October 2012
Volume 46 Issue 2
Serving the people of Cabin John and beyond
Eleanor Roosevelt Coming to Clara Barton Center
by Burr Gray
The Friends of the Clara Barton
Community Center invite you to a
special performance and reception
with your neighbors for “Meeting
Eleanor Roosevelt” on Saturday,
October 13, 7:30 pm at the Clara
Barton Community Center. Cost is
$20 per person.
The real Eleanor Roosevelt (left) and Linda Kenyon’s portrayal (right).
Doors open at 7:15 pm for ticket purchase
and socializing. Performance is from 7:45
to 8:45 pm with a short Q & A to follow
with “Eleanor.” Refreshments will be served
INSIDE
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In Memoriam: Tom Green................................ 3
CJCA News..................................................... 4
Crab Feast...................................................... 5
School Days in Cabin John.............................. 6
Lessons From Our Elders................................ 8
Neighborly News.............................................
© Linda Kenyon
Linda Kenyon will portray the
many roles Mrs. Roosevelt played
in her lifetime. Linda has appeared
in film and on stage, and as a
narrator for national and media
presentations.
© U.S. Army Signal Corps
Former First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt was a shy and awkward
child, starved for recognition and
love, who grew up to become
an inspiration to people of good
will all around the world. Her life
and work made our country and
our world a better place in which
to live.
before and after the event This event is
sponsored by the FCBCC to support the Clara
Barton Center. For more information, please
call 240-777-4910 or visit the web site at www.
FriendsofClaraBartonCommunityCenter.org.
Growing Native Program Returns
by Burr Gray
As in the past, over the next month until Nov 1st, the Potomac Watershed
Partnership and the Potomac Conservancy are collecting and accepting black
walnuts and certain other nuts as part of their annual Growing Native program.
The collected seeds and nuts are then sent to Maryland and Virginia state
nurseries. The closest drop-off site is the Locust Grove Nature Center (7777
Democracy Boulevard).
The CJCA will also have a drop-off event in Cabin John at the ballfield
next to the Cabin John Bridge (the one-lane bridge) on October 13 from
noon – 3 pm. More info will follow via CJCA listserve. As on occasion in
the past, CJCA will pay a small bounty for black walnuts, so bring those
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Barbara Wilmarth of 75th Place reports that she
has much to be thankful for this October, which is
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and would like
to express her gratitude to the entire Cabin John
community for the outpouring of love, friendship,
support, and home-cooked meals she received
upon her own breast cancer diagnosis this past
spring. In particular, she would like to thank her
next-door neighbor and friend Helen Harris for
coordinating the meals and to her family for their
help and assistance whenever needed. Her 75th
Place neighbors were also wonderful in planting
Barb’s whiskey barrels and for many other acts of
kindness she won’t soon forget. Barbara (Mums)
also wants to thank the Flowers of the Cabin John
Women’s Literary Society for their unwavering
love and friendship; and for the home visits and
rides to chemotherapy whenever needed. Lastly,
Barbara would like to express her deepest love and
appreciation to her husband Bruce for standing
by her side through the ongoing marathon process
of regaining health and healing. His unyielding
love and support has undoubtedly sustained her
along with the love and support of their children
Catherine, Ted, and Tom. They stepped up to
the plate at home, accompanied their mom to
chemotherapy sessions and doctor’s appointments,
and gave encouragement when needed. Barb says
this experience only reinforced what she knew long
ago: that moving to Cabin John 25 years ago was
one of the best decisions she and Bruce ever made!
30.......................Then & Wow Celebration
Glen Echo Park
11 am - 5 pm (see p. 11)
13....................... Growing Native Drop-Off
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Alexis Gelb (Whitman ‘94) and John Danis
(Whitman ‘92) were married on May 12, 2012
at Carderock Park on the banks of the Potomac
River. Alexis grew up on Arden Road and John
grew up in Glen Echo heights. They are now living
in Cabin John Gardens in the house that Alexis’s
grandmother lived in in the 1990’s. They are
thrilled to be staying so close to family and friends.
by Barbara Martin
Cabin John Ball Field
noon - 3 pm (see p. 1)
13.................... Meeting Eleanor Roosevelt
Clara Barton Center
7:30 pm (see p. 1)
21...........................................Blood Drive
Clara Barton Center
10 am - 3:45 pm (see p. 4)
28.....................................Haunted House
Clara Barton Center
4 - 6 pm (see p. 4)
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Cabin John Loses Acclaimed Artist and Community Volunteer
Longtime Cabin John resident artist Tom
Green passed away on September 3 at his
home on Tomlinson Avenue. He had been
suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was
a professor emeritus of the Corcoran School
of Art, where he taught for 40 years before
retiring in 2009, and noted for his large,
colorful and enigmatic “glyph” paintings that
contained figures resembling letters from a
mysterious alphabet. One Washington Post
reviewer likened them to “a comic strip for
Martians” that left a strong visual impact that
was “hard to shake and slow to fade.”
Tom was born May 27, 1942 in Newark,
NJ. He moved to the Washington, DC area
when his father, who was a printer, got a job
Tom Green with some at his work at an art show at Clara Barton Center in 2007.
with the Government Printing Office. He
graduated in 1960 from Archbishop Carroll
is part of their permanent collection. Most recently there was
High School in Northwest Washington and went on to the
a retrospective show at the Katzen Art Center at American
University of Maryland where he got a bachelor’s degree in fine University held last year.
arts in 1967 and master’s degree in painting in 1969—the same
year he began a part-time teaching position at the Corcoran
As Tom’s career grew so did the house on Tomlinson. Rooms
School.
were added over time and eventually he was able to add a
sun-drenched, cathedral-ceiling studio with skylights where he
A self-described hippie, Tom took part in the social and artistic
worked on large canvasses, some of them 6-feet tall by 10-feet
upheaval of the late 1960’s. He lived on communes with artist
wide, all mostly in the primary-colored acrylics he favored,
friends and was arrested in anti-Vietnam War protests.
exploring ways to communicate “without linguistic filters.”
It was in the early 1970’s that he met the woman who would
become his second wife, Linda Wichmann, and her young
daughter Kathryn. The three became a family and, in searching
for a new home, became intrigued by a lot on Tomlinson
Avenue that contained a condemned shack—formerly
someone’s summer cottage, but used as a storage facility for
a concrete company. The couple bought the house in 1975.
It was unlivable at first with only water and no electricity.
Tom had construction experience, however, and during the
weekends and his free days, he worked on getting the house
insulated, broken windows repaired, and roof patched so they
could move in that winter. That same year saw a big boost to his
artistic career when he was asked to be a part of the prestigious
Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum in New York. “That
was a big validation for me,” he said in a 2003 Village News
interview, “I felt I was really moving into the big time.”
Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts soon followed
and, over the years, his work eventually was shown in more than
80 solo or group exhibitions throughout the country, including the
Guggenheim Museum in New York where one of his paintings
“Being able to paint and have people see my work is the greatest
satisfaction,” he said back in 2003. “I feel that I’m a vessel for
the non-verbal sensations we all share.”
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CJCA News
Next CJ Blood Drive—The next community Blood
Drive will take place on Sunday, October 21 at the
Clara Barton Community Center. Please contact
CJ resident Karen Melchar ([email protected],
301-229-9049) if you are willing and able to donate
blood. Time slots start at 10 am, with the last slot
at 3:45 pm. Our goal is 40 pints. As always, we can
use help in staffing the sign-in table and in helping
with setup and takedown, so please let Karen know
if you can volunteer some help whether or not you
plan to donate blood. Call 1-800-272-2048 (Red
Cross nurses station) if you have any questions
regarding eligibility to donate.
Haunted House—Once again, the Haunted House
will be offering chills, thrills and treats to kids
young and old on Sunday, October 28 (4 to 6 pm)
at the Clara Barton Community Center sponsored
by the Friends of the Clara Barton Community
Center. We always need volunteers to help out,
so please contact Burr Gray ([email protected])
if you can assist either dressed in costume, help
with fortune telling, or be somewhat frightening
in some other way. Most importantly, we need
assistance with set up and take down. Come join
in the fun!
© Ritch Kepler
© Ritch Kepler
The next meeting of the
CJCA will be Sept. 25
at 7:30 pm at the Clara
Barton Community
Center.
Next CJCA Meeting Agenda—1) Request for
funds and independent existence by Friends of the
Cabin John Creek Watershed, 2) position of CJCA
regarding development on lots less than 5000 sq ft.,
3) presentation by CJ resident Judy Welles of her
new book about the very interesting life of Lilly
Stone and 4) election of officers.
by Burr Gray
Above left, servers manning their battle stations at the CJ Crab & Chicken Feast are Benno and Phoebe Schmidt, Amy Elsbree, Mike
Ellertbeck, Clive and Wil Harris. Above right, Lucy Coleman was one of the many who came to enjoy the annual fundraiser.
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An Afternoon to Remember
The 43rd Annual Cabin John Crab & Chicken Feast
brought hundreds of neighbors together for food
and merriment despite some interference by Mother
Nature. When umbrellas started to blow over in the
early afternoon, the lemonade stand, Whitman bake
sale, and 12-piece orchestra/band moved inside the
large room at the Community Center. The folks
sitting outdoors were given a five minute warning.
When winds came around 4 pm, they came quickly
and those outside scrambled indoors where it
was cozy. Those indoors experienced a couple of
power outages, one about 20 seconds. That familiar
sinking feeling kicked in briefly, but the lights
came back on and the band continued playing
classic songs. Some people were dancing. It was
like the Titanic, but without the sinking part. The
cooking of the crabs and the chicken continued.
The moral is that Cabin Johners do not give up
easily when there is a party involved. More photos
and details to follow in next month’s Village News.
© Ritch Kepler
by Burr Gray
Due to inclement weather, dining for this year’s feast was mostly
indoors, as shown above. Entertainment was provided by the
Starlight Orchestra with vocalist Aimee Breslow, shown below.
© Burr Gray
Do You Recognize
This Cabin John Sight?
A little bit of New England exists
within our community. Can you
guess where this weathervane
resides? The answer is on p. 11.
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Then and Now
by Judy Welles
School Days in Cabin John
Children are back in school now, a much different
scene from school days in Cabin John long ago
in earlier times. The first school for Cabin John
children was built in 1867 on old Seven Locks Road
(now Persimmon Tree Road). It was located about
a half a block south of today’s Tomlinson Avenue,
near the area known as Carderock Springs South.
Farm neighbors, including John Saunders, J.D.W.
Moore, William Reading and Charles Dodge, built
the one-room schoolhouse they named Friendship
School. During the winter, when canal boats could
not pass through the ice, children of the boatmen
joined the farmers’ children at school. Still, there
were at most 25 students.
Cabin John got its first school for black children
in 1880, known as Moore’s School, a one-room
schoolhouse located between River Road and
Conduit Road. It is likely that J.D.W. Moore, who
helped start Friendship School and founded the
Hermon Presbyterian Church, started this school
for the families who worked on his farm and
nearby quarry. In 1911, the school was moved to
Gibson Grove AME Church on Seven Locks Road,
which the Board of Education rented for a total of
$7.72, and the name was changed to Cabin John
Elementary School. The school was closed in 1922
because of low attendance, and for five years, 24
children were left without any school.
Former resident Norman Tuohey attended Friendship
School in 1912 when he was six years old and
talked about it to Elizabeth Kytle who captured his
memories in the booklet, “Time Was” (now out of
print). He remembered older children in the same
room with him, up to the sixth or seventh grade.
Some of the children in the eighth grade were 17 or
18 years of age because they were farm boys who
could only attend school for three or four months in
the winter and kept returning to finish the grade.
In 1926, a delegation of Cabin John parents
appeared before the Board of Education to request a
new school for black children. Instead, after several
months, the Board rented Moses Hall and the
children attended school there until 1931 when they
were transferred to River Road School.
He recalled, “There’d be only three or four in each
grade. There was a bench up side of [the teacher’s]
desk; so when she held a first-grade class, they’d go
up and sit on the bench; the rest stayed in their seats
and worked. When she got through with the first
grade, she called the second grade up.”
With low student enrollment, Friendship School
closed in 1914, and Cabin John’s white children had
to walk across the Cabin John Bridge to attend Glen
Echo School on Wilson Lane. One of the teachers,
E. Guy Jewell, described the Wilson Lane School:
“It had a pump outside from which well water was
drawn and carried inside…Toilet facilities were of
the common kind, two little buildings out back.”
In 1926, more space was needed for Glen Echo
School and the building that belonged to the United
American Mechanics, across from Tuohey’s store
(now Cabin John Plaza) and quite a distance from the
main schoolhouse, was rented for one class. Another
room was rented in the Glen Echo Baptist Church.
The principal would drive his Model T Ford among
the three locations to oversee the class instruction.
© Ger Quinn
For students, “Bus transportation was something to
behold. We never knew when the thing would get
there, or when it wouldn’t. Bus drivers weren’t paid
very much,” Jewell said.
Glen Echo-Cabin John School circa 1928.
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Another former resident, Mrs. Charles Smith,
recalled that when her children first started school,
they had to walk up Wilson Lane. “They couldn’t
ride the bus because we were just on the edge of a
mile. The bus only picked up children who lived
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more than a mile from the school. And they had to walk across
the [Cabin John] bridge.”
“This narrow bridge down here…the youngsters didn’t have
much trouble getting across it, but at PTAs, a lot of time was
taken up about putting a shelf out on the side, or putting a fence
down the middle somehow to protect these youngsters. The
youngsters didn’t worry about that. They got up on that parapet
and went right on across.”
With enrollment increasing in the late 1920s, the need for
a new school became urgent. Its location, however, became
a divisive issue between Cabin John and Glen Echo, each
community wanting the school to be located on its side
of the Cabin John Bridge. The debate raged before the
Maryland State legislature where the assembly held up a
bond issue for 16 Montgomery County school projects in
an effort to settle the controversy. The Washington Star
reported on April 3, 1927, that the Cabin John Park Citizens
Association presented evidence to the state legislature that
the school-age population was centered in Cabin John. The
legislature then chose Cabin John as the site. Land for the
school was purchased from Mrs. Mary Bobinger, owner
of the Cabin John Bridge Hotel, for $15,000, and J. S.
Tomlinson, who owned ten feet beyond the street, deeded
the strip to Montgomery County.
Even before the site was chosen, the name of the new school
became another heated issue. Cabin John residents refused to let
the new school have the old name – the Glen Echo School. Glen
Echo citizens were equally determined not to have it called The
Cabin John School. The stalemate was resolved by agreeing to
build the school on the Cabin John side of the bridge and giving
Glen Echo top billing in the name, the Glen Echo-Cabin John
School. A headline from 1928 reads, “Two Citizens’ Bodies Plan
to Co-Operate; Cabin John and Glen Echo Groups, Recently at
Odds, Restore Amicable Relations.”
The Glen Echo-Cabin John School was a one-story eight
grade school with six classrooms, two of them in the
partitioned auditorium. A small white building beside the
school housed the kindergarten with steps down to a cafeteria.
The school opened with 150 students and five teachers. A
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second story was added in 1930 when the school was made
into an elementary and junior high school and the enrollment
reached 330. The next year the ninth grade was transferred
out of the school. By 1935, the school became a six grade
elementary school.
In 1944, the school’s PTA recommended that the name of the
school be changed to honor American Red Cross founder Clara
Barton who had lived in Glen Echo in her later years.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ended school segregation
in 1954, Clara Barton Elementary became one of the first
schools in Montgomery County to integrate. The proportion
of black students – 14 percent – was higher than in any other
Montgomery County elementary school. Its PTA Integration
Committee served as a model for other county schools, and
integration occurred smoothly.
In the early 1950s, Mrs. Margaret Stein came to teach at Clara
Barton for the next ten years. She said, “Never before or since
has my teaching given me so much satisfaction. The Cabin John
children have respect and affection for their teachers. They have
a close home unity. They are, more than any other group of
children I have known, a pleasure to teach.”
The enrollment at the school began to drop when Bannockburn
Elementary School opened in 1957 near Glen Echo. By the
late 1960s, Clara Barton Elementary’s enrollment had become
one of the smallest in the county with only eight teachers.
In a hearing before the Board of Education on whether to
keep the school open, citizens testified that the community
needed to retain its “heart.” Still, the Board voted to close the
school at the end of 1974. The next fall, Cabin John’s children
were bused across the Union Arch Bridge to Bannockburn
Elementary School.
The Clara Barton school building became Clara Barton
Community Center, housing a day care center, recreation
activities, and meetings of the Cabin John Citizens Association.
How to use the school building continued to be a topic of
concern for the Citizens Association. Today, the Friends
of Clara Barton work to raise funds for programs and
improvements at the community center.
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Green Neighbors
A Lesson From Our Elders
by Jennifer Jordan
Thanks to Peter Vogt for forwarding us this
insightful, humorous and cantankerous posting that
has gone viral on the Internet:
“Checking out at the store, the young cashier
suggested to the older woman that she should bring
her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t
good for the environment. The woman apologized
and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back
in my earlier days.” The clerk responded, “That’s our
problem today. YOUR generation did not care enough
to save our environment for future generations.” She
was right—our generation didn’t have the green thing
in its day or didn’t call it “green.”
BACK THEN WHEN WE WEREN’T GREEN….
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles
and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them
back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and
refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and
over. So they really were recycled.
BUT SHE WAS RIGHT. WE DIDN’T HAVE THE
GREEN THING IN OUR DAY. We walked up
stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every
store and office building. We walked to the grocery
store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower
machine every time we had to go two blocks.
BUT SHE WAS RIGHT. WE DIDN’T
HAVE THE GREEN THING IN OUR
DAY. Back then, we washed the baby’s
diapers because we didn’t have the
throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a
line, not in an energy-gobbling machine
burning up 220 volts. Wind and solar
power really did dry our clothes back in
our early days. Kids got hand-me-down
clothes from their brothers or sisters, not
always brand-new clothing.
BUT THAT YOUNG LADY WAS
RIGHT. WE DIDN’T HAVE THE
GREEN THING IN OUR DAY. Back
then, we had one TV or radio in the
house, not a TV in every room. And
the TV had a small screen the size of a
handkerchief (remember them?), not a
screen the size of the state of Montana. In
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the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because
we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for
us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the
mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion
it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap back then,
we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just
to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on
human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t
need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that
operate on electricity.
BUT SHE’S RIGHT. WE DIDN’T HAVE THE
GREEN THING IN OUR DAY. We drank from a
fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a
cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of
water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of
buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades
in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor
just because the blade got dull.
BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE THE GREEN THING IN
OUR DAY. Back then, people took the streetcar or
a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked
instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi
service. We had one electrical outlet in a room,
not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen
appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized
gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites
2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest
pizza joint.”
I hope the originator of this posting comes
to understand that the serious environmental
problems facing our world today are not the fault
of one generation over another. There is no good
or bad guy here, as each generation is linked
seamlessly to the other. Even so, this senior citizen
has given us good reminders that we should all
heed, before the message is lost in time. Modern,
advanced, and new doesn’t mean better. In this
age of fast-paced technological advancement, it
seems that every month, or even every week, we
are introduced to wonderfully appealing ‘latest,
greatest’ conveniences that promise to make our life
easier and more comfortable. In this unprecedented
consumer age, it is that much more important for
every one of us to remember to continuously stop
and question what impact our consumer choices are
having—on our families, future generations, and
the planet.
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black walnuts and other nuts to the ballfield on
the 13th.
All nuts/acorns should be divided according to
species into separate labeled bags, and a leaf from
the particular tree should be placed in the bag to
help confirm the species. For acorns, don’t forget
to apply the so-called “float test.” Put a few acorns
from the particular group collected into a bucket
of water. If most or all of the acorns float, they are
probably not viable and you should wait a few more
days to a week and try this test again with freshly
fallen seeds. If most of them sink, they probably are
viable, and you should go ahead and collect them.
Do not float test all of your acorns, because float
testing may cause them to sprout earlier than they
should.
The nuts/acorns in demand besides black walnuts,
include Bald Cypress, Black Oak, Chestnut Oak,
Chinkapin Oak, Hazelnut, Hickory, Northern Red
Oak, Overcup Oak, Paw Paw, Persimmon, Pin Oak,
Sassafras, Southern Red Oak, Swamp Chestnut
Oak, Swamp White Oak, Water Oak, White Oak,
Willow Oak. While Cabin John’s reputation has
been built on black walnuts, the Growing Native
folk would really love to get some of the others
so look around your yard and let Burr Gray
([email protected]) know if you have one of the
listed trees other than the black walnut and are
willing to allow collection of the nuts/seeds on your
property. If you want descriptions of those trees
and nuts, or other information about the program,
go to the Growing Native website at www.
growingnative.org.
Then & Wow Celebration at Glen Echo
The annual celebration of the Glen Echo Park’s
past and present is a fun-filled event for families
and friends. Enjoy kiddie rides, mini-golf, arcade
games, bumper cars, skee-ball, vintage cars and
more! The event runs from 11 am - 5 pm on
Sunday, September 30. This is also the last day of
the 2012 carousel season, so don’t miss a ride on
our historic Dentzel Carousel!
The festival is open to the public, and admission
is free. Many activities are also free, but kiddie
rides and a few other activities require one or
more tickets. Tickets cost $1.25 each, or 10
tickets for $10. For more information visit www.
glenechopark.org/node/1546.
Neighborhood Services
CHILD CARE. Licensed Family Day Care. 20 yrs. experience, references.
Call Siew at 301-320-4280.
GET THE STRESS OUT!! MASSAGE THERAPY. Receive a soothing
Swedish/Deep Tissue Massage in your own home. Only $85.00/hr. Gift
Certificates available. Call Dominique @ 301-263-2783.
CABIN JOHN DOG WALKING: Midday walks to keep your pets happy and
healthy. 301-257-1076.
CABIN JOHN ORGANIZING. Professional Organizer and Daily Money
Manager. Call 301-263-9482 or e-mail [email protected] for help
with your home and home office. Member NAPO, ICD, AADMM
As the operator of Ithaca Farm Nursery in Germantown, Robert
Truland, of Ericsson Road, has spent a great deal of time working
the earth, but his love of the sea is expressed in the architectural
details of his Cabin John home, including the whale weathervane
depicted in Jack Mandel’s drawing on p. 5. There are also
numerous sea turtles collected on the property and etched on the
decorative kitchen windows. Robert bought the house in 1980 and
has done loads of unique cedar work on trellises and the facade,
including the tower on which the whale resides. He and his wife
now live in Germantown closer to the nursery, but his son,Aidan, a
student at Montgomery College, currently resides at the house.
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Mark Willcher & co., inc.
landscape designers/contractors
Building sustainable gardens for wildlife and people since 1980
www.markwillcherco.com
301-320-2040 • [email protected]
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Classifieds
RIVER FLOW YOGA STUDIO. Stressed
out? Calm your nerves and strengthen your body
with yoga classes right here in Cabin John, two
blocks from the Coop. Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:30-10:45 am and Saturdays from 8:30-9:45 am.
E-mail [email protected] for more
information and to sign up.
NANNY SHARE: Would like to share our nanny
in our Cabin John home on Tuesday-Friday from
8:30 to 4:00. We are flexable and would be happy to
discuss all options such as 2 days a week. Please call
301-408-8590 to discuss cost and further details.
CATERING/BARTENDING/SERVING. Having
a Gathering? Let Gloria help. Dinner parties,
cocktail parties, buffets, or picnics. Whatever your
entertaining needs, Gloria has more than 30 years
food/beverage experience. 301-320-9778, cell: 301655-0306, email: [email protected]
DEFINE YOURSELF: Join the ongoing strength
and fitness class at Concord St. Andrews! Space
is still available. For more information contact
[email protected].
COMPUTER SERVICES - DC/PC Computer
Support offers friendly, personalized computer
services to local residents. Services include
maintenance, repairs, upgrades, tune-ups, new pc
setups, virus and spyware removal, networking
and training. Appointments are available
mornings, afternoons and evenings. Telephone and
e-mail support is also available. To schedule an
appointment or learn more about our services email
[email protected] or call Jim at 202-841-0873.
FULL SERVICE PET CARE. Your pet deserves
some fun: don’t board your pet; that’s boring!
Offering daily walks, bathing, overnight stays
at my home or yours—fenced-in yard means
lots of playtime. I’ll pick-up and return your pet
if you desire. Your pet will thank you! Many
neighborhood references available. Lisa Charles
301-979-2567.
To place an ad in the Village News classifieds,
send us your ad and payment of $0.25 per word by
the deadline. If you have questions, call Lorraine
Minor at (301) 229-3515.
THE VILLAGE NEWS is
published monthly except in
July and December and is sent
free to all 800+ homes in Cabin
John. Others may subscribe
for $10 per year. Send news,
ads, letters, and subscriptions
to: The Village News PO Box
164 Cabin John, MD 20818 [or
[email protected]]
The next deadline is 10 am,
Wednesday, Oct. 10, for the
issue mailing Oct. 20, 2012.
Volunteers who make the
Village News possible: Mike
Miller and Tim Weedlun–
editors, Lorraine Minor–
business manager.
Regular Contributors:
Burr Gray, Judy Welles,
Barbara Martin, Jack Mandel.
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