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Business Roundup Costly Projects Add To Construction Boom Extensive expansion of the Government Employes’ Insur ance Co. and construction of a foundation for the long-planned branch store of New York’s Saks and Co., both in Bethesda, were among major projects authorized by county building authorities in March. While employes of the De partment of Inspections and Licenses are still at work on a detailed compilation of the month’s activities, a quick glance indicates the county con struction program is keeping pace with the impressive rec ords set in January and Feb ruary. During those two months, authorization of projects costing $30.7 million amounted to almost 40 per cent of the total recorded in the entire Greater Washington area. The Government Employes’ permit provides for an addition to its present office building at Western Ave. and Willard Ave which will overshadow the ex isting structure, providing for p. four-story extension that will cost $7.4. Lisled as architect for the job is Vincent Kling, of Philadelphia. The Saks project has been authorize/d as the basis lor even tual construction of a three story building on Wisconsin Ave. between Montgomery and Oliver Sts. at a cost of $1 mil lion dollars. According to pre liminary plans, the store will occupy a tract of 180 by 140 feet and will include parking space for 500 automobiles. Architect for the stone and brick structure is listed as Ab bott. Merkt and Co. of New York. While several other extensive business projects were issued during the month, a preliminary check of permit records indi cates that residential construc tion continues as the major source of Investment. C&P Spreads Out A record total of S6O million was spent during 1962 on new construction to expand and im prove Maryland telephone facil ities, according to the annual report of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of Mary land. In a program necessary to keep pace with population and business expansion, the number of telephones in service was in creased by 81,000, bringing the total in operation throughout the state to an all-time high of 1,450,000. As a consequence, 82 percent of households in the State are now equipped with telephones, compared to the 77 per cent figure listed five years earlier. In expansion of production facilities, the firm completed new buildings or additions to those in existence in 20 loca ations throughout the state, the report said. Silver Spring was among the communities in which new projects were com pleted. In addition to providing for an extension of company serv ice, the report pointed out, the year's program produced more jobs both inside and out side the company while pro viding for the procurement of j supplies and services from a variety of Maryland firms. The company's own payroll amount ed to almost s6l million during the year. The report showed that in relation to a share of common stock the company wages paid out in 1962 amounted to $4.67; taxes. $3.14; other operating ex penses. $2.23; earnings, SI.BS, and dividends paid, $1.40. ’ I .Merchants Reorganize Harry Pontius, of Pontius Bros., has been elected chair man and William K. Bishop, of the Bethesda Branch of Wood ward and Lothrop, vice chair man, in a reorganization of the Merchants Council of the Be thesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce. New area chairman are Jo seph W. Fortuna for lower Wis consin Ave.; Julius A. Lazarus, NOW OPEN AT OUR NEW LOCATION IN BETHESDA MADISON'S EST. 1942 SOCIAL & BUSINESS STATIONERY ENGRAVING & PRINTING PAPERBACK BOOKS CUSTOM FRAMING PARTY ITEMS GREETING CARDS Complete Line of^AfifiutaAj^Products SEE THEM TONIGHT ON HALL OF FAME (NBC-8:30) BUY THEM TOMORROW AT . . . MADISONS Comer of Norfolk l Delray Phono 652-4436 upper Wisconsin Ave.; William Marshall. Old Georgetown Road; Philip P. Peyser, Chevy Chase Center; Virginia Bou quardez, Chevy Chase Lake Shopping Center; Morton J. Sch naper, Bradley Shopping Center, and William Lagos, Wildwood ; Shopping Center. Business Aid Sought The annual campaign of the Montgomery County Chapter of the American Cancer Society among local business and indus trial firms has been set for next week under the supervision of John C. Geist, of Silver Spring. Geist will head a drive in which the chapter hopes to top a business and industry goal of SIOO,OOO, according to H. Hughes Spragin, Norbeck at torney, who is serving as cm j sade chairman this year. According to Geist, some 300 volunteers will participate in \ a campaign in which support will be sought from 2360 busi ness and industrial organiza tions in districts embracing Sil ver Spring, Takoma Park, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Whea ton, Kensington and Rockville. Silver Spring, with 741 firms listed, tops the communities in concentration. Geist pointed out that this phase of the drive is for busi ness and industrial firms only and does not include individuals employed by them. Nor does it include doctors, dentists or scientists and other professional | persons, he said. Golden Cup Awarded Blair Mansion Inn Restau rant in Silver Spring has been selected by the Coffee Brewing Institute as the recipient of a ‘‘Golden Cup Award” for 1963 in recognition of outstanding coffee service. Participants In a formal pre sentation ceremony included Robert R. Zeender, owner of the inn, who received award from Harold L. Robinette, represent ing the Coffee Brewing Insti tute; John S. Cockrell, execu tive vice president and secre tary of the Restaurant Associ ation of Metropolitan Washing ton; Fon J. Montgomery, presi dent of the Montgomery County Restaurant and Hotel Associ ation, and Constance Zeender, hostess at Blair Mansion Inn. Heads Developers Clifford E. Suer, of Rockville, former assistant head of the systems development depart ment of the Silver Spring Vitro Laboratory, has been elevated |to the top post in the depart ment. Associated with Vitro since 1961, Suer received his bache lor’s degree in mechanical en gineering from the University of Colorado in 1948 and during the Korean conflict served ,'n the Navy as an engineering of ficer aboard the USS Collett, supervising 100 men. A member of the Underwater Ordnance Division of the Ameri-I can Ordnance Association, he is j the father of four children and I makes his home at 4511 Land- j green St. in Rockville. Peoples Promotion The promotion of Ernest L. Hogan to the position of agency vice president has been an nounced by the Peoples Life Insurance Co. of Washington. A veteran of more than 27 years service with the company, Hogan has been a frequent visi ter to its local office In Whea ton, where a force of 22 sales men and three clerical workers performs under the supervision of Wilson T. Snyder as man ager. National Expands The National Bank of Mary land in Silvet Spring has estab lished its first branch office with the opening of new quar ters at 12345 Georgia Ave. in the Glenmont Shopping Center at Wheaton, according to Frank L. Hewitt, chairman of the Ppjl -"""i ' | Mm J H|j fiw I |fe|gH| New Apartments to Rise In Gaithersburg Kraft Construction Co. Is building these deluxe garden type apartments on an eight and one-half acre site In Gaith ersburg on North Summit Avenue at Lee Street. There will board and president of the firm. J. Donald Henyon, assistant vice president who has been with the bank since it opened in 1958, will serve as manager of the new office, Hewitt an nounced. Among features of the branch will be a new type “walk-up” window and 24-hour service based on a night deposi -1 lory. Fords Go On Display i The Ford Custom Car Cara van will be among features of . ihe sixth annual International Rod and Custom Show opening tomorrow at the District of Co lumbia Armory, with the Ram Rods Automobile Club of Sil ver Spring as a local sponsor. A display of customized and high performance vehicles man ned by some of the nationally known experts who build or race them, the Ford exhibit will include the Washington stop as one of nine planned for a national tour this year. In ad dition to the full sized vehicles, it includes model cars operating on a miniature turnpike race track. The auto show will be open to morrow from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.in. to 11 p.m. and on Sunday from noon | to 10 p.m. Grafton Promoted Appointment of Richard D. Crafton, 30, as an assistant cashier of the American Na tional Bank in Silver Spring has been announced by Presi dent Warren H. Lasher. A graduate of Pennsylvania State University and holder of a master’s degree in business ad ministration from New York University, Crafton joined the Silver Spring bank staff last November alter serving as a staff member with the Bankers Trust Co. in New York City for eight years. Married and the father of three children, he lives at 2540 Holman Ave. in Silver Spring. White Joins Board Washington W. White, of Laytonsville, lias been elected to the board of directors of Citizens Building and Loan As sociation in Silver Spring, ac cording to C Edwin Kline, as sociation president. Currently a vice president of the Peoples Life Insurance Co. in Washington, White has boon a member of the Citizens' ad visory board for several years and has been active in a variety of civic affairs in Montgomery County and throughout the Greater Washington area. Kline also announced the elec tion of Harold W. Ward, a di rector of Citizens from Gaithers burg, to membership on the ex ecutive committee. Governor's Session Leading industrialists and bankers throughout Maryland have been Invited to attend Gov. J. Millard Tawes’ Seminar for Civil Defense in Industry' next IOM WILSON'S ifTH\ ROCKVILLE m\\l Ifk lyls OUR BUSINESS" ■ Check Your Car For Summer IB— Firestone Tires I Delco Batteries • Accessories 1 Lubrication * Minor Repairs S**” Prompt Road Service ——— B SHELL X-l 00 Premium Motor Oil— -1 SUPER SHELL with TCP m 424-9741 890 I. MONTGOMERY AVENUE B (ROCKVILLE PIKE AT EDMONDSTON DRIVE) Wednesday at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore. Co-sponsors of the session in clude the Maryland Civil De fense Agency, the Maryland De partment of Economic Develop ment and the Baltimore As sociation of Commerce. Change Considered The Washington Gas Light Co. is considering transfer of plans for creation of an under ground storage project to a state other than Maryland, stockholders of the firm were told at their annual meeting. Donald S. Bittinger, company president, said an alternate plan is undei review “after a decade of frustration” in the lirm's attempt to develop a S4O million underground storage project near Brandywine in Prince Georges County. Legis lation needed to authorize the project was turned down for the fifth time at this year’s session of the General Assembly. Seaboard Acquisition Seaboard Land Co., a public ly owned real estate investment firm with offices in Silver Spring, has purchased 22,200 square feet of land at Silver Spring Ave. and Fenton St. in Silver Spring. Currently zoned C-2, the prop erty is in the heart of a new office building and redevelop ment area of Silver Spring de scribed as the “downtown” sec tion. “We have no immediate plans for redevelopment,” ac cording to E. Zachary Miller, president of the company, “but are making architectural and financial feasibility studies to : determine the best use of the ! property.” BUSINESS NOTES: The Jo seph A. Giuliano real estate ; lirm has been exclusive sales ! agent for Bedfordshire of Poto mac, a 230-acre planned com i munitv adjacent to the Poto mac Golf Course .... Thomas iC. Gibian has been appointed president of the Research Divi sion of W. R. Grace & Co. and will be assigned to duty at the j firm’s multi-million dollar Wash | ington Research Center at Clarksville ... Net operating earnings of $1,113,570 have been reported by the Maryland Na tional Bank for the first quar ter of 1963, compared to a total of $1,022,126 for the same per iod last year. . . . Vitro Labor atories of Silver Spring has been named an authorized re pair and calibration center for instruments produced by the Allen B. DuMont Laboratories division of Fairchild Camera j You NEVER Have to \\ ;! Wait at ;! ; j Williams : j: Barber Shop ;< !; 224 E. MONTGOMERY AVE. < [ Open 8:00 e.m. to 4:00 p.m. 1 [ ' 1 Friday until 7:00 p.m. j | Rockville POplar 2-9090 J > be 82 units, a swimming pool and an air conditioned party room equipped with kitchen for free tenant use. Apartments Started In Gaithersburg GAITHERSBURG—The 182- unit Bayla Gardens Apartments in Gaithersburg are now under construction and the first sec tion of 61 units is expected to be ready for occupancy by this June 1. The project, located on eight and one-half acreas at N. Sum | mit Avenue and Lee Street, will contain a 30 by 65 foot latest-! type swimming pool with bath house facilities and separate j wading area for children. A unique feature will be a 20 by 30 foot air conditioned party room with full equipped kitchen for free use by tenants. The first 61 units will include efficiency apartments and one, two and three-bedroom apart ments, all of which will have i either balconies or patios, all j electric kitchens with garbage disposals and dishwashers. The three bedroom apart ments will have two full baths. All utilities will be furnished at no extra charge. Each tenant will be supplied with ample in dividual basement storage space. Laundry facilities will be available to the tenants of each building. Kraft Construction Company, : 605 14th St., n. w., is the general contractor. Bayla Gardens < Apartments will be owned and managed by Jack Kraft who will maintain offices on prem- 1 ises for rental and manage ment purposes. Among the suo contractors on the project are and Instrument Corp. of Clifton, j N.J. . . . The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. has ap proved expenditure of $90,000 for construction of outside cable in the southeast section of the Wheaton exchange and along George Palmer Highway in Landover to meet customer de mand for added service in the Washington suburban area. . . Joel S. Dougherty, former head of White Electromagnetics Inc. s engineering support section has been appointed to the marketing staff of the Bethesda electronics firm. . . . George Berkowitz, of Silver Spring, a member of the Washington staff of the Metro politan Life Insurance Co., is participating this week in a four-day business conference ( sponsored by the company in | Hollywood, Fla. m Msm Mrs. Reynolds Awarded SS Liaison Post Mrs. Hazel M. Reynolds has been appointed membership di rector for the Silver Spring Board of Trade, to serve as the ; official liaison between the board’s directors and members of the area’s business commu nity. In her new role, announced by Board President G. Gregg Everngam. Mrs. Reynolds will visit commercial establishments throughout the Silver Spring area to explain the activities of the trade body and to empha size the advantages of member ship. A Bethesda resident for 20 years and a former associate of the Bethesda • Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, where her efforts also were devoted to membership, Mrs. Reynolds has been engaged in the field of business promotion for six years. She also is a profes sional calligrapher. Mrs. Reynolds is a Sunday School teacher and active in the promotion of public schools in the county, where two of her three sons currently are en rolled. several Gaithersburg firms. Jack Kraft, owner and man ager of Bayla Gardens Apart ments: For the past 30 years, he has been in the real estate ownership and management field with offices in the Westory Euilding, 605 14th St. nw. He has constructed numerous prop erties in Maryland, Washing ton and Virginia. r --O ROCKMONT ■ D CHEVROLET / the home or ’i||g aminin I ~'N CHEVY N Ufa)] CORVAIR . \ USED I ? vS' ;V*. *\ CARS V I Open Evas ’til 9—Sot ‘til S 110 N. WASHINGTON ST. ROCKVILLE # GA. 45900 | SENTINEL Apm 4. w American National Grows An increase of 51.062,500 in capital and surplus of the , American National Bank. Sil j ver Spring, has been certified by the U. S. Comptroller of the Currency, according to Bank I President Warren H. Lasher. | The increase in combined capital and surplus, from $3,- 037,500 to $4,100,000 results from issuance of 42,500 new shares of common stock at $25 per share. The new issue was completed March 11 and was certified by the Comptroller of the Currency to take effect March 26. American National now has 191,250 shares of common stock outstanding at par value j ot $lO, resulting in a capital “BL * mi M iiiS*. iMHRi 'fll Hazel M. Reynolds CORRECTION Due to a typographical error in The Sentinel last week a story reported that Miller Hud son, Sherwood High School, was delivering a scientific paper on “The Development of Leaning Sets in the House.” The story should have stated: “The Devel opment of Learning Sets in the Mouse." The Sentinel regrets I the error. , Now! You Can Use / BUTOXONE^ Weed Control in FORAGE LEGUMES Now! Use BUTOXONE (2,4-DB) for broadleaf weed control in foroge legumes ... includes underseeded new plantings, established stands and new seedings of alfalfa, red clover, birdsfoot trefoil, clsike and ladino clovers. Extensive commercial use in seed crop# has already proved Butoxone's excellent weed-killing effectiveness. Spray with Butoxone amine or ester this season. You'll get healthier (tands .., better yields! /there'll BE BETTER FAT/A/'WP* fir R! vf, j M Contact Your Suppli.r or CHIPMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY Bound Brook, New Jersey account of $1,912,500. The sur plus account totals $2,187,500. New stock certificates will be mailed this week to those who subscribed to the new stock issue, Mr. Lasher said. Montgomery County 1 . Most Beautiful Theatr • VILLA Rockville, Md. PO. 2*9371 Where friends meet and enjoy the finest in movie entertainment in • peaceful and comfortable atmos phere. NOW SHOWING THRU SATURDAY 2 BIG FEATURES JAMES STEWART MAUREEN O’HARA FABIAN JOHN SAXON MARIE WILSON in MR. HOBBS TAKES A VACATOIN Color & Cinemascope THE WAR LOVER STEVE McQUEEN ROBERT WAGNER SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD SAT., APRIL t Kiddie Show—Bonus Feature LAUREL & HARDY in MOVIE STRUCK At 12:00 & 5:20 SUN.-WED. APRIL 7*lo KING OF KINGS Starting Thurs., April 11 WALT DISNEY'S SON OF FLUBBER A6