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Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

Investigations by the Maryland Commit
for Fair Representation and has been found that 48
of the so states do require constitutional amendment in
order accomplish reapporonment of at least house
of their respective legislatures The two exceptions Mary
land and Delaware
Despite neighborly friendship with Delaware, think
that Maryland ought to line up with the other 48 states
Specifically recommend that the 1862 session send to
the voters constitutional amendment that would lift the ap
poonmen of the House Of Delegates right out OF the Con-
stution 1t would authorize statutory reapporonment in
1868 and after each Federal beginning in 1870
think it would be prudent to limit such authorization
reappoonment of the House Of Delegates The present
system Of apportonng seats in the Senate should remain in
the Constitution Of fair treatment to the
rural counties
What would be the beneficial effects OF such author
zation for statutory reapportonment of the House?
In addition to simplifying the procedure for minor refine
ments that may be needed in the future, 1t would greatly
facilitate the enactment Of basic reapporonmen in 1863
reapportonment statute would pass each House with
simple majority instead Of the hreefnhs majority that
nceded for constitutional amendment
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Rockville
FTeDept.
Buys Tract
Second Firehouse
To Be Constructed

The Rockville Volunteer
Fire Department has bought
a tract of land on Rollins
ave. and the Rockville Pike
for the location of an addi-
tional firehouse.
The property. repeatedly sold
at a cost of S25,9OO, has been
approved by the County Coun-
Gil and the City Council of
Rockville as a suitable base.
The site selection committee
of the fire department, headed
by Clarence Anders, reported
that the tract is composed Of
about $4,000 square feet.
A fire department spokesman
said that no plans have been
adopted for the design or con-
struction of the building. How
ever, 1t Is expected that work
on the plans will get underway
Immediately.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Kiwanians Plan
Christmas Party

Santa Claus himself will
head the list of entertainers
lined up for the Rockville XII
warts CIuR~ annual Christmas
party for wer 200 of the
county's handicapped, bein g
given in cooperation with the
Montgomery County Society
for Crippled Children and
Adults at 2 pm. Sunday, Dec.
II, in the Rockville Civic
Center.
Refreshments will be served
and a program of entertain
ment designed to appeal to
young and old is planned.
The club also announced its
election of the following Off
GERS for the year ahead:
Walter ]. O'Connor, presi.
dent; Jerry Heitmuller, first
vice president; Vernon H. Mil,
Ter, second vice president; Louis
Grossman, secretary, and
Charles w. Bell, treasurer.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

warmly thanked its pastor, the
Rev. w. Louis Quinn, and his
parishioners for their "dedi-
Gated efforts to make this beau
tiful church a reality"
Holy Cross Church, Arch
bishop O'Boyle continued, is a
credit to the Archdiocese of
Washington and to the fine
community included in the par
ish, and we are all very proud
of it,"
He also thanked Rev. Mother
Constantine, csc, Mothe er
General Of the Eastern Province
of the Sisters of the Holy
Cross, the order which donated
101s acres as site for Holy
Cross Church and school. The
church property adjoins the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Maoney Barrck Ticket Position On Reapporonment

This Is the fifth in series Of papers that SoH issued
By Mr. MGhoney behalf of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ticket from time to time during the current campaign for the
purpose OF explaining his position current ssues)
In the 1860 it Baltimore County
had 428 inhabitants and that Somerset County had 1888
In other words there 25 Baltimore Countians for each
resident of Somerset
In the Senate of Maryland each county has
In the House of Delegates Baltimore County has six Dele
gates while Somerset County has three Thus the prevailing
ratios between the two counties for in the Senate
two for one in the House Is for in population
The Federal" system of equal representation among
jurisdictions in the Senate be defended the ground
that gives the rural sturdy defense against the
crushing numerical superiority the cities suburbs
But the cities and suburbs have their rights The
present apportionment of in the of Delegates
as exempled above by the BaltimoreSomerset figures is
utterly without reasonable equitable defense
The Democratic Party platform of 1858 promised appoint
ment OF study commission and legislative action resolve
this problem The of the pledge appointment and
report OF the Walsh Commisson has been carried The
hard part has not After three regular sessions Of the Les
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

tre under the administration stl been
reappornonment
Pne-NortlrOp Bill
In the 1861 session Governor Tawes supported rather
feeble compromise known the PneNorthrop Bill which
would have added from four seats for Baltimore
City and the suburban counties and seat for each
of five smaller counties that have enjoyed population in
creases
Among its many defects total failure to provide
for further reapporonmen after each succeeding Federal
census.
There must be better approach this problem, and
think there is
Perhaps the heart of the matter the basic question Of
whether the appoonment of seats in the legislature should
be imbedded and frozen In the Constitution itself
Should it be necessary have uIdress constitutional
amendment every time change of seating is indicated as
result of population shifts?
Might it not be better If the Constitution simply author
lied the General Assembly to handle the matter by simple
statute subject to certain basic ground rules? y,
1t might be interesting bow be other states %
our nation cope with this problem
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

What's worse, the Planning
Board was told this week, the
builders didn't even know the
offensive provision was being
considered by the County Coun-
Gil before it was put into effect
six weeks ago.
Under the new law, prelim-
mary construction plans for
subdivision development expire
after six months unless they
are extended by special action
of the Planning Board.
This provision went into
effect Immediately with the
passage of the new regulations,
automatically voiding prelim-
mary plans of many area build
ers which were more than six
months old at the time.
"They should have told us
they were going to shoot us be-
fore they shot u.s." declared
prominent county landowner
Col. f. Brooke Lee in an appear
ance before the Planning Board
this week to request its extern
sion of approval to preliminary
plans for ten subdivisions he Is
developing outside Damascus.
1--WE didn't know the hunting
season was even on" he
quipped.
Lee said the plans for half
dozen of his subdivisions are al
ready over six months old, and,
under the new ordinance, are
illegally dead"
He and others in his position,
1t was pointed out, must now
spend thousands bf dollars On
both resubmission Of the plans
and posting Of the newly-re-
quired bond with the county to
guarantee the construction of
roads in their subdivisions.
Time will also be lost in
Starting all over again" on
paper work and rounding up
buyers to replace those who
may not be inclined to wait out
the delay in construction, the
planners were told.
Planning Board members
agreed the county's builders
should have been notified before
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

grounds Of the new Holy Cross
Academy conducted by the Holy
Cross Sisters, at 1920 Strath-
more ave.
The Mass of Dedication was
celebrated by Father Quinn,
and the dedication sermon was
preached by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
John K. Cartwright, rector of
st. Matthew's Cathedral.
The limestone and brio k
church of contemporary Ro.
manesque design was dedicated
almost on the first anniversary
of the first Mass said for the
new Holy Cross Parish on No.
vember 27, 1860, at the Holy
Cross Academy chapel.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Wheaton Rotary
Makes ATS Gift

The Wheaton Rotary Club has
donated $3.50 to the American
Field Service to help send a stu.
dent from Wheaton High School
to study overseas under the
foreign exchange program.
The clubs board of directors
has also appointed Earl Diehl
of Wheaton to assist the school
In establishing the American
Field Service program there.
In another recent action, the
club contributed S34 to the
Rotary Foundations interna-
tional scholarship fund as part
of a "million-dollar meal cam
paign in which club members
ate a light lunch at their regu-
lar meeting instead Of their
regular meal, and donated the
difference in cost to the fund.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

In other words. would need 62 instead of "a in
the House and IS votes instead Of IS in the Senate That
makes quite difference.
not prepared TO spell out the details of the reap
poonment bill that would present to the 1868 session OF
the Legislature because the action Of the Supreme Court in
the pending Tennessee have significant bearing
the matter however, suggest certain broad outlines
Minimum of Two Seats
The bill should provide for guaranteed minimum of two
seats In the House for each county, matter how small
may be- This needed for the proper of the great
volume of local legislation that is handled by Legislature
The bill should provide for automatic reapportonment
the every Federal census and the law should
have teeth In it to make that this provision is carried
Otherwise Maryland will be agated by the reapporton-
ment issue for the rest Of all time
Finally the bill should limit the overall size OF the
House of Delegates to something In the neighborhood
present size. aa
What have described is a twophase apr
problem Of reapportionment- first conetp.
ment authorizing the General Assembly Il
for reapportlonment and then, year atess
actually 40 X
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
CE Director Speaks
AT Wheaton Church

Miss Isabel II. Sampson, Di-
rector of Christian Education,
Riverdale Presbyterian Church
in Hyattsville, will speak to the
Adult Forum Of the Wheaton
Presbyterian Church, Church
la. and Paul dr., Wheaton, on
Sunday, December 3, from Z to
8 pm. on the theme, Christ Is
Christmas"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Court Turns
Down Appeal
On 'Tropic'
Judge Shure Refuses
To Reconsider Opinion


Circuit Court Judge Ralph
G. Shure this week refused
to reconsider his decision of
Nov. 10 to uphold the coun-
tvs ban on distribution of
"Tropic of Cancer from
public libraries, despite argu-
ments that the county's own
Library Board saw fit to
pass on the controversial
novel.
Attorneys for Silver Spring
residents Aaron M. and Barbara
Levine filed a motion last week
asking Judge Shure to recon-
slider his ruling. They pointed
out that a letter written to the
County Council by Frank j.
Duane, chairman of the Library
Board, revealed that the board
had reviewed the Department
of Public Libraries decision to
circulate 'Tropic" and had ap-
proved the decision.
This fact, they argued, was
not known nor brought into evi-
dence at the time of Judge
Shure's original consideration
of the ban.
County Manager Mason
Butchers action in banning the
book from library shelves, they
said, was taken without CONSUL
tation with the Library Board
and was contrary to its deci-
sion.
In his denial of the motion
for reconsideration this week,
however, Judge Shure took
sharp issue with this argu-
ment. He declared the Library
Board was established with au.
thority to make recommended.
tions only" which are to be
forwarded by the County Man.
ager to the County Council.
Judge Shure said he did not
'Iook with favor" on the Levine
attorneys suggestion that the
Library Board, in his words,
Should determine the law with
respect to matters of obscenity
in this county"
He described as indeed un-
fortunate" the transmittal and
publication of Mr.. Duane's
letter to the Council Gimme
diately after there had been a
judicial determination of this
cause"
I'VE have not yet arrived in
our society at the point where
the court can be undermined
by such procedure" he asserted.
The Levines had sought a re-
versal of Judge Shure's earlier
decision on the ground that the
issue in the case was not
whether the book was obscene
but whether the County Man
ayers decision to remove the
book from the libraries was "ar-
bitrary and capricious."
On this point, Judge Shure
declared that both Butcher and
County Librarian George More
land acted 'fn complete good
faith and for the protection of
the health, safety and morals of
the community"
The jurist's November 10
decision made it clear he feels
"Tropic of Cancer" Is obscene
and commended the two coun.
ty officials for establishing the
library ban rather than waiting
for the courts to decide on its
obscenity.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Holy Cross Church, School
Dedicated in Garrett Park

Before overflow congregation the Most Rev. Pat
rick A. OBoye Archbishop of Washington dedicated the
$4,000 Holy Cross Catholic Church and school at
1900 Strathmore ave., Garrett Park. The Archbishop,
speaking after Mass of Dedication at the church. also
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02
Builders Hit
Hard By New
Regulations
Planning Board Told Law
Kills Construction Plans

Scores of Montgomery County land developers stand
to suffer considerable losses of money and another vau-
able teunder restriction imposed in the
ty's subdivision regulations.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

tre under the Tawes administration there has st been
reapportionment
Montgomery County sentinel., 1961-12-02

Only Montgomery County
Member of Audit Bureau
of Circulation.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-01-06

Cornerstone laying cere-
monies wehe held for new
Holy Spirit church.
REYNoLDSHURG st. Plus
Church was damaged in gas
leak explosion.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-01-06

Msgr. Nicholas pinter, 81,
who served at the Pontifical
College Josephinum for near
~ sc years.
Msgr. William E. KappeS,
Diocesan charities director
named to head st. Christie
pher parish and Msg r.
Lawrence Corcoran, assistant
director, named to head
Bureau.
Monsignor Francis Howard
marks 25th anniversary as
priest.
NEW ST. VINCENT De
Paul Shop at 987 N. High-st,
Columbus dedicated by Bish-
Dp Issenmann who reminded
Diocesan Vincentians that he
wanted a st. Vincent de Paul
Conference in every parish.
Aquinas professor FIR. w.
G. Motley dies at age 81.
ChristmaS is Christ's Birth
day Committee, local inter
faith group, urges celebration
of Christmas during Twelve
Days between Christmas and
Epiphany.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-01-06

Charles A. Jackson, Do
cesar Seminarian ordained fin
Rome.
Teievised Mass to be per-
manent program, FIR. Hugh
Murphy, producer of weekly
program on WLW-C repor-
ted.
MAJORITY or TEEN NJ.
ayers surveyed by Catholic
Times feel Drive-In Movies
are moral hazard, John E.
Jones, Times staff writer re-
ported in three part series
on teenage attitudes to NOV
les and Legion of Decency
ratings.
Diocesan Youth represen-
tatives to Chri stmas is
ChriSt's Birthday committee
tell Christmas story in shop
ping areas and street COR
nerS.
I'VE CAN'T REALLY be
tired of Christmas" Bishop
Clarence G. Issenmann re-
minded in Christmas serm-
on, because for the Chris
tan it is the normal way of
living"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-01-06

told Diocesan youth repre-
sentatives that the new and
false trend seemed to junk
old catechism truths for
the motto 'have fun, be popu-
lar, go to college, make
money and then perhaps
know love and serve God"
Sally Todd and John Jones,
Partyline editor, were picked
as Responsible Youth in con-
test sponsored by CYC Part
line publication.
MRS. GEORGE DeNUcci,
elected DCCW president.
NoVEMB Err
Newark KC proposed plan
to aid foreign students scho-
larships to u. S. Catholic
Colleges.
FIR. A HICKEY. Di-
ocesan priest stationed in
Peru, began own student pro-
gram, as he proposed to
bring 10 students to live in
Diocesan homes and attend
Diocesan schools for three
month period.
Timothy A. Murnane, Dio-
cesar native named editor of
Work, monthly newspaper.
Last book by Msgr. Paul
Glenn, former rector of St.
Charles College, who died III
1857, published.
BISHOP ISSENMANN re-
minded that Advent is prepa-
ration for Christ's Coming
and therefore not appropriate
time for social celebration
before the feast day The
time to celebrate the Bishop
noted was during the Twelve
days of Christmas.
Bishop Hettinger laid corn
erstone for new Bishop Ready
High School and FIR. Richard
Endres, principal, announced
the school should be ready by
fall, 1861.
Requiem Mass offered for
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-01-06

Diocesan schools opened
doors to $1,000.
Monsignor John J. Pagan,
20, pastor of Immaculate Con-
ception parish for 81 years,
died.
DISCUSSION
for adult education began in
Diocese with regional meet
ingS for leaders.
Ground was broken by
Msgr. Edmund Burkley, pas
tor, for new teachers resi-
dence at Columbus st. Mary.
Saints are needed in
social action work." Monsig.
nor Joseph F. Donnelly, La
Dor Day Mass speaker said.
Sr. Michaeletta and Miss
Mary Evelyn Ructty, Dioce-
san Welfare Bureau casework-
er departed for graduate
study at st. Louis University.
CATHOLICS MUST PRAY,
act against Communist ag-
gression, Bishop Issenmann
Mems Luncheon Club mem
bers.
Henry Cabot Lodge, visit
ing Columbus, hit bigotry in
election as unconstitutional.
Coy. Michael Disable asked
for an apology OF a Protes-
tant Church group which
had implied that he was re-
sponsibIe for Ohio ruling
on Nuns teaching in public
schools.
New Retreat house wing
dedicated.
Bishop Issenmann urged
daily Rosary recitation dur
ing October.
Five pastors named by
Bishop, FIR. Richard Crosser,
Immaculate Conception, Co
lumbus, FIR, John Eyerman,
Newark Blessed Sacrament,
and FIR. Thomas Sabrey, Co
lumbus st. Gabriel, FIR. Leo
Sullivan, Waverly st. Mary
and FIR. Kenneth Wise, Sugar
Grove st. Joseph.
Sr. Mary Ann Fuchs, Chilli
cothe native departed for
Maryknoll mission in Africa.
BISHOP hon.
ored parish chairman of DDF
drive at dinner.
FIR. William Conner named
first fulltime chaplain at
State Juvenile Diagnostic
Center in Columbus.
ST. DOMINIC PARisH'S re-
modelled school was rededi-
Gated, by Bishop Hettinger.
Death came to popular FIR.
Albert Culliton, So, pastor of
st. Christopher parish.
FIR. Daniel Egan, vocation
director OF Graymoor Friars,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-01-06
Diocesan News HighIights of 1860

GROVE CITY Qua LADY
of Perpetual Help school was
dedicated by Bishop Issen-
mann.
Catholic Times covered Mi
grant Labor Legislative study
in Northern Ohio.
Ground was broken for new
Child Guidance Center near
Mt. Carmel Hospital on w.
State st. and Souder Ave.
JULY
A Newark native, Sr. Mara
Deering. visited the Diocese
before departing for the White
Sisters missions in Africa.
Fourteen women were bap-
tized by Msgr. George Schorr
at Marysville R~eformatory.
ST. Mary Anthony named to
head st. Francis NURSING
School.
Msgr. William E. Kappes
said that money sh
threatened aid to families.
children. Cited United Appeal
goal as too low.
Monsignor Harold 0'Don-
nell was named to head Holy
Cross parish.
Local st. Vincent de Paul
Societies honored 300th ami
versary Of the Death of their
patron with a field Mass at
st. Vincent 0rphanage.
Two Diocesan priests, FIR.
Charles Benedict and FIR.
David Sorohan, who were Or
dained in Rome returned to
offer first Masses in home
parishes.
Sister Mary Agnes Hughes
a former Diocesan student
visited Diocese on leave from
her post as editor of the Sal
victorian Sisters magazine in
Rome.
79-year-old St. Dominic
school hit by $20,0 900 blaze.
MISS BETTY PLANK, do
cesar native and education
director of Friendship House,
Chicago, received Catholic
Interracial Council Blessed
Martin Award.
AUGUST
Francis Meagher was or
dained in home parish Christ
the King. prior to returning
to Mt. st. Mary, Norwood
where he would finish his
final year of study and would
be a student project.
TW Y-FivE PRIESTS
we're named to new posts by
Bishop Issenmann. Appoint
ments included Monsignor
Schorr's as spiritual director
of seminary and FIR. Patrick
Sorohan as Secretary to
Bishop, FIR. Raymond Goode
as assistant director of Chari-
ties, FIR. James Nj. Berendt as
assistant superintendent Of
schools and FIR. Bernard Me
Glory to head Apostolate for
the Deaf.
Council OF Catholic Youth
received national SAT- ty
award for car-check program.
Former w est Jefferson
pastor FIR. John j. Har-
brecht died at age SO, in Gin
einnati.
New high school in north.
east to be named De Sales
after Diocesan and Catholic
press patron, st. Francis de
Sales.
Anti-C Catholic literatu re
was circulated in Diocese.
Mrs. Press Southworth was
named chairman of Women's
Council Fall meeting,
sTRASBuRc ST. PETER
Shrine was honored on 12lst
anniversary.
FATHER RICHARD DoDD,
Diocesan youth director was
named one Of five national
directors of Catholic Com
mittee on Scouting.
Diocese sponsored institute
on aging at st. Raphael
home.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

of having to learn to use the
dangerous gifts wisely and
well, with dire consequences if
we fail"
Aubrey c. Davey. South
Wales secretary Of the Tenn
perance Council of Christian
Churches in Wales, commented
THE argument that alcoholic
beverages are a gift from God
is specious and a negation Of
reason"
George Thomas, vice presi-
dent of the Methodist Council,
asked:
Are there no more vital
problems to which he (the
archbishop should be devoting
his time and research-such
as the cloud of nuclear war?
IF the archbishop had seen
as many lives as I have broken
by drink, he might not be so
ready to describe it as a gift
from God"
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Boy Protesting Work
Disormed by Hostage

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept.
10 (AP).-An 11-year-old boy
kidnapped a hardware store en-
ploye at gunpoint yesterday
but was soon disarmed by his
hostage and captured.
The youngster, Ronnie Davis.
complained that his parents
had made him work too hard
His mother and stepfather.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stanford
of nearby Arlington. expressed
surprise.
He has only cut the grass
once and had only Is minutes
worth of chores to do a day."
they said.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Liquor Gift From God
Archbishop Declares

CARDIFF. Wales. Sept. 20
(AP). - Criticism has arisen
among Welsh teetotallers
against an Anglican arch
bishops pronouncement that
liquor is a gift from God.
The Most Rev. Alfred Ed
win Morris, 67-year-old Arch
bishop of Wales, made the dec
laration in a 15.000-word book
let.
He wrote the booklet espe-
cially to boost a campaign to
have Welsh pubs open on Sun
days. There will be a vote in
November. Under present law
in this rugged land, where
Evening star., 1961-09-20

Puritan elements are strong,
pubs are closed on the Sabbath.
Archbishop Morris wrote:
THE main pathological evi-
dence, and particularly the
example of the teaching of
Our Lord, require the positive
view that alcoholic beverages
are a gift from God.
Otherwise, I do not see how
men could have offered wine
in religious worship and in par
ticular how Our Lord could
have instituted it as a means
of Holy Communion"
The archbishop said excessive
boozing is anti-social, but God
puts us all into the position
Evening star., 1961-09-20

truck and ran down the banks
of the Brazos River. Mr.. Comp
ton rushed to a telephone and
called police. Ronnie sur
rendered meekly along the river
about IL miles west of Weather
ford.
Police already had been look
ing for him. Mr.. Compton's
father, Frank, SO, had wit
messed the abduction and
spread the alarm. The elder
Mr.. Compton said that when
he first saw the boy holding
the shotgun on his son he
thought they we're ''fooling
around"
No charges were filed inn
mediately.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

Ronnie, brandishing a shot
gun he took from a rack in
the store and apparently loaded
himself. forced Alton Compton,
40, into the stores pickup
truck and ordered him to New
Mexico.
He didn't know what he was
going to do there" Mr.. Comp
ton said.
In neighboring Parker County,
Mr.. Compton faxed running
out of gas, diverted the boys
attention and seized the shot
gun.
He said they wrestled, and
then the boy jumped from the