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Evening star., 1955-06-09
Political Life Upheld
BY Senator Smith

Senator Margaret ChasD
Smith, Republican, of Maine
told graduating seniors at 81
Agnes School in Alexandria yes
terday that politics is an hon
orable business"
Senator Smith stressed tn,
role of the politician in democ
racy in a preface to her remark
on the duties of citizenship.
Every elected official is a poll
tician. Most of them are honest
tits only a few who give politics
Ia bad name" she said.
Politicians are officials sensi.
tive to the people who electec
them" she said. Surely there
lis nothing wrong in that. Il
there were, there would be some.
thing wrong with our democ.
Iracy."
Senator Smith told the IS
seniors that they have the re-
sponsibility Of being "articulate
citizens. I'VE get out of gov.
ernment only what we put into
1T. Democracy. on the practical
side, is government by the most
articulate majority" she said.
Evening star., 1955-06-09

Receiving a degree in law was
Richard Freeman. 81, one of the
original Quiz Kids. He learned
to read at the age of 2 ano
passed the entrance eXamina-
tions for the University of Chi
cago when IL. He was graduated
from there at Is with a bachelor
of arts degree in liberal arts and
from George Washington Uni
versity at 18 with a degree in
business administration. He lives
lat 2480 Sixteenth street NV.
Award to Mrs. Wiley
Alumni Achievement Awards
were given to Mrs. Harvey w,
Wiley, clubwoman: DR.. Joseph
Rowe, professor of biochemistry
in the Medical School. and w.
Paul Briggs. director of the
American Foundation of Phar-
maceutical Education.
DR.. Marvin received a tele-
gram from American Ambassa-
dor Gerald A. Drew, in La Paz,
Bolivia, asking him to congrat-
ulate his daughter, Judy, upon
her receiving a bachelor of arts
degree.
A former vice president of
Czechoslovakia, Stephen Koc-
vara, 2249 Savannah terrace
Sc, now a legal analyst at the
Library of Congress, received a
masters degree in comparative
law.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Young Bodies Built Up
By Food, Fun and Rest

Children gain an average Of
two or three pounds apiece dur
ing their stay at Camp Good
Will and Camp Pleasant.
The healthful routine of play
/ in the fresh country air, regu-
lar wholesome meals and long
hours of sleep stores new vigor
L in little bodies which aren't used
to that sort of care.
Even getting enough to eat is
an unusual experience for some
At camp, the. children live in
rustic cabins, from six to nine
to a counselor. Here is a typical
camp day:
At 7::30 am. the campers get
up and dress for breakfast.
Breakfast at 8:15 consists Of
eggs or cereal and hot cocoa or
milk depending on the weather.
Sunday breakfast is special, with
pancakes and sausage, for in
stance.
After breakfast, the campers
go back to their own cabins and
make the beds and sweep UP. The
work of policing the cabin area
is divided up.
An hour of arts and crafts fol-
lows. The children make things
out of clay, metal or wood to
take home, weave baskets from
honeysuckle or work on their
costumes for play.
Swimming Lessons
After a trip back to their cab
ins to get their bathing suits,
the campers have instructional
swimming. A Red Cross Water
Safety instructor and the cabin
counselors supervises the train
ing in beginning, intermediate
and advanced swimming for Ger
tificates.
BY then, the youngsters have
worked up a whopping appetite
for the big meal of the day
lunch. with meat, potatoes, vege-
table, all the milk they can
drink, bread, butter and des-
sert.
After lunch comes a half
hours rest before more SWIM
ming-this time "just for fun"
Nature classes are next. The
children study birds and insects
and plants. and the skills of out
ming-this time lust for fun"
fire.
Then the camp convenes for
a ball game or some other group
event.
The evening meal is light, with
soup and salad or sandwiches,
but plenty of milk.
There is another half hours
free period then, before the
campers gather around the
campfire for a song fest, a skit
or story telling. Sometimes group
sleep outs" or overnight hikes
are planned.
Taps sounds at $3.50 and the
counSelors spend about half an
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Integrotion
In Frederick
County Slated
By the Associated Press

Frederick County is the second
of Maryland's % counties to an
nounce definite plans for inte-
grafton of Negro and white stu
dents.
The county School Board said
yesterday that junior and SEN
ior high school students would
be integrated in September, 1856.
Supt. Eugene w. Pruitt said ele-
mentary school desegregation
may take place on a piecemeal
basis over a years time.
Earlier this week, Montgomery
County announced plans to inte-
crate some of its schools this
fall.
Five other counties have set
up citizens committees to study
moves toward desegregation in
compliance with last week S
Supreme Court order. That may
we'll be the first step in most
counties, especially those where
Negroes make up a large per-
centage of the school population.
Carroll County has com e
closest to making a move similar
to those taken by Frederick and
Montgomery. CAROLS school
board voted to end segregation in
school athletics and in dance
and music festivals next Sep
tember. A decision for full in
tegration has been deferred
pending a report by a citizens
committee.
Similar committees have been
established in Montgomery,
Prince Georges, Calvert and
Worcester Counties. In addition
the Citizens Committee plan will
be discussed next Tuesday by
school boards in Kent and Som
erset Counties.
A committee will be set up in
Frederick County to assist in
future desegregation planning.
Supt. Pruitt said a move to-
ward integration this year is
prevented by a lack of physical
facilities in some areas. He said
three schools being constructed
with integration in
mind-will be ready by 1856.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
hour getting their charges set
tied down to sleep.

hour getting their charges set.
tied down to sleep.
Perhaps as memorable as tht
good times and the friendships
at camp are the tragedies
the time Johnny tipped the stew
over into the fire and the hun.
CRY cooker-outers had to hikt
back to camp.
Or the rain that drenched tht
outdoor sleeping party, neces'
Stating a call for the camp
truck to come after them, anc
much hustle of hanging soaked
blankets up to dry.
Time for Tears
There are plenty Of tears
when the children bid goodby
Ito Prince william Forest Park
near Quantico, Va. But the
benefits in the way of better
health and adventures to re.
member stay with them for 8
long time afterwards.
You can give a Washington
area child this kind of a r.
day vacation-one his parents
couldn't possibly manage fol
him.
Send your contribution to the
Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund. Without your help. not all
the children for whom there Is
room can go. Will you see that
mo beds go empty that could be
filled?
The Star today acknowledges
the following contributions:
orn,,;A,,-lxy - nI.~
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Arlington Meetinq

The Arlington Republican Club
and the Republican Women's
Club of Arlington meet at 8
O'Clock tonight in the Lyon Viii
lage Community House to hear
Representative Cramer, Repub-
lican. Of Florida. The women's
council will give a turkey and
ham dinner at 6 pm. before the
meeting.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Westinghouse Girl
Gets $3.50 for Study

Winifred Firsht. Washington
Lee High School senior. was
presented with a check for $3.50
yesterday to be used for college
training in preparation for q
teaching career.
Presentation was made by
Gordon Larson. chairman of the
Arlington Citizens Committee
for Teacher Recruitment, and
represented contributions by a
number Of county parent-teacher
associations. Miss Firsht Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
H. Firsht, 3548 North Delaware
street. Arlington.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Scouts Plan Air Trip

Twenty-Five Cub Scouts from
Pack ABS, Silver Spring, will fly
Iroundtrip Saturday from Wash
ington to Baltimore on money
earned by selling light bulbs.
Sponsor of the pack is the Silver
Spring intermediate School PTA.
Cubmaster Is M. Drue Gillis.
Evening star., 1955-06-09

Sundays program will include
"a water carnival beginning al
noon, a bathing beauty contest
at 8 pm. and awarding Of prizes
at 4 pm.
A baby contest is scheduled for
2 pm. Friday. Fishermen will
compete from s am. tomorrow
TO 2 pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Dance in Wheaton

The Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce will hold dance at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Melody
Room on Ennals avenue in the
Triangle Shopping Cen ter,
Wheaton. Thomas Amatucci, jr.,
Il chairman of the committee.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
CAMP. FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4, D. c.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $17.86 for six
days, $35.72 for IL days.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Nowicki Elected

Stanley j. Nowicki of Silver
Spring yesterday was elected Sec
retary of the Customer Relations
Council of the American Truck
ing Associations at their annual
meeting held in Portsmouth,
N. H.
Evening star., 1955-06-09

SSHool puu9et SioSHSS py heese StoW
Into Public Storm. Pose AS
for the operating budget, rather
than the School Boards request
of $14.1 million. Mr.. Reese has
cited $l3.1 million as sufficient.
| A sum of $7,060,8 ,857 was advo-
Gated by the civic group for con-
struction.
Special Report Issued
Defending its position in q
special report, the civic group
said it's proposed budget could be
carried out by raising the tax rate
from its current $1.87 to $1.99.
plus the Scent capital levy. The
report pointed out that this rate
still would be less than the $2.10
rate in effect for the fiscal year
ending June, 1858.
The 220 teachers asked by the
School Board could be cut to 200.
members agreed. but not to 157.
as the county manager proposed.
Members also said a request
for As teachers for special area
work and for handicapped chill
dren should be reduced to %.
The civic group, however, went
along with the school officials
desire for 10 additional teacher
supervisors.
After additional figuring. the
civic group said a $738. .304 MAIN
tenance cost derived at by school
officials cut be sliced to $698, ,804.
and a $605 ,482 amount for trans
portation reduced to $599,782
Would Revise Construction
Turning to construction, resi-
dents agreed that substantial
revisions should be made in the
plan offered by the Board Of
Education. A 81 million reduce
ton in the elementary program
was advocated by members, to
be Offset by additional junior
and senior high schools.
The report, citing estimated
increases in secondary schools,
urged school officials to spare no
energy in completing the North
wood Junior-Senio High School
by the fall Of 1856.
Declaring that construction Of
school additions in some cases is
economically impractical and
actually harms classroom opera
tions, the report further urged
erection of l,000-pupil Junior
high in the Kensington- Wheaton
area, and one in the White Oak
Colesville neighborhood.
Other Recommendations
In other budget considerations
the civic group called for $74,3S4
for civil defense, including $5,272
for an assistant director to
recruit volunteers. Mr.. Reese
has said $52,845 could do the job.
The county managers idea OF
a health budget met citizen ap-
proval, with one exception.
Members thought the depart
request for six additional
nurses should be granted.
A S15.910 sum was voted onto
Mr.. Reese's library budget, rais-
ing it to $33O,855 to provide for
a bookmobile and three persons
to man it.
The county budget calls for
$55,000 to be used for planning
a swimming pool in the Wheaton,
Silver Spring area, and a $143,-
900 ALLEGATION in 1867 for con-
struction. The civic group wants
the $198.000 spent this year.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
FIoo Observance

BEDFORD, Va. June 9 (P.-
Flag Day will be observed at the
E1ks National Home here Sun
day ut 2 pm.
Evening star., 1955-06-09
Citizens Hit Cut
In Montgomery
School Budget
Would Restore Slash
Proposed by Reese
BY Tax Rate Raise

Restoration of most of the $4.2
million cut proposed by Mont
lgomery County Manager M. L.
Reese from the school budget
was urged last night by the
Allied Civic Group of Silver
Spring, Inc.
A raise in the tax rate would
support the program.
F.! The association recommended
that $13.8 million be allocated
Evening star., 1955-06-09

School Budget SIoshes by Reese Grow
Into Public Storm. Pose AS
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-10-08
M1sslssipplans Seek
To Ban Probe by FBI

COLUMBUS, Miss, Oct. 4 49,
AS FBI agents continued the probe
into charges that Mississippi Ne
groeS were denied the right to
vote or that their ballots had not
been counted in the August pri-
maries, the Lowndes County
Democratic executive committee
here passed a caustic resolution
condemning federal intervention
in the gubernatorial primary.
Negroes in this area whose
votes were challenged during the
state Democratic primary cleo
ton have been questioned by F'BI
agents who began the inveStiga-
ion following complaints filed by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
with the Department OF Justice.
On Sept. Z, Warren Olney III as
1Ired a delegation headed by Roy
wilkins, NAACP executive sec
rotary, that a thorough investi-
CATION would be made.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-10-08
ALL-WHITE
CONGREGATION
CHOOSES NEGRO
FOR PASTOR

MYSTIC, CONN. - CAMP -
The congregation of the all
White Old Mystic Methodist
Church has selected a Negro min
lister, the Rev. Simon p. Mont
gomery, as their pastor, the first
such appointment in the history
of the Methodist Church.
The congregation said it picked
Rev. Montgomery because he
breaches the word of God with
vigor, not with volume.
Hes not what we up here call
"holy howler," said Roland
Avery, chairman of the pastor re-
lationS committee of the church.
Hes a good speaker and he
picks out topic in the Bible and
he discusses it from every point
of view.
HE really explains it TO you,
and he doesn't raise his voice.
When he's finished a sermon, you
feel you've learned something.
The congregation selected the
Rev. Montgomery after hearing
him speak for a second time.
Avery said the adult congregation
felt they'd learned enough to
know they wanted him to be their
pastor. The vote for him was
I unanimous.
Rev. Montgomery, who is only
80, and the father of boy, 6,
and a girl, 3, said he viii COM
bine his church duties with his
position as English instructor at
the nearby Norwich Technical
School in Norwich, where he lives.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-10-08
CHURCH GIVES
$1,000 TO HELP
END TERROR IN
MISSISSIPPI

NEW YORK - Topping con-
tributions received at NAACP
headquarters this week is a gift
of $1,000 to carry on the fight for
freedom in Mississippi from the
members of Concord Baptist
Church in Brooklyn of which the
Rev. Gardner Taylor is pastor.
Following the acquittal of the
accused SlayerS of 14-year-old
Emmett Louis Till, many persons
and organizations have sent in
contributions to strengthen the
NAACP, in the work it is doing
in Mississippi and elsewhere in
the South to make impossible a
recurrence of the brutal Till muir
der.
In addition to the written mes
sages, hundreds of persons have
telephoned offering to do anything
possible TO speed the day when
such a catastrophe as that in Mis-
sissippi will be impossible. Many
have offered to collect funds and
send them in to the NAACP.
81 am enclosing a purely VOL
untary contribution for the work
for which your association is or
ganized," a letter says. 1.-The very
recent atrocious attack on a little
colored boy in Mississippi impelS
this action on my part"
One letter. writer asserts: My
wife and l have been triggered
into taking action partly by re-
cent events in Mississippi, but
perhaps TO a greater extent by
Homer Bigart'S New York Herald
Tribune articles on the headaches
Of school indignation, which de-
pict so well the kind of uphill
battle your representatives down
there must fight Enclosed
please find a contribution
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-10-08
1t Pays to Advertise

The Lowndes County commit
tee resolution called for enact
ment of a state law making II a
criminal act for any federal agent,
officer on employee TO interfere
with, impede or seek TO investi-
gate any matter which lies who'll
ly within the power, authority
and jurisdiction Of the State of
Mississippi, and prescribing a
penintentiary sentence as q PEN
atty for violation thereof"
Meanwhile the committee in
structed its members not 10 laid,
abet, or assist" or cooperate in
any manner with FBI agents con-
Quoting the investigation. II ask
ed for the support Of "all loyal
Mississippians."
In addition to Negro voters,
FBI representatives also ques-
toned members OF the local Dem
ocratic committee and asked for
related 70 the prima-
ries.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-10-08
My God Spoke Unto
The Water

BY SISTER WILLIE GRIFFIN
Pure in Heart Christian Spiritual
Singer
No, the water couldn't hold MS
body down,
When my God spoke from up
above
Unto the water down below
Yes, Emmett L. Till, he was only
fourteen,
He was such a swell little child;
These are the words that my God
said,
Unto the water down below,
That body that you are holding
down,
want you 70 turn it aloose"
That's why, Lord, in his home
town,
He was loved on each and every
side;
Lord, tr1ly hope that the child's
soul was saved,
And ne has got a home on high;
Because the enemies that stole his
life,
Lord, they sure aren't satisfied.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-10-08
S. c. Economic War Spreads As
Negroes Fight Back Vigorously
BY MoDJEskA sIMPkINs

ORANGEBURG, S. C.-(ANP)
- The economic pressure direct
ed against Negroes in the Orange
burg-Elloree area has famed out
to include many more businesses
in the area and long list of COM
monly-uSed products.
In Orangeburg, the county seat
of sprawling Orangeburg county,
and home of Claflin and State A
and M colleges, every device and
subterfuge is being used to force
Negroes in economic submission.
Firings from jobs have multiplied.
Vicious behavior is evident on all
sides.
When the squeeze first became
evident, for instance in the denial
of deliveries of Coca Cola to Ne
gro merchants, the spirit of the
White Citizens Councils became
apparent.
Coca Cola might be described
as luxury item, but add to this
the denial of bread, milk, and
medicine - definite human needs
and one sees Immediately the
length to which southern Anglo
Saxon Christians will go in the
inhuman SubverSion.
One White citizen declared TO
this writer last week that in many
communities a 80 percent effec-
tive boycott by Negroes would
close 80 percent of the White bus
ineSSeS which are locally owned.
The Calussen Bakery of Au-
guSta and the makers of South
ern Bread are now denying bread
deliveries, apparently to aid in
breaking the boycott placed by
Negroes on Sunbeam Bread, man
ufactured by the company headed
by the mayor of Orangeburg, who
is prominent in the squeeze ma
neauverS.
Pepsi Cola, DR.. Pepper, and
Royal Grown Cola have joined
Coca Cola in denying deliveries
to Negro businesses. The squeeze
area has widened to include Clar-
endon and Sumter counties.
Crum Brothers, holding the
General Motors franchise in
Ocangeburg and selling Pontiac
and Buick cars and Frigidaire ap-
pliances, have refused to extend
monthly payment privileges to a
petitioner who decided to pur-
chase a deep freeze that had been
on demonstration in his home
Other firms which have joined
the squeeze are Smoak Hardware,
Duncan Hardware, the LimehouSe
firm, makers OF Boy Scout ap-
parel; Taylor Biscuit Co, Curtis
Candies, Toms and Lays pack
aged CONNECTIONS.
Other strange deals are the
scholarly letters TO the newspaper
by backsliding petitioners. Char
acterized by legal Technology.
and in some cases by brilliant and
polished expression, they give lie
to the White writer who manages
in some way TO use the name of
the hapless victim of pressure.
The squeeze movement now
covering nearly half of the state
is approaching in vigor and fervor
of the secession movement of a
century ago when even a large
segment of the church aided and
abetted the sale and spoilage Of
human beings.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
A Die+0rial Nieit IA T0n
Scenes of Mark Twoin's EorIy Life-ond
Aud A:e Er;and Au~klohorrv Eins

HANNIBAL. MO.
RMARK TWAIN called it st. Petersburg, but
lv1 devotees of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn will recognize In Hannibal, Mo-, many
of the landmarks described in these classics
Gone are the paddlewheelers and the river
pilots and the simple way Of life, but
youngsters growing up in Hannibal today
might still experience some of the adventures
that young Sam Clemens did.
If Twain owes debt to Hannibal for
providing the locale as well as the adventures
he captured in his books, he's repaying 1t by
providing the theme for one of the major
tourist attractions in the Midwest The entire
town has become a kind of Mark Twain
museum. Here stands the old Clemens house
with its white board fence that Tom Sawyer
tricked his friends into whitewashing for him,
the cave where Tom and Becky Thatcher got
lost and found buried treasure; and Jacksons
Island, where Tom and Huck played pirate.
To visitors who have never been here before,
these sights, recalled from childhood reading,
seem hauntingly familiar
The Clemens house has been restored and
furnished with antiques of the period when
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-22
MAGHINISTS STATE
COUNCIL MEETING Held
IN GREAT FALLS

Delegates from seven local unions
attended the two-day business SEES
sion of Montana Machinists State
Council in Great Falls last weekend.
Locals represented were Anaconda,
Billings, Helena, Harlowton, Kali
spell, Missoula and Great Falls.
Speakers at the convention includ-
ed ]. L. McBreen, Portland, lam vice
president; James S. TIMBER, Helena,
president Montana State Federation
of Labor; Gus Stricken, lam grand
lodge auditor; Floyd Smith and Ed
Cozad, grand lodge representatives.
Officers elected for the coming
year are Murray McNicol, Great
Falls, state council president; Henry
Hoffman, Helena, vice president;
Carl Dill, Great Falls, secretary
treasurer. Trustees elected are: Owen
Gabriel, Kalispell; Ed Kelly, Ana
conda, and Lloyd Wokasch, Helena.
Outgoing officers were Owen Ga
briel, 1854 president, and Carroll
Beise, Billings, vice president.
All sessions of the state council
were held in Great Falls
Union hall.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-22
"a peas ARE NOW
OWNED BY MEMBERS

Twentyfour of the 30 production
credit associations in Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and Washington are now COM
pletely member-owned. The remain
ing six associations are expected to
join the member-owned ranks by the
end of 1866.
peas becoming member-owned
the first of this year were Northeast
Montana, Wolf Point, Mont; Glen
dive, Glendive, Mont; Milk River,
Chinook, Mont; Conrad, Conrad,
Mont; Central Oregon, Redmond,
Ore; Mid-Columbia, The Dalles, Ore,
and Willamette, Salem, Ore.
GREAT PROGRESS MADE
When the peas were organized Fl
years ago, the government, through
the Production Credit Corporation of
Spokane, invested more than So
100000 in their capital stock to help
them get underway. At the end of
1854. the governments investment
had been reduced to only $155,000.
While retiring the government capital
these 80 associations have built up
approximately $8,O00,00O of member
owned capital and have accumulated
reserves and earnings in excess of 49,
100000.
During their 81 years of operation
the 80 associations have extended al
most 81 " billion of credit to farm
ers and ranchers in the four states.
CREDIT JOURNAL.