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Fire House to Open

The Volunteer Fire Depart
ment of Brandywine, Md. will
dedicate its new fire house from
2 to 8 pm. tomorrow.
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Fenwick and Mann List
Effects Of Stanley Bills

Senator Charles r. Fenuck and Delegate
of Arlington yesterday issued this Statement the effect of
the passed by the special OF the General
Assembly school segregation
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BUY 4. NEW. O.. PORTABLE ~ AT ANY I:

james Depree
1897 18th Street NV
S. Konn's & Son
9Th 8 b Streets NV.
Keeson's Appliances
45s@ Macarthur Blvd. NV.
Lonsbureh's Department Stor
7ih { { Streets NV.
Music Soles
18th 6 G Streets NV.
Ney Shopping Service
ll4l 18th Street NV.
Potomac Appliance
Sth { { Streets NV.
Sluttery's Radio & N
1902 Wisconsin Avenue NV.
Smiths. Inc.
1881 coivmbio Rood NV.
Sun Rodio
llih Z { Streets NV.
U. S. Merchandise Mart
li2l l4sh Street NV.
Willie Wilson. Inc.
e2s : Street NV.
WASHINGTON
NORTHEAST
Georges Rodio and TV
7ll6 z4sh Ploss NE.
Stondurd Tire { sotteg
Company
loth { \ Streets M.
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COMPANION.

IS square inches Of view
able oreu = M o d e |
l4Tol7, Aluminized pic
ture tube but weighs only
rs pounds.
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DIVIDENDS

, i. NEW ! i;,s YORK, FEB. a tR.--DIvidsud
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Bank Loans
Resume Drop
In Capital

Outstanding loans Of IL re-
serve member banks here re-
sumed THERE seasonal downturn
in the week ended February Is,
but remained 10 per cent above
q year ago, the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond disclosed
today.
They totaled $48S, 805, 900 on
February is. a drop of S3,708. 900
q week earlier and were $52,-
s5l 900 higher than $435. 1854, 600
on the like 1885 date. They were
well below their all-time peak
of s507,428,000 on December 81.
and the lowest since last Mo-
vember Q.
Commercial loans of $780,
55S.000 were down $3.50. 900 in
the week. but 2.3 per cent above
s189, 1885, 600 year earlier. Real
estate loans of $l42, 430, 900 were
off $4,000, but remained 90 per
cent above $130.537.000 on the
like 1855 date.
Other loans, mostly consumer
loans, totaled $148,133, 900, down
another $2,334.000 in the week,
but were IS per cent ahead of
$l09,513,00O a year ago.
Demand deposits of 1852 ,463,-
o0U were up s3l.552.000 in the
week and &c per cent ahead of
$s28, $4,000 on the 1855 date.
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Hosri, Sales on the Exchange
HOO am So 600 2 noon / 100 600
100 ON J $50 ooo e;O0 m 600 600
iunit OF tradins 10 shares OF saies ID
I'LL Rates Of dividends In the foreso.
ms table are annual disbursements based
on the last quarterly OF semiannual
declarablon Unless otherwise noted
special ~ axtrs divioends are GOT In.
ciuded Also extra OF extras An
iai rate plus stock dividend Declared
OF paid In 1855 pius stock dividend
Payable 10 stock durins 1856. estinst.
ed Caah value on ex-dividend or ex-dis.
t|.s.s date Pad lsst year b De.
split up Declared or paid this year
an accumulative issue with dividends In
omitted esferrsd or 10 sct a taE sspep a
paiu IN 1855 p,us stocf dividend tpaS.
able In. stock during 1855 estimated
cash value on ex.dividend OF ex-distribu.
ton date LiouidatinE dividend cid
Called Ex-diyidend x-dis Ex-uIstri-
button IT Ex-riRhts xw without war
rants wv With warrants wd When
Distributed wi When issued nd Next
day delivery In bankruptcy or receiv.
ership or being reorganized under the
Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed
by such companies.
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. FEB, "a 1.---Mild selling
pressure. partly repFesentine profit-tek.
ing after advances earlier In the week,
sent grain prices lower on the Board Of
!, Wheat and soybeans seemed to bear
the brunt Of the profit-taktne, but they
ald not lose more than . cent At any
Corn and oats haven't had any price
run-np and they again had sn easier
wheat near the end Of the mrs, hour
Corn "a 70 lover r0I March hlfs sos. zo az;
u to = lower. March 625s: rye un-
changed TO I. lower. March I.30l.; soy
s SsTr, s ss9t sT% ,. e cent hishsr
4 hundred pounds lover. Msreh 1919.
selling may have been based on news
ron ma i Slyoah S .sf h a q. s. sT
IRENE cold weather in Western Europe.
Many grainmen also. felt President
Eisenhower might make his deciston re-
week, possibly Monday. This PROSPECT
caused little evening up on the part Of
professional traders.
corn overnisft' small quantities 81 oats
and rye also were sold to the European
continent.
Agriculture secretary Benson reiter.
parity price supports on basic crops in
a teleyision appearance.
There was mild selling In new crop
wheat despite ne tsct ths s Sssh s,ad Y
cause apprehension ever the crop.
soybesn exports in the week ended
February II tot ss do ss3'9os nan Is...
For he pe ROD rom oetcb.r q rss:
ruary II. exports totaied IL 100000
bushels, against 23,t00.oe0 in theAyfar
earlier period.
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D. c. PRODUCE

"a Quotations supplied BY the United
sales 70 800 am on less than carload
Fruits
Apples-Del Romes etn tray-paek US
Fey l13-l3Ss 2.55-3.00; NJ Romes bu
6skts fair aual 3-inches UP 2.25-2 30;
sas p bs Ey 1sass SD far
10 200. Mcintosh etns IL 5-ib fim.
bags 2l4-inches Up Us No, 1 2.50-a,T5
l Ps g psIse,o. inches 1saa ug Ss No 200
quail 20e, each: Golden Delicious WB crit
tray;pack Us Fey 52-1l3s $50, bxs
wrpd Us No I 7s,i25s 3,55: Rome bxs
S sea Is No es ineSs. s 90 ss g. ~
inches up So. staymans bxs wrpd Us
Fey ,S0-1Q0s 3.O0-3.25. ctns II BIB
ti'm-bags fair dual approx als-inches up
800; Va Red 5taymans bxs wrpd West
y sp West VIRGINIA Extra Fey .56-72s
pack afs-inchss up fair A ouai i se o. do o.
" VI, stasmans bxs wrpd US Extra
Fey T2.f00s 3.Dus Wash Delicious bxs
Extra +, ,d,,. Fey e4-I3Ss 4,55-5;9eI: Red pc Pc
Golden Delicious ctns tray-pack Extra
Fey e9s .50-s.00. l9os 6,50-7.00. i40s
gsn s, 4, ctns cut misty $50
qrsnsfryit7WB bxs .unlsss Otherwise
stated: Fla; Duncans 45-72s e;50-S 90.
iss hsr M sns 4 sesss'i 1886 psf
Ictns $3.50 size / 5oi rs, ~
Lemons-Caiit. ctns Iso-eount 400
orsna.s@ealif. savels m-bx ctns
Ses ans srl lEr soSIs eo d ss yae Pis
Tsnri.x nv, Las ana sor 6oa9 ma
vegetAbles
SNAP beank---Fia. bu hprs: Valentines
and Consenders 4.50 some high as 500.
fair eqal and eond s.50-4.o0. poorer
cabbaee--Domestic round type: Fla.
1@+-fu crt 1 80. some LIS. open bu bktS
Ls5: red type: Texas 1s4-bu ert 275-
a so.is 0 SACKS IS o6-s g. mostly ssRf
carrots--crts tpd IS Lib nlm bags;
A5iz un; Calf 3.55; Texas 10000
$50. .A-ib sacks tpd Ariz and Texas
Corn Fls yellow wB crts 5-ds Us
Greens-su bsktS clipped funlcss other
wise stated coilards Fla stripped IS;
We %. pandelions Texas bu crt az
dnz bchk 400 Kale. nrby fair eond / rs;
mustard and turnip tops. Fla. Sol ~
ctns IS 7sssoo fsis aua iyp and 4o eona
2.ao-a.50. poorer I so; 1900 ctn Is ord
aual and cond Sol IS: Fla Big Boston
type Eastern crts 24s .50-3 90: Ro-
n1sine l l0-bu ert i75-2.0o.
MuShrooms--Pa 4-at bskt 25-1 so
etns la-pt 3o5. 16-pt 1853 so, some
earry-oyer i.o0-1 so: Va. Act bskt 90
Onions fDryi-5o-Ib. sacks. renerslly
aood qual funless Otherwise stated:
Colo White Boilers, 25-lb. sacks 3 %.
Ssh; Idaho spanish 3 ms and lar, 215-
200; Mich. yellow. med. .fn-1 .7h
White Boilers, 25-lh. sacks 250-3 IN.
Reds, 3.an-a25; a5-lh. sacks. i.5n-i ~
N Y .Yellows. fair quail and cond, o5-
~ IND. White Boilers, 2a-lb, ssrks,
Peppers--Fla. California wonder tyne;
gu bSkt med-ige, 4 Do-4.Sn med $50.
50; smir sizes and poorer DUAL co.
Potatoes--u. S. No. j size. A wshd.
afl-lb. hurlap sacks tunlesS Otherwise
stated, Idaho Rnssets, approx s6es To-
Aim bass. 49c: 5-Ib. fiim bags, ne: Ka-
tahdins. unwshd. paper sos. .H-aia iIs.
sol Is. paper loss open window in
instr cont. use; Pa katahdins. unwshd
paper sos. mostly o5-l 81. some iln;
naper ts, open window in instr cont,
2a-35c: pautr SIS in mstr cont. i1ia-s0e.
New: Fla Round Reds. wshd. Beper sos.
U S, No. !. sizes A and B, ",.5-: sa.
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Store Sales
Show 81 Gain
BY the Associated Press

The Federal Reserve Board
said today that sales of depart
lment stores last week were mark
eddy higher over much of the
Nation than in the corresponding
week a year before. All re-
serve districts except Boston
shared in the gain. which aver
aged 6 per cent nationally.
During the four weeks ended
February 10 dollar volume at de-
|partment stores was also 6 per
cent higher than In the CORE
spending weeks of 1855. Thus far
this year department store sales
have averaged 2 per cent above
the opening portion of 1855.
The Reserve Board said that
sales Of department stores in the
Boston reserve district last week
were 2 per cent lower than in
the corresponding week of last
year.
Percentage gains. in the other
districts. were:
New York. 8: Philadelphia, 8;
Cleveland. Is; Richmond, 4: At
lanta, 2: Chicago. 3; st. Louis, g.;
Minneapolis, 8: Kansas city. s.;
Dallas, 10, and San Francisco, 3.
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BALTIMORE
MARKETS

Quotations supplied by the United
States Agriculture Department:
Poultry Quotations
Market barely steady on frysrs and
hens. Prices is-l cent lower. Demana
light. carryover moderate. broileTs or
fryers: 3 lbs and over 2T-2Iia. hens:
Heavy type few at 1890.
Livestock Markets
Cattle rs; several loads cattle on hand
that were held from earlier in week
but few lots taken OF market late Thurs
day and some returned to feed lots, not
enough any class sold to establish trad
ina basis, practically no buyins interest
noted in early rounds,
Calves none; quotations noninaliy
UNCHANGED.
Hoes IS: not enough on offer TO permit
an accurate comparison OF prices.
Grain Market
Flour--Receipts, 4,2al 100 pound
Wheat - Receipts. 1Os523 bushels;
shipments, 3,34S bushels; stocks, ass.
7gS bushels. No. red winter sar-
licky. spot. 2.1sts ttransip; 2.13ls mon
corn--Receipts, 77,4ao bushels. Ship
ments, 5000 bushels stocks, a,s0s.43s
oats-Receipts. 1885 bushels; ship
mentS, 3a4 bushels, stocks. 1.053.s6T
Bariey--Receipts. 6.51a bushels: ship
ments $4,000 bushels stocks, 456.eso
bushels
Receipts. none: shipments, none:
stocks, l17,669 bushels.
shipments. none: stocks, s3s,s41 bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts, a12 tons.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Feb. "a as fUsDAl -
Wholesale PRICES on bulk cartons fresh
Creamery. ~ score tAAl. 5st4-5sts
cents; % score fAl. 5s-5sh4; 90 score
OBJ. 5iis-5Tsa: 50 score &C., 57A:55s
Cheese steady. Receipts 9s,469,
Prices UNCHANGED.
wholesale ese prices steady Re-
ceipts, 1851, New York. spot quota
Extras 1850 ibs4. Al ls-4afs: extras
large t4A-ss lbs.i. 4nis-4l, extras me
dunn. 39iz-4oia standards large. 49-4l ]:
W Wits Extras 1850 e' lbs qs4sSs
eptras large t45-4S lbsl. 41h-42; ex-
tras medium, 4l..41is Browns: Extras
t4S-Sn ibs1, 4Ita-43iz
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Stocks Advance
/ to3Points;;


NEW YORK, Feb. "a fR--
Prices advanced again today on
the stock market, but the pace
slowed In the early afternoon.
Gains amounted to / to 8
points in most major divisions.
At the same time there were
small minus signs in some key
places.
The market opened with a
rush that created a lag of two
minutes on the tape. in report
ing transactions. That cleared
swiftly and the rate of trading
slackened.
Benguet Consolidated Mining
had its usual furry Of early
trading in large blocks, mostly
unchanged at 2ss.
Another low-priced issue, Avco
Mfg. hit the tape with block
of $1,000 shares, unchanged at
Tn, and then had a string Of
smaller blocks at the same price.
Standard OIL of California got
the full benefit Of 4 proposed O.
for-l split. The stock added 2Ia
at 90.
Long-Bell Lumber declined
more than 3 points at around so
after news of q multimillion-
dollar damage suit filed by Har-
Dor Plywood.
Ford Motor was steady In over
the-counter trading at 623s bid
and 62ss asked.
At noon the Associated Press
average of so stocks was up 10
cents at $179.60, less than 50
under its old record high of
September %.
Corporate bonds were higher.
Government issues oyer-the-
counter were easy.
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Quotations supplied by the United
sales 10 $3.50 am on less than carload
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NEW YORK COTTON

!. NEW YORK FEB, "a R.--cotton
futures eased further durins the fore
noon today Commission house selling
near months. with losses extending to
lM ID bale. Trade b1ying brought a
partial recovery in prices Eyenii1e up
Operations In nearby March vas slow
cents q eAle lower than the previous
close March. 1877. May. 3sSa, and
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METAL QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. Feb. "a CPl.--Spot non
ferrous metal prices today Copper 46-
IS cents q pound, Connecticut Valley.
Lead l q cents q pound, New York. Zinc
s1.02h . pound. New York. FOREIGN sill
yer A1ss cents per troy ounce. New York.
AT Pittsburgh scrap steel No. / heavy
vas quoted at 4p.0o-5e.00,
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BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Business Loans by member
banks in the week ended Feb
ruary is totaled $25, TOT 900. 900,
down $12 million from the previ-
Gus week. but up $4.i4s.00 900
from the like week q year ago.
Federal Reserve Board.
Wholesale Food Index, based
on the cost Of Q pound each Of
81 foods In general use. this
week declined to S5.93 from $5.9<
last week and was 10.8d below
the like week year ago.-Dun
"a Bradstreet.
N. Y. Stock Exchange reported
ia seat has been sold for $100, 900
for the first time since the bull,
market of 1887 when $l06, 600
was paid for a seat.
Crude Petroleum Production
In the week ended February II
averaged 7.116.05O barrels daily,
up 10000 for the week and COM
pared with 6,767. 800 in the like
week a year ago. - American
Petroleum Institute.
Std. Oil Of Calf. announced
"a proposal to split the stock on
IA two-for-one basis subject to 4
vote by stockholders on May 3.
Eastman Kodak Co. In year
ended December IS earned $685.
800. $3.50 or $4.66 a share VS.. $69,-
|82l. 719 or $500 in 1854.
U. s. Plywood Corp. in 9
months ended January 81 earned
$8.615.900 or $4.05 q share ys.
IS .097. 100 or $2.85 in 1855.
Autobiography Multigraph in
year ended January 81 earned
$7,l02.575 or $8.13 a share VS..
$5,235.1l6 or $500 in 1855.
Other earnings included:
For Year Ended December n
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK Feb. - R.--Foreign
exchange rates follow, Great Britain In
dollars. others In cents funchanEed un-
less otherwise noted.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market. "a per cent premium or 100. II =
y. s, cents, Up 1fJ2
Europe: Grea; Britain pound1.
~ % 81. OIL lf32; :fG-day futures,
81 13s up Ifa9 to-day futures.
2 IN 1899. MP If3a; Hg-day futures,
g19ts, up l{Ja: Belgium tfFaneb
2 o0ia. up aDis; France franc ..sHsa
Of a cent; GERMANY FWesterBt
tDeutseha mark, e3 50; Holland teutld-
cent: Portugal teseudob. $50; Sweden
tkronaJ. 1874 Switzerland lfranc)
Gree, - "a; Denmark tkronel. 1850
2 90. Brazil tfreej. Las. ofi 't5: Mex.
leo. SOC: Venezuela tboifvafI, 5000,
Far East Hong Kong dollar. 1880
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MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK. Feb. ~ DIS ational
Association oil Securities Dealers, Anc l
moon Quotations.
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ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK. Feb. "A tAa.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd lot transactions by principal
dealers oil the exchange for February "a:
Purchases Of 3ie,224 shares: sales OF
a56,700 shares inciudinE 500 shares sold
short
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the. stone front door steps Of
the Middleburg Community
Center. called 1.-THE Front
Door Step" Snow or sleet
won't be ruinous to these out
door decorations. Only the
judges. who are not announced
beforehand. will suffer. These
will be warmed by a before
show lunch, arranged by Mrs.
Robert L. Humphrey. presi-
dent of the Middleburg Garden
Club.
Entries in all classes, except
for the Interclub. are open to
everyone, whether they are a
garden club member or not,
and will be accepted from 8
am. until IL noon on Deem
Der 7. The show opens to the
public. with a 81 admission
charge. at 2 pm. on Friday
and runs until 6 pm. On
Saturday. it opens at 10 am.
and closes at 4 pm. Door
prizes, drawn both afternoons
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at 8 o'clock. a special gift ia
bic with greens. plain and
decorated, and tea. will be in
cluded in the clubs program
for the two days.
Water Color Contest
Last Sunday at $50 o'clock
the Luta Poyneer Hendricks
amateur water color contest
and exhibit closed at the Pur-
cellville Library after a very
successful three-day show.
Genevieve Hendricks, as a liv-
ing tribute to her mother who
lived near Bluemont for many
years. started the show for
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BY DOLORES PHILLIPS

MIDDLEBURG, Va. The
Middleburg Garden Club, far
from dormant during the win
ter months. is sponsoring its
annual Christmas green's show
next Friday and Saturday at
the Middleburg Community
Center, using "Grandmother's
House for Christmas" as its
theme.
Not all of the classes center
around grandmother. but
enough Of them to make her
feel pretty important. Out of
the IA classes on the program
five of them will allow ex-
hibitors to present, or repre-
sent her. including "A Present
for Grandmother" Grand
mothers Dinner Table"
"Grandmother's Retreat"
Grandma Is Modern" and
Grandma Is Quaint" Grand
father will be taken care of
with a class called Grand
fathers Slippers, using a
pair of bedroom slippers or
shoes belonging to the myth
ical patriarch as containers
for flower or green arrange
ments.
Bowl Award
The real excitement of the
show will be the awarding of
the Middleburg Bowl mot to
be confused with the Middle
burg Bowl given at the Mid
dleburg Hunts hunter trials
in the spring., which will go
to the winner of the interclub
class. The Purcellville Gar
den Club, the Fauquier-Lou-
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CIRCLING THE COUNTRYSIDE
Garden Club Show
Highlights Holiday

doun Garden Club, the Old
Fredericktown Club of VIM
chester. the Aldie Horticultural
Society and the Middleburg
Garden Club have all entered
this class. If Old Frederick
town wins it this year the
bowl will be theirs as they
already have two legs on it.
It has to be won three times
for permanent possession.
Middleburg won it for the first
time last year.
The Interclub class this year
is to be an arrangement on
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Loudoun and Clarke County
residents. including school chill
dren Of both counties. Profess
sional artists send in pictures
to be hung for exhibit. but not
in competition. This year
Smithson Broadhead, who was
also one of the judges. and
Jean Bowman MRS. Alex
Mackay Smith loaned two
horse paintings which we're
hung over the large fireplace
in the exhibit room. as an in
spiration to painters. young
and old. of Clarke and Loudoun
Counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

ISIS South Lynn street. Ar
lineton. Mrs. Charles s. Miller,
State Good Citizens chairman,
will speak. Members will bring
unwrapped Christmas gifts for
the approved schools.
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counter clocktOise. beginning top
right.
From mid 18th Century England
Schoonbeck hos borrowed the gracious
lines Of this tufted Ioveseot. Gold and
eooshelI domosk ------347.oo
In the Northern Provinces Of FroneO
TomIinson found the original and re-
produced this elegant comeback
char -------------------ZeS.uu
The horse, dromotic in block ond
oroys, is taken from oncient Chinese
rubbines. The frome, O large 2ex47,
is black and gold
The hanging gold lantern is on ItoIion
import, fashioned from the old Co.
thedroI chandeliers; rs inches toll
1890
The credenzo is Forentine. Boxer hos
captured here their wonderful softness
Of color 1.-TWO shades Of foded blue
eroysl and the delicate arisoille fruit
clusters in polest oroy and white. Al
raoek ! lat ON m
From Austrio comes the romantic
Poron lamp :. a soft white unolozed
porcelain with white octooonol silk
shade. 40 inches toll-------ll5.00
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

American Revolution, will hold
its monthly luncheon meeting
at l pm. Saturday at the
home of Mrs. Edgar A. Poe,
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Descendants to Lunch
The Descendants of '76
chapter, Daughters of the
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Morris Asked to Solve
School Building Squeeze

The Montgomery County Board
of Education yesterday author
lied Supt. Forbes H. Norris to
find ways to solve the emergency
school building situation in the
Wheaton Glenmont-Viers Mill
area.
The boards action came after
DIR. Norris pointed out that the
I24-classroom Aspen Hill Eiemen-
tary School planned for compile
ton by next fall. could not pos
Isibly be ready before 1857"
Acquisition of the site for the
Aspen Hill School has been a
subject Of litigation for several
months.
DR.. Norris told the board that
only immediate additions to the
Weller Road and Highland Ele-
mentary Schools at an estimated
cost of $500, 900 can avert serious
overcrowding in at least four of
the areas seven elementary
schools. He warned that such a
condition would result in double
sessions for about 40 classes.
The situation is further COM
plicated. he explained, by the
fact that a supplemental appro-
priation or a reallocation of pres
ent funds is necessary to finance
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construction since the two pro-
posed additions, eight rooms at
the Weller Road School and 10
at the Highland School. are not
in the 1855 budget. Also the
buildings will have to be Of the
type that can be planned and
constructed in nine months.
This would be a good time to
try out temporary or prefabri-
Gated buildings" the superin-
tendent of schools told the board.
DR.. Norris estimated that II
the two additions were COM
pleted on schedule and the Aspen
Hill School ready for service by
1857 Wheaton schools would be
only 1873 pupils over classroom
capacity based on an estimated
1857 school population of 5.133.
If the additions are completed In
time for fall sessions next year
Wheaton area schools will be
346 pupils over classroom capa-
city. he added.
DR.. Norris had little encour-
agement for residents of the
Viers Mill area.
The board will meet In closed
session January 20 to discuss
school construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-11
MARYLANDlVIRGIklIA NEWS
School Textbook Bonned
BY Montgomery Board

The Montgomery County
Board of Education rejected a
sociology textbook by a 4-to-3
vote yesterday on grounds it en-
phasized taxation for redistribu-
ton of wealth and otherwise at
tackled the capitalistic system.
The action was the first time
the board has exercised it's power
to ban textbooks from county
schools.
The book in question, Social
Living" by Washington State Col
lege rural sociologist Paul H.
Lands, is no stranger to county
school Libraries.
First published in 1898, it has,
according to board member Wy
lie w. Barrow, found a place on
school library reference shelves
since the early 1940s. In its
present revised sixth edition it
was recommended for adoption
as a basic text III two senior high
school courses by Supt. Forbes II.
the professional textbook
committee, apd individual teach
ers within the county system.
Mr.. Barrow, treasurer of the
Washington Gas Light Co,
launched the attack on the book