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nsLP-MeN
SAT,ESMIEN

sALESMEN--Best deal In town; apply
only II you are Q go-getter and want
to earn $3.50 wk.; permanent: refs.
Ap. I'll 14th st. NV, rm, 0lT, lie
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statesmen

low many deals have you lost be-
cause you did not have. the right
brand? Our. plan has 1909 accept
anee that closes 1905 Of interested
MAJOR BRANDS. This is q revo-
lutionary new plan in this industry
and will make $3.50 wk. for o good
closer. In ) mos. you will be ready
to train others and receive UP to
$500 mo. bonus. Interviews daily,
$40 am. and 4-6 pm.
SECO SALES ENGINEERS
s101 Schrider St., Silver Spring. Md.
Evening star., 1953-01-08
statesmen

statesmen
AND ePORTSWEAR
0ne Of Washington's finest menswear
stores, now has openings In It's
furnishings and .sportswear depart
ments Tor experienced men to sell
highest quality merchandise to
select clientele. Excellent guaranteed
salary against high commission.
Both permanent and temporary
positions available,
Evening star., 1953-01-08

We have the most competitive quality
storm windows, doors and fence. in
on approval II desired. Call 10.
4.7778 for appt. to see the factory
at lO441 Metropolitan ave-. In
6fNNREfsfNl5. 66sfHNSNinREs3Sl CONTINENTAL EN-
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SALESMAN

FQR WHoLEsAL,E GRocERX COM
VANCEAENT FOR AMBITIOUS
PERSON. REPLY STATING QUAIL
LEGATIONS. BOX 11S-V, STAR.
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SERVICEMAN
Radio and TV. White. IS to 35, for
neces.. but must be familiar with
parts. Apply SOUTHERN WHOLE
SALERS. 707 Lakewood st. ne.
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STENOGRAPHER

S1ENOGRAPHER
Experience helpful but not necessary;
permanent position. 6-day, 4O-hour
week. pleasant working conditions.
liberal discount on purchases, insur.
ance and disqualification plan, re-
DRUG STORES, employment once.
n p st. ne. a
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SECRETARY

SECRETARY
Permanent position; opportunity to
APPLY IN PERSON
10 AM. to Noon
3 to 8 PM. Daily
R1CH'S SHOE STORE
- M a
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CLERK

Clerical position open in accounts
receivable dept. Of Ice. retail chain.
Excel. opportunity for nice-appear-
ing young woman with initiative and
good Judgment For immediate In
tsrview. apply MR.. TAMSON. 1907
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STENOGRAPHER

LarRe real estate and construction
company, In downtown air-condi-
toned bldg, on Conn. ave-; S7M-
hr. wk., vacation with pay; chance
for Advancement. Apply MRS.
MACY. Room l16, Ring Bldg. IS
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CLERK

With knowledge of typing; young
lady. high school graduate. for gem
eral ONCE work in small branch Of
nee Of national manufacturer. Cen
trai city location. 5-day wk. Reply,
Swing qualifications and salary de-
sired. BOX 26-I. Star o
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STENOGRAPHER
PROMOTION DEPT.

Alert. young woman, 2I-35 yrs. of
age, neat in appearance, good typist.
Rusty shorthand acceptable. Perma-
nent position in an interesting and
diversified phase OF the newspaper
business; hrs, $500. Mon.-F
Weekdays, S:30-5 and Sat, 9-l.
No phone calls.
THE EVENING STAR
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
First Negro Runs For
Office In Macon, Ga.

MACON, Ga. = (ANP) - For
the first time since ReconStruc-
ton Days, Macon will have a Ne
gro candidate for public office in
its municipal elections. He is
William r. Dunn, electrician, who
filed last week for the post of
Water Commissioner. The cleo
ton will be held March rs.
A former postal employe, Dunn
told reporters he feels confident
he will run a good race" point
ing out that the election is a nom
partisan one, and there are several
other candidate, all White, in the
race, he added, Il have very
good chance to win"
Dunn has as yet the backing of
no organized political group. His
campaign successful or not, he
feels will be greatly encouraging
to local Negroes not only to reg
lister and vote in larger numbers,
but also to see,i public office
more.
The candidate has had in Ma
con a long history of civic and
political activity. He was one of
the leaders who helped to build
the Negro voting strength to over
$4,000 after the U. S. Supreme
court outlawed the white pri-
mary in 1916. Macon'S total reg
istration is $4,000. He has been
for years an influential member
of the Middle Georgia Democrat
ic Club, an all-Negro group.
He was the first Negro to be-
come a licensed electrician in
middle Georgia. Two of his seven
children are students at Morris
Brown College in Atlanta.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
BISHOP NICHOLS
BLAST BAN ON
BISHOPS TO
SOUTH AFRICA

NEW YORK - Bishop d.
Ward Nichols of the Anne church
last week denounced the South
African governments ban on two
bishops of his denomination.
Nichols, secretary of the Coun-
Gil of Bishops, Said the ban rep
resents in effect a serious threat
to the entire Christian World"
The South African government
has refused to allow Bishops Fred
erick D. Jordan and Howard
Primm to enter that country as
heads of episcopal districts. Both
bishops were elevated to bishop
RIGS at the 34th quadrennia1 con-
ference of the church which met
in Chicago in May, 1852. They
were assigned to the 18th and 18th
districts in South Africa.
The South African government,
however has consistently refused
to grant visaS to the bishops for
entrance to the country. The gov
eminent gave as its reason for
the ban that the church was sec
tartan, with political affiliations.
The AME Church has denied this
charge as absurd.
In statement, Bishop Nichols
said: "Since 1896 the AME
church has conducted its spiritual
mission in Africa without any in
reference from local govern
ments. The record of the church
bellies the present charge that the
AME church has political affili-
ations."
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
Atlanta Honors
Broker AS "Man Of
The Year"

ATLANTA, Ga. - (ANP) -
Some 200 leaders in the business
and professional life of this thriv-
ing city gathered at an annual
dinner last week to honor Allan
ta's '"Man of the Year." T. M
ta's "Man of tn Year" T. M.
Alexander, Al, real estate and in
Surance broker.
The fascinating tale of how he
launched a business, served his
community, kept his faith, and
maintained his integrity, unfold
ed during a series of testimonial
speeches by the city's top leaders
in civic and business life.
The "Man of the Year" event
is sponsored by the Atlanta Bus
mess League, an affiliate of the
National Negro Business League.
This year "-1he Firm of the
Year" was also honored, the
plaque going to the Atlanta Fed
eral Mutual Savings and Loan
Associa ton, J. P. Whitaker,
president. The Loan firm grew
from a small business with $15,-
600 in assets in 1948 to over
$1,OOO,OOO in assets today. In ad-
dition, it helped to break the
bottleneck in Negro housing when
it made lonas that White banks
and loan firms refused Negroes
who were buying in racial "bor-
der sections"
Alexander was one of the first
Negroes to enter the field of fire
and casualty insurance in the
South. He is one of the organ
izers of the Negro-owned South
eastern Fidelity Fire Insurance
Co. which now has coverage on
many public buildings over the
South as we'll as numerous pri-
yate schools and dwellings.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21

Political observers Speculated
that with a large turnout of Ne
gro voters, Dunn's chances OF
winning are better than average.
White candidates in the race,
however, called a meeting to work
a strategy to beat Dunn. Some OF
them, it was predicted, would
withdraw. The job pays $500 a
year, is only part-time, and the
term expires in 1855.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21

DR.. Jackson l.. Burnside, men,
Der of Curfew Lodge 1852, IBPOE
of w, past exalted ruler and
member of PER Council No. 108,
chairman of Civil Liberties
League No. 1853, graduate of Tus-
kegee Institute and Meharry Med
ical College, endorsed as candi-
date for president of Florida State
Association of the Improved Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks
of the World at the convention Ii
Jacksonville.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21

RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK
FIGURES. AT FAMCEE - These
three persons played vital role
in the annual Religious Emphasis
Week observance held at the Fla
A and M College recently. Theme
of the observance was "Values
That Last" Left to right, DR.. c..
l.. Lee, chaplain, Tuskegee Insti-
tute; DR.. James Hudson, chaplain
A and M. and the Rev. r. A.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Deaths Reported

(From D. c. Bureau Of vital etatistieO
Louis oustavs. so. 5000 Connecticut
ave. NV.
Mable Hammerley. 7e. 721 Fern pl. NV.
John Thompson. "A, 702 18th st. ne.
Harry Scott. 72. 6400 Marlboro pike
Hugh oconnen. 70, s72o Upton st. NV.
George Henderson. 20. 1858 Columbia
I'd. NV.
Henry wolgamot. 81. 1920 10th st. NV.
Noel Thompson. 81, 1850 Harvard st..
NV.
cu1s ss. Williamson 90. 41s5 Alabama
June croasdale. SO. 2517 K st. NV.
Glenn Hickman. z. Lovettsville. Va.
Infant Kane. Washington.
Infant Browning. Alexandria, Va.
Annie Kicks. 81 3719 New Hampshire
ave. NV.
Eleanora Thomas. 72. 26 46th st. ne.
John Watkins. 20. 1926 New Hampshire
Nellie I MOSS. nx SO. 1919 9th st. NV.
Henrietta Miller. SO. 2432 TunlaW
william Thomas. 40. e41 Columbia
Charlie Lockhart. 40, 1922 9th st. NV.
Malinda Tignor. 46, 310 B st: s.w.
ALVIN Vi - Campbell g 5s' 1s4s ParkwOOd
Darlene Day 4 months 1918 o st. NV.
Infant Jolley. S07 9th st. ne.
Bernice Wood. 2. 920 French ct. NV.
Infant Simpson. sos W st. NV.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Mccarthy to Speak

Senator Mccarthy, Republi-
can, of Wisconsin, will address
the Notre Dame University Club
of Washington at $3.50 o'clock
tonight in the Sheraton Carlton
Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Births Reported
(From D. c. Bureau of Vital

tFrom d. c. Bureau of Vital Statistics.
BOYS.
GgsSgss gcsspS and and JSse %astbs B1ictslms.
Eugene and Sally Dickerson
William and Louise Ellington.
Hugh and Helen Fletcher.
sfirEinr sshn aaG and cssrIn cardFgn olsnn dlaTnsr
Hamilton and Lula Harris.
Joseph and Janet Jernigan.
Edgar and Helen Maneum.
Albert and Dorothy Morayitz.
Charles and Eleanor McLucas, jr.
AndreW and Mary Petruska.
Edwin and Priscilla Rice.
Paul and Ethel Sabatine
William and Yvonne sithSj Smith. jr.
Elmer and Marjorie Tucker.
Simos and Helen Zuppas.
Irving and Evelyn PreeSman.
Wllliam and Elaine Baugham.
Hena!amni and Pearl Briscoe.
Wendell and Cora Carter.
Edward and Edith Cox.
william sna AIics dateWoodd.. td.
John and Mary Harris.
John and Ethile High.
Randolph and La Verne Hursey.
Msbstae Mysrstse In ana Beatrice Jerry.
Enord and Bernice Motion.
Athony and Agnes swami.
Milbourne and Jane Wainright.
joni and jeanne Bross.
Gerald and Dorothy Cohen.
John and Ethel Doherty.
William and olya Fogerty, jr,
John and Carolyn Geer.
William and Vera Grimes.
Phil1p and Kathleen Haynes.
Nor Nor and ElisabetSS S Se MecsTtSy:. MMeasTasy:
Harry and Edith Portner.
Nanny and Frieda siivern.
Neal and Shirley Smith
CLIFFORD and Mildred Taylor.
William and Laura Wetton.
Allen and Pauline Davis.
Samuel and Dolores Brevard.
Roscoe and Elois Braynt.
Roscoe and Kate Christina.
Rozel and Mable Colbert.
woodrow and Ruth Earle.
Samnrie and Elizabeth Garvin.
Douglas and Helen Harris,
Leroy and Marion Howard.
James and Jessie Jenkins.
Robert and Elsie Moore'
george and Mary Mcdaniel.
william and Evelyn Thomas.
Gilbert and Rose Wilson.
GIRLS.
Allen and Pauline Davis.
irwin and Evelyn Pressman.
Marcus and Nancy Beebe.
Charles and Esther BENJAMIN,
George and Elizabeth Bowers.
Maurice MsI and June Cola,
Jesse and Prudence Hebson.
Jack and Mary Kleh
Apshnr Aqfan and and tosFsns KstS11sr Lesthsr' sH
Nehemia and Elizabeth Malin.
Francis and Margaret Murray.
Walter and Mary Neville.
Thomas and Ellen Oneto.
Curtis and Helen Plummer.
Walter ahd Maureen Rielley.
James and Mary Saylor.
Arthur and Mary Snead. +.
Neville and Frances Townsley.
Nelson and Dorothy Wurz.
Henderson and Virginia Bland.
David and Nezzie Brevard.
jeremiah and Sylvia Brooks.
Alfred and Audrey Davis.
Leslie and Virginia Dow.
Adolphus and Caroline Gaskin.
Paul and Cecilia Hardley
Joe and Gladys Way.
Irving and Evelyn Pressman.
Russell and Mary Anderson.
Leon and Gloria Belote.
William and Lois Bird.
Carl and Barbara Brandes.
Eugene and Eunice Congdon.
Arthur and Mildred Garel
Harry and Eulalie Hammond.
Edward and Joan Hulburt.
Francis and Elizabeth Lee.
Horace and Joan Lehman.
John and Adele Lynham.
James and Kay Miller.
Frank and Sarah McAnear.
Daniel and Mary Orci
John and Dorothy Pearson.
Robert and Dolores Pentone.
Gersten and Gertrude SadoWsky.
Harold and Lille Smith.
Edwin and Sarah Stoll.
Harold and Lydia Voorhees,.
John and Helen Baker.
Judge and Rosa Broadnax.
Leon and Patricia Burroush.
Clarence and Willie Dixon.
David and Alfredo Fields.
DouglaS and Helen Harris.
Kelsie and HiIda lines.
Charlie and Lillian Ward.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
II. Brooke Lee Reiterates
WastetuI Spending Charges

Col. E. Brooke Lee yesterday
issued a statement reiterating his
stand that the County Government
is being operated wastefully.
His statement is in answer to
a defense Of the County Govern
ment issued last week by County
Councilman Harold Hammond in
reply to Col. Lees earlier state
ment alleging waste and ineffici-
ency in the County Government.
Col. Lees statement Declares:
The figures issued by the County
Council last week to prove their
economical and efficient operation
of the county government are en-
tirely inadequate to establish any
generally prevailing current con-
dition.
These figures, unfortunately, do
indicate that the County Council
still believes that the people of
the County will accept any tumble
of statistics that the County Coun-
Gil puts out as meaning what the
Council chooses to say the figures
mean.
/ doubt if even the pressure
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
Democratic Club
To Learn Ways
OF Precinct Work

How TO be an Effective Precinct
Worker" will be the general subject
discussed by James w. Gill, Robert
Maddox and Milton F. Clogg at the
meeting Monday of the Rockville
and Upper Montgomery County
Women's Democratic Club.
The meeting will be held at s
Pm. in the Lone Oak Elementary
School. There will be refresh.
ments.
Mrs. +. Brooke Lee Of Damascus
is president of the club and has an
nounced that plans for a program
Of activities for the group will be
discussed at this meeting. The
club also plans a progressive pro-
gram Of political education for.
the months to come. Any one in
terested in attending the meeting
and becoming affiliated with the
group, is urged to do SO.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
1000 Attended JIM
Food Mart Gala
Opening Days

More than 1000 persons attend
ed the gala threc-day opening of
the j. & NJ. Self Service Market
at Clovcrly last week end.
Two Of the many winners Of
prizes and gifts at the opening
were Mrs. Ruth -. Edwards, Of
Briggs-C CLANCY Road, who won the
electric coffee pot, and Mrs. Ida
Ieiglcr RED. ?, Silver Spring,
who was winner Of the automatic
toaster. The awards were given
in a guessing contest.
IN appreciation for the excellent
response at the opening, the Food
Mart management announced that
weekend specials again will be
listed this week. See their ad-
tertiscment elsewhere in this
issue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
Tax Methods
Not Legal,
Attorneys
Briefs Allege
Uniform Methods Not
Used in County, Grave
Inequities Result From
Illegal Acts, Claim

Validity of the entire Mont
gomery County reassessment pro-
gram was attacked in briefs filed
yesterday with the Appeals Tax
Court by two attorneys.
The briefs were presented to the
Court by James p. Parker, Wash
ington attorney who owns pro-
rerty in Westmoreland Hills, and
Clarence H. Bennett, secretary of
the Homeowners Tax League, Inc,
Of Montgomery County.
The briefs stated the following
reasons for their contention that
the entire reassessment program
is legally invalid:
1. That the Montgomery Coun-
ty Superintendent of Assessments
has not complied with the Annot-
ated Code of Maryland.
2. Tax survey reveals uniform
method Of assessments is not used
in Montgomery County.
3. 1858 residential assessments
are not equalized.
4. The Maryland State Tax
Commission has not formulated
and enforced a uniform method of
assessment as required by the
Maryland Code.
5. Grave inequities in tax load
result from the wide disnarities
and Inconsistencies in assessments.
g. Reasonable cause to doubt
the accuracy and validity of
fssessment methods.
7. Wide variation in assessment
methods of Maryland Counties
with Montgomery leading all
others in percentage of increases.
8. Montgomery County percap-
tia assessments in 1852 were ~
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
Caithersburg
Leading Red
NCrOss Drive

First reports from workers in
the current 1858 Red Cross Fund
Campaign in Montgomery County
showed Gaithersburg, under the
Craftsmanship of Miss Alverda
Cooke, among the leaders with
500 of its quota contributed dur
ing the first week of the campaign.
Working on the Rockville Com
mittee with Mrs. James j. Thack-
ara as Chairman are the follow
ing area chairmen:
Harper Smith, lawyers; DR..
Helen O'Brien, doctors; William
Sommerville, commercial; Mrs.
Tillis Brown, Rockcrest; Mrs.
Thomas Anderson, Rockville resi-
dental; Mrs. A. E. Guide, Sr.,
Frederick Road; Mrs. A. D. Woot-
ton, Jamestown Road and Glen
Hills; Mrs. F. L. Duncan, Falls
Road; Mrs. Persons and Mrs. Led
ford, Twinbrook; Mrs. Lanier,
Garden Park and Merryvale; Mrs.
Charles H. Knode, Berlin Apart
ments; Mrs. Atlee Burroughs.
Providing vital services to
n mericans in uniform and to vet
efans is a major Red Cross task
requiring a large percentage of
the organizations budget, accord
ing to Mrs. Thackara. Last year
families of selvicemen who live in
Montgomery County called on the
Red Cross here $50 times for help
with family problems, Mrs. Thack-
ara stated.
Something over two thirds Of
the Red Cross dollar raised in
Montgomery County will be spent
here to enable the Montgomery
County Chapter Of the Red Cross
to maintain these land other Red
Cross services here. The other
third will go to the National Red
Cross to assist in services provid-
ed through that office, which in
clude the overseas program for
servicemen, the new gamma glo-
bulin program, and the always
ready disaster service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
Sen. Kennedy
Jackson Day
Fete Speaker

A capacity crowd is expected
at the Second Annual jackson Day
Dinner, sponsored by the jackson
Day Dinner Committee of the
Young Democratic Clubs of Mary
land.
United States Senator John f.
Kennedy of Massachusetts, will be
the principal speaker at the dinner
TO be held March 20, 1880 pm, at
the Hotel Emerson in Baltimore.
f.D. State President James C.
Morton, Jr, Of Anne Arundel
County, will be the POSTMASTER.
Guests at the dinner will in
clude former US. Senators
Herbert X. O'Conor, George l..
Radcliffe and Willard f.. Tydings;
Congressman George II. Fallon,
Edward A. Garmatz and Samuel
n. Friedcl; former Governor VIM.
Preston Lane, Jr.; Comptroller J.
Willard Tawes; State Treasurer
Hopes s. Miles; Mayor Thomas
D'Alesandro, Jr. National Com
mitteeman; Mrs NJ. Alice Candles,
National Committeewoman; Lans-
dale G. Sasscer; DR. Harry c.
Byrd, President of the University
Of Maryland; Colonel h. Brooke
Lee; George =. Mahoney; Senator
George w. Della, President Of the
State Senate; Speaker John c.
Lubcr, Of the House Of Delegates;
Mrs Mary II. DuVall, President of
the United Democratic Womcn's
Club; and Richard j. Nelson,
President Of the Young Democratic
Clubs Of America.
\ dance sponsored by the Young
Democrats will be held in the
ballroom following the dinner.
Music will be furnished by Joe
and his orchestra.
A limited number Of tickets are
AVAILABLE, requests should be adj
lrcssed to the Young Democratic
}lubs Of Maryland, Is West
Street, Annapolis, Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
Ball to Address
Western Suburban
Democratic Club

George w. Ball, National Di-
rector of the Volunteers for Stew
enson in the recent Presidential
campaign, will address the West
ern Suburban Democratic Club of
Montgomery County at 8 pm.
Wednesday, March 25, at the Glen
brook Country Club north of Be-
thesda. Ali Montgomery County
Democrats are invited to the meet
ing, according to Edward S. North
rop Of Chevy Chase, Club presi-
dent.
Mr.. Ball served as one of the
top advisors to Governor Steven
son at the Springfield, I'll. head
quarters during the 1852 cam
paign. He will review the strategy
of the campaign and assess the
significance of the November vote
for the future efforts of the Demo-
cratic party. There will be OPP
portunity for discussion after the
talk, Mr.. Northrop stated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
March Term
Grand Jury
Session

The Montgomery County Grand
Jury is expected to complete its
session today. The body was con-
vened Monday for the March term
of circuit court at Rockville.
States Attorney Walter w.
Dawson had prepared approximate
ely 40 cases for presentation to
the inquisitorial body. Frank P.
Jenkins, Rockville business man,
is foreman.
Other members of the Grand
Jury selected Monday are:
Ida Day McCeney, Geraldine B.
Ryerson, Oliver w. Youngblood,
Edward A. Osborn, Harold A.
Brooks, Frederick G. Harting, Jr.,
Jennie C. Fulton, Anna l.. Thrift,
Janet W. Bell, Lloyd w. Burdette,
Lawrence H. Reed, w. Paul Ben
son.
Augustus w. Lee, Wesley d.
Snaffer, John +. Pollock, Audria
A. Conklin, Jessie f. Clark, Clar-
ence +. Painter, John B. Nutter,
J. Everett Schrider, Aubrey M.
Green and John p. HORNE.
Members of the first petit jury
are:
G. Edward Spates, Nina p, Lee,
James f. Wilson, Everett H. Wood
ward, William A. Godfrey, Fred
B. Kitterman, w. Edmund Free
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-03-19
Fire Area
Tax Funds
In Danger
OF Denial
County Council Rules
FirehOuse Sites Not
Approved Face Loss
Of Taxes to Firemen

The legal right of several up
county Volunteer Departments to
receive County tax funds was put
kSnder cloud Tuesday by an ac-
zion of the County Council.
Affected by the councils inter-
probation of a little-known 1885
law are those departments which
have purchased fire house sites
since the law went into effect with
out first obtaining council approval.
At Tuesdays session the council,
by AS vote, turned down a pro-
posal to relocate the Glen Echo
Fire Department on a site on Mas
sachusettes Avenue at Sangamore
and Walhonding Roads-largely
on the basis that once the site is
purchased without council approx
al, it cannot be ratified by council
action.
Another section of the law pro-
vides that fire department sites
purchased without compliance with
these requirements shall after
wards be prohibited "from receiv-
ing county tax funds for its sup
port" Most fire departments rely
on funds the county collects from
special tax areas for the large por-
ton of their revenue.
But the council has, in several
instances throughout the county,
approved the construction of fire
departments on sites which were
4 rot approved prior to acquisition.
y According to Councilmen Louis
A. Gravelle and j. Louis Monarch,
the purchase is null and void" and
the land must be returned to the
original purchaser. Both men are
attorneys.
In denying the Glen Echo de-
partment permission to relocate
the Majority-Monarch, Gravelle,
Lathrop Smith and Harold Ham,
mond-rejected the advice of the
county's top department heads, in
Guiding County Attorney David
Macdonald, who had ruled that
council could make the purchase
legal simply by ratifying it.
Similar favorable recommends
lions on the proposed site by Safe
ty Director Arthur E. Miller, Fire
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