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1041* Year • No. 37
Two
Open Drive
Republicans and Democrats Launch
Campaigns in Montgomery County
Local Republicans and Democrats began laying the
groundwork this week for what promises to be one of the
hottest political campaigns in recent county history.
GOP workers launched a Neighbor-to-Neighbor drive,
to extend through September 15, to help finance party
activities. And on the other side
of the political fence, Blair Lee,
111. was appointed county chair
man of the Kennedy-Johnson
forces.
Ir a move to bury pre-conven
tion differences, Lee immedi
ately named Orphans Court
Judge Theodore A. Miller, re
cently leader of the Adlai Stev
enson supporters here, as dep
uty campaign manager.
Appointed assistant manager
in charge of liaison with Ken
nedy headquarters in Washing
ton and Baltimore were Claude
Lesautels, Wheaton, and Mrs.
James J. Lynch, Silver Spring.
Desautels is secretary to Rep.
Wayne N. Aspinall (D-Colo.)
and Mrs. Lynch is a former
president of the United Demo
cratic Women’s Clubs of Mont
gomery County. Both worked
for Kennedy before the national
convention.
The Kennedy forces plan to
open offices soon in Silver
Spring and Bethesda.
Spearheading the Neighbor
to-Neighbor task force of about
1000 volunteers is a committee
of top Republican leaders head
ed by Gilbert Gude, Rockville,
chairman, and Mrs. Mary E.
Caldwell, Chevy Chase, co-chair
man.
The volunteer fund-raisers.
Identified by their receipt books,
will visit all registered Repub
licans to collect contributions to
elect the national Nixon-Lodge
~ ticket and Sixth District Con
gressional . candidate Charles
(Mac) Mathias.
The Republican volunteers
also will do “missionary” work
among Democratic and Inde
pendent voters and persons who
have failed to register for the
November 8 election by dis
tributing Information about the
national and local Republican
organization, their functions and
their candidates.
In past years, Montgomery
Republicans have been com
mended by the National Repub
lican Committee as the out
standing group in the nation
participating in the Neighbor
to-Neighbor fund raising cam
paign. In 1958, nearly SIO,OOO
was raised by the Montgomery
County drive.
Other Republican leaders on
the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Com
mittee are Esther Fleishell, Sil
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Realignment Backers
Take Case to Court
Maryland’s Committee for Fair Representation has
gone to court to press its fight for a legislative reappor
tionment prov iding stronger representation for the heavily
populated urban areas of the State.
Naming Gov. J. Millard Tawes and the State Board
of Canvassers as defendants,
the committee filed suit last
week in Anne Arundel County
Circuit Court challenging con
stitutionality of the present ap
portionment of senators and
delegates in the General Assem
bly. It asked a declaratory
judgment holding the existing
method to be in violation of the
Fourteenth Amendment of the
United States Constitution and
the Civil Rights Acts of 1957
and 1960.
Inequity Charged
Tlie bi-partisan group con
tended in its complaint that
Baltimore* City and the four
largest urban counties command
fewer than half the State's dele
gates and only one-third of the |
senators despite the fact that
76 per rent of the population
resides in their combined area.
Named with Baltimore City
were Arne Arundel, Baltimore,
Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties.
Present apportionment prac
tices, the suit charged, “deprive
the plaintiffs of equal protec
tion of the law as guaranteed
by the Fourteenth Amendment”
Tlie plaintiffs said they sought
relief ( ro tn the court because of
the lailure of earlier attempts
iNnweti 4Mi itutiiel
‘Crash’ Drive
Is Launched
For Hospital
A 100-day “crash” pro
gram is underway to raise
an additional $600,000 for
the Silver Spring Hospital
Building Fund.
General Campaign Chairman
Frank H. Proudfoot said the
drive will extend through No
vember 22. A committee of 100
will participate in this “Oper
ation Thanksgiving,” he added
with a huge victory celebration
to be held during Thanksgiving
week.
Ten of Montgomery County’s
most prominent citizens will
spearhead the campaign among
some 800 leading business and
industrial leaders and firms.
So far more than $400,000 has
been raised in cash and pledges
to help build the 300-bed hos
pital on Forest Glen rd. over
looking Sligo park. The hospital
will have 200 beds Initially with
future expansion to 300 without
additional construction. Its cost
now is put at $7 million.
“The success of our residen
tial committee which raised
i $120,000 and the tremendous
i support, both financially and
morally, we have received from
: the community’s doctors have
been heartwarming evidence of
the support this hospital has in
the community,” Proudfoot
said.
i Ground was broken on the
i hospital last May and actual
. construction is scheduled to get
. underway this fall. The com
i munity, however, must raise $1
I million to help finance construc
tion In this non-recurring cam
paign, Proudfoot emphasized.
Appeal Pondered on
Town’s Tax Dilemma
The attorney for Gaithersburg residents seeking a
referendum on the town’s 10-cent tax boost is considering
an appeal from an unfavorable Circuit Court decision.
Judge James H. Pugh ruled last week that the munici
pality’s budget is not subject to a referendum, even though
to bring about a reapportion
ment by the legislature. Since
1950, the suit noted, 10 bills
providing "some measure of re
apportionment” have been killed
by the general assembly.
Seek to Block Elections
The committee asked the
court to void the results of 1962
elections unless they are held
at large or some form of reap
portionment is provided, and
requested further that the court
retain jurisdiction in the case
until the legislature is reappor
tioned “in conformity with the
Fourteenth Amendment.”
If the governor and election
officials are permitted to hold
the 1962 elections under the ex
isting provisions for apportion
ment, the plaintiffs held, they
will suffer "irreparable injury
to their Constitutional rights,
federal and state.”
Royce Hanson, executive vice
president of the committee, said
the court action is merely an
initial phase of the group’s
campaign to bring about reap
portionment. This fall, he said,
the committee will initiate ape
; tition for a referendum on the
same questions cited in tne Dili
; of complaint.
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MISS MARYLAND CROWNED l9 year old
Robin Davis of Hyattsville, who represented
Prince Georges County in Saturday’s “Miss
Maryland Contest” at Salisbury, is seen be
ing crowned by Lynda Lee Mead, the reign
ing Miss America, after being picked to rep
resent Maryland at next month’s Miss
America’s contest at Atlantic City. Elaine
Church Lays
Cornerstone
On Sunday
The Coles vi 11 e United
Presbyterian Church will lay
the cornerstone for its new
building at 7 p.m. Sunday at
12800 Colesville rd.
Participating in the ceremo
nies will be Jack Kalipos, vice
moderator of the Presbytery
of Washington; William Mayne,
president of the Board of Trus
tees of the Washington Pres
bytery, and the Rev. Atfios
Wilkie, minister of the church.
A copper box containing me
mentoes of the church’s history
will be placed in the wall.
The church held its first serv
ice October 12, 1959. Since then,
its membership has grown to
135, with an enrollment of over
150 in the Sunday School.
The congregation is now
meeting at the Jackson Road
Elementary School.
town officials had advertised
that the popular vote would be
called for if 20 per cent of the
registered voters signed a peti
tion requesting it.
Two taxpayers, W. Lawson
King and Roy L. Talbott, circu
lated a petition and obtained
over 300 signatures favoring the
referendum. The town then
brought suit against King and
Talbott to prevent the action.
Leonard T. Kardy, represent
ing King and Talbott, said he
is studying the court’s ruling
with a possible view to filing
an appeal. He said he has 30
days within which to take fur
ther action.
"After all,” Kardy declared,
“this is the essence of home
rule.”
In his opinion, Judge Pugh
said that if the town charter
required a referendum on the
budget and tax rate, it would
result in removing authority
over town operations from the
elected officials and placing it in
the hands of the residents.
"Obviously,” he added, "this
would place the duly elected
officials ... in an awkward and
untenable position. The power
of the councilmen to administer
the affairs of ihe town could be
nullified every year when the
budget is made up.”
The jurist commented that
those dissatisfied with the budg
et and tax rate could express
their opposition by ousting their
officials at the election polls.
Youth Revival Here
A Youth Revival wiii be held
at 7:45 p.m. August 21-28 at the
Church of God, 1005 Maple ave.,
RocJcviJJp Are? vnvfhs will
-speak. The Rev. Harvey Edge
’ pastor.
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 19*0
Downs, “Miss Silver Spring” (extreme left)
was runner-up, while also in the photograph
is the retiring Miss Maryland, Marie True,
and the second runner-up, Dottie Diem, of
Joppa, Harford County. Judges included
Dick Clark, the teen-agers idol of “Television
Bandstand.”
—Staff Photo by Gillespie
‘Biggest Auction’
Set for Saturday
Midtown Rockville Merchant* Stage
Unique Sale for Centennial Days
What promises to be the biggest auction ever held in
Rockville is set for 9:30 Saturday morning. Sponsored by
the Midtown Merchants’ Association, and conducted by
Null and Null, well-known auctioneers, the auction is part
of local merchants promotional efforts directed at celebra-
tion of Centennial Year at the
County Seat.
Scheduled to be held on the
gigantic parking lot of Rock
ville’s North Washington Street
Shopping Center, articles to be
auctioned to the highest bidders
include automobiles, large and
small appliances, jewelry, cloth
ing, furniture, gift items, gaso
line, oil, radios, television sets,
and just about everything else
that can be found in Rockville
stores and shops.
If rain falls, as rain will de
spite the plans of planners, the
auction will be moved down to
the warehouse of Modern Fur
niture Company, 331 E. Mont
gomery ave.
Irvin Schwartz, president of
the Merchants’ Association,
stressed there will be no "bid
ding in” for the house. In short,
merchants will not be on hand
to bid in their own merchandise
If the bidding is not to their
liking. The highest public bid
will take whatever goes on the
block whether it represents the
value of the offering or not.
Since the idea of a public auc
tion of various items of mer
chandise from a good many
representative stores in mid
town Rockville is unique and
fancy-catching, Schwartz said a
large turn-out is expected. "The
auction,” he said,” adds to the
atmosphere Rockville is trying
to create for its 100th birthday
celebration.”
First Aid Class Opens '
A Red Cross standard first
aid class will begin at 8 p.m.
September 14 at the Montgom
ery County Red Cross Chapter
House, 2020 East-West hwy.,
Silver Spring. An advanced first
aid class will start October 19.
Early Fair Is Described
With the Montgomery Coun
ty Fair poised for the start of
its 13th season, an ancient copy
of The Baltimore Clipper re
minds that a similar fair was
held in Rockville 110 years ago
and drew praise for the excel
lency of its exhibits.
The Baltimore paper, quot
ing the Washington Republic,
referred to the “creditable
ar *y” of the products exhibited
at the fair, but devoted consid
erable space to the high caliber
of the patrons who came to
view the exhibit. The Clipper
reported as follows:
"Agricultural Fair—The an
nual fair of the Montgomery
Cffnty Agricultural Society
commenced at Rockville on
Tuesday, and was brought to
close yesterday. The Wash
ington Republic says:
| "It was numerously attended
A Century of Service
Mrs. Anne Orleans Seeks
Seat on School Board
Mrs. Anne P. Orleans, Silver
Spring housewife and substi
tute teacher in Montgomery
County, this week announced
her candidacy for election to
the Montgomery County Board
of Education.
The wife of Dr. Harry B.
Orleans, she is the mother of
two teenage children and is ac
tive in many community organ
izations.
She Is chairman of recruit
ment of teachers for the Mary
land Congress of Parents and
Teachers and attended its sum
mer workshop last month in
Frostburg, Md. A resident of
Silver Spring for 14 years, she
lives at 9500 Colesville id.
Since 1946, she has served as
full time and substitute teacher
in county public schools. Cur
rently she is a member of the
Civil Defense Advisory Board
to the County Council, a board
member of the Montgomery
Crippled Children and Adults
Organization and a board mem
ber of the Community Psychi
atric Clinic.
She also has served as a dele
gate to the University of Mary
land Education Conference and
is an honorary member of the
National Thespian Society. Ac
tive in Girl Scout work as a
leader, she has been a den
mother and a Red Cross instruc
tor.
A native of New York, she
by as fine-looking people as we
could desire to behold—beauti
ful women and sterling men,
possessing practical intelligence
of a superior order, and evinc
ing a deep interest in the ob
jects of the exhibition. The
array of the pioducts of their
industry was creditable in the
highest degree, and reflects
School Days
See the special “baek-to
school” supplement in to
day’s Issue of The Sentinel.
Included is a complete
shopper’s guide, containing
valuable information on
where essential school needs
can be obtained most con
veniently and economically
In Montgomery County.
’6O County Fair
To Open Tuesday
4-H Clubbers
Compete for
Fair Judging
Thi r t y-three 4-H Club
boys and girls are competing
for dairy and livestock
judges in preparation for
the State Fair August 29 in
Timonium.
Those vying for senior dairy
judges are Curtis Day, Eddie
Burdette and Stewart Walker,
jr., Damascus; James Claggett,
Germantown; Ashton Garrett
and Blair Stiles. Rockville;
Gloria King, Clarksburg, and
Jean King and Melvin Glover,
jr„ Gaithersburg.
Competing for junior dairy
judges are Purdum Burdette,
Damascus; Nancy Garrett, Paul
Stiles, Mike Stiles and Barbara
Whipp, Rockville; Putt Willett,
Laytonsvllle, John MacKenzie,
Gaithersburg, and Robert
Moore, Derwood.
Those competing for senior
livestock judges are Carolyn
Eckhardt, Wheaton; Tommy
Fisher, Carolyn and Norman
Mills, jr., and James and Sandra
Wightman, Gaithersburg, and
John D. and Tom King, Wood
field.
Competing for junior live
stock judges are Larry Burgess,
Laytonsvllle; Christine and Lois
Fisher, Boyds; John R. King,
Clarksburg; Steuart Llgon,
Sandy Spring; Franklin Mag
aha, Sellman; Rebecca Schaef
fer, Germantown, and Robert
Windham, Woodfield.
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Mrs. Anne P. Orleans
holds a B.A. degree from Brook
lyn College and did graduate
work at the University of
Maryland.
Mrs. Orleans ran at large two
years ago. Now, she is running
from the Silver Spring district.
Study Committee
The next meeting of the
Montgomery County Curricu
lum Study Committee will be
held at 8:15 p.m. August 31 in
the Board Room at the Board
of Education building, Rock
ville.
honor upon a county that has
so nobly elevated the reputation
of its people by the develop
ment of the capability of a soil
so lately regarded as impover
ished and barren.
“The orator of the day. Dr.
Higgins, the State Agricultural
Chemist discharged his duty in
a creditable manner and Geo.
Washington Parke Custis, Esq,,
who was called out by the
happy appeal of Joseph H.
Bradley, Esq., delivered an ad
dress that drew forth the oft
repeated plaudits of the im
mense company.
"Among the distinguished
persons present, in addition to
those already named, we ob
served Judge Dunlop, F. P.
Blair, Esq., Hon. L Hill, of New
Hampshire, Maj. G. Peter and
Georg* Mag ruder, Esq.' 1
3 SECTIONS _ 32 RAGES GArda. 4-7700 Tm Cant. • Copy
Rural Sector Comes Into Its
Own in Annual Agricultural
Event at Montgomery Site
The rural area of Montgomery County comes into its
own next Tuesday, when the annual County Fair opens for
a five-day run at the Gaithersburg Agricultural Center.
Temporarily taking the spotlight away from the
mushrooming urban section of the county, the fair will
Holiday Fete
Scheduled at
Gaithersburg
The Gaithersburg - Wash
ington Grove Fire Depart
ment is finalizing plans for
its annual Labor Day cele
bration, annually one of the
major observances of the holi
day in the Montgomery County
area.
The department has extend
ed invitations to volunteer fire
companies in Maryland, Vir
ginia and Pennsylvania to par
ticipate in the September 5 pa
rade, which will highlight a
program scheduled from noon
to midnight.
In addition to fire depart
ments, the parade will feature
rescue squads, marching units,
a children’s division and other
organizations from throughout
the area. A wide assortment
of cash prizes and trophies will
be presented to the outstanding
units in the line of march and
the most capable entries in fire
fighting contests which will be
held immediately afterward.
In addition to the contests,
prizes will be awarded for a
variety of type of apparatus
deemed the best-appearing in
the parade, the oldest piece of
apparatus in the line of march,
the unit coming the longest dis
tance to attend the fete, the
unit having the largest num
ber of marching members and
for bands, floats and majorettes.
The parade is only a portion
of a program that will begin
with the noon registration of
participants at the Washington
Grove recreation center. Among
other events will be a dinner
and concert by the Rockville
Civic Band in St. Martin’s
Church and a dance in the audi
torium at the Agricultural Cen
ter.
Men’s Club to Sponsor
Steak Fry on Saturday
Members of the Temple
Emanuel Men’s dub will spon
sor their annual steak fry at 7
p.m. Saturday on the picnic
grounds of the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory, White Oak.
The program will include
community singing and feats of
magic by Alfred the Great. Fur
ther information may be ob
tained by calling the Temple
office, WHitehall 2-2000.
Plane-to-Ground Phones
Are Now Available Here
Public telephone service in the skies was expanded
this week to create a wide aerial communications corri
dor stretching from the Chicago area t 6 beyond the At
lantic shore.
Establishment of two-way air-ground telephone facil-
ities in three more cities— *
Washington, New York and t
Pittsburgh—extends the service j
throughout aviation’s “Golden ,
Triangle," an area which origi- ,
nates about a third of the na- (
tlon’s air passenger travel and
a fourth of all private flights.
Tying in with Washington,
New York and Pittsburgh to
pletc the corridor are Chi
cago and Detroit, where air- !
ground service was inaugu
rated on a trial basis in 1957. '•
Passengers in airplanes 1
equipped for tlie services will 1
be able to call anywhere in the 1
worldwide telephone network 1
while flying within the cover- 1
age radius of any of the five 1
cities.
The radius varies with alti- '
tude. At 5,000 feet, a person 1
will be able to place or receive
a call When his aircraft is with- 1
in 100 miles of a ground anten- \
na. Since the five cities are i
roughly 200 miles apart, this 1
[provides continuity of coverage :
Weather Outlook
Temperatures through Mon
day will average from two to
five degrees above the normal
highs and lows of 83 and 67.
Cooler Thursday, but rising
trend over weekend. Showers
Saturday and Sunday.
reflect the talent and productiv
ity of up-county residents whose
interests lie predominantly in
agricultural activity. It will fea
ture a wide array of farm ex
hibits, including animals, pro
duce, handicraft and other ex
amples of homemaking ability.
Going into its 13th successive
year, the fair will be the most
extensive ever staged and will
offer a record sum of more
than $46,000 in prizes for the
various competitive events.
Some 8000 exhibits, including
animals, have been entered, and
fair officials anticipate an at
tendance in excess of 100,000
persons.
Entertainment Slated
In addition to the agricultural
exhibits, the fair will offer a
variety of entertainment. Dur
ing the first three days, visitors
will have the opportunity of
viewing a 12-act circus which
will stage two shows a day,
available to all patrons at no
extra charge, and there will be
a number of other entertain
ment features.
Opening day has been desig
nated as "Kids’ Day,” with free
admission for children, half
price for carnival rides and as
sorted games snd contests.
Among the latter will be a frog
jumping contest in which a bi
cycle will be awarded to the
youngster whose frog makes
the longest leap.
Kids’ Features Planned ,
According to R. W. Farmer,
fair chairman, some 33,000 per
sons are expected to be on hand
for the “Kid’s Day” program.
Another children’s feature will
be “Nursery lane,” consisting
of animal characters from Moth
er Goose set up before appro
priately painted scenes. Among
them will be Mother Goose her
self, the Three Little Pigs,
“Chicken Licken” and her brood
of baby chicks and others.
Among special events sched
uled during the fair will be
“Governor’s Day” on Thursday,
at which time Gov. J. Millard
Tawes will be an honored guest.
He will meet with his constitu
ents and will present awards
to top winners in 4-H Club con
tests.
Rep. John R. Foley also will
be a guest for “Governor’s Day”
and will join the governor at a
dinner to be prepared by a
group of church women cooper
ating with fair officials.
Among other features will be
the usual horse-pulling contest,
an all-day horse show on Satur
day, cattle auctions and varied
demonstrations.
at that height. At 20,000 feet
pilots and passengers flying
within 200 miles of a ground
station may make or receive a
cal’.
With present channel alloca
tions, five ail-ground conversa
tions may go on simultaneously
—one via each of the ground
stations.
In making an air-ground call,
a customer presses a push-to
talk button on his air-borne tele
phone. This sends a signal to
the nearest base station and
thence to a special “aviation”
switchboard operator. Upon
reaching the operator, the cus
tomer gives her the number he
wishes to call and she makes
the connection.
Ground-to-air calls are made
by dialing the telephone com
pany and asking for the “avi
ation” operator in the area
where the plane is known to be
flying.