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Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17
Shift in Farm Taxation Base
Is Held Essential to FOrestall
Ruin, Speculation in County

Within the next week or 10
days, a bill may be introduced
in the State Assembly to
make it mandatory to assess
Montgomery County farms on
the basis of production capa-
city in products when well
farmed" rather than the pre-
sent unit assessment rates.
This was learned by the
SENTINEL on the basis of
interviews with members of
the county delegation to the
State Assembly and officers
of the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau.
In a recent letter to the dele
cation, the Farm Bureau pro-
posed that assessments of county
farm lands should be made on
the production basis as a means
of averting ruin" to county
farmers and the encouragement
of speculative d estate
values" These evils are seen
ahead by the Bureau if a new
re-asSeSSment- of farm lands on
the present basis takes place.
Delegation members found the
bureaus proposal "g d in
theory" and steps are being
taken to frame it in legislative
language for introduction before
the deadline for new legislation
which is about a week away.
In its letter to Annapolis, the
Bureau said:
1--WE regard it as vital essen
tial of continued competitive
commercial farming in this coun-
ty that the land being farmed
be assessed for tax purposes on
a formula which is established
by and limited to the productive
capacity of the land in question
when well farmed.
Studies made by the Uni
'versity of Maryland .. establish
that Montgomery County farms
are paying taxes at the rate of
almost 100 percent more per
acre than in adjoining and com
peting counties of Frederick,
Howard and Carroll"
The Bureau quoted the Univer-
sity study as follows:
For instance, the calculated
tax bill on a 100-acre dairy farm
ranges from about $113 in one
district in Frederick County to
1924 in one Montgomery County
district. Likewise, 200-acre
farm would have a tax liability
of from S219 in Frederick Coun-
ty to SAB in Montgomery Coun-
ty. And the county tax on a
300-acre farm ranges from S316
in Frederick to $651 in Montgom-
cry"
In summary, the Bureau told
the delegation:
Every product of a Montgom-
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17

segregation in the school system
will present a real problem it be.
hovcs us to report the results of
our study of the subject to the
public. The question has been
considered by the Farm Bureau
planning groups and their recon.
mendations were referred to the
Committee on Schools who in
turn presented its findings to the
Board of Directors for final ac.
ton.
The study revealed the follow.
ing important points:
/, Integration is almost entirely
rural problem in this county.
Some schools down county will
have no negro children in them.
while up county the proportion
will be as high as 50f; if pupils
are sent to the school nearest
their respective homes.
2. An overwhelming majority
of our population up county is op.
posed to integration this includes
both negro and white citizens.
3. The Supreme Court has not
said we must integrate. All they
have said is that segregation is
unconstitutional and this decision
was based on social and world
political considerations Cthe first
time so far as we can learn that
the supreme court has departed
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17
Complete Text of Farm Bureau Statement on Integratt

AS the SENTINEL promised
in last weeks edition, it here.
with prints i'm full the material
received just before press time
Wednesday of last week from
the County Farm Bureau.
Attached to this material
was a mimeOgraphed chart
which cannot be reproduced
for mechanical reasons. The
following is written material
presented with the chart:
1t is headed Comparison of
Achievement in Negro and
White schools 1885," Notes
on the chart read as foIIOws:.
standardized test scores
represented here were taken
from the report of the State
Department of Education for
1953-54 which was the latest
report available.
"The percent of gain needed
for negro to equal white was
as follows:
3I.2 percent at 6 grade level
40.3 percent at 8 grade level
56.4 percent at II grade level
NOTE: How can any fair
minded person think that in
tegratiOn can become effective
suddenly with such wide diff
ference in achievement levels
at this. Through gradual in
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17

tinuing their present arrange,
ments al Carver High School.
This might solve the High
School problem and confine inte.
grafton to primary and elemen-
tary pupils who would most
easily adjust to the change. Car.
yer High School students are now
offered vocational courses which
would not be practical under an
integrated system.
8. A pupil should be allowed to
attend the school of his choice if
he provides his own transporta
ton.
9. 10f, negro pupils should be
the maximum in any school.
NOTE: The points listed above
come from several different com.
munity groups who studies the
problem Of integration without a
suggested outline. Hence the ap.
parent lack OF consistency.
10. According TO the standard.
ized testing program negro chill.
drcn are behind white children
in achievement as follows i year
at the 9th grade level, 2 years at
the ninth grade level, and 3 years
M tho 11th grade levpl
MON OMERY COUNTY
FARM BUREAU POLICY RE.
GARDING DE.SEGREGATION
IN COUNTY SCHOOLS
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17
Late News Briefs

The Sherwood PTA of Sandy
Spring was the latest unit to vote
on the issue of integration in
the County schools as the SEN
TINEL prepared to go to press.
BY a voice-vote the Sherwood
group rejected the Immediate"
recommendation of the PTA ex-
ecutive Committee and approved
the "gradualistic" approach of
Tracy Coleman by a 60-52 vote.
RME1S has postponed action.
DR.. Forbes Norris, school head,
urged extremists on both sides
of integration to hold their peace
"for five years"
Earlier, the Damascus PTA
unanimously voted for the grad
ualistic approach and the Ger
mantown PTA took similar action
although by split vote. No new
information was received on
down-County PTA action which,
as of last week, heavily favored
integration in the fall of 1855.
G. Roy Hartwig, County CD
Director, told a meeting of
Rockville citizens on Civil De-
fense Tuesday night that in
event of an enemy air attack
on the Washington area, Rock
vile would be called on to re-
ceive $4,000 of an estimated
100000 evacuees. At the same
time, however, as reported in
another Page l story, the mas
ter plan for the area refused
to back either evacuation or
mass shelter plans.
Mayor Irving l.. McCatheran
of Washington Grove led the OPP
position, also Joined by Mayor
Duvall of Gaithersburg to state
legislation which would prevent
the distribution of certain state
collected but locally.shared taxes
from exceeding the average rev.
enues distributed in a previous
fiVe-year period.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17
State Bill Exennpts
City from Inclusion
In Central Planning

Rockville may be the only
municipality in Montgomery
County to retain control of its
planning and zoning func-
tions, it was learned this
week.
Legislation now in the
State Assembly blouse Bill
No. 552) extends the planning
and zoning authority of the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commits
sion over the entire county
with the exception of Rock
vile. The city is exempted
by specific language in the
mesaure which was intro
duced last Friday.
All other towns in the county,
including Gaithersburg, Kensing.
ton and Takoma Park. will be-
come a part of the new and en-
larged planning and zoning
district which the me easure
creates under the Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Blair Lee, III, chairman of the
county delegation in the Assem-
bly, and a known exponent of
unified planning, confirmed the
retention of the city's autonomy
in this field in an exclusive
SENTINEL interview
"Rockville's exemption from
the new planning district of
MNCPP is due to three things"
Lee said:
1. The fact that Mayor ID. Y.
HOvsepian and the City COun.
Gil have created an unpaid city
planning commission of high
caliber that Is rendering very
valuable service" and that pro-
vision is made in the city bud
get for the addition of a pro-
fessiOnal planning man.
2. The fact that Rockville is
on the "ercst OF wave of civic
Improvement that is coming
from within from the citi.
Zens of the city.
3. The fact that. with the
exception of Rockville no other
county municipality has taken
steps to provide adequate local
leadership in planning and zOn-
ing beyond "A piecemeal level of
crossing the bridge when the
bridge Is reached"
Lee gave it as his opinion that
these other Montgomery County
communities would be served in
a better manner by being in.
cluded in the MNCPP planning
district lie acknowledged that
the delegation would be under
considerable pressure from other
towns in view of Rockville's ex-
emption but expressed confidence
that the facts will sustain legis.
lation in its present form.
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17

schools in Montgomery County
he de-segregated beginning on the
kindergarten and the first grade
level. Thus de-Segregation would
increase gradually on a year to
year basis adding a grade each
year
d. The Board Of Education
should establish a policy of plac.
ing white teachers in all class
rooms having a mixture Of races
until at least l/3 of the classes
shall have been intcgrated.
s. If the above procedure is not
accepted and integration takes
place suddenly, we recommend
that negro children be placed i'm
all Montgomery County Schools
on a percentage basis regardless
OF cost or Inconvenience that il
might cause This would tend
TO cqualize the burden over the
entire school system and mini.
mizc such problems as discipline,
academic standards, social re,
forms and health conditions. No
school should receive more than
l0# negro children in what are
now white schools.
6. A pupil should be permitted
to attend any school he wishes
provided he furnishes his own
transportation.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17
Board Not
POWerless
PTA Says

A legal opinion prepared for
the Montgomery County PTA
committee on fntegration today
sharply challenged the Montgom-
cry County School Boards posi-
ton that it lacks legal authority
to integrate county public
schools.
The opinion, noting that the
Board of Education bases it's view
on rulings by the Maryland
Attorney General, said the At
torney General is "in error" if he
believes the U. S. Supreme Court
decision outlawing public school
segregation lacks legal force
until the Supreme Court hands
down enforcement DEGREES.
1t cited rulings by the Supreme
Court of Delaware, the u. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia, Superior Court of
Baltimore City and actions by
the U. S. Supreme Court itself to
support the contention that the
highest court in the lands segre-
cation ruling is in fact final and
binding.
The opinion was prepared by
c. A. Horsky, a lawyer living in
Silver Spring. 1t has been sent
to all local PTA presidents in
Montgomery County. It's release
was authorized by the County
PTA Executive Committee. Mr..
Horsky is the author of a pre-
vious memorandum, likewise pre-
pared for the County PTA Com
mittee on Integration, asserting
that any Maryland county ca.l
integrate its schools with no
fear that its action can be sue
cessfully challenged in h e
courts.
Noting that Maryland is not a
party to any of the segregation
cases before the Supreme Court
Horsky's new memorandum said
when the courts enforcement
decree is issued "it will not tell
Maryland what it must do E"
"T h question, rather, is
whether there is some technical
reason why the decision of the
Supreme Court that segregation
laws are unconstitutional is
legally Ineffective" the memo,
randum said. 1t noted that the
Supreme Court has ruled unani-
mously that public school segre-
cation is unconstitutional, and
has called for further arguments
"only on what order it should
make, not on whether it should
change its opinion :"
"The Attorney General is said
to rule that because the Supreme
Court is going to hear further
arguments on what order it shall
enter, its decision that segrega-
ton laws are unconstitutional
and hence void, is meaningless, !"
Horsky said. He said if this is
the Attorney Generals opinion
che is out of step with the
opinions of the courts not only
in Maryland, but also with E.
every other court which has con-
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel., 1955-03-17

tegratiOn educators believe
that instead of three years diff
ference at High School level
the space can be reduced to one
year."
The bar graph to which
these comments refer com.
pares the 9th grade students
in the Rock Creek Terrace
school (negrO) with sixth
grade students i'm Rockville
Elementary (white) I; 9th grade
students at Lincoln Jr. II. S.
(negrO) with 9th grade stu
dents at POOlesviIIe Jr. high
(whitc); 18th grade students
at Carver High (negrO) with
11th grade students at Damas.
Gus high (white).
From this point on, all ma
terial in this article includes
all material received by this
newspaper from the MOntgOm.
cry County Farm Bureau after
a last-minute telephone re.
quest for this material. II is
unedited and printed in its en-
tirety.-EditOr.
FARM BUREAU POLICY ON
DE.SEGREGATION
AS the Farm Bureau is tht
largest organization wholly indie
pendent of the school system il
the area Of the county where de
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

APARTMENT = First floor,
one bedroom, living room, dining
room, kitchen and bath, includ-
ing stove and refrigerator, 206
Brooks Avenue; Tel. Gathers
burg 213W. 785
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~BEAUTIFUL BLACKSTONE
- House, Frederick Avenue,
Gaithersburg. Suitable for profess
sional person, excellent neighbour
hood; 7 large rooms, 2 full tile
baths, full basement, attached
garage.
LARGE OLD HOME - On big
lot in beautiful Washington
Grove; suitable for remodeling.
Can be 2-family home.
TEN ACRE FARM - With s.
room cottage in new condition.
Within town limits of Gathers
burg. Owner will sell flock, stock
and barrel; 5 head of cattle,
farm machinery, deep freeze, ETC.,
for $4,000.
PROPERTY WANTED - I have
clients who desire farm proper
ties, vicinity Gaithersburg or
closer to town. Call Mrs. Healy,
Gaithersburg 724-J. Frank L..
Hewitt Co. 1884
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

MARCH 10 - Saturday, Bake
Sale at Safeway, Gaithersburg,
starting at 10 o'clock. Spon-
sored by Neelsville Presby.
Women's Assoc. 578
MARCH 10 - Dance, Travilah
Isaak Walton Club House, spon-
sored by Ladies Chapter. 9 to
II o'clock. Music by Night
ingales. Admission $500 per
couple. 1877
MARCH 20 - Sunday, 1 to 6
pm. Ham and Turkey Shoot.
Potomac Walton Gun Club
House, Travilah, Md. Sponsored
by Potomac Walton Gun Club.
686
MAR. 1926 - Turkey Dinner
and Bazaar, Potomac Church,
Potomac, Md. $3.50 pm. Bene.
fit Sunday School Building
Fund. SOC
MARCH "a - Spaghetti Supper
at Sandy Spring Fire House,
sponsored by Night Circle,
WSCS of Ashton Methodist
Church, 5 to 8 pm. $50
MARCH &c - Baked Chicken,
Country Ham and Oyster Sup
per, Clarksburg Community
Hall, starting 8 pm. on, benefit
Clarksburg WSCS. 81
MAR. 26 - Spaghetti Dinner, 4
to 8 pm. At the Masonic Tenn
pie, Gaithersburg, Md. Price
$1.00, dessert extra. 1924
MAR. 26-Turkey dinner with all
the trimmings served 4 pm.
family style; Brighton Hall,
Brighton, Md. Sponsored by
The Vestry of st. Luke's
Church. Adults $1.50, children
Use. 723
APRIL 2 - Turkey and Country
Ham Supper at Mt. View
Church in Purdum, Md. Serv-
ing will begin at 3 pm. 581
APRIL % - Fried Chicken and
Country Ham Supper. Hot vege-
tables. Served Mt. Carmel
Church, Sunshine, Md, Rt. 81,
4 to 8 pm. $50
APRIL 80 - Fried chicken and
country ham supper, Mt. Tabor
Methodist Church, Etchison
Md, 2:30 on. Sill
MAY IA - Fried Chicken and
Ham Dinner. Sherwood High
School. Benefit st. Peters
Catholic Church, Olney, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17
COMING EVENTS

0rgonizotions moY list their pic
mics. suppers. eGrnivals, etc.. in this
column at the roie Of Toe per line
10 pt. Iinel per week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

WASHINGTON GROVE, A
TOWN WITHIN A FOREST =
Recently completed modern home
occupied only by builder. Large
living room, separate dining
room, large electrically equipped
tile kitchen, two bedrooms, bath,
eXpanSible second floor with
stairway, full daylight basement
outside entrance, large recreation
room with fireplace, oil heat,
park-like location, large corner
lot, CT. Loan if desired. Informa-
ton Mayor McCathran, Ill Ma
pie Road, Washington Grove.
685
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17
wSALESMAN WANTED

J" SALESMAN WANTED -
Unexpected change makes avail
able good Rawleigh business in
Southeast Montgomery County.
Splendid business secured in this
district for many years. Customer
list available. Splendid opportuni-
ty for right man. Write Raw
leigh's Dept. MDC-102-2O1, Ches-
ter, Penna. 661
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~ROCKVILLE DRIVEN -
Theatre needs young women and
men for counter and kitchen
work in Snack Bar. Apply after
$3.50 pm. at Snack Bar. See Mr..
Hummer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~TO RENT CORN LAND
FOR CASH - Within 10 miles
Laytonsville. Prefer 3-year lease
for corn first year, small grain
and Lespedeza second year and
hay third year. Will seed Ladina
Clover, Orchard Grass an d
Timothy with small grain. Will
plant normal amount fertilizer;
also will rent land one year for
corn. Will pay top reasonable
cash rent year in advance. E.
Brooke Lee, 8400 Piney Branch
Road, Silver Spring, Md. 583
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17
FOR SALE

~PUBLIC SALE - will sell
at my public sale on March 19,
between Olney and Laytonsville,
large crib of yellow ear corn.
This was overlooked in my public
sale ad elsewhere in this paper.
Frank P. Palmer, Olney, Md.
III
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

WSEWING MACHINE RE
PAIRS - Get your machine
ready for spring sewing. We
service and repair all makes.
Also carry full line of parts for
all makes. Service at our store
or in your home. Call 10. 4-0039,
Abbatts Sewing Machine Co.,
1888 Ennals Avenue, Wheaton,
Md. 567
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

c. w. PRETTYMAN, Solicitor
Rockville, Md.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
AS A COURT OF EQUITY
In the Matter of the Mortgage from
ELMO PAXTON ct uX, ct al
Equity No. 1902
ORDER NISI
ORDERED, this 18th day of March,
AID, 1855, by the Circuit Court fer
Montgomery County, as a Court of
Equity, that the sale made by Charles
w. Prettyman, Attorney, to The Citizens
Building and Loan Association of Mont
gomery County, Inc. and reported in the
above entitled cause, be ratified and ebn-
firmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th
day of April next: Provided a copy of this
Order be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery County, once
in each of three successive weeks before
the said 18th day of April, 1858.
B The report states the amount of the
sale to be $40, 10000.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS Clerk s19
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~WATCH FOR OPENING =
Rockville's own Stationery Store
in April, Park Lane (rear of
Woolworth's) Rockville Station
cry, Inc. 678
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

%LOT FOR SALE - Lot for
home construction, 50'x120' in
Gaithersburg, Md. Water and
sewer available. Reasonable. Call
GA. 4-8879. 839
"CEDAR GROVE - IL acres
near Cedar Grove, improved with
2-story frame house, no bath;
several outbuildings; fine spring;
$780, $500 cash. to reliable
buyer. Hickman & Cushman, l
mile N. of Rockville on Route
240. Call Pc. 2-9442. 100
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17
SPECIAL NOTICE

- AMERICAN LIE GION -
Henderson-Smith-E dmonds Post
No. &c will meet at the Club
House, end of Congressional
Lane, the first Wednesday in
each month, at $3.50 pm. Club
House open daily. 249
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Subscriber of Montgomery County has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court of Mont
gomery County, in Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the personal Estate OF
JOHN j. GALLAGHER
late OF Montgomery County, deceased
All persons having Claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 18th day of September next;
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate All
persons indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day
OF March in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and fifty-flVe.
Executor
ARTHUR A. PEISNER,
2316 Homestead Drive, go.
Silver Spring, Md. SOS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~ 1850 FORD TRACTOR :
Used very little, 1915; also side
delivery rake on rubber tires,
$3.50. Call Pc. 2-2217. 1877
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17
HELP WANTED

~NEW CAR SALESMAN -
Ford Dealer pay plan. Ample
floor and lot time. Real oppor-
tunity for the right man. Rock
vile Motor Co., Commerce Lane,
Rockville, Md. 73O
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~MIXED HAY-High quality,
$50 ton; straw, $18 ton. Call
Poolesville 2165 after 6 pm. 1853
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~ FRAME HOUSE - Covered
asbestos shingles. Five rooms and
bath; modern electric kitchen.
Hot and cold water; oil heat; TO-
900 So. it land. Located 1/10 mile
West Boyds, Md. on Route III.
Call any evening after o'clock
at the house; price $65O0. H. M.
Burkett. CAB
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

40 PLYMOUTH - 4-door.
Priced reasonable. Call Gathers
burg 3S0-M. 1876
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

WELECTRIC RANGE - Good
condition, $35; kerosene water
heater, So; sink with drainboard,
So. Tel. Gaithersburg 668-J. 784
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

TRAILER = Boy
Scout Troop No. 456 is in desper-
ate need of one luggage trailer;
quite willing to pay for it or will
appreciate it if some kind person
will donate one. Call James
Bull lockwood 5-2474. 787
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

"U S E D TELEVISIONS -
Also gas and electric refrigera-
tors; two gas ranges almost like
new. Gaithersburg Appliance Co.
Tel Gaithersburg 352-M or Cal
thersburg 352-R after 5 pm.
767
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~JUNK, PAPER, IRON -
Brass, aluminium, copper, cast iron,
house rags, steel sheet iron, junk
cars. We call for large accumula-
ton. Yard in Rockville on Route
249. Tel Poplar 2-S924, Montgom-
cry Iron & Metal Co. 1853
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-17

~FULL OR PART TIME -
Opportunity available in Rock
vile selling nationally advertised
Watkins Products. Merchandise
shipped on credit. We help you
get started. Write the ]. r. Wat
kins Co., Dept. So, Richmond, Va.
662