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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Montgomery Press
To Honor Sentinel

The Montgomery County Press
Association will honor the Mont
gomery County Sentinel. in its
Tooth year Of publication. at a
banquet September 8 in the Flor
entine Room of the Villa Rosa
Restaurant. Silver Spring, MD.
Senator Beall, Republican of
Maryland, and Representative
Hyde, Republican of Maryland.
are expected to attend the BAN
quet. Business, professional, civic
and newspaper interests in the
area have been invited to par
ticipate.
Gene Glasgow, president of
the county press group, will
preside at the banquet with
Lucian c. Warren, president of
the National Press Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Virginia Hunts
.6Indicted Men

PRINCESS ANNE COURT
HOUSE, Va, Sept. (P.-Six Of
II persons indicted by a special
crime-hunting grand jury in
Princess Anne County were still
being sought as new plans
shaped up for further action to
rid the Virginia Beach area Of
unlawful activities.
The county sheriff's Office said
late last night it had been un-
able to discover the whereabouts
of six men indicted on one or
more counts Of gambling opera
tons.
The II men were indicted
Tuesday by the grand jury which
reported unmistakable evidence
of gambling and Illicit liquor
sales in this coastal resort area.
The jury's four-page report said
the Illegal operations had "stig-
matized this area to long"
The jurors recommended a
sweeping shake-up Of police Or
ganization in the region. Circuit
Judge Floyd Kellam yesterday
called a conference Of local gov
eminent leaders and police ON
cials to consider steps In this
direction.
Judge Kellam had ordered ar
rests to be made q few minutes
after the jury returned its true
bills. He fixed September 9 as
the trial date for the IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Virqinio Car Crash Kills
Marine Bose Librorion

A librarian at the Quantico
Marine Base was killed this
morning when the foreign sports
car in which she was riding
crashed near Triangle. Va. She
was Miss Elizabeth Dasey. "a,
from Brookline. Mass.
The driver of the 1855 Jaguar
convertible. Marine 1t. Col. Rich
ard Hey, jr., SO, was injured in
the accident on Route 626. Joplin
road. four miles west of Route
/. Col. Hey is from Charlotte,
N. c. Both he and Miss Dasey
were found in the car at / am.
still strapped in with safety belts.
Police said the car was trav-
cling east toward Triangle when
1t struck the shoulder of the
road at a sharp curve, went out
of control into a ditch, travelled
some distance. hit an embank-
ment and was spun around. 1t
continued to travel backwards
and then tipped over on its
right side, coming to rest almost
upside down.
Miss Dasey suffered a crushed
skull and internal injuries and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Father and Son Die
In Sports Cor Wreck

OLDTOWN. Md, Sept. / (P)
A. Keech, 35, and his
l1-year-old son, Charles A.
Keech, ir.. were killed last night
when their foreign sports car
collided with another car on
Maryland 81 about half a mile
west of here.
Mr.. Keech managed a phar-
macy in Cumberland. about Is
miles east of Oldtown in Ale
gany County.
The driver of the other car,
Lundy Thomas Kinser of Old
town, was taken to a Cumber-
land hospital, but was believed
not seriously injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

Irate Edmonston Md resi-
dents were to take their flood
problems to the Maryland Roads
Commission in Baltimore this
morning.
The citizens, who live in q
three block area on Emerson
and Crittenden streets and
Fifty-second place. blame the
for flood waters
damned up on lawns and in
Easements since Hurricane Con-
ME three weeks ago.
Four-foot drainage pipes
placed by the commission under
relocated Edmonston roads are
channeling water from the high
Ter Rogers Heights area during
heavy rain right into back yards,
the residents say.
Drainage Eliminated \
Other construction in the
area has eliminated natural
drainage and turned the resi-
dental section into a catch
basin.
For weeks the residents have
been fighting mosquitoes, pump
ing stagnant waters and slosh-
ing through backyard pools to
hang up their laundry.
The residents have been wag-
ing war with the commission
through correspondence since
November.
They have made no progress
in convincing the roads body Of
their contention that the flood
problem is solely the result of
the relocated Edmonston road.
which forms the towns east
boundary. The road is still I'M
der construction.
Disclaims Responsibility
The commission has denied
responsibility for carrying away
storm water. The commission
claims that is a town problem.
An SRC spokesman said the
commission offered to build a
drainage ditch along the high
way, but the residents maintain
this will not solve the problem.
The spokesman also said that
the drainage in Edmonton Is
hampered by bikes built as part
of the Anacostia River flood
control project on the west side
of town.
The commission was sched-
.uled, however. to discuss the
problem with the residents today
at 108 East Lexington street.
Baltimore.
Among those attending were
Representatives of the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, the Prince Georges
County commissioners, Edmon-
ston's town engineer, Roy T,
Fowkes, and Town Attorney Burt
lSager.
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Berkeley Exceeds Goal

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Sept.
4 Especially. - The Berkeley
County Chapter of the Red
Cross has exceeded by $50 its
quota of $725 for disaster relief
funds, Chairman Carlton B.
Stuckey, said. He asked that
contributions continue because
Of the emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Maryland Nay Rule Today on Shift
OF CoIored Pupils to Rollingwood

der William A. Gunter why Lin
den school could not be used
another year DR.. Norris replied:
Were ashamed of it now
Mr.. Lipscomb said the board
had acted in haste in closing the
Linden school when the Rose
mary Hills school opening was
only year away.
The Rollingwood spokesman
also criticized what he termed
lack of uniformity in handling
Indignation.
This is not a protest against
proper migration" Mr.. Lips
comb insisted. IF it were proper
Indignation the question would
never have arisen. If the chill
dren lived in our community or
even adjacent to it, We would
not protest"
Mr.. McGraw said, 1.-THE board
regrets that the Rollingwood
community does not agree to &C
|cept some part Of the community
responsibility for integration."
DR.. Norris explained that
lWoodlin School, the closest to
Lyttonsville. was assigned only
80 of the Negro pupils because
with 423 white pupils now as
signed there it would be Ito over
capacity, which he put at 400
(The boards budget this year
showed at 450 capacity
Rock Creek Forest, the next
nearest school to Lyttonsville
was assigned no colored because
zoo white children there are ex-
pected to be on double session.
Discuss Alternate Shift
Mr.. Lipscomb said some Of the
Rock Greek Forest children lived
closer to Rollingwood School
than their own building and
should be sent to Hollingwood.
DR.. Norris replied that the
School Board felt as few pupils
should be disturbed as few times
Ias possible and these students
would have to be shifted back to
Rock Greek Forest in 1856.
The hearing was attended by
about a score of Rollingwood
residents and several repre-
Esentatives of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF
Colored People.
Robert Watts. attorney for the
Maryland NAACP, called on the
State board for the establish
ment of a policy in handling in
tegration protests.
This is not a popularity con-
test" he said, referring to the
Rollingwood protest. and the
number of appellants.
The attorney said the NAACP
wanted to avoid litigation, but
he added that If any colored pu-
Ipil in Montgomery wants to en-
ter a white school they'll have
that right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
BY RICHARD RODGERS

II the District only had some
chlorine. it could get its fine. new
sewage chiorinating plant work.
ing.
A pipeline has been built al
the new Blue Plains plant. That
gets around the railroad contract
dispute that has kept tank cars
cut of from the plant, completed
last February.
But some unidentified person
seems to nave mislaid the Au-
gust 5 order for chlorine. At any
rate, the order didn't get out
until yesterday, when The Star
inquired where was the chlorine
Sanitation division engineers
asked purchasing, and purchas-
ing turned crimson when it found
the 26-day-old order still hang
ing around.
Due Dy week Emo
Roland M. Brennan, District
procurement officer, saved the
day. He put in a call to a Phila-
delphia supplier. who promised
to get a tank car on the rails
today. 1t should be here tomor-
row or Saturday. Then the $345,-
900 chlorination plant can begin
earning its investment.
1t has just been sitting out at
Blue Plains since February 10.
District lawyers and attorneys
for the Baltimore a. Ohio Rail-
road have kept it idle. They are
dickering over terms Of a con-
tract that would have the BIO
run about 1855 feet of track to
meet the new spur the District
built to serve the plant.
In desperation, District engi-
neers built a $500 pipeline from
the plant to the existing siding.
But they hope it won't be needed
long.
Tank cars parked on the siding
at the pipeline will block the
siding from its chief mission of
providing rail entry to another
portion of the sewage center.
Battling Since 1882
Meanwhile, District and BSJC
lawyers continue dueling over
who is to build and maintain the
spur to the new plant. They dc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

three years. behind white schools
on achievement tests.
| 8. A School Board document
dated February "a, 1854, which
showed that Woodlin Schoo
with a capacity of 480 would gel
SO colored children making it.
total enrolment ATS. The state.
lment indicated Rollingwooe
would receive no colored pupils
4. A copy of the Lay Commit
tees majority report dated March
6 urging a 12-year Indignation
plan. Mr.. Lipscomb said the plar
WAS ignored and the committee
was not called in for conferences
5. An unpublished Indignation
proposal by DR.. Norris in March
that school district lines be re.
drawn on a tentative basis with
out regard to race for use ir
ending segregation.
6. The boards indignation pol
icy recorded in minutes of March
81 calling for drawing of schoo
district lines without regard II
race and realignment of schoo
districts or reassignment of pu'
pills wherever necessary.
Z. A resolution of the boarc
April % which Mr.. Lipscomt
said "repudiated the policy" anc
directed DR.. Norris to send chill
dren from the four substandarl
schools to their new districr
school or transport them to til.
nearest school having facilitiel
available"
| 8. A July 8 memorandum from
Mr.. Knight to DR.. Norris which
for the first time disclosed AM
plan to send colored children II
Rollingwood.
Condition Of School
DR.. Norris and Board Presi'
dent McGraw were visibly dis
turbed by the introduction of thu
Norris plan of March which DR.
Norris said was for the use Of tn,
school board only and not to b.
made public.
State Board members expressed
considerable interest in the con
dition of the Linden school.
Under questioning Mr.. McGrav
said that if the Supreme Cour
decision had not been handel
down the school would hav,
been kept open another year.
Washington Architect E. Bur
ton Corning testified he lad tx
amined the school and found il
structuraliy sound. He said in
door toilet facilities could b.
provided for about $500.
| DR.. Norris said the board "diC
not like to put money down 9
rat hole" Rollingwood resident.
answered that more money
would be spent to provide thu
children bus transportat zion Il
Rollingwood.
Asked by State Board Mem.
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Attorneys Urge
TO Define
.IntegrationPIan
Virginions Charge
They're Hondcuffed
By Lack Of Policy

CHARLOTT E SVILLE, Va,
Sept. (P.-Virginia's COM
monwealth's attorneys, reaching
for a solution to the legal prob
lens involved in school integra-
Ition, have found themselves
handcuffed by a lack of an an
nounced State policy on the
matter.
Prosecutors discussed the mat
ter behind closed doors at the
fourth annual local government
Officials conference here yester-
day. Later they selected Dele
gate Armistead L. Boothe Of
Alexandria to outline their views
to newsmen.
May Seek Law
! The Alexandria lawmaker said
he believes the Gray Commits
sion on public education, cur
rently considering some way
around the Supreme Courts
school segregation decision, must
come up with some method Of
assisting Commemorative at
'torneys in carrying out what
ever new State policy is recon-
mended. Mr.. Boothe said that if
this is not done he is prepared
to introduce appropriate legis-
lation in the General Assembly.
THE prosecutors agreed" Mr..
Boothe said. that Virginia's plan
must satisfy the Supreme Court
even if it does not satisfy the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People"
! The Alexandria attorney also
said he thought Virginia should
give its public school students a
voice in deciding whether they
will attend a white or Negro
school.
Evaluate Abilities
| Under his proposal. local
school boards would be allowed
to set up geographical districts
for school attendance and to test
and evaluate the abilities of each
student for admission.
Mr.. Boothe said some of the
prosecutors felt any State plan
should be administered differ
emily in each county. city or
town. In his way, the attor-
lneys argued, State policy would
Irct be involved in a single piece
1 of litigation and class actions
would be prevented.
The attorneys also recognized,
Mr.. Boothe said, that each To-
cality under such a policy might
| find itself in a court action. For
that reason. Mr.. Boothe said, he
would favor legislation to set
aside State funds to assist the
counties in such actions and to
lpay the salaries of additional
assistants in the office of the
attorney general.
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Battling Since 1852

Meanwhile, District and BIO
lawyers continue dueling over
who is to build and maintain the
spur to the new plant. They do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

TODAY

American Sociological So
ciety continues It's third day
Of discussions today at the
Shoreham Hotel, where more
than 800 psychiatrists. psy-
biologists, sociologists and
social workers are gathering
in the four-day session.
Story on PAGE B-6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01

was dead on arrival at the
Quantico Naval Hospital. The
driver, who is attached to Head
quarters Battalion of the Senior
at the Quantico Marine
Base. suffered a badly cut wrist
and an eye injury. His condi-
ton is not serious.
The new car WAS demolished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star stan Correspondent

Star stan Correspondent
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-The
Maryland State Board of Edu-
cation hopes today to announce
its decision on the appeal from
residents of RoIlingwood, in
Montgomery County. against the
transfer Of 80 colored pupils into
their previously all-white school.
Board President Wendell D.
Allen at the close of the three
and-a-half-hour hearing yester-
day said the board would try to
act Immediately" on the appeal
and announce its decision some
time today.
Some 1872 residents of the
fashionable community signed
the appeal to upset Montgomery
Schools Supt. Forbes H. Norris
plan to transport the colored
pupils to Rollingwood from Lyt-
louisville 2 miles away.
Attorney Andrew A. Mpscomb
charged that the Norris plan
was 'forcible and coercive in
tegration."
1T is artificial and arbitrary
Indignation" and contrary to
Maryland policy" Mr.. Lipscomb
charged.
Plan Defended
DR.. Norris and Montgomery
Board President Willard H. G..
McGraw defended the integra-
ton plan as the exercise of their
best judgment" in accordance
with sound administrative prin-
lciples. and lin the best interest
Iof the children involved"
DR.. Norris arrived at the hear
ling surrounded by a retinue Of
his subordinates including Pupil
Personnel Director T. H. Owen
Knight. Finance Director Brian
Benson. Asst. Supt. James Prince.
Indignation Aide Fred Dunn and
Assistant County Attorney Ed
ward Nicholson. Two other
board members also were on
hand
Mr.. Lipscomb pointed the fin
ger directly at the Montgomery
Board as being the cause Of the
problem. He accused the board
of "disregarding the policy of
the Supreme Court" in its rul-
ling calling for the end of segre-
cation.
Linden School was closed for
1.-THE purpose of forcing mixing
tof the races" MIR. Lipscomb
said. He said the school termed
"substandard" by school author
Iities could have been kept open
until next year when the new
Rosemary Hills School, which
will get a major portion OF the
Icolored children. is ready for
Occupancy.
Four Schools Closed
Linden was one OF four Sub
standard" colored schools closed
by the board. In all other cases,
the Negro children were sent to
schools nearest their homes.
Ten schools were affected.
Only at Linden were children
assigned to schools more distant.
They were Rollingwood and Nc
Kenney Hills.
Mr.. McGraw at the close of
the hearing said the board "re-
grets the community of Rolling
wood feels as strongly as it
does.
I'VE have avoided chicanery in
our approach j.. we have worked
many months we have ex-
ercised our best Judgment" he
continued.
The statement came after Mr..
Lipscomb had completed a two
hour presentation that included
submitting several documents
concerning the indignation pro-
gram in the county.
Documents Offered
Among these documents were:
la statement of June 8, 1854,
in which the school board set up
its 19-member lay advisory COM
mittee to advise" it and confer"
with 1t on indignation.
2. A statement by DR.. Norris
of November %, 1854 that colored
school children were two to
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-25
Hold Services For
Mrs. Mae Marquart

Funeral services were held in
Lynn, Ind. Wednesday morning for
Mrs. Mae B. Marquart, 20, wife of
Adam Marquart, who died at her
home near Jenera at 6 p. m. Satur-
day. She had been i'll two weeks.
Born August &c, 1884, at Lynn,
she was the daughter of Stephen and
Amanda Cook Martin. She was
married to Clyde Cox and he died
in 1918.
She later married Mr.. Marquart
who survives. There are five
daughters, Mrs. L. G. Cox, Cross
Lake, Mimi; Mrs. Paul VonCarlezon,
Richmond, Ind; Mrs. Lillian Daven-
port, Collingwood, N. j.; Mrs. Ger
trude Crandall, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla; and Mrs. Dorothy Love, Center
vile, Ind. Mrs. Dortha Hartley of
Dayton is a stepdaughter.
Edgar Martin, Modoc, Ind, is a
brother and Julia Smock, Lynn, Ind,
sister.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-25

Mrs. James Allcroft and family of
Linden, N. j., Mrs. VIM. McCafferty
and daughter, Miss Margaret Guider
and Eilene McCafferty were Tuesday
evening supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl McCafferty and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Zimmerly
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Hilty and Mr.
Roy Reams called on Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Montgomery and family Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty
Mrs. Bertha Shelly, Miss Margaret
Guider called Sunday evening on Mrs
Maud Arnold of Dunkirk.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Fisher called
Friday evening at the Owens home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. w. Montgom-
cry and family were Sunday evening
supper guests of Mrs. Lenore Mont
gomery and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fenstermak
er and family called on Mr. and Mrs
o. p. Hartman Monday afternoon.
Mrs. j. w. Wilkins and son Don
Mrs. j. c. Montgomery and Grace
Klingler spent Sunday with Rev. anc
Mrs. w. E. Coldiron and family ot
Dearborn, Mich.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-25

and Mrs. Mel Zimmerly called Thurs.
day forenoon on Mrs. Amos Gerber
and Mrs. Marion Hochstettler and
daughter.
Tommy, Mickie and Bobby Chides-
ter spent Sunday afternoon with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Eikenbary. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Boutwell,
and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Schaublin were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schau-
bin and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miller of Bluff
ton, called Sunday evening on Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Amstutz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz and
daughter Sharon called last Wednes-
day evening on Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Schaublin and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marquart and
daughter Patty and grandsons David
and Ronnie called Sunday afternoon
on Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marquart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donivan Moser and
family of Milford, spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Moser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Woodhead and
Miss Gladys Miller visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Harley Kesler of Lima Mon
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-25
Mennonite Group
To Hold Senior
Youth Retreat

Four young people of the Bluffton
Evangelical Mennonite church are
attending the Senior Retreat of the
Evangelical Mennonite Church Con-
ference this week at Camp Friedens-
valid, near Cassopolis, Mich.
Those attending from the local
church are Miriam Gierman, Susan
Weiss, Timothy Diller and Paul A.
Jorg. They will be accompanied by
the pastor, the Rev. C. A. Classen,
who will be an instructor during the
retreat sessions.
Earlier this month the junior ses-
sions were held with about 80
youngsters attending. Those from
the local church were Donald Zim-
norman and Jerry Classen.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-08-25
BluftOn METERS
Cop Three Titles
In County Tourney
Other Local Tennis Players
Remain In Running Until
The Finals

Bluffton tennis players stole the
show in the Allen County Tennis
tournament placing contestants in
eleven of the final events of the tour
ney completed over the weekend
Three of them came home with top
honors.
Woodrow Little, three-time mems
singles champion, teamed with Nate
Ganger, Ottawa's gift to the Bluffton
Tennis Club, to capture the mems
doubles event Sunday afternoon. The
duo bested Larry Biederman and
Phil White, rs, 6-3, 6-3.
Earlier in the day Ganger captured
his fourth consecutive mems singles
title as ne defeated Larry Biederman,
1856 Lima City title holder, in
straight sets, 6-1, 60, 6-1.
Apparently destined to follow in
his fathers footsteps, David Little
won the boys singles championship
Saturday afternoon. Young Little
defeated a fellow Blufftonite, Ramon
Lewis for the crown.
The other Bluffton champion was
Dale Schiffke who shut out Bill Cal
houn of Lima, 60, 60, to take the
midget division title.
In one of the closest matches of
the tournament, Sally Reichenbach
battled Mary Henne for 80 games be-
fore losing out in the girls singles,
rs, 0-6, 8-6.
Miss Reichenbach then teamed with
her brother, Ralph, Jr., in the mixed
doubles and the two youngsters were
defeated by George Guidera and
Brenda Schneider, 60, 81, in the fl
nails match.
Biederman defeated Jim Fisher for
the junior boys title Saturday after
noon.