Evening star., 1941-12-23
Location Of Sand
Piles 10 Que||
Fires Revealed
Distribution Plans
In Montgomery
Announced

ANNOUNCED
Location Of piles from which
Montgomery County residents can
obtain sand for use in extingulshlng
incendiary bombs was announced
today.
The sand, supplied by the county,
will be given residents who obtain
an order for it from their air-raid
wardens. Between so and lOO
pounds will be distributed to each
citizen, the county Defense Council
announced In addition to the
warden's sand order, residents are
directed to bring buckets or other
containers when they call for their
sand.
Piles now ready for suburban resi-
dents are located as follows:
Chevy Chase, Meadowbrook Sad
die Club; Bethesda, firehouse; Ia
koma Silver Spring, rear of Silver
Spring Armory.
Rural residents will find sand
available at the following places:
Potomac. Brown Bros. garage;
Rockville, Stearn's store; Gathers
burg, flrehouse; Darnestown, Gas
saWay's store; Barnesville, Hays
yard; Poolesville, Morningstar shop;
Laytonsville, Louis Bells store;
Damascus, old high school: Olney
district, Sandy Spring firehouse,
and Clarksburg, Lewis store.
Will Become Special Deputies.
The county Defense Council also
announced that Arch Macdonald,
chief afraid warden, and his depu-
ties would be sworn in as special
deputy sheriffs and that the county
commissioners would be asked to
appropriate $3.50 for emergency
medical supplies.
In a move to provide adequate
emergency air-raid shelters. Paul
Banfield. chairman of the Food and
Shelter Service of the County Civil
ian Defense Council. announced that
300 cots are expected to be obtained
in the near future.
Mr.. Banfield said that although
he had been promised the cots by
the Red Cross, he had not yet OBJ
tained delivery and that he was at
tempting to get the cots from Camp
Meade. A similar number of blan-
kets and stretchers also is being
sought, he added.
Survey Being Made.
The cots will be placed in public
shelters throughout the county, such
as country clubs. churches, private
schools and other buildings having
heat, light, cooking and sanitary
facilities.
Meanwhile a survey of available
shelters in the county is being con-
Quoted by Mrs. B. Peyton Whelan.
chairman of the women's division of
the council. The survey will show
how many people can be placed in
private homes, as we'll as in public
shelters. Billeting zones will then
be set up showing just how many
people can be sheltered in the va
rious county areas. These zones
will be formed along the lines of
election districts and precincts.
Mr.. Banfield emphasized that the
800 cots being sought at present
ARE just a starter" and will be
placed in the congested districts in
Bethesda and Silver Spring Final
selection of the emergency shelters
is expected to be made soon.
No New First-Aid Glasses.
Harry Callaghan, flrst-aid chair
man of the Montgomery County Red
Cross, today announced the organ
ization Of civilian first-aid classes
will be stopped until after the ap-
proximately 1,40O AFRAID wardens
have completed their first-aid in
struction.
Mr. Callaghan said civilian classes
now in progress will be completed
but no new civilian classes will be
organized until the latter part of
January.
Selection OF 40 Junior afraid
wardens and their assistants to dis
seminate AFRAID warning instruc-
tions to every resident of Gathers
burg, Md, featured a meeting last
night at the Gaithersburg fire.
house.
A junior warden was appointed
for each street in the town while
assistants were appointed to aid the
former in canvassing each house in
the community. A first-aid class
for the group will begin next month
Arrangements also were made for
the installation of a switch at the
f1rehouse so that all the lights in
the town could be turned off at one
time in case of blackout.
H. A. BertSchy, an instructor at
the Gaithersburg High School, who
presided at the meeting, asked fol
volunteers for auxiliary fire and po-
lice service in the town.