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Brooks Heads Rockville
UGF Business Campaign
Winfred Lewis Brooks, Rockville business office
supervisor for the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone Company, has been appointed Rockville business
chairman for the annual United Givers Funday drive.
Announcement of the appointment was made by
Warren D. Haley, Montgomery County UGF chair
man, who also appointed Nicholas H. Hemmer, jr.,
as Rockville vice chairman.
Montgomery County’s quota for the drive, which
begins October 2, is $165,000 of the total goal of $7.8
million for the Washington metropolitan area.
UGF moneys support 148 health, welfare and
recreation agencies, 15 of them situated in Montgom
ery County.
A native of West Virginia, Brooks has worked on
UGF campaigns for the past six years and served as
business vice chairman in Rockville last year.
He is a member of the board of directors and is a
past president of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce.
He is also a director of the County Chamber of Com
merce, a former member of the executive committee
of Highland Elementary School P-TA, a member of
Wheaton Presbyterian Church and the Manor Coun
try Club.
Brooks, his wife and their three children live at
3029 Kingtree st, Wheaton Hills.
Hemmer is a member of the engineering staff of
the International Business Machines Corporation in
Rockville. He is a vice president of the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the board of the
College Guidance Counsel, member of the Institute of
Radio Engineers, member of the Manor Country Club,
and active with the Heart Fund.
Hemmer, his wife and three children live at 14701
Essington rd., Rockville.
Business section chairman appointed so far in
clude Thomas M. Mannix, Gaithersburg; John Bren
nan, Rockville; and Mack Wells, Rockville.
Other members of the business team include Mor
ris Stem, Charles Demma, Norman Hayter, George
Cardy, Galen Baugher, Dr. John Forte, John Gardiner,
Irving Schwartz, Mel Ceppos, Dick Davis, Jim Ander
son, Robert Savard, Dr. Herman Magansini, Scott
Adams, Joseph Rogers, Nat Blum and Vestus J. Will
cox.
Chamber Suggests End
To Relations Group Work
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce
has recommended that the Montgomery County Commis
sion of Human Relations be dissolved.
In a resolution passed by the Chamber’s board of di
rectors and addressed to the County Council, the Chamber
pointed out that integration in
Montgomery County is pro
gressing voluntarily and with
out incident.
The commission has submit
ted its first annual report, the
resolution says and remarks on
the minority report underlining
Hurricane Aid
Exceeds S3OO
Contributions totaling more
than S3OO for the disaster vic
tims of Hurricane Carla have
been received by the Montgom
ery County Red Cross.
Although estimates of the
hurricane’s destruction in the
Southwest are still incomplete,
there will be a continuing need
for assistance in rehabilitating;
residents in the Texas and
Louisiana coastal areas. While
government aid is now being
used to repair roads, bridges
and other public facilities, Red
Cross workers will be on the
job for many months to come
helping the people.
Recovery from Carla’s mam
moth blow will require every
one’s help.
Cash and checks specifical
ly for aid to Hurrican Carla
disaster victims, made out to
American Red Cross, can be
sen* to Montgomery County
Red Cross, 2020 East-West
hgwy., Silver Spring.
Civilans Seek
Beauty Queen
Members of the Rockville
Civitan Club are searching for
a beauty queen to reign over
their annual family outing Octo
ber 15 at Martin’s Dairy Show
Grounds.
The outing will include a
musical stage show, a fashion
show, firemen's hookup con
test, oyster roast, turkey shoot
and a number of other events.
Girls 18 through 28 wishing
to compete should call Mrs.
Virginia Moore, contest direc
tor, at GArden 4-8859.
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the smoothness of integration
in the county.
The resolution suggests that
the commission has served its
purpose.
Another resolution adopted
by the board resulted in a tele
gram to Gov. J. Millard Tawes
urging the quick completion of
the Bradley blvd. highway con
struction and underpass in Be
thesda.
The Governor was reminded
that work was begun more
than two years ago, with assur
ance at that time that it would
be completed within six months.
Because of the extensive
nature of the work and the
many delays involved, mer
i chants in the area have suffer
ed extreme hardship, the resolu
tion declared.
The board concluded by re
questing the Governor to "cause
a concerted effort to see that
this construction work is
brought to completion as soon
as possible."
Outdoor Show
Set Thursday
A hunting and camping dem
■ onstration sponsored by Family
Camping Supply House of Rock
ville will be presented at 7 p.m.
Thursday at 1335 East Mont
gomery ave.
The informal program will
include an outdoor campfire,
and outdoor demonstrations of
tents, stoves, foods, bedding
1 and storage facilities.
Two hunting films contribut
’ ed by Dr. Joseph Linduska of
• Remington Farms —"Gunning
’ the Flyways” and "Bay at the
Moon’’—will be shown through
i out the evening,
i Hunting regulations for
■ Maryland, Pennsylvania, West
: Virginia and Virginia will be
available, and experts in the
: fish and wildlife and camping
. fields will be on hand to discuss
• hunting areas with visitors.
Coffee will be served.
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POLITICOS A-PLENTY, including Gov. J. Millard Tawes,
turned out for last week's SIOO-a-plate fund-raising dinner in
Baltimore to launch the campaign of Maryland’s Democrats
for victory in next year’s state elections. Looking over the
U. S. Jury
Launches
Club Probe
An investigation into the
tangled financial affairs of the
stalled Lakewood Cuntry Club
outside Rockville is underway
this week in Baltimore at the
hands of a Federal grand jury.
The dub has been operating
under District Court-appointed
conservator Vinton E. Lee since
last spring, after more than
1,800 members of the club sued
its promoters.
The investigators are at
tempting to learn if the club’s
promoters are liable under any
Federal fraud laws by having
collected, almost $1.3 million in
membership fees and another
quarter of a million dollars in
Federal excise taxes since the
venture was first initiated two
years ago.
Conservator Lee was the first
witness called by the panel of
jurors last week. Assistant
U. S. attorney Stephen H. Sachs
said the testimony of other wit
nesses will be obtained over the
next few weeks.
Silver Spring Lions Member Explains
Method of Assisting Needy Families
An explanation of the
methods used by the Lions Club
of Silver Spring in choosing re
cipients for aid was made this
week by Fred Howlin, chair
man of the club’s health and
welfare committee.
"A major project of the
health and welfare committee is
the spreading of Christmas
cheer among the needy of the
community,” he said.
"We would like to outline the
procedure used in this project
since it has more of a pattern
than individual cases which are
handled on an emergency basis
during the year.
For Christmas assistance the
Lions Club procures from the
Montgomery County Welfare
Department, Montgomery Coun
ty police, churches, schools and
individuals names of families
requiring assistance.
"Members of the health and
welfare committee make a per
sonal investigation of each fam
ily referred to it through these
sources. Worthy cases are then
Beautification Awards
Made at Lincoln Terrace
Top prize winners in the second annual landscaping
and beautification competition of the Lincoln Terrace
Apartments in Rockville were members of Unit 7, cap
tained by Miss Louise Wade. She was assisted by Mrs.
Nadine Frazier and Mrs. Mary F. Howard.
Gardening, including a mock
fountain planted with over
hanging flowering vines, won
the judges’ nod in the contest.
The award was donated by
Thomas F. Carey, exectuive di
rector of Rockville's Public
Housing Authority, which gov
erns the Lincoln ter. project.
First prize in the best single
apartment contest was present
ed by Judge Theodore A. Miller
on behalf of County Federal
Savings and Loan and the Rock
ville Chamber of Commerce, to
Mrs. Lillian Magruder.
Mrs. Rose Dixon and Mrs.
James Crockett won second and
third place in the best apart
ments category. All three were
presented with winners trophies
donated by the Mayor and
Council.
The annual contest is spon
considered for assistance.
"Through the years a pattern
of cooperation has grown with
other organizations which ren
der such assistance and these
organizations are then contact
ed to see If any of the names
on the Lions Club are dupli
cated on any other lists. In the
event of duplication it is de
cided which organization should
assist the family.
"During the Christmas sea
son of 1960, the Lions Club of
Silver Spring assisted 56 local
needy families; among these
families assistance was given to
35 adults and 11 children.
“To assist these less for
tunate members of the commu
nity at this season there were
distributed by the club 18 car
tons of food, 81 pairs of shoes,
10 pairs of galoshes, 18 pairs
of trousers, 40 flannel shirts,
seven sets of underwear, two
pairs of gloves, nine heavy
Jackets, four pairs of socks for
boys, nine pairs of jeans, 28
sweaters, 26 skirts, six blouses.
Established 1855
program with the Governor at the dinner, attended by about
2700 Democrats, is Mrs. Ann Brown, vice chairman of the
Montgomery County Democratic State Central Committee.
—Photo by Di Gennaro
sored by the Montgomery Coun
ty Agriculture Extension Serv
ice and Lincoln Terrace Citizens
Association. O. L. Privette, As
sistant County Agent, has been
the prime force behind the pro
gram and this year Mrs. Laur
etta Miles, president of the citi
zens group, presided at the
award ceremonies.
New Representative
Weinschel Engineering of
Kensington, manufacturer of
precise microwave calibration
equipment announces the ap
pointment of a new representa
tive in the states of New Mex
ico and Arizona, effective on Oc
tober 1, 1961. The new repre
sentative firm is SEI, Inc., Al
buquerque, N. M..
15 dresses, 17 sets of underwear
and 10 pairs of hose for girls,
as well as one ladies' coat, one
ladies' dress, one man’s hat,
three blankets and eight toys.
"Other Lions clubs of the
greater metropolitan area con
duct similar activities during
this season as well as during the
year.
"Funds for the purchase of
food and clothing in such in
stances are raised through va
rious activities which are car
ried on through the year by
Lions clubs and other such serv
ice clubs.
"A major activity of the
Lions Club of Silver Spring is
the sale of light bulbs every
year. During this campaign
members of the club go door to
door throughout the area sell
ing packages of light bulbs.
"Profits realized through this
campaign are used to make pur
chases such as those outlined
above and to assist in special
welfare cases during the year,"
he concluded.
CD Course
Announced
By YMCA
Two sections on home pre
paredness are being offered by
the Silver Spring YMCA in co
operation with the Montgom
ery County Office of Civil De
fense.
Both sections will be open to
the public and are for all fam
ily members over the age of
12.
First section will begin Octo
ber 4 and conclude November
1 and the second section begins
November 8 and concludes De
cember 6. Each session will be
held from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wed
nesdays.
There is no charge for the
program.
Objectives are to illustrate
the need for family action in
disaster, to motivate partici
pants to learn and apply family
action techniques, to review
shelter designs and discuss
family fallout shelter supplies,
to discuss fire preventive house
keeping, to demonstrate fire
fighting and light rescue tech
niques, to promote the training
of at least one member of each
family in first aid care and in
methods of caring for the sick
and injured at home, and to
promote family survival plan
ning and home preparedness
through family action and
home protection exercises.
There will be movies, film
strips, demonstrations, samples
and booklets used for each sec
tion. Registration will be at the
opening section meeting.
Players Produce
Comedy Opener
Opening play for the Mont
gomery Players’ 33rd consecu
tive season, "The Pursuit of
Happiness,” is now in reheaisal
for presentation October 20-21.
The comedy is being directed
by Roger McEwan and will be
produced at Leland Junior High
School.
Members of the cast are
Eleanor Harrison, Florence
Hamilton, Martha McMillan,
Mir e k Debrowski, Theadore
Sweet, David Snyder, A. D.
Tannen and Raymond Bose.
Tawes Asks Survey
Of State Production
Gov. J. Millard Tawes has asked the Department
of Economic Development to conduct a survey of
Maryland’s industiial production potential for national
defense.
The governor met late last week with Federal
production and procurement officials and others in
Baltimore to discuss plans for the survey.
He told the group that Maryland hopes to “offer
its best service to the Nation and at the same time
better the economic conditions of the citizens of the
State.”
He pointed out that Maryland has certain “labor
surplus areas” which are suffering from unemploy
ment and underemployment, and said that the best
interests of the State and the Nation would be served
by “putting idle hands to work in production for our
national defense.”
Objective of the survey is to make it easier for
Federal agencies to enter into contracts with Mary
land films and to encourage Maryland industry to
enter into contracts to supply goods and services to
Federal Government agencies.
Governor Tawes was commended by the Fed
eral officials for the effort that is being made by the
State to cooperate in the plan to develop defense pro
duction to its full capacity.
Richard W. Webb, of the Small Business Policy
Directorate of the Department of Defense, called it
“a very worth-while program,” spoke of the fear on
the part of some business people of Federal Govern
ment contracts and said the Government welcomes
the kind of competition that is stimulated by the pro
gram which has been initiated in Maryland.
Many small manufacturers, the Federal officials
said, are reluctant to do business with the Federal
Government for fear of red tape and confusion. Help
in showing the small manufacturer that the Govern
ment wants, and is indeed anxious, to have them bid
on work will be benefical both to the Government and
the local economy.
Child Development
Course Set on TV
The University of Maryland will offer the second of
a three-semester sequence of televised courses on the be
havior of children and youth this fall.
A 16-week course, Human Development II: The Ele
mentary School Child, will be presented each Tuesday and
Thursday morning from 6:30-7
a.m. via simultaneous broadcast
over WTOP, Channel 9, Wash
ington, and WMAR, Channel 2,
Baltimore.
Dr. Daniel Prescott, interna
tional authority on child de
velopment education and direc
tor emeritus of the University
of Maryland’s Institute for
Child Study, will be the TV in
structor.
The course, which will begin
on October 3, may be taken
either for credit or non-credit.
Credit students will be required
to attend special classes two
hours each week on either the
Baltimore or College Park cam
pus in addition to the TV lec
tures.
The content of the course will
deal with understanding the
mental, social, physical, and
emotional development of ele
mentary school children be
tween the ages of six and 13.
The growth and development
of individual children will be
studied in relationship to other
children of the same ages and
social groups in and out of
school.
An overview will be present
ed of the several bases of
growth and behavior—biologi
cal. social, affectional, peer
cultural and psychological.
WSSC Awards
Three Contracts
Three contracts for construc
tion of storm drains, water
mains, sewers and house con
nections were awarded by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission in Montgomery
County.
They went to:
Triad Corp., Vienna, Va., $56,-
575 for water mains, sewers and
house connections in Sherwood
Forest Manor.
Canova Bros., Inc., College
Park, $14,760 for water mains,
sewers and house connections
in Regent Park.
Metropolitan Utilities Con
struction Corp., College Park,
$4952 for water mains, sewers
.and house connections in Her
[ mitage Heights.
Contee Counsel
To Appeal His
Conviction
Counsel for rapist Gordon L.
Contee moved ahead this week
with their plans to appeal his
conviction by an all-male Anne
Arundel County Jury last week.
Contee, 24 was found guilty
of raping a Montgomery
County mental institution pa
tient after threatening her with
a knife In a Rockville apart
ment more than two years ago.
A key witness at his trial
the second on the same charge
-was a registered nurse who
testified she witnessed the as
sault after Contee forced his
; way into the apartment and
I threatened both women.
Sentenced to life imprison
ment in an earlier trial in
Montgomei-y County, Contee
j won a retrial and a change of
| venue on his attorneys’ argu
ment that questioning of pros-
I>ective Jurors in the first case
on their possible racial preju
dice had been improperly
handled. Contee is colored, the
woman white.
Following his sentencing to
lite imprisonment last week,
Contee’s defense attorney Vic
tor L. Crawford said he would
appeal the conviction on two
major grounds. These, he said,
are:
That the victim did not tes
tify personally in the trial,
since she is now a patient in a
Michigan mental Institution.
Her testimony at the previous
trial was simply read into the
record last week, after a psy
chiatrist from the hospital told
the court she is not competent
to testify under Maryland law
at this time.
That neither Crawford nor
defense counsel Robert C.
Heeney were allowed to pre
sent pertinent medical facts
about the victim at the trial.
Contee began serving his
life term in the Maryland Peni
tentiary immediately after Cir
cuit Court Judge Benjamin Mi
caelson pronounced sentence.