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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
On Still Elusive Peace
Welsh Rure Bit

1t has been sometime since have written
serious column, or words which are auto
biographical. But tonight, Nov II, 1868, have
been sitting with some friends talking about
our war experiences, and this talk brought
back my feelings which had been buried for
20 years or more.
After the last drink was downed, the last
story told, the last glass flung against the
brick fireplace, and the last promise of en-
during friendship made, drove to our office
and took out volumn of letters which
wrote to my mother during the war.
1t is not that there is anything unusual
about what wrote when was 80 years old.
Most people who wrote home had more to
write about and probably did it better. Never
theless my letters are my letters and they
are nearly all that still have to recall my
emotions during the War Years
The War Years were very personal to
everyone involved. The War sliced a portion
of our life from us. And yet there is singu-
lar continuity in our lives during the War and
our years after the war. 1t is impossible for
me to imagine today's world without World
War II having been fought and lived through.
l turn to my letters home to find out the
nature of the man who went away to war
in 1912 and stayed about three years and then
came home to practice law, raise family,
drive old cars and play golf Perhaps would
not unduly impose on you if I quoted from a
letter wrote home one week before the ex-
plosion of the first atomic bomb. 1t goes in
part as follows, and do not know what If
anything, it proves:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Liquor Complexities

The dilemma that responsible authorities have faced
and facng-in the matter of whether liquor laws
should be changed has bee-and ia big But
later the matter is going to have to be faced up to by
someone it might well be done later.
It's much like suspecting you have cancer-there's not
much point in delaying trip to the doctor.
For decades now liquor laws have been grossly
inequtabe 1t is patiently unfair and discriminatory to
allow only three restaurants to the precious commod
ity and deny the privilege to equally deserving business
Such condition would not last five minutes where
basc legal rights concerned But the philosophy be-
hind liquor regulation thus far has been that the serving
of it is privilege, not right and hence discriminatory
practices cannot be checked.
Past officeholders have made no bones about it, pr
vaely when they refused to change the awso matter
what they did they would have lost votes If they relaxed
the laws the drys would be angry they frightened them
the would revolt If they let sleeping dogs lie few
angry enough to let it influence their voting when
election rolled around.
One point of general agreement has now emerged
quite clearly however, out of all the complexities. And
that is this: don't need bottle clubs They not legal
but are not Illegal either They simply operate through
legal loop hole There legal authority to regulate them
ban them and they accordingly thriving This truly
never never land of governmental that should
be eliminated promptly And after taking that mnimal
action officials might find the political courage to either
eliminate the licenses of the three restaurants that enjoy
the privilege broaden the laws to include others equally
deserving That in the interests of simple fairness is the
least that should happen
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
COP Views
Another Guest CoIumnis+

Dear Gerda,
The time of year has arrived for all of
us to resume Eastern Standard Time for the
winter, plan for the holidays, and to look
ahead to the elections of 1864. 1t is also the
time of year for Montgomery County citi-
zens to seek an accounting of the actions of
the present County Council, now entering its
18th month of public office A major move
in this direction occurred this last week
which should interest every taxpayer and
his pocketbook.
On Nov. A, 1868, the Non.Partisan Tax
payers League confronted the Council with
a welldocumented list of unfinished business
items-21 in number The League requested
a report to all citizens explaining why such
items, almost all with important fiscal i'm.
plications, still remain in the unfinished"
category
The fact that such matters are at stand
still is particularly surprising, in view of the
excellent fiscal record compiled by the pres
ent Council in its first few months of OPP
Grafton. Its long list of constructive actions
included: ID money-saving midyear review
of last years County budget; (2) a net To-
cent reduction of the county tax rate for this
years budget 90 initiation of the first as
sessment review in the history of Montgom.
cry County; (D granting of special property
tax relief for aged County residents and
many other commendable actions.
In recent months, however the councils
planned program Of fiscal responsibility has
lost its momentum. This process of getting
nowhere fast has been largely unnoticed by
the general public. Even the Council seems
to have given it little attention in recent
weeks, being increasingly absorbed in the
controversial and difficult problems of plan
ming and coming
The Council should not be blamed how
ever, for this fiscal showdown. 1t worked
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14

Dial Us At Hagspoo

Are Montgomery Countians bunch of
sheep? In some parts Of our nation commit
tees have been formed, sizzling letters to the
editor have appeared, and great wave OF
protest has shaken the powers that be. In
Montgomery County all is quiet. When the
telephone company instructs citizens to dial
7622121 instead of Poplar 22121, no voice is
lifted in protest
1t isn't that way in California. When Pa
cific Telephone announced the change to digit
dialing prominent citizens took action Attor-
ney Hiram w. Johnson, III (grandson of the
late California Governor and Senator), Attor-
ney Melvin Beli, and DR.. S. l. Hayakawa, IA
nous writer on semantics, formed the Anti
Digit Dialing League and took their case
against digit dialing to the Public Utilities
Commission in Los Angeles and San Francis
co. The first hearing produced no results, but
when the phone company went ahead with
the plan an angry protest by Attorney Beli
produced stop order from the Utilities Com.
mission.
Complaints against the digit dialing were
that it was unnecessary, alI-digit numbers
were harder to remember, coIorful exchange
names were being dropped and in Attorney
Belli's case, 1t was a matter of personal loss.
Mr.. Belli is fan of the Gold Rush days. His
office is furnished with Gold Rush days me-
mentos. His telephone number was Yukon 1.
1849
Since only the first two letters of the old
exchange names had dialing meaning, one
can substitute any word for the exchange as
long as the first two letters are the same. For
Oliver can substitute OLfactory, OLericul.
ture, or OLeomargarin For Poplar can sub.
stitute Popinjay, POppet, or POppycock.
Each dial numeral with the exception Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Scholarship
Examinations
To Be Held

Maryland multiple state
scholarship examinations will
be given Nov. % at West Rock
vile Junior High School at $3.50
am. This countrywide examina-
ton covers eligibility for three
kinds of state scholarships in
Guiding general state tuition,
teacher education and legisla-
tive or senatorial scholarships in
both public and private colleges
within the state.
Johns Hopkins University and
the University of Maryland do
not use the examination to de-
termine eligibility for their
legislative or senatorial awards.
Johns Hopkins uses the College
Board Examination and the
University of Maryland uses the
American College Testing Pro-
gram.
Scholarship applicants who
are interested in Johns Hopkins
University will take the college
board examinations for qualifi-
cation on Dec. 8. Candidates for
the University of Maryland will
take the American College Test.
ing Program Feb. Is. These
scholarships are awarded on the
basis of quality of academic
work, test scores and financial
need. Counselors in all senior
high schools have further in.
formation on the scholarships.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Strange Proposal!

The proposal by the County Council this week that
groups should send in their membership lists presumably
sohe county heads better weigh the Importance and
value of what the groups spokesman communicate to the
is strange one indeed.
Here again - in the parade ordinance when the
Council seriously considered enacting rule requiring per-
mts for people to meet in public places the county heads
exhibiting woeul lack of real understanding of basic
democratic practice.
The right of someone to organize group be it way
out liberal way out conservative just plain moderate
and then to submit to the county government its sugges
tons its wishes its hopes whatever they may be
is time honored with roots buried deep in democratic
history and practices.
The Council does not need to know who belongs to
what group, how many Citizens have right to
express their wishes to their government without submit
ting to examination producing Identification
papers submitting membership lists. And from
purely practical standpoint, anyway, knowledgeable
councilman knows full well the relative Importance of
various groups that appear before him and the amount of
POLITICAL civic other muscle each group possesses Or he
should.
We would hope groups of all kinds and descriptions
would not bother to comply with the Council request for
membership lists and that each will continue to lombard
elected government heads with its 1t is the Coun
ellis job to weigh these views best it without the
snoopingf that is implied in its latest action although
that such not the councils intention in seek
ing the information.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Wise School Decision

The School Board, and member Everett H Woodward
in particular to be strongly commended for Tuesdays
decision to ban all student smoking school property.
While sympathize with school authorities who will
have increased administrative burdens result of the
edct believe the action is if anything, long
DUE Entirely aside from the fact that school smoking is
apparently in violation of state law the recent startling
increase in public of the tragic human costs of
heavy cigarette smoke inhalation in pulmonary and cardo
vascular illnesses more than justifies such step.
Some colleges understand have removed cigarette
vending machines from their campuses not wishing to be
party to what many scientific studies have shown
the extremely deeterous effects suffered to greater
tent by heavy smokers The county school system should
have and has shown under the leadership of Mr.
Woodward - proper for this most important
problem.
Meanwhile it is happy coincidence that this is the
week that the educational program
the dangers of smoking to be started in schools
Under the plan backed by major county organ
hatons $4,000 secondary school students in public pri-
vae and parochal schools will be given the benefit of
scientific studies showing that smoking researcher
has put it. is turning into nation of lung crppes Only
foolish social pressures and desire to be prematrey
grown up teenagers to start smoking in the first
place. Then for the rest of their lives many wish they
hadn't started the habit and wish they could break it. AL
though the average county junior and senior high school
student may not realize it, the School Board acted in his
best interest this weekend All parents should welcome the
development.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14

dental property owners, height
limitation of 21a stories.
CO, General Commercial -
Provides distance, lighting and
nuisance safeguards, height
limitation of no #.
II, Light Industrial = Pro-
vides similar provisions as CO
for manufacturing, assembly
and distribution centers, same
building height limitation.
10, Heavy Industrial -
Dwellings strictly prohibited ex-
cept for caretakers and watch
men; strong provisions against
any manufacturing use of land
creating a public nuisance by
emission of dust, fumes, gas,
smoke, odor, noise or vibration,
as in IL.
I-3, Industrial Park = Pro-
vides for park-like development
of industrial sites with strict
performance standards on de-
gree of public nuisance created
by plants. Minimum acreage, so
acres, with each main building
to have a minimum lot of two
acres.
All requests for modification
or exceptions to these rules are
heard by the Board of Zoning
Appeals, which may grant them
because of special features of
the land or neighborhood in
volved.
Many of the non-controversial
requests for exceptional land
use provided for in the code are
heard by the Director of Inspec-
ton and Licenses in informal
hearings at his office.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Letters to Editor

later on. This should really
scare you!
Any reporter worth his salt
would have investigated before
sneering at a mans back
ground. Mr.. Saunders, not
only had five years of teach
ing behind him. but has been
associated with outstanding
educators the whole of his
adult life. He is a published
poet. His experience in the
business world has been in a
managerial capacity with
some of the largest companies
in the country. l believe your
statement, "a man who has
earned his living in several
different ways" can be APP
piled to the great bulk of our
cltlZenS.
Mr.. Saunders was chosen by
the Board as liaison between
the North Kemp Mill School
and the School Board because
he has become an expert on
this particular concept of edu-
cation.
The other three new Board
members have also done their
homework. They have stud
led the Amidon Plan carefully
from the large amount of in
formation available, and even
went so far as to visit the
original Amidon School in
Washington to get a first
hand, personal view of the
Plan in operation.
Betty w. Saunders
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
by Barney Welsh

"And when this war is over, will seek
out some pasture and look at the distant
mountains For feel, after three years in the
Navy as though my blood has been drained
and my brains withered and blighted by the
war. find that am incapable of making an
Independent decision or of reasoning from one
point to another or of acting like sane and
rational man. feel as though have been
confined upon this island for so long that
military life has warped me beyond all help
except from my old friends and old stand.
ards
II feel as though / am but bunch of
muscles supported by some bones with an
aperture in my skull which mouths only what
has been said million times; and that in this
structure Of bone and muscles is not man
created in the image of God, but a perverse
machine who plots and cOnnives on how not
to be caught pulling a Navy boner, and how
to pass some tedious chOre to someone else
so that can have some leisure time to waste
and fool away"
"Iave done anything in this insane war
that has benefited one single friend, harmed
a single enemy aided my country's cause or
injured Germany or Japan? / have done all
that / know to do, day after day, until it
seems that time is not counted by night and
day, but by bugle calls, wet skies and ships
at sea. And my thoughts stop. And wonder
where the next fresh thought is coming from.
And then realize that need new vistas, new
beauty and peace. Oh, God, can peace ever
come to mankind and to me?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14

Dudley Edison, manager of
Guardian Federal Savings and
Loan at Wheaton Plaza, has
been elected president Of the
Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
for 1864.
Other officers elected include,
Dallas Diehl, first vice presi-
dent; Dorothy Winslow, second
vice president; Josephine Bow
man, secretary; Robert john
son, treasurer, and John McGin-
ness, sergeant.at-arms.
Edison, who has served on the
Chambers Board of Directors
since 1861, is a member of XII
wants. the Board of Directors
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Here's Simple Explanation
Of Hon. Zoning Classes Work

Average lot density high
rise y. special exceptions .
R-90 text amendments +.
minimum setbacks non
conforming uses :. open space.
These terms and many more
are part of the glossary of land
use and development which as.
sumes more significance as the
amount of unused property in
fast-moving Montgomery Coun-
ty shrinks each year.
This month, as in May and
November every year, scores of
property owners and their at.
torneys will come before county
authorities for permission to
change the way they are al
lowed to use their land.
Today, they have a choice of
II classes of coming, established
by the County Council, acting
as the final land use authority
for the county.
The coming code applies
throughout the county, except
for Incorporated municipalities
such as Rockville, Gaithersburg
and other smaller towns.
Within its broad purposes, the
ordinance sets forth the follow
ing strict limitations on land
use within the IL coming CLASH
fications:
RIA, Agricultural Residen,
tial-Lots must be at least two
acres in size.
RE, Residential Estate
Minimum acreage permitted for
building is 10000 So. it.
R-R, Rural Residential -
Minimum lot size roughly one.
half acre. Within this category
is also permitted density con.
troll development" of land
served by public water and
sewers, into well-planned SUBJ
divisions with varying lot sizes,
open space and recreation areas.
Homes may be built on lots of
at least $4,000 So. it,, provided
the average net area of all lots
in the subdivision is at least
10000 SO. fit.
R.150, Density Control De.
velopment-Applies to subdivi.
sion development of one-family
detached residential property
with an average lot size of at
least $4,000 So. #. Public water
and sewer required. Lots must
average at least 10000 so. #,
within the average lot density
R-90, One-F a mily, De
tached Restricted Residential
Homes may be built on 5000 So
it. lots, or on 5000 So, it. with,
in a subdivision where lot sizes
average 5000 So. #.
RICO, One-Family, Detached
Observation-Disclosures lot size
5000 So. it., which may be re
duced to 5000 So. it. if property
was plated before May, 1858.
R-40, One-Family Semi-De
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Amidon Plan

There are great many par
ents in Montgomery County, as
well as the School Board ma
jority, who do not regard the
Amidon Plan concepts used at
North Kemp Mill Elementary
as an experiment. 1t is, not
only based on the fundamen-
tails of education, but contains
many excellent educational in
novations developed over the
years.
In Washington, DC, the
plan has succeeded as / believe
DR.. Carl F. Hansen proved to
a large audience of educators
and parents at the Board of
Education in Rockville two
weeks ago. At least one paro-
chial school that I know of in
the county has found the Ami
don concepts the best method
of education available today
and this school is in its third
year of operation. In Europe,
where there is no surplus of
education money as there
seems to be in some of our
counties, this concept of educa-
ton is the rule rather than the
exception.
The Amidon Plan was dis
cussed on several platforms be-
fore the last election, and not
as "a return to pre-Dewey
method of teaching" The Sem
tinel could not have been ex-
pected to cover every School
Board Rally during the CAM
paign; but I did cover every
rally, and l did make notes,
and l did hear the former
Board members confess little
or no knowledge of the Ami
don Plan. They admitted to
having heard about Amidon,
but did not take the trouble
to investigate further.
The enormity of the situa-
ton is very clear to the many
parents who have written and
called Mr.. Saunders to com.
plain about their present
schools, and to ask about en-
rolling their children in the
North Kemp Mill school; or
because of transportation diff.
ficulties, have the Amidon con.
cepts put to work in their own
neighborhood schools.
If the Amidon Plan is, "a
little scary," to you, | suggest
that you look back in your
newspaper files at the letters
written you decrying the lack
of well-defined, basic subjects
taught to young learners at the
elementary level, and the need
for so many remedial classes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
by Les KimbIe

one and zero, has three corresponding letters
on the dial of the telephone. A, B, and c are
under numeral 2, D, E, and F are under num-
eral 8, ETC. We can code any telephone number
into a series of letters, which, although they
may not spell any known word, can be pro-
nounced with little imagination and effort.
In the case of one and zero it will be necessary
to use and o respectively. These letters will
be written and and pronounced as the
in ice and the in 60 The letter under dial
number will be pronounced as in it and the
o under 6 as the o in do.
Are you still with me? Don't be discour.
aged. 1t takes ingenuity to Outwit the tele-
phone company. Instead Of Poplar 22121 you
may dial POCCIBI or SCABIBI. If you want
to be different you could dial POpinjay
ABIBI or POppycock ACIBI. Simple, isn't it?
Or am 4?
This new system Of giving telephone num-
bers, which I don't intend to patent, can come
in handy in some circumstances. Should you
want to write the telephone number of that
interesting blonde that you met at the party,
it can be done without your girl friend ever
knowing that it's telephone number. If the
blondes number is Juniper 1854, it can be
written as JUGALUG. Or you could write it
as Jumbo Hakug, which might be passed off
as the name of new variety of peanut
I've been calling the Sentinel for. long
time now by Garden 4!7700 Now the tele-
phone company tells me to use 424.770O. I
don't intend to do any such thing. The tele-
phone company may be big outfit but they
can't tell me how to dial telephone. shall
use GAnglion 4!77O0, GAISPOO, or HAGSPOO.
If they get obstinate about it, shall shift the
letters and numerals around and dial 424-
PROC.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-11-14
Eastern National
Set For Nov. 1921

More than 1,430 animals from
Is states will be exhibited at the
18th Eastern National Live
stock Show, Nov. 1921 at the
Maryland State Fair Grounds
in Timonium, according to show
manager, Jack Matthews.
Animals will be shipped in by
train and truck from as far west
as Texas. Other states repre-
scented in this years show in.
clude Kentucky, Illinois, Con-
necticut, Indiana and South Ca.
rolina.