Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
Cabin John Valley
Our Cabin
John Cal
Visits Home
Ry Naomi T. Wood
Telephone Oliver 1854

Mrs. b. Liebowitz, of Lock.
wood Road, Vista, has had as Wis
itors her daughter, Mrs. Naomi
Wood, and three grandchildren,
of Bethesda, Maryland" That
little item will be running in this
weeks New Canaan (Connecti-
cut) Advertiser.
Your correspondent really
meant to send a Letter From
Exurbia' to the Sentinel" dur
ing the ten days we spent with
"Grandmaw" The subtle point
was to have been how much like
our Suburbia this elegant area
is.
For example, folks up there
are in the midst of hassles about
coming. True, the question is,
shall it be 2,acre or 4-acre zoning,
rather than mere half-acre. On
the other hand, the purpose of
coming is nevertheless to prevent
too much building-up in rural
areas. And where have you heard
about that before?
Besides, schools up there are
overcrowded. And school boards
are having a hard time deciding
what, realistically, they can do
about it. Some municipalities
would like to use coming to pre-
vent the population from grow
ing too fast. OF course Montgom.
cry County wouldn't do anything
like that. Or would it?
(Side issue: One municipality
has voted not to grant any more
home building permits until its
schools, water supply, and other
services have caught up with
the present demand. One build
er wouldn't buy that, however. So
the matter is now in court.)
tAnother side issue: Last year
everybody was up in arms about
some extravagant-looking pro-
posed highway. Right Through
My Front Door" was the sad
theme song. Just like US, when
we thought a branch of u. S.
Route 240 would come through
here. Like u. S. Route 240 also,
the project seems to have been
stillborn.)
Last, but not least, the folks
in that part of Connecticut and
New York are in a terrible thy
about Planning. They have no.
thing equivalent to the Park and
Planning Commission, and as far
as / could see, nobody has any
real plans laid out. The Town of
Bedford was in the worst trouble
over this. Bedford has a lovely
green Common at its center. The
residents have succeeded thus far
in keeping tugh) sComercialism
from spelling it, So the Commerce
ials have started pushing out into
other areas of the town.
Since there is no plan. the
areas chosen can fall wherever
someone has a piece of land to
dispose of. The town authorities
are in box. If they refuse to
grant exceptions to coming, build
ers put up any old thing accord.
ing to the restrictions already i'm.
posed. For example, one builder
wanted commercial coming ex.
tended some half acre, so that he
could put up structure without
disturbing a row of lovely old
trees. Exception not being grant
ed, he cut down the trees and
put up the building, with insult.
ficient parking, according to the
old rules. Who gained by that?
On the other hand, if the town
grants exceptions right and left,
without any plan, then what have
your. A mess like some parts OF
the Rockville Pike. Is that good?
So much for New Canaan,
Conn.,, and Bedford, New York.
IT'S time we at least MENTION
Cabin John Valley!
Celebrations for the briday par.
~ of Carol Lowe, preceding her
wedding to Donald NJ. Mcintyre
on Friday. June %, included a
dinner given by DR.. and Mrs.
George E. Beauchamp on Thurs.
day, before the rehearsal. Mrs.
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