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Integration Speed-Up White Principal Assigned To An All-Negro School Gerald G. Reymore, ad ministrative assistant to the superintendent of schools for the past two years, will be come the county’s first white principal of an all-Negro school in September. Reymore, 38, has been trans ferred to Rock Terrace Elemen tary School in Rockville, where he will head an all-Negro staff of 15 teachers and a student body of about 450. He replaces Mrs. Margaret Jones, who had been principal at Rock Terrace since the school was opened in 1951. Mrs. Jones in turn will become the first Negro principal at an otherwise all-white school, Ban nockburn Elementary. Reymore’s post at the Board of Education will be filled by Alexander Gottesman, former principal at Bannockburn. Superintendent C. Taylor Whittier, in announcing Rey mof's transfer, said he feels the move “will help the overall transition’’ to full integration of county schools. In one sense, the assignment is a temporary one, since Rock Terrace is scheduled for con version to non-school use with in the next two years. After that time, it likely will house the county’s reading center and 1 Veteran Negro Principal Submits Her Resignation Miss Edith Throckmorton, 58, is retiring after 33 years as a teacher and principal in county schools. Her resignation was an nounced last week by Superin tendent of Schools C. Taylor Whittier. Whittier said he had planned, before receiving Miss Throck morton’s letter of resignation, to appoint her principal of Rock Terrace School in Rock ville. By quit 11 n g now, Miss Throckmorton is giving up about S7OO a year in retirement pay under what she would have received by staying with the system for only two more years. She has been principal of Longview Elementary School near Gaithersburg since the school opened in March, 1950. Before that, she had been prin cipal-teacher at the old Sellman For County Building Majority at Hearing Back Sligo Ave. Site If the County wants to build a Silver Spring County Building with the least civic reaction, it will choose a site on which a public hearing was held last Monday night: a 101,600 square feet parcel on Sligo ave. and Grove st., in the heart of what has been called the “blighted area” of Silver Spring. Although an estimated 120 persons showed up at the hear ing, only two had any real ob jection. Everybody else, if not enthusiastic, conceded before the County Council that the Sligo- Grove tract was the most feasi ble among the last four pro posed. Still on the table are sites at Anson st. (between First and Second aves.) and at Alton Park way (northwest of Fairview rd.). A third site, highly contro versial, behind the Silver Spring Library on Colesville rd., has been abandoned by the County. The Maryland-National Capi tal Park and Planning Commis sion has at one time or another recommended all of the sites on which public hearings have been held, including the Sligo-Grove tract The latter was proposed par tially because planners feel a County building in lower Silver Spring could upgrade that sec tion, now virtually discounted by merchants acutely aware that shoppers won't walk long dis tances between purchases. Most of the better stores are located blocks away toward Colesville rd. One opponent of the latest ANOTHER A USED CAR _ SPECIAL MARK Chrysler Air Flow, Near Mint Condition ONLY *150" MARK MOTOR COMPANY 310 Rockville flPa* Rock rifle. MO. f ''' "" • * • ,_"V .V > ...... .. Gerald Reymore other special services facilities. Reymore came to the county in 1954 and taught social studies and English at Sher wood High School before be coming Whittier’s assistant in 1957. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in North field, Minn., and a master’s de gree from George Washington University. He served 10 years, from 1943 to 1953, with the Navy, and holds a reserve rank i of lieutenant commander. School near Beltsville, Sandy Spring, and Laytonsville school. All are Negro schools. Longview will be integrated next fall. The entire all-Negro teaching staff has been trans ferred to other schools. Miss Throckmorton holds a bachelor's degree from Ship pensburg State College In Penn sylvania and has taken grad uate work at Boston Univer sity, University of Pennsylvania and Maine University. She said she is retiring at this time because she has other plans that she is not ready to reveal at this time. A resolution honoring Miss Throckmorton for her long serv ice in county schools was adopt ed by the school board Monday night. Miss Throckmorton, who had been invited to be on hand for a short ceremony, said she was unable to attend. Whittier said the ceremony in her honor would be held at a later date. proposed site is George A. Nu gent, who owns one of the seven parcels under consideration. The County has, or can get, options to the other parcels, but Nugent so far has held out. As he said last Monday, he was one of the settlers in his neighborhood and he can’t see why he has to sell and get out. Additionally, Nugent wrote Jack Shank, right-of-way agent for the County, private appraisals of his property indicate it’s worth as much as $4 a square foot. The County has proposed $2 although it believes Nugent’s property to be worth $1.50 a square foot, Shank said. Mrs. George J. Gerlach, of 8211 Grove st., asked the Coun cil for more time before they make a decision in order that she can rally neighbors who, she said, have “heated objec tions” to the proposed tract. The —WORTH’S — ~ "" Worth's Is Happy to Announce Its Annual Advance Offering of i g j fi Fine name brands Fall & Winter Coats and Suits at Its Traditional Wi f ■ 10% off Ss5SS= You are Cordially invited to shop nov; your Helvetian* can JVf Kj be held on r/ur lay-uveay plan — M |T L I WORTH’S-ON-THE-PIKE 1 616 ROCKVILLE PIKE I 9 SATURDAYS 4 ■——— Long School Year Bad But Not That Bad County teachers are un happy at the late school closing date scheduled for next year, but most of them are not willing to shorten their spring vacation to al low an earlier closing. Parents and some school board members have joined with the County Education Association in objecting to the June 24, 1960, closing as now scheduled. However, Superintendent of Schools C- Taylor Whit tier says he sees no feasible way of moving the date back. He told the board this week that a poll of teachers showed that 80 percent are not in favor of shortening their one-week Easter vaca tion to allow an earlier clos ing date. Entrance To School Is Argued A dilemma over the location of the entrance to the new Gaith ersburg Junior High School was dumped back in the laps of the Town Council this week by the county school board. The P-TA has complained that the entranceway as designed will create a dangerous traffic situation because it will inter sect Diamond ave. near a curve in the thoroughfare. At the time the entrance was designed, say school officials, the State Roads Commission planned an early project to straighten the Diamond ave curve. Since then, however, the project has been rescheduled for two years hence. Accordingly, the Town Coun cil has asked the school board to purchase additional land along Diamond ave. and put through another entrance far ther from the curve. Board members this week an GOP Downs Democrats, Donates More Blood Republicans scored a two to one victory over Democrats in what may have been the blood iest partisan battle in county his tory this week in Potomac. In a “blood, not ballots” con test of rival party clubs, 67 Re publicans and 34 Democrats vol unteered as donors as a Red Cross bloodmobile made its first visit to the Potomac area. Mrs. Stuart Tipton, vice pres ident of the Republican Wom en’s Club, called it a “clear vic tory” for both for the GOP and the Red Cross blood program. “Our blood was redder,” said a diehard Democrat. Non-partisan Red Cross of ficials were highly pleased with the turnout and hoped other or ganizations would pick up the contest idea from the Potomac clubs. Of the 101 volunteers, 17 were not allowed to give blood for precautionary reasons. Donors included the presi dents of both clubs: Frank Ketcham of the Democrats and Mrs. Gerald Heitmueller of the Republican Women. Also contributing were Steve McCormick, television moder ator who declined to disclose his party, and Gera'd Morgan, spe-' cial assistant to President Eisen hower, who showed no hesi- Council agreed to keep the min utes of the hearing open to com munications until August 4. m s VMM ’ *-111 W |4 JiHBHi ■■Ml ORPHANED CHILDREN of the late James B. Davis, jr„ who perished with his parents and elder son in a Utah plane crash, leave Christ Episcopal Church in Rockville after the funeral services Monday. James B. Davis, 12, and Diana Davis, 9, walk on either swered that no more funds are available in the budget for the junior high project. They suggested that the Coun cil consider building an exten sion to the school entrance, to form a second intersection with Diamond ave. to the east of the first. That would permit the en tranceway to be restricted to one-way traffic and reduce the intersection hazard. Lester J. Welch, director of school sites and planning, said the County Public Works De partment has agreed to confer with the State Roads Commis sion concerning the possibility of trimming some hedges along Diamond ave. This would increase safety by providing better vision, he said. > taney in proclaiming his Repub i Mean allegiance. Ballet Busse Appears Here On August 3-9 1 The world-famous Ballet : Russe de Monte Carlo will ap pear at the Carter Barron Am ' phitheater August 3-9. Starring as guest artist will ' be Alicia Alonso and featured ' will be Natalie Krassovska, lead ing ballerina of the London Fes -1 tival Ballet, and prima ballerina Nina Novak, Irina Borowska, ' and Alan Howard. Igor Youske -1 vitch will return as classic pre ' mier danseur of the company. ’ Principal new production is : “Ballet Imperial,” first staged in 1945 but completely restaged 1 this season. It is Balanchine’s tribute to Marius Petipa, the fa mous French dancer and chore ’ ographer recognized as the fath • er of the classical ballet. Petipa I was choreographer of the Im -1 perial School in St. Petersburg for nearly 60 years during which ! time he produced “Swan Lake,” "The Sleeping Beauty,” and "Gi ' selle.” ’ v Tickets are now on sale at • Super Music City, National ' Press Building, 1350 F st. N.W., and the Carter Barron boxoffice, ■ near 16th st. and Colorado ave. N.W. Ail seats are reserved at $1.75, $2.50, $3 and $3.85. side of Victor R. Beauchamp, the dead man’s father-in-law. Mrs. Beauchamp walks in front, and Cleveland Davis, a cousin of the deceased, is in the rear. The burial was at Rockville Cemetery, where Mrs. Davis was buried two years ago.— Staff Photo. Familiar Story! Rating Firm! Insurance Ri Revised automobile insur ance rates for Maryland including an average state wide increase of 3.7 percent for liability insurance were announced yesterday by two rating organizations. The new rates became effec tive today for most stock com panies and smaller mutual com panies. The three largest auto-insur ance companies in the state, all mutual concerns, set their own rates independently of the rating organizations. But spokesmen said the big three Nationwide, State Farm Mutual and Allstate —are likely to follow suit with similar revisions in coming months. The changes were disclosed by the National Bureau of Casual ty Underwriters and the Nation al Automobile Underwriters As sociation. In Montgomery County, re visions are upward in all cate gories of liability insurance but somewhat downward for com prehensive and collision insur ance. The rating organizations said the revisions were based on latest available statistics of ac cidents and liability and repair costs for the various sections of the state. They said bodily injury liabil ity claim costs, "like almost ev erything else,” have been caught in the general inflationary! spiral. Here is a summary of the rate; revisions, broken down by types j of insurance: Liability insurance for cars; without male operators under age 25: Montgomery County, in creased from $1.40 to $2.60. In creases in Baltimore City are even higher, with changes in the rest of the state varying from an 80-cent reduction to a 40-cent increase. Liability rates for cars oper ated principally by unmarried men under age 25: Montgomery County, up $13.20. Baltimore area increases are considerably more, those in the remainder of the state somewhat less. Liability rates for cars oper- s Revise ates —Up ated by married men under 25, or for “family cars” sometimes operated by male operators un der 25: Montgomery County, up $8.40. Baltimore City increases are about double the Montgom ery amount, with increases In remainder of the state only about half the Montgomery fig ure. Full coverage comprehensive: Montgomery County, reduced about $2. Baltimore reductions are about $4, with the rest of the state generally unchanged. SSO-deductible collision: Mont gomery County, down about 12 percent, as in most of the state. Baltimore area rates are down between 8 and 20 percent. SIOO-deductible collision: Mont gomery County, down about 11 percent. Baltimore suburban area, down about 22 percent. Re mainder of the state, up about 5 percent. Prince Georges County changes are generally the same as Montgomery’s. Operators who qualify for farmer rates will continue to receive a discount of 30 percent from regular rates because of the relatively low-risk record of this class of vehicle. ANOTHER A USED CAR * SPECIAL MARK >/1959 Fiat 600 Sunroof ONLY *1295“ MARK MOTOR COMPANY *lO Rockville K> I'a#* Rockville, Md. World Premiere Aug. i d thru Aug. 25 ultoly S:SO Ticket* On Sat* Dally ttdlM II A.M. tc I P.M. AH HocAmMM Ktk* Stern Frte— Rmrttd leal* 9IIJW, •*.<*, 12.1 M, 92*9 Goo. Aim. 91 .M Oft OCR BY MAIL kM raattuma to Haliday n to •arid Madia*. Ball Inara. liKtoaU !•• ei addraaaad aavaltfa. RjmTCl SENTINEL MONTGOMERY . COUNTY, MD. Thursday, July 30, 1959 STC Branch Opening Set Suburban Trust Company, op erating 14 branch banks in Montgomery and Princes Georges counties, will formally open its handsome new branch in the growing Wheaton section Tuesday, according to J. Robert Sherwood, president. The new, three-story branch is located at 2601 University blvd., W., between Veirs Mill rd. and Georgia ave. Hours for the formal opening have been set for 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., and the general public is invited to in spect the ultra-modern struc ture. The main banking floor of this air-conditioned, elevator building contains 10 tellers’ win dows, safe deposit section with modern vault, and large areas for officers, secretaries and ac count clerks. Two Drive-in Win dows .open 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., plus a night depository, are pro vided along with ample cus tomer parking space. The lower level has the new Personal Loan Department, employees’ lounge, records vault and storage room. The new building is equipped with the latest in lighting fix tures, shaded by light control louvers which are operated by solar units, and is wired for background music. Total cost of the site, building and equipment is in excess of three-quarters of a million dollars. Fred L. Lutes, vice chairman of the board and executive com mittee, Sherwood, and Joseph Richards, jr., director, have served as a special building com mittee for this new construc tion. Arthur L. Anderson is ar chitect, and H. O. McAllister Co. the builder. World’s Fair Plan Lauded By Senator Selection of Maryland as the site for the 1962 "World’s Fair,” has encouraged Senator John Marshall Butler (R-Md.) to de scribe the event as, "The event of the century” for the Free State. An area of 1000 acres some where in the Baltimore area is being sought. About 250 acres are to be set aside for parking. The Spring of 1962 has been chosen as a target date for start of the fair, which should remain in operation for at least one year, Sen. Butler said. THURSDAY, FRIDAY SATURDAY LAST THREE DAYS Jaye's JULY SHOE CLEARANCE! ODD & ENDS WOMEN'S & CHILDREN S Shoes & Sandals Values to 6.95* ■J 00.. 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