davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-06-28
District Deal Places
Hotel in Foggy Bottom

tions of land parcels acquired
for the right Of way Of the west
leg Of the Districts inner loop
freeway.
The land, totalling 3,267
square feet, is to be used to
expand the hotel site. In return,
the developers are to give the
city two parcels fronting on
street, between Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh streets
NV, along with a smaller lot
on Twenty-sixth street lust
north Of Virginia avenue.
This land totals 2,7S4 square
feet. The District would have
to buy the land for the freeway
Checkup Due
The Commissioners yesterday
said the land swap is subject to
additional checks that would be
In the ''best interest Of the city
as to assessed land prices and
other factors.
The land along Virginia ave-
nue. is to be rezoned today to
permit construction Of the
leight-Story structure. The prop
erty now is zoned for five-story
maximum height.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

Mayor McLernon said Perkins
was selected from some 25 APP.
plicants screened for the job
left vacant last year by the re-
tirement of Col. f. L. McLernon,
who had held the post for eight
years.
As assistant to the Rockville
city manager, Perkins heads adj
ministrative services which in
clude tie city's police depart
ment, the animal warden and
personnel who serve as switch.
board operators and cashiers.
He also is purchasing officer
for the CITY,
Perkins came to Rockville two
years ago from Hartford, Conn,
where he had served as a munic-
ipal consultant. In his ten year
career in municipal affairs he
also has served as councilman
in Struthers, Ohio, and as in
tern to the city manager Of
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Services Held
At BenevoIa For
Stanley Kline

Funeral services we're held
yesterday at Benevola Md
Church for Stanley p. F. Kline,
80, who died Monday at Wash
ington County Hospital in
Hagerstown. Burial was in
Boonsboro Cemetery.
Mr.. Kline was the father of
c. Edwin Kline, prominent
Montgomery County financial,
business and civic leader, who
lives at 5000 Harvey rd. in Sill.
yer Spring.
He made his home in Boons-
boro, where he had been presi-
dent Of the Kline Brothers flour
milling business since 1904, and
had long been active in civic
affairs throughout Washington
County. He was president and
the Oldest director Of the Boons-
boro Bank, the oldest member
of the Board of Trustees for
Washington County Hospital
and was the first president Of
the Lions Club, which he head
ed after its inception in 1929.
Besides his son, he is survived
by his wife, Julia, Of the Boons.
boro address.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

other, social science faithful,
places all its trust in creativity
in the realm of collective or
ganization.
II see little effort in our
schools to stress the deeper per-
sonal responsibilities inherent
in an increasingly complex so
ciety," he continued.
Breimyer expressed concern
over the showing of Montgom.
cry County students in geog-
raphy and American history in
recent achievement tests, par.
ticularly at the lower half of the
10 range" and asserted that so
cial science textbooks ARE so
stripped of controversial con-
tent that they are a milktoast
intellectual diet"
He proposed that the schools
u tiliZe intellectual talent
available in the nearby area,
bringing great minds to their
student bodies, via periodic lee.
lures or specially arranged
classes, to inform, to reveal, to
provoke, to, disquiet and to
stimulate"
The new chairman also said
he felt the board should spon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Firefighters
Subdue Blaze
AT Rockville

A crowd of over 100 persons
Tuesday night watched a spec,
tacular fire of undetermined
origin gut the old ice house
near the intersection of Veirs
Mill I'd. and Rockville Pike. The
flames which shot over so feet
into the air, attracted spec
tators from miles around to the
scene.
Although no one knew the
actual cause of the fire, 1t was
suspected the ammonia fumes
from the ice house contributed
to its spreading.
The quick work of nremen
from Rockville, Kensington and
Gaithersburg prevented the fire
from spreading to nearby gas
stations and homes. The fire
was under control in less than
an hour.
At one point, the flames came
dangerously close to two cleo
trio transformers, but the fire
men beat the fire back.
The skating rink close to the
ice house sustained some dam.
age, but the delicatessan di.
rectly beside the ice house ex-
capped almost completely un,
marked.
(See Photo on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Testimonial Dinner to Honor
Former School Board Members

er and Mrs. Lucille Maurer,
who assumed office in middle.
cember.
Members Of the committee
arranging for the testimonial
include Mrs. Myron Baum. Mrs.
Herbert Cotton, Mrs. Ernest
Cotlove, Mrs. George Derby
shire, Mrs. Dean Dinwoodey,
Mrs. William Gilmartin, Mrs.
Buford Hayden, Mrs. William
Hyatt, Mrs. Theodore Miller,
Mrs. Joseph Pechman, Mrs.
Richard Schifter. Mrs. John
Sherman, Mrs. Lyman Smith,
Mrs. Samuel J. Thompson and
Mrs. Eugene Weber.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

Mrs. Helen Scharf and Mrs.
Rose Kramer, who stepped
down from the Montgomery
County Board of Education last
month, will be honored at a
dinner to be held February 16
at the Officers Club of the
Naval Medical Center.
The testimonial is being ar
ranged by a sponsoring COM
mittee of Is county women as
a gesture Of appreciation for
the services rendered by the
two former school board mem.
bers during their terms of Of
flee. Reservations, at s. a per-
son. may be obtained by mail
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Santa Claus Gone
But Not Forgotten

Safely back at the North
Pole after successfully com.
plotting his Christmas night
chores, Santa Claus can rest
assured that his generosity
was appreciated by at least
one Rockville family.
In one of the most unusual
of all the letters to Santa re.
ceived at The Sentinel, the
youngsters took time out to
thank the jolly old fellow for
his gifts and-sOmewhat be-
latedly-tO wish him a Merry
Christmas,
Hello Santa" the letter
said. Il want to thank you for
the things you brought for
me. Merry Christmas"
It was signed by Debra,
George, Bruce and Kim Camp
bell, whose thoughtful act un.
dOubtedly gave them a prior
ity spot on Santa's calling list
for Christmas, 1861.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Club Asks No
Night Driving
For Youths

Legislation prohibiting night
driving by Maryland youths be-
tween the ages of 16 and Is will
be introduced in the current
Maryland General Assembly in
Annapolis witt the backing of
the Junior Woman's Club of
Chevy Chase.
The proposed bill, to be sub
mitted by Judge Alfred d.
Noyes, Peoples Court for Juve-
nile Causes, would outlaw night
driving by 16 to Is year ODDS
unless accompanied by a h.
censed driver Is years or over.
Exceptions would be made for
working teenagers, special
school events, night school
classes, hardship cases, ETC., ac-
cording to Mrs. Charles T. He'll
muth, president Of the Chevy
Chase Juniors.
In letter calling on the presi-
dents Of 500 Montgomery organ
izations for support Of the
measure, Mrs. Hellmuth pointed
out that "the use of cars by 16
to 18 year old drivers after
darkness is definitely a contrib
uting factor to juvenile delin-
quency," according to Judge
Noyes.
New York State already has
law limiting is to Is year old
drivers, the letter explains, land
in fact does not allow this age
group to drive at all--daylight
or darkness in the city of
New York. The law has been
in effect since 1854 and allows
no exceptions to after dark
driving"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Act Passed to RerOute Traffic
From Rockville Business Section

In an act of long.range plan.
ming the Rockville City Council
Monday designated three west
end residential streets as pri.
mary streets to reroute traffic
away from the center of the
city.
The three routes, as planned
by the council, will be:
. Manikee Norris whic h
would take traffic from Mont.
gomery ave. to S. Washington
st. by-passing the business dis
trict.
NelsonMartins la. which
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Curriculum Unit
To Get Reports
From Sub-Croups

Montgomery County's curric.
ulum study committee will re-
ceive the second in series of
progress reports from subcom-
mittees at meetings to be held
Monday and Tuesday nights at
8 o'clock in the library of
Broome Junior High School.
According to Ludwig Camin-
ita, jr., chairman of the curric-
ulum committee, oral reports
will be received from the chair
men of each of the committees
16 appointed study groups and
the panel on community and
school analysis. Both meetings
will be open to the public.
A regular meeting of the cur
riculum committee is scheduled
Tuesday night following receipt
of reports, and is expected to
get under way about $3.50 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

During the meeting, moved
back from an originally-sched-
uled January 10 date, discussion
will center on a number of bills
scheduled for consideration by
the General Assembly during its
current session at Annapolis. In
formation about the proposed
legislation has been distributed
to council members in advance
to acquaint them with the meas
ures.
Tax Exemptions Proposed
Among proposals to be aired
is a recommendation of the
State Commission on the Aging
that tax exemptions be granted
up to a specific amount of real
value for properties occupied by
elderly owners. Under the pro-
posed bill, the amount of exemp-
ton would be determined by To-
cal jurisdictions within the
State.
Also slated for consideration
are bills to make Maryland a
member of the Interstate Com
pact on Mental Hygiene, to
raise the $4,000 State budget
ceiling for the Commission on
the Aging and to provide that
all buildings erected at public
expense be so constructed that
access can be obtained without
the necessity Of climbing stairs.
Delegate Gives Support
The group also will discuss a
number Of other measures
which are being strongly sup.
ported at Annapolis by Mrs.
Margaret Schweinhaut, local
delegate to the General Assem-
bly, and chairman OF the Stale
Commission on the Aging.
Tn addition, the council viii
hear from representatives of a
number of local service clubs de-
scribing the role of their organ
izations in the support of local
health, welfare and recreation
activities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

ing checks to Mrs. Sylvia Pech.
man, treasurer, at 7112 Wilson
la, Bethesda, and will be avail
able until February 8.
Mrs. Scharf and Mrs. Kram.
er were the first women to be
elected to seats on the school
board. Mrs. Scharf was APP
pointed to fill an unexpired
term in 1858 and she and Mrs.
Kramer were elected to full
terms the following year.
Both were elected for two
terms, serving from 1854 until
this year. Their seats on the
board were won in the Novem-
Der election by Mrs. Lucy Kek-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

tensive pre-budget planning by
the entire board, with a view to
making its desires known to the
superintendent.
Il feel that we should give
the superintendent lot more
general instruction than we
now do as to what we want the
budget to provide for and
especially a guide as to desired
ptIorities.r he said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

would provide another bypass
from Montgomery to S. Wash.
lngton.
. Beall ave. which lies paral.
lei to Montgomery ave. and
would provide an alternate
route towards the center OF
town.
No construction date was set
by the council for extensions Of
the three routes all of which
are now partially built.
However. any road construc-
ton by subdividers along these
routes must conform to the phi
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

mary road minimum width Of
36 feet.
In other business the council
set February 20 for hearings on
coming Of the Glen Hills Club
Estates. The council held up
coming on this area until they
pushed through the new one.
acre zone, the city's largest
zone.
The council also reappointed
DR.. Lewis Monk to the Rock.
vile Housing Authority and APP
pointed local architect, John
Brannon. to the Identification
committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Grand Jury Panel
Gets Monday Recall,

The October panel of the
county grand jury has been
recalled for investlgative
service beginning next Mon
day, according to States At
torney Leonard I. Hardy.
The jury will consider a
number of new criminal
presentments prepared by
Kardy's staff, four Of them
involving charges OF homi-
eide.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Minority
Opposes
Bias Bill
Human Relations
Units Position
Meets Opposition
(See earlier story, Page p


Two members of Mont
gomery County's Commits
sion on Human Relations, in
a minority report, took ex-
ception this week to the
commissions endorsement of a
proposed bill to outlaw racial
discrimination in all places ''of
public accommodation"
The report was submitted to
the County Council by Charles
E. Bowen and ]. Fendall Cough
Ian after a majority of commits
sion members asked the govern
ing body to lend its endorse
ment to the anti-bias bill, now
pending before the State Legis-
lature in Annapolis The Coun-
Gil, after hearing both factions,
took the request under advise
ment.
Bill Termed "COerciver
Terming the pending bill
"coercive," Bowen and Fendall
called instead for a continued
program Of voluntary coopera-
ton toward solution of the in
terracial problem in Montgom-
cry County.
"The legislative approach not
only tends to restrict our basic
free enterprise system, but
would tend to produce inter
group relations Of a purely arti-
fetal and Involuntary nature"
their report asserted.
The report cited STEADY
progress during the past five
years in Montgomery County,
noting that theaters in the area
are nearly 100 per cent inte-
grated" A recent survey of
restaurants in the Wheaton,
Glenmont area, it added, has
established that 80 per cent have
dropped their policy of exclu-
sion of non-whites.
Established Rule Cited
Bowen and Coughlan cited a
"well-establishedv rule in Mary
land giving restaurant opera
tors the right to select til cir
clientele.
"While the moral obligation
not to discriminate in places of
public accommodates is basic"
they said, at is our opinion that
the use of legislation in this
area represents an artificial
solution at best and, further,
represents a definite encroach-
nent on our basic system of
free enterprise"
Bowen and Coughlan were
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

sor more innovations in educa-
ton. 81 do not believe we are
introducing on a pilot basis
nearly as many organizational
and Institutional innovations as
we should" he declared. Il
would favor having eight or 10
different pilot programs in
motion at all times, and / am
agreeably inclined toward the
idea of an experimental school
Breimyer called for more exs
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
"Distressedy by Split
Budget Discussion

The proposed budget of the
Montgomery County Board of
Education will be discussed at a
special meeting of the Allied
Civic Group tonight at 7:45 in
the auditorium of the Park and
Planning Commission Building.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Planning Goals
Set by Council
Criteria Lays
Down Policies
On Development

The County Council this
week spelled out in precise
terms its goals for the order
ly development Of Montgom-
cry County as a further
move toward bringing about
closer coordination by the agen-
cies concerned with future plan
ming in the area.
The detectives were summed
up in a criteria for planning in
the county, approved by the
board as a guide for the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, with
whom the council has been at
odds over planning procedures
on numerous occasions in the
past.
Reiterates Policy
The policy document laid
down in black and white the
points driven home most EN-.
phatically by council members
in verbal discussions with plan
ming officials, reiterating their
inslstence on planning in ad.
vance of construction and con-
tinued liaison between the agen-
cies charged with mapping the
orderly development Of the
area.
Councilman David l.. Cahoon,
who was instrumental in prep
aration of the criteria, said it
actually represented nothing
new but summed up the poll.
cies the council has consistently
approved. He said they were
wrapped in a single package as
the result Of recent discussions
centering on the question Of
whether the council actually
has a fixed planning policy.
Provides Summary
The document also viii pro-
vide the Park and Planning
Commission with a summary Of
the councils specific desires in
the field of planning, SO that
the two agencies can more
readily reach accord on develop
ment programs, according to
Cahoon.
Besides reiterating its insist
ence on a coordinated program
by local agencies, the council
called for a close working rela-
tionship with the State Roads
Commission, the federal govern
ment and the National Capital
Mass Transportation Agency
and, in the case Of metropolitan
planning matters, with metro
politan regional organizations
mutually affected.
The council also laid down its
policies with respect to preser.
walton Of "open space provi-
sion of park and playground
areas, conservation, flood con-
troll, coming of planned and
satellite communities and water.
shed development.
Septic Villages Hit
The council advocated the
elimination Of septic villages by
providing public sanitary sewers
In half-acre and lesser density
areas through coordinated plan
ming In advance OF construction,
again spotlighting its objections
to sewage construction In UNI
planned areas.
It called for better land
utilization through the use OF
average size" lot zoning and
proposed that watershed plans
be designed so that the resulting
assessable base will be adequate
TO finance public facilities and
support necessary services.
It also urged that a reservoir
~e
CONTINUED on Page ID;
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Board of Education Names Breimyer
President in 1861 Reorganization

Harold F. Breimyer, a
member of the Board of
Education since 1858, was
elected president of the unit
Tuesday as it reorganized
for the 1861 term.
Breimyer succeeds Paul c.
Howard, who has headed the
board for the past year. Viii
liam R. Thomas, III, also a
board member since 1888, was
chosen as vice president.
Participating in a board cleo
ton for the first time were
Mrs. Lucy Kicker and Mrs. Lu-
ellie Maurer, who assumed
office last month after winning
board seats in the general cleo
ton in November. They were
chosen to replace Mrs. Helen
Scharf and Mrs. Rose Kramer,
both of whom declined to seek
reelection.
'Basic Question"
In a statement issued after
his election, Breimyer said he
felt the "basic question" in edu-
cation today is whether the
public schools of the land, the
only public institution charged
with molding the quality of the
human unit in society, are
building in our children the
kind of factual knowledge, the
capacity to exercise judgment
and the moral strength suffi-
cient to cope with our collective
organizational and material
creativity.0
In obvious reference to con-
tinuing factional differences be-
tween conservative and liberal
elements concerned with educa-
ton in the county, Breimyer
said:
DISTRESSED" by Split
what distresses me most is
that two schools OF diversionary
thought are so prominent in
Montgomery County. One
group, the physical science par
tisans, has a fixation on ever
more material creativity; the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
New Canal
Park Bill
Introduced

Sen. ]. Glenn Beall last
week introduced a new bill
to create a national park
along the route Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal from
Washington to Cumberland, part
of it traversing Montgomery
County.
In proposing the measure to
the new Congress Senator Beall
issued a statement i'm which he
said he is confident it will be ap-
proved by the Congress and en-
acted into law. He said he had
accepted changes to eliminate
objections which, in past years,
have prevented the measures
approval by the House of Repre-
sentatives after it had been
passed by the Senate.
The objections, Senator Beall
said, centered on an original re-
quirement for the expenditure
of federal funds for the con-
struction of a scenic parkway
and acquisition of land. The
present proposal, he added,
would authorize the Secretary of
the Interior to accept donations
Of money, land or interests in
land for park purposes.
Thus, we are taking advan-
tage of the Maryland Act OF
1853 which authorized the con.
veyance of over 1000 acres of
land to the United States gov
eminent" the senator COM
mented.
Access Roads Proposed
In lieu of the originally.pro-
posed scenic parkway, he ex-
planned, the new bill would
authorize construction OF park
type access roads by the Secre-
tary of the Interior.
1.-THE establishment Of the
c e. o Canal National Historical
Park is long overdue" said
Senator Beall. "Its benefits will
accrue to millions OF people
within a radius of $50 miles
and, furthermore, this scenic
and historical area will become
a recreational facility for the
many American people who
visit this part Of the country
every year."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

City Council by Mayor Boyd E.
McLernon. His resignation was
made public at the same time
in Rockville.
Besides working with the
mayor and council, Perkins al
so will serve as purchasing
agent for the Eastern Shore
community of $500.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Perkins, Aide to Scheiber,
Accepts Post in Salisbury

William M Perkins, assistant to Rockville City Man
ager Walter A. Scheiber will leave his post February
to become executive secretary to the mayor of Salisbury
Perkins appointment to the $10000-a-year job was
announced Monday night at meeting of the Salisbury
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12
Health, Welfare Council
Airs Proposals on Aging

Legislation affecting the aged and the aging will be
major topic of discussion at postponed meeting of the
Montgomery Health and Welfare Council to be held Janu
airy 26 at pm. in the auditorium of the Chevy Chase
store of Woodward Lothrop.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-01-12

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