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Cheverly. Md.
on one side Of the issue is the
Cheyerly Swimming Club. Inc,
q group Of 232 families propos-
ing to build a 100000 private
swimming pool and bathhouse
on . 3.1-acre tract behind the
2700 block Of Crest avenue. just
beyond Cheverly's western boun-
dairy line.
On the other side Is the Chew
erly Taxpayers Committee. q
group Of residents who live near
the proposed pool site and are
opposed to it because they feel
It would constitute q nuisance
and depreciate the value Of their
homes.
Oficials in Middle
Caught uncomfortably IN the
middle are the Mayor and Town
Council Of Cheverly. who plan
to announce their stand Monday
night.
To help them make up their
minds, Mayor Lawrence Yates
and the six council members
have distributed an informal bal
lot 10 the 100 homes closest to
the pool sitet.
81 What they win decide at Nom
days 8 pm. meeting In the
Eheyerly-Tuxedo school. Mayor
Yates said, is what recommenda-
tion, II any, they viii make to
the Prince Georges County COM
missioners.
The commissioners are Sched-
uled to hold q hearing in the
county service building at Hy-
attSville on Wednesday on the
swimming clubs application for
q so-called special exception per-
NIT. The clubs land Is zoned
residential and, under county
law, q special use permit is re-
qiired for the construction Of 3
privatae pool.
One Public Pool
Prince Georges has no COM
munity pools such as those which
have been constructed in several
nearby Virginia communities and
in nearby Montgomery County.
The only public pool In Prince
I Georges is the municipality owned
pool at Greenbelt. which Is
heavily used in the summer and
5s open to all comers. The two
other pools in the county are
country club facilities. open only
to members.
The pool the Cheyerly club
proposes to build also would be
open only to members and
guests.
Joseph s. Cullins, jr.. an at
torney. who is president Of the
Cheyerly Swimming Club. said
the club was organized about
the first Of August by q group
OF Cheverly parents concerned
about the lack of swimming
facilities for their children.
He said the club contracted on
August 3 to buy the 3.1-acre
pool site for $1,000. This was
done. he said. after surveying
oil possible sites in Cheverly.
Initial response to the clubs
subscription campaign was bet
ter than anybody expected. he
said. Families who became menu
bers before October 5 paid $3.50.
Memberships now sell for 5000.
AS Of yesterday, Mr.. Cullins
said. the club had signed up 232
families. representing 472 adults.
That's about half the num-
Der we need to build the pool. z
he said.
The membership campaign
begged down In mid September,
however, when opposition crop
ped UP under the leadership Of
Harold j. Strauh. q CIO union
leader whose hilltop home at
27i6 Crest avenue would over
look the proposed pool.
Mr.. Straub and his committee
began circulation Of q petition In
West Cheverly. which had grown
to 250-26O signatures this week,
and succeeded In convincing the
mayor and council that they
should take a stand on the issue.
Mr.. Straub and other cppo-
Ilents claim the pool would be
noisy and that 1t would attract
an unbearable amount Of auto
mobile traffic. Some say they
don't want persons clad only In
bathing togs strolling through
the neighborhood.
Mrs. straub said her bank had
told her the pool would depre-