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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
TWinbrOOk Attic
Tour Scheduled
Sunday Afternoon

An attic tour to acquaint home
owners with methods of finishing
their attics will be held in Twin
brook Sunday, June 7, from 2
pm. to pm.
The tour is under auspices of the
three Homemakers Clubs of the
community and the 80 cent charge
will be turned over to the Pre-
School Playground Fund. For ad-
ditional information call Mrs.
Robert L. Tuck, 1912 McAuliffe
Avenue, telephone Poplar 2-4010.
Street captains will call upon
residents with tickets or they may
be purchased at any of the follow
ing homes where attics can be
viewed:
DR.. George Darr, 1300S Atlantic
Avenue; Frederick Procopio, 1904
Atlantic Avenue; Malcolm Morse,
l Denfeld Court; William H.
Wells, 5706 Crawford Drive; Ed
win Libby, 5704 Crawford Drive;
II. j. Bayard, 5000 lie May Road;
Peter NJ. Cody, 1914 Wainwright
Avenue; Godfrey S. Huber, 1915
Ardennes Avenue; Robert Bon
ham, 305 Patton; Leonard King
cry, 3O7 Patton, and Mrs. Anna
Mae Atkinson, 401 Cedar Lane.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
INSPECTIONS END

The Montgomery County Fire
Marshal's Office has completed its
third and final inspection of the
SO county parochial and public
schools. During this inspection,
schools were checked for fire safe
ty, fire drills were conducted and
evaluated and 5000 fire safety
bookmarks, listing suggestions for
home fire safety, were distributed
20 the pupils in the fifth and sixth
grades who cooperated in making
home fire safety inspections.
The inspections revealed that all
county school buildings conformed
to the fire safety provisions CT the
Fire Prevention Code of Montgom-
cry County and that fire drills
are, generally, being performed IN
accordance with the regulations of
the Board of Education and the
Fire Prevention Code of Montgom-
cry County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Rockville Food To,Un Opens
$500, 900 Plant Wednesday

Village, Pix N Pay, Buckingham,
Fairfax, Master and Sheridan
Supermarkets.
Two years ago they banded to-
gether to accomplish mass pur-
chasing savings through buying
in carload lots. This venture was
so successful that they rented II
large warehouse for the distribu-
ton Of the goods and resulted in
their abandoning their individual
market names in favor Of one com
mon name, Food Town, a name
which implies exactly what the
stores are, complete city Of foods.
With the opening Of the Rock
vile Foodtown, the group is taking
another step in creation of a CO.
operative store. Each Of the orr
ginal store groups owns "A pro-
portionate share in the Rockville
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04

When Mrs. Betty Fowler, 1915
Wainwright Avenue, Rockville,
was tapped to step down for a
picture and an award as she finish
ed having her chest x-ray at the
Twinbrook PTA Fair, the Tuber-
culosis Associations award-g iver,
Mrs. jeanne Finley, did not realize
how well Mrs. Fowler fitted the
Associations latest efforts.
Before Mrs. Fowler could be
photographed receiving her cita-
ton as the 200th person to be "
rayed at the halfway mark in the
special chest x-ray program for
the Twinbrook Fair, she had to
round up her family, husband, AL
bert, and two pretty, sandy-haired
children-daughter, Adrienne, age
4, and son, John c., age 8 months.
This proved Mrs. Fowler to be
a Success story" For some time
the tuberculosis Association had
been trying to impress Montgom-
cry County parents of small chill
dren with the Importance of the
yearly chest X-ray as means of
protecting the whole family. A
special study made by the As
ISOLATION had underwritten the
need for parents to be x-rayed
when it found this group, parti-
cularly the mothers, neglecting
this important measure, often for
as much as five years or more.
So Mrs. Fowler, without realiz-
ing it, had been setting her COM
munity a fine example. So had
Daddy Albert Fowler. He was the
199th person to be x-rayed that
afternoon.
The presence of the mobile X
ray unit at the Twinbrook Fair
was a special service of the Tuber-
culosis Association, furnished at
the request of the Fair Commit
tee headed by DR.. Thurman Graf
ton and Mrs. Ruth Pape. Under
their direction and with the able
help of Mrs. Jeanne Grafton, PTA
Health Chairman; Mrs. Jeanne
Wells, Twinbrook Homemakers No.
1; and Mrs. Val Schneider, corps
Of Twinbrook mothers had prev
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Municipal Building Site
Under Study for Rockville

Mayor Daniel p. Weddle is ex-
pected to appoint shortly a COM
mission to study the purchase of
a building site for a new munich
pal building in Rockville.
Decision to name a commission,
members of which will be known
only to Mayor Weddle, came at
the town budget hearings this
week.
Morris Stern made recommen-
dation to appoint a commission
to study possible building site,
after G. Lamar Kelly, president
of the Rockville Board of Trade,
pointed CT that the 1854 budget
sets up $4,000 to be added to the
towns municipal building fund.
Mr.. Kelly said the 1854 appropria-
ton would give the town 100000
with which to proceed. In making
his suggestion to the Mayor and
Council, Mr.. Stern said rising
costs of land in the commercial
section demanded that the city
Immediately look for land on which
to build.
In agreeing to appoint a COM
mission, Mayor Weddle said the
town is interested in acquiring
sufficient space to construct a
building and provide public park
ing space for at least 1876 cars.
1t was decided to conceal ident-
ity of members of the commission
to keep them free from pressures
which might be exerted by eager
sellers. The Mayor did not indi-
cate when he would make the APP
pointmeI1ts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04

Department
Program
Accord Reached in
Recreation Switch
From Planning Body
To County Control

Control of the county recreation
program was transferred officially
from the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission
Tuesday to the County Council.
Shortly after the accord was
reached, the County Recreation
Department announced plans to
operate 43 summer recreational
centers on park and school facili-
ties.
The summer program will be
directed by County Director of Re-
creation Forest V. Gustafson IN
der the immediate supervision of
Louis G. Mitchell, chief of the
Division of Recreation Activities.
Mitchell formerly was recreation
director for the planning commits
sion and supervised the successful
program operated in the past
several years by the parks body.
The transfer was accomplished
at a meeting of the planning COM
and the Council Tuesday
at Rockville. The park body turned
over 10O,589 to the county from
the sinking fund for retirement of
recreation facility bonds, $4,000
less than had been expected.
Jesse w. Nicholson, secretary
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
"The GOndOLiers"
Nearing SRO Status

The ticket committee for the
lcomic operetta, "The Condo
liers,' reports that the tickets
for Thursday night are almost
sold out and reservations for
Friday and Saturday nights are
going fast.
For remaining reservations
and general admission call: Mrs.
Paul Wire, 20 2-346l, Mrs.
Douglas Mills, Pc 2-23Ol, Mrs.
l.. II. Mattingly, Po 2-3O42, Mrs.
NJ. f. Morris, Pc 2-65l9, Mrs. j.
M. Redding, Pc 2-3l37, and Mrs.
w. F. Bond, Pc 2-3577.
Tickets are available at BealPs
ESQ station on the Rockville
Pike and at Nedley's Jewelry
Store on Montgomery Avenue.
They can be bought at the door
of the Richard Montgomery High
School auditorium the nights of
the show before curtain time at
$3.50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04

Board Meet

A meeting of the Governing
Board of the Woman's Democratic
Club of Montgomery County has
been called for June 10 at s pm.
in the Bethesda County building
by Mrs. Genevieve H. Wells, of
Brookeville, newly elected presi-
dent.
Plans for social events during
the summer, and a program of
informative meetings for the fall
and winter m nths will be dis
cussed.
Serving on the Governing Board
are the elected officers, committee
chairmen and co-chairmen and
the presidents of the affiliated
clubs in Silver Spring, Bethesda,
Chevy Chase, Rockville and Upper
Montgomery County.
Officers of the county club, be-
sides Mrs. Wells, former member
of the State Legislature, and presi-
dent of the United Women's Dem
ocratic Club of Maryland, are /:
Mrs. William X. Griffith, Bealls-
vile, first vice president; Miss
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04

all Chrysler made cars and will
have facilities for repair of all
makes of cars. The paint and body
shop will be one of the best equip
ped in the area and the glass de-
partment will be prepared to in
stall any or all automobile glass
and also to prepare custom cut
glass for any other use.
The shop and sales offices will
be open from am. to 8 pm.
weekdays and will remain open
until 6 pm. Saturdays.
The familiar triangle gasoline
station will be RACED and an ultra
modern Gulf gasoline service sta
tion constructed. The new service
station will be operated independ-
emily of the Reed Brothers plant.
Every effort will be made to serve
the customers while the transition
is taking place, company officials
said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04

Rockville is to have a new $780,
900 supermarket opening next
Wednesday in the shopping center
at North Washington Street and
Montgomery Avenue.
The new Food Town supermarket
will occupy $1,000 square feet of
store space, with modern equip
ment, including the largest display
of frozen foods i'm the East, and
will be manned by staff of 20
employees.
Another innovation will be
motor driven conveyor belt check
outs which will expedite the move
ment of customers and their pur-
chases through the checkout sta
tions.
The operators Of this store are
"A group of independents formerly
operating their own individual
stores under the names Of Kent
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Council Ok
Given Fire
House Site
On Rt. 24O
Gaithersburg Road
Plan, Upper County
Subdivision Rules
Changes Approved

Approval of the Fairgrounds
site for the Rockville Volunteer
Fire Departments new frehouse
was voted Tuesday by the Mont
gomery County Council.
The partner mt had been
threatened with loss of county tax
funds if the building was con-
structed at the Route 240 and
Viers Mill Road intersection pre-
viously part of the Rockville Fair
Grounds and now carnival
grounds for the fire departments
annual event.
A new. law enacted at the May
session of the Council sitting as
a legislative body legalized the APP
proval of the site endangered by
an old law which stated that the
Council must give prior approval
before site is purchased or the
department forfeits county tax
funds.
Rockville apd several other up
county departments were involved
inadvertently after the old law
was pulled out to bar construction
of new firehouse for the Conduit
Road Fire Board area on Massa-'
chusetts Avenue at Walhonding
Road. Few upcounty departments
or county libraries had obtained
the required approval for purch-
asing sites.
The County Council also gave
tentative approval to a plan Of
fered by Public Works Director
Mason Butcher for keeping open
the Browns Station Road in Cal
thersburg at cost to the county
of approximately 100000.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission had proposed closing
the road, which links the present
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Feed Brothers VIII MOUe
June I3 to NelU BUILDING

Reed Brothers, second Oldest
Dodge dealer, which has been SER
ing the county for 80 years, is
moving from its present location
at the point of the Viers Mill Road,
Route 240 triangle in Rockville to
q modernized location nearby at
sos East Montgomery Avenue
Open House will be held June 13
from 6 pm. to enable residents
to view the new structure.
The automobile firm will have
greatly enlarged quarters in the
new location, with increased floor
space for the new car department
and the repair department. A cont
rletely new parts department and
a modern service department where
The tradition of service that has
been built up by this firm through
the years will be carried on, and If
possible, improved.
The service department will be
completely equipped with parts for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Commerce Lane
Widening Contract
Set For July 1st

A contract to widen and repave
Commerce Lane in Rockville will
be signed by city officials by July
1, City Manager John Mcdonald
said this week.
Funds to improve the thorofare
were set up some time ago. The
condition of the street has been
"sore spot" to commercial in
terests who claim that holes in
the road bed and lack of sidewalks
seriously interferes with the con-
duct of their business.
1t is understood that the wind
ing course of the street, plus the
fact hiatt a number of business
houses extend into the city's right
of way have delayed work until
this time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Suit to Void
ReaSSeSSnent
Program Filed

Voidance of all suburban reas-
sessments laid in the past year is
sought in a suit filed Friday in
Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville.
The court action was filed by
Attorney James P. Parker on be-
half of three county residents. His
suit asks a mandamus order to
force the State Tax Commission
to direct general reassessment
throughout the State.
Parker's brief claims that
County Assessor Wilton T. Allen
had failed to keep posted on prop
erty sales so that they can be
compared by the Appeal Tax
Court of the county with assess
mentS.
The petition seeks to have the
court order the Tax Commission
to order a general reassessment
based on uniform standards and
asks that 1913 and 1949 assess
ments in suburban Montgomery
County be continued in force I'M
til the new assessment is made
and seeks an injunction restrain
ing the use of the assessments
laid in the past year.
The action followed refusal of
the Appeal Tax Court to order a
countrywide reassessment. The tax
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Washington Grove
Election July II;
Maple Lake Vote

Candidates for election to the
offices of mayor and council of
Washington Grove will be an
nounced June Is. The town cleo
ton will be held July II.
At the same time, at a town
meeting to be held on election
day, Washington Grove residents
will vote yes or no on plan to
reclaim old Maple Lake and return
it to its once prominent position
in the community. Maple Lake,
once the haunt of District of Col
umbia residents who summered at
the Grove, now runs north and
south.
Mayor McCathran, who will
stand for reelection on July IL,
said today if the lake is reclaimed,
it is planned to run it east and
west.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Rockville
Tax Rate
To Remain
go Cents
Mayor and Council
Adopted $360,77O
Budget After Hearing
Held Monday Night
By LILA H. THOMSON

Costs of city government in
Rockville will increase in the fiscal
year beginning July 1, but the in
crease will not affect the towns
current 90-cent tax rate.
The budget adopted Monday
night by the Mayor and Council
calls for expenditures of $360,770
in the next IL months period. The
total is $4,000 greater than funds
appropriated last year.
At a budget hearing held in the
Circuit Court Room and attended
by less than a handful of citizens,
City Manager John Mcdonald
pointed out that expenses for the
office of mayor and council will
amount to $1,000 next year, or
double the amount in the current
budget. A changeover in the cleo
ton books and practices accounts
for the increase, he said.
The city managers office will
cost $1,000 in fiscal 80 or $500
more than was appropriated last
year, Expenditures for the city
clerks office will amount to $685.
$40 compared to $685. in fiscal
1853. Increases in insurance prem
iums and 1000 hike in fees
paid by the town for legal and
auditing services are largely re-
sponsible for the rise in costs.
At the same time, Mr.. McDon-
aid said it will cost the town $780,
800 for its engineering department
Continued on Page n
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Nsu,
Briefs
All HOLSTEIN AWARDS

Five Maryland All Club men,
bers have received awards for
their outstanding Holstein Friesian
projects.
Award winners are Robert Dor
sey, Of Boyd, and Joyce Riggs of
Gaithersburg, Montgomery Coun-
ty; George Wills, McDonogh,
Baltimore county; Mac Remsburg,
Middletown, Frederick county; and
Walter T. Morris III, Chestertown,
Kent county.
The awards were made at the
annual meeting of the Maryland
Holstein Friesian Association, held
in Frederick May 21.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
ANGUS GROUP ELECTS

Lewis H. Bennett of Rockville,
has been elected to membership
in the American Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders Association at Chicago,
announces Secretary Frank Rich
ards.
Mr.. Bennett was one of the four
purebred Aberdeen-Angus breeders
elected from Maryland during the
past month to membership in the
organization.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
RETARDED CHILDREN TEA

The third annual tea to aid re-
tarded children will take place on
Saturday, June 6, on the grounds
of Sunnyday School, 400 Norwood
Drive, Bethesda, at 400 pm.
Sponsored by Help for Retarded
Children, Inc, a non-profit organ
ization of parents and friends of
retarded children, the school has
been the organizations first sue
cessful pilot project.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Rockville Summer
Recreation Program
Will Begin June 20

Rockville's summer recreation
program will get under way on
June 20, city clerk Sara Mortimer
said today. The eight weeks pro-
gram Of instruction, games and
handcrafts will be given at Rock
vile Elementary School; Twin
brook Recreation Center and in
Lincoln Park.
Parents interested in having
their children participate may reg
lister them at these locations on
the date the program gets under
way. Bus schedules for transporta-
ton of the youngsters will be an
nounced later, Mrs. Mortimer said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
Mayor Weddle Attends
Presbyterian Meeting

Mayor Daniel Il. Weddle, left
Wednesday, for Montreal, N. c.,
whore he will represent the Poto-
mac Presbytcry at the general as
sembly Of the Presbyterian
Churches Of the United States.
The Mayor is expected TO re-
turn in time to attend the meet
ing Of the Maryland Municipal
League in Ocean City on June II.
Some 30 municipalities in the State
viii be represented.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS

PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS
The June meeting of the Mont
l gomery County Press Association
will be held Friday, June ~, at
1890 pm. Members will be lunch
con guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Brechner, 9706 Parkwood
Drive, Bethesda.
The Brechner's have just return
ed from a European trip. Associa-
ton members will get a first-hand
report from President Joe Brech-
ner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-06-04
HUSBAND AND WIFE GRADS

HUSBAND AND WIFE GRADS
Among the husband and wife
graduates at the University of
Maryland at the June 9th COM
mencement exercises are Alexis
Won Bretzel, receiving his Master
of Arts degree in History from the
Graduate School and his wife, Ell
eanor Louise, receiving a Bache-
lor's degree in Education.
The Won Bretzels reside at 3006
Lindell Street, Silver Spring.
The guardian., 1953-10-03
hub BEAUTICIAN
DIES SUDDENLY

Funeral services for Mrs. Elec-
ira winston Chandler, 80 Dun
reath Street, Roxbury, were
held at Columbus Avenue A.
Me. Zion Church. Monday.
Sept. 81, with the Rev. AA.
Perry, former pastor, officiating
by request of the family, as
sisted by the present pastor, the
Rev. James C. Brown.
Letters and kilograms Of
coincidence were read by the
Rev Enoch o. Woodhouse and
solos were sung by Mrs. Ethel
Woodhouse Taylor. Resolutions
were read from the Order Of
the Eastern Star, A. M. E. Zion
Church Choir, Club Nippinicket,
Home Missions, Hairdressers AS
sociation and HairdreSSers So
ciety.
Many floral tributes were
banked about the casket. The
services were attended by
throng of friends, neighbors and
representatives Of various or
ganizations.
In response to the family's
request, the Rev. A. A. Perry
flew here from winston Salem,
N. c., where he now is pastor
Of Zion church.
Two flower cars led the large
cortege to Mt. Hope Cemetery
for the interment. Chisholm Fu-
neral Chapel had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Chandler died suddenly
September II at her home.
A we'll known beautician, she
owned and operated for many
years the Wanda Beouty Shoppe
at All Massachusetts, Aavenue.
Her husband David j. Chand-
-er reached in Chicago and
Immediately planed to Boston
to make funeral arrangements.
Surviving are her husband
a laughter, Mrs. Wanda Win
ston Ashley; mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Stickney; three sisters,
Mrs. Mary Hullum, Mrs. Cath
crime Pickens and Mrs. Claire
Thompson; three brothers, Mer-
Ger Stickney, Lewis Stickney /
and Edward Stickney; other
relatives and numerous friends.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Mrs.
Electra Winston Chandler wish
to acknowledge the kindness
and expressions of sympathy
shown them by their relatives,
friends and neighbors. They are
especially grateful to the dom
ors Of the many beautiful floral
offerings.
THE FAMILY. ]
The guardian., 1953-10-03
First National Stores

For the 33rd consecutive year
First National Stores were the
largest buyers of beef steers
raised as a club project by All
club boys and girls from New
England and New York. They
were auctioned at Eastern
States exposition. West Spring
field. The First National pur-
chase comprised 81 steers, in
cluding 90O-pound Red Angus
grand champion. It's young
raiser, Fred Scoralick of Poug-
Quag, NY. had his award rib
bon from President EiSenhow-
er. His steer brought $160 a
pound, highest price for a
grand champion at Springfield
since 1947.
A First National Stores
Spokesman points out that the
Company does not buy live cat
tie except in the case of Ali
raised animals; has bought 655
All beefs at Springfield in %
years to help support the ed
ucational program of All,
whereby a boy or a girl learns
how to do it by doing. and re-
celives invaluable training in
character and citizenship.
The guardian., 1953-10-03
COTTAGE PRAYER
FRIENDSHIP

The second "Tarry" meeting
was held Wednesday, Septen-
Der %. from 7-8 at Union Meth
odist Church Chapel. The after
service was started at 8:45 pm.
Speaker was Mrs. Maude Bailey
of Everett, whose subject was
LOVE THE CHRIST WAY"
David Nelson, father of Mrs.
Sonnie of st. Botolph Street,
who underwent an operation
last week, is at City Hospital,
Bowling Building, South, No. J..
Drop him a get well card .
Thanks . Mrs. Bertha Bailey
and Mrs. Emma Gray of Em-
manuel Church, Maiden, were
guest soloists at the five-dsy
preaching services at Metropol-
itan Church the week Of Sep
tember %. Prayer friendship
wishes TO thank Rev. Minor for
his spiritual helpfulness dur
ing the exercises at his church.
Mrs. Mildred Arthur, onetime
resident of Maiden and wife
of Mr.. Philip Arthur, passed
away September u at Boston
City Hospital. Mrs. Ollie Knox
OF Georgia and Mrs. Drinkard
OF Connecticut, members of I'm
lion Church, will take active
part in Cottage prayer meetings
this fall. The Massachusetts, In
terrscial Association renewed
its charter for the sixth year
The organization was formed
upon the birth Of our Msssa-
achusetts FEPC Law. Rev. Rog-
er williams and Rev. Earl Law
son will teach at religious ed
ucation classes starting October
%, Monday, at 18th Baptist
Church at 7:3O pm. other lead
ing ministers will likewise serve
the school, Your presence Il
1 needed for a richer fellowship
and Christ centered alertness.