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A Biweekly Newspaper September 9, 2006 Volume III, Number 11 Bombs Found Off Martinsburg Road

Ashley Funk (center) and two By Debby Lynn colleagues ponder a summer spent t all started with nature’s helping others. Read more on Page 12. most basic call. An electrician was on site at the old Patux- ent Rod and Gun Club on MartinsburgI Road—he was running electric lines for the new automatic horse waterers being installed. As he neared a tree suitable to his need, the electrician discovered two 225 mm Howitzer rounds leaning against the tree. He happened to have worked on just such munitions during his mili- tary career, and so recognized what was before him. Wine Tasting at the Comus Inn Wine The electrician put in a call to Festival. See Family Album on page 29. Robert Curry. The Rod and Gun Club had belonged to Robert’s great-grand- Montgomery County showed up prepared for the worst. father. Robert and his brother Antho- his horses in a corner of their pad- on immediately adjacent to the pad- ny had recently taken over the proper- dock using a rope line. The emergency dock had unnerved Robert’s livestock. ty to convert it into an equine training vehicles, hulking bomb squad truck, Upon finding themselves confined and transport operation. Robert was people, and general commotion going -Continued on Page 22. stunned to learn of the bombs on his property and immediately called his uncle, Rupert Curry, a Montgomery Water Line Break, Gas Leak, Power County police officer. In short order, Officer Curry and Failure Plague Wesmond Neighborhood his partner arrived—his partner being Bo, a Black Labrador Retriever serv- By Jack Toomey gomery Fire Department remained on ing Montgomery County’s finest as esidents of the Wes- the scene until the arrival of the gas a bomb-sniffing dog. They certainly mond neighborhood of company and until the situation was were bombs, albeit relics from the RPoolesville experienced a safe for residents. Vietnam War-era. The Montgomery natural gas leak, a water main break, On the morning of August 23, County bomb squad was summoned, and a power failure in the space of one residents of Hempstone Avenue were arriving shortly after in a large and week. All were apparently caused by a surprised that their water pressure imposing black truck, accompanied contractor excavating for the repair of had suddenly dropped, and some by several fire and rescue vehicles and sewer lines. saw water rushing down the culvert enough squad cars to have policed the The first of these unfortunate util- in front of their homes. Pat Trainor, of wildest post-prom party. ity mishaps occurred on August 16. the 19300 block of Hempstone Avenue Captain Frazier of the bomb Kathy Jeffers, who lives in the 17500 said, “I was putting dishes in the dish- Special squad determined the bombs were a block of Soper Street, told the Monocle washer when the water pressure went matter for the military, and put in a that excavation equipment struck the down, and I looked out and saw the call to Andrews Air Force Base. The gas line to her house. She called the river and water in my yard.” Another Poolesville air force dispatched the army’s 749th fire department and was advised by resident was washing dishes when he Explosives Ordnance Company to officials to evacuate her house until had the same experience. He looked Day Program Poolesville. the situation was stabilized. Police outside and saw muddy water rush- Police went door to door and and fire equipment blocked off the ing down the street. Poolesville town evacuated the area to make ready for street to traffic. Within a few hours, employees were quick to respond to Inside ! See the army’s work. Unfortunately, none the rupture had been repaired and the the scene and had the water turned off of the military or county personnel in street was reopened. Peter Perringer, in a matter of minutes. Water service charge of the operation were familiar a spokesperson for the Montgomery was restored within three hours. Page 15. with the handling of horses. Army County Fire Department, said that fire -Continued on Page 19. personnel directed Robert to secure equipment from the Upper Mont- September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page  September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page  prominent citizen of Poolesville. Hall Local History carried the letter to Baltimore where he hoped to establish credit and se- You’re headed out the cure items for his store. The letter de- CONGRATULATIONS list scribed him “as a young man of sober door to run errands, and industrial habits…and he enjoys POOLESVILLE DAY in hand—hmm, yes, groceries, a the confidence of the community in new saddle, and ammunition. Yep, which he resides. His father, a gentle- COMMITTEE! that would mean stopping in one man of considerable means, will back store. Right—not in this day and him to any reasonable amount…if you Stop by and visit Gail age, but at one time, 150 years ago, care to sell to him.” long before Selby’s or Costco, the Hall’s Store carried groceries, at Booth #150 on Poolesville Day! lucky buyer could have stopped saddles, tobacco, dry goods, parasols, into Hall’s Store in the heart of and ammunition. Some of his compet- *** Active Listings *** Poolesville. itors were Daniel Heffner, whose store was next door, Benjamin White down TAMA Meadow Lark Manor the street, and Jesse Higgins. Once Thomas Hall, Merchant he had secured a supplier, his goods By Jack Toomey were shipped by railroad, and Hall had to meet the train at Adamstown. Thomas Randolph Hall was born Shipping was expensive and some- about 1828 to Thomas Hall, a success- times he had to pay forty percent of ful farmer who later ran a tailor shop the value of the goods to the railroad in Poolesville. By the age of twenty- and commission agents. When the six, Thomas R. Hall was a dashing fig- new Metropolitan branch of the rail- ure about town. He wore a mustache road opened in 1873, Hall was able to and smoked cigars, but did not wear a pick up his goods at Sellman Station, beard as was the style of the day. and his costs were lowered. His store 19704 Selby Avenue 17243 General Custer Way In 1855, Hall decided to open a became popular, and he attracted cus- store in Poolesville. His store was lo- tomers from all over the northern part $662,500 $624,500 cated very close to the present-day in- of Montgomery County. His business tersection of Fisher Avenue and Elgin continued to prosper allowing him to Road. Hall needed provisions to open his store, so he secured a letter from a -Continued on Page 23. GAIL LEE ...at the Heart of Poolesville! Welcome to Top 1% Nationwide St. Peter’s 301.602.8188 Episcopal Church www.GailLeeHomes.com

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It The first good omen of the day is only looks like it happens by magic. that as I write this and watch the rains There is a great deal more to it than from Ernesto, which in my opinion throwing up a few barricades and are way too cold to be called tropical, getting Smokin’ Ray’s barbecue sauce I can say to myself (is anyone else lis- on your new Ocean City T-shirt. The tening?), “Better this week than next.” committee deserves our thanks, to say The past has shown that rain will only the least. dampen, not spoil, Poolesville Day, Second, except for you Caribbean as I remember from being drenched a winter jet setters out there, swimsuit couple of years ago, but dryer is still season is now over. Barbecue, hot better. We rarely get biblical down - dogs, pretzels, subs, kabobs, paella, pours two weeks in a row. pizza, cotton candy, funnel cakes, bake A little history is appropriate at sale goodies, ice cream, and snow this time. As our copyeditor and ace cones await—all this and live music reporter Dominique Agnew ex- too. Need I say more? plained several issues ago, the name Third, Poolesville Day has kept Poolesville was derived from the all of us too busy to argue about the French “poules” and means “town elections. The primaries will be over, of many chickens.” In the late 18th which will thankfully reduce the century, it was common for the locals number of candidates working the to parade their chickens through town crowd. Think about it—if Poolesville once a year in late summer in advance Day had been last week, during of the equinox to celebrate another Ernesto and before the primaries, you year of good fortune. Hence the name wouldn’t have been able to swing a cat eventually became anglicized into without hitting a politician. We at the Poolesville, and Poolesville Day con- Monocle have been too busy getting tinues into the 21st century, although this issue ready to spend any signifi- the foxhounds in the parade have cant time haggling over who’s for the scared away all the chickens. (Editor’s Ag Reserve, who isn’t, the Big Red R, note: None of this is true. We apolo- fraudulent early elections, the etymol- gize to all members of the Poole fam- ogy of the word “macaca,” Baltimore ily, especially those that have paid for City crime rates, and who really is in advertising in this issue, but we know favor of the Purple Line? I shudder we can rely on their sense of humor.) when I think of how much carbon In any event, what is all the fuss dioxide would have been exhaled about? I’m not from Poolesville. Is all talking about even half of these topics. this really necessary? Is this some- So enjoy it, don’t miss a thing, thing we rubes from Barnesville, and don’t get lost, which would be Beallsville, or dare I say it, Clarksburg, totally unnecessary. Just consult our can really appreciate? Does one have convenient Poolesville Day Program to be a town sophisticate to absorb the on Page 15. Most of all, don’t be afraid pageantry of the occasion? Well, of to try anything new—lest we call you course not. a chicken. September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page  Miller on drums. The music this year will focus a little more on country Center Stage and soul with a little less rock (sorry Donny-baby). The other main differ- Music in the Air ence in this year’s band is that it won’t By Dominique Agnew disband immediately—they’ll have an encore performance the follow- Like all Poolesville Days every- ing weekend on Whalen Commons. where, one of the great attractions is If anyone wants to join the band for the live music to be heard, and this next year, don’t hesitate to talk to the Poolesville Day is no exception. Most members. Featured of the musical groups have played for ROX24 returns for its third the Poolesville crowds in the past, but straight Poolesville Day performance this year there will be one group new after their debut two years ago. The Property to the Poolesville Day scene, and one jamming, groovy Guise girls, Meghan, group that returns in a chameleon-like 15, and April, 13, are still wowing Broad run Farm the crowds (accompanied by older change of names. 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Additional amenities include The brainchild of Paul Hooper, this compose. an in-ground pool and tennis courts. year’s lineup is just slightly different The group, Not the Choir, wasn’t MLS#MC6171428. heard from at last year’s Poolesville and expanded from last year’s with: Offered at $2,500,000 vocals, Holli Hopkins, Gina Beck, and Day, but they are no strangers to the Debbie Johnson; guitars, Brain Sny- Poolesville Day stages. The mem- der, Paul Hooper, ten-year-old Daniel bers are: Dick Hannah, guitar/vocals; Comus Hooper, Tinker Johnson (vocals), and Bill McDonald, guitar/vocals/bass; Brian Benoit (vocals); bass, Chip Dietz; Marcia Hopluch, mandolin, flute; Jill Enjoy spectacular country views from this unique rancher on 2.3 private acs. keyboards, Chris Dominici; and Ron -Continued on Page 24. w/ 4 BRs, 3 full BAs. & finished lwr. lvl. w/ walk-out. Additionally, the home cret” that outsiders might not know boasts a 2-car garage, screened porch, Youth Sports about. The secret to the success is 2 slate patios, numerous gardens & an really no secret at all when you con- abundance of amenities including: sider that scores of parents and hun- hardwood flrs., 2 FPs, replacement Solved: The Mystery to dreds of children know all too well windows. MLS#MC6152649. where the success originates. It comes Offered at $825,000 Poolesville Sports Success from the concerned parents and eager By Rande Davis and Dominique children who are part of PAA. Agnew PAA is a remarkable organization visit www.Jamisonrealestate.com for information on all of our listings. The breeze was blowing in the whose success results from the crucial small town’s stadium as the crowd involvement of parents who have as a Poolesville - elizabeth’s delight Poolesville-Westerly murmured expectantly and the play- guiding beacon the goal of teaching all Stunning colonial with 3 finished Lovely 3 BR, 2.5 BA colonial w/ many ers and cheerleaders gathered with children to work together using sports levels. 4 BRs, 3.5 BAs center island upgrades including FR w/ stone FP, nervous excitement on the field below. as the vehicle to that goal. It’s a pro- kitchen with granite counters, library, kitchen w/HWD flrs., siletone countertops The last Friday of the summer (not gram whose design guarantees each office, family room, & much more. 2- & cherry cabinets, renovated BAs, 20’x10’ officially, but with school beginning child the assurance that his or her car side-load garage, spacious deck, addition. 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Nestled on nearly 3 wooded each name was called, applause and at its best. Its structure would be the main lvl; 2 BRs & BA on upper lvl. Lwr lvl rec rm, utility rm, outside entrance. acs., this home offers an abundance of cheering rose from the stands as the envy of any business or government Flagstone patio, lovely backyard with upgrades incl. kitchen w/new cabinets & agency. boy or girl walked onto the field with stream. MLS#MC6085029. brushed aluminum appliances, wood flrs., pride. Fundamental to good sports is new doors, windows & roof, finished lwr. lvl The great success of the sports being a good sport. By emphasizing Offered at $597,000 w/walkout. MLS#MC 6171718. good sportsmanship, PAA has as its program in the Poolesville area may Offered at $639,900 mystify those from outside the area. first basic goal, rules of conduct for For those of us living here, though, -Continued on Page 14. We offer personal and professional service in selling homes and land. 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Things to Do September 16 to 25 Montgomery County Historical Society September 8 Used Book Sale. Historic Medley Art Show and Federal Plaza, 12274 Rockville Pike, Fundraiser Rockville. 18 Local Artists Monday to Saturday hours are 11 to Old Poolesville Town Hall 9:00 and Sunday hours are 11 to 6:00. Admission: $25.00 – Hors d’oeuvres- Closed daily between 2-3:00 daily for Cash Bar restocking. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. September 17 September 9 Summer Concerts at Whalen Commons Poolesville Day Street Festival Poolesville Band Project 5K Race – 8:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Parade – 10:00 a.m. Festivities begin at 11:00 a.m. September 18 Poolesville Library Poolesville Commissioner’s Meeting Used Book Sale Town Hall All Day 7:30 p.m.

September 12 September 21 Primary Elections in Maryland Poolesville Library BE SURE TO VOTE Storytime/Twosomes Stories, fingerplay, and music September 13 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Poolesville Cub Scout Pack #694 Join Scouting Night September 23 Poolesville Elementary School Rural Women’s Republican Club 7:45 p.m. Saturday Night in Country – 50s Sock Hop September 14 Izaak Walton League – Poolesville Poolesville Library Happy Hour: 5:00 p.m. BBQ Chicken Storytime/Cuddleups Dinner: 6:00 p.m. Stories, fingerplay, and music Admission: $30.00 call 301-972-8609 10:30 a.m. September 25 September 15 Poolesville Library st Annual Monocacy Lions Club Golf Book Discussion Group Asia Dynasty 1 Outing Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen Poolesville Golf Course 7:30 p.m. Restaurant Anniversary Registration at noon Play starts at 1:00 p.m. 301-349 5151 or 301 349 2883 Specials Dinner and awards at end DINE IN SPECIALS $10.95 Includes Soup, Spring Roll, & Fried or Steamed Rice BEEF POULTRY Sesame Beef Gen. Tsao’s Chicken Sha Cha Beef Chicken with Asparagus Beef with Mushroom Sesame Chicken Beef with String Beans Mango Chicken Pepper Steak King Pao Chicken SEAFOOD VEGETARIAN Crispy Shrimp Vegetable Genral Tsao’s Chicken Shrimp with Vegetables Vegetable Sweet and Sour chicken Shrimp with Cashew Nuts Vegetable Pad Thai Shrimp with String Beans Vegetable Double Pan Fried Noodles Shrimp with Chicken and Black Sauce Vegetable Singapore Noodles.

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I Say Tomayto, You Say Tomahto By Maureen O’Connell

No matter how you pro- nounce it, if there were a “post- er vegetable” for the summer vegetable garden, it would definitely be the tomato. What gives it this iconic reputation? Wood pellet & corn stoves! See its smooth, round shape Also wood and gas stoves. Freestanding and inserts. and deep red skin. Touch it raw, like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, This resemblance led many northern turnips, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, cultures to associate the tomato with Choose� from 8 high performance straight off the vine, warm and sensual from the sun’s rays. celery, and lettuce, usually are served poisonous members of the Solanaceae models featuring high heat output, at dinner with or after the soup, fish, family, especially henbane, mandrake, precise temperature controls & Taste it, a burst of soft sweet, or meats which constitute the prin- and deadly nightshade. The latter, low maintenance. juicy pulp. The taste of summer cipal part of the repast, and not, like Atropos belladonna, looks very much captured in a five inch round fruits as a dessert.” The court decided like the tomato plant. Old German Bodmer’s ball. The tasteless, mealy toma- against the case and the botanical folklore believed that witches used Stoves toes of winter have no right to truth that the tomato is a large-sized plants of the nightshade family to stir & P o t t e r y berry. up werewolves. The common German be called tomatoes. Where did the tomato originally word for tomato translates to “wolf 30 years of personalized service come from? For centuries, tomatoes peach.” The eighteenth century Swed- Rt. 85 – Center of Buckeystown, Md The humble tomato has a very have been growing in gardens in ish botanist, Carolus Linnaeus (1707- interesting history. What was the many locations around the world. 1787), paid attention to this legend 301-662-0777 only vegetable to be the subject of a Most botanists believe that they are when he named the tomato Lycoper- www.bodmerstore.com Supreme Court case? The answer is native to the Americas. By the fif- sicon esculentum, literally meaning Monday–Friday 9am–6pm Sat 9–4 the tomato. In 1883, the United States teenth century, the tomato was an -Continued on Page 27. Congress passed the Tariff Act im- important crop among the New World posing a ten percent tax on imported Indians. For many years, botanists tomatoes. This was in response to were baffled by the question of where increasing international trade. A few wild tomatoes became domesticated. years later, a tomato importer chal- Most evidence leads us to believe lenged the law, stating that, botani- that the domestication of the tomato cally speaking, the tomato was techni- occurred in Central America. Around cally a fruit, and therefore should be the sixteenth century, the tomato was exempt from said tax. The case came introduced into Europe by explor- before the Supreme Court in 1893. Jus- ers returning from expeditions in the tice Gray ruled, “Botanically speaking, New World. It was not well received, tomatoes are fruits of a vine, just as though, in all parts of Europe. The are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and tomato belongs to the genus Lycoper- peas, but in the common language of sicon, which is in the same family, So- the people…all these are vegetables lanaceae, as potatoes. There is a strong which are grown in kitchen gardens, resemblance between the leaves and and which, whether eaten cooked or flowers of potato and tomato plants. September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page  garden world. The plants dressed in soft In the pinks, apricots, whites, and pale blues have given way to dusky rose sedums, Garden dark yellow black-eyed susans, scarlet dahlias, apple red and pumpkin yellow A Garden for All Seasons asters, and chrysanthemums in shades By Maureen O’Connell too numerous to mention. The curtain on your garden does not have to fall with the arrival of autumn. The palette of colors has just changed. There is a new designer in town. At the garden centers, chrysanthe- mums are the icons of the fall season. Over the years, these plants, commonly referred to as mums, have become quite boring. They are used in bouquets from roadside stands to refrigerated flower cases at Giant and Safeway to florists shops’ all occasion bouquets. Despite his summer, the devil wore its current common use, the chrysan- Prada, but if by now your themum has a very ancient history. It Tgarden looks like the devil, is a genus of about thirty species in the it is time to change designers. Just as family Asteraceae, native to Asia and the world of fashion changes with the northeastern Europe. The chrysanthe- seasons, so does the garden world. Soft mum has been called the “Flower of pastels feel like spring; summer adds a the East.” They have been cultivated in dash of hot tones; fall relaxes into more China as a flowering herb for over two serious tones, and winter gets cozy with thousand years. The plant found its way comforting colors. I would not enjoy to the Western World around the sev- living in a climate where there is no enteenth century. The Swedish botanist, change of seasons. The change gives us Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), named another chance to regroup and set new the flower from the Greek prefix chrys goals. which means golden (the original color As we enter the early days of of the flower) and anthemon, meaning September, the garden may look as if flower. she has lost her youth. She is overgrown Today, chrysanthemums come in and matronly. The much-anticipated all shapes, colors, heights, and bloom flourish of new spring arrivals is a times. Some are daisy-like, while oth- distant memory. The riotous high days ers have pompons and button forms. of summer with extravagant blooms White Flower Farm’s (WFF) catalogue are slowly fading. The 2006 garden used to list Shasta daisies under the has more good days in the past than genus Chrysanthemum, but recently the good days in the future. If that is how plant’s name has been changed to the you view your September garden, take genus Leucanthemum (L.) because it heart—a garden has four seasons. has been found that they don’t share all The fashion runways in Milan the same traits as true chrysanthemums. this spring showed dark, somber, and In Greek, leukos means white. Most serious colors for fall: sienna, rust, and people associate the word chrysan- black. With these colors in mind, last themum with the plants we see in the week I visited several local garden garden centers in early September. The 50% OFF centers to see what was new in the fall -Continued on Page 9. A 2 Month Pass

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September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page  “A Garden for All Seasons” recently ordered six for Molly’s Gar- Alchemilla mollis, ‘Lady’s Mantle.’ mer-flowering perennials, dance and Continued From Page 8. den. ‘Becky’ is another Shasta daisy Another stalwart plant for the sway in the summer breezes high above different varieties are from both gen- with eye-catching pure white arms and fall garden is the perennial Gaillardia, the flowers at their feet. Order some era. Leucanthemum resemble what we yolk-colored eyes. I have several in the Blanket Flower. ‘Oranges and Lemons’ now for fall planting, WFF offers six commonly call the daisy, which blooms Upper Garden that have been blooming is an exquisite new color form of this varieties, ranging from twelve inches to from early July through September. non-stop since July. very prolific plant. It loves poor soil four feet in height in shades of silvery White Flower Farm introduced a new Mums and daisies are not the only and plenty of sun, and takes Monocacy purple, clear blue, dark rosy lilac, and Shasta daisy in its 2006 fall catalog, L. perennials that come into their own and Country’s summer humidity and winter pure white. maximum, ‘Broadway Lights.’ It prom- flourish in the fall while many others cold well in stride. White Flower Farm’s If you followed my advice last ises “a big, bold daisy with luscious are getting ready to exit the stage. I call Amos Pettingill says, “It’s as tough as spring and planted re-blooming irises, blooms that open the color of canary- Coreopsis verticillata, ‘Moonbeam,’ “the old boots”— that sounds like another you should now be admiring the soft yellow diamonds and turn white before little yellow engine that could.” He has winner for your garden. pink blooms of ‘Lenora Pearl,’ the dark your eyes.” This profuse bloomer been blooming and thriving above his Last year, plant breeders fell into violet and soft lavender of ‘Best Buy,’ continues on until frost. Growing to a needlelike foliage since June and will a “cone craze” which produced many the reddish, golden-yellow of ‘Orange height of eighteen to twenty-four inches, continue well into October. The only new varieties of Echinacea (E.) with Harvest,’ the delicate indigo blue of this sounds like a winner for the middle down-side to his robustness is that he scents as extravagant as their colors. ‘Cloud Ballet,’ and the pure lavender border of your 2007 summer garden. I has completely smothered his neighbor, WFF Fragrant Coneflower Collection of ‘Victoria Falls.’ These irises have no includes E. ‘Big Sky,’ dazzlingly coral- special requirements other than a light orange, ‘Harvest Moon,’ with golden dose of fertilizer after the first bloom is blooms and yellow and green cones, complete and regular watering when and ‘Fragrant Angel,’ with pure white things get hot and dry. double rays. I planted three of each Whoever said that fall is the end of this spring, and they are still blooming flowers in the garden is wrong—she is their heads off. The top prize-winning about to get her second wind. The gar- garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower den has four seasons, each one a slice of Show featured one outstanding plant heaven—to hell with the devil. that jumped out at you and punctuated P.S. Don’t fertilize your roses anymore. the entire floral panoply. The randomly The rule of thumb is to stop fertilizing six placed four- to five-inch reddish-vio- weeks before a hard frost. Our hardiness let balls darting here and there were zone is seven which places a frost sometime the Flowering Onion, Allium ‘Purple in late October. My goal for my roses is to Sensation.’ They are borne on twenty- to have them still blooming on my daughter’s thirty-inch stems, which, when tucked birthday, October 26. Some years I make it, in amongst clumps of shorter, sum- and some years I don’t. September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 10 terstate Low-level Radioactive Waste Remembrance Commission; Director of the Board of Directors, U.S. Enrichment Corpora- Roberson Plumbing, Inc. 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Candles in the shape of Outpouring of Support recess or in the cafeteria. Although when she and Richard played on a a heart were lighted as remembrances By Rande Davis she had battled difficulties of depres- coed softball team at the Hilliard Field of Sandra were shared. n outpouring of love and sion for many years, she was most in Beallsville. She enjoyed playing on Members of Our Lady of the Asupport surrounded Richard remembered for her energetic and a volleyball team and also was a fan of Presentation Roman Catholic Church Smith and his family as they faced bubbling personality. That she is most in Poolesville, nearly two thousand the mystery of life’s tragedies. Sandra remembered for the smile on her face friends, and neighbors lined up for Smith, 44, died on August 13, 2006 comforts the family at this time of over two hours to attend her view- after the car she was driving plunged mourning. ing and funeral. The family selected into Lake Churchill in Germantown. Sandra was a graduate of Richard Monocacy Cemetery as her final rest- The circumstances are still under of- Montgomery High School and moved ing place. Mrs. Smith leaves behind three children, Samantha, sixteen, Charlie, thirteen, and Crystal, ten. The family has endured tribulation in the past Poolesville Beer & Wine & Deli finding strength in each other through 19716 Fisher Ave. Poolesville 301-972-8300 their faith. The Smith family always made vacations and travel a prior- BUD (FAMILY) ity and at this time of challenge, they 12-PACK BOTTLES $8.95 are comforted by memories of great COORS LIGHT joy from their second home at Deep 12 OZ. CAN -36- PACK WITH COOLER $22.95 Creek Lake and vacations to Bermuda, Jamaica, and Disneyland. WHITE ZINF. (1.5 LITER) BERINGERS - $9.95 Richard Smith has been over- whelmed by the immense support ASK ABOUT OUR UNADVERTISED SPECIALS that surrounds his family, and while hearts are broken, he reports that Sandra Smith. spirits are on the mend. 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Dear Friends, Germantown just opened its doors If necessary, doctors at one location As you know, I have closed Caudusian Rug Gallery but I still for the first time on August 7, can review necessary medical data have a great selection of inventory I need to sell. 2006. This emergency center will of a patient at the other location. provide all the same emergency Standing on Route 118 just west of I am selling this inventory out of my home and the majority medical services provided at either Route 270, the Shady Grove Adven- of these high quality, Persian rugs are new, antique, and Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in tist Emergency Center will provide a much-needed service to the resi- semi-antique. I also have some home accessories that are Rockville or Frederick Memorial Hospital without the long drive dents living between Rockville and antique and antique reproductions. associated with those for many Frederick. Monocle readers. 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(M-fuge). The goal was to give the stu- as some room painting inside. Other states, primarily from the east coast. Youth Making a dents an opportunity to serve people good works included hand-picking The church wanted the students to in social, construction, and creative fresh vegetables to help stock the food have the “opportunity to go, to share, Difference ministries. Their outreach impacted supply in various mission kitchens. and to serve as a group” and “to grow young people and the elderly. Rev. Ken Fitzwater and his wife, in their walk with the Lord” by help- High School Students from The students split up into differ- Diana, accompanied the six high ing meet the needs of others. Poolesville Baptist Help ent ministries with those on the cre- school students. While on the week Rev. Fitzwater shared with us ative ministries going to a center for trip, they stayed in dorms on the cam- some of the comments recorded by Others abused children and later to a senior pus of South Charleston University. the students upon their return home. By Rande Davis care facility to entertain with pup- The week away was not all work and Matt Fitzwater (no relation to the pas- The youth at the Poolesville Bap- pet shows, guitar playing, and other no fun. Beyond the mission activity, tor) said, “M-Fuge really helped me tist Church decided that a great way games that included special messages they joined together in the evening for step out of my comfort zone, as far as to spend part of their summer was on of love and caring. daily devotions, Bible study, fellow- being a missionary is concerned, or a mission trip to help others in need. Those who participated in the ship, and worship. There were other just being a Christian in general. To In their case, they headed to Charles- construction ministry helped improve Baptist youth missions who had come see people’s lives touched for Christ is ton, South Carolina on the summer the center for abused children by to help from a variety of different camp mission entitled Mission-Fuge doing groundwork outside as well -Continued on Page 13.

Back row: Billy Lewis, James Knight, Jonathan Murray, Rev. Ken Fitzwater, Matt Fitzwater. Front row Rachel Hawkins, Ashley Funk, Diana Fitzwater. September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 13 -Continued on Page 12. exhilarating.” For Ashley Funk, the experience was “Awesome! We ministered and shared God’s love to many people both young and old.” One thing they shared was that M-Fuge touched their lives in a huge way. Billy Lewis was grateful to have helped on the facility improvements at the center for abused children. For others, the experience moved them spiritually. James Knight came away with the thought that “no mat- ter where I am, I am a missionary for God.” Rachel Hawkins expressed similar sentiments: “At Mission-Fuge, I learned that God watches over everyone, even though some people have never heard of him.” Jonathan Murray’s comments seemed to sum it up for everyone, “One thing that touched me was to see how blessed I am and to be able to go down there and do the Lord’s work for them…so that they know God loves them.” We had hoped for a quote from Rev. Fitzwater or his wife, but true to form, he had just enough time to drop off the pictures and some comments from the students before the both of them took off to another youth camp out of the area. September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 14 “Solved: The Mystery to Poolesville gain possession of the ball are not al- Sports” Continued From Page 5. lowed to move the play forward. players and parents. Before anyone This year, PAA introduces a new takes to the field, the skills of sports- flag football team for youngsters manship, having fun, listening to and beginning at age four. Chris Lee learning from coaches, and having emphasized how the growth and respect for others on the team by success of the program has finally making sure they are on time and made it possible for the flag football prepared for practices and games team to exist. The other three teams are basic lessons in sports and in life. include: The mini-pony league for Parents and spectators are teachers, seven- and eight-year-olds who must too. Their behavior is mandated to weigh less than eighty-five pounds. In be a positive role model for all ath- the nine- to ten-year-old league called letes, and the league does not tolerate Pony, the weight range is from 100 to inappropriate examples along the 110 pounds. Junior varsity players are sidelines. eleven and twelve years old weighing Chris Lee, the commissioner from 115 to 130 pounds. Finally, the of the football program, oversees a varsity team of thirteen- and fourteen- four-tiered league of players rang- year-olds has a weight range of 145 to ing in age from four to fourteen. 155 pounds. Weight considerations are used along As the football season for PAA with age categories so that play is kicks off, the victory in the first season also balanced by size not just years. game at Middletown is a good idea of The safety of all players is a primary where the team is headed. Regardless consideration in the league. Rules of of wins or losses, all the kids are head- the league require that players weigh- ing into a winning season, and the ing from 130 pounds or more at the future of Poolesville sports couldn’t start of season and mid-season weigh look brighter. ins are “red-striped” so officials can readily identify them. Their play has some safety restrictions that involve the total number playing at one time. In addition, those playing defense that September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 15

A Biweekly Newspaper September 9, 2006 Volume III, Number 11 Poolesville Day 2006

We ran this story last year receives you. As you wait in the parlor, from 1919 to 1964. She started in a their social life real- she makes her entrance by use of her much bigger school in Darnestown. ly centered around when Mary Chiswell celebrated walker. Her beautiful brown eyes still The building had twenty rooms. getting together with her 103rd birthday. Since Mary sparkle as she sits down on the edge Darnestown was too far to com- fellow teachers. “We is the Grand Marshall of this of her Masterpiece Theater-like chair. mute so she, like the other teachers, would do our fancy work (needlepoint, year’s Poolesville Day parade, She has dressed for the occasion in boarded. She eventually came back to knitting, etc.), talk, share homemade we thought it appropriate to her bright red dress complemented by Poolesville. Most of her friends pre- pies and cookies, and have a good time a gold locket-watch hanging around ferred to be closer to the District of Co- sharing each other’s company,” remi- run the story one more time in her neck, a gift from her aunt on her lumbia for the cultural opportunities of nisces Mary. A big deal would have her honor. sixteenth birthday. the day like the theater, library, etc. For been the field trips to Rockville where Mary Fyffe Chiswell lives in Mary, her passion for her hometown baseball and soccer were the games of There’s Something About the house her grandfather built. She brought her back to Poolesville. the day. bought it in 1923 and has lived there Most teachers were single, and for Mary: Celebrating 103 ever since. She has lived away from those teaching in the Poolesville area, -Continued on Page 30. Years of Age Poolesville for only brief periods of By Rande Davis time. She left Poolesville for the first “My Lord alive, I never thought it time to begin what was to become her was possible.” So stated Mary Chiswell lifelong vocation of teaching. “When as she reflected on her upcoming I left Poolesville to attend Normal 103rd birthday. Spoken softly like a School to become a teacher, I was half-prayer of thanksgiving and half- following the inspiration of those, thought of amazement, she expressed like Betty Griffith, who taught me in gratitude for her birth date which is school,” said Mary. She crammed two officially October 8, but friends and years of study into one before finishing family will gather in celebration on at Towson College. (Mary is the oldest October 25. living alumnus of what is now Towson We recently had the great fortune University.) to visit with the grand lady to talk As she jam-packed her trunk to go about her remarkable achievement off to college in far-away Baltimore, her of keeping an eye on Poolesville for parents told her that she would not be over a century. The longevity is to be able to come back before Christmas. “I respected, for sure; however, it is her remember celebrating Thanksgiving sharpness of mind and enthusiastic at my uncle’s farm. I took a trolley to reflections on her life that are to be so Ellicott City and then rode a horse and admired. buggy out to his farm.” You do not just visit Mary. She Mary taught elementary school (mostly second grade in Poolesville) Mary Chiswell at 103. September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 16

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOOD, SNACKS, AND SODAS Smokin’ Ray: #37, 38 CONGRATULATIONS AND HEARTY APPRECIATION TO THE POOLESVILLE DAY COMMITTEE 2006 BBQ Sandwiches, French Fries With special thanks for the immense dedication of Memorial Methodist Church: #107, 108 Jake Perkins, Chairman, and the members of the committee – Dawn Hot dogs, Tacos, soda, water Alber, Tom Kettler, Brian Sheron, Angela Dimopolous, Bill Poole, Ray Hoewing, Valaree Dickerson, David MacKenzie, Preston King, Jim Carmen’s Italian Ice: #109, 110 Brown, and Rande Davis. Italian Ice Olney Ranger’s: #21 PARADE Hot dogs, snow cones, Featuring Grand Marshall Mary Chiswell Our Lady of the Presentation: #9, 10 Our beloved 103-year old grand lady will be on a motorcycle. Baked Pies Note: All area veterans are requested to join the parade following the Women of St. Peter’s: #40, 41 American Legion banner. Must be at parade start by 9:30 a.m. Bake Sale, water, soda Cugini’s: #111 SPECIAL EVENTS Pizza & Soda (Stop at Restaurant for Gelato Italian Ice Cream) BINGO Co-Sponosored FUNdraiser by Bassett’s: #132, 133 (Restaurant Open All Day) Monocacy Lions & Poolesville Day Committee. Paella Rice w/chicken & Chorizo sausage CASH PRIZES Asia Dynasty WHALEN COMMONS Open For Lunch CLASSIC ROD AND CAR SHOW Girl Scouts 3329: #114 Bake Sale Dr. Pike/Asia Dynasty Parking lot: Popular vote for 1st and 2nd Prize trophies. Boy Scouts #496: $13, 14 Popcorn 3 on 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT NOTE: ALL AREA RESTAURANTS Held at Healthworks Fitness Center Parking Lot ARE OPEN AS USUAL CIVIL WAR AND HISTORY FAMILY GAMES AND FUN DEMONSTRATIONS Boy Scout’s #496: #13, 14 John Poole General Store and Museum Rope Bridge OLD TOWN HALL – OPEN TO PUBLIC PHS Midnight Players: #5 Children games and face painting $5.00 Donations to help with restoration project of building Pom Pom Squad Face Throw: #138 Pie Face Throw BAND PERFOMANCES PHS Class 2008: #12 (Refer to Center Stage Article in this issue for details on bands) Dunk Tank Asia Dynasty Grass area toward BB&T Bank 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Durham Station Poolesville Presbyterian Church: #16, 27, 18 12:30 p.m. to 2:0o p.m. Not the Choir Children’s Games Noon – 1:15 p.m. Durham Station Poolesville Golf Course: #42 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Not the Choir Entrance to Total Automotive & Diesel Putting Contest 11:00 a. m. Sonic Cheetahs Poolesville Community Pre-School: #147 12:30 p.m. Poolesville Band Project Painting, spin and crafts arts Field Next to Poolesville’s Beer and Wine 11:00 to noon Doug Bell Band Kiddie Rides: Center of Whalen Commons 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Rox 24 Railroad ride, moon bounce 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Doug Bell Band September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 17

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From Milford Mill Rd. to Fyfe Rd. handcrafted, 114 Girl Scout #3329 Bake Sale 114a Girl Scout #3329 Bake Sale traditional and 12 PHS Class of 2008 Games 115 IOOF Patriot Lodge #2 Raffle 13 Boy Scout #496 Games 116 IOOF Patriot Lodge #2 Raffle contemporary 14 Boy Scout #496 Popcorn 117 The Wright Idea Lawn 15 Cub Scout #694 Info 118 The Wright Idea Furniture styles... 16 Poolesville Presbyterian Games 119 The Wright Idea Furniture 17 Poolesville Presbyterian Games 120 Jazzercise Info 18 Poolesville Presbyterian Games 121 Jeff Foster & Assoc. Realtor Info 19 Darnestown Design Clothing 122 Knights of Columbus Info 20 Drs. Pike/Velega Info 123 Sport Gift Shop Shirts 21 Olney Rangers Food 124 Teddy Bear Day Care Info 22 WUMCO Help, Inc. Raffle 125 Great & Small Treasures Gifts 23 Pooles. Economic Devel. Com. Info 126 Ameritech Construction Info 24 Tom & Laura Yeatts, Realtors Info 127 Avon Products Info 25 Kettler Bros./Brighwell Crossing Info 128 Upcounty Regional Services Info SEPTEMBER 26 Pooles. Area. Chamber of Com. Info 129 When Pigs Fly Home Gifts 27 Poolesville Day Committee Info 130 Don Hoffacker’s AC/Heating Info 28 Poolesville Day Committee Info 131 ACS/Relay for Life Info 29 Pooles. Athletic Boosters Club Spt Gd From Poolesville Beer & Wine/Cheese – BANDSTAND to Verizon 9-10 & 16-17 30 Poolesville Churches Info 31 M&T Bank Info 132 Bassett’s Restaurant Food 32 Paiges Promotions Info 133 Bassett’s Restaurant Food ...as well as 33 PRO-TECH Safe&Lock Service Info 134 Breast Cancer Sports Info 34 Hilary Schwab Photography Gift Card 135 Star Gazing Farm Info children’s 35 PHS Class of 2007 136 Rural Women Republican Club Political 36 HENN Info 137 PHS Student Government Auction activities, great 37 Smokin’ Ray BBQ 138 PHS Pom-Pom Squad Pie Face 38 Smokin’ Ray BBQ 139 Poolesville Vision & Contacts Info food, family 39 Ehrlich for Governor Political 140 ALTO Gifts entertainment and 40 Women of St. Peters Bake Sale 141 Ekapro Wireless Info 41 Women of St. Peters Bake Sale 142 Ekapro Wireless Info more. 42 Poolesville Golf Course Putting 143 Village Piecemakers Gifts 144 Gay Riggs FISHER AVE. –(MCDONALDS SIDE 145 Arbonne International From White Building (Poolesville Physical Therapy) 146 Girl Scout Council Info Held at: 147 Poolesville Community Preschool 101 Mudo USA/Glad-I-Yoga Demons 148 Greyhound Pets of America Info Seneca Creek State Park 102 MD National Capital Park Police Info 149 Interiors by Decorating Den Info 11950 Clopper Road 103 150 Gail Lee, Realtor Info F e s t i v a l 104 Poolesville Physical Therapy Info 151 Gaithersburg, Md 20878 For more info: (301) 972-1244 or www.shakerforest.org . September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 19 “Water Line Break” Continued reporter spoke to Chuck Stocks, an from Page 1. employee of C&M Utility Company, INCLUDES SPECIAL RAFFLE who said that he had been operating Poolesville Town Manager Wade SET OF KING COBRA the equipment as a sub-contractor for Yost said, “The contractor thought Amliner Inc., the company doing the CLUBS that he had hit a large rock, but water sewer work. Stocks said, “We do what came rushing out.” Yost confirmed we can not to damage the utilities.” that the company that had caused the He blamed the damage in all three water main break was also responsible Your Chance to Win cases on extremely dry soil conditions. for the gas main break. Allegheny Power was on the scene Finally, on August 24 at about within minutes and had restored 12:15 p.m., the power went out on power to all affected homes by 7:00 $100,000! Hempstone Avenue and some ad- p.m. A spokesperson for Allegheny jacent streets. Again a piece of ex- Power said that seventy-seven homes cavation equipment had severed an had lost power. Monocacy Lions Club’s underground power line in the 19300 Annual Golf Outing block of Hempstone. A Monocle September 15th @ Poolesville Golf Club “Help the Lions, Help the Community”

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A subscription to The Monocacy Monocle costs $30.00 a year plus tax, or $31.50. Act now and your loved ones out of the area won’t miss an- other word. Call 301-349-0071 for details. Or simply e-mail us at editor@ monocacymonocle.com. Better yet, send a check to: Monocacy Press, LLC P.O. Box 175 Poolesville, MD 20837-0175 September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 22 Past “Bombs Away” Continued From blast shook windowpanes and rattled Police Blotter August 9, 1931. A Poolesville Page 1. teeth. Someone remarked it was area farmer was arrested by police in a corner with only a rope line, two enough to loosen fillings. Past and Present and charged with a wheat threshing horses, Buck and Casey, deciding to Their work done, army and racket. It was alleged that he would take their fate into their own hooves, county specialists packed up to leave, place bolts or other metal objects in and crowds dispersed. In the mean- By Jack Toomey leapt the rope and fled the scene. the threshers of fellow farmers that Casey trotted up Martinsburg Road time, the entire Knudson family was Present would break their machinery. He and out onto White’s Ferry Road. Buck returning home from a three-hour Commercial burglary. Between would then eliminate competition made off down Martinsburg Road. school-shopping expedition. Curi- August 8 and 10. 17224 Potomac because they could not harvest their A very worried Curry clan ously, all the vehicles passing them Riverside Farm, Elmer School crops. scrambled all hands to retrieve the on Whites Ferry seemed to be either Road. Forced entry, property August 10, 1925. Mrs. Alice loose horses. Once they were cap- a police cruiser or a fire truck. Then taken. Ricketts, 70 years old of Travilah, tured, officials decided to have Robert came the ambulance, the great black Residential burglary. August was drowned when a raging torrent move the horses into the neighbor’s bomb squad truck, and a military 19, 19900 block of Fisher Avenue. swept away her house. A cloudburst fenced yard. Although they were not vehicle replete with camouflage-clad Forced entry, property taken. caused a creek near her dairy house home at the time and Robert had no soldiers and explosives warning signs. Armed robbery. August 23. A to overflow its banks and sweep way of asking permission, he knew Imagine their astonishment upon re- sixteen-year-old citizen reported away the unfortunate Mrs. Ricketts. turning home to find all those vehicles that he was walking in the 19800 It was said that her son arrived too block of Spurrier Avenue at about late to rescue his mother. 2:15 a.m. when he noticed that August 17, 1900. At a picnic at two cars were passing him repeat- the Shiloh Church near Clarksburg, edly. One was a white BMW and a quantity of cider was consumed, the other a red Dodge Neon. The a fight ensued, blows were struck, white BMW stopped and a black and men were injured. Wilbert Da- male got out and approached the vis was severely beaten by a crowd victim, demanded money and of men; however, no arrests were implied that he had a weapon. made. The victim threw his wallet to August 19, 1957. Marvin Atwell, the ground and it was retrieved of Blanford Street, Rockville, struck by a suspect who got out of the his head and drowned when he Dodge Neon. Both suspects then dived into the Seneca Creek from began to beat the victim with their the aqueduct which crosses over top Buck and Casey, displaying estimable horse sense, knew which way to go when fists. Several other suspects then of it. the bomb squad arrived. appeared and began to beat and August 21, 1911. Deputy Sheriff kick the victim. The suspects then Ramey, riding a fast motorcycle, col- returned to their cars. The victim lided with the motorcycle of Robert the Knudsons to be genuine and kind- had been in their drive, and their yard suffered minor injuries. Suspect Cissell, an assistant bank cashier, hearted horse people. Soon his herd had been, briefly, a bomb shelter for a number one is described as a black in a crash at Rockville. Montgom- was trotting around the Knudson’s band of refugee horses. male, 17 to 20 years old, 5’7”, ery County officials had ordered a yard, safely away from the impending about 140 pounds wearing a black crackdown on the fast and danger- bomb disposal. T-shirt and a black baseball cap. ous operation of machines on the The army finished The second suspect is described roads of the county and town. disposal preparations as a black male, 17 to 20 years old, August 24, 1912. The body of and signaled readi- 180 to 200 pounds, hair in braids, Robert Edwards of Adamstown ness with three siren black T-shirt and blue jeans. The was found along the tracks of the blasts. The crowd of other suspects are described as Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He bystanders and evacu- black males in their late teens. was employed as a brakeman on the ees lining Martinsburg Anyone with information about railroad, and he had been run over Road seemed to draw a this crime is urged to call the Fifth by a train. collective breath, and the District detectives at 301-840-2347. bomb blew. The terrific September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 23 “Thomas Hall, Merchant” Union Army. On occasion, he mailed not accept “Hagerstown” money and Continued from Page 3. money to his brother-in-law who had insisted on being paid with cash from Local News purchase land in both Montgomery been taken prisoner by Union troops. their own banks. and Prince Georges Counties. Since he was a shrewd merchant, he Hall kept meticulous records of Fatal Car Accident One day in 1859, Clarinda Phil- stocked his store with playing cards, his business and a great deal of the Steve Furr, age fifty-one, of lips, a sixteen-year-old girl from tobacco, pocket knives, toothbrushes, correspondence, bills, and receipts Damascus died in an automobile ac- Pennsylvania, arrived in town with and other items for Union soldiers were found in a trunk by a grandson cident on August 26, 2006. Mr. Furr her father. A whirlwind courtship en- stationed near the town. Occasionally, during the 1950s. In 1871, Hall paid is the father of Emily Furr, senior sued, and Hall and Miss Phillips were he had problems with the soldiers. six dollars and ten cents for the extrac- at Poolesville High School in the married three weeks later. The couple The December 29, 1862 edition of tion of three of his wife’s teeth. In Global Ecology Program and a var- had seven children and lived in a the Montgomery County Sentinel 1876, Thomas Hall paid a tax assess- sity soccer player. They were travel- frame house about two miles outside reported, “Things have been very dis- ment on four hundred acres of land ing together to a soccer scrimmage of town near the sharp curve that one orderly in Poolesville of late. Troops and five hundred cows and horses. in Smithsburg when an accident encounters on Route 107. Instead of in the area have recently broken into Hall’s medical bills for 1871 amounted involving another vehicle resulted moving to a larger house, Hall would the store of T. R. Hall and completely to six dollars which included the ex- in Steve Furr’s death. Emily Furr simply add a new room every time a stripped the store of its stock in traction of six teeth. In 1878, the Halls’ and Samantha Smith are teammates child was born. trade.” The war caused havoc in the last child was born, and he paid the on the PHS varsity soccer team, and When war came to Poolesville, Mr. banking industry, and Hall had a dif- doctor nine dollars for the delivery of Emily had just been involved in Hall did not hide his feelings. He was ficult time dealing with his Baltimore the baby and medical care of his wife. supporting Samantha Smith after the a southern sympathizer but did not suppliers. One supplier wrote that Thomas Hall died of heart recent death of Mrs. Smith. enter the Confederate Army, as some they would not be taking anymore problems in 1884 and is buried at Mr. Furr was an award-winning Poolesville citizens did, because of a “Virginia money” because “it won’t Monocacy Cemetery. The building IT professional at Amdex, a contrac- heart ailment. He paid for a substitute pass at all in Washington.” Another that housed his store was destroyed in tor for the Department of Homeland so he would not be drafted into the supplier told him that they would a fire in 1923. Security. He was also a beloved coach for youth baseball, soccer, and basketball. His wife, Karen, and their three children, Charles, Sarah, Children’s Towne Academy and Emily survive him. “It Takes a Village To Raise a Child” A subscription to The Monocacy Due to expanding enrollment Monocle costs $30.00 a year plus tax, or $31.50. FULL TIME Call 301-349-0071 for details. Or simply e-mail us at editor@ HELP WANTED monocacymonocle.com. Experienced Day Care Providers Call Today Better yet, send a check to: Monocacy Press, LLC P.O. Box 175 19616-A Fisher Ave - Poolesville - 301-349-5500 Poolesville, MD 20837-0175

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Chesapeaker Open Frisbee Tournament September 9, 2006 The Monocacy Monocle Page 30 “Mary Chiswell” Continued emerges unspoken. Throughout our tional Bank closed its doors in the 1920s. with friends and appreciates when so from Page 15. hour-long interview, Mary sat upright “Everyone said to get your money out, many of her past students drop in just The classrooms almost always had on the edge of her chair, fully engaged but we kept it in there anyway. The to say hello. about twenty-three kids in them, al- in the conversation; speaking with day I found out was at a time we were In the coming weeks, friends and though she remembers when one class enthusiasm and delight so fast I could planning a trip to Rockville to buy a family will stop by with gifts and cards had fifty-two. They assigned a teacher’s barely keep up with the notes. She still new daybed. I was told I could forget for Mary. When they do, Mary will helper in those situations. expresses a youthful zest for life. about the trip because no one was able have a very special gift for them. It is a Most of the ladies married local Her optimism is genuine. Asked to get money out of the bank. We finally rare, warm, and beautiful present. It is men. Mary was no different when how she does it, she replies, “My settled on getting back some money at the gift of Mary’s presence. When I left she married Mr. Chiswell in 1936. He mother gave me advice when I first twenty-three percent of our savings.” Mary, I asked permission for a kiss. She worked in Washington at the time. started living on my own in Poolesville. Then she quickly left the negative laughed robustly when she said, “Of Mr. Chiswell was not big on travel She said, ‘Always remember that it is a and resumed remembering fond things course.” preferring to play golf and bowl as his small town and everybody knows each of the past. A life-long member of St. At 103 years old, birthday cards way of relaxation. However, he encour- other. Many families are married to one Peter’s Episcopal Church, she remem- never arrive late. So, why not drop her a aged Mary to travel, and travel she did. another. So, never, ever talk badly about bers her mom baking the bread and card and a wish. It’ll give her a smile— She joined the Frederick Travel Club any person since you do not know how cutting off the crust for communion. and, when Mary smiles, the whole and over the years visited pretty much they may be related.’” Mary lived in what is now St. Peter’s world smiles with Mary. all of the United States. She traveled by Mary speaks in a hard-to-find rectory. She recalls that the blackberry automobile and train, reveling in the beautiful southern accent. It reminds wine for communion was homemade industrial tours that were very popular one of the upscale, southern drawl in and chuckles on reflection back then. She fondly remembers going Gone with the Wind but with a modi- that the sexton at the time to glass factories, watching how potato fied Maryland tone. The only clue to was often accused of sam- chips were made, and other such tours. her longevity that she can attribute pling it when cleaning the She also has fond memories of the to a physical reason is that her mom church. She can still recall Chicago World’s Fair and recalls a dem- was a great cook. “The food was fresh, having the job of turning onstration on how automobiles were homemade, and we had plenty of it,” the hand pump to make made. She left the country once on a she remembers. the organ work. cruise to Bermuda only to be challenged Of course, being a member of Physically, Mary has by Hurricane Cleo. Though the ship the fourth estate, I couldn’t leave well only suffered some bro- tilted a lot, the hurricane was not up to a enough alone. So, I had to push for ken bones over the years. match with Mary. something negative. She finally relented When she broke her hip, As she relates the stories of her life with a small sigh that seemed to say, her travels came to an and travels, her secret to her long life Okay, just one thing bad. She had a end; however, she greatly rough time when the Poolesville Na- enjoys getting together

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