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Evening star., 1949-09-18
HOLLYWOOD.

II never read my own movie
scripts" says Marjorie Main
"Spoils the preview for me. Like
to be surprised by the story"
Marjorie's next surprise will be
ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town,
which she is currently making fol
Observation-Disclosures. The &C.
tress never reads any part but hel
own and never comes to the set
when she's not needed.
Marge is quite absent-minded
While taking a walk one Sunday
morning she decided to 60 into a
church. She didn't notice that q
military wedding was taking
place there. Once inside, the
MP's wouldn't let her out. She
made the best of it and slept
through the ceremony.
Embarrassing Books.
She was married to a college
professor. DR.. Stanley Krebs, who
died some years ago. II guess
I'm something Of a Puritan" says
Marge. Because it was a little
embarrassing for me when my
husband decided to write about
the psychology Of sex. He sent
all over the world for all sorts of
special books on the stuff. had
them lining the shelves in our
house. After a while I got used
to it and it didn't bother me. "
Because she reveres the memory
Of her husband the books are
still on her shelves, unopened.
Until Miss Main received the
glamour treatment for MA and
Pa Kettle Go to Town." Marjorie
had never had q permanent wave.
She keeps no servants In either
her huge Cheviot Hills home or
her new place in Palm Springs.
She has been called the Queen
OF Cafeteria Society. She likes to
eat in cafeterias and she usually
wears white gloves when she eats.
Marjorie just happens to ''love"
white gloves. She also makes q
fetish of sanitation and hygiene
and the gloves ward OF germs,
she believes.
No Private Number.
Alongside her bed there Is
always q stack Of Sunday papers
and magazines about three feet
high. "Got to get around to
reading them sometime" she says.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Forte SandisOn
Elected Head OF
G'Burg Firemen

The Gaithersburg Washington
Grove Volunteer Fire Department
Monday night elected Forte a..
Sandison as president and Charles
p. Fox as chief.
Other officers chosen were Ger
aid Barbour, vice president;
Charles K. Davies, treasurer and
attorney; Robert Glover, secre-
tary; Jacob Mobley, assistant
chief; Wesley Briggs, first cap
tain; Robert Younkins, second
captain; Norman McGaha, first
lieutenant; Leroy Fink, second
lieutenant, and DIR. Frank J. Bros
chart, company surgeon.
On Wednesday an oil stove on
the property of Mrs. Wesley Dodd
exploded and the resulting fire
was extinguished by the Gathers
burg men.
On Thursday the Rescue Squad
was called to the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Ridgely at Goshen, who
was ill. Mrs. Rldgley died Thurs
day evening at the Montgomery
County General Hospital.
On Sunday morning before day
light, Maxwell Hall, %, jumped
through the second floor window
of the home of his father-in-law,
Benjamin Marshall. The tenant
house is on the property of the
farm lately belonging to Charles
Small at Laytonsville.
Mr.. Hall fell twenty-five feet
to the ground. He was taken to
U. S. Naval Hospital at Bethesda,
where DIR. Jack Dempsey stated he
had a fractured clavical and also
possible fractured skull and inter-
nal injuries.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Chopper Farm Given To
State For Soil Practice

A 275-acre farm on the Seneca
Creek at Chopper was presented to
the State for conservation prac-
tees last Thursday. The donor is
Miss Emma T. Strider, a daughter
of the late Luke C. Strider,
Washington Municipal Court
judge.
At ceremonies in the Rockville
Court House, Miss Strider said:
81 believe we should all do what
we can to advance conservation
teachings and keep this country
from becoming poor through physi-
cal deterioration of the land"
Officials headed by Garner Den
mead, chairman of the Maryland
Game and Inland Fish Commits
sion, formally accepted the gift.
Malcolm King, wildlife field su-
perintendent for the commission,
said 35 acres of the tract would be
set aside for the Rockville chap
ter, Izaak Walton League. The re-
naming 240 acres, he said, will be
converted into "model farm" dis
playing all conservation techniques
with the emphasis on wildlife con-
servation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Mrs. Susan Dwyer, 81,
Dies At Home In Unity

Mrs. Sue Burton Dryer died at
her home in Unity on Tuesday,
February %, 1949, after an illness
of several weeks. Mrs. Dryer, who
was the widow of DR.. John Dryer,
would have been SO on August B..
Funeral services will be held at
her home tomorrow, Friday, at 2
a.. M. The Rev. Conrad Jordan,
pastor of Mt. Carmel Methodist
Church, will conduct the services.
Interment will be in the family lot
a. laurel Cemetery.
Mrs. Dryer is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Magma Dwyer
Elkins of Unity; a granddaughter,
Mrs. William Woodfield Of Nor
folk, Va; and three great-grand-
William Woodfeld II,
Suzanne and Julia Woodfeld.
Mrs. Dryer had lived at Bleake-
wood, in Unity, all Of her married
life. Her husband practiced den
tistry there until his death 70
years ago.
A school girl in Washington at
the time, she attended Lincoln's
second inaugural and viewed his
body after his assassination-she
saw the Johnstown food damage
at Ellicott City.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Family Parties" Set
For Next Week By
Two Local Dealers

Both the Farmers Supply at
Gaithersburg, and Maloney's Inc.
of Silver Spring, will stage "Fami-
ly Parties" next week.
The entertainments include a
stage show with Joe Dietrich,
Farrari e. Dicrosta, and Eve Madi-
son presenting songs and dances.
Also featured is an Abbott and
Costello comedy entitled mo In
dians, Please" Refreshments will
be served.
The annual event is highly popu-
lar and attended by large crowds.
It is sponsored jointly by the deal
ers and international Harvester,
whom they represent.
'Gaithersburg's Family Party
will be staged on Monday, Febru-
airy 2s, beginning at 7:45 P. M. in
the Gaithersburg High School.
Silver Spring will hold its party
on Friday night, March 4 at 8 Pm.
in the Silver Spring Armory.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Safety Board Seeks To
Combat High Traffic Toll

, The Montgomery County Safety
Board is conducting learn and
obey traffic laws" campaign, spon-
sored nationwide by the National
Safety Council, TO make the public
more familiar with the traffic reg
ulations and the Importance Of law
observance.
The most frequent law violation
in city traffic accidents is the fail
ure to yield the right-of-way at an
intersection, according to Wash
ington I. Cleveland, chairman Of
the Montgomery County Safety
Board.
In order 10 combat the high toll
of city traffic accidents, Mr.. Cleve-
land reviewed points Of the law
concerning right-of-way at stop
streets. They are: % The octa-
gonal sign that says stop means
just that. (2) After stopping at
the sign you must yield the right
of-way TO vehicles on the through
street, unless they are far enough
away from you to cross safely.
(3) When you are on the through
street. you must yield the right-of-
way TO car which has stopped at
the stop sign and then started to
cross ahead Of you.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Dedication Exercises
At GlenmOnt School
On Tuesday, March /

Dedication exercises for the new
Glenmont Elementary School
Building will be held Tuesday,
March 1, at 8 P. M.
On the program will be short
talks by DR.. Edwin w. Broome,
f. M. Douglass, and Richard r..
Carpenter of the Board of Educa-
ton; II. Stanley Slime, President
of the School Board, Mrs. Lulu b.
Ricketts,, Principal Of the school,
Miss Edna Hardy, one Of The
organizers Of the PIT. A., Mrs.
Henry C. Rising, President Of the
PIT. A., Charles M. Irelan, Chair
man of the Board Of Trustees, and
Diane Disney, student OF the
school. Harry l.. Slye, Jr., will be
master of ceremonies.
Music will be furnished by Che
Glenmont Chorus under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Rachel Roger.
An "open house" will follow the
program, with Refreshments served
in the new building.
The new library will be open Tor
some Of the old timers 10 chat and
browse through the record Of the
school activities for the past
twenty-three years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Symposium To
Be Feature OF
Civic Meetinu

A symposium on Life in Rock
vile, with five townspeople parti-
cipating, will be feature of the
February meeting of the Rock
vile Civic Association, to be held
at 8 P. M. Friday, February 25th,
in the Board of Education Build
ing, E. Montgomery Avenue.
Also to be discussed at the meet
ing will be the possibility of send
ing to the county delegation to the
Maryland General Assembly reso-
lutions dealing with a new con-
stitution for the state and a con-
stitutional amendment which
would give more local authority to
Incorporated towns.
A report will be made on the
summary of the results of postal
card survey of public opinion on
legislation to extend the corporate
limits of the Town Rockville. One
thousand extra copies of last
weeks edition of THE SEN
TINEL, which gave board cover
age to the Legislation, were distri-
buted by members of the Rockville
Civic Association along with postal
cards requesting an expression of
opinion with regard to the extern
sion legislation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Farmers Oppose
Proposed ZOning
Control Bill

A rural revolt" against bill
which would permit the State
Roads Commission to exercise
coming control over 200 feet on
each side of major State roads
broke out in the House chamber
in Annapolis last week.
Some four hundred rural resi-
dents attended a hearing before
the House Judiciary Committee
which has the bill under considera-
ton. The farmers spokesman de-
clared the measure to be an in
vasion of their constitutional
rights to do as they please on their
own land. Malcolm King, president
of the local Farm Bureau organic
alton, told The Sentinel that his
group is firmly in opposition to
the proposed bill. At the hearing
in Annapolis, C. Ferdinand Sybert,
Speaker of the House of Dele
gates d., Howard), spoke in favor
of the legislation, saying Some
thing must be done to protect the
% million dollars in roads that are
planned from hot-dog stands and
dangerous billboards."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
New Tax Court
Holds Its First
Meeting Here

Members of the new Appeal Tax
Court for Montgomery County
took oaths of office yesterday af-
ternoon and organized for the job
of ruling on tax assessment COM
plants.
Leo Bender, Rockville attorney
who was designated chairman of
the court by the County Council,
said plans were perfected for a
series of hearings.
Mr.. Bender was appointed to
serve until June 1, 1851. Other
members are 1t. Gen. Charles d.
Heron of Bethesda, retired, who
was named for the term expiring
June 1, 1850, and ]. Ernest Haw-
kins of Etchison, who has the short
term until next June 1.
Wilton T. Allen, supervisor of
assessments, estimated that it
would be necessary to hold 80 hear
ings before May 1. He said $4,000
assessment notices will be distrib-
uted soon to taxpayers in the
Wheaton (Silver SPRING. area and
some up-county farm sections.
Mr.. Bender said the court may
sit in Silver Spring and at Be-
thesda as well as at the Rockville
courthouse.
The appeal court is the second of
the kind in Maryland, authorized
by State law to relieve county gov
erning bodies of a heavy burden of
work. Baltimore County adopted
the system several years ago.
In Montgomery, assessment APP
peals heretofore were heard by the
commissioners, but the council de-
cided last month to avail itself. of
the privilege of setting up a spe-
cial court. In appointing the tax
court last week councilmen said
their appointees would be especial
ly qualified and the court would
cost less than if the council heard
the appeals.
Court members will be paid 500
per diem, with an annual maxi
mum of $1,000. At the same rate,
the cost of paying seven council
members would be more than twice
as much.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
County Loses
Another OF Its
Grand Old Ladies

With the death of Mrs. Annie
Landon Higgins of Laytonsville,
on Thursday, February 1, Mont
gomery County lost another of its
grand old ladies. Widow of the late
Joseph C. Higgins, whom she sur
vived by IL years. Mrs. Higgins
was the last of the children of the
late Francis L. and Amanda M.
Bell. She is survived by two daugh-
ters with whom she lived, Mrs.
Hugh Mccormick Howard and
Mrs. Dorsey Griffith. They were
staying at their winter home in
Washington at the time of Mrs.
Higgins death.
Funeral services we're conducted
at the family home in Laytonsville
Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Har-
old B. Wright, pastor of st. Paul's
Methodist Church and burial was
in the church cemetery. Pallbear-
ers were Worley Griffith, Louis D.
Bell, Gordon Bailey, S. Merhle
Haines, w. Gordon Bell and Thorn
as Hawkins.
Mrs. Higgins, who was Sc years,
8 months of age, remembered when
st. Paul's Church was built in
1867 and had always been a mem
Der. She had been enrolled as a
member of it's Aid Society since an
infant, and an active member of
the county W.C.T.U. since it's or
ganization.
Mrs. Higgins was educated in
the Laytonsville Public School and
Rockland Friends School at Sandy
Spring. She was well known for
her lively wit and keen sense of
humor, and was active until the
last few years. An avid reader of
this paper her recollections fire.
quently furnished material for the
editors Montgomery Sidelights."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24

, Also at the meeting were rs
residents of Twinbrook who
unanimously indicated their
desire to become a part of
Rockville.
In addition to Twinbrook,
the extension will include
Lincoln Park and Haiti, col
ored residential areas adjoin-
ing the town. Improvements there
will be provided by Front Foot
Benefit and paid for over a period
of years, without any burden on
the taxpayers of other parts of
the town. The Lincoln Park Citi-
zens' Association and residents of
Haiti have unanimously endorsed
the plan which would provide ade-
quate sewerage facilities so badly
needed in that section.
Rockville's present population of
5000 would be increased to about
5000 under the plan, Mayor Kelly
estimates, if the measure goes
through the Legislature. The town
will gain about 500 homes and in
crease its approximate size from
one square mile to six square miles.
The taxing plan by which the
town will make its expansion is
unique in that no additional tax
burden will be created on the "old
section of the town. The below
provisions will outline the taxation
plan:
Any area receiving the benefits
of sewer and/or water services of
the municipality to pay the full
town rate as levied. This shall be
known as a primary taxing area.
Any area not receiving sewer
and/or water services, but request
ing and receiving any other urban
service of the town, such as street
maintenance, street lights, etc., to
pay that portion of the tax rate
that this service bears by percent-
age to the full rate as it costs
within the present or "old area" of
Rockville. This area to be known
as a secondary taxing area.
Any area distinctly agricultural
and receiving no services except
overall administration Zero" tax.
This shall be known as a tertiary
(third) area.
Rockville Is in a most enviable
financial condition, Mayor Kelly
stated. The town now has six
million-dollar assessed base and
only an indebtedness of $155,0O0.
Its tax rate Is 80 cents, of which
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Three Appointed
To COunty's
Personnel Board

In an afternoon executive Ses-
sion on Tuesday, the County Coun-
Gil appointed three persons to the
county personnel board established
by the charter.
Those appointed are Mrs. Edith
A. Dinwoodey, Chevy Chase, to
serve for term of one year, ex-
piring on December 81, 1889; NAL
colin White, of Sunshine, to serve
for term of two years, expiring
on December 81, 1850; and Lewis
B. Sims, Chevy Chase, to serve
for term of three years, expiring
on December 81, 1851.
The Council, at it's regular ses-
sion, adopted a resolution asking
for a governmental survey of Sill
yer Spring, which it is estimated
will require five months. Municipal
experts of the University of Mary
lands bureau of public administered.
ton have agreed to conduct the
survey if requested by the council.
The main question to be studied is
whether Silver Spring can. best
thrive under the county govern
ment as at present, or whether it
should incorporate and become an
Independent city.
Some opposition to the resolu-
ton was expressed by Acting
County Manager l. G. McNayr,
who said Bethesda residents
might follow Immediately with a
similar request"
Silver Spring Hospital Associa-
ton leaders appeared before the
Council to request approval of
announced plans to sell 11a million
dollars in bonds to help finance a
200-bed general hospital at Forest
Glen road and Georgia Avenue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Overcrowded High School
Declared Fire Hazard

From the viewpoint OF a
fireman, Gaithersburg School
is a fire trap in every point"
says William Christie. mem
Der of the local Fire Depart
ment and graduate of several
Maryland fire-fghting schools.
Mr.. Christie went on to elabo-
rate that while oiled floors are
obsolete, the floors at Cal
thersburg were soaked for so
many years that the whole
place would burn like a finder
box if it once caught fire.
This opinion and many others
were expressed on Monday night
at the Both anniversary meeting of
the Gaithersburg High School
P-TA.t Slides were shown of a
number of the worst points in the
school, following which a panel
with Richard Carpenter, Assistant
superintendent Of 5 n oolS IN
charge of buildings, as moderator,
discussed the deplorable condition
of the old building.
The panel was composed of Bry-
an Kile, P-TA; Allie Messer, Farm
Bureau; Kenneth Barncord, Lions
Club; Mrs. o. w. Anderson, Neigh
borhood Garden; Mrs. Henry Be-
craft, Washington Grove Home
makers; Mrs. Theodore Noffsinger,
Jamestown Community; Mrs.
Gwinn Kirkman, Gaithersburg
Woman's Club; Mrs. Roland Green,
Laytonsville Community; and Mrs.
Forest Walker, Gaithersburg
Homemakers; Bob Spates, presi-
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Miss Betty Lou Miles
Is Initiated Into
Honorary Sorority

Miss Betty Lou Miles, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Miles,
Jamestown, has been initiated into
Phi Psi Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon
at Mary Washington College,
Fredericksburg.
Miss Miles is a junior at Mary
Washington and a music major.
This year she is working on solos
and required music courses besides
her regular studies.
In order TO be a member, Miss
Miles had to pass the requirements
which qualified her to become a life
member of this honorary music
sorority. The requirements include
being a music major and an out
standing performer in the field Of
music, having completed certain
required music courses, maintained
an overall "B" average, be recon-
mended by a faculty member and
be voted on by the local Phi Psi
Chapter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Bills Seek
More Pay For
Office Heads

The Montgomery delegation to
the General Assembly on Monday
J Offered an amendment to a Sem
ate bill which would authorize an
increase in the pay of clerks of the
Circuit Court and raise the maxi
mum for the Montgomery County
Clerk, Clayton K. Watkins, to
Isl, 800. He now gets $1,000.
Another bill would increase the
pay of Judges of the Montgomery
County Orphans Court to $1S per
day with a maximum of $1,000 per
year. They now receive $15 day
with an $500 annual maximum.
The judges are Millward C. Taft
1Chief Judge), Charles H. Squire
and William Tyler Page, Jr.
Four bills introduced by the
Montgomery County delegation
Monday night were referred back
to the delegation, as special COM
mittee.
The action in the case of two
of the bills affecting fire taxing
areas is expected to prepare the
way for Qualification of the ques-
tion of whether the Montgomery
County Council or the General As
sembly should enact legislation af-
fecting these areas.
f. One of the bills increases the
fire tax area of the Cabin John
Park Volunteer Fire Department,
while another provides authority
for setting up retirement system
for paid firemen of the Bethesda
Fire Department.
The delegation, now acting as
Committee, can refer the question
to the Attorney General of Mary
land so that definite opinion can
be obtained on this particular type
of legislation.
The constitutional amendment
relating to charter governments
reserves to the General Assembly
! legislation on Especial taxing
areas,' but there is a question
whether an area which merely col
lects tax for a specific purpose
such as those relating to fire taxes
comes within the scope of this de-
lineation of powers, Chairman
Anders r. Lofstrand said.
In another of the bills, authority
would be conferred upon the Mont
gomery County Council to include
employees of semi-public agencies
partially or wholly supported by
tax funds such as fire departments
or public libraries, into the coun-
TVS group life and health and hos
pitalization insurance.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Highlights Of
School Games
Are Reviewed

In a thrilling first night of the
county basketball tournament held
at the Richard Montgomery high
school gym Monday, February 81,
at 7:30 P. M, the three teams
emerging victorious were the Cal
thersburg girls, Poolesville boys
and the RMHS girls.
The first game of the evening
was between the Damascus and
Gaithersburg girls with the flashy
Gaithersburg six winning by a
score of 1929.
- High hoop tossers in this excit-
ing episode, were Geraldine Bosley
of Damascus and Ginny Latona of
Gaithersburg with Is points apiece.
Thrilling the crowd in the second
battle of the evening were the
Poolesville and the RMHS boys
teams, with the smooth working
Poolesville boys coming through on
top by score of 1927. Although
the Rockets were leading most of
the game the Poolesville boys got
their buckets when they really
counted. High scorer for this con-
test was Zebe Brodie of RMHS
and Wynn of Poolesville with 10
and IL points respectively.
In the third tournament game
the RMHS girls had a compare
lively easy time defeating the
Poolesville team by a margin of
50-14. Pace setter for the winners
was that dead-eyed Charlotte Frost
with ID and for Poolesville was
Eloise Hubble with IL well-earned
points.
- The finals were played on We'd
Eeasday evening with the Pooles-
vile boys competing against Cal
thersburg and the Gaithersburg
girls battling things out with the
RMHS Rockets.
Fair play and good sportsman
ship marked the two evenings of
county high school competition in
thc fine American sport of basket
ball.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Aid with Taxes

A field representative to aid with
State income tax returns, will be
in Rockville, at the Courthouse, to-
day Thursday and Friday. A
deputy tax collector to aid in pre-
pairing Federal income tax returns
will be at the Rockville Town Of
flee the same two days. The latter
win also be at the town Office on
February %; March Id, I'll, IA
and Is. He will be at the Sandy
Spring National Bank Feb. 1S, 81
and %.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-24
Nerlich Resignation
Presented Last Week
Accepted By Council

The resignation of Wilfred H.
Nerlich, SO, as county purchasing
agent, was formally accepted by
the County Council at its regular
meeting on Tuesday.
Mr.. Nerlich gave no reason for
suddenly relinguishing his $4,000
a year job late Tuesday of last
week. His action did not become
generally known until later in the
week.
A resident of the Jamestown
vicinity, Mr. Nerlich left an audit
ing post with the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau in 1947 after the Re-
publican party assumed control OF
the County.