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PRINCE GEORGE'S COONTY MEMORJAL liBRARY ·Oiretnbelt ''We Mean Business This Time" Says GHI ' In Drive To Rid Member Homes cd Dogs '« &>Cause of failure to get rid of their dogs or eata by the A.uc. ust 1 deadline, eight Greenbelt Homes, Inc. homeowners recet~ notice this week that cancellation of their mutual own~p con tracts will be considered at the next meeting of the GHI board ~ llttw s llttt itw directors on Friday, August 9. These first no\iees, anRounced eiver, 'Bowman aid It wu net. 110- ·AN IIDEPEIDENT NEWSPAPER GHI manager .John 0. W'alker, in much the economy aqle tbat moti volved caaes which had been re vated the· commlttet: u the fact.. :: Publlehed Em Thursdax B.LJ:!!!. ~8!nb..!!!_Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc. peatedly brought to the attention that thia aproach will procluce the-. v~i. 21, NO. 52 . GreeDbelt, J.raryland, Thunday, August 1, 1957 . Five cents of the corporation during the lut least amount of dlllturb&Dce aDCI\ year. In the following weeks. con digging up of yarda. ainM' no new" tinued Walker, other violators of meters will need tc be lutailed.. .• Qarbage Collection R4aJerendum Sho¥15 the GHI ban on dogs and '•cats wtn WSSC bas already notified GHl receive notice, u complaints are that it will accept the ua:e of tbe City Fav.o~ 3-e-week; McDonald Says . lodged with the GHI oftlce. meters at their preeent locatkm. The names of the first batch of Bowman also advised tbat the eon ·. First returns from the mail referendum on garbage collections violators were not disclosed, since fusion over the division of ree revealed city &e!ltiment in favor of 1JWitching from two to three Recistration any violator, by certifying 'to the ponsibility for maintenance of the ooDections a week. With almost half the questionnaires returned, GHI office that he bas disposed of water lines baa been ciari&ecL t .:-k tbe vote stood 588 in favor and 322 ag·ainst as of last Monday, ac his pet, can have his name with WSSC has now agreed to .-amP drawn from the list that will be responsibility for the mafnteniDlce , .· ~. cording to city manager C"narles McDonald. The City Clerk's office submitted to the board for punitive of the laterals up to the meters. ' · ·, One surprising ~ement of the vodng, said McDonald, was the actian on August 9. The second recommendaticm con ;, c~esa·of the balloting,among the ·ddense units. It had been will be open on Satt:r- "We mean business this time," cerned the location of ··m.etera ia ',1 · atPpoaed that because of the Iac!t of adequate garbage' facilities, said Walker, in outlining to the the defense home areas. ·_"'he com .the .defense units would have favored the switch more enthusiast board at its regular meeting last mittee wu faced with a choit!e iaally than the brick homes. As it turned out, said McDonald, day, Aug. 3, 1957 from Friday night the steps that mana of using one large meter per ClOu¢ ·· oJielnal Greenbelt led the voting for the three collections a week. gement is taking to enforce the or us,ng 5 small metera located ae · This turn of events may create problems for the city council, revised regulations on -dogs and strategic po)nts around tbe coud.. which is scheduled to discuss the probJ~ at the next regular meet 10:30 A.M/to 3:00 P.M. cats adopted bS" the board at its The commil~. again In order to• iD,J,:'of the council on Monday, August 12. The courtcil had felt l'.hy 24 meeting. The board deci minimize the disturbance to home sion to strengthen and enforce owners' lawns, favored the one ~t the additional expenae of three colleCtions could best be jU.sti to permit citizens to .. reg the ban on dog.s and cats followed the defense units. Some council members had even large meter, although this mlgbt. AeCJ.· with a mail referendum conducted laat lessen possible control over water· tinkered with .the idea of putting the new schedule into effect for spring which disclosed membership ·consumption. Bowman stated that-.: " only certain ·sections of town, such as the defense areas, and re ister to vote in the Sep- sentiment of over 2% to 1 in favor WSSC also favored the use of one ta:int;ng the two collectiona a week for the apartments, the new of taking drastic actkln against large meter. The cost of install · ~g .aubdivi&ons,· and possibly original Greenbelt. Btit with tamber Council election. violatorB of the prohibition. ing. the large metera ln detr'llJM;· ~ an 'arrangement apparently nm.ning contra.J-Y-. to the senti· The new regulations, which were areaa wu estimated at $32.000- m~ expreased in the balloting, the city ~uncil may be fac~ with distributed to every :member by R.eAnallelDc Pla.u '· mail several weeks before the an ~ or -ilO~ propoeitioll. ·· Winfield ~cCamy GHI treasurer Uoyd •:Moore an-· Augu3t 1 effeetive dnte, permit nounced that iMtruGtiODII bave beeB C!ty Cl~rk / only two exdeptions to the general' prepared for the Internal ·guidance ban (1) a "seeing eye" dog; and of the GHI aales force in procee& ··· Outgoing Council to O~r Successor (2) a dog for tbe prot~ction of an ing loans under the new reftnanc elderly person. ing agreement negot!ated With Water Meter& Planning Guide lor Greenbelt:'.s Future· * * * * First Mutual Investment Com~. \. The board approved an interim Loans will be approved by the GHZ Xu a compromise proposal, which won unanimous support, the ' report of th£ -special GBI com staff up to 100 percent of equity· ' cit)r council voted at a spec~ meeting last Monday to prepare rec mittee appointed to advise on the plus interest and fee cha~1r of cmullendations for the guidance of the next council in the establish- location of water meters in con FMIC, but not to exceeft $:i500 in •· ment 'Of a Greenbelt development and planning committee. Such nection with the dedication of the the case of brick homes and $1000" 'rt'COmmendations, which could take thte form of a directtve or 'res city's water and sewer system to in the case of frame home~~. EquitJy \Vashington Suburban Sanitary olution,· would ·include a statement of the principles which the is here defined as the difference be New tary Commission. The committee, tween the original GBI book price prejJent city council feels, in the light of it.s experiences, should City Directory composed of directors Bruce Bow UnderUe the future development of Greenbelt. Also included would and the current contract balance Work tui.s begun on a currently man and Frank Kriby and of GHI plus the percent working capital be a ·description of the initi!U purposE:s or objeetives of the com- s revised edition of the Greenbelt members Charles Cormack and assessment. Wh~e thfe toi'JilUia... ' mittee, its duties &nd functions, and its composition. :Mayor Tom City Directory, the Greenbelt Lions H~rry Rhodes, made two major re would permit the borrowing of the · Camniug appointed councilmen Alan Kistler and · ~b Hurst to Club announced. Sales of advertis commendations. · 1 total down payment, ·the require draft the re<:ommendations which will be considered by the out- ing and compilation of correct The first was that the present ment in the FMIC contract that . •Jr.liqg cow,rtil as a body before 8.dopticm. · listings will get under way im hot water lines in original Green at least 20 percent of the do'wlr. action was the outgrowth _,.____________ _ • ·• frhis mediately. Distribution to the belt be capped and that the cold payment must be paid in cash will' . at ·a .motion propose& by Kistler a public is planned for early in water lines behind the meters be go into effect. · WE!(:k qo at a meeting devoted Athletic Club Bows November-. Further information tapped fOl the hot water. Unless Moore also announced that F.MI<:r" tO -lndustrial development, for the may be obtained from Emory Har this were done, Bowman said, atl has petitioned 1'.-faryland banking man, pres.ident; or Ralph Bartho ditional meters would be required, ~edlate establishment of a To St:. Ambrose9~6 authodties for permission to set development and planning comm.it- lomew, Ed Burgoon, Lloyd Moore, since the present hot water lines up a b~nch offilce in Greenbelt. i;a..· ln a .tatement submitted laat A young, stubborn St. Amb~se members of the AdviSory Com come off the main lines before the attached to the GHI otllce. Such ~:Snday to the city co•.mcil, Kl.etler nine defeated our previously un· mittee. meters. Under the comJnittee's permission is needed before the '. •'bOrated on his motion. beal:f·n powerhouse from Greenbelt, suggestion, the present meters new refinancing agreemeat can go . Set Up Body in •:tra· inninp, by a score of 9 could serve to measure both cold into effect. and hot water consumption. U G'reenbelt fa to control or to 6. Aluminum Seftlell Doon It was originally estimated that lnftuenee the proeeuee .of change Th1~ spectators were treated to Elect:ion lnEo Walker announced that u a the installation of the new m.t'ters .tbat are lnevitabiy ~ng. Kiatler a thrilling pitching duel for the result of complaints from its loeal Residents wishing to run for i,n original Greenbelt would cost .aid,. it i8 nece••IU'Y that a con first seven innings between Obery outlets. ~ Reo.rby manufacturer city cour:tcil posts in the forth about $7,000.

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