Evening star., 1933-12-06
SALE IS STARTED
IN MONTGOMERY
Ritchie Delays Opening of
Stores, Scheduled for
Yesterday.
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that it will require at least a day for
the issuance of such permits.
Personnel of Board.
Members of the Liquor Control Board,
announced in The Star late yesterday,
are Dr. Benjamin c. Perry of Bethesda,
John C. Walker of Chevy Chase, Dow
! ney M. Williams of Laytonsville, George
A. Sacks CT Bethesda and Ward w.
Caddington of Silver Spring. George
p Hoover of Chevy Chase announced
today ne woud accept the appointment
as general counsel to the board, while
Charles Y. Latimer of Takoma Park,
clerk to the commissioners, was named
to serve as secretary to the control
board in addition to his other county
duties.
DR. Perry. vice president of the Bank
of Bethesda, director in the Mont
gomery County Bank, member of the
State Board of Health and former pres
ident Of the Board of County Commits
sioners, will serve as chairman of the
control board
Walker. former president of the Chevy
Chase Savings Bank and former presi-
dent of the Columbia Country Club, is
general manager Of the entire dis
pensary system and will have charge
of the purchasing for the system as
well as acting as manager of the ware
house and dispensary at Silver Spring
Resigned County Offices.
Caddington will manage the Rock
vile dispensary and Sacks is to manage
the dispensary at Bethesda.
Both Williams, a member of the
Board of County Commissioners, and
Caddington, a deputy clerk to that body,
resigned from those positions yesterday
to accept appointments to the Liquor
Control Board.
Sheriff Richard H. Lansdale of Olney
has forwarded his resignation as sheriff
to Gov Ritchie and will be named to
succeed Williams as commissioner from
Laytonsville Olney district. Ben G..
Davis, former mayor and treasurer of
the town of Takoma Park. was named
last night to Supplant Caddington as
deputy clerk to the commissioners.
H. Eddington Bell Of Potomac will be
recommended to Gov Ritchie by lead
ers of the county Democratic organiza-
ton for appointment to the post of
sheriff to fiE the vacancy created by
Lansdale's resignation. Lansdale's
term has until January, 1885, to run.
Other Appointments.
Other appointments to the dispen-
sary system made by the commission
ers late yesterday include j. Earnest
Hawkins of Laytonsviile, clerk and
salesman at the Rockville dispensary;
Earl U. Stern Of Potomac, clerk and
salesman at the Bethesda dispensary;
Inez B. Alvord of Silver Spring, head
bookkeeper for the warehouse and dis
pensary at Silver Spring: Leonard Col
Inns of Chevy Chase, deliveryman and
warehouse salesman at Silver Spring,
and Louis A. Yost, ST., assistant man
ager, clerk and salesman at Silver
Spring.
The commissioners also appointed
Francis Lyddane of Rockville clerk
in the Office of County Treasurer j.
Forrest Walker in place of Stern. who
resigned to accept his position in the
dispensary system.
Price Ranges from $3.50 to $3.50.
Prices of whisky in Montgomery
County, while they will not be definitely
known until later in the day, will range
from $3.50 a quart for blended brands
to $3.50 quart for bonded brands,
and from $135 a pint to S3.4O a pint,
Manager Walker said today.
Walker said that 200 cases Of liquor
and wine have been ordered from dis
tributors in Baltimore. It was said by
Walker that employees of the dispensa-
ries who were sent to Baltimore today
to purchase whisky and wines have
reported considerable difficulty in buy
ing supplies, due to an apparent short
age in that city.
However, he said, sufficient amount
of beverages will be received late today
to take care of demands.
Walker said that whisky and wines
for the time being will be purchased
from distributing firms that are ready
to handle the county's trade, but that
later purchases will be made direct
from distilleries.
The manager OF the dispensary sys-
tenn said that foreign and domestic
wines, rum and cordials will be handled
by the county operated dispensaries,
but he has no idea as yet as to what
prices they will bring.
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