Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-05-23
Business Men To
Attend Hearing
On Grade Crossing
State Roads Holding Farley
Today; Williamsport Thanks
Rockville

A committee of the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce is attending a
hearing conducted by the State Roads
Commission in Baltimore today to
discuss the elimination of the Rock
vile grade crossing. The Rockville
Town Council has received a reso-
tuition from the Burgess and Com
missioners of Wiliamsport thanking
the citizens of Rockville for their
aid and sympathy in connection with
the recent bus tragedy in which IA
Williamsport High School students
lost their lives.
Those appointed on the committee
were Donald A. DeLashmutt, chair
man; o. w. Anderson, Raymond
Karge, Morris Stern, Bernard T.
Brosius, George H. Lamar and Por-
ter Ward.
The chamber with only one dis
senting vote again last night urged
that the Washington-R Rockville trolley
line be abolished and buses be SUBJ
stituted. Lamar, the lone opponent,
made point of no quorum and
voided the action. President Ralph
S. Chinn called a special meeting
for Monday at 8 P. M. to vote on
the question.
The resolution reads as follows:
Whereas, the people of Williams
port and of the community in gen.
eral have been struck with horror
and grief by the terrible disaster
that occurred at Rockville, Maryland,
on the night of April 18th, as a re-
suit of the collision between rail
road express train and the school bus
carrying school teacher and a num-
Der of the students of the Williams
port High School, resulting in the
loss of fourteen lives; and
Whereas, never in the history of
Williamsport has such a catastrophe
befallen this community and our per-
manent loss is beyond estimation;
and
| Whereas, it is proper and fitting
that the Burgess and Commissioners
of Williamsport give public recog-
milton to the tragedy which has be-
fallen the community and on behalf
of its citizens extend its deepest
sympathy to the bereaved parents
and families of those children who
were so near and dear to all of US.
Now, Therefore, Be 1t RESOLVED:
That the Burgess and Commissioners
of Williamsport publicly express
their grief because of the tragedies
of this disaster, and on behalf of its
citizens extend the deepest sympathy
of the community to the bereaved
parents and families of those children
to whom we looked forward as our
rising generation.
And Be 1t Further Resolved, That
the Burgess and Commissioners ex-
press to Miss Louise Funk, the
teacher who accompanied the children,
our appreciation and thanks for the
devotion to duty that she has dis
played in this disaster and for acts
and expressions of sympathy to the
bereaved families of the children.
And Be 1t Further Resolved, That
the Burgess and Commissioners ex-
press to the citizens and officials of
the town of Rockville, Maryland, the
thanks and appreciation of this COM
munity for their many acts of kindly
aid and sympathy.
And Be 1t Further ResoLved, That
a copy of these resolutions be sent
to the bereaved families of the vic
tins, Miss Louise Funk, and to the
officials and citizens OF the town of
Rockville, Maryland. Also a copy
of these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes OF this governing body.
BURGESS AND COMMISSIONERS OF
i WILLIAMsPoRT, MARYLAND.