Evening star., 1949-12-21
PriinceGeorges
High Schools TO
HaveCafeteriia:,
County Heads Vote
To Include Them in
Four New Buildings

The four high schools to be
built in Prince Georges County
next year will have cafeterias
after all.
Inclusion Of the facilities In
schools at Hyattsville, Suitland.
Bladensburg and Fairmount
Heights was approved yesterday
by the county commissioners
after School Supt. G. Gardner
Shugart reported bids received 50
far are considerably lower than
expected.
But the commissioners action
was far from unanimous. The
motion passed 2 to /, although
all five commissioners attended
the meeting.
Commissioner T. Hammond
Welsh, who at first objected to
providing cafeterias until all class
room needs are met, finally intro
duced the motion to approve them.
1t was seconded by Board Presi-
dent Harry w. McNamee. John
H. Beall opposed it. Norman H.
Collins, acting chairman while Mr..
seconded the measure.
did not vote. The other board
member, D. Leonard Dyer. was
out of the room when the matter
was discussed.
Cost Put at $3.50 900.
Mr.. Shugart said bids received
for three of the four projects in
dicated the county could build tho
cafeterias and still have $1,300.O00
left for other purposes. OF this,
$500, 900 has been earmarked for
a new elementary school at
Brandywine. project not In.
cluded in the original construction
plans. Cost of the four cafeterias
will total about $3.50, 900, he added.
The superintendent said cafe
terias at large schools are "educa-
tionally sound" and he declared
it more economical to include
them with original construction
than to add them later. Smaller
elementary schools will have multi
purpose rooms in which children
may eat lunches. he said.
Commissioner WEIGH asked Mr..
Shugart to prepare survey OF all
school needs and the estimated
costs for them over the next five
years. His statement that this
could be the basis of a "gentle-
mems agreement" provoked the ire
of Commissioner Beall.
Bean Stands Firm.
"What is a gentleman's agree
ment?" demanded Mr.. Beall.
Representing taxpayers is our
first duty. I think classrooms
should come first. That was q
gentlemen's agreement. A gentle
mems agreement doesn't mean .
thing to this board. "s
Commissioner Beali pointed out
that the board had voted fire.
quently in recent months not to
build any cafeterias or auditors
ums until all other needs are met.
He declared:
I'm going to stick to what we
decided last March, that we must
build and catch up with class
rooms first"
In other business, the commits
sioners reversed a decision made
two weeks earlier. After receiving
II letters from residents of the
Silesia area. they withdrew OPP
position to the construction of .
240-foot wharf extending into
Broad Creek. The residents said
they had no objection to the wharf
which c. w. Freitag proposes to
build there.
Tax Exemptions Ordered.
Three pieces OF property were
ordered exempt from taxation.
These are the headquarters Of the
Prince Georges County Red Gross
Chapter, 400 block Of Hamilton
street, Hyattsville; a one-acre site
used by the Marlboro Community
War Memorial, Inc, for q SWIM
ming pool at Upper Marlboro, and
property of the First Methodist
Church Of Hyattsville, Baltimore
avenue and Gallatin street.
A 5la-day work week, instead
Of six. was approved for employees
OF the Prince Georges General
Hospital, Cheverly. Harry w.
Penn, hospital superintendent, re-
ported the move will require hir-
ing of II more employees. including
seven nurses.
Striking A. B. & ". Drivers