Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-17

500 awaiting lion hunters on the
Eastern Shore. The prize was
posted by a group of Snow Hill
citizens for the capture of noun
tain lion dead or alive), frequent
ing this vicinity in recent months.
The lion has been sighted on
number of occasions and is said to
have destroyed some livestock. A
group of hunters in Berlin have
planned to track the animal down,
following the next snow.
Silver Spring = DR.. Thomas G.
Pullen, Jr., State Superintendent
of Schools, last week voiced for
NAL protest to the Montgomery
County elective school board bill at
a public hearing. He said that it
would only be a question of time
before the politicians would run
their own candidates, even without
party labels, and that there would
be more politics than ever. He fur
ther added that the schools are
properly Statewide problem;
and if the individual counties are
permitted to change the present
system piecemeal, political manip-
ulation will result.
Towson = Congressman William
P. Bolton, newly-elected repre-
sentative from the Second Congress
slonal District, has taken a definite
stand backing the Hoover Commits
sion's program for the reorganiza-
ton of the Federal Government. In
recent speech in Washington, he
pointed out that approximately
1,S00 Federal agencies now exist
as compared with $50 twenty
years ago. He told his audience that
many wartime agencies are no
longer needed and others could be
regrouped. He opposed any claim
for exemption of any bureau or
agency, declaring that it would de-
stroy the entire purpose of the bill.
Salisbury-The County Commits
sioners of Wicomico County have
taken an important step in the pro-
lection of the health of residents
of the area. They have passed an
ordinance to abate nuisances by
prohibiting "acts, deeds, or condi-
tons which by their very nature
constitute nuisances." The ordi-
nance outlines procedure for the
abatement of nuisances and gives
the Health Officer or his designated
agents the necessary power to en-
force their orders.
Annapolis = William S. Coburn,
a county engineer of Giles County,
Va, was last week named as
County Manager of Anne Arundel
County. He received the unanimous
vote of the Board of County Com
miss;C-.crs Sfter A deadlock had
forced them TO drop two other of
the six candidates which they had
interviewed. Mr.. Coburn comes
well recommended.
Centreville A special meeting
was called at the Centreville High
School last Tuesday for the pur-
pose of discussing the pending
Roadside Protection" bill with
residents of Queen Anne's County.
The meeting was arranged by a
group of businessmen and land
owners who do not like the provi-
sion which gives the State Roads
Commission control of 200 feet on
each side of roads carrying an
average of 1000 vehicles daily.
The opponents of the bill stated
that it covers not only structures
but also the use of the land itself.
Baltimore-The Grand Jury of
Baltimore City has returned in
dictments against six more viola
tors of the Maryland Retail Sales
Tax Law. All of the defendants.
listed from Baltimore, posted bond
of $1,000 each. The cases were pre-
sented to the Grand Jury by As
sistant States Attorney William j.
O'Donnell.
fredericksburg - Approximately
500 people responded to special
meeting called by the P-TA to dis
cuss Caroline County schools last
week. In voicing their opinions. it
was learned that a large group
was bitterly opposed to any fur
Their consolidation of the schools
regardless of the favorable argu-
ments presented. The P-TA went
on record as opposing any move
by the Board of Education to take
the school away from the town."