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THURSDAY/-* EDITION l*, The SENTINEL Is published Tuesday and Thursday. Watch for the first Saturday edition to be published May 6. Watch for it. c-c.o , ~0 —: —- 104th Yeor * Ho. 29Published Thru* Times Weekly Tuesday, Tl ’ h qC, V ' V,aE. ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1961 2 SECTIONS 1> PAGES ®Ardß 4-7700 I Cents • Copy Education CouncL Voices Opposition To Superintendent Group Recommends Against Reappointment Of Taylor Whittier in Letter to School Board The Council for Better Education has recommended against the reappointment of Dr. C. Taylor Whittier as superintendent of schools for Montgomery County. Whittier’s four-year term as superintendent ends July 31. In a letter to Harold Breimy er, president of the Board of Education, the Council set forth five reasons for its recommen dations. They are: Little improvement in the quality of education; Dr. Whittier’s commitment to “the discredited and out-worn ‘Progressive’ education philos ophy;” Increase in school expendi tures “all out of proportion to growth in enrollment and teach er salary increases;” An “all-time low” in teacher morale; Public criticism of school ad ministration policies "to a de gree never before known in Montgomery County.” William E. Yost, jr., president of the council, said in the letter to the board, “Despite the bene-; fits of a cooperative Board and County Council, and an overly generous budget, the present j superintendent has failed to Council Restores Property . j The County bought a nice house and 9000 square feet for $1056 in 1957 and just realized it. The former owner just found out too. It happened like this: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Gi bala. 7414 Arlington rd., Be thesda. sold to the County what they thought to be eight feet of the front yard which extended for 60 feet along Arlington rd. This much was needed by the County for the widening of the street. Everything was routine. At least, everyone connected thought it was. The option was signed and the County picked it up. And for some reason, the words got mixed up and the County be came the owner of all the Gi bala property and everything on it. The years went by. Then the bulldozers came. Mr. Gibala looked at the legal papers and received a shock. Something was wrong. His property was gone. But it was soon straight ened out in Rockville. The County Attorney. Alfred H. Carter, prepared a resolution and Tuesday the County Coun cil took a quick look at the mix up and agreed to return Mr. Gi bala’s property to him. All is well that ends well. Judge Noyes Asks Full Support Of Camp Echo Lake Campaign Juvenile Court Judge Alfred D. Noyes has praised Camp Echo Lake, where 240 needy children will be sent this sum mer, as a "valuable facility to prevent delinquency." Urging full support of the current 1961 campaign to raise $20,000, Judge Noyes said he has seen many children return home with a "better outlook on life” after experiencing two weeks of camp life. The generosity of contributors makes it possible to give under privileged youngsters the whole some activities their more for tunate schoolmates enjoy, he emphasized. This will be the seventh sum mer the camp, located on a 127- acre tract on South Mountain, near Frederick, will operate in July and August. An organizer of the non profit and non-sectarian group eight years ago, Judge Noyes ex plained the camp is for children StafowHi Cotuffi Sfitiifl continue and build on the im provements in the instructional program underway four years ago. “While this letter is sent to you by the Council for Better Education, we are convinced , that it also represents the views of a large segment of the coun i ty’s population.” Yost said Whittier is "un willing to place the intellectual development of children, through concentrated instruc tion in the basic skill subjects, above secondary matters and so- I called minor subjects.” Top Heavy Bureaucracy He expressed the council’s be lief that the expenditure in crease is “due principally to the establishment of a top-heavy administrative bureaucracy, to : experimentation in programs of doubtful value and to the em ployment of large numbers of personnel during summer i months when they are not real ly need to further the education al program. “Construction budgets have been higher than necessary be | cause of outlays of such items as air conditioning, oversized school sites, failure to use tem porary facilities to meet transi tory peak enrollments, and poor planning. . . “With increasing frequency, teachers are abandoning their l professional' loyalty - to- -iha. • school administration and, both privately and publicly, are ex pressing deep concern and dis satisfaction with the policies and practices of the present superintendent. . . “From Board appointed citi zens’ committees; from business and civic groups; and from indi viduals. both within and with out the school system, adverse comment is on the increase. “Published reports of the Board's Curriculum Study Com mittee take sharp issue with the educational objectives and in structional objectives and in structional methods sponsored and supported by Dr. Whittier. “The number of private schools in the county is on the > increase, and existing institu i tions have long waiting lists.” he said. Wheaton Children Are Thespians Eight Wheaton youngsters brought the world of make-be lieve last week to residents of the Wheaton Nursing Home. Participating in a perform ance of “The Play's the Thing” were Kathleen Patterson, Mary Steiner, Cindy Ramirez, Bar bara Snell, Carol Goldberg, Betty Sue Fairchild, Debbie Erlick and Kathleen Henning. They were directed by Molly Henning, local speech and drama teacher. whose parents can't afford to spend money on recreational op portunities for their children. The camp also gives these children the feeling that the community “does care” about them, he added; and it lifts them out of the sorrowful and discouraging atmosphere which predominates in many homes. Typical cases which will be considered, Judge Noyes said, are jail-shadowed homes whose members are often the forgot ten ones in a community. In one case, a mother works ail day and baby sits at night to make ends meet for her three children. The father is in prison. There are an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl; who also baby sits to earn* extra money. The older sister, 16. has an il legitimate pregnancy. The two younger children are eligible lor Camp Echo Lake. §kj| lllllilr Up? nfSßhflS[ >*4 K 'V' Mk ■ ■ M. H' mM \ mk ■ I ” : ■ Jr M ■r J 1 i £ -| Jkmr Mr'"-'., m > M VHp';. T mm /rfiS' 1# •• m *sySr |T M - Jr f *■ M * Mi mi ■ ; --y ig.,#:■ * a. jmgfJKMKM ■■ Jr? y v■- ' : / • j ■ jmm v CONCENTRATION Avril Thomas (left), seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mra. David P. Thomas, and Lois Marenberg. six year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Marenburg, work together on a painting at Mayor and Council Approve Rockville City Hall Plans Bids on Rockville’s proposed City Hall will be opened May 25. The structure is expected to cost about $250,000. Mayor Alexander J. Greene and members of the City Coun cil this week approved working drawings for the building, to be constructed at South Perry and Vinson sts., on land recently purchased by the city. After examining 15 sketches showing proposed facades, the council indicated a preference for one which presents a ver tical, columnar type design for the council chamber and a broad-patterned front for the ad ministrative wing. In presenting the drawings, City Manager Walter A. Schei ber said he is “convinced this is one building that will not come out over cost.” He told the council that al though the building will contain a number of extras, construc tion will be completed for ap proximately $3.50 a square foot, or less than $250,000. The new City Hall will have zone control heating, air condi tioning. as well as sound proof ing in individual offices. Scheiber told the council the city plans to accept bids on the new building beginning May 8. Architects Rinadout and Coup ard indicated the building can be constructed in six months. Another case, he said, is a family of eight children, the oldest 12. The father earns SIOO a month. The mother stays at honje to care for the children. Evicted many times for non payment of rent, the family has moved three times during the last year. Those ranging from nine to 12 will be considered for Camp Echo Lake. In the second week of its two month campaign, $1760 has been received from 32 con tributors, according to Stanley Betts, campaign chairman. The $20,000 budget for this year includes camp operating expenses, capital improvements, replacement of facilities and debt curtailment. Ninety-seven cents of every dollar donated goes to direct cost of the camp. Betts explain ed only $375 is earmarked for administrative and fundraising expenses. Rocking Horse Elementary School. The school displayed art by students, faculty and parents following this week's PTA meeting on Tuesday evening.—Photo by Mervis i In other business, the mayor and council approved detailed drawings of storm drainage con- I struction for Croydon Park, Rockcrest and some parts of Twin brook. The 30 sheets presented by Public Works Director John Gray showed installation of drainage pipe ranging from 48 to 90 inches in diameter. Con ' struction cost is approximately $1 million. The drawings will be exam ined by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. If that federal unit approves the plan, it will lend interest-free funds to Rock ville for the engineering and design of the projects. Park, Planning Commission To Dedicate Nature Center Dedication of suburban Mary land’s first Nature Center will be held by the Maryland-Na tional Capital Park and Plan ning Commission May 10 at the commission's Wheaton Regional Park. William F. Hickey, president of the Montgomery County Council, will be principal speak er at the dedication, to be at tended by other county officials and members of the commis sion. The building, at the end of Glenallen ave. off Glenmont- Colesville rd., is a quarter mile east of Georgia ave. It has dis plays of mounted and live ani mals, birds and snakes native to Maryland, along with two large tanks filled with Mary land fish. There are also forestry, plant diseases and cloud formation exhibits. Marked nature trails—posted with signs identifying various trees, bushes and wildlife—lead Beginning Saturday IWpieti Cpusli Sentinel Will Be Published Three Times A Week Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Established in 1855 The council learned that more 1 1 than 100 people filed through ■; the city’s mobile registration . unit Monday. The unit Is mak r ing a concentrated effort to register Rockville residents dur • ing the month of May. i The Burgundy Civic Associa ! tion reported that 95 people I registered and four recorded • | changes of address during the ' j first day of the registration drive. The report was made by - association president Art King. ! vice president Robert Morriss I and secretary Beverly Whitlock. I It was pointed out during the ■ meeting that Rockville registra- I tion is separate from county, State and federal registration. into the surrounding woods, Stanton Ernst, commission park naturalist, is in charge of the center. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Satuidays. Reserva tions for tours by organized groups can be made with Ernst, WH. 6-9071. Butcher Speaks At Y-R Meeting Montgomery County Manager Mason A. Butcher will discuss county tax expenditures during a meeting of County Young Re publicans at their May meeting Monday night. The meeting will be held at 8 o’clock at Meadowbrook Shel ter, Beach dr. off East-West hwy. Joining Mr. Butcher in a panel discussion after his open ing talk will be Walt Mitchell and Billy Higgins. A question period will follow. Council Receives 13 Bills Citizens Invited To Give Suggestions The County Council got its legislative session off to a flying start this week by in troducing 13 bills ranging from pensions for retired Circuit Court judges to a sl4 million school bond authoriza tion. At the same time, the county heads invited residents to sub mit their legislative proposals for consideration this month. Bills introduced would: 1. Legalize the 1960 Montgom ery County Code. 2. Establish the Office of As signment Commissioner for the Circuit Court. 3. Authorize the County Coun cil to pay pensions to retired Circuit Court judges. 4. Empower the Council to Is sue up to $3.4 million in bonds for roads, streets, highways, curbs, sidewalks • and storm drainage. 5. Permit the issuance of up to $150,000 in bonds for a new firehouse in the Hillandale area. 6. Enable the Council to issue up to $14.3 million in bonds for school buildings. 7. Eliminate the requirement that the full text of a proposed charter amendment appear on the ballot if it is less than 100 words. 8. Provide for a special $6 monthly tax per trailer in trail er parks. 9. Increase the membership of the Commission for Medical Care from 14 to 15. 10. Permit cash prizes to horse owners at benefit horse shows. 11. Extend the Recreation Dls. trict to the entire icounty, except Rockville. 12. Reorganize the Depart ment of Public Safety and the Police Department into four di visions—civil defense, commu nications, county jail and fire protection. 13. Require owners or lessees of property within parking lot districts to apply annually on or before April 1 for exemption from special taxes. Deer Hunting Doesn’t Pay; Just Reverse It doesn’t pay to hunt deer in Montgomery County. In fact, since the county doesn’t have an open season for deer, It often works the other way around. The hunter has to pay. That’s what two Virginia men found out this week in Rock ville People’s Court. They were fined SSOO each. James W. Fisk of Arlington and Vernon CockriUe of Hern don were arrested January 3 on Watkins Island, in the Poto mac River near Seneca, by Game Wardens Henry Hough and Richard W. Jacques. They were sentenced by l Judge John 6. Diamond, 111, ! either to pay the fines or to j serve 90 days in jail and pay an additional SSO each for hunting without a non-resident license. The two pleaded guilty to the charges. Mathias Backs Petitions For New Redistricting Rep. Charles "Mac” Mathias (R-Md.l has pledged his full support to the move to force a referendum on the creation of the eighth Congressional Dis trict by the Maryland General Assembly. The Congressman took his stand in a letter to Mrs. Edward J. Satterthwaite, president of the State’s League of Women Voters. Petitions to place the General Assembly’s action before. the voters in the 1962 general elec tion are being circulated by the Montgomery County League of Women Voters as well as by Leagues In other counties throughout the Free State. The new Congressional dis trict comprises Prince Georges and Howard Counties. Mont gomery and Baltimore County residents have complained that School Board Will Observe Referral Law Directors Ask Suit Dismissal Dismissal of a $10.5 million damage suit by developers of Lakewood Country Club against the club’s present board of di rectors has been asked by the directors. The request is the second move by new directors —elected by members after suspension of construction on the club facilities in Glen Hills in the legal battle. Earlier, directors had sued Troy V. Post, jr., Bill M. Allen and Leroy W. Pickett for an ac counting of funds and for re turn of about $150,000 which the board claims was loaned to the developers or their other cor porations from Lakewood funds. The developers’ suit claims the new board is interfering with their business operations and control over the dub. Operations of the club and the four corporations involved In the club’s construction and op eration have been placed in the hands of a conservator by Dis trict Court Judge Leonard Walsh. Manuel J. Davis, attorney for the new board, said in the mo tion for dismissal there Is no basis for the $10.5 million claim i filed by the developers. Teen Road-E-O Is Scheduled In Gaithersburg Driving skills of teen-agers will be tested at the annual Teen age Safe-Driving Road-E-0 sponsored by the Gaithersburg Junior Chamber of Commerce on May 7 at 2 p.m. The event, open to boys and girls under 19 years of age, will be held on the Gaithersburg High School grounds. Parents and other Interested spectators have been invited to attend, by Gene Benson. Road- E-0 chairman. Contestants will be judged on the basis of a written examina tion and a practical driving test. First- and second-place winners Will be eligible to com pete in the state contest on May 26 and 27 at College Park, and the state winner will par ticipate In the national contest to be held in Washington, D. C. Gaithersburg's Bill Sangrey copped the state crown in 1959 and then went on to place an i impressive seventh in the na- I tional. Gaithersburg. Damascus, and Poolesville High School stu dents may obtain applications from their driver-training teachers. this redistricting ignores the needs of their areas for more equitable representation in Con gress. In his letter, Rep. Mathias said the petitions along with a favorable vote in the referen dum "would ultimately per suade the legislature of the necessity for a real study of the Congressional districts and of the demand for a thorough and fair job of redistricting.” He warned that if the move for a referendum fails, residents would be “doomed to 10 years of lopsided Congressional dis tricts which would get further out of balance as present popu lation trends continue.” He added that the issue of Jack of proper representation "merits the exercise of every available means to achieve equity.” NOW 5' I Site Plans to Go I To Commission The School Board has agreed to submit all school j site plans to the Park and Planning Commission— a move presaging an end to the current controversy between the two agencies. The board said in a statement yesterday that it Is “happy to comply” with the Commission’s request, which is based on the planning agency’s mandatory referral law. It Is this law which the Com mission has contended the board failed to follow when It author ized construction of a new high school last year in the middle of a street proposed in the Com mission’s master plan for the Kensington-Wheaton area. School Board officials have insisted, however, that the Commission knew about the proposed school site but said nothing until the board filed an application for a building per mit last month. At that time, the Commission denied the per mit. A meeting between the two governmental bodies to elimi nate the impasse resulted in a Commission decision to hold a public hearing May 31 to re move the proposed street from Its master plan. In the mean time, the School Board was al lowed to proceed with grading work for the school. As soon as the street is removed, the board will receive a building permit. When notified of the board’s statement, a Commission spokesman said it was a major step forward in coordinating School Board programs with those of the planning group. The spokesman said the man datory referral law has always been observed by other county agencies and that the School Board’s agreement would “bring it in line” with other groups. Board President Harold F, Breimyer made It clear In the statement that the board "does not wish to flout” the Commis sion's legal authority. But he emphasized that "where a school must be inserted into area plans, some readjustment of proposed streets is Inevitable. “Assertions that a school lo cation must conform to all pro posed street layouts are simply Incorrect," He added that the April 25 Joint meeting resulted in “some benefit” by suggesting possible ways to improve planning for new schools and their commu nities. Then. (Minting to the board’s meeting scheduled for tonight with the County Council, Brei myer said this session "will, we hope, be the beginning of better community planning in Mont gomery County.” Broome Science Fair To Be Open Eor Three Dav* ef Broome Junior High School Math and Science Fair will be held a l the school May 9-11 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The fair will be held in con junction with the annual stu dent showcase and will be open to the public. Fair entries will be in the categories of agriculture and conservation, biological science, earth science, engineering and architecture, mathematics and physical sciences. Winning projects will be en tered in the county fair for Jun ior high schools, to be held at Sligo Junior High School later this month. Spring Cleanup The Fire Prevention Commit tee of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department has urged the participation of all homeowners in a spring Clean-Up campaign during the month of May. The Fire Committee will place placards on hydrants throughout the city proclaiming clean up week. They will con tain reminders to eliminate ttrm hazards in homes.