Evening star., 1944-06-13
DR.. Eaton Awarded
Star Cup; Officers
Named by Federation
Montgomery Citizens
Elect Barker President:
County Bonds Discussed
By MRS. J. REED BRADLEY,

The 17th annual award of The
Star Cup for outstanding service to
the county went to DR.. Herbert Ea-
ton, East Inverness drive, North
Chevy Chase at a meeting of the
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
ton in the Bethesda Elementary
School last night.
The Federation awarded the cup
TO DR.. Eston in recognition Of his
work as chairman for the last five
years of the Sanitation and Public
Health Committee, particularly for
his study of the trash and garbage
collection problem. In making the
award, Richard H. Akers, retiring
president of the Federation, spoke
of DR.. Eaton's reports as models Of
excellence"
In reporting for his committee
later, DR.. Eaton said the members
were in favor of maintaining for
the duration the present system of
collecting trash and garbage by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
Barker Elected President.
Richard B. Barker, Westmoreland
Hills, was elected president of the
federation, along with the following
slate of officers: Rhees Burket, Sill
yer Spring, vice president; Ernest
Woodchek, Takoma Park, recording
secretary; Miss Erma Kile, Mohican
Hills, corresponding secretary, and
William B. Horne, Somerset, treas
urer. Members of the Executive
Committee named are James D.
King, Royal Carlock, Felix Spurney
and John F. Willmott.
Reporting on the county budget
hearing in Rockville last week,
Chairman Lewis B. Sims of the
Committee on Public Finance and
Budget said he had urged the county
commissioners to retire during the
fiscal year starting July / all Of
the $676,000 of maturing bonds, in
stead of 100000 as proposed in the
new budget. The federation ap-
proved the recommendation after
more than an hours argument about
what the county is doing with its
greatly increased revenue.
Bond Maturities Discussed.
Mr.. Sims pointed out that approx
imately $640 900 in bonds will mature
each year for the next four years
and that in the succeeding six years
bonds will mature annually in the
amount of $500,000. Unless these
bonds are paid up annually as they
mature the county is not operating
on a pay as you 60" basis, as It
claims, he declared The federation
upheld him in this contention.
Mr.. Akers gave a resume Of the
years work and expressed himself
as well satisfied.
In reporting for the Legislation
and Legal Action Committee, Mr..
Barker said his committee had
worked out g. three-point study of
the master plan of future land use
which would be submitted to the
Maryland Park and Planning COM
mission during the summer. The
study covers the relationship of the
master plan of land use to present
coming, suggested changes in zoning
ordinances restricting the size of lots
in future subdivisions. and the pos
sihility of having special taxing dis
tricts to enable development of
parks as buffer strips between two
types of Zoning. His study will be
brought to the attention of the
federation at the October meeting.
Walter de Groot, Takoma Park,
was made an honorory member of the
federation for one year and assigned
to membership on the Postwar Plan
ming Committee,