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Steele Quits
School Board

Raymond E. Steele of Takoma
Park. today announced his resig-
nation from the Prince Georges
County School Board.
A Republican, Mr.. Steele was
appointed to the post by Gov.
IMcKeldin in May. 1853 for q Ave-
year term.
Mr.. Steele. "a, said he has writ
ten letters Of resignation to the
Governor and county school Of
Ilcials, explaining that he could
no longer serve on the board be-
cause responsibilities of his job
make 1t impossible for him /, to
attend school board meetings
regularly. He Is employed by
The Hecht Co.
Il regret having to resign" Mr..
Steele said.
The resignation leaves a va
cancy on the board which prob
ably viii go to another Republi-
can.
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lion is likely for the coming fisca
year-an increase Of $2.7 million
over the current budget.
8. The county's school enroll.
ment is growing faster than ex.
pected. Already there are 49,.
900 children living in the count,
who viii be in schools by 1860
and the last bond issue wa.
planned for only 1880 young.
sters by that time. This woulC
allow for no more children NOV.
ing into the county during thu
next -four years unless additional
funds become available.
Besides Mr.. Davis, MIR. Hudgin,
and Mr.. Gleason, other member.
Of the new board are Hills Lory
Theodore Herriot, Samuel S
Solomon and Merton s. Parsons
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MARYLAND VIRGINIA NEWS
|Foirfox School Board
Silent on Indignation

Board member from the Falls
Church district, touched on the
Indignation problem.
1--WE are assuming this re-
sponsibility at a very difficult
time" MIR. Hudgins said. There
lis considerable confusion. emo
ton and turmoil regarding our
educational system. Speaking
for myself. I hope all our ac-
tons win be given great con-
sideration that we win dc
nothing hurriedly that viii jeop-
|ardize q strong. free public
school system
Predecessors Praised
The new board adopted a reso-
luton of commentator for the
board that preceded 1t. Mr..
Hudgins. who like all the other
new board members has been ac-
tive in PTA and civic work, de-
clared he had seen tremendous
progress in Fairfax County
schools during the past i've years
Clyde Gleason, new member
from the Mount Vernon district
agreed that the previous board
had done q remarkable job and
said that he already had ex-
pressed his compliments to Mrs.
Almorine Crowther, who he sue
ceeded.
Mr.. Davis and Supt. w. T.
Woodson summed up these pend
ing problems for the new board
members:
/. Some New York financiers
feel Virginia's unsettled school
situation might affect the inter-
est rate on 81 million in school
bonds that the county plans To
sell on February IS.
2. A school budget Of $l2 mil
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I omorrow Is Lost
Registration Day
For AIexundriuns

Tomorrow is the deadline for
registration Of new voters In
alexandria to participate in the
February 81 constitutional con-
Ivention election.
| Alexandria Registrar Fred Pet
Iitt will keep his Office open from
8 am. to l pm. to accommodate
any new Alexandria voters who
want to register for the conven-
ton election. Mr.. Petit added
that persons qualified to vote in
the Gray Plan referendum last
month may vote February ~
automatically.
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MOnCuTe OF 0tauOTO county.
Meanwhile, Delegate Roy
Davis Of Halifax, chairman Of
the House Privileges and Elec-
tons Committee. said he hoped
to set up a public hearing on
the measure next week.
The hearing is likely to be a
Joint meeting of both the House
and Senate Privileges Commit
tees.
Mr.. Moncure introduced his
legislation-which is vigorously
opposed by the Arlington dele
gation-because of what he
described as a "deplorable situa-
ton" in the county's school stu
alton.
He and other legislators have
looked askance at Arlington's
move to integrate Negro pupils
in lower grades next fall. In
undertaking the move, the school
board announced it intended to
conform to State policy.
Virginia's schools are being
operated on a segregated basis
this term, but the Gray Commis-
sion report envisioned localities
having a free hand to solve their
own educational difficulties.
Several lawmakers have pri-
vately expressed concern at the
Moncure bill on the ground it
in a locality's affairs.
However, the bill carried SO
co-patrons when introduced and
Mr.. Moncure has voiced the pre-
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Fairfax County's new schoo
board adopted a watchful atti.
tude on integration as it tool
Office last night.
The six new members ap.
pointed Wednesday by the Boart
of County Supervisors were
sworn in by Thomas p. Chap.
man, jr., clerk of the county
court.
Chairman Robert r. Davis
only holdover member from thu
old board, placed the Indignation
question before the new mem.
bers to see If they wanted tx
take any stand.
THE previous board decided
not to say anything" said MIR
Davis.
81 believe the present BOARD
of Supervisors has taken a sim.
liar position. II you take nc
further action, ! assume there
will be no change in that policy.
There were no comments from
the new board members.
Opposition Voiced
While the new board Of super.
visors officially declined to TAXI
a stand on the Gray plan before
the referendum last month, i've
of the seven members stated
privately that they opposed thu
plan, which the State calls 9
method to avoid enforced in.
tegration.
Because of the sentiment OIL
the people who appointed the
new School Board members
however. they are expected tt
have milder sentiments on seq
than some members Of
the old School Board.
c. Turner Hudgins, new Schoo
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Democrats to Lunch

| Representative Landlord Of
Maryland and Mayor D'Alesan-
dro of Baltimore will address q
Maryland Day brunch OF the
Democratic Club Of the District
LOT Columbia at 1890 pm. Sun
day at the Burlington Hotel, 1920
Vermont avenue NV.
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ALA - THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
3,
Stanley Keeps Hands off
Disputed Moncure Bill

RICHMOND, Feb 0Fl-Gov Stanley is keeping his hands
of the Moncure Bill for abohing Arngons elected school
board.
The Governor declined comment the proposal at his
conference yesterday and said intended have moth
ing to do with the legislation sponsored Delegate Frank
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diction he'll be able to win COM
mittee support and rs per cent
approval in the House.
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Col. R. B. Jenkins;
Architect Here,
Retired Marine

Funeral services will be held
Friday at 10 am. at the Fort
Myer Chapel for 1t. Col. Ralph
Beaverton jenkins, 81, a retired
Marine officer. architect and en-
gineer, who was found dead at
his home. He lived at 4505 Dali
ton road. Chevy Chase, Md.
Dr.. Frank j. Broschart. Mont
gomery County medical examin-
er, issued a certificate of suicide
Police reported death came as a
result of carbon monoxide poi
soning. Col. Jenkins body was
found in the garage at his home
The cars motor was running.
A native of Washington, Col.
jenkins attended st. Alban' S
School here and later Harvard
College from which he gradu-
ated in 1919. He was a member
of the Harvard Engineering So
ciety and the Harvard Club of
New York.
Col. jenkins served with the
Air Corps during World War
and with the Marine Corps in
World War II. He was a mem
Der of the Army and Navy Club
here. At the time of his death
he was associated with the archi-
tectural firm of Mills, Petticord
and Mills.
He is survived by his wife.
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|. P. Haden, Al,
Mill President

CHARLO TTESVILLE. Va,
July 4 tSpeciaD .-Llewellyn P.
Haden, Al. died here yesterday
at the home of his mother. Mrs.
Sallie Cameron Pugh Haden.
He was president of the Char
lottesville Wooden Mill, president
of the Lafayette The
aters, Inc. He was on the board
of directors of The National
Bank e. Trust Co. of Charlottes-
vile. the jackson Park Hotel
Corp, the Albemarle Motor Co.
and the City Mortgage and In
Surance Co.
Mr.. Haden was chairman of
the Joint Airport Commission
and chairman of the Charlottes-
ville-Albemarle Infantile Para
lysis Chapter. He was mem
Der of the board of the local
Salvation Army and the Char
lottesville chapter, Virginia Stu
dent Aid Foundation.
Mi Haden's father. the late
DR.. William cambridge Haden
and his grandfather, E. j. Ha-
den, each served three terms as
mayor of Charlottesville. The
deceased was twice an unsuc-
cessful candidate for city council.
Mr. Hayden was born in
Charlottesville. He attended
local schools, Woodberry Forest,
GEORGETOWN Preparatory School.
IN Washington, and the Uni
versity of Virginia.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Anne Lancaster
Dingee, of Wilmington, Del, and
three children.
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Funeral Tomorrow
For Drowned Boy

Funeral services for Mark
Simonovich. 8, was was drowned
while swimming at a water filled
Fairfax County gravel pit, will
be held at 3 pm. tomorrow in
the Ives Funeral Home, Airing
ton. Burial will be in Columbia
Gardens Cemetery.
He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Simonovich. 1910
Arlington boulevard, Arlington
His father is a civilian employe
OF the Navy Department. The
boy disappeared while swimming
on Sunday. His body was found
Monday.
Besides his parents. he is sur
vived by two brothers, Sheldon
and Sam, of the home address,
and his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Skenzick, of Gilbert,
MINI, and Sima Simunovich of
Marble, MINI.
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August A. Marques, 43,
Former EmpIoye for VA

August Anthony Marques, 43,
former Veterans Administration
employe and youth physical edu-
cation director, died yesterday at
his home, 5123 Manning drive.
Bethesda, Md. He had suffered
a heart ailment for some years.
Mr.. Marques excelled in wres-
ting. baseball and football at
the University of West Virginia,
where he was graduated in 1882.
He also attended New York
University and received his
masters degree from Columbia
University.
He directed Boys Club &C
Invites for seven years at St.
Georges Episcopal Church in
New York. In 1910, he taught
sciences and directed physical
education at Margaret Brent
High School in Leonardtown,
Md, before he was called to
active duty as a first lieutenant
in the Army.
After a brief tour in physical
education at Fort Benning, Ga,
Mr.. Marques. because Of his
proficiency in languages, was
assigned to military intelligence
in Washington. serving with the
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Inter- American Defense Board.
He retired as a captain in 1912
and worked with the Office Of
Censorship until its termination
in 1945.
From 1945 to 1854 Mr.. Mar
Iques held positions in the rec
ords division and other branches
of the Veterans Administration
here, but illness forced him to
give up his job.
Mr.. Marques was born in New
York. His parents came to this
country from Spain.
He was member of Ameri-
can Legion Post No. 10 and Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Georgia Taliaferro Marques:
four children, Paul A., Anthony
M, Edmund and Carmen; his
mother, Mrs. Carmen Marques
Otero, and his stepfather.
Manuel Otero, both of Hartford,
Conn.
Services will be held Monday
at Fort Myer Chapel. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are being
handled by the Robert Pun
phrey funeral home in Bethesda.
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Sol Sickle,
Real Estate
Investor Here

Sol Sickle, SIS, Washington
real estate investor since 1888,
died Saturday in George Wash
ington Hospital. He lived at
1921 Kansas avenue NV. and
had Offices at 342 Eighth street
NE.
Mr.. Sickle was the son of
Russian immigrants. who came
here in 1909. He was only 8
then, but despite his youth and
lack of education. he began i'm
mediately to look for work wher-
ever it could be found. From
about 1910 to 1916, he was a
familiar sight to Washington
visitors, who found him selling
papers and souvenirs at tourist
attractions in Washington.
At l6, he owned his own fleet
of sightseeing cabs. Later he
owned a restaurant, confection-
cry, grocery ard dry goods bust
ness until he became a real estate
investor.
Survivors are his widow, Lii
liam; his mother, Mrs. Annie
Sickle, and a sister, Mrs. Re-
becca Unterberg, both of 5l54
Eighth street NE; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs Betty Fleishman OF
7040 Oregon avenue NV. and
Mrs Sally Riskin of Silver
Spring; another sister, Mrs
Bessie Inoff, also of Silver
Spring; two brothers, Sam OF
1902 Eighth street NE. anc
Morris of 5161 Seventh street
NE. and three grandchildren
An older brother, Henry, died If
1854 His father was the late
Harry Sickle. a shoemaker ir
Southwest Washington.
Services and burial were helc
on Monday.
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DR.. John Robert Lloyd, 81,
Prominent we Surgeon

DR.. John Robert Lloyd. 81,
Bethesda eye surgeon, died un-
expectedly early yesterday after
suffering a heart attack at his
Chevy Chase Md home.
He and his wife, Marjorie
Sparks Lloyd. lived at 1873
Hesketh street.
DR.. Lloyd was we'll known in
medical and civic circles.
Veteran of Two Wars
He came to the District in
1927, two years after he was
graduated cum laude from the
University of Indiana School of
Medicine.
He assumed an internship at
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital here. a position he held
previously at City Hospital at In
dianapolis. and later served as
resident physician. He settled in
Chevy Chase in 1923.
DR.. Lloyd had two Offices, at
1918 Sixteenth street NV. and
4422 E st West Highway
Bethesda.
He was a veteran of World
War ! Army service and served
again during World War II as
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Mrs. Hester GLASGOW, los,
Former Slave in Virginia

Mrs. Hester GLASGOW, who
would have been 106 on July 90,
died Sunday at her home in Mid
land Va. about six miles from
Warrenton. She had lived on the
same 31-acre farm there since
she was young woman.
Mrs. GLASGOW was born a slave
on the old Crump plantation near
Midland. Her husband, Henry
a farmer. died in the 1930s and
her only daughter also died some
years ago.
Mrs. GLASGOW could thread a
needle without glasses and her
hobby was sewing quilts. Her
hearing was as good as her eye
sight. Mrs. GLASGOW was in good
health until three months ago.
A short woman with long silver
hair. Mrs. GLASGOW was a familiar
figure in her high-necked. long
Sleeved black and white Bingham
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eye examiner of thousands OF
local draftees.
He was a member Of Phi Beta
Pi medical honorary, the Dis
trict Medical Society. the Dis
trict archaeological Society.
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Ro-
tary Club, the American Medical
Association, the University Club
and the Kenwood Golf and
Country Club.
32d Degree Mason
He was a 32d degree Mason.
Bethesda Lodge No. 204.
Besides his widow, whom he
married in 1923, DR.. Lloyd is
survived by three daughters,
Mrs. B. R. Wales. 4422 East
West highway, Bethesda; Mrs.
T. A. Tyrrell. 90 Southway road.
Greenbelt. Md. and Mrs. Charles
Schwob, l8F Ridge road, Green
belt; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lloyd, 43l8 Curtis road, Chevy
Chase, and three grandchildren.
Services will be held in Robert
A. Humphreys Funeral Home.
1857 Wisconsin avenue, Bethes-
da, at IL am. Friday Burial
will be in Parklawn Cemetery.
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Marshall Mogruder Dies,
Retired Artillery General

Brig. Gen. Marshall Magruder,
70, who served with every type
of artillery regiment, including
mule, motorized. mechanical
and armored during his 38 years
in the Army. died today in
Walter Reed Hospital, He lived
at 2725 Twenty-ninth street
NV.
Gen. Magruder was with the
War Department Manpower
Board for the Southeastern
States when he retired in 1916.
He began his Army career in
1908 as a second lieutenant with
the horse-drawn 9th Field Ar
tillery. He served on the Mexi-
can border in 1912 and in the
Philippines in 1915. He went
overseas in 1918 with the LIST
Division.
Gen. Magruder had served
also with the I'd, 18th. 10Th, LIST,
18th and 18th Field Artillery
regiments. He was in Hawaii in
1885. Two years later, when the
68th Field Artillery Regiment
was organized at Fort Knox as
the country's first mechanical
artillery, Gen. Magruder, then a
colonel, was selected to train the
regiment.
In 1910, when the 1st Armored
Corps was created, Gen. Ma
gruder was made chief of Arm
ored Force Artillery with the task
of developing the tactical use
OF arm0red artillery in conjunc-
ton with armored cavalry and
infantry regiments. He later
commanded the l4th and Goth
Field Artillery Brigades.
Gen Magruder was born in
Washington. the son of the late
George Corbih Washington Ma
gruder and Eleanor A. H. Mar
shall Magruder. His ancestors
settled in the tidewater section
OF Maryland in l64l and built
Marshall Hall in 1873. as well as
other famous old Maryland and
Virginia homes.
Gen. Marshall was a collateral
descendant of George Washing
ton through a full brother, John
Augustine, as we'll as Washing
tons half-brother, Augustine.
Gen. Magruder attended Gen.
trail High School, Emerson Insti-
tute and George Washington
University. While a student. he
served IN the District National
Guard. He was a graduate of
the Field Artillery School of Fire
the Cavalry School of Equitation
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Mrs. Beatrice B. Butcher, A8,
Principal Of Sumner School

Institute at Swarthmore College
before World War II. In the
of 1889 she was visit
ing delegate to the first World
Christian Youth Conference in
Amsterdam.
Mrs. Butcher was born in
Washington. She held a bache-
lorS and masters degrees from
University and did grad
uate work at New York Univer-
Sity
She has no immediate sur
vivors. The nearest relatives in
Washington are two uncles and
an aunt, the Rev. Ernest Craig
pastor Of Chapel Oaks Md
Community Church, Wesley
Craig. and Mrs. Nettie Jeffries.
Services will be held at l pm
tomorrow in the Metropolitan
AME. Church, 1918 NJ street
NV. Burial will be in Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery.
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the Staff and Command School
as we'll as both the Army and
Navy War Colleges.
For the last three years, he
had been chieftain of the Clan
MacGregor He was a Mason,
a member of st. Adams Church
and past president of the George
Washington University chapter
of Theta Delta Chi.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs,
Anne Peyton Magruder, a son,
Peyton Marshall Magruder, Coral
Gables, Fla. two daughters, Mrs
Loren Fletcher Cole of Palm
Beach. Fla. and Mrs. William
H Craig of Fort Meade. Md.
a sister. Mrs. Eleanor Sharp
Biloxi, Miss. and 10 grand
children. His brother was the
late Maj. Gen. Bruce Magruder
Services will be held at 2 pm
Friday in Fort Myer Chapel
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
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Mrs, Beatrice Bowen Butcher
48, principal of Sumner Elemen-
tary School, died Sunday in
George Washington Hospital.
Mrs. Butcher had been active
in the District school system
since 1926, when she was gradu-
ated from Miner Normal School
She began her teaching career in
the second grade at Deanwood
now Carver School. Most of her
career was spent in elementary
education.
Mrs. Butcher taught at Gar
rison and Morgan Schools in
the early 1905 and in 1884 she
was picked to participate in an
experiment in character educa
ton as an assistant counselor al
Washington Vocational School
She served as principal OF
Reno School and then in 1881
she began Is years service as
principal of Lovejoy School
Since 1850 she had been prin-
cipal of Sumner School.
Mrs. Butcher was delegate.
student to the Inter-racia
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dresses walking about her farm
with the aid of a stick. She
her two COWS, tended her
hogs, turkeys and chickens as
well as her garden until about
five years ago.
Mrs. GLASGOW thought diets
were foolish and she ate any,
thing she liked, especially vege-
tables. according to Mrs. Mary
Fields who lived with her.
"She didn't smoke or drink
and she didn't want anyone else
to either Mrs. Field said.
AS to why she lived so long.
Mrs. Glasgow used to say she
was lust living on the goodness
of the Lord"
Services were to be held this
afternoon at Ebenezer Baptist
Church in Midland, of which she
was a member. Burial was to be
in the church cemetery.
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Mrs. S. H. Lundy,
District Native

Mrs. Sophie H. Landy, SO, died
last night at the Hebrew Home
for the Aged, 1925 Spring road
NV, following a long illness.
A native and lifelong resident
of the District, Mrs. Landy was
the widow of Samuel H. Landy.
She had been a resident at the
Hebrew home for the last year
and half. She was a member
of Adas Israel Congregation.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Vernon Humphrey of Paris,
Va. and Mrs. Daisy B. Brennan,
Jacksonville. Fla; three sons.
George B. Landy, also of Jack
sonville; Gilbert M. Landy Of
Lock Haven, Pa, and Milton S.
Landy of Philadelphia; seven
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Lewis M. Alpern of Pitts
burgh, and Mrs. Jennie Teplitz
of New York City.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 pm. tomorrow in Danzan-
sky'S Funeral Home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV. Burial will
be in Adas Israel Cemetery.
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Mrs. Irene Mary jenkins, of the
Dalton road address.
Interment will be in Arlington
Cemetery, following the services
at Fort Myer.