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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

Area Acts
For Water

Plans for a Damascus water
system moved step closer to
the action phase Tuesday night
when it was reported that sub
stantial community sentiment
supports such move.
The report was made by a sur
Vey committee headed by Roscoe
Pearce at a citizens meeting in
the Damascus Methodist church.
Mr.. Pearce said that SO per-
cent of the towns residents have
been contacted on the matter and
that IS percent of this number
definitely indicated their desire
for water system now" Fiji
teen percent are interested, but
want the system installed "later."
Only 10 percent rejected the pro-
posal
Moreover, the meeting was told
that 40 to so percent of those
contacted are interested in pur-
chasing stock in the proposed
Damascus Water Company.
Everett Jones of the engineer
ing committee, told the group
that his studies indicated that the
new system would not only make
possible better residential and
commercial water supply, but
strengthen the toWn't fire pro-
lection.
Subject to the approval of the
State Public Utilities Commission,
it was decided tentatively to of
fer stock in the company at $25
per share. Pledge cards are avail.
able at the Bank of Damascus.
A deadline of June 1 was set
for the purchase of stock.
Elected officers of the sponsor.
ing group were Herbert S. Hy-
att, president; Harry Fisher, LIST
vice president; Clark King, treas
'urer; and Mrs. Marian McNab,
secretary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Vaccine Here, County's
Shots to Start Monday

Elementary, 72; WooGside, 1862;
Calvary Lutheran, 80; Calvary
Church, 80; Town and Country
Sd; Wheaton Woods, 1853; Rad
nor, IS; Bethesda Elementary,
1877; East Silver Spring, $50; Oak
view, 100; Clara Barton, 108;
Broadacres, 242; New Hampshire
Estates, 108; Oakland Terrace,
230; Woodacres, 142; Rolling
wood, 70; Garrett Park, y.
Tuesday
Pinecrest, 1870; Glenhaven, TO;
st. Michael, 166; Glenmont, 1876;
Pleasant View, 125; Wyngate,
ia; Somerset Country Day, ITO;
Highland View, 40; Mckinney
Hills, 1853; st. Camillus, 1856;
Sandy Spring (Negro), 100; Oar
nestown, Taylor, IS; st. Mary's,
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
New Booklets
Compile Facts
On Resources

Two new publications have
just been issued by the Mary
land-National Capital Park ana
Planning Commission as part of
its program to keep the public
informed of the commission's
operations.
One of the publications is a
28-page booklet listing the basic
resources and services offered by
the various communities in Mont.
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties.
The other is Park Guide list
ing all of the commissions park
and recreational facilities in the
two counties and contains maps
showing the locations of the
facilities.
The resources booklet is en-.
titled Inventory of Community
Resources. 1t includes such
items as tax rates, school en-.
rollment figures, the number Of
doctors and hospitals, hom e
values, shopping facilities, police
and fire protection, churches,
public transportation facilities
and Libraries.
Also in the inventory booklet
is map showing the various
election districts in the two
counties.
Both publications are available
to the public free Of charge at
the commissions two offices in
Silver Spring and Riverdale, as
well as at county branch libra.
ripS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Sign Contest Sings
Praises of BOyds

When it comes to civic pride
and signs expressing that
pride, the Mems Community
Club of BOyds takes II back
seat to no chamber of COM
merce in the county.
Hopeful of at least equaling
ROckville's "All-America" de.
signatiOn and surprising Whea-
toms slogan "The Community
of Opportunity, the men of
BOyds this week announced a
slogan for signs on roads en-
tering the town. Make 'em
short, but send as many as
you wish to Slogan Contest,
BOyds, Md"
First entry: Boyds - Burg
of BuOyant Boosters. Prize
. may be sent care Rockville
Board of Trade.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

with surprise and regret" of
some reaction to his statement,
made in a Observation-Disclosures
period.
Il cannot help but think" he
saidi, that some things have
been magnified unreasonably and
that some people read between
the lines ideas that are foreign
to my thinking and feeling"
The Apr % open meeting was
announced over the objections of
Wylie w. Barrow who said he
feels public discussion of the mat.
ter will lead to more dissen.
sion"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Rockville to Get Second Offer
OF Location for Civic Center:
Ceeraert Suggests Bulls Site
Will Sell lO-Acre Tract
To City for Cost to Him
By Roberta w. Mellon
TwinbrOok Reporter

Indications were this week
that the City of Rockville would
be offered a second plan for the
proposed civic and recreational
center.
The offer will come from Jo-
seph Geeraert, area builder, and
it will take the form of chance
to allow the city to purchase the
acreage and buildings of the
Bulls Estate off Viers Mill Road.
The purchase price, Mr.. Geeraert
said, would be the same as that
which he originally paid for the
property.
The Mayor and Council are
currently considering a proposal
advanced by the Rockville Board
of Trade for the construction of a
combined medical, civic and rec
reational center on the site of
the abandoned County Poor
Farm. A decision on this pro.
posal is due May 8.
Mr.. Geeraert also announced
that he will build two new com.
munities of homes in the Bulls
farm area and supplement this
with an adjacent shopping
center.
The last of the TWinbrook
series, Twinbrook Park name of
the new area) will be located on
a 1OO-acre tract adjacent to Twin
brook Forest. Meadow Hall, the
second development, will be built
on approximately $50 acres of
adjoining Bulls land.
Annexation by the city will be
sought for this whole area,
which stretches along Rock
Creek from Viers Mill Road to
Norbeck Road.
Approximately 700 houses will
be built in the two housing de.
velopments on lots varying from
a minimum of SO by 100. The
three-bedroom houses will be
split level models with an iden.
teal basic floor plan, a recrea-
ton room on the lower level,
some with garages and other
with carports.
Mr.. Geeraert said that by
applying the same principles of
mass production which have
been used in his other develop
ments, these homes will sell for
$4,000 or under.
A California type shopping
center is proposed for 1900 by
IT'S foot area with additional
space for parking on Viers Mill
Road opposite Atlantic Avenue.
Tentative plans call for a
driven bank, food market, drug
store and a restaurant. Mr..
Geeraert will ask the city to
consider rezoning of this strip of
land, which lies within the
limits of Rockville.
lie will offer the city at the
original purchase price, a tract
of 10 or more acres which in
cludes Meadow Hall and all
Continued on Page a.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

After a false start with last
weeks announcement that the
Salk vaccine injections would be
given to 1000 County young
sters starting Apr. IS, the County
Health authorities were all set
this week to start on Apr 25.
Failure of the vaccine to ar
rive prevented this Mondays
start, it was explained, but the
vaccine was received in Rockville
this week and final details were
being worked out.
The timetable for first and
second graders who will get the
shots by schools, together with
the number in each school, is as
follows:
Monday
Gaithersburg, st. Martin and
Washington Grove, 238; Olney
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Delegates Establish
LOfstrand Memorial

The Maryland Division of the
American Cancer Society an
nounced that it was the recipient
of a substantial gift made by
the Maryland House of Dele.
gates, in memory of A. Rudolf
Lofstrand, Jr, former State
Senator from Montgomery Coun.
ty, who died of cancer on March
8. Mr.. Lofstrand's wife is gen.
eral chairman of the Montgom.
cry County Chapter of the
American Cancer Society.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

chairman, or from members of
the Young Democratic Club.
Proceeds from the dinner will
be turned over to the County's
Democratic State Central Com
mittee to help finance the revi.
sion of Montgomery County
Democratic precinct mailing lists.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Hold Funeral Rites
For. Col. Wilbur Day

Funeral services were held
Monday for Col. Wilbur S. Day
who died at his home, Is Dale
Drive, Rockville, on Apr. ID.
Burial followed at the Damascus
Methodist Cemetery. Colonel
Day is survived by his brother,
Adlyn Day. His wife, the late
Mrs. Laura V. Day, preceded
him in death.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Late News Briefs

The Montgomery Red Cross
announced today that the COun-
ty has subscribed all of its
$4,000 gOal-mOre than $1,000
over the 1854 goal.
From 1 to 4 pm. Sunday will
De gala pre-view time at the new
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

Food Fair on the Rockville Pike
it was announced today. Radio
and TV stars, prizes and refresh.
ments will help to inaugurate the
new stors, the largest of the
chain in the East. Novel decor
and shopping arrangements are
also to be unveiled Bring the
family, says Food Fair manage
ment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
Up-County
Zone Foes
In Conflict

Foes and supporters of the
controversial Upper Montgom-
cry County coming ordinance
traded punches again Tuesday as
the County Council aired a
motion to postpone the measures
effective date from May to
Sept. IS.
E. Brooke Lee, president of
the Landowners Association of
Upper Montgomery County, said
the ordinance as recently amend
ed still contains many harmful
and retarding regulations"
He said his group resents pro
visions making new home con-
\ struction more expensive, more
difficult and even more uncer-
tain or impossible"
James A. Buchanan w, Spokes-
man for the Association for
Planning and Zoning in Upper
Montgomery County, conceded
that the amended ordinance still
contains "some inequities". He
urged the council, however, to
stand by the original effective
date ION the theory that a tenn
porary coming ordinance will at
least exercise control to some
extent.
He added that necessary revi-
sions can be written in by the
council at later date.
Lee told the council that some
700 signatures have been obtain
ed from up county residents who
oppose the present draft and
asked the council for postpone
ment.
In other developments the
council fixed the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commissions administrative tax
rate at its present 3 cent level
I after meeting behind closed
Z doors with commission officials
for SIS minutes.
The Council President ]. Ora
hame Walker, in explaining the
secret session, said several coun-
Gil members were unfamiliar
with the recently enacted fiscal
control bill giving them au-
thority to set the planning body's
administrative rate.
Deadline for setting the rate
was Wednesday under the new
bill. Mrs. Stella B. Werner en-
phasized that the council would
not impose the 3 cent levy until
next months legislative session.
She added that County Manager
M. L. Reese will study the Plan
ming Commission budget and
make recommendations before
the levy is set.
Reese, under prodding by news
men, took the wraps off a new
study of county purchasing
operations by a four-man man.
agement consultant team.
The survey group, which began
its work Monday, was hired
b without any public announce
ment by either the council or
Reese's office.
The Manager said costs of the
survey will be paid out OF
special appropriation for his
office but he declined to give
the total cost of the purchasing
study which is not to exceed 80
days.
County Attorney Charles M.
Irelan said the review, which is
also aimed at developing legisla-
tive proposals on purchasing
Continued on Page Al
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

The sixth anniversary of the
Goshen Mennonite church, Lay
louisville, will be celebrated by
weekend services with the aid
of visiting church dignitaries
from Pennsylvania. A service
will be held at 1880 pm. Sat
urday, followed by services at
10 am, 2 pm, and Z pm. on
Sunday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

With PTA delegates from all
over the County voting on school
Indignation proposals at Sher.
wood high school, Sandy Spring,
last night, the Silver Spring In.
termediate PTA Tuesday night
went on record in favor of int.
grafton within the next two
years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21

Complete support of the State
campaign to Keep Maryland
Beautiful" was voted by the Oh
ney Grange at its April meeting.
The motion was made by r.
Bentley Thomas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
TAN LIST

Starting with It's issue Of
May 10, the SENTINEL will
publish the annual list of de-
linquent County taxpayers.
The list will appear in four
consecutive issues.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
st. Patrick's PTA
Program Tuesday

st. Patrick's P.-T.A. will hold its
next meeting on Tuesday, January
18th in st. Patrick's School Hall,
London.
Mr.. John Crawford, father of six
children, will be guest speaker for
the evening, his topic being Rails
ing a family on Budget" MIR.
Crawford is affiliated with The
New York Life Insurance Com
pany, is a graduate of Butler Col
lege, Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr..
Crawford spent three years in
Australia while in the service of
the U. S. Army. He is member of
numerous Catholic Clubs in Co
lumbus, among them being the
Knights of Columbus, Catholic
Mems Luncheon Club and also
member of Inter-Racial Commit
tee. Mr.. Crawford and family are
members of st. Michaels Parish
in Worthington, Ohio.
The Sisters will be in the various
class rooms prior to the meeting
should there be any questions OF
problems they wish to discuss.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Public Library
Elects Officers

Trustees of the London Public
Library re-organiZed at the meet
ing Tuesday, re-electing the fol-
lowing officers: Mrs. r. K. Loot
bourrow, president; Miss Alice
Amrine, vice president; Mrs. T. ].
Selby, Jr., secretary; Supt. j. j.
Hartley, treasurer.
Robert Lukens, who was named
to succeed DR.. F. f. holland, when
he resigned year, ago after many
years on the Board, was elected
a regular member.
Miss Dorothy Gibson was re-
hired as librarian, Mrs. Bertha
Calhoun as assistant librarian, and
Robert Wilson as custodian.
In the yearly report, the librar-
ian announces that the circulation
for adult fiction was 8,100; nom
fiction. 4649, for total of 12,-
749. The circulation for the
young people and juvenile class
ification reached 12,608, for a to-
tai circulation of both groups of
25, 1857.
The totals represent an increase
in total circulation over 1853 of
5,414, with an adult increase of
3,617, and juvenile and young peo-
pie increasing 1877
Nine hundred Z nd forty vol
umes have been added TO the IL
brary for a total of 24,947 vol
umes; 1880 in the adult classi-
fication and 6,067 in the other.
Seventy-two magazines in the
library made a circulation of g.
100 Seven newspapers are receiv-
ed.
A total of 4,186 borrowers are
on record and these paid in $345.-
II in fines during the year.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Sales Tax Pay-In
Below '53 Record

Ohio sales tax collections for the
last six months of 1854 passed the
one hundred million dollar marx,
it was reported today by State
Treasurer Roger w. Tracy.
Grand total collections for the
fiscal year beginning last July l, to
December 81, 1854, totalled $102,-
445, 113 which amount is only 1.94
per cent, or $2,037 ,073 below the
all-time record receipts of $104,-
482, 1876 for the corresponding six
months of 1853.
Tracy noted that tax collections
for the month of December, 1854
registered an increase of 81, ,327, 1862
compared with the total collected
in December, 1858. This is gain
of $40 per cent.
Contributing to the current
months upswing, cash collections
for the last seven days of Deem
Der, 1854 reached a new high OF
$7,669,676, which exceeded the to-
tai for the last reporting period q
year ago by $1,019,3 ,364 or 1882 pei
cent.
On a calendar year basis, the
grand total for the twelve month!
of 1854 was S192, $685. .945 which
may be compared with the peal
total of $198, 184 ,581 for the cal
endar year 1853.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Health Council Elects
Officers, Hears Report
Ben Van Wagener
Cincinnati, Dies

Benjamn Van Wagner, age 81,
a former resident of London, died
at his home in Cincinnati Saturday,
according to word received by his
cousin, Mrs. r. K. Shaw, West
High Street. In failing health for
some time, he suffered heart at
tack Tuesday and became critical
ly i'll following the attack.
A son of the late George II. and
Mary Minter Van Wagner, Ben
Van WAGNER was born in London
and spent the greater part of his
early life here. His father was for
many years cashier of the First
National Bank, at that time the
Madison National Bank, Ben Van
Wagner being associated with the
same bank before he left London.
He has made his home in Gin
cinnati practically the entire time
since he left London many years
ago and has been engaged in the
brokerage business. At the time OF
his death he was associated with
the John Nu Veen Company
brokerage firm in the Queen City
Surviving are his wife, Irene
one daughter, Ann, at home, a son
Ben. Jr., with the u. S. Air Force
in Houston. Texas, a sister, Mrs
Jeanette Van Wagner of Cali.
fornia and an aunt, Miss Sara Var
Wagner in Florida
Funeral services Tuesday morn
ing at the Charles Miller and Sor
Funeral Home in Cincinnati.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Township Chiefs
Meet January 20

Intensive training in Township
Government will be given trustees
and clerks when the Ohio State
Association of Township Trustees
and Clerks holds its 9th Annual
Convention in Columbus January
20, 21 and %. Seventeen hundred
fifty public afficials are expected
to attend the two and a half day
schooling according TO State Sacre-
tary Charles p. Baker, Jr, Of
Painesville, and John V. Hines, To-
cal secretary.
In addition to question and ans
wer forums conducted by Il State
Examiner from the Bureau of In
spection and Supervision of Public
Offices, there will be panel discus
sions and short talks by selected
members of the organization. Sub
jects to be given special attention
are Roads, Township Clerks, Fire
Departments, Annexation and In
corporation, Cemeteries, N e w
Township Buildings and Zoning.
Dean Clarence Manion of South
Bend, Indiana, noted speaker on
Americanism, will address she con-
vention Friday afternoon. Other
speakers will include Robert F.
Eastman, president of the County
Engineers Association, Fred j.
Milligan, Columbus attorney, Troy
Kost, secretary Of the Illinois
Township Officials, DR.. William 3.
Guitteau, historian and author, and
Mack Sauer, Leesburg editor and
humorist. State officials, in addi-
ton to the Governor, will include
Attorney General c. William o.
Neill, State Auditor James A,
Rhodes, State Fire Marshall
Charles r. Scott and Roger Cloud
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatiVeS.
Supreme Court Judge James Gar
field Stewart will speak at the Old
Timers Luncheon Thursday noon
and Chief Justice V. Weygandt will
address the annual banquet Thurs
day evening.
County Association Presidents
and Secretaries will hold dinner
meeting Wednesday evening before
the convention and the Franklin
County Association will entertain
early arrivals for the convention
later that evening. The Executive
Committee will pick the June 1885,
convention city Friday noon.
E. L. Strawser of Deck Park
Ohio, is president of the associa
tion.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Mrs. RI. Schroeder,
Cleveland, Dies

Mrs. Harvey Schroeder of 1875
Sylvanhurst Drive, Cleveland, died
at her home at 1900 pm. Sunday.
She was the former Elda Paullin,
daughter of the late S. ]. Paullin
of London
She is survived by her husband,
Harvey, one son, Richard, of New
York; three sisters, Mrs Fred
Dorm and Mrs. John Donahue of
Sedalia, and Mrs. Minnie Reeder
of Columbus; and three brothers.
Mr.. Edgar Paullin and Mr.. Wilbur
Paullin of Columbus, and Mr.. Her
man Paullin of Mt. Sterling. One
sister, Martha, died year ago.
Funeral services will be held at
1;30 pm. Wednesday at the Muir
rell Funeral Home at the corner
of Euclid Ave. and Noble Road,
Cleveland.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Dairy Tour Taken
By Seventeen Men

Seventeen dairymen attended the
dairy tour last Thursday to the
milk plants. Med-O-Pure plant at
Washington c. H., was visited in
the morning. Here the group OBJ
served the bulk tank cars unload
ing the milk and saw bulk tank
that is not on dairy farms, plus the
rest of the process that takes place
in getting milk ready for the con-
Sumer.
The group visited the Borden's
milk plant at Columbus, Ohio, in
the afternoon, where they were
able to see the truck unload the
milk from the cans and see the
weighing and bottling process.
They also saw the ice cream
making process and bulk ice cream
to ice cream bars. Delbert Grouse
and John Buehl were Dairy Com
mittee members in charge OF the
tour.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-01-18
Mrs. Ed A. Greene
CedarviIIe Dies

Services were held Saturday at
200 pm. at the Mcmillan Funeral
Home in Cedarville for Mrs. Ber-
tina Edith Greene, 66, wife of Ed
A. Greene, of Cedarville, who died
at her home Wednesday.
Burial was in North Cemetery at
Cedarville.
Surviving besides Mr.. Greene are
six children, Raymond Crabtree,
Springfield; Beauford Crabtree,
Xenia, and Mrs. Elizabeth Fitz-
water, Chicago, by a former mar
riage, Charles and Richard Greene
Of Cedarville and Mrs Mercie Mil
Ter of Springfield; her mother,
Mrs. Maude Leslie, London; a SIS
ter, Mrs. Ethel Long, Cedarville;
four brothers, Barren Leslie, Co
lumbus; Henry end Melvin Leslie,
Springfield, anl Gene Leslie. Lon
don, and a number OF grandchil-
d,pn