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10M Ymt • No. 1 -C^ 4 ROCKVILLE. MARYLAND THURSDAY. DICIMIER 22. 10 U RADIS Ar4*s 4-7tlo Tm m C*n Quarter-Acre Zone Opposed Residents of County Protest Small Lot Size in Rockville County residents to the west of Rockville asked the Rockville City Council to move all quarter-acre or less zoning away from their borders, during a zoning hearing Monday. The hearing concerned which Is approximately quarter acre, for 17 acres on Glen Mill rd. It is part of a 72 acre future subdivision on the old Magruder- Veirs farm, bounded by Glen Mill rd. and Rt. 28. Purchaser of the tract is Miss Frances R. At wood. It was annexed to the city in 1958. Representatives of citizens as sociations in the Glen Mill area, who often appear before the council to protest city expansion which they fear will oroduce planning in conflict with their two and three acre development, asked the lots be kept in half acre zoning. Review Is Requested Morris V. Baxter, president of the Potomac Highland associ ation asked that the council not only deny R-90 for this particu lar tract, but that the city re view its plans for other R-90 coning in the area. “I ask you to push any R-90 lots back into Rockville behind Ritchie pkwy, wherever it is drawn,” asserted Baxter. . In effect he was asking the city to take away 52 acres of R-90 the city has already grant ed Miss Atwood, represented by Attorney David Betts. The 17 acres was zoned for half-acre lots when the proposed Ritchie pkwy. was slated to go through the 72 acres, cutting the 17 acres from the rest. The re zoning was to provide a buffer between the higher density and 'he larger lots in the county along Glen Mill rd. Terming it spot zoning, Arthur Stucki, of Dave rd., said he lived between two R-90 zones and this would close in the third' side. Seeks Open Spaces “I moved out of Rockville to get open spaces,” he said "And so did many others.’' The citizen associations joined together in a letter read to the Council saying R-90 zoning was “not in keeping with the area which has an average of two or three acres to a lot.” Bettß said the request would •dd only 19 lots to the 267 per missable under the present coning of 52 acres as R-90 and 17 acres of half-acre zoning. He suggested an alternative •f leaving a three-tiered buffer of half-acre lots on Glen Mills and granting R-90 for only nine acres. Alumni, to Honor Noyes, Stephan Two Montgomery County residents will be among those honored during the 52nd annual reunion of the Central High School Alumni Association of Washington next Monday. The reunion will be held at 8 p.m. at the Shoreham Hotel. To be honored with certifi cates of distinction are Alfred D. Noyes, class of 1927. judge of the county juvenile court, Bamesville, and Rear Adm. Ed ward S. Stephan, class of 1925, U. S. Navy hydrographer, West moreland Hills. Improvements in Six New Fields Proposed by MCEA The Montgomery County Education Association, which called for a sharp increase in the maximum pay of county school teachers three weeks ago, has proposed improvements in six additional fields of the county’s edu- cational program. In a report presented to the Board of Education by Arthur D. Simonds, Jr., executive secre tary of the teachers’ association, the board was asked to consider these proposals: • Increased salaries for school secretaries in recognition of their status as ‘'semi-profes sional” employes of the school system. • Expanded library services to approach the “minimum standards” net by the American library Association. (Tiiifli §ttM A Century of Service a request for R-90 zoning, City Given New Zoning Categories The Rockville City Council created two new zoning classi fications Monday, a one-acre es tate and an R-30 requiring 3000 square feet of land per apart ment unit. The R-20 apartment zone now in existence requires only 2000 square feet for each unit. The new apartment zone cuts units from 21 to 14 per acre. At a hearing last November both plans were opposed. The estate zone was called imprac tical for urban use and develop ment Into row-houses was pre dicted for the R-30 zone. In other action the council tightened housing restrictions to require: • 150 square feet of living space for the first occupant of a dwelling, and an additional 100 for all others living in the same place. • 70 square feet for the first occupant of a bedroom, and an additional 50 for any others. _ • A bathroom to be available to all without their having to go through another’s bedroom. • Ceiling height must be 7 feet for at least one-half of a room. • No cellar space can be used as an habitable room. Arts Center Again Urged By Committee Montgomery County’s civic and cultural committee again this week called for construc tion of a community arts center on land donated by the county. The committee met with the County Council to discuss its plans for the art center which, under an earlier proposal, would be financed jointly by the coun ty and the Montgomery County Arts Center, Inc., a nonprofit community organization. Fred erick Gutheim, president of the arts center, is a member of the council's committee. Under the organization's plan, the proposed county center would serve primarily to meet the needs of participants in arts ! and civic endeavors, and would not be intended for spectator events. It would, Gutheim told the council, be a “more folksy operation” than the National Cultural Center planned for downtown Washington. > • Employment of additional • personnel, possibly non-profes . sional employes, to assure teach , ers of a duty-free lunch period • and relieve them of supervisory and other responsibilities during the luncheon recess. • An increase in the number 1 of full-time student counselors ' in county high schools to con form to present-day recom mendations of educators, i • More facilities and teach i ers to meet the needs of pupils i requiring special education for the handicapped. vl Bp . ~ -"'V" m-f WMm jSSmMS&Si Ia-. ofo J$ fKBB Im ■ .■iyy> Jm ' Jfm mm Hh| I y ,„ M P L J mb , i oj i jflr v Jk M JmM ■ / if \Y rfif > mm. jk ■, \\ . j |Sk ' p jf I> I j < m ßn jSBBm , i t' \ % 51 Hi % e 1 mMm/Mm I ' * dmßMpt. I I JBP TEp J PEACE ON EARTH, the theme of the Christ mas season, Is reflected In the smiling countenance of 4-year-old Lisa Loiselle as she admires a Nativity scene painting at the Conditional Zone Plan Ruled Out The Montgomery County Council was told this week it Is without authority to grant "con dition,.,”' property rezonings, based on agreements under which applicants would promise specific performances in return for zoning approval. In a report prepared as the result of a recent request from the council, County Attorney Alfred, H. Carter held that Mary land courts have consistently ruled out the validity of rezon ing actions based on such agree ments between the applicants and governing authorities. However, Carter told the council it has legal precedent for creating so-called “floating zones,” in which development would have to meet specific criteria spelled out in amend ments to the zoning law. Such zones would be described In the zoning amendment text, but would not be shown on the zon ing maps. Carter reported the council already has utilized the “float ing zone” principal In the preparation of the Cabin John Watershed master plan,#which authorized certain industrial ac tivities in the area by text amendment. The attorney was requested to prepare a further report on the use of “floating zones” with particular respect to providing for high-rise apartment develop ments surrounded by ample “green space” and the construc tion of regional shopping cen ters. • Employment of additional teachers on a 12-month basis to permit an expanded summer school program. Earlier Plan Applauded With respect to school secre taries, Simonds said the MCEA "applauded” the board's decision to set up separate salary scales for professional and non-pro fessional employes, but he said the group feels the duties per formed by the secretaries have placed them in a "semi-profes sional” role. In addition to the skills re quired of secretaries in private business, he noted, the school secretary needs "the ability to respond to any emergency and (Continued on Paga A3) - Rockville Art Gallery in the Civic Center, where her ( mother serves as director. Paint ing was made by Ann Robertson, 17, of Rockville. OV St. JVick Gets Flood of Messages A deluge of Santa Claus letters hit the Sentinel office during the past week as the contest for the best pleas came to a close Monday. The Sentinel to the North Pole, Intercepting the communications for judging purposes. Four prizes of $5 each and four more of $2.50 each will be awarded. Winners will be announced in next week’s issue. Following are only a few of the letters received during the past week: Dear Santa Claus. We are expecting six (at least) dogs and we dont have amything to put them in. I would like a little old dog bed, it don’t have to be anything fancy just something to keep them out of the cold, arid a little old dog blanket to keep the poor little old things warm. Greatfully Phyllis Oakes Rockville • • • Dear Santa I have been very good to my Mother and father I have helped them in ever way I can. Santa I want a Punching balloon for Christmas and a Lunchbox and a box of cards saqta I want you to pick a few thing for me and my brothers to. I am nine years old and in the four Grade. Michael Flanary Rockville • • • Dear Santa I have been very good to my mother and father. I am seven years old. I Love you santa and your helpers. I read Very good in School. I got four A's and three B’s on My report card. lam in Second grade My teacher’s name is Mrs. Brink man. Dear santa. I wish you could Make some thing’s for Me. I want you to bring Me dishes, and a high chair four my baby’s, and a doll with lots of clothes and I want a box of cards and what ever you have plan to bring to my house. Debra Flanary Rockville • • • Dear Santa, Please bring me a piano. If you don’t think I need one I would like a second-hand type writer. I would like also a nurse kit, guitar (play) games, books, and crayons. I would like fairy tale books, mysery books and any other good ones. My sister, Lynn, would like a cow girl suit with a hat and gun. Also a blue half-slip. She to would like some crayons. Most of all Santa please take poor little children over the world some toys to. These things I would like to send in my families name, trycides, doll clothes, dresses, pants and coats. Sincerely Cynthia Helen Johnson | C Dear Santa, | Our family likes music. Please bring Carolyn an organ. She is 12. Tim would like a drum. [ He Is 8. Jeffrey is 3)4, he ' wants a smaller drum. Colleen wants a toy piano. She is a baby. I am almost 11, please 1 give me a trumpet. My Mommy ! just wants some pills for her [ head ache. ’ Love ■ Gregory Moore 1 Rockville 1 . . * Dear Santa, Christmas will be here soon. My mother told me the Sentinel will deliver a letter to you from me. Please bring me anything you r think a 6 year old boy should I have. t There are a lot of boys and - girls in Montgomery County I who will not get much in their i stockings on Christmas Mom- I ing. Please be extra good to ! them. Thank you and Merry Christ mas! I ve, John Brown Rockville r. * • i Dear Santa Claus, 1 I want a Shootin Shpll Buckle ' Gun and a Trench Mortar. I 1 want a Remco Whirlybird and 1 a Remco Fighting Lady. I want ' a Yankee Doodle Test Center. ’ I want a missile-firing Subma ' rine. I want a football pants ’ and shoes. I want a trampoline. Love , Stuart BJerk# : Age 7 Rockville • • • Dear Santa Claus, I want a Barbie and Ward robe. I want a Miss Shirley Temple. I want a Little Miss ! Revlon. I want a Shirley Temple [ and her mix. I want a ballerina - with wardrobe. I want a bride i doll. , I^ove I Janet Bjerke r Age 5 Rockville •• • • I Dear Santa ! My name is John Webb. I ; live on Hughs rd. Poolesville. | Dad is sick and unemployed. I ‘ am one of five children you ! haven’t never brought us much 1 at Christmas That why I am : writing to you I would like a 1 elec train. My sister is J 6 she likes cloths \ (Continued on Page A6) Whittier Requests Operating Fund Of $46.4 Million Delegates Given League Program A bill authorizing Rockville’s participation in urban renewal and legislation requiring builders and developers to provide land for parks and recreation were among measures submitted to Montgomery County’s General Assembly delegation by municipal officials this week. The proposals were presented tp Sen. Edward S. Northrop and members of the delegation by the Montgomery County Chapter of the Maryland Munici pal League at a joint meeting in the Rockville Civic Center. Takoma Park City Councilman Ralph F. Sidell, chairman of the county league unit, presided at the session. Under a constitutional amend ment approved by Maryland voters last month, Individual communities desiring to partici pate in urban renewal must act Independently to obtain enabling legislation. According to Allan Beals, executive secretary of the State league, the prop osed Rockville bill is expected to be a model for other jurisdictions planning to Join in the program. Takoma Park Mayor George Miller, who is president of the State league, said his city will propose an urban renewal bill in the near future. The park and recreation area bill would give buildere the choice of donating tend outright for such uses, or to make cash payments in lieu thereof. Dur ing a discussion on the proposal, Rockville Mayor Alexander J. Greene suggested that park and playground areas be classified as "utilities” along with curb, gutter and streets now required of developers, and proposed that the developers be asked to dedi cate 10 per cent of their land for such purposes. Mayor Miller told the delega tion of the “possibility” of a pro posed amendment to the home rule bill which would give Coun ty Commissioners the right to veto ann ex a tions filed by municipalities, and asked the delegation to oppose the rumor ed measure. Mayor Victor Gentilini, of Kensington, called for legisla tion on behalf of the State league requiring county boards of appeals to give municipalities a 30-day notification of hearings scheduled on applications for special exceptions to the zoning laws. Legislation authorizing the establishment of storm drainage districts, to expedite financing of storm drainage projects by municipalities, was proposed by Rockville City Manager Waiter Scheiber. He said that Rock ville has plans for a $2 million storm drainage program and that Annapolis is considering an even larger program, and assert ed there Is no “really satis factory” method of financing the improvements. The league’s proposals were taken under advisement by the legislative unit. January Schedule for School Board Calls for 21 Meetings New members of the Board of Education are fac ing a rugged baptism of fire in a heavy schedule of Janu ary meetings, to which vet eran board members have be come attuned in their previous deliberations of the school budget. A total of 21 meetings have been scheduled during the month, all but two of them spe cial sessions called for consid eration of various phases of the budget proposals of Dr. C. Tay ior Whittier, superintendent of schools. Operating Budget Due The board, including new members, Mrs. Lucy Keker and Mrs. Lucille Maurer, already has received Dr. Whittier’s capi Board Voices Approval of 3 Rezonings Three rezaning applications In accordance with the Park and Planning Commission’s master plans have been recommended for approval by the Montgom ery Ooimty Planning Board. The petitions and the board’s recommendations have been forwarded to the County Coun cil, which has final zoning au thority. At the same time, the plan ning agency approved 10 per limin&ry subdivision plans con taining a total of 156 lots. The three rezoning applica tions are: By Meatyard & Carlin, attor neys for Robert R. Furman. R-60 (single-family detached homes) to GO (commercial of fice building) at 1104 Spring st H Silver Spring. By Gordon A Cohen, attor neys for Better Investments, Inc,, from R-60 to C 2 (general commercial) of 914 Silver Spring ave., Silver Spring. By Martin Styer and C. M. Hale, R-60 to C-0 of 3704 Perry st„ Kensington. The largest of the subdivision plans involved 55 lots In Goshen Estates. They are In the R-R zone (half-acre minimum size lots) and are located south of the intersection of Brink and Goshen rd„ west of Laytons ville. School Slates ‘Santa Stomp’ "Santa's Stomp,” annual alumni game and danre at Be thesda-Chevy Chase High School will be held tomorrow night from 7 to 11:30 in the boys’ gymnasium. The Collegians will provide music. A coffee hour for alumni will be held between the game and dance. Tickets may be pur chased at the door for $1.50. Grain Deadline Set Deadline for obtaining price support on most 1960-crop grains and related crops will be January 31, Maryland State Ag ricultural Stabilization and Con servation Committee Chairman William L. Dudley has announc ed. That Is the official closing date for price support on bar ley. oats, rye, soybeans and wheat. tal improvements budget, call ing for expenditures of $23.3 million for school construction. The operating budget, Including the highly-important element of proposed teacher salaries, Is slated to be presented tonight at 8 o'clock at a special meeting at the Rockville Civic Center. While most of the January meetings have been planned for the board's own discussion of the budget proposals, two pub lic hearings have been sched uled. They will both be held at the Richard Montgomery High School, on January 16 and on January 25, at 8 p.m. Three Saturday Meetings The January schedule lists three Saturday meetings, all scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. and, according to school offi- Budget Proposal Calls for Boost Of $8,000,000 The Board of Education tonight is schedule*, to re ceive a record operating budget for the county’s pub lic school system amounting to a total of $46,457,412. The proposal of Dr. C. Taylor Whittier, superintendent of schools, amounts to an increase of almost eight million dollars over the current year’s operat ing budget. Last week Dr. Whit tier handed the board a pro posed capital budget calling for appropriations of $23 million, an increase of about four million dollars over the current capital figure. On the basis of the county’s existing assessable real estate, according to county budget of ficer Newton F. Butts, the pro posed school operating budget would require an Increase in the local real estate tax rate of from 55 to 60 centa on the SIOO valuation. Butts said he would not be able to calculate the ef fect of the capital budget on the tax rate until it Is determined how the school. Improvements will be financed, since some of the construction projects pre sumably would be paid for In long-term bonds. The proposed operating budg et does not call for a general increase in teachers’ salaries for the 1961-62 fiscal year, but pro poses a new schedule which would provide for a higher pay scale effective July 1,1962. It does, however, call for sharp increases next year In the pay of administrative-supervis ory personnel, raising the mini mum from the present $8,500 to $10,530 and pushing the poten tial maximum from $17,500 to $19,980. Unlike the automatic pay raises provided for teachers, advancement of administrative and supervisory personnel would be authorized only on the recommendation of the superin tendent. The increases In minimum and maximum salaries for the administrative - supervisory workers is contingent on their being placed on a 12-month em ployment basis, instead of the 10 months for which many are now paid. - Dr. Whittier said he is asking the board’s approval now for a general teacher pay scale which would provide added incentive for career teachers starting with July 1,1962, by adding to the maximum pay available for teachers with bachelors’, mas ters’ and doctors’ degrees. There would be no change in the start ing base, set at $4,700 for teach ers with bachelors' degrees. The proposed maximum for teachers with bachelor’s degrees would be boosted from $7,300 after 12 years "of service to a potential $7,650. while the top for those with masters’ degrees would be shoved up from $8,500 to $9,000. Additionally, holders of bachelors’ and mas (Continued on Page A6) cials, all expected to occupy a major portion of ths day. They will be held in the school board’s quarters on January 14, January 21 and January 28. The first session of the new year is scheduled for January 4, when the board will meet at 8 p.m. to discuss the operating budget. Thereafter, the board will be meeting almost daily right up to January 31, when the month’s final meeting will be held at 8 p.m. for a review of both capital and operating proposals. The two regular meetings, which will be devoted to discus sion of subjects other than the budget, are scheduled for Jan uary 10 at 10 am. and January 23 at 8 p.m.