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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-26
Junior Class To Present Annual
Variety Sho,U Monday and Tuesday

The Junior Key West High School will present their
Variety Show Monday and Tuesday nights at the high
school auditorium. Curtain time is Sis.
production just what he implies variety show
songs dancing comedy, and clever take off, Holly
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
AuStenSen
Testimonial
This Week

Friends of Phillip J. Austensen,
former editor Of the Sentinel and
county reporter for the Washing.
ton Post for many years, will at
tend a Twenty.Efth Anniversary
testimonial luncheon In his honor
Friday at Fred and Harrys res.
taurant, -Four Corners.
Austensen, who was forced to
retire from thG newspaper bust.
ness in December because of a
heart condition, will be presented
with a scroll bearing names Of
contributors to . better than
$1,000 fund which also will be
presented at the luncheon.
The testimonial is sponsored by
the Montgomery County Press AS.
ISOLATION; the Washington News
paper Guild and the Allied Civic
Group of Silver Spring. Austen
sen, during his long newspaper
career, served at various times as
president of these groups.
Collection of the testimonial
purse has been Under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. Betty Ruth McDevitt,
well-known County newspaper
woman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04

longtime member of the towns
governing body said he will file
and run for his council seat.
At the same time, w. M. Brad.
shaw said he docs not want to
comment on his possible candi--
dacy at this time. He said, how
ever, he has no interest in the
mayors office and would not
head a slate which would put him
into the top, but non-paying, spot
in the city administration.
Councilman Frank William
whose name has been mentioned
as a possible contender for the
mayors office, said today he has
no plans "at this time" to run
either for mayor or council.
Williams confirmed the rumor,
however, that he has been APP
preached by a number of voters
who have wanted him to file for
the mayors office.
In the meantime, it has been
learned that another slate is now
getting together and will prob.
ably announce within the next
two weeks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04

The largest single medical re.
search organization in the world,
the Clinical Center of the Ma
tional Institute of Health, is To-
Gated in Montgomery County. Its
impact on and contribution to
the Montgomery County com.
munity were outlined to mem
bers of the West Montgomery
County Citizens Association last
Monday evening by the NH in.
formation officer, Judson Hardy.
Speaking before the citizens
group at its February meeting
in the Potomac School, Mr. Hardy
pointed out the $191a million dol.
lars of the some $40 million dol
lars which Uncle Sam invests
annually in medical research is
spent at the Bethesda headquar.
ters of NH. The bulk of the re-
search effort takes place in the
large fourteen story Clinical Cen.
ter which houses a five hundred
bed hospital and some one thous.
and laboratory facilities.
The patients in the hospital
facility, according TO Hardy, are
individually recommended for
treatment by their physicians be.
cause Of the specifically peculiar
nature Of their illness and now
number one hundred and twenty
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Red Cross
Quota for
Up-County
Announced

The Upper Montgomery Coun-
ty total quota for the 1854 Red
Cross Fund Drive is $11,300,
-Adolph E. Guide, chairman, said
today in announcing the area
chairmen.
Chairmen are Mrs. Donal d
Nicholson, Boyds, with a quota
of $3.50; Mrs. Richard David,
Colesville, quota $500; Mrs. Emer.
son Slacum, Damascus, quota,
$500; Mrs. Thomas Kelly, barnes.
town, with a quota of $500.
Also serving as chairmen will
be Miss Alverda Cooke, Gathers.
burg, quota, SLIGO; Miss Marie
Boland, Germantown, quota
SIPS; Mrs K. F. Won Klatt, Kens
ington, quota, S1,1900; Mrs. Ste
ven o. Beebe, Olney, quota, $500;
Mrs. Daniel Callahan, Poolesville
quota, $500; Mrs. Robert E
Moran, Potomac. quota, $3.50;
Howard w. Rick, Rockville
quota, $1,000; Warren Shantz
Washington Grove, quota, SITS;
Irving A. Bassett, Wheaton
quota, $4,000; Mrs. Elgie D
Hawkins, quota, 5000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
West Montgomery Citizens
Hear NH Official; Traffic
Hazard in County Discussed

five. Within another two or three
year period it is expected that
capacity will be attained The
staff which two years ago num-
bered $500 Is now 1850 and by
1856 should reach a total of 5000.
This investment in brains
and laboratories which is what
the vast research effort amounts
to, Mr.. Hardy stated, is OCCASION
ed to some degree by the medi-
cal advances Of the last half cen.
fury Having conquered the in.
fictitious diseases in the epidemic
laboratory of the communities,
medical science is now forced to
bring its knowledge into fun play
in the clinical laboratories in its
quest to conquer the chronic dis.
eases such as cancer and heart
trouble. To accomplish this, ac.
cording to Mr. Hardy, the patient
must be brought TO the scientist
The NH spokesman observed
that while the life expectancy
span has increased some 40f6
since 1900 much as a result of
the fight against infectious dis.
eases, the mortality rate has in.
creased in the chronic disease
categories these Affections gen.
orally occurring in the advanced
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Rockville Woman
Naturalized at
Proceedings Here

A former Canadian citizen now
living in Rockville was among
AZ aliens naturalized Tuesday
during ceremonies in the County
Circuit Court.
She is Vera A. Rausch, who
lives at HOO Grandin Avenue.
Three other persons living in
Wheaton and one in Viers Mill
Village were also naturalized
They are: Agnes I. Tanner, of
Australia, who lives at 1241O
Georgia Ave; Celia H. H. Fin.
ney, of Peru, who lives at ,1202O
Centerhill St; Yasmeen Saleh
Ibrahim, of Jordan, who lives at
1925 Kendall ST., and Teresa
Stargel, of Italy, who lives at
1870 Dewey Road.
Seventeen countries were re-
presented in the proceedings.
The highest number of aliens, IL,
were former Canadian nationals.
There were three married
couples who took the oath to this
country, and three children also
were among the new citizen.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Noyes Salary
Wrangle at
Council Meet

A growing dispute between the
County Council and the juvenile
court advisory committee over a
requested salary increase for
Juvenile Court Judge Alfred d.
Noycs may reach a climax next
Tuesday when the two groups sit
down to discuss the issue.
Hanging in the air over the
meeting will be what the council
considers thinly-veiled threats
that Judge Noyes, and possibly
the committee, would resign if
the raise is not granted.
The threats" were contained
in a letter to the Council from
Paul Richman, committee chair.
man, in which it was asserted
that qualified replacement to
fill an unexpired term; should
one be needed, would be hard to
get at the present grossly in.
adequate salary paid the judge.
A $3.50 annual increase for
the position was recommended
by the committee, bringing Judge
Noyes' salary to $4,000 a year.
81 read into this that the Judge
win resign pronto if the raise
isn't granted" Council president
Harold +. Hammond said.
Judge Noyes refused TO com.
ment on his possible resignation,
but said he had not read Rich.
mans letter to the council.
Councilwoman Stella Werner
and Lathrop Smith presented a
motion to grant the increase, but
later withdrew it until after
next Tuesdays meeting. Both
praised the Judges administra.
ton Of the court and said they
felt the raise is necessary to OBJ.
(Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04

tractors business at the county
seat, expects to announce shortly
names of candidates who will run
for Rockville s four council seats
on ticket which he will head.
He said, however, his ticket will
not include any members of the
p: esent council.
Precedent Set
Milors early and surprise an
nouncenent this week caught
several rumored candidates flat
footed and sets a precedent in
Rockville where it has been tradi-
tional for public office aspirants
to announce close to filing dead
line.
Mr.. flilor said however, he is
taking the towns political bull
by the horns, because he believes
town voters are entitled to
enough time for discussion Of
candidates and how they stand
on issues which presently face the
town and those due to come up
in the immediate future.
Milor's announcement blows
into the open a Suspected rift in
Rockville's governing body which
first became apparent last sum-
mer when the towns young
Turk" split sharply with Mayor
Weddle over airing Of a sus-
pected polio epidemic at a local
sanitarium; and later when Milor
apparently sided with aggressive
citizens groups who made con-
siderable noise over the towns
water shortage.
Aggressive Candidate
Mr.. Milor said today he is con-
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Young Democrats
Work Shops Are
Planned Here

The Montgomery County
Young Democrats have plenty of
fight left and a unique series of
political seminars or workshops
this week will be held to train
party workers who want to help
the party of Jefferson and Jack
son win here this fall.
Three meetings for tyro poll
ticas will be held this week, one
each at Silver Spring, Bethesda
and Rockville.
Among the featured speakers
will be Congressman Ed Edmond
son of Oklahoma's End District
Warren Browning, Chairman OF
the State Central Committee for
Montgomery County; and Gene
We've Wells of Brookville and
|. Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Plans for
Free Rides
Into Town
Under ay
Rockville Merchants
To Provide Service
For TwinbrOOk Area

Free transportation service for
residents of TWinbrook, Rock
crest, and other new areas which
make up the east side of Rock
vile, will begin to roll within the
next three weeks. Rockville mer.
chants will foot the bill for the
free rides.
Decision to provide town resi-
dents with transportation into
the business area came Monday
when the Rockville Board of
Trade met and voted to try out a
free transportation plan for an
eight-weeks period.
Joe Steinberg, chairman of the
business groups transportation
committee, called the meeting of
the Board of Trade and reported
on survey of the area made by
his group. He said residents of
the east side of town were unable
to shop in Rockville because of
the lack of convenient transpor-
tation.
While all details of the plan
have not been worked out by the
Board of Trade, at Mondays
m e ting discussion revolved
around use of either buses or
taxicabs, as well as the area to
be covered.
Mr.. Steinberg said use of both
cabs and buses is now under in
vestigation and decision will be
coming up shortly. Presumably,
If buses are used, the Board OF
I4ade will charter the vehicle
and set up a schedule of runs and
routes to be followed.
1t has been decided, tentative
ly, to provide transportation be.
tween 10 am. and 5 pm, six days
a week. The number of runs to
be made will depend on the area
covered and details must be
workN out by the committee.
Under the plan as it now stands
residents in the areas to be serv.
ed will simply board whatever
transportation the Board OF
Trade decides to use and ride into
the business section. They will
not be required to shop in spe'
cific business establishments in
order to ride free.
While the transportation will
be provided during the expert.
mental 81 weeks period, mer.
chants said Monday they will
probably continue the service il
it appears that residents are in.
terested and use the Transports
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
County Study of
Tract ZOning
Is Scheduled

The County Council will study
what success other communities
in the county have had in re-
zoning large tracts of land for
entire residential and business
communities.
At present, the council may re-
zone only on the application of
individual developers, since it has
no power to guarantee what kind,
or how much, development would
occur If large tract were re-
Zoned.
The council would like to add
provision to its new master
coming ordinance for the subur.
ban area, and possibly to its up.
county coming ordinance when
that is adopted, which would
permit it to plan where the next
development will take place.
At the same time, however,
that would provide an assurance
that architecture will remain
fairly constant and that the pro.
iect will move ahead "at normal
speed"
A provision of the original
draft of the suburban ordinance
provided for a rural planned
community. But the council de-
cided it could not control its use
once such coming was granted,
and feared Just the commercial
land would be built and the rest
lie idle. So. the provision was
eliminated.
Under the plan similar to what
the council has in mind, several
developers could make use of an
area zonned under the planned
community zone.
Neighboring Prince Georges
county has had such a zone for
several years, and several such
projects are already underway.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Retail Beer
Dealers Face
sCounty Grab

Retail beer dealers in Gathers
burg are going to continue to
face competition from the coun.
ty-owned liquor dispensary de.
spite protests from Councilman
Grover Walker.
Mr.. Walker said Tuesday he
had been told. by the former
county manager and James F.
Erwin, head of the Liquor control
department, last year the new
dispensary would not sell beer.
The beer, however, recently
has been added to the stores
offerings by an agreement be.
tween Mr.. Erwin and County
Manager E. 7. Beall.
Mr.. Walker was told by other
councilmen they had not agreed
to any such ban on beer sales.
The upper county councilman
said there would have been con.
siderable opposition to the new
store if it had been known that
beer would be sold there.
Councilman Lathrop E. Smith
said he favored the sale of beer
at the county owned dispensary
because he got tired of clearing
county roads of beer cans bear.
ing District of Columbia tax
stamps.
The county not only retails
beer by the case in its stores
in competition with private store
owners but also has a monopoly
on beer distribution in the coun-
ty and the store owners must
buy their beer from the dispen.
sary.
Council President Harold F.
Hammond said he saw nothing
wrong in the dispensaries COM
peting with the private stores in
beer sales.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
More Than so
Attend Business
Mems Dinner

The Gaithersburg Business
Mems Association held its dinner
meeting Tuesday night at the
knights of Pythias Hall. More
than 60 members and guests at.
tended.
Guests of honor we're Mayor
and Mrs. Harry Perry; the Rev,
and Mrs. Stewart Labat and the
Rev. Malcolm Wright, minister
at Epworth Church.
Two speakers from the County
Directories organization were
heard.
The ladies of the Pythian order
served the dinner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Weddle Won't
Run; Other
Brass Asked
$64 Question

Rockville's Mayor Daniel r.
Weddle said in a statement today
he will not, under any circum-
stances be a candidate for re-
election in May.
The Mayor said his work with
Potomac Electric Power Com
pany has increased and there is
not sufficient time to give to the
mayors office.
In a canvass of members of the
Council on their plans for seek
ing new terms, Frank Higgins,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04

The Committee, with a pub
ished list of ITO non-partisan
sponsors, repeatedly will meet
some time next week to nomin-
ate candidates for the mayors
Woffice and four town council
seats.
No Precedent
A search of back files of this
newspaper fails to reveal prior
concentrated citizen movement of
such size generated by interest in
town elections.
Members of the group contact
ed today said no prospective
candidates presently are under
discussion and that nominations
will be made from the floor when
the committee meets.
1t was pointed out, however,
that such candidates as are nom
mated will agree, at least in prin-
ciple, with good government
concepts of the committee.
In the main, committee mem
bers said the organization ex-
poets to stage an about fight
during the next three months to
provide Rockville with the type
of government it deserves"
Such government, it was stat
ed, includes Getty planning which
anticipates the needs of the com
munity before crises affecting
health and welfare occur"
B Sound Principles
The committee intends also to
plug for sound principles of
government" and mentioned, spe-
officially, locally advertised bids
plus public opening of those
bids"
At the same time the. group
pointed out that city employees
should be selected on the basis
OF merit" and called for city pur.
chases to be made at business
establishments which provide the
greatest return for the tax dol.
lar"
In addition, the committee said
it will press for an end to "the
informal. cosy and personalized
government arrangement, so
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Water
System to
Get Under
Way Soon
Mcdonald Says Cost
Will Run Around
$4,000 for Total

Work to tie Rockville's water
system into lines of the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission is expected to get under
way within 80 to 40 days, City
Manager John Mcdonald said
today.
Mr.. Mcdonald said completion
date will be from 80 days to four
months after start of work. Us
ing the maximum figures in
starting and completion dates, it
would appear that the new sys-
tenn will be in operation by no
later than mid-July.
The City Manager said the
town and Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission reached
agreement on contract terms
last Thursday.
Cost of the project, Mr.. Nc.
Donald said, will be around
$4,000. About $4,000 of this
represents the towns share of
the Sanitary Commissions costs
of extending its present 16-inch
main from Waverly to Rollins
Avenue, near the Pete Wagner
property.
In addition, Mr.. Mcdonald said
the town must spend about
100000 to extend its present lines
from the nearest point to the
new town limits at the Wagner
property.
The 100000, Mr.. Mcdonald
said, also would take care of con
structing a line to the towns new
million-gallon water storage tank
to be erected on the Zuck pro
perty off Rockville Pike.
The tank contracted for last
year will be in place by the mid
die of May, Mr. Mcdonald said
Most of the fabrication is done
at the factory, he added, and
actual erection time is not
lengthy once the tank has beer
received.
Mr.. Mcdonald pointed out that
the towns contract with the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission was amended at a
meeting between members of that
group, Mayor Weddle and City
Counsel Dave Belts. Mr.. McDon
aid also was present.
The clause originally inserted
in the contract by the commits
sion which called for inspections
of the towns system was modi-
fled, Mr.. Mcdonald said. AS it
now stands the Commission can
check the towns water system
only if it has reason to believe
something is wrong which is
affecting the Commissions own
lines. Neither will the Commits
sion have the right to go into
private property for purposes of
inspection.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Dimes Dance

The March of Dimes dance
originally scheduled at the Agri
culture Center, Gaithersburg, for
Friday, January % and postpon.
ed because of weather will be
held Saturday, February 6. Time
is 9 til /. Place, the Agriculture
Center, Gaithersburg. The affair
is sponsored by the knights OF
Pythias Lodge and Temple.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Code, Code
For Sale
And How!

The new supplement to the
Montgomery County Code is
available at the county building
at So copy.
That's a So hike over last years
price.
But it doesn't come close to
covering the cost of printing.
The county paid $1,000 for 300
copies. Last year only 40 were
sold.
The county attorneys office
was instructed to seek a cheaper
method of production for the
next supplement.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Milor Announces Candidacy for
Rockville Mayor; Claims Citizens
Need Discussion Period Because
OF Towns Expansion Headaches
Towns Young Turk
Blows Council Rift
Into Open by Action

Warren ]. Milor, member of
the Rockville City Council,
said today he will be a candi-
date for the mayors office in
May elections. He said he will
file a petition of nomination
within the next two weeks.
Mr.. Milor, who has served
two years on the City Council and
who operates a plumbing con-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-04
Rockville Citizens Toss Bomb
Shell i'm Local Elections with
Announcement of Organization
Formed to Select Candidates
Group to Hold Meeting Soon for
Threshing Out Details of Plan to
Get City-Wide Support for Move

Citizen action connected with Rockvies May election
meshed into high gear this week with the formation OF
"Ctzens for Good Government Committee The group
poets candidates for city offices into the laps
of the voters within the next ten days
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-06
Rutgers lecturer and Philosopher
VIII Speak at IIampden-Sydney April

Dr Houston Peterson, cele-
brated teacher, lecturer. an d
author. Will speak at Hampden-
sydney College at ii a. m. Wed
nesday April 7, in Johns Audi
forum under the auspices Of the
Richmond Area University Cen
ter His topic Will be The Great
American Boosters
The colorful grandson OF four
California pioneers and a
descendant of sam Houston S
youngest sister. Houston Peterson
came East 10 pioneer in 1919 He
received the NJ A and Phi de-
erees IN philosophy at Columbia
University and began 10 teach
there in his early twenties, later
continuing his brilliant career at
Rutgers University. where he is
nov a full professor
Dr Peterson. always an inspr-
Ing campus figure, was soor
drawn to the public platform
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-06

lock was captured a33ut 100 yards
from Blanton and Peasants Store
after he jumped from a second
floor window and ran.
The other two were captured BY
Harrison and Cumberland Cou y
Deputy Sheriff Marion II. MeadM
in an attic Of the building.
Harrison said the building was
surrounded abou. l0:45 P. M Fri
day by Hugh B Peasants. cor
owner Of the store his SON and
a group Of neighbors. most of
whom We're armed
Whitlock was run down by
Peasants son Huah 3 Peasants
The store safe was found to
have been punched open and a
tear gas bomb had exploded
Harrison said Weis and PrIutt
1re On parole from a s.x-year sen
erce "a q breot'no ana erteroo
conviction il Richmond A pre-
urinary hearing Is set tor ADril
II in Cumberland County Trial
Justice Court
The store has Been q tareet fo.
"obbers three tim ! ~ recent
weeks
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-06

where his witty peutrating lee
lures Won him a large following
He is the author Of several notable
b o OK S. Huxley Prophet Of
Science = "Hayelock Ellis Philo-
sopherof Love " and The Melody
Of Chaos
Thousands who have not seen
OF heard Dr. Peterson on the
lecture platform are familiar
with his voice, for he has often
appeared on Invitation to Learn
ing and other well known radio
programs.
Clifton Fadlman has said.
Houston Peterson is at once one
of tie livehest. best-nfumed.
and soundeSt speakers I have ever
listened to. In the best sence Of
the word. he is a true educator. /
have never listened to him with
out adding to my stock of ideas
Tie pubAc VIII be Welcomed