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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
COLUMBIA FOREST

Lee, j. M. g. c. C.-Lot 8, Block
8, Columbia Forest, Section 2
containing 6,212 square feet an
Improvements, assessed at 81
$4,000. Taxes, interest and costs
500 50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
EDGEMOOR

Truppner, William c. & D. B.
Part of lot 6, Block IA, Edge
moor" containing 5000 square
feet and Improvements, assessed
at 14,100.00, Taxes, interest and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
HUNTINGTON TERRACE

Guiliano, Nicholas & Hot
ID, Block 5. HUNTINGTON Ter
race" containing 1897 square
feet and improvements. assessed
at $11 $4,000. Taxes, interest and
ooSts, S342 Sc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
WESTGATE

Iurtick, Nuel & V.-Lot II,
Block A, "Westgate, Section 1"
containing 1852 square feet and
Improvements, assessed at SILL
$4,000. Taxes, interest and costs,
S336.68.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
ENGLISH VILLAGE

Hollohan, John 3. & r. Blot
10A, Block 8, English Village
containing 8,117 square feet and
Improvements, assessed at 49,.
$4,000. Taxes, interest and costs,
$265.06
MedovarsZky, J. & Mot II,
Block 5, English Village" con.
tanning 14,048 square feet and i'm.
provements, assessed at $7680.00.
Taxes, interest and costs, $225.41.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
BATTERY PARK

Winter, Sherl ]. & A. Hot
4, Block L, Battery Park Section
q containing 6,409 square feet
and improvements, assessed at
$S.67000 Taxes, interest and
costs. S30712.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
WEST CHEVY CHASE
HEIGHTS

Termini, B. & j. IDIOTS 5 and
6. Block u, West Chevy Chase
Heights" containing 500 square
feet and Improvements, assessed
at S7.5S0.00. Taxes, interest and
costs. S229.31.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
CRESTVIEW

Tetlow Robert M. e. ]. L.
Lots ~ and %, Block X, Crest
view containing 1000 squar,
feet and Improvements, assessed
at $5,820.00. Taxes, interest and
costs. S17741.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
HILLMEAD

Moran, Joseph A. & L. A.-Lot
2, Block 3, "FIillmead.Bradley
Hills" containing 46,227 square
feet and improvements, assessed
at S17080 CO. Taxes, interest and
costs. S515.69.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
GREENACRES

Ruddy, ]. c. & E. Lot 81,
Block 7. "Greenacres." contain.
ing $3.50 square feet and i'm.
provements, assessed at S..
$4,000. Taxes, interest and costs,
S188.61.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
MASSACHUSETTS
AVENUE HILLS

Holland, Kate R.-Part of Lot
6, Block A, Massachusetts Ave
nue. Hills" containing 3,719
square feet. assessed at $1,00000
Taxes, interest and costs, S62.41
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
ALTA VISTA

Minard, David & S. Lot %,
Block +, Alta Vista Terrace"
containing 10,066 square feet and
improvements, assessed at So
$4,000. Taxes. interest and costs,
S305.37.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
GREENWICH FOREST

Oswald, Elizabeth - Lot 4,
Block F, Woodland Section
Greenwich Forest" containing
11,544 square feet and improve
ments. assessed at S17S30.00.
Taxes. interest and costs. S513.08.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
BRADLEY VILLAGE

LeBrun. George K. e. R.-Lot /
Block 2, Bradley Village" con
tanning 1886 square feet and i'm
provements, assessed at S13. $4,000
Taxes. interest and costs. -S391 50
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Seventh Election District
GLENWOOD

Young, Donald C. & P. Blot
2, Block a, "Glenwood," contain
ing 6871 square feet and inn
provements. assessed at S9,08000.
Taxes. interest and costs, $274.01
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
BRADLEY HILLS GROVE

Adams. John W.-Lot 9. Block
D. bradley Hills Grove" contain.
irg a. o55 SQUARE feet, assessed at
s3,25000 Taxes, interest and
costs, S9626.
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Seventh Election District
MARTINS ADDITION

Chase, Ruth W.-Part of Lot
10 and all of Lot 90 Martins
Bird Addition" containing 1000
square feet, assessed at $4,000.
Taxes. interest and costs, S244 SO.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
GLEN ECHO TOWN

Dunn. Marie C.-Lot 81, Block
Ia, National Chautauqua," con.
tanning $3.50 square feet and i'm
provements, assessed at $4,000.
Taxes, interest and costs, S190.95.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
ROSEDALE PARK

WHALE, Ruth-Lot 20, Block 6,
"Rosedale Park" containing 1890
square feet and Improvements,
assessed at SS,660.00. Taxes, in.
terest and costs. S261.46.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
WYNGATE

Baldwin. John j. & H. Mot
26, Block H, "Wyngate" contain
ing 1923 square feet and i'm
provements. assessed at 100000.
Taxes. interest and costs, S251. as.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
ENGLISH VILLAGE

Anderson, Oliver S. & F. S.
Lot Is, Block 10, English Viii
lage" containing 1062S square
feet. assessed at S1,800.00. Taxes,
interest and costs, S697.10.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Seventh Election District
HIGHLAND PARK

Dav, Calvin Tot 4, Block
2, Highland Park" containing
$3.50 square feet and improve
ments, assessed at $4,000.
Taxes, interest and costs, 5000 80.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT
ASSESSMENT ONLY
Seventh Election District
BETHESDA OUTSIDE

Bethesda Avenue Builder In
corporated-Part of Lot 6, Block
D, 'Millers Addition" containing
1929 square feet, assessed at
S6,08000. Taxes. interest and
costs. S263.50
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07

Special Street Improvement
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M COSTS, SS97. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Disaster

While Richmond firemen
were fighting a multiple alarm
blaze in which three died on
February is. a general alarm
fire broke out in the down.
town business district. Three
buildings burned with the loss
placed at about $3.50, 900.
Bowling Green was ravaged
by an even worse fire on Easter
Sunday. April 10. A blaze broke
out in hayloft Of a barn in
the towns outskirts. and quick
ly spread through the business
district. Sixteen fire depart
mentS helped fight the flames
most Of the night. Bowling
Green is rebuilding its bust
ness district.
Another serious fire de-
stroyed 81 million worth Of
property in Lynchburg Deem
Der 81. The flames devastated
most Of the city's business dis
trict.
In August and September
the State was hit by its three
strong hurricanes, Connie, Di-
ane and lone, The first one set
an all-time record in Rich
mond with 9.3 inches of fain
In "a hours. Floods and crop
destruction were widespread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Political

On March 4, in an eXclu-
sive statement to The Star.
Attorney General j. Lindsay
Almond, IT,. said: I'm in the
race" for Governor in 1857.
A Democratic primary in
volving about one-third OF
seats in Legislature. was held
July u. The Byrd organiza-
ton experienced both losses
and gains. All incumbents
who ran in nearby areas were
renominated.
In the general election. on
November 8, Republicans
gained one seat in Legislature,
and for the first time since
reconstruction Republicans
won seats (three) on Fairfax
County's Board of Supervisors.
A Liberal convention slate won
all County Board and School
Board seats open in Arlington.
State wide, the Young Turks"
made some fnroads in Legis-
lature. The Kellan machine
won all races in Princess Anne
County.
Also, Fairfax voters approved
$25 million bond issues for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Education

william and Mary President
Alvin Duke Chandler spanked
a heated controversy early m
the year when he announced
the States liquor laws would
be enforced on the campus.
This Immediately brought stu
dent protests and charges that
Mr.. Chandler former adj
miral--waS trying to run the
school like a battleship. BY Sep
TENDER matters had reached
such a state that the board Of
directors set up q committee
of faculty. student and admin
istration representatives to try
to solve future disagreements.
DR.. Morgan L. Combs was
ousted April 8 as president Of
Mary Washington College. the
women's branch of the Univer-
sity of Virginia at Frederickse
burg. He had headed the COLI
lege since 1929. The Board Of
Visitors said he was COM
pletefy at odds" with the gov
erning body Of the college.
DR.. Combs died October 26.
B. M. Miller of Arlington
wrote a letter May 20 to
the Richmond News-Leader.
charging certain school texts
contain Marxist philosophy.
Several weeks earlier he had
protested to Gov. Stanley about
passages in a teachers manual.
This led to the States with
drawal of the manual from use
in the school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01

The taxation story started
q year ago when Republican
Governor McKeldin presented
his Democratic Legislature
with staggering tax program
to balance his all-time high
State budget. He asked the
: Legislature for a so per cent
increase in the State sales and
income taxes and a withhold
ing or pay-as-you-go system
for collecting the income tax.
II the Legislature had given
the Governor what he wanted,
most observers now agree that
the State would have had such
q tremendous suxplus Of funds
by now that Mr.. McKeldin
could coast through the rest
of his four-year term without
asking his lawmakers for a
single tax increase.
AS it was. the legislature
faced with what was then
estimated to be a $28 million
archaeological only the with
holding system feature of the
Governors program. That.
plus some changes in income
tax exemptions and the sales
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Speculation

The indictment Of Du Pre-
and the six Washington area
real estate men climaxed many
weeks Of investigation by the
Maryland Attorney Generals
ONCE. Du Pre-. who had lived
In Bethesda, was an assistant
right-of-way engineer for the
State Roads Commission in
charge of buying land for four
major highway projects in
nearby Maryland.
Accusations against him by
O property owner along the
new Washington National Pike
in Upper Montgomery County
caused roads commission off,
cials to suspend him last June
and begin an investigation
into his dealinggs with real
estate men.
Du Pre- stoutfastly denied
any wrongdoing until. at a
hearing on his suspension in
July, 1t was dramatically re-
vealed that he jointly pur-
chased land in Prince Georges
County with two real estate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Other Events

For the first time in the his
tory of professional baseball.
a team was seized by the In
ternal Revenue Service for
back taxes. This occurred Mo-
vember /. when the tax men
proceeded against Consolidated
Enterprises, Inc. Richmond's
Triple-A class Virginians were
auctioned on November IA and
purchased by a Richmond
group for $4,000. The Gov
eminent claimed taxes totaling
$79.218.
A continuing battle ragged
throughout the year between
Virginia and Maryland over
two Government and one COM
merciaI enterprises to capture
projects valued at $3.50 million.
The Star disclosed In April
that Central Intelligence
Agency proposed to locate its
$50 million Office building at
Langley. in Fairfax County.
Alexandria also put in a strong
bid, as did Maryland. but at
years end the CHA still favored
Langley.
Maryland won the $40 mil
hon Atomic Energy Commits
sion building after several
Virginia areas had been con-
sidered. The Acc will locate
near Germantown.
Still undecided was the To-
cation Of Potomac Electric
Power Co.'S huge 500 million
generating plant. The COM
pany has taken preliminary
steps to locate its steam gener-
ating plant at the site 1t ex-
pressed preference for in LOU
doun County. Va. But Mont
gomery County, Md. was ex-
erting strong pressure to get
the plant on its side Of the
Potomac River.
Meanwhile, Metropolitan
Northern Virginia continued
to grow. A special population
count by the Census Bureau
showed Fairfax had a popula-
ton Of 155,232 on June 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
The BuiId-Up

Here, briefly are the most
significant developments on
the segregation front in Vir-
ginia during 1855:
January 19-The Gray Com
mission issued a preliminary
report stating it will explore
avenues toward formation of
q program within the Frame
work of law. designed to pre-
vent enforced indignation !"
March 15-The Fourth Cir
cult Court of Appeals threw
: out the separate but equal"
segregation principle as applied
to public parks and play
grounds in ruling on two Mary
land cases. The ruling applied
equally to Virginia.
April 1.-THE Supreme Court
began four days of hearing
final arguments. on the school
segregation cases on which it
had ruled the previous May II.
May 31-The final decree Of
the Supreme Court was entered
ordering abolition of racial seq
regation with all deliberate
speed"
June 1-Prince Edward
County-one of those directly
affected by the Supreme Court
order - took steps to aban-
don It's public school system.
SCHOOLS reopened in the fall,
however, pending further legal
developments.)
June Judge Leon Ba2ile
Of Hanover County held up sale
OF 81 million in school con-
struction bonds. He said. in eff
feet, voters had approved the
borrowing to build segregated
SCHOOLS prior 10 the supreme
Court decision.
June 4-White parents of
Prince Edward formed a cor
poration to raise $1,000 to
establish private schools for
their children If forced to in
tegrate.
July 7AFederal Judge Wal
ter E. Hoffman Of Norfolk
handed down decision which
would allow Negroes to use
Seashore State Park, near Vir-
GINA Beach. The scope Of his
opinion was taken by many to
mean public school buildings
could not be leased to private
operators for segregated edu-
cational purposes.
November THE State SUI
preme Court ruled in a suit
filed a month earlier that Sec
ton 14l of the Virginia con-
stitution prohibits use of pub
lie funds for educating chill
dren in private schools.
November IL - The Gray
Commission reported to Gov.
Stanley. It's two principal rec
concentrations:
/. Amend Section l41 so the
State may pay tuition grants
for educating children in pri-
vate schools when their par
ents object to integrated class
es or in localities that abolish
public schools.
2. Enact a pupil assignment
plan whereby local school
boards may designate which
schools children must attend
for reasons other than race.
November 30-December s.
A special session of Legisla-
ture authorized a referendum
for January 9 on whether a
convention shall meet to
amend Section 141.
Other highlights of the year
include.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Politics

1t was a comparatively quiet
year in Maryland for politics,
although developments at the, !,
end OF the year indicated b.
heated primary next May for !,
the Democratic senatorial.
nomination between George P.
Mahoney and Baltimore's /.
Mayor D'Alesandro.
On the local level, 1885,,
marked the first year OF q
return to power of Democrats
in Prince Georges and Mont
gomery.
In the Legislature, that
meant an attempt to recap
ture control of the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Com:
mission and the Maryland
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, both
Internationally appointed
bodies. A bill increasing the.
sanitary commission from
three to six members and di-
viding the appointments
equally between the Cover :
nor and the local governing .
bodies OF, Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties was
passed and signed by Cover.
nor McKeldin, thus restoring
that agency to Democratic
hands. But the Governor
vetoed the planning commits
sion reorganization measure.
shaped along similar lines, and
that veto is up for reconsider
alton in the 1856 session.
The new Democratic County
Council in Montgomery had
a big job on its hands right
at the beginning in finding
a new county manager. The
Democrats. after some weeks
Of study, gave the job to Mel
vim L. Reese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01

urban renewal program in
tended to wipe out slums and
upgrade the Capitals homes
and buildings.
And. as the new year began.
a way seemed to be clearing
through the maze Of planning
problems for construction Of a
new bridge across the Poto-
mac River, for rebuilding Of
Southwest washington and
for planning a cleanup Of the
Foggy Bottom area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01

pools.
Speculation became a head
line word as grand juries In
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties indicted
Ben Du Pre-, former State
Commission official. and six
washington area real estate
men on charges Of conspiracy
to defraud the roads commits
sion in the purchase of high
way right-of-way in those two
counties.
Taxation was in the spot
light most Of the year as State
fiscal ofiicials waved Q war Of
nerves with taxpayers, predict
ing big tax increases next year
to erase q State deficit of be-
tween $25 and $40 million.
But as the year ended, a BOOM
ing economy caused the ex-
perts to raise their estimates
Of State revenues and cut the
deficit estimate to a paltry
SIS million
There was violence. too, in
Maryland's 1866 headlines--
man-made violence in the
form of a still uEsoIved slay-
ing of two teen-age girls in
the park at nearby Lane Man.
or last June; and natures vio-
lence in taking Ia lives in the
sinking Of the vacation
schooner Levin j. Marvel in
Chesapeake Bay during Hurri-
cane Connie on August IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01

By GENE GOODWIN

Integration speculation and taxation =.
Those words would have appear frequently In history
Of Marylands 1855.
migration color dropped in about
half Marylands public schools its teachers colleges its
National Guard armories and its public parks and swimming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
Inteqrotion

for the integration of Mary
lands public schools by abol-
ishing classroom segregation
in the fall Of 1854. Last fall.
after the Supreme Court had
clarified its 1854 ruling against
ratially segregated classes.
eight Of Maryland's % coun-
ties started migrating their
public schools.
Although the public schools
(which were under an integra-
ton policy in Maryland con-
tanned better than half of all
the classrooms in the State.
it was estimated as the year
closed that only about 1000 Of
the $4,000 Negro school chill
dren In the State we're attend
ing mixed classes.
About 500 OF these were in
Montgomery County. where
the School Board closed four
sub-standard colored elemen-
tary schools in the suburban
area and colored secondary
pupils in the same area were
given the right to enter white
junior high schools. Montgom-
cry has q total school popula-
ton Of 52,236, Of which about
8 per cent are colored.
Prince Georges County had
"a Negro pupils attending for
merry ail-white schols under
a policy Of allowing colored
students to apply for trans
fer to schools closest TO their
homes Prince Georges has
a total pupil population of bet
ter than $4,000. Thirteen per
cent are colored.
Teachers Colleges
Segregation in the five
State teachers colleges was
officially ended by order of the
State Board of Education last
June. Three of the colleges
Towson, Salisbury and Frost
burg-previously had been for
whites only. Bowie and Copin
Teachers Colleges had been
designated as colored. When
the fall term began. only four
Negro students enrolled at
Towson and one at Frostburg.
No white applicants appeared
at Bowie and Copin.
Segregation in the Mary
land National Guard was
abolished by executive order
of Gov. McKeldin last fall.
Likewise, the appropriate
boards In Baltimore City and
Annapolis dropped color bars
in all municipal and State
owned parks, beaches and
swimming pools after the SUI
preme Court declared such
segregation to be unconsti-
tutional.
The only organized voice
raised In opposition to the
rapid changeover from segre-
cation to indignation In the
Free State came from the
Maryland Petition Committee.
a Statewide group of segra-
gationists with chapters in
both Montgomery and Prince
Georges.
The committee lobbied long
and hard before the Maryland
General Assembly last winter,
trying to win favor for legisla-
ton clearing the way for a
system of private segregated
schools such as that proposed
by the Gray Commission in
neighboring Virginia. A Bal
timore City delegate finally in
troduced the petition commit
tees bill late in the season,
but 1t died In committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01

over a plan that would give
parents and localities an OPP
portunity to escape the effects
of the Supreme Court order,
If they so desire.
When the year opened, Gov,
Stanley already had appointed
a special commission, headed
by State Senator Garland
Gray, to preserve segregation
-by all legal means"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01
DISTRICT
BY HEcr& MCLEAN

The Districts 1855 loaded with headachesmere
runners of the migraine to come.
Chief among them the issues Of transit and taxes
which left still unsettled the year ended.
Some in other fields with adoption by the
District Commissioners Housing Code Of overall