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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Profound As 1t May Not Seem

The editor of this newspaper has recovered from
last weeks charges that she had sod OUT to the Citizens
for Good Government She has recovered also charges
Of week before last that she had sold out to the Hit
She has further recovered from charges of the before
she selling out to the Kelly machine She also has recov
cred from charges that she has sold out to the town. She
recovered further from charges made the week before
the week before the last week that she had sold
Milor slate.
Now crawling out from beneath pile of beaten up old
newspapers and casting jaundced eye the political
situation in Rockville exists today the editor wishes
to stagger before the public and say-and quoteGreat
balls of fret"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
: The Letter Box :

, and our liquor and juvenile de
linquency problems will dis
appear.
This is only a suggestion. If il
appeals to you, dear reader
please pass it on. If it does not
forget it.
Thank you for reading.
"In the Cross of Christ I glory
Mrs. r. Y. Nicholson
Editor
Montgomery County Sentinel
A lot of voters are very cur
ious about Mr.. Hovsepian who is
running for mayor as a Good
Government candidate. In the
first place, some of us know that
his government job takes him out
of town and it hasn't been SO
very long ago that Mrs. Hovse.
plan said before some people that
she and her husband were think.
ing of selling their house here
because they didn't like Rockville
very well.
Mr.. Hovsepian might be a good
mayor for all I know but 1 don't
think it's a good idea to vote for
man if his job takes him away
lot or if he was thinking of
moving away less than a year
ago because he doesn't like our
town.
1t seems to me that if a man
doesn't like a town that he won't
good mayor and 1 think some.
one ought to ask Mr.. Hovsepian
what he intends to do about this
and hear what he has to say be-
fore he asks anyone to vote for
him.
Mrs. Mary B. Osgood
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Registration BOuUs

Now that registrations and with the towns
unofficial count of 3112 voting citizens the books we
think it is high time say word two in behalf of regis
trars judges and town employees who put in quite few
rugged hours doing the job they sent out to do
1t is opinion, few beefs to the contrary notwh-
standing, that whale of job done WELL efficiently
and fast.
big fat goody" for the whole kit and kaboode and
double for Chief Registrar Mboue Ward who set the
works in operation and kept them going when the going
was rough.
Another big fat goody" for the civic associations the
candidates for office and their workers who did job where
one never had been done before.
And rousing cheer for the 1728 registrants who
pulled themselves together and stayed that way long enough
to become good citizens. - --'->&
Registration is only half the job Election day May
We trust Nam and Sir, to you in voting booth
that date.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Local Girls Is Named
To College MAY Court

Bette.Barron Smith, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest L. Smith
of Ardnave Farm, RID 1, Rock
vile, is one of nine seniors re-
Gently elected to the Sweet Briar
College May Court. a"
Miss Smith will take part in
the annual festivities May 1. An.
other senior from Maryland, Mar
gafet Crowley, Chevy Chase, was
also elected to the May Court.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Information Center

The new Young Democratic
Clubs Information Center at 200
Monroe Street, Rockville, will
hold Open House Saturday, April
10 from 8 pm. to 500 pm. YDC
members, Democratic State Cen.
trail Committee members and
Precinct Chairmen in Montgom.
cry County will act as hosts dur.
ing the Open House. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Hartman
(Continued from p.o,

NOOiitliiuCu 1lOill rage -
expect to increase the towns
payroll by adding additional en-
ployees in order to achieve great.
er efficiency? Or do they expect
to increase the workload of pre-.
sent employees who already put
in a considerable number of over.
time hours at no additional cost
to the taxpayers?"
A statement on Mr.. Hartman's
and Mr.. Hovsepian's proposed ap-
proaches to these two basic con-
cepts of efficient governmental
operations will be waited eagerly
by town taxpayers" Mayor Wed.
die said.
The mayor took sharp issue
also with statements by Wendell
Turner, candidate for town coun-
Gil on the Hovsepian slate, who,
at a meeting of the Citizens for
Good Government, called for
SEALED bids to be opened in pub.
lie at previously announced
times" in connection with town
purchases and contracts.
Sealed Bids
Mr.. Weddle said, ''the town
government has always opened
sealed bids in the way and man.
ner provided by law. Mr.. Turner's
implication in this connection"
the Mayor added, "is that the city
officials of Rockville have gone
into private huddles with pre-
ferred contractors and spent the
public money without regard to
law. Our invitations to bid, the
date, time and place, of opening
of bids are advertised in the pub
lie press. At the same time" he
added, "the local press always
has been notified on the date bids
were to be opened and has been
asked to be present"
"Mr. Turner, who has lived
here long enough to know the
character and reputation of town
officials, should know, if he
doesn't, that the implications in
his statement are sinister and
unworthy of any fair-minded
person whether he be candidate
or average citizen"
Several weeks ago, the Mayor
said, "the city manager and
issued joint statement on
rumors and wild insinuations
which were being directed at the
present town officials by the
Hovsepian slate and its support
ers."
"At that time, we said the
towns bills, records and books
were available to any or all per.
sons who believed any kind of ir.
regularity existed in conduct of
town business"
UP to this time, Mayor Weddle
said, "none of the needle and
nag boys have been around to
take advantage of our offer. If
they were and are sincere in their
belief that town business is not
being run properly, they are
derelict in their duty as citizens
and candidates for public office
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Statement to
The Sentinel

Replying to your inquiry I
am glad to say that the Twin
brook Citizens Association
does not wish to engage in a
controversy with Mr.. Milor or
any other candidate. AS a non
partisan organization we have
invited all candidates to ap-
pear before the Association to
speak and to answer ques-
tons. This most definitely in
cludes Mr.. Milor and his as
sociates.
AS both the other .candi-
dates will attest, our proceed
ures are fair, cordial and
friendly to all. All candidates
except Mr.. Milor have accept
ed, and there has been no diff
ficulty in arranging dates.
We do feel that candidates
owe the PUBIC an opportunity
to hear them and to ask them
questions. AS the record will
show, Mr.. Milor has been re-
peatedly invited, and the invi-
tation still stands. The attach.
ed letter is released for publ
cation.
I most sincerely hope Mr..
Milor will accept our invita-
ton, for we genuinely and
honestly want him to speak
and I can assure him that he
will receive the traditional
Twinbrook hospitality which
we extend to all guests.
Henry Redkey
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08

Council following the death of a
four-year-old boy in a Takoma
Park nursery home last October
for which the operator was re-
Gently sentenced to maximum
10 year prison term for man.
slaughter.
When the regulations went
into effect, March 81, only seven
of the estimated 70 centers had
applied, according to County
aides, and none of them could
meet the stringent requirements.
In other business Tuesday, the
Council agreed to call a joint
meeting with the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, to discuss two long,
range master plans.
The meeting was requested by
Councilman Louis A. Gravelle
who said he wanted to ask the
planners to promptly" draft a
plan to accelerate" commercial
and in d ustrial development
along railroad rights-of-way. He
said he also wanted the tout of
date" plans for the Bethesda and
Silver Spring business districts
modernized and included in a
master plan for the entire
County.
Gravelle, who has publicly ad-
vocated increased light industrial
development in the County to re-
duce the tax load on residential
and farm properties, in his bid
for reelection, said the plan
would give the Council a basis
for reZoning land along rail-
roads.
County residents will get a pre-.
view peak at tentatively pro-
posed capital construction budg-
ct before it is whipped into final
form, but not at the operating
budget, County Manager Edward
T. Beall told the Council Tues
day.
He said he will present the Gun
official" construction recommen.
dations to the Council April 90
and nine days later, the Council
agreed, it will hold an informal
hearing on the proposal.
On May II, he will present his
actual construction and operat
ing budget recommendations
and public hearings held or
them June 10 and II. Once this
budget is presented, a five to two
vote of the Council is required tc
increase any item, and a simple
majority vote for a reduction.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
MilOr

N1HOT 80
CONTINUED from Page y
in, / think it is UP to Mr.. How
sepian to tell the Rockville resi-
dents promptly whether or moi
he has cleared his availability
with his Federal employer and
If, in the clearing, he has in
formed this employer Of the
number of hours necessary to
preside over the affairs of our
town. Running Rockville is not
a nighttime affair"
Committee Government
Milor also came out swinging
this week, in verbal attack on
the Hovsepian tickets presenta.
ton last week of its detailed
plans for operation of the town
. government.
He accused the Good Govern
ment slate of offering Rockville
a government by committee
and charged that the slate head.
ed by Dickran Hovsepian is "op.
Grating under a smoke screen of
commercial huckstering that fea.
lures double talk about good gov.
eminent and master planning"
Milor said everyone in town
knows the Hovsepian slate is
bossed by the Hartman machine
of indictments whose plan to di.
vide and conquer in the name OF
good government is only the
latest display of contempt for the
traditions. interests and future
Of Rockville"
The Hartman machine, MiloI
aasserted ,"also is indulging in q
political shell games Of govern
ment by committee. This was
unveiled last Monday night wher
Hovsepian and his running
mates advanced their scheme fol
a shadow government of commit
tees. Members Of these commit
tees are already selected" Milol
charged, "and they were selected
In advance Of election so Hart
man could be sure Of building ur
and holding band of supporter.
who want to play leading role.
In expensive experiments witt
local government"
Bureaucrats. Too
Milor said, $50 far as the How
sepian slate is concerned, it ha!
done nothing in this campaign
but make bureaucratic noise!
about planning and committees
These noises are the bureaucrat'i
substitute for accomplishment. L
there's one thing the bureaucra
fears, it's getting a job done. Blu
planning and setting up commit
tees can 60 on forever. The siz
and resistance to economy of tn,
Federal government is a multi
billion dollar debt monumen
which has been erected to tn
techniques Of enlighteped bt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Rummage Sale

Because of the generosity of
our many friends, there are still
articles coming in to be sold at
the Bethesda Y.Cottage, 4911
Moorland Lane, Bethesda. The
rummage sale will be held again
on Thursday and Friday, April 8
and 9 from 10 am. to 5 pm. in
the Y-Cottage garage.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08

in not checking up on our state.
mentS."
IF the Hovsepian-Hartman
group does not check up, we can
assume" the mayor said, that
they plan to keep the true facts
from the voters in order to con-
tinue to deal in untruth, innu-
endo and character association. 4"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Women Voters to Meet

Members of the League of
Women Voters of Montgomery
County will vote on their local
agenda for the coming year at
their annual meeting Wednesday,
April IA, at 8:15 p. m. at the
Glenbrook Country Club. They
will elect three vice presidents
and six directors at the same
meeting. 4
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
An Open Letter to
The People of Rockville

I would like for each of YOU
to take stock of your conscience,
then truthfully say if you really
have anything against our past
or present city government ex-
cept petty peeves.
Have you really tried to get
these problems solved without
them trying to help you when
ever possible. can truthfully say
I have only very small problems
which I am sure they are cap
able of solving and will.
We have our churches, schools,
stores, our homes (most of them
with all modern conveniences)
and a full summer recreational
program for our children. To me
Rockville is a wonderful place to
live.
I don't like the way the candi-
date for mayor on the GIG. slate
keeps criticising our town and
the people we have selected to
run it. How can they improve
our town unless they raise our
taxes so high we little fellows
cannot afford to pay them and
live here.
Are we going to put man in
Office who has only lived here
between three and four years and
would be subject to transfer bv
the government at anytime, leav-
ing us holding the bag? Don't let
them tear down that which we
have tried so hard to build.
I would like to sign my name.
out would be criticized as the
others have been.
An Angry Citizen
Name Withheld by Request
Editor
Montgomery County Sentinel
Up to this time, 1 think Won
nave certainly been very fair in
presenting so much information
about all the candidates who are
running for office in Rockville.
What I want to know is
whether you and your paper are
going to support or endorse anv
OF these candidates?
l think its a good idea for a
newspaper to take sides in cleo.
tons and I, for one, would like
to see our local newspaper take
part in this one. 1t stands to rea.
son that a newspaper has more
inside information than Just the
average person and voters who
are now on the fence would like
to know which candidates YOU
like as a guide for their own
thinking. 49,.
ITS
Editor,
The Sentinel:
Our sacred Easter season is
fast approaching; and for a long
time this has been on my heart
and mind.
Why should we not ask each
Christian family to put a Cross
in the window during Holy Week,
or at least on Good Friday?
Let's make the Cross a symbol
of Easter as the tree is a symbol
of Christmas. The Cross belongs
to all Christians. And we must
be "Christ's living ambassadors
and spiritual interpreters"
The Cross in the window may
be one way of getting people to
think of its meaning. And if we
can get Christ into their hearts
then this awful darkness of war,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
Council
News of
The Week

Public hearings on a Maryland
State Roads Commission pro.
posal to close or relocate six Up
per County roads where they in.
tersect the new Washington Ma.
tional Pike will be set by the
County Council.
The only road closed would be
Monroe Street, extended, which
would be dead-ended between
Rockville and the new Pike and
between the Pike and Seven
Locks Road.
Roads Commission officials
want the railroad crossing at
Browns Station Road northwest
of Gaithersburg relocated to pro.
vide better access to a proposed
interchange at the Pike.
Fields road, which will provide
access to the Pike south of Gath.
ersburg, would be slightly re.
located near its intersection with
Shady Grove Road.
Relocation of Seven Locks
Road at Falls Road was also pro-
posed. Falls Road will pass un-
der the new highway.
Montrose road, to be the &C.
cess link to the new highway
south of Rockville, will be slight
ly relocated, as will Tuckerman
Lane.
A plan to relax some of the
stringent regulations governing
child care centers in the County
was presented to the County
Council Tuesday.
The plan, in the form of an
amendment to the coming ordi-
nance, was drafted by the County
Attorneys office after the Coun-
ell was told that present regula-
tons would drive 80 percent of
the nurseries and day care cen.
tiers out of business. A public
hearing will be set on the amend.
ment.
Under the proposed amend.
ment, the centers would be regu.
lated on the basis of the number
of children taught or cared for.
Such centers would be permitted
in any residential zone or apart
ment building with special per
mission of the Board of Appeals
They would be permitted auto
matically in commercial zones
but banned in industrial areas.
Regulations governing child
care centers were adopted by the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-08
On Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday -berbboned
little gls-shinyfaced of
. of Easter baskets.
gatherings-oa of
a the Nation
But Easter Sunday something a day when
millions
homage to the sacrifices and teachings of Jesus Christ
Easter that lights of
flame of hope that confirms the
alton of life and PHILOSOPHERS which bring buren
h people,
Easter Sunday is a to
sharp focus the Christian pattern gain comfort
h and to it.
From the churches has civilization
and continue to flourish there
Living Christianity in
large and small Attending church
participating greatest teachings tmethe Christian
teachings.
We attend the O.
and to pull from it the comfort besnghe
4 and needed in the world today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21
American Lobster.

Broiled live lobster is some
thing to dream about. This is
the month when lobster pots
are visited with great expecta-
ton. HOLSTERS are found In
water from s feet in depth to
more than 600 feet along the
Atlantic coast from Labrador to
North Carolina. Their greatest
size is reached In Maine also
their greatest abundance. The
lobster is found on rocky, sandy
and mud bottoms and among
weeds or in open water.
HOLSTERS are known to take
extensive migrations to and from
deep water. but they never travel
up and down the coast. The
forward movement is accom-
pliShed by walking on the ocean
floor. The return trip, either
by walking Or powerful flip
of the jointed abdomen. Nor
mally the lobster remains on
the ocean floor. walking about
searching for food. dead or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21

Natures Children

alive. He is a mighty fighter,
always on the defensive and the
grip Of his claws is strong and
effective.
The hunter is rarely ever quiet.
He seeks all kinds Of invertebrate
animals. The food is seized. torn
and crushed by the large claws.
and then torn by the smaller APP
pendages around the mouth be-
fore being swallowed.
During August the eggs are
shed becoming attached to the
appendages on the under side
of the females abdomen where
they remain until Matched some
10 or II months later. Lob
sters spawn only once every two
| years.
The fact that a lobster is COW
cred with q very hard shell
renders growth a complicated
process. In order that q lob
ster may increase In size. provi-
sion had to be made TO increase
the size Of the hard covering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21
By LilIion Cox Athey

So, the shell Is molted and q
new larger one is developed. The
lining Of the alimentary tract is
shed also. AS the lobster APP
proaches this ordeal, a new soft
elastic covering is formed under
the old shell. When the growth
exerts sufficient pressure. the old
shell is discarded. At once there
is q sudden enlargement In size
over the entire body due to the
absorption Of water. It requires
six to eight weeks for the new
shell to become protective armor.
During its first year the lobster
molts from 14-17 times. After
ward with decreasing frequency.
The growth of a lobster is quite
slow, it may reach q weight of
Is pounds and almost 4 feet
across.
A live lobster is q blueish-
green to brownish-olive with
dark green to black spots over
the shell. the appendages are
variously tinted with bright red,
When cooked the entire shell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21
IA Word to the Wise
BY Frunk Beck
By Mrs. Fronk Colby
Saturday Potpourri.

SATURDAY EOtpOuEKHs
Houston: IA friend insists that
LOEW'S (theater) is pronounced
"LoE-iss." She says that every
one in New Orleans. even the
radio announcers, pronounce 1t
that way. What's your word for
it?--Mrs. d.
Answer: The name Loew is
pronounced: Loe. to rhyme with
"hoe, foe" The possessiye form.
Loew,s. has one syllable only. It
rhymes with foes. toes"
San Diego: Do you have any
idea as to the origin Of "jalopy."
an old rundown automobile? The
word is very popular with the
genus Teenageus Americanus.
E. l.. MICA.
Answer: Sorry, but no one, to
my knowledge, has been able to
trace the origin Of jalopy (also
occasionally spelled "jaloppy'
and "jalopieo. There are many
interesting theories. but SO far
they are theories only. In Amer
| lea slang words have a way OF
/ popping up out Of nowhere.
New Orleans: Is not 81 have to
leave" incorrecte Should we not
say Il must leave"?G. w.
i Answer: Either Is correct.
/ Webster'S sanctions have" in
the meaning of ito be under ne
cessity or obligation: to be COM
PEELED. as He had to leave
/ Wilmington: Why do we sound
an II" In OLONEL Mrs. K. N
Answer: The pronunciation
aKER-nl'' is q corruption Of the
Spanish form coronel which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21

once was current. Later the
French spelling colonel" was
adopted. and for a while the
pronunciation .'KULL-n1" was
In i it the pronunciation
soon reverted to "KER-n1," all
though the spelling with the 81"
was retained. English is like that.
Distributed By McNausht Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21
Famous Fubles
By E. .. Eduor

OPINION - Dorothy
Parker attended an opening
night on Broadway and sat
through three dull acts
which had her Squirming.
In the lobby after the
final curtain, she met the
producer.
"How did you like the
sliow?" he asked.
do you really want my
opinion?" she said.
"Of course. I want to get
a lady's point of view."
"Then you don't want my
opinion" said Miss Parker.
What I have to say is
hardly ladylike."
DREAM--Once, at an art
exhibition, French Sculptor
Auguste Rodin stopped to
examine a canvas which
had caught his eye. It was
a painting of a group Of
beautiful maidens, In vary
ing degrees Of deshabille.
preparing for the bath. The
outlines were so hazy, how
ever, that he had difficulty
in distinguishing the figures.
What beautiful crea-
tures!" he said to the
artist who had painted the
picture. But why didn't
you paint them more
clearly?"
II saw them only once,
in a dream, explained the
artist.
Rodin leaned forward for
another examination.
What a pity you didn't
get a better look" he sighed,