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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
After 50 Years Sandy Spring
Farmers Convention to Suspend

AS many as 300 people from
four county farm clubs have at
tended the meetings. The Senior
Club, founded in 1874, is believed
to be one of the oldest farmers
organizations in the country.
The other groups are the Enter
prise Club, founded in 1865, the
Montgomery Club, founded in
1872, and the more recent Upper
Montgomery Club.
According to Mr.. Miller, the
projects pushed by the annual
conventions include the countys
early turnpike system; rural free
delivery and parcel post; the En-
terprise Telephone Co, a private
firm in the Sandy Spring area
started in the 1905 and later
taken over by the c & P Tele-
phone Co.; the county treasurer
and county manager; and better
marketing facilities for farmers
in Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

The revenue from Montgomery
Countys eight.month old cigar.
cite tax is slightly disappoint-
ing" Alex K. Hancock, county ii.
nance director, stated this week.
Revenue from the 2 cent per pack
levy declined in January for the
second straight month, according
to statement handed the Coun-
ty Council Tuesday by Mr.. Han
cock.
At the same time, three OF the
areas largest cigarette sellers say
sales in the county have declined
since the tax was established in
July. Nathan Goldman, an own.
CIR Of Standard Cigar and Tobac.
co wholesale firm In Washing.
ton, sets the drop at 10 per cent.
Mr.. Hancock says he expected
the cigarette tax to produce $500.
600 In the first II months but he
doesn't think it will.
Revenue in January was ST..
237, in December $36.25O, and in
November $42,189, according TO
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

ing community. He served for
many years as director of the
Farm Bureau, the Soil Conserva-
ton Board, and the Southern
States Cooperative, and was a
charter member and past presi-
dent of the Upper Montgomery
County Farmers Club. He had
been a member of the Maryland
Virginia Milk Producers Assocl-
alton for 80 years.
He was also active in civic
affairs, and was on the board of
trustees of the Rockville Chris
tan Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Anna Hurley Garrett, his two
sons, Fl. Ashton Garrett and
Thomas A. Garrett, both of whom
make their home on the farm;
a daughter, Mrs. Mary Margaret
King of Rockville, and nine grand
children.
Also surviving are two broth
ers, Porter A. Garrett of Column
bus, Ohio, and Donald Garrett of
Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs.
Frank Higgins of Rockville, and
Mrs. George Israel Of Orlando,
Fla.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Thomas N. Garrett, Prominent
Maryland Dairy Farmer, Dies

Thomas Moore Garrett, one OF
Maryland's leading dairy farmers,
died at his home on February II
of coronary thrombosis. He
celebrated his sixty-sixth birth
day last month.
A lifelong resident of Montgom-
cry County, he was the third gen.
Grafton of his family to farm
his land. His 355-acre farm,
known as Maple Spring, is on
Route %, 211 miles north of Rock
vile.
In recent years he operated the
farm in partnership with his sons,
II. Ashton Garrett and Thomas
A. Garrett, and last month turned
over its complete supervision to
them.
Mr.. CARROTS farm has been
referred to as the best equipped
farm in Maryland.
An earlier heart attack cur
tailed some of Mr.. CARROTS work
on the farm in recent years, al
though he still took an active
part in its administration.
Mr.. Garrett, who was a gradu-
ate of Randolph Macon Academy,
played an active part in the farm
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Peoples Drug
Opens Largest
County Store
At TWinbrOOk

Peoples Service Drug Stores
will observe the Washington
Birthday Sales Friday in its
biggest way at the new Twin
brook Shopping Center store
now open at 1000 Viers Mill
Road.
The great new 75' x 1907,
wide-aisled, 9,000-square-foot unit
is the biggest Peoples store in
Montgomery County, Manager K.
S. Paylor and Assistant Manager
j. H. Bandy proudly pointed out.
Its opening also meant that Rock
vile is the first community in
county to have two Peoples drug
stores.
The new unit is designed 10 pro-
vide its patrons with greatest
shopping comfort. There is plenty
of parking space at all times.
The stores extra wide aisles have
kept the store uncrowded even
with the presence of one of the
largest opening crowds any new
Peoples store has ever seen. Mr..
Paylor said patronage has been
even greater than at the drug
chains new Shirlington store.
Services featured in a most
modern and spacious drug store
setting are complete drug store
service in housewares, sickroom
needs. cosmetics, candy, cigars
CONTINUED on Page u
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Mail Auto Tag
Applications

The Department of Motor
Vehicles announced that appli-
cations for 1957-195S license
plates for passenger cars and
motorcycles will be mailed to
owners February 81. The new
plates will be placed on sale at
the Department beginning
Monday, February rs, and may
be displayed on and after
March /, according to law.
All passenger car and motor
cycle plates will expire at mid
night, March 81, and owners
are requested to mail their APP
pIicatiOns for new plates with
out delay.
Applications for trucks and
other classes of motor vehicles
will be mailed about March 20.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

Last years 83rd annual Farm
erS' Convention at Sandy Spring
apparently was the last.
This years meeting, scheduled
for this month, has been cancelled
and the annual gathering sis not
likely to be resumed" according
to Robert H. Miller, Jr., of Spen-
cerville, secretary of the conven-
ton.
He says, The decision to dis
continue the meetings is perhaps
the best reflection of the exten
10 which agriculture has ceased
to be the main source of income
in this area which is fast becom-
ing a suburb Of our nations cap
ital."
Only once before has an annual
meeting been cancelled since the
first convention was held Jan. ID,
1873. in the old Sandy Spring
Lyceum. During World War II
a meeting was abandoned because
Of gas rationing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

supervisor of special education,
and parent groups in the metro
politan area. 1t was the first ex-
ample of a decentralized summer
school teaching program
DR.. William Crtdckshank, Di-
rector of Syracuse's School for
Special Education, who headed
last summers demonstration, has
been appointed Chief Investiga-
tor and Project Director.
Mrs. Tannhauser will serve as
Board of Education liaison con-
sultant to the Syracuse research
staff, and Miss Frances Bentzen,
previously Special Education
Coordinator in the county, has ac-
cepted the position Of Resident
tContinued on Page y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Annapolis Nav
Gets A Planning
Bills to Digest

Widely differing opinions of
four measures introduced in the
State Legislature to reorganize
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
were expressed at a public hear
ing Tuesday night in Annapolis.
A majority of the Montgomery
County Council, and the Prince
Georges County Civic Federation
and the P. G. League of Women
Voters supported a measure in
troduced by Del. Blair Lee III
of Montgomery which would
create five-man boards to handle
local planning matters in each
county while permitting the
MNCPPC to continue handling
regional problems.
Two members Of the Montgom-
cry County Council and the Mont
gomery Civic Federation and the
Montgomery League of Women
Voters backed bill proposed by
Del. Margaret Schweinhaut of
Montgomery that would strip the
commission of its planning pow
ers in Montgomery County
The two other bills would ex-
tend the jurisdiction Of the
MNCPPC to all of Montgomery
and Prince Georges County and
create boards to handle local
planning questions but with some
members appointed by the gov
ernor instead of by the Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges govern
ing bodies as provided in the Lee
bill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

Arlington County sold 50 mil
lion issue at 3.44 percent.
Tuesdays sale had been adver-
tised in advance. however, and
could not be changed, says Mr..
Hancock.
The finance director says the
3.5 percent interest rate offered
by The First National City Bank
Of New York is "a little better
than expected"
Richard Case OF Baltimore,
county bond attorney, calls the In
terest rate very excellent"
On February Sentinel story
suggested that the bonds would
be sold at less than 4 per cent
interest.
Five bids were opened during
the nine-minute ceremony.
The First National City Banks
offer Of 3.51615 percent was just
a fraction of a percent lower
than the 3.5425sS offer Of Halsey,
Stuart and Co., Inc, Of New
York.
The county will pay 1913, 1874
interest on the issue, more than
81 for every 81 borrowed.
Other bids came from Chase
Manhattan Bank, Glore, Forgan
& Co. and Hartman Ripley &
Co., all of New York.
Two million dollars of the issue
will be used for school construc-
ton, $2,S50,000 for general inn
provements, and $1,150,000 for
CONTINUED on Page y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
2 Barred
Magazines
Printed in
Rockville

Two Of the IL nationally cir
culated magazines banned by
county detectives last week as
obscene are sometimes printed
at Haynes Lithograph in
Rockville, according to Ken
meth Haynes, Jr., vice presi-
dent of the firm.
States Attorney Alger Y. Bar
bee says he will Took into" a pos
sible violation of a century-old
State law that prohibits the print
ing of obscene or licentious"
matter in Maryland.
Mr.. Barbee says he didn't know
the magazines were printed in
Rockville until questioned by
Sentinel reporter. The publishers
offices are not in the State.
Mr.. Haynes says, They'll have
to go to court to make us stop
printing them" He says the two
magazines are Jem and Mans
Conquest.
According to Rockville news
stand clerk the other nine maya
zines ordered off the counter by
detectives are Dude, Gent, Esca-
pade, Adam, Playboy, Nugget,
Male, and Tiger.
The breakdown was led by
Cpl. Maurice A. Leahy. He says
all 40 dealers found handling lob
jectionable" magazines volunta-
rily agreed to stop selling them.
The detective says six other IT,
ties found during the check may
be added to the hist.
Mr.. Barbee says he was shown
about six magazines recently by
detectives and ruled all "objec-
tionable" under an 1886 State
law.
Continued on Page "
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Heads Gaithersburg
VFD for 5th Year

For the fifth year in a row
Byron H. Miller has been elected
chief of the Gaithersburg-Wash
ington Grove Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
Other officers picked last week
include Thomas Fulks, president;
Michael Eader, vice president;
Lewis c. Graybill, secretary; Viii
liam E. Thompson, treasurer.
Joseph c. Freeman, assistant
chief; Edward Barbour, appeal
board member; Forte Sandison,
Charles P. Fox, Ronald Phoebus,
Louis, Watkins, Robert Ray, and
Vincent Napoh, directors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
international Counsellor Lion Herbert w. RecheIt
M. C.'s Rockville Lions Charter Night Dinner Dance

More than 200 Rockville Lions,
Dandylions and guests roared
loudly last night at dinner-dance
at the Motel Washingtonian cele-
brating the groups goth charter
night.
Fifteen Of the original 25 char
ter members, and their wives,
were present as distinguished
guests. Five of the charter mem
bers are still active in the club.
Herbert w. Reichelt, Interna-
tional Counsellor, from the Mt.
Rainier Brentwood Club, and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

president of the Prince Georges
County Commissioners, was mas
ter Of ceremonies.
Other distinguished guests in
cluded Lou Hopfenmaier, District
Governor; Tony Bruno, Secretary
Treasurer, and Charles Walker,
Deputy District Governor.
Dancing until 1890 a. m. fol-
lowed the dinner. Music was by
Bill Earl and his orchestra.
AL Lazor, past Deputy District
Governor, was general chairman
OF the event.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Attend Convention

DR.. Herman NJ. Wilson, super
intendent of the Asbury Method
list Home in Gaithersburg, and
Mrs. Wilson will speak on the
subject of aging next week in
Chicago at the convention of the
National Association of Method
list Hospitals and Homes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

Jones. Abel A. Norris. Jr.. A. +.
Partin and Joseph A. Stimek.
Ten.year charter chevrons, w.
w. Grove.
Ten.year monarch chevrons,
Claude Hahn, Bradley c. Karn,
Charles w. Prettyman, and Rob
ert Wells.
Past President Abel A. Norris,
Jr., was given a special certifi-
cate by Mr.. Baker for selling
more chances in recent money
campaigns.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

The local Lions group has
grown to 95 members in 20 years.
Walter Baker, president of the
Rockville Club, announced the
following special awards that
were presented by Mr.. Reichelt:
Fifteen-year charter cheWons,
Leland L. Fisher. John E. Oxley,
Stedman Prescott, Sr., and Clay
ton X. Watkins.
Fifteen-year monarch chevrons,
George H. Darby, Frank I. Davis,
J. Ernest Hawkins, Z. clcggett
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Free Concert

A lecture and demonstration by
Wendell Margrave, composer,
critic, and muSicologist. will be
presented by the Free Commu-
nifty Concert Association of Mont
gomery County next Thursday at
8 pm. in the Hecht Company au-
ditorium, Silver Spring. Title Of
the lecture is Meaning and Sig
nificance Of Contemporary Mu-
sic"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Child StudyW

The advisory board of the Par
ent Child Study Program of
Montgomery County will hold IT'S
two-day mid.year workshop Mar.
5 and 7 at st. Luke's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Colesville Rid.
and Highland Dr., Silver Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
city Councilman
Greene Talks
To Optin,ist Club

Rockville Councilman Alexan.
der Greene will speak to the OPP
timist Club on the city recreation
program at the organizations din
ner meeting on February u at
the Washingtonian Motel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

block deputies then started the
loaded cars off their blocks into
the designated exit streets, finally
striving on Macarthur Bouleve>d
where the rs car caravan went
North, then East on Wilson Lane
and finally North on River Road
establishing for the first time the
official avenues of travel to be
taken in case of an actual alert.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

The first authorized sample
evacuation exercise of an entire
community in the u. S. took place
In Glen Echo Tuesday night at
6:45 pm. 1t was under the per-
sonal observation of Colonel Mel
son Bennett, Chief Civil Defense
Officer of the Bethesda District,
and adviser to the Director of
Civil Defense of Glen Echo. Civil
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

The entire exercise met every
time schedule, in spite of heavy
snowfall. The pioneering venture
was adjudged perfect by all the
experts.
The entire operation was under
the direction of Admiral Hart
wig, Civil Defense Director of
Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21

Director Irwin l.. Ulrich OF Glen
Echo was in command Of the ex-
ercise. The citizens participation
was supervised by Mayor VIII
Hertstein working with town
Councilwoman Irene Cannon,
Councilmen d. Fessenden D..
Saunders and c. Custer.
The siren blast was officially
sounded at 6:45 pm. sharp. The
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Hancock Pleased
With $50 Bond
Rate; NY Bank Buys

Although county officials pleased with the 35 per-
cent interest rate obtained SIS million bond issue sold
Tuesday County Finance Deetor Alex K Hancock says the
bonds could have been sold at lower rate week
earlier
Mr. Hancock says the most advantageous rate could have
been obtained the week of February 10 when Anne Arundel
County sold 81 million issue at g. percent interest and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-02-21
Syracuse L. Joins
County Schools in
Education Grant

Montgomery Countys Department of Special Education
and Syracuse University have received grant of $172O
for cooperative research project in specialized teaching
methodoogy from the United States Office of Education
announced this week
Last summer, Montgomery County was the locale for
Syracuse Unverstys demonstration of special education
teaching initiated by Mrs Marian Tannhauser the countys
Evening star., 1957-12-22
BY JOHN w. sTEPP

The District has virtually in
vited Fairfax County to con-
meet at least one important
part Of its sewage disposal
system to that of the city. The
Star learned yesterday.
The Pimmit Run watershed.
already overburdened with the
effluent Of numerous sewage
treatment plants and facing
more. would be linked to the
District at Chain Bridge and
Canal road.
The proposal was advanced
to County Manager Carlton
Massey in a letter from David
". Aud. director Of the Dis
trict's Sanitary Engineering
Department. Mr.. Massey earlier
had solicited Mr.. Auld's views
on an engineering consultant's
report on county sewage dis
posal last August.
Mr.. Aud wrote that his
recommendation would require
only a modification OF the con-
sultant's concept of building an
outfall sewer down the Pimmit
Run valley to empty into the
Potomac River near Chain
Bridge.
Employing the population
and sewage flow projection fig-
ures of the consultant firm,
Massey Engineers, the District
official said his proposal would
accommodate the CIA and
Federal Public Roads Bureau
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Mother, Children
Rescued From
Flaming House

A mother and her two chill
dren were rescued yesterday by
two neighbors who broke into
a flaming home in Kensington
Montgomery County police
said the fire did an estimated
$4,000 damage to the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dabbon-
DANA Of 4ll6 Mitscher court
and destroyed the family's
Christmas presents.
Police said the reScuers
Glenn E. Thornton of Ala
Mitscher court. and Johr
Greenleaf of lill5 Mitschel
street broke into the house ano
carried the children. a boy, 7
and a girl, 3, outside.
Mrs. Dabbondanza was as
sisted outside after she was
found cropping around in the
smoke filled basement In q
search for the children.
MIR. Dabbondanza was al
work.
County Fire Marshal Charlie,
Howe said the cause Of the firG
has not been determined.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Air Fare Hearing
Recessed by CAB;
To Resume Jan. 6

After "a days Of testimony
and many more TO come. the
Civil Aeronautics Boards hear
ing on air fares has been re-
cessed for the holidays.
CAB Examiner Ralph L.
Wiser. conducting one of the
most important proceedings in
board history. said the sessions
will be resumed January s and
are not expected to end until
February.
The isSue-airline industry
requests for fare Increases
is one which will determine
the carriers role in the iei
age. Their commitments for
jet transports runs into several
billion dollars.
The airlines' witnesses have
asserted that despite steady
increase in business. operating
expenses are rising at an even
faster rate. resulting in a profit
squeeze which the carriers say
is growing more acute every
day.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Stur Distributors
Are Party Guests

Newspaper distributors and
their wives were guests of The
Stars circulation department.
Thursday night at a buffet sup-
per and dance in the Raleigh
Hotel. y
John Hoy Kaufman. busis
ness manager of The Star. adj
dressed the guests. and Charles
w. WEIGH. assistant business
manager. outlined operational
plans for the new building
under construction at Second
street and Virginia avenue SCI
Hosts were E. ]. DeVore, cir<
culation manager; Raymond q.
Harris. assistant circulation
manager. and the IL circulat !
tion supervisors. More than LOG
distributors and their wiveS
attended.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Boy. 10. Critically Hurt
By Alexandria Hit-Run

A 10-year-old boy walking
home from a store was injured
yesterday in a hit-and-run acci-
dent at the intersection Of Duke
and Pitt streets, Alexandria, Va.
James Kelly. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stafford Kelly was admit
ted to Alexandria Hospital in
fair condition. A hospital at
tendant said he suffered a skull
fracture, possible internal in
juries, head cuts and broken
teeth.
Police said witnesses told
them the car ran through q
stop sign and struck the boy as
he walked across Pitt street,
knocking him 65 feet.
Witnesses said the driver, a
man, turned of the car lights
and sped away.
Police are looking for car
described as either a Buick or
a Pontiac. about q lo41 model,
with a dark gray bottom and
light top.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

closing down for the holidays.
Most of the schools will re-.
open on January 6.
The prospect Of a whit1
Christmas was still very dim
today. The Weather Bureau's
last forecast called for moder-
ately warm weather on Wednes-
day. with the possibility Of rain.
Busy Days Ahead :
White Christmas or not. the
spirit of the season ~sllone
brightly in the eyes Of children
Dreams of gifts. in memory Of
those brought TO Bethlehenl
centuries ago. stirred young
imaginations. 4
Merchants and transporta% :
ton officials expect the next
two days to be busy ones. This
rush Of homeward-bound tra-
velers. which reached peak
Friday night and yesterday
morning, should rise to another
peak on Tuesday. ;
Many of those leaving the
city will be Government em-
ployes. who have a halliday
of on Christmas Eve.
The shopping crowds were
heavy all day yesterday. Volume
did not reach the record highs
of last Saturday. but was ahead
,of the same day last year, de.
partment stores reported. Lasts
minute shopping this week ID
exepcted to jam suburban
stores more than those down.
town. ;
Evening star., 1957-12-22

OOntIl AlIlCl ia anu o1oSi .
Henry F. Graebenstein Of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Of Washington.
President Eisenhower is to
light the centerpiece Of the
Pageant. the National Com
munity Christmas Tree. His ac-
ton will flood the site with
multi-colored brilliance from
not only the 60-foot national
tree but dozens Of smaller ones
hanking the Pathway to Peace.
The Pathway is lined with
trees and other symbols Of the
season. presented by states and
foreign countries. to a life-sized
Nativity scene. To the east Of
the Pathway is a main stage,
where religious. musical and
choral programs will be offered
daily through New Years Day
Preview for Photographers
For a few minutes last night,
the Pageant site was aglow for
a preview lighting Of the trees.
While photographers moved
about taking pictures from a
variety of angles, dozens Of
children and adults walked
along the boarded Pathway.
looked at the trees and read
messages of good will from
their donors.
In front of each tree. a sign
bore a short greeting-from the
governor of State. the am
basSador of a nation. or the
representative Of an organiza.
ton.
Most of the messages held
to a Christian theme. But non-
Christian nations were repre-
Sented. too, and many of these
presented symbols of peace and
the season other than trees.
Pakistan was represented