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Evening star., 1955-11-24
Sonitory Group
Wants Bills Paid

Al washington Suburban San
itary Commission official said
yesterday its legal staif Is wag-
ing an all-out campaign to col-
lect, by court action If necessary,
commission claims dating back
to 1852.
William s. Stanley. associate
general counsel for the agency,
said the drive to to dispose Of
disputed claims for services and
damages which involve about $50
and a small number Of private
firms, corporations, contractors
individuals.
He said six lawsuits fled by
the commission are pending and
eight additional suits win be filed
within two weeks. The unsettled
claims amount to $4,000.
The work Of investigating the
old claims was intensified in
August when Mr.. Stanley was
named to be the commissions
first full-time counsel. He said
the commission already has
closed 10 cases and collected O
total Of s8,02l. Most Of the cases
dealt with commission claims
arising from the relocation Of
sanitary installations,
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Apartment S Suit
Contests Collection
Of Sewer Fees

A suit challenging legality OF
1858 and 1854 sewer fees col
lected in Fairfax County wal
filed yesterday in behalf OF the
Donna Lee Apartments.
The suit, fled by Attorneys
John Locke Green and Charles
Pickett. asks repayment of about
$1,000 which they claim was col
lected Illegally from Donna Lee
Apartments in 1858 and 1854 for
sewer service.
The suit specifically challenges
the 20-cent sewer levy in Sani-
tary District No. in 1858. After
that year. the levy was dropped
and the county replaced it with
q straight service charge for
sewer service. A spokesman fol
the plaintiffs said the service
charge collected in 1854 also was
at issuse. although 1t is moi
named In the suit.
According to the suit, the 20
cent levy was an "unconstitu-
tional and erroneous" levy. The
suit charges that the tax vio-
lated Section ITO of the State
Constitution. which states that
mo taxes or assessments for To-
cal public improvements shall
be imposed on ahutting land
owners"
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Visiting Nurses
Elect in ARLINGTON

Mrs. Lawrence D. Ban Of 1886
North Fourteenth street, Airing
ton, has been re-elected presi-
dent Of the Visiting Nurse Asso-
citation Of Arlington.
Other officers elected at the
last meeting Of the year last
Monday are DR.. Verlin E, Miles
ard Miss Virginia Clifford. vice
presidents; Mrs. Ida p. Moore
treasurer: Miss Marian Ma
gruder, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. T. E. Gilbert. recording
secretary.
Reelected TO. the Board OF
Directors for three-year terms
were Mrs. L. D. Ball. Mrs. J. C.
Boss, Mrs. Ernest Fielder. Mrs
Charles w. Ihle, Mrs. Ida P
Moore and Dwight McKeown
New members Of the board are
John C. Wright, Mrs. Lloyd B.
Burk, IT.. Mrs. Randall w. Ever
EFT and Mrs. z. Gene Klomall.
Mrs. John Armstrong and Miss
Virginia Clifford were appointed
delegates to the Arlington Com
munity Chest and Council and
Mrs. D. c. McKeown was ap-
pointed to the Civil Defense
Council.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
s New Polio Cases
Listed in Virginia

RICHMOND. Nov. "a R-
Five new cases Of polio have been
reported to the State Health De-
Ipartment. according to Dr.. Ma
son Romaine. director Of the de-
Ipartment's bureau Of connmuni-
cable disease conEol.
The new cases brought the
States 1855 polio total to 315-
|272 less than reported at the
same time last year.
DR.. Romaine also said an ad-
|ditional 1921 cubic centimeters
|of Salk polio vaccine had been
released to the State for its pro-
gram Of giving free shots to ell
|gible children between the ages
of / and 10.
The vaccine is the 6rst re-
leased to Virginia since it began
distribution Of more than 207.-
600 &C. to State communities
November /,
Evening star., 1955-11-24

Armed robbery charges placed
against two suspects in separate
Arlington grocery store holdups
have been dropped after the ar
rest Of five men Friday in An at
tempted supermarket holdup in
Alexandria.
A robbery charge that. had
been placed against George RAN
dali. 80. colored. of Gum Springs,
Fairfax, has been dismissed N
Arlington Circuit Court at the
request of Commonwealth Attor-
Iney William J. Hassan. Randall
had been accused Of taking part
in the $648 holdup of the King
Street grocery. 1871 West Brad
dock road, on May s.
Mr.. Hassan has also with
drawn detainers against john E.
Jones, colored, Of no fixed adj
dress, in the $4,000 noldup Of
the, Safeway store at 4975 Co.
Ilumbia pike on July 13. Jones is
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Robbery Charges Against Two
Dropped; New Suspects Held

being held in the District Jai
awaiting trial on robbery charge.
In Washington.
Earlier this month. James e
Thomas, colored, 20. of the frs
block of P street NV, who also
had been charged in the Safe
way robbery, was freed by an
Arlington jury at the request oi
the Commonwealth Attorneys
office. Late in the trial. the
prosecution received information
from a man who cast doubt
on an eyewitness identity OF
Thomas.
A second man, who had been
accused with Randall in the
King Street Grocery holdup
u. D. Goines, 80, colored. of the
800 block of Third street NV,
viii be freed of charges in court
tomorrow, Mr.. Hassan said.
Police said both foldups were
among those staged by three Of
Evening star., 1955-11-24

bond reduced from $4,000 to
81 900 because of the two hung
|juries and so he could go home
for Thanksgiving.
But that did not do Stedman
much good.
He was returned to the Upper
Marlboro Jail because of a war
rant against him for a parole
violation, following conviction on
"a burglary charge in July. 1852.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
YuIe Lighting
Parade Slated
In Wheaton

A parade starting at 5 pm. to-
morrow will be the official sig
nal for turning on Christmas
lights and decorations in the
Wheaton Md business district.
Plans for the parade were an
nounced by the Wheaton Cham
Der of Commerce. Participants
will include the Wheaton High
School Band, units of the Ken
sington Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and the Wheaton Rescue
Squad, and entries Of some 40
merchants of the erea.
The parade viii begin on
Georgia avenue at Viers Mill
road and will cover the entire
Wheaton triangle by way Of
Georgia avenue. the Wheaton
Kensington road and Viers Mill
road back to the starting point.
The lights in various sections
Of the business districts will go
on as the parade progresses to
each point, officials reported.
Merchants donated some $4,000
toward installation Of the lights.
In other business at Tuesday
nights meeting, the group unani-
mously nominated its entire slate
of present officers for reelection,
but said additional nominations
can be made in writing UP to a
week before the chambers next
meeting December 13. Those re-
nominated were Victor A. Leis-
ner, president; Simon Sherman
vice president: Lloyd H. Sims,
treasurer; Francis G. Addison
secretary. and w. Wilson Rich,
sergeant-at-arms.
The chamber also adopted a
resolution strongly opposing q
proposal to change the name OF
the new Wheaton Junior High
School, now under construction,
to the Belt Junior High School
and directed its executive secre-
tary to inform the county school
board Of the action.
The group commended Tom
Amatucci. jr.. chairman OF its
Community Chest Committee. on
his report that the Wheaton area
raised some 116 per cent OF its
Chest quota so far with more still
expected.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Silver Spring Woman
Gets SIC, 900 Judgment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nov. q
P.-A Federal court jury lla'
awarded Mrs. Florence Day ol
Silver Spring, Nd. $4,000 dam,
ages in the death of her husband
George, three years ago in q
truck auto accident on Route 70
near here.
The judgment was against
Holice Lewis and c. L. Kreite-
myer, both Of Salem. III. The ac-
cident occurred on October II
1852.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
MARYLAND-vIRGINIA NEWS
Jury Deadlock Ends New
HoIdup TrioI Of Stedmon

freed at that time on a directed
verdict by Judge J. Dudley Digges
during a joint trial Of the pair,
Mr.. Meagher testified in both
trials that two men walked up
behind him with guns and de-
manded his money. They hit him
over the head with the butts Of
the guns and fed when he yelled
at a passing taxi driver, Mr..
Meagher said.
The druggist testified he iden-
titled Stedman In a lineup, fol-
lowing the arrest Of the pair in
Baltimore.
After dismissing the second
jury yesterday, Judge John P.
Gray, jr., ordered Stedman's
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Richmonders TO Aid
COLLEGE Fund Drive

RICHMOND. Nov. "a B.-
The organization Of COMMITTEES
of 13 prominent Richmonders to
advise and obtain construction
funds for the Richmond Profess
fsional Institute here was an
nounced yesterday.
The most pressing problem be-
tore the group Is that Of providing
dormitory facilities for an in
creasing number Of students
RPI is a branch Of the College
of william and Mary.
Evening star., 1955-11-24

Ithe six men who tried TO rob
an A6sP store in Alexandra on
Friday. Police arrested all but
one after q gun battle.
Arlington Detective Sergt. Rus
sell L, Runyon said police had
obtained court postponements OF
the trial for Geines and Randall,
who have been free on bond. be-
cause officers were not satisfied
with the validity Of Identification
by eyeWitnesses.
Evening star., 1955-11-24

A second Prince Georges Coun-
ty Circuit Court jury yesterday
found itself d blocked on
whether Dilworth C. tSonny)
Stedman participated in the
armed holdup of a Riverdale
druggist last April Is.
Stedman, "a, a resident Of the
$500 block of Rhode Island ave-
nue.. Riverdale. Md. defended
himself against a charge that he
robbed Harry r. Meagher at the
point of a gun.
Stedman's first trial on No
vember 8 also resulted in hung
jury. Arnold C. Seibel of Balti-
more, accused as Stedman's s
accomplice in the robbery, was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Potomac Presbytery
Meets at Bethesda

The women of Potomac Pres
bytery will hold their 43rd an
nual meeting at Bethesda Pres
byterian Church next Wednesday
and Thursday. Delegates from
Southern Presbyterian churches
in Maryland, the District of Co.
lumbia and Virginia as far south
as WarrentOn, will attend the
two-day session.
The Presbyterian Executive
Board will meet in closed session
at 2 pm. Wednesday. All other
meetings of the convention will
be open to the public. Featured
speaker at the 5 o'clock service
will be Edward Kemper, special
agent of the FBI, whose topic is
"Today's Challenge.
DR.. Lalla Iverson, specialist in
the Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology, and formerly a medi.
cal missionary to China, will be
the speaker at the fellowship
dinner. Communion service will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
GAITHERSBURG NEWS
By Mrs. Marie Wayne
Gaithersburq 666

president, Mrs. H. Clarke Helms,
reports there will be chrysan.
themum show for the members.
Mrs. William McBain is visiting
this week with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. LII
Their f. Otley in Purceville, Va.
Congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Grin F. Burdette, Jr. on the
the birth of their daughter, Jill
Diane, on October 5. Mrs Bur
dette is the former Miss Sylvia
Gloyd. Mrs. Russell Gloyd spent
the weekend in Norfolk visiting
her new granddaughter. la
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Perrysen-
-teItained at dinner on Sunday for
Mr., and Mrs. Harry Perry, ST.,
Dottie Lee and Janet. The occa-
sion was in honor of their sons,
Aaron and Stephens fourth
Continued on Page y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Hopes to Cut Costs of Meat
BY Cutting Out MddIemen

Farm Bureau president O. w.
Anderson is trying a unique bust
ness experiment at the frozen
food locker plant he recently
bought in Gaithersburg. BY
eliminating the middle men, he
hopes to bring Montgomery
County meat producers and con.
sumers closer together, providing
more profits for the former, more
savings for the latter.
Andy says, Through quality
service, and low price we hope to
build up a tremendous meat bust
ness" At present the activities
of the Gaithersburg Locker Serv-
ice-a new corporation of Andy,
his son, William, and their long
time secretary, Esther w. Beall-
are restricted primarily to rent.
ing the 665 lockers and custom
Strengthening" for county farmers.
But this week the first case-full
of wholesale" meat went on sale.
Andy says the price is 10 cents
to Is cents per pound lower than
at the average. When the new
slaughterhouse on the Anderson
farm is finished, Andy hopes the
locker plant will become a major
meat-seller. He visualiZeS a re-
tail store being built next door.
In the future, if residents are at
tracted by his farmer-to-consumer
operation, he hopes to open
branch stores in Rockville, Ger
Bethesda, Silver Spring,
and other communities.
Andy says he will buy most of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Mayor Believes
In SeH-Help
Around Home

Mayor Merton Duvall is Cath
ersburg's biggest "do-it-yourself"
bug. Last weekend he put the
finishing touches on a house he
built himself!
The Mayors white frame one
story-and-basement home is on
Oak Avenue. He started the pro.
ject two years ago but was in.
terrupted for seven months by
an operation.
Says the Mayor, Il did about
SO per cent of the work myself.
l didn't do the masonry, plumb
ing, or heating work myself. And
l got some help with the paint
ing"
House building is not just a
hobby with Mr.. Duvall. The
house is for sale!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Turkey Dinners Slated
By Two Congregations

With the advent of fall comes
turkey-eating time, and two
county congregations are holding
turkey dinners and special pro-
grams Saturday.
T h e Colesville Methodist
Church's annual auction and
dinner will be held on the church
grounds, with the auction and
fair from 10 am. till dark, and
dinner served from 3 to 7 pm.
Booths, CREASED pig and pole
contests, and special entertain
ment for children will be fea.
tured.
Dinner will cost $3.50 for
adults and IS cents for children,
with all proceeds going to the
church's building fund.
St. Mary's Church of Barnes
vile will hold its roast turkey
dinner and harvest bazaar from
noon to 9 pm. in the church
pavilion. The bazaar will feature
homemade pickles and pre-
serves, fancy work, potted plants
and pastry.
The dinner committee is especi-
ally proud of their menu, says
Rev. Martin w. Hyland, pastor of
st. Mary's. Prices for this din
ner are also S1.50 and Is cents.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Seeks to Aid
In Litigation
Over Camera

Gaithersburg attorney Charles
K. Davies. Jr. is one of the lawyers
in a complicated international law
suit involving parties on both
sides of the Iron Curtain.
He represents Dutch diplomat
Johan Steenbergen whose world
famous Jhagee Kamera Werk at
Dresden, Germany, was first con-
fiscated by the Nazis and then by
the Communists.
Mr.. Steenbergen owns the trade
mark on the "Exakta" .35 nm.
camera which he produced prior
to 1889 at Dresden. The Peoples
Republic of East Germany,
through the nationalized optical
industry, is now producing the
same camera and exporting it to
an exclusive New York distribu-
tor at the rate of 1900 to 1000 per
month. The Exakta sells for al
most $500 but Mr.. Steenbergen
has received no royalty payments.
He cannot safely return TO Com
munist East Germany.
Through Mr.. Davies and a bat
terry of Dutch, German, and
American lawyers, Mr. Steenber-
gen is suing the distributor and
the East German government in
the Federal Court at New York to
recover the profits from the cam
era factory which he claims is
his When the suit was filed two
years ago the profits since the
end of World War II were esti-
mated at $2,500,000.
Mr.. Davies is involved in the
international legal tangle through
his father. The elder Davies rep
resented the Steenbergen inter
ests in patent matters between
1888 and 1889. He obtained 80
to 35 American patents for the
Jhagee Kamera Werk (Though
most of the patents have expired,
the Alien Property Custodian has
possession of them
Mr. Steenbergen was a Counsel
at the Dutch embassy in Dresden
when the two nations severed dip.
lomatic relations in 1899. He and
his wife were given one hard
boiled egg to eat on the four-day
train ride out of the embattled
country! All Of the Steenbergen
property, including the camera
factory, was seized by the Nazis.
Hitler converted the factory
from a camera works to a war
time optical instrument plant. In
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
By Mrs. Earle Wayne
GaitherSburg 666

Mrs. Charles Dryer accom-
panied by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Clarke Helms of Wash
ington Grove, left Sunday for
New York. Mrs. Dryer will fly to
Rome on Wednesday to meet her
husband. They plan to tour Italy,
Greece and Egypt before going to
their new home in Arabia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Helms will spend
a few days in New York and then
go to Boston for a visit with Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. Harris before re,
turning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Andrews
and family of San Tome, Vene-
Zeula, were guests of Mrs. Charles
Dryer on Saturday.
Mrs. Clay Plummer with Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Britt of Bethesda
left on Saturday for three weeks
visit in Denver, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Griffith, Jr.
were in Williamsburg, Mass, last
weekend to attend the wedding of
Miss Frostine Graves to Victor
Beckman. Mrs. Griffith was the
soloist at the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Walker en-
tertained at a buffet supper last
Sunday night at Rolling Knobs
for about 30 of their friends from
Washington, Arlington and Gath
ersburg.
The Gaithersburg High School
PTA will hold its regular monthly
Injecting on October 10. A recep-
ton for the teachers, which was
planned last month and post
poned because of the weather,
will be held this month.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Dugan of
Washington are announcing the
birth of their daughter, Stephenie
Ann. who was born on September
% and weigher six pounds seven
and one-half ounces. Mrs. Dugan
is the former Miss Kathryn
Stubs.
The Gaithersburg Garden Club
will meet next Wednesday at the
hame if Mrs. James King. The
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13

Hill, Sunday school at 10, with
all the regular classes and the
preaching service at II.
This weekend h District
CBYF will have it's annual train
ing session at the Beaver Dam
Church of the Brethren, near
Union Bridge. 1t will open Fri
day night and conclude Sunday
afternoon A study will be ma&
of the CBYF program and h6@
to put it to work in the local
church. All youth are invited to
attend.
The men of the church will
have their regular monthly meet
ing Tuesday. Next Saturday is
the annual District Leaders Con-
ference at New Windsor from
$3.50 am. to $3.50 pm. with Earl
Mitchell of Roanoke, Va, and
Robert E. Mohler, of Mcpherson,
Kans., as speakers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13

his meat from county farmers.
If any animals have not been
corn-fed, he says, "I'll put them
out on my own farm until they're
the best quality"
By keeping the entire operation
local Andy thinks he can pay the
farmer a good price for his ami
mails, take a fair" profit, and
still pass along the 10 cents to IS
cents saving to the consumer.
Originally Mr.. Anderson
wanted to put the slaughterhouse
on the locker plant property near
Gaithersburg's Summit Ave. The
Mayor and Council denied his re-
quest, So Andy is building the
Slaughterhouse on his own farm
at Middlebrook. The old slaugh-
terhouse is on land taken by the
State Roads Commission for a
National Pike cloverleaf. BY using
most of the old equipment Andy
hopes to have his new slaughter
house completed in two months.
The maximum slaughtering op-
Grafton at the old plant was three
cattle, IL hogs, or 200 chickens
a day. The new plant will be able
to handle 20 cattle, 100 hogs, or
500 chickens a day.
Andy is already planning his
expanded retail meat business.
He plans to offer an economy
package"-about IS pounds of
various meat cuts for freezer own
erS or renters.
And already he is anticipating
problems. "The' income level in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
-Four Singers
Will Serendde
State Teachers

Four Gaithersburg High school
students leave for Baltimore We'd
nesday to sing in the All-State
Chorus before the 88th annual
meeting of the Maryland State
Teachers Association.
Ronnie Clark, Jamestown, Flo
renee Dudley, Laytopsville, Ernie
Swami, Washington Grove, and
Jay Watson, Gaithersburg, will
represent the school in the 500
voice choral group.
The students, selected by school
music teacher William r. Earl,
will rehearse Wednesday and
Thursday in preparation for their
Friday performance.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Wheaton Pastors Talk

Ministers who Will be heard
next week on the Pathway to
Faith" program, carried oU
radio stations WIDOW and WASN
from 1870 to 7:45 am, are Rev.
Neal Herndon of Wheaton Pres
byterian, Monday; Rev. Ross
Forcey Of Resurrection Lutheran,
Tuesday; Rev. Paul Foelber of
st. Andrews Lutheran, Wednes-
day; Rev. M. w. brennan of
MILAN Methodist, Thursday;
and Rev. Eugene Allen, Church
of the Atonement, Friday
The program is broadcast in
cooperation with the Wheaton
Ministerial Association, and alter
nately features the pastors of 10
local churches. This is the sec
ond year of these broadcasts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13

Montgomery County is so high
that most people desire the better
quality hind-quarter meat It's a
problem how to get rid of the
fore-quarters."
While some meat is on sale at
the locker plant now, full scale re-
tail operations await completion
Of the new slapghterhouse.
Meanwhile the locker plant is
busy with the usual Fall rush.
Farmers bring their animals for
custom slaughtering' killed,
butchered, and frozen. Produce
is also brought for freezing.
Andy will not allow warm meat
or produce to be placed directly
into a rental locker. First it must
be quick" frozen in the deep
freeze room where the tempera-
ture is below zero. This prevents
deterioration while the food is be-
ing frozen.
The locker plant has three cool
ing units: one for the lockers, one
for the deep freezing room, and
one for the meat aging room. If
anything should happen to one
or even two of the units, the third
could maintain temperatures low
enough to prevent thawing.
All fresh-killed meat brought to
the plant must be hung in the
aging room. The temperature is
between 80 and 81. Lamb and
veal are aged two to four days;
beef is left a minimum of four
days. Aging allows fat in meat
to break down and leaves better
tasting, more tender cuts.
Butchering-done to customer
specifications-is handled by Les
ter Donovan and Willis R. ORR
son. BENJAMIN Price is in charge
Of the slaughterhouse
. Mr.. Anderson, a former County
Agent, says, 1--WE devoted my life
to helping the farmers in Mont.
gomery County. With my new
locker plant l hope I can help
them and the consumer"