THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SUMMER 2018 VOL. 61 STORY NO. 1 MONTGOMERY COUNTY’S PERIODICAL FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Mighty Mos in Montgomery County: ƋäDĩő ĂĩłłäʼnDĆʼnőĩŅű By Katie Dishman MONTGOMERY Administrative Office: 301-340-2825 /0:;69@ Library: 301-340-2974 465;.64,9@*6<5;@/0:;690*(3:6*0,;@ [email protected] • MontgomeryHistory.org
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PHOTO CREDITS: All photos courtesy of the Marriott International Corporate Archives, except where noted. Mighty Mos in Montgomery County: The Hot Shoppes History
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Besides additional drive- ins and restaurants, the company operated some industrial and TVMZEXIGEJIXIVMEW)\TERWMSR LIEHIH[IWX[MXLEMVPMRIGEXIVMRK EX'LMGEKSşW1MH[E]%MVTSVXMR 2I[VSEH[E]WHIZIPSTIH nationally as suburbs continued to FYVKISR XLI[EVERHI\TERHMRK federal government had brought 6LJQDQQRXQFLQJDQRWKHU+RW6KRSSHRSHQLQJVRRQLQGLFDWLYHRIWKHJURZWKRIWKH QER]RI[VIWMHIRXWXSXLIEVIE EXVLQHVVFD V 11 The Fifties Frenzy 8LITSWX[EVTSTYPEXMSRI\TPSWMSRGSRXMRYIHMRXSXLIRI\XHIGEHI&] XLIVI[IVIEPQSWX QMPPMSRTISTPIMRXLI('1EV]PERH:MVKMRMEQIXVSEVIEERHF] XLITSTYPEXMSRMRGVIEWIHXS QSVIXLER QMPPMSR;LMPIWXMPPTVMQEVMP]ERIEWXGSEWXTLIRSQIRSR,SX7LSTTIWGEQIXSREXMSREP TVSQMRIRGI[MXLEREVXMGPIMRXLISaturday Evening Post published in June 1950, “Good Mormons Don’t Go Broke.”
8LI1EVVMSƃWLEHEP[E]WFIIRHIZSXIHXSXLIMVGLYVGL8LI'LYVGLSJ.IWYW'LVMWXSJ0EƃIV(E] 7EMRXW7SQISJMXWXIRIXWEPXLSYKLRSXI\GPYWMZIXSXLIHIRSQMREXMSRLIPTIHWLETI&MPPERH%PPMIşWTEXL XSWYGGIWW*SVMRWXERGILEVH[SVOERH GSRWXERXMQTVSZIQIRX[IVIEOI]TEVXSJXLIMV QEOIYT&MPP[SVOIHLEVHEXLMWJEQMP]şWJEVQ as a youth, and Allie began college early to help support her family after her father’s death. 8LIWIXVEMXWJSPPS[IHXLIQEWXLI]KVI[XLIMV business in DC. Moreover, in their pursuit of I\GIPPIRGIEGSVIZEPYISJXLIGSQTER]XLI] I\TIGXIHIQTPS]IIWXSTIVJSVQEXXLIMVLMKLIWX PIZIPWEW[IPP3XLIVTVMRGMTPIWWXIQQMRKJVSQ XLIGLYVGLIQFVEGIHF]XLI1EVVMSƃWMRGPYHIH believing in the Golden Rule of treating others JEMVP]ERHOMRHP]EGXMRK[MXLMRXIKVMX]ERH WIVZMRKXLIMVGSQQYRMXMIWXSQEOIXLIQFIƃIV
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Prior to moving to Bethesda, Katie was an archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration in Chicago. She also served as an archivist at General Mills and Anheuser-Busch. She has a Master of Arts in Public History and a Master of Library and Information Science, and is a membermber of the Academy of Certified Archivists.Archivists. Notes 6SFIVX3ş&VMIREYjjagſ2L`]B&OaddYj\EYjjagſKlgjq 7EPX0EOI'MX] (IWIVIX&SSO'SQTER] 2. Ibid., 131. 3. Ibid., 129. -FMH 6MGLEVH1EVVMSƃXVERWGVMTXSJERSVEPLMWXSV]GSRHYGXIH2SZIQFIV by G. Wesley and Marian Johnson, Bethesda, Maryland, 1. 3ş&VMIREYjjagſ2L`]B&OaddYj\EYjjagſKlgjq, 155. -FMH -FMH š(SIW-X4E]XS%HZIVXMWI#ŢHot Sauce, August 14, 1937, 1. š,SX7LSTTI-WXS=SYRK*SPOW0MOI2MKLX'PYF-WXS%HYPXWŢTimes- Herald3GXSFIV ' š8LI,SX7LSTTIW7XSV]4EVX)MKLX 8LI;EVŢHot Sauce3GXSFIV 4EYP1EVVMSƃš8LI+IRIVEP1EREKIV6ITSVXWŢHot Sauce, December 1947, 1. 13. 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Adams St., Rockville, MD 20850 301-340-2974 Wednesday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Saturday, 12:00 till 4:00 p.m. For over 125 years, The Chevy Chase Land Company has Montgomery County Archives owned, managed and developed 8540 Anniversary Circle, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 H[FHSWLRQDORIÀFHUHWDLODQG 301-926-5002 residential properties throughout Tuesday & Thursday, 12:00 till 4:00 p.m. and by appointment the Washington, DC region. The Land Company is distinguished :]Ydd%