried a crescent shaped bouquet of white orchids. The maid of honor, Miss Lynn Remington, and the bridesmaids, Miss Teresa Heck and Miss Sharon Heck, wore full skirted short nylon cocktail dresses of tur quoise, salmon and light blue, and carried matching crescent shaped orchid bouquets. Mr. Dennis Keller was best man and the ushers included George Kramer, Wayne Keller and James Walker. The 10 a.m. ceremony was fol lowed by a reception at the bride’s home. Following their honeymoon in Nags Head, N. C„ Mr. and Mrs. Sigman will live in Bethesda. cation. We were each allotted a plot of ground in which to plant our favorite flowers. Mine, I think, were heliotrope and mig nonette. "Your friend, A. L. H.” burgundy Park # \ SHOPPING CENTER (save) I BURCUNDY PABK~| ROCKVILLE'S CROSSROADS OF VALUE BALTIMORE ROAD AT FIRST STREET §OF COURSE SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS! 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I*4o £ £ |S| J | N E L • */'•■ >aca., 4. -■•■: - . . • * £' FRANCE JET, new sports car now being pro duced in Rockville by the Lofstrand Com pany. At the wheel is J. Slater McHugh, general manager and vice president of Lof- Lof strand (Continued from Page 4) The Lofstrand Co. will manu facture parts as well as as-, sen ble the car, McHugh said. The Rockville plant, located on seven acres on Southlawn la., is expected to double its manu facturing space for France Jet production and personnel is ex pected to be quadrupled, Mc- Hugh said. "The fact that production of France Jet here,” McHugh said, “means increased employment for local residents is a great source of satisfaction to us at the Lofstrand Co. We look for ward to a long contract associa tion with France Jet. The pro fitable operations and con tracts of Lofstrand Co. will be a stimulus to business here, gen erally, and give impetus to our own expansion plans for other lines we manufacture, either under contract or under pro prietary rights. "France Jet Is a two-seater car with fiberglass body rein forced with aluminum,” Mc- Hugh said. “The conception is extremely simple and meets the most complex requirements of urban and highway traffic.” Small, elegant and attractive strand Company. The passenger is George A. Hall, sales manager of Lofstrand’s con tract manufacturing program. with its aerodynamic lines. Mc- Hugh pointed out that the “Jet is the cheapest and most prac tical sports car in the world. It consumes only one gallon of gasoline per 65 miles and weighs only 870 pounds. Owing to its light weight, it climbs any mountain road and reaches easily the top speed of 70 miles per hour. The low form and lines conform to the stability of a racing car,” he added. The American produced Jet will retain its present no-door on the drive side design and pro mote the feature as an added safety device at McHugh's sug gestion. The smallest sports car in the world, also will fea ture “the biggest horn.” Independent suspension on all four wheels guarantees a comfortable ride. The Jet is equipped with direct drive so there are no transmission problems. An air-cooled motor insures no overheating and there is no radiator for winter filling with anti freeze. Dealerships for France Jet already have been set up in va rious parts of the country. The ■ car will retail at around SISOO. The first Rockville produced car will come off Lofstrand’s as sembly line by the end of the l year. County Library Statistics Show Circulation Gain Total circulation of books in Montgomery County libraries increased 20 percent in the past year, according to an annual re port just submitted to the State Division of Library Extension. The report shows that the county’s 12 branches and three bookmobiles loaned 2,421,345 books from July 1, 1959 to June 30, 1960. This is about equal to the figure reported recently for i the District of Columbia library | system. It is an increase of more than two million books since the Department of Libra-1 ries was established in the coun ty government in 1951. ” ’ ‘ To be great is to be misun derstood. I TOI GALLON TANK 50 GALLON CAPACITY .4. RHEEM j 3m PLUS GAS WATER HEATER lets you dial gallons... not temperature for all the hot water you need! Its now! The Rheem 30-Plus is the first gas water heater that works like three in one. You simply dial for and get from 30 to 40 to 50 gallons of hot water an hour. You dial the amount of gallons, nothing else. Temperature is taken care of automatically, pre set for you at the factory. Now when you turn the 30-Plus dial you really get more water, instead of hotter water, and you never wait or run out. A new burner design lets the compact 30- gallon tank supply up to 50-gallons of hot water almost instantly. j. ” lhe s,2e °f tb* fam / _•* —* ily increases: if you I .fjliltikk hot water-using ' iMffijP* appliances, just dial up, and the 30-Plus _ meets your increased demands. With its fa- ntous Rheemglas lin ing,the3o-Plusresists “ dRb \ 've effect ol ' hot water, increasing tank life for many years. (Fully wartan pgjplH* teed lor 15 years.) *65.95 Plus Installation No Money Down I BH'l’l'Bß I I LIVINO I I SHOP R ********* Dexter E. Bryan, Prop. 4827 Fairmont Ave., j Bethesda OLiver 4-9191 Potomac Area Citizens Win Battle for Traffic Light Residents of the Potomac area have won their battle of several years to bring about installation of a traffic light at the intersection of River rd. and Great Falls rd. The State Roads Commission, which previously had insisted the volume of traffic was not sufficient to justify the installation, has informed area residents that new surveys have brought about a reversal of its earlier decision. Francis O. Day, who made a personal appeal to Russell H. McCain, administrative assist ant to the Governor, was told by McCain that the two-phase signal light will be installed as soon as is practical at a cost of about SSOOO. As a result of Day’s appeal to McCain, the. problem was re ferred to the Traffic Division of the State Roads Commission, Use Quality Paint—lt Cost so Little More WINSLOW PAINT at ROCKVILLE 500 HUNGERFORD DRIVE Phone: Garden 4-8555 benjamin moores samuel CABOTS GOLD BOND VELVET WINSLOW'S SCOTCH LADDIE Bethesda Paint & Hardware Co. 7514 Wisconsin Ave—OL. 4-4140 Silver Spring Paint & Hardware Co. 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