Evening star., 1936-07-15
IDEAL" MAY BLOCK
TOURIST CAMPS
Man Agrees to Drop Plan if
Commissions Land Is
Cleared.
BY JACK ALLEN,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, July l5.-A
IDEAL" whereby Sligo Creek parkway
may be kept free from tourist camps
was to be laid before officials Of the
Maryland Capital Park Plan
ming Commission today.
Frank M Heath, who plans to
establish a camp for motorists on his
property adjoining the park, declared
yesterday he would abandon the pro-
jeet if immediate steps are taken to
clean up the commissions 30-acre
Yecreational area near his land.
- His proposal was made before the
hoard of Montgomery County Com
, missioners when Heath's applica-
ton for rezoning Of lots l. 2 and 3 Of
Sligo terrace from residential to COM
nercial classification was brought
before that body for formal consid-
eration.
= Action Deferred Week.
y Action on the petition was post
poned for one week as a result of
Eeath's suggestion in order that it
might be submitted to park officials,
who have offered the only opposition
made to the rezoning application of
the retired Army sergeant.
Heath said he purchased the land
for speculative real estate purposes
and has been trying to dispose of it
for several years, but has been baked
at every turn by the unsightly con-
dition caused by scrap lumber and
other debris piled in the recreationa
area nearby.
Finally. he told the commission
ers. he decided to convert the lano
into tourist camp as the only means
Of realizing return on his invest
ment.
No opponents appeared before the
public hearing on Heath's applica-
tion several weeks ago, but the park
commission presented a resolution
opposing the rezoning at the county
boards meeting yesterday.
Varnish Works Licensed.
=, It was asserted in the measure that
the camp not only would be off the
main route of tourist travel but would
be located in close proximity to both
the park and high school and is not a
type of development desirable in q
residential community.
. Meeting the objections of an op.
posing group, the Capital Varnist
Works, Inc, was granted a permit
to establish paint and varnish plant
in the old shoe heel factory at Halpine
the permit being revocable if objec'
tionable smoke or odors result.
The commissioners granted the IL
cense after Ray Ferguson, president
of the Washington concern, assured
a delegation of opponents that op-
Grafton of the plant would not prove
Objectionable to Halpine residents and
declared the stipulations in the per-
nit were satisfactory to his firm.
Among those who expressed Their
opposition to the plant prior to Fer
guson's talk we're Mrs. Joseph H. Brad
ley, Mrs. Charles W. Holmes, Harry
Eaton, Mrs R. Maude Hodgkins, Mrs
Eugene Ochsenreiter and Fred Brad.
ley. They were represented by Attor.
ney Robert B. Peter. jr. Attorney
Walter w. Dawson. owner Of the land
appeared in Ferguson's behalf.
Want Lower Speed Limit.
A reduction of the 45-mile speed
limit to rs miles per hour along g
portion of upper Connecticut avenue
was sought in letter received from
the North Chevy Chase Citizens Com
mittee and referred to officials of the
State Roads Commission.
Contending lack of sidewalks and
the high-speed law endanger the
safety of pedestrians. the committee
asserted the rate should be reduced
along the section of the avenue lying
between a point 200 feet north of
Chevy Chase Lake to 200 feet north
of the Jones Bridge road intersection
Overhauling of street markers in
Seven Oaks Manor and the erection
tof three signs warning motorists OF
tchildren at play were sought by the
Citizens Association of that section
while improvement of the road lead.
fs1ng south from Martinsburg to the
Potomac River was asked in letter
sfrom M. B. Hale. Both were taken
under consideration.
The board voted to attend meeting
Of the County Commissioners Asso-
citation of the Western Shore of Mary
land, to be held July % at Frederick
for the purpose of discussing legisla-
tive proposals for the 1887 session Of