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TALKING IT OVER David Hume, center, happening during his campaign. Mr. Hume
candidate for Governor in the Democratic greeted politicians, candidates and friends
primary, is telling Plummer Shearin, right, last Saturday at the opening of his county
candidate for the Circuit Court Judgeship, headquarters in Kensington. Mr. Shearin
and Lathrop Smith, Hume’s county campaign said he plans to attend all political functions
manager, some of the things that have been that he can. — Photo by Ed Mervis
Railroad Campaign
Train Here Today
A special train carrying Eastern railroad officials
will roll into Rockville at 5 o’clock this afternoon on the
last stop of a two-day tour to tell residents of this region
that they are “being cheated out of the benefits of low
cost transportation.” "
The Rockville stop, to last
four hours, will feature a dim
ner for railroad officials and
community leaders. An infor
mal. rear platform appearance
by the rail executives to answer
questions by the public will
highlight the visit here.
Public carriers have experi
enced a severe decline in earn
ings in recent years. The rail
road industry says this decline,
dangerous to the American
economy, is due largely to gov
ernment blundering.
The flag-decorated train, the
“Magna Carta Special,” is
named for the industry’s drive
to obtain equal treatment by
government for all carriers.
It left Baltimore Monday
morning for a 300-mile, 10-stop
trip through Maryland and
West Virginia. Major stops
Monday were at Westminster,
Hagerstown and Cumberland.
Major stops earlier today were
to be at Martinsburg, W. Va.
and Frederick.
Aboard the train are W. Ar
thur Grotz, president of West
ern Maryland Railway; Jervis
Langdon, jr., president of Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad; David
I. Mackie. chairman of Eastern
Railroad Presidents Conference,
Clinic Participant
Mrs. Naomi Laughlin. execu
tive vice president of the Mont
gomery County Board of Real
tors, will take part in an all-day
grooming clinic to bo held in
Baltimore February 28 by the
Maryland Association of Real
Estate Boards. She was one of
the planners of the clinic.
Nursing Shortages Handicap County’s Care Homes In Living with New Law
Serious shortages of nurses and trained nursing aides
are handicapping county nursing homes in their efforts to
comply with new State regulations on care of their
patients.
Although the regulations, which went into effect Jan
uary 1, have tightened standards in several areas of nurs
ing home operation, it is with the new requiiwnents for
trained nursing staffs that county facilities are having
the most trouble.
Both county officials and nursing home operators
agree the State is creating a double hardship—by making
adequate nursing staffs mandatory while continuing its
failure to recognize graduates of schools of practical
nursing in the District of Columbia who could ease the
personnel shortage.
Examination and licensing of practical nurses in the
District went into effect last year, they point out, but so
far Maryland has taken no step to extend reciprocity to
these trained aides.
"Nursing homes are complaining they can’t find
enough people to meet the new requirements,” said Mrs.
Virginia B. Maxwell, who coordinates the State’s institu
tional program with the County Health Department.
tintfi Senfiiel
and other rail officials.
Souvenir campaign badges
and printed ballots were to be
distributed at each stop. The
ballot summarizes railroad
goals as freedom from tax dis
crimination, freedom from sub
sidized competition, freedom
from over-regulation and free
dom to offer one-package door
to-door transportation.
This is the sixth train of its
type to travel through Eastern
states in recent months, but the
first to visit here.
Service Aides
Now Training
At Suburban
A new group of service aides
at Suburban Hospital in Bethes
da have begun orientation clas
ses under the direction of Mrs.
Nathan Edwards, volunteer nur
sing director.
It is the third class of aides
at the hospital.
The group includes Mrs. John
B. Jackson, 8311 Westmont ter.,
Bethesda; Miss Barbara Bum
ham, 6423 Shadow rd., Ken
wood; Mrs. Sidney Butterfield,
9224 Quintana dr., Bethesda:
Mrs. Gloria J. Teague, 9228
Farnsworth dr., Bethesda; Mrs.
William Foley, 10412 Montrose
ave., Bethesda: and Mrs. Edward
O. McHenry, 7804 Maple Ridge
rd., Bethesda.
The project is sponsored by
the Women’s Auxiliary of the
hospital and offers an opportun
ity for area women to help out
at the hospital for a few hours
a week.
Discussion
Scheduled
On Traffic
A discussion of the traffic
study of Bethesda made for
the Montgomery County De
partment of Public Works
by Alan M. Voorhees & As
sociates of Washington will
be held at a meeting of the
Bethesda - Chevy Chase
Chamber of ConjmercQ J
March 5. - •**•' • t
The meeting will be held at
8 p.m. in the Perpetual Building
auditorium.
The report includes future an
ticipated traffic demands within
the Bethesda area due to growth
and proposed changes in the
highway system and recom
mends a program of arterial
improvements. Full report was
submitted to the Public Works
department early this year.
Leading the discussion will be
Voorhees. Others taking part;
will be Joseph Kordella. direc- 1
tor of the County Department
of Public Works; Arthur K.
Stellhorn, director of planning
for the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commis
sion: and a representative of
the Maryland State Roads Com
mission.
Area organizations have been
invited to send representatives
and the meeting will be open
to the public.
Smith Is Elected
Grover C. Smith, press secre
tary to Sen. John Sparkman
(D., Ala. I, has been elected
president of the newly organ-!
ized U. S. Senate Press Secre
taries’ Association. Smith has
lived at 3713 Munsey st. in
Wheaton for the past six years, j
He is a member of Glenmont
Methodist Church.
She said that when the new regulations went into
effect two months ago, her office was “swamped” with
queries and complaints from nursing home operators about
how they were going to hire full-time professionals.
“You can pick up the Metropolitan area papers today
and see ads for registered and practical nurses run by
institutions in Baltimore,” she said. rt The situation is
the same here—there just aren’t enough to go around.”
Where the old State regulatioas simply (•ailed for a
qualified R.N. or licensed practical nurse to “be responsible
for the nursing service” in care homes, and for “sufficient
personnel” to give adequate day and night care to patients,
the new law spells out these personnel minimums:
A registered or licensed practical nurse to be in
charge of patient care at least eight hours a day, seven
days a week.
Nurses or qualified substitutes, together with an
adequate number of aides, to be on duty at all times, with
non-professional personnel under direct supervision of a
qualified nurse.
The ratio of nursing personnel on duty to patients
to be* maintained at 1-25, both day and night.
Should a nui-sing home have to operate without a
i professional nurse in charge for more than 30 days, its
Local Political
Activity Continues
At Fast Pace
State and local political activ
ity continues at a fast pace.
Former Governor Theodore R.
McKeldin now says he may rurt
for the United States Senate
subject to the Republican pri*
mary if there is a demand front
GOP leaders. Many observers
had believed McKeldin would
declare for his old Chief Execu
tive post just prior to the dead
line for filing. It is possible that
he may decide to run for Govi
ernor rather than for the Sen* j
ate.
At the present time David
Scull of Silver Spring is the
only Republican who has filed
for the gubernatorial nomina-i
tion.
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Other Republicans who havqt
filed for the Senate include
James P. Gleason and Harry
Simms, both of Silver Spring.
The Democrats running for the
U. S. Senate seat now held by
John Marshal! Butler who is re
tiring include Blair Lee, 111,
Danny Brewster and Elbert M.
Byrd.
In Montgomery County, David
Hume, candidate for Governor
in the Democratic primary race,
opened his Montgomery County
headquarters on Saturday. His
campaign in this county is head
ed by Lathrop Smith, former
County Councilman and School
Board member.
The Schweienhaut - Cahoon
group of local Democrats who
are campaigning on local issues
—without endorsement of State
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PICTURE OF A HAPPY MAN Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, jr.
(UPI photo)
Established. 1855
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candidates held a reception
Saturday at the Garrett Park
Recreation Center.
State Senator Margaret C.
Schweinhaut introduced the in
complete slate of candidates.
She said the complete ticket will
be announced on March 5, the
last day for candidate filing.
New candidates announced
for this ticket include Mrs. Ed
na Cook, Samuel Sterrett, and
C. Lawrence Wiser—all for the
House of Delegates. Others in
this group announced earlier in
clude David Cahoon and Ted
Miller.
Those who have filed or will
file for the County Council, in
clude Mrs. Stella B. Werner,
Eugene Zander, William A. Lin
thicum and William Sher. For
State Central Committee: Mrs.
Ann Brown, Alice Hostetler, Irv
ing A. Levine, Willard Morris,
and Gilbert Lessenco.
Local and State followers of
the Mahoney-Lee-Barrick ticket
went to Baltimore last week to
attend a SIOO buffet supper.
Some of the local supporters at
the affair included Col. and Mrs.
E. Brooke Lee, William Hickey,
Frank Bliss, Donald Claggett,
John Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Lynch and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Wells.
Many local Democrats filed
for offices yesterday and more
are expected to get into the
huge Democratic primary race
before the March 5 deadline.
license will become provisional—after another 30 days,
its license will be revoked.
Under the new law, nursing homes which meet the
nui-sing staff requirements will be entitled to a State grant
of sls more a month for the care of each welfare patient
they accept.
While only 10 per cent of the patients in the county’s
private nursing homes are welfare [wtients, an increasing
number of places are taking in indigents, Mrs. Maxwell
reported.
State payments for welfare patients are at a maxi
mum of $4.50 a day, which County Health Officer William
Peeples describes as “definitely too low.” He added that
welfare patients are concentrated in about 12 of the coun
ty’s 43 licensed nursing homes.
Said the proprietor of one of these, who has employed
a single nurse “a couple of days a week” for her 56-bed
home in the past:
“The sls more the State will give us for- meeting
the nursing requirements won’t begin to pay the salaries
of the nurses.”
Most people, she added, “pay more for the care of
a dog in a dog hospital—ss a day—than the State pays
for its welfare cases.”
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PLEASED WITH THE TURNOUT Mrs.
Stella Werner, left, David Cahoon, County
Council President, and State Senator Peggy
Schweinhaut, seem happy over the number
of Democrats who came to an open house
held at the Garrett Park Recreational Center
on Saturday. Mrs. Schweinhaut said in her
4-H Science
Study Begun
An agricultural scientist
and an Ohio 4-H specialist
have been named to conduct
a study for the National 4-H
Club Foundation of Chevy
Chase on the possibilities of
expanding the understand
ing and use of science
through 4-H Club work.
the one-year pro
feet March 5 will he Dr. Karl S.
| Quisenberry, Sarasota, Fla., re
i tired assistant administrator of
! the U. S. Department of Agrl
j culture Research Service, and
| Philip L. Grover, Washington
Court House, Ohio. Fayette
County 4-H Club Agent.
The science study is being
financed by a grant from the
1 National Science Foundation, ac
cording to Grant A. Shrum, exe
| cutive director.
Study recommendations are
expected to cover specific areas
of emphasis and indicate need
ed adjustment in such aspects
as types of 4-H projects offered,
content of project literature,
methods of training volunteer
and professional leaders, and
use of subject matter specialists
in Land-Grant Universities.
Brownell Heads
Drive for Duke
Robert W. Brownell has been
appointed Bethesda area chair
man for the 19th annual Duke
University Fund Drive.
Brownell, whose appointment
was announced by William F.
Franck of Martinsville. Va.,
chairman of the Duke National
Council, will conduct campaign ,
activities in this area.
Goals of the 1961-62 campaign
for the Durham, N. C., univer
sity are $500,000 and 13,500
j donors. Campaign kickoff is
scheduled for March 1.
talk that she has “deeji hope and abiding
faith that all Democratic precinct chairmen
will be independent during the primary cam
paign.” The reception was held to Introduce
candidates op the Schweinhaut local election
ticket.— Photo by Ed Meryls
Pinneberg’s Needy Get
‘Sister Gty’ Package
The needy and homeless of Pinneberg, Germany
sister city to Rockville were 1,500 pounds of clothing,
blankets and canned goods richer today, following a suc
cessful three-day emergency drive to aid the stricken
West German city.
Pinneberg, a suburb of Ham
burg on the northwest coast of
Germany, was hard hit by a
severe winter storm two weeks
ago. The relief drive was In
itiated fty Roekvtltr’s mayor,
Alexander J. Green, after he had
contacted Burgomeister Henri
Glissman of Pinneberg to find
out If the sister community here
could help.
By the end of the drive last
week, 38 large cartons of food
and emergency supplies had
been collected and loaded
aboard planes of Eastern and
Lufthansa Airlines for shipment
to Hamburg.
Terming the drive "a complete
success.” Robert S. Bryan, chair
man of Rockville’s Sister City
Committee, thanked the many
area residents who contributed
and praised the two airlines
which flew the shipment with
out charge.
Cook’s Moving and Storage
Company of Rockville provided
‘Kelly Girl’ Golf
Tourney Set Here
The first “National Kelly Girl
Invitational” tournament under
the auspices of the Ladies Pro
fessional Golf Association will
bo held at the Turf Valley Coun
try Club in July.
The tournament first major
event ever sponsored by a pri
vate concern and the first wom
en’s professional golf event in
this area for a number of years
is scheduled for July 5-8.
Kelly Girl Services, Inc., the
sponsoring company,’ is offering
$7,500 In prizes for more than 30
touring pro’s expected to enter
the contest. Suitable trophies t
will be provided for amateurs. I
The proprietor pointed out that there is no nursing
school in the county except at the Washington Sanitarium
in Takoma Park—and that “they don’t have enough for
their own hospital.”
She reported she has run an ad for a nurse for four
weeks with no response, and declared:
"This new law is putting me and others like me—•
in the position where we’re bucking the law and hoping
to Cod we’ll find someone to hire. It’s either this or close
down and lose my investment and, by golly, 1 won’t.”
Both Dr. Peeples and Mrs. Maxwell, however praised
the continuing efforts of nursing home proprietors to
comply with the new personnel regulatioas by the July 1
deadline, and said their plight may be eased by revisions
of the law now under consideration by the State Depart
ment of Health.
Some relief has already been gained through hiring
of occupational therapists who recently completed a
training program sponsored by the county’s TB and Heart
Association, they said.
But, generally, they indicated, county officials
face the prospect of “rather liberal interpretation” of the
State's new personnel requirements if they are to permit
many nursing homes here to continue operating.
the king-size cartons for the
shipment.
Sister City Committee mem
bers Mr. Virginia Aleei, Mr*.’
Marian Mack and Louis Leipold,
ahd Assistarft to the City Man- *
ager, Al Ofensend, assisted
Bryan in the preparations.
Said Bryan of residents’ re
sponse—“lt was a most gratify
ing effort and the people of
Rockville and our area certainly
j can be proud of themselves.”
CGG to Hold
sth Convention
Friday Night
Fifth convention of the Rock
ville Citizens for Good Govern
ment will be held at 8 p.m.
March 2 in the Rockville Civic
Center Auditorium to select a
slate of candidates for the
Mayor and City Council elec
tion April 30.
Frank A. Eeker, currently a
member of the Council, ts the
only candidate for nomination
as mayor. Incumbent Mayor
Alexander J. Greene has decided
not to run for re-election.
Eleven candidates for five
Council seats are to be consider
ed by the convention, which has
more than 300 delegates eligible
to vote.
The candidates include Clyde
D. Hardin. Bernard J. Hasson,
jr., Mrs. Lee Jodi, Edward J.
Mack, John M. Kausch, Henry
Redkey, Mrs. Virginia R. Reid,
L. Ross Roberts, Achilles M.
Turhtan, Ralph E. Williams and
William E. Wood.
Mayor Greene, CGG chair
man, will be chairman for the
convention.