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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
Pool Association Counsel
Charges Bias in Closing

so. with these few words, /
am going to leave the hearing
and promise you that my vote is
certainly going to be against
the corporation" Bright added,
according to Groner.
At this point, Board chair
man Mary A. Hepburn observ-
ed, said Groner, that Bright is
not speaking for the board. ]
assure you that the chair as
well as other members of the
board have made no PREJUDICE
ment."
Bright Kept Promise"
Bright returned to later
session Of the hearing, Groner
told the court, and kept his
promise by casting the decid-
ing vote in the boards deci-
sion"
Chairman Hepburn and board
member Philip NJ Fairbanks
cast the dissenting votes in the
boards Fairbanks fill
ing a separate minority opinion.
In his strongly.worded mo-
ton for rehearing OF the asso-
cations case ION its merits"
attorney Groner referred to the
"outrageousness OF violation
against due process and fair
play" and the Shocking nature
of actions alleged by the appel
lants to have been taken in the
boards procedure and by the
three members who constituted
the majority"
The majority members, Gro
ner asserted, assumed unlaw-
full duties as advocates" for six
Calendar DIR. residents who
sought the revocation of the
special exemption because of
the unprotected" five-foot
drainage ditch.
Majority members OF the
board, said Groner, actively
assisted and supported (the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24

Students at Bethesda-C Chevy
Chase and w h e at on High
Schools next year will be offered
the Washington areas first
course in Russian history de-
signed for secondary schools.
The new course is expected
to become available in February,
following adoption by the Board
of Education of a textbook to
be used by students.
Most likely candidate for the
basic text so far is IAN Intro
duction to Russian History and
Culture" by War Spector, pub
lished by Van Nostrand in 1949
and revised in 1856. The book
was submitted to school board
members for review this week
with recommendation for APP
proval from the boards textbook
committee headed by Julia c.
Ardayne.
Following board approval, 1t
will be placed in the professions
al library of the Board of Ed
ucation's central office for a 30.
day examination period, at the
end of which it will again be
presented to the school board
for adoption.
The Russian history course
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24

the WSSC, which is required by
law to adopt a new five-year
plan each October l.
Montgomery projects propos-
ed total about Sc million for
sewer and $3.4 million for wat
er. Suggested construction in
the county would include some
major plant improvements,
along with 500 miles OF sewers
and 81 miles of water mains.
The program also calls for
expenditures of So million in
Prince Georges County and Sic
million in the District of Co
lumbia for expansion and rein
forcement of its system. Most
sewage from the suburban
Maryland area is piped to the
District sewerage system for
treatment at the Districts Blue
Plains plant.
Copies of the proposed plans
have been distributed to the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
and governing bodies of the
two counties.
Montgomery County's Coun-
Gil has veto power over sewer
projects in the county, but
WSSC has final word on all
water projects and on sewer
plans in Prince Georges.
or the % sewer projects pro-
posed for the five-year period,
seven are new and the rest are
being carried over from earlier
plans. Six of the % water pro-
jects are new; water expendi-
lures are to cost S6.5 million.
Heading the list of new Mont
gomery County sewer projects
proposed are the Watts Branch
sewer connecting to the propos-
ed Potomac River interceptor
sewer and construction of a
portion Of the Great Seneca
Creek trunk sewer from Great
Seneca Creek and Long
Draught Branch to Cabin
Branch north of Gaithersburg.
The Watts Branch project
would extend from the up
stream limits of the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary District
boundary to the new intercept
or, about six miles. Construc-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
Rockville Lions
Elect Officers

The Lions Club of Rockville
has elected a new slate of Of
ficers, headed by Kermit Mohn,
president, to serve for the COM
ing year. Other new officers in
clude:
H. Douglas Hall, first vice.
president; Thomas M. veirs,
jrs second vice-president; Law.
renee J. Harrison, third vice
president; Fred Maxwell, secre.
tary, and Levi Price, treasurer.
Also, Lovick Daniel, lion tam.
er; Henry Giaque, tail twister,
and Stuart Crump, assistant
tail twister.
Directors are Herbert Z.
Butts, Edward H. Joyner, jr.,
A. Roy Saunders, Robert w.
Bridges, Richmond H. Gibson
and Erwin j. Liljegren.
The Lions plan an early kick
off to their annual drives to
raise funds for their numerous
charitable projects.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24

complainants) in partisan and
prejudiced manner"
Other charges advanced by
Groner were that the board had
reached its decision at a date
several weeks past the normal
30 days prescribed; that the de-
cision was reached in IAN arbi-
trary, capricious and unreason-
able Manner" that the board
shifted and amended its rules
during the proceedings without
notice or compliance with legal
requirements for rule making"
that II accepted testimony Of
laymen "in matters where only
expert testimony was permits.
sible." and that IL violated es-
sential rules OF evidence"
Council Cannot Act
Meanwhile, unperturbed by
an avalanche OF letters from
pool association members and
the continued picketing Of the
County Building by members
youngsters, the County Council
on Tuesday said there is moth.
ing for us to do in the case.
I'VE could find ourselves in
contempt Of court" said Coun-
Gil President William F. Hickey,
by taking any action In re-
Spouse to pool members re-
quests to have the facility reop-
ened for the remainder OF the
summer. 1.-THE Court has spoken
in this matter" he added.
Streams Of Protests
A steady stream Of protests
from pool members has been
received by the Council since
the pools closing last Wednes.
day.
The parents claim some LOO
Bethesda residents have been
deprived Of the pools facilities
"by mere technicality influ-
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24

Members of the Board Of
Zoning Appeals who voted for
the closing of the Merrimack
Park Recreation Associations
100000 swimming pool had
predetermined their decision
and were Fundamentally bias
ed and prejudiced" in their ac-
ton, an attorney for the CO.
operative association said this
week.
In a motion for a rehearing
filed with the Montgomery
County Circuit Court on Tues
day, Attorney Samuel B. Gro.
ner charged that in the coming
boards 80 decision, the decid-
ing vote was cast by member
who had himself announced
his own disqualification to sit
impartially" In the case.
The pool, located on Pyle I'd.
in Bethesda, was closed last
Wednesday following dismissal
by Judge Ralph G. Shure of the
associations appeal from the
boards decision to revoke a
special coming exemption be-
cause Of an unsafe" and "un-
slightly" drainage ditch nearby.
Asking for rehearing, recon-
sideration and a setting aside
Of the dismissal of the case,
Groner told the court that
board member Edwin l..
Bright's announcement that he
would vote against allowing
the pool to stay in operation
constituted a denial of a fair
hearing"
He quoted the following re.
marks by Bright from the tran
script of the lengthy hearing:
Il don't believe ! can sit down
here and lead you TO believe
that my opinion would be any.
thing but a vote absolutely to
rescind, vacate this special
privilege, and l will so vote"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24

Fair visitors report MS 1.-THE
greatest ever" and, as the Sent
inel's pictures on pages 2 and 3
of this issue show, there's
plenty going on to keep young
sters and oldsters for miles
around interested and enter
tanned from 9 am. until well
past dark.
AS the show business bible,
Variety" would say, the open
ing pageantry Monday night
was "boffo." Gauging its sue
cess, Fair officials indicated
opening night ceremonies may
be made a permanent part of
the fair program.
Following a colorful parade
of floats designed and prepared
by All Club members through
out the county, the Queen of
the Fair" was selected on the
turn of a wheel of fortune"
Dark-haired, dark eyed Patsy
Fink, 16, of Washington Grove,
the lucky contestant from
field of nine All. challengers for
the honor, accepted her crown
from Norman Mills, Fair direc-
tor, and began a four-day reign
which was to include appear
ances at a number of Fair
events.
Next morning, thousands of
Montgomery County youngsters
flocked to the fairgrounds to
take part in the kids Day"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
Firehouse Site
Gets City OK

Location Of a second Rock-
vile Volunteer Fire Department
station at Rollins ave. near the
Congressional Plaza Shopping
Center was endorsed by the
City Council this week.
Intended to serve the south
ern end Of Rockville, the site
had been recommended by the
City Planning Commission.
With the endorsement of the
city heads, it now goes to the
Montgomery County Council.
which will hold a hearing on
the location September s.
At their regular meeting this
week, the City Council also
voted to offer the county half
Of 2-acre tract owned by the
city at Viers Mill I'd. and At
lantic ave-, to be used as part
of site for a new branch of
the county public library.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
Council
Passes
NelU Tax
Transfer Charge
On Real Estate
Starts October |

Starting October /, sales
of real estate in Montgom-
cry County valued at more
than $4,000 will be- subject
to a sliding-scale transfer
tax.
The County Council this week
approved an ordinance setting
up the tax rate on real estate
transfers as follows:
One per cent tax of assessed
valuation on all sales of unim-
proved property; Y of one per
cent on transfers of property
valued at over $4,000, and u
of one per cent on property val
ued at between $4,000 and
$4,000.
No tax will be levied on
transfers of real estate assess
ed at less than $4,000.
Exempted from the tax will
be transfers to non-profit hos
pitfalls, non-profit religious or
charitable organizations, asso-
Citations or corporations, as will
transfers to any municipality,
county or state government or
their agencies or political SUBJ
divisions. Transfers by will or
descent will not be subject to
the tax.
AS a precaution against de-
1iberate differentiation of prop
erty to reduce tax payments,
the new law directs the Direct
or of Finance to make apprais-
ais in suspicious cases. II a
higher value is determined, the
tax due on the difference be-
tween the original appraisal
and the county's appraisal must
be paid Immediately, and inter-
est on the difference win be
charged at the rate of 6 per
cent a year from the date of
the initial payment of the tax.
The new tax measure had
been opposed by real estate and
business interests in the coun-
ty. who argued it would handi-
cap Montgomery in competi-
ton with surrounding counties
for new business and industrial
development.
The Councils vote was Al,
with Joe M. Kyle dissenting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24

events which packed them in at
the Ag Center ballpark most of
the afternoon.
The frog jump, turtle race
and pie-eating contests drew a
Thong of excited small fry.
Winner of the frog jump, as
the owner of the longest-leap-
ing frog in Montgomery Coun-
ty. was Linda Higgins, II, of
los Upton St, Rockville. Linda's
entry, Bull, Junior" jumped %
inches.
Only an inch behind was
Black" a frog owned by nine
year-old Pat Feeney of 3412
Green Castle rd., Burtonsville.
Third place was taken by a
nameless frog owned by Doug
las Bonifant, 9, of 1926 Column
bia pike, Silver Spring.
The turtle race drew a record
field of SO entries so many
that nine heats were necessary.
Winners of the preliminaries
raced in the final. Jeffrey
Jelenfy, Z, was the owner of the
winning turtle, angus" who
twice hot-footed it over the fin
ish line first to win her a ten
dollar prize.
Second was turtle, SPEEDY
Gonzales" wned by Carol
Leigh Lapanne, 6, 3112 Helsel
dr., Silver Spring, and third
Continued on Page 12)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
Trooper Exams
For State Police
Set October Il

The State Commissioner of
Personnel has announced that
applications for the position of
Trooper in the Maryland State
Police are now being accepted.
Written examination for the
position will be held in Balti-
more, Hagerstown and Cam
bridge October 81. Applications
and further information may be
obtained from any State Police
Barrack or Post or from the
Commissioner of Personnel,
State Office Building, Baltimore.
Closing date for applications is
September %.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
WSSC Sets
1914 Million
County Plan
Proposal Amounts to $34.5 Million:
Must Be Acted Upon by Oct. l

Montgomery County's share of S345-million, five
expansion of facilities and services by the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Commission is 1914 million
Details of the program submitted to the Com
mission Tuesday by Robert j. Mcleod chief engineer for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-24
County Fair in Full Swing
With Capacity Attendance

Montgomery County's 'rilly beeg shee-ow" of the
1861 County Fair at Gahersburg has been
playing to capacity house all week. with etup in at
enthusiasm excitement in sight as it went
into its third day this morning
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
Review OF Conservation

Farmers who have Conservation
of their crop land should review
their contracts before completing
their 1861 cropping plans, accord
ing to R. Harry Wilson, Chairman
of the Kent County Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation
Committee. A review of the con-
tract is recommended as a means
of being sure % the acreage of
permitted crops that may be grown
or harvested.
Each Conservation Reserve con-
tract includes a limitation of the
number of acres on the farm that
can be used for the growing and
harvesting of crops. That acreage
is called the permitted acreage of
Soil Bank Base Crops All the
grains, oilseeds, and row crops are
classified as Soil Bank Base Crops.
The permitted acreage of Soil
Bank Base Crops is important be-
cause exceeding that acreage may
result in violation of the contract
and a reduction of the annual pay
ment or possible loss of the entire
payment.
In addition, Mr. Wilson reminded
farmers that Conservation Reserve
contracts provide that cropland
under contract is not to be grazed,
cut for hay, or crop harvested from
it and that noxious weeds must be
controlled.
There are 6473.4 acres of crop
land on 104 farms under Reserve
contracts in Kent county.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
First Presbyferion Church
Rev. James III. Lappen, Pastor
SundoY, EebruurY "

oUnudIs reDrodry ~
Begin the Lords Day by attend
ing Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
There are classes for all ages
Nursery through the Adult Group.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Peirce of
Africa will be present and will
visit all classes.
The morning Worship Service
is at IL o'clock. Mr.. Peirce. re-
Gently returned from Africa, will
bring the message. Mrs. Norma
Heyde will sing a solo How Beau
tiful Upon the Mountain" by Har-
ker. During this service, nursery
facilities are provided for the care
of pre-school children.
At 1915 y. m, a report session
for callers participating in the
Visitation Evangelism Campaign
will be held in the Sunday School
Room.
The Westminster Fellowship
Groups will meet at the regular
time. $3.50 p. m. All young people
are urged to be present to hear
Mr.. Peirce tell of some of his ex-
periences.
The evening worship Service is
at 1880 p. m, with Mr.. Peirce de-
livering the message, illustrating
the same with slides. The public
is cordially invited A social hour
and refreshments will follow this
service.
Tuesday. February 81: The reg
ular monthly meeting of the Wo-
mems Association will be held at
500 p. m. The widely acclaimed
film Africa on the Bridge" will
be presented. See the special ar
ticle elsewhere in this issue.
Wednesday, February 22-The
Youth Choir will meet at 7:I5 D.
m. for rehearsal The Hour Of
Power begins at 1880 p. m. in the
Sunday School Room. We will be-
gin study of the book of Philip
plans. The Adult Choir will meet
at $3.50 p. m.
Next Sunday evening, February
26, will be Choir Night. Members
and friends of the church are in
vited to be present to hear some
good music.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
Fire Prevention Tips
Offered POultrymen

Fires in poultry houses cost Sus-
sex County pOultrymen thousands
of dollars annually, according to
County Agent VIM. III. Henderson.
The loss of buildings. feed, chick
ems, and equipment are only a part
of the total loss. More important
oft times is the loss of income
that results when the poultry en-
terprise is wiped out by fire.
Poultry house fires may be caus-
ed in many ways. Generally speak
ing though they can be listed un-
der one of these four headings:
/. Defective heating equipment
2. Faulty chimneys and piping.
3. Defective and overloaded wir-
ing systems.
4. Carelessness.
Regular and careful inspection
of heating equipment and electric
wiring along with rigid program
of correcting any defects as soon
as they are noted will remove much
of the danger from poultry house
fires.
Self discipline, on the part of all
workers in the poultry house, with
respect to being careful while
smoking. refraining from piling
trash near stoves and avoiding the
use of improper fuses in the elect
rical system will insure the pre-
vention of many fires.
Finally, careful attention to
keeping litter, such as sawdust,
corn cobs. wood shavings, peanut
hulls, or other materials that burn
easily. away from contact with the
brooder stove will pay off in few
er bills.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
Questions And Answers
On Social Security

al am a 60-year-old woman. l
haven't worked for the last
two years because / have been
how much / have worked in
the last ten years, because /
have lost my pay records. /
can't remember all my en-
ployers' names, but | do have
my social security card. How
do | go about filing for social
security disability benefits?
the social security
district Office at Dover as soon
as possible. If your condition
is severe enough and if you
have worked long enough un-
der social security. you may
be eligible for social security
disability insurance benefits.
Bring your social security
card with you and list of the
doctors who have treated you
and for what conditions you
were treated. The representa-
tives at the social security dis
trict office will do everything
they can to explain your
rights and help you apply for
benefits.
l.-When l come in to file for my
retirement benefits must l
bring statement of my
wages? If SO, how far back?
A.-Yes, it will speed up the pro-
cessing of your claim if you
can bring in your W-2. With
holding Tax Statement, for the
past calendar year. You
should also bring in a list of
the names and addresses of
your employers and the ap-
proXimate amount of your
wages during the current
year If you are self-employ-
ed you should bring in a copy
of your federal tax returns
for the past year.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
|M'USiNcs OF Ne MINI STE9R
III recorded Weekly BY III
DreDWARDN KuHL MANN

piled examples of his truthful
ness crystalized into story--t h a t
naive narrative of the hatchet and
the cherry tree in which the youth
full Washington is reputed by Par
son Weems TO have prefaced his ad-
mission of guilt with the words,
Il cannot tell a lie" That asper-
sions OF doubt have been cast up
on this incident matters little
The fact remains that even the
most iconoclastic of his biograph-
ers concede that truthfulness was
a quality of life that Washington
possessed to a very marked degree.
And when again this year our
nation commentaries his birth it
should find in his life challenge
to weave more Of integrity. & truth
into the fabric of our national
life. There is too much of insin-
cerity everywhere. The social wor-
Id is decadent with pretense and
shame. Business, even in the high
est circles-as recently disclosed,
Is shot through with price-fixing.
collusion and fraud. Much of the
advertising of television, radio,
and press reeks with distortions,
Misrepresentation and lies. And
in the international sphere.
Earth is sick, And heaven is
weary of the hollow words, Which
set and kingdoms utter when they
talk of truth and justice" Words
worth Little wonder then that the
world anew is voicing with Plate
the cynical cry, What is TRUTH
And what is the answer Truth
is more than a pious platitude,
more than an altruistic precept or
principle. IT is a character of liv-
ing, a way of life that was best
exemplified by Him at whose trial
PLATE was so cynical about the
reality of any form of truth. That
one was Jesus Christ and it is
well here to recall that IL was He
said, Il am the way, the TRUTH
and the life" Truth became in
carnate in Him and when our
faith reaches out and makes liv-
ing touch with Him we are best
empowered to pitch our lives up
on the high plane of that which
is true and sincere. In the achieve
ment of this worthy goal in
vite you TO consider again the
words with which we began:
when the high heart we mag
Nifty, And the sure vision cele-
brate. And worship greatness pass
! ing by, Ourselves are great"
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17

GUEST SPEAKER-Th Rever-
end Miss Elizabeth Dolbey, a for
mer missionary to Korea and the
Belgian Congo, will be the guest
speaker on the Greenwood Metho-
dist Charge next Sunday, Febru-
airy 10, at Greenwood, Delaware.
She will speak in the Greenwood
Methodist Church at the IL o'clock
Worship Service in the morning,
and will show pictures of her
missionary work at the Grace
Methodist Church at 1880 O'Clock
in the evening.
Miss Dolbey graduated from Ed
inboro State Teachers College in
1925. She taught public school in
and around Erie, Pa, for five
years. She received training at
the Kansas City National Training
School for Christian Workers. She
also attended Hartford Seminary
Miss Dolbey did Home Missionary
work in Nebraska and Ohio. A
term of missionary work was
spent in Korea until evacuation
in 1910. She then entered Scar
rett College and received her A
B. degree. Following this eight
years were spent in the Belgian
Congo in Africa as one of our
missionaries on the Wembo Ny
anna Station. In June 1852 she re-
turned from the Congo and be-
came pastor of the Methodist
Charge in Wattsburg. Pa, where
she served as a successful pas
tor for seven years. Last summer
she completed an additional course
in Administration at Scarrett Col
lege. Miss Dolbey is now Execu-
tive Director of Peninsula Confer
enee Projects of the Women's So
ciety of Christian Service in Will
mington, Del.
Miss Dolbey is a dynamic speak
er and you are cordially invited to
attend these services.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17

NAZARENE SPEAKER will be
at the Church of the Nazarene, 4
Maple Avenue, Milford Del, this
Sunday, February 10, for the eve
ming worship service
Miss Mary Wallace, returned
Nazarene teacher and missionary
to Nicaragua, is on furlough and
will be doing deputation work in
churches of the denomination in
the u. S. and Canada.
During most of her first term
abroad, Miss Wallace has been at
Rivas, Nicaragua. For the last two
years, she has been director of a
day school and the missionary in
charge of the Rivas Church of the
NaZarene.
In her missionary talks, she will
describe the country and it's peo-
pie and tell about the program of
the Nazarene Church there. She
will illustrate her messages, where
possible, by means of colored
slides.
Miss Wallace was born in Bel
mont, Canada. She earned a bach
elor's degree from Eastern Naza-
rene College, Wollaston, Mass,
graduating in 1852
She was a member of the fac
ulty and dean of women at the
Lorne Park College. Lorne Park,
Ontario, for two years and was
appointed to Nicaragua in 1854 by
the Nazarene department of for
eign missions.