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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
BoRTNICK, BENJAMIN. Their,

!, BENJAMIN. There will be
a special communication of
Samuel Gompers Lodge, No.
45, F. A. A. M, at Stansbury
Temple, Brightwood. on Fri
day, August -, 1854. at q
am. for the purpose of
comforting the last Masonic
the funeral of our late
BENJAMIN BORTNICK. All
are urged to attend.
ROBERT SILBERG, w. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

= JACOB SANDER. Secretary. 90
BROWN, ELIZA. Departed this life on
SUNDAY, August 81, 1854, at the age of
k101, at the residence of her grand
sson. Mr.. Brenton Davis of 1909 Ken
lyon ST. NV, ELIZA BROWN She
arandsons and host of other reia~
tives and many friends Remains
may be viewed on Wednesday, August
20, after 8 pm, at the Hall Bros
Funeral Home 621 Florida ave. NV.
Funeral services on Thursday. August
%. at the Bethany Baptist Church.
Ruckersville, Va. Interment church
renoatery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

WoLoHoS; ANNE d. On Tuesday.
sanitarium. ANNIE b. WoLoHoN. bel
loved mother of DR.. Charles H Wolo-
hon, Mrs. Elizabeth w. Murphy, Alex
ander H. Wolohon. and DR.. Harry c.
Wolohon. Services and interment at
Camden. N. j. ARRANGEMENTS by the
Takoma Funeral Home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Lord Asquith, 81

LONDON, Aug. 25 up. Lord
Asquith of Bishopstone, 64-year-
old appeal judge. died here yes
terday. He was the fourth son
of Herbert Henry Asquith. Brit
ish Prime Minister in the early
years of World War I.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
What's With Gaithersburg?

From what we observe from spot in the County,
the town fathers at Gahersbug have not shown much
foresight in the matter of holding property values in some
sections of the community.
In particular refer to development of prefabri-
Gated homes the end of Hutton Street. where consider
able number of beter type homes have existed for
years.
From what we hear Hutton Street residents who have
protested the development deprecatng factor in their
neghborhood have gotten just exactly nowhere with the five
gentlemen who preside over town affairs.
Any governing body which fails to consider possible
detrimental effects adjoining adjacent property when
it gives the nod to developments shortsghed to say the
least
Gaithersburg, like many other towns in Montgomery
County, is beset with growing palms. Growth is fine thing
long does not destroy what has already been etab
shed good and profitable property the tax books
If Gaithersburg is to grow and to grow WE'LL it
to its officials fall down the job unless they plan for
intelligent growth and refuse to fall in with grandiose
schemes of builders who in their avid pursuit of door
ways to erect and sometimes do leave fine of pot
age in the front yards of the boys who could should have
gotten up few restricting ordinances.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
The Little Bus That Wasn't There

We call attention to appearing else
where this page which inspired and written by Twin
brook housewives and deals with the Board of Trades we'll
pubzed plan for providing free bus rides into the Rockville
business area.
We glad to print the letter We glad also to be-
come "me-too" party to the question it raises.
For part think the Board of Trade at the County
Seat has younow-wha kind of to such
plan and then not come up with the merchandise.
We have at regular intervals and since the business
group up with what thought good idea, asked
about progress of the plan.
There have been but for further part the
aren't good enough and they aren't satisfactory
If the Board of Trade intends to live up to its publicity,
it should get the buses running it should give the people
who banners in its behalf satisfactory the
"why not"
Rockville merchants have good and sufficient to be
concerned about the development of business with
in the town limits Unless they begin to function in
which will help establish buying habits before these
developments become reality they may end up whstng
for customers who aren't here.
Rockville merchants well a couple of dozen other
people town. must face the fact that something
has happened to this community Playing ostrich won't
the red ink marks in the bookkeeping department Neither
will procrastnaton provide the goods and services which
growing community has right to expect from the local
marts of trade
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
The Time Has Come

No likes good fight any better than the editor of
this newspaper The current political campaign Rockville
has provided number of the best verbal nockdowns and
drag-outs ever seen in these parts.
The time has come however, to take stock. The time
has come also to remember that Rockville still small town
despite its bursting lat he-seams growth.
When the voting machines are tailed on election day.
no matter who wins the Is candidates running for office
must continue to live in the town. have the friends
and rub elbows the old coffee cups.
1t would be sad indeed to end up this wel-fought cam
paign with too many and too much bitterness.
Each slate, so far see, has had it's say; has
offered its blows done its needng and said things about
this newspaper which not fit to print.
Citizens who will pull levers voting machines are no
more confused over the situation than this editor
At the time, this editor as well as everyone else
knows this election must in final analysis be issues
Three weeks remain before the voters decide who will
run the town and safeguard its economic foundations for the
next two years.
There is sufficient time to carefully examine what each
slate of candidates stands for There is sufficient time to
make intelligent appraisal of issues. There is sufficient
time to cut through the whOopng and hoerng and find five
candidates who stand for the kind of which,
the mind of each voter is best for Rockville.
Let citizen kid himself-the next two years will be
important in growth, capital outlay and in cost of
operations.
Voting in this town election, in other election,
should result from intellectual response to problems faced
and not from sheer, unadulterated emotionaism
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throughout the state, to make
the free state of Maryland free
again . :"
Businesslike planning, man.
agement and efficiency will
mark his administration, Gum
continued. Major problems con.
fronting any Governor today,
Gum said, include schools, taxes
and highways.
Gum was born on the Eastern
Shore, at Selbyville, Del, and
was raised at Frankfort. He was
admitted to the bar in Washing
ton in 1882 after graduating
from Southeastern University
law school there.
He has three children of school
age.
Gum was active in the Repub-
lican campaign in Montgomery
county in 1916, which led to the
county's first group of Republi-
can commissioners.
Temporary headquarters for
the Gum campaigners is at 1908
Exfair Road, Bethesda.
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would define the limits of the
no-hunting zone. The boundary
that has been chosen makes it un.
lawful to hunt south of a line
extending from SWANS Lock on
the Potomac easterly through
Rockville, Norbeck, Colesville,
and to the Prince Georges Coun.
ty line. On a land-use map of the
county, most of the area affected
by the new ordinance is design.
ated as "open, agricultural, un.
developed areas" and 1ow den.
sity, one family, rural RESIDENT.
al"
One rural nimrod, whose 300.
acre farm lies within the new
no-hunting zone, has remarked
ruefully that even his yearly tax
bill of $4,000 wouldn't permit him
to hunt on his own land.
Op'county farmers, informed
of the councils action at a dinner
meeting of the soil conservation
district in Gaithersburg last
week, said that if the amendment
becomes effective their only re.
course would be to post their
lands to block a "horde of hunters
that would descend upon them
from the southern part of the
county"
Meeting in the Town Hall of
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any means to avoid a public an
pearance, SO he is hoping to drag
the affair out until it is too late
for appearances to be arranged
and yet leave him in the position
to claim he was denied the CD
portunity to speak. More smoke?
A second. candidate calls the
CGG platform me too" but
don't recall his ever spelling out
any specifics. I do recall a lot OF
generalities which could be the
basis for his statement 1--WE are
all in apparent agreement or
what's good for Rockville" Ma
turally all the candidates car
agree on generalities but can they
all agree on specifics? Where are
his specifics? 1t is the specifics
that need airing in public debate
not generalities. An open public
forum would give the citizens OF
Rockville a good chance to see
all the candidates in action. Is
this candidate also afraid to ap
pear on the same platform with
Dick Hovsepian?
Where there is smoke, there is
fire. If Mr.. Hartman's statements
weren't true, then why did il
formerly take three years resi-
dence to qualify as a voter, and
why do you still have to register
separately in Rockville in order
to vote? If you only have to live
in M ont merry County six
months to vote in the general
election, why do you have to live
in Rockville a year to vote in
the city election? 1 have lived in
six different states and this is
the first place where it took a
separate registration to vote in
city election. Because 1 have
lived in Rockville only 4 months
the registration denies me a vote
although have lived in the coun
ty 21a years.
doubt if Mr.. Turner was &C
using anyone of being dishonest
His Technology was "laxity." II
there is one observation about
this campaign it is that no one
is calling the present administra
ton dishonest, but only ineffici
ent, inept, incompetent, and in
capable! This is the type of gov.
eminent CGG wants to exchange
for one that is competent, cap.
able, and efficient!
One final observation and pre-.
diction:. Milor and Hit seem
agreed that Hovsepian is the one
they must beat. They attack him
vehemently but have nothing to
say about each other. Is this
more continuity? predict a deal
between Milor and Hit in which
one will withdraw and throw his
support to the other. This is the
only way they can hope to beat
Hovsepian if he can be
beaten!
Name NOT withheld
(Signed) w. ]. Waylett
TWinbrook
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en- out" the mess in Portsmouth.
Council members unanimously
approved his request, but they
said they did not know where
Beall had gone.
President Harold Hammond.
the Council pointed out that there
were mo charges" against Beall,
and that the council "felt it was
the only fair thing to do let
him get the matter settled"
Beall wrote the Council that
publicity about the missing
money implies" he might have
been involved in the disappear
ance, and he wanted time to set
it straight.
Ohio auditors reported that,
besides the missing S2,458, Beall
was responsible" for taking
S236.69 worth of cortisone,
drug, without paying for it, and
using about 500 worth of hospital
lumber without footing the bill.
Monday night, after the story
came out, Beall claimed a mix.
up" was responsible, and that it
could be explained satisfactorily.
He said the action named him
only because he was the city
manager at the time.
A Portsmouth official said
Beall had been told of the audit
revelation, but that he declined
to 90 there to straighten out the
affair.
The chief auditor said he re-
ceived a telegram last February
25, signed "E. T. Beall," which
suggested the matter be studied
carefully Damage suit I'M
pleasant thing"
1t was believed Wednesday
night that Beall also was in
Portsmouth to settle the matter.
County Councilmen said they
expected to hear from their at
torney.agents some time Thurs
day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
What, No Hunting?

The County Council should Immediately backtracl its
latest pubc be damned" action blocking off 1000 more
acres to hunters
LEAGUE and the National Rife Association the Council has
hqhhandedv decided to close off south of SWANS
Lock- through Rockville Norbeck Coesvile and the Prince
GEORGES County line
Had the Council taken the trouble to look at map men,
bers would have most Of the mo hunting is
almost deserted
The amendment to the firearms ordinance is to become
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Silver Spring and that the entire
slate of candidates is interested
in encouraging operating cop1sh
panies to set UP and maintain I'd
gular schedules.
At the meeting in which the
Milor slate discussed a number
of proposed approaches to town
problems, council candidate
Hamilton Wells said, Heaven
save us from planners, but we do
expect to set up guide posts for
the orderly development of the
town."
These guideposts, he said, will
include ordinances to eliminate
spot zoning and others which will
encourage the location in Rock.
vile of suitable light industries.
Wells also said he and his run
ming mates will enact measures
requiring developers to set up re-
creation areas in new areas and
will investigate present ordin-
ances in orders to determine
what controls, if any, presently
could be used to set up controls
over the kind of structures and
billboards which may be erected
along approaches to the town.
Lowry Riggs, also a council
candidate running with Milor,
said the group is dedicated to
representative government foN
ALL" If we are elected, he said,
it is our intention to have re-
personalities from every section
of the town and from all civic
groups attend the meetings of
the mayor and council.
The Mayor and council, he
said, need the full cooperation of
all groups from all sections of
the town if we are to get rid
of the kind of Chicken fights"
which now exist.
what Rockville needs" Riggs
said, "are more meetings of the
old Town Hall type"
Riggs also said he believes the
Milor slate can hold the towns
present 90-cent tax rate.
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effective April % unless the Council reconsiders and gives
the counys thousands of hunters promised hearing
the ban starts. Further amendments setting up stiff reg
ations, also the way.
Farmers whose property is within the new boundary
won't evenbe permitted to hunt their land and hordes
OF hunters will swarm upcounty they track game
in the southern section.
Interested organizations have asked the Council for
another hearing. What could be more fair?
Maybe the hunters have been aiming at the wrong dumb
animals -. .,
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Rockville on Tuesday evening,
April 6, members of the county's
several sporting groups decided
to appeal to the council for a
hearing on the new ordinance.
Many said they already had writ
ten to their delegate requesting
that hearing be held prior to
April %, the date which the con.
troversial amendment becomes
effective. Notices of the groups
decision have been sent to their
more than 1000 members
throughout the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
Our GOOdy Department

We wave congratulatory hand in the direction of
Pooesve where enteprisng group of merchants has
just gotten together and formed Board of Trade
livewire business group with its feet the ground
and its sights directed at prosperity provide the spark
necessary to entire community to aim for and live
up to its potential.
We have noticed number of progressive happenings in
Pooesvle this year. Formation of the Board of Trade is
only one of several.
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which does not exist.
Smoke Screens, Too
again, in connection with
town employees, this threesome,
Milor, Weddle and Hit, have at
tempted to send up a smoke
screen to hide the truth from the
voters" the Good Government
candidates said. The innuendos,
rumors and accusations that the
Hovsepian slate contemplates fir
ing of town employees are pa
tently false.
'In their platform, in speeches,
on the front page of the March
18th Sentinel, Hovsepian and his
running mates have pledged that
employees doing their jobs eff
GENTLY need have no fear of their
positions" the group stated.
Employment under a merit
system means that town employ
ees do not participate in town
politics-why does the opposition
constantly try to drag them in?"
In the April 9Th issue of the
Sentinel, the Hovsepian slate
said, "Weddle blasts at needle
and nag boys. This condemnation
of any citizen interested in his
government and his community
is an insult to civic groups and
others who have worked hard to
encourage the large registration
at has been clear to anyone
attending a council meeting" the
group added, that the two pres
ent members of the council run
ming for election, Milor and Brad
shaw, did nothing on their own
initiative to simplify or extend
registration. In every case the
suggested changes came from
civic groups who are now charac.
terized as needle and nag boys
Perhaps the addition of 100 new
registrants distuTbs the opposi
ton.
Election Crucial
"Some of the so called charges
or blasts might be amusing" the
group said, 'if this election were
not so crucial. For example, Mil.
or's blast that the Hovsepiar
slate proposes Government by
committee completely ignores
Milor's own statement in the
Sentinel of February 4th that he
would create a standing advisory
committee to advise the mayor
and council on town affairs. He
also deliberately ignores Hits
proposal to set up certain com
mittees.
Caught in his own inconsist
ancy Milor does not discuss the
value or purpose of the Hovse
plan states proposed Planning
and Zoning Commission but he
resorts to false implications that
commitments have already beer
made on filling committee posts
This charlie is phoney, untrue
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
The Letter Box

NiiN we Will MP Oi Guile as
we are" and run into town for
that loaf of bread, bobby pins, or
birthday card we forgot on the
weekly shopping spree with the
man of the house on his day off.
We're of very modest means out
here, but I'd be willing to saw
that most of us would gladly do
nate a fare each way, if we had
a way to donate it to.
Hopeful Housewives
Editor:
On April 1, the Sentinel ran a
resume of the specifics in the
platform of the Citizens For Gov.
eminent slate. This was a factual
report of the March 20 meeting
fthat organization at which
their candidates spelled out their
detailed plans for a better Rock.
vile. Issues, not personalities,
were the subject of this meeting.
Since the opposition candidates
did not have the good sense to
attend this meeting, they had to
wait a few days and read the
Sentinel to find out what oc.
Cured and get the facts. AS a
consequence, the April 1 issue of
the Sentinel lacked any state
ments from the opposition except
for Mr.. Hits silly remarks about
money.
What a difference in the April
8 issue of the Sentinel! The other
states have come forth with
columns of counter attack. One
can only surmise or deduce from
reading this issue of the Sentinel
that the initiative in this cam
paign obviously rests with Dick
Hovsepian and his associates, and
that the Hit Milor-Weddle axis is
definitely on the defensive. And
why shouldn't they be on the de-
fensive? They have nothing to
offer but more of the same type
of government we have had for
years and since this is the best
they can offer, they must defend
their way of operating a city gov.
vernment or lose the confidence
of their own supporters.
One candidate has raised big
smoke screen to distract the
voters from the issues of the cam
paign. He raises the question of
eligibility of the three egg candi.
dates who work for the federal
government, to participate in this
campaign without running a foul
of the Hatch Act and other Civil
Service regulations. There are
more federal employees living in
Rockville than this man realizes
and not all of them have kept
their voting franchise in their
home states. How does he expect
them to vote for him with the
sort of charges he has made?
With his ridiculous attack on
the government employees on the
Cog slate this candidate goes to
the head of the class in the dirty
tricks department. Surely COM
promise his position by violating
the regulations affecting his job.
Probably no other type of en-
ployee is more restricted by laws
and regulations, and he is well
aware of these restrictions.
This same candidate has en-
gagged in a controversy with the
Chairman of the Twinbrook Citi-
zens' Association. The plain
truth of the matter is that Mr..
Milor is a poor public speaker
and he knows it! He does not
speak well on the public platform
and loses his temper. He knows
he cannot afford to appear with
his rivals on the same platform.
Consequently he will resort to
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Editor
We car-less, home-bound house
wives out here in Twinbrook
have been talking about that
myth of a shopping bus which
was supposed to have been in
the final stages of discussion"
several weeks ago. 1t must have
gone hathaway for we surely
haven't seen it this-a-way. Or do
you think it is just buried un-
der all the candidates in Rock
vile somewhere?
Every week we think maybe
some kind of vehicle will just ap-
pear without notice of schedule
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-15
Montgomery County Sentinel


Editor,
For the past week have been
working as a clerk registering
those who came to st. Mary's
Parish Hall, Ward 2. Many ques-
tons about politics were asked
the four of us who were work
ing there, but we resisted an
swering them in Difference to the
work we were doing. Now, how
ever, the register is closed and l
can speak as is the right of all
citizens.
feel it is only fair that the
general public should know that
there was a definite attempt
made to intimidate the chief reg.
istrar and those of us who were
working under him. was pres
ent when the law officer came
to serve a warrant on four of the
persons working on the register.
The principle involved was
whether or not a person is en-
titled to vote in two states at the
same time. 1t seems to me that
the answer to that question is
quite clear to any thinking per-
son. If a person is free to vote
in two states at the same time,
what is there to prevent chin
from voting in 48 states? This
suit was later called off, which
further indicates to me that, even
those who were attempting to
bring suit admit the unfairness
of their demand.
Each person who came to reg
lister was first sworn in by an
oath before Almighty God that
he would tell the truth. believe
that there were many persons
who answered with their tongue
in-cheek under oath regarding
their intent to vote, length of
residence, etc. Some of the falsi-
ficationS were so evident that ev-
en- the persons themselves admit
ted their registrations should be
VOID.
We were instructed by the
chief registrar to be courteous at
all times and to give each per-
son the benefit of the doubt. This
l attempted to do, but I came
away from my job with the Sob
ering thought that there is a
group within our midst which is
indulging in some of the dirtiest
politics this town has ever
known.
Have you heard before of beer
being served at parties held to
introduce political candidates?
Have you heard before of bake
sales being held to raise money
for politics? Have you heard be-
fore of the necessity to buy a
membership card in order to be
admitted to the meeting of a
civic group? Why all the shenani-
gans and intrigue? I, for one,
don't like it! Give me the quiet,
soft-spoken steady group who,
like the oak tree, stand firm for
the right as they see it.
Mary Trumbo
Editor
We car-less, home-bound house
WiNnC nlIt hnn,n In Il.