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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Wilson, Named
Head of County
Bank Group
photo by Ed Mervis

Franklin H. Wilson, Treasur-
err of Farmers Bank and Trust
Company, Rockville, has been
elected President of the Mont
gomery County Bankers Asso-
citation.
Mr.. Wilson succeeds Joseph
Carr. President Of Citizens
Bank Of Takoma Park, as the
new associations President.
Others elected to office at the
organizations annual dinner
meeting, which was held at the
Peter Pan Inn, were Frank L.
Hewitt, Jr., President of Ma
tiohal Bank Of Maryland
named vice president; Willard
H. Derrick, Cashier of First Ma
tional Bank of Sandy Spring,
named secretary; and, William
D. Polling. Assistant Cashier OF
the Bank of Bethesda, named
treasurer.
In his acceptance speech, Mr..
Wilson predicted an active and
fruitful future for the banking
organizations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Eye Research Center
Planned In Bethesda

sBethesda's growth as an in
ternationally known medical re-
search center around the Ma
tional Institutes of Health and
the National Naval Medical Cen
ter makes this site especially
suitable for the foundation"
DR.. Hart said.
An application for a zoning
exception to permit construction
of the building was to be filed
this week on behalf of the foun-
dalton by Attorney John P.
Moore.
Proposed new home for the
foundation will be of contem-
porary design with curtain wall
construction. Designed by STAN
ley H. Arthur, Bethesda archi-
tect, the building will have an
exterior of brick and stone.
The two-story building will
have some 10000 square feet of
laboratory and clinical space
above ground. A two-story lob
by will face Old Georgetown I'd.
A basement is also included in
the plans.
DR.. Hart said the foundation
hopes to be in the new building
by the end of 1862. The founda-
ton is presently at 1905 Rugby
I'd.
Eye Research Foundation of
Bethesda was organized in 1857
around the work and efforts of
DR.. Hart and DR.. Robert H.
P e ok h a m, who previously
worked together in eye research
at Temple University School of
Medicine in Philadelphia. Be-
cause of expanded research
work, the foundation recently
moved into larger quarters. The
laboratory employees now mum.
Der five and soon will go to
seven.
DR.. Hart directs the biochem-
istry department and lab and
Continued on Page A2)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
School Board
To Decide on
Shelters

The question Of whether
fallout shelters will be in.
cluded in all new schools to
be built in the county win
be decided upon soon by the
Board Of Education.
School Board president Har-
old e. Breimyer said this week
in response to questioning by
a citizens group that the
board would set an overall pol
icy on shelter construction,
rather than considering q shell
ter each time a new school il
planned.
Parents In an area outside
Damascus, where the new eight
room Woodfield Elementary
School Is planned, sought the
Boards position Monday night,
through their representative,
Hunter Mccartney.
Reminding Board members Of
Continued on Page AID
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

to work for the county In
March, 1881.
Oden, who has been fore
man since 1915, started as a road
laborer and remembers loading
and unloading stone from trucks
by hand and using hand cranks
to raise and lower truck beds.
I'VE worked nine hours day
then, from sun-up to shutdown,
go hours a week, and It was all
done manually," he says. Many
things have changed. but not the
type of men I've been working
under. They have all been the
best"
He lives at 422 North Fred.
erick ave-, Gaithersburg.
Honored for rs years of serv-
ice were:
Mary +. Benson, secretary TO
every County Manager since the
county-council-manager form Of
government was adopted here
in 1949. MARY Lib" as she is
known TO friends, took her first
job with the county shortly af-
ter her high school graduation
In 1882, when there were 200
county employees serving a pop
Continued on Page AID
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Bowman Gets
School Post

DR.. Walter P. Bowman, 1891
Baltimore ave., Chevy Chase,
this week was appointed assis-
tant sup e rvisor of foreign
language instruction in the
Montgomery County school sys-
tenn.
DIR. Bowman has been an in
structor at the American Lam
guage Institute of Georgetown
University since 1858.
He holds his bachelors de-
gree from Bowdoin College in
Maine and his MA. and Ph.D.
from Colum bia University.
Much of the work leading to his
doctorate was done at the Uni
versity of Cambridge in Eng
land and the University of
Paris.
Married, he and his wife are
the parents of one child.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

asked to be answered in writ
ing.
Declaring the ACC ''has a
responsibility to thousands of
Montgomery County residents
who depend on it for citizen
action, to make an analysis OF
the proposed PLAN" Its educa.
ton committee chairman, Milton
M Rodes, said his group re-
viewed extensive literature on
the subject and correspondent
with school officials in most
communities which have tried
or studied twelve-month, four
quarter plans.
In addition, Rodes said, his
group received material from
both the National Education
Association and the American
Association of School Admins
traitors on the subject, before
preparing its list of questions
for the School Board to answer
The plan was presented to
the School Board for considera
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

ton last June by School Super
intendent C. Taylor Whittier.
Basically, it provides for stu
dents to attend classes on a
year-round rotation system of
IL weeks in and four weeks out.
A principal advantage cited by
DR.. Whittier is that the system
would permit more efficient use
of school buildings.
"We must presume that this
information was in the posses
sion OF ,Dr. Whittier before he
published his twelve-m o n I h,
four-quarter plan for Montgom'
cry County," the ACC commit
tee wrote the School Board.
Chairman Rodes said his com
mittee would welcome written
answers" to the scores of ques'
lions posed, in order to make a
full evaluation of the facts and
Ito prepare a recommendation
for citizen action"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

Elliott has been employed
since September, 1921, as a
grader with both the Gathers.
burg road maintenance depot
and the Bethesda depot.
He recalls the early days Of
road development in the county
when Edgemoor lane In Bethes-
da became the first black-topped
road-the rest were dirt-and
he drove a team Of rented
horses with a grader attach.
ment.
I'VE cut Grafton st. nine feet
deep with a team Of horses and
wheel scoop, and cleared the
roads of snow by hand" he re.
members.
Early roads were also tarred
by hand, pouring tar from cans
and spreading it with rakes, he
said, while gravel was made
from stones picked from the
fields Of county farmers.
Elliott now operates a 16-ton
grader in a day when 30 men
In at his depot do almost all
road jobs mechanically.
A 35-year employee honored
was Roy A. Oden, Department
of Public Works maintenance
crew foreman who first came
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

Plans for a $225,00 re-
search facility to be devoted
to seeking out the causes of
blindness and other diseases
of the eye have been an
nounced by a Bethesda medical
research team.
Eye Research Foundation of
Bethesda, a non-profit organiza-
ton, plans to build on a 2.3 acre
tract at the southwest corner
of Old Georgetown I'd. and
Southwick St, opposite the Ma
tional Institutes of Health and
a block north of Suburban Hos
pital
President Of the foundation is
DR.. William M. Hart, chairman
of the department of ophthal-
mology at Sibley Memorial Hos
pital, American University.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

A 26 year : old Washington
"beatnik" was ordered held
under $4,000 bond for action
of a Montgomery County grand
jury this week on charges aris-
ing from the beating and rob-
berry of a young Rockville in
surance agent Sunday night.
Perry Roy Robinson, colored,
of the 700 block of Sheridan st.,
NV, was charged with robbery
by county police, after he had
been picked up driving his re-
ported victims car by police in
Frederick, Md.
The victim, who said he had
been robbed, beaten and aban-
doned by bottle-carrying beat
mix on a stretch of the new
U. S. Route 24O between Rock
vile and Gaithersburg, is John
Z. Oxley, Jr., lZo South van
Buren, ST., Rockville.
Oxley told police a holdup
man forced his way into his
car while he was stopped for
traffic at an interchange onto
the new road outside Rockville.
He said the man told him he
had a knife and ordered him to
keep on driving.
The bandit, who had a mus
tache and a beatnik beard, car
ried a bottle, talked be-bop
talk" and played bongo
rhythms on the cars dashboard
during the ride, Oxley reported.
Police said the robber or
dered Oxley to pull over to the
side of the road outside Cath
ersburg, then broke the bottle
over his head. Oxley, they add
ed, removed his ignition keys
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
City's CiUitans
To Select Queen
On October Is

Selection of Miss Civitan"
will highlight the Rockville Civ
itan Clubs annual family out
ing October Is at the Martins
Dairy show grounds on Georgia
ave. just south of Olney.
The all-day affair also will
feature a turkey shoot, oyster
roast, auto show, hook-up con-
test and other events to interest
every member of the family.
Preceding the beauty show
will be an Indian Summer
Fashion Show.
Those interested in entering
the Miss Civitan" contest
should call Mrs. Virginia Moore,
contest director, Garden 1850
The trophy and crown will be
awarded on the basis Of beauty
of face and figure, poise and
personality. Girls between Is
and % are eligible. .t.t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

took a survey Of substandard
housing within the city limits
and came up with only % whose
occupants would, in their opin-
ion, qualify by need for public
housing.
The city officials added %
units to this total, to accom-
modate area residents who may
be displaced under the city's
pending urban renewal pro-
gram. This brought the city's
recommended new units to As,
compared with the lbs sought
by housing officials.
Compromise was reached this
week when the two groups
agreed to plan for 30 more
units of housing for the elderly
at a later date.
In statement preceding its
formal agreement, the mayor
and council commended the
housing authority for its lob
jectivity and cooperative spirit
and for its fortnight and con-
scientious elaboration of need
and location"
At the same time, the housing
group announced it had accept
ed with regret the resignation
of its executive director, Thorn
as Carey, which they said was
brought on by a salary adjust
ment necessitated by the re-
duced public housing project.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Beatnik Holdup Man
Held for Grand Jury

and managed to get out of the
car before the bandit caught
him, knocked him to the ground
and kicked him in the face.
His assaiIant then took Ok
ley's wrist watch and drove off
with his 1858 Cadillac, leaving
Oxley lying in the median strip
of the highway, police said.
Staggering to a nearby house,
Oxley asked its residents to call
police and obtain medical help
for him. The police lookout
for the insurance mans car
led to his being picked up hy
Frederick officers q little under
four hours later. -.-......--..-...
Oxley was treated for cuts
of his mouth and face and two
broken teeth by his personal
physician.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Lee to Address
Local Democrats

Montgomery County Delegate
Blair Lee III, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Unit
ed States Senator, viii speak
before the Democrats of Pre-
cinct 1913 at 8 pm. Friday, at
the Flower ave. branch Of Sub
urban Trust Company.
Lee will talk on the impor-
lance of the primary, the effect
of the county unit system on
the primary, and his slate for
the coming spring election.
Precinct and area Democrats
are invited to attend. Following
the speech will be question pc
Rod and coffee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

An all-day carnival will get
underway promptly at 2 pm,
to include pony rides for chill
dren, children's games and
prizes, and archery, table ten
mis- and badminton tourna-
ments.
Tug of war and a pie eating
contest will highlight the after
noon. Twenty-four chocolate
pies have been baked by the
Twinbrook Homemakers Club
for the pie-eating competition
The Rockville Art League
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

way Immediately, they agreed
at a location outside the present
public housing at Lincoln Park,
where residents have protested
additional government-support-
ed home projects would turn
the community into a ghetto"
The balance of 80 units
agreed upon is planned as a
pilot project of housing for the
areas elderly in Rockville's
urban renewal program.
Agreement between city Off
Gals and their housing planners
comes after several years of
differences on how many people
within Rockville's limits are in
need of public housing.
Sixty-five city-and-Fe derally-
supported units were authorized
and completed in 1855. Shortly
after that, the Housing Author
ity said it had 274 additional
applications from needy area
families and requested author
ization for the construction OF
at least lbs more units.
Although this request was
approved by the Federal Public
Housing Agency, Lincoln Park
residents argued it should be
granted only to bona fide resi-
dents of Rockville, so as not to
attract an influx of low-income
families from outside the area
Spurred by the citizens group
the mayor and council under
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

viii sponsor an art exhibit at
the outing.
Winners of the first annual
Rockville city-wide tennis tour
nament will be introduced and
receive the trophies.
Following presentation of
Miss Rockville of 1861" the
picnic will be climaxed by a
concert by the Rockville Mu-
nicipal Band.
Participants are asked TO
bring picnic lunches.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Mahoney's Position On
Public Higher Education

(TbiS is the first IN series of papers that will
De issued by Mr.. Mdtoaey ON behalf OF the Mdhoney-
LeeBmrick ticket from time to time during the cur
rent campaign for the purpose OF explaining his posi-
ton current issues George P. Mdhoney is run
ming for the Democratic nomination for Governor.
Blair Lee is candidate for the u s. Senate and Mr..
BG'rick for Attorney Generally
None of the issues confronting Marylanders in
1861 is more urgent than the need for recognizing
and expanding our public higher education system
The bumper crop of babies born in the latter years
of World War II and the first postwar years
teen-agers in secondary schools and are about to
knock at the doors of our colleges Too many of them
will be turned away unless drastic measures are
taken beginning right now.
The Warfied Commission, appointed in 1859,
recommended the establishment of six branch CAM
puses under the jurisdiction Of the University Of
Maryland The formation of the first three would be
accomplished by the simple process of absorbing the
present State Teachers Colleges at Frostburg, Tow
son and Salisbury
Governor Tawes SHE'D away from the Warfield
Report last fall and them during the 1861 session of
the General Assembly, suddenly attempted to impe-
ment fragment of it in the hastily conceived Frost
burg Bill The Legislature wisely rejected the Frost
burg Bill and instead adopted its resolution
questing new study commission and quick review
of the entire problem of expansion of our public high
er education system.
The Curlett Commission
In response to this resolution the Governor after
delay of about three months, appointed the Curlett
Commission. Although the new commission was sup
posed to issue its recommendations by October Of
this year, Gust one week from today it recently
nounced that it will not produce report until after
the 1862 session of the General Assembly. / regard
this delay extremely unfortunate, because it means
that the reorganization of higher education sys
TEN will not take place before the 1863 session of the
Legislature. was particularly disappointed to learn
through the press that Governor Tawes has advised
the Curlett Commission to take its time" in reporting
Many of the proposals contained in the Warfied
Report sound and have received general accept
The great unresoved question is the matter OF
jurisdiction the Teachers Colleges and the new
institutions. Should they be controlled by the Uni
versty of Maryland by the State Board Of Education,
by single board, by individual boards for each
college? We only hope that the distinguished men
and women on the Curett Commission will provide
solution that will stand the test Of time
But regardless of the ultimate of outcome of the
jurisdctional question: there is something that can
and must be done in the meantime. We must make an
CONTINUED on Page A2l
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Rockville City-Wide Picnic
Set at Civic Center Sunday

The Rockville Civic Center will be the scene of the
first annual City of Rockville picnic Sunday, Oct l.
beginning at pm The outing sponsored by the Rock
vile Recreation Department promises day of fun and
all-around enjoyment for entire families.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Agreement Reached
On Public Housing
Needs i'm Rockville
New IS Units To Be Built Now
Outside The Present Public Housing

Long standing differences of official opinion public
housing needs in Rockville resolved this week when
the Mayor and Council agreed with the citys Housing Au
thory goal of IS units for the foreseeabe future
Planning for construction Of As units will get under
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28

Once its questions are answer
ed, Rodes said, the Civic Group
may invite members of the
School Board to sit in on ACC
membership discussion of the
plan.
With its queries, the group
submitted several pages OF ex-
cerpts from reports of COM
munities which have either
tried and abandoned or studied
and rejected" the twelve-four
plan.
The comprehensive hist Of
questions covered the areas of
pupil-parent relationships with
the school system, effects of the
plan on extra-curTicular activi-
ties, problems of scheduling, eff
fects on family relationships,
teecher and administrative staff
problems, personnel and oper-
ating costs and other budget
considerations, and the plans
effect on new school consruc-
ton.
The complete text of the
AGES QUESTIONABLE follows:
ALLIED CIVIC GROUPS
QUESTIONS PERTAINING
TO TWELvE.FOUR PLAN
1. PUPILS AND PARENTS
A. Relationship with School
System.
/. What additional schooling
In manhours win the student
receive?
2. Will there be four different
graduation periods during the
Continued on Page A6)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
Civic Group Questions School Board
On Year-ROund l2-4 Plan for County


Board President Harold er the Allied 70 %
The Adak sun., 1961-01-16

OF THE MARINE CORPS"
 Archibald Henderson served in the Marine Corps over 50 years. During h1s tour as Comma ndant many cust oms and tra- it1ons grew up, which had much to do with the sha ping of our colorfu1 hist ory and devott ion to duty. He was born in Virginia in l783 and cormi ss oned End It in 1906. His career offered him many interesting and divers led exper-- fences. Most noteworthy was his serv-- ice aboard the UsS CoNST mw ION during the War of 1872 and the cont inuous wars with the Gre ek and Seminole Indians in the 183o's. At the t time of the indian
The Adak sun., 1961-01-16

upris ings, Comma ndant Henderson posted sign on his door saying "Gone to F1o- rida to fight the indians. Will be back when the war is over" and took off to Florida to fight. The thing Archi bald Tender son is best known for is the fact that he was commandant of the Corps for 38 years. During this long, useful span he was responsible for giving the Mar- inc Corps it's national reputation and raising it's morale and standards by nsist ing on military bearing from his off icers and men and dema nding that all dut ies be peri ormed in a correct and re- sponsible manner.
The Adak sun., 1961-01-16

Through the years, the American Public has come to picture a Marine as an ex- cellent fight ing infa ntry machine or as 8 snapw-looking Embas sy Guard in some foreign city. It is true that our main reason for being is the quick hitt ing anphi bious infantry attack and that En- assy Duty is 3 romant ic, appealing part of our Corps. But the many. many jobe. not of infantrymen or Embassy Guards and not so we1l-known to the public .are just as important and filled by equally good Mar 1nes.. Every Marine orga nizat ion has them, be 1t whole division or small Marine Barracks like us. Supply ,just as import-- ant function in the Marine Corps as in the Navy,is a very pert inent aid in keep ing our EMF Marines combat ready. Admin-- inst rat ion can be found everywhere and can be pretty confusing during troop move~ ments and field problems. Besides that, the Marine Corps has almost as many highly technical fields as the Navy. There are over 200 formal schools offered to give this tra ming.
 As indicated by our sificat ion sys-- tem of 10 occupat ional fields, it takes every one of the parts to make the whole. One slice out of the circle makes 1t inc omplete and less efficient. While every Marine is 3 basic rifleman, .the4r other jobs are just as important to the Marine Corps.
 upris ings. Comma ndant Henderson posted
The Adak sun., 1961-01-16
ADAK SUN

AUAh Ol STATES {4 MARINE B
 =' 1>4x3R <3 Energetic Mail Clerk of the Barracks, lance Corporal Frank BEN MATT. decided that if mail couldn't be delivered be- cause of the bad weather, he would go get it. And that he did. Recruiting five or six helpers, BEN1NATI checked out snow-shoes for everybody and pro- ceeded to the Post Office through rain and s1eet, etc. And the mail did through. His endeavors were appreciated by the troops, but as luck would have it, he received no mail for his efforts. D 4 < 1 M Quarterly promot ions to lance Corporal are being processedWith sixteen; men re- ce1vtng warrants. They deserve the con- gratu1at ions given them because a com-- p1ete battery of tests plus various in-- tervtews and omendat ions had to be completed before the actual promot ion. Those Privat es First Class being pro- noted are:
 Gary M. RILEY Iynden B. CASE Thomas J. REED Marvin E. CANPB ELL
 Wayne L.. IAUUKE Arnando P. HERNANDEZ Warner K. MOON Robbie BOYIAN ! Leon KOTLARz James R. ARTHUR James R. DIAZ Jose M. ALVAREZ
 Ronald L. CROSS Charl es E. ALBREIGW Earl L. CHASE James R. BELL, 'Jr. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON--THE GRAND OLD MAN
 OF THE MARINE CORPSE Archibald Henderson served in the Marine Corps over 50 years. Durin ing h1s tour as Comma mandant many cust ons and tra- dit1ons grew up, which had much to do
The Adak sun., 1961-01-16

Gary M. RILEY Thomas J. REED Wayne L., LADUKE Warner K.. MOON Leon KOTLARZ
 Jame s R. DIAZ Ronald L. CROSS Earl L. CHASE
The Adak sun., 1961-01-16

Lynden B. CASE
 Mary in E. CAMPB ELL Arrlando P. HERNANDEZ Robbie BOYIAN ". James R. ARTHUR
 Jose M. ALVAREZ. Charles E. AIBREIG4T James R. BELL, Jr.