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Evening star., 1961-05-24
4 ~ PLAYTIME SAVINGS FOR The YOUNG SET

Right to left:
GIRLS TWo.PIECE SETS. Cotton crop tops
or overbIouses with hoIf-boxer type COT
ton Jomoico shorts. Contrasting assorted
prints and clear coIors in two styles.
Sizes 3-l4. set 1.s0
GIRLS TENNIS DRESSES. Smart two-piece
woven pIoids Of cotton and ArneI@ tri-
acetate. Assorted coIors, Tia $50
GIRLS POLO SHIRTS. Striped, two-toned,
muIti-eoIored and eIeor-colored cotton
knits Boot necks, crew necks and some
collar styles. 3-l4. 1881 z for $50
GIRLS JAMAICA SHORTS. Cotton torpoon
cloth ploids with side Upper and slash
pocket. Assorted coIors. TIA.
1885, 2 for ESQ
Downstairs Store Girls Budget Apparel;
also Bethesda Budget and Corners
T0DDLER GIRLS SETS. Two-piece cotton
sets consisting Of crop top and shorts.
Assorted coIors. "a. 500
LITTLE GIRLS SUN SUITS. Cotton. Range
Of styles and colors One piece. l-3 500
TODDLER BoYS SUN SUITS. Cotton. Va
reY Of styles and eoIors. One piece
l-3. SOC
BoYS DECK PANTS. White or gold woven
cotton with contrasting stripes, "a, also
81. 600
BOYS CoTT0N.KNIT SHIRTS. Stripes of
red, white and blue or green and loden.
"a, also 81. 600
Downstairs Store, Infonts' ond Juveniles Budget
ApporeI; oIso Bethesda Budget and Corners
BOYS WALKING SHORTS. Cotton. Campus
style. Cords, stripes and clear eoIors, Glib.
1.s0
BoYY CoTToN.KNIT SHIRTS. Short-sIeeve
collar styles. Stripes and clear eoIors.
6-l5. 1851 2 for $50
Downstairs Store, Boys Budget Clothing;
also Bethesda Budget and Corners
Evening star., 1961-05-24

Our "Woodeieh" brand shoeeve dress Shirts Fuyeut sonoze
eotton including boodoh mesh and Regular collars will
buttondown collars Neat French front with large
simulated peoH buttons. Neck sizes l4-l7.
Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
RIM
of the
TIM

There are those lUho think
you shouldn't When you
really knoi0 you should :.
For q chance must oft be tax.
en- II yoH think the chance
is good you're q foop
some friend iCiU tell you .
And sadly shake his head .
When q aUiser man aCouId
understand And shake
your hand instead . Most
people seldom seem to knolO
:. Why others haze to try
To seek a goal that's far
Gi0ay Fl. With flaming torch
held high But horizons
lead much further . . Than
human eye can see And
yon've got to Keep on going
=. Seeking goals to set you
free Whether you make it
or lose it 49,. YoR'Ue had the
heart to try For gain
comes only from venture
So hold your torch up high!
Richard Hobart
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
A Few Words
Suburban Birdwatcher's Guide

Springtime-if it ever arrives-is the
time when the birdwatchers get out their bin
oculars, their check sheets and whatever
other appurtenances birdwatchers get out.
Then they get out to follow their hobby.
There are those of us among the notso-
leisure class-known as suburban commuters
who have maybe a robin and a hooking
bird to our credit. And that when we're be-
hind the old power mower on weekends.
But we can join the birdwatchers, if
they'll expand their definition of bird a bit.
The birds we watch are somewhat uncommon,
but if we watch closely they can be found
To help in their Identification, here are a
few random notes concerning their habits,
habitat and descriptions. Most of them can
be found between Montgomery County's sub
urban areas and downtown Washington.
First, there is the Sleepy-Eyed Slowbird.
His raiment is usually undeterminate since it
is covered with either mud or dust, as the
weather dictates. He can be found on Rock
vile Pike travelling in a southeasterly direc.
ton nearly every morning going just fast
enough in the left lane to keep an entire flock
of other birds jostling for position.
He can most often be found in the COM
pany of lotion Carrier, who sticks to the
right lane. The Carriers top flight speed,
thus setting the pace for the Slowbird is
something less than 35.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25

up and ready to go. These trips to Ocean
City made by Dad, Mother, Bill and me live
in my mind as sort of a private Vanderbilt
Cup Race an assault on time - a race run
against ferry schedules, flat tires across
roads of dirt sand and oyster shells, engine
trouble, which eventually ended with our
entry into delightful land smelling of salt
air and echong with the boom of waves at
high tide.
We vacationed at Ocean City as family
for about Is successive years. It was, aside
from Christmas week, the most looked for
ward to- and longed for, week of the year.
These years came to an end when it became
necessary for me to play tennis at the places
where tennis is played During these travels
l learned to love the greenness of the Eastern
hills. The ruggedness of the Rockies where
l was born never did appeal to me.
So, this coming week 1 hope to arise at
dawn and yield to the voice of the sea. In.
stead of driving 1925 Hupp will be driving
1882 MarmOn. Instead of boarding a ferry
at Annapolis we will cross bridge, and in
stead of eating along the side of the road we
Will stop at Fisherman's Inn on Kent Island
for crab cocktail 1 am sure that will find
that the air is still salty and that the waves
at high tide still crash against the beach.
The only thing that I will find that has
changed for me is that now 1 will come
equipped with a skull cap. binoculars, and
shark repellent. It should be pleasant week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25

1t has been known by observers that Ca
reer Recognition, also known as the Merit
Pay Plan for teachers, has not worked salts
factorily in Montgomery County as presently
administered.
School teachers in poll conducted by
The Montgomery County Education Associa-
ton have voted overwhelmingly against Ca
reer Recognition under the present setup. The
vote was 1,672 against and $50 for it.
Despite this enormous dissatisfaction
among school teachers, the Board of Educa.
ton and the Superintendent of Schools are
moving toward an expansion of the program.
1t will be interesting to watch the reac-
ton of the MEGA membership and Arthur D.
Simonds, ir, as this unpopular program con-
tinues with all of the farce and inequities so
plainly recognized by almost everyone except
the Superintendent and the School Board
There appeared in the official newsletter
of the Montgomery County Education Associ-
alton edited by the Executive Secretary Ar
thur Simonds a report on Career Recognition
that is crude and shocking.
This Dissertation on Organization is so
bad that it couldn't be printed in a family
newspaper. 1t appeared in the January issue
of The Educator on page g. How the editor
could have allowed it to be printed and why
the author used the analogy he did to describe
the Career Recognition is a complete mystery.
This dissertation" was written by Rex
Howard, chairman of the Career Recognition
Committee. He's parliamentarian of the
MEGA and considered one of the leaders of
the teachers group
Well reprint the first paragraph of Mr..
Towards report but you'll have to call Art
Simonds at the MEGA office for the analogy
so graphically given by this Junior High
School teacher
To-day you will formulate the principles
and adopt the policies that will determine
the course of the MEGA relative to that pro.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
BY Kent Palmer

With an observant eye, you can chart an
Early Morning Lanehopper. This bird, whose
colors are myriad, is the daredevil of the
pixies, slipping into spots in the flight pattern
That would brighten years growth out of
any but Lanehopper. He is often accom-
panied by raucous blares from the birds he
left behind.
Then there is the Bigheaded Executive.
His flight plan allows for no other birds il,
the flyway, since he left the nest 20 minutes
late and still plans to catch the early worm
somewhere down around Capitol Hill. He
barrels ahead, and has, at times. been seen
using the sidewalks for passing when the cen.
ter is clogged
Almost as hard to spot as hummingbird
is the willy Little Sport, foreigner (There
nave. however. been a number of domestic
hybrids identified since 1881 His flight is
cratic and he delights in filling up downtown
roosting spots making it appear to the larger
birds looking for landing place that the
roosts is empty, frustrating experience for
the larger birds.
There are many many Others all of them
honest-to-goodness birds. You won't have any
trouble identifying them, although you may
have trouble with descriptions
Some of them are indescribable-at least
In words decent birdwatchers use.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
The Wee k Should
Be a Pleasant One
Welsh Rare Biz

When peony time comes to the yard and
the tulips and spring flowers have about all
turned to green, know that it is about time
for me to pay attention. to those advisors who
tell me it is time for my spring vacation. I
distrust those who tell me to leave Rockville
and the Court House. feel they are in ca
boots with my ancient and honored enemy
that ole debbil, the States Attorney.
I do not know if l am a child of the
sea or hillman BY preference I believe 1
am hillman, but have inherited an affinity
to the sea from father who sought the deep
water
1t was in the spring of the year that my
father succumbed to the voice of the sea. He
said that the attraction which the sea had
for him stemmed from the fact that there
was as much salt in his blood as there was in
the Atlantic ocean or IL was i'm the same
proportion. He also felt that life originated
long ago in the warm depths of the ocean.
His annual trip to the sea was consequently
in the nature Of pilgrimage TO the home of
mankind.
The yearly trip for the family to Ocean
City would generally start at 5 am with my
father pulling the sheet off of my bed and
telling me that it was time to get dressed
because we had only five hours to catch the
ferry from Annapolis to Claiborne He also
said that mother had fixed lunch, that we had
to be at the Hamilton Hotel before the dining
room closed, and that the Hupp was warmed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25

would not tolerate such a nui.
sance across the street from
their own homes.
1t is high time to call the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commits.
sion officials to an accounting
for this very questionable ac-
ton. 1t would be interesting to
learn, for instance, who is the
person responsible for initial
ing this activity. Does he, per-
haps, have a child with a GO
kart? In private conversations
some members of the MNC.
PPC have said that they are
mot very proud of this activ.
ity' and feel it is not a legiti.
mate park and recreation ac-
tivity. Since they say that the
track is Temporary" let us
have a definite date when it
will be removed instead of
vague and evasive answers.
Residents have already suffer
ed his nuisance for one sum-
mer, and it would be the part
of wisdom to close the track
until another site Is available
or abandon the program en-.
tirely. Regulations pertaining
to the use of mufflers which
were invoked as a palliative
to protesting residents do not
alleviate the situation COM
pletely, and enforcement last
summer left much to be de-
sired.
Not long ago the MNCPPC
rejected a proposal by their
Recreation Department to
sponsor tax-subsidized ice skat.
ing Kinks. How much less JUS
LITIGATION there is for the go.
kart activity.
1t is hoped that responsible
citizens will begin to ask per.
tinent questions. Perhaps it
would be wise to consider taxi
ing the recreational function
out of the MNCPPC altogeth.
er and letting the Montgom-
cry County Recreation De
partment handle such matters.
They appear to have done a
commendable and efficient job
in the past, and there is surely
Continued on Page AID
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
Go Kart Tracks
Are A Bone

At a time when most for
ward-looking communities are
planning effective ordinances
pertaining to noise abatement,
including regulations relegat-
ing go-kart tracks and drag
strips far from residential
zones, the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission has seen fit to in
stall q Go-Kart Track on the
south side of Viers Mill Road
outside of Rockville directly
adjacent to a residential Zoned
area. Homes were already be-
ing built here when the track
was installed, and developers
projected plans had been re-
corded In the county office for
many months. 1t is highly UNI
likely that any commercial ac-
tivity would have been permit
ted to go in this location under
zoning regulations; yet few
commercial activities could ex-
coed the noisy, dusty, offensive
nature of this activity; and
you may feel quite sure that
the same activity would not
have received a permit under
private enterprise.
1t is an eye-sore, a detriment
to property values and a bane
to the residents who cannot
enjoy their property in peace
and tranquility. AS Thomas
Merton has written so beauti-
fully a.. Everything in mod
ern city life is calculated to
keep man from entering into
himself and thinking about
spiritual things. Even with the
best of intentions a spiritual
man finds himself exhausted
and deadened and debased by
the constant noise of machines
and loud-speakers, the dead
air and the glaring lights of
offices and shops !" And
Prof. Karl Linn of the Grad
uate Department of Landscape
Architecture of the University
of Pennsylvania in Landscape
Architecture, Fall 1860, stated
that II can think of no more
urgent appeal to the technical
genius of America than for
sound control by which I
mean control of sound . We
give too little thought to elm
ination of noise or to its i'm
pact
The flight from the city to
the suburbs is explained, at
least in good part, by the de-
sire to get away from such
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25

Wick Byron's Column

gram designated as Career Recognition. Such
formulation and such adoption have, in nv
opinion, been long over due. For more than
a wear this program has directly affected our
welfare and we were content with silence. II
is true that there are some who would have
us remain content - there are some who
prefer silence as an official policy. There are
some who prefer to assign the issue to the
oblivion of a subcommittee considerations.
There the carefully embalmed and lifeless alb
straction could be endlessly subjected to that
heroic labor known as study"
The news story appearing just above this
article in The Educator said that 1.-THE mem
bers agreed that this was an outstanding pres.
entation seldom equalled in the history of
MEGA"
After reading the complete dissertation
by Mr. Howard it would be interesting to see
whether or not the members of the Board Of
Education and the Superintendent agree with
the above observation.
The more than 5000 school teachers in
Montgomery County are fine group of per-
sons dedicated to high standards in top pro.
fession There are exceptions among the
membership but these are in the minority.
The official organization of this group
should be so strong and so highly respected
by all citizens that it would serve as model
for others.
We dare say that no teacher in our sys.
tenn would read to his students Mr.. Towards
Dissertation on Organization" as it appeared
in the January issue of the official MEGA
magazine. And we dare say that most
teachers and professional people elsewhere
were amazed and shocked when they heard
It and read It.
The School Board should read aloud Mr..
Towards complete statement concerning Ca.
reer Recognition in order to get the full i'm.
pact and realize the handicap placed upon
Career Recognition by the analogy used.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
Reoppoinf Mr.. Brewer

Inc Park and Planning Commission, by the very
nature of its work, is constantly engaged in con-
troversy.
Every time the Commission makes recon-
mendation coming application or acts on sub
division plan, it affects some individual group.
And each time the agency prepares master
plan, involving all of the factors of communitys
growth and development it arouses equally strong
emotions on both Sides This is natural because of
the varied interests selfish and otherwise, who have
stake in how land is going to be used These inter-
ests are particularly outspoken in Montgomery
County, where there are highly vocal mnorities
which seek to impose their points of view the
Commission
]. Newton Brewer, Jr. because of his position
vice-chairman of the Commission and chairman of its
Montgomery County Planning Board, has frequently
been the target of attempts by one group another
to influence planning policy.
To all of these efforts, Mr. Brewer has lent an
attentive and patient ear while continuing to help
steer the Commission middle course Of action de-
signed to benefit the vast majority of the people
During his term of office, the commission has
made significant strides forward These include re-
vised subdivision regulations recommendations for
coming classifications and most important, the
adoption of four master plans covering 9O-square-
with revised Master Plan of Parks and Recreation
and greatly stepped-up park acquisition program
Mr.. Brewer is seeking reappointment by the Coun-
ty Council for fouryear term beginning June Is. We
believe he unquestionably deserves another term
the basis of his past performance and dedication to
his job.
Further, we feel it would be highly undesirable
for the county heads to appoint neophyte to this po
sition during this crucial stage of the cotys devel-
opment.
There have been reports that Mr.. Brewer has
agreed to assume the Craftsmanship of new State
agency to regulate building and loan associations and
that result, he would be unable to devote much
time and attention he should to the Planning Com
mission.
These reports without foundation. In the first
place. such regulatory agency is going to be set up
And even if it were, Mr. Brewer has made it plain
that he would not accept position on it.
Mr.. Brewer has the knowhow, the temperament
and the time to continue to make valuable contribu
ton to the commission and to planning and park ac-
QUESTION and development in the county AS life
long resident of the county, he is thoroughly familiar
with its problems, its needs and its people. His exper
fence on the commission is invaluable. We hope the
County Council reappoints him promptly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
Letters to the Sentinel

noises and distractions. Where
can one turn for peace of soul
and quiet contemplation and
surcease of the tensions of
modern life If our very homes
are invaded by this noisepro-
ducing activity.
Surely there is cause for
great concern if it has come
to pass in our time that the
rights" Of a few over-privi-
lodged children to recreation
facilities pre-empts the rights
of adult citizens to peace and
quiet in their own homes. And
why should the over-burdened
taxpayer be required to subsi-
die the ill-advised parent who
over INDUCES his little child
with one of these expensive
gadgets only to find that the
police department does not
consider them toys" and re-
quires the driver to be of age
and to possess a drivers Ii
cense to operate them on pub
lie thoroughfares. This is UNI
fortunately symbolic of our
times when doting parents
give their spoiled offspring too
much, too soon only to find
that by the time they are six
teen they have become jaded
with ordinary teen-age pur-
suits and turn to speed on the
highways, stealing things they
do not want or need, and other
undesirable activities - just
for kicks"
Public-supported recreation
programs are fine. However,
they should be confined to ac-
tivities which can be enjoyed
by children from all walks of
life, such as ball parks, picnic
areas, tennis courts, SWIM
ming pools, civic and cultural
centers, nature walks, etc.
Simply because a parent, in
dulging a child, has made an
ill-advised and rather large ex-
penditure for a go.kart, he is
not entitled to subsidy by the
taxpayer.
Maryland.N National Capital
Park and Planning Commits
sion officials have sought to
justify their action by the fee
BILE excuse that this track was
located here Temporarily" be-
cause they had no other suit.
able place available. 1t should
be elementary that If you want
an elephant but have no suit.
able place to keep it you simp.
ly forego the elephant; you do
not get the elephant and keep
1t in your parlor! Further they
stated that since residents in
this area already have some
noise from the traffic on Viers
Mill Road they should not
mind the additional noise. This
is like telling the patient that
since the doctor has already
found 1t necessary to ampu-
tate his finger he should not
mind losing his whole arm!
They further seek to defend
themselves by saying that peo-
pie come all the way from the
District to use this facility.
This is all too true; and vir-
GINA license tags have also
been observed at the track.
But are Montgomery County
and Rockville citizens expected
to subsidize all of Maryland,
the District and Virginia? You
can be sure that most of the
people who use the track
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25

The County Council has acted wisely in approx
ing commercial zoning along Wisconsin ave. to clear
the way for Saks-Fifth store the District
line.
Planning testimony during the public hearing had
been prepcnderanty in favor of the change from resi-
dental and there little or no impartial evidence
that the proposal would damage nearby property
values
On the contrary, we feel substantial benefits will
result from the extension of the existing Chevy Chase
Shopping Center to include the Saks-Fifth ave. site.
Furthermore, as the approving resolution stated,
the coming Redistribution is logical move in pro-
noting the orderly development of the entire suburban
Maryland area, of which this section of Bethesda
Chevy Chase is an integral part.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-25
Peck Up and Move

We are inclined to agree with the person who
wrote to The Sentinel this week concerning the
noiseproducng activity of the GoKart track located
on Veirs Mill road near Aspen Hill road 1t does seem
to cause unnecessary nuisance.
We aren't too old to remember what thrills we
used to get riding old homemade 'auto' made of
wooden box and four wheels-the type used in the fa-
nous Soap Box Derby held each summer. So it isn't
difficult to imagine what fun kid could get from
go-kart powered by real engine albeit noisy. How
ever like everything else there is usually good time
and place for all things And gokart track
idents is bound to incur the wrath of citizens
The Maryland National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission built this track on Veirs Mill road
when the location seemed ideal There were no houses
nearby and the carts could skoot around the track
without causing anyone distress But things are diff
ferent now. There are hundreds of homes within
hearing distance of this track.
1t should be moved
The ideal place for it might be in the huge Wheat
Regional Park 1t could fit very nicely in an area
surrounded by hundreds of acres of wild land The
noise caused by the put puts would bother no one
cept the birds and the bees.
The Park Director of the Park and Planning
Commission is reasonable official and we are sure
he is of the distress this track has caused and
will continue to until moved. We expect he'll
order that the thing be packed up and moved away.