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58 during the next four days.
Continued warm and humid
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103rd Tear . No. 24 Phoo. GArden 4-7700 R ,nr- lURSDAY, MAY 21. Its* 3 SICTIONS-30 PAGES Ten Centf Q Copy
Dog Control
Law to Start
On June Ist
Some Owners
Are Giving Up
Their Pets
By Steed Evans
Staff Reporter
The new Montgomery
County dog control law, ap
plicable to the suburban dis
trict, goes into effect in 10
days.
Dogs found running at large,
not under leash or control of
owners or custodians, will be
Impounded and a minimum fee
of $5 will be charged.
Owners of impounded pets will
be notified, if possible, and if
pets are not redeemed in seven
days, they will be destroyed. A
fee of $2.50 will be charged for
each additional day of impound
(See related story and photo
graphs on Page C-l.)
ment up to a limit of seven days
confinement.
Animal Shelter officials and
the public alike are girding for
the new law.
Erwin W. Bucklin, chief of
the office of inspections and li
censes, frankly expects his of
fice will be deluged with tele
phone calls from distraught pet
owners, demanding their dogs
be released at once.
The County will beef up Its
Animal Shelter force by two
more men and already has pur
chased two new animal trucks.
At the same time, Bucklin said
that applications by homeowners
for permits to build wire and
other fences around their yards
has increased “many, many
times” over the normal rate of
applications. He attributed this
flood of applications solely to
the impending dog control law.
On the other hand, hundreds
of owners are buying leashes
and collars and are just plain
seeking advice from pet shop
owners. Typical of shops be
seiged by worried dog owners is
the Pet Supply Shop in Silver
Spring.
Mrs. Trudie Ackman, owner
of the business, said she has
been doing more than a brisk
business in leashes, etc., stnee
the County Council passed the
dog control law.
A popular item, she said, was
a 25-foot long running chain that
is attached to the house or a
tree in the yard, and which un
reels to allow the dog to run
free. A moderately strong spring
in the reel winds up the slack
chain so that the dog does not
get tangled up.
“But a lot of them tell me
they think they will get rid of
their dogs because they think
penning them in or tieing them
up will be cruel. Of course,” she
continued, “I tell them they
would be a lot crueler if they let
the dogs run free to get hit by
(Continued on Page 14)
2 Countians
Are Finalists
In Contest
Two of the three finalists ir
the Washington Gas Light Com
pany’a “Mrs, Washington” con
test are Montgomery County
women.
They are: Mrs. Donald A. Ha
gerich, 5912 Vandegrift ave.,
Rockville, and Mrs Donald E.
Crumpler, 4202 McCain ct., Ken
sington.
Mrs. Hagerich, whose name i:
Nancy, has two children, Linda
11, and Leslie, 3. Her husbanc
is an architect.
Mrs. Crumpler, 29, is name<
Delores and she has five chil
'lren: Diana, 10; Donna, 8
Dawn and Daniel, both 7, and
Denean, 21 months. Mr. Crump
ler is a salesman.
First place winner of the fi
nals to be held Wednesday will
be given a SIOOO Savings Bond
and a trip to Florida to compete
in the national contest. Second
place winner will win a SSOO
bond and the third place winner
a SIOO bond.
See Section ‘B’ for ‘Old Fashioned 7 Prizes and Bargains Galore
pilMKil tfiiwlj Seifbiel
Council
Splits On
Two Jobs
; Montgomery County’s
; Democrats were sharply
[ divided this week over the
reappointment of Frank L.
l Hewitt, Silver Spring real
■ estate broker, to the Wash
-1 ington Suburban Sanitary
; Commission.
Hewitt was nominated by a
five to two vote by the pem
. ocratic Central Committee. And
he was reappointed, again by a
five to two vote, by the Coun
ty Council at its weekly meet
ing.
I Passed over by the Council
was Darius V. Phillips. Bethes
da engineer and builder, who
- was choice of Council Presi
■ dent Stella B. Werner and
• Councilman Stanley B. Frosh.
Phillips promptly issued a
1 searing statement in which he
1 accused the Council majority of
being Interested only “in pat-.
1 ronage for their political ma
-1 chine.” He declared:
■ “I represented the liberal,
• good government people
1 against the Ward Caddington
> machine, and the political ma
' chine took me to the cleaners.”
’ Caddington is chairman of
' the Democratic State Central
I Committee, and leader of the
> “old guard” faction which was
> challenged in last spring’s pri
■ mary by insurgent liberals
5 known as Democrats for ’SB.
> Phillips said the Council has
i by-passed “competent, trained
> and experienced administrators
- and engineers” in order to ap
’ point “purely political appoin
ts tees such as retired restaura
teurs, real estate brokers, men’s
r wear merchants and insurance
s men.”
• The Sanitary Commission,
e which Is responsible for water
e and sewer service in most of
Montgomery, has had a heavy
s influence on the pattern of Its
t development.
a In the 1958 primary cam
i- paign and again last week in
a the party Central Committee’s
? closed meeting, Hewitt was ac
k cused of having a “conflict of
t interest.”
Uneasy party leaders are not
e sure whether the issue was the
f final echo of the last election,
k or the first forewarning of the
I next one.
? When the Council debated
y Hewitt’s appointment in open
it session, Mrs. Werner delivered
y a soft-spoken but clear warning
that the issue touches "a funda
- mental difference within the
Democratic Party.”
She hinted that returning
Hewitt to the Sanitary Commis
sion might affect her position
on “future appointments.”
Councilman David L. Cahoon,
n a supporter of Hewitt, argued
v that removing him would “cast
. a cloud” over a "spirit of re
y (Continued on Page 14)
a Pre-Schoolers
;i To Sign Up
is Next Week
*• Advance registration of next
ld year’s kindergarten pupils will
be held npxt week at Twinbrook
d Elementary and Clark sb urg
schools.
k Twinbrook children who will
d be five years old by January 1,
>• 1960, may register Monday from
9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
i- Clarksburg pre • schoolers can
II register Wednesday from 9:30
d a.m. to 12 noon.
e Registration at the two
4 schools will wind up a two
-11 month schedule of pre-school
r registration and conferences
throughout the county.
• t InOCH PR*TT ÜBRARV p®
BALTIMORE* **o g
£ •*#***> -
■ ■ ■ '■
TANKS FOR THE MEMORY, but let’s not do
it again, say these two Bethesda boys after
their all-night entrapment in this 105-foot
water tank near Rockville. On a Sunday
afternoon exploration, they entered a trap
door at the top of the tank, then were ma
rooned on an inner platform when the door
Trapped Youths Heard Noises
But Were Afraid to Call Out
By a Staff Reporter
“We heard people moving
around outside, but we were
afraid to call for help be
cause we didn’t know who it
might be.”
Thus did Charles Heck, 14-
year-old Bethesdan, reveal the
paralyzing fear that gripped
him and his companion, George
Jump, 15, during the 14 black,
anxious and icy hours they
were trapped inside a 105-foot
water tank outside Rockville.
With the coming of the Mon
day morning dawn, the boys
found courage to cry out. Their
yells were heard by a passing
worker, and the most harrow
ing night of their young lives
came to an end.
George, who also lives in Be
thesda, explained that ‘‘the only
way we knew it was morning
was by the light that came
through five little pinholes.”
The boys’ tribulations began
Sunday afternoon after they
had been visiting the White
Flint Golf Course driving range
on Rockville Pike. Seeking ex
citement, they decided to ex
plore the huge water tank on
Wall la. just off the Pike.
They climbed to the top and,
still curious, let themselves
; down through a trapdoor along
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Church Census
Is Planned for
Redland Area
A religious census of resi
dents in the Redland area will
be conducted by the St Lukes
Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Redland this Sunday begin
ning at 3 p.m.
Fifty men and women and
young people of the Redland
church will seek information on
church and Sunday School
membership in Redland, Der
wood, Norbeck, Sandy Spring,
Olney, Brookeville, and Smith’s
Comer.
Families will be asked for
names of each member; name
of church where they are mem
bers; preference of church
membership if they do not be
long to a church; and church
where children attend Sunday
School if children attend.
Information on church pre
ferences will be distributed to
ministers of the preferred de
nominations.
The Rev. William H. Mercer,
pastor of St. Luke’s, asks that
residents cooperate in the effort
of his church to conduct the
census.
A Century of Service
would not open from the inside. They were ‘
removed—cold, frightened, but unhurt—early
Monday morning after their cries brought
aid. Able later to laugh at their experience
were Charles Heck, 14 (left), and George
Jump, 15.
Staff Photo by Gillespie
a 12-foot ladder and onto a
platform suspended a few feet
above the water line.
They made their biggest mis
take when they closed the trap
door so that they could see
better by the light of their
small flashlight.
The 35 - pound door, easy
enough to open from the top of
the tank, could not be budged
from the inside because of the
lack of a vantage point from
which to assert leverage.
So they sat huddled, so cold
in their thin T-shirts that they
couldn’t sleep, until the morn
ing brought rescue.
Their cries were heard by
William Bell, 21, of Hyatts
valle, a sanitary commission
employe, who called the Ken
sington Rescue Squad.
At Suburban Hospital, a medi
cal check found the boys un
hurt, though still frightened.
In Rockville
‘Biggest’ Sales Event
Will Start Tomorrow
Over 50 Rockville mer
chants and business houses
who banded together to set
off tomorrow and Saturday
the biggest promotional blast
ever exploded at the County
Seat have come down with a
strange disease known in
other circles as the count
down jitters.
In short, the boys with the
newly-grown beards (or reason
able facsimiles thereof) and the
Today's Color
Another ‘First’
The Sentinel today Is run
ning a color advertisement on
Page B-l to become the first
Montgomery County newspa
per to chalk up this achieve
ment. Be sure to take a look
at our proud new baby and
continue to watch our prize
winnlng publication as It
grows at an even faster pace
than it has during the, past
two years.
the old-fashioned bon
nets have loaded the shelves
with sale merchandise, the
counters with Just about S3OOO
worth of fabulous prizes, and
the stage is set for more fun
and frolic than has ever been
seen in these parts. The only
The water tank had been
filled just a few days earlier
by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary System. Officials there
said there never had been any
danger that the water level
would be raised above the plat
form on which they boys were
caught.
The boys’ parents, alarmed
when the pair failed to show
for dinner Sunday evening, had
notified the police of their ab
sence and an extensive man
hunt was under way before the
boys were found.
Charles lives at 9314 Elm
hirst dr. and George at 9715
Bellevue dr.
Each was given a day off
from school George at Haw
thorne School and George at
Walter Johnson High in ad
dition to a big breakfast, a hot
bath, and, best of all, a long
sleep in a warm bed.
■ thing left to do is open the doors
? [ Friday for the crowds expected
I to arrive from all sections of the
tI county.
’ The promotional event, known
t as “Old Fashioned Days and
, Treasure Hunt,” has for its
t theme "quality merchandise at
old-fashioned prices.” From the
1 prices advertised in a separate
■ section in this week’s Sentinel,
it appears the merchants have
. outdone themselves in proving
. the theme.
i Over last weekend, some 15,-
p 000 numbered cards were mailed
to residents of Rockville and the
upper county. Each store par
ticipating In the treasure hunt
will have posted Friday and Sat
urday from one to four num
bers (in most cases four).
There are over 200 prizes and
somewhere in the upper county
are over 200 lucky persons who
have received'cards bearing win
ning numbers. The trick is to
take your card to the stores par
ticipating and see If your num
ber matches any of those posted
in the Individual stores.
A complete list of prizes ap
-1 pears on the cover page of the
special section Inside this Issue.
| appear on page three of
the same section chiefly those
, of Wire Hardware and Lumber
and Steinberg’s Quality Shop.
The third prize being given by
Worth’s Department Store,
(Continued on Page 14)
Need for Second
Housing Project
Cited by Tarallo
OK is Due
On links,
Big Park
® I
The Montgomery County
Council moved without dis
sent toward its first land
purchases for a new golf
course and a Wheaton Re
gional Park, as public hear
ings revealed little opposi
tion to the projects.
The only objection to the
golf course, planned to lie three
miles south of Rockville on
Falls rd., came from Henry O.
Willier, Luxmanor rd., Be
thesda.
“I feel, to put it bluntly, it’s
a boondoggle on the people of
the county,” he charged. It
meant, he said, spending public
funds on “Sunday playboys.”
Council president Stella B.
Werner observed that the golf
course would be a self-support
ing operation.
The Council proposes to buy
a 155-acre tract from Helen V.
Harris and William R. Collins
for $205,000. The land would
be leased to the County Rev
enue Authority for development
and operation.
Authority Chairman J. In
gram Medley told the Council
that the price of the land was
substantially lower than any of
the appraisals. The owners
hold other property nearby, he
explained, and they expect the
golf course to increase its
value.
On the other side of the
county, two tracts totaling 88
acres will be purchased for
$207,000 as the first sections of
the Wheaton Regional Park. It
will ultimately reach about 500
acres, according to plans.
Lying about a mile east of
the Wheaton triangle, it will be
developed for a wide range of
sports and recreational uses.
Echo Lake
Fund Drive
Hits S7OOO
Only about S7OOO had been
raised this week for the Camp
Echo Lake fund that will give
deserving boys two weeks
mountain -camping trip this
summer.
Officials are hoping they’ll
reach their campaign goal of
$20,000.
A proclamation making this
“Camp Echo Lake Week” was
issued by the Montgomery
County Council. About 200
prominent county citizens were
expected tonight at the $25-a
--plate benefit dinner at the
Motel Washingtonian. And on
Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., Keyette and Key Club
members from four county high
schools will solicit funds in
shopping areas.
The camp’s “honor roll" this
week included: Perlmutter
Sales Co., $200; SIOO each from
Silver Spring Reciprocity Club,
W. Lawson King, Coleman &
Wood, Mazor Masterpieces, and
the Hecht Co.; SSO each from
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Gravelle,
Drug Fair (Milton Elsberg),
Naham Construction Co., Inc,,
Dr. Dexter M. Bullard, R. L.
Volght & Son, Safeway Stores,
Central Fuel Co,, Bank of Be
thevla, Allied Exterminating
Services, Inc. (Jos. Wineburgh),
Rock Creek Super Market. (S.
Koenick), Ricketts Gregg & Co.
(Wr. M. Gregg), C. W. Hous
ton Co., Inc.
$25 each from: Warner E.
Pumphrey, Inc., John H. Ver
kouteren, Dr. Robert L. Krlch
(Continued on Page 14)
Kensington
Gets Own Page
Residents of the Kensington
area should be sure to turn
to Page A-9 of this issue of
The Sentinel for the new Ken
sington news and advertising
page that will be a regular
feature of this newspaper.
, A ASV -e-'V • • t
New Judge
RALPH G. SHURE, former trial
magistrate and ex-president of
the Montgomery County Bar
Association, was slated for ap
pointment this week by Gov.
Tawes to the recently-created
fourth judgeship in Montgom
ery County Circuit Court.
Free Geaning
Of Your Flag
Check with your favorite
dry cleaner: maybe he’s
one of the nation’s 34,000
dry cleaners who have
agreed to clean American
flags free of charge between
June 1-12 as an incentive to
people to display flags on
Flag Day, June 14. Don’t
worry about Alaska and Ha
waii. It’s still flag etiquette
to show the ol’ 48 stars.
In Rockville
Population Now
25,000 in City
Rockville got a surprise
this week: it learned that
its population was 25,000.
Up until this week, everyone
had thought the population was
about 22,000. But a group of
survey experts that have been
combing the city for informa
tion in connection with a forth
coming master plan, now say
the old figure should be revised
upward by 3000.
The surveyor* are Ernest E.
Blanche Associates of Kensing
ton hired to find out what
makes the city tick.
In an earlier report, the
group said that the average
Rockville family has four mem
SBOO,OOO Blow
U. S. Funds Cut
May Hit County
Montgomery County would 1
lose SBOO,OOO In Federal '
school aid next year under |
an Administration plan to
cut assistance to Federally
impacted areas.
The aid, which is given for 1
children whose parents live or i
work on tax-free Federal Instal- i
lations, would be slashed from! i
$1,915,824 to $1,112,563.
These figures were disclosed
by Arthur S. Flemming, Secre- j
tary of Health, Education and
Welfare, who announced the Ad- ,
ministration plan.
Flemming, a Bethesda resi
dent, said he expects the pro
posal to be considered by the
present session of Congress.
At present, the county is re- i
imbursed 50 cents for each dol
Future Studies
Would Ascertain
Required Size
By Bob Bernstein
NUff Iloportw
Rockville Housing Au
thority is considering build
ing a second public bousing
development to handle the
overflow from Lincoln ter.,
their first project.
Size of the new unit would bo
determined by future studies
involving both the City Author
ity and the Federal Public Hous
ing Authority.
The recently-completed 65-unlt
Terrace is now half-occupied,
and further applications are be
ing processed daily. It was de
signed to relieve slum living
conditions In Lincoln Park,
Rockville’s Negro district.
Present indications are that
the second development wouVJ
need to be about the same sizA
or larger.
“Without having gone Into It
in detail, we think that It will
take at deast a development of
the same size,” said Joseph
Tarallo, RHA chairman.
He said 30 families were set
tled in Lincoln Terrace by Tuea.
day, with seven more scheduled
to move in by this weekend.
The Terrace will be formally
dedicated in public cetamonies
to be held sometime late in June,
Tarallo said.
Search for a site for the sec
ond development will be under
taken as soon ast the Terrace is
fully occupied and the Public
Housing Authority has given ita
approval to the new project, he
said.
| here, lives In a three-bedroom
home valued at $13,300 and has
a total Income of $7677. Tho
average for each employed per*
son Is $6350.
The new population figure
took Mayor Alexander J.
Greene and City Manager Wal
ter A. Scheiber by surprise.
| Each had thought the popula
tion total was 22,000. Both,
however, were pleased at the
possibility of fatter Federal
and State assistance programs
based partly on population.
The data was compiled in cotv
nection with a three-part study
< launched by the City Planning
s Commission as an aid in pre
• paring a 20-year master plan.
lar spent from local taxes t*
educate a child whose parents
work on government installa
tions.
Under the new plan, the fig
ure would be cut to 25 cents if
parents work outside the coun
ty (for example, In a D’strlct
agency) or to 40 cents if par
ents work In the county (such
as at the AEC plant in Gaithers
burg).
Under the proposals, present
aid for school construction alsa
would be cut, but the exact
amounts have not been com
puted.
The proposals are being op
posed by county officials and
Maryland Gov. J. Millard Tawas,
who has written the State's
congressional delegation urging
them to fight the move.