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Evening star., 1955-06-07
Prison Camp
To Move From
Gaithersburq

One of Maryland's four prison
camps with road repair gangs,
soon will move from near
IGaithersburg in Montgomery
County, to Hughesville in
Charles County.
1t will do so despite opposition
from group of residents in the
Hughesville area.
Announcement of the pend
ling move was confirmed yester-
day by Harold E. Donnell. State
superintendent Of prisons.
Land for the new site already
has been purchased and in
stallation of water facilities
started. When foundations are
provided, portable buildings at
the Gaithersburg camp will be
moved to 112-acre tract three
miles south of Hughesville.
In Few Weeks
Mr.. Donnell said the State
hopes to have the new camp in
operation lin five or six weeks. -
The State superintendent said
he hadn't heard of any protest
from the Hughesville citizens.
The only complaint. he said.
arose from the GaitherSburg
area where some people re-
gretted losing the source of
labor for road repair work.
Thomas C. Carrico, La Plata
attorney. however, said a pro-
test against the change was
filed about two weeks ago at
the request of Walter A. jane
son of IIughesville. The petit
ton, he said, contained about
100 signatures.
Mr.. Carrico said the opponents
believe location of the camp
there, among other things, would
deprecriate property values.
Will Seek Hearing.
The attorney said he received
a letter saying the State was
going ahead with its plans. He
said yesterday he plans to write
again and ask for a public hear
ing.
Mr.. Carrico said the camp site
is in the Gilbert Swamp area OF
Charles County.
Mr.. Donnell said the camp will
Evening star., 1955-06-07

His father, the late Billy Mar
tin, was a well-known George
town University athlete and q
member of the famous Boston
Braves baseball team of pre-
World War I days.
The candidate is also a grad
uate of Georgetown and served
four years in the Navy before
entering the restaurant business
in 1948. He is married, has two
daughters, and lives at 3940
North Glebe road.
Other candidates for the AIM
nominations for the county board
are Wade Pearson, Fred N
Windridge and Capt. A. B. Leg
gett.
AIMS Nominating Committee
will continue to review the candi-
dates and will make report late
this month or early next month,
the announcement said.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
County Man Held
On Morals Churqe

A Spaulding Heights, Md, man
was held for action of the Prince
Georges County grand jury yes
terday after waving a prelim-
mary hearing in Hyattsvllle Po-
lice Court on a charge of carnal
knowledge of a 24-year-old men
tally retarded woman.
He is Kenneth Lee Patrick, OF
the 1900 block of Sixty-secono
place.
Detective Sergt. Emmett Gray
said Patrick was arrested wher
he returned the woman to hel
home after her parents had re-
ported her missing.
Sergt. Gray said the parents
told him their daughter hao
spent seven years in an lnstltu'
ton for retarded children.
He said the man had picked
her up Saturday night on the
pretext of buying her an ict
cream cone.
Also held for grand jury actor
after a hearing before Tria
MAGISTRATE Grover Lee Small was
Thomas r. Ferguson, colored, 81
of Glenarden, who is accused oi
carnal knowledge of a colorec
woman early Sunday morning.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
HyottsviIle
Seeks ak on
Warehouse

The Hyattsville City Council
last night appointed commit
tee to investigate a possible new
revenue source.
The Miller Building Supply
Co., Inc, warehouse at 460l De-
catur street. lies within the Hy-
attsville limits but has been pay
ing taxes to Edmonston, an in.
corporated town, according to E
w. Baker, Hyattsville city clerk
The committee will meet soon
with Edmonston officials in the
matter.
Samuel Kalv, vice president OF
Miller's, said today his firm
moved into the warehouse in late
1949 and has been paying tax
bills sent by the town OF Ed
monston. He said he has al
ways considered the property to
be in Edmonston.
In other business the Council
reappointed Mr.. Baker city
clerk and Howard Dlngee city
supervisor. John w. Bradley
second ward councilman, was
sworn into Office.
Mr.. Bradley, the city's audi
tor since 1882, defeated Walter
L. Tatspaugh in a runoff elec-
ton May q. Both received the
same number of votes in the
May 2 municipal election. The
auditors post has not yet been
filled.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Voluntary Inspection
OF Autos Planned

Plans for a voluntary auto in
spection drive in Maryland are
being formulated by the Inter-
Community Council of Southern
Maryland.
Fred Spinks, president Of the
council, appointed Thomas Smith
chairman of the safety commit
tee.
The group plans to present
stickers to cars that pass the
inspection. Several garages have
agreed to participate, Mr.. Spinks
said.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Wife Indicted
.Embezz|er

/ A former employe of the Old
Dominion Bank of Arlington
was indicted yesterday by an
Alexandria Federal Court grand
jury on a charge of embezzling
$2,l00 from the bank.
Mrs. June S. Miller, of the
1900 block of North Washington
boulevard, Arlington. is accused
of taking the money from the
Baliston branch of the bank
while she was employed there
from January, 1852, to July, 1854.
Mrs. Miller. who was custodian
of the vault and in charge of
collecting safety deposit box
rents. also was indicted on a |
charge of making false entries
in the bank ledger with intent
to defraud the bank.
| The indictment said Mrs. Mil
Ter collected S2,l00 more from
safety deposit box rentals than
she reported.
S666 Embezzlement Charged
Another Arlington resident,
jeremiah D. Flanagan, was in
dicted on a charge of embezzl-
ing $666 from the Federal Credit |
Union of the National Security |
Agency of Arlington. The indict-
ment says the defendant took |
the funds last year while he was
a collection agent for the credit
union.
Among 10 others indicted
were two men charged with vio-
lation of the Selective Service
! Act. They were William C. |
Crown, "a, of the 300 block East
Glebe road, Alexandria, and
Norman E. Long, %. whose ad-
dress was listed as Saskatche-
wan, Canada.
| Crown is charged with failing
to report for work with the Vir-
ginia State Highway Department
after he was classified as a con-
scientious objector. Long is
charged with failing to report for
induction in Loudoun County.
Fraud On U. S. Charged
John B. Engel, whose address
was listed as the ccoquanI
Workhouse, was indicted on a
charge of fraud against the
Government. He is accused of
failing to report 10 arrests when
he filed out an employment
application and was hired as a
painter at the Pentagon.
Margaret Hamilton was in
dicted for escaping from the
District Reformatory for Women
at Occoquan last January. She
was serving two-to- -siX-year
sentence for robbery at the time
of the escape.
Richard A. Williams, listed as
a fugitive. was indicted for pass
ing a bad check for $527 with
American Airlines.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
'Takon1a Park
Keeps Tax Rate

The Takoma Park City Coun.
Gil last night adopted its annual
budget and continued the cur
rent tax rate for another yeal
starting July /.
The budget, after reductions
totaled $426, 500, with a tax rate
of 81 per $100 of real property
valuation. The increase over last
year amounts to about $43,960
The anticipated revenue is ex-
pected to reach $478. SOL, as CON-
pared with $429,155 in 1954-55
In the new budget the police
department chief receives an an
nual salary increase of 5000
to $4,000, and the fire chief 500
to $500. Salary of the city
clerk treasurer was increased
from $500 to $6,250. Included
in new equipment is $1,l00 for
police radar to catch speeders
A bicycle license fee will be
charged.
The fire department will be
able to buy a new ambulance
and a new siren to go atop the
f1rehouse at Carroll and Phila-
delphia avenues. Increases were
approved for both the fire and
police departments for personnel
next year.
Employees in the city office
also came in for salary increases
which together with other items
totaled $43,660. The new Ii
brary at Maple and Philadelphia
avenues receives $15.905.
The public works department
receives the largest amount fol
the next year. The total ap.
proximates $176,818. In the
closing hours of the council
meeting it was found necessary
to delete the sum of $11 1858 from
the budget and this was accom-.
plished partly by eliminating the
Brashears Run project from
Ritchie to Lincoln avenues.
Citizens participated in dis
cussions of the budget, after
which the council went into
executive session.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Mount Rainier Physician
Heads New Heart Group

The new Prince Georges
County Heart Association held
its organizational meeting at
Hyattsville last night and elect
ed DR.. Waldo B., Meyers. Mount
Rainier physician. as president.
Other new officers are Mrs.
y. Elmo Brogdon, vice president; /;
Mrs. Betty Tayman. secretary.
and Arthur M. Woodside, treas
urer.
Elected to the Board of Direc-
tors were County Commissioner
Herbert w. Reichelt, Philip Lus-
tine. Harry w. Penn, Mrs. Bess
Lavine, Miss Mary Thompson,
Caesar L. Aiello, Joseph Long
ridge, Harry Boswell, ST.; Mrs.
Charles Cormack, Mrs. Richard
Schuler, Mrs. Robert c. Mere
Idith, Mrs. Frank Small. jr.;; Mrs.
Richard Downs, Mrs. Mary Pow
'ers, Mrs. Henry Hamann, DR..
Aaron Deitz, DR.. Thomas Chris
'tensen, DR.. Robert McCeney, DR..
.Beryl Miller and DR.. James
Sasscer.
MIR. Lustine. Hyattsville auto
dealer, was named campaign
chairman for the county heart
fund drive next February.
The group heard talks by DR..
Helen B. TauSsig, internationally
known specialist on congenital
heart disease, and Clyde E. Arbe-
CAST, executive director of the
Maryland Heart Association.
Scientific equipment used to
fight heart disease was demon
strated. including the Pace
maker" machine which the as
,sociation plans to present to the
Prince Georges General Hospital.
The machine is used to help
start a patients heart should it
stop beating during an opera
ton.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Virginia Students to Study
Store History Starting in Fall

Mr.. Reid said textbooks being
prepared for the curricula
changes will not be ready by
next fall. Instead, the depart
ment is mailing to division super
intendents an outline of the new
courses which will 60 into effect
in September.
The changes are the result Of a
study by the Virginia History and
Government Textbook Commis-
sion appointed by the 1850 Gen
eral Assembly to seek ways Of
improving the understanding Of
Virginia's past by youth through
out the State.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Man Held Without Bond
In Alexandria KiIIino

Vance Coleman, 42-year-old
Alexandrian accused of shooting
a fellow roomer, was held for
the grand jury without bond
yesterday by Alexandria Police
on a murder charge.
Coleman, colored. of 2 Butts
court, is charged with Staying
Jerome Jackson, 20, colored. of
the same address, with a shot
gun Sunday night. The victim
was shot while he was playing
checkers in the backyard with
another roomer.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
continue to be operated with

continue to be operated with
about 80 carefully selected
prisoners - no hardened crimi-
nals-sent there from the Mary
land House of Correction.
The State also maintains camps
in Queen Anne, Wicomico and
Anne Arundel Counties. The lat
ter camp. near the Sandy Point
State Park, formerly was in Cal
vert County.
The Gaithersburg camp was
there for about six years. 1t has
ia supervisory crew of sorae eight
to 10 guards and officers.
Evening star., 1955-06-07

RICHMOND, June Z tP.-The
State Department of Education
reported yesterday that several
changes in public school curricula
will go into effect this fall.
Ray E. Reid, assistant State
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, said that among other
things Virginia history and geog-
raphy will be substituted for
American history and geography
in seventh grade courses and
American history and govern
ment will replace civics and social
studies as an 9th grade topic Of
study.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
SO Seniors to Get Diplomas
At St. Agnes Commencement

Senator Margaret Chase
Smith, Republican. of Maine,
will speak at commencement ex-
ercises of st. Agnes Episcopal
School in Alexandria at 1890
am, tomorrow.
Diplomas will be presented to
36 graduating seniors, and GER
tificates of graduation will be
awarded three other seniors.
S Nen awards and scholarships
will be presented outstanding
students in the graduation class.
Evening star., 1955-06-07

Mr.. Deaver is a member of the
County Committee,
and a district vice chairman.
His wife, Mrs. Joyce Boland
Deaver, a native of Virginia, is
former president of the Annan-
dale PTA. They have two sons.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Flag to Be Dedicated
BY Mrs. Sullivan

Representative Sullivan, Dem
ocratic congresswoman from
Missouri, will dedicate a new
flag for Cissel-Saxon American
Legion Post No. Al at 8 pm.
Friday in the Post home at 905
Sligo avenue in Silver Spring
Representative Hyde, Repub-
lican, of Maryland will introduce
Mrs. Sullivan. The drum and
bugle corps of Boy Scout Troop
294 and a Marine Corps band
will play.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Housing Group Elects

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, June
7 (SpeciaD John L. Naden-
bousch, insurance executive. has
been renamed chairman of the
Martinsburg Housing Authority.
Allen Katz, merchant, was re-
named vice chairman.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
School Fund Hearing

RICHMOND, June 5 (P.-The
problem of how best to distribute
school funds will be discussed at
a public hearing june IA at the
Senate Chamber of the State
Capitol.
Evening star., 1955-06-07

Diplomas will be awarded the
following:
Androus, Jean Ellen Jackson, Helen l..
Baggett, Ann Jaudon. Judith Ann
Blessing, Elizabeth Lanyon, Ann M. NJ.
BogueSS, Joan Carl Lincoln. Alice j.
Boiling, Deborah LeBosQuet, Joan o,
Carle. Amy Louise Mcpherson, Judith
Davis, Joan HarWeH Miller, Elizabeth
DeLaShmutt, Nancy Muslin, Douglas H.
DowneS, Mary P Nelson, AlexaC.
Duckworth, Diana Nevins, Judy Powell
Gooch, Francis W. Newman, Dorothy F
Haydock, Susan Niepold, Mary Kay
Heflin, Ann l. Ramsey. Alison Kine
Henderson. Sondra Rogers, Nancy E.
Henry, Roberta S, Seeley, Sylvia T.
Hogle, Beverly G. Taft, Marcella E.
Holcomh, Lucy j. Thatcher. Elizabeth
Hunnicutt, Elizabeth Wells. Frances Jean
Certificates of graduation will be pre-
Sented to Ann Havard. Joan A. BoWser
and Barbara Ann Cliffe,
Evening star., 1955-06-07

Diplomas will be awarded the
Evening star., 1955-01-26
81. AIbans Study Club
Headed by Stokes

Thomas L. Stokes. jr, Pulitzer
Prize-winning columnist, has
been appointed chairman Of the
Government Club Of st Adams
School for Boys, which has just
completed 20 years Of study in
the field Of government and pub
lie affairs.
Organized IN 1894 by the Rev.
Albert Hawiey Lucas. head
master, the club enables stu
dents In the nth and sixth
forms to examine the problems
Of government and procedure In
meeting the problems. Those
enrolled are divided into factions
representing political parties.
At weekly meetings. the boys
invite men prominent in ma
tional and international affairs
to address them. They have
heard from cabinet officers,
members Of Congress, diplomats,
other representatives Of foreign
governments and prominent
writer's.
The late Harold b. Hinton. O
Washington correspondent for
The New York Times, was FIRST
chairman Of the Government
Club. MIR. Stokes succeeds
Walter Waggoner, another Times
correspondent. who Is being
transferred from Washington to
The Hague.
Evening star., 1955-01-26
Piggy Bank BureIurs
Get Coin Collection

James E. Mabry Of 8417 New
Hampshire avenue, Takoma Park
(Md.) reported to Prince Georges
County Police yesterday that his
collection Of coins, old and new,
was stolen by Q burglar who re-
moved two piggy banks from
his home.
In one bank, he said, were
$l87 In half dollars and 16 silver
dollars. The second bank con-
tanned $25 In old coins.
Entrance was made through
q rear door where the burglar
broke o glass to unlock the door,
police said.
Evening star., 1955-01-26

See why LOOK Magazine
and the National Munici-
pal League selected Rock
Vile, Md. to receive this
most coveted of all awards
for civic progress. G ct
LOOK today.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
N HIGHLIGHTS
TODAY

1889 WNfAL (7D - Cavalcade
of America: Young lawyers
work for wayward children
is told in Sunrise on q
Dirty Face"
500 WRC (D-Martha Rave:
Comedy revue with Mar
tina. Rocky Graziano and
guests.
$500 WTTG t5)-Studio 81:
Medical researcher miStak-
enly injects himself with
faulty serum in THE Last
Day on Earth; Walter Coy.
$500 WTOP (9l = Life With
Father: A clients beautiful
daughter causes complica-
tionS.
$3.50 WMAL "a - Who Said
That: New time period with
Groucho Marx as guest
panelist.
900 WRC ~ FireSide
Theater: Drama of a for
mer boxing champ on the
skids; John Mitchum, Con-
stance Bowling.
800 WMAL "a -. Danny
Thomas: Daughter Terry
decides she's old enough to
take charge when mothers
away.
$3.50 WRC (4)-Circle Theater:
Mann Rubin's drama, Hero
at Home"
$3.50 WMAL GU. S. Steel:
Ralph Bellamy in Fearful
Decision repeat perform
ance of drama concerning
father whose son is kidnapped.
11:25 WMAL t7)-Studio Seven:
Evening star., 1955-05-10
RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

1855 WWDC-Baseball: Detroit
at Washington. Not tele-
viSed.)
5000 WRC-People are Funny:
Art Linkletter tests power Of
female intuition.
sos WGMS-Futurama: Anne
Blair moderates program on
foods and kitchens with Mar
garet Spader.
$3.50 WRC-Dragnet: Sergt. Fri
day apprehends a burglary
suspect but must continue
search for 100000 loot.
500 WTOP - Rose airy
Clooney: Numbers include
Love Among the Young" and
"On a Golden Afternoon.
Evening star., 1955-05-10

cieunliness-ne SCOT. no Crime.
pseore,s your home In even The light.
est eolon. Wsotherfren keeps homes
rsmorkobIy slson sloshes elsoninS
bills 10 the bonel
Evening star., 1955-05-10

Supernatural drama Of dead
woman's attempt to reclaim
her son: Andrea King.
I1:I5 WTTG (5)-Signet Thea
ter: West Point graduate
finds that more than theory
is involved when military
strategy deals with human
beings: Wilton Graf.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19
August e Voting To Name Leaders OF
Crop Quotas, Price Support Program

There VIII be six voting places
IN Prince Edward county on Au-
gust rs when farmers elect ASC
G m m unity committeeman to
serve the year beginning Septens-
Der !. 1855. ID G. Morris, ASC
county office manager. has an
nounced
Polls viii be open from 80 a
m 10 s 90 y m al the following
places. Farmyille, Trial Justice
office Iiampden Agricultural
Bldg W0rsham Prospect Pros
poet School Buffalo. Darlington
Heights School Leigh Green Bay
School and Lockett, Rice School
Farmers VII vote for i've per
so!4S-~elther those listed as mona
laees. or others whose names mky
be wr!ten N on blank spaces On
the ballot
Who X Eligible
Farmers are eligible TO vote who
Rre Of legal voting age, and who
have an interest in farm on
which one Of the approved ACp
practices Is being carried out this
year, or WHO are eligible for a CO
operators loan or other prize
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19

supports In addition. persons un-
der voting age may vote II they
are IN charge Of farming opera
lions on the entire farm Tenants
and sharecroppers may vote If
they are otherwise eligible
Morris urged all farmers to
vote pointing out that commit
tecmen viii have important roles
III the administration of ACP
marketing quota and price sup
port programs ASC programs
are Of Importance 10 almost every
farm IN this county. ard the ne
cesslty OF having good committee
men 10 administer these programs
cannot be accomplished Re
said.
District Nominees
LISTED below are the nominees
for community ecmmittsemen for
the following communities
Falmville~ C w. Dickhof j
Monroe Foster. w. l. Barksdaie
Frank Huddleston. f. A Watson
J q Hudson. c. l. Wilkerson.
A f Dunkley. V y Bollinger and
f. w Stockton
Continued on Page G.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19
High School Faculty Nearly Complete
As Three More Teachers Accept Posts

Remaining needs TO complete
the faculty at Farmvllle High
School were further reduced this
week With the selection of Mrs.
f. B. Simkins. Of Farmyille, Her
bert Goodman, OF Cumberland,
and Harmon Shell, OF CreWe, for
positions there, according To an
announcement today by Super
jntendent + J Mcllwaine.
Mrs simkins, n LonRwo 0 Il
graduate and teacher in the cle-
mentafy system last year. and
Shell who taught ut Pearisburg
last year, viii deyoge most Of their
teaching 10 English
They replace the Misses Lots
Callahan and Louise Fitzgerald.
who accepted positions cl S e.
where in the old Dominion for
the 1888 So session.
Recent Graduate
Goodman. 1855 graduate at
Longwood College. viii replacs
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19
William Nj. Spencer.
FarmviIIe Airman,
In Newfoundland

3-3e William NJ. Spencer, son
Of Mr. and Mrs II Willard
Spencer, $40 High Street. Farm
vile. is presently stationed with
the United States Air Force at
Ernest Harmon Air Force Base.
Newfoundland
Ernest Harmon key base in
the Northeast Air Command. is
located on the west coast of New
foundland. II is one Of the first
refuellne stops for military air
craft flying the North Atlantic
route TO Europe.
Alrnan Spencer entered the
service IN October 1884 and re-
celyed hts basic training at Samp-
fon AFB, New York. and was
later sent to Chanute AFB. III
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19

Observers at Tie new weather
station operated at the FarmviHe
headquarters Of District 4 Viz
gina Forest Service. probably can
qualify ~ veteran sky -scanners
nov after hfing put TO the test
by two hurricanes within a week
The station Was formerly 10
Gated at Bugs Island Dam, but
was removed here when the Dis
trict headquarters, moved TO neW
offices on East Third street
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19

Bugs Island lies within the
area supervised by District 4
forestcr6. but the Instruments
were read BY personnel there
Well Equipped
Neyin + Slusser. district fire
chief said the station here is
equipped to measure wind vclo-
city. with an thermometer, or wind
guagc, the amount of rainfall 10
determine fuel moisture con-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-19

As far as she affected the
various municipal departments of
Farmpille Hurricane Connie was
merely a mischieyous cal Who
flirtcd awhile then Shipped town
before anyone really cot "a KNOW
her worry well.
Like many girls given To coy
flirtatiOus chances. She kcpl a lot
Of men on edge The entire work
ing personnel II She Street.
Water, Sewer and Police depart
mentS remained on duty to III
p m, last Friday
Even after that overtime hitch
Two men were left as an alert.
throughout the night A. stand
by emergency personnel they
could wake the remainder II
necessary. + heir Headquarters
was in the Fire Department..
Still Hauling
Typicallv. Connie left trail Of
memories and Town Manager L..
z. Johnston said today Street
department uorkmcn are sul
hauling away truck loads III
limbs branches leaves and mis-
cellancous debris piled up by tue
visitor.
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