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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Residents of the area, in ap
pealing earlier for a control sig
nal, had pointed out that the
roads are heavily traveled by
residents of the county’s “hunt
country” as well as visitors to
the Izaak Walton League center
at Travilah and numerous golf
courses and swimming pools
served by River rd. and Great
Falls rd.