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Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
HistOryGrOup
Opposes Site
Of Highway

At the Montgomery County
Historical Society's quarterly
meeting Monday night, a resolu-
ton was passed protesting the
placing of the George Washing
ton Memorial Highway any
closer than 300 feet to the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal.
The preservation of this his
torical landmark has been the
project of the society for the last
four years. Mrs. Elon j. Sails
bury, who has spearheaded the
drive, was the author of the res
olution.
Rear Admiral Neil Phillips was
named to represent the society
at House hearings on the bill to
establish the highway paralleling
the canal.
Guest speaker for the evening,
Morris Radoff, archivist of the
Maryland society and president
of the National Archivist Asso-
citation, urged the members to
perpetuate the records of the or
ganiZation by photostating.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Temple Emanuel Sets
Vote Sabbath Friday

Temple Emanuel, the reform
Jewish congregation in Montgom-
cry County, will hold Vote Sab
bath at services to be held Fri
day, at st. Paups Methodist
Church on Grubb Road, off of
East-West Highway, beginning at
$3.50 pm. Rabbi Leon M. Adler,
spiritual leader, who will conduct
the services, will speak on the
Dead Sea Scrolls"
Members of Votes youth of
Temple EmanueD are seventh,
eighth and ninth grade students.
Those participating in the serv-
ices are Barbara Gain, secretary,
who viii kindle the Sabbath
lights; Donald Gordon. president
andAI I<enHeth Fireman, treasurer,
who will give the Torah blessings;
Garry Frisch and Steve Silver,
who will act as ushers. In honor
of her birthday, Natalie Nuss-
baum will be hostess at the Oneg
Shabbot and Social following the
services. She will be assisted by
Paula Jaffe, Katherine Janus and
Patricia Liebowitz.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Baha'is Observe
New Year Holiday

The Baha'is of Montgomery
County together with the Baha'is
throughout the world observed
Naw-RuZ, the Baha'i New Year
heralding the year 113 of the Ba-
hal dispensation, yesterday. A
story explaining the spiritual
meaning of Naw-Ruz was told to
a gathering of Bahais and their
friends at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin L. Barham, Tuesday
night.
The Baha'i calendar, inaugu.
rated in 1874 at the beginning of
the Baha'i era, provides for 10
months of 10 days each, with four
intercalary days added between
the last two months. The final
month, March 2 to 20, is devoted
to fasting, when Baha'iS take no
food or drink from sunrise to sun.
set.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Easter Sunrise Services Slated
To be Held Next Sunday Morning

Several sunrise services have
been scheduled for Easter morn
ing in Montgomery County. Per.
haps the largest is the service to
be held on Sugar Loaf Mountain
at 6 am. next Sunday, for the
eighth consecutive year.
The service is sponsored by a
group of Protestant churches in
Montgomery and Frederick Coun-
ties. Approximately $500 per-
sons are expected to attend.
The East Montgomery County
Council Of Churches is sponsor
ing a sunrise service at 5:45 am
at Greenwood. two miles north of
Brookeville. The service will be
interdenominational and interra-
cial.
The Flower Hill Church of the
Brethren is planning another
Easter sunrise service in the yard
behind the church, beginning
about Sis am.
The traditional Easter sunrise
service sponsored by the Be-
thesda Council of Churches and
the National Naval Medical Cen
ter will be held at $3.50 am. in the
Stone Lake reception center of
the medical center grounds.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
st. Luke's Breaks
Ground on Sunday

After the regular morning serv-
ice at ST. Lukes Lutheran Church,
Redland Sunday, the congrega-
ton will proceed to the new site
north of the present church on
the Muncaster road, to break
ground for the new 100000 COM
bination church and parsonage.
Mrs. Dora Fraley, Oldest living
member of st. Lukes, will turn
the first shovelful of earth. She
had the same distinction when
the present church was built. She
will be assisted by Miss Bess
Brake, her sister, who has been
organist of st. Lukes since her
early teens. Neighbors and
friends are invited.
Lenten services have been held
at ST. Lukes on Wednesday eve
nings, but during Holy Week the
service will be on Good Friday at
BIS pm. Pastor Schmidt's sub.
ject will be Blessed are the
Peacemakers."
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Unitarian Forum
Held This Evening

How Well Does Our Present
Form of County Government
Work." is the topic chosen for
the forum of the Unitarian
Church of Montgomery County
today.
Principal speaker will be
Charles Irelan, county attorney,
and Lathrop E. Smith, former
member of the County Council.
Discussion will include both ac-
complishments and shortcomings
Of the county council
type government locally.
The Unitarian forum is open TO
all, and will be help at the Chevy
Chase Woman's Club, 1891 Con.
necticut Avenue, at 8:15 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Br0adwOod Correspondent Joins
Appeal to Beautify Monument

The Confederate Triangle
across from the Courthouse is an
important Rockville landmark
and, as such is worthy of beauti-
fication.
Your reporter gave Mrs.
Thomas Miles, the Rockville cor
respondent, last week appeal for
contributions very seriou s
thought took a "look-see," and
her eyes were really opened and
her civic pride aroused.
Confederates or Yankees-let's
be good Rockvillians. We can
make this historical memorial
memorable" as a central attrac-
ton in our fair city, not as a dis
graceful eyesore. Our mayor and
council have consented to keep
up the site as soon as it ceases to
be a sight"
How about you centrally-lo-
Gated businessmen? A well-kept
attractive monument should en-
hance center-town-w which, nat
urally would enhance center-town
business.
To date there is but S169 in the
fund. Send your contributions
any amount-to Mrs. Miles at the
Sentinel office.
After that heated appeal, let
us cool off with a news item
about the unprotected snowfall
last weekend. The Jay Bottoms of
Viers Mill Road spent the week
end in Harrisburg, Pa, where
they really had it. They were
visiting jays sister and brother
in-law, DR.. and Mrs. E. Victor
Light.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Jewish Congregations
Observe Passover

The Holiday of Passover, the
Jewish festival of freedom, com.
memorating the exodus of the
Jews from Egypt, will be observed
at the Montgomery County jew
ish Community, Chevy Chase, be-
ginning with 6:15 pm. evening
services on Monday.
The full schedule of the holiday
services is: evening services:
Monday and Tuesday, 6:15 pm.
Morning services: Tuesday and
Wednesday, 9:15 am.
Temple Emanuel will hold its
third annual family Passover
Seder at 6:45 pm, Tuesday, in
the social hall of st. Paurs Meth.
odist Church in Kensington.
Seder services will be conducted
by Rabbi Leon M. Adler, spiritual
leader, who will be assisted by
youngsters from the Temple Sun
udy ScnoOl.
The traditional Passover dinner
will be prepared by members of
the Temple Sisterhood, Serving
on the committee with Mrs. Her.
bert Seidenman, president, are
Mrs. Milton Janus, Mrs. Albert
Epstein, Mrs. Sol Fort, Mrs. Ar
thur Frisch, Mrs. Aaron Gold
berg, Mrs. David Goldenberg, Mrs.
Leonard Lipkin, Mrs. Henry Mes.
singer Mrs. Irwin Sealfon and
Mrs. Michael Walen. Mrs. Lipkin
and Mrs. Walen are handling res
ervations.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Mrs. HOvsepian Tours
Armenian Churches

Mrs. Aghavnie Hovsepian,
mother of Rockville's mayor,
leaves today for a months tour
of Armenian churches in ,Phila.
delphia, New York and Boston
where she will give a Lenten mes
sage before the Sunday Schools
and the Ladies Aid Societies.
Mrs. Hovsepian, who has been
active in religious and educa-
tional work in Armenian circles
for AZ years. gave the first of her
annual messages at a Lenten sup.
per last Saturday at the Holy
Apostolic Armenian Church in
Washington.
Her text was "Our Lord Jesus
S vior' S Humbleness, Nobility
and Sacrifice for all Humanity"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Rockville MethOdists
Form Mems GrOup

A new organization of Metho-
dist men in the Jerusalem Meth
odist church, Rockville, has been
chartered by Methodism's General
Board of Lay Activities in Chi
cago. Officers of the new group
include: President, James A. Hall +;
vice-president, Charles Campbell,
and secretary, Jesse L. Hebron.
Rev. Walter E. Williams is pastor
of the church.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22

Montgomery County Jewish Com
munity, Chevy Chase, Friday, be-
ginning at $50 pm. Rabbi Pen
ner will present to the MCJC it's
charter of affiliation with the
United Synagogue of America,
the organization of Conservative
Congregations.
Services will be conducted by
Rabbi TZvi H. Porath with Cantor
Norman Gewirtz chanting. The
MCJC Choir under the direction
of Philip Lesser will participate.
Sabbath morning services will
begin at 9:15 am. Children of
the Hebrew school will conduct
and participate in these services.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Damascus Adventists
Meet. Serve Dinner

The home and school meeting
of the Damascus Seventh Day Ad-
ventist Church was held in the
church school Saturday evening.
DR.. Harold Conner gave an illus
trated lecture on dental health Of
pre-school children.
Last Sunday the school served
a baked bean dinner, with the pro-
ceeds going to school improve
mentS.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Chaplain Hale Guest
At Baptist Church

Chaplain Wallace Hale from the
office of the chief of chaplains
will be the guest minister at the
First Baptist Church in Gathers
burg on Sunday morning On Sun
day afternoon he will perform
the baptismal service at the Be
thesda Baptist Church at 4:30 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22

They had planned to return
here Sunday night but had to
stay over until Monday because
the roads between Harrisburg
and Frederick were so hazardous.
=
Mrs. Rex Wood reports that
new next-door neighbors, the
Charles Longs and their three
girls, Charlene, 6, Linda, 9, and
Andrea, 10, formerly of Wheaton
City, moved in last Friday.
OF course, Patty and Virginia
Wood are overjoyed with their
new playmates!
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
DIR. C.. Conley
Dead at 70

DR.. Charles H. Conley long
time resident of Montgomery
County and brother of Maj. Gen.
Edgard T. Conley, USA (retired)
of Fairland died at his home
Tuesday.
The late Dr. Conley, 70, was
prominent in Montgomery Coun.
ty politics and at one time ran
against Gov. Ritchie for the gov
ernorship of Maryland.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Helen Baughman Conley.
Other survivors include five
daughters and a son.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Presbyterian Church
10 Hold Communion

This Sunday at the Rockville
Presbyterian Church Rev. James
Curtis Fail will present the COM
munion meditation service at the
8:45 am. and IL am. services.
The adult membership class will
be continued from last week for
persons interested in uniting with
the church on April 8.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22

Mrs. Alex Filipovich. Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Willett, DR.. and Mrs.
Gerald Schipper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Clink, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Hale, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Welsh, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Mumaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald An
derson, and Mrs. G.. Peluso.
Holy Communion will be held
Maundy Thursday at pm, at
Crusader Lutheran Church, Viers
Mill Road at Broadwood Drive.
Pastor Howard A. Wilson will
preach the Lenten service on the
theme God Incognito: In His
Holy Supper"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Madrigal Group Sings
At Christ Episcopal

At 8 pm, Sunday at a choral
evensong service at Chris t
Church, the Rockville Madrigal
Group will present a program of
special music, including the motet,
"Jesu, Priceless Treasure by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
The madrigal group is directed
by John E. Preston and will be
assisted in this program by Mil
dred Gelvin, cellist.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Community Lenten
Service Wednesday

Rockville's Wednesday evening
community Lenten service will be
held at the Methodist Church this
week, with Rev. Raymond p.
Black as speaker. The service will
begin at 8 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Crusader Lutheran
Welcomes Members

There will be a reception OF
members at Crusader Lutheran
Church on Palm Sunday. Those
welcomed to the church are Mr..
and Mrs. James Corbin, Mr.. and
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Holy Week Services
FREE METHODIST

ROCKVILLE FREE METHODIST
Palm Sunday, II am, 7:45 pm
Wednesday, 7:45 pm.
Easter, II am, 7:45 pm.
ROCKVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
Palm Sunday, 8:45 and II am.
Thursday, 8 pm, Holy Com
munion.
Easter, 8:45, 10 and II am.
BOYDS PRESBYTERIAN
Palm Sunday, II am, Holy
Communion.
Good Friday, 8 pm, joint serv.
ice with DarnestoWn and
Neelsville Pres. Churches.
Easter, II am.
DARNESTOWN
PRESBYTERIAN
Palm Sunday, II am.
Easter, II am.
NEELSVILLE PRESBYTERIAN
Palm Sunday, II am, Holy
Communion.
Easter, II am, baptism.
ST. CATHERINE LABOURE
WHEATON
Palm Sunday, Z, 8, 8, 10 and
11:15 am, 1890 pm.
Thursday, 7:30 pm.
Good Friday, 6 SPIN.
Saturday, II pm, Easter vigil,
midnight mass.
Easter, z, 8, 9, 10 and HIS
am, 1890 pm.
ST. PETERS ROMAN
CATHOLIC, OLNEY
Palm Sunday, 7:15, Blessing of
the Psalms, procession and
high mass; 8, 10:30 am, noon.
Thursday, 8 pm, high mass,
procession, alteration until mid
night.
Friday, Z am. until 3 pm,
alteration; 3 pm, liturgical
service, Stations of the Cross.
Saturday, 8 pm, Easter vigil,
high mass and Holy Com
munion.
Easter, 7:30, 9 and 10:30 am,
noon.
GERMANTOWN METHODIST
Palm Sunday, 9 am.
Easter, 9 am.
DICKERSON METHODIST
Palm Sunday, 1918 am, bap-
tism.
Easter, 10:15 am.
CLARKSBURG METHODIST
Palm Sunday, 1880 am, bap.
tism.
Thursday, 8 pm, Holy Com
munion.
Easter, 11:30 am.
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST,
LAYTONSVILLE
Palm Sunday, 10 am.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22

thursday, 8 pm, Holy Com
munion.
Easter, 10 am.
MT. TABOR METHODIST,
ETCHISON
Palm Sunday, 9 am.
Easter, 9 am.
WESLEY GROVE METHODIST,
WOODFIELD
Palm Sunday, 11:15 am.
Easter, HIS am.
BETHESDA FIRST BAPTIST
Palm Sunday, 9, II am.
Easter, 8, II am, Holy Com
munion.
TWINBROOK BAPTIST
Palm Sunday, II am, Holy
Communion.
CRUSADER LUTHERAN,
ROCKVILLE
Palm Sunday, 9 and II am.
Thursday, 8 pm, Holy Com
munion.
Easter, 9, 10 and II am, Holy
. Communion.
HIGHWAY TABERNACLE
ROCKVILLE
Easter Sunday, II am.
ROCKVILLE METHODIST
Palm Sunday, $3.50 am. recep-
ton for youths; II am, recep-
ton for adults.
Wednesday, 8 am, Methodist
Youth Fellowship, Communion.
Thursday, 8 pm, Communion.
Friday, service at Christian
Church, noon to 3 pm.
Easter Sunday, $3.50 and II am.
FAITH UNITED EVANGELICAL
AND REFORMED, ROCKVILLE
Palm Sunday, II am.
Easter, 9:45 and II am, Holy
Communion.
CHRIST EPISCOPAL,
ROCKVILLE
Palm Sunday, 8, 9:30 and 11:30I
am. and 8 pm.
Monday through Thursday, q
and 10 am, Holy Communion.
Good Friday. $50 am, II to 3
pm, 8 pm,
Saturday, a pm, baptism.
Easter, Z, 9 and II am, Holy
Communion.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-03-22
Rabbi Penner Speaks
At MCJC Friday

Rabbi Samuel Penner of the
Beth Sholom Congregation. Phila.
delphia, Pa, will speak at the late
Friday evening services of the
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Ientirely up to the utilities COM
mission.
2. Change the 90-day limit on
utilities commission action to
100 days. If the commission
had failed to decide on company
fare increase proposals by then
the company fares would go into
effect.
3. Remove the ban on later
decision by the utilities commits
sion. Thus. if the commission
decided a year after the COM
pany application was filed that
fares should be lower, it coulc
order them reduced.
4. Amend the provision fol-
motor vehicle fuel tax relief tc
Iprovide that income tax write
offs connected with retirement
of street railway property shall
not be counted as operating ex-
penses in calculating tax relief
aimed at producing the Ga pei
cent return.
5. Permit the utilities COM
mission to convert its rate set
ting procedures to an operating
ratio method without upsettinC
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rate base or gross operating
revenues would not be unrea-
sonable."
2. The 12O-day provision. with
power for the utilities commits
sion to set new rates later.
8. Permits the commission to
adopt operating ratio theory
without upsetting gasoline tax
exemption designed to provide
l6i2 per cent return.
4. Adds a new provision grant
ling relief from the city's real
estate tax if necessary to bring
earnings up to 6l2 per cent-but
only after the company has COM
Ipleted conversion to an all-bus
operation.
5. Lets the Commissioners or
der the transit authority into
effect with approval of the Pres
lident if they find CTC will not
continue in operation.
6. Give the Commissioners
power. under the public author
lily sections. to start advance
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Business Bureau
To Hear Talk BY
|Ex-Gov. Anderson

Former Gov. Sigurd Anderson
Iof South Dakota, a commissioner
Iof the Federal Trade Commits
sion, will be guest speaker at
the 36th annual luncheon meet
ing of the Washington Better
Business Bureau, to be held
Tuesday at the Hotel Statler.
Mr.. Anderson was invited by
the Better Business Bureau to
talk on his experiences as Gov
ernor and ETC commissioner.
He served two terms as Gov
Iernor Of South Dakota, between
1850 and 1854, and has been
with the ETC since 1855 by APP
pointment of President Eisen-
hover. He also served as assist
ant attorney general Of his State
in 1941.
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nent In the transit conferees re.

ment In the transit conferees re-
port.
COMMISSIONERS AGREE
MENT WITH THE MCDONALD
GROUP
This would cobmine the House
bill with the Senate-passed bill
to set up a publicly-owned
Washington Metropolitan Tran
sit Authority. If etc stockhold-
Iers failed to accept the McDon-
aid purchase proposal. the au-
Ithority would go into effect,
otherwise the House franchise
would go into effect with these
notifications:
/. Would substitute new Ian
Iguage for the provisions on rate
base and rate of return. It would
include a statement of ''legisla-
tive policy" saying that etc
should be given the opportunity
of earning such return as would
make the company an attractive
investment to private investors
AS an incident thereto, the Con-
gress finds that under present
circumstances the opportunity
to earn a return of at least 6l2
per cent on either the system
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National City after buying all
etc assets would get a direct
grant of CTC's franchise rights
2. Would drop the House bills
provision for rate base and rate
of return. Instead, National
City's proposal would base rate
Iof return on operating ratios,
which National City describes as
1.-The ratio (which gross opera
ting expenses plus taxes. license
fees and interest bears to gross
operating revenue"
National City Lines also pro-
posed that earnings based on an
operating ratio of 80 per cent
are hereby declared as a matter
of legislative determination to be
the fair and reasonable return
which the neW company shall be
afforded the opportunity of earn
ing"
This would permit earnings up
to 10 per cent. For example, if
the company had gross annual
receipts of $40 million, expenses.
taxes and interest of $18 million,
the ratio would be 80 and the
permissible return So million.
3. Would add to the House bill
Ia section to relieve the company
of having to pay for tearing up
track and repaving streets when
it converts from streetcars to bus
operations.
THE DISTRICT
COMMISSIONERS
Until their agreement with
the Mcdonald group, the Com
lmissioners were proposing these
changes in the House bill:
/. Drop the provisions setting
rate base and rate of return.
This would leave the matters
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dollar statement previously ac-
cepted by the P. U. C. OF the
amount of money Ton an original
cost basis invested by etc in
property used and useful in
serving the public. 1t includes
the cost of buses, streetcars,
tracks. real estate and other
items. On this rate base the
utilities commission calculates
rate Of return" to which the
company is entitled as a reason
able return on fair value" of its
investment.
4. Subsection 2 (h) declares
that "as a matter of legislative
determination" q return of 6h
per cent on the system rate base
lis fair and reasonable return
which the company shall be af-
forded the opportunity of earn
ing" The House committee re-
port pointed out that this would
in no way guarantee that the
company would receive such q
return"
S. Gives the utilities commits
sion 80 days to act on future
company requests for fare in.
creaSeS. If the commission. after
hearing. had not fixed its own
rates. the company rates would
go into effect then and the
commission shall not thereafter
issue any order based on such
proceeding"
6. Lets the utilities commits
sion set a charge for transfers.
Present law forbids charging for
transfers between Streetcars
(but not between buses or be-
tween streetcars and buseS) and
all etc transfers now are free
Z. Keeps setting of schedules
and routes under control of the
utilities commission.
8. Relieves CTC of the 2 per
cent gross receipts tax, which has
cost the company about $450,000
a year.
8. Conditionally exempts etc
from paying the District motor
vehicle fuel tax (6 cents a gallon
on gasoline which has been cost
ing the company about $400, 900
a year,. Under this, etc would
pay tax only to the extent that
its earnings (after taxes) ex-
ceeded 6l2 per cent.
10. Exempts etc from helping
to clear snow and ice from the
streets. except that it still must
keep its tracks clear.
IL. Requires CTC to convert
gradually from streetcars to an
all-bus operation ''in general
conformity with the economic
concepts contained in the report
of w. c. Gilman" to etc, which
set forth a program covering
seven or eight years.
II. Makes it unnecessary for
the utilities commission to APP
prove etc borrowing for periods
under one year.
NATIONAL CITY LINES
/, Wants the House bill with
several amendments. including
provision to keep CTCs charter
alive. but not its franchise. The
new company to be set up by
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condemnation suits against etc.
Z. Includes a provision author
izing the Commissioners, with
the approval of the transit COM
pany." to extend the life Of its
charter and franchise five and q
half months until next January
81 If necessary to let the Nc
Donald deal work out or provioe
time for the public authority to
take over.
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Airmcn Found Hanged

ARAPAHo, Okla. June % up.
"A 17-year-old AWOL airman
from Sheppard Air Force Base.
Tex. was found hanged from q
barn rafter today, Custer County
Sheriff Albert Gorshing said. He
identified the victim as Theo.
dore r. Keeler Of Albion. Mich.
The body was found in a barn
on the Leo Newman farm. six
miles east Of here, where the
airman had been hired as q
farmland two weeks ago.