Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-04
Council Puts 5
Stats
On County Pay
Furthers Move to
Establish System
| For Montgomery


Gil has given further impetus to
the establishment Of a county
wide library system by placing on
the county payroll the employees Of
the five Libraries that already have
joined the system.
In approving the appointment
yesterday on recommendation of
George B. Moreland. library de-
partment director, the Council
also named as assistant director.
Mrs. Louise c. Ferguson, 1859
Colesville road, Silver Spring, at
5,240 year. Mrs. Ferguson has
been in charge of the Silver
Spring library since 1886.
To succeed her as Silver Spring
librarian, the Council appointed
Mrs. Reba s. Harris, 1907 East
West highway, at $4,000 a year.
Mrs. Harris has been first as
sistant under Mrs. ferguson.
| Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Dorothy
L. Houts, Gaithersburg, who was
named a clerical assistant at $2,400 :.
a year, will work with Mr.. More
land in a central Office to be set
Iup in rented quarters at 212
Diamond street, Gaithersburg.
May Get Larger quarters.
4 MIR. Moreland said no immedi-
late building program is planned
for the various local libraries, but
he added they will be moved to
larger quarters. If and when pub
lie demand justifies such action.
The five libraries that have
signed contracts to join the coun-
ty-wide system are those in Silver
Spring, Garrett Park, Kensing-
ton (Noyes), Gaithersburg and
Sandy Springs Sherwood Com
tmunity).
Local library employees whose
appointments were approved by
the council are:
Miss Jane Rating, reference
librarian at Silver Spring, 1920
a year; Miss Virginia A. Peters.
children's librarian at Silver
Spring, 1920; Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Feeling. librarian at the former
Wheaton branch of the Silver
d Spring library. 1920; Miss Evelyn
L. Puryear. librarian at the for
g mer Four Corners branch of the
- Silver Spring library, $500.
Is Miss Annette Edwards and Miss
y. Eleanor Broome, clerical assistants
,e at Silver Spring, So, 400 each; Mar
n tin Abrams and James Stone, part
time clerical assistants at Silver
IL Spring, $480 year each.
Other Appointments.
= Mrs. Dorothy Engle, part-time
: librarian at Gaithersburg, $3.50
Z, year; Miss Beatrix Moore, part
- time librarian at Sandy Spring.
il $655; Mrs. Marjorie L. Meier, part
:; time librarian at Kensington,
!. $1,310; Miss Mary Clum, part-time
: clerical assistant at Kensington,
' $3.50.
- Mrs. Landon B. Bunker, Mrs.
Nora Payne and Mrs. Marguerite
u Murray, part-time librarians at
" Garrett Park. Mrs. Bunker and
Mrs. Payne will receive $3.50 a year
each, and Mrs: Murray, $3.50.
Other appointments included
Louis R. Kengla, 20. member Of
d. the Kensington Volunteer Fire De-
" partment, as a fire inspector as
Il $4,000 a year; Edward A. Garlock.
ne 81, Bethesda, and William B. Nc
a Kinney, ST., Sc. Silver Spring, rs
E. senior engineers at $4,000 year
". each; Charles G. Palmer, jr., 20.
of Gaithersburg, and Webster H. Col
es Inns, q, of Silver Spring, as asso-
H. ciate engineers. at $3,940 a year
.et each. and James E. Pace, "a, Der
nd wood, as a policeman, at $4,000 a
16 year.
Taken under Amusement was a
49, recommendation by Robert Boyd
,,.s Laid, Rockville, a statistician fol
- the Budget Bureau. that the coun-
r., t. Gil appoint fiscal research COM
no mission.
Would Study Resources.
nd Such a commission, Mr.. Ladc
he wrote. would study the county!
to financial resources and needs anc
he recommend appropriate legislation
re- He also suggested that bill b.
as introduced at next years session
of the general session to permit tn,
~, county to tap additional revenu,
IT, sources.
. i And finally, Mr.. Laid said
'A' county officials should re-examin,
- the county charter provision lin.
'A ns iting the bonded debt to 10 PEI
VI VI cent of the county's assessabl,
'oh base.
A. The Council accepted with re.
'i,e greet the resignation of Leo Bender
oiu Silver Spring attorney, as chair.
lilI man of the County Appeals Tai
no; Court, effective August 81. Mr.
no Bender indicated in his letter thai
at he took the action because O.
elr the pressure of private business