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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Closed Meet
On Textbooks
Is Displayed

The Montgomery County
School Boards worry over text
books was continued this week by
request from board member
Wylie Barrow for a closed session
to discuss a list of nine texts rec.
commended by the staff in May
for next years senior high
courses in democracy, sociology
and economics.
1t was Mr.. Barrows opposition
in January that led to the first
banning of a textbook in the
county, the disputed text being
Paul II. Lands Social Living
The new list contains another
book by Mr.. Lands, your Mar
riage and Family Living"
Mr.. Barrow complained al
Tuesdays all day board meeting
that an earlier request made two
weeks ago for an executive SEES
sion on the texts had been ig
nored.
President Helen Scharf replied
that since Mr.. Barrow had not
made a formal request, she hac
asked Superintendent Forbes
Norris to give first the informa
tional background which the staff
supplied at the June 4 board meet
ing. Mr.. Barrow was, absent dur
ing the information session.
At the same time, fhe request
for a closed session brought Wig.
orous protests from two other
members, Mrs. Rose Kramer and
Lathrop Smith.
Mrs. Kramer, in asking why
textbooks should be considered in
secret session, said that "of all
things textbooks are the most
public of the public's business;
the board should welcome the
public's thinking on this subject"
I'VE shouldn't make the mis-.
take" Mrs. Kramer continued, "of
confusing the fact that we repre-
sent the people with the right to
think for them"
She said that if the board did
discuss textbooks in closed ses-
sion it had an obligation to i'm.
mediately make public what was
said.
Mr.. Smith not only agreed with
Mrs. Kramer but went further
and declared that he would not
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Town Readies
Second Public
Parking Area

Rockville will soon have anoth-
er public parking lot. City Off
Gals hope blue-stone paving of
$500 square feet behind the
Quality Shop on East Montgom
cry Avenue will be completed in
two or three weeks
Access to the new lot will be
from Jefferson street. Spaces for
about Is cars will be provided.
The lot was leased to the town
by Joseph and Willie Steinburg.
No rent is paid.
Meanwhile town officials are
watching their first public park
ing lot behind Radford's Bakery
and Singer Sewing Machine Com;
pany on East Montgomery Ave
nue.. Access to the lot is from
Commerce Lane. 1t holds Is cars.
A new entrance and exit plan is
being studied.
The $500 square foot lot was
leased from Ida B. Goodman sew
eral weeks ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Has Integrati0n Worked?
Preparation Called
Important to Success

the acceptance Of indignation by
the community.
This conclusion was also
reached by the PTA's school re-
lations committee at School A. A
committee report approved by the
executive board sal dthat what.
ever degree Of success achieved
for the migrated school pro.
gram during the ycar-and the
committee feels that it is high
can be attributed in large part to
the careful preparation that has
been made during the previous
school year"
Even before the School Boards
indignation policy was announced,
this PTA had set up an intcgra.
ton committee representing a
wide range Of opinion. Its job
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Under Water
Island Sells
ForI,3OO,OOO

A 211.acre island in the Poto-
mac between the District Line and
Seven Locks, only four acres of
which is above water, went roI
ST 100000 this week at the coun-
tvs sale of tax delinquent prop
critics.
This comes to more than
$320,000 an acre for the disable
land. The island was assessed by
the county at $500.
Arthur J. Williams, Takoma
Park real estate broker, bought
the island. He refused to give
his reason but said 1T should be
fairly obvious in a week or So
The unnamed island was owned
by Mary Wheeldon Of Falmouth
KY. who owed 5000 in taxes and
costs on 1t. Mr.. Williams PAID
the $20.24 to the county and has
the option to buy it after a year
and a day for 81, 100000. County
officials called this the highest
figure ever to come out of a tax
sale.
II had no Interior or fantastic
reason for buying the island" Mr..
Williams said. 1T Is very
simple one-a legitimate specu.
lative angle"
He said that he saw the island
advertised in the Sentinel and
went to the tax sale to buy it. He
said he had no idea that the price
would go so high, but was pre-
pared to get it lat least as high
as it went"
Mr.. Williams said he bought
it as a private individual but in.
dicated that he was backed by a
person or persons he refused to
name. After some hesitation he
said these individuals could be
called local.
Mr.. Williams won spirited
bidding duel with Walter r. Har-
disty of Washington who de-
scribed himself as with the gov.
eminent" and says he often buys
property at tax sales for invest.
ment purposes.
Mr.. Hardisty told the Sentinel
he had no special interest in fhe
island and in bidding up to
81 100000 was "just injecting a
little humor into the sale"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Foley to Address
Young Democrats

Maryland's sixth district Demo
cratic nominee for Congress.
John Il. Foley, will address the
Montgomery County Young Dem.
ocratic Club Wednesday at $50
pm. Wednesday in the Peoples
Court room, second floor, Park
and Planning Commission Build
ing, $500 Colesville Road, Silver
Spring.
The session will be the first
membership meeting of the club
since the primary election in
May, and committee reports will
be presented, according to Mont
gomery YDC president William
+. Hickey.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14

Sitting for three nights this
week in order to meet tomorrow's
deadline, the mayor and council
agreed:
That it would borrow 100000
instead of the 100000 recon-
mended by Mr.. MARYLAND in 10
year certificates for 40 capital
Improvement projects of streets.
sidewalks, sewer and water facil-
tiles.
That it would grant the five
percent salary increase to all city
employees as recommended and
in addition raise the city mana.
gers scale from $500 to $4,000
to $4,000 to $1,000.
That its assistance to the Rock.
vile public library should be
raised $1,000 over Mr.. Markland's
request for $4,000 with the slip
ulation that the library week be
Increased from five to six days
More For Police
To increase the police appropri
alton $500 for part-time traffic
control during peak hours on
Sunday on West Montgomery
Avenue.
That $3.50 should be added to
the recreation budget to hire high
school boys to do light mainte
nance work this summer in the
city parks.
That it would pay $500 to
cover city employees under the
Maryland Municipal Leagues
group life, hospital, surgical and
polio insurance plan.
That it wouldn't allow the 81,
500 asked by Mr.. MARYLAND for
outside contractor service for
street maintenance but agreed to
the sharp increase for labor for
the city's road department.
Street Lights Tipped
That it would increase the high
way lighting appropriation to
$500 to include the raise in the
cost of current for the large lu
men lights along Viers Mill Road
and additional lighting on Fred
erick Avenue.
That another $500 be added to
street sanitation for twice
monthly flushing in the residen.
tial areas.
The mayor and council also in,
creased the revenue estimates by
$4,000 and agreed to Mr.. Mark
lands recommendation to defer
larger OUTLAWS of money for storm
sewer construction pending a
study of reports from consulting
engineers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Small Business,
Government Bids
To be Discussed

More than S20,OO0,o0o in gov.
eminent bid invitations will be
displayed before small business
owners and manufacturers OF
Maryland and adjacent states in
Baltimore next Thursday, it was
announced today by Wendell B
Barnes. administrator of the
Small Business Administration.
The meeting will be held in co.
operation with the Baltimore AS.
ISOLATION of Commerce in the aud
itorium of Eastern High School,
Bird Street and Lock Raven Road,
Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Odds Awarded

An OIdsmobiIe '88' will be
given away at midnight Satur.
day, the last night of st. Mary's
fair, on the church grounds in
Rockville. councilman JOnn
Oxley will draw the winning
ticket. Two wristwatches will
also be awarded. Carl Brown
of 6l5 Maple Avenue, Rock.
vile, won bicycle at the fair
last week, and Alice Crown Of
40 Reading Avenue and
Jeanne 81. John Of 500 Still
well Road, both Rockville, won
watches.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Marathon Session Seen
Tonight; ACC to Purpose
Middle of Road Budget

ing to protest the County Mana
gers recommended cuts in the
Board of Educators 1867 bud.
get request. Hearing begins at
7:30 in the Richard Montgomery
High School auditorium at Rock.
vile and some Council members
say it may last as late as 3 am.
Each organization will be allot-
ed 20 minutes to present its views.
Individual parents will be granted
five minutes each. Those in favor
of the Managers recommends
tons will speak first.
Manager M. L. Reese proposes
$16.6 million for operating ex-
penses and $8.1 million for con-
struction costs for the Board of
Education. The Board asked S17.8
million and SLIP million respec-
lively.
Most of the speakers are ex-
pected to oppose the Managers
proposal and urge full restoration
of the Boards request. Raymond
Mahaffey, however, speaking for
the powerful Allied Civic Group,
will urge adoption of a middle of
the road" school budget.
Mr.. Mahaffey will suggest that
the Council approve a $l7.3 mil
lion dollar operating budget and
500 million construction budget
for the schools. The School Board
asked money for a new teachers
pay scale. Mr.. Reese proposed in
stead a flat four per cent pay
raise for the teachers. The ACC
spokesman will suggest a nine
per cent teachers salary hike.
The ACC will endorse six of
the nine cuts made by Mr.. Reese
in the School Boards construction
budget. The civic group will ask
that additions to Montgomery
knobs and Kensington Junior
High School and land for an east
ern suburban secondary school
be returned to the budget.
Leading the opposition to the
managers proposals will be the
County Council of Parent.Teach-
er Associations. Phil p. Claxtony
and Paul c. Howard will ms'
the groups presentation
plan to use a number of O.
The PTA council viii ~
"rhe total tax rate incre5
ed to restore all cuts woU
or So to $40 on the typical ..4l -,
The "unsubstantiated fear" of the
tax burden cannot be allowed to
interfere with the maintenance
of a sound school system" the
group will assert.
Mr.. Reese's cut in Board of Ed
ucation and other department re-
quests would permit continuation
of the county's SOB real estate
tax rate.
The PTAs will charge that the
managers proposed 56-57 budget
allocates only SIPS of the tax
rate to school operations while
$1.30 of the tax rate is allocated
in the current fiscal year.
Mr.. Reese's cuts will "injure
our schools, impair the education
of our children, and reduce the
property values in the county"
the PTA group will tell the Coun.
ty Council.
Eric Rhodes, representing the
Montgomery County Education
Association, will warn the Coun-
Gil that the Managers school bud
get cuts will seriously reduce
the quality of education in the
county"
Mr.. Rhodes will devote much
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
MOntrOse
ClOverleaf
Threatened

Unless Monroe Street south of
Rockville is closed off no inter-
change on the new National Pike
at Montrose Road will be built,
the Maryland State Roads Com.
mission Chief Engineer warned
the County Council Tuesday. Nor,
man M. Pritchett said the State
will build a $165,000 overpass at
Monroe Street, or $780, 900 inter.
change at Montrose Road but
not both"
At the same time he revealed
that the SRC has plans to cut a
new road from the proposed Mon
trose interchange back toward
Rockville. 1t would cross Rock
vile Pike at Richie Parkway. go
beneath the B & o tracks, and
tie in with Viers Mill Road. Mr..
Pritchett said the State has paid
Safeway Stores about $4,000 for
a piece of land on Rockville Pike
where the new road will cross.
Long Fight Continues
Tuesdays meeting was the
latest incident in long battle be-
tween the SRC, Montgomery
County, and Rockville. The roads
commission wants Monroe Street
closed so it won't have to build a
bridge to carry the new highway
over the road. Rockville officials
have contended the closing will
hurt business in the town. Some
County Councilman feel the clos
ing will block off access to the
Cabin John Valley, repeatedly on
the verge of development.
Mr.. Pritchett said Tuesday that
previous town and county admin
istrations have agreed to close
the controversial street. A check
of the minutes revealed that on
November 4, 1854. after a public
hearing, the County Council re-
fused to close Monroe Street be.
cause the closing was mot in the
public interest"
Mr.. .Pritchett contends that a
resolution passed March 10, 1858,
favoring the transfer of the inter.
change from Falls Road to Mon
trose Road, actually approved the
SRC plans for Pike access in the
entire Rockville area. Those
plans, says Mr.. Pritchett, includ-
ed closing Monroe Street.
Will Hold Hearing
The Council agreed Tuesday to
hold another public hearing on
the closing. No date was set.
Mr.. Pritchett said the SRC had
enough money last year to com.
plete the next leg of the Pike,
from Rt. % northwest of Rock.
vile 0 Montrose, but spent it else.
where where there was no con.
troversy." He said the same thing
might happen this year.
If Monroe Street is closed, said
Mr.. Pritchett, the contract on the
next leg could be let this summer
and work completed by the fall Of
1857.
If the federal highway bill is
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
By Ronald ii. Nessen
Staff Reporter

More than thousand parents
are expected to turn out tonight
at a County Council public hear
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
$673,23O City Budget
Approved i'm Rockville

Rockves mayor and council in its third budget hearing
Tuesday night approved operating budget for 195657 of
$673230, $16325 less than city manager John Markands
recommendations final hearing to approve the capital
budget and set the tax rate will be held tonight city hall
at pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-14
Post Office Hours

Beginning tomorrow the lob.
by Of the Rockville post office
will close at 8 pm. weekdays,
acting postmaster Hugh II.
HasseII announced.
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-09

is more fabulous and beautiful than the last. Some of the forty that made movie-wise press people gasp with amazement when they visited the studio during the making of the picture are: the Banquet Room. fea- turing hand painted Siamese screens 30 feet high and 100 feet wide; the famous palace pavilion, which included fantastic series of Siamese pagodas, done in marbles and tiles and rare Siamese silks, the Temple, the Royal Ballroom in
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-09
ENTER TAINMENT MOVIES DINE AND DANCE RADIO AND " PRO GRAMS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK

merstein musical, which introduced the new medium This lavish mu- sical play in it's exotic oriental set tng will have its local premiere at the New Empress Theater next Sun day. August 12.
 The careful preparation for pro- duction of The King and T. took two full years Since 1t is the first musical with Siamese background. producer Charles Bracket, Director Walter Lang and their staff of tech nicians had to start from scratch. To effect the stunning atmosphere Art Directors Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir designed 40 different sets that literally glittered in gold. For example, the Throne Room, 250 feet long and 150 feet wide, is stud- ded with hand gold-leafed, ebony columns. populated with gold and ebony statues and golden Throne chair, all set against magnificent Oriental-muralled walls. Each set
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-09

gold, alabaster and ebony and the famous Kings Study where he dic- tates to Mrs. Anna the historically famous letter offering Abraham Lincoln a pair of elephants to help him win the Civil War.
 In this rich setting those un- hackneyed hit-makers. Rodgers and Hammerstein, brought the charming and exotic story to rich flower mu- sically and dramatically. The en- trancing music and lyrics to be heard
 Continued on Page 19)
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-09
The King And r Musicale Al New Empress Next Sun.

After five years of unprecedented popularity on the stage. Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and r comes to the screen in Cinema Scope 55 and color by De Luxe as the costliest musical production in Twentieth Century-Fox history. Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner CO.,
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-09

star in the title roles of the Daryl F.
 Zanuck presentation with Rita Mo- reno heading the large supporting cast. The picture is the second of the company's pictures in the new CinemaScope 55 process and dupli- cates the prodigal beauty of Car ousel.' another Rodgers and Ham
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14
The Sales Td1 Ordinance

We reprint elsewhere in the Mir TOT the proposed sales tax ordin ance for the City of Kodiak. Though not complete, we feel the important sections of the ordin- ance therein printed will help to acquaint the citizens of Kodiak .gith it's salient features. Those who attend the public meeting of the Council on April g and who are not satisfied with certain of its features should study the orin- snce beforehand, thereby making sny objections they may have of import and impertinent
 The trend in municipal public finance today is toward the use of non-properfy. sources of revenue. The majority C city officials, 'ner- chants and residents in the United States and the territory, where the tax.is applied, approve of the tax in most cities. Recognition of the need for revenue and the fact that aOn-residents would now be con. tributing funds to finance munich pal services brought support from city residents. The large returns at relatively low costs have satis- fled city officials in most cases.
 Municipal sales taxation is a widespread development through. out the United States. 174 Califor. mia cities have enacted sales tax ordinances. This represents 85 per cent of the city population in Cal lIornia. These figures are from the
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14
CARS ARE A FIRE HAZARD

The Fire Department had diff culty getting the fire truck to the beach to pump water for the fire Monday morning, due to car parked in the middle of the beach road
 The firemen are fighting against time, and in this instance more than just a building could have gone up in smoke. The Fire Chief Geroge Magnusen advices that all possible fire lanes be kept open.
 Another point the fire chief en- phasizes is the necessity for call ing the fire department at the first sign of a possible fire. Then fight the fire, not before.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14
SI8FAzER SCHOOL BEGINS
 JUNE AT CATHOLIC CHURCl

A religious summer school will be conducted at St. Mscy's Church beginning June 1, il was announc- eC by Father Talbot.
 Classes will be conducted every weekday morning and will con tinue for two weeks. g o'clock is the starting hour. All children, from pre-School age through High School, both Catholic and non Catholic are most welcome to at tend, according to Father Talbott.
 Mrs. Walt Kraft is in charge Of registration. Parents are urged to call her home phone 4464, to reg ister their children.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14
KODIAK MIRROR

ficer on board a battleship, when he was a young man, and the ship was bombed and burned, and he was forced to take to the water. A more recent fire. which again took all of his personal belongings, vas at Manila in February, 1945, when the Japs bombed his church and home, and he and his wife took shelter in a hut. This was much better" said Mrs. Sturmer, who takes her loss with considerable fortitude. Here there are no snip CTS and no bombers." Father Sturmer, though he too has sus- tained considerable loss, says he has learned not to place to much value on personal effects.
 This makes the second fire for the Russian Church. The original church was burned down July r, l943. Some insurance was carried on the dwelling, reported to be around S400O. Plans are being formulated to tear down the build ing and build 3 new structure sometime this summer
 In the meantime quarters. are being readied for the Summers at the Kodiak Health Center, until the new parsonage can be con structed.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14

magazine, Western City. There is nc doubt that the levy is a large source of funds for California mu- inequalities. During the fiscal year 1945-1946, the five California cities using the tax obtained from it a little less than a million dol lars. Eight years later, reports from 16o cities revealed that the municipal sales tax produced ap- proxiHrately $s0.Ooo. 900. By the end of the fiscal l956, California cities will have collected over
 s38,000,00o since the adoption of the first sales tax ordinance in l945.
 Thus is demonstrated the Ire mendous yield of this type of tax. The reader might be interested in the per capita yield. Prof. David C. Davies of the University of Gin cinati, in study of the California tax says: Per capita collections for the typical half per cent sales tax city is S6.24. The higher rate localities collect $10.50 per citi- zen.
 The professor compares revenue from this source and property la xes. This is significant com. parisOn and illustrates the effec- tiVeness of this means of keeping down property taxes. He says:
 The average city employing a sales tax rate of F of one per cent would have to levy an additional property tax at rate of $.574 per
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14

$loo 10 gain the revenue it now re- ceives from the sales levy. This would rpresent a 38.8 per cent in erase in the property tax. The typ ical per cent the city would have to levy an additional property tax of $1.03 per S100 of assessed valu- ation to maintain current receipts if the sales tax were to be discon- tinued. This would represent an increase Of 66.9 per cent in the property tax
 Thus it is obvious that the sales tax IS an important source of rev enue to California, and 10 any other municipality employing it Objections were raised at the time the tax was first introduced, but since then in but few cases where the tax has been increased, there has been virtually no opposition 10 the increase.
 According to authorities, munic- ipal taxation is here to stay in Cal ifornia, as permanent fixture It is relevant to note that of the l74 municipalities employing the levy there, only three have definite ex- piraton dates written into the law. The pressure for revenue to main tain and increase old as well as introduce new municipal services precludes the abandonment of a rich source of revenue such as the local sales tax.
 Kodiakans, when they adjust themselves to it's nuisance factor, will no doubt feel the same way about it.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14

Don and Margie Wolf, and sons Andy and Danny, left Monday for Portland, Oregon where they plan to spend about six weeks.
 They will visit Margie's mother, Mrs. Teresa Taylor, and Don's sister, Mrs. Jeanette Lee.
 Don and Margie will take over the management of the Kodiak Cleaners upon their return to Ko- diak. His parents, Jay and Martha Wolf, expect to go outside for at least a year.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-04-14
FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS END CALL

The Fire Department was called out about three o'clock Wednesday morning to John Malutin's house on the Base road, when the house filled with smoke.
 4 leak occurred at the top of the water tank, and the water drip ped into the fire box of the cook stove, causing oil level to raise. No damage resulted other than smoke and soot in the house.