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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26

Children of the Montgomery
County Jewish Community, Inc.
will conduct an entire weekend
OF activities at the Montgomery
County Jewish Community, Inc,
2901 East.West Highway, Chevy
Chase, in honor of MCJC family
weekend.
Beginning with Friday evening
at 7:45 pm, the young people will
conduct services. The Junior
Choir under the direction of Can.
tor Norman Gewirtz will chant.
Rabbi TZvi H. Porath will present
a sermon in story. Members OF
the eighth grade Sunday school
will be honored. All children hav-
ing birthdays during the month
of April will be called to the pull.
pit.
Saturday morning at 9:45 am.
the young people will conduct the
Sabbath services and will partici.
pate in the worship.
On Saturday evening the fol
lowing program will be presented
by the young people: Hollywood
Can Wait" by the creative drama
group under Allye Kranish; bal
let tTchaikowsky music and Hi
Lili) and ballroom (Cha Cha Cha,
Mexican hat dance. jitterbug) by
the creative dance group under
direction of Louis Tupler 'Thlr.
ty Three" by the MCJC Junior
Choir under direction of Cantor
Norman Gewirtz. Plus dancing
to the music of the MCJC orches-
ira, under the direction of julius
Luria.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26

On the convalescing list this
week are Baby Leo Gibbs, II, who
is recovering nicely from a re-
cent operation, and Priscilla Jud-
kins who broke her arm in an &C,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
Lutheran Men Will
Clean Church Area

All able.bodied men of Crusader
Lutheran Church, Rockville, are
invited to participate in the clean.
up party being held Saturday at
! pm. The purpose of the clean.
up is to grade the property, plant
grass, cut and haul timber and in
general beautify the corner.
Since ground breaking for the
new addition is not far off a gen
eral clean up in called for, church
officials say. Pastor Wilcon
hopes all men concerned will
come and help. also any one else
who would like to join in.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
Children to Conduct
All Jewish Services

Montgomery County. Rabbi
Rothenberg Is from Roanoke, Va.
The Bar MitZvah of Howard
Freeman. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Kenneth Freeman, will take place
Saturday at the Bethesda Won
ems Club on Old Georgetown
Road.
DR.. Leon Salzman, Washington
psychiatrist, will speak at Con
gregation Beth-Ey at 8 pm. to.
day on the religious renaissance
today. This will be the final lee
ture in the Adult Institute Forum
series on religion and psychiatry
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
County ChurchwOmen
Slate Tea May a

The Upper Montgomery Coun-
ty Council of Churchwomen will
hold its May fellowship tea at
Jamestown Presbyterian Church
at 2 pm. on May 4.
DR.. ]. Davis Goldsmith, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Galthersburg, will be guest speak
er. His subject will be Who
Forms Your Opinions?" Special
music will be featured, with the
president, Mrs. Roland Green of
Etchison, presiding.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
Rev., Mrs. Matthias,
Teach in Virginia

Rev. Charles B. Matthias, min.
lister of the Rockville Christian
Church, and Mrs. Matthias are
teaching at the Capital Area
School Of Missions, being held this
week at the First Christian
Church of Falls Church, Va.
Eight members of the Rock.
vile church are participating in
the school.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26

her sewing know-how with her
neighbors.
The Donald Fishers, of 1908
Viers Mill Road, have two girls,
Donna, 8, fourth grader, a Blue
bird, and Carol, 4.
Don is with State Farm Mutual
Insurance and is a good neigh
Dor to call on for any problem
within his broad scope of know
ledge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
Sunday School Study
Held in Gaithersburg

A Sunday school study course
is being conducted from 7:30 to
$50 each evening at the First
Baptist Church of Gaithersburg
by the pastor, DR.. J. Davis Gold.
smith.
Baptismal services To- candi-
dates will be held Sunday at 3
pm. at the Bethesda Baptist
Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
Subjects for Boosting
Topic in TwinbrOOk

"Of What Do You Boast?" will
be the sermon topic on Sunday
morning at the Twinbrook Baptist
Chapel, meeting temporarily in
the LoneOak Elementary School.
Grandin Avenue and WOODBURY.
Road, Rockville. Church school
meets at 9:45 and the worship
service will be conducted at IL by
Rev. John w. Laney.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-26
Rev. Fail breaches
On Fruits of Shirt

This Sunday at the Rockville
Presbyterian Church Rev. James
Curtis Fail will have as his SER
mon topic Fruits of the Spirit, {"
at both the S:45 and IL a. m. serV-
ices. H
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
WANTED: UP-COUNTY PLANNERS

Montgomery County is in a JAM perhaps of its own
making. The entire professional staff of the Upper Mont
gomery County Planning Commission has resigned not
masse but within such short period of time that conci-
dence is questionable Head panner Harold Taubn left in
February His assistant Nancy Setght resigned last week
David S. Nancy quit Tuesday.
AT the outset of its anticipated growth when profess
siona guidance most needed the upper county without
planner Fourteen subdivision pats have been filed with
the UNCPC in the past few weeks They stalled
with to process them The upcounty coming ord
about which much written spoken, whispered
and screamed during its veyear birth throe without
administrator.
Why did the planners quit? "The job pays better
and advancement in chosen field they state publicly
In private they hint other motives
Lack of security for instance The upcounty planners
narrowly missed having their jurisdiction enveoped by the
MarylandNationa Capital Park and Planning Commission
when Governor McKedn vetoed that legislation There is
talk that the UMCPC and the MNCPPC may eventually be
abolished and planning unit established for the whole
county.
Illustration could be another motive Opinions of the
planners frequently received with eers It's secret
that the planners favored the upcounty zong plan authoed
by Irving c. Root The Root plan turned down by the
appointed upcounty planning commissioners On other
occasions the Commissioners have rejected the recommends
lions of the professional planners.
Indignation may be The professional planners
have often been the targets of atackssome times very
personal attacks-from many quarters.
The county going to find it difficult replacing the plan
In country very planning conscious the demand is
greater than the supply Since January the newsletter of
the American Society of Planning Officials has carried 173
ads seeking planners Only five of the positions have been
filed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19

Washington University. With Nc
Kinsey has made studies of or
ganization, reporting procedures,
and procurement for the Depart
ment of the Army, the Depart
ment of the Navy, the Treasury
Department, and other govern
ment and private organizations.
Mr.. Douglas received his bache-
lor's and masters degrees and is
a candidate for a doctorate at
Harvard University
He is a former sales and mar
ket analyst for DIN Industries, as
an associate Of Harbridge House,
Inc, another consulting firm, he
wrote a manual of contract ter
mination procedures for the
Navy, elaborated in writing. a
manual on supply management
for the Army, and conducted basic
research for material used in the
Army's supply management
school at Fort Lee, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19

ization, and preparation of hand
book for the office of the comp
troller.
4. Studies of organization, fl
nancial control, and compensa-
ton for the New York Port Au-
thority.
5. Studies of the impact of fed
eral grants-in-aid in Mississippi
and Washington, for the Federal
Commission on Intergoveren-
mental Relations.
Worked for Government
The firm has made surveys for
the Treasury Department the
Federal Communications Com
mission, and the Housing and
Home Finance Agency. McKin-
sey has made many studies for
private companies.
Managing partner of the Wash
ington office is John j. Corson.
The two associates who conduct
ed the study of the Montgomery
County school system are Leon
ard Carulli and Frank w. Doug
las.
Mr. Corson has doctors de-
gree in economics from the Uni
versity of Virginia, where he also
did his undergraduate and mas
ter's work.
He has been an administrator
with the federal government,
serving as director of the Bureau
of Old Age and Survivors Insur.
ance, director of the United States
Employment Service, and deputy
director general for finance and
administration ofg the United Ma
tons Relief and Rehabilitation
Agency.
DR.. Corson is a former execu,
tive of the Washington Post.
Has Two Degrees
Mr. Carulli has a bachelors and
lawyers degree from George
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19

DDS are being supplemented at the
administration level rather than
the policy-making level. Improve.
ments in these fields are, to
some degree, coincidental with
the McKinsey report rather than
because of the report.
Cafeteria operations are being
overhauled and centralized as Nc.
Kinsey proposed
McKinsey urged that the coun.
ty handle school purchasing.
While that idea has not been for
mally adopted (some say it can't
be legally it has been adopted in
reality. While the long-vacant
post of school purchasing officer
remains untitled, the county pur.
chasing officer handles many de.
tails of school buying. The Board
of Education, of course, retains
the right to set specifications,
accept bids, etc.
McKinsey's ideas on school site
acquisition were more compli.
mentary than critical.
Nationwide Firm
McKinsey and Co. has offices
in New York, Washington, Chi
cago, Los Angeles, and San Fran
cisco. The firm has conducted a
general management consult
ant practice" since 1910. More
than 100 men are on the profes-
sional staff
McKinsey has done many sur
veys at all governmental levels.
Among their major projects have
been:
L. A study of state fiscal af-
fairs for New York State.
2. A study of state fiscal af-
fairs in Delaware for the state
and governor.
3. Several studies for the De
partment of the Army, including
a survey of departmental organ
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19

McKinsey proposals would be
impossible without sweeping
changes in the present state law"
Primarily the lawyer refers to
McKinsey's ideas on school fl
nance procedures. Perhaps be-
cause of the dual attack of Mr..
Prettyman and Mr. Benson, the
School Board has been most re-
luctant to implement McKinsey's
proposals in the finance field.
DR.. Pullen doesn't like McKin-
sey's emphasis on the business as
poets of school operation. Also
he feels that many McKinsey
ideas would dilute the superin-
tendent's authority
The architects, actually speak
ing for most of the building indus
try, scored two McKinsey sugges-
lions: /, that the Board of Educa-
ton establish its own architec-
tural staff, and 2, that at least
one prefabricated school or add.
ton be erected as test"
The first idea was never seri-
ously considered
No action has been taken at the
time of writing but there is a
good possibility to prefab addi-
ton will be erected before fall at
Vier's Mill School. The School
Board has given preliminary APP
proval to the prefab project.
Council Is Silent
While the County Council has
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
Memo on McKinsey
Ry Ronald III. Nessen
Staff Reporter

This is the last in series of
articles on McKinsey and Co.'S
recommendations for imprOV-
ing the administration of the
Montgomery County school sys-
tenn, tfc reactions to, and the
background on those recon-
menyatiOns. This weeks ar
ticle summarizes the results of
the McKinsey report and pre-
sents biographical material on
the company and its employ
ees.-Ed'S NOte.)
Although McKinsey and Co. s
critical appraisal of the Montgom
cry County school system has
been greeted generally with indig
nation from school officers and
apathy from the public, a surpris.
ingly large number of the firms
proposals have been supplemented
Other recommendations that
would require major changes of
policy some say-changes IN
the state and local laws, have not
and may never be instituted.
Many McKinsey proposed
changes in school administration
are costly and account for part Of
the record breaking 1712 million
dollar school operating budget re-
quest.
McKinsey spokesman say that
although some of their recon-
mendati;ons are expensive to i'm
plement, they will save money in
the long run.
Report Cost $4,000
The McKinsey report cost
$4,000 The expense was split
between the Board of Education
and the county.
The McKinsey report has been
the target of four major attacks,
from school finance director
Brian M. Benson, state school
superintendent Thomas Pullen,
frequent School Board lawyer
Charles w. Prettyman, and the
Potomac Valley Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects.
Mr.. Benson branded many of
the McKinsey statements false
and misleading" He confined
most of his criticism to McKin-
sey's research in the area of
school finance. Mr.. Benson feels
that McKinsey did not spend suf-
ficient time in the finance depart
ment to gain a thorough under
standing of its operation. His Ia
page report is believed to repre-
sent the views of school superin-
tendent Forbes Norris.
Mr.. Prettyman holds that many
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
Adoption ConcIave
To Begin Today

Executives of county welfare
boards and private child-placing
agencies will attend a two-day
conference on adoption to be held
in Baltimore today and tomorrow
according to an announcement by
Thomas j. S. Wsxter, director of
the State Department of Public
Welfare.
Aware of the difficulties arising
out of the fact that the number
of adaptive applicants far exceeds
the number of infants available
for adoption, the agencies will
seek to improve their practice by
exchanging views and study meth
eds that have proven effective.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
Memo McKinsey
Some Report Suggestions
Already Being Carried Out

not formally commended on the
McKinsey report, most council
men apparently feel that re-
vamping of school administra-
ton has long been needed.
1t is in the area of organization
that the School Board has most
intellectually embraced McKin-
sey's ideas. The board has APP
proved six new executive posi-
tions suggested by the manage
ment conSultants: assistant SUI
perintendent for elementary edu-
cation, assistant superintendent
for secondary education, director
of educational services, director
of business affairs, assistant for
personnel administration, and as
sistant for research. The last po-
sition will not be filled imme-
diately.
In accepting McKinsey's reor-
ganization plan the board turned
down a reorganization plan pro
posed by Superintendent Norris.
AS mentioned, few McKinsey
proposals for better finance pro.
cedures were accepted by the
School Board. However the
County Council, holder of the
school purse strings, may adopt
some McKinsey finance ideas.
Suggestions Carried Out
McKinsey suggestions for bet
ter school construction, mainte-
nance, and transportation meth
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19

Editor:
notice with considerable thrill
in your last issue that the five
gentlemen candidates in Rock
villes city election, the ones
backed by Citizens for Good Gov
eminent, are showing consider
able public interest in this fe-
male candidates unlisted tele-
phone number
I'm sure you can appreciate
what this masculine interest does
to my blood PRESSURE especially
at my age-and I'd so much like
to accommodate the gentlemen
but / was brought up to believe
ladies never broadcast their tele-
phone numbers and, besides, my
husband would not like five
strange gentlemen to have my
telephone number.
If the gentlemen have a prob.
lem, you might advise them of
the large number of lonely hearts
clubs which exist in this country
that will be very glad to supply
them with any number of female
telephone numbers.
In the meantime, if anyone else
wants to get in touch with me,
they know / work in Rockville
and all they have to do is stand
out in Court House Square and
wait a minute. OF course. some
of the gentlemen candidates are
not around Rockville too much
so maybe they, unlike everyone
else in town. just don't know ]
have an office telephone which
provides 24-hour answering serv.
ice.
You might also inform the
gentlemen candidates that after ]
join them at City Hall-soon as
election is over-Tll give them
my unlisted telephone number
because they'll be colleagues and
not strangers.
Lila II. Thomson
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19

SlOnS as we ndu prior 10 me ell
, actment of the road construction
code in 1850, since these thinly
paved streets are expensive to
maintain. Therefore, the code
should not be amended to permit
any waving of the standards of
paving thickness. The Montgom-
cry County Civic Federation at its
meeting on April 8 unanimously
passed a resolution opposing the
adoption of these proposed amend
ments to the road construction
code.
These proposed amendments
specify that the waivers Of paving
thickness standards may be grant
ed in cases of undue hardship but
no definition is given of the term
undue hardship"
These amendments also provide
that the County Council or coun-
ty manager shall solicit recon-
mendation from the director of
the Department of Public Works
before granting such a waiver,
but there is nothing in the amend
ments to keep the County Coun-
Gil or county manager from
blithely ignoring the recommen-
dation made by the director of the
Department of Public Works.
The background leading up to
the proposal of these amendments
is disturbing. Eugene Casey laid
some 2300 feet Of paving of sub
standard thickness near the town
of Gaithersburg, enormously be-
lieving that he was laying it in
the town of Gaithersburg. The
Department of Public Works
holds that he can readily bring
this paving up to county stand
ards by OVERLAPPING it with another
layer of paving.
Should a readily remedied, neg
ligent error such as this be re-
garded as an undue hardship
case? If so, the County Council
will find that adoption of the pro-
posed amendments will open Pan
dora's box to a flood of requests
from subdivision developers ask
ing to be relieved from the paw
Ing thickness requirements of the
road construction code since these
developers can always argue that
compliance with the code Is an
undue hardship because it will
diminish their profits.
Adoption of these amendments
may therefore lead to many more
inadequately paved streets in new
subdivisions just as there were
prior to 1850 when the present
road construction code was adopt
ed. These amendments should be
defeated to keep our road main
tenance costs from getting larger
and larger.
Warren Seaton
Acting Chairman
Committee on Roads, Streets
and Bridges, Montgomery
County Civic Federation
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
Editor:

Editor:
Please accept my congratula.
tions. and also my thanks and
appreciation for your article in
the Sentinel Of April II on Uncle
Toms cabin.
I thought the article very well
presented, well written, and !
was pleased with the way you
used, and referred to my book on
Montgomery County. ! really feel
quite obligated to the Sentinel,
for the generous publicity it has
given me and my work.
Your help in this respect may
have had its effect upon the gra
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
The Letter Box

flying success of the book--its
general acceptance and satisfac-
tory sales. You may be interested
to know that over 1900 copies
have so far been sold - books
having been mailed into 20
states in the union, outside of
Maryland. Sales are continuing.
The high school students in
county have been most enthusi.
astic about the book. have given
talks to many of the classes, on
county history, which apparently
both audience and speaker have
enjoyed.
The late lamented DR.. Broome,
when l first showed him my
work when it came off the press,
said 1--WE need this book" and
proceeded to order 40 copies -
to which many later orders have
been added.
If and when you decide to make
further use of my material and
do so, with due reference to your
source, as in the article on Uncle
Tom, l shall be pleased to have
you do so.
Finally. inclosing this note,
desire to add that your phenomi
nal increase in the "coverage and
quality" of the Oldest county
newspaper, appears to me to be
really an outstanding accomplish
ment. which / hope is financially
rewarding. In my opinion, none
of the other sheets" approach
your paper as it appears today
Sincerely yours,
Roger Brooke Farquhar
Silver Spring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
Editor:

Editor:
Montgomery County will be
left with a practically unerforcel
able and meaningless road con-
struction code IL either of two
proposed amendments thereto
which the County Council has set
for hearing at the inconvenient
hour of 2:15 p. m. on April "a is
adopted. These two amendments
permit waiver of the standards
for paving thickness now set
forth in the road construction
code.
One proposed amendment per.
mits the waiver to be granted by
the County Council while the 9th.
er proposed amendment permits
the waiver to be granted by the
county manager. The road con
struction code at present wisely
permits no waiver Of paving
thickness standards.
We do not want any more thin
.ly paved streets in new subdivi.
, 1956-01-14
N NOTICE

Election of officers for the
St. Croix Republican Club
will be held Friday, January
81. at $3.50 at the District
Court Room.
, 1956-01-14
NURSES AID

NURSES AIDE: entrance
Salary $4,000 per annum).
Work involves the perform
ance of sub-prefessional nurs-
ing duty in a hospital. Tech
nical phases Of the work are
conducted under close super
vision. Applicants must be be-
tween the age Of 10 and 80
years and should have COM
pleted the 18th school grade.
ULLMoNT L. NJ
Director of Personnel
, 1956-01-14
N Office

There will be a general
meeting Of the Alexander
Hamilton Post No. IS, on
Monday night, January II,
1856 at 800 PM. in the Pc
lice Court Room at Christian
sted.
AL members and prospec-
tive members are asked to be
present.
E. R. BOILING
Post Commander
, 1956-01-14
FOR RENT


New modern five-rom home
Rooms include two bedrooms,
room, dinette, kitchen
provided with standard equip
ment, tiled bath, spacious
closets.
Scenic arched porch and
Kentile floors.
Contact: West End News
Frederiksted
, 1956-01-14
NOTICE

The family of the late
CHRISTIAN JULIAN takes
this means to express its sin
cere appreciation to the staff
of the Charles HARDWOOD Me-
mortal Hospital for their kind
ness to him during his last
illness. Many thanks also to
the numerous friends who by
deds and words showed their
sympathy at his passing.
mrs. Helen Clarke
Iva Julian
, 1956-01-14
FOR SALE

#H#W-#
We have for sale a two
manual Pipe Organ, encased
in solid mahogany with the
inside works of cedar. Includ-
ed is an electric blower tax
ing alternating current.
If anyone is interested
please call:
MISSION
Frederiksted : Phone 80
, 1956-01-14
U R . A x

Applications for the posi-
ton listed below may be OBJ
tanned from the Personnel
Branch Office in Christian
sted, and should be filed by
January &c, 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Curutor to Snenk

DR.. Richard E. Schultes, cura-
tor of the herbarium of Harvard
University. who spent IL years
studying plant life in Columbia,
will speak at 8 pm. tomorrow in
Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets NV.