Evening star., 1948-01-14
Increase Of Precincts |1ite Nursery School
From 10 Ato Speed Is Granted Permit;
ARLINGTON Vote Urged Law Change Ordered

The Montgomery County Com.
missioners yesterday granted per-
NIT to Miss Maude c. Hite to oper.
ate her nursery school on the Rock.
vile pike, near Montrose, until JUNE
30, after admitting they could no1
prevent her from operating without
a license under the present county
ordinance dealing with such estab-
lishments.
At the same time the commits.
sioners instructed their attorneys
F. Barnard Welsh and Thomas G
Kelley, to revise the ordinance II
order to compel nursery schools tt
meet certain health and sanitation
requirements before receiving per.
mitS.
The Hite School was the last of q
such establishments to get permit
before tomorrow's deadline. 1t flrst
appeared in the news last Septem.
ber when Washington couple
charged they found their two small
children locked in an overheated
freshly painted room.
At that time it was discovered
the school was being operated with.
out either a county or State permit
Shortly afterwards the county COM
missioners attempted to- inspect the
school but were denied permission
Iby Miss Hite.
Sanitation Approved.
When her application for a coun-
|ty permit was placed before the
board yesterday, j. Ernest Hawkins
clerk to the commissioners, said the
Health Department had approved
sanitation facilities at the school
but that the Rockville Volunteer
Fire Department said Miss Hite hao
not yet complied with all of its fire
prevention recommendations
County Supervisor Irving G. Nc
Nayr then pointed out that the
county nursery school ordinance
does not provide for health and fire
inspections.
Taken under advisement were
complaints of delegation from
the Citizens Council of Mutual
Improvement for Montgomery
County that mo particular atten-
ton is being paid to the needs OF
colored residents of the county"
Romeo w. Horad, sr., Silver
Spring, who headed the group, said
the most pressing need is improve
ment of colored schools. He added
the buildings are overcrowded and
in a "deplorable condition"
New School Requested.
He asked that new colored high
school be built on Georgia avenue
near Norbeck and at least one new
elementary school on the site OF
the Colesville School.
1--WE are not fighting segregation, u
Mr. Horad emphasized, "but we de-
mand that colored schools be equal
to the best white schools in the
State"
He also urged the elimination OF
separate toilet facilities for colored
and white persons in the Rockville
Courthouse, appointment of colored
policemen, improvement of roads to
and from colored communities in the
county, extension of water and
sewage, where practicable, to such
communities, and an opportunity for
colored residents to bid on bond
issues sold by the board.
The designations of Policeman
Elmer Weber, stationed at Silver
Spring, and Edwin B. Cole, Silver
Spring, as clerk to the Silver Spring
and Takoma Park trial magistrate
courts, were accepted.
Trial Magistrate William B
Wheeler wrote the board he had
appointed Arthur T. Burke, Silver
Spring, to succeed Mr.. Cole.
Stop signs were ordered placed at
Pershing drive and Cedar street
Silver Spring.
In a letter, the Northwood Park
Four Corners Citizens Association
urged construction of a sidewalk on
the west side of Old Bladensburg
road from Colesville road to the
North Four Corners Elementary
School. The association said about
300 children use the road in going
to and from the school.