Evening star., 1942-06-10
Board Weighs
Fund Plea for
boyFarn1ers
Montgomery Money
Would Aid District
High School Youths
BY = Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

6y StAlI correspondent OF Inc star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June l0.-The
Board of Montgomery County Com
missioners today had under advise
ment a request to give financial
assistance to the farm labor pro-
gram Of the County Agricultural
War Board in which Washington
high school youths will be given
employment on Maryland farms
during the summer months.
o. w. Anderson, county agent,
and James King. chairman Of the
War Board, yesterday asked the
commissioners for an appropriation
for operating school buses during
the summer months and to pay
supervisors and their assistants at
four high schools where the youths
are to be housed.
Mr.. Anderson said School Supt.
Edwin w. Broome had arranged
to obtain a supervisor and an as
sistant at the four SCHOOLS at a
total cost of about $40 month.
Ninety-six Washington and Mont
gomery County youths reported Sat-
urday for farm training. When they
begin work later this month they
will be quartered in school audi
toriums and have their morning
and evening meals at the school
cafeterias. Noon meals will be fur
nished them on farms where they
are employed.
Expect to Hire 125.
Mr.. King said about l25 boys are
expected to be employed when the
program gets under way. He SAID
two or three" girls had been placed
on farms, but that particular care
had to be taken in such cases to
insure proper environment.
The Commissioners asked for
more specific information by next
Tuesday on the amount needed from
the county.
Examiners were appointed to de-
termine the loss or benefits TO
abutting property owners that would
result from the proposed closing OF
Garrett Park road from the Rock
vile pike at the Georgetown Pre-
paratory School to Kensington. The
examiners are County Engineer Will
liam Payne, Peter Wagner and Al
bert Ady.
On motion of Thomas E. Hamp-
ton, president of the board, Leroy
Lochte was appointed clerk OF the
Silver Spring liquor dispensary at
81 $40 a year.
School Holding Exempted.
At the request of Attorney Joseph
B. Simpson, the Commissioners ex-
empted about four acres OF land
owned by the Longfellow School
from taxation after Joseph Cantrel,
counsel, ruled there is nothing else
YOU can do" under State law.
Herbert L. Diamond was named
operator of the Gaithersburg civil
ian defense center switchboard to
replace John c. Patterson, resigned.
Millard E. Peake, jr., a deputy sher-
III, was appointed special policeman
to replace John A. Smith who re-
signed June 5.
The Commissioners approved a
contract with the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad in which the latter agreed
to replace the Linden Bridge over
the tracks near Kensington, pro-
vided the county would construct a
sidewalk and abutments at a cost
Of about S750
After Mr. Hampton called the re-
quest one for spot zoning" the COM
missioners denied the rezoning pc
tion of Ernest E. and Bridget M.
Holcombe to change from resi-
Dental A to c tract IN .Brooks
Park at the northeast corner OF
Conduit road and Maryland avenue.
All of the following rezoning petit
tions were approved:
Request of Albert w. Walker to
change from residential A to COM
mercial D about three acres at the
northeast corner of Massachusetts,
avenue and Goldsboro road in
Woodacres. No opposition was
voiced at a recent hearing.
Change Tract From A to C.
Request of j. p. Nef and H. E.
Rogers to change from residential
A to c a tract at Garland and
Wabash avenues in Takoma Park.
Request of James w. Gill, agent.
to change from residential A to COM
mercial D tract in Triangle Park
at. Cunningham drive. Cunningham
court and Georgia avenue.
Request of E. D. Shook to change
from residential A to c all lots
facing on Patterson court in Takoma
Park.
Request of Harvey A. Morrison
and Clinton J. Coon to change from
residential B to C 20 lots in B. F.
Gilberts subdivision Of Takoma
Park.