Evening star., 1951-12-12
Groups Protest
viers Mill Area
Package Store
Liquor Dispensory
Approved Nov. 20
By County Heads

The Montgomery County Coun-
cilS decision to establish a liquor
dispensary in the Viers Mill Viii
lage shopping center has stirred
up q hornets nest of opposition
by residents of the 200 -home de-
velopment.
This was evident yesterday
when the council heard nearly
a dozen representatives of civic,
parent-teacher and church groups
protest strongly against the move,
approved by the county heads on
November 20.
The speakers contended a dis
pensary would put undue tempta-
tion in the patnhs of the home
owners. ruin homes and increaSe|
juvenile delinquency. Some of
them said they were opposed to|
the sale of liquor anywhere in
the country.
Against Whisky in Any Form.
One of these was the Rev. j. C.
Ledbetter, pastor of the Viers Mill
Baptist Chapel.
Asked by Mrs. Kathryn Lawlor,
a member of the council, whether
he favored the county's dispen-
sary system, Mr.. Ledbetter re-
piled:
II am against whisky in any
form at all. 1t is running homes
all over the country"
His wife predicted many resi-
dents of the development would
spend their grocery money for
liquor. AS a result, she warned,
"Any money you get out of the
sale of liquor in our community
will go back in the form of relief" +" /
Mrs. Pearl Haney, representingI
the Viers Mill Village Civic Asso-
citation, said dispensary would
hamper the groups campaign
against juvenile delinquency.
She said any resident of the
area who wants to buy liquor can
do so easily by going to dispensa-
ries in Silver Spring, Wheaton or
Rockville.
Opposed by PTA.
Council President Lathrop Smith
read letter from the Viers Mill
Elementary Parent Teacher As
ISOLATION opposing o dispensary
there.
The council took the matter un-
der advisement.
Also taken under study was a |
resolution by the Chevy Chase
Elementary PTA, urging that the
county charter be amended to ad-
vance the headlines for submis-
sion of departmental estimates to
the county manager and for the
presentation of the managers
proposed budget to the council.
At present, all county depart
ments must submit their budget
estimates to the county manager
May /. and the manager must
present his proposals to the coun-
Gil by May Is. Capital budget es-
Inmates must be in the hands OF
the manager by May 10.
Other Actions Taken
In other business, the council
said it found no misuse of funds
by officials of the Cabin John
Park Volunteer Fire Department
as charged by a group of members
who resigned about two months
ago. A hearing on the question
was held before the council No
vember Is.
The council set 2 pm. next
Wednesday as the time for OPEN
ing bids on $7,525,0o0 worth of
bonds for schools, roads and storm
water drainage and for public
parking lots in Silver Spring,
Wheaton and Montgomery Hills. |
The following appointments
were approved:
Victor F. Zurowski, jr., Fairfax,
Va, associate engineer at $3,940I
a year; Charles r. Forester,
Bethesda, junior engineering aide
at $2,400 a year: Joseph L. Hard
ing, Rockville, topographic drafts
man trainee, $2.840 a year;
Richard E. King, Silver Spring,
electrical inspector, $500 a year;
Mrs. Daisy L. Willett, Rockville,
street assessment and transfer
clerk, $3.50 a year, and Mrs.
Gale Waters, Boyds, Md, clerk
typists, $2,180 a year.