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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
AH Martinsbu1g Is X-Rayed
To Foil Tragedy's Return

Nov. 3 was an unseasonably
cold day in the Martinsburg area
and the wind whistled sharply
after the sun went down. But
this did not daunt the residents
of the small community who
gathered in the small and CHEEKY
Stones store. They were there
to prevent tragedy.
Last year two persons in the
Martinsburg area were diagnosed
as having tuberculosis on their
death beds. These persons might
be living today 49, the towns.
people knew -- had they learned
early enough that they had TB
and taken curative steps.
That's why virtually every per.
son in Martinsburg was in
Stones store that cold day.
Having felt the brush of the dark
angels wings, they wanted to
take the steps necessary to beat
off another visitation. For that
reason they all took chest x.rays
at the mobile truck of the Mont.
gomery County TB Association
that was visiting Martinsburg
that day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Top Positions
In II County
Job Openings

Thirteen job vacancies in the
County government were listed
this week by the County Person
mel Board, but no mention at all
was made of the top job vacancy
in the County-that of County
Manager-or three other key va
cancies.
BY Encouragement, the man
ayers job will be filled by the
newly-elected County Council
which will take office as soon as
election returns are certified and
warrants issued by Gov. T. r
McKeldin. This may be as late as
Dec. 20.
Nor was any mention made OF
the vacancies that exist in the
three other top jobs of assistant
county manager, county attorney
and county health officer. These
jobs, too, presumably are await
ing the disposition of the new
Council.
Positions under the jurisdiction
of the Board for which qualified
applicants are sought are:
Righ-of.way engineer, annual
salary $500; senior engineer
$6687; associate engineer, S5813;
chief of survey party, $4992; as.
sistant probation officer, $3577;
cost accountant, $3827
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
MOther
0. ". Anderson Family Wins
Top HOnOrs from Farm Bureau

nesvilIe, for GAINESVILLE. Mrs.
Basil Waters continues as presi.
dent of the group.
The associated young peoples
organization will be headed by
William p. Anderson of Gathers.
burg; Frank de Ham, Gathers.
burg, Rt. 2, as vice president;
and 10 Ann Mayne, Derwood, Sec
retary-treasurer.
Winner of the fruit cake con.
test was Mrs. Andrew Thompson
of Ednor with Mines. Harrison
King, Gaithersburg, and George
Fry, Derwood, as second and
third place winners. Honorable
mention went to Mrs. Osburn
Stabler of Spencerville.
The County will send II dele
gates to the State Farm Bureau
meeting in Baltimore on Nov. 10
and two to the national gather.
ing in New York City Dec. 14.15.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11

composed of Albert Cissel of
Gaithersburg representing the
Jamestown district; Don a ! d
Hobbs of Sandy Spring represent
ing the Olney area; Guy V. Lewis
of Dickerson to speak for the
GAINESVILLE area; and Ralph
Walker, Gaithersburg, an d
George Hurst, Burtonsville, at
large.
Officers elected by the asso.
ciated women's group are: Mrs.
o. w. Anderson, Gaithersburg,
vice president, and the following
as directors: Mrs. Clifton Wight.
man, Gaithersburg, representing
the Laytonsville district; Mrs.
John Darby of Boyds represent
ing Poolesville; Mrs. Osborn
Stabler of Spencerville for Coles
ville.Wheaton; Mrs. Wiley Crit
fifth of Derwood for the Olney
area; Mrs. William Pyles, Bar
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Police Chase,
Nab Il Youths
In Burglary

Working with speed on slender
leads, County Police this week
apparently solved the recent
Rockville Trading Post burglary
and several other house-breaking
cases when they arrested four
colored teen-agers after drama
tic auto chase on Route 240.
Detectives from the Rockville
station located a colored student
at Carver high school wearing a
sweater similar to that worn by
one of the men seen lettering in
the vicinity of the store before
the burglary. The youth and two
others fled from the school, took
a cab and headed for Washington.
In hot pursuit, a Police squad
car overhauled the fugitives be-
fore their cab reached Bethesda
and made the arrest. Bethesda
police believe that the youths
have a cache of $1,000 from var.
ious burglaries. All of the guns
taken from the Trading Post
were found in the possession of
the youths.
The four are being held for the
County Juvenile Court which may
waive jurisdiction and thus allow
breaking and entering charges to
be filed.
The case was cracked" by Sgt
Frank r. Griggs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11

it win lead the hit parade.
1t is for that reason that Mrs.
Becker would like all Montgom.
cry County friends and neighbors
to know that recordings of the
song are in the studios of all
Washington area radio stations
and that station disc jockeys will
be glad to play numbers that are
requested by listeners.
After ALL" she told the Sen.
tinel, tits the public that makes
a song and writer's appreciate
any requests that are made"
Mrs. Becker, who has lived in
the mining regions Of the West,
is also the author of kissing
Across the Saddle" That Old
Lake Tahoe Moon" and others of
a similar romantic tenor
She was assisted in orchestra
ting and recording Hello, Honey"
by her co.writer, Al Terry Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Mannar Named
To Head Local
KiWanis in 1866

P. M. doc" Mannar was
elected president of the Rock
vile Kiwanis Club last week
when the organization met at
the Bethesda Country Club to
elect officers and directors to be
installed in January.
Vice presidents will be rip"
Poole and Frank Counselman
and Lou Vail will be treasurer.
The board of directors will be
made up of Ray Fields, Whitley
Miller, F. o. Day, Richard CUP,
Charles Durbin, Robert Maddox
and Al Durham with William
Copenhaver, 1854 president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
City Ranks Too High in Hayward Youth Noyes
But Judge
Sees Hope
For Future

Rockville had more juvenile de-
linquency than it should have had
in the past year, Judge Alfred
Noyes of the County Juvenile
Court told the Citys Mayor and
Council Tuesday night.
Judge Noyes went on, however,
to say that the delinquency was
probably caused by recent rapid
growth in the city's population
and was fluctuating rather than
a permanent thing in his opinion.
He cited as a continuing prob
lem for Rockville the "barrenness
of opportunity" for youth recrea-
ton here. This, he said, forces
young people to go to other COM
munities and brings up the auto.
mobile problem.
Mayor Dickran Hovse p n,
agreeing with the Judge, observed
that the Youth Activities (Moran)
committee is already working on
the problem of facilities for rec
reation.
Judge Noyes cited as special
Rockville problems the presence
of children on business area
streets after the theater closes at
night and said there we're many
instances in which children had
obtained beer through an adult.
The Judge indicated that prog.
ress had been made in preventing
children from congregating and
working after 7 pm. in violation
of child labor laws. He indicated
that Rockville has great oppor-
tunity' to provide commercial
amuSements for children such as
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
NeW Shops
Are Seen


Commercial and apartment zon-
ing for the 80-acre Heitmuller
tract adjoining the Wheaton tri-
angle was approved Tuesday by
the County Council.
The action paved the way for a
new regional shopping center on
15-acre site and an additional Is
acres of apartment buildings.
Citing the need for an additional
shopping center to serve residents
north of Bethesda and Silver
Spring, the Council resolution
pointed out that the big tract
forms the hub of four major
transportation arteries.
They are VierS Mill Rd., the
Kensington-Wheaton Rd., Old Bla-
densburg Rd. and Georgia Ave.
1t also noted that ample parking
space will be available to serve
the new commercial center.
County officials were not
ready to estimate how the pro-
posed shopping area would af-
feet the present Rockville bust
ness district or the proposed
Rockville Pike shopping center.
The Council turned down a re-
quest for industrial coming of a
4-acre parcel of the tract which
lies south of the Kensington-
Wheaton Rd. and west of Viers
Mill Rd.
Simon Sherman, Wheaton real
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Father, Mother and Son

In an unprecedented coinci-
dence, the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau last week elected
three members of the o. w.
Anderson family of Gaithersburg
to three top offices. More than
1870 persons attended the annual
meeting and banquet in the Agri.
cultural Center.
o. w. Anderson, former Coun-
ty Agent and now a Gaithersburg
farmer, was elected president,
while his wife was elected vice
president of the associated
womens organization and his
son, William, was chosen presi.
dent of the youth group.
Mr.. Anderson will be assisted
by Henry B. Hickerson, German.
town, first vice president, and
Hatton D. Brown, GAINESVILLE, as
second vice president.
The Board Of Directors will be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Rocket LaPlata
Game Will Honor
Board of Trade

The Rockville Board of Trade
is to be honored this Saturday,
Nov. 10, at the LaPlata-Richard
Montgomery football game to be
played on the Rockets home
field.
r. w. Baxter, executive di.
rector of the Board of Trade, will
a be guest speaker at half-time
= and many of Rockville's mer.
chants will attend as guests.
Fred Procopio, Richard Mont.
gomery's head football coach,
feels honored that the Board of
Trade has accepted his invita-.
ton. "The Board of Trade has
been very cooperative in back.
ing up sports at Richard Mont.
gomery and also in supporting
other school activities" said Mr.
Procopio.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
GUIDE Beats
Wells by 80
Vote Edge

1t became official Tuesday
when the County Board of Elec-
tons completed its official can
vass - Gilbert Guide defeated
Mrs. Genevieve Wells by 38 votes
to become the only Republican to
win in County elections.
Mr.. Guide will thus take the
County's sixth seat in the State
Assembly'S House of Delegates.
Unreported in last weeks un-
|. official returns in the SENTINEL
which went to press while the
last ballots were still being
counted was the outcome of the
referenda submitted to local
voters.
On the Charter amendment
which raised the salary of each
Council member to $50 for every
day devoted to County business
the voters cast 1882 AYE
votes against 7,490 mays" to
give the Councilman their raise.
The voters were in an equally
generous mind when it came to
taking the present $4,000 ceiling
off the County Managers salary
They approved - 1857 to 8,279
- a measure which will allow
the County Council to fix the
salary. Proponents of the meas
ure repeatedly asserted that the
removal of the limit was neces
sary to get a man of proper back.
ground and qualifications.
Apparently the County's voters
also felt that the GovernorshiE
of the State rates a higher salary
In any event they voted 23,237 to
1922 to allow his excellency q
raise from $4,922 per year to
$4,000.
\ Otherwise the official returns
made small difference in the
votes reported unofficially by the
SENTINEL the morning after
the election. McKeldin got 1880
to 28,237 for Byrd, Hyde polled
32,195 to 29,087 for Ryan in the
County, and Northrop edged
Lofstrand for the Senatorial seat
by 30,684 to 29,255.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
90 Matters
Go Before
Jury Here

With approximately 80 matters
to be presented for their con-
sideration, members of the Mont
gomery County fall grand jury
started their closed door delibera-
tons this week.
Walter Dawson, States Attor'
ney, was prohibited by law from
dicussing grand jury matters, but
it is generally believed that the
jurors may consider the case of
the Bethesda youths arrested this
summer on charges of thrill
bombings" in that suburb.
Mr.. Dawson said he expected
the jury to report its first indict-
ments Wednesday afternoon to
the Court for the issuance of
bench warrants. He also indl-
Gated that the jury will recess
Thursday Veterans Day -
and resume hearings on Friday,
Monday and Tuesday. Wednes-
day sessions may be necessary.
Jurors who began sitting Nov.
8 are:
Charles N. Graham, Silver
Spring; Fred M. Campbell,
Poolesville; Richard A. Wolfe,
Silver Spring; Martin F. Meek
Poolesville; Jacqueline A. Fow'
Ter, Rockville.
Edward w. Harding, Wood
Acres; Basil Mobley, Derwood;
Lloyd Grubb, Sellman; Furman
L. Harris, Silver Spring; Rose
M. Watkins, Monrovia; Gladys
L. Moseley, Silver Spring; Henry
G. Ray, Takoma Park; Virginia
M. Kincaid, Bethesda.
John M. Tregoning, German
town; Otto w. Anderson, Cal
thersburg; ]. Edward Lewis,
Clarksburg; Frank Bliss, DECKER
son; Sterling Day, Mt. Airy; Guy
L. Carter, Rockville; Paul L.
Burdette, Germantown; David
r. Jennings, Rockville; Joseph
L. Brechner, Bethesda; Henrietta
S. Naylor, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
Anti-ZOne
Suit Filed
If Needed

Apparently confident of the out
come of their battle with the
county over the coming code that
has been voted for the up-county
area, the Infatuated Up-County
Land Owners association this
week was watchfully awaiting de
velopments.
On file in the County Circuit
Court is a suit which asks the
court to enjoin Montgomery
County from putting into effect
the controversial coming code APP
proved by the lame duck" Coun
ty Council in its meeting Nov. 3
Brought in the name of o. w
Anderson, Dyke Cullum, Marvin
Simmons and the Marjak Corpor
alton in behalf of the Up-County
Land Owners association, the suit
should get place on the Court
calendar well in advance of the
Feb. l date when the new coming
regulation is supposed to go into
effect.
But before then the new Coun
Gil members should have beer
sworn in and, according to a
spokesman for the land owners
at least four of the new Council
men have promised to repeal the
ordinance. If this should prove
true, then the suit will be dropped
Otherwise, it will be pushed with
vigor.
Spokesman for the land owners
say that Robert T. Snure, Jerry
Williams, Charles Jamison anc
Grover Walker are the new Coun
cilmen who promised them repea
of the measure. They also believe
that Mrs. Stella Werner gave
them a similar pledge which she
broke when she voted last week
to pass the ordinance.
Inc SUIT charges thdt:
l. The existing coming ordi
nance is unreasonable" and thus
an improper exercise of the police
power
2. The State law provides that
to be valid every coming proposal
must be followed in Is days by a
hearing, and that the Council Sc
altered the coming law in passing
it that a new hearing must be
held.
3. Proof of the two foregoing
points is found in the fact that
the original draft of the coming
law described the area to be af.
fected; the revised version has no
verbal description but solely a
map description; that the Council
itself and the Upper County Zon,
ing Commission did not see the
map before voting the coming law
into effect all of which calls for
new hearing and makes the Nov
3 action of the Council illegal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11

Nurse Mary Hawks reports
that this astounding turnout
was no accident. Knowing about
last years tragic deaths in the
area, the residents had organ.
lied and spread the word by
posters, phone calls and leaflets.
Mamie Brewster, eighth-grader
helped. SO did Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stone, Jr., Mrs. John
Harvey and others.
The community and the TB
association are proud Of the re.
spouse.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
WOOIwOrth's Opens

Frank jenkins and Yves Bax-
ter, President and Executive hi.
rector Of the Board of Trade,
joined with officials of the +. w.
Woolworth Co. in officially open.
ing the new Woolworth Store on
Rockville's N. Washington St,
Wednesday morning.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
HOnOred by Institute

Three Montgomery County
certified public accountants have
been elected members of the
American Institute of Account.
ants, national professional society
of CPAs. They are julius Ira
Fox, and Barnet Greene, Silver
Spring, and John NJ. Mckinley,
1922 Heating ST., Rockville. Mr..
Mckinley is with the Washington
office Of Arthur Andersen and
Company.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11

Terry Tuner" fame. Mr.. Terry
is veteran song writer who has
also worked with most of the ma.
jor Hollywood motion picture
studios in the musical field.
Mrs. Becker is one lady of
Washington Grove who will greet
you in a friendly manner pro-
vided you accost her with the
words Hello, Honey"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
ERROR IN NAME

Last week, in excitement over
the recent additions in the Will
Roberts clan of Travilah, the Sen.
tinel listed the parents of Deb
orah Connolly incorrectly. The
proud parents of little Deborah
are Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Con.
molly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-11
ROCKVILLE WINS PRAISE AT KANSAS CITY
Our Town
In Race for
Top Honor
Late Up County Land O,uners Keep Eyes Council
BY ROSEMARY SMITH
SENTINEL Correspondent

CSENTINEL Correspondent
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 10
Special - Rockville, competing
here with % other cities for desig-
nation as one of II "All America"
communities today received high
praise for its civic accomplish.
ments from a Jury" of distin.
guiShed Americans.
While the II finalistS in the ma
tional contest sponsored by the
National Municipal League and
LOOK magazine will not be an
nounced until January, all con-
testants appeared here in the past
two days to state their case for
the signal recognition of citizen
leadership throughout the United
States.
After hearing Rockville's case
presented by Herman G. Hartman
and John M. Rausch, DR.. George
Gallup, famous pollster and Off
cial of the League, said:
"Fhis years group of % final
list cities represents a new high
in civic accOmplis h m ents
throughout the nation. am
gratified to observe the record
of Rockville i'm the united eff.
forts of its citizens to obtain
better government and better
conditions"
Alfred WillOughby, executive
director of the National Munic.
ipal League said: I'm being sc,
lected as one of the finalists In
this contest, Rockville has
proved itself one of the out.
standing cities In the United
States. Rockville has an inn
pressive civic story in 1854"
DIR. Bell ZeIIer, political sci.
ence professor of Brooklyn Col.
lege and a jury member com.
mented:
II am particularly interested
in the fact that "a city like Rock
vile is one of 22 finalists i'm
highly competitive contest. This
is a source of great inspiration
to a teacher of government who
can point to an actual situation
and not have to rely on theory
where citizens of city de-
cided to do something about
their government. ROckville's
story is very interesting"
Thomas IL. Reid, Ford Motor
Co. vice president and a guest
speaker at the meeting said of
Rockville position i'm the 22 fin.
alists:
ut is "A tribute to the efforts
of ROckville's citizens to have
attained this honor"
Mr. Hartman and Mr.. Rausch,
with this SENTINEL reporter,
flew to Kansas City last Sunday
to make the city's presentation
before the jury of II nationally.
known persons who will pick the
II "All America" winners from
among the % finalist cities.
In making the presentation at
Kansas City Tuesday, Mr.. Hart.
man recounted the history OF
growing citizen participation in
Rockville, which began as far
back as 1947, and reached eli
max during the recent campaign.
He described the formation of the
first citizens associations, and
their efforts to obtain a short.
Continued on Page a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Lions Club Gives $500
To Goodwill Industries

Robert C.. Christie, president
of the Silver Spring Lions Club,
presented a $500 check to the
Davis Memorial Goodwill Indus
tries building fund drive, officials
announced yesterday.
The check was presented to
William j. McCausland, general
chairman of the drive.
Mr.. Christie, an attorney, said
his club has $50 members and
urged other Lions groups and
other service clubs to contribute
to the campaign, based on their
membership. He said his club
raises $1,000 to $1,000 annually
through a summer carnival, as
we'll as a football game.
Mr.. McCausland said this
check brings the total of prof.
ects. memorials and unspecified
gifts to about $4,000 in the
100000 campaign. Goodwill In
dustries wants to construct and
equip five-story modern annex
to its workshop and main store
at 1918 New Hampshire avenue
NV. and is soliciting contribu-
tons.
Officials said it will permit the
organization to double its facili-
ties besides hire and train about
500 handicapped women and
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Virginians 10 Urge Funds
For Mental Hygiene Aid

A delegation Of Northern vir-
ginians will attend a Virginia
Geeral Assembly budget session
i nRichmon Tuesday to support
the budget requests Of the De-
partment of Mental Hygiene and
Hospitals.
Representatives Of the Mental
Hygiene Society Of Northern Vir-
ginia and the League Of Women
Voters and several other organ
izations will attend the budget
session. it was announced.
The delegation will indorse ef-
forts to suspend the automatic
income tax reduction law and
urge that funds accruing in the
State treasury as q result Of
such action be used to improve
educational opportunities for
mentally retarded children, q
spokesman said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
1akoma Park Group
To Seek Candidates

A citizens candidate advisory
committee to seek candidates for
the biennial election of a mayor
and seven councilmen has been
formed in Takoma Park.
Nomination of candidates will
take place as caucus March
8. The election will be on March
%.
Heading the committee is
George B. Kennedy. TITS Ia
koma avenue. Secretary Of the
organization is Stephen L. Cur
It's. president of the Community
League of Takoma Park, who
resides at TIT Erie avenue.
Among the organizations COM
priSing the committee are the
North Takoma Citizens Associa-
ton, Prince Georges-Takoma
Citizens Association Joint Com
mittee, the Central Takoma
Citizens Association and the
Community League.
Citizens taking an active part
in the organization include for
mer Mayor Oliver w. Young
blood, former councilmen John
t. Parkerson, Willard c. Taft.
H. j. Carr. Lawrence A. Ooster-
nous, Harry Willard, John w.
Coffc1an, DR.. E. Jack Coulson.
George Kissinger, Carl P. Greece,
H. Earle Russell. r. c.. Perkins,
T. M. Woodall, Albert E. Smith.
Maurice Taylor and William
Hardy.
Committee assignments will be
made at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
Citizens Bank Building and
names of proposed candidates
will be presented.