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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Work Starts
On AirtrOnics'
New Building

Construction has begun on a
new one-million dollar plant
building on the 5000 block of
River I'd. in Bethesda to house
the operations of Airtronics,
Inc, currently located at 5522
Landy la.
According to Joseph E. Butler,
president of the firm, the mod
ern structure will provide $4,000
square feet of floor space, more
than doubling the existing ia
cilities. The additional space
will permit expansion of the
company's operations into the
commercial instrument and COM
munications field, Butler said.
A subsidiary of the Scovill
Co., of Waterbury Conn.,, Air
tronics currently employs $50
persons, and will boost its ros-
ter to 500 with the opening of
the new plant in March of next
year, according to Butler.
Founded in 1949, Airtronics
was among the early producers
of missile and rocket instrument
tation. The firm has continued
to research, develop and manu-
facture a wide variety of cleo
tronic and space instruments.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
B-CC Branch of
YMCA Will Hear
Cabinet Member

Arthur S. Flemming, Secre-
tary of Health, Education and
Welfare, win be the speaker at
the annual meeting of the Be
thesda- Chevy Chase branch of
the YMCA next Tuesday at Z
pm. at the Kenwood Country
Club.
According to Robert M. Han
son, chairman Of the branch's
committee on management,
Flemming will discuss THE
YMCA in a Free Society,"" His
talk will be preceded by con-
sideration of the plans for a
new Family Center building to
be erected by the YMCA unit
on Old Georgetown I'd. be-
tween Beech and Spruce rds. in
Bethesda.
Flemming has a long back
ground of governmental ac-
tivity, having served as a mem
Der of the Civil Service Com
mission and president of Ohio
Wesleyan University before ac-
cepting his current cabinet post.
An active churchman, he is a
former president of the Nation
al Council of Churches of Christ
in America.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
County Considers
Revenue Agency
Applications

The Montgomery County
Council is considering applica-
tons to fill an impending va
cancy on the County Revenue
Authority, to be created by the
resignation of John T. Koehler
December 81.
The new term begins January
1 and continues to July 1, 1864.
The Authority was created in
1857 to construct and operate
various projects for public uses
such as highways and park
ways, recreational facilities and
public housing projects.
Applications should be ad-
dressed to Clerk to the County
Council, County Office Building,
Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Ripley Honored at Real
Estate Board COnclave

legislative committee of the
state association.
Ripley is a director of NAREB,
former chairman and a member
of its license law committee,
member of its committee on
board jurisdiction, and a former
member of the Realtors Wash
ington committee and the educa-
ton committee. He is member
of the Maryland Real Estate
Commission and is a MAI
Member, Appraisal Institute).
A member of the local Rotary
Club, Ripley has been active in
zoning matters and public serv-
ice programs. He has partici-
pated recently in two real estate
transactions which are expected
to result in large subdivision de-
velopments.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Californian Is Winner
Of Bethesda Ki1Ua1lis A1Uard

training at the Washington
school, he plans to utilize the
scholarship fund to continue his
training in the special field of
education of the deaf in Cali
fornia.
Introduced by Dean
At a meeting of the club at
which the scholarship was pre-
scented, Summers was intro
duced by DR.. Detmold, who also
described the scope of training
at Gallaudet. The colleges un-
dergraduate school is specific
ally for deaf students, he told
the Kiwanians, while the grad
uate school is for teachers spe-
cializing in teaching the deaf.
The current year marks the
colleges Tooth anniversary and
it has an all-time high enroll.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Takona Students
Recent Visitors
To PIanetarium


Members of the Takoma Jun
ior High School Youth Council
of Prospective Scientists were
recent visitors to the plane
tarium in the new science build
ing at Montgomery Junior Col
lege in Takoma Park.
The students were accom-
panied on the field trip by two
of their teachers, Robert B.
McCaw and Mrs. Ella B. Lopez.
A projection of the winter con-
stellations viewed by the group
from the planetarium was a
highlight of the visit.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Child Educator
To Lecture at
Newport Jr. High

Mrs. May Hill Arbuthnot, edu-
Gator and author of children's
literature, will present a lee
ture at Newport Junior High
School on November 80 at 8
pm. under sponsorship of the
Montgomery County Chapter of
the Association for Childhood
Education International.
Mrs. Arburthnot, an associate
professor emeritus of Western
Reserve University, now de-
votes her full time to lecturing
and writing children's books.
Among her works are "Chil-
dren and Books" widely-used
college textbook in children's
literature courses; "Time for
Poetry" and "The Curriculum
Foundation Readers" which she
co-authored with William S.
Gray and Sterile Artley.
The writer also has contri-
buted articles for the profess
sional magazine, Elementary
English" and to the book sec.
ton of the Chicago Tribune.
She holds degrees from the Uni
versity of Chicago and Column
bia University.
The county chapter of the
ACEI is sponsoring her lecture,
according to officials Of the
unit, as a contribution to the
educational profession. The
program is open TO the public
without charge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

Ralph P. Ripley, of Silver
Spring, was honored by the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards in Dallas, Tex, last week
as Maryland's "Realtor of the
Year."
Ripley, who was selected for
the State honor earlier this year,
was one of Al guests of honor
at a luncheon sponsored by the
State Associations Committee of
NAREB. Others recognized at
the luncheon were winners of
similar honors in their respec-
tive states.
Ripley and other realtors of
the year" received engraved sill
yer bowls emblematic of their
achievements. The awards were
presented by C. Armel Nutter,
of Camden, N. j., president of
the national association.
Attending the luncheon were
many of the 5000 realtors from
throughout the nation who par
ticipated in the Dallas conven-
ton.
Chosen on the basis of profess
sional and civic achievement,
Ripley has been in the real es-
tate business for 80 years and
president of his own firm for 22
years. He has held offices on
the local, state, and national
levels, including being an organ
izer, director, and president of
the Montgomery County Board
of Realtors and member of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

ment of $50 undergraduates and
40 teachers in the graduate
school.
Other Winners Listed
Summers is the third recip-
lent of the Kiwanis scholarship
fund for graduate students at
the college, which was initiated
in 1858. The first winner,
Terry Griffing, is now an in
structor in the speech and hear
ing clinic at Mayo Clinic, while
the second, Gary Blake, is
teaching in the Minnesota State
School for the Deaf.
The scholarship is part of the
Bethesda clubs program to aid
underprivileged children and is
made possible by the profits
from a variety of Kiwanis fund.
raising activities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
J. III. Snouffer
SuccuInbs to
Heart Attack

John H. Snouffer, affection.
ately known to friends and
neighbors as Pop" died recent
ly of a heart ailment at the
home of his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Prinkert, TOP Lanark Way, Sill
yer Spring. He was "a years of
age.
Although he had been handi-
capped by failing eyesight, Mr..
Snouffer had been in good
health until he was stricken a
week before his death.
Born in Frederick County, Mr..
Snouffer came to Montgomery
County at the age of six with
his parents, who settled on a
farm about six miles from
Gaithersburg. ills father donat-
ed the land on which snouffer's
School was built and later, a
road in the area was named for
the donor.
Mr.. Snouffer was a member
of the Ascension Episcopal
Chapel in Gaithersburg, but
later transferred to st. Stephens
and The Incarnation, in Wash
ington. In recent months he
had been unable to attend
church, but was visited regular
ly by the rector.
Besides Mrs. Prinkert, he is
survived by his wife, Julia; four
other daughters, Mrs. Gerhard
Adler, of Kensington; Mrs. Yves.
ley Clark, of Silver Spring; Mrs.
James Williams, of Chevy
Chase, and Mrs. Roy Talbot, of
Gaithersburg; a son, George, OF
Laytonsville; eight grandchild-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Assigned to BelvOir

Airy Pfc. George F. Prior,
II, of Gaithersburg, has been as
signed to duty with the S7th
Engineer Battalion at Fort Bel
voir, Va. A former Gathers
burg High School student, he is
the husband of Mrs. Thelma
Prior, of 428 Gather st., Cath
ersburg..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

Hubert D. Summers, of
Riverside, Calf, has been
named as the recipient of the
Bethesda Kiwanis Clubs an
nual $500 scholarship award
to a graduate student at Gallau-
oct College, the worlds only col.
lege for the deaf.
Summers was chosen by a
selection committee headed by
DR.. George Detmold, dean of
the college. The scholarship
was presented to him by Angelo
D'Valenza, chairman of the boys
and girls work committee of the
Bethesda club.
Married and the father of two
children, Summers is scheduled
to receive his masters degree
in education at Gallaudet this
year. On completion of his
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

Zens and organizations, accord
ing to Richard M. Cooperman,
the chambers executive direc-
tor. In return, Cooperman said,
the chamber is asking local
groups to submit information
about their meetings and other
activities so that they can be in
cluded in the list of coming
events.
The first calendar in the
series, now available, lists a
total of 35 activities scheduled
for December, The schedule in
cludes meetings of civic and
service clubs, P-TAs and other
groups, entertainment features
and varied other events.
I'VE realize there are many
o tn er activities scheduled"
Cooperman said, ''but for the
first issue we had to start from
scratch, relying on what infor-
nation we had in our files and
what data we could collect in a
relatively short time" He said
he felt future calendars would
become more extensive os local
organizations become familiar
with the service.
Groups desiring to obtain
copies of the calendar, or to
submit information about their
coming activities, are requested
to telephone Mrs. Shirley Braun
berg at the chambers headquar-
tiers, Garden 4-9300. Notice of
future events should be sumbit-
ted no later than the 10th of
the month preceding the calen-
dar listings to assure publica-
ton, Cooperman noted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Christmas Bazaar
To Be Staged
At St. Jude's

The Christmas Bazaar of st.
Jude's Catholic Church, 1901
Veirs Mill rd., Wheaton, will be
held on November 20 and 30
from l. 10 pm. both days.
Sixteen booths will feature
exciting attractions for both
children and adults. Among
homemade items will be aprons,
Christmas d decorations, doll
clothes and furniture, and eats.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Twins Mothers
To Meet Tuesday

The Maryland Mothers of
Twins Association. Inc, will
meet on November % at $3.50
pm. at the Bethesda Methodist
Church, $500 Old Georgetown
rd., Chevy Chase.
DR.. Laura Hooper, program
coordinator for the Association
for Childhood Education Inter
national, will speak on the I'm
portance of Toys in the Life of
Your Child"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Republicans to
Hold Lincoln Day
Celebration

The Montgomery County
Republican Committee
announced this week that the
annual Lincoln Day dinner
will be held again, this year
at Indian Spring Country
Club on February Is or 16.
Emery Hertelendey, precinct
chairman of Bethesda's 18th,
has been named chairman of
the Republican dinner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

ington Chapel, will be the guest
minister. The Rev. B. Frank
Foster, pastor of the church, ex-
tends a cordial welcome to the
entire community to attend
these special services.
Randy Wilson, a student at
West Virginia Wesleyan, is
spending the Thanksgiving holi.
day at the home of his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. Herman M. VII.
son. Accompanying Randy is
Dave Oertel, his Sigma Theta
Epsilon fraternity brother, from
New York.
The Dalamar Bowling Lanes
are holding a junior bowling
clinic for boys and girls on Fri
day. Two sessions will be held
in order to provide for the diff
ferent age groups. Children
from eight through IL are in.
vited to come at 10 am, and
those from Is through the SEN
ior year of high school will
come at 1 pm. Each group will
see a Commute film entitled
"Duckpin Bowling, Everybody's
Came" Then there will be a
priod of bowling instruction.
The sessions are free of charge.
The grounds of the Gathers.
burg High School have been fur.
Their beautified by the recent
addition of Towering trees and
ornamental shrubs, including
dogwood, magnolia, forsythia
and pyracantha. The schoo
gratefully acknowledges the
generosity of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Higdon, who contributed
many of the new paintings. Ap
probation is also due the mem
bers of the Key Club, who did
the actual labor in setting Out
the trees and shrubs.
With this column, we bring to
an end a period of five and one
half years of reporting the
news of Gaithersburg for Sen
tinel readers. We wish to ex
press since thanks to those who
have thoughtfully sent or called
in news items from time to
time. We also urge the full co
operation of everyone with the
future correspondent, who must
depend on all of you for mate
rial for the weekly column
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

rem and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
from the Humphrey funeral
home in Silver Spring and burial
was in Parklawn Cemetery.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Turkey Dinner

The annual turkey dinner and
Christmas bazaar of the st.
Johns Episcopal Church at Oh
ney will be held on Saturday,
December 10, beginning at 3
pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Chamber Calendar Lists
Coming Rockville Events

The Rockville Chamber of Commerce has instituted
a new public service in the publication of a monthly
calendar of events in the city, designed to list in advance
the scheduled activities of local organizations of all types
The calendar will be available on request to local citi
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

master Maurice SpdIulIlS cA-
tends a cordial invitation to all
residents of the area to be pres
ent for the dedication and to in
spect the beautiful new facili-
ties. Refreshments will be
served.
Residents of the Rosemont
area met at the fire house on
Wednesday evening to organize
the Rosemont Citizens Associa-
ton. Mrs. Henry l. Andrews,
jr., served as temporary secre-
tary of the group. Six men
were chosen to draw up char
ter under which the new asso-
citation will operate. Sam Nc
Dowell was named chairman of
the committee, with other mem
bers as follows: Bill Youden, DR..
James Hundley, James Cherry,
Harry Smith and Robert Slack.
Union Thanksgiving services
will be held on Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the Ep-
worth Methodist Church. The
Rev. Richard L. Irwin of the
Grace Methodist Church will
bring the message, and special
music will be brought by the
choirs of the two churches.
Miss Carol Gillian is return
ing home from Madison College
to spend the Thanksgiving holi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn z. Gillian.
Also coming home for the
vacation is Miss Christy Foster,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Del
bert Foster. She is a student at
Frostburg State Teachers Col
lege.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Argent of
Miami, Fla; Mrs. Elmer The.
une of Oostburg, Wis, and Miss
Jennie Karsten of Holland,
Mich, were the guests last
week of Mr.. and Mrs. Worden
Reed.
The Women of Ascension
Chapel held their regular meet
ing last Wednesday evening al
the home of Mrs. Robert Ran.
som, with Mrs. ]. r. Marsh as
the co-hostess.
Grace Methodist Church OBJ.
served its annual Homecoming
ON Sunday. Following the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

morning worship, there was a
coffee hour, at which time the
one-time members and older
friends of the church had an
opportunity to renew acquaint-
ances and to meet the present
day congregation. Lawrence
Best was in charge of the ar
rangements.
The Gaithersburg- Washington
Grove Auxiliary No. l to the
Montgomery County General
Hospital met on Thursday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Jack
Watson.
Get out your opera glasses,
binoculars and spy glasses and
turn on your television sets on
Thanksgiving morning to watch
the annual Mays Thanksgiv-
ing Day parade. If your eyes
are sharp, you may spot Sandra
Lee King marching with the
Radford College band. Mays
officials were so impressed with
Radford's performance at the
Cherry Blossom Festival that
they invited the band to parti-
cipate in the big November "a
parade.
While in New York, Sandra
Lee and the other Radford stu
dents will enjoy a Broadway
show, a concert and other at
fractions of the big city.
Also at Sandy Spring, Is Mrs.
Rosabelle N. Stup, who entered
the hospital last week.
Carl Briggs Is recuperating
after surgery performed on
Thursday at Montgomery Coun-
ty General Hospital.
DR.. and Mrs. Herman Wilson
returned home last Thursday
after a weeks vacation in At
lantic City.
The First Baptist Church an
nounces a short early winter re-
vival to be held at the church
on four successive nights, No
vember 27-30. The Rev. John
Coburn, minister of church ex-
tension at Congress Heights
Baptist Church, who is present.
ly in charge of the Fort Wash
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24
Gaithersburg..
BY MOllie Christie
WArfield 6-3525

Office Summit will be dedicated
be Saturday.
officials the Office invited attend
following
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

DR.. and Mrs. Herman Wilson
returned home last Thursday
after a weeks vacation in At
lantic City.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-11-24

The Women of Ascension
Chapel held their regular meet
ing last Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Robert RAN
som, with Mrs. ]. r. Marsh as
tho ~ L1cfocc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-29
SENTINEL
Registration DeadIine
Rush Sets New Record

Smashing all records in their
effort to meet Maryland's dead.
line to register new voters,
Montgomery County Election
Supervisors reported register
ing 2707 persons at Rockville on
Monday.
Subject to an official count,
Rose Dawson, minority clerk to
the board, said it was the
largest single days registration
in the history of the county.
Breakdown for Monday is
1909 Democrats, 1914 Republi-
cans and 1874 declined. All per.
sons waiting in line, which at
one time Monday night reached
from the Rockville firehouse to
the courthouse, were registered
by HOS pm. Many persons left
the line to go home. Some called
the office Tuesday to see If the
deadline was extended.
Ten boards worked continu-
ously throughout the day and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-29
Rally TO Feature
InlUes and BrO1l,Il

to arrive by plane from Cali
fornia early Thursday, and will
make a number of appearances
in the Washington area in the
interest of the Kennedy-Johu
son ticket. His Wheaton visit
has been interpreted as an indi-
cation of the political impor-
lance attached to the populous
Wheaton area, where a heavy
Democratic registration could
be a strong factor in the out
come of the election in Mary
land.
A native of San Francisco,
Brown is S., is the father of
four children and has three
grandchildren. After serving as
as district attorney in San Fran
cisco and attorney general OF
California, he defeated former
Republican Sen. William Know
land for the gubernatorial post
by more than a million votes.
During the preconvention Pc
Rod, he was prominently men,
toned as clark horse" candi-
date for the presidential noml-
nation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-29
City Council Looks for
New Fire House Site

The Mayor and City Council
Of Rockville, in an effort to
forestan selection of a proposed
firehouse site at Halpine and
Ardennes ave., Monday night
pledged to help obtain another
site within the Rockville fire
district.
A hearing will be held before
the county council Friday on the
site which has been the cause
of much CONSERVATION and
heated protestation among res.
idents of the area who appealed
to the city for help.
Arguing that a firehouse at
this location would be a danger
to the children and general
nuisance for everyone, resi-
dents asked the city to bring
all possible pressure on the
firemen to drop their option
with the owners of the land.
Fire protection is not under the
jurisdiction of the city, so no
direct action could be taken to
hinder the fire departments
choice of a second station in
this densely populated area.
Greene told the firemen, who
met with the Rockville council,
1.-THE city will: go; on record as
opposing the site. We will use
all of our good offices to obtain
another site to the extent of
amending our charter to allow
condemnation of land for a fire
house."
City Manager Walter A.
Scheiber said that although he
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-29
Goodwill HOnors
Donors in County

Five Montgomery County wo.
men were honored as Goodwill
Contributors of the Month" at
a luncheon given recently by
Goodwill Industries as a token
of appreciation for the aid Civ
en- the nonprofit project by area
residents.
Selected at random from
among 1916 Washington.area
residents who called Goodwill
during August for home pick
ups of discarded materials, the
county group included Mrs. Jo-
seph M. Babbitt, 9911 Corsica
dr., Bethesda; Mrs. j. w. Coutts,
1900 Lenhart dr., Chevy Chase;
Mrs. Harold P. Newsom, 1913
Delfield St, Chevy Chase; Mrs.
Edison B. Odds, 1901 Brookville
rd., Chevy Chase, and Mrs. A.
B. Scherr, 6S12 Delaware ST.,
Chevy Chase.
Following the luncheon the
women, including others from
the Washington area, were TAX
en- on a tour of the Goodwill
workshops and rehabilitation
center where they observed
firsthand how the discarded
materials are used to provide
gainful opportunities for the
handicapped.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-29
Koepenick-McDonnell
Open Real Estate Office

They will carry a wide range
of home listings, train their
own statesmen and offer pack
age plans to commercial and
industrial customers, including
locating and financing land and
construction facilities.
Both men believe more real
istic land values must be Gre
ated in the county.
1.-THE Rockville GaithersDurg-
Potomac triangle" said McDon-
nell, "has the finest potential
for residential, commercial and
industrial development in the
western part of the county. We
believe it is up to intelligent.
progressive developers to bring
modern land development eco
Monies and techniques to this
area"