2013 PHS Graduate Dies in Car Accident in Georgia

February 27, 2015

A Biweekly Newspaper February 27, 2015 • Volume XI, Number 23 2013 PHS Graduate Dies in Car Accident in Georgia Emily Ann Grubb, 19, a 2013 elementary students develop a strong See more fun in the snow in Family graduate of Poolesville High School, foundation in basic math and reading Album on page 2. died in a single-car accident on skills, along with organizational skills. Saturday, February 21, on Route I-95 They recruited a variety of high school in Liberty County, Georgia. Emily, students to assist with the tutoring a sophomore at Flagler College in St. and started a Homework Club at the Augustine, Florida, was reported to be elementary school. This group met traveling back to school after visiting twice a week for a year and half a friend in Savannah. The cause of the with significant success in aiding the accident is reported to have been text elementary students. messaging when the car drifted off the Emily was the cherished daughter road. She was not wearing a seatbelt. of Bruce and Tricia Grubb; loving sister Emily was a popular and highly- of Amy, Chrissy, Megan, and Matthew; accomplished young woman who was dear granddaughter of Dana and Mary awarded the Girl Scout’s Gold Star Grubb and Richard and Pat Rosser. in 2013. Equivalent to Eagle Scout in She will also be sorely missed by her Boy Scouts, the Gold Star is the high- many aunts, uncles, and cousins, and est award given by the Girl Scouts. all who knew and loved her. Gold Star recipients exhibit superior The family will be receiving leadership, organization skills, and friends on Friday, February 27 from This couple has a street named for a higher commitment to community 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Hilton cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the them. See Mystery History: Streetwise service. She also received the Silver Funeral Home, 22111 Beallsville Rd. family requests that donations be on page 11. Trefoil Award, the second highest (Rt. 109), Barnesville. A Mass of made to Service Unit’s Girl Scout Gold honor given to scouts. Christian Burial will be celebrated at Award Scholarship Fund, Service Unit Emily teamed with classmate and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 32-11, P.O. Box 384, Poolesville, MD friend Alyssa Nubgaard in projects 28 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 20837. Please make your check out to with Poolesville Elementary School. 18230 Barnesville Road, Barnesville. “Service Unit 32-11” and reference the They identified the need to help Interment will follow in the church scholarship on the memo line.

Vandals of the Four-Legged Variety By Susan Petro Recently, a local Poolesville resident and birding enthusiast got a little suspicious when her birdfeeder was vandalized and dragged more than twenty feet away from the mounting post. Occasionally, deer or raccoons have knocked the feeder down, but Ground venison for the hungry. See nothing had ever dragged it away or Pulse on page 13. caused so much damage to the feeder. Another nearby neighbor found similar extensive damage to his own birdfeeder. Both residents reside in the Hunter’s Run development and have houses that back to the woods. One resident bought a trail camera and placed it near the feeder, and soon the mystery was solved. The vandal, a black bear, was caught red-pawed Poolesville’s bear may be smarter than the average bear. Some lucky bidder left the raiding the feeder, now strung about Monocacy Lions auction with six feet off the ground. may pose a threat to the neighborhood. and removed. Others felt the bear this, but no one knew what it was. As word got out that a bear was The Town of Poolesville Facebook should be left alone. After all, this is the If you do, please let us know at helping himself to local feeders, some page lit up with other possible sight- [email protected]. neighbors worried that its presence ings and calls to have the bear trapped Continued on page 12. Page 2 The Monocacy Monocle February 27, 2015

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William Price (pointing), Charlie Glass and Bill Jamison at auctioneer extraordinaire at the the Monocacy Lions auction. Monocacy Lions auction.

Bette and Owen Laug at the The Wallingford triplets of Monocacy Stoney Springs worked together Martin and Abbey Radigan built Lions to build their snowman. a baby hill slide for Maisie. auction.

These Brightwell Crossing snow-fort warriors delight Monocacy Lions photographs by Rob Jones that their snowballs hit the target. The Monocacy Lions Annual dinner auction was a big hit.

White’s Ferry frozen in place, February 2015. Photograph by Jack Toomey. February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 3

garden project and what it contributes land deal. The county had offered a transfer tax, for example, appeared to Town to the town. Commissioner Brice valuation for the property on which be out of line with typical tax charges. Government Holbrook, for example, said he is very the fees and taxes would be calculated, In the end, Brown tabled the item supportive and views the garden as a but the sticking point to the commis- and said the town will approach the Commissioners good fit with the town from a green sioners is that the valuation appeared county again in order to try and move Approve Lot standpoint as well as providing a park- to be high, and the calculation of the towards a reasonable solution. like setting along a main thoroughfare Sale and Grant into town. The only dissenting voice among By Link Hoewing the commissioners, Jerry Klobukowski, At its February 17 meeting, the noted that the project had some posi- Town of Poolesville Commissioners tive aspects but that the money in- approved the sale of a single lot the volved in the grant “is not his—it is town owns in the Westerly Subdivi- the town’s taxpayers’.” He questioned sion as well as a grant for the group using taxpayer money for the project, operating the local community garden. especially given past grants the town The lot in the Westerly develop- had made. ment along West Willard Road has Town resident Bob Roit also spoke been owned by the town for many against the grant. He agreed that it years and has been used for a variety had positive attributes but said that at of purposes, including soccer prac- the time of the original grant, the or- tice, but it is really not large enough ganizers of the project promised that to serve a major public purpose, and it would be a “one-time” request. He as plans moved forward to add new urged the commissioners not to ap- homes to the existing Westerly subdi- prove the grant. vision, the commissioners decided to After the commissioners heard the sell the lot so it could be used to build a presentation and discussed the pro- new home. The town would also gain posal, they approved the grant request some revenue from the sale of the lot. by a 4-1 vote with Klobukowski voting There was little debate about the against the proposal. proposed sale on the part of the com- The final business item on the missioners. A bid of $106,000 was re- commissioners’ agenda concerned the ceived for the lot, and it was deemed to swap of land between the town and be a reasonable proposal. On a unani- the owners of the Westerly subdivision mous vote (with one abstention by extension, the Jamison family, that has the commission president Jim Brown been under discussion for some time. who operates a real estate firm), the The subdivision plan for the new commissioners approved the sale. Westerly homes includes a road that Following the lot sale approval, would connect to West Willard Road. the commissioners heard from Julie As planned, it would cut through part Halstead and Alicia Thomas, represent- of an existing soccer field. To ensure ing the local community garden proj- that the field can continue to serve its ect, who reminded the commissioners purpose, a proposal has been under that the organizers of the community consideration to swap land the town garden had first approached the town owns in one section of the subdivision in 2013 about a proposed grant. At that for the land that would be intruded time, they asked for $1000 to help pay upon by the new road. In effect, the for materials to build raised garden town would be able to keep the road plots, and the town not only approved from infringing on the soccer field by the request but also provided in-kind giving up land it owns elsewhere so services in the form of helping to install the developer is able to move forward water connections for the garden. without shrinking the total amount Halstead and Thomas remarked of ground it had planned to use for that while they were asking for a grant, houses. the group is constantly seeking other The matter has been complicated types of support in the form of state because Montgomery County is in- and county grants and in-kind help sisting that the property the town will and contributions from local busi- contribute to the Jamisons must be nesses. They also said that users of the subject to various taxes, such as trans- garden must pay a fee for any garden fer taxes and fees, that apply to most plots they want to use, and that these private property actions in the county. fees, while too low to cover much in Some of the commissioners wondered the way of total costs, help defray some why this needed to be the case since expenses. The project gets some help the Jamisons were also ceding prop- from Poolesville Green and Poolesville erty to the town and the entire transac- Presbyterian Church, which jointly tion would be a wash. sponsor the garden project; however, The town manager and town support from these groups is minimal. attorney explained that the county is The commissioners generally insisting that the fees be paid as they spoke favorably about the community would be on a normal private property Page 4 The Monocacy Monocle February 27, 2015

going the other way. If the highway is Commentary physically divided, you don’t have to stop. Question 2: You are driving with your Driving Quiz Bluetooth-enabled cellphone, which allows hands-free conversing, and By John Clayton pick it up to enter a number and ini- Since the recent snow made it tiate the call. Then your conversation at times all but impossible to drive, begins hands-free, and you reach for I thought it was a good time to re- the phone again to terminate the call. view our knowledge of local driving Have you broken any Maryland laws? laws. This is based on the premise, Answer: You have not, as far as I can from observations and purely an- tell. Drivers are allowed to initiate or ecdotal evidence, that most drivers terminate calls with their hands. I be- around here have no more idea than a lieve this means one can enter (“dial”) penguin regarding some of our driving a telephone number, or I can’t find requirements. where it is excluded, although looking People who have recently at your telephone to enter a number received their driver’s licenses, or sounds functionally like texting to me. who are working to get their driver’s I suggest you discuss this with your at- licenses issued, especially high school torney after you hit your first pedestri- students, are exempted from this quiz. an while dialing, or perhaps the judge. The leviathan state has trampled your Question 3: Stopped at a traffic light, precious freedoms and forced you to I read text messages, and maybe even suffer drivers’ education training. This respond. When the light changes and quiz would be, for you, quite literally, the cars behind me begin honking child’s play. It is for those of us who I drop the phone and move out. This have proudly borne driver’s permits is fine, right? I was stopped. Answer: for many years and whose bad habits Wrong. Texting is illegal for drivers as and ignorance are deeply ingrained long as they are in a travel lane. for whom this quiz is written. Yes, Question 4: Ha ha. I win. It was an I hear you. I know you have not re- email, not a text. I’m walking free, ceived a ticket or been in an accident baby. Answer: Not really. Email falls since Carter versus Ford; you have under texting. Perhaps an activist also been oblivious to the mayhem judge will let you off the hook (tele- you may have caused as you drove phone pun—get it?), but I wouldn’t blithely off with chaos and destruction count on it. in your wake. 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Poolesville’s Sean Davis Promoted to Colonel In a ceremony hosted by Brigadier General Ronald Kirklin, 53rd Quarter Master General, Poolesville resident Sean Paul Davis was promoted to Colonel in the United States Army. Colonel Davis and his wife Camille are both 1989 graduates of Poolesville High School. The ceremony was held in the Roosevelt Building at the National Defense University at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. Davis is currently a student in the University’s National War College. Davis graduated and was first commissioned an officer as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Valley Forge Military College in Wayne, Pennsylvania and completed his B.A. at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Upon graduation from VMI, he was commissioned on active duty as a U.S. Infantry Officer. He holds two master’s degrees, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Military Arts and Sciences. Upon completion of his studies at the National Defense University, he will have earned a Master of Science in National Security Strategy. Colonel Davis has completed two tours in Afghanistan and four in Iraq. Davis, Camille, and their two children reside in Poolesville while he is posted at the War College. The couple’s daughter Alexandra attends Poolesville High School and son Joshua attends John Poole Middle School. Attending the ceremony held in the Arnold Auditorium were friends, family, and military personnel with whom he has served. A particular highlight of the ceremony was the singing of the National Anthem by Alexandra. Colonel Davis is the son of Rande and Laura Davis, and the son-in-law of Gary and Janet Hartz, all of Poolesville.

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gifts, hand-crafted jewelry, makeover Things To Do products and advice, crafts, etc. 20005 Fisher Avenue, Poolesville. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. February 27 March 6, 7, and 8 House of Poolesville Entertainment Kenny Ray Horton. 8:30 p.m. March Market Weekend The Blue Hearth Special Weekend February 28 Sale welcomes the coming of spring. African American History: Historic Dr. Thomas Poole Home. 19964 Community Cornerstones Fisher Avenue, Poolesville. 10:00 a.m. to Please join the Poolesville Library for 5:00 p.m. an encore viewing of Community Cor- March 7 nerstones, a one-hour documentary by Heritage Montgomery which traces the House of Poolesville Entertainment settlement of African American church- Oasis Reggae Band. 8:30 p.m. es in Montgomery County, Maryland March 11 since 1863. This program is free and no PASC Special Event registration is required. 3:00 p.m. T’ai Chi. 17750 W. Willard Road. March 2 1:00 p.m. Poolesville Commissioners’ Meeting March 12 Town Hall. 7:30 p.m. Twos Storytime March 4 Listen to stories, sing songs, and share PASC Event rhymes. For ages 18 to 36 mos. Regis- Poolesville Area Senior Center. Zumba tration not required. Poolesville Public Gold. 17750 W. Willard Road. 1:00 p.m. Library. 10:30 a.m. Connection Café PASC Special Event Stop by for a cup of coffee and chat, Poolesville Library workshop on Smart check email, or work on a project. Technology and Library Apps. 3:00 p.m. Poolesville Presbyterian Church. 2:00 p.m. Mr. Poolesville to 6:00 p.m. Who will be declared Mr. Poolesville Community Dinner 2015? Poolesville H.S. auditorium. Corned beef brisket with cabbage, po- 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tatoes, carrots, ham, mac and cheese, March 14 and homemade pies. Free-will offering. Poolesville Community Garden Event St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 20100 Fisher Spring cleanup and raised bed instal- Avenue, Poolesville. 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. lation. All welcome (SSL hours for March 5 teens). Poolesville Presbyterian Church. PACC Breakfast 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Poolesville Area Chamber of Com- Call for Artists in Frederick County merce: Businesses Helping Businesses Heartly House, which serves victims breakfast meeting. Poolesville Town and survivors of domestic violence, sex- Hall. 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ual assault and child abuse in Frederick Poolesville Green program County, is hosting a fundraiser and What’s It All About?: Interpreting major community event on Thursday, Electricity Prices and Alternate Energy May 7, titled Affair of the Heart. They Suppliers—What’s a “Good Deal”? are soliciting art from county residents Poolesville Town Hall. 7:00 p.m. reflecting and inspired by this year’s theme, “The HeArt of Heartly House: PASC Special Event New Beginnings” and the program Game Day. 17750 W. Willard Road. will include both silent and live auc- 1:00 p.m. tions of artwork inspired by this theme. March 6 and 7 For details contact Stephen R. Parnes, Holiday Shops at Glad-I-Yoga Frederick Arts Council, 301-662-4190, Special theme: St. Patty’s Day, Irish or [email protected]. February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 7 Tidbits

Get Ready for the Dorsey Fundraiser Dance Just a little more than a month away, on March 28, there will be a barn dance at the Calleva Barn at 19120 Martinsburg Road, Dickerson. This is a BYOB party, but water and soda will be available. The evening’s music will be provided by DJ Val and by Gina’s Soul Party and the Souled Out Horns. The cost is $25.00 per person or $40.00 per couple. This event is limited to persons sixteen or older. Advanced tickets can be ordered at [email protected]. Warning about Phone Solicitation for Fire Department Ross Meem, president of the Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire De- partment (UMCVFD), has been made aware of a phone solicitation occurring in our area that is stated to be for the fire department. This phone solicitation is not sponsored by the UMCVFD, and UMCVFD is not supporting this drive in any way. Trivia Champs from Cugini’s Every Tuesday evening at Cugini’s for nearly a year, two trivia teams, Serenity Now and Team Momo, have battled each other for the top spot at PourHouse Trivia Night at the restaurant. Both teams were invited to the Season Ten World Series of Trivia on January 31 in Hagerstown. Since neither could field a full team for the day scheduled for the event, they decided to combine the talent and compete as one. The results paid off handsomely. Out of eighty-nine teams, they came in second place. Prizes were awarded, including a cool trophy (now on display at the Cugini’s bar) and $800 in cash. Members of the winning team are Bill Purdy, Renee Fisher, Holly Larisch, Maureen Dolan, Paul Foster, Caitlyn Potts, and Andrea Murphy.

Trivia champs: Bill Purdy, Renee Fisher, Holly Larisch, Maureen Dolan (holding money), Paul Foster, Caitlyn Potts, and Andrea Murphy.

A Sure Sign of Spring Better than a groundhog, the best sign of spring in Poolesville is the PHS Booster Club annual mulch sale. Once again, they are offering brown hardwood mulch ($4.50 per three-cubic-foot bag) and black mulch ($4.99 per two-cubic-foot bag). Free delivery is available within ten miles of the high school with a mini- mum order of five bags. All orders may also be picked up at the high school on March 21, just in time for the first day of spring.

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who wedded Miss Grace Foxwell of he was taking his string of trotters and courthouse for the purpose of forming Tidbits of Mount Holly, West Virginia. The age pacers (horses) to Philadelphia. He a county league. It was decided that The Past of the groom was listed as 59 while gave no reason for his resignation. Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Miss Foxwell was 17. Kensington, and Bethesda would have By Jack Toomey February 23, 1920 Pneumonia caused February 15, 1920 Fifteen ladies were the death of Mrs. Grace Moon, aged teams in the league. The other slot February 1, 1920 It was announced that elected as delegates to the Daughters of 42, at her home at Germantown. She would be filled by either Poolesville or the population of Rockville was 1,270, the American Revolution convention had been ill for several days. The same Bucklodge. It was decided that games of which 970 were white and 200 black. at Baltimore at a meeting held at the disease claimed the life of newly-wed would be played weekly, starting on Compared to the 1910 census, there home of Mrs. Bullard at Rockville. Fif- Anna Ray of Rockville who had only May 30, and that admission would was an increase in white residents. teen other women were chosen as alter- been married a few weeks. It was also be 25 cents for persons over twelve years old. February 3, 1920 It was learned that the nates. The delegates planned to travel reported that young Forrest Muldoon, Circuit Court stenographer, Virginia by train to the convention to be held in age 9, of Kensington had succumbed Darby, was painfully injured when her March. Mrs. Harry Meem of Dickerson to influenza. machine overturned while she was mo- would be one of the delegates. February 27, 1920 Twenty-five lovers Material for this column was obtained toring on the Darnestown Pike. Mrs. February 19, 1920 James Pulliam ap- of the baseball game met at the county from the archives of the Washington Post. Darby was trapped under the machine peared at the Circuit Court and filed until passersby were able to free her. suit for divorce from his wife Anna February 4, 1920 The Board of Edu- Louise. He stated that the couple lived cation approved a bond issue to be in West Virginia until 1919 and moved used for the construction of a school to Rockville in 1920, until a day when at Dickerson to replace the Rockville Mrs. Pulliam told him to leave the Negro School that had recently been house and never come back. destroyed by fire. It would also be used February 21, 1920 In a closely- to complete construction at the Pool- contested contest, the seconds of esville School and to pay off the mort- Rockville High defeated the George- gages at Woodside and Sandy Spring. town Preparatory school junior Superintendent Broome asked for some varsity, 13-10, at basketball. In the monies to increase teacher salaries. feature game, Rockville beat George- February 10, 1920 There was much town, 20-14. The game was played in talk about the marriage conducted Georgetown’s new gymnasium. at the home of the Rev. Wagner of February 22, 1920 J. R. Crawford, the the Baptist Church at Rockville. The superintendent of the fairgrounds, groom was Frank Chase of Washington abruptly resigned and announced that February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 9

brought to her attention the pervasive Local News problem of plastics in the ocean. She discovered that plastic bottle tops are one of the top ten items found when Saving Marine Life, cleaning a beach and are the second most littered item after cigarette butts. One Bottle Cap at a Time TM She also learned that over 100 million By Rande Davis marine animals are killed each year Sophia Mense, a tenth grade student due to plastic debris in the ocean. at PHS in the Global Ecology Studies Sophia’s project has struck a chord. website design Program, has been a girl scout for People are getting the Don’t Drop graphic design eight years and is currently seeking message with Facebook likes from desktop publishing the highest achievement in girl scout- 371 persons in seven countries and 301.602.4367 branding and image consulting ing, the Girl Scout Gold Award, which twenty-two states. To create the mural, is similar to the Boy Scout Eagle. Open Sophia needed bottle caps. She placed AnyArtStudios.com software and design training only to girls in high school, this pres- collection bins around the [email protected] voice-overs tigious award challenges young ladies community and asked to change the world. By the time the for donations on her seven-step project is completed, the Facebook site. Her objective is to have at least one com- goal was 10,000 caps. munity problem ameliorated and not She received close to only in the short term, but for years 40,000. The local Lowes into the future. store in Gaithersburg donated ply- Sophia’s project, “Don’t Drop the wood and paint for the project. Some Top,” combines art and science to community residents supplied old educate and raise awareness of the paint, and the PES PTA sponsored the harmful effects of plastic bottle tops Don’t Drop the Top afterschool group on marine wildlife and to promote the which grew to include twenty-four recycling of bottle tops. students and provided financial sup- Her project is developed in two port for the balance of supplies needed parts. The first part is an electronic for the mural. Local high school and media campaign including develop- middle school students as well as par- ing an educational website (which ents volunteered to help PES students can be accessed at dontdropthetop. handle the power drills used to screw weebly.com) and a Facebook site bottle caps into the wood base. (www.facebook.com/dontdropthetop). The mural project has been a The second part is a bottle cap huge success with the students of mosaic mural that Sophia and her team PES. Sophia received over 131 design have organized to help the students of submission ideas from PES students. Poolesville Elementary School (PES) de- The PES administration even plans to sign and assemble. Her goal is to have include the project in its Maryland As- the mural, which will be displayed in sociation for Environmental and Out- the PES all-purpose room, dedicated at door Education (MAEOE) application an Earth Day Celebration on April 22. to become a Maryland Green School. The mural will demonstrate the huge The project has inspired Sophia to negative impact such a small thing like become a certified scuba diver. She has a bottle cap can have on marine life. completed the written course and pool The school group assisting in the work for certification and is planning mural development has used the occa- on completing the ocean water portion sion as an educational opportunity as during a spring break trip to Grand well and has learned about the prob- Cayman in April. Scuba diving will lems of plastics in the ocean via the enable her to get a close-up view of the book Pesky Plastic: An Environmen- ocean animals she is hoping to protect. tal Story by Leticia Colon De Mejias. In scouting, Sophia has com- They learned how long various items pleted her Bronze and Silver Awards, of trash take to decompose in a land- and last year she served as a delegate fill and what each of us could doto to the council’s annual meeting and make a difference. They also went will serve as an alternate to the an- around the school and placed stickers nual convention this April. Addi- in classrooms reminding everyone not tionally, in October 2013 Sophia was to waste water or paper and to turn off one of thousands of girl scouts that lights. Recently, they made and placed headed to Salt Lake City, Utah for posters around the school to raise the Girl Scouts of the USA’s 53rd Na- awareness about environmental issues. tional Council Session and Conven- They hung them around the school. tion. She went as an alternate delegate As described on the Don’t Drop representing the Girl Scout Council the Top website, under the heading of the Nation’s Capital (GSCNC). For Girl Scout Gold Award Project, Sophia readers wanting to know more about developed the project after a spring local girl scouting, their website is break trip to the Florida Keys which poolesvilleareagirlscouts.weebly.com. Page 10 The Monocacy Monocle February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 11

Mystery History ballplayer named Krouse, Deputy Police Blotter Sheriff Jones, and the owner of the horse. Realizing that they would be Streetwise—Brown, By Jack Toomey caught, the girls jumped off the horse and tried to run through waist-deep Oxley Farm, Butler, and Cubitt Court Present Crime snow but were headed off by By Rande Davis baseballist Krouse. Liquor violation: 22100 block of It was determined by Deputy Jones Brown Road Dickerson Road, 19700 block of that the girls should spend the night Fisher Avenue. Brown Road, located in the Westerly Subdivision of Poolesville, is named at the home of Farmer Ray. The next morning, their parents appeared for the Brown family whose roots go all the way back to 1826 when John Past Crime William Brown was born. His son William Clifton Brown was born in 1853 at the mayor’s office in Kensington where it was decided to release the died in 1894 and was buried in Monocacy Cemetery. He married Mary George February 26, 1908 The president of lasses without charge. “Mollie” Darby in 1874 and they had six children. The fifth son, John Herbert the Montgomery County Anti-Salon Brown was born in 1885, married Elizabeth Oxley, lived in the Barnesville area, League called an emergency meet- March 4, 1906 Louis Jackson was and together they farmed in the early years of their marriage. ing for the purpose of addressing arrested by Deputy Mulligan for In 1923, the couple moved to Poolesville into a house east of the current the proliferation of unlawful estab- breaking into the railroad cars on the high school and opened up a mill which they ran until his death in 1929. The lishments that had opened on the Gaithersburg siding. Jackson admit- old mill stood directly across the old, old town hall, now known as the Friendly Conduit Road (now MacArthur ted that he had been doing this for Thrift Shop, on West Willard Road. Boulevard). It was alleged that speak- over two years. J. Herbert and Elizabeth had three children, Thomas C., who resided in easies, gambling dens, and other un- Jefferson, Maryland, until his death this last December, R. Edwin Brown, desirable establishments had sprung March 7, 1900 When Sheriff currently residing on Peach Tree Road, and Erwin E. Brown, now deceased. up along the road. It was also said that Williams learned that John Braxton R. Edwin is well gangsters and gamblers from Wash- was at the Boyds Station, he went known as Ed and is ington City frequented these places. there immediately and arrested the owner of White’s Sheriff George Mullican promised to Braxton who had been the object Ferry, still an active at- investigate the allegations. of a large search. Braxton had been torney, and he married wanted in connection with the shoot- Winsome, his World February 27, 1907 In a case that ing murder of Moy Sing a Chinese War II bride from Eng- reminded some of a novel, two Wash- laundryman who had been killed in land. She is one of the ington girls were detained after an Washington City. Detective Muller founders of the Historic adventure into Montgomery County. of the Washington police took a train Medley District, the It seems that Sadie O’Connor and to Rockville to examine Williams; guardian organization Florence Cochrane had left their however, he could not locate the of the John Poole House. school on Pennsylvania Avenue and sheriff, any of his deputies, or the Son Malcolm who boarded a Kensington trolley car and defendant. Muller took at room at eventually got off in the small Mont- The William Clifton Brown family. recently retired as the Rockville hotel and hoped to find gomery town. They spent the eve- John Herbert is the young man to the left. owner of White’s Ferry, out more the next day. son, Neal, owner of ning wandering around the unfamil- RN Brown Plumbing, and son, Herbert Brown, all still reside in the area. iar town until they came to the stable March 7, 1905 Ninian Perry, one of Lehart Gotthardt where they took of the most prominent citizens of Oxley Farm Road his gray horse. Mounting it, the two Montgomery County, sued Deputy girls set off on a wild gallop south Sheriff William Embry for false arrest. Located in the Westerly Subdivision of Poolesville, it’s named after Mr. Thomas towards the city. At about the same Perry alleged that Embry falsely ar- Oxley (see photo on page 1) who was born on January 1, 1889 and married Emily time, the motorman of the returning rested him at the Cabin John Hotel for Williams in 1829. They bought a farm south of the high school and Thomas built Kensington car reported that he had participating in certain illegal games. the farmhouse as a wedding gift to Emily. The home still stands south of the high seen two girls astride a gray horse on Perry claimed that Embry served the school just past Spurrier Avenue. A good part of the Westerly Subdivision is built the trolley tracks near Sauls. A small warrant on a Sunday and demanded on the Oxley Farm. posse was formed that included a that a jury award him $95.00. Butler Road The namesake of Butler Road is Charles Martin Butler (1843-1918) and he married Frances Thomas Spates (1847-1918). Mr. Butler served in the Confeder- ate Army during the Civil War, as did many young men from the surrounding Poolesville area. After the war, he farmed, did blacksmith work, and at one time ran a store at Edwards Ferry. The Butler children and grandchildren continued to farm in the area, and one of them, Gorman Lee Butler, served as a Poolesville town commissioner in the early 1950s. Lee Butler and his wife Lucille ran Butler’s Restaurant for many years on the site of today’s Bassett’s Restaurant.

Cubitt Court George Washington Cubitt married Mary Christine Monard and moved to Poolesville in the late 1800s. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War on February 16, 1865 as a private in Company A, 1st Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. He was in this company when it was redesigned the 13th Regiment, Maryland Infantry. He may have been Montgomery County’s last living Civil War veteran at the time of his death. A great-granddaughter, Bobbie Cubitt Evans, is currently the Town Clerk of Poolesville. Page 12 The Monocacy Monocle February 27, 2015 School News Here Comes Kindergarten Poolesville Elementary School is scheduling appointments for Three Cheers for 2015-2016 Kindergarten Orientation. PHS Poms—County Champs Students must have turned five years The PHS Poms team won the old by September 1, 2010 to register. county competition on Saturday, February 14, at Richard Montgomery Orientation dates are: High School, with their dance trib- Friday, May 1, 2015 and ute to women and men in uniform. The Poms also won the previous two Monday, May 4, 2015. invitational competitions. The team remains unbeaten and likely will Please contact Mrs. Harney, advance next season to Division 1 301-972-7960 starting February 2, 2015, competitions. to schedule an appointment.

Continued from page 1. Vandals of the Four-Legged Variety Agricultural Reserve, and Poolesville is surrounded by woods, fields, and prime habitat for wildlife. Calls were made to wildlife officials to report the sighting. Ken D’Loury, a manager from the Department of Natural Re- source’s (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Town Parks Director, Service, says bear sightings are Preston King, came across bear actually quite common in Mont- prints in Poolesville. gomery County. Typically, the bears are young males traveling during the wild at this time of year made the the summer months from Western birdseed in feeders at the edge of the Maryland in search of new territory. woods an easy target. In the spring, They usually stay for a few weeks the bear will have an abundance of before moving on to a more suitable natural food sources in the wild and bear environment. D’Loury states will most likely move closer to the that there have never been any nega- Potomac River where a favorite diet tive encounters with black bears in of skunk weed and other vegetation the area, even in areas with estab- is readily available. lished bear populations. Most often, Although most bears spend the bears will flee at the first sight of most of the winter lying low because humans. The vast majority of a bear’s the food supply is limited, they do diet is vegetarian, so they are not in- not actually hibernate throughout terested in preying on humans or pets. the entire winter; especially in areas As bear territory gradually where winters are milder than the expands to include the Agricultural mountainous areas of Western Mary- Reserve of Montgomery County, the land. The cold temps and lack of a goal of the DNR is to teach people ready food supply will encourage how to coexist with bears rather than the bear to head away from the com- relocating them. Birdseed, trash, munity, and hopefully, back to sleep. or even grease from an outdoor “The town has no plans to barbeque is fair game for a hungry remove or promote the removal of bear. D’Loury recommends that any- the bear,” said King. one who sees evidence of bears in his Since the residents removed or her yard should remove any food the marauded birdfeeders, there has sources. If there is nothing for the been no further vandalism by the bear to eat, it will move on. bear; however, bear tracks have still Poolesville employee, Preston been sighted in the area. Residents King, has received many wildlife should continue to keep birdseed reports during his years working for and other food sources out of reach the town. King states that raccoons in order to discourage future visits and skunks, which both can carry and to encourage the bear to return the potential for rabies, pose a much to natural feeding grounds outside of bigger threat to local residents than the town. the bear. King found evidence of a To report problems with bears solitary male bear on the outskirts of or other wildlife around your town in the vicinity of the vandalized home, contact the Maryland Wildlife bird feeders. A lack of food sources in Information line at 877-463-6497. February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 13 Youth Sports had personal bests in the 3200m on December 9 and in the 1600m on Pulse December 30. In December, she received honorable mention in Kevin Seniors Beautz, Milstead’s Mocorunning Half Decade Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Psaltakis Lead PHS Cross Country Team. At a February breakfast meeting of the St. “Matt ran the best race I have Mary’s Holy Name Society, the featured speaker Indoor Track Effort seen him run in the four years I have was Dave Riordan, a volunteer coordinator for the known him,” continued Trumbull. By Jeff Stuart Famers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry organiza- “He works extremely hard, and it is tion. The topic of the day’s event was the Venison Senior Claire Beautz finished nice to finally see it pay off for him.” for the Poor Ministry, a 501(c)3 charity that process- fifth in the girls’ 1600m run at the Matt ran a season best in the 800m at es deer in Frederick County and other counties for 2A West Region Indoor Track and the County Championships, and he donation to local food banks that accept fresh meat. Field Championship hosted by posted a personal best in the 3200 on Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) is a nationwide mis- Oakdale High School in Hagerstown December 9. sion organization enabling hunters and landowners to feed their hungry on February 7. She also ran the “Denise and Fiona both ran tough neighbors. Deer, elk, and livestock are donated to inspected and approved first leg of the 4x800 meter relay in the 3200m. It is not an easy event butcher shops that participate in the program. The meat is then distributed team that placed second. Freshman to run. They also did a great job with to local food banks, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and other feeding Maria Phelps ran the second leg, Maria and Claire in the 4x800. We ministries. FHFH raises financial support to pay the meat processing bills so junior Fiona Whitfield ran third, and were not expecting to have a chance that hunters, farmers, and feeding programs can participate free of charge. senior Denise Larson ran anchor. to win the race. We just wanted to run Total meat donations nationally to-date for the 2014-2015 hunting Last year, after finishing second in to get in and worry about that come season include over 4,700 deer, elk or livestock, which amounts to over the region, the 4x800 relay, including states.” 236,000 pounds of meat feeding nearly 934,000 people. Beautz and Larson, finished first in After two weeks spent focusing While there are no participating butchers in Montgomery County, the state, missing the state record by on her starts coming out of the there are two in Frederick County, Clint Cuts and Shuff’s Meat Market, that just a second. blocks, sophomore Meher Kaur ran a work with this charitable program. For readers wishing to participate by On the boys’ side, senior personal best in the 55m dash, placing donating money, deer, or livestock, their website is fhfh.org. Matthew Psaltkakis finished fourth in sixth, and qualifying for states. “She the 1600m. wasn’t even seeded in the top ten Head coach Mike Trumbull was going into [the region competition],” quite pleased with the results of the declared Trumbull. region championship. “We only got Larson and Whitfield both ran a few people into states this year, season bests in the girls’ 800m in but there were a bunch of personal the region. Freshman Ryan Lockett bests…The 2A West region is very ran a season best in the 1600 at the competitive. I like to call it mini- Montgomery County Champion- states because many of the top ath- ships, and senior Nancy Morgan letes from our region will go on to also putted a season best in the shot finish very well at the state meet put. as well.” In the 2A State Meet at the Beautz was a standout at the Prince George’s County Sports region competition. “She was able to Complex in Landover on Febru- get into three events. She has been ary 16, with the top eight finishers solid for us all four years now. It is scoring points: the girls 4x8 relay great to see her still be successful as finished sixth; Beautz placed sev- a senior as well.” Claire set a season enth in the 1600m; and on the boys’ record in the 800m at the County side, Psaltakis finished ninth in Championships on January 20, and the 1600m.

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of farmland, while at the same time the on your small corner of the planet do guideline before applying fertilizer is Garden population increased by over two mil- not impact the health of the environ- to test the soil to find out what the soil lion people. Today, population growth ment, especially the Chesapeake Bay, needs regarding nutrients. Use only is showing no signs of slowing, and you are wrong. Over seventeen mil- what you need and avoid spring ap- Nitrogen: Who Needs It? farm acreage loss continues. There lion people who live in the Chesapeake plications. A soil test will tell you how have been some success stories in some Bay watershed affect its health in ways much (if any) nitrogen (N), phospho- By Maureen O’Connell areas of Maryland and other states. In they don’t even realize. Every action rous (P), and potassium (K) fertilizer By March 1, I shall have to submit our own area, the Agricultural Reserve you take on your land affects our local your lawn needs. A fertilizer label’s the 2014 Nutrient Management Annual highlights the success of agricultural streams and rivers, and eventually the analysis of 5-10-5 means five percent Implementation Reports to the Mary- preservation programs, and it is one of Bay. It is up to us to take our respon- nitrogen, ten percent phosphorous, land Department of Agriculture for the best ones in the country. sibility seriously to help, rather than and five percent potassium. Be selec- the fields on our farm where we grow Maryland’s overall use of fertilizer hurt, an already-degraded ecosystem. tive, if you don’t need any P or K, buy crops. This program was established has shown an upward trend, even as Fertilizers: Do you really need just buy a nitrogen fertilizer. For most in 1989 as a cooperative effort between farm acreage decreases. There are sev- them? When you walk down the aisle flower gardens, a complete fertilizer the University of Maryland Extension eral reasons to explain this. First, farm- of the garden supplies section at any is necessary to supply the plant with and the Maryland Department of Ag- ing practices are becoming more effi- garden center or home improvement the three major elements they need to riculture to address issues of nutrient cient. Using scientifically-established center, you are overwhelmed with thrive, N, P, and K, but be careful how management planning. The specific nutrient standards, farmers have the variety of insecticides, pesticides, much you apply. plan is a document that combines soil learned to grow more on less land. fungicides, fertilizers, and a thousand While walking down the garden test results, yield goals, and estimates Secondly, there is an increased use of gadgets and equipment you suppos- center aisle, the terminology can be of residual nitrogen field-by-field rec- fertilizer by the general populace. Be- edly need to maintain your plot of very confusing: What is the differ- ommendations. It helps producers re- tween 1990 and 2004, total Maryland land. Many people think that fertil- ence between chemical fertilizers and duce nutrient population by balancing fertilizer use was about 485,780 tons. In izer can cure all the ills of their lawns, organic ones? The words have been nutrient inputs with plant nutrient re- 1990, non-farm fertilizer use averaged vegetable gardens, and flower gar- thrown around so freely that their quirements while helping to optimize thirteen percent of the total; by 1999, dens: poor flower production, yellow- meaning is often meaningless. In the farm profits. If you have $2500.00 in it was up to thirty-seven percent; by ing foliage, leaf drop, wilted leaves, case of fertilizers, organic does not gross annual income from your agricul- 2001, it jumped to forty-five percent; stunted vegetable growth, browned refer to the standards of process asso- tural operation or eight or more animal and it continues to rise. Who uses all lawn patches, etc. If a little fertilizer ciated with foods. Organic fertilizers units, depending upon the species, you this fertilizer? We all contribute: golf is good, more is even better. More of- mean that the product is only mini- need a nutrient management plan. courses, public parks, cemeteries, lawn ten than not, the problems come from mally processed and the nutrients re- Now, what is the responsibility of a maintenance companies, and Harry many other sources: ground too wet, main bound up in their natural forms. homeowner in nutrient management? Homeowner with his envious super- too dry; incorrect soil pH; viruses; lack It is usually made from plant or animal To answer that, let us look at some im- green lawn, huge, luscious garden veg- of water; diseases; wrong garden loca- waste or powdered minerals. Chemical portant statistics. Between 1960 and etables, and blooming flowers. If you tion; too much, too little sun; wrong 2003, Maryland lost 1.67 million acres believe that your gardening practices plant for the wrong area. The primary Continued on page 15. February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 15

food option that Kalispell airport, with Musings from its whopping two gates, had to offer. By Continued from page 14. lawn, but you are consciously trying to Mama Boe 12:00 p.m., all we were going on was protect the earth under your feet. a couple of sugar-free jolly ranchers I’d Nitrogen: Who Needs It? Actually, in line with my new A Real Girl Scout found deep in the lint of my coat pock- garden practices, I do not use any et, and bad airline coffee. fertilizers have been refined to extract chemical fertilizers; I try as much By Pamela Boe When we got to Denver, we nutrients and bind them in specific as I can to use natural compost like My Captain and I were traveling nearly missed our connection, so there ratios with other chemical fillers. Leaf Gro. There are other products to Montana last week for some busi- was no time to stop for food there, Which one to choose? If you asked a out there; experiment and see what ness related to our land out by Glacier either. My tummy was grumbling, plant, he would not know the differ- works best for you. How you take National Park, and My Captain told my head was pounding, my attitude ence; nutrients are nutrients. There care of your little patch of Earth can me–under no uncertain terms–that was growing, and the tiny seat the are advantages and disadvantages to make an important and lasting im- I was NOT to pack like I usually do. airline had wedged me into with a both types. If I were to make a choice, provement to our ecosystem. I was not allowed to stuff a carry-on lubricated shoe-horn was so far back I would select an organic one. You To learn all you need to know bag to the point of zipper failure with on the plane, every time someone might not have the most blossoms, about soil testing in Maryland, visit my normal “essentials”. Obviously his flushed the toilet, my hair lifted from the biggest tomatoes, or the greenest Extension.umd.edu/hgic/soil-basics. idea of Maslow’s Hierarchy, and mine the negative cabin pressure. Mama are vastly different. And, to make mat- was most emphatically NOT happy. ters exponentially worse for me, he was Finally, the food cart made its way only allowing us ONE checked bag for through first-class, business class, econ- the entire tripfor both of us! What the omy class, and was wobbly-wheeling heck, man?! I’ve got needs! I’ve got up to our seat in Riff-Raff class. I had basic, essential, mandatory items that been studying the menu harder than MUST be packed on every trip. any college exam I’d ever crammed for, But he stood his ground, and I was and when the flight attendant wearily forced to scale back to all but the most asked me if we’d like anything, I cut her primitive supplies. It was nothing off with an excitement like none she’d short of archaic that I couldn’t bring ever witnessed in her career, I promise my own pillow, my own fleece snug- you. Friends, if you could only have gly, my own scent diffuser, and my seen my distress when she informed own limited edition of Mittenstrings me that, aside from the crackers and For God. And my carry-on? It actu- hummus platter, they were out of ev- ally had clothes in it for once. Oh, he erything, you would have wept with was smug in his “I told you that you me. And if you could have seen the fear could handle packing light” holier- flicker in My Captain’s usually strong than-thou-ness. He condescendingly and courage-filled eyes, you would assured me that I would not go with- have quaked with him, too. out food and chocolate during our When we landed at Dulles, we travels, that we would be able to find made a Bee-line for the nearest Five those things at any airport in which we Guys burger joint, and he wisely kept found ourselves. his hands away from my mouth as Fast forward to this past Sunday. I inhaled my burger and fries with We were flying from Kalispell to the voraciousness of a seventeen-year Denver to Dulles, and we were begin- locust. It took only a moment, sanity ning this journey at the very butt-crack returned, and My Captain sighed in of dawn. By the time we had returned relief as his Beloved returned to him. our spiffy four-wheel drive to the But let me tell you, it was touch and go rental agency, and gotten me through for a moment there. security (they ALWAYS pat me down… Be prepared. That is the lesson assuring me it’s the prosthetic knee here. Even if it means you have to that sets off airport security alarms, cram your pockets full of your wife’s but I have a theory that they just can’t favorite Lindt Salted Milk Chocolate keep their hands off of me. It’s a curse, truffles, it is worth it. This wisdom can really) we barely made it to the gate be applied through every avenue of on time. We had to pass every stinkin’ your life. Just trust me. Page 16 The Monocacy Monocle February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 The Monocacy Monocle Page 17 Remembrances

Michael A. Clements, Jr. Michael A. Clements, Jr., 31, of Poolesville, died on February 1. Born on February 10, 1983, in Rockville, he was the son of Jo Ann Clements and the late Michael A. Clements, Sr. Surviving besides his mother are his two children, Nevaeh and Eviana Clements both of North Carolina; two sisters, Malissa Clements of Frederick and Regina Clements of Poolesville; one nephew, Xavier Clements, and one niece, Taylor Brumbaugh, of Barnesville. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the family to help with Michael A. Clements, Jr. funeral expenses.

John F. Windolph, III John F. Windolph, III, “Raoul,” died January 16, 2015 suddenly of a heart attack at age fifty-six. He attended Poolesville High School and was a graduate of Shepherdstown Univer- sity, West Virginia. He was a beloved son of Catherine “Samla” Windolph and John F. Windolph, Jr. of Knox- ville, Maryland; and a much-loved brother to Gwen “Cara” Fleming, Vic- toria “Ella” Grandi, Maria “Arene” Windolph, and Angela Windolph. John F. Windolph, III A memorial service will be held on the forty-ninth day following Raoul’s passing, a Buddhist tradition. The day falls on Chotrul Duchen, the Tibetan Buddhist Day of Miracles. The service will be held on March 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at KPC Buddhist Temple, 18400 River Road, Poolesville. All are welcome.

Dennis M. Davis Dennis M. Davis, 71, of Poolesville, died suddenly on February 15, 2015. He was the husband of Leighanne Davis, father of Heather D. Scheid (Dwayne) and Michael Davis, stepfather of Sarah Neal, Lauren Healy (Chris) and Charlie Dixon (Hope) and brother to Debby Kelsey (Rick). He will also be missed by his six grandchildren. While he lived in this area for many years, he was born in Hollywood, California. His father was in the navy, so he moved around a lot as he grew up as his father’s career dictated. He met his wife, Leighanne, in a doctor’s office where she worked, when he was a patient and she was at the front desk. They were married six months later. Denny retired in 2005 after thirty-nine years in the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, which included a stint as supervisor of juvenile services in Hagerstown from 2003 to 2005. He was also an active member of the Monocacy Lions, serving as the club’s president (King Lion), vice president, and on the club’s board of directors. He had said that if given the chance, would have loved to have started a foundation for juveniles. Denny attended St. Lawrence University, where he played lacrosse, soccer, and hockey. He later channeled his love of sports into rugby, which he played and coached for many years. He coached the Uniformed Services Fighting Docs Rugby Team of Bethesda, a team of doctors, and was also a member of the Old Red Rugby Club, a travelling team with which he played rugby in Australia and New Zealand, among other places. Funeral services were held on February 20 at the Hilton Funeral Home in Barnesville. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Monocacy Lions Foundation, Inc., c/o Peter Gallo, 21925 Peach Tree Rd., Boyds, MD, 20841. Page 18 The Monocacy Monocle February 27, 2015

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