Evening star., 1948-12-22
Schools Receive
Extra 100000
In Montgomery
Council Turns Down
MeNoyr Proposal for
$50, 900 Allotment

Continued maintenance work in
Montgomery County schools is as
sured by supplemental 100000 ap-
preparation by the County Council
The council acted yesterday at
the request of the Board of Educa-
ton after rejecting recommended
tion by County Supervisor Irving G
McNayr for a $4,000 allotment.
Mr.. McNayr, in recommending the
payment of $4,000 for school main-
tenance for the remainder of the
fiscal year, told the council the
county faces a probable" deficit OF
$4,000 by June 80. He said this
would include the amount he rec
commended for schoo, maintenance.
Loan Payment Cited.
He attributed the prospective
deficit to the provision in the cur
rent budget for payment of $780,
900 in short-term notes, part of a
Sl50,000 loan made by the former
Democratic Board of Commission
ers three years ago
The supervisor said $50.O0O had
been paid off during the last two
years and the remainder must be
paid when it becomes due June Is,
under provisions of the county's new
charter.
The less we make this appro-
priation," Mr.. McNayr declared,
"the less chance we have of going
into deficit financing. I am sure
the Board of Education can replan
its work to operate within the $780,
oO0."
S142,9S4 Fund Cited.
F. Barnard Welsh, attorney to
the council, said a $142,9S4 appro-
priation for school maintenance had
been provided in the 1889 budget
and that this was supposed to last
the Board of Education full year."
At this point Councilman Wesley
l. Sauter asked that action be de-
ferred so he could give the matter
further study. Councilman Charles
H. Jamison, the only Democrat on
the board, then made a motion to
adopt Mr. McNayr's recommenda-
ton, but it was lost for lack of a
second.
Later, after Mr.. Sauter and Coun-
Gilman o. w. Youngblood had left,
Councilman George c. (Ace) Es-
worthy presented a motion to grant
the Board of Education the full
100000. He was supported by Mr..
Jamison and Councilman Brooke
Johns.
Hearing Postponed.
The council postponed a hearing
scheduled yesterday on proposed
countrywide fire code until after
the new elected council takes Office
January 10. Mr.. Welsh said the
present interim council could not
act since it has no legislative powers.
He made similar ruling when
r. Duncan Clark, member Of the
county's delegation to the General
Assembly, renewed his request for
action on proposed amendments to
the zoning ordinance. Action was
deferred last week after hearing.
Despite MIR. Welsh's opinion. Mr..
1UuIlSDIOOO 4IldOC u AAOtAOIi W dP-
prove the amendments. The motion
was lost by a 2-to-2 vote. Mr..
Youngblood and Mr.. Sauter voted
in favor of the motion and Mr..
Johns and Mr.. Esworthy against it.
Mr.. Jamison was absent.
designations Accepted.
The designations of Policeman
Warren B. Oden and Mrs. Eleanor
M. Lanigan, executive secretary to
the council, were accepted. Mrs.
Lanigan explained her job will be
"nonexistent" when the elected
council takes Office. Her resignation
will take effect january Z.
The council also gave Mrs. Esther
z. Fleishell a six-month leave of
absence, effective January 7. Mrs.
Fleishell, deputy clerk to Mr.. Young
blood, explained she wanted to join
her husband, who is in Florida be-
cause of his health.
Taken under advisement was a
petition hy Arthur C. Hyde for the
reclassification from residential A
to commercial D of about five acres
on the Congressional Airport prop
erty near Halpine.