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Road to Beauty
What’s beauty? Poets and the
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centuries to figure that one out.
For a few tips on this—includ
ing one that says a pretty face
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Council
Again Hit
On Slash
Millard Cass, president of
the Montgomery County
Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations, charged this
week that “as a result of il
legal actions of the Mont
gomery County Board of
Education and the Mont
gomery County Council,
parents in our community
have been overtaxed for
schools in which their chil
dren will be undereducated.
Millions of dollars raised
through ‘school taxes’ lie un
used while classes are too
large for effective teaching
in the most basic subjects
because not enough money
was provided for teachers.”
Cass noted that, “'hundreds of
secondary classes in English,
mathematics, science and social
studies are already more than
one and a half times as large
as the 25 pupil average set by
the County Council. Many more
will be overcrowded when the
budget cuts which slashed 200
teachers from the School
Board’s proposal take effect
next month.”
"It Is unfair and illegal,” he
Continued, “to tax residents for
school services which are not
provided. Huge surpluses have
accumulated the past two fiscal
years while thousands of county
students have had inadequate in
struction in basic subjects from
taechers overburdened with
classes too large for effective
teaching. These funds cannot
legally be withheld from the
local school board and cannot be
used for other purposes. Under
Section 68 of the State Public
School Laws, school taxes must
be ‘separately indicated on tax
bills and tax receipts . . . and
shall be paid monthly to the
treasurer of the county board
of education’.’'
"This,” said Cass, "does not
permit the County Council to
hold school funds for two years!
We have called upon the State
Board of Education to compel
the County Council to turn over
millions of dollars, with the in
terest they earned or should
have earned, to the local board
of education to provide the addi
tional teachers and textbooks
our children need.”
Replying to County Council
President Floyd’s assertion that
if the P-TA "would keep their
noses out of the whole thing,
then everything would be fine,”
Cass countered, “This is the
P-TA’s business if it is any
body’s. We supply the children
and taxes for our school system.
Neither Mr. Floyd nor anyone
else is going to keep us from
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New Capital
Bids
pile Aug. 20
lie State Roads Commission
1 receive bids Aug. 20 for con
junction of the Capital Beltway
' ’ between Wisconsin Avenue and
Georgia Avenue, according to
announcement by John B. Funk,
chairman director of the com
mission.
The 3.6 mile section is the last
portion of the 43 mile interstate
loop around the Maryland sub
urban area to be placed under
contract, Funk said, noting that
a number of sections have
already been completed. Present
plans call for opening of the
entire road next summer, he
added.
addition to the main road
work, the new project will pro
vide for an interchange at Con
necticut Avenue and Kensington
Parkway, widening a relocation
of sections of adjoining roads
and wmstnirtion of bridges. Re
location work amounting to
eight-tenths of a mile is sched
uled for sections of Jones Mill
Road, Beach Drive, Forsythe
Avenue, Linden Lane and Semi
nary Road.
Jfanong major structures to be
built will be bridges over Cedar
Lane, Connecticut Avenue, Ken
sington Parkway, Rock Creek
and a ramp bridge over the Belt
way at Kensington Parkway.
Bridges will also carry Linden
Lane and Seminary Road over
the Beltway.
In accordance with the inter
state program, 90 per cent of
the cost will be paid from fed
eral funds administered by the
Bureau of Public Roads.
Wilson Plan on Permits
For Meetings Blasted
The proposed county ordinance regulating parades
and public assemblies was strongly criticized at a public
hearing held last night by the County Council.
Mrs. Harold Ickes, an Olney
resident and widow of the for
mer Interior Secretary, termed
the proposal advocated by Dr.
Thomas Wilson “so repressive
and restrictive as to strike at
the foundation of the personal
liberties on which we Americans
have prided ourselves.”
Millard Cass, speaking for the
executive committee of the
Montgomery County Council of
Parent - Teacher Associations,
labeled the proposal “unwar
ranted, undemocratic and uncon
stitutional.”
Mrs. Ickes, speaking for the
National Capital Civil Liberties
Union, said ACLU lawyers were
Church Hit ,
Police Radio
Blacked Out
Severe lightning and tor
rential rains hit Montgom
ery County Tuesday night,
leaving a number of areas
without electric power, and
causing at least one fire.
Lightning struck the roof of
St. Peter’s Catholic Church,
Olney, at 7:38. Over 100 fire
men from Sandy Spring, Ken
sington, Laytonsville and Silver
Spring fire departments arrived
before a rapidly spreading fire
destroyed the central wooden
ceiling beam. About SIOOO
damage was done, according to
Guy Broyles, assistant fire chief
at Sandy Spring.
The electrical system of the
Washington Sanitarium and
Hospital, Takoma Park, was
knocked out at 6:27 p.m., and
emergency generators switched
on to handle intensive care pa
tients, emergency room equip
ment and operating room facili
ties, according to hospital offi
cials. The Sanitarium was com
pletely without lights until 3:00
a.m. Two patients were treated
in the emergency room for
bruises caused by falling tree
limbs.
Montgomery County police
were blacked out and their radio
completely silent from 6 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. when the power failed
in the central communications
system at headquarters in Rock
ville.
The auxiliary generator was
also knocked out at the Rock
ville station, according to Offi
cer Robert Hood and Justice
Floyd S. Moxley. Phones and
switchboard were silent, the air
conditioning went off, and the
Rockville County Building was
in total darkness for nearly an
hour and a half.
Two gasoline lamps shed a
little light on the night police
desk at central headquarters,
"but not enough for people to
fill out accident reports,” Mox
ley added. Car-by-car communi
cation throughout the county
was the only means of relaying
reports, according to Lt. Robert
Sigwald. A car was posted be
hind every police station for
emergency reports to the offi
cer in charge.
Rockville Postal Bids In;
Kennedy Nominates Hocker
A Philadelphia building firm
is the apparent low bidder on
plans for construction and lease
of a new post office for Rock
ville, a Post Office Department
representative revealed this
week.
A report of the construction
bids followed by a few days an
announcement from President
Kennedy’s office that he has
nominated the city’s acting post
master, Lee C. Hocker, for ap
pointment on a permanent basis.
The nomination has been sub
mitted to the Senate for confir
mation.
A total of 17 competitive bids
were received for the new city
post office, the department
spokesman said, with a prelim
inary analysis of the proposals
indicating the lowest was an an
nual lease of $48,950 proposed
by the Development and Con
struction Co. of Philadelphia.
In view of varied optional ren
tals extending beyond the orig
inal 20-year base, however, the
bids are still under study.
Under the Post Office pro
gram, construction costs will be
absorbed entirely by the builder
and the department’s contract
decision will be based entirely
on the lease cost, the spokesman
pointed out.
of the opinion that the proposed
ordinance "would forbid all
forms of gatherings until they
have been approved by the coun
ty manager.
“The breadth of the lan
guage,” she said, “is such as to
cover the whole spectrum of
harmless social activities: neigh
borhood Christmas caroling,
public school affairs, children’s
groups on trick or treat expedi
tions as well as rallies of the
two major political parties, any
group activity taking place in
any public building, park, park
ing lot, or on any street."
“Far from creating a serene
climate,” she continued, “it is
likely to sow seeds of suspicion
and to inflame whatever un
happy antagonisms that may al
ready exist.
“The holding of a parade or a
group demonstration should not
be left to the discretion of ad
ministrative officials. Anyone so
charged must necessarily oper
ate on a basis of guesswork if
not downright prejudice because
it is impossible to determine in
advance whether a group meet
ing of any kind will or will not
erupt into disorders and a
breach of peace. So far as I
know there is no evidence that
the county police have failed to
maintain order during parades
and demonstrations held in the
county.
"Is there any reason to doubt
their adequacy now? In my
opinion there is not. But even-
If there were, the solution to the
problem would not be to strip
the citizenry of its constitutional
right freely to assemble and
parade.”
Cass noted that the "proposed
ordinance is so broad in scope
that it literally and specifically
covers nearly anybody meeting
for any purpose; however laud
able, on public property the
P-TA’s, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts,
veterans’ organizations, business
groups, women’s clubs, civic and
fraternal organizations and
labor unions.”
Cass urged the County Coun
cil to “reject this wretched
measure and leave county resi
dents free to speak and as
semble as the Constitution pro
vides we may.”
WSSC Procedure
Shown in Panel
Washington Suburban Sani
tary Commission will display a
pictorial panel at the Montgom
ery County Fair, Aug. 19-24,
illustrating conservation and
watershed protection practices
around its two major water im
poundments on the Patuxent
River.
The display, arranged in co
operation with Montgomery
County office of the Soil Con
servation Service by Paul H.
Hancock, superintendent of the
Commission’s dams and reser
voirs, will feature descriptions
of the Commission’s forestry
and management work in con
nection with protection of its
public water supply lakes
against siltation and pollution.
In announcing the bid status,
the department official noted
that construction of the new
building at North Washington
Street and Martin’s Lane will
not do away with the Post Of
fice’s use of its present Rock
ville quarters at South Wash
ington Street and West Mont
gomery Avenue. The structure
will be retained as a branch sta
tion to handle a portion of the
city’s mail volume that has
grown extensively In recent
years, he said.
Hocker, who presumably will
be in charge of the new unit,
has been serving as acting post
master since August of 1961,
when he was appointed to re
place Hugh H. Hassell when
Hassell was transferred to an
other postal position in Wash
ington.
He had served as a mail
carrier working from the Rock
ville station for 14 years prior
to his appointment. His appoint
ment was recommended by the
county’s Democratic State Cen
tral Committee.
Hassell, an unsuccessful Re
publican candidate for the Coun
ty Council in 1954, was appoint
ed to the postal position by
President Eisenhower.
100,000 Are Due At Fair
All Roads Lead to Gaithersburg Next Week
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County Farm Queen Becky Schaeffer, 17, Germantown, will
be a top exhibitor at the County Fair with four steers, two
Brown Swiss dairy cattle and a flock of Bantam chickens.
She is president of the Germantown 4-H Club and the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Schaeffer. Approximately 100,000
visitors are expected at the Fair which opens Monday in
Gaithersburg and continues through Saturday.
Kensington Voters Okay
Plan of Safeway Stores
Expansion plans by Safeway 'Stores, Inc. of its present
facility in Kensington received overwhelming approval of
town votes in a special referendum held Monday night at
Kensington Elementary School.
In the first referendum of its
kind held by the Town of Ken
sington, voters approved, by a
155 to 6 tally, the application
of Safeway to enlarge its hold
ing in the Connecticut Avenue,
Armory Avenue, Knowles Ave
nue area, and the construction
by the company of a new, much
larger store facing on Howard
Avenue.
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William Hussman
Former Aide
To Be City’s
Top Planner
ROCKVILLE -A former plan
ning assistant for the city who
gave up the post to advance his
formal education will return to
the municipality next week as
Rockville’s top planning official.
Selected as director of plan
ning to succeed Russel L. Mont
ney, who served as director of
planning and urban renewal
until his resignation in June,
was William H. Hussman, the
former assistant who now re
sides in Mt. Rainier.
His appointment was an
nounced by City Manager
Walter A. Scheiber, who pointed
out that the planning and urban
renewal posts were separated
immediately after Montney re
signed. Peter L. Cheney, former
coordinator of urban renewal,
assumed full charge of the re
newal program Aug. 1.
Hussman, 27, is a graduate of
the University of Maryland and
has just received his master's
degree in urban planning admin
istration from the University of
Pittsburgh. Before returning to
school, he served the city for
two years as a planning tech
nician and assistant to the top
planning director.
A Navy veteran and the fa
ther of two children, Hussman
will report to the new post
next Monday. He and his family
will return to Rockville as soon
as they can find adequate hous
ing accommodations, Scheiber
said.
Established 1855
The Mayor and Town Council
of Kensington strongly approv
ed of the Safeway proposal. In
a letter notifying residents of
the proposed referendum, May
or A. Victor Gentilini stated,
"The Mayor and Council strong
ly recommend that you vote in
favor of the Safeway applica
tion. We are convinced it will
upgrade the entire neighbor
hood . . . Usually, in issues like
this, it is the opponents who
turn out in force. We hope that
most of you will agree with our
recommendation and, equally
important, that you will express
your views at the polls. The
more of you who vote, the bet
ter will be the impression on
zoning authorities now and in
the future.”
Safeway has operated its pres
ent store in Kensington for 14
years. It plans to build a com
pletely new store in the same
area, with a number of special
features. A letter to Kensington
voters from J. A. Anderson,
Vice President and Division
Manager of Safeway, not only
reassured residents on screen
ing, design and access, but also
noted plans for a Rotiss-O-Mat
and a mechanical package pick
up conveyor which will take
customers' shopping bags to the
outside of the building ready to
be placed in the shopper’s car.
A public hearing will be held
before the County Council Aug.
19 at 8 p.m. in the County Of
fice Building Auditorium, Rock
ville.
Damascus
Shop Center
Way Cleared
DAMASCUS No further
legal obstacles remain in the
path of early development of a
16-acre commercial center to be
built in the heart of this com
munity, realtor Jerry Cook has
announced.
Cook, who has been success
fully promoting the project on
behalf of developer James C.
Dulin, said opponents of the
project had now allowed a 30-
day deadline for appealing a key
court ruling to come and go
without noting an appeal.
"Accordingly,” Cook said,
"there are no further legal ob
stacles in our way and we will
now begin pushing the project
even harder.”
Cook originally stated ten
stores are planned initially and
the center would cost more than
$2 million. Property from the
Citizens Building and Loan site
to Country Cleaners has been
acquired on Main Street, he said,
and an entrance has already
been acquired on Route 27.
Cook will handle the manage
ment function for the project
while Walker and Dunlop will
handle tha leasing. Architect is
Bur la Abd, Cook Mid.
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Michael Schleve, 16, Brookvllle, is a member of the 4-H
Sheep and Swine Club of Montgomery County and Is shown
here with his Hampshire ewe, “Lamp Chop,” which he’ll ex
hibit at the county fair starting Monday. Michael has won
36 blue ribbons in his four years of exhibiting at county fairs
and raises 250 lambs and sheep on his parent’s farm near
Brookeville.—Del Ankers Photo.
Gaithersburg Town
Service Expanded
In a move to provide more effective diagnosis and
treatment for Gaithersburg’s acute growing pains, town
officials have authorized further expansion of the com
munity’s public service program.
To meet the increased de
mands of its expanding popula
tion, the Town Office hours will
be extended immediately and,
effective Sept. 1, the Town
Council will double its program
of regularly-scheduled meetings
to two a mojith. The new hours
were announced by ffctrick J.
Gaffigan, who assumed his
duties late in June as the town’s
first full-time administrator.
The municipal office, staffed
only by a clerk prior to Gaffi
gan's appointment, has broad
ened its daily program with a
change in time Monday through
Friday, and, in addition, has ar
ranged to provide evening facili
ties one night a week.
Under the new schedule, the
office will open at 9 a.m. instead
of 8:30, but will extend its after
noon program from 4 to 5 p.m.
In addition, it will be open every
Monday evening from 6:30 to 8
p.m.
The evening session, Gaffigan
said, was scheduled primarily
for the benefit of a growing
number of citizens who are
occupied in daily Jobs from the
town and who would have to
take extensive time off from
work to visit the town office.
Under the new council pro
gram, the town governing body
will meet the first and third
Monday of every month, with
the exception of holidays, at 8
p.m. While the town charter
calls for a minimum of one
meeting a month, Gaffigan
noted, recent growth of the
community has necessitated a
Merchants Pitch In
Prize List Expanded
For ‘Everybody FPins’
The Montgomery County Sentinel’s "Everybody
Wins” circulation campaign picked up speed during the
past week as many local progressive merchants, anxious
for increased circulation, offered prizes to be awarded on
a weekly basis.
The additional prizes an
nounced this week will be
awarded In addition to the
Grand Prize Ford 4 door station
wagon with a value of $2,494,
and the second prize of $730
cash, and four other Grand Cash
Prizes to be awarded at the
close of the contest, Oct. 4.
Progressive local merchants,
eager for greater circulation In
Rockville's progressive medium
of news and advertising. Joined
the campaign by offering a wide
range of valuable prizes. They
are:
(1) Pair of crystal lamps
with silk shades, hanging
prisms and marble vase, with
a retail value of $59.50, from
Stern’s Furniture Co., 331 East
Montgomery Ave., Rockville.
(2) Gift certificate worth $25
from the Children's Center, 28
East Montgomery Ave., Rock
ville.
number of extra meetings and
officials are convinced a regular
schedule will be the most effec
tive program for the con
venience of the citizens.
In the event the regular meet
ing date occurs on a legal holi
day, the council will meet the
following night under its new
schedule. This will be the case
at the start of its new program,
when the officials will meet
Tuesday night. Sept. 3, the day
following Labor Day.
Town officials feel the ex
panded program is needed to
handle “the burgeoning growth
of the town that demands the
maximum possible service to
those citizens interested in trans
acting town business,” Gaffigan
asserted.
Olney Postmaster
Applications Open
Applications for an examina
tion for the position of post
master in Olney, to provide a
salary of $5,805 a year, will be
accepted until Sept. 3, according
to an announcement by the Civil
Service Commission.
Competitors for the position
must have at least one and a
half years of experience show
ing that they have the ability to
conduct and manage the com
munity’s postal business effi
ciently, officials said, and must
be in a position to supervise
employes "so that customers are
satisfied with the service."
(3) A $25 Christmas Club ac
• count from the Rockville branch
i of Maryland National Bank.
1 t 4) Man's or lady's wrist
■ watch with a retail value of
1 $29.95 from the Treasure Chest
1 Jewelers, 103 North Washington
' St., Rockville.
(5) A year-round sport coat
’ with a retail value of $35 from
1 Larry Alan, 255 N. Washington
j St., Rockville.
(6) Admiral clock radio from
, A. G. Watkins, Inc., 400 East
Montgomery Ave., Rockville.
(7) Matching sweater and
. skirt combination with a retail
value of $25 from Mark Daniels,
8 North Washington St.
(8) $25 savings account from
County Federal Savings and
; Loan Association.
(9) $25 gift certificate from
the Colony Shop. 26 East Mont
gomery Av#., Rock villa.
See Our Booth!
When you come to the county
fair next week drop by the Sen
tinel’s booth to say “hello!” And
be sure to read the big special
edition on the fair in this issue
of the county’s leading news
paper.
Event Seen
As Biggest,
Best Ever
Some 9200 exhibits will go
on display in Gaithersburg
Monday in competition for
more than $47,000 worth of
prizes as the 15th annual
Montgomery County Fair
gets under way.
On the basis of former re
sults and advance interest ex
pressed by fair followers, more
than 100,000 visitors are expect
ed before the exposition comes
to a close next Saturday night,
according to Norman Mills,
chairman. The show will get
under way officially on open
ing day at 4 p.m., but thereafter
will be open to visitors from 8
a.m. until closing time each day.
Among outstanding officials
who will participate in program
are Gov. J. Millard Tawes, who
will be the honor guest at the
annual “Governor’s Day” Ob
servance to be held this year on
Friday, Aug. 23, and Sen. Dan
iel Brewster, who will be on
hand to encourage the young
sters engaging in Kids' Day
activities next Tuesday.
Monday’s opening night pro
gram will be highlighted by a
4-H Club pageant and parade of
floats, scheduled to get under
way at 7:30 p.m. A 4-H Club
girl will be chosen as Queen of
the Fair early In the evening
and will be an honor guest at a
square dance for young and old
alike, starting In the Show Bing
at 9 p.m.
The Kids’ Day on Tuesday
will provide half price admis
sion for youngsters on rides on
the midway and will include a
variety of games ranging from
frog jump to turtle race to pie
eating and greased pig contests.
Prizes will be awarded the top
performers in contests limited
to participants under 11 years
of age.
The Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday programs will Include
free stage shows at 2:30 and
7:30 p.m. featuring Minnie
Pearl, the country music chan
teuse, along with trained bears
and zebras.
Friday’s "Governor’s Day”
observance is listed as an all
day event, but actually will get
under way around 5 p.m., when
Gov. Tawes is expected to make
his appearance at the Fair
Grounds. He will attend a din
ner in his honor, prepared and
served by church women of the
county, and then tour the fair
to look in on events sponsored
by the 4-H and Future Farmers
of America and other tradition
al entrants.
The governor has Indicated
he will be on baud for the beef
sale to be held at ft p.m. under
sponsorship of the 4-H and FFA
groups, a feature that annually
draws a large turnout of pros
pective buyers for the prize 4-H
steers available.
Beginning on “Governor’s
Day” and continuing through
Saturday will be the free horse
shows that invariably develop
as an outstanding fair feature.
They will Include feature run
ning, jumping and quarter
horse events in which the par
ticipants will be experts from
throughout the Washington
area.
Janitor Faces
Assault Charge
In Silver Spring
SILVER SPRING A24 year
old apartment Janitor was
charged with assault and bat
tery and burglary last week,
within a few hours after an in
truder was routed by the
screams of s young mother
occupying one of the apart
ments he serves.
County police said the charges
were placed against George R.
Woody, who lives In one of the
apartments at 5 Manchester
Place, on the complaint of the
young woman who occupies a
nearby apartment with her
small child. The alleged entry
and assault occurred about 1:30
a.m. Friday, according to police
records.
Police said the woman report
ed she was awakened when the
intruder placed a hand upon
her, but that he fled when she
began screaming. The complain
ant said she recognized the jani
tor before he made his escape,
according to investigating offi
cers.