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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Body Votes
Tax Refund
To Safeway

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil agreed reluctantly at its
Tuesday meeting to return 81, 1885,
% in parking lot taxes to the
Safeway Stores of Bethesda, Sill
yer Spring and Wheaton. County
Attorney Charles M. Irelan ad-
vised the council there is no
alternative. Councilman Robert
Snure commented, 1--WE give the
money back under protest"
The taxes were levied under a
law = now repealed = by which
companies could claim as tax
exempt any land posted as a pub
lie parking lot. Safeway insisted
their land was tax-free but re-
fused to post public parking
signs.
The case was decided in Feb
ruray 1854 in the Montgomery
County Tax Appeals Court. Safe
way claimed % parking lot
taxes are special assessments and
not taxes, and (2) public parking
signs are unconstitutional and
amount to depriving the cor
poration of property without due
process of law"
The Appeals Court denied the
first contention but "held that the
public parking sign as a condi-
ton precedent to exemption from
the parking tax is null and void"
County Attorney Ireland says
the county could have appealed
the lower courts decision to the
Circuit Court within 80 days, but
"for some reason" did not.
County Attorney at the time was
David Mcdonald.
The parking lot tax law has
since been changed to allow ex-
emption to all lots fully comply
ing with county regulations.
Electric Ordinance
The County Council passed a
new ordinance licensing and regu-
lating electrical contractors. The
measure prohibits anyone from
installing, repairing and main
tanning "any electrical circuit or
electrical equipment" without a
license. Persons wiring their own
homes, public utilities and non
profit organizations stringing
temporary wires are exempted.
Yearly electrical contractors
licenses are $25; a special license
is SIS. Electrical contractors
must post a $1,000 bond and spe.
cial permit contractors a $1,000
bond.
The new ordinance establishes
a fiVe-man board to test appli
CO ITS for electrical contractors
licenses. The board will be com.
posed of two members engaged
in the electrical business mot
from the same firm, two non.
electrical members and one cleo.
trical engineer.
In other business:
/. A 10,242 square foot tract
Continued on Page g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
G'burg Sets
Zone Airing,
Nerf Week

The Gaithersburg mayor and
council will hold a public hear
ing November Is on the mass re
coming of North Summit Avenue
from the National Bank to the
town limits. Rezoning from
Residential-A to Residential-C
would clear the way for apart
ment buildings.
Only one property owner, Law
renee Luhn, has actually applied
for Redistribution. The area
under consideration at the No
vember Is hearing includes IA
lots.
There is a small group of apart
ment buildings on Lee Street
near the area of the proposed
mass reZoning.
In another coming action taken
at its Monday night meeting, the
mayor and council reclassified
from residential to commercial
almost two acres of land on Sum
nit Avenue near the BIO rail
road line. The owners, Marion
Schwartz, Hannah Marie Gloyd,
Irene Emmett and Evelyn May
Indicate they intend to sell the
property to a commercial enter
prise.
Eugene Casey presented Cal
thersburg with tract of land,
gratis, Monday night and pro
missed to give another. Mr.. Casey
gave an acre of ground near the
Asbury Methodist II for
"recreational, educational II
cultural purposes" Mr.. Casey
said he was including a provision
in the deed preventing the cree.
ton of a public swimming pool
on the gift tract at the request
of area residents.
Mr.. Casey also told the mayor
and council that he believes he
owns the land used for Dalamar
Street. The developer said he
thought the street was included
in a parcel of land he bought
from Harold c. Smith.
Mayor Merton Duvall told Mr..
Casey that he understood Dala.
mar Street had been dedicated
to the town. Mr.. Casey replied
that if the town finds its title to
Dalamar unclear, he would be
happy to dedicate the right.of
way.
In other business:
!. The mayor n d council
agreed to pay the expense of cleo
tricity to light Christmas decora
tons in the business area during
December.
2. Councilman John w. Crit
fifth was appointed to meet with
County Board Of Education Off.
Gals on proposed new school
sites in the Gaithersburg area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Root Takes Leeway' on 1st Up County Zone Maps
Says Customers Could
Change PEPCO Plans

Leonard H. Hoyle, president of
the Montgomery County Bankers
Association, has urged Montgom-
cry County residents to use
economic pressure in an effort
to persuade the Potomac Electric
Power Company to locate its new
100 million dollar generating
plant in Maryland.
Mr.. Hoyle, bank official in Cal
thersburg and Germantown, sug-
gested each user of electricity
write his own personal petition
across the face of his next bill
before mailing it back" If that
fails to persuade PEPCO to
locate in Montgomery County,
Mr.. Hoyle thinks people should
make every effort to reduce
their use of electricity
The banker thinks such a boy.
colt would cut PEPCO's business
by Eat least one-eighth."
Congressman Dewitt S. Hyde
has Joined the chorus of officials
protesting PEPCO's decision to
locate its steam generating plant
in Loudoun County, Va.
The Congressman says he has
sent urgent letters to PEPCO
president, R. Roy Dun, urging a
Montgomery County location for
the new plant. Mr.. Hyde says he
told Mr.. Dunn that PEPCO
should certainly avoid conflicts
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

Name Local


Tuesday nights Democratic
precinct elections brought sug-
gestions that two County officials
run for Congress from Mary
lands sixth district. County
Council president j. G. Walker
was urged to run by voters in
Bethesda's 18th precinct. Tax APP
peals Court Judge Nathaniel j.
Ely was urged to run by Whea-
tons 10Th precinct
Four County Councilmen re-
tanned their precinct chairman
ships: Wilbur N. Baughman,
Wheaton /; Robert Snure, Whea.
ton 10; Jerry Williams, Laytons-
VILE; and Charles Jamison,
Poolesville.
The so-calle1 liberal faction
of the Democratic party captured
three precincts in Wheaton: Syl.
via Sternstein in II, Maurice At.
kin in II, and Joe Finley in II.
Finley beat States Attorney AL
ger Bari ee.
The liberals" retained the
craftsmanship of five Wheaton
precincts: Felix Putterman, 20;
Susan Kaplan, 81; Jean Grunig,
25; Ray Murphy, 30; and Sam
Jacobs, 35.
Two neWly-created precincts in
Wheaton were captured by or
ganiZation-backed candidates.
Peoples Court Judge Sam Cor
don is new chairman of precinct
36 and Charles Blankenship is
chairman of 81.
Other chairmen elected Tues.
day included:
Wheaton,: George Ray, 2; Jo-
seph M. Matthias, 3; Mrs. Arthur
Joseph, 4; Leonard Hardy, s.;
Schell S. Hoye, 8; E. Brooke Lee,
10; Arthur Brigham, 8; Robert
Gray, ID; Willard A. Morris, IS;
Isaac Groner, IS; Julia Russo,
20; Edwin Billhimer, Jr., %; C.
Randolph Burner, "a; Louise
Tresian, 26; James P. Welsh, %;
Lester d. Dean, 30; Ted Miller,
81; Helen Mason, 80; and Virgin.
ia Black, 81.
Rockville: Paulin Bond, /; Mil.
ton Clogg, 2; Charles Prettyman,
B; Ruth Jones, 5; Sarah David
son, g; and Joe Blocker, 7.
Colesville: Julian r. Patton, /;
b. E. Jirikowic, 5; Blair Lee, III,
3.
Jamestown: Claggett Jones,
|; Paul Mills, 2.
Olney: Claude Williams, /.
Bethesda: John c. Moore, q;
r. Speidel, Z; j. II. Meyers, H..
GAINESVILLE: John Moore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

of jurisdiction which might arise
as a result of the location of the
plant in Virginia using Potomac
River water entirely within the
jurisdiction of the State of Mary
land"
The Congressman informed the
power company, There is no
logical reason why a power plant
producing power for Maryland
residents should not be located
in the State of Maryland"
PEPCO admits that the new
plant will produce electricity
primarily to serve its present
10000 Maryland customers and
anticipated new customers. Off
Gals estimate that the new plant
will pay between $75O,O00 and one
million dollars annual tax re
venue to the county in which II
locates.
A Senate subcommittee will
hear testimony this afternoon
on the entire question of Poto
mac River pollution, including
the charge that the new PEPCC
plant will raise the temperature
of the water dangerously AMI
increase bacteria growth. The
subcommittee is headed by Ore
gon Senator Wayne Morse. Coun
ty Council President ]. G. Walker
will represent Montgomery Coun
ty at the hearing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

county chapter of the American
Veterans Committee, the social
action committee of the Christ
Congregational Church in Silver
Spring, the Montgomery Civic
Unity Committee, and the League
of Women Voters.
Under fire by these groups will
be Superintendent Forbes Norris
reply to questions on the County's
Indignation policy posed by the
NAACP in August. In his Sep
TENDER 26 letter, DR.. Norris said
that no Negro candidates for pos
itions for positions in white
schools would be considered this
year.
Final approval was given to the
contract for 8.37 acres for the
Continued on Page g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
By Ronald H. Nessen
Staff Reporter

Palmer Irving c. Root has pre-
pared up.countX coming maps that
Charles Jamison, County Council
man and m m Der of the
Upper MONTGOMERY County Plan
ming Commission, says "are not
absolutely what our thinking
was"
Mr.. Root, who has helped zone
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Murder Mystery
Opens Tomorrow

The Rockville Little Theater's
production of Dial NJ for Muir.
der will open a two.day run to.
morrow evening in the Christ
Church Parish Hall.
Starring in the amateur groups
presentation Of the melodrama
will be Mrs Sybil Dennis, Orval
Hopkins, Fred Barton, and Wal.
ter II. Norman j. Hodge Smith.
Rockville lawyer, directs the play.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Pike Load
May Mean
No Parking
Rockville Mayor Calls
Possible Pike Traffic
Town Effect Tragic

The top county police official
says the opening of the new Ma
tional Pike as far as Rockville's
Montgomery Avenue may necessi-
tate a parking ban on the main
street. Superintendent James S.
McAuliffe of the Montgomery
County Police says, There will
undoubtedly be no parking dur
ing rush hour and possibly no
parking at all on Montgomery
Avenue"
Last week State Roads Com
mission Traffic Director George
Lewis said the opening of the
new dual highway to Rockville
would cause mo serious pro-
blems."
Col. McAuliffe also said, Route
240 south of Rockville should be
a four-lane divided highway, not
a three-lane single roadway, if
the Roads Commission plans to
dump the new National Pike into
Rockville" The superintendent
thought the SRC should give
Serious consideration" to widen
ing Route 240 between Rockville
and Bethesda.
Said Col. McAuliffe, "Sugges-
tons of traffic lights on the
Rockville Pike would make traf-
: fic more orderly, but would not
Expedite it"
Last week State Roads Com
mission official stated that al
though some rights-of-way along
the Rockville Pike have been
purchased, widening would not
begin until Viers Mill Road has
been widened as far as Wheaton.
Meanwhile Rockville Mayor
Dickran Y. Hovsepian has writ
ten a letter to the County Coun-
Gil stating, "We considered the
early completion of the Montrose
leg of the National Pike and the
widening and reconstruction of
Rockville Pike vitality essential to
the welfare and safety of Rock
Vile and its environs, not to say
the least to the rest of Mont
gomery County"
The mayor told the council that
unless rapid progress is made on
the National Pike "a prolonged
intolerable increase of traffic on
West Montgomery Avenue and in
the heart of the city" could be
expected. The mayor called the
effect on the business area Of
B such an increased traffic load
tragic.
Despite the alarm in some quar-
tiers, two county road officials
discounted any serious problems
arising from the opening of the
National Pike to Rockville. Pub.
lie Works Director Mason
Butcher stated, THE traffic won't
strangle Rockville. Traffic en-
gineer Eugene Clifford agreed.
Mr.. Clifford announced the
results of recent traffic counts
around Rockville. He said $4,000
cars use the Hungerford Drive
bypass" daily. At the north end
of Bethesda $4,000 cars travel
over Route 240 daily. BY the
time the highway reaches Old
Georgetown Road, the traffic has
dissipated to $1,000 cars daily.
The Route 240 traffic load is fur.
Their reduced in Gaithersburg
where only 10000 vehicles use the
road. The new National Pike
from Frederick to Germantown
carries only about $500 cars
daily, reports Mr.. Clifford.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Local Ladies Win

Mrs. A. T. Phillips, 4128 Samp.
son Road, Viers Mill Village, and
Mrs. Robert f. Michaelis, 351S
Weller Road, Wheaton, are
among nine prize.winners in a
Silver Spring Has Everything
contest conducted by the Silver
Spring Board of Trade last week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Neurnann Appointed

John w. Neumann, Silver
Spring attorney, has accepted the
appointment as Counsel for the
Suburban Maryland Builders As.
ISOLATION, it has been announced
by Carl NJ. Freeman, president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Late News Briefs

Five Montgomery County
teachers will attend the meeting
Saturday of high school educa-
tors and Hood College faculty
members in Frederick to discuss
closer cooperation between high
school and college courses. Mrs.
Eleanor Boland John Erdlitz, and
Carroll Kearns of Gaithersburg
High School, and Miss Margaret
Casey and Miss Ann Fullerton,
of Bethesda.Chevy Chase High
School will attend the meeting.
The Rockville Army Reserve
Association will hold a Veterans
Day dance Saturday night from
8 to II at the Gaithersburg Ag.
ricultural Center auditorium. Vet.
Grams are urged to wear their
uniforms.
The new A. and p. food store
on Viers Mill Road in Rockville
is reported to be preparing to
open for business Tuesday.
Mary Elizabeth Nicholson of
Boyds was buried yesterday at
the HyattstoWn Methodist
Church. She died Sunday. Mrs.
Nicholson is survived by two
children, Mrs. Maude Cooley and
Lester S. Nicholson, and a broth.
er, Luther McDonough.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
SOCIAL SECURITY

John A. Kulick, Social Sc.
curity representative, will be
in the County Building audi.
forum in Rockville every Wed.
nesday from $3.50 am. TO 2
p.m.. 10 furnish information
and advice on Social Security.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Visiting Day

County schools will be open
for visits by parents tomorrow,
as part of the National Educa-
ton Week program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

Montgomery County Boys Base
ball Association to elect officers,
revise the constitution, and re.
view the past season will be held
Monday night in the County OF.
flee Building auditorium at 8
o'clock. Between 60 and 100 men
representing SO teams in the
three leagues are expected to at.
tend.
A display of one hundred and
fifty brand new books for chill.
dren will mark Children'S Book
Week at the Rockville Public Ii.
brary next week.
The public is invited to visit
the Library during regular hours
to see this group of recently ac.
quired books which will be avail.
able for regular loan at the end
of the Book Week exhibition. The
books will be displayed in six
sections according to age group
interest.
The Montgomery County Plan.
ming Association elected new Of.
ficers this week: President, Arth.
ur j. Kelsey, Gaithersburg; vice.
president, William L. Slayton,
Kensington; recording secretary,
Mrs. Beatrice Rosen, Wheaton,;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Frederick Gutheim, Poolesville;
and treasurer, Mrs. Helen Smith,
Somerset.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

The annual meeting of the
Evening star., 1955-05-30
Picnic to Benefit
Korean War Child

A community benefit picnic to
help Korean war child will be
held Sunday by the Wheaton
(Md) Committee for the United
Nations.
The picnic. from l to S pm,
will be at the Glenmont-Con-
necticut Avenue Recreation Cen
ter
Choo Peck Soon, the 12-year-
old Seoul child, was adopted by
the committee through the Fos-
ter Parents Plan for War Chill
dren, Inc. Included in the adopt
ing committee are Pleasant
view and Highland PTAs,
Hughes Me hodist Church,
Wheaton Presbyterian Church,
Wheaton Lions Blub, Wheaton
Chamber of Commerce and the
Wheaton unit League of Wom-
en- Voters.
Evening star., 1955-05-30
63 Here Lose Permits,
Most Due to Point PiIe-Up

The District Traffic Depart.
ment today announced suspen-
sion Of 63 drivers permits anc
revocation of eight others last
week.
All but four of the suspensions
were ordered because of accumu-
lated violations under the point
system of permit suspensions
and revocations. OF the eight
revocations last week, two were
for drunken driving and six fol
accumulated record. The permits
of four drivers were suspended
because of failure to satisfy court
judgments or failure 70 file La
bility insurance as required by
District law.
The complete list:
Revoked for driving while drunk
Clarence E. Sollars. 1916 East Capitol
street; Martin L Edwards. 17l7 g street
Revoked for accumulated record Of
traffic violations totaiinE Y points or
street NE; Russell Taylor. 125 Tennes,
Ridge road Sc; Leslie H. steptoe, .""l7
South Seminary road. Arlington; James
NJ. Senior. 5l0l N street. Hillside: Alonzo
Hines 535 Tenth street Sc.
Suspended for period noted for at least
Rhode Island avenue NV, Is days;
John BurGess, 42I Twelfth street Sc
Campbell, 562 Portland street Sc. 5
Proctor. 6l0l Saint Barnabas road Sc,
Holland 1905 wyiie Street Me- 80 days
and Trafic School: Willie Lassiter. - -
Eighth street NV. - days: David E:
J James tsf Z. Ellis Ellis. 81 Longfellow street
NV, = days; Willie Picket rrs4 5s4s
s5shs.gl: johseyn 4 #iIia%s i7G5 Fi5
Anderson. 1858 Taylor street NV, 5
asEs Baker and nd 64 Fas seaG0 street, Ffanfs
Oates street NE. Is days; Richard a.
Gibbs, 2216 Savannah street Sc, Is
SsyS; MW Joe v Il Scott 1916 Twelfth street
place NV, days and franc School;
Il q asyS james EN- :; marsh il f$49 Sa.t
1149 New Hampshire avenue NV. 10
days: Charles W. Chase. 2701 Connect
cut avenue NV, - days; Robert L.
Settles, 1406 Fifth street NV. Is days;
Tim Carter. jr,, 33l Webster street NV,
10 days; Norman P. Brown. POI Fifty
third street Sc. days and TRAFFIC
School.
Cambria Thompson, 27O0 Tenth street
NE. FIVE days and Traffic School; John
r. Russell, 1906 Randolph street NE,
Is days; Phillip H. Virgins, 1880 Bel.
mont street NV. FIVE days and Trafic
School .Alphonso Mitchell, 1443 Monroe
street NV, - days: Robert Robinson.
1852 Maryland avenue NE. five days
and Traffic School; Edward G. Conway,
49ls Third street NV, five days and
Traffic School: Max Pollack, 729 Oneida
place NV, Is days: James o. Billings
ley, 1858 Sixteenth street NE, five days
and Trafdc School
James Harris Boss, jr, AS r street
NV, l5 days: AlpheuS C. De Mesme,
4424 Falls terrace Sc. Is days; Her
bert Gonzalez SIS Taylor street NV.
Is days: Harvey D. Johnson. $50 G
street NE, 15 days: James G. Taylor,
1924 Fourth street Sc, Is days; Oliver
L. Smith, 3407 Thirty-seventh avenue,
ColmaE, Manor. y days; Calvin G, CLARK
1928 E street Sc, 10 days and Trafiic
School; Alton E. Porter. 6OS Lamont
street NV. 3 days; Lloyd F. Gallagher,
2905 Nelson place Sc, I5 days.
George Adams. SIS Sixth street N. e,
Is days: James A. Boyer. 30U9l2 Sher-
Evening star., 1955-05-30

man avenue NV. Is days: Bernard
Eugene McGill, 324 Todd place NE. 10
days; Thomas Lun Jenkins: 9l6 Eyarts
street N: E. Is days; John Willard Ellis,
3"9 Upshur street NV, Is days: Alfred
Brown. 1915 Fifth street N W. 30 DAYS:
Charles w. Jones. 1881 Simms place
NE, Is days: George Hendrix. $3.50
Eighteenth street Sc. IS days; Thomas
n Thornton, 1911 Alabama avenue
Sc, / 3 days.
James D. Hudson. Richmond. Is days:
Melvin Greene, l463 Florida avenue
NV. 80 days; Robert Lee Toison; $50
Twentieth street NE, l5 days; Christie
Ssrbov, 933 L street NV, l5 days:
William H Roberts, 1910 Park road
NV. FIVE days and Traffic School;
George B; Hartsuff, 73O Upsal street
Sc. 15 days; Ophelia E. wilson, 1910
Benning road NE. Is DAYS: Jacob Fa-
hacker, 2g0s Naylor road Sc, Is days.
Howard E. Fletcher, Shirley Gate road,
Fairfax, * DAYS.
Suspended until satisfaction of judg-
ment-Nathaniei Haggins, 349 Kentucky
avenue Sc; Leroy Palmer. sos Mary
land avenue S.W. James E. HERON.
523 New Jersey nvsnue " w
Suspended for failure to file insurs nee
Sherman W. Moore. 2t4h o.rnt-
place Sc.
Evening star., 1955-05-30
DEATHS REPORTED

From D c. Health Department.
Joseph Gold. S3, 1910 Constitution ave
Alice Jenkins. rs. 51O3 N st. s.e.
Joseph Maddox, ~. 300 Duke St. Alex
andria, Va
Eugene Hathaway. II. 1860 Mount Pleas
ant st NV.
Gustav Kuster, 81. Soldiers Home.
William Skene. 66. Kensington. Nd
Frank Confrey. e.. 1854 Queen St ne.
Foy Slagle. g.. Washington, D. c.
Philip McCurdy. So, 20l3 37th st. sc.
Willard Bowles, 81. 457 H st, NV.
Helen Davis 96. Washington. D. c.
Harrison Galloway, ~. SO4 51st ST. ne
Thomas Campbell. 50. 465 NJ st. NV
Jeanette Thomas. so. go 5Sth st. ne
Evening star., 1955-05-30
ADVERTISEMENT.
Amazins RELIEF
for BABY tortured by
ITCHING Rash

Little one scratched itching skin
so 1t became raw" writes a
grandmother" Nothing helped,
until we tried Resinol Ointment.
In two days he was resting COM
fortably. In two weeks hardly q
trace of the skin ailment was
noticeable" Keep Resinol handy
for chafes, chaps, burns, cuts.
. Alsei New RGSiNol oREAsaisSS-h
svbes-stoin's,s. woshobis. Some fomous med.
kstiena Hides skin sickness" q msdieotes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-06
Blowout Uncoyers
$4,000 Ring Theft

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Oct. 9
GA salesman for q New York
|jewelry firm said a tire blowout
yesterday led him to discover that
rings valued between $4,000 and
SIS 900 had been taken from the
trunk Of his car.
Chief Investigator Tom Car
Isle Of the Alabama State Patrol
said representatives Of the Pink
|erton Detective Agency are ex-
Ipected here today to help investi-
gate the jewelry theft reported
by Walter L. Sachs, "a. of Miami.
Fla. Mr.. Sachs said two satchels
containing the rings were taken
from his automobile somewhere
between Mobile and Banks. Ala.
The salesman. a representative
of the M. H. Shiman Co. OF New
York, told the patrol he dis
covered the theft when he opened
the trunk to get a spare tire. He
said the jewelry was insured.