Evening star., 1943-07-11
Registry Board Urged
To Ease Signup in
Montgomery County
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. =
ROCKVILLE, Md, July 1o.-The
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
tion is seeking to have the Perfna-
nent Board of Registry for the
county sit at various places in the
near future to enable new residents
of the county and other qualified
persons to register more easily for
next years primary and general
elections.
In letter to the Election Board,
Richard B. Barker, chairman of the
Program Achievement Committee of
the federation, points out that it
would be extremely wasteful of
gasoline and, in fact, impossible for
many people to visit Rockville to
declare their intentions and regis
ter" and suggests that the Board
OF Registry hold evening sessions in
the different precincts.
Mr.. Barker proposed that the
Board of Registry sit during the
summer and thus eliminate the need
for supplemental boards of registry
this fall.
Mr. Barker has been advised that
the supervisors of elections have dis
cussed the matter and that some
provision may be made for decen-
tralized registration of voters. 1t is
understood that the elections super
visors will take definite action at
their next meeting.
Lions Officers Installed.
Under direction of Judge Stedman
Prescott, the recently elected officers
of the Rockville Lions Club were
installed at meeting at Hunger
ford Tavern here Wednesday. They
are Ralph Benson, president j.
Ernest Hawkins, first vice president:
DR.. Charles c. Tumbleson, second
vice president; Bowie F. Waters,
third vice president; Paul F. Wire,
secretary y-treasurer, reelected: DR..
Joseph A. Stimek, tail twister: Daryl
w. Shaw, lion tanner: Donald NJ Won
Boesche and Judge Washington
Waters, directors for two years. The
holdover directors are H. Leslie Car
lin and Ira Darby.
Carnival Cancelled.
Because of transportation diff
culties the Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department will not hold its annual
carnival this year, 1t was announced
today by Marberry F. Gates, presi-
dent.
The fire department carnival has
been the organization chief source
of revenue for 10 years, netting
$4,000 to $4,000 year. The de-
partment is in gooo financial shape,
however. and the loss of income re-
sulting from calling off the carnival
Will not be disastrous, it was stated
Boy Farm Workers Lauded.
The approximately 120 high school
boys, virtually all from the District,
who have been working on Mont
gomery County farms during the
last three weeks have been giving
good account of themselves, Otto
w. Anderson, Montgomery County
agricultural agent. said today.
Because some of the original
group were not regarded as s,ffi-
GENTLY serious about their work and
others found the going too strenu-
Gus, 1t was necessary to make re-
placements from a waiting list. Ac-
cording to County Agent Anderson,
the culling is over and those now on
the working force are expected to
continue to ease the county farm
labor shortage, Mr.. Anderson stated.
The camps established for these
youths, who range in age from IA
to II years, are at Gaithersburg and
Sandy Spring. About 80 are at
Gaithersburg and the others at
Sandy Spring
This years Montgomery County
wheat yield is hardly up to normal,
County Agricultural Agent Ander-
son stated. With threshing under
way, reports to his Office show yields
OF from II to "a bushels an acre,
while the normal average for the
county is 221a bushels an acre, Mr..
Anderson said. The results from
early sowings are said to be consid-
erably better than those from the
crops planted later.
Chest Office Located.
The recently-formed Montgomery
County Community Chest will have
its headquarters in the old court
house at Rockville, Lacy Shaw,
president of the Board of Mont
gomery County Commissioners, said
yesterday. The room which Mr..
Shaw was instrumental in having
made available for the purpose for
merly was the petit jury room. 1t
will be equipped adequately, Mr..
Shaw said A secretary is expected
to be named by the community chest
organization within a few days.
Takes Oath as WAVE.
Miss Margaret M Rosenberger,
daughter OF the Rev. John w.
Rosenberger, paster of the Rockville
Methodist Church, and Mrs. Rosen-
berger, has taken the oath as a
WAVE and is awaiting orders to
report to Hunter College, New York.
for basic training. For the past
two years, she has been a member
Of the faculty Of Richard Mont
gomery High School, Rockville.