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SENTINEL ssssrss: A3 Thursday, April 27, 1961 County Heads Group Elects H. H. Carter Alfred H. Carter, Montgom ery County attorney, has been elected president of the Mont gomery’ County Administrators Association, organization of de partment heads and division chiefs of the county govern ment. ; Carter succeeds George B. Moreland, director of public li braries, president of the group since its establishment in Octo ber. The association, which meets monthly, has as its purpose pro motion of the effectiveness of the county government by bringing executives closer to gether both profesionally and socially. Plans are to expand member ship to include officials of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Board of Educa tion and other agencies. Other officers are county ar chitect John Blake Murphy, vice president, and revenue and disbursements chief Margaret B. Jones, secretary-treasurer. Opens New Office Bethesda Realty Company, ‘ celebrating Realtor Week and officially opening its new offic-' es at 4614 East-West hgwy., will hold open house Sunday from! 1 to 5 p.m. The company will j feature a color movie, “The House Hunters.” Worth's on th Pit t 1 ! *#. * number wash ’n wear ■ ■ in America t PT^*!* ;-;•■■ ‘Vi‘i *** m.il-X-X-X-X-Xv.'.^v.^v-v?-*-:-':-/ JkfinTieack* 1 wasK'nwea/i • • tailored by PafinfieackGr. ... so perfect in fabric blend, construction and tailoring ... so fashion-new in styling, O pattern and c010r... ? m you’d never know that it’s a wash 'n wear suit! Here's a Wash 'n Wear Suit that takes even the hottest, stickiest summer days in stride. Keeps its chape, wearing after wearing ... perfect for travel. To refresh this suit just pop it in the washer at home or the tub in your hotel room, and it will drip dry ready for wearing the next day. 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Serving as judges, in addition to Mayor Greene, will be Ed ward Sandel, president of the Rockcrest Citizens Association; E. Mack Wells, president of the Rockville Chamber of Com merce, and Byron Sedgwick, Editor of the Montgomery County Sentinel. Hank Giauque, president of the Hungerford Towne Civic Association, will act as chair man. Deadline for nominations for the award to a person of out standing civic accomplishment in the city of Rockville is May 1. Nominations should be di rected to Mr. Giauque. 829 Bowie rd.. Rockville. The awards will be announced at the grouo’s third annual Civic Bali on June 17. It’* Fair Time At Fairland School The Fairland Elementary j School P-TA will stage its an ! nual Spring Fair at the school, j Fairland rd. and Columbia Pike, I Silver Spring, on Saturday. Ap -1 ril 29, from 10 a.m, . 3 p.m. Among the many attractions will be physical education exhi bitions by all grades, pony rides, j games, greased pig iace. a var iety shop, door prizes, garden shop, movies, bake sale, and re -1 freshments. One-Cent Tax Hike Faces County Smokers on July 1 Luckier than others in Mary ’ land. Montgomery County’s smokers will still pay another I penny for each package of cigarettes after July 1. I The increase comes under one j of the 347 new laws from the S 1961 Maryland Legislature sign-1 ed this week by Gov. J. Millard | , Tawes and brings the total State j tax on cigarettes to six cents a: i package. While for smokers in j Prince Georges and 16 other! counties the jump will be three S cents, Montgomery’s hike is one- j , third that because of a present two-cent local levy. The State will keep three I cents of the new tax, while re funding extra revenues to local governments on a population i basis. Other important measures! affecting Montgomery County j included a bill preserving the J | Patuxent River valley as a j i green buffer between Washing- i ton and Baltimore. The bill au- j thorizes Montgomery and six Rockville Little Theatre | Offers Comedy on Love The Rockville Little Theatre will climax its 1960-61 play sea | I son with the production of “Late Love.” a sophisticated comedy by Rosemary Casey, on May 12 and 13. To be performed at the Rock ville Civic Auditorium at 8:30 j p.m. on both nights, the play will feature Jean Holmes, Lucy i Redkey, Camilla Moore. Milli cent Killian, Jack Krentzlin, Stan Leshne, and Joe Fair. Di rector of the production is Ray Kensington Juniors Win Card Tournev The Junior Woman’s Com munity Club of Kensington won first and second place in the Annual Junior Woman's Clubs Duplicate Bridge Tournament! recently at the Wheaton Plaza Woodward and Lothrop store. The Junior Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase copped third place. Winning couple for the Ken sington Juniors were Mrs. Gene j Macafee and Mrs. Robert J. Taylor, who were awarded a j large traveling trophy for their club as well as individual tro phies for themselves. Second-place winners were j Mrs. Robert McCann and Mrs. George Garvey. Mrs. Jerry j Kline and Mrs. M. Williams; placed third. Participants in the tourna ment included the Junior Wo man’s Club of Silver Spring, the Junior Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, the Rockville Junior Woman’s Club, and the host group, the Junior Woman’s Community Club of Kensington. Red Cross Cites Rockville Man For Blood Gifts Francis H. Thompson of Rockville has been presented a certificate of appreciation for! outstanding contributions to the Red Cross regional blood bank ; by employes of the Chesapeake i and Potomac Telephone Co. The certificate was presented j jointly by the company, the Red Cross and the Communica tions Workers of America. Thompson is one of seven em ployes of the company's plant department who have topped all C. and P. employes in the vol ume of blood donations. Thompson, who lives at 4703 | Wilwyn way, is an installer re-; pair-man in the government dis trict. He led the honor group j with donations of more than seven gallons of blood. Plant department employes have donated 4633 pints of blood to the blood bank since 1957. l ALL DRESSED UP—The Woodlin Elementary School pupils ! will accent the international theme in colorful foreign cos tumes at the school's World Fair in Silver Spring on April 29 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Shown from left to right are Holly Green, Miriam Smalhout, Cathy Jennings, Kathy Koch, James Smalhout, Ramone Smather*, and Chris Guida. I other counties to acquire and develop park land through a joint park authority. The governor also signed bills to: Give Montgomery and Prince Georges power to require de | velopers to donate land for rec- I reation. Empower the Washington (Suburban Sanitary Commission 'to establish WSSC water dis ! tricts in much of upper Mont gomery now served by wells. Permit Montgomery to raise real estate tax exemption to $3600 for persons over 64 who i have income below $3600. Reaffirm a State land tax policy permitting farm land in i suburban areas to be taxed as ; such. Prohibit out-of-State lawyers from giving advice in probate cases before Maryland Orphans’ ! Courts. Authorize the Montgomery ; County Council to tax trailer parks. i Maryman. assisted by Margaret ' Slater. The final production follows the successful performances of “Howie." “Spider’s Web.” and ! “The Princess and the Swine j herd.” Tickets at $1.50 may be pur chased at the door or by calling Mrs. Charles Feil at WH. 6-4508. July Deadline I Set for Work | Oil Bradley Normal traffic on Bradley j blvd. in Bethesda has been pro mised by July, according to Jo seph Kordella, director of public works for Montgomery County. • Four organizations involved ;in the work are expected to [Complete underground work by June so that paving can begin, j One two-lane strip is scheduled • to be paved first, with traffic routed over it until the other i two lanes are completed. Kordella made his report after a conference at the boulevard 1 with officials of the four com panies Potomac Electric ; Power Co.. Washington Gas Light Co., Washington Sanitary Commission and State Roads ' j Commission. The conference was result of la protest by Walter Hess, presi | dent of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce. Traffic had been disrupted and businesses inconvenienced, the Chamber said. Complaints have also been re ceived from individual citizens. Kordella said several hundred complaints have come to his office since rebuilding of the Arlington rd. railroad overpass two years ago. Kordella said the widening of ! Arlington rd. is to be finished Iby September. A sewer will be 1 installed on one side of the street and a gas main on the ; other. | Rape Is Charged To Ashton Youth An 18-year-old Ashton resi-! dent has been ordered held without bond tor action of the Montgomery County Grand Jury on a charge of raping a 60-year-old Ashton widow Ap ril 4. Carl M. Estep appeared be fore Judge John B. Diamond in I Silver Spring Peoples Court. He was arrested within three hours of the alleged attack af ter dogs from the District Po lice Canine Corps tracked him to his grandmother’s home, a quarter mile from the house where the victim lives. 1 *& % fjLi A vA t J ® Tvf XL p ? 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