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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Tuchtan
Is Named


Achilles M. "Tuck" Tuch-
tan, president of the Richard
Montgomery High School
P-TA and this years GOWN
ner of the Hungerford Towne
Citizens Association Civic
Award, was elected Tuesday
night to fill out the unexpired
term of Charles w. Pretty
man, Rockville City Council
man, who resigned last week.
Tuchtan was elected by secret
ballot that followed a one-hour
and 20-minutes meeting behind
closed doors. Tuchtan garnered
three of the votes cast by Mayor
Alexander Greene, and Council
men Joseph C. Rodgers, Frank
Ecker and John M. Rausch,
while Ralph E. Williams, a mem.
Der of the city's Civic Center
Commission, got one vote.
Election came as "A complete
surprise to the 44-year.old
Tuchtan, of 1920 Gainsboro rd.,
Rockland. He said he could not
comment about the possibility
that he might run for election
this coming April.
Election of a substitute for
Prettyman only one week after
his resignation came as a sur
prise to many who thought the
city fathers would spend more
time looking for candidates.
But their action Tuesday night
was precipitated by the appear
ance of Lou Brooks, president
of the Rockville Chamber of
Commerce, who asked the city
heads if they could wait long
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
School Buses RerOuted
Alter 2 Train Mishaps

The only other major crossing
used in the past was Chestnut
st. in Gaithersburg. The one bus
which crossed there will now
pass under the tracks on Ounce
Orchard I'd.
Buses will continue to use
three minor crossings" of the
BIO spur track that loops
around the District through
lower Montgomery County.
Trains using the spur are all
slow-moving freights, R m
said.
The minor crossings" are at
River I'd, Connecticut ave., Dor
sett ave., and Jones Bridge I'd.
Ream said the new routings
around the major crossings
have been under consideration
for some time and were planned
prior to the recent train wrecks
in the Rockville area.
Although both accidents re-
suited in heavy equipment dam
age, no one was injured.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

Attend
Parade

The biggest turnout in the
m e m DRY of Montgomery
County firemen witnessed
t h e annual Gaithersburg-
Washington Grove Labor
Day Parade this week.
Parade officials estimated the
crowd at between $4,000 and
10000. Forte H. Sandison, chair
man of the event, said it was the
largest crowd he had ever seen
during the 81 years of his par
ticipation in the colorful event.
The mercury lowered around
81 under the lowering clouds
that did not release their bur.
den of rain. Perspiring throngs
waited in the heat good-natured.
ly as the parade got off to a
late start.
First in line on the parade
route from Washington Grove
down Diamond ave-, was a pha
lanx of motorcycle policemen
followed by Superintendent of
Police Col. James S. McAuliffe
who rode in a convertible with
Rockville station Captain Mari
on B. Dayhoff.
Other dignitaries in the pa
rade included members of the
County's delegation to the Gen
eral Assembly, Circuit Court
Judge Ralph G. Shure, Mrs. Stel-
la B. Werner, president of the
County Council, and many 9TH
ers.
Paraders were treated to vo.
ciferous greetings from specta-
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Horse ShOv
To Be Held
At OIney

David Nichols, of Charles.
town, w. Va, and others, will
show a six-horse team OF
Belgians at the Both annual
Olney Horse and Pony Show
at the Martins Dairy Farm this
Saturday.
The exhibition of four and
six-horse teams has been a pop.
Ular annual attraction at the
show, which this year also has
19 other show categories for
ponies, hunters, jumpers, etc.
1t starts promptly at 9:45 am.
and is sponsored by the Sandy
Spring Lions Club. Admission
of 81 and proceeds of the show
will be used to benefit the
Lions welfare fund and their
program of sight conservation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Early Pupil
Total Tops
All Tax Bills
NOtU Sent Out

Montgomery County Gov
eminent has completed its
annual job of sending tax
bills to individual property
owners, mailing out more
than 100000 statements.
Corporations will receive
their bills later.
Director of Finance Alex
X. Hancock advised all
property owners who have
not yet received tax bills to
contact the Office of Rev.
enue and Disbursements
Immediately. A penalty of
one half of one per cent
will be levied beginning o.
tober /, Hancock said.
1.-THE fact that home own
ers have not received tax
bills does not relieve them
of their obligations" Han
cock said. Late penalties
will apply beginning Octo-
Der / whether owners have
received their tax bills or
not"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

are: Ray Cornell, president;
Mike Chambers, vice-president;
Panalee Stephens, secretary, and
Dick Cornell, treasurer. Ray
Cornell said the clubs next prof.
ect to aid local Democrats
would be participation in the
coming Dollars for Democrats"
drive.
He also said that the club was
always interested in getting new
members, and teenagers inter
ested are welcome to attend the
meetings, held on the first Sun.
day of each month at Rockville
Democratic Headquarters at 4
pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Polio Fund
appeal Is
Extended

The emergency fund appeal
by the Montgomery County
Chapter of the March of Dimes,
National Foundation. viii con
tinue for at least another two
weeks, although 1t was due to
end September l = a spokes-
man for the drive said Tuesday,
Reason for the continuance
was that the direct mail appeal
begged down in the mailing,
publicity man Lou Brott said.
Mail appeals will be the only
form of collections used by the
fund drive.
Meanwhile, Brott said, the
public has responded with $4,000
toward the drives goal Of
$25, 900. The drive was launched
when the National Foundation
was unable to contribute sup
porting funds to the county
branch of the March of Dimes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
I'D Boycott Khrush Foley

Rep. John r. Foley said
Sunday that if Khrushchev
is asked to address a joint
session of Congress, he
would not be in attendance.
Speaking to the monthly
meeting of the Rockville Demo
cratic Teen Club, Foley an
swered queries on his possible
attendance in Congress to hear
the Soviet leader with a flat,
Il won't be there"
However, he felt that since
Khrushchev had been invited
by the President, it was the
duty Of Americans to treat him
with dignity and respect, and
TO refrain from violence"
Foley also spoke with mem.
bers on such matters as the
U. NJ, the Laos situation, and
local matters of interest to the
teenagers. The club began its
second year on the same note
as its first Foley was present
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
On High Toxes
Hancock and Citizens
Still Trading SaIuOs

would be willing to pay higher
taxes now while my husbands
earning capacity Is high, II l
also were assured of tax relief
when he retired"
In his answer, Hancock noted
that both Federal and state pro-
visions provide some tax relief
for the aged. Montgomery
County now specifically allows
a $4,000 valuation exemption to
homes of persons over 65 who
have an income of under $1,000.
AS to further exemption, Han
cock wrote:
when you ask to be exempt
from local taxes because you are
retired, what you are actually
asking for is charity from your
neighbors because they will be
paying your share of the local
government expenses"
At another point, Hancock
said:
'1n one sense the completely
retired person Is already an
economic burden on the cOmmu-
nifty because such person does
not produce anything for the
good of the community.
what is a reasonable mini
mum income to warrant relief
by the government from taxes
and what is a reasonable home
stead as compared to the mini
mum required income?"
Hancock said that there Is
some merit in the democratic
conception that a person who
plans for a future estate should
also plan to have his own indi-
vidual fortune built up large
enough to enable him to pay
the cost of maintaining that
estate"
Hancock said that citizens
who receive financial aid from
the government have, TO that
extent, "faiIed as responsible
citizens and become wards of
the government"
1.-THE final result Of increas-
ing government subsidy" he
added, "must be the destruction
Of what little freedom and de.
mocracy we still have left"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
TO,vn Heads VIII Draft
Ne,o Changes in Charter

will not be necessary to repeal
the entire 1898 Charter, as pro-
posed earlier, but merely to over
haul the necessary sections.
Here are some of the propo.
sails being considered by the
Council for possible inclusion in
the amendments, subject to for.
NAL public hearing:
o Revision of tax assessment
policies to bring them into line
with those of the county, which
permit fractional levies for the
fiscal year during which prop
erty is entered on the tax rolls
. Revision of voter registra'
ton policies, with annual regis
trations required.
. Extension of the privilege
granted under the 1898 charter
by which owners of property
inside town limits were allowed
to vote even though they might
reside outside the town. This
proposal was made by Cattle
man w. Lawson King, who lives
outside the town but owns ex
tensive property in the Town.
. Repeal of a provision that
now prohibits the Town from
borrowing an amount in excess
of 2 per cent of the taxable base
The Council is considering rails,
ing the limit to about 5 per cent,
as prevails in other municipal,
ties,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
TEA Opposes
ZOning Plea

The Twinbrook Citizens Asso-
citation has gone on record with
the County Council as opposing
an apartment development abut
ting Veirs Mill and Halpine rds.,
just outside the Rockville city
limits.
Association President, Jean
E. Everhart said that the de.
velopment would be "a destruc.
tive invasion of our already
overtaxed schools, already in
adequate highways, extremely
limited recreational areas and
facilities, and a strengthening
drain on police and fire serv.
ices"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
On High Tuxes

The county's director of
finance was involved this
week in another exchange of
letters on the subject OF
whether county taxes are
too high.
The latest debate revolved
around a taxpayers suggestion
that retired persons be granted
additional, substantial property
tax exemptions.
Alex K. Hancock, director OF
finance, replied that any such
request amounts to asking for
charity from your neighbors."
Hancock released the texts OF
letters between himself and the
complaining citizen, a 31-year-
old housewife, but withheld the
name of the woman.
The housewife wrote Hancock
in response to newspaper pub
licity over an exchange of let
tiers between the director and
taxpayer Irwin Hoffman OF
Cabin John.
Hoffman had complained that
spiraling taxes may force him
to sell his home and move from
the county. Hancock replied
that Hoffman's property has so
increased in value that he would
be $4,000 ahead by selling his
home.
This caused the unnamed
housewife to write:
obviously, you feel that the
economic situation Is far more
important than a man retaining
his home after working years
to pay for 1t.
well, I'm one person who
feels that a man has a right to
expect to be able to keep his
home in his retired years. l
have always felt that people who
lived on pensions should be CIV
en- a break in their tax pay
ments."
The woman proposed that per-
sons living on pensions perhaps
should be exempted altogether
from state or Federal taxes. She
added:
Il hereby 70 on record that ]
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

School buses have been re-
routed so they no longer will
use the Halpine and RAN
dolph railroad crossings,
where two train accidents
occurred in the past few
weeks.
No bus will cross the main
Bro line at any point during
the school year, according to
Richard Ream, director of
school transportation.
Last year, two buses crossed
at Halpine with children attend
ing Richard Montgomery High,
Broome Junior High and Mon
trose Elementary School. Both
have been rerouted over the
John Brown bridge crossing on
EdmondSton I'd.
One unloaded bus used the
Randolph crossing last year on
a return trip. 1t will be rerouted
through Garrett Park, Ream
said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Total Increase
viii Exceed
5000 Predicted

A record enrolment of
72,711 jammed the county's
107 schools as the 1959-60
school year was launched
Tuesday.
BY September 30, the total is
expected to reach about $4,000,
and possibly even higher. In
any event, officials said final
enrolment total would top their
earlier estimate of 73,409 by q
substantial amount.
The enrolment figures do not
include go who registered at
Montgomery Junior College
Tuesday.
School aides reported every:
thing running smoothly, but
eight schools were forced to
place 100 pupils on double ses:
sions due to overcrowded condia
tionS.
At four Of the schools-Fouf
Corners, Highland, Rock Creeks
Palisades and Damascus elemen.
tary schools - the doubling UP
was expected to be necessary
throughout the year. .
At the others, including Twin
brook Elementary in Rockville,
the double sessions will be re.
lieved by completion OF add.
tons or new school plants In the
next few months.
A major crowding problem
arose at Richard Montgomery
High School. With an enroll
ment of 300 more than last
years 800, students and staff
are having to get by minus a
cafeteria, library and shops.
RemodeHng of the shops Is
expected to be finished soon,
and a new 16-classroom addition
will open within the next few
months. Meanwhile, Richard
Montgomery's new principal,
Robert A. Gibson, reported "as
smooth an opening as I have
ever seen" despite the difficult
conditions.
First day enrolment reached
45,808 in the elementary schools.
26,903 in the secondary schools
and $40 at Montgomery Junior
College, officials said.
The number of teachers on
opening day was 2919, an In
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Hyde Wins
'Judgeship
In District

Sixth District Republicans
this week lost their strong
est contender to recapture a
seat in Congress when De-
Witt S. Hyde won a judge
ship in D. c. Municipal
Court.
Hyde, seasoned county and
State COP leader, held the Con-
gress seat for three terms be-
fore he was beaten last year by
first -termer John r. Foley, q
Democrat.
Foley is expected to seek nom
nation for his second term in
next Mays primary and Hyde
before his judicial appointment
came through-was expected to
oppose him.
The race for COP nomination
is, accordingly, now wide open,
Speculation is rife in both COP
and Democratic circles over who
will win the right to slug it out
with Foley.
Hyde, 40, was Montgomery
County delegate to the General
Assembly from 1860. He was
elected to the State Senate in
1850 and served through 1852
when he won election to Con
gress.
AS a municipal court judge.
Hyde will earn $17,500 a year.
The term is for 10 years.
Both Hyde and his wife, Mil.
dred, are native Washington.
ians. They live at 56O6 Mclean
dr., Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

The Gaithersburg Town
Council agreed this week to
draw up a new set of pro-
posed amendments to the
Town Charter.
The decision to start from
scratch on suggested renova-
tons grew out of a public hear
ing attended by some 40 citi-
zens Tuesday night.
At least one controversial
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Press Group to Meet

The Montgomery County
Press Association will hold is
first meeting of the season at
noon Friday at Villa Rosa Res
taurant. Silver Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

at the clubs first meeting, one
year ago.
At the meeting, the clubs new
officers were installed. They
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10

Council suggestion - that they
be allowed to hold one or more
closed sessions each month
has been dropped from further
consideration.
The Council also decided it
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
NeW TOUn Voters
VIII Sign Up

A registration Of quail
fled voters living in the
Town of Gaithersburg will
be conducted Saturday, Sep
TENDER 10, from 9 am. to
6 pm. in the office of the
Mayor and Council. Voters
who were previously regis
tered as qualified do not
need to register again, &C.
cording to Town Attorney
James Hane.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-10
Weather Outlook

Hot today and tomorrow with
temperatures around 80. Scat
tered showers tomorrow an6
cooler over weekend with warm
ing trend seen by Monday. Total
rainfall should equal one-fourth
inch.
Evening star., 1959-12-14
HOLLY WOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

"and the cold climate Of New
York will be good for her, ac-
cording to her doctor" said
Eddie, who was a big hit during
his four-week singing engage
ment at the Waldorf's Empire
Room. I heard him there, and
his voice is better than ever.
*&
Judy Garland is over the
crisis Of her dangerous hepati-
It's, but has to remain in the
hospital for another month. and
another four months of re-
cuperation before reSuming
work. "One thing says husband
Sid Luft, Judy is going to be
slim again Ron Randall
took time out from "Suzie
Wong to star in a TV pilot,
Charlie Paradise" - about a
night-club owner in Greenwich
Village. Joan Collins big
romance with Warren Beatty,
brother of Shirley MacLaine,
was not the reason for her
walkout on 20th-Fox's Sons
and Lovers" film in England.
1t was the smallness of her role.
This has now been expanded.
and Joan told me over the tele-
phone that she will most likely
be leaving for London next
Monday. And, Warren and
have discussed marriage"
The storms over the Atlantic
delayed Margaret Leighton'S
arrival for her Wrong Side Of
Park" rehearSals in London. e.
Jan Sterling tells me. I'm 60
ing to New York for a month
with Adam cher 4-year-old
SOM. He travels well and looks
like a miniature Marion
BrandO. l have to live in New
York for a while for tax pur-
poses and l will do some TV
shows there" Jan wears what
she calls conversation" shoes.
The right one is only embroi-
dered on the toe, the left on
the heel.
=
Additions are going on daily
for the Robert Preston replace
Evening star., 1959-12-14

ment-also for other members
Of the cast-in The Music
Man" in New York. The plan
for Morton Da Costa and Mere
dith Wilson to produce the
picture seems to have fallen
through. Hope I'm right on
this. because otherwise l shall
receive a strong letter from
Meredith. I believe I'm safe in
saying that his next Broadway
venture will be The Unsink-
able Mrs. Brown" which Dore
Schary will produce (or is it
direct?) with the Theater Guild
next season.
Tony Randall, subbing as
master of ceremonies for the
detained Jerry Lewis at a re-
cent function, said, You are
now looking at the worlds old
est juvenile. And III be even
older than I look if we don't
get cracking soon with Let's
Make Love-" CThe Marilyn
Monroe Starrer.)
The big hassle between En-
ME BOrgnine and Katy Jurado
is, or was, about where they
would live after marriage.
"She wants to live in Mexico"
says Ernie. but I've told her
that my work is in HOLLYWOOD" >"
From Katy-"We marry in
Mexico and live there" At the
moment, no marriage, any
where.
Evening star., 1959-12-14
THE LYONS DEN
It's q SmcTer World
Bv LEONARD LYONS

PARIS. - The morning sun
burst over Italy, blotting the
sooden earth. The rains at last
had ended and the swollen river
Tiber receded, the waters ebb-
ing below the imperiled bridges
Over the phone came the voice
of another Italian storm, Anna
Magnani: Roma. It's nice, no?
Yes, it's so nice
Ordinarily I could have writ
ten this entire column on a
Rome-to-Paris flight. But tins
time it's by TWAS inaugural
jet, which Shriveled the dis
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Liz, Eddie Fly in
HOLLYWOOD CNANA). -

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie
Fisher plan to fly to Los Angeles
today, and-"Elizabeth will do
nothing for the next few weeks
but rest in the home Of Jerry
Lewis in Palm Springs" Eddie,
who is almost as tired as his
wife has been i'll, phoned to tell
me. Their movie with Lauren
Harvey, "Butterfueld g." will
not be made in Hollywood. as
reported, but in New York. Miss
Taylor has recovered from her
siege of double pneumonia,
Evening star., 1959-12-14

Bill Pepper, Newsweek's cor.
respondent in Rome, first met
Soraya and the Shah of Tran
when they were exiled. Their
hotel suite was crowded with
sports equipment for the
Riviera, where they planned tc
begin their gay, free exile.
Then, one day, Pepper brought
them the news OF Premier
MOsSadegh'S downfall. ThS
throne was theirs again.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

tance to under two hours. The
last time I flew from Rome to
Paris I sat next to FredericO
Fellini, who was flying to Hol-
lyWood to receive the Directors
Guild Award for La Strada. q"
He showed me the acceptance
speech he'd been writing.
1t compared Hollywood's gen.
erosity in honors with the prac-
tices Of Italy's movie-makers
who, he said, are like tigers in
a jungle. 1 suggested changes,
Evening star., 1959-12-14
lie EVENING STAR
Washington. D. C.. Mondoy, December IA, 1859

this in Rome, wrote portions
Of it over the Alps, and finished
it in Paris.
Marty Ritt. the New York
director, now lives in a villa
next to ex-Queen SOraya'S.
They share a swimming pool
Soraya at first insisted on
bringing a screen whenever she
wanted to swim, and would de-
mand that the water be
changed before she'd step in.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

so that he would appear modest
and gracious about his native
colleagues. He liked the idea,
and asked for more. II was a
four-hour flight. I wrote his
full speech.
But in this TOT Interconti-
mental jet which, at one stage
Of our journey. flew at 735
miles per hour, I wouldn't have
time to write even an introduc-
ton to a speech, let alone a
full column. And so I started
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26
Conditions Best
In March, April
For Tree Planting

One of the best times for tree
planting in Delaware is March
and early April, according to
horticultural specialist Robert
Stevens, University of Della
ware.
Leafy trees are best planted
during late fall (after leaves
have fallen) and during early
spring until about mid-April.
Care in planting the tree, is me-
cessary to increase the chances
of survival and to prevent a
transplanting setback.
Here are a few simple rules
the specialist suggests you fol-
low in planting bare rooted
trees (not balled and burlappe6:
l. Plant as soon as possible
after you receive the trees. Be
sure to keep the roots from dry
ing out. Heel in all stock which
must be kept a few days in
moist soil away from drying
winds or leave wrapped up as
received from nursery in cool
shady place.
2. Dig the hole with straight
sides and flat bottom large
enough to accommodate all