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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
EiendSUiLLe Notes
weather conditions.
Farm Ruraau Maetii

weather conditions.
Farm Bureau Meeting
Farm Bureau Discussion Group
No. met last Wednesday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Savage, White Rock. Elra Garletts
led the discussion.
Citizens Meeting Held
A Citizens meeting was held on
Monday evening in the council
room with the following men nomi-
mated for councilmen: Ralph
Swauger, Ross Selby, Edgar Bar
tholomew, James Lininger, Eugene
Sines. Of these, three will be
elected on February 1 at the town
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to all our
friends and neighbors for their
helpfulness and kindness during the
illness and following the death Of
our husband and father, the late
Grant U. Bittinger.
We especially want to thank the
Dodge and Ford dealers in Grants
vile and for all who gave flowers
and contributed the use of their
automobiles for the funeral service
The Family
ADV. It,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
Methodist Church Activities

Services for Sunday, January %,
in the Methodist churches are:
Blooming Rose, GAS a. M; Hoyes,
IL a. M, and Friendsville, 1880 p.
m.
Mrs. Charley Miller will enter
tain members of Circle III Of the
WSCS at her home on Monday
evening, January "a.
Lutheran News
Sunday School at 10 a. m. and
Worship service at 1880 p. m, at
Grace Lutheran church, Sunday.
Sunshine Society has been post
poned until February 10, due to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20

the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dewey Bittinger.
Mrs. Kenneth Shaffer was con-
fined to her home for a few days
last week due to illness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20

Russia announced it was ready
to share with the world scientific
and technical experience of atomic
energy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
CAN THE COMMON COLD
BE CHECKED?

Research is waging a never
ending fight against the common
cold. New vaccines hold great
promise and experimentOrs are
jubilant over recent advances.
Read the inside facts on latest
methods for effective protection
against colds in the January Both
issue of
The American Weekly
Magazine in ColOrgravure with the
BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
Order from Your Local Newsdealer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
.PEPCOSite
Meeting Set

The Montgomery County Plan.
ming Association. will sponsor ar
open meeting tomorrow night or
the possible location in the
county of a new power plant
for the Potomac Electric Power
Co.
Speakers for the meeting in
lclude Robert Garrabrandt, in
dustrial engineer with the Urban
Land Institute: Paul Watt, d.
rector. National Capital Regional
Planning Council; Col. Ray
Adams, district engineer, and
J. Grahame Walker, Montgomery
County Council member.
County Manager M. l.. Reese
reported to the council yester-
day that PEPCO officials still
are studying locations for its
new 500 million plant, orig
inally slated for a site on the
Potomac River in Loudoun
County, Va.
Mr.. Reese said he was las
optimistic as ever" over the pros
Ipect of Montgomery being
chosen as the site for the plant
after a conference Monday with
PEPCO President r. Roy Dunn
Tomorrow nights meeting is
scheduled for 8 O'Clock in the
auditorium of the new County
Office Building, Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Anti referendum Vote
By Federation BoIked

The committee believes, Mr.
Reynolds said, that many Viz.
Iginia counties are prepared, II
necessary, to abandon their pub.
ilic schools rather than accept
Indignation.
The committee, he declared
cannot. however, approve the
system Of tuition grants. The
extreme form of this system con-
templates and accepts abandon
.ment of public schools"
A tuition grant system, the
committee held, would seriously
weaken the public school system
in some areas and destroy it in
Others. 1t would result in a sub.
IStantial deterioration in the
quality of education now pro-
Ivided in public schools, it was
said, and would be costly, ad.
.ministratively unwieldly, anc
would throw education in Vir-
Iginia into a prolonged period Of
litigation.
Mr.. Reynolds call for support
for the committees resolution
was greeted with applause.
Senator Fenwick, a member
of the Gray Commission, took
the floor Ito explain the COM
mission report"
Some Delegates Confused
I'm not going to try to per.
suade you how to VOTE" the Sen.
ator said, but two hours later the
postponement came. 1t followed
requests from delegates who sale
the meeting had left them con.
fused" They asked for time tc
return to their respective organ
ization for instructions.
Senator Fenwick held that the
commissions request for the ref.
erendum was a reasonable anc
fair one"
Fears for Public Schools
The Senator said the commits.
sion felt many counties woulc
abandon their public school sys.
TENS to avoid indignation.
If they do" he declared, "tht
State will have to go in at tax.
payers expense and operate the
schools itself"
The commission expects some
indignation. the Senator said, but
hopes it will not come with toe
great an impact.
He urged voters to study the
full report put out by the COM
mission before they cast theii
ballots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR SCHOOLS?
National Symphony to Act as Agent
For Nations Leading Musical Groups

ago, brought the Metropolitan
Opera to Washington for the frs
time in % years.
Mrs. Snow had been planning
to retire since the death of hel
husband, Andrew Snow. Wash.
ington manager for U. s. Steel
last April. She has been CO.
operating with the Natior%
Symphony in the new arrange.
ment and predicted the project
will be an example to the rest
of the country and. ! hope.
great success"
Still May Select
Competition is a good thini
and is for the best of all con
cerned." she said. But thinl
this will be a great boost fol-
music in general and for thu
Washington public
Although the reason for tn,
National Symptoms move is Z
financial one. and Is an obvious
effort to attract larger audiences
there is little doubt that con-
Icert-goers who wish to pick anc
choose among competing attrac.
tons can continue to do so
Constitution Hall Is one of the
Icountry's largest concert hail.
with 1874 seats and the chance
Iof single tickets becoming un-
available because Of sold-out sub.
Iscriptions is not Immediately
likely.
Revolutionary as it is, the new
arrangement is only one of sew.
Ieral pioneering ventures the Ma.
tional Symphony is planning
The new manager, Mr.. Black, il
also understood to be dickerinf
for one or more other package
deals which would provide Wash.
Iingtonians with a specia. GROUP
of musical and theatrical attrac.
tons from other cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
s-You-Go'
System Urged

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. IL R.-
Delegate John M. Whitmore
Democrat of Anne Arundel
County. believes q "pay-as-you-
go" system is the only realistic
answer to the States mounting
debt for capital improvements
which now exceeds $l66 million,
At the same time, he said yes
Iterday, he believes the Legisla-
ture should scrutinize carefully
all future State construction
projects to make certain they
ARE absolutely essential.
A legislative council subcom-
mittee on budget policy, headed
by Whitmore, recently recon-
mended that the State adopt q
partial pay-as-you-go plan for
capital Improvements as quickly
as possible" 1t said the State
ultimately should work toward
the ideal of having all construc-
ton work covered by current
levies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
IYuIe Postal Hours
Set at Kensinqton

Extra hours to handle the
Christmas rush have be- n
announced for the Kensington
MD post Office by Postmistress
Margaret B. Tierney.
Weekday hours will run from
8 am. to 8 pm. beginning next
week. On Saturday and the re-
naming two Saturdays before
Christmas, including Christmas
eve, the Office will be open Nom
/ 8 a m. to 6 pm. Special Sunday
hours this coming week end and
next will be from 10 am to
pm.
The money-order window will
close daily at S pm; Saturdays
at 1890 pm. and will not be
open on Sundays. The entire
post Office will be closed Christ
mas Day and Monday. December
26, although special deliveries
and parcels will continue to be
delivered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

one Boston Symphony Orchestra
concert, one Metropolitan Opers
performance and one Royal Da'
nish Ballet performance.
The National Symptoms sub
scription series will be the same
length as this years 20 concerts
The Philadelphia Orchestra
which this year plays eight con.
certs here, will play two single
concerts next year in addition Il
the four series appearances, fol
a total of six. The Boston Or.
chestra's appearances will be re-
duced from three to two. and thu
Metropolitan will be here twice
as it was this year.
The impetus for the musica
history making arrangement
came from two directions-tht
new management of the Nation
al Symphony. which is enjoying
its most prosperous year at
time when concert attendance Il
off across the country. and TIT
recent decline in Washington at.
tendance at the concerts of ths
Boston and Philadelphia orches.
traS. "a
End for Snow Bureau
The new booking arrangement
will mean the end of the Snow
Concert Bureau. which has beer
a Washington institution for l.
years under the direction of Mrs
Constance Snow.
Mrs. Snow has been Washing
ton agent for the Philadelphia
orchestra since she opened thu
bureau in 1898. She has had TIT
Boston Symphony for Longer
than seven years, as we'll as &
long list Of Washington firsts, in
.cluding the Sadlers Wells Ballet
jeanette Macdonald, Alec Tenn
Ipleton and Victor Borge. 1t wa.
Mrs. Snow also who. five year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Fourth Man Held
Under Whisky
Transport Low

Maryland Alcohol Tax En-
forcement Unit agents yesterday
arrested a fourth person on a
charge of transporting an illegal
amount of liquor across the
District line.
The man was listed as Harry
%. Dolf. ~, a salesman. Dolf
posted $50 in collateral at the
Hyattsville police station pend
ing a hearing in Hyattsville
police court Monday.
Agent A. L. Sodie said he
found 70 fifths Of whisky and
two one-gallon jugs of whisky
in Dolls auto in Riverdale.
Last Monday. three men
forfeited $3.50 collateral each
on the charge in Hyattsville po-
lice court.
Maryland residents may legally
bring into the State only one
quart of alcohol beverages at a
time, and not more than two
quarts a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
YOUTH KILLS DEER
WAITING
FOR SCHOOL BUS

POCOMOKE CITY, Md.
(P).-Billy Cottman, who
leaves his farm home a cou-
pie of hours early for the
school bus during deer sea-
son, celebrated his 18th
birthday yesterday by drop
ping his first deer.
The bus which takes Billy
to eighth-grade classes at
Princess Anne each morning
usually arrives around 8:15
am. Billy has been at the
corner waiting for it at
$50 am. the last two days,
He keeps a gun with him.
You can always take 1t back
home around 1880 or so If
nothing shows up. Yester-
day, a deer bounded out Of
the woods and Billy's vigil
paid of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

The National Symphony Or
chestra, in a move unprecedented
in musical history. will begin to
act next season as booking agent
in Washington for other leading
musical organizations.
| According to the orchestra
Ambitious plan, it will offer sea-
son subscriptions to its own con-
Icerts and those of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. the Phila-
delphia Orchestra. the Metro
politan Opera and Royal Danish
Ballet.
The National Symphony will
sponsor and underwrite all
Washington appearances Of those
groups and others it hopes to
add.
| Boston Signed Up
| The Boston already has been
signed to . contract for next
year, and National symphony
Manager Ralph Black yesterday
left Washington for an extended
trip In which he hopes to COM
plete negotiations with the rest,
He had not planned to announce
the arrangements until they
were completed. but premature
reports forced the disclosure.
For Washington music lovers.
the radically new arrangement
unlike that in any other city
will mean an opportunity to
enjoy varied concert fare of
major musical attractions at
package" subscription prices,
according to Mr.. Black.
Two 15-COncert Series
According to present plans
the season beginning next fall
will include two identical series
of Is concerts each: Ten Ma
tional Symphony concerts, two
Philadelphia Orchestra concerts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
School
Ruling Sought
On Meetings

The Fairfax County schoo.
Board has decided to seek q
ruling from the Virginia attor.
ney general about segregation
requirements for meetings II
school buildings.
The boards attorney. Johr
Alexander. gave an opinion last
May that Virginia law require.
segregation OF white and col.
ored persons when they attenc
meetings in public school build.
ings.
E. B. Henderson, retired Dis
Itrict educator and president &
the Virginia unit Of the National
Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People. asked
/ the School Board yesterday to
seek a ruling from Attorney
General J. Lindsay Almond. jr.
and the School Board agreed to
ask Mr.. Alexander to do so.
Mr.. Alexander's ruling re.
suited from the controversial in
tegration workshop that the
county PTA attempted to hold
last spring. The meeting was
taken over by segregation ad-
vocates who later protested to
the school board that the work
shop violated State laws because
it was not arranged on a segre-
gated basis.
A report was presented by the
school boards building commit
tee, recommending employment
|of an architect to help super
wise school planning and con-
IStruction.
The committee said it found no
evidence that the county could
benefit by employing staff archi-
tects to design new school build
ings, but felt that a supervising
architect would be advantageous.
The school board agreed to con-
fer with an architect who might
be interested in taking the job.
A S per cent salary increase
for school administration per-
sonnet was approved. A similar
increase for other county EN-
ployes was authorized q week ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Suspects Caught z Hours
After Alexandra HoIdup

Office monitored a State police
broadcast of the Fairfax County
lookout. He soon spotted a con-
vertible with two men in 1t
and caught up with it.
Leap From Window
Because the town police car is
disabled and he was using his
own car, Sergt. Colbert had to
take the men, at gunpoint, to
the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in
Manassas. 1t was there, while
he was phoning the sheriff's Of
fee for aid, that Contee broke
away. Contee raced from the
lobby to a second floor window
and leaped to parking lot be-
low, fleeing in a parked truck
left with the keys in it.
When Sheriff Turner D
Wheeling arrived. Sergt. Colbert
turned Walker over to him ano
went looking for Contee. HI
found him in the truck a few
blocks away.
Contee was charged with
theft Of the truck and was held
lin the Manassas Jail. Walker
was turned over to Fairfax
County Detective Sergt. Cecil
Brown and was charged with
armed robbery. The detective
said a detainer would be placed
against Contee on the same
charge.
The holdup victim, police said
identified the two suspects. Po-
lice said the money was founc
on them and a foreign type CUR
without bullets was found in the
car. Some .22-caliber shells were
found in the glove compartment
and a suitcase, police said. The
suspects told police they were
zen route to Fredericksburg, Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

The Arlington County Civil
Federation voted 48 to 30 las
might to defer action until Janu'
larry 3 on Virginia constitutional
Convention referendum.
Delegates appeared to be ben
on immediate action until Statt
Senator Charles r. Fenwick ex'
Iplained the issues involved in tht
referendum, which has beer
called for January 8. Mr.. Fen
wick pleaded with the group no
to act until full consideration hac
been given the problem.
Until he spoke, it appeared
that most of those present were
prepared to support a committed
report which opposed the refer
Iendum authorized by the Gen
eral Assembly last week. The
referendum is the first step ir
the Gray Commissions program
designed to prevent enforced in.
Itegration in public schools.
Would Release Funds
The referendum would give
Legislators a chance to amend
Section 141 OF the State Con-
stitution to permit use of public
funds for education in nom
sectarian private schools.
The funds also would be avail
able-to both Negroes and whites
in any area whose local schoo
board decided to abandon it
public system rather than com
ply with the Supreme Court de-
cision against enforced segrega'
ton on the basis of color.
1t appeared a certainty tina
the group would announce its op'
position to the referendum, aftel
Robert Reynolds, chairman O.
the schools committee, said in {
lengthy resolution preamble:
THE schools committee full.
concurs with the Gray Commits
sion's belief that the application
of the Supreme Courts rulini
will be fraught with grave diff
culties in many counties in Vir
ginia. There is no effort on ou
part to minimize these Difficult
ties, for we know that for man!
people segregation is not merel.
an idea; 1t is a way of life. ;
regular part of everyday liv
ing. =.
Much time and effort i
needed for people to change loni
accepted ideas. We recognize
that legislative or judicial fla
cannot change customs over
night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Rookie Policeman SEXES
His Quarry by the Book

ton, a pipe layer. police said they
found a sledge hammer, a pick
hoe and a saw. Police took
Thornton. claiming to be drunk
to Arlington Hospital for ar
examination.
They still are eAAl<in two
other men.
In County Court today Judge
Homer Randolph Thomas set
Thornton's bond at $4,000 and
continued the case until next
Wednesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Venezuelan Growth

CARACAS.-An average of "a
per cent of Venezuela's gross
product has been plowed back
in investments in the past five
years. Private investments &C
counted for 10 per cent of the
total in 1854 against SO per cent
in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07

Police teamwork paid of early
today in the arrest of two men
less than two hours after the
armed robbery of a service sta
ton just south Of Alexandria.
The holdup occurred at Mat
thews Service Station, 2809
Richmond highway. about 3:45
am. The bandits got away with
about $500 after pulling a pistol
on the night attendant, Donald
johnson, 81, of 2730 Richmond
highway, and then forcing him
into a mems room.
Sergt. James A. Colbert Of the
Manassas town police spotted a
vehicle suspected as the getaway
car about 4::30 am. He caught
the two men in the car, but not
before one Of them dashed fol
freedom in a stolen truck.
Overlooked $1,000
The suspects were tentatively
identified as Howard E. Contee
Ijr.. Is, Of New Castle, Del, and
Phillips Harry Walker, q, OF
Orlando, Fla. Walker, police said
also had Identification cards on
him with the names Harry
Jameson and Gordon Really.
Mr.. johnson said the men
one Of them armed with a pis.
toll, forced him inside the service
station where they took the
money from his person and from
Ia change dispenser. They missed
getting about $1,000 locked ur
in safe. he told police. The
men then ordered him to lie on
the floor of the mems room
while they fled south.
Sergt. Colbert was alerted tt
watch for the car after the
Prince William County sheriff,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Continued From First Page

shape. Pvt. Quade had slipped
on handouts.
At the store. police found the
outer cover of a safe ripped of
and the dial knocked off but
the robbers apparently had been
frightened away before the job
was completed. They had en-
tered the front door by forcing
a lock.
In the abandoned car near the
store, said to belong to Thorn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Rambling

A downtown restaurant,
abreast of the times, lists a
Space Ship Special" for the
small fry. e.
a man we know has received
his bank statement bearing
the postmark Sep % 49," He
said he and his wife both had
the weird feeling of having
done a Rip Van Wrinkle for a
year
A barber shop on Ninth
street proclaims, I'VE Cater to
Slaves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Compliment

A man afflicted by the COM
bination of being S feet 4
inches tall and having an g.
year-old daughter tells of a
recent stroll in the downtown
shopping crowds with the
child.
"All these men are bigger
than you, daddy" she told
him. I
rs that bad?" he asked
sternly.
We'll, no." she said, hur-
riedly. You're lot taller
than those boys in the fourth
grade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Mystery

mystery
Why do the drinking
fountains in the park run
continuously?
National Capital Parks
explains that in chilly
weather, when a freeze
could come any night, 1t
would take too much man.
power to 60 around turn
ing them off, then turning
them on again. They run
with a steady flow to keep
them from freezing.
Some of the fountains run
continuously in summer, too.
That's because a .cOntinu-
Gus flow provides a more
cooling drink than could be
obtained from the On-and-
of fountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Favor

Even in the hustle of a busy
city, there's always someone
with a moment to spend cas-
ing the distress of another. A
woman alighting from a bus
in a Northwest residential sec
ton caught the heel of her
shoe in the hem of her dress.
After an unsuccessful search
for a pin, she walked a short
distance with a section of the
hem dangling. But another
woman stopped her, fumbled
in her own clothing, unpinned
a couple of things, knelt and
neatly pinned the torn hem.
Il like to do things like
that" she said, brushing her
hands in a satisfied gesture.
when l do, it seems like
someone always does some
thing nice for me in a few
hours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Clarity

Some shOp-ownerS here,
recognizing the internation-
al flavor of a world capital,
display in their windows
signs reading, "Se Habla
EspanOl," or "Iei On Parle
Francois"
But the owner of a shoe
store in the 800 block of Fiji
tenth streets, NV, recOg-
nizes a universal tongue.
His sign says simply: Kind
ness is a language everybody
understands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
Lobbyist

A man dining in a down.
town restaurant was ear
nestly telling a companion:
"But it's not like that
here. Here you entertain
people who can do some
thing for you. Back home in
Alabama, even my best
friends can't do anything
for me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
The
Rambler
Workbound City
Hos on ArmfuI
By JACK JONAS

Washington scurries to work
In the morning with its arms
full.
Those who drive are luck
lest despite the traffic. They
can park their bundles and
briefcases on the seat beside
them.
But where do you put an
armload of packages while you
find a bus token buried in a
pocket full of keys and change,
or in a purse filled with those
mysterious items which fill
purses?
These early-morning pack
ages are everywhere.
On Connecticut avenue a
man-carrying a briefcase,
naturally-frantically waves
to loaded taxis passing him by.
Another, with the look of one
Injured to the sure impossible
ity of getting anywhere on
time in the morning, stands
glumly waiting for whichever
stops first-bus or taxicab.
His arms are loaded with
stuffed file folders.
A woman mugs a package
with the label of a downtown
store; she wears the deter
mined look of one bent on ad-
justment.
If there is any pattern, it is
briefcases. But the exceptions
have no apparent explanation.
Among these is a woman car
rying a pink bathrobe over
her arm, a man toting an
empty bird cage, and another
struggling with a wrought
iron table.