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A2 Thursday, September 20, ENTI NE L’ corvry M m7 ' Old Homes Pilgrimage Is Set for Saturday The September meeting of the Montgomery County His torical Society will be featured Saturday by an old homes pil-! grimage in the Laytonsville area, planned as one of the so ciety’s major events of the cur rent year. The afternoon program, fol lowing the society’s business meeting and luncheon, will be gin with a visit to the Henry Griffith Monument in the St. Paul's Methodist Church ceme tery, followed by a tour of his toric homes including the Lay ton-Lee House, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Lee; Rolling Ridge Farm, home of Fred Jones; Sundown Farms, made available for the tour through Carl Freeman, and Edge Hill, home of Mr. and Mrs. Vestus Willcox. Also scheduled as an optional j event on the program is a visit to Tridelphia Lake, where boats will be available to participants in the tour. The day's program will start at 11 a.m., with the regular so ciety meeting in St. Paul's j Church. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 in the parish! hall by members of the Wom en’s Guild. Following a return from the afternoon tour, an antique Hungarian Castle Enjoy Real Hungarian Food by candlelight listen- laMJBMpSfI ing to the gypsy T violin music of the ever popular DANCING ‘.2? escept Restaurant Rathskeller Forest Glen A Seminary Rd. Silver Spring, Md. JU. 7-Al9O Air Condltiuned for your comfort. JM I Accounts Your Mm I QA*. smy Savinas MM ■ /O savings ™f w up t 0 SIO,OOO S Earn 9 JjL by •" Agcy | I A Annum of U. S. Gov't i Current Dividend Rete. Svl*ft received by 20h || P'<l4 Times a Year. Mrs dividend! fren le. Sava and Withdraw by Mail—- VU'l* w * ray Postage, Furnish Envolepos Resources over $14,000,000 N| Vl.h Our New Heme ,-COUNTY FEDERAL--i r™rUM,-w.iku,"nun | i 11* Commerce Lane, Rockville, Md. J IB ■■ yy Si 111 j op *" my * ccoun> !n Am ° unt | better than mh':\ new now that HP jt has FULL I W." HOUSEPOWER, * ‘ f ays TV star I BEVERLY STARK Newness is no guarantee of an adequately wired home. Almost 4 out of 6 homes, including many brand-new ones, have less than the 160-amp Electrical service recommended aa the minimum for modem Electrical convenience. If you’re living in a comfortable older home, don’t make a move—without consulting your Electrical Contractor. You may find it’s easier and more eco nomical to modernize your present home with Full House power than to move to a new one. There’s no place like a FULL HOUSEPOWER home, old or new. To update an older home and increase its convenience and value, call an Electrical Contractor listed on page 365 in the Washington Yellow Paget who is a member of our Institute. The Electric institute 1111- of Washington PEPCO Bldg., 10th & E SU., Washington, D.C. show and supper will be offered j to society members and their guests at St. John’s Church in Olney. Participation in the day-long program will be limit ed to those who have made re servations in advance, accord ing to Miss Martha S. Poole, who is in charge of the pil- i grimage. King Wins I Top Honors In Judging John L. King, jr„ of Galthers jburg, topped individual scorers as his University of Maryland | cattle judging team won first place over 12 other collegiate entries in the Eastern States ! Exposition held Monday at Springfield, Mass. A dairy major in his third j year at the University with an i ; exceptional background in 4-H activity, King achieved 809 points of a possible 850 in lead | ing his team to a victory that puts them among top favorites in the national collegiate con- j test to be held October 1 at Waterloo, lowa. He attained perfect scores in the judging of both Holstein and Jersey en tries. Serving with King on the Eastern championship team were Marlin Hoff and Edward Wharff, both of Carroll County, j | and Ruth Gantz, of Princeton, IN. J. Runners-up for the title | were Penn State and Cornell, j finishing second and third, re spectively. Both King and Huff were members of the 4-H dairy judg ing team that won the national championship at Waterloo in 1959 and King was a member of the 1960 international judg ing team that competed in Eng land. Wharff has had extensive experience in 4-H judging com petition. King is a member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the Dairy Science Club. a P|r ’ i | 'W jWBSw ■. f Mjjlj • Steps Up Joseph E. Jodi, a former teacher at Wheaton High School, was elevated by the Board of Education this week to the position of pupil per sonnel worker in the county school system. Young Democrats Urge Fund for Sewer Relief Creation of a state-financed fund to provide public water and sewers to areas where they would otherwise be “financially infeasible” was among major recommendations voiced by the Young Democrats of Maryland at their con vention at the Washingtonian Motel here last weekend. The Young Democrats urged the revolving fund be set up to permit sanitary authorities of counties and municipalities throughout the state to borrow i money at low interest rates and on a long term payback basis to finance the water and sewage | projects. If the proposal gains support ir. the General Assembly, it could have significant benefits to rural areas in Montgomery and other counties of Maryland not now reached by public wa ter or sewers. More than 400 Young Demo crats gathered at the three-day meeting here also called for an end to the practice of paying individuals to work at polling places on election day on behalf of candidates. They also called for candi dates to file, before election day, preliminary reports on cam paign receipts and expenditures. “This requirement would not be fool-proof, since many candidates would have last minute expenses and receipts,” a spokesman said,” but It would provide a little more accountability for campaign funds.” The Maryland Young Demo crats elected Walter D. Hansen of Bethesda their first vice-pres ident for the year ahead. In other actions, the Young Democrats backed proposals for: • Revision of the formula for blsiness" WANTED! W# will auction, appraise or liquidate estates, real estate, personal property, etc., at public auction on your premises. • ESTATES BOUGHT POTOMAC AUCTION ASSOCIATES E. J. STEINER JU. 9-8302 ... mm # Melody Music Studios / ACCORDION. GUITAR. PIANO. •**JTh FREE TALENT ANALYSIS. PRIVATE V|f V OR GROUP INSTRUCTION ALL INSTRUMENTS • Instruments loaned, ranted, sold * Instruments furnished with beginners courses * Lessons from $2.50 wk. • Conservatory prep, classes avail. • TV, bands, recitals • I locations or home service. WH. 4-V377 • GA. 4-5533 • WH. 2-2115 Largest A Finest Association of Prefessional Teachers in the Area '' 1 — • SERVIHG WASHINGTON, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA O CRUSHED STONE Any Amount Any Sis* FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL USES • Parking Area* • Driveways • Built-up Roofs • Concrete G Reads • Asphalt Concrete DA 0 0007 PROMPT DELIVERY TO lU. I'/OVI YOUR HOME OR JOB ROCKVILLE CRUSHED STONE Tnc. IITOO Plney Meeting House Road • Rockville, Md. •&/ it m R jflhk New Appointee Joseph G. DiC'arlo, former food supervisor in a leading Washington restaurant, was appointed by the County Board of Education this week as assistant director of the school lunch program. 1 state aid to education, to ap proximate 50 per cent of the . total local level of cost. This, their resolution declares, would relieve the “disproportionate amount” derived from the local real estate tax by spreading it over the wider taxing powers of the state. • Increased appropriations for operating expenses and ad ditional facilities at all five state teachers colleges, and in , creases in salaries for faculty . members. • Creation of a new Board ; of Higher Education to super ; vise development of state teach ! ers colleges into liberal arts colleges, as recommended by the Curlette Commission. , • Expansion of the junior col . lege system in the counties and , state aid on a matching basis for : additional facilities. • General Assembly enact ment of a state-wide uniform registration law, and establish ment of registration teams in each precinct of the state to be available simultaneously for three days each year. . • Prohibition of slot machines i throughout the state. The Young . Democrats’ resolution noted Maryland now has three times , the number of business estab j lishments with gambling mach ines as Nevada, and that 3,600 t machines are operated in areas . where they are prohibited by Maryland law. Ashbaugh Confirmed William H. Ashbaugh. who has served as acting supervisor of psychological services in the county school system since July 1, was assigned to the post on a permanent basis by the Board of Education this week. The recent recipient of a Ph.D. I degree from Penn State, he makes his home at Derwood i with his wife and two children. IA. E. WORTON DRIVEWAYS Ml PARKING ARRAS “FLAGSTONE work" FREE ESTIMATES All Work Guaranteed Dial SO. 5-9263 ’ School Building (Continued from Page One) mity—and facts and figures— by both Sheldon and school i facilities director Lester J. ! Welch. Of “unnecessary” installation of a $20,000 tile draining sys tem at what Coyle termed "a new junior high school,” Shel don disclosed the actual cost was under $12,000 and that it ’ was built in accordance with general specifications of both the Washington Suburban Sani tary Commission and State ■ Highway Department. “This assumes, of course, Mr. Coyle is referring to the new White Oak Junior High School,” said Sheldon. "Otherwise, I can’t visualize using 20,000 feet of tile draining—that’s almost four miles—at a dollar a foot, in one school.” Much of Coyle’s criticism cen tered on construction of the new West Rockville Junior High School, where, he charged: I The school’s sewage line was' ! condemned for faulty joints by the engineer and an inspector i during construction; that “the; engineer was dismissed from the job” and the sewage line■ later approved by a successor, “who is alleged to have refused to make a visual check.” At West Rockville, Coyle continued, footing preparation for a portion of the building wall was declared faulty by the county structural inspector, "but construction continued j later anyway.” Sheldon admitted leaky flush pipe connections were found on inspection, but said the inspec tor —not the engineer—who left the job was not dismissed but “simply transferred to another project in favor of a man who had experience working on bigger schools.” He said all other defects in the building were corrected by the builder without cost to the county before construction moved on. Welch pointed out that school construction in the county is subject to strict inspection by as many as five agencies the ; WSSC, the county, the city of Rockville where applicable, the School Board and federal in spectors when buildings are put ! up with federal aid. Of a report of a column in side the front entrance at West Rockville “supporting heavy overhead stress on a fautly footing,” Sheldon said: “If it’s there, let ’em dig down and find it.” Coyle charged hollow rather i than solid cinder block “ap peared to have been used” In at least one elementary school below grade. This, he said, could mean a profit margin to the builder of SIO,OOO on a $1 ; million school. Sheldon questioned whether I Coyle was not confused be , tween hollow block and the . “semi-solid” block often used be . low ground in accordance with l the county’s building code, and j denied hollow block is used un derground. A “honeycomb” effect noted by Coyle in photos of a concrete beam at Gaithersburg Junior High School, said Sheldon, is formed by an air pocket which ’ normally is corrected by engi neers. ‘ “Costly duplication” of coun ty and school board inspection ’ of construction referred to by Coyle was described by Welch ' ,as a “safeguard that the tax • payer is getting his money’s worth.” * “A little extra cost now as sures greater value in the ; future,” said Sheldon. Both disclaimed Coyle's refer ences to “double billing” by con j tractors in the early stages of j construction jobs, pointing out ithe only item for which build- I p rs are paid totally in advance is their insurance charge. Otherwise, Sheldon said, pay ments are made monthly “on i the basis of work done and materials stored”—all of which | are double-checked by the archi- MEN'S Hif WORK fifSa SHOES /ml INSULATED boots ROCKVILLE SHOE HOSPITAL 229 E. Montgomery Ave. I WANTED NEWSPAPERS, CAST IRON, RAGS, COPPER, BRASS, ALUMINUM, etc. I OPEN 7:30 TO 5:00 EVERY DAY I AND UNTIL 1:00 ON SATURDAYS Montgomery Iron & Metal Co. 300 HUNGERFORD DRIVE. ROCKVILLE, MD. || PO. 2-3924 Parking Needs Study Is Voted by Coutwil Two intensive parking needs j studies in major business dis-, tricts of the county were au thorized by the County Coun cil this week. One will cover the Silver Decision On Sewers Water Due By Elly Bradley Sentinel Reporter Decision on future water and sew er plans for the coun ty will be reached next Tues day by a County Council still in the dark, officially at j least, on the general plan for land use here during the next 20 years. Under law, the county heads must submit any vetos of water line or sewer projects proposed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission for the next five years before Oct. 1. At the same time, official re lease of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Com mission’s long-heralded revised general plan for the county is not expected until Oct. 1. Meantime, the county heads are weighing testimony on the WSSC program presented dur ing a 3!i-hour hearing this week. They also meet tonight with WSSC representatives in a ses sion which some observers be lieve may lead to compromise similar to that of past years, when the Council acted only on proposed water and sewer pro jects for a single year ahead, pending completion of the gen eral plan. The Council’s dilemma was far from eased by conflicting argu ments on the WSSC program which were put forth at its pub- j lie hearing. These ranged from advocacy of the entire program by the State Health Department, to equally strong recommendations, for axing of most major pro- j jects in existing “open spaces” by the Montgomery County i Citizens Planning Association. Almost 100 attorneys, pri vate landowners and spokes men for civic groups crowd ed the council chamber for the , hearing. Most detailed presentation was made by Ramsey Wood, president of the “watchdog” citizens planning group, which favors as little extension of I sewer and water lines as possi ble into undeveloped areas of ! the county. 1 The WSSC's proposed five year plan, said Wood, "is de- I signed to sewer a completely subdivided countryside. Much of the program ought never to be | built or contemplated.” I I ‘There can be little doubt,” he added, “that the Sanitary Com mission’s program would leave ■ no open space of the sort con i templated in the Year 2,000 Plan ’ and widely endorsed in discus -1 sions of our own general plan, ■ anywhere in the lower two -1 thirds of the county.” Wood’s strongest opposition was to the proposed Reddy Branch project to serve the Ol ney—Brookville region, and to the extensive sewer line planned ; to serve the new IBM center outside Gaithersburg. He urged the Council to re ’ turn to the shorter IBM sewer . tect, his engineer and the school i inspector. I Ten per cent of each pay , ment, however, is held back . until final inspection of the school by School Board mem bers for satisfactory comple tion of the job. “Everyone in our organiza tion is constantly seeking to j effect economies consistent with good construction practices,” I said School Supt. Whittier. |P. G. BURDETTE Custom Home Building CUarwotcr 3-234 S or 2355 j DAMASCUS, MD. Spring business area and the other the central Bethesda section. The firm of Wilbur Smith and Associates of New Haven, Conn., will conduct the four- * month survey of present and I future parking needs and ex- \ 1 plore methods of financing addi- 1 1 tional parking facilities. 1 Funds from both the Silver Spring and Bethesda Parking Lot District budgets will fi- f nance the study, estimated to cost $25,800. i proposed by the Planning Com- , mission. Also opposed to the Olney i sewer, WSSC Project 61, was 1 the Montgomery County Civic 1 Federation, whose planning and ' zoning committee chairman, 1 James Salerno, declared it repre- 1 sents a "significant intrusion in- I to the heretofore unspoiled 1 Patuxent watershed.” Olney property owners and attorneys for several land de velopers there did not share the federation’s view. Most argued Olney is bound to develop, t j “with or without sewers.” Attorney John Neumann, who represents substantial landown ers in the Upper Rock Creek Watershed into which one sewer would be extended west of Ol ney, warned the Council that if sewers are not provided “when areas are ripe for them,” 1 it is much more difficult and costly to provide them later. William T. Hannon of Nor beck, who said he spoke for owners of about 800 acres of property in the Olney-Norbeck area, said a serious “economic hardship” would be imposed on local landowners If the Olney sewer were vetoed. “We can’t get one dollar out \ of this property in farming,” He told the Council. Other advocates of the Olney sewer extension included Melvin Robinson, a real estate man, ; who said he has been stymied 1 in the development of his Wil liamsburg Village half-acre lot community by lack of a sewer, and attorney John P. Moore. | representing the owners of an j ! 824 - lot development three-! | fourths of a mile west of the j town. Moore said development is "imminent and beyond argu ment” in the Olney area, and that it should be served with public water and sewers. Attorney Robert McCloskey said Olney landowners feel they have been "told by the Park and Planning Commlsssion you 1 can’t use the land without sew-, ers and we’re going to see you • | won’t get sewers.” A member of the board of directors of the Montgomery General Hospital William M. ■ Canby, disclosed plans to expand ’ the facility are hampered by lack of a sewer, and urged in ' elusion of a forced main system to serve the hospital and Olney’s ‘; commercial center in the WSSC ■ j program. f Brookeville consulting engi ■ neer Ralph R. Heckman cau- j 1 tioned the Council against • assuming it “can limit develop . ment by using the delaying • tactics of zoning and planning,” 1 without incurring taxpayer 1 ! wrath. ') He said the county heads ■ might “consider the patience ' and forbearance of taxpayers” 1 who watch their tax rates spiral while they are denied sew i er lines. ' | No representative of the Maryland-National Capital Park j and Planning Commision, which l opposes the Olney sewer ex tension, attended the hearing. William H. Kyle, of the West : Montgomery Citizens Associa ■ tion said its members would like ■ to retain Potomac’s low-density ■ character and that extension of the WSSC’s sanitary district would create “undue hardship” ’ on large lot owners there. [ And Mrs. William J. Barn hard, who lives on Accord dr. in the Concord subdivision of Potomac where septic tank and | well woes ’have drawn much publicity in recent weeks, said | most residents have no trouble jwilh their septic systems. fK£] H V. H. "Whitey" Miller J ■ nor aliewtae tee muen 1(1 ■3 Mi traUe an New Belcks M jmra The Beer Bu* tj Bov Anywhere 'f V MILLER ** BUICK ff • Me N. WASHINGTON ST. Wi KY nackvllls. Me. OA. 4-4343 M msm^mdX l Planning Survey (Continued from Page One) long PAS survey, which the County Council contracted for at a cost of $22,000, urged as one of its major recommen dations that the M-NCPPC be abolished and its planning functions be turned over to the County Council. The IPA survey, if favorable to the M-NCPPC, will arm the planners with heavy ammuni tion in their fight to retain the virtually independent status they now enjoy. Describing the move as an at tempt “to help us improve our overall regional planning ef fort,” Chairman Wells said IPA was picked for the study be cause of “its familarity with the region’s growth and develop ment problems.” He said IPA assisted in the mass transportation survey for the National Capital Planning Commission and in the drafting of legislation to establish a reg ional transportation agency for the District, Maryland and Vir ginia. The firm composed of ex perts on various phases of gov ernment has also served as a consultant on federal urban transportation policy for tha U. S. Department of Commerce and the Housing and Home Fi nance Agency. “Thus, we believe that the in stitute is eminently qualified to help us reach our goal the establishment of a healthful, pleasant and economically sound environment for present and future generations in the reg ion,” Wells said. The PAS based its recommen dation that the M-NCPPC be axed on its findings that over all responsibiity for county gov ernment is vested in the Coun ty Council but it has little or no authority over many govern mental functions, including the important planning function now vested in the M-NCPPC. PAS also maintained that greater regional planning effort is needed and that the M NCPPC as a bi-county agency does not fit into such a pattern. M-NCPPC has long maintain ed that it is a regional planning body and its autonomy tends to improve rather than retard i the planning process. Deaths Ahern. Elizabeth A. of 4612 Hunt ave.. Bethesda. on Sept. 10. Burial In private. Baxter, Helen Hard! of 10008 Portland rd . Silver Spring, on Sept. 6. Burial In Arlington National Cemeterv. Baxter. John Hoyle nf 10008 Portland rd.. Sliver Spring, on Sept. 6. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Brown, Camerlna A. of 7000 Aapen ave.. Takoma Park, on Sept. 9. Burial in Parklawn Cemeterv-. Brumbaugh. Catherine E. of 4309 Elm at., Chevy Chase, on Sept. 6. Burial in ■ Rock Creek Cemetery. Clark, Henry 1,, of No. 9 Geneva ct.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 8. Burial in Fort i Lincoln Cemetery. Cunningham. Delia J. of 412 Vierling dr.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 8. Burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery. [ Donovan. Elizabeth Sullivan of 10204 j Georgia ave., wife of George Donovan, on Sept. 6. Burial in Gate of Heaven | Cemetery. Ewer, Everett D. of 257 East Mont gomery ave Rockville, on Sept 5. Burial In Arlington National Cemeterv. t.oodart. Aline of 10763 Kinhoch 'rd.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 11. Burial in Mt. | Carmel Cemetery. I Hardt. Alvin l.er of 518 Kervvin rd., ! Silver Spring, on Sept. 6. Burial In ! Parklawn Cemetery. Helm, Inline Elizabrth of 5406 Park ' t.. Chevy chase, on Sept. 5. Burial in j Cedar Hill Cemetery. He> aster. Katherine Me Elroy of 1706 -1 Corwin dr.. Sliver Spring, wife of ( Waugh P. Heygster, on Sept. 7. Burial j in private. I Hoffmelster. Wilhelm Otto of 12102 : Portree st., Rockville, on Sept. 7. Burial . j in private. I Jarkerson. Anna of 3521 Greenlv st., j Silver Spring on Sept. 11. Burial in I B nai Israel Cemetery. Johnson, Frank Edwin of 4807 Deßus ] sey pkwy.. Chevy Chase, on Sept. 10. , i Burial In Fort Lincoln Cemeterv. | Judd. Edna M. of 1606 East West hwy.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 8. Burial j in Arlington National Cemeterv. I I-exile, Frank George, M.D.' of 1305 Ballard st.. Siver Spring, on Sept. 11. Burial In Arlington National Cemeterv. Meyer. I.t. Cnmdr. Entile Eorstall, Jr., of 6408 Earl ham dr.. Bethesda. on Sepl. 9. Burial in Ailington National Ceme tery. McCabe. John F. of 704 Devonshire rd., Takoma Park, on Sept. 11. Burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery McKenna. Emily B. of 7905 Kentucky ave., Bethesda. on Sept. 9. Burial in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Morey. Thomas E. of 1641 East Jef ferson st.. Rockville, on Sept. 6. Burial In Parklawn Cemeterv-. Murphy, Robert of 8410 Manchester rd.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 10. Burial in Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery. Oldfield, 1-evvls p. of 4616 Fairfield dr. Bethesda on Sept. 6. Burial In Park . lawn Cemetery. , ' taro - Krank of 11702 Eden rd.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 6. Burial in Ar . Ilngton National Cemetery. . r ' lkul1 "- Ernest C. of 2717 Newton st.. Silver Spring, on Sept. 4. Burial In Ce dar Hill Cemetery. Rich, Irvin of 6901 Millwood dr.. Be ' theada. on Sept. 5. Burial In Adas Is rael Cemetery. Russell, John Edward of 6710 Red Top . rd.. Takoma Park, on Sept. 9. Burial in private. Hrhnlrr, Clarence E. of 210 N. Moore > ", r - Silver Spring, on Sept. 8 Burial in Coopersvllle, Pa. sierklrln. Nellie C. of 9127 Flower ave,. Silver Spring, on Sept. 7. Burial in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Stephen ton. Minnie llhue of I.T>OJ Ju- ! 1 / e , rt V„ W s eaton ’ on **Pt. U. Burial in • • Maple Wood Cemetery. M ils4in, < apt. Kohert L. of KiiOO 16th ; fit.. Silver Spring, on Sept. H. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Winn, Benjamin Franklin of Rt 1. Germantown, on Sept. 11. Burial In John Wesley Method lit Church Cemetery. SAVE ON DAVIS TIRES I and WIZARD BATTERIES AT YOUR FRIENDLY CL 3-228 A— MT. AIRY 22 Damascus, Md. Open Sundays * to 2 For Your Convert nee Weekdays 7:30 A M. to 10 P.M. Toby's Delicatessen GROCERIES • ICE CREAM COLD BEER CARRY-OUT SANDWISHES I Ave., Rockville