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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Cudelsky
Services
Are Today

Services will be held today at
l pm. at the Jewish Commu-
nifty Center, 8402 Freyman
Drive, Chevy Chase, for lisa
dore Gudelsky, area developer
and noted philanthropist who
died Tuesday at Suburban Hos
pital.
Mr.. Gudelsky, who brought
into being the Wheaton Plaza
Shopping Center, the country's
fourth largest, was engaged in
plans for two more centers,
in Oxon Hill, Md, and Tyson's
Corner, Va.
He was president of the Con-
tee Sand and Gravel Co., in
Laurel, Md, which he and his
brothers founded in 1882.
Starting with a small com.
pany, he bought land around
Washington to expand his
gravel pits and soon found his
property in the line of the city's
development. He was known as
one of the largest area landown-
ers and perhapts the largest
owner of land in Montgomery
County.
A partner in the Greenbelt
Associates, real estate build
ing syndicate, Mr.. Gudelsky was
instrumental in the construc-
ton of the $50 million Spring
hill Lake apartment community.
The project, begun in 1851, was
planned to include 5000 apart
ment units and was believed to
be the largest ever undertaken
in the Washington area.
The businessman also was
noted for his work in pioneer
ing the industrial park idea.
He was also director of the
District Title Insurance Co., and
director of the State Bank at
Laurel before its merger with
Equitable Trust.
He was noted for his fund
raising work for Holy Cross
Hospital and was also active
in Bonds For Israel drive and
the B'nai Birth. He was men,
Der of the Montgomery County
Jewish Community Center Con-
gregation.
Mr.. Gudelsky was vice presi-
dent of the Maryland Highway
Contractors Association and d.
rector of the Maryland Asphalt
Association.
He is survived by his wife,
Bertha, of 2001 Falls Road,
Rockville, the home address;
a daughter. Mrs. Arlene Fried
man, of Springhill Lake; a son,
Howard, Of the home address;
two brothers, Henry and Homer
s., both of Silver Spring; a sis
ter, Miss Anne Gudelsky, Of the
Charles Arms Apartments in
Silver Spring.
Burial will be in George
Washington Memorial Gene
terry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

This is the way Christmas
should be-a time of giving and
receiving, of love and laughter,
of sharing with close ones the
happy spirit of a day the Chris.
tan world has celebrated for
centuries.
For far too many, though,
this will not be that kind of day.
We're thinking especially Of the
100 INDECENT old folks-welfare
wards of the county - whose
families, friends and funds have
long since gone and who are
living out their lives in nursing
homes here, forgotten.
With the help Of its readers,
The Sentinel Is trying to give
them, too, a day to remember
next week. Through your gen
erous contributions, these "for'
gotten ones" will receive gifts
to remind them you have NOT
forgotten.
Funds received by The Sen.
tinel are being turned over to
the Junior Woman's Club OF
Rockville, whose members viii
buy appropriate gifts for the old
folks, as well as wrap and de-
liver them to nursing homes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

We urge you to be as gen.
erous as your hearts and purses
will allow, and to bring or mail
your checks to The Sentinel at
215 East Montgomery Ave.
Rockville. Well be accepting
donations right up through
Christmas Eve. Make your
Christmas checks out to-:
Christmas Fund"
Grateful acknowledgment is
made to the following donors
of the past week:
Junior WOman's Club Of Rock
vile, $85; Byron Sedgwick, SIS;
Inquiry Club Of Rockville, $40;
Anonymous, 81; Anonymous,
$40; Anonymous, S.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Bendigo, IS; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles w. Garner; Anony.
nous, 81; Kathy Leary, 81; ID.
Roy Mccoy, 81; Bob Giddens,
81; Miles Daley, 81; w. j.
HeImer, 81; Keith Fisher, 81;
Mike Barber, 81; Bill Christman,
81; Tony Constantine, 81; Bill
Angeny, 81; Bill Kennedy, 81;
See Old Folks BIG
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
6 Petitions
Asking For
Annexation

ROCKVILLE - Six petitions
asking for annexation of ap-
proximately 100 acres of land
by the city were presented to
the Mayor and Council Monday
night.
Four of the petitions, cover.
ing approximately AZ acres, con-
Germ annexation of part of the
Lofstrand tract near Southlawn
Lane, proposed site of Rock
ville's second public housing de-
velopment.
Another proposes annexation
of slightly more than 135 acres
lying east of Avery Road, and
east of the present corporate
boundaries. Owned by J. B.
Shapiro, 1t is known as the
earle Property.
The sixth request asks for
inclusion Of SO acres of the So
called Parker Howard tract.
Owned by George M. Parker,
Gladys N. Turney, John p. Mey-
ers, jr., and Babette c. Meyers,
the property lies between Rte.
% (Darnestown Rd.) and the
Colony North subdivision.
Public hearings on the re.
quests have been set by the
Council for Jan. n.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

But a little boy died this
week. He was just three years
old, and because of him the on
ly Christmas story your report
er can write goes like this:
Down a narrow, rutted lane,
off a main road in beautiful
Christmassy Montgomery Coun-
ty stands house . not really
a house, as most of us under
stand houses. This is a square,
one story building built of con-
crete blocks. 1t has windows
and a crazy leaning chimney.
There's a door. No lawn, no
grass just beaten down earth
surrounds it. Beaten down
earth and debris.
A little to the rear of the
house is an outdoor privy and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
SOL Million
Budget Is
Submitted
BY John b. Saunders
Sentinel Reporter

School Supt. c. Taylor
Whittier, mindful of last
years budgetary slashes and
teacher cuts, has submitted
to the Board of Education a
SCI million operating budget
that includes funds for 400
additional teachers.
The recommendation repre-.
sents an approximate $8.1 mil
lion or 1874 per cent increase
over the current years figure of
$50 million.
Included in the budget are
monies necessary for the opera
ton of seven new schools to be
opened in the coming fiscal
year. A total of 5,706 new pupils
are expected next year.
Total enrolment for 1964.65,
according to staff estimates,
will be 106,150.
Recalling last years teacher
slashes, the recommendation
notes that it includes funds for
120 additional teachers "over
and above those needed to main
tain this years level of service"
Total cost Of restoring those
positions, some of which were
cut "unlawfully" the recommen-
dation notes, Is estimated at
$1,030,898.
In addition, $83,075 Is included
In the teachers salary estimates
to provide for a higher average
starting salary so that more
teachers with experience and/or
advanced degrees may be hired
this year.
Broken down, expenditures
are $3.50 million for salaries for
teachers, $50.9 million, for all
salaries and wages; $9A for
operating expenses, and 1857, 1873
for furniture and equipment.
The proposed operating bud
get will require a county appro-
priation of approximately A1.3
million. Other revenue sources
include an estimated sos mil
lion in state aid, $4.2 million
from the federal government.
See Budget Al
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Report
Clears
Hardy

Four judges of the Mont
gomery County Circuit
Court this week concurred
in a Bar Association report
clearing States A t torney
Leonard T. Hardy of charges
by a District judge he used
his public office to benefit a
client in his private law
practice.
The judges expressed their
concurrence in a letter to bar
association President John M.
McInerny, who had forwarded
the report for their review after
its completion by special fact
finding committee headed by
Charles w. Woodward, Jr.
While details of the report
were not Immediately available,
it sums up the bar units seven.
month study of an accusation by
District Domestic Relations
Court Judge John H. Burnett
that Hardy lied in denying he
offered to withdraw assault and
battery charges brought in
Montgomery County against a
man by his wife = whom Hardy
represented - if the husband
would agree not to appear for
an Alabama divorce action she
sought.
Hardy Immediately and vehe-
mently denied the charge, and
sought a prompt investigation
by fellow members of the county
bar, which the special group
undertook early last June.
Chief Circuit Court Judge
Thomas M. Anderson COM
mented after acknowledging the
report: ''Since this group has
found no wrongdoing on the
part Of Mr.. Hardy, there is
nothing for it to proceed with
further"
His reference was to the
courts authority under the
Maryland Code to instruct the
bar association to prosecute any
attorney whom the judges have
reasonable ground to believe"
is guilty of professional mis-
conduct, malpractice, fraud,
deceit, crime involving moral
turpitude, conduct prejudicial to
the administration of justice or
is a subversive person"
McInerny said the judgment
of the court in this investiga-
ton will stand, and he doubts
that the executive committee of
the bar association will take fur
Their action when it meets Jan. 6.
1t is his understanding, he
said, that the report will re-
main confidential.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

past the privy is a path that
leads back to the woods. The
path is well-worn because it is
the one the people who live in
the house must follow to the
spring in the woods where they
get their water.
This building called a house
is divided into four rooms. One
of them contains a big, old-fash-
Toned iron range that burns
wood for heating and cooking.
Seventeen people live in the
house. It's a Negro family, all
of them born and raised in
Montgomery. So were their
progenitors.
In three of the rooms live the
See Boy Dies, B6
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
2 Major
Decisions
Deferred

The County c oun ell on
Tuesday backed away from
two major, controversy-gen-
Grating actions.
One was whether the next
president of the County Coun-
ell should be - President Pro
Tenn Thomas M. Wilson or
Council Secretary Mary A. Hep
burn.
The other was whether final
approval should be given to the
plea of Alvin l.. and Dorothy
Aubinoe for high rise coming of
a 22.acre tract they own in
Wildwood Manor.
Both questions have stirred
up a storm of controversy.
A report in The Sentinel last
week that a move was under
way to dump" DR.. Wilson as
the next Council president, sue
ceeding John A. Floyd. led to
feverish activity In Republican
party circles over the weekend.
COP members strongly sup
porting DR.. Wilson circulated
petitions in his behalf.
The coming controversy. one
of the biggest In recent county
history, was generated when the
Council voted 4-3 last week to
instruct their attorney to draw
up a resolution approving the
Aubinoe's plea.
Several thousand residents of
the area spent the greater part
of the last week assailing the
Councils tentative decision and
urging that 1t be reconsidered.
Both decisions, anxiously
awaited by many, were put off
until at least Dec. 81 by Coun
Gil members although all seven
were present during
the Tuesday morning business
session.
In mid-week, speculation was
rife in some circles that the
Council move on DIR. Wilson
and its tentative decision on the
Aubinoe zoning we're contribut-
ing strongly to widening a gap
In party ranks which has de-
veloped as a result of several
controversial Council actions IN
recent months.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

statement Beck said he wanted
to Congratulate Mr.. CoyIe and
offer him my assistance In any
way possible to achieve this new
goal"
Beck said that there seemed
to be two principal causes OF
conflict and controversy in the
past year. "The first" he noted,
"arose from a basic difference
between Board members in edu.
cational philosophy, in the basic
element Of the learning process
and in what it takes to provide
quality education in a school
system"
Beck doubted that the differ
ences would disappear immedi-
ately, but added, ut was my
impression that differences were
not nearly as great as one would
be led to expect"
He said the unfortunate and
uneven procedural patterns
which had been followed gen
Grated the sharpness of conflict
in the past which resulted In
these differences becoming
highly controversial.
Beck told Coyle and the board
what he had told Coyle privately
earlier, that to the presi-
dents Capabilities of leadership
to find method of operations
which would reduce the unneces.
sary elements Of controversy
he would give his support and
cooperation.
To a smiling COyle, Beck
declared, "as the new budget
session approaches It Is too
much TO hope that all differ
ences between Board members
will disappear. But l believe IL
Is possible TO achieve a whole
board with even-handed equity
to each and every member Of
the Board without the dlssen-
sion or sharpness Of conflict
which has sometimes been evil
dent In the past"
Remaining minority members,
Mrs. Samuel j. Kicker and Mrs.
Ely Maurer rose to the occasion
and pledged their support to the
new president. Mrs. Maurer said
she would lend her undivided
cooperation to the presidents
efforts for unity" while Mrs.
Kicker said, I'VE wish the presi.
dent well and we wish the board
well during the coming harried
budget days. IF we can over
come this" she continued,
maybe wen have something to
smile about when it's all over"
she added.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19


The following is a reporters
diary of the two days events as
they unfolded in the corridors
of the county Courthouse.
9:37 am. The jury is seated
in courtroom No. 2.
9:39 am. Four jury members
are unaccounted for.
$40 am. Mrs. oroth y
Aubinoe, member of the Repub.
lican State Central Committee
and wife of Alvin L. Aubinoe,
prominent builder and sub
stantial Republican contributor,
enters corridor leading to the
witness waiting room.
9:42 am. Pat Welsh, special
investigator with the States
Attorneys office, checks in
remaining jurors.
GAS am. Bailiff Frederick A.
Reed, calls first witness - Mrs.
Aubinoe.
1907 am. Mrs. Aubinoe leaves
jury room; bailiff calls Robert
Billiard, Rockville attorney.
11:04 am. Jury recesses.
lilo am. Jury reconvenes.
HIP am. Billiard dismissed
by jury; William B. Wheeler,
coming lawyer, part owner of a
title firm; member of the Wash.
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission and a member of the
County's Democratic State Cen
trail Committee, is called.
1920 pm. Jury inStructS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Here Are Names
OF Grand Jurors

Here is a list Of the county
grand jurors: Louis A. Ora
velIe, foreman; Stanley C.
Morgan, Winifred Gordon,
Barbara j. BrOadus, Gordon
III. Anderson, James f..
Brooks, Thomas M. Stabler,
Jane N. Lockwood, Richard
Raymond, Joseph H. DObsOn,
Olga Raylance, William K.
Wuertenberg, Grace ID. Sis
son, Doris Williams, John T..
Newell, Patricia C. Johnson,
Raymond e. Chidester, Sam
uel p. NOchOls, Gordon b.
Lamb, Ann K. Strong, Iva l..
Clark, Franklin H. StOttle-
meyer, Mary M. Perry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
A Christmas Story
A Little Boy
Died This Week
BY Lila Thomson

DATELINE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IN THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUN
DRIED SIXTY TEIREE-"Dear Boss: You wanted your
reporter to write Christmas Story. 1t is assumed you
wanted it in the usual newspaper STYLE filled with holly
mistetoe and Christmas carols.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

bailiff to call Charles Buscher,
executive secretary of the
National Alcoholic Beverage
Control Association; dismisses
Wheeler.
1922 pm. Wheeler enters cor
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Police Get Diplomas

County Council has presented
certificates Of completion to 1876
police officers who have attend
ed the Police Professional AID.
vancement Program at Mary.
land University.
This special course gave local
police officers an opportunity
to improve their professional
and technical knowledge Of pc.
lice work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
No Refuse Collections

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commissions Ref
use Division will not make
collections on Christmas and
New Years days. Regular
collections will be made in
routes served on these days
on Dec. % and Jan. 4.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

ridor smiling, and turns to
Welsh, "any objection to my
staying around for awhile and
See Jury BIG
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

Invasion Of a major slice
of area between Poolesville
and the P oto m a C River
which planners have hoped
to protect from heavy devel-
opment was given unanimous
approval by the County
Council this week.
In a preliminary 70 vote,
Council members granted a
request by Bernard N. Siegel
for coming of over 535 acres he
owns between Willard Road and
Hughes Road around the River
Road Country Club south of
Poolesville to permit a subdivi.
sion of homes on lots with an
average net area of $4,000
square feet.
The Councils vote overrode
objections of both the technical
staff and Montgomery County
Planning Board of the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, which
argued SiegePs land is marked
for the lowest density develop
ment" in the preliminary gen.
eral plan.
Planners noted there are no
adequate roads in this section of
the county and that it would be
"unduly expensive" to provide
them.
Such development would also,
the planners said, "encroach
upon the established and long
protected conservation area
along the Potomac.
Where only 300 homes could
have been built under the half
acre coming planners feel is
appropriate for the land, Sic
gels plans call for an initial
residential community of 300
homes under the coming
approved by the Council.
A public hearing on Siegers
applications was marked by no
opposition from any source,
including the town Of Pooles-
vile, which last year turned
down in a hard-fought referen-
dunn a proposal to annex the
5000 acres of land he holds
nearby.
Counsel for Siegel said at
the hearing that existing and
planned roads for the area will
be adequate. Although he is pro-
hibited under the requested zon-
ing from building until public
water and sewer are available
to the sites, the Council was
told he plans to utilize his own
combination lagoon-and filtering
system until he can connect with
the Potomac Interceptor Sewer,
which is less than a mile away
from his property.
In endorsing Siegel's request,
Council members praised his
long.range concept of totally
self-sufficient, planned commu-
nifty.
Councilwoman Kathryn E.
Diggs described the application
as "a meritorious case" and
Mary A. Hepburn said the
planned community concept is
a wonderful plan that will
make Reston look sick"
Mrs. Hepburn's reference was
to the 6,000-acre self-contained
community under construction
in Fairfax County, Va.
Siegel, obviously pleased with
the Councils action, told report
ers the coming they granted is
the first step in the develop
ment of his entire acreage. He
said he hopes to follow plans
outlined to the people of Pooles-
vile in his annexation request,
which also called for:
. One hundred thirty-nine
acres of high-rise apartments
and 241 acres of garden apart
ments; 314 acres of town houses
and 2,325 acres of single-family
dwellings; a total of AIT acres
Of commercial buildings and
another II acres of office build
ings and other employment CEN
tiers.
Siegel also planned to set
aside SO acres for churches and
1874 acres to elementary, junior
and senior high schools.
DoI.o Cok ns-Iorroa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Reporters Diary
Conflicts Jury Calls
Leading County Figures
BY Vicki Van Pelt
Sentinel Reporter

Montgomery Countys Grand jury charged by Judge
Walter Norman in October with investigating conflict of
interest charges against county officials saw procession
of leading county figures Monday and Tuesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

In an unprecedented exchange
of remarks at Mondays Board
meeting, Clifford Beck, a minor.
ity liberal sharply at odds with
new Board president, William
Coyle on past occasions, pledged
his support and lauded Coyle's
stated intention of reducing
friction on the board"
In a surprise, unprepared
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
The Old Folks Who Are Poor
Help Them Enjoy
Yule A Little!

One week from today the joyous holiday Of Christmas
will be fresh and memory to those of us fortunate
enough to have spent it surrounded by family and friends
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
School Harmony Now
Entire Boards Coal

Members of the Montgomery County School Board are
rying to build themselves house of harmony-and live
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19
Zoning Fight!

The Sentinel was flooded this
week with letters to the editor
on a highly controversial re-
coming case in Bethesda. Read
them on BS, B4 and B5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

See Budget Al
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-19

8OO-Holne
Request by
SiegelOK'd

Invasion of a major slice
of area between Poolesville
and the P o to m a C River
which planners have hoped
to protect from heavy devel-
ODnent was given unanimous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
NicoIongeIo De Carlo, 20,
'Shurpener Man. IS Years

Nicolangelo De Carlo, 10
whose orange and green truck
was long a familiar sight to
nearby Maryland residents who
needed a knife or lawn mower
sharpened, died Of a heart at
tack yesterday at Providence
Hospital.
Mr.. De Carlo, a native OF
Campobasso, Italy, came To
Washington in the l920s and
began his 35-year career that
covered the Bethesda, Chevy
Chase, Silver Spring and Hy-
attSville area.
Until his death, Mr.. De Carlo
received calls for service from
his old customers, even though
he had retired five years ago
He was a member Of the Holy
Rosary Catholic Church.
Mr.. De Carlo and his wife,
Carmina, lived with a son
Frank, Of 902 Fairoak avenue
Hyattsville. Surviving beside
his wife and son is a daughter
Mrs. Mary Welsh, Of Gross
avenue, Laurel, Md, and an
other son, Anthony, of los
Bolton road. Silver Spring.
Requiem mass will be offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-09
Lester F. Kirchner, SO,
Government Lumber Aide

Lester Frank Kirchner, So, a
former member of the board of
the Southern Pine Association
and an employee of the estimat-
ing division of the Veterans
Administration, collapsed and
died Saturday while on a
shopping trip at Glen Burnie,
Md.
He had been under treat
nent for the last two years
for a heart condition.
Mr.. Kirchner, born in Wash
lngton, had lived for many
years at Nancorles, a country
estate he developed near Gam
Drills, Md. and was a member
Of Calvary Baptist Church
more than so years.
He was a graduate of Nc
Hinley Technical High School
here and attended George
Washington University. In
World War I, he served in