Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Twinbrook
TwinbrOok
Delinquency
High Here,
Noyes Says
By Joan j. Stern
Garden 1857

Juvenile Court Judge Alfred D.
Noyes told the Meadow Hall P-TA
at its November meeting.
When an area grows as quickly
as has Rockville, services to teens
lag behind roads, sewers and even
service to younger children, he
said in explanation of the greater
share of delinquency here over
the rest of Montgomery County.
On the hopeful side he said he
noted a sharp drop-off of delin-
quency in the summer months in
areas supporting community
pools. Also, the Rockville Com
munity Center is now providing
a place for the younger people of
the community.
In 1857 Rockville, with 139
juvenile delinquency cases was
second only to Silver Spring
which had the outstanding num-
Der of 331 cases.
Other areas he quoted were
Bethesda with lit juvenile de-
linquency cases in 1857; Kensing-
ton, 65; Gaithersburg, SO; Chevy
Chase, 81; Takoma Park, so;
Wheaton, 35; and Glen Echo, 1S.
The 1857 total cases were slight
ly less than those in 1856, he
said, with theft remaining the
most prevalent juvenile crime.
Vice President Lee Woulk of
Twinbrook Citizens Association is
preparing a petition against Hen
ry Miles and Hansen Watkins
request for apartment zoning on
Old Baltimore I'd.
Watkins and Miles wish to put
up an S0-unit garden type apart
ment on the land between the
Park-Forest Swimming pool and
the Crippled Children's center.
Tea, an old hand at fighting
apartment zoning after the battle
with Geeraert Construction Co.,
will distribute petitions through
Twinbrook Forest and Meadow
Hall, according to Woulk.
TEA was on the victorious side
when the Geeraert Company re-
quested rezoning for apartments,
and they are using many of the
same arguments in their battle
with the new petition.
The petition, Woulk said, will
hit two of these arguments: ID
that apartments do not pay their
share of taxes, and (2) that the
tract in dispute is not logical for
apartments since it is close to
single family dwellings.
Watkins, a Rockville appliance
dealer and owner of A. G. Wat
kin's, Inc, points out that the
tract is surrounded by public-used
land which provides a one to two
block buffer zone between the
proposed apartments and exist
ing single family dwellings.
A major argument Watkins Of
fers is that he and his partner
who is an athletic coach at Rich
ard Montgomery High School,
cannot afford to offend their com.
munity. This, he said, is an as
surance they would put up at
tractive apartments. They would
limit it to so units although the
ordinance would permit up to
ITO on that acreage.
Bruce Watts, Rockville's plan
uer, when contacted said it would
be dangerous to have highly con-
centrated traffic on Old Baltimore
I'd. particularly at that bad spot
of the road.
Furthermore, he added, these
apartments would be of no ad.
vantage to the city. Although
there is demand for apartments
there are several apartments
planned closer to the center OF
the city.
Watts said he would rather
move cautiously and not over.
supply the apartment demand.
The Mayor and Council will
hold a hearing on the rezoning
at their November 18 meeting, at
which time they will have Watts
recommendations. Woulk plans
to present his petition at that
time.
UGF section chairman Louise
Hartley is one of five chairmen
in the Mid-County group to go
over her goal. Without the addi-
ton of the Meadow Hall Homes,
she said, she would not have made
her goal.
The biggest boost to her cam.
pasgn came at the last minute
when she received a $50 donation
from a family who through con.
fusion, almost forgot to give.
The husband assumed the wife
was giving at home, and she
thought he had given at work.
Except for this large donation
and two or three others, those
who gave generously last year
cut their pledges in half or, in
some cases, to nothing.
Most of the larger pledges came
from the new homes in the com.
munity.