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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08

termining factors in the awards
of scholarships.
The scholarships are provided
by approximately 100 business
organizations, foundations, and
individuals, which participate
In the program.
Names of the winners will be
announced about May 1, 1860.
The National Merit Scholar.
ship Program was founded in
1855 with grants of $40 million
from the Ford Foundation and
$500,000 from the Carnegie
Corp. of New York. Through its
program, over SIS million worth
of scholarships have been
awarded by various sponsors,
and over 5000 students are now
holding merit scholarships at
some 400 colleges in the United
States.
Stu dents in Montgomery
County who qualified as semi
finalists, listed by schools:
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School: Deborah Bernhardt,
Howard f. Bond, Philip H.
Bowles, Richard S. Brown,
please Turn to Page AID
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
In Rockville
Downtown
Build-Up
Is Urged

The city of Rockville
needs to launch a detailed
land use and development
plan, incorporating a re-
juvenated central business
district and more apart
ments and rental houses.
These were among the chief
points brought out in an anaiy-
sis OF recently completed pop
ulation and economic base sur
vey, part of an overall master
plan the city is rushing toward
completion.
Author Of the analysis is Nor
ton Hoffman, urban and eco
nomic consultant under con-
tract to the Maryland State
Planning Commission.
Preparation of his report, and
other field surveys that pre-
coded it, was partially financed
through an urban planning
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
KinlneL Told
To Pay $241I
To Ex Tenant

Owner George P. Kimmel of
the Rockville Shopping Center
has been ordered to pay $2411
in damages for locking a ten
ant out of his store.
Baltimore Federal Court said
kimmel, IS, should pay the sum
to Toy Fair, Inc. for rent the
firm paid and for fixtures and
merchandise they had to leave
in the store.
Firm officials charged in a
suit that Kimmel changed the
lock on the door of the store
they were renting from him as
they were in the process of
liquidating their business. KIM
mel testified he took the action
because he was convinced the
merchants were going to leave
owing him money.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
County Is Firm!
Losing 80 Pounds Is Going
To Be Challenge for limbo

Montgomery County has
got a weighty problem to
deal with = namely 260-lb.
James X, Nicholson, fire.
alarm dispatcher.
Nicholson has been informed
that he must lose about 90
pounds in six months if he ex-
poets to get his next in-grade
raise.
Nicholson, %, is affection.
ately known as limbo" COM
bination of the nickname Jim
and Jumbo, of elephant fame.
He lives at 10 South Adams ST.,
Rockville.
The directive to shed weight
is in line with county person
mel requirements that apply to
public safety employees. mas
much as overweight is regarded
as a health hazard by doctors,
the County keeps up a constant
program Of pairing extra lard
off its policemen and fire Off
Gals.
In pressing the weight-loss
program, Montgomery County
has followed the lead of Wash
ington, D. c., where 400 police
men the last two months have
averaged individual losses of Is
pounds.
Basis Of the position Is that
the public must be protected.
An overweight policeman, for
instance, would have little
chance Of nabbing a fleet sus.
pect In a street chase.
At the same time, Nichol.
sons Job of dispatching fire
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Drainage
Projects
APproued

Construction next Spring
of $4,000 worth of storm
drainage in Croydon Park,
Rockcrest and the South
Washington st. area was ap-
proved by the Rockville
Mayor and City Council in
a marathon session that
lasted until l am. yesterday.
Thus the city took first steps
toward implementing recon-
mendations contained in a wa.
ter, sanitary and storm sewer
program completed only weeks
ago by professional consultants.
The recommendations were
one part Of an overall city plan
being hurried to completion by
the city in time for celebration
next year Of its Tooth year of
Incorporation.
The Mayor and City Council
directed the firm Of Hayes, Seay,
Mattern & Mattern to proceed
Immediately with plans to in.
stall combination of open ditch
and closed pipe storm drainage
in the city's three worst drain.
age areas.
At the same time, city heads
ordered their engineering staff
to prepare plans for construc.
ton in Spring of an additional
storm drainage in Lincoln Park.
Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mat.
tern recommended expenditure
in their plan of 81 .234,000 for ul.
innate storm drainage facilities
in the three areas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Surrey Copies
Are Available

Copies Of the new analy.
sis Of Rockville's population
and economic base are avail
able In the TwinbrOok and
South Adams st. public II.
braries, and the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce has
a copy for public perusal.
Copies will be loaned by
the Rockville Planning Com
mission, located In the city's
Civic Center, Old Baltimore
road.
Also, copies can be read
ut the City Hall.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08

fighting equipment demands
split-second reactions which
could not be made if, perhaps,
he should suffer a coronary at
tack.
The order to lose weight came
after Nicholson ended his first
year of probation with the coun-
ty. A routine physical examina-
ton followed, and DR.. William
]. Peoples, County Health Of
ficer, laid down the dietary law.
The County is not in the So
cialized medicine field, however,
so Nicholson will have to con.
suit his private physician in his
fight to lose weight.
II he Is able to show he Is
losing weight when time for his
next raise rolls around, he'll get
1t, County personnel officials
said.
limbo is a man Of voracious
appetite but he once lost II
pounds in one month under a
doctors care and he is confident
he can do it again. ut really
doesn't make much difference
to me-" he asid, except that /
feel good now and what's wrong
with that?"
limbo is captain of Company
No. 3, Rockville Fire Depart
ment, and has been a member
of the Department for 10 years.
His weight has never slowed
him down in responding to fires.
"Shucks," he said the other
day, II used to weigh only 10
pounds less than I do now when
I played high school football"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Messer, OF
near Gaithersburg, serving as a
team member. 1t also won the
1855 National title when
Roberta's sister, Patricia, was
on the team.
Both Bobby" and Patsy"
went to England with the United
States teams and both won the
international competitions.
The man who has consistent
ly been behind the highly sue.
cessfuI Montgomery County
contestants is Roscoe N. Whipp,
associate county agent. He has
held the post for man years.
This years winner win particl-
please Turn to Page A4)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
City Adopts
New Law on
Conflicts

The City of Rockville has
a new conflicts of interest
law. 1t was adopted Tues
day by the City Council and
calls for a fine of $100 and
30 days in Jail for violators.
The new amendment to the
city's charter spells out:
. No contract shall be let or
awarded except on the basis Of
competitive bidding, in which
any official or employee of the
city is financially interested and
from which he may profit.
. No city official or employe
may represent any person, cor
poration, etc., before the Mayor
and City Council or before any
department or administrative
service of the city.
The new legislation will be.
come law November 25 unless a
petition for a referendum vote
is submitted. None is expected.
The new law is believed to be
the first of its kind in any in
corporated city of Montgomery
County, and may be the first of
its kind in the State.
The hard-hitting conflicts"
law came at a time when Mont
gomery County is deep in its
own investigations of how to
eradicate the evil from govern
ment. An advisory committee
headed by Frederic P. Lee is
studying information solicited
from across the country and is
charged with making a report
to the County Council by the
first of next month.
Rockville's new conflicts law
was nurtured along particular
ly by Mayor Alexander Greene,
a member Of the once powerful
Citizens for Good Government
organization with whose help he
was elected to the Council be-
fore being elected Mayor.
The Cog and the Twinbrook
Citizens Association are on rec
ord Of long standing to do some
thing about conflicting interests
on the part of city officials and
employees and their private pur-
suits.
The city's administrative staff
has been working on the fledg-
ling law since last Fall and the
final draft was drawn by City
A t t orney William A. Lnthi-
cum, jr.
At the same time, the City
heads voted to revise upward
from $500 to $1,000 the charter
prohibition against awarding
contracts without first adver-
Using for bids.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08

theory and practice, shorthand,
light opera productions and
symphony orchestra.
Want a few more?
Here they are, then: Slip coy
ers, health. and physical educa-
ton for men and women, ceram-
les, blueprint reading, parent
guidance program for parents OF
pre-school children, landscape
planning, drafting, bookkeeping,
clothing construction, water col
or, oil painting, re-upholstering.
and refinishing and the list goes
on.
Chances are II It's any form
Of self Improvement and you're
interested In 1t, the board OF
education has 1t. II they don't
have 1t, and enough people are
interested, chances are they can
get tiff not this year, certainly
by next.
Classes are held in county rec
reation centers and public
schools. Registration for the
courses win be held starting
the week of October 10.
Best feature of all Is that the
registration fee is only IS per
semester. All persons Is and up
who are not regularly attending
a day school program below col.
lege level are eligible to enroll.
A semester consists of either
IL two-hour session or 10 three
hour sessions. For classes that
meet for two sessions each
week, the registration fee will
be $40 for the two semesters
consisting Of "a two-hour ses.
sions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Is Fined $3.50
Near Fatal Alcoholic Content
In Specimen Conflicts Driuer

A driver who testified he
had only four beers was
fined $3.50 last week after a
urine test showed enough
alcohol in his system to kill
a weaker man.
"In all my four years as a
Peoples Court Judge, and my
five prior years as a trial
magistrate, have never heard
Of an individual with such a
high percentage Of alcohol in
his system" commented Judge
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08

so would kill many persons.
More than so would be fatal
In virtually all cases, he said.
Windolph pleaded guilty to
two lesser charges OF not hav.
ing his registration card or his
permit In his possession when
he was arrested August 30. The
Judge dismissed these counts.
Arresting officer Joseph Nc.
Hargue, Of the County Police
Department, said officials at the
laboratory that tested urine
please Turn 10 Page B6)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Reese Sch
Budget r.
M OW
Is Clarified
Manager Will
Again Take
Direct Action

Montgomery County Man.
ager Melvin L. Reese was
directed by tn e County
Council this week to prepare
his own version of the next
school board budget.
At the same time the Council
announced it would accept the
budget prepared by the school
board, and act on it.
According to formal action
taken this week, the Council
will use Reese's recommends
tons merely as advice, given
after "a complete and thorough
study in the same manner
in which county departmental
budgets are handled -"
Thus the last shred of doubt
that Reese will play an authori-
tative part in acceptance of next
years school budget was erased
by the Council.
While public hearings will be
held only on the budget submit.
ted 70 the Council by the school
board, the Council will go into
those public hearings well
briefed by its top administrator.
The seeming paradox was
brought about by a question of
legality of Reese's past prepare.
ton of school board budget. He
refrained from handling the last
one, presumably on advice from
lawyer-members of the County
Council.
The solution seems tailor.
made to satisfy state law and
the county's charter govern
ment.
Until last year, Reese submit.
ted a funded school board bud.
get. When this practice was
questioned last year on grounds
that the school board was not.
In fact, a department or agency
of the county government, Reese
left the school budget alone.
But last week, County Attor.
ney Alfred II. Carter ruled that
Reese did have the authority.
under the county's charter gov.
eminent, to submit a school
board budget.
The resulting situation was
the upShot: the council will
get two budgets but will act
officially only on one. They will
formally consider later whether
to submit to referendum the
self authority to vote 4-3 to in.
crease any Reese-recommended
school board item. A 50 vote is
needed now to increase any
school board budget item.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08

Einar B. Christensen.
He sentenced Edmund A..
Windolph, AZ, of Jacksonville,
to pay $3.50 or spend 30 days
In jail on one charge OF driving
under the influence OF alcohol,
and $40 on a charge Of driving
on the wrong side Of the road.
The concentration Of alcohol
In Windolph's urine specimen
was 80 per cent.
DR.. Oscar B. Hunter, lsbora.
tory specialist, told the Sen.
tinel a level Of between so and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Call Poplar 1881
For More Details

Persons wishing more in-
formation about the adult
education program than the
Sentinel was able to set
forth In this story should
call the Adult Education De-
partment of the Board of
Education at Poplar 2-S9S1.
Questions viii be cheerfully
answered.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Election Is Due
EIecfion Is Due
2O4 Democrats File
For Precinct Posts

Democratic weather forecast for the next 20 days In
Montgomery County: hot and stormy.
All the ingredients there voters in 8S precincts
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-08
Weather Outlook

Continued hot with tempers-
lures Z to 10 degrees above the
normal high of 70 in the day,
81 at night. Scattered showers
Saturday or Sunday. ~
Evening star., 1959-06-29
ADVERTISEMENT
FALSE TEETH
Thof Loosen
Need Not Emharross
BY Dick Brooks
BY Wolf Kelly

Many wearers Of false teeth have
suffered real embafrassment because
their plate dropped. slipped or woo.
bled at Just the wrong time Do not
live In fear Of this happening 20 you.
Just sprinkle Q little FASTEETH,
the alkaline mon -acidl powder. on
your plates. Hold false teeth more
firmly, so they feel more comfort
able. Does not sour. Checks plate
odor breath. Get FASTEETH ct
drug counters everywhere.
Evening star., 1959-06-29
tAnswer to Yesterdays Puzzle)

THE JACKSON TWINS
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

NJ. and Mrs CLYDE Gerhalt. Of
Lvachbure have been guests of her
mother Mrs s. B. Upton.
MRS u. c. Acrec. bill. and her
taughter-ln-law, MIS- Warren Acrce
Of Lynch5urg, visited in the home Of
Dl. and Mrs. PAU w Bechham re-
Gently.
Miss Jo Anne Cox returned to
Converse Collase III spartanburg
S. g.. last week after spending the
between semester holidays With her
parents Mr. and Mrs. c. j. Cox
Mrs. Cox and Mrs r BENJAMIN
Johns accompanied Miss Cox 10
spartanburg and remained for a
visit
Mr. and Mrs. B. V. THmberlake
we're week end guests of Dr.. and
Mrs W ". Noel in Henderson. NC.
HIrs a D. Blightwell and son,
BADLY BriehtVell. and Mrs. Ella
Newman were guests of Mrs. New
mans son. Ernest Newman. and
family in Wilmington, N. c., for the
week end.
r. H French has returned from
spending a few days on the North
crn Neck.
Jimmy D. Cox. of vMI in Lex
ineton. spent the week end with
his mother, Mrs Charles L. John
son.
Mrs. l.. D. Whitaker and daugh-
ter. Jeanne, and Betty Ruth Ayers
attended the Fork Union-St. Paul S
Basketball game in Fork Union Sat
ulday
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Spurlock. Jr..
and Sgt. and Mrs. R E. Kelly and
daughter. Karen. toured Goshen
Pass. Hot SPRINGS and Warm
SPRINGS during the week end
MI. and Mrs. Jesse Hodges and
family. formerly of Newport News.
are making their home here on
Orchard street, Mr. Hodges will be
associated with the Kilkarc Lalln-
DIN.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Hospital News

There were 50 patients in the
hospital Monday morning
Patients Admitted
Miss Carolyn Estes, Victoria;
Mrs. E. A. Lucado. CreWe; Mrs.
R. P Roberts, Jr.. Blackstone
Mrs. J. A Young, Rice; Mrs. j.
u Harding. Keysville; P. w Nor
,ng, ST.. Burkeville: E. C. Hudson,
Chase; Mrs. D. D. Jackson, Chase
City.
Also. j. H. Beasley, Farmville:
Mrs. j. S. ellis, Rice; Mrs. j. A.
Fulcher, Prospect; D. c. Hamlet,
Jetersville; Mrs. Lillian McGhee,
Farmville; Roger Mclean, Burke
Vile, and Guy McCraw, Dillwyn.
Births
MIR. and Mrs. E. L. Holden, Vic
-oria, boy, Jan. 80
Mr.. and Mrs. W. p Berry, FARM
vile, girl, January 80,
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. j, Huddleston,
Farmville, boy, January 80
Colored Patients
Willie Horace. Farmville: Agatha
Anderson, CreWe: Robert Davis,
Charlotte c. H.. and Shirley Won1-
ack, Cullen,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
~ 4
Il 0rJOHUI
'2llrn;oop

Mr. and Mrs Vernon R. Geyer.
OF Chatham. were overnight guests
Of his brother and sister-in-laW. M
and Mrs. S. r Geyer. last week
Mrs. Cornelia Edmonds of Roa-
noke. has been the guest Of Miss
Ada Borrower.
Mr. and Mrs Gilner Craddock.
of Lynchburg. were week end guests
Of his uncle, P. 7. Atkinson. and
Mrs. Atkinson.
Berkeley Smith returned to Ran
dolph Macon College III Ashland
Monday after spending a few days
with his parents, Dr.. and Mrs. W.
E. Smith, while between semesters.
Dr. and Mrs T. E Crawley were
in Richmond for the week end.
Nh ard Ms Leland Sanford had
as their guest during the week end
Mrs. Sanford's brother. David A
Dyer. and Mrs Dyer. Of Roanoke
who We're en- route to Norfolk for
several days.
Dr.. Robert P. Moore. OF Rich
mond. visited his parents. Dr.. ana
Mrs Ray A. Moore, during the
week end.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Saturday Nuptial Unites Miss
Johnson To Frederick Carl Niche!

The marriage Of Miss Garrett
Anne johnson. DAUGHTER Of Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Mullins Johnson,
of Farmville. to Frederick Carl
Michel. of Baltimore, son Of Mr.
and Mrs, Frederick John Michel
Of Hatboro. Penn. took place Sat
urday. January 81 at ! pm. in
the University Baptist Church.
Baltimore. Nd
The Rev. Vernon Britt Richard
son. pastor, officiated.
Given in marriage BY her father.
the bride wore a deep lustred satin
gown. trimmed with Chantllly lace
and seed pearls Her vel of silk
illusion fell from a matching cap
of lace and pearls She carried a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Mrs. Thalman Guest
Of Honor Friday

Mrs. Claude Milan and Mrs.
Stokeleys Fulton entertained with a
bridge stork shower Friday evening
at the Fulton home at Hampden-
Sydney honoring Mrs. Robert Thai
man.
Mrs. Russell Macdonald won high
prize at bri dge and Mrs Mont
Llnkenauger second.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

Earl Garter attended an Inter
national Harvester company meet
ing in Richmond Monday.
Barbee Harnersly. Of vPI IL
Blacksburg. spent the week end
here with Mrs. Hamerslv.
Mrs. W. F Watkins. Jr., VIII IN
terrain her bridge club Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Frances Poffenbergcr and
daughter. Miss Johnel Poffenberger
of Richmond, were guests Of Mrs.
Poffenberger sister. Mrs r. H
Digger or the week end
Mrs. R. L. Baldwin. Of Durham.
N c., is the guest Of her sister
in-law. Mrs. A. NJ Bynum, this
week.
Reggie Wlkerson. Billy Uhricf
and Robert Motley, of VPI il
Blacksburg. were with their par
ents for the week end.
T. N Layne. il. spent Monday
in Richmond where he attended a
meeting of the Investors Diversi-
fled Services, INC
Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Burger. Of
Ashland, have been guests of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Marshall
Burger.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Roberts arc
spending some time with relatives
in Royston, Ga Mr. Roberts is
patient at Cubbs Memorial
Hospital in Royston
Mrs. j W. Dunninaton and Mrs
Thomas G. Hardy are the guests
of Mrs. Clyde Austin. Of Greenville
Tenn. at her winter home in Ponde
vedra Beach. Fla
Mr. and Mrs. H. F.. Moore and
family. Of Alexandria We're guests
Of her sister, Mrs. G. j. Cox. and
Mr.. Cox for the week end.
Mrs T. A u Allen is spending a
few days in Dublin with her daugh-
ter Mrs. AShby her. and
family
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

the future club sessions on this
subject. Will be devoted not only
to the all-purpose secret formula
mix. but to such things as proper
containers, handling meats for
freezing, freezing techniques for
sandwiches. breads. pre- cooked
foods, proper wrapping papers and
preserving food values.
ForeWarned is forearmed, gentle
men. By the same token ladies, you
probably won't want to miss these
future club meetings.!
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Club Calendar

Women of the Moose-Monday,
Feb. 2. s pm, at the lodge
Newcomer Club Wednesday,
Feb. 4, pm, at the Parish house.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

Nh and Mrs. Fletcher Irbv have
had as their guests DE-. and Mrs.
Robert s. Haden, of Ell Paso. Texas
Nj. and Mrs. 9 :. RiddIcbcrger
were ~ Roanoke for the week end
where they were guests Of her
mother. Mrs. E. NJ Falls.
Mrs. r. p. Wilson Will spend a
few days this week With her daugh-
ter. Mrs ". w. Thompson. and
family at virginia Beach
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
At Stote Conference
At Stote Conference
Cherry Grore c. A. r. S0cioly VI ;ns
Second Place In Press Competition

R The Cherry Grove Society was
among approximately 40 9th er
societies represented at the annual
state conference of the Children Of
the American Revolution in Roa-
noke, January 30 February !
The local delegation consisted of
Sherry Taylor, president Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-19

Iric with scattered ivy leaves.
Mickey Rooney plays the Devil
When Fred Astalre goes 70
London next month with daugh-
ter Ava. they will stay at the
American Embassy In Regents
Park. Fred and Ambassador
Jock Whitney have been friends
since Jock attended oxford Uni
versity and Fred and sister
Adele were the big hits Of the
London stage in Lady Be
Good"
Anna Maria Alberghetti. home
from the hospital after minor
nose surgery, celebrated her
birthday Friday. Texas Million
aire Cary Mcclure gifted Anna
with a pair Of gold earrings.
Bobbikins"--what a title for
the movie Shirley Jones made
with husband Jack Cassidy and
British star Max Bygraves.
Debbie Reynolds collapsed
after Eddie Fisher made that
mysterious innuendo re: The
"real reason" for the breakup
Of their marriage. Debbie was
sent home from the set Of 1T
Started With a Kiss" the first
time her private-life troubles
have interfered with her work.