Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-23

dent, they are Mrs. Nellie Hewitt
Stinchcomb, office manager;
Thomas R. (Bob) Hewitt, who
heads the Hewitt Construction Co. !;
William E. Billy Hewitt, man.
ager of the Rockville office, which
was opened in 1851, and is now
located in the Farmers Bank
Building
The company's Real Estate De-
! partment is headed by one of the
county's most experienced real
estate men, Fred w. Heine.
William P. Groom, 3rd., with a
background of education in bust
ness administration and insurance
company experience in Hartford,
Conn.,, is manager of the Insurance
Department.
During World War II, when all
of the Hewitt men were in the
Armed Forces, the firm continued
in full operation under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Stinchcomb, affec-
tionately called "Sis" by her
brothers.
One of the recent and most
notable achievements of the Frank
l.. Hewitt Company-and one which
reveals that it is not content to
rest upon its reputation, but is still
possessed of the pioneering spirit
that animated it's founder-is its
negotiation and purchase of $500
acres of land for the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission, to
be used for the Rocky Gorge dam
and reservoir.
Sets a Precedent
This mammoth project, which
marks the first time that a private
firm has been employed to pur-
chase land for public use in the
Maryland metropolitan area, re-
quired two years of negotiation.
The task is now virtually COM
pleted. Remarkably enough, only
four contracts out of a total of 1O8
negotiated with private owners re-
main to be signed.
This enormous acreage, extend
ing finger-like from near Laurel to
Ashton, lies in Montgomery,
Howard and Prince Georges Coun-
ties. 1t will be completely mum
dated when the big dam, now half
finished, is completed.
Fred Heine, who supervised the
acquisition of the property for the
Hewitt firm, is particularly proud
of the fact that the many individual
properties were obtained with a
minimum of condemnation proceed
lngs and at total cost of not much
more than million dollars.
Serves Johns Hopkins
Jimmy Hewitt points out that
both of these accomplishments
mean real saving to the taxpayers.
More recently the Hewitt Com
pany, largely as a result of its
successful handling of the Rocky
Gorge land acquisition, was en-
gagged by Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity to locate and acquire property
to serve as the most suitable site
for its Applied Physics Laboratory,
which has outgrown its present
building in Silver Spring.
Following careful survey of
three counties, the Hewitt firm
located and gained approval of a
2O5-acre site in Howard County
near Scaggsville, about half mile
off Route 20 and Is miles from
Silver Spring.
Helne again worked with JIMMY
Hewitt in conducting negotiations
for purchase of the property, which
consists Of two adjoining farms.
Plans call for early completion of
a $1,SOO,O00 laboratory and office
building. now under construction
there. This building and its land
will use only about 25 acres of the
large tract. The remainder, OBJ
tanned to provide isolation and
security, is expected to be rented
for farm use to help defray care
taking costs.
Achievements Point the Way
Jimmy Hewitt and his associates
IN the Frank l.. Hewitt Company
are justly proud of these two re-
cent accomplishments as pointing
the way to new field of service
by realtors in this area. But they
are equally proud of the growth of
the company, under Captain Hewitt
and his successors, in meeting the
day-to-day business needs of the
people of Silver Spring and Mont
gomery County.
The doors Of the Hewitt Com
pany arc always open to the public
but its officials have announced
that friendly visits and inspection
Of its modern quarters will be par.
ticularly welcome during this
Fiftieth Anniversary Year.
Jimmy Hewitt is also widely
known throughout the Washington
metropolitan area as a personable
and popular leader in many bust.
ness, social and civic affairs. He
is president of the Montgomery.
Prince Georges Association of In.
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