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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

months from the day he enlist.
ed, was promoted to sergeant
a rank reserved for leaders on.
ly. Married to the former Penny
Read of Rockville, they are re.
siding at 301 Taylor ave-, Rock.
vile, with their nine.month.old
daughter.
Marine Corps
From the Marine Corps re.
cruiter located at the Silver
Spring National Guard Armory,
we learn that Richard CWayne)
Hamilton of Route /, Derwood,
presently a senior at Gathers.
burg High, enlisted under the
To-day delay program. Wayne
will enter active duty shortly
after graduation this June .
Now at Paris Island is Larry
Pagan, 3010 Ferndale ST., Ken.
sington =. Carroll Fletcher of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

mechanical and electrical equip
ment at $4,000.
Low bid submitted by Kaiss
Construction Inc. was $101, 1886,
plus $500 for hydraulic lifts to
be used in truck servicing.
The city heads will ask the
designers to change the plans
and pare costs. Savings of about
$4,000 could result, it was est.
mated by City Director of Pub.
lie Works John Gray, If a forced
hot air heating system Is sub.
stituted for the previously pro-
posed hot water system, and
door designs are changed. Add.
tiOnal economies are planned.
Total construction cost of the
completed project had been bud
geted at $125,OO0.
In other business the council
granted industrial GID coming
to a parcel Of land at 300 How
ard Ave. 1t also denied apart
ment coming for land at North
and North Van Buren, SITS. The
land on Howard Avenue is gen.
orally an industrial area, it was
pointed out.
At the same time the Mayor
and Council adopted resOlu.
ton asking the Planning Com.
mission to devise a plan to
screen and protect the remain.
ing residential properties from
heavy truck traffic.
Mrs. Virginia Reid, $50
Ridgway Ave-, Twinbrook, was
sworn by Mayor Alexander j.
Greene as a member of the
Planning Commission succeed
ing Robert K. Maddox, who re-
signed. Her appointment runs
until September, 1863.
The Monday night meeting
was the next to last one for the
present council. 1t is anticipated
the results of Mondays election
will be known shortly before
next weeks scheduled meeting
and the new body will be for
mally indicted that night.
The old council will offer a
recapitulation of the extent to
which campaign pledges made
to the voters two years ago have
been fulfilled.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
Retiring County Assessor
Looks Back on rs Years

outside Rockville, assessed as
farm land at 100000, but
which recently was purchased
by an apartment developer
for SIT million.
AS the recipient of more than
the usual share of letters from
irate citizens who "just don't
understand" why their property
should be assessed higher than
it was a year or two ago, Allen
feels people should be concern
ed mot with the amount of
their assessment but with
whether their property is being
assessed on the same basis as
other comparable property"
He admits, with a twinkle,
that he's been in the fortunate
position of telling people what
they'll have to pay taxes on,
without having to collect from
them"
Cool, grey eyes, a soft voice
and mild manner belle the
achievements and reputation
of the cOunty's longtime as
SCISSOR. At 81, Allen is credit
ed with having gained profess
sional status for men in his
field.
He has lectured extensively
on assessment practices at uni
versities throughout the nation,
and has won the Most Valuable
Member Award of the National
Association of Assessing Off
GERS for instituting the profess
sional designation of Certified
Assessment Evaluator.
Allen was also a prime mover
In establishment of the annual
summer School of Assessment
Practice at the University of
Maryland in 1916.
And, what probably gives
him the most pride, his assess
ment record has been virtually
clear of official protests or
court reversals.
Not a man of many hobbies,
Aliens life has been tied closely
to his professional interests.
He and his wife, the former
Helen Gleason of Washington,
live quietly in the home at 1900
18th st. in Chevy Chase which
they bought in 1926, and fishing
and frequent rounds of golf at
the nearby Kenwood Country
Club are his principal recrea-
tons.
The greatest pleasure of his
IS years as county assessor, he
says, has been in meeting the
legion of property owners with
whom his work has brought
him in contact. He has a
message for them, too:
"HomeOwners inclined to
resist changes on the face of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
.Serpiicenlen We KnO,v

Gaithersburg, a former Marina
reenlisted for another four
years and is currently at Camn
Pendleton, Calf. Joining tho
buddy plan" were Bill Good.
win, LOT Summerfield rd.. Chew
Chase, and Tom Hopkins, 4612
Chestnut ST., Bethesda.
Promoted
Robert Newis) Brooks. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Brooks of
Poolesville, was promoted to
Specialist 4th class while serv.
ing with the U. S. Army in Alas.
ka. The former PdS graduate is
expected to be separated after
nearly three years of duty
sometime this Fall
Sergeant Boise
SIC Bill Boise, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Boise, 10 Fayette
ST., Rockville, reports for Eur.
ope duty May 10.
Bill was on recruiting duty
with the local Army Reserves
from 1954-56 and until recently
was stationed at Fort Benning
as a Signal communications
chief.
A veteran of IS years serv.
ice, part of which was with the
Navy during World War II.
Bills trip to Europe will be his
third tour abroad, the last being
in Korea during the early fit.
ties. The local Sergeant and
Mrs. Boise have six children.
one an Army corporal in Ger.
many.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

the county must be educated
to the fact that they simply
can't carry the tax burden
forever"
Industry is needed here, he
says, to ease the property own
ers' burden, and should be wei
coined.
Though Aliens county career
covers a quarter century, he
enjoys carrying office visitors
even further back in county his
tory-with peek into the as
sessment lists Of 1898, for ex
ample.
Then, mans slaves and his
wife's silver plate were assessed
along with his land and 10C
acres of fertile plantation was
valued at so pounds sterling
about S4OO, our currency eX
change experts tell us.
Allen will be feted on his re
tirement with a dinner tomor
row night at the Peter Pan Inn
to which county and state Off
Gals and scores of fellow coun
ty workers and friends have
been invited.
His wide circle of friends
includes those he made as q
member of the Maryland-Na.
tiOnal Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission before join
ing the cOunty's employ to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
House Tour
Is Readied
In Potomac
BY Cissy Finley


Hundreds of cars will travel
the Potomac country roads this
weekend as the st. Francis Po-
tomac Country House Tour is
held Sunday and Monday. Pre-
tour tickets are on sale at many
locations in the county includ-
ing all of the Bogley Real Es-
tatae offices and AAA offices.
Pre-tour tickets are $3.50. On
tour days they will be $500.
Eight houses will be open for
the tourists and the complete
house tour will cover the many
miles. Mrs. Godfrey Kauff-
mann, tour chairman, said con-
spicuous signs will point the
way to each house. Luncheon
will be served at st. Francis
from II to 4 on Sunday and
from 11:30 to three on Monday.
There will also be a country
kitchen at the Roger Eisingers
'Meeadom Lo" where home
baked breads, jellies, ETC., will
be on sale both days.
A snack bar will be open at
the John Skillman's "Oak
Knoll Farm" during the tour,
and a plant sale will be under
way at the Percy Gradys BOLD
Venture Farm" on Sunday and
Monday.
Other houses on the tour in
clude the Arthur Desser's "Riv-
er Oak Farm, and their adjoin-
ing neighbours home Holly
Tree, owned by the Paul Crit
fiths. Also Bella and Gene Mar.
tins Orchard Farm, the God
frey Kauffmann's Meeting
house Farm, and "Greenbank" /,
home of the Thad Browns.
Ditzlers To Leave
The Lyle Ditzlers were feted
Easter Sunday evening at a
farewell party at the Potomac
Hunt Club. The party was given
by staff members of the Poto-
mac Almanac of which Mrs.
Ditzler is one of four editors.
The Ditzler family will be
leaving on June 20 for London,
England, where they will live
for the next two years. Mr..
Ditzler was transferred there.
They will rent their home on
Stoney Creek I'd.
The buffet dinner started at
700 pm. for the so guests, and
throughout the evening a pian-
list, familiar to those who fire.
quent the Silver Fox, entertain
ed the party goers.
Kirk Ditzler, a teenage son of
THE family, will graduate from
Walter Johnson High School
this June and will vacation with
his family in London, prior to
returning to the States in Sep
TENDER to enter his freshman
year at Dartmouth.
The Potomac Women's Re-
publican Club is sponsoring an
open house desert reception"
for all of the neighborhood to
come and meet the so Republi-
can primary candidates. The
500 pm. reception viii be held
on May 2 at the Parish House
on S. Glen Road.
fish and Tom Jones will
leave on April 30 for a months
vacation touring Europe. They
plan to jet over, and return
aboard the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones
and their family will stay in the
Jones River Road home while
they are away.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
BY Ed ;rown

This weeks Army, Navy and
Marine Corps enlistment re-
port shows a steady flow of To-
cal young men starting their
military careers.
U. S. Army
Denny ca Burch, former EN-
ployee of Haynes Lithograph,
and now in basic at Fort Jack
son, selected the supply field
John Gladwin, 7124 Greentree
3D., Bethesda, and Gerald Vent
resca, 106 Quaint Acres dr., Sill
yer Spring, qualified for para
trooper training :. Roger WARD
of Sligo ave-, Silver Spring,
chose the medical care and treat
ment field Ed Rabbit, jr.,
$500 Second ave., Silver Spring,
picked radio communications.
U. s. Navy
Now at the Great Lakes Re
cruit Training Center are
Mark Stamford, 84O2 Wood
cliff Ct, Silver Spring, and
Mike Schmidt, 1907 West
moreIand ave., Takoma Park
Richard S. Ship, 95O7
Bruce st., Silver Spring, join
ed the Nays high school
graduate specialist program,
entering the electronics field.
He Is commencing boot at
San Diego The trip left
from the Navy Recruiting
sub-station at the Silver
Spring Post Office.
Back To School
Popular Rockville athlete
Gary Thompson, 512 North Hor.
ners Ia, has been enrolled in
the finance course conducted at
Fort Ben Harrison, Indianapolis,
Indiana. Gary was guaranteed
enrolment in the course before
joining the Regular Army last
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
BY ELY Bradley

For a man who has watched,
more closely than most, this
.county's startling metamor-
sphosis over the past 25 years
from a sleepy rural area to its
present nervous hustle, plans
and progress, County Assessor
Wilton A. Allen maintains a
Ssingularly simple viewpoint.
Montgomery County has al
ways been the most beautiful
spot / know, and I've a feeling
it will never depreciate aesthe.
+tically for homeowners - no
matter what changes and new
development come"
Although he's seen changes
and new development a-plenty
within the past % years, Allen,
who retires from county service
May l, feels "it's only the be.
ginning"
what we've seen in the
growth of land values in the
Silver Spring.WheatOn area
since the war will be happen.
ing all over again from Rock.
vile north, In the next 10
years." he says.
Allen became the county's as
SCISSOR in 1887, when property
values were just going over
500 million. Today the county's
assessable tax base is well over
Sill billion and expected to
continue the gain of more than
$50 million annually seen in re-
cent years.
In contrast with it's pre-
dominantly rural character of a
quarter-century ago, Montgom-
cry County's land values now lie
mostly in residential, CONNER
cial and apartment use, with
farm property accounting for
only $18 million of the $1.1 bill.
lion assessed valuation.
Allen points out, though, that
much of the remaining farm
land in the county is actually
worth much more when con-
sidered in terms of the uses to
which it is increasingly being
converted.
He cited the Anderson farm
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

Army Medical School, FIT. Sam
Huston, Texas, is Pvt. Charles
Frazier, 214 Ridge rd., Wash
ington Grove Tom Rohr.
back, 103 North Frederick ave-,
Gaithersburg, has entered the
motor transport course at Fort
Jackson. Both Rohrback and
Frazier were home recently
from basic training Marvin
Tanner, 1913 N. Adams ST, Rock
vile, is expected to arrive home
in early May after completing
16 weeks of advanced training
prior to reporting for para
trooper school at Fort Benning.
While undergoing Army basic,
Marvin was awarded an expert
rifle badge for proficient firing
on the range.
Graduated
Bruce Dunning, son of DIR.
and Mrs. Gordon Nj. Dun.
ming, 800 WOODBURY. rd., Rock
vile, was graduated recently
with honor from a 23.week
radio course conducted at the
Army Southeastern Signal
School, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
Bruce, who topped all other
students except an Army Ser.
geant with nine years exper.
fence has been assigned to the
school faculty as an instruct.
or. Bruce joined the Regular
Army last June after gradu.
ating from Massanutten Mil.
itaary Academy in Virginia.
Russell (Muggs) Mullican OF
Derwood, until early in April, a
Sergeant with the U. S. Army
returned home this week from
Korea and separation from act.
i've duty. Seems only yesterday
when the rugged RMHS athlete
signed up for the Regulars back
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
Two from County
Head Parenthood
Group in Area

Two county women are
among newly.elected officers of
Planned Parenthood of Metro.
politan Washington. They are:
Mrs. Burke Marshall, Is East
Melrose ST, Chevy Chase, nam.
ed second vice.president, and
Mrs. B. Bernei Burgunder, jr.,
5315 Goldsboro rd., Bethesda,
elected secretary.
Members of the board of trus.
tees of the 25-year-old associa.
ton named Mrs. Philip Thayer
of Georgetown president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

in June of
1859. Mugs,
known by his
many friends
around Rock
vile, achieved
quite a name
for himself
while wearing
Army greens.
The ex-para-
trooperin
less than 20
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
Marriage
Licenses

ASOAA0IO
Marriage licenses have been
issued at the Montgomery
County Court House in Rock
vile to:
Joyce Eleanor Salley, Airing
ton, Va; George William Harri.
son, Arlington.
Barbara Ann Coleman, Hy.
attSville; David H. Anderson,
Hyattsville.
Linda Faye Mckinney, Rock
vile; Alvin Worth Gilchrist, Sill.
yer Spring.
Esther King, Baltimore; Jen.
nings A. Parker, Washington,
D. c.
June Bailey Bounds, Suitland;
William Scringeour, Silver
Spring.
Elisabeth Isafova, Washing.
ton; Thomas Mannix, Washing
ton.
Lillian Woodland, Washing
ton; William H. chatham,
Washington.
bonita Michele 500, Rock.
vile; Kenneth Ivan Doane,
Rockville.
Rose Margaret Walter, Chevy
Chase; Johannes Gerardus
Snaauw, Washington.
Judith Sharon Wilkie, San
ford, N. c.; Robert Lewis Fow.
Ter, Laurel.
Linda Carol Weaver, Land.
over; Stephen George Hender.
son, Bladensburg.
Pauline F. Wise, Washington;
Raphael Williams, Washington.
Catherine Malas, Washington;
James Vito, Shady Side.
Ann K. Studs, Rockville;
Robert Evant Stultz, Kensing-
ton.
Patricia A. Bridges, Airing
ton; Hunter M. Valentine, Arl.
ington.
Patricia A. Mcfarland, Rock
vile; John r. Mitchell, Rock.
Vile.
Judith Ann Spence, Silver
Spring; Gerald Arthur Tucker,
Silver Spring.
Frances L. Hoganson, Duluth,
Mimi; Victor M. Sovich, New
York City.
Julia Mccullough, Kensing-
ton; Stewart William Fairall,
Kensington.
Fern Marie Holbert, Takoma
Park; Robert Joseph Avila,
Washington.
Dolores Collier, Buffalo, NY;
Joseph Miller, Buffalo, NY.
Marilyn Radtke, Rockville;
Gerald Henry Mover, Bethesda.
Mary Boswell, Silver Spring;
Thomas L. Nelson, Silver
Spring.
Nancy Jean Wise, Washing.
ton; James Michael Ratliff,
Washington.
Judith c. Smith, Arlington;
Richard D. Montgomery, Arl-
ington.
Beverly Louise O'Neill, Arl.
ington; Bobby E. Cox, Alexan-
dria, Va.
Carolyn Jean Pisapia, Whea.
ton; Charles Aloysius Darby,
jr., Baltimore.
Gloria E. Hance, Bethesda;
William Geissman, Washington.
Barbara Louise Wolf, Hagers.
town; Robert Clark Knight,
Hagerstown.
Donna Lee Totten, Yorkshire,
Va; James Franklin Gandstaff,
Yorkshire, Va.
Olivia Thomas, Washington;
Amos McCluney, Washington.
Mary Joan Dyson, Rockville;
Ray Bill Dunn, Rockville.
Betty Jean Harrell, Keyser,
w. Va; Lawrence B. Anderson,
Wheaton.
Louise Close, Portsmouth,
Va; Joseph Franklin Spencer,
Charlotte, N. c.
Lois Collins, Arlington; John
Goordon Hoff, Bethesda.
Ruth Evelyn Clark, Washing
ton; Willie Ernest Ward, Wash
ington.
Frances Rose Webster, Alex
andria; Earl David Mahmoud,
Mt. Vernon, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

January Is
Samuel Law
horne, $3.50
Crawford dr.,
Rockville, is
attending the
Army's Ad-
ministrat | o n
School at Fort
JACKSON I.
Now in his
third week of
ctiIdv Mt the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26
7 Works Building Bids
Are Rejected as Too High

Seven bids for construc-
ton of a public works
building on the grounds of
the Rockville Civic Center
were rejected by the Mayor
and Council Monday night
on the ground they were too
high.
The architectural firm of
Siam and Hilleary haG estimat-
ed cost of the shell and some
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-26

serve, as he puts It, "under
Republicans, Democrats, fu.
sion and charter, with nary a
scrape."
After May 1, it will be relaxa-
ton, golf and fishing at a retire
ment home the Aliens have
bought in Clearwater, Fla. But
he anticipates frequent trips
back to these parts to visit a
daughter, Mrs. Susanna Well
born, and two grandchildren,
who live in the Bradley Boule.
ward Apartments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08
First-Yeor Pupils
To Be Registered

Registration conferences for
parents of children entering
school for the first time next
fall will be held in 80 elemen-
tary schools in Montgomery
County in the next two weeks.
Parents, whose children will
be S years old by January l,
1868, are asked to appear at
the following schools on the
dates listed with their chill
dren's birth certificates and
immunization records:
Ashburton, Dennis avenue
and Holiday Park, April 9 and
10; Cedar Grove, Rock Creek
Forest, Sherwood and West
brook. April 10; Brookmont,
Clarksburg, Gaithersburg and
Longview. April II, and Ia
koma Park, April II and IL.
Also, Four Corners, Glen
Haven and Lone Oak, April -
and Is; Bannockburn, Larch-
mont, Pine Crest and Woodlin,
April IL, and Germantown and
Montgomery Knobs, April Is.
Burning Tree and Hunger
ford, April Is; Viers Mill, April
Is and II; North Chevy Chase,
April II; Ayrlawn. New Hamp-
shire Estates, Park street and
Potomac, April 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08

teachers in quality education"
being considered at the meeting.
Prof. John Walton, chairman
of the Department of Educa-
ton at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, wondered whether teach
erS shouldn't be given more pri-
vacy to think and read for
themselves. and more freedom
to map their own continuing
education once they hold their
masters degrees.
AS one move toward prepar-
ing outstanding teachers for
higher education, DR.. Anderson
described the "internship for
college teacher" program at
Maryland. Selected students
coming in as graduate assist
ants or part-time instructors
are given a two-to-three-year
sequence of careful preparation
under supervision of expert
enced faculty members.
The conference was sponsored
by Beta Epsilon Chapter Of Phi
Delta Kappa. David C. Berry,
chapter president, presented
the annual Phi Delta Kappa
Award to Montgomery County
Delegate Blair Lee III, candi-
date for the Democratic nomi-
nation for the United States
Senate. Mr.. Lee was cited for
accomplishments through his
indefatigable efforts in behalf
of public education"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08
Arlington
Pondering
Renewal Plan

Arlington residents probably
will be asked to decide in
November whether an urban
renewal authority should be
established to rehabilitate de-
teriorating sections of the
county.
Though postponing a final
decision for eight weeks,
County Board members yes
terday indicated they will vote
to schedule a referendum on
the issue.
Arlington voters in 1858 de-
cisively rejected a renewal au-
thority when opponents insisted
that it inevitably would be &C
companied by public housing
and an influx of loW-income
families.
However, since then legiSla-
ton has been enacted separat-
ing the question of public hous-
ing from that of urban renewal
and planners repeatedly have
said that an authority is neces-
sary if the maximum potential
of such areas as Rosslyn is to
be realized.
Remembering the 1858 de-
feat, politicians have been re-
luctant to advocate an authority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08
PROFESSOR GAP SEEN
Educator Says Society
Must Reward Teacher

Why shouldn't an outStand-
ing classroom teacher be paid
$4,000 a year?
Educators and citizens at
tending the seventh annual
Maryland Conference on Edu-
cation yesterday marveled at
the idea, voiced by DR.. Benja-
min C. Willis, Chicago's super
intendent of schools.
But he was making the point
that society must find some
ways to reward teachers for
competent service, just as other
professionals are remarked.
THE outstanding physician
can earn many times what is
possible for the outstanding
teacher" he said.
Exceptionally good teachers
now are recompensed, he OBJ
served, by taking them out of
the classroom and making them
administrators. or business
men"
Low Pay startling"
Dean Vernon E. Anderson of
the College of Education at the
University of Maryland, where
the conference was held, said
that just as startling as DR..
Willis $4,000 teacher pay
dream are National Education
Association statistics indicating
the average pay for an assist
ant professor is only $4,000 and
that Of a college instructor, a
beginning faculty member. SIS,
$50. They don't compete with
public school salaries, he point
ed out.
DR.. Anderson said there is
a greater gap between supply
and demand of college and uni
versity teachers than exists in
the preparation of qualified
teachers for elementary and
secondary schools.
He cited estimates that. while
the country will need about
$1,000 college and university
faculty members a year for the
next eight years, by 1870 it will
be turning out about $4,000
doctoral graduates a year.
Other Needs Seen
But the conference speakers
said there are other things be-
sides better pay that can help
provide the kind of quality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08
Counties Win
Annexation Fund

YORKTOWN. Va, April z
(AP).-James City and York
Counties have been awarded a
total of 900 as compensa-
ton for territory they lost to
Williamsburg in a recent an
nexation suit.
A three-judge court yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08

for Arlington but now believe
that the question again should
be put to the public.
The County Civic Association
urged the board to conduct an
aggressive campaign in favor
Of redevelopment.
But County Manager A. T.
Lundberg warned that if public
funds are used to publicize its
advantages, they also must be
used to explain its disad-
vantages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-04-08

ordered Williamsburg to pay
James City $4,000 for l.I9
square miles and $4,000 to
York for .S6 square miles.
The city also was ordered to
assume S60,411 Of James City's
debt and $63.981 of York's pub
lie indebtedness.
The awards to the counties
represent compensation for rev.
enueS they will lose in the next
five years as a result Of the
annexation.