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THE EVF.NTNO SUN' METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1973 PAGE 2 i-' If Sludge-Dump Pact Low Bid Gets O.K., Hassle May Ebb Diversified Earth Sciences, On Monday, Mr. Anderson, for the first time, declared his sludge dumping by the county firms would result in destruc- a Los Angeles firm which opposition to proposed sludge of northern county water ta planned to dump the City sludge on Harford County dumping in Harford county. Residents sharply criticized bles by pollution from the sludge. farms for fertuzer bid By Kelly Gilbert and James De Gracl The Harford county controversy over dumping Baltimore city sludge there may be quelched by city acceptance of the low bidder on the dumping contract. At a bid opening yesterday, the executive's previous 586,000 for the contract.

Treated Waste Sludge is treated water. Bal- hands-of policy. Diversified is affiliated with Harford Sod, a company owned by Winton B. Osborne, time city expects to produce Abandoning Plans On Tuesday, the day before about 600,000 tons of it over an unsuccessful candidate for the next five years. the bids were to be opened, Mr.

Poteet announced that Unless there is a flaw in the county council on the Anderson ticket. the Board of Estimates received a low bid of $1,950,000 Cardiff Associates had with Tyler bid, that company is drawn from plans with the The bid submitted likely to receive the contract, for the five-year contract from Robb Tyler, a local firm. Langenderfelder firm to dump as low bidder, in line with city Two other firms which have charter requirements. sludge quarries in the northern part of the county. an unsuccessful candidate for came from C.

J. Langenfelder and Sons, of Baltimore, at $7,700,000. Tne Tyler company owns officials connected to Charles Anderson, Harford and operates a landfill adja Another company, Environmental Sciences Corporation, county executive, submitted Langenfelder was tied to cent to the Back River sewage bid $2,010,000, but was not bids substantially higher than disposal plant where the com prequalified to bid on the con Tyler's. pany proposes to dump the Cardiff Associates, a county firm in which Richard Poteet, a close associate of Mr. Anderson's is a partner.

tract as required by Board of sludge. The plant is the source JIarford county residents have complained that the Estimates rules. of the sludge. In Van Bibber West COMING DOWN Soon to be no more, Sparrows Point the old company town. Destruction is coming with ex-homes like these hold many memories for residents of pansion of Bethlehem's plant, hovering in background.

9 Columbia Pools Open High Septic Tank Failures Found One Last Gesture By James De Gracl county Health Departmet de May 26 Howard County Bureau Nine neighborhood swimming pools in Columbia are tractor will have 150 days to complete construction after no Sparrows Point Has Reunion Week tification. scribed Van Bibber West as "an immediate threat to the-public health" along Route 7 west of the Winters Run to in 1 1 scheduled to open at noon May Clayton road. 26, the Columbia Association has announced. The public hearing is being requested because the $340 rate for each homeowner in Van Bibber West is almost double that of the estimated and announced rate of $178 for residents of Van Bibber East. Rocky Terrain Mr.

Roberts attributed the higher costs to the fewer homes in the west area and the rocky terrain. Mr. Roberts replaced An A 10th pool, in Phelp's Luck, is still under construction and will open in July. Pools in Steven's Forest, Bryant Woods, Longfellow and Locust Park will be open from Bel Air A survey by the Harford county Health department has revealed that between 70 and 90 per cent of the homes in Van Bibber West have septic tank system failures. I The survey, taken last week in this community southeast of Bel Air, reinforced the Health Department's demand that sewer lines be installed in this area.

Earlier Warning G. H. Roberts, acting director of the Department of Public Works and water and sewer division, has asked for the County Council to hold a public hearing on the sewer line, which could cost each resident $340 a year for the next 30 years. No date has been set for that hearing. early as June, 1970, the The Department estimated then only 50 per cent failures in the septic systems in its demand that a sewer line be installed.

However, based on interviews and observations, the new survey of the 52 affected homes found specifically 35 septic tank failures and instances of human waste rising to the ground. The survey cited a "maximum approximate failure rate of 90 noon to 7 P.M. Monday through Sunday until June 15 drew M. Bristow, long time' when the hours will be extended. Other pools will be open until June 15 from 3 P.M.

chief of the Metropolitan Commission under the old county commissioners, on Monday. to 7 P.M. Monday through Fri Mr. Roberts said a low bid By Michael Hill Sparrows Point has been declared an anachronism by the industrial powers that spawned it. What once was a necessary part of the steel mill family must now die to make room for the growth of its parent.

Sparrows Point is a company town, and like most of that breed across the country, it will soon be referred to in the past tense. It has been known for months that expansion plans of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant would wipe out this little community, a fact that has caused little bitterness but a great deal of sadness among past and present residents. Reunion Week So, in an effort to rekindle some of the old closeness of the community, a group of former residents has designated this week Sparrows Point Community Reunion Week. "We just wanted to bring people back to say good-by," said Mrs. Rosanna J.

Wynn, a native of the Point whose Mr. Bristow resigned last week at the request of William day, and from noon to 7 P.M. Saturday and Sunday. Each pool this summer fea for the almost 4,500 feet of sewer line was $290,000. He said the contract will have to be let by July 4 and the con train connected the town to Baltimore, making stops at :1 Turner's Station, town, Biddle Street and other places on its way to vania Station on North'1 Charles street.

n'n By the end of the Sparrows Point had grown to, a small city of 9,000 living in dwellings. World War H'" brought a tremendous increase in production and some rise in populatione though neighboring commun-t ities were beginning to abq sorb the bulk of the workforce. Many persons in the Dundalk-Patapsco neck are former Sparrows ers. rc Final Word Comes In 1956 the company first began to claim the resident tial space for plant expan- sion, demolishing over 150 homes, and even then people were saying the days of the community were Last year, the final word came, and hastened the forced exodus from the quaint houses to whatever-'-" lay beyond. "This is just one last gesture," Dr.

Patterson said ot this week's reunion. "It's ah empty feeling to come back in these past weeks and see-the home where you born is gone." houses sitting in the shadow of the huge plant have already been razed. The company is tearing the houses down as fast as the people move out. Activities at the Point this week have included nightly services at the Union Baptist church in Sparrows Point and a series of receptions. But most of the planning has gone toward tomorrow night's banquet, an affair that's expected to draw upwards of 600 people to Dun-dalk's Steelworkers Hall.

Wonderful Response "The response has been wonderful," said Mrs. Wynn. "We have people coming from as far away as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Virginia." All of those planning to attend are former Sparrows Pointers, heading home one last time, before Bethlehem brings all the red-lead covered dusty buildings down. Dr. Theodore Patterson, a physician, is another former resident who is involved in the reunion activities.

Dr. Patterson was born in Sparrows Point 40 years ago. Currently a resident of Dun-dalk, he lived at the Point the first 25 years of his life. "It has been a close-knit community," Dr. Patterson says of his hometown, remembering the days when he would stay out on the peninsula with the steel plant all year, save for two or three trips into the city.

"It Will Be Nostalgic" He believes it is this isolation that fostered the small town atmosphere of Sparrows Point. "People there had that sort of rapport, that kind of esprit de corps," he said. "You rarely locked your doors and always went to neighbors' houses uninvited. It will be nostalgic to get back together." Part of Dr. Patterson's task for this week's activities has been putting together a 50-page program that includes a personalized history of the area which was first settled in 1652 and turned into a steel plant by the Pennsylvania Steel Company in 1886.

The company town was a natural outgrowth and by the time Bethlehem took over the operation in 1916, it was a bustling community. Stores During these early days, the company stores, one for each race in the segregated town, provided of the main focal points of life. The Brzozowski, DPW head, and Charles B. Anderson, county executive. tures free beginning swimming lessons for resident children.

New Town Premiere Columbia Gets Its Own Theaters try, leased the Columbia theaters shortly after work was begun, adding it to its several theaters already in this area. "It seems like it's going to be a good situation," said father, Elmore Johnson, lived there until November. People who go down there are so sad." Nearly two-thirds of the Vacancy Mrs. Gehr Again First Choice To Fill iiiii By Stephen McKerrow Almost six years and people later, one of the building stones of Columbia's downtown was finally laid this week with the opening of the city's first movie theaters. For Columbians, who heretofore had been obliged to journey into Baltimore or Prince Georges counties to sate their thirst for film entertainment.

Columbia Leaders The opening of Columbia Cinema I and II was Tuesday night (prior yesterday's general with a gala, champagne premiere of which Tinsel Town itself might boast. Searchlights swept the ploudy sky as notables 'sipped their bubbly beneath bright orange glow of the cinema's neon sign in Columbia's Town Center. On hand were such personages as Michael D. Spear, general manager of Columbia, and Padraic C. Ken nedy, president of the Columbia Association.

Other guests included various developer representatives, village association officials, and area businessmen. Most county government officials had been invited, but many, including Omar J. Jones, county executive, attended instead a fund-raising dinner for Governor Mandel in Baltimore. Guests viewed the film "Hitler: The Last Ten Days," featuring the fright-eningly lifelike portrayal of Adolf Hitler by Alec Guinness. Optimistic View The premiere marked the end of at least a two-year effort by Columbia's developers to land a movie exhibitor, an effort that found few nibbles.

"A lot of times we're more far-sighted than a lot of people who come in here and say, 'Oh, not enough people. No, we couldn't make it We can look ahead and see that the people will be here soon," said E. Kemper Sullivan, marketing manager for the Columbia Development Corporation. The corporation is the leasing arm of Howard Research and Development Corporation, Columbia's developer. Columbia now has slightly more than 25,000 persons, with a population of 110,000 projected by 1980.

"We knew we needed a theater in Columbia," said Mr. Sullivan. "A theater is a basic ingredient." However, he said, few theater operations were expanding, and HRD had actually begun work on the theater building a year ago before an exhibitor had been lined up. "Pretty Scary" Joh Boom, HRD development director for the downtown, told the approximately 250 persons at the premiere it was "a pretty scary situation, but it 11 worked out." General Cinema Corporation, a Bostonbased chain of about 500 theaters that calls itself the largest in the coun- On Carroll County School Board ix'; aides to make sure Mr. Man-del knew of her wishes to By Patrick Gilbert WestminsterElizabeth B.

appointment process, Mr. Warner said. "After all. thp remain on the school board. Gehr, of Eldersburg, a former teaeration is not trying to that politics would be kept out of this year's appointment no matter who the Governor finally appoints.

Could Still Play Role Robert W. Wagner, federation president, said politics 1 1. i i teacher, has been selected for usurp me central committee .1 I 1 1- jLitt ana ine Doara memDers are Had Balked Earlier Up until that time, Mrs. Minnick had steadfastly maintained she would not be a candidate for another term the second year in a row by the Carroll County School being paid with Board Nominating Federation money." as its first choice to fill a and went so far as to allow the school board to hold a going vacancy on the school board. Hopeful On First Choice The federation went on to say, however, that could still play a role in this year's appointment, pointing out that the two party central committees could send in recommendations to the Governor Mrs.

Gehr, 31, was the feder away dinner for her in recognition of her service. ation's first choice last year he had a feeling the groupls first choice would be appointed 18-TTS-18-TTS-18-TTS-18 but Governor Mandel reappointed Mrs. Virginia Minnick by the Governor. to another five-year term after Mrs. Gehr, who has doner- Mrs.

Minnick's name was considerable volunteer work the area of education in Edmund Barker, manager of the new twin cinemas. "I have high feelings." Mr. Barker, resplendent in a white dinner jacket, greeted guests at the pem-iere with questions about how they liked the facility. The twin theaters are plush and larger than many pigeonhole twin and triple theaters that have been sprouting around Suburbia in recent years. The theaters seat, respectively, 600 and 400 persons.

Each features movie screens recessed into the wall, creating a shadow box effect. Seats For Waiting The theater lobby features seats for waiting patrons, and an art gallery, as well as a food concession. General Cinema operates in the Baltimore area the York Road Cinema, the Security Square twins, and the Timonium Drive-In. In addition, theaters at Perring Plaza and Harundale Mall are being converted by the firm into twin cinemas which will open soon. The firm also operates twin cinemas in the Springfield Mall outside Washington.

The Columbia theaters, said Mr. Barker, will offer first-run, general interest movie fare, steering clear of X-rated films. Special discount rates will be offered at afternoon matinees, Saturday children's features and Sunday matinees. Currently showing are "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" and "Pat. Garret and Billy The Kid." As Hitler and Billy The Kid began stays of Indeterminate lengths, not all the jubilation over the opening was limited to movie fans and HRD officials, however.

George Karafas, manager of Le Cafe, three-month old res passed on to the Governor through the county Democratic past several years, said she-' as can any county resident. Mr. Wagner has a somewhat tenuous position of being involved in his local Democratic club which could offer recommendations to the county central committee as well as being president of a federation which is trying to keep politics out of school board selections. "Maybe politics should have Most federation members and pro-federation supporters cried "politics" after Mr. Man-del's appointment since it came through the central committee and because Mrs.

Minnick has been a long-time Democratic party worker in the county. Mrs. Gehr said she hoped Central Committee. was happy to be selected as- Following the federation's the first choice once again. selections last year, Mrs.

Min nick even made direct contact said she would just have to wait to see if politics defeats her bid for the second time. with one of the Governor's top Louis B. Scharon, president, whose term Impact Aid Re-Budgeting July 1, has already ruled ditt any possibility of returning to. the board. Mrs.

Gehr said is quite convinced Mr. Scharon Howard Due More School Funds is a man of his word. The federation also chosei Mrs. Evelyn C. Mount Airv resirfpnt nnrf a iih- cil, which is holding hearings stitute teacher, as the second'' By Stephen McKerrow funding request.

He had specif-1 ically mentioned that the federal funds were available, and should be added to the school on the executive proposed choice and Stephen P. niMiiimMtwii iiiiim iiiiiiii niinjiTHriii.Driii wrnnrr nn Trni'ir rr-nr- trr-Trrii mil iiiiini iiiii i iimii i rimrffT" ji ill miiiiiiiii 1 4 1 1 i 1 fj ji i vXi $36.7 million budget, Dr. exis, a Westminster Goedeke had argued the budget was the third choice. Omar J. Jones, Howard county executive, has asked the county Council to add $467,906 to the proposed fiscal 1974 Board of Education budget, blunting strong criticisms voiced last week over cuts he had made in the reflected neither the federal budget.

schools' budget, taurant adjacent to the movie theater, was happy impact aid nor an additional $264,000 in state funds that had become available since the school board formulated its budget in late March. However, Mr. Jones said in his letter to the council yesterday that the additional state funds were taken into account in his budget, but "do not affect the total amount of the Board of Education original request or the recommended amount as adjusted by the executive." The state funds, Mr. Jones said earlier, helped him reduce the property tax rate under the proposed budget by 15 cents, from $2.75 per $100 assessed value to $2.60 per $100. with the prospects brought on by Cinema.

"I think we're going to be Feels Elated "That is an excellent thing to do," he said of the executive's recommendation. "If the council approves the budget we will be able to proceed with many programs" that were threatened by the cuts. "I can't help but feel elated," he said. Goedeke Argument In a letter yesterday to Dr. Goedeke, the executive said the additional funds "can be applied entirely to improvements" in the schools.

It means no oncrease in the proposed county share of the school budget, which totals $17.79 million, he said. In testimony before the coun- The action, the executive said in a letter to the chairman of the council, Ridgely Jones, is the result of increased federal impact aid funds which became available to the county after the executive submitted his budget to the council May 1. "That sounds like real good news," M. Thomas Goedeke, superintendent of schools, said yesterday. Dr.

Goedeke had strongly urged the council to restore some $896,000 in cuts the executive had made to the school board's $25.2 million helping each other," he said, with a chuckle, noting that his restaurant caught some of the overflow from Tuesday's reception. "But I think they're going to help us more than we're going to help them. "We're very pleased." OPENING In a standard ribbon-cutting pose are Columbia and theater officials at the new city's first movie theaters. From left, they are Michael Spear, Columbia general manager; Stan Wertbman, Sy Evans, Bernard Bispcck, all of General Cinema; Nancy Plachta, Miss District of Columbia, and Edmund Barker, theater manager. ELIZABETH GEHR.