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peared school attendance would
continue below par. Yesterday
about half the expected enroll
ment of the combined grade and
high school attended the first
day of school.
Warned by Montgomery
County Schools Supt. Forbes H.
Norris that the school laws would
be enforced. segregation-minded
parents apparently took him at
his word today.
No Blocks Today
Whereas about rs parents tried
to dissuade children from enter.
ling the school yesterday, there
was no impeachment today.
In warning that the school
laws would be upheld DR.. Norris
pointed out that a $50 fine for
any person who induces a child
unlawfully to stay out Of school
and $50 fine and 80 days in
jail for any person who disturbs
a school in session.
1.-THE law will be carried out"
DR.. Norris said in the memo
randum addressed Ito the pa
irons of the Poolesville School,"
The letter was being given to
children to take home to their
parents. DR.. Norris said there
were no immediate plans to ar
rest parents, but that before long
those not sending children to
school must show reason why.
All the colored students were
reported in classes today, The
attendance at the elementary
school was 1877, an increase Of
IA over yesterday.
j Insist on Hearing
/ The schools superintendent
yesterday advised spokesman for
the group protesting enrolment
of the Negroes in the secondary
sections of the Upgrade school,
that their request for a hearing
before the school board would be
considered only If presented in
writing.
Jarnming into the small Town
Hall meeting room last night,
, l18O segregationists insisted that
lDr Norris had promised the
, hearing after petitions were
presented to him yesterday.
During last nights meeting
parents Of l54 students agreed
Ito keep their children out Of
school until the hearing is
granted. They also planned to
hold nightly mass meetings ito
|, keep abreast Of developments"
!, Tonight's meeting was sched-
uled in a barn on the farm Of
Leonard Allnutt on Route lot
; between Poolesville and Darnes-
, town.
Last nights session was dis
orderly and heated at times.
There was no chairman. The
group has insisted it is leader
less.
want TO DO Right"
The meeting, however, was
Opened by Paul Paxton, a Fed
eral employe who lives near
? Poolesville.
There are no leaders among
u.s." Mr.. Paxton declared. I'VE
, are just bunch Of people who
, want to do what is right"
!, The main discussion of the
) evening was carried by Mr.. Pax
! ton. Charles r. Bodmer, jr.; Mrs.
t Bodmer and an unidentified
: woman.
| Mr.. Bodmer is a school bus
j driver and a printer.
[ Mr.. Paxton called for a petit
ton to be drawn up tonight
: demanding the resignation Of
!, Maurice Ward. vice principal at
the school.
I Severe Takes Over
: There we're also demands for
(. telephone campaigns to members
of the school board urging the
! public hearing and to other par
ents who we're letting their chill
dren go to school.
After the school opened yes
terday. the group Of protestants
adjourned to the home Of Buford
: Wynne. about a block away.
: There Everette Severe. a segre-
gationist who says he is chair
: man Of the Montgomery Chap
ter Of the Maryland Petition
! Committee, took over
He urged nightly mass meet
; ings and the continued boycott
ting Of the school by the stu
. dents.
+ He also drafted a petition Of
protest signed by the parents
: and presented TO pr. Norris at
/. the meeting with him.
Patrol Area
While last nights session was
in progress heavy police patrols
S were under way IN the area.
: Mr. Paxton is Sunday school
D superintendent at the Pooles-
: vile Methodist Church. Mrs.
d Bodmer is Sunday school
: teacher there and her husband
: an active member.
: The pastor Of the church,
Franklin M. Mills, %. announced
I his resignation yesterday.
He said his resignation was
: not caused primarily by the seq
D regation battle. He attributed It
: chiefly TO internal church dis
: sension.
His close friends In the COM
! munity. however. said the seq
{ regation battle was the GROWING