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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
City Council
Saves $3.50
On Insurance

A saving Of $2,886 in insurance
payments over last year was an
nounced this week by Rockville
city officials. In 1954!55, $7,624
was paid for public liability and
workmen's compensation; in 1855
SO for the same period, $4,737 was
paid.
This savings was made in spite
of the fact that a 20 percent in.
crease should have been expected,
according to city manager John
MARYLAND, because of the payroll
increase, the additional number
Of streets, and Fairgrounds and
more equipment.
Credit is due the mayor and
council and the officials who made
a careful analysis of RockVille's
insurance policies in the fall of
1854, the manager said.
With the aid of insurance
experts called on for advice, the
citys insurance was placed in the
hands Of the Indemnity Company
of North America as the company
offering the best deal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

A city employee made about
so or 60 phone calls" inviting
guests to a private party given
by Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian,
Rockville city manager John II.
MARYLAND admitted this week.
The mayor says he asked that the
calls be made from city hall "as
a courtesy to me because / was
busy with the new National Pike
opening"
The party was held Sunday at
the Citizens Building and Loan
Association community room to
unveil a portrait of the mayor,
painted by Mrs. Barbara Guoz.
dada-Golenko. The mayor says he
initiated and aid for the party.
Invited, says Mr.. Hovsepian,
were friends and close ac-
quaintences.' To have invited a
large list of "notables," states
the mayor, would have been pre-.
sumptuous."
The city employee, Mrs. Marie
Woods, spent "a little more than
an hour" issuing the mayors in
vitations, says Mr.. MARYLAND.
Mrs. Woods is a regular employee
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Ii Appointed
To Advisory
CD Board

Last week the Montgomery
County Council reappointed 18
members of the Civil Defense Ad-
Visory Board to the County Coun-
Gil The council also increased
board membership from 26 to 81
and appointed 10 new members to
replace those unable to continue
serving on the board
The new appointees are: DR..
Robert ID. Huntoon of Bethesda, a
radiologist with the Bureau of
Standards; 1t. Col. Kenneth Good
rich of Bethesda, disaster chair
man of the county Red Cross;
Donald Hobbs of Sandy Spring,
chief of the Sandy Spring fire
department; Mrs. Ralph McNair
OF Bethesda, Greenacres Woman'S
Club and CD home protection in
structor; Mrs. Sidney Jacoby of
Bethesda, active in the Wyngate
PrA and the National Council of
Jewish Women; Clarence A. Kall<
of Chevy Chase, acting executive
officer of the U. S. Patent Office
and coordinator of rescue serv-
ices for the Department Of Com
merce building.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Fair Opens
This Monday
At St. MaxyIs

Practitioners of st. Mary's
Catholic Church of Rockville will
be working this weekend to put
up stands and booths and get the
last car bolted into place on the
ferris wheel, in preparation for
the seventh annual st. Mary's
fair, which opens Monday and
runs through June 16.
Special attraction this year will
be a Rocket SO Oldsmobile, to be
given away to lucky ticket
holder on the last night of the
fair. For the children, a bicycle
will be given away each Wednes-
day evening.
The fair will feature games of
chance and skill for adults, with
prizes given to winners. Carnival
rides include the ferris wheel,
merry-go-round and whip. Hot
dogs and beverages will be on
sale at the church grounds.
There is no admission charge
and plenty of free parking space
will be available, says Father
Francis Lauriola, who is directing
the fair. Proceeds of the fair
will go into the church's building
fund.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
UnUeiIing PTty---
Mayors Guests PhOned
On Rockville Time

of the citys water department
but was serving temporarily as
switchboard operator when she
made the calls for Mr.. Hovsepian.
The calls were made when the
switchboard was idle, says Mr..
MARYLAND.
The mayor and the city mana
ger say they believe it was proper
for Mrs. Woods to make the calls
because "the party was quasi.
official function"
The portrait, says Mr.. Mark
land, lis of Dick Hovsepian as
the towns leading official, not as
an individual" The portrait will
hang in his home, says the Mayor.
1T would be presumptuous to
hang it in city hall-until I'm
dead" quips Mr.. Hovsepian.
Mrs. Golenko, in this country
only a short time, painted the
portrait free "to get established"
explains Mr.. MARYLAND. The
woman artist lis being encour-
aged" along with other cultural
pursuits in the city, says the
mayor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
County Citizens Mobilize to Save
Caithersburg's Historic Oak Tree

Gaithersburg's historic Wash
ington Oak may soon be hacked
down by the ever-advancing bull
dozer Of commercialism.
The land on which the tree
stands a four-acre tract on Fred
erick Avenue beside the over
pass is for sale. Rumor has it
that the land, long zoned for com
mercial use, will be turned into a
shopping center.
The Gloyd family has owned
the tree and gradually diminish
ing surrounding land for more
than 200 years. A. Gloyd, pres
ent owner, says he is anxious"
TO sell because he cant afford"
to live on land taxed at CONNER.
cial rates. If the land is bought
for commercial use, says Mr..
Gloyd, Il assume the tree will
60"
Tree-lovers are beginning to
mobilize for what may be a real
rootin', tootin' fight.
Mrs. Mildred Hartman Of Ken
sington, a member Of the OAR
and County Historical Society,
has been calling county and town
officials TO advise them Of the
oaks possible demise. I'm so
afraid someone's going to buy the
land and chop up the tree for fire.
wood, states Mrs. Hartman.
She proposes that a citizens
committee of Gaithersburg resi-.
dents be formed TO make a public
collection. The money raised
would be used to buy a patch Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
By Dorothy b. Waleski
Staff Reporter

This is the story of integra-
ton i'm Montgomery County,
when for the first time in its
history Negro and white chill
dren attended the same schools.
1t is the story of how $50
Negro children and six of their
teachers integrated IL elemen-
tary schools with total en-.
rOllment of 6161; and 100 Neg
no students entered nine previ-
Ously all-white junior and SEN
ior high schools, total 1914 en-
rOllment.
1t is a story written with the
permission of superintendent of
schools Forbes Norris, and the
close cooperation of his special
assistant in indignation, Fred
Dunn.
These are the only names
that will be mentioned. The 81
personal interviews with admin
istrative staff, principals, teach
ers, parents and children of
both races and leaders in both
Negro and white communities
will remain anonymous.
The purpose of the story is
to give the picture of how III
tegration has worked this first
year. 1t was felt that it was not
necessary and a more complete
picture could be obtained If
neither individuals nor schools
were identified.
Aside from the historical sig
nificance, the small percentages
involved make the story less
than Notwithstanding except to
the 375 Negro children and the
81 formerly white schools sIat-
ed to be brought together next
fall. 1t Is for them this story
is written.
Il thought that indignation wa!
the worst thing in the worlC
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Ely New President
OF Bethesda Group

Cecil A. Eby was elected presi-
dent of the East Bethesda Citi-
zens Association at its meeting
last Thursday at the Lynnbrook
Recreation Center. Other officers
are Richard j. Boyland and c. w.
Clark Poole, vice presidents; Mrs.
Robert c. Likens, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. John f. Foley, as cor
responding secretary, and Fill
more w. Stolpe, treasurer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
NeW School
To be Open
TOMspectiOn

An unusual type of open house
will be held Saturday from 1890
am. to $3.50 pm. at the new Ar
cola Elementary School on Fran
well Avenue and Claiming Drive
in Wheaton. The $250,000 facility
is scheduled to be put in use in
September.
DR.. Forbes H. Norris, superin-
tendent of schools, announced
that the open-house program has
been arranged to give taxpayers
an opportunity to see first-hand
how their money is being spent
for school construction. Mem
bers of the school administrative
staff, educators and construction
experts, will be present to answer
questions about the building.
Il believe" DR.. Norris said,
that examination will show that
the Arcola School was built at
the lowest possible cost for per-
manent-type school adequate to
meet the educational standards of
1856. There are no frills. Any
cheapening of construction would
have resulted in increased main
tenance costs to the point where
so-called savings quickly would
have been swallowed up"
The building contains eight
classrooms, an all-purpose room,
office, teachers room and health
room.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
$995,35O Budget
Asked in Rockville
Water Supply Plan
Seen Put to Vote
At Fall Referendum

In Rockville city manager John
Markland's general recommends
tons for next year, he reports
that the plan to get Rockville's
water supply from the Potomac
will be ready for referendum
next fall, and if approved, the
plans will be completed and rea-
dy for bids by next summer.
Mr.. MARYLAND has not made
any recommendation on the new
community center because he
feels that the public hearings nee
essary to inform the public and
get expressions of opinion from
the people will delay the bond
issue so that there will be no ex-
pense incurred here during the
coming fiscal year.
An innovation at city hall re-
commended by the manager is
new office of information which
Mr.. MARYLAND stresses will not
be public relations" office but
merely a member of the staff as
signed To answer all questions,
relay information to the citizens
on pertinent matters, and public
ize meetings, etc.
The city manager also said that
because of careful budgeting, the
town for the second consecutive
year was not forced to borrow
at the end of the fiscal year to
pay for last minute expenses.
A formal presentation of the
budget will be made at the mayor
and council meeting Tuesday
night and public hearings are
scheduled for June z, IL and II.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
MARYLAND Advises
Five Cent Tax Cut,
Sale of Certificates

A record 1895, $50 Rockville
budget for the fiscal year 1861
has been recommended to the
mayor and council this week by
city manager John MARYLAND,
along with request for a five
cent tax reduction. This makes
total of 10 cents cut in the tax
rate since 1854.
The city manager is asking that
his total request, an increase over
last years $850,0OO, be financed
by a tax rate of 80 cents per 500
assessed value plus the sale of
100000 10-year certificates.
The latter is an innovation that
gives a lower interest rate than
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Council Seeks
Replacement
For Reinhart

After two new Gaithersburg
Councilmen take office Monday
night the administrations first
job will be to decide if the town
is ready for a full-time clerk.
Walter f. Reinhart, part-time
town clerk for % years, has asked
that he not be reappointed when
his term expires Monday. Lead.
ing candidate for Remnants Job
is Jack Mannix, assistant town
clerk for the past several weeks.
Reinhart may serve until the fis.
cal year ends June 30.
The new Councilmen are Mil
ton Walker and Rodney Thomp.
son. They join John w. Griffith
and +. Russell Gloyd whose terms
have two more years TO run. Re.
elected Mayor Merton +. Duvall
continues in office.
A number Of Gaithersburg resi-.
dents, including several members
of the new Council, have suggest.
ed that a full time clerk be hired
and that the town office be kept
open daily.
Mr.. Reinhart has been paid ST..
200 annually TO attend Council
meetings and conduct town bust.
ness in addition to his regular job
as b e. O station master.
Mayor Duvall says there are
Several candidates" for the
clerks job
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
DIR. Laughlin Talks
To Health Council

The highlight of the annual
meeting of the Montgomery
Health Council, to be held We'd
nesday at 3:15 pm at the Per.
petual Building Auditorium in
Bethesda, will be a report by DR..
Henry Laughlin, chairman of the
Montgomery County Medical Care
Commission, on the hospital stu
alton in Montgomery County, in
Guiding plans for new Silver
Spring hospital.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

tary pupils and 862 secondary
pupils on double sessions"
Supervisor of construction
James Sheldon said in reference
to the managers cut of IS per-
cent in elementary and eight per-
cent in secondary construction
costs:
"All of our recent improve
ments could be eliminated and
we could still have our little red
school house. Perhaps we could
return to the hand-rung class
room bell and save considerable"
DR.. Norris also pointed out that
the managers proposals make
the county's beginning salary the
lowest in the area at a time
when 500 new teachers are need
ed each year and LIP teachers
now have spare-time jobs.
He also said the number of
teachers should not depend on
the number of classrooms but on
the number of children and their
location.
A reduction in the number of
teachers requested by the board,
DR.. Norris concluded, would eth
err increase the size of regular
classes or decrease the number
of teachers in special education,
remedial reading, library, music
and art.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

which could happen to anyone"
So ran the thoughts of a ninth
grade Negro girl on her first day
in a school where no Negro had
ever gone before.
Il was scared to death. Some
thing inside me kept saying, You
will not be happy here. They
will make fun of you and say
ugly things about your skin be-
cause their skin is lighter than
yours"
She waited in fear for the teach
ers to come; she was afraid she
wouldn't be able to take part in
the schools activities; she was
scared of her homeroom teacher
because he was man; she want
ed to get up and walk out.
And then 1.-THE door opened
and girl walked in. 1 looked at
her and she looked at me. Then
she smiled! l guess some peo-
pie would say that it was friend
ship at first sight. She walked
up to my seat and stopped. l
didn't know what to say because
| thought maybe she would make
fun of me.
Soon Became Friends
Il was wrong about her and
wrong about the others in my
room. She made me feel want
ed and to her my skin didn't
make any difference. / met her
friends and she met my friends.
Il was wrong about the things
that had said would happen.
the teachers teach us on an
equal basis because we are no
different F. l am glad that we
have Indignation in this great
country of ours in the com
munity where I live the people
say l1at they are glad that we
have indignation now"
Throughout the county this
girls experience was being re.
peated many times that day.
What had begun in fear of the
unknown ended with a great emo
tional experience for many.
One white principal had lived
all her life in a segregated com
munity and had had no previous
experience with Indignation. AL
though she felt it had to work
"as it was better for both races
If it did," she was afraid.
Children Were Clean
She saw for the first time her
Negro children lined up in the
hall; they were all clean and
starched, one little girl wearing
Immaculate white gloves. She
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Speed-Up Asked

Presidents of Lone Oak,
Maryvale, Richard MOntgom-
cry, TwinbrOOk and West
Rockville PTAs accused the
Montgomery County School
Board this week of dragging
it's feet on construction on the
new junior high i'm South Rock
vile. In a letter to the board,
they said all junior high stu
dents i'm the Rockville area will
be on double session in the fall
if the new school is not ready.
They asked that a completion
date of September, 1857 be stip-
uIated in the contract with high
penalties for delay. Superin.
tendent Forbes Norris was ask
ed by the board for a progress
report on the project.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Most Banks Open
Summer Saturdays

Although offices of the Subur-
ban Trust Co. will close Satur-
days for the summer. beginning
this week, most county banks
remain open. The first National
Bank Of Sandy Spring and the
Sandy Spring Savings Institution
will be closed. Suburban Trust
and the Sandy Spring banks will
be open Fridays from 6 to 8 pm.
The Bank of Damascus. Farm
ers Banking and Trust Co., First
National Bank of Gaithersburg,
Germantown Bank, Montgomery
County National Bank and
Poolesville Bank will be open on
Saturdays.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

the normal 30-year bond issue
and will be paid back by front
foot benefit assessents, also based
on 10-year period.
A 100000 capital improvement
program represents a 80 per cent
increase over last year with the
highest amount going for new
street construction. Extension of
Middle Lane to Hungerford Drive
is one of the main projects pro-
posed here.
Other capital items are $4,000
for new storm sewer construc-
ton; $1,000 and SAL, 900 for ex-
tension of sewer and water lines,
and $4,000 for new recreation
projects.
The balance of the capital re-
quest will go for new equipment
and vehicles including another
medium size street cleaner to be
added to the present small one.
Two additional men in the street
cleaning department will expand
this service If the managers re-
quests are granted.
On the operating side, Mr..
MARYLAND is recommending five
per cent increase in all municipal
salaries up to grade II which
means that he is not asking for
a raise himself this year.
ITO continue the progress made
in the past two years toward
more efficient municipal govern
ment" the city manager is asking
$1,500 for a survey of all city
government organizational meth
DDS by the Bureau of Government
Research at the University of
Maryland.
A 25 per cent increase IN the
recreation appropriation will
mean a step.up in the overall rec
reation program.
A $500 request for contact
services for street maintenance
Is the result Of this years hard
winter which caused so much
street damage that the regular
maintenance department has not
been able to keep abreast. of re-
pairs. As soon as weather per-
mits, the manager plans to let
contracts for outside assistance.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

1.-THE manager seems to have
drawn these conclusions.
There is really no teacher
shortage.
Teacher turnover, as in other
fields, exists because of SO many
women engaged in it.
THE School Board asked for
some capital projects that it does
not need now; the board did not
truly assess its needs"
And also:
Evidently someone has al
ready forgotten that last Septem-
Der 16 there were 2,061 elemen-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Late News Briefs

Authorities are still uncertain
what caused the Saturday fire
that destroyed the interior of a
new Plymouth automobile own
ed by George G. Roberts of
GlenmOnt Hills. The car was
parked near Mr.. Roberts Red
Slipper Dance Studio in Whea-
ton when witnesses say it sud
denly burst into flame" An of
ficial at Maryland Motors in
Rockville says the damage is
extensive but has not set a fig
ure.
Four-year-old Robert Harold of
1904 18th Avenue, Takoma Park,
woke up early Saturday morning,
found his faher's gun on the cot
fee table where it had been left
the night before, and shot himself
through the chest while playing
with it. The gun was a 25-auto-
matte of foreign make. Young
Robert was dead on arrival at
Washington Sanitarium.
William Clyde Gilley of
Wheaton was found guilty of
assault on a 36-year-Old gov
eminent worker by an all-male
jury Monday in Montgomery
County Circuit Court. At the
same time Gilley was acquitted
of raping the woman March 25
In his. Mhnatnn oara na 1Nhare
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
E. NJ. Douglass
Civic Unity
Group Prexy

E. M. Douglas of Gaithersburg
was elected president of the Mont
gomery Civic Unity Committee at
its May 18 meeting at Rockville
City Hall. Mr.. Douglas, former
principal of Montgomery Blair
High School and assistant super
intendent of Montgomery County
schools, is now district manager
of the education division of Field
Enterprises, Inc.
Other officers are Samuel r.
Grant of Rockville, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Inez Smith of Rock
vile, recording secretary; Flor
ence Orbach of Twinbrook, cor
responding secretary, and Bea-
trice Vaccara of Rockville, treas
urer.
Fred Dunn, special assistant on
indignation for the board of edu-
cation, explained the new policy
ION desegregation now being put
into effect for next fall. Mr.. Dunn
stressed that the new program is
an educators plan with two guide.
posts, space and program. He
said that the county's goal is a
single school system.
A question and answer period
followed Mr.. Dunn's explanation.
In his he was assisted by Robert
Thomson, former president Of
Rollingwood PTA, Mrs. Margaret
Jones, principal of Rock Terrace
and Miss Edith Throckmorton,
principal of Long View.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

she was inspecting a car. Sen.
fencing is June 20.
Thomas Hardware has won the
"520" League bowling champions
ship at the Dalamar Lanes in
GaitherSburg. Thomas won the
second round competition with a
1921 record, then outscored the
first round winners, Melody Inn.
Hugh Davis finished with high
average, 119, high set, Ala, and
high spares, %. Harold Dean re-
corded high flat game, 95, and
high strikes, 70. Bob Swanson's
III was high game.
Sixteen Montgomery County
fire departments and the Whea-
ton and Bethesda Chevy Chase
rescue squads will simulate mu-
tuaI aid with 81 Prince Georges
County fire departments in
civil defense fire exercise Sun
day morning at Suitland. THE
exercise will test fire depart.
ments' capabilities in case of a
nuclear attack on Washington"
Howard Larcombe, assistant di-
rector of civil defense for fire
and light rescue, said.
The Montgomery County Farm
Management Association meets
with farm analyst Donald E. Wat
kins tonight at Gaithersburg High
Schools Ag Building to discuss
the associations profits last year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
Has IntegratiOn Worked?
Pupils in Integrated Schools
Overcome Race Barriers

went up to one child and put her
hand on her curly head.
Il felt an emotional upsurge
as l realized that here was a
child, just like any other child.
l accepted her without any re-
gard to her color or race"
She feels that this is an ex,
perience that has to be lived
through to be understood - that
no words can describe it for the
people who are facing it for the
first time next year.
This is true, but there is an
Continued on Page a.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

Duvall says he will do every
thing can" to save the tree. The
matter has not been brought be-
fore the town council, he reports.
Some Gaithersburg residents
apparently will shed no tears If
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