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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12

governor with the Civilian Admin.
istration of Germany. In this ca.
pacity he performed all the func.
tons of a county manager for an
area of the approximate size Of
Montgomery County with a major
city Of forty thousand population
Mr.. MARYLAND is familiar with
Rockville, having served this COM
munity before the war in the ca
pacity of civil engineer.
The Council noted that Rockville
now has free off street parking
for approximately five hundred
vehicles including that furnished
by the County; and recognized that
with the indicated increase of pop
ulation this year, parking areas
for two thousand vehicles may
prove inadequate all too soon.
AS the study progresses Rock
vile intends to coordinate its Mas
ter Plan with that of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission to insure that
they will be uniform.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12

to providing greater protection for
the grille, rear deck and tenders,
the bumpers add materially to the
general appearance of massiveness.
Features for performance, comfort
and safety which were previously
introduced in the Plymouth line
have been retained, the dealers
say.
Nine colors, and nine models in
the special Deluxe and Deluxe
groups of the Plymouth line, are
available. Among the features
contained in the new Plymouth are
the combination ignition and start
er switch, automatic electric choke,
super cushion tires, safeguard
hydraulic brakes and safety-rim
wheels.
Other automobile dealers in
Rockville showing new models are
Rockmont Motor Co., Inc, with the
new Buick and Chevrolet; Rock
vile Motor Co., the Ford for 80;
and in March the new Kaiser for
1861 is due to arrive at Miller
Hughes Motor Company.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
State Garages
Urged For Auto
Inspections !.
Discrimination May
Result From Private
Garage Participation

Asserting its belief that auto
mobile inspection by private gar
ages encourages discrimination,
obliges tIse garage to install ex-
pensive machinery, is an exercise
Of police power by private cit
liens, is costly to the motorist and
undermines public confindence in
the enforcement of laws and reg
uations,' the County Council on
Tuesday recommended State owned
and operated facilities.
The Council recommended TO the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
that annual inspection in Maryland,
be made under a State owned and
operated system, as a part of a
program to reduce accidents and
fatalities upon the streets and
highways.
The Presidents Highway Safety
Conference, of which the Cover,
nor of Maryland is vice-chairman,
has recommended the establishment
of periodic inspection system as
ar important part of an adequate
overall accidents prevention pro-.
gram,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Master Plan For Rockville
Announced By Town Council
Parking Area For 1000 Autos Planned
To Meet Increasing Needs Of The City

The Mayor and Council of Rock
vile announced today that it has
instructed John G. Mcdonald, City
Manager to prepare a Master
Plan for the city.
The recent skiold increase in
area combined with the large and
rapid developments of new areas
indicate a population increase of
between three thousand and four
thousand persons per year. This
condition obviously demands care
full planning for best land usage.
Instructions to the City Manager
cover plans for more through
streets; proper usage of the COM
mercial areas; a study for parks
and recreational centers; and of
paramount Importance, a plan for
a minimum parking area for two
thousand vehicles.
Mr.. Mcdonald plans to assign
his assistant John H. MARYLAND to
make this study and prepare the
preliminary plan. Mr.. Markland's
background lends itself to the
work, as he has just completed five
years as an officer and civilian
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
June In January Makes
Shorts and TOpcOats
Vie For Ton HOnOrs

The heavy winds of yesterday
accompanied by drop in tempera-
ture, gives an added vote to the
score of the man who prefers the
spring-hke weather of most of this
month. For those who are sure
the more healthy cold" weather
is to be preferred, Sunday and
Wednesday should have given them
added zest. The warm weather of
Saturday was succeeded by over
coat weather and a low of 10 de-
grees early Sunday morning in the
County. However by Sunday even
ing the mercury began to rise and
by Monday another heat record for
January was set when the temper
ature hit 70 at 2:45 p. M, passing
the previous all-time high of So
for that day in 1889.
Tuesday held its own, with the
Weather Bureau announcing the
ideal 10 degrees again, however
with the coming of heavy showers
in the evening county folk started
pulling up chat extra blanket"
during the night.
Today is expected to be in
creasingly cloudy with a high in
the middle 40's. PRECIPITATION is
expected this evening, but the fore
caster refuses to commit himself
as to whether we shall enjoy 60
snow or rain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
New Beauties" On Display
By Rockville Auto Dealers

Three Rockville Plymouth deal
ers, Maryland Motors, Inc, Reed
Brothers, and Shipley Motor Sales,
Inc. are showing the new Plymouth
in their showrooms, beginning
today. These dealers last week
announced the showing of the new
DeSotos, Dodge and Chryslers,
respectively. The 1850 Plymouth,
with important styling changes and
improvements for safety and rid
ing comfort, according to these
dealers, are packed with value
and ready to prove 1.-THE greatest
car value we have ever offered the
public"
The new lines in the Plymouth
silhouette give it longer, lower,
more streamlined appearance. A
larger rear window on club coupes
and four-door sedans, slightly
greater overall width, and alter
ations on the rear deck provide
longer, heavier, road-hugging APP
pearance for all models.
There are larger bumpers on
both front and rear. In addition
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
March of Dimes
Opens In County
On January 18th

The 1850 March OF Dimes Cam
paign will open officially in Mont
gomery County on Sunday, jan
uary 18th at 100 P. M. At this
time Chairman Martin Iverson and
other Officers of the County Coun-
Gil of the American Legion will
make an appeal to residents of the
County to raise the 100000
quota of this years Drive, from
Radio Station WGAY. The need
for raising the quota and how it
will be accomplished will be the
theme of the Kickoff Program.
On Monday night of this week a
rally of all workers in the Coun-
ty was held at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Post Home on the Rockville
Pike at Montrose. The meeting
was well attended and Joseph Nee,
Regional Director for the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
spoke at length on the need for
continuing all phases of the work
carried on by the Foundation over
the entire County. He stressed that
increased funds must be raised in
the 1850 Campaign to insure this.
Three persons in the County that
have received help from March of
Dimes Funds when Members of
their family were stricken with
polio gave very interesting ac-
counts of the great work done for
those stricken. All of these parties
called on the people of this Coun-
ty to make it possible for future
victims of this disease to receive
the same care that their loved ones
were given.
Area Chairmen for the County
were named at this meeting, they
are:
Silver Spring, Joseph Fields;
Takoma Park, John Coffman; Ken
sington- Wheaton, Virgil Bryan;
Betheda- Chevy Chase, David r.
Shaub; Rockville, Thomas v. Nc
earthly; Gaithersburg, Edward
Barber; Damascus, Carroll Fet-
ger; Glen Echo Cabin John, Joseph
Lewis; Upper Montgomery County,
Charles Jamison; Sandy Spring :
Ashton, Francis Snowden; Scrolls,
Mrs. Ethel Marvel and Colored
Communities, Leslie I. Gaines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Backward Glimpses

The request for bids for the
construction Of a new high
school at Gaithersburg caused
search of the records in older
papers for the cost to the county
Of the schools in years gone BY,
The oldest Sentinel available af
once with such information is
the November %, 1900 issue In
which the school treasurer, w.
b. Burdette, was given $4,000
to spend on the County's schools.
For the years 1949 to 1854, the
building fund alone is listed In
the Capital Expenditure Budget
as receiving approximately
$1O,17S,00O. This amount will
probably be much higher BY the
time 1854 rolls around.
No records could be found on
the enrolment for the year 1900,
but in September 1882 1880
children enrolled in the county
schools as compared to 23,S0l
enrolled in September 1919.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Still Necessary For
Men Becoming Is
To Register For Draft

Col Henry c. Stanwood, State
Director of Selective Service for
Maryland, said "the obligation to
register is a, continuing one and
niust be fulfilled under the require
n,ents of the Selective Service Act
Of 1948." A man becoming IS
Ia required to register at a local
board office within five days of
nus A8th birthday. 1t is mandatory
that registrant keep his local
hoard informed of any change in
address tof change in status. This
requirement applies to all regis
trants, inclHding those who have
reached age &c. 'aS2'5
The Local Board for upper
Montgomery County is located in
the Post Office Building, second
floor, in Rockville. The, office is
open from a. m. until noon on
Tuesdays and Thursdays only,
according to Mrs. Joseph R.
Ertter, clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Washington Grove
Resident Attends
WOOdlawn Dinner

Among the residents of the
county attending the first annual
dinner of the Woodlawn Public
Foundation at the Shoreham Hotel,
Washington, was Mrs. Wallace
Muir of Washington Grove. Mrs
Muir was guest of Mr.. and Mrs
George Maurice Morris at a tea
given in their home on Kalorama
Road on Tuesday preceding the
dinner.
The main speaker of the evening
was DR.. Douglas S. Freeman.
Other speakers included Charles
Cecil Wall, Superintendent of the
Mt. Vernon Ladies Association
and chairman of gardens and
grounds for Woodlawn Associa-
ton; Mrs. Morris, who is chair
man on the refurnishing of Wood
lawn; j. w. Rixey Smith, presi-
dent of Woodlawn Foundation.
Master of Ceremonies was Mai.
Gen. U. S. Grant III.
: Mrs. Muir was quite hattered,
when along with numerous honor
guests, she was introduced in recog-
milton of her authorship of "Poto-
mac Interlude," and her present
work on the history of Woodlawn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Republican Club
Discusses Five
Burning Subjects

A highly interesting symposium
en- five different controversial sub
jects of the day was a feature
of the meeting of the Montgomery
County Young Republican Club
held Monday night iii the County
Building in Bethesda.
Each of the following speakers
gave a five-minute talk after
which followed a general discussion
CT the subject presented: DR.. Lee
B. Snow, a physician, discussed
Socialized Medicine; John. Wachter,
Federal Aid to Education; Edward
Cook, Federal Housing; John F.
Kelly, the Taft-Hartley Act; and
Paul Shinkman, WBCC news COM
mentator and State Department
and White House Correspondent,
spoke on the Bipartisan Foreign
Policy.
Hugh Hassell, president of the
Young Republican Club, announced
that the next meeting will be held
iii March when election of officers
will take place.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
School Board
Actions OF
Tuesday. Jan. 10

The Montgomery County School
Board, meeting on Tuesday, JAN
uary 10, announced the transfer of
V. c. Tenney to become the prin-
mipal of the Glenmont School, in
place of Mrs. Lulu B. Ricketts, who
was transferred to other work at
her request, and the appointment
of Willard G.. lShumaker from the
Bethesda-Cheyy Chase High School
to the principalship of the Kens-
ington Junior High School, to take
the place of A. H. Stoner who has
recently resigned to go into COM
mercial work. Teachers appointed
to up-county schools were Laytons-
vile, Miss Annette Shapiro; Rock
vile, Mrs. Eleanor Sargent; and
Dickerson, Miss Jessie Johnson.
All bids for the Sherwood sew
age disposal system were rejected
on account of their being in excess
of the appropriation. A contract
with the Food Service Equipment
Company for kitchen equipment
for the new Emory Grove School
in the amount of $3,71O.28 has been
authorized by the Board, and the
low bid of $5,571.45 for items of
furniture for the new school has
been approved. 1t also approved the
low bid of E. A. H. Scarf for the
addition to the Bradley School in
the amount of $146,326.
The county will pay $4,000 an
acre, total of 1851, 900 for the site
of its proposed Eastern Suburban
Junior High School. The board
agreed to that figure for 1874 acres
owned by Cafritz Construction Co.
located near Four Corners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Training Course
For Firefighters
On January p

A one day training course in
FOREST AND WOODS FIRE
FIGHTING will be conducted at
the University of Maryland, Fire
Service Extension Building, for
Montgomery and Prince Georges
County firemen, on Sunday, Jan
uary %, starting at 1000 A. M.
Direct and Indirect Attack,
Methods of Attack, Fire Line
Building, Backfring, Common err
rors, Type of Tools Required, and
many others of interest.
AS many of the fires these de-
partments are called upon to cope
with are woods fires, some of which
jeopardize valuable homes and
estates in the two counties, this
school should prove of real value
to the firefighters and citizens of
the communities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
CITY LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
New Traffic Lights

A great improvement in the
traffic condition in Rockville
especially from a pedestrians
standpoint, should be forth
coming, with the installation of
traffic lights at Fayette and
Montgomery Avenue, and Perry
and Montgomery. The lights
have been ordered and will be
installed as soon as they arrive,
officials say.
In addition to the installation
of these two lights, it has been
announced that Fayette Street
will become one-way, for traf-
fic going north only. A request
will be made by town author
tiles for the State Roads Com
mission to mark off pedestrian
walk-ways at the several inter-
sections in the town.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Safety Board Hears Chief
Ormes 40 Traffic Report

trian accidents of which al were
children, and a total of 1,543 acct
dents Investigated.
1t was pointed out by Chief Orme
that there was an increase in the
total number of traffic accidents
and persons killed and injured in
1949 over 1948, which was attri-
butable to an estimated POO in
crease in traffic, but that the num-
Der of pedestrian injuries and ia
talities had greatly decreased dur
ing the year.
The Safety Board re-enacted it's
stand on motor vehicle inspection
by recommending the installation
of a program of periodic motor
vehicle inspection through state
owned, state-operated inspection
stations. Members of the Board
voiced strong objection to the re-
cent proposal of the State Motor
Vehicle Commission to establish in
spection by privately owned gar
ages.
1t was announced by the chair
man of the Engineering Committee
of the Safety Board that Traffic
Engineer to head up the Division
of Traffic Engineering of the De-
partment of Public Works would
be appointed within the next two
weeks.
The County Council on Tuesday
went on record as approving the
State-owned, State-operated in
spection stations. .Iu
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Family Here Marks
Birthdays Of Four
In Joint Celebration

Four members of a family whose
birthdays occur during the first
week of January, celebrated at a
joint birthday party and family
reunion on Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Case on
Horner's Lane, Rockville. Those
having birthday anniversaries
within few days of one another,
were Fred Vinson, a son, of Lam
caster, Pa; Mrs. Clark Windsor,
Gaithersburg; Mrs. Sidney Brake
Gaithersburg, and Miss Mary Jane
Case, Rockville, all daughters Of
Mrs. Case.
In addition to the families Of
the celebrants, those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman McGaha and
family; Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dean
and family, all of Gaithersburg;
and Mrs. Cases father, William
Burdette, who is 80 years old.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Family Reunited After
30 Years

Oregon City, Ore. ~ After a
separation of 80 years, Albert
Riggs, 79-year-old father, has been
reunited with his two sons and two
daughters. Riggs, after recalling
that one of his daughters once
lived in Oregon City, wrote to the
Banner-Courier newspaper, which
published his plea for help in find
ing her. A granddaughter saw it
and told her mother, Mrs. ]. C.
Adcock. She was the oldest daugh-
ter, in whose care Riggs left the
younger children when they were
separated in 1918, after the death
Aof his first wife.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Historical Society
To Meet Here With
Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot

The Montgomery County branch
of the Maryland Historical Society
will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Randolph Talbot, 1872 South
Van Buren, Sterrt, Rockville, next
Thursday at s p. m. Election of
officers will feature the business
session following which colored
sound pictures will be shown by j.
Philip Schaefer Of Bethesda.
One film will show a series of
Maryland scenic pictures, the other
was made by Mr.. Schaefer, who is
president of the Mems Garden
Club Of Bethesda.
The Historical group is headed
by Captain William Parkins.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Bids Asked For
Construction OF
G'Burg School

Following the reception Of bids
on February 7, the construction Of
new High School at Gaithersburg
will become a reality. Bids were
asked this week for the erection
of twenty-five class room build
ing, with library, cafeteria, Offices,
health suite and related facilities.
(See advertisement elsewhere in
the paper.)
The new building will eventually
house about 800 students. DR..
George Osterwise, principal Of the
High School, anticipated an en-
rollment of approximately 600
pupils when the school open. At
the present time there are 26
members of the faculty. This NUM-
Der will be increased slightly when
the move is made to the new
school and it is expected to in
crease materially in the next few
years, he said.
The one story ranch type Of
building to be put on the forty
acres purchased few years ago,
will be on the hill once a part Of
the many acres belonging in Rev
dictionary days to the de Selluni
family whose name is perpetuated
OF one Of the streets of Gathers
burg.
A committee composed Of
number of prominent men in the
vicinity, has, according to DR..
Osterwise, done much to hasten
this construction. The committee
includes w. Lawson King,
Sterling Bowman, b. 2. Harding,
B 2. Kile, Richard Swartz and
Bernard Greenberg. Faculty MEM
bers and students working with
the committee are Mrs. Eleanor
Boland, Miss Claudine Morgan,
William Gruver, Robert Henley,
Peter Beall and Miss Patty Lynch.
A contract has already been
signed to start construction Of a
war-surplus metal building which
will house the implements belong
ing to the agricultural department.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Satisfaction Expressed By
Participants In Dec. Plan

Satisfaction in the December in
Rockville program was expressed
by members of the Rockville Cham
Der OF Commerce at special meet
ing called Monday evening to dis
cuss the success of the plan. The
president, Van F .Lippard an
nounced that total of $1,000 was
collected from members of the
Chamber businessmen and mer-
chants of the town to defray ex-
penses of the plan. There were
ninety-eight individuals contribu-
tions, he said, and a small balance
was reported after all expenses had
been paid. Those present were
unanimous in the opinion that the
plan had improved business in the
town.
In discussing the wonderful
turnout at the December in Rock
vile celebration held on December
18th, it was brought out that about
500 of the winners were from
Gaithersburg.
Present at the meeting Monday
night we're representatives from
other organizations-Mrs. Gilbert
V. Hartley and Mrs. Randolph Tai
bott, Community Garden Club;
Mrs. Harry Westcott, Woman's
Club; and Herman G. Hartman, of
the Civic Association.
B. L. LORI, who engineered the
Christmas street lighting in Rock
vile, would like to know Of a
place to store about 1000 light
bulbs. -.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Boxes Placed In
Several Local Stores
For Soap Wrappers

Don't discard those Swan soap
wrappers-CARE needs them! The
Columbia Scholastic Press Associa-
ton has requested that Tide, the
RMHS newspaper, sponsor drive
for Swan soap wrappers. Lever
Brothers has agreed to give CARE
one bar of soap for every two
Swami wrappers they receive.
Richard Montgomery's Tide staff
has placed barrels in the Safeway,
A & P and Acme stores with ac-
companying posters so that the
citizens of Rockville area may help
in this worthy campaign.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Montgomery Lodge, 1876,
Installed Officers
For 1850 On Monday

Montgomery Lodge, No. 1876
A. F. and A, M. installed the
following officers on Monday night
in the Lodge room in Rockville tc
serve for the year 1850: Worship
full Master, Stanley Wilcox; Senior
Warden, Clyde Milor; Junior War
den, Jack Milor; Senior Deacon
Lester. Clagett; Junior Deacon,
William Moore; Senior Steward
Ray Bodmer; Junior Steward, Will
liam Welsh; Tyler, Woolwine M.
Waddell, who is the retiring mas
ter; and William F. Prettyman,
secretary and Rowan Erb, treas
urer, who were reelected to serve
another year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Governor To Discuss
State School Program
On Radio Broadcast

On Friday, January 10, Mrs.
Elsie H. Livingstone, State Radio
Chairman of the Maryland Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers will
interview Governor William Pres
ton Lane, Jr. on The Maryland
State School Program.
The program will originate over
the facilities of VIDAL, Baltimore
at 1880 p. m. and will be re-broad-
cast at $3.50 p. m. over the follow
ing stations: WEI, Hagerstown /;
WBOC, Salisbury; ,WCEM, Cam
bridge; WNAV, Annapolis;
WCUM, Cumberland. At 1000
p. m. WIND, Frederick will also
re-broadcast this program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
Sisters, IS and IS, Meet
For First Time

Chicago. - Two sisters, who
had never seen each other, recently
met for the first time. The younger
sister, Mrs. Margaret Schaetzel, 65,
came from Cologne, Germany to
meet her sister, Mrs. Clara Martin,
85, who came to this country and
settled in North Dakota before
Margaret was born.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12

Chief of Police Charles M. Orme
reporting to the Montgomery Coun-
ty Safety Board at its regular
monthly meeting on January 5, in
the Court House, Rockville, stated
that a total of % persons were
killed in traffic accidents in the
County during 1949. Twenty-one
OF these fatalities were occupants
of automobiles and two were pc
destrians. He further reported
that there were 625 persons in
jured in auto accidents; go pedes-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-12
One-Man Patrol Car
System Appraised By
Field Representative

George c. Bowers, field repre-
sentative of the International As
ISOLATION of Chiefs of Police, is in
Rockville, where he is appraising
the one-man patrol car system be-
ing used by the Division of Police
Protection on the 8 a: m. to A p. m.
shift. His visit here comes as a
result of the efforts of the one man
patrol car committee of the Safety
Board which has been studying
the problem over the past few
months.
No cost will be incurred by the
County or the Safety Board for
MIR. Bowers services.