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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-08
Prince Georges Schools
Draw 43.578 First Day

A total of 43,578 pupils showed
up for the first day of school
this term in Prince Georges yes
terday, officials reported.
Assistant School Supt. George
Robinson said past experience
would indicate that total enroll
ment will swell to at least the
$4,000 estimated earlier before
the end of September.
Last year, for example. 80, 1873
pupils showed up on opening
day and enrolment increased to
42,231 by the end of September.
Mr.. Robinson said of the first
day students 24,613 enrolled in
White elementary schools; 1913
in colored elementary schools;
1871 in white junior and senior
high schools, and 1861 in colored
junior and senior high schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-08
Young Democrats PIun
Guithersburq Cornwall

The Young Democrats Club
of Montgomery County win
sponsor a barbecue and carnival
September Is at the Gathers
burg Fairgrounds.
Charles Buscher is the general
program chairman and viii be
assisted by Frank Rafferty, and
Donald Claggett. jr.. as co-chair-
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-08
Suit Seeks 10 Compel
Baltimore 10 Retain
Segregated Schools
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. "a man
damus action seeking to compel
the Board Of School Commits
sioners to maintain segregated
schools in Baltimore was to be
filed in Superior Court today.
The action was submitted yes
terday as city schools reopened
with Negro and white students
in the same classes for the first
time in history. However. Judge
John T. Tucker rejected the suit
because he said it was imprpp-
erly drawn in that It did not
name the School Board members
individually.
Two Groups Back Suit.
Attorney Robert NJ. Furniss,
jr., of Rockville, Md, represent
ing the compliments, said the
action would be corrected and
filed today.
He said the suit was brought
by seven parents and six chill
dren, the Maryland Petition
Committee and the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of White People.
Mr.. Furniss said the commit
tee already has signatures of
3,400 persons, including many
Negroes, who are opposed to in
tegration in the schools.
At least 16 Baltimore public
schools had mixed classes on the
first day of the fall term yes
terday.
There were no incidents as the
143, 1000 Baltimore public school
children began classes in a new
era of race relations.
Dual Setup in Counties.
Segregation continues in
Maryland's % counties under a
different Interpretation Of the
Supreme Courts ruling banning
segregation in public schools.
Attorney General Edward D.
E. Rollins has ruled that Mary
lands counties should continue
segregation until the high court
spells out how it wants its edict
carried cut.
/ Thomas N. BiddiSon. city
solicitor for Baltimore, held that
the Supreme Court ruling made
unconstitutional a segregation
provision in the city code.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-08
Stanley Sees No Doubt
On Virqiniuns' Stand

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Sept.
8 (P).-Gov. Stanley said here
last night there was no doubt in
his mind as to the wishes of the
people of Virginia regarding the
question of segregation, although
he did not say what he had con-
cluded those wishes to be.
THE sentiment of the people
of Virginia, expressed to me in
overwhelming numbers by letter.
telegram, telephone and in per-
son, leaves no doubt in my mind
as to their wishes" Gov. Stanley
said in a speech to the Ruritan
Club here.
Indebted to Hundreds"
81 am indebted to the hun
dreds of citizens who have ex-
pressed themselves to me on this
question, and ! hope they will
be equally helpful and co-opera-
tive when the study commission
begins it's work and conducts
hearings in various sections of
the State to receive the views of
the people"
The Governor said that what
ever program or legislation is
proposed and adopted. it can
succeed only if it is in accord
with the will of the people"
He praised "the fine spirit of
cooperation" shown by the 80
members of the General As
sembly whom he appointed 10
days ago to a Commission on
Public Education to study the
segregation matter. All, he said,
expressed a readiness to take
time out from their businesses or
professional affairs to give full
! consideration to the problem.
Describes First Goal.
He said he had no doubt that
the commission will desire. first
of all. to satisfy itself as to the
sentiment of Virginia on the
basic issue"
The Governor has been in re-
ceipt, since the United States
Supreme Court threw out segre-
CATION in the public schools last
May, of numerous resolutions
from county governing bodies
and other groups urging that
segregation Of the races be re-
tanned in Virginia's public
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-08
Board Is Urged
To Plan More
School Bonds
Warned to Buy Up
Sites for Foirfox
Residential Growth

The Fairfax County School
Board was urged yesterday to
plan Immediately for a new and
possibly larger bond issue. after
an official warned that residen-
tial development of school sites
needed during the next 10 years
is outstripping the county's long
range school program.
G. H. Pope. assistant superin-
tendent, said the School Board
should consider Immediately
plans to make school construc-
ton money available after funds
from the $11 million bond issue
authorized last year are ex-
|hausted in September, 1855. He
said a master economic plan Of
THE county now being prepared
predicts the need for eight new
high schools in the next Is years.
SIS Million Considered.
Board members said they were
considering a bond issue of as
much as $25 million to be spread
over a longer period. They said
this would avoid repeated ne
gotiations for construction
money.
Mr.. Pope said land for future
schools should be purchased now
while choice sites are available
at lower prices than will prevail
later.
In a policy decision, the board
declared that future elementary
school construction will be
planned on the basis of 80 pupils
for each classroom, with a ratio
of Is students per classroom for
high school instruction.
The boards decision came
after Robert B. Walker, director
of information and surveys, said
that a definite classroom capacity
figure would be necessary to
plan future construction. The
State Board of Education rec
commended a maximum Student-
classroom ratio of 80 to /. The
county's school budget this year,
however, was based on an esti-
mate of 331a elementary pupils
and 24la high school students
per classroom.
During consideration of the
$11 million bond issue, it was
pointed out that the ratio rec
commended by the State would
have required an outlay of SIS
million for additional classrooms.
Progress Report Heard.
The board was told in a prog
ress report that II school con-
struction projects will be ready
by next September. Board men,
bers deferred temporarily prof.
ects planned at Andrew Chapel
and Forestville Schools and the
Drew Smith School for colored
students "due to a letup in the
pressure for additional space
there"
In other action, the board ac-
copied a $261,9 contract for
construction of the new Wake
field Forest Elementary School
near Annandale.
Board Member Mrs. Almorine
Crowther moved that a study
be made to determine the need
of more classrooms at the Mount
Eagle Elementary School at
Groveton. The board voted to
make the survey after Mrs.
Crowther declared that no con-
struction now scheduled at the
school will relieve the present
congestion there. About 275 first
and second grade students are on
double shift at Mount Eagle.
The board also asked the
school staff to make a study
of the best way to provide trans
portation to physically handi-
capped children who attend spe-
cial classes. Board members
said they would invite repre-
sentatives of all organizations
dealing with handicapped chill
dren to a meeting to discuss the
matter.
Evening star., 1954-07-05

enough acl0 V0 MAKE sheT a&atenS
grow.
When the survey Is finished,
samples Of each type Of soil win
be sent to the Soil Conservation
Service of the Department of
Agriculture to be kept on per-
inanent file.
"A by-product Of the test is its
educational value. The surveyors
are making large marked soil
samples as they 60 along to
teach future agronomists and to
show to interested groups.
Land Millions Of Years Old.
The soil surveyors can ten how
old certain parts Of the county
are. One region called the coastal
plain area embraces most Of
Mount Vernon District and is
the youngest section of the
county. IT was deposited by the
ocean perhaps . million years
ago.
The Schist area, which takes
In the central section of the
county. is the oldest tracing its
origin back 140 million years.
The TriaSsic low lands, along
the LoudOui1 County border, are
about $50 million years old and
once were the stamping grounds
Of dinosaurs.
Traces Of gold are apparent In
some Of the soil types. But be-
fore you rush out with q pick
and shallow pan. heed the warm
Ing Of the agronimists: The en-
tire county probably has less
than 100000 worth OF the pre-
cious gold metal and you prob
ably would have to sift an the
soil in the county . half mile
deep to get 1t.
Evening star., 1954-07-05
Their Job Is to Dig
All Over Fairfax County

July. Mr.. Porter. Mr.. Derting
and Mr.. Elder moved into the
county and started walking and
digging. They expect to COM
plete the job by 1856.
That sounds like q long time
to analyze soil conditions. It
isn't, when you consider all that
is involved.
Fairfax County covers more
than 400 square miles. Only
100 square miles In the ex-
tremely urban area is excluded
from the study leaving well
over 800 square miles the soil
testers must cover.
Dig Holes All Day Long.
They must actually walk over
each acre included In the sur
/ vey area. They work in the
! same areas at the same time,
but take different acres. Each
carries an auger, which is a
king-sized screw used to bore
holes and dig up soil samples.
They dig hundreds of holes each
day. From their expert knowl-
edge Of all the different soils,
they are able to record the diff
ferent types they find as they
move along from acre to acre.
An Abney hand level is the
only other piece of equipment
they use in the field. This CAD
get tells the slope Of the land
and the surveyors record 1t on
Q large aerial map.
Mr.. Porter, who is. in charge
OF the trio. estimates there are
about so different types of soil in
Fairfax County and the team
has come arcoss most Of them
in the l03 square miles that have
been tested so far.
5000 Miles Of Walking.
The hole drilling is easy for
the agronimists compared to the
walking and the curious II sidents
they sometimes, encounter.
They walk about is miles to
map one square mile, and most
Of that walking is over rough,
Drush-covered terrain. BY the
Evening star., 1954-07-05

| time the survey Is completed,
they estimate their foot mileage
will be close to 5000 miles. That's
like talking q stroll from Wash
ington to San Francisco land
back.
Curious residents and their
dogs frequently are o hazard to
the agronomists. Once Mr..
Derting,s auger was shot out of
his hand in another county by
a. farmer who was angry over
trespassers. Fairfax County
folks have been more hospitable.
although it sometimes takes a
while Ito convince them land
their dogs-that the hole boring
won't harm their land.
Some might ask why so much
interest In the soil of a county
that grows more urban each day.
It was a problem Of growth that
prompted the Board of County
Supervisors to finance the sur
vey. When it is completed, de-
velopers should be able to tell
with glance at the soil map
whether certain areas are suit
able for septic tank installation.
Drainage Guidance.
Many hapless builders right
now have land they can't use
because no sewers are available
and the soil won't permit septic
tanks to function properly.
The drainage slope diagrams
by the survey should be another
important aid In planning fu-
ture developments. A growing
number of complaints reach the
county after every heavy rain
floods more and more yards.
The agricultural value Of the
survey Is by no means an after
thought. Fairfax County still has
a large number of farms,
From the soil survey findings,
farmers can tell whether they
have good fields to grow alfalfa
-or whether another crop would
do better. Alfalfa will last six to
eight years in the proper soil.
but it is likely to die out after
the first year in a poor field.
Even the small gardener can
check the soil survey map when
it is finished to tell what to
plant, or what fertilizer is
needed. The housewife might
want to know whether the soil
around her home contains
Evening star., 1954-07-05
Exchange Club Speaker

Guest speaker at the Exchange
Club meeting ct 1910 pm. to-
morrow will be Lee Mccarthy
Of the Better Business Bureau.
The club will meet in the wash
ington room Of the washington
Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-07-05
BY Mary Lou Werner

Meet the three men who
have the dirtiest job In Fairfax
County.
They are H. G. Porter. John
Derting and John. Elder. The
trio. employed as agronomists
for the Virginia Agriculture Ex--
pertinent Station at Blacksburg.
are conducting a three-year soil
survey Of most Of Fairfax
County.
The $37 900 project began last
Evening star., 1954-07-05
PERSONAL LEATHER GOODS

$500 Grain Cowhide Fitted Clothes Brush -
S. 5.0O' Wornon's French Purse ----------------
$500 Genuine Alligator SttchIess Bet----------
$500 Top-Groin Cowhde Utility Case -------
$6.o5 Top-Groin Cowhide Writing Cose --------
$3.50 and $1,000 Mems Fine Leather BiIIfoIds -
$3.50 Mans Top-Groin Cowhde Dressing Case -
SASS" Semco 7-Jewel Calendar Alarm TroveI Clock
$1,000 Womon's Cowhde Fitted Vanity Case ---
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
Rev. Rogers Is Named Natl
Chaplain OF Organization
Nail Sojourners
Pass Resolutions
!. Hitting IJN Action

The Rev. Ralph Rogers has Just
returned from a two weeks trip
north where he attended the con-
vention of the National Sojourners
in Chicago and the North Indiana
Conference of the Methodist
Church of which he is a member,
which met in Kokomo, Indiana.
Rev. Rogers was elected nation.
al chaplain of the former group.
The National Sojourners is a Ma.
sonic groups of officers, past and
present, of the uniformed forces OF
the United States government.
Some 600 delegates and their
wives were in attendance at the
Morrison Hotel where they began
their convention by attending DON
McNeill's TV Breakfast Club.
While the National Officers and
the Committee of 80 held their an.
nual meeting, all other delegates
spent the first day sightseeing
spending most of the day as guests
OF Col. Christopher Van Deventer
in the Museum of Science and In
dustry and in the Oriental Insti.
tute at the University of Chicago.
Election Of Officers
The last two days of the conven-
ton were devoted to business and
on the last day 70 the election OF
officers.
Major Albert Houghton, a prom
inent dentist on the Loop was elect
ed president and Col. Dallas Knoll
OF Winter Park, Florida, was elect
ed LIST vice president. The Rev.
Ralph Rogers was elected Nation.
al Chaplain for the year.
Among the many resolutions
passed by this patriotic group was
one opposing the admission of Red
China to the UN and condemninp
the United States excessive
grants of national wealth" to for.
eign nations. They also opposed the
adoption of any treaty, convention
or agreement on human rights. {"
UN Declaration Raped
This last declared that the UN
universal declaration of human
rights includes matter socialistic
in character and repugnant to our
way of life."
The National Sojourners favors a
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
Spotts'cood Urges
Highway Caution

Sheriff John spottsweod today
issued . warning to Menroe
County motorists to exercise
special caution when driving ov.
Or the portion Of the Overseas
Highway that Is now undergoing
repairs.
The Sheriff urged special care
IN fhe wake Of i,we fatal accidents
In The area In litfls more Than Q
week. The section under repair
stretches from Beea chiea north
10 Perky Key.
These sad accidents serve as
. grim reminder Of The need for
safe driving practices IN the area
under construction" Sheriff
Spoitswood said. He added That
HE speed limit in the area is 10
milss.psr-hevr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
CaleUpped
To New Post
In Atlanta
Local Telephone
Co. Manager To
Be Transferred

w. L. Gale, manager of the Key
West office of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company has been
transferred to a post in Atlanta,
Georgia, it was announced today.
Gale, who assumed his present
duties in April, 1858, promoted to
the post of General Commercial
Training Supervisor. a position
which viii make him responsible
for training of office personnel
throughout nine southern states.
he s3-year-old executive has
served the Key West office during
one Of the greatest periods of ex-
pansion in recent years. The past
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03

year has seen two new exchanges
added at Key Largo and Mate
cumbe. A total of 100 new install
atoms have been added under his
direction.
Active Civic Worker
Gale has been extremely
active in civic and community pro-
jects and clubwork during his stay
in Key West. He is serving as
president of the Key West Safety
Council, and is a member of the
board of directors of the Chamber
Of Commerce, and the Red Cross,
a member of the Key West Rotary
Club and a member of the Mon
roe County Council, Boy Scouts of
America.
II don't think I'll ever have a
better job than the one / have had
in Key West - the people, the
climate and working conditions are
as perfect as they can be-" Gale
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
Circuit Court
Verdict Given

A six-man circuit court jury
brought in a verdict Wednesday in
favor of Sam Anderson, Ramrod
Key, in suit to foreclose on a
note amounting to $500 against
Allen E. Perez of Key West after
a day-long trial.
But the jury failed to award any
damages to Anderson.
The case was filed after Perez
allegedly defaulted on a note CIV
en- for the purchase of construction
equipment.
Attorney W. Curry Harris repre-
scented the plaintiff, while William
v. Albury and Enrique Esquinaldo,
Jr., represented the defandaut
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
Coast Cuard Goes
To Aid { hiking
'Sllrimpt,r Today

The Coast GIsrd was called out
today to aid a sinking shrimp
boat Is miles northwest of Key
West and at noon they reported
the situation under control.
Coast Guard officials said that
they received the distress call
from the crew of the Croker Boy
shortly after 8 O'Clock and that
their 83-foot rescue vessel reached
the scene shortly after noon and
reported that the shrimper is out
of danger.
The stricken vessel had earlier
radioed that they were taking wa.
ter around the main shaft and tn
it was seeping in faster than tn ,
could pump it out.
A Coast Guard plane also aided
In the rescue operation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03

: The Sherlff'S Department said
that Sheila A. Perrens, a resident
of Miller's Trailer Park, Stock Is
land, died instantly when the car
she was riding in apparently went
out of control.
The accident occurred shortly af-
ter midnight on the section of the
Overseas Highway presently torn
up for repairs. Speed limit there
is 10-miles per hour.
Driver Slightly Hurt
Driver of the car, identified as
Ray E. Drake, a seaman attached
to the Seaplane Base here, escap-
ed serious injury, but Mrs. Per-
rens was pinned beneath the
wreckage of the late model con-
vertible, owned by her husband.
Cause of her death was listed as
multiple chest injuries. She was
pronounced dead shortly after the
accident by Navy physician sum-
moned to the scene. Drake is in
the Navy Hospital suffering from
abrasions and shock.
The accident occurred when the
pair were returning to Key West
after having dinner in Marathon.
The Sheriffs Department report
said that the car was apparently
travelling at a high rate of speed
when it veered to the left side of
the road, then sweryed back,
striking telephone pole and over
turning.
Pinned Under Car
Sheriff's Deputies, who reached
the scene shortly after the mis-
hap, said that Mrs. Perrens was
still pinned beneath the wreckage.
Peace Justice Hamlin said that
the basis for the manslaughter
charge would probably be speed
ing and reckless driving in a 10
mile-per-hour zone" Hamlin said
that marks on the road indicated
that the vehicle skidded about 200
feet before it overturned.
The victims husband, George E.
Perrens, is en-route to Key West
today from Norfolk where he is
stationed about the submarine,
USS Thornback. The Perrens have
one child, a three-year-old daugh-
ter, Colleen.
The body was taken to the Priteh-
ard Funeral Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
&
Local Safety
Problems Are
Considered
Safety Council
Names Officers !
For Coming Year

Members of The Key West Sa-
fety Council met last night at City
Hall. Bin Gale, president, conduct
ed the meeting snlcx
discussions which touS..eu on all
phases Of local safety problems.
Speaking of the past year Of op-
Grafton, Gale said: I'VE have a lot
to beEproud Of but there have also
been many times when the Coun-
Gil failed to function as it should
have.
"Key Westers are more consc-
ious of safety now than they were
a year ago. They can be made
more SO, by proper publicity and
encoura cement to cooperate with
this bodya'
Citizen Cited
Gale cited The Key West Citizen
for the excellent cooperation the
newspaper had gwen in all mat
tiers pertaining to publicity. II was
pointed out that the only hone for
making Key Went a really safe
town to live in vas by attracting
public attention Is DANGEROUS sit.
uations. THE local paper has faith
fully aided US on this score" Gale
told the group.
EIsesisns Held
Three new officers were nomi-
mated and elected for the coming
year. Bill Glib. Ns2 Virginia ST.
moves into the president's chair:
Edward P. Bayly 2lO4 Fogarty
Ave, is the new vice-president:
Alice Robinson, 10 white q 20.
mains as secretarg and treasurer
of the group.
In order to pic nm momentum
and have a planned progra m rea-
dy for the beginipg ~ school in
september, uiDD has called an
other meeting for June is.
Handicapped Il we arc for
funds" Glib explained 1--WE have
to take advantage Of the onnor-
tunities offered By national con-
Germs to secure msferiaI for safety
work. This means mai VIC have ~
operate on time1ebedule nrenar.
ed months in advance in order 70
III IN WIN tne ruulne of hundreds
oi otner oale'y 0ncils which will
want here in KEY Wectn
Address, cro,,n
]. J. Kirschenh.sr I,s Whit.
ST., spoke briefly i the gronn On
traffic safety. An enth,,si. st;c COLI.
er, he illustrated his Mint fb.,
.oiAe neeueu 70 costantIy work at
top-light golfers .rs sast re,s
means of ''improys d. oams"
City officials Vic ,ng anS Mvr+.
land Gates, Jr., ech ~ = fay
words to say TO namhers nf
eie SSle.y Councl Both men vol
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