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The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-06-03
DIST. GOVERNOR TO VISIT

Ray Hollowell of Camden, dep
mty district governor of Lion In
ternational District 31-J, will Wis
it with and speak to Manteo
Lions Club Tuesday night, June
q. Hollowell is no stranger to the
Afanteo club, having visited many
times in various official capaci-
ties, and participated in many OF
ats programs.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-06-03
ASSEMBLY OF GOD TO
BEGIN STREET SERVICES

The young people of the Assem-
bly, of God of Wanchese are be-
ginning their street services and
singing. Conducted throughout the
summer they will be in Manteo
at 8 pm. Saturdays, and at Mays
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-06-03

from time to time.
The Wanchese church is cui
rently conducting a revival unde
leadership of Rev. C. A. KelIyI
Evening star., 1960-07-10
New splash in sport

watery delight in the pictures on this page
are enrolled in the recreation program of
the Raleigh, N. c., Y.M.C.A., where the
game was invented by Ben C. Mccoy iii,
assistant youth secretary.
Officially the game is played - under
adult supervision by two teams of six
members each. The object is to land the
ball in basketball net after passing it from
player to player in plastic scoops drilled
with holes to let the water run out.
If aqua-ball clicks, kids still wet behind
the ears will remain that way all summer!
Evening star., 1960-07-10

BY now it's clear that practically any
sport you can play on land is twice as much
fun in the water. We've immersed polo,
we've gone hiking in foat-boat shoes, we've
put bicycles on pontoons and we've taken
our skis out on the lake.
Newest addition to refreshing plot to
keep everybody in the water is game
called aqua-ball. It's little like basketball
Gt uses hoops), little like hockey lit calls
for goalies), little like jai alai (the ball
is hurled and caught in curved SCOOP.
The youngsters shown enjoying this
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28

boys happened to decide to cut
across a field on their way
home.
Victim of the near-drowning
was Randall Fink, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Fink, who live
on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
vile I'd. The memory of his
near miss was enough to send
him fleeing when reporters
sought to question him.
His embarrassed rescuers, all
juniors at Gaithersburg High:
Norman "Chip" Mills, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Mills, of
Ounce Orchard; Ronnie Wat
kins, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell c. Watkins, of Washington
Grove; Jimmy Dean, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold d. T. Dean, of
303 Dogwood dr., Gaithersburg.
All are 16.
ROnnie and Jimmy were
quick to place the lions share
Of Randalls rescue on the broad
shoulders of "Chip" Mills, school
football player and leader of
his All Beef Club. "Chip" told
this story of the event:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Sister City
2 Pinneberg
Students to
Study Here

A non-profit corporation for
the purpose of sending ex-
change students to Pinneberg,
Germany, Rockville's sister city,
was authorized Tuesday by the
City Council.
Ken Kasai, chairman of the
Sister-City Committee, told the
council Pinneberg will send two
students to Rockville in August
to attend the 1960-61 school year
here.
In return, his committee
hopes to raise funds to send two
students for the sumner session
In Pinneberg.
Language difficulties, he said,
bar Montgomery County stu
dents from attending a full year.
The German schools teach Eng
fish, but German is not taught
in the Montgomery County sys.
tenn, he said.
Rather than ask the city for
an appropriation, he said, his
committee would form a non.
profit corporation to raise the
necessary $1,000 to send two stu.
dents for the summer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
EnIvening Proceedings
Sure Footed Stella
Again Leaps Nimbly

AS usual, it was Stella
Werner who enlivened the
meeting of the County Coun-
Gil when the county heads
selected Joe M. Kyle Tues
day as successor to B. Houston
McCeney, councilman wEo re-
signed December 20.
II understand Mr., Kyle puts
his feet on the table at The
Board of Appeals meetings"
Mrs. Werner told her colleagues
smiling broadly.
I'VE have tried very hard to
maintain dignity and decorum
at County Council meetings"
she continued smilingly, "and I
think Mr.. Kyle should under
stand that II we appoint him he
will have to discontinue this
practice"
After his appointment, Kyle
who was listening to the short
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28

debate on selection of the new
councilman, rose to his feet. He
was unsmiling. Everybody was
expecting a speech. "I'll try to
keep my feet off the table, Mrs.
Werner" he said. Then, with a
broad grin, he sat down.
During her remarks, Mrs.
Werner also said she had
thought maybe we shouldn't
have another lawyer" This
brought chuckles because I h e
council with four Of its seven
members being lawyers has won
the reputation in some quarters
Of splitting legal hairs.
"But the (collective) legal
mind has been very helpful In
the past year." she conceded
quickly and another light mo-
ment had enllvened the pro.
ceedings. And lawyer Kyle got
the job.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Morton to Talk
At COP Dinner

Republican National Chair.
man Thruston B. Morton will
be the principal speaker at the
Montgomery County COP Lin
coin Day Dinner February 16
that is being sponsored jointly
by the Montgomery County
State Central Committee, the
Montgomery County Repub-
licans and the Federation Of
Republican Women.
Republican officials are anti
cipating a turnout Of 1000
party workers for the affair at
the Indian Spring Country
Club. Those planning to attend
were warned to get their
tickets early. More than as
tables already have been re-
served and half of the avail
able tickets sold.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28

ters and fancy "reminiscences.
If you do remember something
interesting about the Sentinel
of earlier years that is worth
passing on TO US we'd appreciate
it. But the contest won't be
judged on that basis. All we
really want to know Is what
living person has been reading
the Montgomery County Sen.
tinel longer than anyone else.
To reward the three most
longtime readers of our news
paper, we'll give the first, sec.
ond and third place winners
cash prizes of SIS, $40 and S.,
respectively. Send in your en-
try right away. Remember the
contest will end February Is
Address your entry to: Contest
Editor, Montgomery County
Sentinel, 215 E. Montgomery
ave-, Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Suit Tests
Reese Role
In Budget

A suit to require the
county manager to act on
the school budget the same
as he processes estimates of
other county departments
has been filed in Circuit Court
by representatives of the Coun-
Gil for Better Education.
Purpose of the suit, according
to Attorney James r. Miller,
jr., 'is to establish whether or
not the single most important
fiscal responsibility Of the
County Council is to be con-
Quoted according to provisions
of the county charter"
Plaintiffs are William E.
Yost, jr., president of the Coun.
Gil for Better Education, and
James l. Humphrey, a Council
member and former School
Board candidate.
The action stems from the
County Councils resolution last
October relieving the county
manager of authority over the
school budget. Instead, his
recommendation was made adj
visOry and can be changed by
a simple majority of the County
Council.
The suit contends that the
charter directs the county
manager to review the budgets
of all agencies financed In
whole or in part by county
funds and that the School
Board is obviously such ar
agency.
Also, under the charter, the
suits point out, the County
Council can increase any item
in the managers budget or add
new items only by a 50 vote.
This is an attempt to clear
the air." Miller explained, "and
get a judicial and binding
opinion as to whether the char
ter operates in this single most
important function of the coun
ty government"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Flu Bug Causing
School Absences

That nasty flu bug hit coun-
ty schools this week and
caused a sharp rise in alb
senteeism, according to DR..
William ]. Peoples, county
health officer.
He said the absentee rate
is running about 10 per cent
above normal for this time
of year. with the cases scat
tered throughout the county.
AS preventive measures, the
health officer recommended a
good diet and plenty of rest.
He also urged parents to keep
their children at home if they
showed the slightest symp-
toms because the disease is
Extremely contagious"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Who's Been Reading
Sentinel Longest?

How many years have you
been reading the Sentinel?
A lot has happened needless
to say since Matthew Fields
started up the Sentinel in 1855.
But the newspaper is still going
strong and still serving Mont
gomery County. Except for
three months when the founder
was jailed for his Confederate
leanings, the Sentinel has been
published continuously for more
than 104 years.
We're interested in finding
out who has been reading the
Sentinel longer than anybody
else. So join the fun! The con-
test starts Immediately and will
only last until February IS.
Your letters or cards may be
brought or mailed to the Sen
tined office in Rockville.
Don't worry about long let
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28

Saturday morning, he and his
buddies took their rifles and
shotguns out for a little "plunk-
ing" at whatever came their
way. They spent the morning
roaming the fields East of Rt.
355 on the outskirts of Gathers
burg.
AS afternoon approached,
they gave up their wandering
and headed for home. Instead
of taking to a paved road for
easy walking, they decided to
cut across a field toward Ron
MES home.
Tired, Ronnie and Jimmy
took Chips" suggestion that
they rest beside a pond near
the Walnut Manor subdivision.
They sank to the ground and
were all but hidden ir marsh
grass when they heard a pecul-
lar tapping sound.
Looking up, they saw two
small boys advancing cautious.
ly across the slushy surface of
the frozen pond. Half jeering-
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
w. McCraw,
School Head,
Quits Post

Willard G.. McGraw, vet
eran School Board member,
yesterday announced his
resignation, l effective Mon
day.
In a letter to School Board
President Paul G. Howard,
McGraw attributed his action
to the pressure Of "other obi.
cations, both at home and in
my profession
Realizing the limitations of
time" he explained, 81 find l
cannot adequately serve these
duties and do justice to the
cause of education in Montgom-
cry County,"
Another reason for his resig.
nation now, he said, Is to give
his successor enough time to
gain the experience and know
ledge necessary to cope with
the next budget"
McGraw also expressed his
appreciation to Mrs. Mary
Walters, clerk to the board; to
Supt. of Schools c. Taylor
Whittier and his staff and to
his associates on the board.
DR.. Whittier said the resig.
nation will be presented to the
full board at its next meeting
February 8. The board will APP
point a successor for the re-
mainder of his two-year term,
which expires in November.
In accepting the resignation
with regret" the board presi-
dent said McGraw's 6ls years
Of service "have shown his con.
scientious devotion to the cause
of education for all of the chill.
dren Of Montgomery County"
He added the board will fill
the vacancy "as soon as pos
sible."
A resident Of Gaithersburg,
McGraw is senior trust officer
at the Union Trust Co., Wash
ington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
On February 8
COlts-Sentinels Game
To Aid College Group

dents in securing higher educa-
ton"
Its detectives are to help stu
dents and their families plan
accidentally and financially for
college, to provide scholarship
and career information, and to
foster opportunities for part
time employment. These serv-
ices are offered without charge.
Applications and further infor-
nation may be obtained either
by writing the Council, c/o
Postmaster, Rockville, or by
visiting the Councils headquar-
tiers at the Elwood Smith Teen
Center on Saturdays from 2 to
A pm. beginning February 6.
Members of the Council rep
resent many of the larger or
CARNATIONS in the city such as
the American Association Of
University Women, the Home
makers Clubs, the Junior and
Senior Women's Clubs, the
Rockville Rotary Club, the
P.TAs and the Rockville Cham
Der of Commerce. Other mem.
bers call upon their experience
in professional and business
fields in their work with the
Council.
The policy.making body of
Council is the College Guidance
Committee, which accepts the
applications and makes refer
Continued on Page 49,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
A BIO RR
Bridges Are
Urged Here

Four bridges over the
B &, o Railroad in and near
Rockville were proposed by
experts at the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and
Planning Commission this week.
Their recommendations came
almost four months after the
County Council asked for them
following derailment of a
freight train and a bus-train ac-
cident near the Randolph I'd.
grade crossing.
Preliminary bridge proposals
call for structures over the
tracks at:
. A point North of Halpine
I'd. near Parklawn limits.
. A relocated Rollins ave. in
the Rockville city limits.
. The foot of Nicholson la,
bordering White Flint G off
Course land.
. Just North of Strathmore
ave., on the Southeast edges of
the town of Garrett Park.
After receiving the report
from the Commissions technical
staff, the County Council d.
rected its Public Works Depart
ment to meet with the planners
to talk over technical details.
The Commission report was
presented by Joseph Kordella,
assistant to Public Works Chief
Mason A. Butcher.
"Somthing is needed desper-
ately at the Randolph I'd. cross.
ing" Kordella said. After the
two train accidents last year
one was hurt-the County
widened and improved the paw
ing at Randolph I'd. The nearly
flat grade crossing Is protected
by warning bells and flashing
lights.
While Kordella emphasized
that the report was only a pro-
posal, he urged that continuing
studies of the four crossings be
made.
Main bugaboO pIaguing the
County, Rockville and Garrett
Park, is where would the money
come from to build the bridges.
Rockville City Manager Wal
ter A. Scheiber said not long
ago that while some Federal
money might be forthcoming to
build bridges that connect two,
main State Roads. costs OF
bridges over other roads would
have to be borne by local juris'
dictions.
Spokesman for B & o mince
no words when they say that
motorists, not train passengers,
should pay for construction OF
railroad bridges. Scores of at
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Buses, he said, would park on
three streets around the Ar
mory triangle: Pershing dr.,
Wayne ave. and Fenton st.
Buses would enter and leave
the terminal via Georgia ave.
While passengers alighting at
the D. c. line would continue
to pay the present city-wide
fare of 20 cents, they would
pay more to 60 to the new ter.
minal.
New bus lines proposed by
ID. G. Transit and other bus
lines farther ur-county would
use the new terminal. No more
than rs buses would ever be
parked on the Armory triangle,
Chalk said.
While Chalk confirmed ter
minal plans, that's about all he
did. His comments on other
plans for expanded bus serv-
ice in Montgomery County were
only general.
The transit magnate now has
applications pending before
area regulatory bodies to take
over all the bus transportation
in Montgomery County.
Plans for the new Silver
Spring terminal would have to
be approved by the Montgom-
cry County Council.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28

What is the Rockville Col
lege Guidance Council that
will benefit to the tune of
several hundred dollars as a
result of the Colts-Sentinels
exhibition basketball game to
be played at Richard Montgom-
cry High School on February
6?
It's a group of determined
community leaders who are out
to see that some city children
who should be going on to col
lege, but might not make it
without a boost from others,
get there.
A full house Is expected in
the RMHS gym when the world
famed football stars make their
appearance here. Game time
Is 8 pm. Tickets are available
at the Sentinel office. They
cost 81 for students and $1.5O
for adults.
Members of the Rockville
Junior Women's Club are doing
much of the work in connection
with the game in the interests
of helping the college aid fund.
The event is being sponsored by
the Montgomery County Sen
tinel.
The College Guidance Coun-
ellis primary goal is fostering
the pursuit of higher education
by all students in the Rockville
area and in assisting these stu.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
$475,OOO
Drainage
JobOKd

A storm drainage project
for the Croydon Park Bro
underpass at Park I'd. got.
the go ahead Tuesday when
the Rockville City Council
authorized a $4750OO bond
isue.
The project which will extend
from the underpass across
Stonestreet ave. to Grandin ave.
and on to N. Horners Ia, is to
alleviate frequent flooding in
the underpass.
This will be the first leg of a
budgeted 81 million project
which will also include S. Wash
ington st. and Rockcrest. The
S475, 900 Croydon Park bond is
sue will be included in a SIT
million issue in March.
Construction will begin this
spring.
It will be designed to conform
with rebuilding of the narrow
and curving underpass which
will be done at sometime in
the future"
Mayor Alexander Greene OK
pressed confidence that some
part of the cost of the drainage
would be regained through as
sessment of properties adjacent
to the drainage system.
Councilman Joseph c. Rodg-
ers said "all possible sums must
be recovered; adjacent property
should be assessed to the full
est Of the benefits from the
J project"
Councilman Frank A. Ecker
pointed out it was more of a
traffic problem than a drainage
problem, with traffic coming
to a halt when the underpass
floods.
at is a pressing problem
which we cannot defer" Ecker
said.
The drainage system was de-
signed by Hayes, Seay, Mat.
tern and Mattern, consultant en-
gineers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Chalk Talks
With County
About Buses

Plans to abandon the D. C.
Transit Co. terminal at the
District Line on Georgia
ave. were confirmed last
week by 0. Roy Chalk,
transit head, who visited the
County Council to outline his
bus plans for Montgomery
County.
The terminal would be relo-
Gated at the Silver Spring Ar
mory, in line with proposals
advanced by the Silver Spring
Board of Trade.
Chalk said his firm would
build Every beautiful" weather
shelters but not a permanent
terminal building at this time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
BIoodmObile Visit

The Monocacy Lions Club, Of
Beallsville, will sponsor a visit
of the Red Cross Bloodmobile
Monday at Poolesville High
School from 3 to 7:45 pm. Re-
freshments will be served. Spe.
cial attention to the visit is
urged in view of the current
Serious shortage" of blood.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
FIJI Report
Is Weighed
By Justice
2 Groups Ask
Full Airing
OF Smith Case
By j. b. Zatman
Staff Reporter

County officials are push
ing their own investigation
into the Melvin w. Smith
police brutality case, it was
learned this week, as the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
completed its preliminary probe
and turned the findings over to
the Justice Department.
In other new developments:
. The League of Women
voters demanded that the Coun.
ty Council make a full, prompt
and objective investigation of
the police part in the incident
and a detailed public report on
it,"
= The county branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
called on Gov. J. Willard Tawes
to investigate Smiths charge OF
police brutality and to Tighten
the one,year prison sentence inn
posed on the 18-year-old Cath.
ersburg youth for assaulting a
policeman.
Acting Assistant Attorney
General Joseph M. F. Ryan, in
charge of the Justice Depart
ment's Civil Rights Division,
said he received the ''voluml.
nous" FBI report Tuesday and
is studying it to determine
whether to take any further &C.
ton.
"This Is only a preliminary
report" he pointed out. Il may
ask for additional Information,
depending ON what / find"
Disclosure that the county IS
examining the case came during
the Council meeting Tuesday,
Immediately after the leagues
letter requesting the investiga.
ton was read.
County Manager M. L. Reese
announced that he is making an
independent investigation OF the
brutality charge and that he
hoped to report to the Council
next Tuesday or the following
week.
This was confirmed by Coun-
Gilman Stella Werner, w h o
added that mo member of the
Council wants any question OF
injustice in Montg ON cry.
County.
Sne explained that II there IL
any question of police responsi.
biIity In the matter, the Person.
mel Board would act as a ,Olice
trial board.
From County Attorney Alfred
Fl. Carter came assurance that
the county win not tolerate
any brutality or mistreatment
OF prisoners by police" But he
emphasized he had found no evi.
dence of brutality in questioning
the more than a dozen witnesses
whose names he and Reese had
given to the FBI.
Councilman David Cahoon
commented that "the fact we
are proceeding with an investi.
CATION proves that the Council
Is sensitive to the issues raised"
He warned, however, against
any further county action be.
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Vest Rockville
P-TA to See
COna,lt Film

A film titled "How Good Are
Our Schools?" featuring the
now-famous study of American
education by DR.. James B.
Conant, former Harvard Uni
versity president, will be
shown at the Tuesday meeting
of West Rockville Elementary
School starting at 8 pm.
The film shows few of the
conclusions DR.. Conant made
after the two-year study of
some 40 schools in the U. S.
Robert Gibson, principal Of
Richard Montgomery Hig h
School. will speak. Members
and the public are invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28
Near Guifhersburg
3 Youths, 10, Sdue
Boy, z, In LcyP0nd
STAFF Photo.

Only circumstance of fate saved the life of
yearoid sithersburg boy who fell through the ice of
isolated farm pond last Saturday.
Tragedy was turned into merely shivery dunking
because three happy-goucky Gaithersburg High School
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-28

(See Editorial on Page AL