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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

Germantown Bank was organ.
lied. The First National Bank
of Gaithersburg ard the Bank
of Germantown in 1858 merged
to form the present Maryland
State Bank. In 1928 came the
Citizens Bank of Takoma Park
and in 1916 came the Bank of
Silver Spring.
1t is significant that while the
population of Montg om cry
County has grown by leaps and
bounds in the past few years,
until recently there had been no
rush to organize new banks
such as had characterized other
growing communities in periods
of prosperity. Some of the exist
ing banks have opened branches
to take care of the expanding
population, notably the Farm
ers Banking and Trust Com
pany, with two offices in Rock
vile and one each in Kensing-
ton and Poolesville; the Bank
of Silver Spring has opened an
office at Wheaton and one on
Wisconsin ave. in the southern
portion of Rockville; and the
Suburban + u Company
which maintains offices at Is
points in both Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties, adj
jacent to the District of Co
lumbia boundary line.
Only very recently the Con-
troller of the Currency has APP
proved charters for new ma
tional banks at Potomac, Silver
Spring and Bethesda. All three
are now open, operating under
the name of Potomac National
Bank, National Bank OF Mary
land, and National Bank of Be.
thesda- Chevy Chase.
AS will be seen from the pre-
ceding data, all of the banks
named have been continuously
in business since their starting
date. The only other bank or
gained in the county not pre-
viously named was Takoma
Park Bank, organized in 1916.
This bank became a unit of the
Suburban National Bank in
1888, which itself became a unit
Of the present Suburban Trust
Company in 1851.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

ty National Bank Of Rockville,
Potomac National Bank, Ma
tional Bank of Maryland and
National Bank of Bethesda
Chevy Chase.
The Savings Institution of
Sandy Spring is a mutual saw
ings institution, some of which
are also to be found in Balti-
more. The remaining banks in
the county operate under the
supervision of the State Bank
Commissioner. Both the state
and national banks are MEM
bers of the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation, which in
sures deposits up to $4,000 for
each deposition.
Maryland has a reputation
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

portdnt Scnool IN the county.
From as far away as Forest
Glen all along the railroad line
to upcounty GAINESVILLE and
Boyds, students came in each
day by train on special cutrate
tickets. The high school at that
time was located on the site of
the present administration
building. Quilted by fire in 1910,
it was replaced by Richard
Montgomery High.
In 1925 there were 81 white
schools. many of them one and
two rooms, with 1863 teachers
and 1898 pupils. This enroll
fhent doesn't quite equal our
present increase each year, Mr..
Burdette points out.
Two Rooms for Staff
The entire school administra-
ton, that IS, superintendent Ed
win w. Broome and his secre-
tary, was housed in two small
rooms at the front of the high
school. DR.. Broome knew the
life history of every one of his
teachers and called them all by
their first names.
This, to Burdette, is the big
gest difference between Mont
gomery County of the 1920s
and the present Suburbia. The
increase in population alone
doesn't account for the differ
enes. he claims. 1t was the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

/ among the states of having an
excellent State Banking Depart.
ment, now headed by Bank
Commissioner w. Robert Mil.
ford, who is appointed by the
Governor. The position of Dep
uty Bank Commissioner has
long been held by John D. Hos
pelhorn, a man of practical bank
experience who has set a fine
example for other states in
bank supervision.
Careful Supervision
Banks are probably more
carefully supervised in their OPP
Grafton than any other type of
business. Their stockholders
meet, generally, once a year to
review their operations and
elect a board of directors, who
in turn elect the officers for an
other year. The board of direc-
tors meet at least once a month
to supervise the work of the
bank and do a planning job.
The directors make their own
minute examination of the bank
at least once year, and at least
twice year the supervisory aub
thorities-state, national or Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion-drop in completely I'M
announced and make complete
examinations which sometimes
require 10 days or more. to com
plete.
Then at the call of the super
visory authorities, and not less
than three times year, the
banks officers are required to
file a complete report of assets
and liabilities with the super
visory authorities. A copy of
this so-called Call Report"
must be published in a news
paper in order that the public
may see what is going on.
Those who operate banks often
liken their lives to the bird who
lived in a gilded cage.
Bank deposits in Montgomery
County, on December 81 last,
amounted to $254,019,069, in
Guiding those of Suburban
Trust Company, part of whose
operations are in Prince
Georges County. OF these de-
posts, $85, 40S,735 were in the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Insurance Firm Pleased
With Montgomery Welcome

The president, officers and all
of those associated with the
Government Employees Insur'
ance Company extend our con
gratulations to Montgomery
County as it celebrates cen
fury of outstanding achieve
ment, and steps briskly into q
century Of opportunity.
Several years ago, we chose
this community as the site for
our new Operations Office
Building. Our decision was in.
fluenced - in large degree-by
the ability of Montgomery Coun-
ty to attract new business ac'
tivity.
We readily noted the rapidly
expanding residential areas and
were impressed with the civic
and community responsibility
evidenced by its citizens. Mont.
gomery County offered the
many things we felt to be both
necessary and desirable for the
new building and our EN-
ployees, and GEICO made the
decision to associate its con-
tinuing growth with that of this
county.
Less than a year ago we
moved into our new home. Built
at a cost of Is million and
placed in a spacious, park-like
setting. GEICOs Operations
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Committing to School BY
Train Popular in I92O's

school. 1t also allowed him ga
rage space for his brand new
Chevy which cost all of $500.
And a new suit, equal in quail
ty to today's $40 one, cost $40.
Home for Weekends
His home in Damascus was
an hour and a halls drive over
rough county roads so Burdette
only went home on weekends.
Besides" he points out, teach
ers were expected to live in the
community in which they taught
and take part in all community
affairs in those days"
The students themselves and
their problems haven't changed
much over the years, Burdette
says, but the buildings were
simpler and the teachers worked
with much less equipment. LII
braries were practically nonex-
istent and he remembers his
first science laboratory as a
work table in a regular class
room.
Like other teachers, Burdette
paid for a lot of his lab equip
ment out of his own pocket.
Since the room had no running
water he hauled water In buck
cts and then hauled 1t out again
as there was no drain.
But the basic philosophy of
education was the same as now
and courses of study were de-
veloped in the same democratic
fashion with as many teachers
as possible involved. The only
change is the trend toward
more college preparatory work
CONTINUED on Page g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
An Adventure In Memory
BY Edna H. Reber
BY Edna II. Reber
Who Remembers

Who Remembers
WHEN Carson Ward operated his department where
Rebers novelty shop stands?
WHEN the community Christmas tall pine by
the Echson residence present Safeway store?
WHEN DR.. Haddock his offices Dr. Broschart
now lives?
WHEN William McBan served the first mayor of Cath
ersburg and bakery shop!
WHEN Walter Byrne was proprietor butcher shop?
WHEN DR.. William Barnett operated the and only
drug in Gaherburg and Dr. Bates Etchson had his den
tai office upstairs?
WHEN Dr. Carlton Echison practced medicine and lost
his life in the 1917 flu epidemic through his unng devotion
to his patients?
WHEN Mrs. Hattie Pummer ran a millinery shop?
WHEN Mr.. Young and his Robert had where
Becraft and Bean do business?
WHEN the Walton a thriving plumbing bust
ness?
WHEN there the three Fuks Brothers Oscar Ed
gar and Tommy?
WHEN Harvey Selbys barber shop popular meeting
place?
WHEN Gaithersburg had funeral home and the dead
were buried from their own home parlors?
WHEN Thomas Troxel the school principal and
children taught by Maude Broome,
Fields Miss Mary Rice and Miss Effe Ternent?
WHEN Mr. Briggs dealt grave and markers?
WHEN Waters and Son garage and Buick
dealers?
WHEN Mr. Burns had private bowling alley Bry
ants Mill in 1916?
WHEN Stups Department Store operated the build
ing known as the Plantation Room?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
By Fred L. Lutes

Banking in M on t g o IN e r y
County is a relatively modern
profession. Whether our pioneer
settlers were not numerous
enough to support a bank of
their own, preferred to do their
banking in George Town or
Frederick Town, or just used
old socks for banks, isn't clear.
According to Roger Brooke
Farquhar, in his delightful
book, Historic Montgomery
County, Md, Old Homes and
History" mo county in Mary
land has excelled Montgomery
County in the excellence of fl.
nancial institutions developed in
recent years. When tobacco was
legal tender, warehouses were
the banks. In early days cash
funds were, no doubt, largely
cached in secret hiding places
on the premises. Residents To-
Gated within convenient dis
tances from George Town, Fred
erick Town. Washington and
Baltimore could obtain banking
accommodations in the institu-
tons to be found in those cen
tiers at the end of the 18th
century and early in the 18th.
The Bank of Columbia was
established in George Town in
1898, the Bank of Washington
(now the National Bank of
Washington in 1909, the Bank
of Metropolis tnow part of
Riggs National Bank in 1914
and the bank organized by Will
liam w. Corcoran now part
of Riggs in 1886.
Frederick Town had banks
of Importance which no doubt
served Montgomery County
business early in the 10Th cen
fury. The Central National
Bank was organized there in
1908 as a branch of the Farm
ers Bank of Maryland, located
in Annapolis. Becoming pros
porous, it served this connec-
ton, becoming the Central
Bank with its own charter on
January 2, 1854.
From the above it is evident
that Montgomery County citi-
zens had ample banking facili-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Assets Jump
AT Guardian
Institution

Guardian Federal Savings &
Loan Association celebrated its
18th anniversary last month.
When founded in 1913, 1t was
the smallest savings and loan
institution in this area and its
assets totaled just over 81 mil.
lion. The financial statement
recently made public by Leo M.
Bernstein, President of Guar
dian Federal, showed the assets
as of June 80, 1860 to be $15,-
O3,411.29.
In the five-year period from
1855 to 1860 assets have more
than tripled, and the reserves
have grown even more rapidly.
Guardian Federal Is the only
Federally chartered savings in
stitution in Silver Spring. The
Associations recently remodeled
and enlarged offices at 8711
Georgia ave. have doubled in
space and incorporate many
outstanding and unusual fea-
lures. These include an extern
sion of their already well-known
Museum of Washingtoniana, a
lending library for the convent
ence of savings members and a
series of exhibits by outstand-
ing artists.
After-HOur Window
A recent innovation is an
after-hour window equipped to
render all savings and loan serv-
ices from 3 to 6 pm. every
afternoon of the week and from
$50 until 9 am. each morning.
This new service has received
very warm and enthusiastic
public acceptance.
The Time and Temperature
Signs at both the Dupont Circle
Branch and at Silver Spring are
popular landmarks, and the
residents of Silver Spring con-
tinue to enjoy the carlton mark
ing the hour and playing the
Lords Prayer at noon each day.
Guardian Federal Savings &
Loan Association produced a
savings growth Of $1,342,059 for
the sixth months ending June
80, 1860, according to Bern
STEMS statement.
He also called attention to
Guardians growth in reserves,
which increased by $67,709 in
the same period. First mort
cages loans by Guardian were
increased by $1,166, 455-from
SIP, 192,753 on December 81,
1859 to $13,359,2OS on June 30,
1860, he added.
Thomas A. Amatucci is chair
man of Guardians Board of Di-
rectors. Bernstein also is on the
board, together with these three
officers of Guardian: Marin L.
executive vice-president
and secretary, c. T. Noting
ham, vice.president, and Walter
treasurer and loan Off
Ger; and Raymond F.. DUNCAN,
Beatrice S. Kolker, Norman G..
Cohen, DIR. Benjamin Isaacson,
and Nathaniel J. Taube.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Park Unit Acquires
100 Acres Annually

acquisition and development
program. This has resulted in
increasing emphasis on the
joint purchase of land at saw
ings to each agency and, ulti-
mately, to taxpayers.
Under this program, the Com.
mission provides play facilities
needed for the school program
on land Immediately adjacent to
the school building. Less total
land area IL needed by each
agency In such cases. Further
savings result from reduced
development and maintenance
costs.
Program Serves All
The Commissions develop
ment program has provided q
well rounded park system
which offers opportunities for
both active and passive recre-
alton. Hundreds of baseball
and softball games are played
on the numerous ball fields pro-
vided in the park system.
These range from the carefully
supervised league activities of
the County Recreation Depart
ment to impromptu neighbour
hood games.
Most of the Commissions %
community buildings are used
for the teen programs spon-
sored by the recreation agency
and are also available for civic
meetings and social affairs.
such as wedding and birthday
parties.
This year the Commission fia,
inaugurated a new program
which is designed to meet the
social rather than athletic needs
of teenagers. This program
calls for construction of a Sc
ries of youth centers on the
fringe of major business dis
tricts.
First Center Begun
The first OF these carefully
planned buildings is now under
construction in Bethesda and
and funds are available for pur-
chase of sites in the Wheaton
and Silver Spring areas.
The goal of the youth center
program is to attract teenagers
away from potential trouble
spots in business districts. Fa-
cilities such as a snack bar,
game room, little theater stage
and dance room will be pro-
vided In the centers.
When not in use by teenagers
the building will be available
for use by Golden Age groups
thus performing double duty.
Possibly of greater impor-
lance than the recreational OPP
portunities park areas provide,
is the fact that some of Mont
gomery CoUnty's most scenic
vistas have been preserved for
all time in the sparkling islands
Of green amid a sea of roof
tops and asphalt.
AS Montgomery County con-
tinues to expand and grow in
the years ahead the open spaces
we have provided through de-
of the park sys-
tenn may prove to be the most
precious heritage we can give
to future generations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

The bulldozer and power
shovel, symbols Of suburban
growth, have had few obstacles
placed in their paths In the past
decade as housing and popula-
ton have doomed In Montgom-
cry County.
But not all the xictories have
gone to the mechanical mon.
sters which have gouged out q
new pattern of living in the
once-rural landscape.
Some of the battles have been
won by the general public
which has stoutly supported an
ambitious program of parkland
acquisition.
An average Of 100 acres of
parkland per year has been pur-
chased in Montgomery County
during the past 10 years by the
Park and Planning Commission
with strong financial backing
from the Montgomery County
Council.
Facilities Listed
At the moment County resi-
dents have 1888 acres of pub
lie parkland at their disposal.
Approximately half the total
acreage is developed providing
a vast range Of recreational OPP
portunities for all
Eighteen miles of scenic park
roads and drives lead pleasure
and picnic seeking countians to
an array of park facilities which
include: as tennis courts; 20
community buildings, 865 picnic
tables; 200 outdoor grills and
fireplaces; IS sets of play.
ground equipment; 76 athletic
fields, 16 outdoor basketball
courts; 10 multi-purpose courts;
and miles of hiking and bride
trails.
This extensive park system
didn't just grow--like topsy. 1t
is part of a carefully laid plan
for providing park facilities
throughout the suburban area
of Montgomery County ranging
from neighborhood play centers
to regional parks.
Regional Parks
The Wheaton Regional Park
containing 496-acres of land in
the heart of the county and the
Cabin John Regional Park con.
tanning SGT acres OF land in an
area now experiencing rapid
growth, are the first two Of
three big regional park areas,
planned in 1856, to be acquired.
Most of the Wheaton park, for
which the County Council pro
vided nearly 81 million for land
purchase has been bought.
More than $50 acres of the
Cabin John park Is already in
Commission ownership. The
third big regional park will be
located in the Northwest Branch
Watershed and acquisttion
efforts will begin this year.
One Of the major achieve
ments of the Commission in the
past five years has been the de-
velopment Of park-School joint
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25
Max Burdette

Committing to high school by way of the BIO was
popular with students back in the 1905
Maxwell E. Burdette, Director of Research at the
Board of Education likes to tell of those days when Mont
gomery County High School in Rockville was the most i'm
, 1960-04-13
5 level acres, vicinity
Carlton. $4,000 per acre.
For Quick Sale
Inquire:
Real Estate Department
R INC.
Notice Of Sole Of Used
Government Property

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
ate, will be received at the
Division o Procurement,
Christiansted, Virgin Islands,
until 100 AM, April y,
1860, and then publicly open
ed for the sale Of the items
listed below, 'as is" and
where is" located at the De-
partment Of Health, Chris
tiansted, st. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
| Ford Station Wagon. Va
| Ford. A DR.. Sedan. s cyl.
/ Ford Station Wagon.
6 cyl.
/ Chevrolet. 6 cyl.
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
lids, to waive any informally
in bids and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any
tenn in the bid.
Copies of invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision Of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
stands.
CARLOS DOWNING
Commissioner of Property
and Procurement
: Per
Alphonso RomneY
Administrative Assistant II
l2-1S-16
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Evening star., 1960-01-17

They'll be visiting the
Chilean capital at the most
pleasant time of year, when
the temperature ranges from
about so to 80 degrees.
Santiago Is situated on a
high plain in the Northern
half of the country The
Mapocho River runs through
the town and the terraced
slopes Of Cerro San Cristobal
rise high above it. To the
east are the peaks of the
Andes.
In the center Of the city is
Santa Lucia Park, site of the
first Spanish fort in Chile.
It's a hill covered with ter
races, gardens and walks,
and there's a cannon in the
park set off every day at
noon-the Eisehhowers can
check their watches by Il, as
the Santiago residents do.
From the American EN-
bassy, which stands across
from the Parque Forestal,
one can look to the top Of
Santa Lucia Park and see
a large image of the Virgin,
always floodlighted at night.
The Eisenhowers will, Of
course, visit the residence Of
the President, called La
Moneda. ct got this name
which means money or coin
age-because the building wa.
designed, back in Colonial
times, to be used as a mint.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

world, the Avenido 9 de Julio,
which has five lanes for traf-
f1c separated by grass plots
and, incidentally, parking
space underneath for 1000
cars!
AS they ride around B. A.,
the couple may observe some
campaign posters. AS the en-
bassy official put it, they'll be
visiting the capital during "a
moment Of political passion,
with congressional elections
scheduled for March Is.
Although Argentina is a
Catholic country, and the
citizens traditionally observe
the few days before Ash
Wednesday March 2 this
year, with some festivities,
the embassy spokesman said
the Eisenhowers wouldn't see
any lavish merry making. He
explained that the celebra-
tions have been rather quiet
and simple since the begin
ming Of President FrondiHs
austerity program.
In this connection, he said
President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover would doubtless be
shown some examples Of the
progress being made under
the economy drive.
Pleasant Temperature
The visitors will leave Ar
gentina on the 29th for San
tiago, Chile.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

According to one version Of
the La Moneda story, the
builders get the architects
plans confused, put up
the mint where the Vice
roy's residence was supposed
to goO
Covers Whole Square
La Moneda covers a whole
square and houses, in addi-
ton to the Presidents Offices,
the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Ministry of
the Interior, also two beau
tiful patios. The Eisenhowers
will probably dine in the
grand banquet room, walk
along the Gallery of the
Presidents" and meet Chill
can officials at a pre-dinner
reception in the plush Red
Salon."
And they'll certainly take
a drive up Santiago's Main
Street." the wide, beautiful
Avenido O'Higgins, named
after Chile's national hero,
Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins.
State visitors usually place a
wreath at the generals
statue in front of the presi-
dental palace.
After two days in Chile, the
President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover will fly on to Uruguay,
arriving March 2.
Look, I see a mountain"
one of Magellan's sailors
cried. as the ship sailed from
the Atlantic Ocean into the
River Plate. He was speaking
in Portuguese, so it came
out: Monte vide eu!"
And that's how Montevideo
got its name.
That mountain" a hill
just outside the Uruguayan
Evening star., 1960-01-17

capital, is marked today by
the old Fort San Miguel,
one of many tourist attrac-
tions.
An American diplomat de-
scribed Montevideo in early
March as like South Caro-
lima in midsummer, only
cooler. All the flowers are out.
It's very lush"
This is the time of year
when people pour in from all
over South America to enjoy
the wonderful beaches which
stretch for some 200 miles
down the coast. Most famous
is Punta del Este, "the
Riviera Of South America"
about 80 miles from Monte
video.
To give them at least a
taste of what most tourists
come for, the planners of the
Eisenhower visit might try to
work in a drive along the
Rambla, the lovely beach
avenue which begins in
Montevideo.
In the city proper, the
EisenhowerS will see wide,
tree-shaded avenues, streets
lined with sidewalk cafes and
beautiful homes. They'll see
the Legislative Palace of
Uruguayan marble and pink
granite, topped with gold,
and (from the American
Embassy the Parque Jose
Battle y Ordonez, which con-
tains a famous monument to
the Uruguayan pioneers-La
Carreta, an heroic-size sculp-
ture of an oXcart.
They'll spend Just a day
in Uruguay, one very busy
day.
On March 8 the Eisen-
howers will have to button up
their overcoatS and come on
home.