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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16
Five-Acre ZOning
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NOOiitlnueu IrOIu rage OneD
plan nor any other plan will be
worth the paper 1t is written
on"
By Continuing to suburban
ize the entire county without
adequate planning" she warn
ed, the needs of future residents
won't be met, and "these peo-
pie deserve our consideration"
The Council, she added, has
"a choice between immediate
advantages of the present and
long-range needs of the future"
County Civic Federation
spokesman James ]. Brazil said
his group backs the five-acre
zone as "a new tool" to aid the
county in implementing the gen.
eral plan, while Charles I.
Wiles, president of the states
Izaak Walton League, told the
Council the zone will provide
as many opportunities as pos
sible for economic returns on
the rural land consistent with
sound conservation practices"
A private planning consult
ant, Paul c. Watt, who has as
sisted the Maryland-N National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission in preparing the general
plan, added his expert voice to
the zones hackers.
planning for non-urban areas
takes on significance when it
is realized that only about 200
square miles of the remaining
800 not now urbanized in the
regional district will be required
to accommodate the growth
anticipated for the year 2000,"
he said, adding:
"This zone, carefully related
to existing conditions as well as
being an integral part Of the
comprehensive plan, can I'M
questiOnably be justified as a
means Of implementing the
plan"
Opposition to the zone was
voiced by representatives of the
Suburban Maryland Home
Builders Association, the Senior
Farmers Club of Olney, the
Clarksburg Chamber of Com
merce, Olney Grange No. Z, and
attorneys for numerous up
county landowners.
John Neumann, attorney for
the home builders group, said
the zone would put landowners
in the position of "having their
land taken without compensa-
ton"
Well-known land planner S. E.
Saunders declared large-acre
coming seldom stands up under
pressure and advised the PLAN
ners, instead of taking the easy
way out" to take positive ac-
ton" by preparing an open
space and population distribu-
ton plan for the entire county,
then acquiring necessary open
spaces with public funds.
F. H. Ladson, secretary of the
Senior Farmers Club, said its
members were opposed to the
zone "as a whole" while Ralph
F. Martz, president of the
Clarksburg disbursements
group, said his group "de-
nounced this plan as an at
tempt to deviate away from
what our people want"
I'VE feel certain that this pro.
posal will not stand up in our
courts" Martz declared.
Earl ]. Lombard, master of
the Olney Grange, described the
zone as "unrealistic and UNI
sound" He said one-acre lots
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16
CORRECTION

A telephone number in an
advertisement appearing on
Page 20 of the Sentineps
County Fair Section in this
issue for WOodley Gardens is
enormously listed as Poplar
$4,000. The correct number is
Poplar $4,000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16

the actual performance are bet
ter than the image that has
been projected. Although some
of us in the county may have
been unhappy about the time he
took to do things or the lack of
relish that he sometimes dis
played, the fact remains that
Maryland has needed a savings
and loan law for so years and
got it with him; the fact remains
that Maryland has needed re-
apportionment for so years and
got it with his help. I intend to
vote for him."
A fine statement and we dd-
nitre Lee for hduing made it.
But it might be pointed out that
IN the face of the savings and
loan scandal a0hich erupted,
Toi0es would hdve been scdlped
Vt he hadn't done something, be.
Iotedty. And If TGtUes and the
General Assembly hadn't done
something about redpportion.
nlent-under the threat of court
order-they all might haze been
booted out of office.
The Druskin Building in
Wheaton will be jumping. It'll
house, we are told, the offices
of the Blair Lee group (CDC),
the Foley headquarters, Plum.
mer Shearin's headquarters as
he seeks the judgeship post, and
the Wheaton offices of the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee.
Candidates are expected to
be numerous next week at
the County Fair i'm Gathers
burg. They'll be wandering 4.
around passing out match
boxes, or pens, or campaign
buttons, or bumper stickers or
whatever candidates are pass.
Ing out In this campaign.
-
Democratic headquarters at
the fair, 1t says here, will be
managed by the Woman's
Democratic Club of Montgom.
cry County. Seventy.five wo-
men have volunteered to man
the booth and aid in other de-
tails.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16

NOeA(NRNo VI 4AAlA use
planning are based entirely on
the premise that we still have
a free economy in which a
person can invest in land
zoned for a certain use and be
assured of that use when he
decides to develop it. Some
years ago our County Council
placed almost the entire Up
County in a half acre zone.
After that time numerous in
vestors bought land at prices
that would enable them to de.
velop 1t into half acre lots and
make a FAIR profit, but hard
ly enough to retire and move
to Florida. Now our planners
want that zoning taken, say
from these investors in favor
of two, five, and in some areas
even ten acre zones, for "the
overall public good" Are these
investors expected to take a
terrific loss on their invest.
ments because our planners
changed their minds?"
1t is certainly unfortunate
that official attempts to
change the rules regarding
property development should
come at such a late date. The
question remains, however, as
to just what inherent rights
landowners have to insist on
profits from the increased
value of land brought about
by the community, and not by
their own efforts. It's a little
startling to realize that this
question was raised forty
years ago by no less a person
than Sir Winston Churchill. At
that time he wrote:
IF a railway makes greater
profits, it is usually because it
carries more goods and more
passengers.
IF a doctor or a lawyer en-.
joys better practice, it is be-
cause the doctor attends more
patients and more exacting
patients, and because the law
yer pleads more suits in the
courts and more important
suits. At every stage the doc
tor or the lawyer is giving
service in return for his fees.
Fancy comparing these
healthy processes with the en-
richment which comes to the
landlord who happens to own
a plot of land on the outskirts
of a great city, who watches
the busy population around
him making the city larger,
richer, more convenient, more
famous every day, and all the
while sits still and does MOTH
ing.
Roads are made, streets
are made, services are i'm
proved, electric light turns
night into day, water is
brought from reservoirs a hun
dred miles off in the noun
tains - and all the while the
landlord sits still. Everyone
of those Improvements is ef-
fected by the labor and cost
of other people and the rate
payers. To not one of those
Improvements does the land
monopolist, as a land monopol-
list, contribute, and yet by
every one Of them the value
of his land is enhanced. He
renders no service to the COM
munity, he contributes nothing
to the general welfare, he con-
tributes nothing to the process
from which his own enrich.
ment Is derived"
1t seems to me that this is
precisely the situation as re-
CARDS many upper county
farmers In their second capac-
ity rs land spectators. One
cannot blame them for their
point Of view, but one can GER
tainly question whether it
should prevail upon the whole
community.
Harold A. Knapp
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16
Lefter From Spain

On the theory he just had
a bad day" when he wrote a
couple of paragraphs about me
recently July 26), l shall not
be so iInpolite as to ask where
the Sentinel's Observer" got
his credentials as q reporter.
1t might be a good idea,
though, to correct some mis-
understandings:
L. "R e p u blicans interested
(solely?) in eIecting Republi-
cans to office in November"
Observer advises, are hoping
not to be Inconvenience by
"the early return of Brent
Bozell to Montgomery Coun.
ty." pace, everybody: Obser.
ver's "early" is, in fact-early
1851
2. Bozell is due to return,
Observer goes on, with an ex.
plosive manuscript in hand
which will be published in
book form" pace, again. The
book in question is a dull-as.
dishwasher study of the history
of judicial review - lie. about
as explosive" as one of Nil.
lard Tawes' speeches.)
8. THE title (of the book Is
reported to be Why Earl War
rem Should Be Irnpeached.'"
Hmm. Is it possible that
Observer got that impression
from an article I wrote last
fall for National Review which
devoted several thousand
words to explaining why, as a
constitutional matter, E arl
Warren should not be i'm.
peached? But / must be fair:
a few readers thought the
article made out a plausible
case for hanging him.
4. The real reason for "Bo-
zells race for home at this
particular time" Observer has
learned from his private
sources, is to take over the
job of promoting louise
Cores candidacy tfor the
House of Delegates" Job
servers scoop happens to be
the very first news I have had
of Miss Cores candidacy. But
happy news it is! 1 can't
imagine anyone so slow.witted
as not to be able to recognize
his good fortune in having the
chance to vote for her. And
that goes for Observer tool.
5. Miss Gore was Bozell's
campaign manager during his
(195S) try for the Maryland
General Assembly" (She was
nothing of the sort. But she
did lick an awful lot of stamps
for me and other COP candi-
dates, bless herr
6. Finally, this headline.
maker: "(Bozell's) lush Ken.
wood home has been rented
out during his writing sojourn
in SPAIN" (Ask Blair Lee how
lush" even a big house like
his gets to be with eight kids
climbing up the walls. In any
event, and alas, l am afraid
my own dwelling has grown a
good deal less lushy since OBJ
server saw it last: 1 am in.
formed that my former tenant
- an assistant to President
Kennedy did to 1t pretty
much what his employer is
doing to the country.)
Brent BOzelI
FL EscOrial, Spain
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16
Letters To The Sentinel
The Public Forum
Monroney WIRES

Considerable contro versy
seems to have developed in
Rockville as the result of
rumors and allegations with
regard to recent personnel
changes at the Rockville post
office. AS an official of the
Post Office Department, per-
haps 1 can shed some light on
the situation which will be of
interest to citizens of Rock
vile.
First Of all, the present act
ing postmaster Of Rockville,
Mr.. Lee Hooker, has the full
support of the Post Office De-
partment. According to Off
cial reports from disinterested
postal officials in our Wash.
ington Regional Office, Mr..
Hooker has done an outstand-
ing job as acting postmaster
and has gained a greater
knowledge of the operations of
the Rockville post office in his
year as acting postmaster than
his top supervisors have gain.
ed In their many years in
supervisory positions there.
On the basis Of all official
reports relating to the situa-
ton at Rockville, there is no
doubt that Mr.. Hooker is fully
qualified for the job he holds,
and 1t is reasonable to assume
that before long he will re.
ceive Senate confirmation for
this job on a permanent basis.
Charges brought by Mr..
Hooker gainst several of his
top supervisors are the same
charges brought against the
same men long before Mr..
Hooker took charge of the
Rockville post office. Recon-
mendations that these super
visors be denoted or dismissed
were made long before Mr..
Hooker became acting post
master at Rockville.
Unfortunately, when Mr..
Hooker assumed his present
duties, he inherited the man.
agement of a post office with
a long history of difficulties.
These difficulties were direct
ly traceable to the past man.
agement of the Rockville post
office as well as to the super
visory personnel against whom
Mr.. Hooker had reissued
charges. 1t now appears that
one or more of these super
visors has attempted to stir UP
the community against Mr..
Hooker, and I sincerely hope
that the citizens of Rockville
will not jump to conclusions on
the basis of unfounded rumors
and allegations. l hope they
will stand firmly behind Mr..
Hooker as will the Post Office
Department, and, as a result,
help him to straighten out the
problems he has inherited. 1
have every confidence that,
with the support of the COM
munity and of the Depart
ment, MIR. Hooker will make
Rockville a fine postmaster.
One last point: Since short
ly after the present Admins.
tration took office in January
of 1861, there has been insti-
tuted for the first time in the
history of the Post Office De-
parment a merit promotion
plan. Rockville citizens can
rest assured that every pro-
motion in the Rockville post
office will be made on the
basis of merit and that no one
will be promoted who is not
qualified to assist Mr.. Hooker
in Strengthening out the long.
standing difficulties at the
Rockville post office.
Michael Monroney
Executive Assistant to the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-08-16
Spectrum
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payroll of the Rockville Post
Office wasn't reall convinced.
Messrs. Sickles, Brewster and
Foley told Chairman Ann right
out they were in favor of the
Lee move. There are even
prospects it'll spread outside of
the county. Both Prince Geor-
ges and Frederick Counties are
thinking of inviting the Lee
group in.
Lee, meanwhile, is repeatedly
telling any and all that his
group isn't mad at anybody.
They're simply going to cork
FOR the three Congressional
hopefuls. They a0omt compete
10ith or undercut any of the
local or state candidates. FoIey
IS said to haze eUen told Ann
he acds gerry enthusiastic about
the Lee plan.
All three-Brewster, Sickles
and Foley-we understand don't
agree at all with the Central
Committees decision to bypass
Lee in the nominations of four
Democrats to run for the addi.
tional House of Delegates seats
created by reapportionment. But
they may or may not have told
Mrs. Brown that at the meet
ing.
Only last week, Lee was
designated as liaison man be-
tween the Congressional can
didates and the State Central
Committee. But whoever is
sued the Invitations to the
luncheon meeting that was
called to talk about the lIaison
mans group forgot to invite
the liaison man.
Lee, by the way, took a long
step toward burying he Ratchet
with Gov. Tawes at the shindig
last week when Carlton Sickles
opened his new headquarters in
Takoma Park. The man him.
SELF" Lee said of Tawes, "and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11

JEFFERSON. Dec. 1O-The
Jefferson Senior All Club had
a good attendance when Dick
Bryant. of the Virginia Electric
and Power Company. talked on
the importance of electricity at
their meeting held on Thursday
Nov. q in the Michallx Com
munity House. He also showed
each one how to make an ex-
tension cord. Those present were
Bobby Windel, Inez Windel. Van
Ford. Joe Henry Susan Allison,
Linda Whitmer, Phyllis Vickers,
Kathy Adams. Wayne Willis.
Other leaders present were: H.
w. Henry, Miss Betty F'ain and
Mrs. l. B. Wilson.
Juniors Meet
Fifteen boys and girls of the
Jefferson Junior All Club met
at the MichaK Community
House on Wednesday. Nov. %.
They had their business meeting.
sang songs. then divided into
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11

the barn roof. When man comes
up with his part Of the partner
ship this Obligates the cows to
be either carrying a calf Or
nursing one. mostly both. Man.
agement is seeing that they do.
DecisiOn-Makin
MANAGEMENT is disrOsing Of
trespaSsing dogs. giving per
mission to seine minnows, pay.
ing taxes, figuring how much
winter feed to store, deciding
what to do about the feed grain
sign-up. Taking care of wild
cherry limbs that break off
combine break downs. worrying
about drought, complaining
when it rains too much all
this too is management.
Then there's atllzining the
corn field, cleaning fence rows,
missing a meal, midnight deliv-
cry Of twins picking the right
market. waiting for the vet, late
for Sunday School, chewing a
little tobacco. Thawing a water
pipe. starting to shuck corn
passing judgement and denying
the right to reproduction is live
stock management, too.
It is raising a boy to take over
some day. saving wood, reading
the market reports, watching nv
and rocking. thinking. wedding
the garden. It's fixing flats
planting flowers, cleaning liz
wire in the barn lot, paving
lots, building a pond. It is un
Outstanding penicillin, checking
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11

90-day weights topping out the
cattle for market. Inaplantins
stilbestrol. rpgrading mediums,
feeding. Kosher finishing. and
grain-on-grass all qualify as
livestock management.
Reducing labor requirements
hauling manure. push button
feeding. efficient production are
points to- remember. Feed sub
situations, management systems
parasite control. blackleg and
bloat all raise hob with the
manager. For management is
increasing the feed. avoiding
dwarfism. breeding as yearlings
deserving their trust. No wonder
/ can't do it. I can't even define
it. so the question is still.
What is livestock manage
.ment?"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11

a cattle sale.
Details Matter
Livestock management is the
promotion Of comfort. attention
to details. making them happy
It is cilling cows. moving hay
on time. cutting thistles, filing
bitches. It is preparing for the
breeding season. milking a COW
that gives too much for the calf
or hanging a new gate. It is
planning crop rotation. repair
ming a field day, and going to
ing a mower. hiring a tenant.
and selling a All or FLA boy
a good calf.
The old cliche says that man"
in the word management is what
counts. for if you take out that
element. all you have left is
agement and anybody can get
old. Man is important but he is
only a part Of the partnership
because the cows are in the
corporation too. But his mana
cement means bleeding and an
nual test day, castrating the
right ones and leaving the best.
It means adopting the right
outlook and philosophy of life.
for what do you do when the
neighbours scrub bull breaks i'm
and sires some calves? Live
stock management is decihng
when to start the feed wagon
whether there are enough
acorns to hurt, how to keep
down a squabble over an UNI
built line fence, and repairing
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11
VPI Specialist Gives Elements
OF Good Livestock Management

Editors note: In a recent
article. George Litton, head Of
the Virginia Polytechnic 1ns4i-
ute animal husbandry depart
ment. said that correct manage
ment was needed Il feeder cal
YES are TO pay for high priced
bull but he didn't define cor
rect management. This prompt
ed letter from a reader TAX
Ing Litt0n to task for this over
sight. Here. in his own words,
is Litt0n's reply.)
Livestock management is
knowing two days before an
animal gets sick that it is going
to. and thereby avoiding sick
ness. Livestock management
is providing the right amount Of
space in the feed trough and
the correct number of holes in
the watering device; it is using
good bulls, vaccinating for black
leg and treating pinkeye. It is
providing balanced rations, good
hay and sailing regularly. It is
moving quietly among cattle, be-
ing friendly, repairing fences.
sanNcling the soil. It is buying
fertilizer, refinancing notes, calf
hood dehorning.
It can't be said in a paragraph
or two, for. livestock manage
ment is spraying for flies trim
ming feet. changing pastures.
dipping navel cords. It is train
ing a cow or horse. filling silos.
buying protein supplement plan
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11
Electricity, Patterns, And
Forestry Studied By Alters

two groups. Miss Betty Fain. HID
agent, instructed the girls in sell
ection Of clothing patterns to
suit their individual problems,
and H. w. Henry talked to the
boys on their forestry project
and conducted a quiz on the sub
ject.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11
Powhatan Bank
Has Dividend

POWHATAN. Dec. 10 Tie
Beard Of Directors of Bank of
PoWhatan have declared a Is
per cent cash dividend payable
Jan. /, 1868 to its stockholders
The usual semiannual dividend
OF five per cent was paid July |,
making a total payment of 20
percent for the year, the high
est Ii the banks history.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-11

The spirit of Christmas lives
on = see that you do, too. Don t
toy with Safety.
Evening star., 1962-04-19
Cardinal Gives
$1,000 to Cubuns

NEW YORK, April 10 (AP).
Cardinal Spellman
has contributed $4,000 toward
the $62 million demanded by
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro for release of all the
prisoners taken in last years
invasion at the Bay of Pigs.
Three of the go sick and
wounded prisoners who have
been freed called on the Cardi-
nal at his residence last night
and received his personal check.
The three callers were among
seven of the released prisoners
who flew yesterday from Miami.
The seven made an emotional
appeal at Idelwild Airport for
the campaign to raise funds
to free the 1,119 men still in
prison in Cuba.
Evening star., 1962-04-19
Murine Attack
On Cubu lJrqed

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, April
10 4AP).-A Cuban exile leader,
Col Ramon Barquin, called last
night for the use of United
States Marines to liberate Cuba
from Ffdel Castros' Red regime.
Mr.. Barquin, one-time Cuban
military attache in Washing
ton, told newsmen that Ma
rines had been used in Latin
American nations in the past
and should be employed to free
his country.
He made his remarks after
returning from a two-day trip
to Miami. where it was reported
he had conferred with heads
of the Peoples Revolutionary
Movement on plans for posi-
BILE anti-CaStro warfare.
Evening star., 1962-04-19
Ex-0fficiaI
Ransoms Son
From Castro

HAVANA, April 10 (AP).-A
former vice president of Cuba
ransomed his son from Principe
Prison yesterday for 100000
and called on the United States
to give as much as is necessary
to help free the rest of the
captiveS from the Bay of Pigs
invasion.
Guillermo Alfonso Pujol, who
was vice president in the Ramon
Grau administration of the
1940S, declared in a statement
it is the duty of the United
States to help because of a
thousand known reasons"
He apparently referred to the
role of American officials in
planning and financing the
abortive invasion. The United
States Government has left in
private hands the purchase Of
the prisoners from Prime Min
lister Fidel Castro's regime.
Mr.. Alfonso Pujol's was the
first reported deal for a single
prisoner. He deposited the
100000 in the Royal Bank of
Canada in Montreal, a private
institution, for transfer to the
Cuban government.
He said he and his son, Jorge
Alfonso Bermudez, will return
Friday to his home in exile in
Panama.
I'm proud Of his (Jorge's)
behavior" the father said.
He made a plea for a COOP
erative effort to gain quick
liberation of all the 1.100-odd
remaining prisoners. He said
relatives with money to free
their men should ransom them
as soon as possible. He rea-
soned that this could speed up
the freeing of captiveS whose
families must depend on dona-
tions.