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lo4tfc Y.or ■ No. 32 ROCKVUIE. MARYLAND - THURSDAY, JULY 14. IHO 2 MOTIONS - 2U PAPES Ard- 4-7700 T„ C.st, . C.„
Development Agency
Pushed by Council
Two-Year-Old
Plan Given New
Life by Action
By J. B. Zatman
A two-year-old proposal
to set up a Montgomery
County Economic Develop
ment Commission has re
ceived its first real push
from the County Council.
The county heads Tuesday in
structed Acting County Man
ager Mason Butcher to obtain
detailed information on the op
eration of similar organizations
in other areas.
The action was taken after
Butcher said such agencies are
doing a good job in research
and promotion In several cities
and counties throughout the
Nation.
This is the second year that
a $25,000 appropriation for an
Economic Development Com
mission has been carried in the
county budget. Nothing has
been done, however, to carry
out the proposal, which was
made originally by former
County Manager Melvin L.
Reese.
Councilwoman Stella B. Wer
ner blamed the inaction on
Reese's failure to comply with
the council’s request for a de
tailed analysis of the commis
sion’s functions and an esti
mate of the staff required.
“Now we are asking you to
do this for us,” she told
Butcher.”
Butcher brought up the mat
ter at the council’s meeting
after he said the Montgomery
County Chamber of Commerce
wanted the county to take a
SSOO advertisement in a bro
chure which the chamber was
planning to distribute through
out the country.
Professional Staff
At that point, Councilman
Stanley B. Frosh suggested the
employment of a professional
ataff to coordinate land develop
ment and land use plans with
the countjto tax and school
problems. \
A “One of defects
In our planning imNtfijjjery,” he
said, “is the ability to coordi
nate all these plans. The next
time we get a study, for ex
ample, we should see to it that
there is a continuing survey to
implement that study. Other
wise, it will just be put on the
shelf.”
Councilman David L. Cahoon
pointed out that the county’s
Planning Board already had
made a "halting step” in that
direction by employing an econ
omist.
"I note by the newspapers,”
he added, “that the economist
has been hired for six months,
but I think they will need him
longer than that.”
Cahoon went on to say that
“it is time to examine seriously
the question and duties of an
Economic Development Com
mission which would be in
terested in fulfilling the various
plans which we get from the
Planning Board.”
“We have had requests for
advertisements from the New
York Times in addition to this
one from the Chamber of Com
merce,” he said. “The develop
ment commission could indicate
to us which form of advertise
ment to use and how much
money we should spend.”
Sue Edmonston Leads Race
For ; Miss Rockville’ Title
Sue Edmonston was leading
the field this week in the Rock
ville Centennial race for “Miss
Rockville,” "Miss Montgomery”
and the 10 • member Royal
Court Close behind were Pat
Stockton in second place, and
Claris Troy In third.
Other contestants were
coming Up in this order, accord
ing to the votes tabulated Tues
day:
Patty Bouic, Sandra Davis,
Beverly Thompson and Mary
Yocum, tied for fourth; Linda
Bevins and Carol Mondy, tied
for eighth; Karen Curtis, Shar
ron Emmons and Marily Jones,
tied for 10th.
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rived this week in Rockville’s sister city, Pinneberg, Ger
many, as a personal gift to Mayor Henry Glissman, who
has six boxers and is an enthusiastic fancier. Mayor Gliss
man visited the home ot Mrs. Carl E. Ness, 18 Grandin cir.,
Rockville, on his visit here two years ago, to see Mrs. Ness’
dogs. Mrs. Ness sent the dog, Rusty, in the care of Rock
ville’s exchange students, Donna Lower and Betty White,
who left for Pinneberg Tuesday.— Staff Photo.
Commission on Aging
Will Hold Hearings
The County Council’s newly created Commission on
Aging got off to a flying start this week by appointing
eight committees and deciding to hold public hearings this
fall to seek the public’s views on possible answers to the
problems of senior citizens.
“We want to give the people
an opportunity to express them
selves on all aspects of these
problems,” said Carl Howe,
chairman of the 16-member
commission.
He emphasized the hearings
will not be limited to the elder
ly, but will be open to anyone
"who has any ideas.”
Committees namei Tuesday
will devote themselves to these
studies:
Health and social services,
use of leisure time, sources of
income, housing, employment,
community relations, urban and
rural problems, and survey.
Their duties will be to deter
mine the present activity and the
strong and weak points in each
field, and to draft specific
recommendations, Howe ex
plained.
The commission also went on
record in favor of continuing
Federal allocations to the State
Commission on Aging to sup
plement State funds.
In addressing the group ear
lier, Councilwoman Stella B.
Werner said getting old should
be a “challenge.”
“Your duties,” she told the
commission members, “will be
to stimulate an awareness that
our senior citizens can continue
to lead full and satisfactory
lives.”
She also pointed out that
Montgomery is the first county
in the State to have an ad
visory body on such a subject.
Alexander, Faye Brooks, Jean
ette Bruton, Joann Cissel,
Sandy Claggett, Cassie Fuller,
Barbara Hansen, Caro) Hag
gerty, Carol Hankel, Sharon
Kinder, Beth McClosky, Chris
tine Maxwell, Gail Murphy,
Donna Masincupp, Claire Mar
cuccio, Marsha Mai, Annie Mc-
Kenzie, Connie Modesitt, Pat
Modessit, Linda Pfeifle, Karen
Rasmussen, Brenda Radford,
Jeanne Sanders, Sandee Sand
ers, Claire Tombs and Joanne
Wardman, all tied for 13th.
The next tabulation will
take place August 29 dur
ing the showing of ‘The Thin
Gray Line,” the feature spec
tacle of the Centennial celebra
tion August 27-September 3.
And she added “that other coun
ties” will be loc Ung for us to
set a pattern for them.
Mrs. Werner emphasized that
the commission is “flexible” in
the number of its members and
that it was free to call in other
citizens as advisors and con
sultants. She also said secre
tarial service could be obtained
from the county manager’s
office.
“Don’t wait for some big re
port,” she said. “Tell us of
your progress.”
Industrial
Zoning Nixed
By Rockville
In an action designed to
compromise residential and
industrial interests on N.
Homers la., the Rockville
council voted to grant only
one of Lewis Cotier’s rezoning
requests.
The council, in a 4 to 1 vote,
denied Cotier's request for in
dustrial zoning for one acre
facing a church. Councilman
Glen Koepenick’s was the one
vote disagreeing with the coun
cil’s action.
In order to give City Attorney
William A. Linthicum time to
write in a clause calling for
an adequate buffer zone on
Cotier’s property to protect the
surrounding residential neigh
borhood, the council delayed an
affirmative vote on Cotier’s re
quest for industrial zoning on
a six acre site.
Cotier and his neighbors have
gone through several rounds of
fights before the council. Cot
ier, whose industrial property
was annexed recently over his
protest and zoned residential,
wished to expand his business.
His neighbors, on the other
hand, would be happier to see
him discontinue completely, and
said any expansion on Cotier’s
part would result in deteriation
in the neighborhood.
Mayor Alexander J. Greene
expressed the hope that by
denying the rezoning for one
site and requiring a buffer on
the other, tt would give Cotier
room for expansion without be
ing a detriment to the neigh
borhood.
Five New Schools
Readied for Fall
Five newly- constructed
schools and additions to 11
others will be ready for oc
cupancy with the opening
of the new school term in
September, the Board of Edu
cation was advised this week.
The additional facilities will
provide a total of 168 new class
rooms having a total capacity
of more than 4500 pupils, ac
cording to a report prepared
by Lester J. Welch, director of
school facilities, and James H.
Sheldon, director of construc
tion.
Since two existing schools
will not be used next year, the
number of school plants in op
eration next year will be in
creased from 109 to 112. They
will serve a total of 80,654
pupils.
New schools to open in the
fall include Whittier Woods
Elementary, 11 classrooms;
Holiday Park Elementary, 14
classrooms; Forest Knolls Ele
mentary, 12 classrooms; Peary
Lack Of Zoning Plan For
White Oak Hit by Cahoon
County Councilman David L. Cahoon this week crit
icized the Montgomery Planning Board for failing to
prepare a comprehensive zoning plan for the controversial
White Oak area.
He made his views known in commenting on two ap-
plications for commercial
zoning of property at the south
east intersection of New Hamp
sire ave. and Boteler rd., White
Oak.
The Planning Board had
recommended approval of the
petitions, but suggested that
only a portion of the land be
reclassified.
Cahoon noted that there were
many questions Involved
could have" been answered if
the planners had drafted a
zoning plan for the area. The
council then voted to approve
the applications.
Two other zoning petitions
also were granted. They are:
Reclassification from R-R to
1-3 (industrial) of 76 acres at
the intersection of Shadly
Grove rd. and U. S. Route 70,
(new Route 240) near Gaithers
burg.
Reclassification from R-60 to
1-1 of land at 9807 Brookville
rd., Silver Spring.
Two others were denied.
They are:
Reclassification from R-60 to
1-1 of three lots at the intersec
tion of Michigan and Pennsyl
vania aves., Linden.
Reclassification from R-60 to
1-1 of property along Maine
ave. between Michigan and
Kansas aves., Linden.
The council also formally ap
proved the so-called conflicts of
interest resolution which had
been given tentative passage
two weeks ago.
Council President Grover K.
Walker opposed a provision
which he claimed would require
him to write a summary of
every telephone call he received
on a case on which a hearing
Politically Embarassed
S.O.S. for Elephant Sent
By Centennial Committee
To assure its complete
freedom from any implica
tion of partisan political
leanings, the Rockville Cen
tennial Committee has gone
out beating the bushes for an
elephant.
All because the committee ac
cepted the loan of a burro as a
Centennial mascot.
The burro, named “Rocky,”
was made available to the com
mittee by Brooke Johns, former
president of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners, and the
offer was accepted by the com
mittee with great enthusiasm.
That is until someone re
called that a burro is a member
oi the donkey family—and the
donkey is the symbol of the
Democratic party.
In a hot presidential election
year that Just wouldn’t do.
“So,” said French Sense
A Century of Service
High School at Aspen, 40 class
rooms, and Gaithersburg Junior
High School, 28 classrooms.
Elementary schools to be ex
panded with the opening of new
additions include Brookmont,
Aspen Hill, Rock Creek Pali
sades, Clarksburg, Taylor, Fair
land, Gaithersburg, Laytonsville
and Potomac elementaries and
Montgomery Blair and Walter
Johnson high schools.
In addition, the report indi
cated seven more schools will
be ready for use by next Jan
uary 1, along with a 16-room
addition to the Sligo Junior
High School. They will provide
a total of 123 classrooms and
six all-purpose rooms having a
capacity of 3230 pupils.
New schools scheduled for
completion before the end of
the calendar year Include Hun
gerford, Cedar Grove, Travilah,
Poolesville, Georgian Forest
and Dlckerson-Barnesville ele
mentaries and the Springbrook
High School.
had been held and enter It in
the record.
“I just don’t have the time
to do all this,” he asserted.
“There are just too many
calls.”
However, he voted with the
six other council members to
adopt the resolution.
Peary School
To Be Named
For Admiral
A new county high school,
heretofore designated as Aspen,
will be named for Adm. Robert
E. Peary, the first man to reach
the North Pole.
The Board of Education ap
proved the name change this
week in adopting a resolution
which also provided that the
new East Wheaton elementary
school will officially be named
the Georgian Forest Elemen
tary School.
Fred L. Dunn, Jr., principal
of Peary High School, an
nounced four meetings for the
purpose of orienting students
who will attend classes In the
fall. A student handbook com
mittee and a. committee to draft
a proposed constitution for the
student government will be se
lected during the sessions.
Students who will enter the
10th grade will meet in the
school’s all-purpose room of the
Aspen Hill Elementary School
on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Other
meetings, all to be held at As
pen Hill and at the same time,
are as follows: grade nine,
Thursday, July 21: grade eight,
Tuesday, July 26, and grade
seven, Thursday, July 28.
baugh, Centennial promoter, “to
avoid political embarrassment,
we’ve Just got to get an ele
phant—a real, live elephant. Or
else, we’ll have to get rid of
Rocky.”
Despite the scarcity of the
ponderous pachyderm In an
area where the burro and the
donkey are relatively common,
Sensabaugh is confident the
committee will come up with
another mascot to preserve its
bipartisan balance. “We’ve ,ot
some things in mind,” he sail,
“and we believe we’ll be able
to keep the Republicans happy.”
Meanwhile, Rocky is enjoy
ing his role as Centennial mas
cot, which has brought him
new-found admirers and a
chance to get in the public
spotlight through his appear
ance at parades, ceremonies and
other events arranged by the
centennial committee.
Interracial Unit
To Study Dispute
Council Endorses
Mayor’s Statement
A statement by Mayor Alex
ander J. Greene, sharply critical
of racial segregation in public
eating establishments in Rock
ville, was given the unanimous
endorsement of the Rockville
City Council Monday night.
In approving the statement,
issued following the arrest of
25 persons for trespassing as
the result of Sunday’s “sit-in”
demonstration at the Hi-Boy
restaurant, the council itself
assumed the position outlined
by Mayor Greene. The action
was taken on the motion of
Councilman Frank Ecker. The
statement follows:
“For many years, the City of
Rockville has enjoyed good re
lationships, free of tensions, be
tween its Negro and white
populations. There has been an
orderly steady and highly suc
cessful desegregation of schools
in Rockville since the Supreme
Court rulings in 1954. Desegre
gated public facilities were the
rule even prior to that time.
While there have been indi
vidual differences of opinion,
Chairman Named for
Study of Curriculum
Montgomery County’s curriculum study committee
has completed formal organization and has selected Lud
wig Caminita, jr., partner in a public relations firm, as
its chairman.
Boyd Ladd, a statistician with the Johns Hopkins
University was selected as vice
chairman, while Mrs. S. J.
Keker, housewife and active
member of educational commit
tees of several local civic or
ganizations, was named secre
tary.
The group also appointed a
steering committee composed
of Dr. Arthur A. Hitchcock, ex
ecutive secretary of the Ameri
can Personnel and Guidance As
sociation; Mrs. Morton B. Le
vin, housewife; Dr. Robert S.
Marvin, a physicist with the Na
tional Bureau of Standards; Dr.
E. Marvin Rabin, a dentist, and
Mrs. Eugene W. Weber, house
wife.
A year long study of the coun
ty school system’s curriculum
was launched last night when
the committee met at the Board
of Education headquarters, and
additional sessions have been
scheduled for next Wednesday
night and on August 17.
The committee has adopted a
policy of conducting Its meet
ings in public and has indicated
It will welcome suggestions
from the audience. The “open
door” policy will be followed as
a general practice, although
some closed meetings will be
conducted by subcommittees
for consideration of technical
aspects of the study, according
to committee officials.
Bill Lowery, local electrician
and a member of the commit
tee, has volunteered to serve as
his caretaker for the duration
of the Centennial celebration.
Under his watchful eye, Rocky
remains well-fed and well
groomed and seems to have de
veloped a genuine affection for
his custodian.
Lowery was a bit perturbed
last week when Rocky slipped
his tether and disappeared
from his customary spot in the
rear of Centennial headquar
ters. He was found a few hours
later, however, peacefully graz
ing on the lawn of the city
library.
"Ordinarily, I’d believe he
was turned loose by prank
sters,” said Lowery, "but the
fact that he turned up at the
library makes me wonder.
After all, Rocky seems to be a
pretty cultured burro.”
the community by and large
has accepted the pattern of non
segregated public facilities.
“When the Hi-Boy Restau
rant moved into the community
last year, the owner, Mr. Ab
dow, asked my opinion of his
proposed policy of not serving
Negroes within the restaurant.
I advised him then as I would
now, that this policy is contrary
to the trend prevailing in Rock
ville in other business places,
and that I believed that in gen
eral, there would be no objec
tion from the community at
large if Negroes were served
on the same basis as whites.
“The City of Rockville has
been advised by its attorneys
that it lacks authority to legis
late on the issue of segregation.
Although we therefore cannot
require desegregation in public
eating establishments, person
ally I think it Is wrong to ad
vertise a restaurant or any
business for use of the general
public and then turn away a
part of that public when it
comes to be served.”
Frosh Asks
Pay Boost
For Council
A proposal to nearly
double the salaries of Coun
ty Council members is be
ing considered by the coun
ty heads.
The recommendation to
Increase the S3O per meeting
rate to SSO and to submit it to
the voters in a November ref
erendum was made Tuesday by
Councilman Stanley B. Frosh.
He said that because of the
many council meetings, "it is
becoming very difficult for
members to earn a living."
Frosh estimated that the
council now holds between 160
and 170 meetings and hearings
annually. He added that the ap
proximately $5,000 which the
members receive for attending
these meetings does not com
pensate them for the time lost
in carrying on their business
and professions.
At the same time, Frosh em
phasized that the proposed pay
boost could be applied only to
future members of the council,
since the body is prohibited by
law from raising its own sal
aries.
Both Mrs. Stella B. Werner
and William F. Hickey agreed
that the entire matter of salar
ies in proportion to council du
ties and responsibilities should
be studied carefully.
Hickey said it might be pref
erable to set up annual salaries
for council members, Instead of
basing their compensation on
the number of meetings they
attend.
Mrs. Werner, however, con
tended the question should not
be submitted to the voters dur
ing a presidential election year
“because it might not receive
the attention it deserves.”
Council members agreed to
defer action on the recommen
dation until next week. At that
time, they also will take up the
question of a referendum on a
proposed charter amendment.
This would permit the council
to increase the county man
ager’s school appropriation rec
ommendations by a majority
vote.
Such action would be In line
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Weather Outlook
Temperatures through Mon
day will average 3 or 4 degrees
below the normal highs and lows
of 86 and 69. Cooler Friday
and throughout weekend. Show
ers Thursday and Thursday
night.
Countv Council
Agrees to Form
New Commission
In the face of intensified
attacks on segregation in
private establishments and a
legal ruling that it is power
less to abate the practice,
the County Council this week
authorized creation of a com
mission to study interracial
problems.
The action emerged from
continued picketing of the Glen
Echo amusement park, where
Negroes currently are barred,
and a more recent “alt-in”
demonstration at the Hi-Boy
restaurant in Rockville in pro
test of its refusal to serve
Negroes within its dining room
or at its lunch counter. A total
of 41 persons have been ar
rested, mostly on charges of
trespassing, since the demon
strations began.
Besieged by requests for posi
tive action to outlaw segrega
tion in the county, the council
was told by its attorney, Alfred
H. Carter, that it does not have
legal authority over private
establishments in the matter of
racial restrictions. Then, on
motion of Councilman Stanley
B. Frosh, it adopted a resolu
tion setting up the commission
to seek means of ending Inter
racial controversy.
To Appoint Seven
Under terms of the resolu
tion, the commission would be
composed of seven members,
each representing a specific
group. Included would be local
representatives of the Arch
diocese of Washington, the
Montgomery County Ministerial
Association, the Washington
Board of Rabbis, the various
boards of trade and Chambers
of Commerce in the county, the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee and the Urban League.
The commission was “author
ized and directed" fo com
municate with trade associa
tions representing the owners
of recreation, restaurant and
hotel facilities as wpII as indi
vidual owners of such facilities
and any other groups or indi
viduals “who propose or oppose
the Integration of such facil
ities.” It also was "authorized
and directed” to cooperate with
the Maryland Commission on
Interracial Problems and Rela
tions.”
“The commission shall at
tempt to arrive at a method or
methods whereby the good
name of Montgomery County
and Its public peace may be
continued,” the resolution de
clared.
Early Report Asked
It directed the commission to
report to the council In writing
or in person “as soon as prac
ticable, as to any and all prog
ress made to that date.” A
further provision specified that
secretarial and administrative
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Education Board
Appoints Three
The Board of Education
this week approved appoint
ment of personnel for three
administrative and education
al jobs, two of the position*
being filled by employes re
cruited from outside areas.
Dr. Kenneth W. Rollins, a
consultant for the Education
al Research Council of Great
er Cleveland, Ohio, was ap
pointed supervisor of guid
ance for the local system at
a salary of $11,500, while
Maurice J. Weinberger, super
intendent of the Nashwauk-
Keewatin, Minn., school dis
trict, was named assistant
principal at Leiand Junior
High School at a salary of
$9625.
Dr. Gertrude Justin, former
principal of the Norwood
Special School who has been
attending the University of
Maryland for the purpose of
obtaining a doctorate in edu
cation, was named assistant
supervisor of appraising and
accounting at a salary of
$9623.