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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Allied Civic Group
Backs Hyde Plan
On Transit Bill

The Allied Civic Group of Sill
yer Spring Monday night in
dorsed, in principle, the amend
ments Representative Hyde. Re-
publican Of Maryland. has made
to the bill in Congress to create a
Washington metropolitan tram
sit authority.
But the civic group added a
Recommendation Of its own
that at least one of the FIVE d.
rectors of the proposed author
lily be appointed by the Gov
Iernor of Maryland. Virginia's
Governor should have the same
privilege, the group added.
One Of Mr.. Hyde's amend
ments would allow any user Of
the proposed transit authority's
service to sue for adequate serv-
lice at reasonable rates. The Al
lied Civic Group added the pro-
Iviso that such law suits should
be permissible only after the
Authority lets so days go past
without taking any action on a
request for service.
In other action the civic group
supported two bills before the
Maryland General Assembly.
One would raise teacher salaries
by $500. The other would in
crease Maryland's sales tax from
2 per cent to 3 per cent to pay
for the teachers pay raise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
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R|ock7iIIebe|Ms
Annexation OK

Rockville's Mayor and City
Council last night indicated
they would approve the pro-
posed annexation of a 220-acre
tract east of the municipality,
but delayed final approval until
jurisdictional problems can be
ironed out.
The land would be an extern
sion Of the Twinbrook subdi-
vision and takes in parts Of the
Meadow Hall-Bullis and Clarke
Winchole tracts between Viers
Mill road and Norbeck road. The
annexation is sought by Joseph
Geeraert, developer of the Twin
brook subdivision, who proposes
to construct homes on the tract.
At present. the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
has jurisdiction over water and
sewage installations on the tract.
Planning jurisdiction is held b.
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
The Mayor and council agreed
that the annexation would be
logical. But they said the ques-
tion Of jurisdiction and possible
double taxation would not per-
init them to 60 through with it
now.
Arguments in favor of annexa-
ton were voiced by the Twin
brook Citizens Association and
by City Manager John H. Mark
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Area Baptist
.Layn1an Named

Clifton E. Mack, commissioner
of Federal purchases. Govern
ment Services Administration,
last night was named the areas
outstanding Baptist layman at
a meeting of the Brotherhood
Council of the Greater Wash
ington Area in Silver Spring, Md
The award is made annually
to an adult male lay member
of any Of the duly recognized
constituent churches of the Dis
trict Baptist Convention for
meritorious service.
Mr.. Mack. of 6400 Thirty-first
street NV, was singled out for
Ibis overall service Of many
years to Baptist lay work in the
Metropolitan Area"
HE has long been active In
evangelistic work here and has
spent countless hours working
at the Baptist Home" 3248 N
street NV, a council MEMBER
said.
Mr.. Mack is a member of the
Chevy Chase Baptist Church
and heads committee to name
a new minister to replace the
Rev. Edward E. Clark, pastor
who will retire next June.
The presentation was made in
the Silver Spring Baptist
Church. Wayne avenue and Fen
ton streets, Silver Spring. The
speaker was DR.. Leonard San
derson. secretary Of evangelism
for the Southern Baptist Con-
|yentiorl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Girl, Is, Who Put
Concrete on Rails,
Released by FBI

BALTIMORE, R)--The FBI
said yesterday a l3-year-old girl
who placed a 65-pound concrete
slab on Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks near Odenton last Satur-
day has been turned over to
Anne Arundel County Juvenile
authorities.
The slab was found about II
miles from the scene of last
Thursday nights wreck which
killed six persons. The railroad
reported the wreck was caused
by broken axle on a passenger
coach.
A possible second wreck was
averted Saturday when a train
man on a northbound train
spotted the concrete slab on the
mainline southbound tracks.
d. X. Brown, agent in charge
of the Baltimore FBI Office, said
the girl was in no way con-
nected with the Thursday de-
railment. She was found living
in a trailer camp near Fort
Meade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29

quests to reopen the investiga-
ton of the death Of the son.
las long as ! have q breath
in my body I will fight It," he
declared.
Says Wife Changed
He said that in the last few
weeks he believed his wife was
definitely losing her mind: had
become suspicious Of other peo-
pie and felt they were perse-
cutting her"
He added that In his over
lures TO police he had warned:
You're condemning my wife to
DEATH"
Mr.. and Mrs. Flynn have re-
peatedly commended that there
was no reason for their son to
take his own life. He was found
bleeding to death from q bullet
would in the neck only a few
hours Before he was to have
attended a birthday party in his
honor. F
Mr.. Flynn said his wife had
been preparing to Join the
Catholic, Church. Mr.. Flynn is
a Catholic and his son was a
member Of the church before
his death,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Voter Registration
Service Set Up

Special registration for persons
wishing to vote in this years
elections were set yesterday by
the Prince Georges County Board
OF Election Supervisors.
Registration will be conducted
oh March is and 16 between 5
and 8 pm. at the Suitland Com
munity Hall, Forest Heights
Community Center. Oxon Hill
Firehouse, Riverdale Firehouse
Bladensburg Junior High School,
and these elementary schools
Hillcrest Heights. Ager Road, j.
Enos Ray. Langley Park, Holly
wood and Center.
Registrars also are sitting at
the Hyattsville County Service
Building every Tuesday and
Friday from 6 to 9 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
EDITION Fire Back
AT McKinsey Report

county council to discuss the
IMcKinsey management survey
Iof county educational practices
opened last night before a
packed house. closed several
hours later with only a few scat
tered spectators remaining.
"A possible verbal clash between
McKinsey consultants Frank w.
Douglas and Leonard Csrulli
and county officials differing
with the report was sidestepped.
School board finance director
Brian Benson has been quoted
as attacking many OF the criti-
cisms Of his department as
false and misleading" Mr..
Benson has submitted a 14-page
memorandum to this effect
to Superintendent Of Schools
Forbes H. Norris.
Mr.. Douglas said he was will
ing to discuss Mr.. Benson's re-
port. but action was deferred
since the finance director was
absent. Mr.. Benson also was
absent at the first hearing last
week.
The bulk of the hearing, held
at the County Service Building
in Rockville. was devoted to a
reorganization and more detailed
analysis Of the surveys findings
in the administration and finan-
cial fields. /.
The next public hearing on the
report, scheduled to take up the
school construction, transporta-
ton and cafeteria sections, Is set
for 8 pm. March Z, in the coun-
Gil chambers in Rockville.
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Navy Forms First
'SeuMuster Company

BALTIMORE, Feb. 20 (P,.-
Seventy-flve recruits were sworn
into the Navy yesterday as men,
bers of the first "SeaMaster
Company" AIMED for the
worlds first multi-jet engined
seaplane.
The ceremonies took place at
the Glenn l.. Martin Co. which
lis building the huge attack
bomber for the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Mother, Grieving Over
Sons Death, Hangs Self

A Hyattsville mother, grieving
over an official suicide ruling in
the death of her 17-year-old son
last November, hanged herself
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Flynn,
of 46l6 Burlington road. had
fought an official verdict which
said their only child. Thomas j.
Flynn, killed himself with a %
caliber rifle In their home No.
vember Is.
Yesterday afternoon at Sis.
Mr.. Flynn. q Government Print
ing Office employe, returned
home to find his wife's body
hanging from q beam in the at
tic.
There is nothing in the world
that took my wife's life except
that her mind snapped waiting
for this verdict" he said last
night.
Had Planned Meeting
Mr.. Flynn and Prince Georges
County Sergt. j. P. Kearns found
a note she had left on a kitchen
table. They described its con-
tents as "incoherent."
Mrs. Flynn's body was found
almost at the exact time she
and her husband were to have
had conference with Hyatts-
vile Police Chief H. H. Holmes
in an effort to change the YER
dict in the sons death.
Police and Prince Georges
Medical Examiner DR.. John T.
Maloney listed her death as
suicide.
The Flynns were in the proc
ess Of moving from the Burling-
ton road address because OF its
association with their sons
death.
Today Mr.. Flynn blamed
his wife's suicide on Sailing
on the part Of Hyattsville town
police regarding repeated re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
keeroHousing
Pleu Rejected
In Alexandra

The Alexandria City Council
last night turned down a re-
quest for approval for additional
low-rent housing for Negroes
over protests that many colored
citizens are living in novels and
gfettoes.
The Alexandria Redevelop-
ment and Housing Authority
asked for permission to condemn
the block bounded by First, Al
fred. Montgomery and Patrick
streets to build 46 housing units.
The block, owned by Safeway
Stores, was originally in a low
rent project recently completed,
but was withdrawn by the City
Council after Safeway threat
ened court action.
The Council recently turned
down a Safeway request for
commercial coming on a portion
Of the block which is now zoned
residential.
Cites Housing Need
John Y. Kerr, executive d.
rector of the Housing Authority,
said Negro housing in Alexan-
dria is extremely overcrowded
and dilapidated. He said some
single-family units house from
three to five families.
N. Howard Staunton, colored
real estate man. protested that
for many years we have lived
In dens, novels and ghettoes."
". Ward Boswell, chairman Of
the Housing Authority. said the
housing need is acute and the
city would lose the Federal funds
set aside for the additional units
unless the Council approved the
condemnation. He said some
colored families are paying $50
OF more a month for one-bed-
room and joint use Of kitchen
and bath facilities with other
families.
Opposed by Safeway
The request was opposed by
Safeway. Attorney William
Koontz said Safeway had spent
$107. 900 acquiring the block for
q $3.50. 900 store.
He said the city would get
$4,000 a year in taxes from the
store.
The request was turned down
after tie vote was recorded.
Voting for the units were Mayor
Leroy S. Bendheim, John E.
Wald and John TIGER. Opposed
were James M. Duncan. F. Clin-
ton Knight and Joseph M. Pan
coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Foirfox Study Urged
For Junior High Schools

natives to the present system is
q good one"
He said parents, school ad-
ministration officials and "out-
side experts" should be asked to
m a Ike the study. which he
predicted could be concluded
within a year.
The report said the urgency
for immediate action rose out OF
the availability Of most Of $50
million school construction bond
issue at this time.
"If, during the next five years,
the proceeds of the recently
approved $22 million bond issue
are spent or committed" under
the existing organization plan 1t
would become more difiicult, and
expensive to attempt a change
over to include a junior high
school plan. the report said.
Budget Due Next Tuesday
The federation was told by its
Budget Committee chairman,
Don A. Russell of Annandale,
that the school budget for the
next fiscal year will be presented
to the School Board by the
school superintendent next Tues
day.
Mr.. Russell said his committee
participated with administration
officials In drafting budget rec
concentrations and reported that
the major federation recon-
will probably be con-
tanned IN the, budget report.
He said he could not give
specific details Of the budget un-
til it is actually presented to the
School Board, but he added that
the major recommendations Of
the federation called for higher
teachers salaries. employment of
additional helping teachers, q
new pay scale for school prin-
cipals. and a lowering Of the
pupil teacher ratio.
A resolution asking that the
School Board schedule a public
hearing on the budget before
sending 1t to the County Board
of Supervisors was adopted by
the federation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29

A regional chapter of the
American Institute Of Archi-
tects last night attacked the
Mckinney management survey
Of the Montgomery County Board
Iof Education.
The Potomac Valley Chapter
Iof the ALA took the survey tc
account on grounds that:
/. No staff personnel were
familiar with CONSTRUCTION OF
architectural professional serv-
ices,
2. The recommended use OF
|prefabricated school buildings is
beyond their scope of activity
as management consultants."
3. Discussion of long-range
planning overlooked the pos
Isibility that advance ALLEGATION
Iof funds for major school prof.
Iects would save year in plan
ming"
The architects also questioned
whether excessive funds have
been spent for architects fees,
opposed the Mckinney finding
that savings could be effected by
setting up a county department
of architects. and attacked the
aesthetics of schools Standard
lied to general specifications"
The report erred badly, the
said in a letter de-
livered to council and school
board members by Chapter
President Ronald S. Senseman,
when it stated its case for pre-
fabricated buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Boy Dies Of Burns

JENNINGS, Nd. Feb. 20 (P.
Steward Broadwater, Is. died
yesterday from burns suffered
when he threw a wire across a
7.200-volt electric line. The
accident occurred Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
.DAV Meets Tomorrow

Mount Vernon Chapter No. II,
Disabled American Veterans,
will meet at 7:45 pm. tomorrow
at the Penn Daw tVa) fire.
house, Chapter Commander Al
win D. Anderson announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29

The proposed study Of Fair
fax County's school organization
plan to determine whether the
county should build junior high
schools was urged last night by
the county Federation Of Par
|ent- Teacher Associations.
The study already has the
support of one school board
member. Clyde w. Gleason. a
recent board appointee. Mr..
Gleason is chairman of the fed
eration's High School COMMITTEES
which prepared the lengthy re-
port urging the study. He was
appointed to the School Board
after work on the report was
well advanced.
Fairfax is now organized on a
|seven-year elementary, five-year
high school plan. The Gleason
committee report, adopted last
night by the federation. said this
system is in use in only 8 per
cent Of the school systems OF
the United States.
MIR. Gleason's report said that
|"only a diminishing minority of
American school systems retain
any kind of two-division or
Iganization. Even the traditional
eight years elementary. four
years high school plan is used
by less than a fourth Of the
school systems. and 1t continues
to lose ground"
Cites Junior High Plan
Most of the systems use the
six-year elementary, three-year
Junior high and three-year high
school plan, the report said, urg-
ling that Fairfax County can
mot afford to ignore the reasons
for the change by other school
systems.
Mr.. Gleason told PTA mem
bers he realized he was in an
embarrassing position, having
prepared the report, and now
must consider its merits. But
he said: II still believe in spite
of the shift in my perspective
that the idea of studying alter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Cos Chamber Arrives

BALTIMORE. Feb. "a gas
chamber. which will replace the
gallows as the method Of execu-
ton in Maryland in June. ar
rived yesterday at the Maryland
Penitentiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29

It's time to register IS vot-
ers. The place Is the District
Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Clash Is Sidetrucked
At Public Hearing

The second joint public hear
ing Of the Montgomery County
Board of Education and the
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Continued From Preceding Page

L GOnItHWEU FTOW ICCoU"S U6O
is good marrying period then, soldiers settled into
military and idea he's going with it. He's had
chance to get things of his system he can look
at the girl effectively and decide she's
going to fit into the military way of life.
O. Are there any civilian jobs that good training
for the military?
A. Summer work as a camp counselor. or any kind of
outdoor work, is good
@. What advice would you give to a boy who's going
into military service and wants to get ahead?
Be prepared to mold yourself to your fellow service
rapidly possible know many outstanding boys
whove had a terrible time in the Army because they
wanted to be individual Not that you have to give
your individuality but should be ready to adapt your
self to surroundings and that nitiay will be foreign
to you Keep clean until you get on your feet In
service you've got the ability it'll be recognized you
play cool you'll find result of your Army experience
that you'll adjust to kind of circumstance
Incidentally lot of service folk believe in
the they're doing That's why they hesitate long
time before leaving the service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
Better Londscoping Is Cool
OF Montgomery Conference

improvement in the appear.
ance Of Montgomery County
homes and communities through
better landscaping is being
sought by a group of citizens
who met last Monday night at
the Rockville courthouse. In
Ivitation was extended by Agri-
cultural Extension County Agent
d. F. Foster and County Home
Demonstration Agent Catherine
Rhoads and associates. Under
Craftsmanship of A. G. Slough
ton, Office Of the county manager.
the group discussed needs of the
county and how to secure them.
Although numerous public
areas need improvement, atten-
ton was conferred on the home
owner. Many of the newer homes
are being planted with inferior
shrubs and trees-thoSe that
will grow too large in a short
time. Also. many of the older
homes in the county are now
|overgrown and need reland-
|scaping.
It was agreed that a county
advisory committee should be
established to plan and direct an
overall county program of home
and community improvement;
that such a program be ready
for launching in September using
one or more pilot communities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
LIFE IN
THE COUNTRY
Maybe the Drought Years Are Gone
BY JAMES BIRcHFlELD

After two or three false starts,
1t looks like spring at last has
come to The 40 Acres.
Daffodils are blooming all over
the place, our one surviving
peach tree is heavy with pink
blossoms and the pear tree out
front is snowy white.
But what's better still is the
rich green of the front pastures.
And none too soon, either, for
there is only a few bales of hay
left in the shed.
The rains look promising too.
Perhaps, and this is a hope, the
drought years have been broken
and the cycle is turning toward
normally wet springs.
But, even so. you can't please
everybody. Last year farmers
were complaining about the dry
spring. And this year I've heard
one or two complaining about
the rain. Can't get their oats
In the ground.
don't have any oats to SOW,
but ! do have to do something
about hay crop this year, and
that means I've got to get the
back field plowed up before long.
And, of course, I would like the
garden in shape before too long.
But the way 1 feel, I've been
so dry and dusty for so many
years now that / don't mind a
few delays because of rains. I
think how well things will do
later on with all this moisture
In the ground.
We seem to have had our share
Of winds this spring. Some Of my
brush piles have gotten moved
about. and few pieces of alumni
mum roofing got whisked off to
the field.
One of these days, when the
weather gets just right, I'll have
to have a grand brush burning.
Things like that do seem to
mount up in a years time.
DR.. Joe Rodgers up at Hamil-
ton. has a system I like. Joe has
himself a little black book, and
every time he sees something
about the place that needs doing,
he writes it down. Then, as each
job is completed, he scratches it
out of his book.
He uses up a book about every
three months, but meantime, he
says, he gets a lot done.
1t is mighty nice, he says to
be able to just write it down
every time you see a job that
needs doing-like fixing the
loose board on the porch.
The trouble with me, I'm
afraid, would be that I would
spend most of my time trans
ferring my jobs from one book
TO another. I'm afraid I wouldn't
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get many scratched out of the
book
DR.. Joe said the moonlight
came in mighty handy at his
place not so long ago. His horse
lost shoe the night before she
was to race, and, as she has odd
shaped feet, it looked like she
was out.
DR.. Joe took off to the pasture
to look for the missing shoe. He
found it too. 1t was shining out
in the moonlight.
That is the nice thing about
aluminium racing shoes, he said.
You can see them If the moon
is shining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

at the outset. In the meantime,
special attention will be given
by the county extension staff to
communities such as Broadwood
Manor requesting demonstra-
tons, or meetings. on lawn,
shrubs and trees. and to soil
testing services.
In addition to Miss Rhoads
and Mr.. Foster other persons in
attendance were:
Mrs. Kenneth King, Damascus, home
makers counsel; Mrs. Paul Stadler, Al
Club leader: Mr.. Paul Pearson. soil con-
servation district committeeman; Mr.
Curtis H. Porterfield. American Nursery
mems Association, Silver Spring; Mrs
George Menke. Monocacy Garden Club.
Barnesville
Also, Mrs stoughton. Information and
Research. ONCE OF County Manager; Mrs.
Warren Tydings, president. MONTGOMERY
County Federation of Wonien's Clubs
Laytonsville. Mr.. Tolson, director, Tree
Division. P-blic Works Department,
Bethesda: Mr5. Harrison King, president,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

stEumental solos. singing and
ballet will be held at I pm.
today at Sussex and wessex In
tersection park east Of Piney
Branch road in East Silver
Spring.
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