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The Arizona post., 1954-04-16
CAMPUS NEWS
HILLEL OPEN HOUSE

A hundred persons attended
the Seder last Sunday even
ing. House will be closed dur
ing spring vacation, to April
26 excepting for Wednesday
evening open house. Campus
students and youth of the
community enjoy an informal
social evening.
The Arizona post., 1954-04-16

The Arizona Post makes
a welcome gift to a relative
and to newcomers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
County Al and FLA Members
Bring Home Top Honors in
Recent Baltimore Pork Show

Montgomery County All and
FLA Club members walked off
with top awards at the Eastern
National Spring Pork Show held
at Union Stock Yards, Baltimore
last week.
Poolesville FLA Chapter ex.
hibited the Grand Champion
Yorkshire barrow which weighed
210 lbs. and sold for 50 cents a
pound to Armour e. Company.
Mary Cook Stewart of Olney ex.
hibited the Reserve Champion in
dividual, Berkshire-Duroc Cross,
which weighed 200 lbs. and sold
for IS cents a pound to Esskay
Packing Co. Mary Cook Stewart
also exhibited the Champion Trio
in Club classes, which were Berk.
shire.Duroc Crosses. This trio
went on TO take the Reserved
Champion Of the entire show and
sold for 40 cents a pound to Ess.
kaq Packing Co.
The Grand Champion barrow
and trio of the show was exhibit.
ed by Blakeford Farms, Queens.
town. The Champion barrow sold
for S1.25 a pound and was bought
by Corkhill.
James b Clubhouse, professor
of Animal Husbandry at the Uni.
versity Of Purdue, was the judge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Political
Used
Kelly Says
Former Mayor
Speaks Up on
Election Strategy

G. Lamar Kelly, Jr., former
Rockville mayor, today united a
Kelly tag which Dickran Hovsep.
ian, Good Government candidate
for mayor, indicated was fasten-
ed onto some of his opposition in
the coming election-namely, the
Hit slate.
Mr.. Kelly said he has no wish
to DANDY words" with the candi-
dates, Good Government, or
otherwise. But, he added, the
political gimmick that the Citi-
zens for Good Government group
has set for Hovsepian and his
running mates to follow is as
old as politics itself"
The "gimmick," Mr.. Kelly said,
sis to fabricate a rogue then to
tie any candidates you oppose
to him by innendo, inference and
sly remark. The purpose of this
strategy" he added, lis to have
the voters feel since birds of a
feather flock together, the op-
position also must be a rogue"
GAS to Kelly being the rogue
in this case" the former mayor
said, my record as a public offic-
ial in Rockville is open for all
to scrutinize and I stand on it
with as much pride as 1 ever
did"
Kelly said he has been very
casual observer" in this election
but the fact that there are three
full states in the field two months
before election has seemed very
heartening to me, especially when
1 remember the total apathy of
former years and the lack of
candidates who were willing to
serve their community"
Il am sure" he continued,
that all fifteen candidates now
running are good, able, sincere
individuals and worthy of any
voters consideration"
At the same time, Mr.. Kelly
said cit is a pity that five of the
Is running are being mislead by
a small power bloc which selected
them to front for an organiza-
ton instead of allowing them to
represent the town and all it's
components."
From my years of experience
with Rockville voters and cleo
tons, Kelly said, II think l should
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
'ROckviIIeDay'
Will Be Gala
Affair at
County Seat

A day-long salute to the rapid
ly growing city of Rockville,
Maryland, is planned by WTOP
and WTOP.TV on Thursday,
March 25. Throughout the day
spot announcements on Rockville
will be heard, and the salute to
the city will be worked into reg
ular programs originating in the
Washington studios.
A city-wide sale with virtually
all the merchants OF the city par
ticipating and offering special
values for the day will also be
a feature Of the Rockville Day
observance. W
Mayor Daniel X. Weddle has
issued proclamation designating
Thursday, March 25, as Rockville
Day.
An entertainment program will
be held on the Court House
grounds in Rockville at 400 pm.
as part of the observance. The
Richard Montgomery High School
Band will play, and in brief
ceremony Mayor Weddle and
Frank p. Jenkins, President Of
the Rockville Board of Trade,
will deposit significant documents
in the Freedom Sphere, which
will be brought to Rockville for
the occasion. A large number of
television stars will be present,
including Billy Johnson, who win
sing; Smokey the Bear; Louis
Allen, the "Woodle Weather
Man; Bob Dalton, host of Ray
mar of the Jungle; Donna Doug
las, who is featured in a film
made for television recently in
Rockville, and many others. The
film will be shown Thursday,
6:35 pm, WTOP.TV.
The program will be opened by
Mark Evans from WTOP studios
in Washington as a feature OF
his regular afternoon broadcast.
Master of Ceremonies in Rock
vile will be Ernie Tanner, Presi-
dent of the Inter-Club Council
and vice-president of Radio Sta
ton WGAY in Montgomery Coun-
ty. Members of the audience will
be encouraged to take pictures Of
visiting television stars and to
secure autographs.
The day will be climaxed by
an Open House for Rockville resi-
dents at Broadcast House, 10th
and Brandywine Streets, NV,
home Of WTOP and WTOPTv,
from 100000 in the evening.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Up-COuntians
Fight Move to
Close Warren
Station Road

Owners of the Crawford and
Rabbit farms on Warren Station
road Tuesday fought hard to pre-
vent the closing of the road
where it is to be bissected by the
new National Pike.
But their fight was overshad-
owed by announcement that the
State Roads Commission already
has let the contract for construc-
ton of that section of the pike
and it includes no provision for
a bridge over Warren Station
road.
The county council is being
asked by the roads commission
to close the road and have area
residents use Middlebrooke road
about 1900 feet to the north to
pass under the pike
The roads commission said it
would cost about $4,000 more
to keep Warren Station road op-
en-. Their plans call for closing
the road, building a connecting
road to Middlebrooke road and
having an underpass there.
Mrs. Marie Allnutt, whose
mother Mrs. Zula Crawford owns
the $50 acre Crawford farm, said
the pike cuts So acres of their
farm away from the farm build
ingS.
And, she added, it will be hard
to continue their dairy farm if
they must take the long way
around Middlebrook road to get
to the cut off portion.
Mrs. Allnutt also took "a gentle
slap at the council for not hold
ing some kind of hearing before
the contract had been let. She
got strong support from Council
man Grover Walker in her criti-
cism of roads commission activi-
ties.
w. r. Rabbit said the pike was
taking away % acres of his land
plus another 35 acres which will
be cut off from his farm build
ings. He said hauling his crops,
fertilizers and other supplies
around the Middlebrooke road
made it a tough proposition to
continue his farming.
The two got support from W..
Lawson King who said while the
pike was going to serve chiefly
out of staters, the two farms af-
fected have been owned by the
local families for about 100 years.
ITO an old farmer" he said,
"land is dear. They are perturbed
at the closing and the hardships
it will bring to them"
He said Mr.. Rabbit was farm
ing with horses and the long trip
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Builders
Challenge
Up-County
Planning
Proposed ZOning
Regulations Are
Tagged Fantastic

Economic development is about
to be brought to a halt in the
rural areas of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Marvin Simmons, vice chair
man of the Upper Montgomery
County Committee of the Home
Builders Association of Metro
politan Washington, said at a
meeting of Up-County builders, in
Rockville, last Wednesday.
Mr.. Simmons laid the blame
for this situation on fantastic
ally stringent subdivision re-
quirements and proposed coming
requirements, which will be pre-
sented to the Montgomery Coun-
ty Council for a hearing at an
Up-County Planning Commission
meeting in the Rockville County
Office Building, We d NJ S d a y
night, March 81.
Landowners should be alerted
to the threat to property values
contained in the Upper Montgom-
cry County Planning Commits
sion's proposal. The new tenn
porary' zoning ordinance is
evidently designed to make Mont
eomery County the exclusive
domain of the very rich, Mr..
Simmons declared.
'"The proposed coming require
lnents are tied to prior piece of
short-sighted economics, the 1850
Road Code, Mr.. Simmons said.
The 1850 Code requires an is
foot road to lots being developed
in rural areas, but Simmons
charged, "the Council permits the
Public Works Department to ad
Minister these and other require
ments of the Code as judge, jury
and legislator, changing rules in
the middle of the game, as they
see fit.
Simmons branded the present
road code as punitive to the
rural developer" "The smaller
the developer the worse the hard
ship worked on him by the CODE,
Simmons said. The 1850 Road
Code has brought about "a
serious and completely unneces-
sary decline in the value of prop
erty in rural areas of the county.
The new coming proposal will
carry this economic sabotage still
further, Simmons said.
Simmons predicted that the Up
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
$l.3 Million Bond Issue
Gets Council Approval;
Exceeds Any in Past
Mayor Says
Issue Covers
2-Year Needs

A 81 100000 bond issue to pro-
vide increased sewer and water
facilities for Rockville was APP
proved last week by the Mayor
and Council.
Authorization for issuance of
the special improvement bonds,
largest single issue in the towns
history, came in form of a resolu-
ton passed at meeting of the
Mayor and Council last Friday.
II. Warren Buckler, Baltimore
bond attorney, and City attorney
Dave Belts we're present at the
meeting.
The issue added to the present
bonded Indebtedness will bring
the municipal debt up to approx
mately $2,355,00O.
Mayor Daniel r. Weddle said
the new bond issue lis required
at this time to provide sewer and
water facilities for the increasing
population as well as to cover
front foot benefit projects for
which property will be directly
assessed"
The mayor said the $1,300,000
should be sufficient TO cover
needs of the municipality for a
long time"
No Additional Needs
Council members Higgins,
Bradshaw, Williams and Milor in
dividually expressed opposition to
any further bond issues for a
period of at least two years. even
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Qualified
in
Election


Federal government employ
ees and others living in Rockville
who still hold residences in other
states for voting purposes are
not eligible to vote in town cleo
tons in May even though they
may have lived in the town for
one year. Such persons cannot
quality to vote here unless and
until such other voting residence
is abandoned.
The opinion on eligibility to
vote in the town election was
voiced today by Rockville attor-
ney Dave Belts in connection with
an opinion he is writing on the
matter at the request of registr-
ars for the city election.
Mr.. Belts said Rockville cleo
ton laws require one years re-
sidence but state also that a re.
sident must be qualified to vote.
A qualified voter, as interpre-
ted by the State Constitution,
election laws and by court cases,
would be one who does not hold
voting residence in any other
state, Mr.. Belts said. Registrars
here can properly inquire at the
time of town registrations if
registrants are qualified to vote,
he added.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

The lightweight and middle.
weight classes were made up of
extremely high quality animals,
while the heavyweight classes
tended to be too much on the fat
side and not the type hog the
packer was looking for this year.
Placing of individual barrows
were as follows: Lightweight 49,
LIST, Mary Cook Stewart; 2nd,
Gordon Keys, Olney; Bird, Lewis
Brooks, DTckerson; 9Th, James
Butts, Gaithersburg; 18th, James
Welsh, Jr., Damascus.
Middleweight, 1st, Poolesville
FLA; Bird, Lewis Brooks; 4th,
Gordon Keys; 7th, James Welsh.
Heavyweight, Bird, Damascus
FLA.
Placing of trios: Lightweight,
LIST, Mary Cook Stewart; 9TH,
Poolesville FLA. Middleweight,
LIST, Gordon Keys; End, Lewis
Brooks; 18th, Poolesville FLA;
Heavyweight, 2nd, Damascus
FLA.
There were over $50 hogs emit
cred in the All, FLA and open
classes. The % Montgomery
County Club pigs sold for an
average of $2SGi per hundred.
weight with the average weight
being 200 lbs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Blue Ribbons Won
By COuntians at
Ham and Egg Show

The Ham and Egg Show held
annually at Upper Marlboro was
a chief concern of Negro EXten-
sioners on Saturday, March Goth.
The show placed emphasis on
Pork and Poultry Exhibits and
demonstrations on the use of
these valuable products in the
home. 1t was attended by seven
teen County HomemakerS, A.
Hers and friends. Fifteen Mont
gomery County persons exhibited
at the show.
Mrs. Alice Wallace, foods pro-
ject chairman of Spencerville
Homemakers Club won first
prize on her brown eggs entry.
Grace Awkard, daughter of Mrs.
Alice Awkard of Sandy Springs
won first prize on her entry in
white eggs. The eggs are from
her All Poultry Project of 1852.
Mr.. William Cabell placed
seventh on his entry in Ham and
first on his Bacon entry. Mr.. Ca
bell is from Hyattstown.
The exhibit displayed by the
foods project chairmen from
Homemakers Clubs won second
place. The theme, Eggs Around
The Clock, was used and the ex-
hibit stressed the use of eggs for
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Foods project chairmen partici.
pating were Mrs. Susie Hill, Mrs.
Mollie King, Mrs. Alice Wallace
and Mrs. Eva Simpson.
Other exhibitors and many run.
ner-ups were: Mrs. Ionia Butler,
Mrs. Mollie King, Mrs. Alice Aw-
kard, Mrs. Susie Hill, Mrs. Cor
della Boldly, Mrs. Mary Dimes,
Mrs. Eva Simpson, Mrs. Gladys
johnson, Mrs. Frances Lancaster,
Mrs. jeanette Adams, Mrs. Carrie
Hill and Mrs. Carrie Love Hill.
These ladies are all members of
Homemakers Clubs throughout
the county.
A demonstration was given by
Miss lament Coblentz, nutrition
specialist of University of Mary
land on Preparation of Eggs For
The Table. The show was both
educational and interesting and
everyone expressed the enjoy
ment received in attending.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

Musser Brothers new florist
and garden shop will hold its
formal opening Sunday, March
%. beginning at l pm.
The rambling stone and brick
structure which nestles on the
side of a rolling hill on Route
240 about a mile north of Cal
thersburg has a plant house at
tached and contains fine, charm.
ingly decorated display rooms,
flower laden refrigerators as well
as work and office rooms.
The firm will carry a complete
line of garden supplies, seeds,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

fertilizers, and other do.dads
calculated to put gardening fever
into the calmest city dweller or
the most avid rural soil digger.
Grounds Of the new establish.
ment have been Handicapped and
the opening will feature many
original flower arrangements,
plants and shrubbery.
The Musser Brothers, Henry
and Tom, have operated a tree
surgery and handspring business
in the County for the past nine
years. They extend cordial in.
vitation to the public to visit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
"Jack" Diamond
Announces for
Delegates Seat

John B. Diamond, III, we'll
known resident of Rockville and
native of Montgomery County,
yesterday filed for the Maryland
House of Delegates in the Demo
cratic primary.
Mr.. Diamond, who practices
law in Washington with Harry
]. Ahern and John T. Bonner, is
former Assistant u. S. Attorney
for the District of Columbia and
was in charge of the prosecuting
staff of the u. S. Attorneys Of
flee, Criminal Division, Munich
pal Court for the District for
seven years.
He lives at lis Upton Street
in Rockville. He is married to
the former Elizabeth Parker of
Washington. The Diamonds have
three sons who attend public
schools in Rockville.
Mr.. Diamond is the son of Her
bert l.. and Marie ]. Diamond of
GaitherSburg and Is the nephew
of John B. Diamond, former
county commissioner and county
treasurer for many years.
Born in Gaithersburg, where
he attended public school, Mr..
Diamond also attended Catholic
University and Benjamin Frank
lin University in Washington. He
received in LIB from Columbus
University School of Law in 1885
and passed the D. C. bar the same
year. He also is a member of
the Maryland Bar and was adj
mitted to practice before Mary
land Courts in 1915.
Mr.. Diamond was a lawyer
with the Federal Housing Admin
istration between 1881 and 1910,
and was Assistant u. S. Attorney
for the District of Columbia be-
tween 1910 and 1913. In private
practice between 1913 and 1851,
Mr.. Diamond returned to the
Assistant u. S. Attorneys job in
1851 where he served until last
year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

and inspect their attractive new
location.
For the benefit of newcomers,
Henry Musser is a native of the
County and lives in Gaithersburg.
He is married to the former Hen.
rietta Glover. The Henry Mussers
have three youngsters, Debby,
Peggy and Linda.
Tom Musser also lives in Cal.
thersburg and is married to the
former Virginia Glover of Cal.
thersburg They have three chill.
dren also, Billy, Pat and Barbara.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Economy
For Town
Pledged.by
Hit Slate
Candidates Say
They Oppose Any
Needless Spending

Four candidates for the Rock
vile City Council today went on
record as being solidly opposed
to any unnecessary expenditures
by the town during the next two
years which would further in
crease property taxes or substan-
TALLY hike bonded Indebtedness.
The four candidates who said
residents must look forward to a
sharp belt-tightening period in
Rockville is to maintain its pre-
ysent sound financial condition
are Walter Baker, Robert Bridges,
Elizabeth Talon and w. M. Brad
shaw. All four are running on a
F ticket headed by Edward H. Hit.
Horse Sense Needed
Mr.. Baker, who operates an
automotive repair business here,
said people in Rockville are go.
ing to have to face the financial
facts of Rockville. 1, personally,
do not favor any spending pro-
gram which would throw the
town deeper in debt and place me
in a position of spending my
grandchildren's money"
Mr.. Baker said, "it is going to
take common horse sense for this
town to weather the strain of
Indebtedness already piled up be.
cause of our growing population"
He said, 1.-THE people in this town
have to remember they can't live
a beef-steak life on a soda pop
income. If am elected to the
Council, the people can depend
on this--the next mayor and
council will spend earned income
in this town and not borrowed
thousands"
! Rockville is in no position now
to be thinking of fancy parks,
swimming pools and tennis courts
at the taxpayers expense, Mr.
Baker added. We have enough to
think about in supplying needed
facilities, keeping our streets re.
paired and keeping up with other
services already being supplied
by the town."
Luxury by Referendum
Mr.. Bridges, also a council
candidate on the Hit Slate and
associated with the Bogley real
estate firm here, said '1uXuries
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Polio Test
Be Held
Up 80 Days

Polio vaccine cannot be made
available in time to begin inocula-
tons on the schedule previously
set up for Montgomery County,
DR.. V. L. Ellicott, County Health
Officer, announced today.
1--WE still hope, however, that il
will reach us in time to complete
the vaccinations before summer
vacation" DR.. Ellicott said.
Monday, April &c, the first day
after the Spring vacation in the
public schools has accordingly
been set as a tentative date for
the beginning of the vaccine
trials. This date will, however,
depend on whether the State
Health Department will give its
approval and whether the vaccine
will be available, DR.. Ellicott said.
The State is carefully consider
ing this date but, because of
number of considerations, cannot
make its decision until the last of
this week or the first of next.
If the vaccinations do start on
April &c, they will be given dur
ing the weeks of April &c, May 8
and May 81. Further postpon.
ment this spring will not be pos.
sible, DR.. Ellicott said. If the vac.
cine is not available to Montgom.
cry County by April &c, the vac.
cinations will have to be post
poned until the fall.
DR.. Ellicott said all parents of
children who receive the inocula-
tons and subsequently leave the
county should notify their physi.
clans that the child has received
these shots if he should get polio.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Pythian Lodge
To Sponsor
Oyster Roast

The Knights of Pythias Lodge
and Temple of Gaithersburg will
hold an oyster roast and target
shoot on Sunday, April 4 at the
Sam Briggs Farm in Gathers.
burg. The hours are from l to
6 pm.
Admission is $500, and the pro.
ceeds will be used in charitable
work in the Gaithersburg com.
munity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
Civic Association
Meets Friday Night

The Rockville Civic Associa-
ton will hold its regular
monthly meeting Friday night
at the Board of Education
Building. Meeting time is 8:15
p. m.
Up for discussion will be a
report on Rockville's bonded
indebtedness as well as a fill
in discussion on registration
for town elections.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

News of
Week

The County Council has APP
proved lease for a $185 a month
rental for space to store 80 vot-
ing machines in warehouses at
Congressional Airport.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25
RMHS Show

The Ri C h a r d Montgomery
High Schools show, Leave it
to the Girls, will be presented
at the school Friday night at
$3.50.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

1OIlRIeSSlOIldl airport.
The way is open for the Coun-
ty, with the aid of Federal funds,
to reconstruct River road to open
it from the District line as far
west as Seneca.
The council Tuesday approved
an agreement for the payment of
$1,000 to John M. Kaufman,
Judge Nadine L. Gallagher and
Mrs. Julia B. Hopkins for the
last piece of right of way needed
for the road.
Public Works Director Mason
A. Butcher said the county should
be able to proceed with the
$350,000 project sometime this
summer.
The County Council Gov. Nc
Keldin to veto a senate bill that
would delay for a year the inn
position of higher auto tag fees
in the state.
The action was taken at the
request of the State Association
of County Engineers. ....
Mason A. Butcher, public works
director, said the bill would force
years delay in the 12.year road
program in the state. He said the
roads commission stood to lose
S. million next year and the
county about 100000 if the bill
was signed by the governor.
Mr.. Butcher added that if the
bill is signed it will probably be
the first of a number of post
ponements of the huge road
building program which is to be
partially financed by increased
gas taxes and higher tag fees.
The tag fee increase slated to go
into effect next year would be
delayed a year by the bill.
r. Edwin Brown Tuesday pre-
sented a petition to the county
council asking for improvement
of Whites Ferry road as soon
as possible.
Mr.. Brown said a new ferry
probably will be installed later
this spring and that the access
road is falling to pieces. He added
that farmers need the road to get
their products to market.
A tax saving plan sponsored
by county banks similar to the
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-25

A tax saving plan sponsored
by county banks similar to the
Continued on Page a.