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LOTS

NEAR CHAIN BRIDGE
From. 10000 "a. IT. up, Ready
for BUILDING.
Il S-4i4O IA s.s..S
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REAL ESTATE WANIEp
OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE
SEASHoRE PROPERTY

'FENWICK ISLAND. DEL.-Cottase.
very mr.. ocean. June, $3.50: July
Aug. $3.50; others wkly. JU. a-943s.
la
OCEAN BEACH (MD.) PROPERTY
FOR SALE--Finest beach in Amer
lea. Owner reluctantly must sell
at once : most desirable lots avail
able luOX20n. Tremendous bar
gain. Area due for great expansion
soon. Box lA4-h. Star. Ia
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SPECIAL CASH PRICES FOR tn
FOLLOWING PROPERTIES

WOULD YOU LIKE q Colonial brick
nome? Have several to show OF the
lGeorRian style OF architecture: all
n excellent condition. Acreage from
200 ACRES. good stock farm
with shade and stream, S.roon
home, barn. A real buy. Sl95 per
acre.
ZOO ACRES near Rockville. Ready
Tor subdivision Over mile Of
road frontage: $3.50 per acre.
163 ACRES - Gorgeous stone
Manor house, built in 1872, condi-
ton perfect; Ia rooms. baths. 4
fireplaees. beautiful lockwood: 1 mile
road frontage and I mile river
irontage; " barns, sllo and tenAn,
/ house; N.uB per acre.
| 4 ACRES. suitable for railroad
siding; good ll-room home on site
. AcRES--S-room home with
bath: oil heat ard other modern
conveniences $1,000
Call Charles n. Davis Pooles.
Vile 1855, agent for SAMUEL r.
BOGLEY. INC, Rockville once,
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AREA-six

RIGGS RD.-Choice bldg. site for
ranch-type ramb.: sewer and water
HYNESBORO. Bird St.-city water;
lot 50Xl50. Sl,lO0. terms.
RIGGS RD.-Choice bldg. site:
front on Rigs city water: sur
rounded by pretentious homes: 81
500 HE. 4-3500; ewes, JU. g-304l
w w LEWIS IN
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1b-ACRE LOT

Wooded cor. lot with 3 bedrm.'
house; Ia baths, garage In out.
standing neishborhood. Reasonable
down payment. S2l $50. Directions
Out Shirley hwy. to Annandale. tax,
Annandale- Falls Church I'd. ia mi
to Rte. 710, left blk. to sign Il
open house.
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COI,ORED

You can now purchase a
lot Of an acre or more in this
beautiful wooded section with
small cash payment and bal
ance monthly; located in Fair
fax County. Call any day for
information until Z pm, ia.
1-l142. Ia
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Laurel Level Acres

Three large bedrooms.
large modern brick home. on
buSline, on Montgomery road,
Large living room, fireplace.
large dining room. large
kitchen with half bath. ! fun
bath: glassed-in sun porch.
Plenty OF closets and storage,
Full basement. radiators: oil
heat; 2-car brick garage;
beautiful shrubbery. some
fruits. large strawberry patch.
Land very productlve. Va acre
woodland. all fenced. some
white board fencing. PRICED
very low, JOHN BURDoFT,
1878 Colesvllle I'd. Silver
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EUGENE B. GINGELL
ACRES FOR HOMES

7642 Georgetown Rd.. Bethesda. Nd
OIL 2-2022
Ewes, Mr.. LauRhlin. OIL. 2-1Sa0
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02

county and anyone in the court
house" charges Mr.. Billiard.
Meanwhile county public works
director Mason Butcher says four
spaces on the new lot may have to
be eliminated If an addition is
built out straight west from the
Court House. Ten spaces may
have TO be eliminated if an II"
shaped wing is built, he says.
Mr.. Reese says a minor part"
Of the lot may be chopped off
when the addition is built but
the parking is needed now" He
says he considered Mr.. Billiards.
plans only Suggestion" for the
wing location
The 1867 capital budget pro.
vides $4,000 for plans and studies
Of The Court House addition and
$l0,500 for the parking lot, Mr..
Reese says Chief Circuit Court
Judge Stedman Prescott proposed
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02

Cabin John Sewer line. There will
be a good interest rate for the
purchaser" Mr.. Reese said.
Mr. Hancoek's memoranduTn
states, Because of Federal man
ipulation of rediscount rates, APP
parently with the purpose of con-
trolling initiating to some extent
Federal bonds fluctuate rapidly
in price and are usually the first
affected" Local bonds, said the
finance director, follow the trend
of Federal issues, and don't fluc-
tuate as rapidly.
Mr.. Hancock recommended that
more than half the retirement
fund still be invested in Federal
bonds.
Because the County has increas-
ed its contribution to the fund and
because retirements in the next
ten years are expected to be few,
Mr. Hancock says the fund will
soon climb to almost $4,000.
Mr.. Hancock told the Council
that the only way to fight the
Shrinking dollar" is to invest the
retirement fund in good grade
common stocks. I'm very much
afraid there would be a great deal
of criticism of using public money
for this purpose" he said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Subdivision
Rules Fought
In 4 Suits

A Rockville lawyer has Jumped
together four law suits into what
he believes is a major legal test
of the constitutionality of por-
tons of the Maryland.National
Capital Park and Planning Com
missions subdivision regulations.
Robert L. Billiard says the four
cases are all different but all
brand parts of the subdivision
laws unreasonable, arbitrary,
capricious, and unconstitutiona
abuse of power"
DemIrrers have been filed in
three cases. In a demurrer plea,
the defendants admit the charges
but contend that the charges con.
stitute no illegal action.
Mr. Billiard says he hopes the
cases will be brought to trial in
October The trial, he claims, will
break the strangle-hold" of the
Park and Planning Commission
over people who cant afford" to
comply with certain "unreason.
able" portions of the subdivision
laws.
The lawyer charged last week
that the planning unit wants to
stall" the cases so the plaintiffs
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
City Public
House Plan
Given Nod

Public housing in Rockville
was assured this week with the
signing of the agreements be.
tween the Rockville Housing Au-
thority and the Montgomery
County Council and School
Board on Monday and the Fed.
eral Public Housing Authority's
contract guaranteeing funds for
65 units Tuesday.
Edward ]. Farrelly, executive
director of the Rockville au.
thority, reported to the mayor
and council Tuesday night that
he expected the project to cost
around $791, 900. The contract
also guarantees an annual sub.
sidy to cover the difference be-
tween rents and expenditures for
40 years.
Although funds will be avail.
able within 80 days, Mr.. Farrelly
could not say when actual con-
Struction will start because of
difficulties in obtaining a site in
the Lincoln Park area which the
project is designed to relieve.
The "only suitable site" is five
acres of an eight-acre tract at
N. Horners Lane and Westmore
Street which is owned by Eu-
reka Tabernacle No. % of the
Galllean Fisherman. Since the
lodge refuses to sell, the au.
thority will have to proceed with
condemnation, Mr.. Farrelly said.
The Importance of this site
was increased by the County
Councils action Monday when it
voted down AZ an amendment to
the agreement that would have
allowed location of the project
anywhere in Rockville.
Restricting the project to Lin.
coin Park is necessary, accord
ing to president Robert 7. Snure,
to insure that public housing
would not be placed on poten-
TALLY valuable industrial land.
Although legally public hous-
ing land is tax exempt, the Rock
vile Authority agreement pro-
vides 10 percent payment of
rent receipts after utility costs
in lieu of taxes. A similar con-
tract was signed with the city
of Rockville on July II.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
River Official
Hits Aces
Sewage Plan

John Dewitt of the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac
River Basin this week sharply
criticized plans for disposing of
sewage from the new Atomic En-.
ergy Commission headquarters
building at Germantown and
from the communities likely to
spring up around the new build
ing.
Mr.. Dewitt, in an article in the
commissions latest newsletter,
proposes a conference of officials
of the state, county, various area
planning agencies and health de-
partments, the Acc, and the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to work out a new
plan for getting rid of Acc sew
age.
The river basin commission is
an advisory group financed by
Maryland, Virginia, West Vir.
ginia, Pennsylvania, the District
Continued on Page y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Fund Cuts,
Cost Rise
Hit Schools

The Montgomery County
School Board is sweating out its
job of building schools on a bud
get that was cut Is percent for
elementary schools and eight
percent for secondary schools on
the county managers recommen-
dation, in the face of a continu-
ing rise in construction costs.
The board was told at its Mon.
day night meeting by one of its
architects, Rhees Burket, that
an analysis of construction
costs shows an overall in
crease of IL percent since April,
1855 and that indications are
that the increase will continue
at the rate of at least one per-
cent a month. Steel prices
alone, Mr.. Burket said, are ex-
pected to go up 10 percent.
(See PICTURE, Page 81
Mr.. Burket is the architect for
the new Edwin w. Broome Ju-
Nor High School in south Rock
vile, scheduled for completion
by September, 1857.
Increased costs have resulted
in the low bid among 10 on the
contract for this school to be ST.
$4,000, above the original esti-
mate of $1,935,000.
Upon advice of its attorney,
Charles Prettyman, the board
awarded the contract to J. D.
Hedin Construction Co. of Wash.
ington, subject to notice to the
county manager that additional
funds of $4,000 will be re-
quested in the 1957-'58 budget
for furniture and equipment for
the new junior high.
More headaches occurred as
the board struggled to approve
preliminary plans for Sherwood
Elementary, Macdonald Knobs,
Eastern Junior High and Pooles-
CONTINUED on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02

It's called a carnival, but it
could more accurately be de-
scribed as a combination amuse-
ment park, dance, variety show
and give-away circus.
It's the Rockville Volunteer
Fire Departments Goth annual
carnival, which opens Monday
and runs through August Is on
the departments own carnival
grounds on Rockville Pike.
Three automobiles - Chew
rolet Bel Air, Ford Ranch
Wagon and a Dodge Coronet -
will be given away at midnight
on the last three evenings of the
carnival.
Grounds prizes to be awarded
each night include General Elec-
trio portable 14-inch screen tele-
vision sets, clock-radioS and vac
uum cleaners and a floor waxer
Dozens of rides and games for
adults and children are on the
agenda, with prizes for lucky
players. Luncheon will be
served by Rockville ladies each
day, and soft drinks and confec-
tons will be on sale.
Each evening, Sid Graham's
Five Tones will furnish music
for ballroom and square dancing
from $3.50 to midnight. Enter
tainment programs will begin at
8 pm. daily.
Plenty of free parking space
is available, says fire depart
nnent president Marbery F.
Gates. Admission price is 20
cents for adults, with children
free. The carnival is the prin-
cipaI support Of the fire depart
ment, one of the few in the
county which gets no tax money.
Opening night attraction will
be Plymire's Review, billed as a
music and dance spectacular. On
Tuesday Dub Howington and the
Tennessee Haymakers will pre-
sent hillbilly music. Wednes-
days stars will be Jimmie Dean
and the Texas Wildcats, hillbilly
and popular singers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Council Gets
Three Rural
Zoning Cases

The Montgomery County Coun.
Gil heard three upper county re-
coming requests Monday night, a
week after deciding to postpone
all coming actions around relo-
Gated government agencies in the
up-county until master plan can
be prepared.
David T. Cavanaugh asked that
two tracts totaling about 35 acres
on both sides of old Rt. 240 at Old
Baltimore Road near Neelsville be
rezoned from residential to com.
mercial.
The tracts are about two miles
from the new Atomic Energy
Commission office building under
construction near Germantown.
Mr.. Cavanaugh says he wants to
build a shopping center.
Mr.. Cavanaugh told the Coun.
Gil he is willing to await prepare.
non OF master plan Tor the area
if it doesn't take too long. If prep
aration of. the plan takes con
siderable time" he said, he will
be adversely affected"
The Upper Montgomery County
Planning Commission has recon-.
mended postponement of deci-
sion on the applications pending
preparation of the plan. William
B. Mckinney, acting planning en-.
gineer, has recommended denial
of the applications.
Also Monday Rockville lawyer
Harper M. Smith told the Council
that there are several potential
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Up-County
Plan Area
Bounds Set

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil Tuesday set the boundaries of
a 35-square-mile chunk of the
up-county for which they decided
last week to have a master plan
prepared. The 22,400 acre tract
surrounds the sites of the Atomic
Energy Commission, under con-
struction near Germantown, and
the Bureau of Standards, to be
built near Gaithersburg.
While ordering County Manager
M. L. Reese to have independent
consultants prepare the master
plan as quickly as possible, the
Council voted down Councilman
Charles Jamison's proposal to put
time limit on the preparation.
Mr.. Jamison said protracted
work on the plan will "tie up" the
area and cause land owners to
lose money in interest payments.
Last week Mr.. Jamison voted
against preparation of the plan.
(See MAP. Page ~
The Council has indicated 1t
will postpone decisions on all re-
coming requests within the area
until the plan Is prepared.
Meanwhile, there is much spec.
ulation on which planning con-
sultant will get the job. Some be-
lieve Irving c. Root will be hired.
Mr. Roots coming plan for the
upper county was rejected by the
Upper Montgomery County Plan.
ming Commission In favor Of q
zoning plan worked out by Mr..
Jarnison prior to adoption Of the
up-county coming ordinance in
February.
The area to be planned is
bounded by these roads: Old Bal
timore Rd., old Rt. 240, Brink Rd.,
Wightman Rd., Snouffer School
Rd,, Strawberry Knoll Rd., Emory
Grove Rd., Rt. 124, Diamond Ave,
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks, Oakmont Ave, Shady
Grove Rd., Rt. %, Riffleford Rd.,
Rt. 118, Rt. lit and Rt. 121.
The area extends 300 feet be-
yond the road boundaries.
Land within Gaithersburg is ex-
cluded.
The boundaries Of the staked.
out area are at most places be-
tween two and three miles from
the agency sites.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Billiard Charges:
Court House Parking Lot
Built on addition Site

Rockville lawyer Robert T.. Bul.
lard charged this week that the
county is building a 100 by 100
foot parking lot behind the Court
House in Rockville on the very
site expected to be used for an
addition to the court house.
Mr.. Billiard is chairman Of the
County Bar Associations court
house addition committee. lie
says two sets Of tentative plans
one drawn by him and one drawn
by architects Delos II. Smith and
Joseph w. Burcham-place the
inverted IL" shaped addition right
where the 56.space, $1,000 black.
top parking lot is being built.
Mr.. Smith designed the Court
House. built in 1881.
Copies Of his plans we're sent 10
the County Council and county
manager NJ. l.. Reese before the
lot was started, says Mr.. Billiard.
There is no liaison between the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02

Mrs. Smith, who has two chill
dren, Joseph s, and Pamela 4,
learned this week that she will
receive money from at least three
insurance policies.
Civitan Places Boxes
The Rockville Civitan Club has
placed collection boxes for the
Smith fund in stores throughout
the county.
Mr.. Smith was drowned in
Rock Creek near Viers Mill Road
early on the morning of July 81
while checking marooned cars
for stranded passengers.
Several other firemen nearly
drowned when the rampaging,
rain-swollen creek swept them off
their feet.
Mr.. Smith was buried last week
at Parklawn Cemetery in what
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Health Officials
Report 2 Cases
OF Spotted Fever

Montgomery County HeaIt h
Department officials say they've
received reports of two cases of
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
this year, both last month. Both
victims have recovered.
At the same time last year
three of the years total of four
cases had been reported.
Because of modern medicine,
say the Health Department Off
Gals, Rocky Mountain spotted
fever, transmitted to man by the
bite of certain ticks, is seldom"
fatal.
The disease is characterized by
spots on the body, chills, and
fever.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Police Retirement Money
Investment Board Studied

said that some of the $138,000
fund, now almost entirely invest
ed in government bonds, should
be used to buy issues of the State
Roads Commission, the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion, the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commits
sion, and Montgomery County.
County Manager M. L. Reese
said the retirement money may
later be invested in Rockville's
bond issue floated to finance the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
2 Predict
PEPCO to
Keep Plant

County Manager M. L. Reese
and the office of Maryland Con-
gresham Dewitt S. Hyde are OPP
timistic that the Potomac Elec.
trio Power Company still intends
to build a 500 million dollar gen.
Grating plant near Dickerson even
though Congress adjourned with
out approving a Potomac River
dam needed to cool equipment at
the plant.
A PEPCO official says the stu
alton will dictate the need for
some consideration" The consid.
Grafton will be given, he believes,
when the power company board
of directors meet next on August
80. Wen have to do some
thing" the official states.
The spokesman in Congress
man Hyde's office says she "as.
sumes" the power company will
not build anywhere until the next
Congress, which convenes in Jan
uary, has a chance to act on the
Montgomery County dam.
PEPCO's option on more than
500 acres near Dickerson expires
in September. Many believe the
power company will drop the OPP
tion and revent to its original site
choice in Loudon County, Va, be-
cause of the failure of Congress
to okay the dam.
Mr.. Reese believes PEPCO will
exercise its option on the Mont-
bomery County land.
1Fhe House Public Works Cum.
mittee had previously voted APP
proval of low dam near the
mouth of the Monocacy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02

many say was the largest county
funeral in many years.
Widow Gets Insurance
Mrs. Smith will receive $1,000
from an insurance policy carried
on all Rockville firemen. The
State will pay her another $130
per month.
Donald Magruder, manager of
the Gaithersburg Safeway Store,
where Mr.. Smith was meat man.
ager, says the widow will get
some money from an insurance
policy compulsory for all en-
ployees of the food chain.
A resolution passed Monday
night by the Rockville Mayor and
Council cites Mr.. Smith for his
"heroic performance of duty"
The city's debt to Mr.. Smith is
"incalculable" states the resolu.
ton and "the highest honor can
not repay the loss TO the family
of Elwood II. Smith"
The County Council Tuesday
ordered a similar resolution
drafted.
Due TO a severe newSprint
shortage, the Sentinel is unable
to print the lengthy list of con.
tributors to the Smith Fund. The
list will appear in next weeks
paper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Voter Rolls

A rowing registration board
will sit next week to register
voters for the November ma
tional election. Those who
registered for the May pri-
mary do not need to re.reg-
lister; but persons who have
not voted since January, 1852
must register now. Local
voters must have lived in
Maryland since November 6,
1865 and I'm Montgomery
County since May 6, 1866.
The board will be ut Potomac
Elementary School Tuesday,
at BealIsviIIe Firehouse We'd
nesday, and at POOIesville
High School next Thursday.
Hours are 1880 TO $3.50 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Struck by Auto,
Rockville Boys
Skull Fractured

Ten.year-old Ronald Kuster is
reported recovering from a skull
fracture at Suburban Hospital
after being struck by an auto
Monday while riding his bicycle
at East Montgomery Avenue and
Bridge Street in Rockville.
His mother, Mrs. Eleanor Kus-
ter of Rockville, a widow, says
the boy has passed the crisis"
The boy also suffered lace.
rated arm and black eye when he
was hit by the car Of Mrs. Vir.
GINA Lee Calantonio, a 33-year.
old Rockville housewife.
A police report states, "the OPP
orator of the vehicle was at fault
in no way" No charges were
brought against Mrs. Calantonio,
who was driving west on Mont
gomery Avenue when the boy
rode his bicycle out of Bridge
Street into the path of her car.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
City, County Cite Heroism
OF Smith; Fund Tops $1,000

While Council and the Rockville Council
r with
initiated officials Rockville Mr.
Smith a
at
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Rockville Gets Low-Rent Homes
City's Fire CarniUaI
Opens Run Monday

Next Thursdays bill will fea-
ture the Home Town Hoedown,
variety show of local talent,
AL and Leona Alberts, novelty in
strumentalists, will perform on
Friday, and a song-dance-comedy
show, Paramount Review, will
take the spotlight Saturday eve.
ming.
The carnival grounds will be
closed Sunday evening, but will
reopen August Ia and run
through the rest of that week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02

Pending establishment of a
Trust Commission, the County
Council has postponed action on
Finance Director Alex K. Han
cocks suggestion that some of
the Police Retirement Fund be in
vested in State and municipal
bonds.
Mr.. Hancock, in a memorandum
to the Council, released Tuesday,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Fund for Cook

The Rockville Nursery
School is collecting money for
the four children of Mrs.
Rachel Stewart, nursery
school cook, who was one of
five persons drowned near
LaytOnsville in. the July 20
flood. Mrs. Stewards hus-
band is hOspitalized for a men,
tai disorder and unable to
support his children, the
youngest of whom is 8. Con-
tributi0ns may be marked
Rachel Stewart Fund and
sent to the nursery school,
jefferson and Adams Streets,
Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Shakespeare Play
Slated at Olney

"Sabrina Fair" currently play.
ing at Olney Theatre. will close
Sunday evening. Next attrac-
ton at the summer theatre is
Much Ado About Nothing" a
Shakespeare comedy.
The new play will be presented
by Players, Inc. in modern dress
and will star Jan Farrand and
Francis Bethencourt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Group Pushes
River Basin

Appointment of a 10-man COM
mittee by the Maryland Legisla.
tive Council to study and push
development of the resources Of
the Potomac River Basin was an.
nounced by Maryland State Sena-
tor Louis l.. Goldstein of Prince
Frederick. Sen. Goldstein is chair
man of the council and president
of the Maryland Senate.
Heading the committee is Mary
land Delegate Hervey G.. Machen
of Hyattsville.
AS outlined by Sen. Goldstein,
Continued on Page d.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-08-02
Flood Farley Sought

The County Council has order
ed County Manager M. L. Reese
to set up meeting of all lin
terested parties" to discuss flood
problems in the area. The heavy
rain of two weeks ago did much
flood damage in upper Montgom-
cry County.