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THIS ISSUI 13,352 Paid (Subject to Audit? 11,127 Paid AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS REFORT or MARCH U. MM 103rd Year - Ns. 43 Phem * WILLS, MARYLAND THURSDAY, OCTOIER 1. 15 * 2 SECTIONS—2O PAGES j en Cents a Copy Big Student Jump Here Sets Record Total This Year Is 6545 Over 1958-59 Figures County schools have chalked up a record high an nual enrollment increase with 6545 more checking in this year than last. A nose count on September 30 showed 74,601 pupils. Dr. C. Taylor Whittier, super intendent of schools, said the Increase was 1192 more than the 5353 that* had been predicted a year ago by the school’s popu lation analyst. Since 1951, the actual rate of increase each year has been about 5000. This year’s pupil increase over last year’s total is equal approximately to the full enroll ment of six of the county’s largest elementary schools. The 22 per cent error in the 1959-60 estimate was attributed to the unexpected boom in new home building, especially in the Kensington, Wheaton and Sil ver Spring areas. James R. Shade, jr„ the population ana lyst, explained that new homes In an area always bring an im mediate Increase in elementary school enrollment. This factor In the estimate was low because at the time it was made over a year ago, building In the county had been slowed by the recession that hit the entire Nation. This is borne out by the tact that the error In the estimate was greatest in the lower grades (kindergarten through sixth). When new families | move Into an area they tend to have a higher ratio of small er children. In Rockville, where building has been at a steadier pace than elsewhere in the county, the estimate was off by only five children. Also, in the upcounty areas the estimate was fairly close to the actual increase. A spokesman for the Har mony Hills P-TA in Wheaton said that some of that school’s classes ‘‘face the certainty of alternatives of split sessions, off-premises classrooms, or emergency measures.” Theodore A. Miller, president of the Harmony Hills P-TA, told the school board this week that a minimum of eight additional classrooms will be needed by the 1960-61 school year, and that even these might not be suffi cient to avoid using the school library as a classroom. The effects of the unexpected increase have not yet been fully determined. Paul A. Hen ry, assistant supervisor of the Board of Education, said he ex pected elementary schools in the Wheaton, Silver Spring and Kensington areas to face severe problems in regard to shortage of teachers and classroom space. Annexation Plan Hit by Residents A tract of 250 acres of land West of Rockville, under option to owners of a proposed golf course and country club, was the subject of an annexation petition Tuesday night. About 25 residents were on hand to fight the petition before the Mayor and City Council on the grounds that sewer and water services provided by the city would bring high density development to their homes in neighboring Potomac High lands. But actual consideration of the petition was deferred until City Engineer John Gray can present a report of water and sewer feasibility to the City’s Planning Commission. Reese to Speak County Manager Melvin L. Reese will address the first fall meeting of the West Montgom ery County Citizens Association at Potomac Parish House on Monday, October 5 at 8:30 p.m. 1 Cunt® SeiM UGF Drive To Start On Friday Fourth annual campaign of the United Givers Fund for the Washington area will be kicked off Friday. The UGF is a confederation of charities and public service agencies, banded together to make just one yearly drive for funds instead of numerous charity drives by individual or ganizations. There are 146 participating agencies in the area, including the Red Cross, the Boy Scouts, the YMCA, the the Men tal Health Society, and numer ous hospitals, clinics, and fam ily services. This year’s campaign will last through the month of October. Goal of $7,133,000 has been set. A kick-off rally of campaign workers will be held Friday night at Constitution Hall, be ginning at 7:30. Featured at traction will be a live perform ance of ABC TV’s hit show “Keep Talking.” In addition to the telecast, there will be ap pearances by UGF campaign leaders, local and federal offi cials and an orchestra concert. Tickets may be obtained at cam paign headquarters* 1320 G st. n.w., or by calling DEcatur 2-7330. Budget Role Of Reese Is Debated The Montgomery County Council still wants the ad vice of its County Manager on the School Board budget. But according to proposals made Tuesday, that advice would be strictly advisory while the Council legally voted only the budget submitted by the School Board. At the same time the Council advanced a proposal to amend the County Charter by reducing from 5-2 to 4-3 the number of Council votes necessary to in crease any School Board budget proposal. The latter would have to be submitted to a referendum vote in the November, 1960, elec tion. But the issue was tabled Tuesday when it became at tached to a sweeping, across the-board proposal to let the Council pass by a simple major ity any budget increase regard less of department. Salvaged from Tuesday's wide-ranging action was a di rective to the County Attorney to prepare a resolution giv ing to Reese advisory latitude on the forthcoming school board budget. The Council will take up the issue at a later date. The 5-2 vote to table the budget increase proposal seemingly was weighty enough to keep it pigeonholed, at least until after submission of the next annual county bud get. City Heeds Cry To Save Trees Defenders of tall old trees along Westmore ave. at Fred erick ave., Rockville, have won a battle with the city. The city agreed this week to acquire only 40 feet for right of-way to widen Westmore, in stead of the 50 feet planned for the 26-foot wide street. The five feet given up on each side of the street will allow the city to install sidewalks around the tall shade trees without dis turbing them. The action was taken after Walter A. Scheiber advised the Mayor and City Council that Westmore residents would fight right-of-way proceedings in court unless the trees were! spared. 1 sji d Big Panorama Urged For City’s Birthday Rockville Mayor Alexan der Greene and the City Council were regaled Tues day night with a prospective panoramic spectacle that could be the city’s centennial pageant next Fall. Hundreds of local beauties, scores of horses, marching serv icemen, parades, balls and fire works were the ingredients of a celebration proposed by French Sensabaugh, profession al promoter of outdoor spec acles. Tentative date for the pageant Man Convicted of Sixth Drunk Driving Offense © A 31-year-old Rockville carpenter with a driving violation record as long as his tailfins, faces up to five years in prison on three separate drunk driving con victions. Claude E. Pistole, 31, pleaded guilty in People’s Court on Tuesday to charges of driving under the influence of alcohol last July 11 and July 25. Sen tencing was postponed until Oc tober 12 by Judge Samuel Gor don. In February of this year, Pis tole was sentenced by the same court to nine months in the House of Correction on an ear lier drunk driving charge. He appealed that conviction and has been free on SSOO bond. In addition to those three drunk driving convictions, Pis tole’s police record shows these other driving violation convic tions: • Three earlier drunk driv ing episodes 'between 1958 and 1956 (bringing his grand total of drunk driving convictions to six). • Four lesser charges in volved in the July arrests (speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road, and two counts of driving with a revoked per mit), to all of uffiich Pistole pleaded guilty Tuesday. • Two other charges included Was Downgraded Dr. Osterwise to Take New York School Post Dr. George L. Osterwise, one of four former assistant superintendents whose titles were downgraded earlier this year, became the third of the quartet to announce his resignation. Osterwise said he will quit as director of secondary educa tion sometime around December 1. On January 1, he will become superintendent of a four-school system near Schenectady. N. Y. His new salary will be $14,500 a year, or S2OOO more than his pay here. Osterwlse’s announcement co incides with the departure of Dr. Arthur Templeton, direc tor of business affairs and an other ex-assistant superintend ent. Templeton is leaving this week to take a similar position with the Des Moines, lowa, schools. Dr. James Prince, former di rector of personnel, left earlier to become superintendent of an Oklahoma school system. Thus, of the four former as sistant superintendents who had their titles changed to “direc tor,” only Maxwell Burdette, di rector of research, still remains with the county system. The title changes were pro tested at the time by the Mont gomery County Education Asso ciation, which objected that they could be interpreted as black marks on records of the four men. Dr. C. Taylor Whittier, who proposed the title changes, said Tuesday that Osterwise’s de parture "will be a loss,” but that he could not "stand in his wny because this is a significant and well-deserved professional ad vancement.” Osterwise came to the county In 1947 as principal of Gaithers burg School, after holding vari ous teaching and administrative Jobs in Pennsylvania. With the other three, Oster wise was promoted to assistant 1 superintendent shortly before 1 ■ would fall after the first week , of September and up to, or slightly after school opens. If the city approves hiring i of Sensebaugh, a possible site for the extravaganza would be Richard Montgomery High School. The spectacle would be pre ceded by many centennial events 1 sponsored by Rockville’s Cen ■ tennial Commission. Rockville ■ marks its 100th year of incor ; poration early in March. Short, bearded Sensabaugh stages productions while his wife, Maryhelen, directs and ■ writes the shows. They live in Florida now, but Sensabaugh : hails from Cumberland, Md. in the February conviction (driving without headlights and driving with a suspended per mit) for which he received sen tences of 5 and 30 days respec tively. • A variety of 12 charges, ranging from failure to keep right to reckless driving, on which he was convicted between 1949 and 1958. Pistole’s potential prison sen tences now total 10 months and 5 days on the February con victions, plus a possible maxi mum of two years on each of Tuesday’s drunk driving con victions, plus lesser sentences on the four relatively minor charges to which he pleaded guilty Tuesday. Both of the July arrests were made by County Police Officers Joseph McHargue and Richard Baumgartner. On both occasions, Pistole was given urine tests to deter mine the quantity of alcohol in his system. Laboratory results were not disclosed in court, but it was understood that the read ings were .29 and .36 percent. With a reading of .20 or more, a suspect is presumed to be un der the influence of alcohol. Pistole formerly lived in the 1200 block of Simmons dr. in Rockville. He has given various addresses the most recent being 1735 Park rd., N.W., in the District. fllj Dr. Osterwise Whittier became superintendent two years ago. In 1954, he became a general supervisor and then a science supervisor, before becoming head of secondary education in 1956. Osterwise has been living at 312 S. Frederick ave. in Gaith ersburg. He and his wife have , four children, including two daughters now in college and two sons attending Gaithersburg \ schools. In his new post, Osterwise ( will be in charge of three ele mentary schools and one com- j bined junior-senior high serving the towns of Ballston Spa, Mil- ( ton, Malta and Charlton. Suspected Polio Cases Two suspected cases of para- 1 lytic polio, both in the Rockville area, were reported yesterday I by the county health depart- I ment They are the first two reported in the county this year. 1 Officials said tests being con- 1 ducted at National Institutes of Health will determine the offi- < rial diagnosis. i A Century of Service Rock Creek Valley Open Areas Urged Airport Plan to Be Aired Plans foi a new, privately-op erated municipal airport near Laytonsville will be aired before the County Board of Appeals tomorrow. The Board will hear a bid for special exception zoning at 9 ' a.m. in the County Council hear ing room on tht seventh floor of the Rockville coun+y building. The County Council hes post poned decision on cil ei indus trial zoning around the airport tract pending the outcome of tomorrow s hearing A private group of Investors under the name of Montgomery Airpark, Inc., seeks to operate two air strips which they would give to the county and lease back for $1 a year. Abutting land if zoned indus trial would be occupied by air craft support industries and others, according to plans of Airpark. Meanwhile, however, civic op position from Gaithersburg, Deerpark and Washington Grove may be expected at to morrow’s- hearing. Spokesmen for the three communities have ; complained about the danger And increased *twi#e they sey would result. Top School Aide Named j By Board Dr. Elaine M. Barnes has been appointed director of educational services for Montgomery County schools. At a meeting of the school board Monday night, Dr. Barnes was approved as re placement for Maxwell D. Bur dette, who recently became di rector of research for the school system. Dr. Barnes will be in charge of pupil personnel, special edu cation, psychological services, the library division, remedial reading and the audio-visual division. She is a graduate of San Diego State College, in Califor nia, and the University of Mary land. She is married, and has no children. Statement Promised By Duvall Gaithersburg Mayor Merton F. Duvall has been asked by his City Councilmen if he will con sider resigning in favor of someone else less pressured by business. John W. Griffith, vice presi dent of the Council, said that the issue "is a friendly one.” He explained that Duvall, part owner with a brother of Frank lin Press, a printing concern in Gaithersburg, “has been unable to give as much time as he might like to city affairs.” Griffith confirmed that May or Duvall said Monday night he might “possibly” have a deci sion for the Council by the end of this month. But Mayor Duvall, reached at home, refused to make any com ment, other than to say he would have a "hot” news re lease on the subject In several days. Duvall was elected mayor of Gaithersburg in 1954 and was re-elected last year. fljPr F , * ' • |pp : ** JkU J| bi ~ r * ■p j/- S - 'rf UgpP 1 A, ’ * jA y ’ SL I ib. - i i IN THE LIGHT OF DAY for the first time in 42 years, this flag and newspaper were discovered Tuesday by Herbert Himelfarb, left, and Sylvan Gershowitz, who are wrecking i part of the old Kensington Elementary School. The relics were in a tin box within the foundation stone. The paper, i which is the long-defunct Montgomery Press, headlines General “Black Jack” Pershing’s plans to defeat Germany, while an advertisement offers a Ford Runabout for $345. If Staff Photo. 3-Time Violator Driver With No Permit I Gets 120 Days in Jail A Gaithersburg area man j was bawled out by the Judge Tuesday and sentenced to 120 days in jail on three con victions of driving on a re voked permit. James Dorsey Griffith, 19, of Middlebrook was asked by Peo ple’s Court Judge Samuel Gor don why he continued to drive a car after the State had re voked his permit. “What’s the idea of keeping on driving?” he asked from the bench. “Did you think they were At School Meeting Bid Item Withdrawal Protested by Lawyer An attorney Monday night challenged the school board’s withdrawal of an item on its agenda, relating to a con tract for furnishing food to schools. R. Robert Linowes, attorney lor J. E. Dyer & Co., protested when Mrs. Rose Kramer an nounced at the beginning of the meeting that Item 9 a would be withdrawn from consideration because some further informa tion had come to the board’s attention which they wished to consider further. Item 9-a was a recommenda tion on award of contract for furnishing canned, frozen and packaged foods to all public schools in the county. Bids on the contract were submitted August 27 from 11 vendors. J. E. Dyer & Co. was the low bid der, with a figure of $346.21 for 58 "key" items, and It had been expected that Dyer would be awarded the contract. Linowes protested that after detailed, specific bids had been publicly advertised and sub mitted, no additional informa tion should be necessary. Mrs. Rose Kramer, president of the board, explained that this procedure had been common in the past, when additional infor mation and questions had arisen at a late date and the board wanted to check or con sider them further. Linowes then wanted to know if the "additional information” i kidding when they took away your permit?” Griffith, who remained silent, told Judge Gordon he was going to appeal even before the judge convicted him. “Let’s get you convicted before you appeal,” the judge said. He then imposed the follow ing sentences: SIOO and 30 days in jail for a July 4 violation; SIOO and 30 days for an August 24 violation and 60 days for a September 22 violation. Griffith made'good his prom ise to appeal the case. would be made public. Board member William R. Thomas 111 assured him that it would, and the board went on to other business. At the same meeting, the ; board heard an information re port on Montgomery County Junior College; approved pre liminary plans for construction of a primary school at Poolcs ville and an addition to the Clarksburg Elementary School; recognized Mrs. Lucille Moler, j a teacher at Montgomery Blair High School who is retiring (Please Turn to Page A-3) City Votes to Huy New Radio System Rockville decided this week to buy a $10,094 short wave radio system to link City Hall with 12 city vehi cles, including its one police car, the dog warden’s truck, public works vehicles, etc. Transmitting stations would be placed at the Civic Center, at the water pump house and on the water tower near the B&O tracks, as well as at City Hall, Half of the cost of the private system no other broadcasters can get on the frequency wjli be carried by the city, while the Office of Civil Defense Mobiliza tion would pay the rest. Weather Outlook Temperatures will stay near normal or slightly below the averages of 73 high and 55 low the next four days with some rain likely' over the weekend. *Low Density" Is Asked for 19,000 Aeres County planners came up this week with a surprise “low density” plan for Upper Rock Creek Valley that would, if it is followed, hold down immediate, rapid de velopment there. Spirits of developers who have asked for major rezoning in the area of Redland to create a new city of 10,000 persons, were dampened by the plan. Council action on their elabor ate proposals had been put off pending completion of the plan. Except for a small commer cial area in Redland, the plan leaves most of the land in that rural community zoned for half acre lots. Developers had hoped for large areas of 9000-foot lots to permit denser development. A major surprise in the plan was the recommendation—de spite construction of a new sewer line through the area— that more than 1700 acres be kept in the two-acre zoning category above two flood con trol dams being planned for Rock Creek northeast of Rock ville. A bonanza in the form of recommended Industrial park zoning for the southeast comer of Rt. 355 and Shady Grove rd. is contained in the plan. Much of the 559 acres involved la owned by buHder Eugene Casey. The land is bisected by the B&O RR. Also urged for Industrial zon ing by the plan are 51 addition al acres on the Northern bound ary of Rockville. The staff of the Maryland- National Capital Park and Plan ning Commission emphasized strongly its belief that Rock ville, Gaithersburg-Washington Grove and, to a lesser extent, Olney, could handle all of the area’s commercial needs for the forseeable future. Logic of the planners was couched this way: “Uninter rupted waves of residential de velopment, progressing out ward in bands of concentric circles Is not conducive to planned and orderly growth.” ' Urgency for the plan was generated by the steady north ward progress of the Rock Creek Interceptor Sewer, prob ing toward Gaithersburg and the area West of Olney. While population in the 19,000 acre watershed today is 3380, according to the planners, it probably will increase to be tween 30,000 and 40,000 during the 20-year period 1960-80. The predictions were based in part on calculations in the recently completed Mass Transportation Study. About one-third of 114,000 per sons who can be expected to live in rural, upper Montgom ery County by 1980 will be resi < Please Turn to Page A-3> Reese Urges Luring of Industry The need to attract more in dustry to Montgomery County to ease the tax burden on indi vidual homeowners was cited this week by County Manager / M. L. Reese. “I feel very strongly about this,” Reese told the Allied Civic Group. “Local taxpayers have tlie re sponsiblllty of paying for schools, parks, police protection, public health, public welfare, recreation, planning, courts and numerous other government services. In Montgomery Cour ty the largest portion of this burden has been carried for many year* by the individual property owner." He said he was urging estab lishment of an Industrial De velopment Commission “to less en the homeowner’s burden especially in anticipation of the spiraling costs of government.”