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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-14

Stock Drive
Is Launched

A pledge to buy $1,000 of
stock in Rockville Centen-
NAL, Inc, by Richard Kim
mel, kicked off Rockville's
fund drive Sunday to finance
gala festivities marking this
summers observance of the
city's Tooth year of incorpora-
ton.
About 200 city businessmen
came out in force for a barbe-
cue at the city's Civic Center.
Among notables present were
Mayor Alexander ]. Greene, city
councilmen, Circuit Court Judge
Ralph C. Shure, Chamber of
Commerce officers and others.
Kimmel, of 1909 Great Oak
rd., Norbeck, and his father
George Kimmel, developed
Rockville Shopping center with
two locations on North Wash
ington st.
KimmePs pledge was the larg-
est portion of approximately
$4,000 in outright stock pur-
chases or pledges collected by
Ross Roberts, chairman of the
finance and revenue committee.
Roberts heads a 20-man team
of solicitors who have under
taken to sell stock in the cor
poration, at 81 for each SOU
ivenir certificate. The stock can
be redeemed on a pro rata basis
from funds on hand this No.
vember.
Roberts announced that at
least $500 shares have been
sold toward his committees
goal of $4,000 by June /. That
is the date that French and
Maryhelen Sensabaugh, hus-
band and wife producer-director
team will arrive in Rockville to
get various centennial celebra-
tons under way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sensabaugh
have staged numerous munich
pal extravaganZas across the
country since the late 1905.
No schedule of events has yet
been formed, leading up to the
week-long pageant August o.
September 3, but the Sensa-
baughs have promised beauty
contests, and maybe beard-grow-
ing contests as two of many
attractions.
The pageant will feature a
cast of hundreds, an equestrian
spectacle, a parade, ETC., to be
held nightly on the football
field at Richard Montgomery
High School.
President of Rockville Centen-
NAL, Inc, is judge Stedman
Prescott, associate judge of the
Maryland Court of Appeals.
Judge Prescott is a Rockville
native and former Chief Judge
of the Montgomery County Cir
cult Court.
Vice president of the corpora
ton is attorney j. Hodge Smith,
who lives on Watts Branch dr.,
Glen Hills, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-14


Charles Bunce, Northwood Pres.
byterian; the Rev. w. ]. Sim.
kins, jr., Woodside Methodist
Church; and the Rev. Gerald
Alderman, Ashton Methodist.
Music by the Colesville Baptist
Chapel.
Four Corners at the Mar
vim Memorial Methodist Church.
Participating churches include
Christ Congregational, Memoir
ial Evangelical United Brethren,
Silver Spring Presbyterian, and
Marvin Memorial.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-14
Denln1a Nelu
President OF
Cipitnn Club

New officers for 1960-61 have
been elected by the Rockville
Civitan Club. They will assume
office in July.
Named to lead the club are:
Charlie Demma, president;
sgd Fishman, list vice president;
Joe Lynott, End vice president;
Del Clark, secretary; Bob Nc
Cauliffe, treasurer; Joe Hagan,
sergeant-at-arms. Directors are
Les Shores, outgoing president;
Ray Weddell, Irv Wright and
Jim Gribble.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-04-14

some FFA'ers, promptly volun-
teered.
They got them back In fine
shape. And everybody relaxed
over COkes and sandwiches pro-
vided by the grateful "little
lady,"
The little lady" sweating out
the problem with her two sons,
Chip Is, and Tim" 16, was
Sara Jane Whittier. The school
kids when they volunteered
didn't have a clue the little
lady, they were going to help
was the wife of county school
superintendent, c. Taylor Whit
tier. They only knew that seven
steers are valuable property.
And in farm country when
someone is in such a plight,
everyone is eager to help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
SeIf-Help Counts, Too

The President, in reporting on his
South American visit, has put proper
emphasis on the right things.
Ranking high among these are mu-
tual understanding between the United
States and its Latin neighbors, mutual
respect and common purpose to i'm
prove living standards, especially for
those people who, by our concepts, are
desperately poor.
Wisely, Mr.. Eisenhower was quite
clear in stating that this is not some
thing which can be done by the United
States alone. He stressed the obligation
Of all nationS-large or small, powerful
or weak-to assume appropriate reSpon-
sibility in this matter, and he also en-
phasized the need to devise specific pro-
grams capable of meeting the peculiar
needs of individual countries. Some
financial assistance will be needed for
this latter purpose, and, of course, more
aid will be required after sound planning
has been completed. The important
thing, however, is that all parties should
understand that the real need in Latin
America is not just for financial assist
ance, but for aid which will enable the
Latin countries to improve and help
themselves.
To the extent that such understand
ing can be achieved, the opportunity for
economic betterment in Latin America
will be improved and the danger Of
disappointment and establishment di-
minished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Empty Gesture

The Senate liberals" who forced
the cloture vote, only to be Soundly
trounced, knew in advance of course
that their effort was doomed to failure.
So the reasonable inference is that they
were merely going through the motions
making record which would permit
them to go back home and say: We'll,
we tried" And this applies, of course,
to the liberals on both sides of the
aisle-to the Democrats who met
secretly to initiate the cloture petition
and to those Republicans who, suspi-
ciouSly watching their Democratic OPP
poSite numbers, were ready and eager
to climb aboard the Short-lived cloture
bandwagon.
Now. that this sideShow is over, the
Senate, with the moderateS clearly in
control, can get on with its business
the working out of a reasonable and
effective civil rights bill It is not clear
just how this will be done. Nor is there
any certainty as to the precise provi-
sions which will appear in the final
measure. At minimum, however, it
should contain effective protection of
the right to vote, clause directed at
the hate" bombingS, Federal education
for children of service personnel in areas
where public schools are closed, criminal
penalties for obstruction of court de-
segregation orders and a requirement
for preservation of voting records.
Even moderate bill may be resisted
by some Southern Senators. Perhaps
1t will be politically necessary for them
to oppose it. II they attempt to sustain
another 11libuster against such bill,
however, there will be second cloture
petition-a petition which ought to be
and which we think would be adopted by
the necessary two-thirds vote.
Perhaps word should be said about
the role Of the presidential hopefuls in
this matter. Senator's Humphrey,
Kennedy and Symington voted for the
cloture petition and against the motion
to table the So-called Title III amend
ment, which would authorize the Attor-
ney General to bring suits in behalf Of
individuals who felt they were denied
any constitutional right. Majority
Leader johnson voted the other way on
each question.
II the Texas Senator really enter
tains presidential ambitions this prob
ably hurt his prospects on the national
scene. But it will not diminish his
stature in the eyes of his colleagues,
who know the score in the Senate and
who respect man for refusing to cast
his vote for something which he believes
to be. both politically inspired and an
exercise in futility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
No Reason to Give Up

Failure of the Virginia General As
Sembly to act on proposed amendments
to the Potomac River Basin Compact is
disappointing to the groups and individ-
ualS seeking to make the river cleaner
for water-supply and recreational uses.
The kicking around which the amend
ments received at Richmond was in
sharp contrast to the Maryland As
Sembly'S prompt and fortnight approval
OF the amendments, which are designed
to enlarge the scope and authority of
the Interstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin.
The Virginia rebuff, engineered by
Speaker E. Blackburn Moore, who is also
chairman Of the Virginia Water Control
Board, will not, however, affect the
present limited cleanup program of the
antipollution agency. Virginia has CO.
operated in this program in the past
and there is no reason to believe that
1t will not do so in the future. Nor is
there any reason to believe that ulti-
mately, perhaps at the 1862 session of
the Legislature, the commission will not
fare better. Preoccupation of this years
Assembly with such controversial mat
tiers as appropriations and new taxes
undoubtedly played part in the shelv-
Ing OF the Potomac River legislation.
In the meantime commission off,
Gals have their work cut out for them.
They must seek the approval Of the
three other parties to the pact-the
District of Columbia, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania. The District is in favor
of expanding the authority of the inter-
state commission, but Congress must
approve the plan to make it legal.
There has been as yet no move at the
Capitol to press for action at this session.
The West Virginia and Pennsylvania
Legislatures will not meet until next
January 1t might be good strategy to
defer congressional action until the
States have completed ratification of
the changes in the pact. This would
have the twofold effect of making out
stronger case for presentation to Con-
greSS and, at the same time, of avoiding
any move that might be interpreted in
the StateS-and especially in Virginia
as Federal pressure on State authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

replacing you with competent
teachers.
One Of my callers was a
former member of the State
Legislature, who said that
the pressure applied by the
teachers exceeded in inten-
sity and persistency any other
lobbying to which he had
ever been. exposed. If the
teachers were half as intel
ligent as their college degrees
say they are, they would
realize they are only alienat-
ing the people Of Maryland
and lessening their chances
for higher salaries by their
pressure tactics. This obvious
conclusion, for some vague
reason, seems to escape them.
Congratulations to the
Maryland Legislature and the
Governor for taking a firm
stand which protected the
people Of Maryland.
John A. George.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Sugar as a Weapon

Representative Cooley, Democrat of
North Carolina, is opposed to giving the
Eisenhower administration new sugar
import law which could be used as a
weapon of reprisal" against CubaS
Fidel Castro.
Mr.. Cooley'S stand is not based on
any partisan or domestic political con-
Sideration. Nor is he an admirer of Pre-
mier Castro. His attitude, as we under
stand it, is that it would be unwise at
this time for Congress to give, or to
appear to give, the administration new
sugar law which might be used as an
economic weapon against the Castro
regime. If such law should be passed,
Mr.. Cooley is fearful of the political re-
percuSSionS in Cuba and possibly else
where in Latin America. He thinks it
would be better to extend the essentials
of the existing law for year so there
will be time in which to see just which
way this particular cat is going to Jump.
A good argument can be made for
this point of view. It seems to us, how
ever, that better argument can be
made on the other side of the propo-
Sition
Given the way things have been
going in Cuba, year is long time.
If one considers what has happened in
the past year, another year could be
very long time too long a time, we
think, in which to deny our own Gov
eminent an economic arsenal. 1t may
be that this country has to choose be-
tween the international political risk of
doing nothing for year and the risk
OF giving the President an economic
weapon which, in his discretion, could
be used If necessary against Fidel Castro
and his bitterly anti-American hench-
men. We prefer the latter risk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11

ABOVE the sums in the eX-
ecutive budget.
But the bloodless actuaries
who seem to dominate the
present administration never
lift their heads above the
point OF a pencil. For the
coming year. the Eisenhower
administration has recon-
mended a cut of SO million in
appropriations for the Ma
tional Cancer Institute. It
has also recommended a cut
In the cancer research pro-
gram Of the Veterans Admin
istration. Furthermore, it has
continually opposed the en-
actment of Senator Hills
Health for Peace Bill" which
would. among other things,
launch a worldwide research
offensive against cancer. a
disease which kills 2 million
people in all parts of the
world every year.
We have little money for
the conquest of cancer, but.
a great deal for the conquest
OF outer space. In testimony
a few weeks ago before the
House Space Committee, Of
f1cials of the National Aero
nautics and Space Admins
tration unveiled a ten-year
space program which will
cost $40 billion at the rate
Of about 81 billion a year.
They pointed out that they
needed these great sums be-
cause some of the new space
craft cost about $4,000 a
pound.
What price, then, the life
OF Dick Neuberger? What
price. then, the lives of Is
million Americans who will
eventually die of cancer I'M
less medical research pro-
duceS the needed knowledge
to combat this disease?
The premature death of
Senator Richard Neuberger
should be a solemn reminder
to the present administra-
ton that the decline and fall
of this great Republic is not
too far off when its own
leaders neglect the very ele-
mentary laws Of self-preser-
walton. Mike German,
Executive Director, Nation
al Committee Against Men,
tai Illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11

observance. Visitors to Rockville for the
celebration will see little, beyond the
plaques and pageants, to remind them
of the city's colorful past For Rockville
today is thriving, growing community
of homes and shopping centers and
industry of many kinds. It is appro-
pirate, however, that Rockville of the
present should salute Rockville of the
past. And Washington joins wholeheart-
eddy in extending its best wishes to its
venerable but Sprightly neighbor in
Montgomery County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
'Boby-Sitter Service

I believe that many citizens
Of Arlington County would
appreciate your reporting
the justification, if any ex-
lists, for Inauguration Of a
kindergarten program in our
public schools.
No public. support for such
a program in this county has
been reported in your news
paper so far as ! know, and
every taxpayer with whom
I have discussed this matter.
has voiced strong opposition
to installation of this baby
sitter service at the expense
Of an increased tax rate.
James v. williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
RockviIIe-OId and New

Rockville, launching last night the
centennial of its incorporation, actually
is much older than the planned year.
long celebration would indicate. When
the then sleepy Maryland village was
given corporate status by the General
Assembly on March 10, 1860, 1t already
was more than a century old. And its
recurrent mention in history-although
under various nameS-confirmS its right
to be proud of its heritage.
The town, variouSly known as Mont
gomery Court House, Williamsburgh and
Hungerford'S Tavern as well as Rockville,
has been the seat of the Montgomery
County government since 1776, when
the county was split from Frederick
County. Two years before that Revolu-
tionary date group of village residents
had assembled in Hungerford's Tavern
and pledged themselves to fight British
tyranny. They carried out that pledge
when independence was declared. The
tavern was stopping place for many
patriots, including George Washington
and General Lafayette. A plaque now
marks the site Of the tavern.
Not long after it's incorporation,
Rockville found itself confronted with
another war-one in which troops in
blue and troops in gray at times marched
through its streets. The Civil War left
few scars on the town-although 1t
divided families in many instances.
Rockville then was one of the outer
defenses of Washington, so Union forces
held it most of'the time. However, there
were occasional rebel raids, and on July
II. 1854, General Jubal Early astounded
the residents by leading an invading
army through Rockville, en- route to
Washington, which he planned to attack.
Later that day they saw the same army
retreat northward, after encountering
cannon fire from Fort Stevens in the
District.
All of these incidents, and more,
will be concentrated in a series of
events scheduled during the centennial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11

On May 10, 1923. the late
Senator Matt Nelly of West
Virginia stood in the we'll of
the Senate and uttered these
prophetic words:
Il propose to speak Of a
monster that Is more inSati-
ate than the guillotine; more
irresistible than the mightiest
army that ever marched to
battle; more terrifying than
any other scourge that has
ever threatened the existence
Of the human race. The name
Of this loathsome, deadly and
insatiate monster is cancer.
1t is older than the human
race. Evidence of cancer has
been found in the fossil re-
mains Of a serpent that is
supposed to have lived mil
lions of years ago. Records
made on papyri by the
ancient Egyptians show that
the cancer curse was known
in the valley of the Nile more
than 1000 years before the
birth of Christ"
For 80 years, Matt Nicely
continued his battle for a
major medical research often
sive against cancer. In 1858,
he succumbed to the mon
strous disease which he had
excoriated on the floor Of the
Senate so many times.
During the past decade.
cancer also took the lives of
Senators Robert A. Taft.
Kenneth Wherry, Arthur
Vandenberg and Brien Nc
Mahon. Two Of our greatest
atomic scientists - Enrico
Fermi and John Won Neu-
mann-succumbed to it. Last
year. Secretary Of State John
Foster Dulles lost a grim
battle to it.
And now the bell has tolled
for Senator Richard Neu-
berger, age Al.
In some strange way Dick
Neuberger seemed to know.
early in his Senate career,
that this monstrous disease
was somehow bound up with
his own fate. Early in 1856,
when I asked him to speak
on the floor of the Senate
in favor Of a doubling of the
medical research program Of
the Veterans Administration,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

neighborhood as an Indian
fighter.
This was the day Of cap
pistols, as they were called.
Always a favorite of the boys
of those days. the pistol was
potentially a dangerous thing.
You went bang, bang.
bang" and another redman
bit the dust.
Young Temp carried a sup
ply of caps in his right
trouser pocket.
He thrust the pistol, in a
moment Of exuberation, into
the same pocket
Bang!
This time it was not play.
but the real thing.
Temp landed in bed, and
stayed there, with a long wide
burn on his right thigh, the
marks of which he retains to
this day.
Neighbors came TO the
rescue with books.
One brought in a sort of
harp you played by putting
a paper with numbers on it
beneath the strings.
This was intriguing, but
not as much so as the books.
OF all the books, the best
were the bound volumes of
the st. Nicholas magazine.
And of all the stories, the
one he liked best was Mas
ter Skylark," a story of
ShakeSpeare's boyhood.
1t is a strange fact that to-
Gay Jones does not remember
the name of the author.
The tale was illustrated
with some wonderful line
drawings by Reginald Birch.
He remembers him.
This bears out the old
saying, that good picture
is worth a thousand words;
well, maybe!
1t was worth getting sick,
just to go through those
bound volumes of st. Mich
olas, then in its hey-day.
Children in those days had
no radio or television to en-
terrain them; it was books
or nothing.
Templeton Jones still
thinks the children then had
the best of it, with all due
respect to all modern medi-
ums of communication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Teachers Paw

Some critics Of teachers
know very little about either
education or economics. I was
a teacher in this area for
seven years. However, after
the birth Of our second child,
my wife and I decided that it
would be necessary for me to
give up teaching and go into
the construction business with
my brother. Today I earn
more than twice what my
teaching salary would be. I
have no training for this
work except what I have
learned on the job; ! work
no harder than I did teach
ing, and, most important, my
week ends and evenings are
free.
Many teachers leave every
year, as I did, because we feel
that even though we enjoy
teaching, our first obligation
is to provide for our families.
One critic says there are
plenty Of people" to fill the
vacated positions, but he ig-
nores the fact that many of
these people are not qualified
and are hired on a temporary
basis. AS a parent, I prefer
to have my children in classes
taught by qualified teachers.
Teachers work ten -. not
nine-months a year. Should
school close before the end
Of June. there is usually a
stipulation in the contract
that a teacher may not seek
other employment until July
/. AS for the wonderful two
month vacation (unpaid)
when a teacher may supple
ment his income, I ask any
one to find a reasonably re-
munerative summer job for
two months in an area of
many schools. Many summers
I have begged for employ
ment, and usually found my
self driving a school bus for
$35 a week. AS for income
tax advantages" was never
able to find any.
I would suggest that any,
one who thinks teachers are
overpaid spend a week in the
classroom and do all the
planning and grading for
that week. This usually en-
tails coming to school long