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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
School Head Says:
Change In Teaching Philosophy
Top Coal Of Majority on Board

The new School Board
majority is more interested
in changing the educational
philosophy of the county's
school system than it is in
effecting economies, School
Board President Charles w.
Bell said this week.
MANY people have the idea
that our main interest is cutting
back on school spending and
lowering the tax rate he de-
clared.
THAT simply isn't true" he
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
County Fair
Offers Many
Attractions

GAITHERSBURG - One
interesting event after an
other will kick off the 18th
annual Montgomery County
Fair at the Agricultural Cen
ter scheduled this year for
Aug. 1924.
On the evening of Aug. 10 the
All Fair Queen will be crowned
followed by a square dance in
the fair show ring. There will
be a parade and numerous All
Club floats.
On Tuesday starting at noon,
numerous Kids Day events will
be highlighted by the annual
turtle race, frog jumping COM
petition, and pie-eating and
creased pig chase contests.
Free stage shows featuring
Minnie Pearl, country music
chanteuse, and a variety show
will be held Tuesday, Wednes.
day and Thursday at 7:30 pm.
each day.
A new attraction, recently re-
vived at the fair, is Story Book
Lane where real animals in
nursery book settings will be on
view for the small fry.
On Friday and Saturday there
will be free horse shows on the
fair grounds featuring running,
jumping and quarter horse
events that draw expert horse
men and women from the Wash
ington area.
Friday will be All day at the
fair and the big All and Future
Farmers of America beef sale
will start at 9 o'clock that night.
Concluding highlight will be
the hootenanny to which area
folk singers and musicians have
been invited.
A total of $47,728 in cash will
be given out in prizes to win
ners chosen from among the
10000 entries-more than 1920
of them animals-in this years
event.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
ACC Unit
Is Headed
BY Laney

gilbert Laney, 9008 Elton
Road, Silver Spring, was APP
pointed chairman of the Educa-
ton Committee for the Silver
Spring Allied Civic Group, Inc,
according to the clubs presi-
dent, Milton M. Rodes.
A veteran civic worker for
almost two decades, Laney has
served on the ACC Education
Committee since 1857. The ia.
Their of seven, he is a program
analyst with the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08


and sixth place prizes described
completely in q two-page ad in
this issue.
Although the campaign Off
cially opens next Wednesday as
the Montgomery County Sen
tinel moves to increase its
already growing circulation
lists, there is nothing to stop
aggressive persons who like to
win a new car from taking new
and renewal orders to the paper
Immediately.
Not only is this magnificent
automobile being offered as top
prize but one of the best fea-
lures of all is the fact that
Everybody Gets Paid for results
produced as the campaign goes
along. So eager is this news
paper to obtain additional
Continued on Page A10)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Surgeons Farley

The Maryland Chapter Of the
American College of Surgeons
will hold its annual meeting on
Saturday, Sept. IA at the Com
mander Hotel in Ocean City.
The program will include a
number of speeches on the sub
iects Treatment of Acute
Thrombophlebitis and Its Com
plications" and pulmonary EN-
bolism."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

lead to teachers being given
more direction and command, /"
he said.
Bell feels one of the biggest
achievements of the four-mem-
Der majority has been the deci-
sion to launch the Amidon Plan
next month in the new North
Kemp Mill Elementary School.
Under the plan, teachers are
carefully directed and basic
subjects - reading, writing,
mathematics, spelling, penman-
ship, speaking, gram m a +,
science, United States history
and geography-are emphasized
heavily. Firm classroom con-
troll and discipline is to be exer-
cised by the teacher and there is
to be at least one hour of home
study by each pupil in prepare
ton for the next days lesson.
Bell still hopes that more than
one school = possibly four ele-
mentaries = can be using the
Ambidon Plan this fall and
eventually many more, if not
all. He says he does not con-
slider use of the plans prin-
ciples is experimentation be-
cause he believes the plan has
already been proven highly
successful"
1t may not now be possible,
however, to expand the pro-
gram to more than one school
this fall, he pointed out.
Amidon teaching, patterned
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

course, and have made some
progress along this line" he
continued. School Supt. c. Tay-
Tor Whittier voluntarily halved
his school construction budget
right after we were elected" he
pointed out.
But our big objective Is to
bring about changes that will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
School Heads
Seek Ruling

County educators will seek
a ruling from their attorney
on what stand, II any, they
should take at the Aug. IA ON
DIR. Wilson's controversial pro-
pOsal to license meetings.
The action was taken after
School Supt. G. Taylor Whit.
tier said the proposal raises
many questions that need IN.
swering about meetings held
In school buildings.
DIR. Whittier said q total of
24,988 meetings were held in
school buildings last year by
civic, P-TA, religious, recrea-
ton, adult education and other
groups.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

after a system started at the
Districts Amidon School, and
one which has attracted national
attention, is substantially differ
ent from prevailing teaching
methods in the county and it is
not easy to prepare a school
for it, Bell said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

a d d e d. Our
main interest
right from the
start has been
changing h e
e d u C a t | 0 n
al philosophy
of our school
S y S t e M" he
said.
1--WE are in
t e r e S t e d
in economy. of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
SIS Million
Is OK'd for
Jr. College
TakOna Park
Status Still
Under Cloud

Tempers flared this week
as majority members of the
Montgomery County School
Board rammed through a a.
3 vote to add SIS million
more to the Rockville Junior
College campus project.
"When someone proposes a
project that costs the taxpayers
several million dollars" minor
ity member DR.. Clifford K. Beck
protested, they should be able
to support that proposal with
facts. l have seen no facts, to
date, that justify any deviation
from the original plan"
The Rockville campus contro-
versy erupted in June when ma
jority board members voted to
approve the new school build
ing, and to eliminate the Ia
koma Park campus when the
new school could accommodate
the county's enrolment needs.
Minority members of the
board have failed in efforts to
force the newly-elected mem
bers to admit that they intend
to sell Takoma Park in the
future. Majority members, how
ever, insist that they do not in
tend to sell the older campus
until all county students are alb
sorbed into the Rockville facil-
ity.
DR.. Thomas G. Pullen, state
superintendent of schools, had
warned the local board, earlier,
that they might lose state aid if
they disposed of the Takoma
Park campus.
This week minority members
asked Lester J. WEIGH, acting
school facilities director, and
county consultant James McCon-
nell, why college enrolment
had recently been curtailed by
10 per cent, while expansion of
the Rockville campus was being
considered.
Are we going to sabotage the
Takoma Park campus?" Beck
inquired. Joined by Mrs. Lucy
Kicker, DR.. Beck demanded a
clear definition of the majority
intention. Woodward shot back
angrily, when people talk out
of two sides of their mouth
they are confusing the issue.
The minority members are not
going to agree with US no mat
ter what we say"
The revised plan, which
brings the total outlay of money
spent on the Rockville campus
to $6.15 million, details alloca-
ton of space for technical and
humanities centers. WEIGH said
six areas of the new campus
had not yet been identified for
specific use.
1T is ludicrous for us to plan
a facility and hope to find
justification for expansion
later" DR.. Beck protested. "Is
there a possibility that all Of the
Takoma Park students can be
put into the Rockville school?"
Mcconnell, professor of edu'
cation at Stanford University,
said II don't think l will live
long enough to see Takoma
Park closed"
Despite strong objections by
the minority members, the
school board voted 4-3 to ap-
prove the revised Rockville
campus plan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

All teachers will be volun-
teers and, hence, more loyal to
the program, Bell pointed out.
On the basis of using volunteers
only, he said, it is more difficult
to staff schools and time is
needed to give the extra teach
Continued on Page AS)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
DeadIine Looms
For Fair Issue

Saturday Is the deadllne for
placing advertising In the Sen.
tlnel's big, annual supple
ment put out In observance Of
the cOIorfuI county fair.
Fifty thousand copies Of the
Sentinel will be distributed
next week and advertisers
may still take advantage Of
this tremendous opportunity,
II they have not already
done 80.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Win A FREE Ford!
Circulation Campaign
Launched by Sentinel

A fantastic campaign, in which brand new 1868
Ford Falcon 4door station wagon being offered top
prize is announced today by the Montgomery County
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Urban Rene1UUI
Model ON VieW

ROCKVILLE-A three dimensonal scale model of
the citys ambitious urban renewal plan is now display
in City Hall.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Awaiting Some Lucky Winner!

manager Of Hill g. Standardization, Inc,
from whom the car was purchased; j. M.
Sanders, president; Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne
Lane, Of Liner Circulation Service, contest
managers, and Michael X. McDade, Sentinel
circulation manager.
- Sentinel Photo by Ed MerviS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08

Urban Renewal Director Peter
L. Cheney said the $3.50 model
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-08-08
Fun Time !!

County Fair time is fun time
In Montgomery County and
you'll want to join the 100000
other folks flocking to the big
event Aug. 1924 at the AgricuI.
tural Center in Gaithersburg.
Evening star., 1963-05-22

flag and fly it from all public
buildings. A guinea is one
pound plus one shilling, but
there is no such bill or coin.
British menus are printed in
French.
The movie houses sell booze
on the balcony foyer. Many
people saw Days of Wine and
Roses" through the bottom of
a glass. Nervous men stroke
their mustaches instead of
biting their fingernails. The
prostitutes no longer walk
the Strand. They have cars.
King Features Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1963-05-22
Shortest River
Feeds SWunee

ELLAVILLE (AP).-In
the Suwannee River State
Park, which neStles in the
corner Of Madison, Hamilton
and Suwannee Counties in
North Florida, lies what is
called the worlds shortest
river.
It's near this old logging
community on U. s. 80 be-
tween Madison and Live
Oak, but few persons besides
the natives have ever heard
Of the stream sometimes
called the Falmouth River.
@. E. Collins, the park
superintendent, can give di-
rections to the secluded
stream.
"It's a swimming hole for
youngsters" he said. Its
down a little dirt road lead
ing south from the highway
and back into the woods"
The road leads past o
house, then a half mile or
so into the forest where 1t
ends abruptly.
There is the rivera crys-
tal-clear stream which rises
from a deep hole, crosses a
sort Of saddle for a hundred
yards and flows into a rocky
wall.
Then it flows underground
for a mile or two and spurts
into the Suwannee River,
made famous by Stephen
Collins Foster in his song,
way Down Upon de S'Wanee
Ribber."
Evening star., 1963-05-22
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: You prob
ably won't believe this is
written by a 21-year-old
girl, but it is. I am dating a
man diets call him Arthur
but not steady. I date others,
too, but he's the only man I
know who is in a position to
get married. I know he Is
crazy about me. The prob
lem: Every time he goes to
kiss me he gets a sort Of
panied expression on his face
and his nostrils widen, max
ing him look like a horse. /
Just "break up" and go into
a laughing fit which / can't
control Abby, I really care
for this man, but I'm ruin
ing it for myself. What is the
matter with me?
ARTHUR'S IDIOT.
If you "break up" at what
should be a very tender and
sober moment - break up
with Arthur. He is definitely
not for you.
\ 4 \
DEAR ABBY: My neighbor
and I are good friends. Her
8-year-old daughter, whom
I shall call jamie. plays with
my 7-year-old daughter. If
my suggestions do not meet
with JAMES" approval, she
opens up a mouth with a
sassineSs such as I've never
heard from a child. I've tried
to be patient, but my own
daughter has started to pick
it up and it has now reached
Evening star., 1963-05-22
Laughing Is Cue
For Your Exit
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

the breaking point. I've heard
jamie" speak to her mother
this way without punishment
or correction, but wonder if
she knows the child talks to
other adults in this manner.
Should I forbid my daughter
to play with Janiep Should I
correct jamie myself? Or
should I risk my friendship
with my neighbor by telling
her that / will not be "told
off" by O child2
BREAKING.
Tell your nelghbOr in q
friendly way that you will
not permit her daughter to
sass you. And inform her
that unless jamie stops 1t
your daughter will not be
allowed to play with her.
4 + 4
DEAR ABBY: 1 work at a
fountain in a drug store. Also
working in this drug store is
an older woman who is steal
ing the store blind. One day
I caught her in the act and
called her on it and she said
Doesn't everyone?" Should
I tell the manager? v.
Advise the manager to
watch the woman and get his
own evidence.
Get it off your chest. For a
personal reply, tDrite to Abby
in care of The EUening Star
and send a selt-dddreSsed
stamped envelope.
(McNaught Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1963-05-22
FAMOUS FABLES
BY e. E. EDGAR

OPINION: Upon his ar
rival in New York on his first
visit to the United States,
Playwright Israel Zangwill
was interviewed by the press.
What do you think Of
American women?" he was
asked.
II can't answer that" said
Zangwill. II haven't met any
yet"
But you have met Ameri-
can women in Europe, haven't
you?"
Eyes, and I can give you
my opinion Of them" said
zangwill. They're not stay
at homes"
BET: Humorist Author
Wilson Mizner was an in
veterate gambler TO whom
nothing was more exciting
than q wager.
One day, when he and q
friend were out walking, they
saw a trolley collide with a
fish wagon. The contents Of
the wagon landed with o
crash in the gutter.
A lobster and a crab de-
tached themselves from the
heap and headed for the curb.
In a flash, Miner had his
wallet out Of his pocket.
"A hundred on the lob
ster," he said.
Evening star., 1963-05-22
Here's q Fish Story
Accepted BY Judoe

OMAHA, Nebr. )AP).-Be-
cause the Judge believed his
fish story, Claude N. Thomas
was found innocent on a
charge Of fishing in Crater
Lake without a permit.
Fred r. Salak, a conServa-
ton officer, said he saw
Thomas with a fishing pole
in his hand. The defendant
admitted holding the pole
but said he was doing so only
to help out a young boy
whose line had snagged on
a rock. He claimed he had
no intention Of fishing him
self.
Evening star., 1963-05-22
jim BISHOP
A Yunk Tots Up
London FoibIes

LONDCN.-Notes about
Britain: The grass is greener
and thicker than at home. So
are the snobS. Speeches here
begin: Distinguished guests,
mlords, ladies and g entle-
men," The hotels will change
your dollars into pounds, but
not Vice versa. Englishmen
have a fetish for the petite
their houses are small, so are
gardens, roads and shops.
Conversely, they eat ice
cream with a soup ladle.
Tweedy old ladies ride BIZ
cycles. Englishmen speak and
eat as though t they were
ashamed Of both. London has
the best air traffic control
system in the world. How
ever, once you check into the
airport, no one knows how to
get you out. There is a little
Chinese girl with shoe-button
eyes and shiny black braids
who speaks cockney.
ST. JAMES PARK is pro-
nounced "Sinjames." The up
per crust rides its horses in
Hyde Park on a bride path
called Rotten Row.
bad show, really" means
"you goofed again" Elevator
service is as frequent as the
train to Anaheim. You drive
on the left side Of the road
and, when you come to q
curve, a sign says: ''Decep-
tive Bend" Try that one in
Brooklyn. Flowers are every
where; even the banks have
window boxes Of violets and
geraniums. st. Paul's Cathe-
dral looks sooty.
Juvenile delinquents are
called TEDDY Boys" and
wear their hair long, their
watch chains to the knee,
and trousers peg-topped.
Little English boys are uni
formly handsome. Adults are
afflicted with bad teethAThe
British consume more candy
per C capita than anywhere
else in Europe. The average
head Of a family has about
$40 a week in take-home pay.
Prince Philip filters
through motion pictures and
talks through them. Ladies
who want to swear say "Oh.
blast!" Gasoline costs about
75c a gallon. on teleVsion,
there are two channels. both
dull.
The Caravelle flight to
Paris is advertised as one
hour, and takes 35 minutes.
Earl Mountbatten. the hand
some heartthrob Of the war,
is fat and gray. Sir Win
ston Churchill is referred to
as Good old Winnie" There
is a nudist movie showing
called My Bare Lady.
Movie studios sell nothing
TO television. In the small
towns, there are TV aerials
on every fourth or fifth
house. There is a man In
Hyde Park whose Job is to
ride a bicycle behind the
horses scooping up. An old
house sells for a better price
than a new one. The Queens
Household guards stand at
stiff attention for hours, a
half mile from where she
lives.
No one mentions the Duke
OF Windsor. De Gaulle is an
other bad word. The biggest
news about America comes
out OF Birmingham. Ala. The
newspapers, with few excep-
tions, are only remotely con-
cerned with the facts OF any
story. Most reporters write
In the first person, express
snide opinions.
THE STREETS OF London
are jammed. Few taxis get
out OF second gear in the
early evening. There's a place
called Burnham- -on-Crouch.
The hotel rooms are large
and the decor is beautiful.
Clerks wear bowler hats and
carry furled umbrellas. The
Thames is polluted. More
than half the people drink
gin.
A taint OF scandal about
a parson is always front page
news. The people find time
10 read good books. The
English are proud OF their
Evening star., 1963-05-22
'BOSSY Glossy
AIDS HAIR-DO

NEW YORK (AP). -
SKINNED milk is being
used by some hairdressers
to set customers hair, on
the theory that 1t provides
more body" leaves no dis
Evening star., 1963-05-22
Perfumed Coke

NAPLES (AP).-If you like
to eat your cake and smell it,
too, come to Naples. Pastiera
is a speciality here. It's cake
perfumed with water of roses
or altar Of orange.
Evening star., 1963-05-22

coloration on gray hair and
acts as a better setting
lotion than beer or COM
mercial preparations.
The skinned milk Is
diluted with an equal
amount Of water and ap-
piled at curler-rolling time
or just before a customer
goes under the dryer.
Evening star., 1963-02-04

Published Daily and SUNDAY
second dTeiiSin'sS. eis.s sSst.T. p f.io
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Prices Cut

The report said Russia has
been able to penetrate the oil
market in Western Europe "by
offering crude oil and selected
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Williams Assures
AIqeriuns of Aid

CONSTANTINE, Algeria, Feb
4 (AP).-G. Mennen Williams
assistant secretary of state fol-
African Affairs, toured war
devastated Eastern Algeria yes
terday and promised continued
American support for recovery
efforts.
The former Michigan Gov
ernor shook hundreds of hands
of turbaned fellahs Cpeasants)
in Batna in the foothills of the
snowcapped Nemencha noun
tains.
I'VE are proud OF be here in
the heart Of the Algerian revo-
luton" Mr.. Williams said, re-
ferring to Algeria's war OF
independence against France,
which broke out south Of here
in 1854.
To visit the site of a reforest-
alton project financed by
United States aid. Mr.. Williams
and his wife drove so miles
along a dirt path cut out of the
forest by Algerian workers.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Virginia to Permit
Sales of 4/5-Pint

RICHMOND, Feb. 4 (AP).-
Elective April l, Virginia will
become the Nations second
State to make bottles contain.
ing four-fifths of a pint Of
straight domestic whiskeS
available for sale in STATE
liquor stores. The other State
Is Montana.
In announcing this yesterday
the State Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board also said thai
effective July l distillers anc
distributors may place bonded
whiskies and blends on sale
in Virginia stores in bottles
which contain four-f fifths of a
pint.
At present only imported
brands are available in the
short pint size.
The board said the four
fifths pint will sell from rs
to IS cents cheaper than the
pint.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Separating Tax Cut, Reform
Urged by 2 House Leaders

can make them in non-defense
area, and in my opinion we are
going to do it."
Mr.. Boggs, appearing with
Representative ostertag, Re-
publican Of New York, on a
television program prepared for
viewing in New York State,
said a tax cut might mean a
deficit. But the alternative, he
said, could be an even worse
deficit If the United States
economy lags, something a tax
lcut is designed to prevent.
Evening star., 1963-02-04

nies cannot deal effectively
with this challenge, in the
study groups opinion, and
THE U. S. Government can
and should do much more than
it is currently doing" to stimu-
late unity among its allies to
meet the problem.
The subcommittee recon-
mended that the Executive
Branch formulate a unified
policy to restrict the flow of
Western goods to the Soviet
bloc. 1t said NATO may prove
to be the best vehicle for this.