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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
School Custodiuns
In Arlington to Be
Pupils Themselves

Arlington County school Gus
todians and maintenance work.
ers will 90 to school themselves
for two days this week to brush
up on their jobs.
Training sessions are scheduled
tomorrow and Friday at the JEFF
ferson Junior High School In
preparation for opening Of the
new school year on September 4
The school employees will get
tips on such things as how to
care for floors in school build
ings and how to operate school
heating plants efficiently and
economically.
Some 1870 custodians and 81
maintenance workers are slated
TO attend the sessions, which are
planned and directed by Thomas
B. Netting, supervisor Of public
school buildings and grounds for
the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
3 Candidates
Asked to Talk
In Fuirfux

The new Fairfax Voters Forum
yesterday invited all three con.
gressional candidates in Virgin.
las 10th district to speak Al
three public meetings.
The forum scheduled the frs
session for 1880 pm. Septembel
3 at the Fairfax County Fair il
Annandale, and asked the can
didates to pick their own date
for the other two meetings.
The three candidates are Rep.
resentative Broyhill. Republican
incumbent; Warren D. Quen.
stedt, Democrat. and Richard
Feldman, independent.
The invitation asked the can
didates to reply by August %
In the past, Representative Broy,
hill has declined to speak stimuli.
taneouSly with candidates op,
posing him.
The forum also has decided Z,
send questionnaires to all thre,
candidates!
The forum was formed re
Gently to consolidate candidates
meetings in political campaigns
and spare them from appearing
at numerous small meetings. Thu
forum calls itself a nonpartisal
group with Democratic and Re,
publican members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

cause Of unfavorable market
conditions.
City Manager E. G. Heatwole
said the bonds already au-
thorized probably will be sold in
January. This money will be
used to pay back some 100000
borrowed by the School Board
last year for construction prof.
ects and to finance construction
of a new colored elementary
school to replace Lyles-Crouch
School in the downtown area.
Addition Approved
In closed session two weeks
ago with the school board, the
council also agreed to finance
an addition to the Charles
Houston Elementary School for
Icolored pupils in the downtown
area.
Mr.. Heatwole said the bonded
Indebtedness OF the city nov
stands at about SIC million. The
school bonds, plus bonds for
public works projects to be sold
in January. will bring the total
Ito $40 million. The city then
will be just SIS million under
the bonded debt limit set BY
State law.
I'VE can't ignore the students
in the annexed area" Mr.. Will
liams said. I'VE annexed it
and the people swarmed in there.
We have to do something
about it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
WEDDING PROVES
IUNDOING OF
CHICKEN QUEEN

SELBYvILLE. Del. R.-
Joyce Harris. 16-year-old
beauty from Onancock, Va,
has been dethroned as Miss
Delmarva TX, the 1856 Del
marva chicken queen, be-
cause she isn't a miss.
Earl Hawk, chairman of
the contest which was spon-
sored in connection with the
Delmarva Chicken Festival
earlier this summer, an
nounced the action.
He said Joyce disclosed
she had been married since
February 4. Contest rules
provided that all contestants
must be single.
Mr.. Hawk said the Vir-
ginia winner would have to
surrender her college Schol-
arship. crown and trophy to
Sandra McCabe of Selby-
vile. who had entered the
finals as Miss Delaware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

Fuudree

HAMPTON, Va, Aug. is up
Members of the Virginia State
Firemen's Association, holding
their 10th convention here thi.
week. yesterday elected officer.
for the coming year.
They are B. r. Faudree, Gov.
ington, president; Harry Dugan
Alexandria, first vice president
Edward Ware, Hampton, seconc
vice president; G. L. Chandler
Stanton. third vice president,
Wallace Hicks, Hampton, secre.
tary; Roy c. Manning, Galax
treasurer, and the Rev. j. C
CARRIER, Staunton, chaplain.
The Wythe fire company Of
Hampton won the first aid con-
test, held at the Hampton Ar
mory.
Two Hampton firemen anC
the former chief of the Matthews
County Fire Department were
given heroism awards for acts
beyond the call of duty.
Charles Cooper, a Hampton
Fire Department employee. and
Albert Fromal, jr. of the Wythe
company were cited for theil
rescue Of a woman from a burn
ing apartment the night of Feb
ruary 8. Former Chief r. Yer.
non Moody of Matthews County
was cited for his rescue of a teen.
age boy trapped in an ice plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Vegetable Stand Denied
In Oxon Hill Rezonino

A rezoning request to permit
construction of a vegetable stand
on Owens road in the Oxon Hill
section of Prince Georges County
was denied by the County Com
missionerS yesterday after resi-
dents Of the area protested.
The petition for rezoning of
the one-acre tract at the corner
of Owens road and Irvington
street was filed by Charles l..
Perrygo, who told the commits
sioners he wanted to build the
stand to sell produce he grows
on the land.
Construction of the stand re-
quires commercial coming for the
tract now zoned for residential
purposes.
DR.. Henry DeutSch of the
Owens Road Citizens Assoc y.
ton and N. r. Barrett of the
Glass Manor Citizens Associa-
ton said their groups oppose the
change.
EncrOachment Protested
Other residents, backed by an
opinion of the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission. contended the re-
coming would be an encroach-
ment by commercial venture
into a solidly residential area.
Mr.. Barrett said the vegetable
stand would ruin the whole
residential potential Of Owens
road"
Three residents living in the
immediate vicinity of the site
said the proposed stand would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

turned on his lights and in
creased his speed. The scout
car pursued him and a cruising
detective car joined in the chase
The car turned onto Wilson
lane and proceeded west at more
than 10 miles an hour. On a
sharp left curve in the 5000 block
Of Wilson lane, the car left the
road and struck a telephone
pole.
Police said Peck jumped out
Of the car and ran into the
woods. Two officers searched fol
him while aid was given 10 his
l6-year-old companion. After q
short time Peck ran back out Of
the woods and gave himself up
Peck was treated at Suburban
Hospital for multiple cuts TO hi:
scalp and right ear and was re-
leased. The 16-year-old boy wat
treated for face cuts and re.
leased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

IconsultAnts. are In the field now
doing preliminary engineering
studies.
Mr.. MARYLAND yesterday said If
the city goes It alone to the Po-
tomac. n hopes to issue bonds
next spring and have the job
completed by June /. 1858.
Annexations Considered
thine is Of the essence"
Councilman John e. Oxley said.
He added that the city is receiv-
ing numerous applications for
annexation and must plan its
future water supply before act
ing on them.
Gilbert Associates, in an
earlier feasibility study declared
the city could obtain water at
lower cost by tapping the
Potomac.
Mr.. Hovsepian said the city
has never received a definite
proposal from the Sanitary
Commission on going into the
sanitary district.
A number Of other commu-
mites in suburban Maryland
have become a part of the dis
trict in recent years.
If Rockville and the Sanitary
Commission both utilize the
Potomac it will mean virtually
parallel facilities and lines.
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not destroy the character Of the
area.
The commissioners took under
|advisement, a request for COM
mercial coming from Harry A.
Boswell, jr., for a tract on the
north side of Greenhelt road be-
tween Cunningham drive and
|Sixtieth avenue from residential
to commercial for construction
of a gas station.
The change was opposed by
the planning commission, the
Greenbelt City Council and the
Berwyn Heights Board Of Com
|missioners on grounds the site
lies in a buffer strip set aside
to screen a large industrial tract
from Greenbelt road.
Requests Approved
In other coming action, the
commissioners approved requests
from:
Orvin D. Brunk. for three acres Of
Old Branchville road. College Park. about
$50 feet west Of the Baltimore q Ohio
Railroad, from R-05 TO c. zone,
Alfred X: Smith,. for one acre be-
tween old Branchville road and, Branch
vile State road overpass at their In
tersection' from R-R TO CO..
A.. O.. Stern, for six acres on the
Sarah c. Hughes tract approximately
$50 feet east Of the the Old Baltimore
turnpike, from R-R to I-2,
Mary E. Emmons. for q tract on the
north side Of suitland road about 800
feet east Of Shady Side avenue. from
Gloria r. .Gabardini. for three lots
on the north side. Of Central avenue
from R-lS to CT.
Y. Leo stOreh. for three acres on the
south side of Lanham Severn road.
SeabEook. from .R-R TO CT.
Nikolas cipriano. for one acre on
Of Greenbelt- Glenn Dale roads with
Ciprlano road, from R-R to c..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

a cross-burning at a colored
household in Vienna where she
was staying. She said she went
to live with the colored fam
lily because they had put ur
her bond when she was picked
up on the vagrancy and delin-
quency charges. Her husband
Sam Fincham, had left her
shortly after their marriage last
spring, She said, and she had
no place to stay.
Unconditional Release
Fairfax Circuit Judge Harry
p. Carrico. on Monday, awarded
the girl a writ of habeaS corpus
which entitled her to freedom
from protective custody, but she
was returned to jail because bond
was withdrawn on the delin-
quency and vagrancy charges.
Judge Rothrock's action yes
terday brought the case to a
close and freed the girl uncon-
ditionally.
Mrs. Fincham's attorney, Err
nest Hudgins. said she had re-
ceived several offers of jobs and
homes from persons reading Of
her plight in the newspapers.
Pending in a separate action
is a nonsupport complaint filed
by Mrs. Fincham against hel
husband. 1t is scheduled to be
heard on August %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Bethesda Youth Gives Up
After Chase and Crash

Bethesda youth ran out Of
a woods in which he had beer
hiding and gave himself UP tc
police last night after trying to
elude them l ma 70-mile-an- hour
chase and crashing his car into
a telephone pole.
oMntgomery County police
said James Peck. 20. Of 7llC
Exfair road, will be charged with
reckless driving. exceeding 70
miles an hour, operating with
no lights. stop sign violations
passing on the crest Of a hill
and falling to reduce speed.
About 10 pm, while investi.
eating a complaint that speed.
ing hot-rod drivers were an.
noytng residents Of the Lander
Village area. police saw a 1876;
coupe driving without head.
lights. When they tried 10 fore,
the car TO pull over. the drive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Civitun President
To Attend Council

Luther r. Medlin of Green's
boro. N. c.. international presi-
dent Of Civitan. will visit the
Washington area this week end
for the quarterly council meeting
OF the Civitan Chesapeake Dis
trict.
The meeting will be held
Saturday and Sunday at the
Kenwood Golf and Country Club
Mr.. Medlin will be welcomed
on his arrival here at z am
Saturday at Union Station BY
district Governor John s. Rich.
ardson Of Arlington. seven
lieutenant governors and other
district officers from Washing.
ton, Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
accent on Youth
Urged for 6. O. P.
harrington County

Arlington County's 25-year-olc
Republican chairman last night
called for an accent on youth
to build up a strong Republican
Party in the county.
David H. Gordon, who wa.
elected chairman of the county
Republican committee four week.
ago, urged that the party de.
Ivelop youth in its effort to pro.
vide candidates for all county
offices in the future.
He said that a presidential
campaign year would provide the
interest to attract new faces into
the party. He said that youne
men and women should be calico
on to help with research project:
that will be planned under the
new policy committees direction
County Republicans, at a pre-.
campaign rally in the Broyhil
Auditorium. came out strongly ir
support Of Vice President Nixon.
bid for denomination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Girl Goes Job Huntino
AS Court Grants reedc..

A pretty teen-aged white girl
taken from a colored household
and locked up in the Fairfax
County jail, was job hunting
today after winning her COM
plete freedom.
Judge John Rothrock in Fair.
fax Juvenile Court yesterday dis.
missed a juvenile delinquency
petition and a criminal vagrancy
warrant after he was advised the
Welfare Department wanted tt
step out of the case. Both charge.
resulted from Welfare Depart.
ment action.
Assistant Commemorative At.
torney Ralph Louk said the CIR
had an offer of temporary lodg.
ing in a white household. and hel
attorney had several pending
offers Of permanent homes anc
Jobs.
Told to Behave
The defendant, Mrs. RUBY
Taylor Fincham, 10, was told tc
behave herself and warned she
would be prosecuted as an adult
for any future misconduct. Hell
case was before the Juvenile
Court this time because she. hac
been in Welfare Department
custody as a juvenile for a num-
Der of years.
The girl was taken into pro-
tective custody a week ago after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
School Funds Put
On Monthly Busis

RICHMOND. Aug l6 Dr.
Seventeen Virginia counties have
appropriated school funds on &
month-to-month basis for thu
coming year, State Department
of Education records showed yes.
terday.
Under such an arrangement
funds could be withheld anc
schools closed in localities where
the races are integrated N the
public schools.
The counties are: Amelia
B sucking ham. Cumberland
Dinwiddie. Essex, Greensville
Hanover, Lancaster, Madison
Middlesex. Northumberland. Not.
toway, Prince Edward, Rich.
mond, Surry, Sussex anc
Westmoreland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Almond Scores
Local Option Plan

ROANOKE. Aug. 16 (R.-A
local option plan for school seq
regation would lead to a break
down of the public school system
III Virginia. Attorney General
j. Lindsay Almond, jr., said here
yesterday.
Such a plan had been sug-
gested Tuesday by the Virginia
Council on Human Relations. It
would permit localities to decide
whether to integrate their
schools.
The attorney genera, who
calls the council 'integrationiSt, y
put himself on record in opposi-
ton to the PLAN He said the
council accepts the Supreme
Court decision outlawing segre-
gated schools.
I'VE do not" he declared. eve
feel the decision is a violation
Iof the Constitution"
1t is the aim of the States
leaders, the> attorney general
said, ito preserve the sovereignty
OF the State and the efficiency OF
the public schools" Public school
efficiency cannot be preserved il
schools are integrated, he added
His comments appeared to
contradict somewhat statements
he made in Alexandria Federal
Court last month in arguing tbs
Arlington County segregation
case He told the court that he
agreed the factor of race must
be eliminated as a basis for as
signing students to schools, but
some other way must be worked
out to preserve segregation.
Mr.. Almond was in Roanoke
yesterday to address a banquet
OF the Virginia State Sheriffs
and CITY Serpeants ASsociatiny,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Stanley Seeks
To Tie Funds
To Segregation

Gov. Stanley plans to ask the
Forthcoming Virginia General
Assembly session to reappropri-
ate State school funds and ear
m ark them for segregated
schools only.
He made this known to Is
State legislators attending the
Democratic National Convention
in Chicago. it was learned in
Virginia today.
The development was in line
with the Governors earlier
promises to withhold funds from
integrated schools, but it was the
first indication exactly how he
proposes to accomplish the fl
nancial breakdown.
Encouraged by Reaction
Gov. Stanley said after the
conference with the is legislators
that he was encouraged" by
their reaction.
Others who attended the con-
ference said the Governors plan
would throw the fund-withhold-
ing power in the hands of the
Assembly.
Earlier, the Governor had sug-
gested that he would ask for
authority to withhold the funds
himself from any community
that integrates it's schools.
Davis Balks at Plan
The Governor wouldn't 90 into
further details about his Chicago
conference with the legislators
He's saving specific proposals fol-
his message TO the special AS
sembly session August 81.
1t was reported that one dele
gate, Delemater Davis of Nor
folk, told the Governor that his
city probably would operate lis
school system without State
funds, if necessary, rather than
close them down to avoid limited
Indignation.
Norfolk has a school budget OF
S9.2 million of which S2.6 mil
lion comes from the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Detective Receives
$500 From Club

Detective David Eike of the
Fairfax Juvenile Bureau last
night was presented $500 by the
Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club TO
help him attend the juvenile
control institute at the Univer-
sity of Southern California.
The presentation was made by
Eugene Olmi, jr.. president Of
the Mount Vernon Kiwanis, at
a dinner meeting at the Penn
Daw Hotel.
The $500 will help pay Detec-
tive Fixes living expenses while
he is attending the course from
September 10 to December l..
The county has agreed to pay
his transportation costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

@~e~~ASN~J SSAACSA AZ Wiz NANAAAAty
of the Broyhill development
west of Shirley highway and a
new $450.000 building at the
Stonewall Jackson Elementary
School on Duke street.
Homes Being Built
Several thousand new homes
are under construction OF
planned for the near future in
the rs square miles annexed
from Fairfax County in 1852.
The city already has built two
elementary schools and a high
school in the new area, but the
school population continues to
outdistance classroom construc-
ton The new high school on
Seminary road will open this
September.
The big need now is for ele-
mentary schools in the rapidly
developing area. School officials
figure they will need at least
three more elementary schools
in the next five years.
Another Bond Issue
To finance the two projects
contemplated in the coming year
the school board would have tc
ask the council for another bond
issue of about SIS million.
The council approved a school
bond issue Of SIS million last
fall for other projects. but these
bonds have not been sold be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
Jousting Contest Won
By Tobacco Former, 48

A. Douglas Parran, a 48-year.
old Maryland tobacco farmer
yesterday won the annua
Marshall Hall iousting contest
This may not strike you a,
much of an accomplishment
Actually, victory required ar
unerring eye, strong arm. plenty
OF practice and perseverance
Mr.. Parran, of Prince Frederick
was steady as a rock.
Jousting contests have beer
going onsin Charles County, Md.
since 1865, according to loca1
historians. The event is q
throwback from days of ole
when knights put on heavy ar.
NOR plate and were hoistec
aboard a horse to go full till
against an adversary. The idea
was to impale the foe, tinplate
and all, on the end of the lance
The sport as practiced by es-
tate owners, farmers and horse
lovers in Maryland is somewhat
ref1ned-and more difficult.
The idea is for the contestant
to travel 80 yards. lance afore
Suspended from three arches or
the course are rings about the
size Of the kind you see at
tached to window blinds. AS the
rider goes down the course, he
seeks to put the tip of his lance
through the small hole. The
horsemen are not allowed to poke
along. They must run the course
In 10 seconds.
A rider returning with three
rings on the tip of his lance il
saluted with a tune from 6
three-piece band on the judges
stand. And each rider is started
down the course with a COM
mand of charge, sir knight,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
|Lindu Diane Hall,
Virginia Girl, 3,
Dies Of Leukemiu

Linda Diane Hall, 3-year-old
leukemia victim. died last night
at her Jefferson Village (Va)
home.
Linda. daughter Of Army ist
Lieut.. and Mrs. Charles F. Hall,
of 905 Arlington boulevard. had
been suffering from the disease
since last December.
The young victim had been
under treatment at Walter Reed
Hospital. The couple has one
other child, a 10-month-old girl.
Lieut.. Hall is stationed at Fort
Myer, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16

and an accompanying trumpet
flourish.
The tournament this year at.
tracted about so riders, bott
young and old. One contestant
Bernard Gosnell of ReiStertown
Md, is 81. He's been joustine
for 40 years.
Another contestant, Fowler
Earnshaw of Brandywine, Md.
is only Is and has been joustine
since he was 10.
Two Of the odds-on favorites
this year ended up as also-ranS
They are Miss Mary Lou Bar
tram. 20. and her brother
George, 81, previous victors ir
the exacting contest. George. q
Bethlehem Steel Corp. foreman
from SparrowS Point, Md, wor
the contest in 1854 and 1855
"A victory this year would have
given him permanent possession
of a $500 trophy of a knight or
a horse.
His sister won in 1858. She's
a classification supervisor at the
Maryland State Reformatory fol-
Women at JeSSup.
One of the big problems is be-
coming a successful jouster is tc
train the mount to run with a
gait that's practically bounceless
The rider must keep his lance on
an even keel once he lines it ur
with the rings. A horse with toe
much rock, roll and buck could
mean disaster for the contestant
"Jousting," explained one Of
the 5000 spectators, sis like run
ming across the living room floor
with a crocheting needle anC
trying to spear of a wintergreer
mint suspended from the chan
delier."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-16
l35th Renewal Set
In Joustinq Contest

MT. SOLON. Va. Aug. TO-
Unarmored knights astride gal
Looping chargers will vie here
Saturday In jousting tourna-
ment that's 1875 years old.
The Enthusiastically will b.
participating in the annual
Natural Chimneys Joustine
Tournament. But instead Of
trying to knock each other Of
horses. the knights will be aim.
ing lances at small rings after
riding their horses down . rs.
yard course.