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SATURDAY
EDITION
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John R. Graff
Elected President
Of Trade Group
John R. Graff, assistant
vice president and business
development officer of Sub
urban Trust Company, this
week was elected president
of the Silver Spring Board of
Trade.
Mr. Graff will succeed Wil
liam J. Brannan. jr.. who "/ill
become a director of the trade
group. The new officers will
take over in June.
Mr. Graff who lives at 4102
Canterbury Terrace, Rockville,
John B. Graff
Md. ( has been with Suburban
Trust 12 years. Prior to that
he was with the old Washing
ton Loan and Trust Co.
Other officers elected last
night were Alfred W. Knowles,.
manager of Sherwin-Williams
Co., first vice presient; G. Gregg
Everngam, attorney, second vice I
president; Mrs. Dorothy Rosin,
manager. Casual Corner, secre
tary; ■ Frank Proudfoot. vice
president "Of American National
Bank, treasurer; Garnett D.
Inscoe, assistant treasurer of
Suburban Trust, assistant treas
urer; and T. Robert Romero, at
torney, sergeant-at-arms.
Elected to the board of direc
tors were Howard W. Bain, Ber
nard M. Bulkey, J. Donald Clag
ett, Jr., Dr. Harold A. Esker, W.
Claude Land, Joseph M. Ma
thias. John P. Moore, Mrs. Flor
ence T. Proctor. James A. Sling
huff and Hugh W. Yarrington.
The board presented retiring
President Brannan a set of golfj
clubs in appreciation of his serv- \
ice during the last 15 months.
In his report to the member
Special Education Talks
Feature MCARC Meeting
Hopes that there will be no
waiting list for special educa
tion in Montgomery County for
the 1961-62 school year have
been expressed by Paul How
ard member of the County
School Board.
Mr. Howai-d was speaking be
fore the Montgomery County
Association' for Retarded Chil
dren during the group's May
meeting.
Other speakers were Dr.
Elaine Barnes, director of spe
cial services, and Mrs. Lucille
Maurer, also a board member.
Both Mr. Howard and Mrs.
Maurer noted that the county
is committed to a program for
all children in the public school
system.
Mrs. Maurer said there is a
need for sharing services
and expenses related to spe
Recreation Department Will
Inaugurate Leadership Course
A leadership institute has
been organized by the Montgom
ery County Department of Rec
reation in response to requests
by parents, teachers, and group
leaders of children.
“Creative Art” will launch the
series on Monday, May 15, at
7:30 p.m.. followed by "Crafts
in Action” from 9 to 10:30
p.m.. at the Rock Creek Recrea
tion Center. Instructors will
IMuatfi <Mi Sentinel
; ship Mr. Brannan listed the
; establishment of the new bus
. ! center at the Silver Spring
armory, the virtual completion
’ of the business street construc
tion program.' and the expan
sion of the parking lot system
as chief accomplishments of the
- year.
* He also urged the new offi
-1 cers lo study closely the pro
-1 posed mass transportation plans
for the area and to work to
ward closer cooperation with
other business and civic groups
and governmental agencies.
Qlnev Inn
•/
Site Chosen
For To\yer
The Maryland-National Cap!-
j tal Park and Planning chose a
two-acre site behind Olney Inn
]as the spot for a 2.5 million
! gallon water storage standpipe.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission created a
heated controversy when it wis
revealed several weeks ago that
:it intended to buy acres near
the St. Peters Church and build
1 the water tower on land the
I church had been negotiating for
iin order to expand church fa
; cilities.
The site is the least contro
versial of six that were dis
cussed at a public hearing he'd
by the Sanitary Commission
; Apiil 4.
The WSSC is expected to act
■ promptly on the favorably rec
ommendation Wednesday af the
| Maryland-National Park and
Planning Commission.
‘ •
Mardi Gras Set
At Clara Barton
PTA of the Clara Barton
School in Cabin John will hold
its annual Mardi Gras Satur- i
day, May 13, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Proceeds from the day’s ac
tivities will supplement the
school's educational program.
Games, contests and auctions
will be featured, and a refresh
ment stand, manned by Boy (
Scouts, will be open during the
! afternoon.
Clara Barton School, is situ
ated at MacArthur blvd. and,
75th st. in Cabin John.
cial education with other county
I agencies.
Dr. Barnes told the associa
tion she hopes to see a diag
nostic center in the county in
the near future for children
who have special needs.
.She also hopes to see estab
lished a program of constant
evaluation of children in special
education; a re-evaluation of
those children might make it
possible to put some of them
back in regular classes.
Another suggestion by Dr.
Barnes was that one or two
classrooms be set aside in new
elementary schools for the spe
cial needs of children who do
not fit into regular classes.
Robert C. Kackley, recently
re-elected president of MCARC,
said, “Our association is grati
fied with the progress the spe
cial education department of
Montgomery County is
I making.”
include Babette Kasmir and
Brownie Wiener, who will pres
ent ideas, techniques and proj
ects for t hose working with
children between the ages of
4-14.
On Wednesday, May 17,
"Goals and Guidelines in Group
Leadership' will be offered at
the Rock Creek Center from 8-
9:30 p.m. Dr. Joyce Klein will
present ideas in working with
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SUCCESSFUL SQUIRREL- -Christopher Cullander, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Cecil H. Cullander of Bethesda, plays nursemaid
to Squeaky, a crippled squirrel his brother, Erie, found in
the family’s yard about three weeks ago. The boys have
Breimyer
Wants New
Committee
Harold F. Breimyer, Pres
; ident of the Montgomery
County Board of Education,
proposed to the County
’Council that “the present
site selection advisory commit
, tee be reconstituted with en
larged membership and prob
ably with a new name and
given much broader responsi
bilities.”
I Tlie proposal was made at
the joint meeting between the
County Council and the School
Board Thursday evening in the
’County Office Building.
Mr. Breimyer said that “plan
ning for schools should be fol
lowed by planning for streets,
for sidewalks and walkpaths as
necessary, and for any other
community facilities."
He said that the administra
tors' committee would be
charged not only with providing
guidelines for the working level
committee but would be the re
cipient of referrals from it. He
added: “the several governing
bodies could profitably meet on
occasion, for the effectiveness
of the coordinating groups
largely rests on the concord
that exists between those policy
makers.”
i Penny Parade to
Benefit Children
A Penny Parade to benefit the
Child Welfare and Community
Service Projects In the Silver
Spring area will be held on May
12 at 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by
the Cissel-Saxon Unit No. 41 of
the American Legion Auxiliary,
the event at the new post home,
905 Sligo ave., will be highlight
ed by gifts and prizes and “fun
for everyone.”
volunteers, do's and don’ts of
programming, group dynamics,
and leadership techniques.
Future sessions will include
Creative Drama, Creative Dance
with Rhythms and Drama,
Camping for Fun, and nature
activities for everyone.
For registration or additional
infoiTnation. call the Depart
ment of Recreation at PO. 2-
2121.
We’ve Done It!
ynited PrefiH International
CAPE
his name; his feat the first American to take a
ride in space.
At 10:34 a.m. (E.D.T,) Friday morning a Mercury
Capsule carrying Shepard left Cape Canaveral atop
a 66,000 pound Redstone Rocket. At 10:55 a.m.
(E.D.T.) the astronaut and his capsule were pulled
from the Atlantic Ocean some. 290 miles from the |
Cape by a helicopter. The Federal Space Agency |
says the shol was a “success.”
It is the first time in history any man has had
brief control over (he motions of his spacecraft.
Major Yuri Gagarin fYoo-ree-gah-gar-ihn) of Russia
made the first manned flight into space, but his craft
was controlled from the ground by scientists.
The rescue helicopter took Shepard to the deck
of the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain where he was
reported “under his own power and doing very well.”
The 37-year-old Navy Commander had waited
more than two years for yesterday’s shot. But the
last hours before the blast off produced further de
lays. He was strapped in his capsule atop the
booster rocket for three hours and 27 minutes.
First, space officials watted for a cloud cover to
pass. Meanwhile an electrical part aboard the rocket
had to be replaced.
Finally zero hour came and the space craft rose
slowly with smoke belching from the rocket’s big
nozzle. The flame from the rocket’s tail added a bright
orange of man's design to the blue sky background
furnished by nature. At the Cape the newsmen and
spectators gathered about cheered as the rocket
headed skyward.
The Federal Space Agency says the flight took
15 minutes not counting the time for the parachute
descent into the water. Space officials say the craft
reached an altitude of about 115 statute miles with
speeds of approximately 5100 miles an hour.
Throughout the flight Shepard was in constant
radio contact with the Mercury Control Center or
with the recovery forces in the Atlantic. His first
repoi-ted word 200 seconds after liftoff were: “What
a beautiful view.”
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given Squeaky special care, feeding him condensed milk
and water, baby cereal, pecans and dog biscuits. Squeaky
seems content with his lot he always shows up at meal
times. —Photo by Mervis.
Stolzenbach
Confirmed
By Senate
C. Darwin Stolzenbach was
confirmed unanimously this
week by the United States Sen
ate to be administrator of the
National Capital Transportation
Agency.
Mr. Stolzenbach will serve no
specified term but may be re
moved at the pleasure of the
President. He will receive
$19,000 a year.
The Montgomery County
resident has been organizing
the agency pending his confir
mation. Wednesday he urged
a Senate Appropriations sub
committee to grant the adminis
tration’s request for $750,000
for the year beginning July 1.
The agency budget was cut
back by one-third in the House
of Representatives.
The agency still has trot
named anyone to fill the job
of assistant administrator to be
paid $18,500 annually.
Anderson Named
Counnel bv Bank
The Board of Directors of the
Montgomery County National
Bank of Rockville this week
elected Thomas .VI. Anderson,
jr. as Counsel.
Mr. Anderson succeeds Ihe
late Thomas C. Kelley.
Mr. Anderson, son of Circuit
Court Judge Thomas M. Ander
son, is a graduate of Haverford
College and George Washing
ton Law School. He is now
practicing law from his office
In the Jefferson Building, Rock
ville.
Health Department Conducts
Rabies Vaccination Clinics
The annual series of rabies
vaccination clinics will be con
ducted by the Montgomery
County Health Department
throughout the county from
May 10 to May 26.
Any resident of Montgomery
County may take his dog to be
vaccinated against the disease.
Dr. William J. Peeples, Coun
ty Health Officer, pointed out
that the county has been rela
tively free from rabies during
the past 10 years. He emphati
cally stated that although the
C. T. Whittier
Slated to Get
New Contract
School Board Will Probably
/■Give Unanimous Support
It was learned this week that Dr. C. Taylor Whittier
will be reappointed to another four-year term as Superin
tendent of Schools.
The official action will take place Tuesday at the regu
lar meeting of the Board of Education.
Democrats
Split Over
Alignment
Five members of the Dem
ocratic State Central Com
mittee have written letters
urging two insurgent mem
bers to refrain from their
campaign in support of the pro
posed realignment of Mary
land's new Bth Congressional
District.
Montgomery County Demo
crats have been split over this
issue for some weeks.
Ray Murphy and Mrs. Mar
garet Carpenter announced
plans to poll 88 county Demo
cratic precinct chairmen over
the question of realignment.
The Democratic majority on the
State Central Committee have
suggested to Mr. Murphy and
Mrs. Carpenter that the ques
tion be taken up “in orderly
fashion” at a meeting of the
chairmen “in the near future.”
to consider the ques
tion were .tabled at recent
session of both the central com
mittee and the precinct chair
men.
Mrs. Carpenter, however, said
she and Mr. Murphy would con
tinue to poll the chairmen as
planned. They announced last j
week end they would petition
the Governor to call a special
session of the Legislature to
consider realignment as well as
redistricting of the State and j
abolition of the unit vote sys-i
tern.
The minority also supports
the petition drive, spearheaded
by the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters, to
nullify the Legislature’s recent
creation of the Bth District in
Prince Georges and Howard
Counties.
Parent Group
Will Hear Talk
By PHycliiatri*!
Dr. Gene Gordon, senior psy-,
chiatrist at Children's Hospital j
and associate clinical professor
In psychiatry at Georgetown
University, will speak at a meet
ing of the One Parent Associa
tion May 16.
The meeting will be held at
8:30 p.m. at the Montgomery
County Jewish Community, 1
8402 Freyman dr., Chevy Chase.
Dr. Gordon’s topic will be, j
“Close the Door Behind You!
and Start to Live Again.”
The association, in Its third
year, is a service organization
offering guidance to persons
newly bereaved or working to
recover from difficult emotional:
developments since divorce.
county has a large animal popu
lation, the rabies roses have
been very few as a result of a
large proportion of the dogs
being vaccinated.
Any relaxation of the vaccina
tion program would lead to con
ditions ripe for a rabies out
break, Dr. Peeples added.
Last year a total of 12,362
dogs were vaccinated according
to Norman Pennington, super
vising sanitarian, in the Health
Department's Division of Sani
tation, who has been in charge
NOW
5 e
The vote for Dr. Whittier will
probably be unanimous al
though at least one member will
voice his opinion that It Is un
fortunate that the law provides
for a four-year term rather thin
a one-year contract.
It is known there has been a
certain amount of concern on
the part of some members of
the Board of Education due to
weakness in Dr. Whittier’s ad
ministration.
' Only this week, the Council
i for Better Education recom
mended against the reappoint
ment of Dr. Whittier because of
the little improvement in the
quality of education and other
reasons.
Whittier, 49, was first ap
pointed in 1957 after the School
Board, led by Mrs. Rose Kram
er, ousted Dr. Forbes Norris.
He came to this county from
St. Petersburg, Fla., where he
served as assistant superinten
dent for instruction tn Pinellas
County. He was educated at the
University of Chicago.
It was reported that when
Dr. Whittier first came here he
showed a tendency to wave
aside generalities and to. taaiet
on specific meanings. Taraas
like “progressive” “tradition
al” and “fundamentals” he
called "nonsense” unless related
to actual teacher-child experi
ences.
Dr. Whittier said at that time,
| “these experiences should in
[ elude ‘reading, spelling and
mathematics as fundamental
tools by which we communi
cate; the school system must
teach them and use whatever
materials or methods are necee
sary to reach the child.”
Individuals and groups have
attacked Dr. Whittier and his
administration during the past
four years on this very subject.
Many believe he has been lack
ing In this field.
Instead, many observers be
lieve he has concentrated mors
on his program of public rela
tions which was reported to bs
a “primary Interest of his.” He
said the teacher plays a key
role with the school administra
tion being only of secondary im
portance.
He said in 1957: “if a parent’s
relationship with his child’s
teacher is good, then the school
system is considered a good
one; if bad, then the system is
bad.”
Art Center, Inc.
To Open Office
The Montgomery County
Ait Center, Inc., will establish
offices in September at 7927
Wisconsin ave„ Bethesda. The
office space has been loaned to
the Alt Center by rhe National
Capital Realty Company.
Mrs. Shirley, Executive Di
rector, said the office would be
opened right after Labor Day.
of the rabies vaccination pro
gram. He emphasized that
dogs must be vaccinated before
a license can be issued.
Since the protection afforded
by rabies vaccine of the type
used in these clinics lasts but
one year, a booster dose mutt
he given annually to keep up
the animal’s protection. A
schedule for the clinics will be
posted throughout the county.
The sanitarian urged that
every dog be accompanied by a
person strong enough to con
trol it.