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Group Hits Gingery on ‘Conflict’ ; The Montgomery County Council was asked to look ihto a “possible conflict of interest” by Donald E. Gin gery, a member of the County Planning Board, through his role as an offi cial of a real estate firm legally at odds with the planning unit on which he sits. The request, taken under consideration by the council at its meeting on Tuesday, was filed by the Montgomery Coun ty Citizens Planning Associa tion as the result of Gingery's recent election as a member of the board of directors of the Seaboard Land Co. of Silver Spring. The firm is the com plainant in a suit filed against the Planning Board as the re sult of its refusal to approve a subdivision plan in a decision handed down in September of last year. Informed of the group’s ac tion, Gingery said there was “nothing hidden” about his asso ciation with the Seaboard con cern, in which he said he had “a small share of interest.” “As a member of the Plan ning Board, I certainly wouldn't vote on any matter that had anything to do with the com pany,” Gingrey declared. "Fur thermore, its case is now before the court and therefore is be yond the reach of the Planning Board." - In a letter addressed to John A- Floyd, president of the coun cil, the planning association dted newspaper reports of Gin gery’s election to the Seaboard beard of directors at a time when the planning board’s deci sion remains a legal issue. * “In the view of the Planning Association, acceptance by Mr. Gingery of a directorship in a company at a time when that company was suing the Plan rflng Board would be highly im proper,” the letter declared. It \sas signed by Ramsay Wood, president of the association. ' “We request the County Council to inquire diligently Into these and any other circum stances bearing on the question of possible conflict of interest on Mr. Gingery’s part, with a view to determining whether the facts warrant his removal from office as a member of the Planning Board and the Plan ning Commission,” the letter continued. City to Buy Bouic Tract ROCKVILE City Council has voted to buy —for about $240,000 the so-called “Old Bouic Tract” at Rockville Pike and Veirs Mill Road. It will be the first land acquired under the city's proposed urban .renew al program. Purchase of the tract of about one acre that formerly housed the longtime home of the Bouic family, prominent in Rockville history, was accelerated because part of the land is needed for an elaborate new traffic intersec tion to be built near the site. ‘Carnival’ Opens A three-day carnival sponsor ed by neighborhood children as a benefit for the muscular dys trophy fund will open today at 12:30 p.m. at the home of Sandra Wright at 501 Lincoln St., Rockville. Serving with Sandra on the carnival commit tee are Judy Ferrell, Jimmy Crider and Patty, Donna and Ronnie Foose. LOT OWNERS I ACT NOW & SAVE We help you buy the lot • Build complete homo • Trade in present home • Prepare plans and specifications for new home • Plan all the other details • All done by experts Service & Economy Is Our Motto 4’Bedroom, 2 Bath Home with Family Room and Garage ONLY $14,750 R. H. Best—Home Builders for 30 Years No Shells or Package Houses Firm price on any house plan within 48 hours ..... Best Builders. Inc. MAIL ! 1545 Rockville Pike | Rockville. Md. THIS ! u * P l,n * * other date on hnuM* coating: I ■ □ t.OOO to 13,000 □ 14,000 to 18.000 | Qp | □ 1t.000te23.000 □ 24,000 to 28,000 i DIAL | i City State > HA. 7-7300 i thoea Owe e let? Vei □J I No □ ! Looking Q | Gaithersburg Apartments Planned Sam Eig, leading county developer, plans to start con struction soon on the first of these six apartment projects on a 34-acre tract near his motel and country club on Rt. 70S, near Gaithersburg. The first building, at extreme right will cost $3.5 million, have 206 apartment units and be 23 stories • Charles Bell (Continued from Page One) ers necessary training. “During our campaign and since we have held office, we did not and have nto believed or said that the school system is all bad,” Bell declared. “And we have not closed our minds on any issues. But our view is that learning is hard work on the part of everybody and more dis cipline is needed,” he added. The 38-year-old Rockville at torney related how during the campaign he ran into a law school classmate and the latter told him he was worried about his children’s education. His friend, he said, had the feeling that his children “fingerprinted and played song games all the time,” and Bell said he talked to many parents who shared the same view. “The county was headed in a ‘progressive’ direction and there was too much experimentation. We hope to reverse this direc tion and to slow this trend,” he said. Bell said Dr. Whittier display ed “an extremely hostile atti tude” when the four newly elected board members inform ed him they wanted to launch the Amidon plan. But after “an awful battle” it will now start in at least the one school this fall, Bell said. He said one of the majority members, William I. Saunders, had been named to handle Board liaison with Dr. Whittier on the progress of the Amidon type program. As far as overall progress in making headway toward his goals. Bell, who moved to the county from the District 15 years ago, admits he’s “disap pointed.” Progress would have been faster, he believes, if it had not been for the three holdover members of the hoard who now constitute its minority. He’s also been “surprised and amazed” at the extent to which controversy has been generated by some of the majority bloc’s moves. Most of the major issues—such as the teacher fin gerprinting-police check ques tion have been “simple and clearcut” to him and he doesn’t see why there should be so much fuss. Bell, a resident of 215 Beall Ave., Rockville, was a county court administrative officer by day while he completed his law studies at American University by night. One of his major objectives, he added, is to establish greater rapport between the school board and county teachers. He feels some teachers do not agree with board actions only because of poor communication and lack of understanding. Tax Study Is Submitted to Council Despite its controversial role in some instances, the importance of farmland to the assessable base of Mont gomery County is “relatively small,” a special Assessments Review Committee for the county declared this week. In a detailed report on its study of assessment problems since it was appointed by the County Council on Jan. 15, the committee expressed the view that existing law authorizing preferential assessment of farm land in the county should not be repealed. It conceded, however, that continued farm classifica tion of property suitable for more valuable use is depriving the government of large sums of tax money in some instances. The committee’s references to the farm problem were among 46 recommendations made in an extensive 75-page report submit ted to the council on Tuesday. Many called for minor changes in the regulations to improve the reassessment program but several of them proposed drastic revisions that would relieve the heavy tax burdens of some property owners while providing a substantial overall increase in the county's revenue. One suggestion,, that would deprive the county of a relative ly large source of money unless substitute measures are pro vided, was that the tangible per sonal property tax be elimin ated. While it brings in more than $7 million a year, the com mittee said, its* “very nature pro duces inequality and lack of neutrality in its impact on tax payers.” The personal property tax, the report declared, “has become essentially a tax on business and farming,” through which the average farmer is required to pay as much as SIOOO a year on farm implements and livestock. As to the personal property taxes on manufacturing inven tory and machinery, the com mittee noted that many areas eliminate them or reduce them sharply to induce industry. In Montgomery County, however, I it said “the controlling con sideration is whether some sub stitute source of revenue can be found, and this is a decision to be reached by the County Coun- j cil.” In pointing out the inequity! of assessments of farmland i WEEK fl n IVT a i 1 week Ottly fit 2_ AUG. 12 47 AUG. 12 C. MURPHY Co.*u®°i7 Y'"T" '%***■” —-<wv- . .. ttypimm / B , B • m tee penult * iblj 95 25 M Phelumphii W1 Be At Twinbrook & Congressional Plaza LIMIT One Per Subject Two Per FenNy Additional Subtceti $4.95 high including penthouse and undercover parking for 200 cars. The master plan for Eig’s project, Country Club Towers, pictured above, was prepared by Loewer, Sargent & Associates, architects and engineers, Kensington. actually used for farms and that deemed suitable for subdivision or • commercial use, the report cited three examples of “land sales and windfall assessments” during the period the preferen tial assessment law has been in effect. Properties actually as sessed at $3230, $2050 and $4460 were sold for prices of $316,- 000, $125,000 and SIIB,OOO re spectively, according to sales records. To protect the owners of land actually used for farms, the committee suggested that the Supervisor of Assessments be given the authority to reassess property when it becomes ap parent, for various reasons, that it will be used for pur poses other than farming. Such a step could be taken, it con tended, without involving legis lative action that would be necessary to authorize other changes. Among changes in office pro cedures to improve the assess ment program suggested by the committee was a move that al ready has been authorized by the council. It provides for mathematical calculation of as sessed valuation of property and other data through the use of modern, automatic machines, pointing out that the procedures j would give assessors more time i in the field to increaes their productivity. The report also suggested ex- Club to Banquet The Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Neighborhood Garden Club will hold its annual ban quet luncheon in the private din ing room of the Atomic Energy Commission Aug. 13 at 12:30. Each member will wear a cor sage of her own making, accord ing to club member, Mrs. Mil ton Collins. HAVE YOUR SEPTIC TANKS CLEANED and SERVICED BY A REGISTERED PLUMBER €•11 Carlton Mills PLUMBINU HEATING Gaithersburg, Md. PO. 2-4224 • WA. 6-0311 Air Contprotsar Servlet pansion of the assessment staff to meet growing demands, in cluding the “prompt recruit ment” of assistant assessor aides already authorized by the council. It called for an extensive pub lic relations program in which taxpayers would be fully in formed of current assessment policies and other activities and urged that duplicate copies of all tax bills be made so that home buyers could receive them along with the banks that fi nance their purchases. Homeowners specifically should be Informed of their right to appeal reassessment of their property and should be en couraged to do so if they are in doubt, the report said. At the same time, it suggested that the council adopt a less compli cated procedure for filing ap peals, and proposed that the Appeal Tax Court conduct eve ning hearings at varied loca- 1 tions in the county instead of requiring appellants to come to Rockville for day-time hearings.; !; You NEVER Have to !; ;> Wait at ;' ; > W illinms 1 • i; Barber Shop :• ; 224 E. MONTGOMERY AVE. ! ! ’ Rockville POplar 2-9890 ! [ 1 ; Open 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ! ’ Friday until 7:00 p.m. ’> SOLD OUR LEASE! WILNERS IS LEAVING BETHESDA! LAST 3 DAYS THURSDA Y, FRIDA Y ami SA TURD AY! HAADC PI ACC AT still on excellent choice of truly exceptional voluox In I IrVVIIJ vLvJL H I fine men'* woorl Wo con (till accomodate molt tixet 6h li C ATIIDAA V in all departments, including natural ihoulder stylet. I ,|V| # JA | UnUAT Thi * Ml * wlli • nd promptly at A P.M. on Saturday so . _ . -__, p _ . , don’t mitt this opportunity to an|oy truly remarhablo AT WILNER S, BETHESDA! jjjs - | STILL HUNDREDS OF ITEMS TO BE SOLD! EVERY ITEM AT SACRIFICE PRICES! Including Both Summer and Year-Bound Clothing! • SUITS • DRESS SHIRTS • JACKETS • TOPCOATS • SPORT SHIRTS * • SLACKS • NECKTIES • RAINCOATS • SPORT COATS • WALK SHORTS * All remaining merchandise will he sold on first come, first served basis. No orders will be taken for future delivery and no items will be held. No tele phone orders, please. ALL ALTERATIONS WILL BE CHARGED FOR AT WILNER’S’ COST! WILNERS Sine* 1897 .““Ti. 7750 WOODMONT AVE. jhmTfri ru r; r bethesda. md. mi p.m. behind the Bethesdan Phone 654-8611 Saturda y II I M ° ul ' I &zi'£2iszi 10 A - M - tin 6 1 ihhi nr* SENTINEL S?n R o T Thursday, August t, 1963 King Attends Tom G. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison C. King, Gaithers burg, is one of 15 Maryland youth delegates now attending 1963 sessions of the American Institute of Cooperation, on the campus of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. • Permit Law (Continued from Page One) the life fo every man, woman or child resident in Montgomery County it is entirely possible that under this ordinance he will have filed dozens of such applications or run the risk of a fine up to SIOOO or a jail sentence of six months. “It is our opinion that this ordinance has no chance of sur viving a court action. But it would be Incredible for a gov ernment body anywhere in the United States of America to en act such an ordinance. It is un believable that such a body should even consider it 180 years after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783. “Every person and organiza tion that cherishes fundamental American civil liberties should TWO TIPS ON CRUISES • Book now for winter and Christmas cruises minimum space is already tight. * Let a qualified steampship agent guide you— we know the cruise ships from stem to stern. SLOTTI NEUHAUS Travel Consultants, Inc. 5 North Perry Street Rockville, Maryland PO. 2-1616 With 6 years of cruise experience Lotti is Swiss and a European travel expert. | Send now to Travel Consultants, Inc. for free list of [ J all fall and winter sailings. [ Name ] | Address J ! City Phone J ! MS I i 11 ' ' ■' Early Effort Coupon 100,000 PREMIUM VOTES Mr. j Miss Hll* j Address 1 This Coupon will count for 100,000 Premium votes 1 when returned to the “Everybody Wins” Prize Con- , \ test Department with the first subscription you obtain—new or renewal—thus giving you a flying 1 start in the race. (0004 Only During lint Week el Contwt) — A3 protest this ill-conceived ordi nance,” they concluded. As of Tuesday, according to Council Clerk James M. Bailey, a total of 14 persons had filed notice with his office that they desired to speak on the pro posed ordinance. They did not indicate whether they were for or against the measure, Bailey said. Meanwhile, a letter was mail ed to the council Teuesday by C. Lawrence Wiser, president of the Young Democratic Club of Montgomery County, in which he urged that the hearing be delayed until early October. “Because of the proposal's sig nificance,” Wiser said, “broad public discussion of it is most desirable.” He noted that the ordinance would affect “virtually every or ganization in the county and ail of the substantial numbers of individuals in these organiza tions.” Most of these groups, he added, do not meet in the summer “and there has been therefore no opportunity for them to thoughtfully consider the proposal.” ff EARL'S Jim HOUSE OF BEAUTY m j[S9 COMMERCE LANE CORNER FAYETTE PO. 2-0222 GRAND (hO OPENING Specials X ? Continued > v n f of a Limited Time lVrnmn.nt Wave R*. Sculpture Hair Cut .... Ret. .1.00 Protein Treatment .... 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