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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
3 Weighed
AS McCraM
Successor

The School Board will
hold a special meeting at 9
pm. Monday to name a sue
cessor to Willard G. Nc
Graw, who resigned last
month.
The selection will be made
from three men who have al
ready been interviewed by the
board. They are:
Clifford K. Beck, as, of
Clarksburg; Alfred Christie III,
and Robert B. Myers, 4o, both
OF Washington Grove.
Board Chairman Paul C..
Howard said the three candi-
dates were all that remained OF
81 names suggested by organi-
cations and individuals. OF the
81, he said, only IL were eli
gible. And of the II, only three
were willing to serve.
Howard asked for "public re-
action and comment" on the
three candidates In the form OF
letters or telephone calls to the
board prior to Monday.
Beck is a nuclear physicist
with the Atomic Energy Com.
mission. He is president Of the
Clarksburg Civic Association
and a delegate to the County
Council of Parent.Teacher AS.
sociations.
Christie Is in the controllers
office at Acc. He is chairman
of the Washington Grove Plan
ming Commission and has been
Legislative chairman Of his local
parent-teacher group for two
years.
Myers. an attorney with Of
fees in Rockville, is a member
of the Washington Grove Town
Counol
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
(First of a Series)
BY Roger B. Farquhar
Sentinel Editor

BY the time this article appears
in print, will be en- route to Germany
on trip financed by the Sentinel to
report on Rockville's 'Sister City,"
Pinneberg, suburb of Hamburg.
The Sentinel's prize-winning pho
tographer, Hugh M. Gillespie, is also
going. We will be bringing Sentinel
readers stories and pictures about the
community that was chosen by Rock
vile almost three years ago to partici-
pate with it in the people to People"
program.
We hope as result of the Sem
tinePs efforts, the two cities will be
brought closer together.
1t was on September II, 1856,
that the plan designed to build mas
sive communication program between
Americans and the citizens of other
lands was launched by President Els
enhower.
The aim was to establish lasting
two-way relationships from which in
ternational friendship and understand
ing could grow. The technique was to
be direct-through people-to-people,
as distinct from official government
contacts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Demoerots GIum

Approximately $500 in
ticket receipts at last weeks
Democratic dinner was
stolen virtually from under
the hands Of the president of
one of the sponsoring groups,
the Sentinel learned yesterday.
About two-thirds Of the funds
was in the form Of checks on
which payment has been
stopped, according to Irving A.
Levine, president of the Ken
sington Wheaton Democratic
Club.
Also sponsoring the affair at
the Indian Spring Country Club
was the Western Suburban
Democratic Club.
The theft occurred as Levine
was preparing to leave the club
after the dinner which featured
a talk by Senator Hubert H.
Humphrey (D-Minn.). Levine
gave this account Of what hap.
pened:
II was among the last to leave
and / had the money and checks
In q large envelope. As
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Demoerofs GIum
Thief Takes 5000
AtHunlphreyFete

reached the checkrOOm, 1 put a
Park and Planning Commission
publication on the counter and
the envelope with the receipts
on top.
81 took my coat and half
turned to talk with a friend:
and then put on my coat, picked
up the material on the counter
and walked over to chat with
another friend. Then I realized
/ had only the commission
material in my hand. The en-
velope had disappeared"
Levine said less than a min
ute had passed between the
time he first placed the en-
velope on the checkroom coun-
ter, and the time he picked up
the material. A search was in
stituted Immediately, but with
out success.
He said he has reported the
matter to police.
at could have been worse"
Levine commented. Luckily,
most Of the money for seats
had been paid in advance. Last
weeks loss represented only
the funds taken at the door,"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
BY Educators
BY Educators
Teacher Fingerprinting
Study viii Be Launched

Supt. of Schools C. Taylor
Whittier has launched a
study of procedures used to
check backgrounds of pros
pective school employees to
determine whether any changes
are needed.
The review was ordered by
the School Board Tuesday in
response to a letter from
States Attorney Leonard T.
Hardy.
Hardy, who has urged the
board to fingerprint all en-
ployes, enclosed a copy of the
grand jury's recommendation
for a police check of school
workers.
II sincerely believe the board
should take some action" he
wrote, adding that he would be
Every glad" to meet with the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Reese Rules Out
Police Brutality
In Smith Case
Manager Finds
No Reason for
Taking Action

County Manager M. L.
Reese this week cleared four
county officers of brutality
C h argos brought against
them by Melvin w. Smith,
of Gaithersburg.
In a long-awaited report to
the County Council, Reese said
he could find no reason for TAX
ing action against the officers.
At the same time, he trans
mitted to the Personnel Board
request by the attorney for
three of the men that they be
given an opportunity to tell
their side of the story.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Free Concerts
Offered Here

The Montgomery County
Symphony Orchestra will pre-
sent two concerts Sunday and
Monday, under the direction of
Chester Petranek.
Sundays concert will be held
at 4 pm. at Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School. The next
concert will be given at 8 pm.
Monday at Richard Montgomery
High School in Rockville. Both
will be free to the public.
The program will consist of a
Passacaglia by Bach, Beethov-
ems Eroica Symphony and three
Hungarian dances By BrahannS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25

SIS. She was the Oldest of a
number of entrants and won out
by a margin of at least four
years reading time.
Miss Waters first started
reading the Sentinel more
than So years ago, although,
UNDERSTANDABLE, she does not
remember the exact date. She
does remember that her father
preferred the Sentinel to Its
competitor, the News Advo-
cate.
The shortest time any Of
the contestants said they read
our 1O4-year-Old newspaper
was So years.
Although Miss Waters cam
hear as well as she did once, she
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
group to discuss the matter.

group to discuss the matter.
In reply, Board President
Paul c. Howard said the board
will be glad to consider the
action and suggestion Of the
November grand jury" Accord.
ingly, Howard said, the board
has asked Whittier to:
Review existing procedures
in our school system used for
checking backgrounds Of pros
pective school employees and to
make recommendations to the
board as to revisions in pro.
cedures, If any, which he con
siders desirable"
Get In touch with the States
Attorneys office to obtain de
tailed information about the
cases involving school person.
mel which were mentioned In
the grand jury report"
Declaring that Kardy's letter
is the boards first Official
notice Of the grand jury report,
Howard emphasized that mo
one is more concerned about the
welfare of the children OF
Montgomery County than this
Board of Education. We have
and will always take any action
necessary to this end"
The board also wants to
make 1t clear, he added, that
I'VE do not want unsuitable
people working in our system
At the same time, however
he insisted that employees ''be
treated fairly"
I'm general" he declared, I'VE
have great confidence in the
competency and integrity Of the
400 snauaoNss h ear EIstsEn."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Lawyers Juror Wife
Teaches Him Plenty

What does lawyer, who has devoted lifetime
to his profession find out about the law and courts
when his wife becomes juror?
Plenty, according to Barnard T. Welsh, leading
county lawyer who regularly writes column for the
Sentinel
Be sure to read "Barney's" interesting and hiari-
Gus column on what happened at his house when his
spouse became member of the county jury. It's on
Page ~ of taaiS iamaA.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25

So it can't come as any sur
prise that Miss Waters, who
now makes her home with a
niece In Rockville, is the winner
of our contest to see who has
read The Sentinel the longest.
AS first place winner, Miss
Waters will receive a check for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Other Contest
Winners Are Listed

Second place winner In the
Sentinels longest reader"
contest Is Charles 5. Butler,
81, who lives near Whites
Ferry, and who will be sent
$40 for his record Of reading
the Sentinel "a years. His
mother, the former Frances
Thomas Spates, was a cousin
OF Matthew Fields, founder Of
the Sentinel In August, 1855.
Third place winner Of SIS Is
Mary G. Mullinix, 80, 26O1O
Mt. Vernon ave., Damascus,
who estimates she has been
reading the Sentinel for 81
years.
To all the others who sent
In entries, we say: Thanks
so much! We're proud Of
you!"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Board Cannot
Hold Hearing

Personnel Board Chairman
Louis A. Palmer said last night
the board has no authority to
hold . hearing on the Smith
case.
"Since no personnel action
has been taken by appropriate
officials" he said, "the board
cannot grant . hearing"
peeeeANeeeeeee>eN
The three, who did not testify
when the brutality charges were
dismissed In Peoples Court last
month. are Sgt. Frank Griggs,
Detective John A. Bechtel and
Pvt. Cornelius Devries. jr. The
fourth man Is Deputy Sheriff
'Faiplf Ofelatt..a- ~r
Smith had accused them of
beating and kicking him rs he
was led in handouts 10 the Jail
atop the courthouse December
~ after he had assaulted Sgt.
Griggs In the courtroom the
same day.
In his report. the county man
ager said he had taken written
statements from the various wit
nesses, including DIR. William
Frank, Rockville, who was
called by Jail Warden John +.
Young to treat Smith after the
alleged beating.
He said he also reviewed
thoroughly the transcript Of the
Peoples Court hearing and had
talked with United States. At
torney Leon Pierson in Balti-
more. Pierson had entered the
case as a result of q separate
Justice Department investiga-
ton, which is pending.
"All of the evidence was dis
cussed with the county attorney
(Alfred H. Carter and he has
advised me that there is not In
his opinion basis for action
under the personnel regula-
TONS" Reese declared.
"On my own part, after con-
sidering the findings of the in
vestigation and the results Of
these numerous meetings, I can
find no reason for taking uni
lateral administrative action
pertaining to these officers !"
When informed of the report,
Mrs. Thomas G.. Casey, presi-
dent of the League OF Women
Voters, said:
"The county managers report
didn't explain why IL takes 4 to
8 policemen TO subdue a not
very heavy teenage boy"
She emphasized she was not
speaking for the league, adding
that copies Of the report have
been requested and that the
matter will be considered at the
board Of directors meeting next
| Wednesday.
The council accepted the re
port and directed that the let
ter from Attorney Barnard T.
Welsh requesting Personnel
Board hearing be forwarded to
the board.
The attorney charged in his
letter that the investigations
and newspaper publicity haC
"prejudiced" his clients oppor
tunities for advancement In thu
Police Department.
1--WE should do nothing h
deter anyone from going befOr'
+ the Personnel Board" sal,
Councilman David l.. CaboOn.
The county attorney points
out, however, that the board !
' not required to hold a hearing
a At that point, Councilma
e Stanley B. Frosh said:
r 1.-THE most important featur
v of this case is having the State
h Attorneys office on the on
h hand acting as the prosecutor {
:. the accused, and then on tn
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
ToIe Of Two Cries
Sentinel Editor, Photographer
Flying TO Pinneberg, Germany

In launching the program, the
President declared:
eff our American theology is
eventually to win out in the great
struggle being waged between oppos-
ing ways of life, it must have the ac-
tive support of thousands of independ-
ent private groups and institutions
and millions of individual Americans
acting through person-to-person COM
muHication in foreign lands"
Within only few months after
the program was launched, Rockville
after careful search selected Pin
neberg to be its partner in the town
affiliation program.
Rockville was among the early
cities to get started. Today there are
"a participating cities in two dozen
countries.
A few of these are: Seattle and
Kobe (Japan); Detroit and Rotter-
dam; York, Pa. and Aries (France);
San Diego and Yokohama (Japan);
San Jose and Okayama (Japan);
Montclair IN. j. and Graz, Austria;
Lexington (Ky.) and Deauville
France), Louisville (Ky.) and Mont
pelier (France); San Francisco and
Osaka (Japan); Boston and Rome;
Hagerstown Md and Vessel Ger
many. The last-named is one of the
(Contin,ied IN Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
County Heads
Will Restudy
Kay Zoning

Wheaton residents, spear
headed by the Connecticut
Avenue Park Citizens Asso-
citation won reconsideration
this week of coming edict that
called for apartments in the
midst of their neighborhood of
single-family homes.
The County Council voted 4-3
Tuesday to reconsider its deci-
sion granting R-30 coming to
about nine acres zoned RICO in
the northeast quadrant of Veirs
Mill I'd. and Connecticut ave.,
Wheaton. No date for a rehear-
ing Of the case has been set.
Successful applicant for the
coming last year was the Kay
Construction Co. Construction
was held up, however, by two
petitions that asked for recon.
sheraton.
Although the Connecticut
Avenue Park Association was
the only one to appear on one
OF the two briefs - the other
was filed by several individuals
the following citizens asso-
Citations contributed financial
and moral support:
Stoneybrook, Connecticut
Avenue Estates, Holiday Park,
Wheaton Woods and the RAN
'dolph Civic Association. Their
combined memberships was
estimated to be around $500, ac-
cording to Mrs. Donald Drown,
president Of Connecticut Ave
nue. Park.
Tuesdays vote to grant a re-
consideration saw Councilwom-
an Werner and colleagues Kyle,
Frosh and Hickey in favor and
Councilmen Cahoon, Williams
and Walker against the petit
ton.
Eoning application No. IT'S,
as the Kay case has become
known to those who follow
council sessions, typifies a hard.
ening core of resistance to in
creased apartment construction
In the county. And No. I73 has
had a stormy path.
The technical staff of the
Park and Planning Commission
recommended denial of the zon-
Ing request in January, 1859.
Subsequently, however, the
staff recommended RIO coming
for the tract on its new Ken.
sington-Wheaton master plan
adopted last September. The
Planning Board Of the Commits.
sion altered this recommends
ton to the less dense RIO zone.
Many of the citizens in the
area complained they did not
know Of the switch in plans of
the technical staff In the XIV
master plan before the plan.
ming heads acted.
They based their fight for re-
consideration on the stand that
their neighborhood had not
changed enough in residential
character to warrant apart
ment coming, and also that Kay
Construction Co. would not be
faced with any more difficulty
developing its tract In homes
than were previous builders in
the same area.
Kay, however, contended that
erection of a telephone ex.
change building, nearby semi.
detached homes and a large
swimming club across Veirs
Mill I'd. constituted sufficient
change in favor of apartment
development.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25

reads a lot-of course, the Sen.
tinel, too-plays bridge and
loves to go to parties with her
lady friends.
She is a native Montgomery
Countisn, being raised on a
farm near Goshen. She is the
last direct descendant Of her
immediate family and now
spends her time living with
three nieces. Now she lives with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pitt Shear.
man. at lob Paul dr.. Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Flemming to Speak

Arthur S. Flemming, Secre-
tary of Health, Education and
Welfare, will address the Park
wood Elementary School P-TA
at 7:30 pm. Tuesday at the
school on Saul I'd, Kensington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Apportioning
Suit Pushed

Democratic Club Wants More Legislators;
Launches Drive to Finance Legal Action
One of the countys most influential political groups
Is pearheading campaign to finance suit to have the
courts expand the representation of Montgomery and other
large Maryland counties in the General Assembly.
The drive conceived and led by the Western Suburban
Democratic Club is intended to bring about reapporton
ent of the Legislature through legal action that may
necessary, go all the way to the Supreme Court.
The initial step meeting of interested organizations
and individuals which the club has set for March IL in the
Park and Planning Commission Building, 1887 Georgia
ave-. Silver Spring.
At that time it is hoped to organize Committee for
Fair Representation and to discuss methods Of raising
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25

funds to pay for attorney and
court costs.
Members of the clubs Issues
Committee, whose report last
month set off the campaign,
said a test suit will be filed,
probably in Montgomery or
Anne Arundel County.
They said it would be the first
such suit in legal history and
that the defendants probably
would be members of the Gen.
earl Assembly.
The report, adopted by the
Democratic Club, recommends
that action begin without de-
lay" so that the case can be pre-
scented to the court this spring.
At the same time, the Fair
Representation Com mittee
would open a ''broad campaign
to enlighten the Maryland public
scout the issue, to get members,
! to raise a war chest and to bring
political pressure by various
means" the report stated.
To carry such case through
to the Supreme Court would re-
quire not only attorneys but
about $4,000 for court costs, the
report estimated.
1.-THE chances of success" the
report added, warrant the
bringing of a case, and one
should be brought even though
the chances were considerably
worse.
"As our state and nation be-
come increasingly urbanized, the
dead hand of rural domination
becomes growing threat to the
viability of our democratic sys-
tenn"
Under present Legislative APP
portionment, q resident of Mont
gomery County has one-seventh
the representation of a Calvert
County resident in the House,
the report declared. And in the
Senate, Montgomery Countians
have one-twentieth the represen-
tation.
As a result, the report
charged, the "19 smaller coun-
ties of Maryland with less than
one-fourth of the population can
control both Houses of the State
Legislature and, through oper-
alton of the county unit vote in
primary elections can dictate
the choice of party candidates
for statewide offices and control
the State Convention"
Montgomery, with a popula-
don of about 100000, now has
six delegates and one State Sem
ator. Calvert County, with APP
proximately 5000 people, has
two delegates and one State
Senator. Thus, Montgomery has
one delegate for every $4,000
people, while Calvert has one
delegate for every $500 people.
Heading the committee which
prepared the report is Phillip
Thorson. Other members are AL
fred L. Seaman, Henry M. Balm,
1r, Edward M. Bernstein, Wal
lace M. Cohen, Royce Hanson,
Mrs. Frances D. Lesser, Jesse
l. Maury, Edmond F. Rovner
and E. Phillip Sayre.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Jazz Concert

There will be Jazz concert
held on Sunday, February %.
1860, at Broome Junior High
School Auditorium.
Admission n free.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25
Longest Reader
CountyNaHue, "a,
Is Contest Winner

Miss Mary E. Waters, "a last October, comes from
longved line. Her father and mother Mr. and Mrs Zach
ariah McCubbin Waters both lived until they &c.,
did sister, Mrs Uriah Waters Griffith. A cousin Mrs.
Columbia j. Waters lived until she was Sc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-25

Rain or snow over the week
end, depending on the tempera-
ture. Temperatures meanwhile
will stay around As high, 20 low.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Mrs. Williams Is Fond Of Travel
She Has Visited Ghonu and Liberia With Her Eumiv

tennis" until she cut her
hand a few years ago, now
has switched to golf. She
also likes swimming and
bowling. Fourteen-year-old
Wendy is the best bowler in
the family, her mother says
proudly.
On the more sedentary
side, she also likes to do
needlepoint.
A graduate of the Uni
versity Of Michigan School
of Social Workers, Mrs. Will
liams says she began to ease
into politics as a result of
her volunteer work with well
fare groups.
When her husband first
was elected he was "the only
Democrat in Office in Michi-
gan. and he sent me to rep
resent him at a lot Of meet
ings."
The line between social
work and political efforts to
support the welfare projects
is pretty thin. she said, and
soon she slipped over it.
Evening star., 1960-12-01

She began making many
speeches.
"Nancy's Scrap Book" was
an outgrowth of books she
began compiling at home for
the edification Of her chill
dren. She actually clipped
and pasted stories on many
issues with which the Michi-
gan Democratic organization
was graphing.
This was not a personal
book about her husband, but
about his program, she said.
michigan Democrats have a
passion for what they call
the "programatic" approach,
which de-emphasizes the in
dividual and stresses the
program.)
Mrs. Williams herself con-
ceived the idea of the tele-
vision show, which started
with a chatty discussion of the
past week in the Governors
household, particularly the
doings of the children, then
moved on to a discussion of
someone issue each week.
illustrated with clippings from
Evening star., 1960-12-01

hope to 60 along. and some
times bring her children,
Gerry. 10; Nancy, II. and
Wendy. IL, when school per-
mits. she said.
II think this means q lot
so far as other countries are
concerned" she said. "They
like to think that women are
interested in them. too. And
I think it is important for
these various countries to
see the American young peo-
ple."
Gov. and Mrs. Williams al
ready are old hands at world
travelling, and they took the
children on a trip to Liberia
and Ghana q few years ago,
with very happy results,
Nancy williams feels.
The Williamses just re-
turned Monday night from a
two-week trip to Argentina
and Brazil with 81 other State
Governors, where. Mrs. Will
liams related. her husband
greatly impressed President
Frondizi of Brazil by deliver
ing a speech in Spanish out
lining President-elect Ken
nedy's ll-point program for
Latin America"
Around the World Trip
Mrs. williams took a trip
around the world in the
spring Of 1859, at the invita-
ton Of the World Health Or
ganization but at her own
expense. to visit its projects
In many countries.
They felt most people in
this country thought of the
United Nations mostly as a
debating society, and wanted
to show what ii does she
said. She found the projects
absolutely fascinating" and
has made hundreds of
speeches about her travels.
Groups seem to like to
hear about the trip, because
"it wasn't q touristy trip. We
got to places tourists don't
usually 60. We studied prof.
ects on midwifery. leprosy
and the like"
Four months after she re-
turned from the world trip
she and her husband made
a month-long trip to West
Germany, Jordan. Israel and
Palestine.
Nancy Williams is pretty
and youthful-looking. With
her casual, sporty clothes
and shining blond hair toften
hanging straight in a long
bob), she looks more like an
earnest campus post grad