Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-09-25
TwinbrOOk
Bad Entrance
BOthersOnne
To Residents
BY Joan j. Stern
GA. 1887


and it isn't getting any better.
It's getting worse.
brook Forest residents
were plagued from the start by
the awkward entrance from Veirs
Mill Road between Bradley and
NimitZ Avenues.
Some of the maneuVerS neceS-
sary to make a u turn back to
Bradley or NimitZ would strain
the ingenuity of pretzel. The
pile-up of traffic in the center
of Veirs Mill and on the service
road increase the hazard.
With the opening of SafeWay,
the service road became a one
way exit from the stores park
ing area, possibly relieving some
traffic snarls but increasing the
Twinbrook residents journey to
his Bradley Avenue area home.
BY cutting off the use of so
feet of the service road because
of the one-way sign residents are
required to drive three or four
blocks around the area to get to
their homes.
ut is a very nasty situation"
said assistant city engineer, John
Gray. "The county shouldn't
have been granted the right to
break through where it did"
The break-through is a compro-
mise entrance for Nimitz and
Bradley, since it was felt two
entrances so close together would
snarl traffic on Veirs Mill. If
aligned with a road, the break
through most probably would
have been with Nimitz to line up
with the entrance on the other
side of Veirs Mill.
"At this date" ventured Gray,
'it isn't very feasible to change
the break-through. 1t would be a
major job, disruptive to Veirs
Mill traffic and very costly"
Gray proposes a thorough study
of the intersection with the hopes
of coming up with some solution.
At the moment he favorS closing
the service road to Safeway traf-
fic and making it two-way.
Twinbrook Citizens Association
president Tom Lawrey will soon
send petitions around the affected
neighborhoods asking attention
on the problem from the Mayor
and Council.
Last years Nursery S hool
sponsored by the Rockville Recre-
alton Department was such a sue
cess it will be run on two ses.
SionS this year.
Helen Seifert will teach again
this year, assisted by the Mothers
of the nursery students. A meet
ing of the mothers will be held
Monday at 10 Am. when the chill
dren will be assigned to morn.
ing or afternoon classes.
No plans have been made for
continuation of last years Bal
let class. If there is enough de.
mand a class will be formed.
Those interested should call the
Recreation Department: Garden
$4,000.
Tap and Acrobatic registration
will be held September 27 at the
Field House at 10 AM.
Adult Ballroom will begin when
three more couples sign up. There
are several openings for Begin.
ners Bridge which begin October
6. Registration at the Recreation
Department.
Replacing June Allen as Drama
Instructor is Theresa Elliot, a
Hungerford resident, and mother
of four children.
Mrs. Elliot is a graduate of
Catholic University's speech dc,
partment and has taught drama
and speech at several schools.
Previously she was an assistant
playground directo with the
Montgomery County Recreation
Department
Me adow Hall Elementary
School is one of the county
schools participating in the TV
science program, with the fifth
grade viewing the first program
Monday on temporary set.
The official-and controversial
-$319 set will replace the tenn.
porary one as soon as the com.
pany can make installation.
Twinbrook Elementary is by.
passing the TV program this year
since each school is required to
provide two-thirds of the price Of
the seat. Principal Marion Rock.
wood said they preferred to build
up their library which is not suf.
ficient to meet the demands of
the increased enrolment.
Broome Junior Highs student
body has outgrown its all pur.
pose room and the school assem-.
blies have been divided into two
sections: the 7th grade has its
assembly meetings one day and
! tho 9th and QtI, errag.,c a,,,tha,.