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106th Yof - No. 4 ROCKVILLI, MARYLAND THURSDAY. DICIMBIR 29. 1960 1 SICTION l4 PADIS ANm 4-7700 Tm CmM • Copy
Tradeßody Urges
Budget Scrutiny
A joint study of Montgomery County budget problems
by area chambers of commerce and other civic groups
has been proposed by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber
of Commerce as a possible step toward increased efficiency
and savings.
The study was proposed this
week in a letter sent to the
heads of county organizations
by Walter Hess, who will be
come president of the Bethesda-
Chevy Chase unit on Sunday. It
announced plans for a luncheon
meeting to be held January 4 at
12:30 p.m. at the Kenwood
Country Club for the purpose
of discussing the possibilities of
joint action.
The project will be headed by
Cecil R. Yates, a certified pub
lic accountant, who is chair
man of the chamber’s budget
committee.
Cites Serious Problem
“Our county tax situation Is
becoming a very serious prob
lem with an annual increase an
ticipated for many years to
come,” Hess said in his letter of
invitation. “The Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Chamber of Commerce
plans to give the proposed 1961
budget some serious study and
consideration with the hope we
might make some constructive
suggestions as to increased effi
ciency or savings or possibly
both.
“Undoubtedly your organiza
tion is planning to take some
similar action,” Hess continued.
“It occurred to us that if all the
business and civic groups in the
county made this a joint effort,
we could do a much better job
at less expense to all of us.”
The luncheon invitation was
extended to the heads of the
various organizations contacted
by Hess and their budget chair
men.
Area Girl Looks to
Future Riding Honors
A winsome university stu
dent from Potomac, who
has spent much of her 19
years in training and riding
horses, is devoting a propor
tionate chare of her vacation
hours to the further schooling
of her prized Arabian mare in
the hope of adding to laurels
already won.
Home from HamNn Univer
sity in St. Paul, Minn, where
she is a sophomore, pretty
Willie Waddell has passed up
many of the usual holiday fes
tivities to assist with the train
ing of her Indymay, claimant to
the 1960 high score trophy
awarded by the Arabian Horse
Association of the East to
horses in Indymay’s age class.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Waddell, long prominent
in Montgomery County horse
show competition, Miss Waddell
Is helping her father train Indy
may for riding competition in
which she plans to participate
at the end of the current col
lege semester. Waddell will
take over when Willie returns
to Minnesota next week, but
she plans to assume personal
responsibility for the fined
phase of training when she is
released from classes next June.
Received an Gift
Although the Waddell’s have
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Alisa Waddell
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Montgomery Bank
Employes Feted
A gift of jewelry to Mrs. Lot
tie P. Goldsborough In recog
nition of her 35 years of service
with the Montgomery County
National Bank was among high
lights of the Rockville bank’s
annual Christmas party last
week at the Manor Club.
Mrs. Goldsborough, note teller
and assistant cashier in the
bank, received the present at
an assemblage of directors and
employes which featured a so
cial hour, dinner and dancing.
Guest speaker for the annual
party was the Rev. Richard L.
Irvin, of Grace Methodist
Church, of Gaithersburg.
Trask Pickup
Slated Monday
Regular Monday refuse col
lections will be made on
Washington Suburban Sani
tary Commission routes in
suburban Montgomery County
on January 2.
Since New Year’s Day falls
on a Sunday, January 2 is
being observed throughout the
area as a holiday. However,
the WSSC’s Refuse Division
will be operating, so that
there will be no interruption
of service because of the holi
day.
long been Interested to the
Arabian breed and have five
others of their own, Willie’s
own interest was accelerated
more than two years ago when
she received Indymay as a gift
from her parents on her grad
uation from Academy of the
Holy Names. In her very first
year of ownership, she was re
warded when Indymay won the
1958 Futurity halter class for
horses in her age group.
Indymay placed in the
Futurity class for yearlings
again in 1959, and this year was
awarded the eastern Arabian
Horse Association high - score
trophy after first being named
the champion Arabian mare at
the Maryland State Fair In
Timonium.
Fully Confident
In the coming performance
tests, Willie for the first time
will ride Indymay in competi
tion and she, herself, will be
judged for performance along
with her mount. She is fully
confident that she and Indymay
will emerge as a championship
team.
Like her parents, she is firm
ly sold on the Arabian breed
which has taken an increasing
ly Important role In major
horse show competition through
out the east in recent years.
Bloodmobile to
Visit Rockville
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will visit Christ Episcopal
Church at 109 S. Washington
st., in Rockville next Tuesday
for the purpose of accepting
blood donations.
The visit, scheduled from 3
to 7:45 pjn., is sponsored by
the Rockville Lions Club.
Robert L. Wells is chairman
of the program.
Discussion
Slated on
Taxation
Local tax matters in rela
tion to the State’s taxing
program will be reviewed
January 5 at 8:30 p.m. in
the Park and Planning Com
mission’s Silver Spring auditori
um in a panel discussion spon
sored by the League of Women
Voters.
Participants in the discussion
will be Mrs. William Garrott,
a member of the State board
of the League: Mrs. Gordon
Hull, first vice president of the
League’s Prince Georges Coun
ty branch; Mrs. Maurice New
man, representing the Montgom
ery County branch, and Mrs.
Stella B. Werner, a member of
the Montgomery County Coun
cil.
Scheduled for review are the
questions of whether Baltimore
City and the State’s counties
should have broader local tax
ing power and whether they
should receive a greater share
of proceeds of the State sales
tax.
Also scheduled for discussion
are the method of distributing
proceeds of motor vehicle re
ceipts and assessment practices
prevailing throughout the State.
The public is Invited to attend
the discussion, and members of
the State Legislature will be in
formed of the views of the panel
ists.
Lad’s Death
Spurs Plea
For Study
Spurred by the tragic
death of a small boy after
being struck by a truck on
West Montgomery ave. In
Rockville last week, Rock
ville Mayor Alexander J. Greene
has appealed to the State Roads
Commission to give the “high
est priority” to proposed traffic
studies in the area.
In a letter to SRC Director
John B. Funk, Mayor Greene
cited the lad’s death in calling
for an early solution to a prob
lem arising from the heavy use
of the thoroughfare by trucks
traveling between Route 70-S,
also designated as U.S. Route
240, and urban areas of Mont
gomeiy County.
• Mayor Greene previously had
suggested use of Shady Grove
rd. and Route 355 as a by-pass
around the congested section
of Montgomery ave. and down
town Rockville, and creation of
a “no-passing” zone on Mont
gomery ave. west of Laird st.
to Its Intersection with Hunger
ford dr. Also proposed was a
traffic signal at the Junction of
Montgomery ave. and Route
189.
Referring to Funk’s indica
tion that a study would be con
ducted, Mayor Greene said "I
cannot over emphasize the
urgency of this situation." Con
cerning last week’s fatality, he
added, "It la unfortunate that
our problem has been drama
tized, but we must all cooperate
to prevent such sn event from
ever happening again.”
In conclusion, the mayor
wrote: “I therefore most strong
ly urge that your staff assign
the highest priority to the study
that you have directed be made,
so that an early solution may
be obtained.”
Bank Declare"
Extra Dividend
Directors of the Citizens Bank
of Maryland declared an extra
dividend of five percent in ad
dition to the regular two per
cent dividend on the $lO par
stock, according to an announce
ment by President Alfred H.
Smith. The regular semi-annual
dividend of 20 cents, plus the
extra of 50 cents per share will
be paid December 31, to stock-
I holders of record December 20.
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MRS. ALEX VARLICHI, of 604 Crabb ave.,
Rockville, holds her twin sons David, right,
and Daniel, for the first time Tuesday at
Suburban Hospital where Mr*, Varlichi wax
Birth of Twins Enlivens
Hospital Yule Observance
Always a special day at
Suburban Hospital, Christ
mas was made “extra
special” by events entirely
unexpected by the hospital’s
staff.
Hospital officials did expect
to admit the institution's 100,-
000th patient at about Christ
mas time, but they hadn’t an
ticipated that the newest ad
mission would add a bit of gar
nish to the celebration by giv
New Laytonsville Pumper
Meets Test as Snow Plow
The Laytonsville District fire department has placed
into service a new four-wheel-drive pumper designed to
cope with conditions such as those brought by the win
ter’s first snowstorm, and it already has proved its mettle.
According to Ulysses Griffith, IV, president of the
department, the apparatus met
its first major test last week
when it was used to break a
trail along a snow-blocked lane
to enable the Sandy Springs
ambulance to fulfill an emer
gency mission. The ambulance,
rushing to treat a small child
suffering from frostbite, was
unable to negotiate the lane un
til the truck was put into serv
ice as an "ice breaker,” accord
ing to Griffith.
The truck’s four-wheel-drive,
special off-road tires and select
ed gear ratios are designed
specifically to cope with heavy
snow, steep hill* and muddy
lanes, Griffith noted. He said
the first test clearly demon
strated the success of the gear.
The truck la equipped with a
500-gallon-per-minute pump en
abling K to supply heavy hose
lines while pumping from
streams, ponds or the depart
ment’s own tank truck. A front
mounted pump provides water
to three hand lines for use In
fighting woods fires while the
truck is driven along a moving
fir* line, drawing water from
its own 200-gallon booster tank.
Mowatt Windham, chief of the
Laytonsville unit, said features
requested by the department
give the truck a “real flexibil
ity,” while at the same time it
is light and fast, enabling it to
negotiate area* that would be
.4 Century of Service
ing birth to twins on Christmas
Day.
Parents of the twin boys are
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Varlichi, of
604 Crabb ave., Rockville, whose
newest heirs arrived just four
minutes apart as Christmas
dawned. David Christopher Var
lichi weighted in a four pounds
and eight ounces at 6:03 a.m.,
and Daniel Curtis was born at
6:07 a.m., tipping the scales at
four pounds, 10 ounces.
Have Same Initials
Varlichi, a construction fore
impassable to heavy convention
al fire trucks.
Purchased at a cost of nearly
SIO,OOO, the pumper is equipped
with two-way radio, an elec
tronic siren and a 140-horsepow
er eight-cylinder engine. With
its acquisition, the department
now has three pumpers, a heavy
duty tank wagon and an ambul
ance.
Girl, 15, Dien in
Sledding Mishap
A 15-year-old Gaithersburg
girl was fatally Injured Tues
day near Boyds In an unexplain
ed sledding accident in which
an 18-year-old companion was
seriously injured.
According to county police,
Sharon Duvall was found lying
near a sled that apparently had
crashed into a tree near the bot
tom of a hill on Chqdwick farm.
John Lefebure, also of Gaithers
burg, was unconscious nearby,
and presumably also had been
riding on the sled.
Miss Duvall was pronounced
dead on arrival at Suburban
Hospital, while Lefebure was
admitted with a broken should
er, fractured jaw and concus
sion.
The accident was discovered
when other sledders came down
the hill and found the two ly
ing in the snow.
the 100,000th patient to be admitted since
the hospital opened In 1943. The 28-year-old
mother gave birth to twins Christmas Day.
staff Photo
man, and his wife have one
other son, Douglas Carl, aged 6.
Thus, all of the children have
the same Initials.
Mrs. Varlichi’s admission coin
cided with the occupancy of the
first patients in the hospital’s
newly • constructed wing, en
abling Suburban Hospital to in
crease its capacity to some 300
beds. The original buildings
were constructed In 1943.
"With the Imminent opening
of the new obstetrical suite on
the third floor of the new wing,”
according to Mrs. Amelia C. Car
ter, administrator of the hos
pital, "Suburban’s facilities will
equal those of any community
hospital In the country.”
Facility Badly Needed
Mrs. Carter said the hospital
always has taken pride in effi
cient and friendly care for its
obstetrical patients, but noted
that facilities have been in
adequate because they were con
structed during wartime when
building materials were scarce.
"The need for expansion and
a more modern obstetrical suite
long has been felt,” said Mrs.
Carter. She pointed out the new
suite will occupy an entire floor
of the new addition and will
provide six labor rooms, three
delivery rooms, six nurseries
and other important obstetrical
facilties.
Occupancy of the new suite is
expected shortly after Jan
uary L
Two Publications
Feature Sanitary
Agency Facilities
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission is fea
tured in two national publica
tions this month.
A cover photo of the Com
mission’s new Potomac River
Filtration Plant and a feature
article on WSSC operations are
included in the December edi
tion of ‘Tlie Constructioneer
Magazine.”
The WSSCs Parkway Sew
age Treatment Plant, opened
last year to serve the Laurel
area, is the subject of an article
In "American City Magazine.”
This story is by-Hned by Com
mission Chief Engineer Robert
J. McLeod.
Kardy Plans
Contee Trial
State's Attorney ‘Determined’
To Push New Early Hearing
Board of Trade
Honors Butcher
Montgomery County Man
ager Mason Butcher will be
the guest speaker at the Jan
uary meeting of the Silver
Spring Board of Trade.
The meeting will be held at
7: SO p.m. Wednesday, January
4 at the Villa Rosa Restau
rant, and will be preceded by
a social hour.
Other guests at the meet
ing will include Public Works
Director Joseph C. Kordelia
and Traffic Engineer Earl C.
Williams, Jr.
Clarksburg
To Get New
Post Office
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield announced this
week that a contract has been
signed for the construction and
lease to the Post Office De
partment of a new Post Office
building in Clarksburg.
The successful bidder is Wil
peco Properties, Inc., of Balti
more. Ground breaking and con
struction of the new post office
is expected to begin In the near
future, with completion due
about June, 1961. The lease will
run for 10 years, with renewal
options.
This modern post office will
be located on the northeast side
of Route 355. It will provide
1537 square feet of interior
space, an outside loading plat
form, and ample hard-surfaced
space for parking and truck
maneuvering. Specifications call
for new modem lighting and
equipment, including a low,
open patron-service counter.
Postmaster General Summer
field pointed out that the postal
facility to be built In Clarks
burg is typical of many others
going up elsewhere throughout
the country. "These new post
offices,” he said, “contain not
only the modem patron-service
counters and eye-saving fluores
cent lighting, but provision is
made for patron service after
regular hours."
In Public Life
Flexible Attitude
Advised for Women
A member of the Mont
gomery County Council,
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, has
cautioned women who are
college graduates against a
"rigid attitude” in public affairs.
Writing in the Goucher Col
lege Alumnae Quarterly, Mrs.
Werner warns, ‘To many wom
en college graduates things are
either black or white; there Is
rigidity in expecting the Ideal
situation and unwillingness to
accept a gradual approach . . .
to accept the better when the
best Is not possible.”
Mrs. Werner continues: “This
Is perhaps one reason college
women shun active party work,
unwilling to align themselves
with a group all of whom are
not acceptable to them or a pro
gram all of which is not
pleasing. They fall to see that
they can work toward Improve
ment and they must start with
what Is there.”
Requested by Magazine
Mrs. Werner’s article was re
quested by the Goucher publica
tion as a report on whether her
experiences in Montgomery
County substantiate a statement
by Judge Mary Conlon in the
Journal of the American Associ
ation of University Women.
Judge Conlon said she has "al
ways thought that university
women can become exceptional
in politics.”
In the article Mrs. Werner ex
presses her agreement with
Judge Conlon.
The only woman In Maryland
ever to serve as president of a
local governing body, Mrs. Wer
ner writes frankly, “Now that I
am a grandmother I can honest
ly say that nothing else I could
do would be more rewarding or
Montgomery County offi
cials “definitely” will pro
ceed with retrial of Gordon
Lee Contee, whose convic
tion on a rape charge was
set aside recently by the Mary
land Court of Appeals, State’s
Attorney Leonard T. Kardy
told the Sentinel this week.
Kardy brushed aside specula
tion that the case might be
dropped because of the unavail
ability of the key prosecuting
witness, a 23-year-old former
patient at Chestnut Lodge in
Rockville, whom Contee was
convicted of raping at knife
point a year ago.
Kardy conceded that the wom
an is living out of the State, but
said he had been in contact
with her even before the Court
of Appeals issued Its ruling, and
said she had expressed a will
ingness to return to Maryland
In the event a new trial was
ordered.
Race Issue Raised
In remanding the case for a
new trial, the appeals court up
held a defense contention that
Judges Kathryn Lawlor and
James H. Pugh had refused to
permit defense questioning of
jurors with respect to ra<Yj_
feeling. Contee is a Negro
while the complaining witness
in the case is white.
"The case was remanded for
retrial on a technicality after a
jury had found Contee guilty,”
Kardy declared. “We not only
are fully determined to prose
cute in the interest of justice In
Montgomery County, but be
cause of the case’s importance
in view of the series of chain
reaction events It set off.”
Courtroom Erupts
He referred to s courtroom
melee set off when Contee wss
sentenced to life imprisonment
Contee and a half-brother. Met
vin W. Smith, struggled with
police in an explosive Incident
that resulted In Smith and the
police involved charging each
other with assault.
The police officers were sub
sequently acquitted but Smith
was found guilty and sentenced
to a year In Jail In court pro
ceedings that brought a critical
editorial from the Washington
Post leading to the newspaper’s
indictment on a criminal Mbd
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exciting than being a profession
al politician and I am proud to
call myself Just that”
Local Services Cited
College women serve in many
varied capacities In Montgom
ery County, Mrs. Werner notes.
They were members of the
Charter Committee that spear
headed the fight which brought
Montgomery Its council-man
ager government. Women also
i serve on the School Board, State
Central Committees of both po
litical parties, political precincts
and clubs, County Personnel
Board, Board of Appeals for
zoning and various Council ad
visory groups.
“University women,” Mrs.
Werner writes, “have been slow
to recognize the need for active
participation in the political
party organization. Is this be
cause political party leadership
has been slow to utilize univer
sity women?
"Funk and Wagnall’s gives
one definition of politics as
'party Intrigues.’ Montgomery
County women have not shied
away from party Intrigue.”
Mrs. Werner recalls an article
| In the Goucher College Weekly
jof November 4, 1920, reporting
i the "noise and demonstrations
lasting far into the night” at
Goucher following the first
mock election there after wom
en won the right to vote.
Residents around the Balti
more college, the article reports,
"soon discovered there was noth
ing wrong; the women merely
had the vote and were making
the most of It.” Mrs. Werner
urges her fellow women, "Let
us make sure that we really are
making the most of this chal
lenge and opportunity that ara
ours.”
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