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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
BY VIRGINIA CULLEN

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del,
July 7.-Thirty-six Washington
area Boy Scouts of the famed
Mount Vernon Troop 654 took
their Independence Day holidays
seriously this week in a seven
day outing on the Army post of
Fort Miles. on Cape Henlopen.
The youths. headed by Eagle
Scout Gordon Herndon, were ac-
companied by Pentagon brass of
the Marine Corps and Air Force.
The troops flag is used at the
tomb Of George Washington. and
the Scouts take part in all cere-
monies at Mount Vernon.
The boys participated in real
army life, sleeping both Army
and Scout style and eating with
the post personnel at regular
mess. They also were given a
demonstration of AS calibre piS-
tol shooting on the outdoor
range. On the indoor range they
received instructions in handling
target rifles, using % calibre
Army style weapons. A live
model" for the instruction period
was young Reeve Wieland of
Rehoboth Beach. a member OF
the Rehoboth Rangers Club OF
boys and girls. He is the son
of Carl Wieland, National Rifle
Association instructor Wieland
is the only boy in the local area
who holds both the NRA and
the Army Expert marksman
grades.
Col. Vito S. Pedone of the Ali
Force, accompanied the Scouts
here. He is on the staff of
NATO. During the postwar
period Col. Pedone was assigned
to head all Boy Scout activities
in Italy. Also with the group
were 1t. Col. Kenneth E. Murphy
United States Marine Corps Re-
serves, and Gordon Allen of the
Research and Development Ord
nance Corps on Army fuels and
materiel. Col Murphy is as
ISOLATED with the criminal divi-
sion of the Department OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

orable and Mrs. Walter M. Bas-
tan, DR.. Roy F.. Dunmire and
family, Mrs. Florence L. Frieden-
berg, and Dr.. and Mrs. A. V,
Freeman.
Area guests recently at the
Commander: Gilbert Burns and
family, John B. Clerk Jr. and
family, Mrs. Adeline It, Baker,
Mrs. Frank Yates and family,
Paul B. Oehmann and family
Charles Dake and family, Miss
Francis A. Casey, Mrs. James M,
LOTUS, Mrs. Frederick Ramsey
Edward Hutchins and family
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Rout, Mr.
and Mrs. B. w. Holloman, A. w
Nails and family. Miss Edith F.
Gottwalls, Miss Florence McCabe
and Mrs. Dan Spindle.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Kelle Of
Washington are guests at the
Atlantic Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

ton arrived June 81 for a two
week vacation at the Hotel Hen
lopen. Mrs. Edwin H. Duff will
arrive July 81 for a week. This
week end at the Henlopen are
Mr.. L. P. Green, Mrs. Homer
Query and Mrs. Jean Fraser
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ]. Robb are
prolonging their stay through
next Monday, and Mr.. and. Mrs
H. M. Rockwell will be at the
hoStelry July l2-17. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Charles P. Nicholson o.
Arlington and daughter Betsy
were here four days this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Fix vii
be here from Tuesday through
July II. Mrs. Theodore Kane,
Washington artist and traveller
arrives at the Henlopen July 81
and while here will hang hel
solo exhibition of paintings il
Corkran Studio. Her show open:
July % and remains on view
through August 10.
A party of seven from Wash.
ington will be at the Henloper
July l4-l6. They are DR.. anc
Mrs. Barton Rechwine, DR.. anc
Mrs. Albert Rechwine, Mr.. anc
Mrs. L. Sommer, and Mrs. w
Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

Of Washington, and their two
children, Frances and Mary Vir-
ginia, arrived Tuesday to remain
through this Sunday as the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
M. Bingham in Henlopen Acres.
Mr.. and.' Mrs. Leonard Fell
Dotto of Washington have been
honeymooning at Rehoboth in
the studio apartment of Miss
Betty Burton. Mr.. Fel'Dotto is
with the Service Department of
the Capitol. and his bride, the
former Miss Inger Ramsey, is
secretary to the counsellor of
the Norwegian Embassy. The
couple returned to Washington
July Fourth to attend swim
ming party given by Mr., and Mrs.
Ira Byram.
Senior DR.. Don Francisco Ur-
rutia. Ambassador of Columbia,
and his wife, Sonora Dona
Genoveva de Urrutia and family,
have arrived to occupy Snug
Harbor on the canal in Henlopen
Acres for the rest of the season.
Senior DR.. Don Joaquin Jose
Vallarino and Sonora de VAL
larino Of the Embassy Of Panama
have leased for August through
Labor Day the Beard cottage in
the Acres.
Mrs. John Cobb of Washing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
.OCEANCITY
Continued From PAGE III

Continued From Page Ell
Maizels and family, Mr., and Mrs.
Gilbert A. Tribby, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. M. Halter, Miss Evelyn Eckert,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermon o. Bly,,
MI. and Mrs. G. H Foster, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert F.. Beasley. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank F.. Nesbit, Hon
, 1956-06-27
C~HRISTIANSTED

Shop notO and SAGE I5S on all cash purchases from 50. up
We are prepared to offer:
HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES, KITCHEN UTENSILS.
OFFICE FURNITURE CHAIRS, straight & folding)
D COT RUGS MATS. RUBBER GOODS.
ACT GOODS. BASEBALL & SOFTBALL BATS
GLOVES, B-ASKETBALLS. AIR RIFLES & SHOTS.
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MIXED TO SUIT YOUR VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS
ON REQUEST. OILS. ETC.. WIRE GOODS. ETC.
Keys made tDhile you tOdit and many other items
too numerous to mention.
, 1956-06-27

r, a "A.
Eastern nor National operates
4 single ~alI-cargo flight;
Stressing that the public in
terest demands a solution to
the winter log jams in traffic
between the Northeast and
Florida, Pan American ex-
planned its busy season on the
Atlantic is the reverse of the
Florida season, thus freeing
planes and crews to help meet
the peak demand along the
East Coast. The examiner
pointed out that because Of
the seasonality Of business Of
the route. no airline could at
ford added equipment just to
meet the heavy winter de-
mands.
pan American because Of
its winter surplus Of aircraft
and personnel is thus unique
" qualified to break the log
jams, the brief says.
With the advent of jets Pan
American will have even more
aircraft available for needed
winter service.
, 1956-06-27
MARINER

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breakfast at the Haussman's
home and then taken on a
tour of the Island: Mrs. Chap
man will be interviewed BY
John Colby, manager Of the
Chamber of Commerce At
12:45. The group will then be
taken to Hotel on the Cay for
lunch. The visitors Will leave
on the evening plane for St.
Thomas;they will be guests at
, 1956-06-27
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, 1956-06-27

.HlG6 .....
red with Postmaster Charles
Clarke Of Frederiksted, Act
ing Postmaster Gregory
Hodge of Kings Hill and Mr..
Armstrong, in the latter's of
flee, and departed at $40 pm.
On the trip also was ]. A.
Smith, a Pan American Off
cial, who did not attend the
conference but visited the lo-
cal Pan Am offices and look
ed into some Of the shops.
, 1956-06-27

The Virgin Isle Hotel; on Sat
urday they will be taken to
.St. John by private boat.
In the afternoon they will
leave for San Juan en- route
to New York and thence to
their homes in Pennsylvania
on Sunday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07

Rockville's referendum on the
plan to go to the Potomac for the
city's water supply may come
sooner than expected as result
of action taken at Tuesday nights
mayor and council meeting.
In progress report on the pro-
ject, city manager John MARYLAND
said in his opinion the city of.
ficials have enough information
to go to the people right now
without waiting for the federal
loan of $4,000 for engineering
costs.
With three more petitions for
annexation totaling 26412 acres
filed that night, councilman John
Oxley was led by the urgency
of the water situation to remark
We've got to get the water line
to the Potomac or else stop an.
nexing more territory"
This came on the heels of Mr..
Markland's statement that the
present water supply is sufficient
for a population of 10000, 1900
more than the present figure.
With water bans, it might DO for
25r000, he said, and at the present
rate of growth the city may reach
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Late News Briefs

ed by John Case and his sister
Margaret Case Cahoon, children
of the late Charles S. Case who
died recently. A shed on the old
mill property mysteriOusly blew
up i'm March. The Fire Mar
shall's office is investigating
Mondays blaze.
The Red Cross hopes to collect
200 pints of blood next Thursday
when the Bloodmobile visits
Gaithersburg for the first time
in almost six years. Donations
will be taken from 2 to 7:45 pm.
at the firehouse. Gray ladies will
care for children of donors. Red
Cross officials say this years
donations in the area are 113
pints below the quota.
The Montgomery County
Council holds a public hearing
July 3 at 2:l5 pm. on a pro.
posed amendment to the ron.
ing ordinance which will per.
init research institutions in res
identiaI areas. Johns Hopkins
University's Operations Re
search office has asked the
amendment so IL can build
new office in Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
ID. Men Hit
U. S. Agencies
Moving Here

The Washington Board OF
Trade is working quietly
we hope in the right places" to
prevent a wholesale trek to the
suburbs" by government agen-
cies, according to the boards May
newsletter. Board of Trade exec
utive vice president w. H. Press
refuses to say what behind-the-
scenes work his group is doing.
The Board of Trade project
comes on the heels Of last weeks
charge by Prince Georges Coun-
ty that Montgomery County Is
being favored by relocating gov
eminent agencies. Prince
Georges officials stated that even
though the Federal government
already owns much land in Prince
Georges. the county is being ig-
nored by agencies moving TO the
suburbs.
The Board of Trade newsletter
says there is a crying need" TO
maintain a minimum Federal
employment figure in ID. c. Mr..
Press says about 10000 Federal
workers the present number -
should be the minimum to keep
balanced development" in Wash
ington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Told
How Texts
Are Picked

The Montgomery County
School Board Monday night had
an international session with
staff members on the methods
of selecting textbooks. This was
follow-up to the boards action
in January banning Paul Landis'
Social Living" text and the sub
sequent widespread criticism.
Thomas Pyle, superintendent
of Institutional services, and
two members of his staff, Julia
Ardayne and Genevieve Blew,
gave a detailed explanation of the
procedures, using as their exam
pie the basic text list for senior
high courses in democracy, socio-
logy, economics and psychology.
To. get the list of nine texts,
Mrs. Ardayne, who's is the Off.
cial reader, explained that she
had read approximately 70 books,
most of which had been recon-
mended by teachers in these
courses.
While reading the books, she
keeps in mind not only the sub
ject matter but also the needs of
the particular group of students
who will use the text, she said.
Wylie Barrow, the board mem
Der who raised the original OBJ.
lection to the Lands text, was
not present for the session. Other
members, Willard McGraw and
Mrs. Rose Kramer, questioned the
staff on the amount of pressure
brought to bear on the receiver
and the teachers to select any
particular text which brought a
negative answer and how opin-
ions in the texts were handled.
Mrs. Ardayne reported that
any hint of indoctrination in a
book brought an unfavorable re.
view. Mrs. Blew pointed out that
the teachers always use supple
mentary materials to present all
points of view and that often the
students are encouraged by the
teacher to bring out different
opinions from those of the text.
The list of nine texts not yet
approved contains another book
by Paul Lands, your Marriage
and Family Living"
The board also took no action
on recommendations by Superin.
tendent Forbes Norris for a new
salary scale for supervisors, prin-
cipals and administrative staff to
bring these positions into line
with the new teacher pay scale.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
~ {.
Hospital Approyed1
But Foes Fight On
Referendum Group
Sure 10 Per Cent
Will Sign Petition

Officials of the 18th District
Referendum Association this
week were confident the group
will be able to collect enough slg-
natures to force a referendum
on the Silver Spring hospital bill
passed last week by the County
Council.
The Referendum Association
opposes the bill which authorizes
the county to float a 3 million
bond issue to build the Us bed
hospital at Forest Glen Road ana
Sligo Creek Parkway. The bond
would be repaid from a tax not
to exceed Z cents per 500 of as
sessable property in the 18th
(Wheaton-Silver SPRING. cleo
ton district.
Signatures from 10 percent of
the county's more than 100000
registered voters are needed to
force a referendum. Originally
it was believed only five percent
were needed but Association pres
ident Julian A. Bartolini says a
check showed the Council passed
legislation about five years ago
setting the figure at 10 percent.
County Council president Rob-
ert T. Snure, who introduced the
hospital legislation says if the
issue comes to referendum he
hopes "the people of the 18th dis.
trict vote so overwhelmingly. in
support of the bills provisions as
to prevent voters in other districts
from depriving taxpayers in the
Silver Spring-Wheaton area of
hospital facilities for which we
are willing 10 be taxed and which
we so rightfully need and de-
serve"
Meanwhile the Referendum AS
ISOLATION met Monday night to
distribute 400 petitions, each with
space for Is signatures. At the
bottom of each petition is space
for a notary seal.
After the meeting Roy M. Coff-
man, in charge of distributing the
petition, and Mr.. Bartolini, said,
Z
I'VE will definitely get enough
signatures"
Mr.. Coffman says the goal is
1900 lanes "to allow for some
disqualification" Mr.. Coffman
called the signature collection "a
gargantuan job"
The Association hopes to have
all its signatures collected by Au-
gust 10. The hospital bill viii!
take effect August IS unless the
Council votes So to veto it.
! The Association has named
Paul Coughlan its treasurer an9
Mrs. Virginia Mitchell its secre
tary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07

DIR. Lewis Merriam was reflect
ed Monday to his third term as
mayor of Kensington. Unoppos.
ed, he collected III votes. The
two council positions were won
by Richard II. Clark, incumbent
with 153 votes, and James r.
Hibbs with 156 votes. They beat
Frank Palik who collected 80 bal.
lots. The other incumbent, Ches-
ter Page, did not seek reelection.
A Silver Spring hOmeOwner
has charged that county right
of-way agent John j. Shank
frightened her into signing am
option for the county to buy
her home for a parking lot. The
County Council promised Tues
day to investigate the complaint
of Mrs. Wayland w. TaIley of
Sl5 Easley Street.
Suburban Hospital officials re.
port 20-year.old Fred Willcutt is
doing all right" after his right
foot was almost severed by a
power lawn mower in the Twin.
brook section of Rockville Mon
day night.
The ancient Glen Mill near
Potomac was destroyed by fire
Monday. The property is own
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07

The disclosure came at the
same time the Senate was APP
proving $4,000 for site acquisi-
ton and preliminary testing for
the Bureau of Standards reloca-
ton. The House is expected to
follow suit this week.
Mr.. Finegan has written to his
superiors on Nov. 13, 1855, and
May Is, 1856, asking that he be
"disqualified'' from government
land acquisition work in Mont
gomery County because he and
his wife have privately bought
and sold land on large scale. In
his November letter Mr.. Finegan
stated, I'm no case would we be
interested in selling our land to
the government" In his May let
ter the official stated To-day 4
the first time ! found out the
government is interested in my
land"
Mr.. FInegan was unavailable
for comment this week His wife
said she fears "some newspapers
will smear us" If the Finegan
tract is bought by the Bureau of
Standards. That's one reason
we don't want them to take it,"
she said.
Congressman Victor Wicker
sham was recently criticized be-
cause he owns land being consid-
cred as relocation site by the
Geological Survey.
Mrs. Finegan characterizes her
husband as zone of the most loyal
government executives" Mr.. Fin
egan has been with CSA Is years.
The woman says, I'VE have alb
solutely nothing to gain by sell
ing to the Bureau of Standards"
She says she and her husband
will realize a much greater profit
If they hold the tract until Gath
ersburg develops.
Mrs. Finegan says her husband
has never acquired land in Mont
gomery County for the govern
ment. "He didn't know the Atom
ic Energy Commission was going
to Germantown until he read it
in the paper" she says. Since the
Bureau OF Standards is buying its
own site GSA will handle only
the erection Of the buildings, says
Mr.. Finegan.
The Finegans acquired 20 acres
of their Gaithersburg tract on
February 10, 1858, from Ben J.
and Mackie d. Lanier for about
$31, 900. The other 16 acres we're
given to them by the Maryland
State Roads Commission in re-
turn for silver of the original
tract needed for constructing the
New National Pike.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07

Excluding the Negro schools,
the total number of integrated
schools in the two-year program
will approximate SO elementary
and 16 secondary, or 55 percent of
the elementary and all of the Sec
ondary schools in the county.
There will still be some white
schools with available space that
will not be filled by Negro pupils,
the report predicted, because
either there are no Negro chill
dren in that district or the Negro
children are not in the grade that
has free space. In some cases
the white schools may not have
an adequate program.
An example Of what is meant
by an adequate program" given
is that child wishing to transfer
to another school may need a
commercial program not given at
that school. However, it points
out that a child may change his
program to become eligible for
transfer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
Has MtegratiOn Worked?
BY Dorothy d. WaIeski
Staff ReDOrter

In the second OF the series
on how Indignation has worked
in Montgomery County schools,
offer the answers of the
people involved to the question,
How will Negro children en-
tering formerly all white
schools affect scholastic stan
dards of those schOOIs?"
This was the biggest and
most worrying question to
white parents whose children
were involved in the first step
TO desegregate this year and It
still is for those parents up.
county where the next step is
to take place.
The answer TO this question
is important TO the Negroes
also since they fear that an
unfavorabIe one may be used
to slow down the pace of integ-
ration.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
t.. Rockville
.Slunl Seen
By Citizens

A picture of a neighborhood
fighting for its life was present
ed Tuesday night when the East
Rockville Citizens Association
warned the mayor and council
that unless drastic steps are TAX
en- Immediately that section of the
city will become a slum.
Spearheading the move for wa
ter, sewer, streets, drainage, side
walks, etc. is the president of
the association, Walter Baker,
Rockville businessman for %
years, resident for IL, and serv-
ing in office since October, 1854.
Working with Mr.. Baker on a
survey of the areas needs since
January of this year is a commit
tee of seven men, A. o. Edder,
past president, Earl Taylor, sec
rotary, Hugh Hassell, Aubrey
Souder, T. A. Jackson, Charles
Grogg and Lewis Porter.
A petition to the mayor and
council from the association,
which represents 38 families of
the 100 in the area, asked that
il provide the necessary help
and leadership to forestall and
halt the trend of deterioration in
East Rockville"
Mr.. Baker said the association
will appear at Mondays budget
hearing to urge that paving of
Fayette Street from Commerce
Lane to Hungerford Drive be
moved up from the 1957'58 pro-
gram to this years. In addition
to helping East Rockville, Mr..
Baker said this project would re-
lieve some of the traffic conges-
ton on Montgomery Avenue.
Four streets paving projects in
East Rockville are already includ-
ed in the city managers recon-
mendations for 1956-'57. They
are: Seth Place, Park Road to
Charles Street; England Terrace;
Stonestreet Avenue to Grandin;
stone only on Howard Avenue
from Stonestreet to Horners Lane
and paving on Stonestreet from
Crabb to Howard.
Other paving requests include
Park Road from Horners Lane to
Macarthur; Charles Street; Gran
din Avenue, from Park Road to
Crabb; Woodland Road, Stone
street to Horners Lane and Vir-
ginia Avenue, England Terrace to
Crabb..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07

The question is actually
three-fOId: are Negro children
slower in learning than white
children of the same age; If
so, how will this affect the
teachers methods? And also,
where Negro children are slow
er, what are the reasons and
how permanent?
Sometimes the answers have
TO be given in educators terms
but the importance of the ques.
ton makes it worthwhile for
Iaymen to know these terms
and understand their meaning.
my Negro pupils have grown
more than a year in year re
ported a Montgomery County
principal of a formerly all.white
school after seven months of in
tegration.
This sums up the experience Of
the majority Of principals and
TEACHERS in the 10 elementary
schools that opened their door tc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-06-07
CD Heads
Site
For Office

Maryland Sen. John Marshall
Butler, Montgomery County civil
defense head Adm. G, Roy Hart
wig, and Prince Georges County
civil defense chief Hal Silvers are
lined up this week against fed
eral civil defense administrator
Val Peterson in fight over where
the national CD headquarters
should be located.
Last week Sen. Butler pre-
dicted the headquarters would be
moved from Battle Creek, Mich.
to Montgomery or Prince Georges
County by the first of next year.
Administrator Peterson retort-
ed, THE Federal Civil Defense
Administration has no plans to
remove from Battle Creek"
Apparently in opposition to
their boss, Adm. Hartwig and Mr..
Silvers have announced they
favor a Washington area site for
CD headquarters. The two agree
that land already used by civil
defense in Olney is ideal for the
headquarters.
Move Called Mistake
Senator Butler charges that
moving CD headquarters to Mich
igan in August, 1854, was a mis-
take because the activities of
this important establishment are
seriously impeded by the distance
of Battle Creek from Washington
where decisions are made"
Travel and telephone bills of civil
defense represent unnecessary
expenditures of thousands of dol
lars" charges the senator.
The senator says he has been
working quietly behind the
scenes" to bring the headquarters
back to the Washington area. A
spokesman in the senator's office
says at least two letters on the
matter have been sent to the pres.
ident.
The headquarters is now
houscd-rent free-in the former
Percy Jones Army Hospital
About one.third of the million
square feet OF floor space in the
building are utilized. About SD
people are employed at Battle
Creek. Before being moved to
Michigan CD headquarters was
at 1880 Columbia Road, NV,
Washington.