Evening star., 1948-06-17
u Teachers Retired; !;
Trial Board Hearing
Ordered in Suspension

Miss Mary Brown. head of the
Districts Truesdell Laboratory
School, will retire at the end OF this
month, after 46 years OF service IN
the public schools here.
She was one of % old-time teach
ers retired by the Board OF Educa-
tion yesterday.
Miss Brown, a member OF the
Wilson Teachers College staff since
the early days of her teaching career,
became head of the Truesdell School
in 1945. 1t is at this school that
students at the teachers college get
their practical teacher training.
She is the author Of a series OF
textbooks on language, written with
Mrs. Florence Rogers, that have
been used as basic textbooks all
over the Nation. She lives at 128
East Bradley lane, Chevy Chase.
Hearing Ordered in Suspension.
In. another action yesterday the
board decided to hold a trial board
hearing in the case of Mrs. Edith
p. Thomas, a teacher at the carver
Elementary School, now under sus-
pension on charges that she was
guilty of an offense against moral
ity and good order. Mrs. Thomas
husband obtained divorce in Dis
trict Court in January, 1947, on
grounds that she committed adul-
terry.
Mrs. Thomas appealed her sus-
pension, but the board turned her
down after hearings. If found
guilty Of the present charge she
faces dismissal.
Other retirements approved in
cluded: 4
Miss Mary M. wilkins, 1919 Twen-
ty-eighth street NV, a music
teacher at Gordon Junior High
School, after As years of service.
Mrs. Viola G. Parrish. 1929 Con-
necticut avenue NV, English and
mathematics teacher at Mcfarland
Junior High School, after rs years.
Miss Lille E. Burke, 3517 New
Hampshire avenue NV, English
teacher at Garnet-Patterson Junior
High School, after 30 years.
Mrs. A. Chiles Williams, Manassas,
Va, teacher in the health and phys
ical education department OF the
colored schools, after rs years.
Miss M. Evangeline McGroarty,
306 North Cherry street, Falls
Church, English teacher at Jefferson
Junior High School.
Librarian Also to Retire.
Miss Nellie A. Payne, 2022 Co.
lumbia road NV, librarian at
Woodrow Wilson High School, after
80 years.
Mrs. Lola D. Hall, 1860 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda. history teacher
at Western High School, after Is
years.
Miss Lucretia e. Remington, 4511
Forty-seventh street NV, history
teacher at Central High School,
after 80 years.
Mrs. May M. Ashton, 2930 Upton
street NV, art teacher at Roose-
velt High School, after 40 years.
Miss Julia E. Davis, 1887 Vermont
avenue NV, physical education
teacher at Shaw Junior High School,
after. 47 years.
Miss Norma z. Boyd, 1120 Girard
street NV, mathematics teacher at
Benneker Junior High School, after
SO years.
Mrs. Alice Nelson Williams, 1s1
Randolph place NV, domestic
science teacher at Armstrong, after
At years.
English Teacher to Retire.
Mrs. Frances T. Doggett. 1929
Thirty fourth street NV, English
teacher at Woodrow Wilson High
School, after 81 years.
Mrs. M. Helen Payne, 1882 Shep-
herd street NV, Peabody Ele-
mentary School, after 40 years.
Mrs. Eva C. Mccormick. 3512
Runnymede, place NV, Janney
Elementary School, after 50 years.
Mrs. Marguerite D. Jones, 1898
Thirty-first street NV, Hardy
Elementary School, after 26 years.
Miss Elsie Bret, 1922 Twelfth
street NE, Burroughs Elementary
School, after 35 years.
Miss Rose G. Marsden, 1925 Six
teenth street NV, Jefferson Annex,
after 40 years.
Miss Jane G. Lockwood, 1922
North Glebe road, Arlington, COM
mercial teacher at Roosevelt High
School, after As years.
Miss Rose Folau, 1859 Somerset
place NV, French teacher at
Coolidge High School, after 80
years.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Kalb, Dodge
Hotel, art teacher at Wilson Teach
ers' College, after 40 years.