Evening star., 1949-06-28
Colonial Beach Drive
On Teen-Age Morals
Ordered by Mayor
Special Dispo,eh 10 The sior

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COLONIAL BEACH, Va, June
28.-A drive against rowdyism
and immortality by teen-age boys
and girls who rent cottages here
now is under way. Mayor Norman
F.. Brewington said today.
He said most OF the offenders
are members of Washington area
high school sororities and fra
ternities who come here in large
groups and rent the cottages for
one or two weeks at time.
33 Arrested i'm One Night.
The young people were given
until yesterday morning to cor
rect the situation which led to
the arrest of 33 boys and girls
in one night recently and the ar
rest of IA on another night. They
failed to police thei. own areas
properly and Mayor BreWington
ordered a crack down"
Mayor BreWington serves as
trial judge on cases involving local
crimes. and said four arrests Of
teen-agers for disorderly conduct
were made yesterday. He said
this morning five or six more
arrests were made last night and
were to be brought before him
today.
The boys were said to have been
arrested for disturbing the peace
by attempting to break into a beer
tavern.
Il don't know yet just what
I can do with them" he said. Il
have ordered the police to lock
them all up. I'll either send them
home, send for their parents or
impose fines"
Four POcketbOOk Snatchings.
There have been four cases of
pocketbook snatchings on the
streets within the last three weeks.
he said. In each instance the
victims reported youths wearing
fraternity caps robbed them.
They were either members of
fraternities or were disguised as
fraternity boys" Mayor Brewing
ton said.
More than so arrests already
have been made during the sea-
son, which opened the first of this
month. The charges involved pet
ting in public places. ,cursing on
the street and drinking in public
places.
The young people, both boys and
girls, march through downtown
streets and on the boardwalk
openly drinking from beer cans
and whisky bottles. Mayor Brew
ington said.
DR.. George c. Brashears, local
physician. said group OF prop
erty owners met Sunday night to
discuss the problems and wired
Gov. Tuck yesterday to authorize
State police to come to the resort
on week ends to assist local police.
Property Owners Blamed.
Last Tuesday. he met with
group Of about rs youngsters and
pleaded with them to form self
policing organization.
They seemed to be sincere and
promised to cooperate" he said.
The trouble is that those groups
have left and others have taken
their places"
He placed the blame for the
situation largely on two property
owners, who. he said. did not see
to it that the young people were
under proper supervision Of
chaperones.
No Prosecution i'm Case.
There was no prosecution of one
recent case in which a nude high
school girl was found in a wrecked
car with two youths. The car hit
a power pole, but the occupants
got back to their cottage and wit
nesses refused to testify. he said.
In another case. Mayor Brew
ington said. a high school girl
complained she had. been raped
but. admitted she had been so
drunk that she could not identity
her asSailants.
Mayor Brewington said the TO-
man police force would be in
creased by another four or six
men to patrol the town and the
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