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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Press Play
Are Listed

Prominent officials in govern
ment, business, and science were
among the new patrons this
week Of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Press Associations journal
ism scholarship play, THE Desk
Set" to be given by the Mont
gomery Players on April 3. They
were:
State Comptroller and Mrs.
Louis Goldstein, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harper M. Smith, Mrs. Margaret
Schweinhaut, Mrs. Edna Cooke.
County Manager and Mrs. M. L.
Reese, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Walker, DIR. and Mrs. John r.
Steelman, DR.. and Mrs. r. z.
Gibson, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin L.
Aubinoe, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham
Kay, and w. z. Strobel.
Also Mrs. Rose Kramer,
Frank Proudfoot, Mrs. Esther
Fleishel, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin G.
McNish, Mr.. and Mrs. John
DAILY, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Simp-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. K.
Stephens, Mrs. Gene Glasgow.
Mrs. Gertrude Bradley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Llnowes, Mr.. and
Mrs. John p. Moore, Mrs. Lucille
Moler, David and Deane Heller,
Stuart Balnum, Robert Bern.
stein and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Matthias.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
90 Xear-OId MuaIid
Perishes in Blaze

A partially invaded man
persisted Saturday when fire
destroyed his room in a home
on Muddy Branch rd., Gathers
burg.
Pronounced dead from third
degree burns to his entire body
was Robert Joseph Simpson g..
DR.. Frank ]. Broschart, county
medical examiner, issued a GER
tificate of accidental death.
Police gave this account of
the events leading up to Simp.
sons death:
His daughter, Mrs. Elsie Lee,
had prepared her fathers break.
fast and taken it to his room.
Her father was partially
paralyzed.
After he finished his break
fast, his daughter lighted a
cigarette for him and left the
room. She looked in on her
father again before leaving for
work and could not see any sign
of the cigarette.
She left the house and while
waiting for a friend to pick her
up and take her to work, she
looked back at the house and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Than the Schools

County tax bills for nom
school items would jump by
so per cent next year-21a
times more than the rate of
increase in school taxes -
under the county managers
proposed budget.
The recommendations call for
the biggest tax increase In coun-
ty history, jump Of 40 cents
from $2.18 to Syst per 500 as
sessed valuation.
The tab for non-schOol ex-
penses would rise from 20 cents
to 34.5 cents while school costs
were jumping from $1.89 to
$2.265. That's an increase of 80
per cent in non-schOol items as
against 20 per cent for the
schools.
Reese originally had estimated
a total increase of only 80 cents.
But that figure assumed a rev.
enue Of one million dollars from
a proposed tax on utilities which
apparently has been rejected by
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Sen. Butler
Votes NO
On Hawaii

Senator John Marshall
Butler of Maryland was one
of the IA Senators - and
the only Republican - to
vote against Statehood for
Hawaii.
A spokesman for Butler said
the main reason the Senator
voted against the bill was out of
fear of Communist domination
of labor exerted by Harry
Bridges and his International
Longshoremen Workers Union.
Also, he said, Butler felt about
Hawaii as he did about Alaska,
i.e., it's too far away from the
continent and the people there
lack financial maturity.
Butler consistently vote d
against statehood for Alaska.
after ALL" an administrative
assistant pointed out, ALASKA is
almost one-third as large as the
United States and has fewer peo-
pie than Silver Spring = $4,000
registered voters, as a matter Of
fact. Now, they have two Sena-
tors"
Senator ]. Glenn Beall (R-
Md voted for statehood for
both Alaska and Hawaii and
new Congressman John R.
Foley (D-Md.) voted in favor
of the Hawaii bill. He wasn't
in Congress when Alaska was
brought into the union.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Conservative
School Group
Is Organized
Backers Opposing
Life Adjustment
Teaching Ideas

County educational Con
servatives," including four
recently defeated sc h 0 o !
board candidates, organized
formally this week.
The new organization, known
as the Council for Better Edu-
cation, issued a statement call
ing for emphasis on intellectual
development rather than on life
adjustment and social welfare
programs" in county schools.
One Of its aims will be to sup
port Iike-minded candidates In
future school board elections.
A 12-man board of directors
includes defeated board candi-
dates Wylie w. Barrow, Ralph
E. Boyd, Mrs. Robert Sherwin
and James /. Humphrey.
ALI four were members of the
so-called conservative" slate
which campaigned on a plat
form of economy and a return
to fundamentals" in county
schools. The slate lost all seven
board seats to so-called "liberar'
candidates.
William Yost, Bethesda engi-
neer, was named board president
Of the new Council. Spokesman
said initial membership is about
so but that the organization is
expected to grow rapidly.
Another defeated "conserva-
tive" board candidate, John E.
Oxley, attended the organiza-
tional meeting, which was held
Monday night at the Perpetual
Building In Silver Spring.
The board of directors in
cludes the following persons:
Mrs. Roderic F. Davis, Perry
Burdette, Wilbur Baughman,
Adm. Lewis Allen, Andrew w.
Starratt, DR.. Thomas Wilson
and A. r. Meatyard.
Bylaws call for two annual
meetings of the general member
ship, plus others when deemed
desirable by the board. First
meeting of the board of direc-
tors Is scheduled for next Mon
day night.
The organizational meeting
was addressed by John F. Vic
tory, assistant to the admins
traitor of the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration,
on the topic "How Much Educa-
ton Are We Getting out of Edu-
cation?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Brush Fires Plague
Volunteer Firen1en

Weary volunteer firemen
throughout the county yester-
day wound up one of the bust.
est brush fire fighting weeks in
recent years.
The record showed that they
fought ia brush fires between
March 10 and II. There were
only IS during the same week
last year.
Brush or field fires were by
far the firemen's biggest prob
lem, while fires from other
causes - including Tuesdays
three-alarm bakery fire in Sill
yer Spring-continued at about
the average rate.
The brush fire problem be-
came so great that county man.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19

saw smoke coming from under
the caves of the roof.
She ran back but was unable
to open the door to her fathers
room. She ran for help.
Police arrived on the scene
first and were directed to Simp-
sons room by his daughter.
They were turned back by the
intense heat as were firemen
from Gaithersburg who arrived
shortly afterwards. Rockville
firemen also were summoned to
the scene.
The two-story frame house,
owned by the National Bureau
of Standards, was damaged to
the extent of $4,000, police said.
NBS plans to relocate on a huge
tract bordering the city of Cal
thersburg. 1t purchased the
house from Harry Burdette.
When the flames were sub
dued, firemen found Simpsons
body lying on floor beams ex-
posed by the fire. The body was
taken to. Snowden's Funeral
Home in Rockville.
Tentative plans were m a d e
for burial in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Than the Schools
County Seeks Higher
Percentage Tdr Hike

the county's legislative delega-
ton.
The difference, presumably,
will have to be made up by an
additional 10 cents on the coun-
ty rate, since the assessable base
is approximately one billion dol
lars.
The estimated school tax
would represent a slightly small
er proportion of the total prop
erty tax than in the current year
(S7 percent as compared to SO
percent as at present.. i
On the expenditure side, how
ever, the schools shale of the
total budget would rise from rs
to 80 percent. Proposed school
expenditures are up Is percent,
while non-school recommends.
tons are up II percent.
County aides said the dispro-
portionate increase in the non.
school tax rate is due primarily
to two factors; a relatively heavy
debt retirement burden, and a
proportionate decline in revenue
from state-administered taxes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Til Plan Is Drawn
Til Plan Is Drawn
Rock Creek Groups
Seek ZOning Delay

Spokesman for two citizens
groups formed primarily to pro-
tect the watershed of Rock
Creek this week reiterated their
contention that the County
Council should not grant major
zoning reclassifications for Rock
Creek watershed acreage until
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
completes a master plan for that
area.
The opinions were voiced by
LathrOp 4. Smith, president of
the Rock Creek Watershed As
sOciati0n, and NJ. Leland Hen.
dry, president of the Upper Rock
Creek Civic Association.
The latter group is scheduled
to meet tomorrow night In st.
Luke's L u I h eran Church in
Friendship. Members will be
asked to indorse a committee
prepared resolution freezing"
major zoning in their area by
the Council. The resolution then
would be sent to the County
Council.
Smiths group also supports a
similar stand. Objection by both
groups to zoning Is centered
around plans for a proposed
9S00-citizen town" on the Rock
Creek north Of Redland.
Both fear that hasty, indis.
crimlnate coming could lead to
premature sitting of sedimenta.
ton pools behind two flood con.
troll dams slated for Rock Creek
near Rockville.
After the Planning Commits
sion finishes its master plan for
the upper county, and II the
Council decides to rezone land
in the creek watershed, "Then
the Council should bear In mind
what certain coming could do
to affect water absorption of the
land" Smith said.
He explained that the more
houses and apartments and
streets that are built, the great.
er opportunity rain has to run
off Of these hard surfaces onto
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
DriUer Who
HitDog is
Fined $25

A county motorist this week
was fined SIS and court costs
when he was found guilty of
striking a dog in the street and
then leaving the scene without
stopping to give assistance.
He was Wayne E. Wadding-
ton, AZ, of 1908 Cedar ave.,
Takoma Park. His case was
heard by Peoples Court Judge
Einar B. Christensen, sitting in
Silver Spring.
Waddington, an employee of
the Civil Service Commission,
said he had driven Is years with
out an accident prior to strik-
ing the dog, owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward F. Woody, of 9131
Sligo Creek pkwy.
The accident occurred at
Sligo Creek pkwy. and Coles
vile I'd. on February 10. Wad-
dington said he was driving
members of a car pool home
when an Irish Setter started
chasing his car.
He said he thought he felt
the car hit the dog, but looked
back and saw it running away.
Traffic was heavy and he said
he could not find a place to stop
his car so he continued on.
Mrs. Kathleen Sum m a,
humane officer with the Mont
gomery County branch of the
Humane Society Of the U. S.,
gave this account based on a wit
ness version:
A teenage boy saw the car
strike the dog and keep going.
He ran up to another car and
asked the driver to get the
license of Waddington's car and
to telephone him.
The boy then notified the
owners of the dog and later sup
piled them with Waddington's
license number. The Woody's
then contacted Mrs. Summa who
tracked down the license and
swore out a warrant.
Washington said he offered
to pay veterinary expenses for
the dog which recovered from
its injuries, but that the
Woody's did not make a claim.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Policeman
OF Assault

Clarence w. Leek, a county
policeman stationed at the Sill
yer Spring station, was con-
victed of assault and ordered to
pay a $3.50 fine or spend 60 days
in Jail.
Leek, "a, was accused of strik-
ing William Perren, 202 Argyle
ST., Rockville, several times with
police blackjack at a party in
Gaithersburg on February %.
The State said rs stitches were
required for decorations in Per
rells head.
Leek commended at the trial he
was asked by his hostess, Myrtle
Briggs Of 102 Chestnut st.,
Gaithersburg, to eject Perrell
from the party.
In the ensuing struggle, Leek
claimed, he had to use his police
blackjack to bring Perrell un-
der control. Judge John B. Di-
almond, after hearing evidence
in the day-long trial in Rock
vile Peoples Court Monday,
convicted Leek and declared:
HE went too far"
Defense Counsel Robert c.
Heeney Immediately appealed.
He had contended that a police
man is on duty "a hours a day.
Col. James S. McAuliffe said
Leek was suspended from his
job "soon after the case came to
our attention and will undoubt.
eddy remain suspended until it is
settled" Leek, meanwhile is
free on bond.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19

ager Melvin L. Reese strongly
urged that residents set no out
door fires, even during permits.
sible evening hours, until sus-
tained rains moisten the earth.
Fire Marshal Charles H.
Howe, jr., said he would still
issue permits for trash burning,
but that he is warning holders
of the grave danger present as
a result of the prolonged dry
spell.
The Fire-Weather Service at
Friendship International Air
port said that weather condi-
tons are ideal for brush firesi
low relative humidity, little or
no precipitation, and brisk
winds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
High School
Publications
Win Prizes

M ont g ON cry Blair High
School in Silver Spring and the
B G { e d a-Chevy Chase High
School were top winners in a
high school scholastic press con-
test that saw four other county
schools show well.
Both Blair and B-CC were
named Medalist winners, high.
est award made by the Column
bia University Scholastic Press
Association which feted $500
stu d ents and teachers last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
in New York City.
Over 1900 schools submitted
newspapers, yearbooks, and
magazines. Medalist winners
from these represented less than
10 per cent of the total.
The entries were scored on the
basis of content, headlines, pic.
lures, and other phases of news
papering. Thirty school press
authorities judged the entries.
Blair won two m e d alist
awards, one for its bi-weekIy
Silver Chips newspaper and the
other for Silver Quill, a semi.
yearly literary magazine.
bees medalist award came
for Its Taller newspaper. The
Taller has been a medalist win.
ner since 1852.
The Bark, Sherwood High
Schools newspaper won a first
place In the monthly category
as did the Bulls Bulldog news
paper.
Second place winners were
Northwood's Red and Black and
Walter Johnson's Pitch news
paper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19

surrounding land, thus picking
up silt for deposit in stream
beds.
He conceded that careful plan
ming that includes adequate park
areas can circumvent excessive
run-off. He also said that it
has been his experience that
builders don't always achieve or
execute proposed plans.
This whole concept of up
county land use in relation to
the watershed has to be done
with reason - with a measure
of restraint on the part of
all concerned" he declared.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Milk Row
IsStill On
Out-of-State
Shipments Are
Tested Daily
BY Bob Bernstein
Staff Reporter


The milk bottle continued
to spin this week, but it was
anything but a kissing game
as local farmers and Chest
nut Farms (Sealtest) Dairy
continued their about price
war.
The Montgomery County
Council Is scheduled to consider
an ordinance next Tuesday that
would bring local milk stand
ards in line with those of the
District. Their intent would be
to shut out all milk except that
of the Maryland-Virginia Milk
Producers Association.
Meanwhile, however, Sealtest
continued to import nearly TO-
900 gallons of Outside" milk
each day for sale in Maryland.
much Of 1t In Montgomery
County.
County health officers said
tests of the imported milk ran
higher than the 100000 maxi.
mum bacteria count specified
by District standards, but below
the 100000 maximum required
by Maryland regulations.
DR.. William J. Peoples, coun-
ty health director, declined to
release specific test results but
reaffirmed earlier assurances
that the higher bacterial count
(under 100000 does not make
for unsafe milk.
The imported milk, which
comes from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, can be recognized
by the letters ''NDA" stamped
on the top OF each eartoy. Seal
test officials said the letters are
a code symbol for milk not
tested by District inspectors.
CDR. Peoples said shipments
of this milk were being tested
by his inspectors both in raw
form at the Sealtest plant In
Washington and In pasteurized
form after 1t reaches Montgonn.
cry County,
The County Council gave
two reasons for its decision to
make local requirements com.
parable to those of the District;
to insure high milk quality, and
to protect the local dairy farm
ing industry.
Most observers feel, however.
that the economic motive is the
more important of the two, since
authorities agree there Is no
question Of the health safety Of
milk meeting Maryland state
standards.
The higher bacteria count ap.
parently has an effect only on
the length Of time that milk may
be stored before turning stale.
The 200, 900 bacteria requirement
Is In effect In a large part Of
the nation.
William d. Pyles, a Montgon'
cry County director Of the Mary.
Continued on Page 49,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Unit
Appointed by Board

naming of three current school
projects. Until now, the projects
have been known as Wilson
Lane Elementary School, Spring
brook High School and Aspen
High School.
Wilson Lane School site Is 10.
Gated adjacent to the Kenwood
Park Recreation Center and is
four full blocks from Wilson
La. The local citizens associa.
ton feels the present name
therefore is inappropriate.
Lester j. WEIGH, director Of
sites and planning, has recon-
mended that the name be
changed TO KenwOOd Park Ele.
mentary School.
Springbrook High should be
renamed Colesville High, in the
view of the Springbrook Citi-
zen's Association. The site Is To-
Gated about one mile south of
Colesville I'd. and about two
miles south Of Colesville Ele.
mentsry School.
Objections have arisen TO the
name of Aspen High School be-
cause Of the fact that the new
plant viii be next to the pres
ent Aspen Hill Elementary
School.
WEIGH has offered no recon-
mendation on the Springbrook
and Aspen namings.
Appointed TO the school
boards naming committee were
Board Members Harold r. Brei.
myer, Mrs. Helen Scharf and
Willard McGraw.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Brisk Tag Sales
Reported Here

Auto tag sales are proceeding
at a normal rate with 1850
sold as Of yesterday, county
officials In Rockville reported.
The real crush will start in the
middle of next week, they pre-
dicted.
They warned motorists that
they must bring a printed tag
application and not just a car
title, In order to get tags. New
plates must be displayed after
midnight, March 81. Only cash
will be accepted for payment, Of.
ficials said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Daylight Saving
Starts ApriL rs

With one dissenting vote, the
County Council last week de-
cided to put daylight saving time
into effect at 2 am. April 26.
The county will revert to stand
ard time October Is. Lone dis
senter was Grover K. Walker,
Gaithersburg dairy farmer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
New IRIS Film

A new half-hour film showing
what makes the worlds largest
tax collecting agency-the U. S.
Internal Revenue Service-tick,
is available to civic, school and
other organizations. Write Tax
Information Officer, Box lob,
Baltimore 3, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
CSC Bike Trip

American Youth Hostels, Inc,
of the Potomac Area Council
will take a bike trip Saturday
and Sunday along the C&O
Canal towpath from Washington
to the Old Stonehouse Hostel at
Seneca.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Draft Tests Due

Selective Service College
Qualification Tests, used to de-
termine requests for military de-
ferTment while attending school,
are to. be given April 80. APP
plications to take the test, and
additional information, may be
obtained from local draft boards.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19

A special school board COM
mittee has been designated to
recommend names for new
schools.
One of their first jobs will be
to consider the suggested re-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Doctors Day

Red carnations viii be given
to the county's three major pri.
vate hospitals March 30 in honor
of Doctors Day."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-19
Scout Director

Richard Kubier Of Silver
Spring has been named director
OF the Wilson Scout Reservation,
local Boy Scout camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

with eight clubs already en-
tered in the competition.
The local federation will
also participate in such other
General Federation-spon-
sored projects as CARE
Week, and the Vogue Pattern
sewing contest for which
prizes are awarded winning
contestants at the General
Federation's annual con-
vention. Mrs. Fred v. Brown
is chairman of the latter
project for the District clubs.
The federation's American
Home department will visit
the National Housing Center
on November 10 to view the
exhibits Of the Decorators
Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
OAR PlQns
Antique Show

John Alexander Chapter.
Daughters of the American
Revolution, is sponsoring its
18th annual Alexandria An
tique Show November 6-8.
The show will be held from
! to 10 pm. each day at
the Recreation Center, 1905
Cameron street. The show,
which started in l947. is the
Oldest continuous show in
Virginia or in the District,
the OAR chapter says.
All proceeds go to historic.
patriotic and philanthropic
projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
MODERN
MANNERS
Don't Wuit Too Long for Guests;
Problem OF Broken Engagements
By CAROLYN HAGNER SHAW

keep her other guests waiting,
for more than fifteen min
utes. Too many people culti-
vate the objectionable habit
Of arriving late. Granted that
1t is sometimes unavoidable.
usually IL is pure thoughtless-
ness. BY all means wait
fifteen minutes and not
longer.
Question - What is the
best procedure to follow
when an engagement Is
broken, after a formal an
nouncement has been made?
Answer - II the wedding
invitations have not been
mailed, the less said about
it the better. The family and
close friends may be &C
quainted with the turn Of
events, but 1t is not neces-
sary that q formal announce
ment Of the break be made.
Question - How does a
woman introduce her hus.
band? Is "Allan Jones" COR
rect, or should it be "Mr.
Jones?"
.Answer-Neither is correct.
When introducing ones hus-
band, the use of the name is
superfluous. Simply use the
words my husband" That is
all that is necessary.
Questi0n-Is it considered
improper to include a card
of admission when sending
out invitations for a large
dance In a hotel, in order to-
prevent the so-called gate.
crashing" so prevalent to-
day?
Answer-Unfortunately, it
is becoming more and more
a necessity that this be done.
The colossal nerve displayed
by some people who barge in
on a party to which they
have not been invited is an
objectionable breach Of good
manners. Some steps have to
be taken to control these.
pests (there is no other word
for them. Enclosing a small
card with the invitation
which is to be presented at
the door is a sure way of &C.
complishing this. The follow
ing wording may be engraved
on the card:
Please present this cord
at the Ritz Hotel Boil Room
Friday, November sixth
REGISTERED United States Patent Oniee)