Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
TwinbrOOk
Shop Center
Traffic Is
Confusing
by Joan j. Stern
Garden 4-9597

AAAS AiC|Nl SAAAiSll yOu AlGdl llldy
well be your cars lender, parucu.
larry If you venture INTO the 1wIn-
brook shopping center.
Last count on squealing brakes
in that nelghborhood was SIX to
the minute. With anarchy In
stead OF traffic rules, drivers
never know winch way to dooge
with car behind, one ahead, ana
another coming in on an acute
angle.
Although parking spaces are
marked with green lines cars are
parked IN the aisles and TO com.
pound the CONFUSION they drive
on the parking area.
It's every man for himself,
anu the snOrCest distance be-
tween two points Is "a sCraIgnt
line. lUs not unusual to see
car enter the 1ar corner of
the ''fIeld" and proceed in a
diagonal line TO it's destlna-
ton, swervIng occasionally if
IL comes to a car parked IN a
proper parking place.
There are good many inter
sections in this parking area that
carry as much traffic during the
day as some of the buster inter.
sections in the city. Unfortunately
at the shopping center emergency
braking substitutes for stop signs.
The parking area would be bet
ter off for few enforced park.
ing regulations, at least one or
two stop or yield signs, and one
way lanes.
Janet Rapp is racing through
college so her daughter can race
through college when her time
comes. Mrs. Rapp who left off
schooling at the end of the 18th
grade has entered the Univer-
sity of Maryland's Education in
Home Economics curriculum, so
she can be qualified teacher
four years from now.
Daughter Karen is only in the
7th grade at the moment, will be
in the 11th when her mother
graduates, and then shortly will
take over her mothers role as
college student, going through
college on her mothers teachers
salary. Presumably when Karen
graduates from college, her broth
er David, now in the 4th grade,
will take over on the higher edu.
cation level.
Democrats of 4-6 are about
ready to retire from the 1858
campaign season. With the end
of the Dollars for Democrats
campaign, in full swing last week
end, there isn't much for them to
do within their own precinct.
Registration is completed,
the candidates had their fling
at 4-6 with less than half a
dozen on hand In this staunch
Democratic area, and none of
the candidates seem willing
to endure another fruitless
coffee hour.
Although some of the hearty
workers from 4-6 will undoubted-
~ turn up now and then at the
Rockville Headquarters for a few
hours work, and to participate in
the State-Ticket Rally there, not
much is in the -offing for those
who like to daily away a few
hours in precinct work.
Which may be just as well, for
not many people seem TO have
spare hours to give. Last week
there was an attempt to call a
precinct meeting, but when eight
of the nine contacted could not
a attend the whole thing was
dropped.
Mary McQueeney, Republican
Chairman of Al, speaks with cor
responding lethargy about the ac-
tivities in her precinct.
Their money drive, off to such
a good start is now begged down
with about half the 5000 quota on
hand. I'D like to know where
the ID emocrats get all their
money" She said. Il wish we
could get nearly so much"
She plans a shoe leather cam
paign for October Z. but as yet
hasn't received RSVP's from the
invited candidates. New regis.
trants in Az, she said, were two
and one-half to one, favoring the
Democrats.
Returns on the Tea Picnic:
$3.50 i'm the red.
Park-Forest Swimming Club
members will meet October 2S. at
s pm, at the County Auditorium
to vote for a new board of direc.
tors.
The nominations committee,
composed of Gilbert Elliott. Bert
Marks, Chuck Mallon, Jack
Kratchman and Bill Thomas will
present the following names for
the seven positions:
Gilbert Elliot Ted Hlnl<ins.