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GrdyConfers
With Stanley

RICHMOND. Va. July 7 (P.
Chairman Garland Gray of
the Commission on Public Ed
ucation called briefly on Gov.
Stanley yesterday but said later
he did not have any date for
the commissions next meeting.
The Governor has said he will
call the General Assembly into
special session by September 6
to deal with the segregation
problem. but that he wants an
other report from the Gray
Commission first.
Mr.. Gray said he did not
think the commission would
meet in July. He would not say
as to August.
When asked If the commits
sion would meet at all, he re-
piled: II presume So"
Last November the commits
sion made its recommendation
for meeting the school Segrega-
ton problem in the light of
the United States Supreme
Courts anti-segregation ruling
That recommendation called, in
part, for pupil assignment for
reasons other than race.
1t recognized at least a token
racial indignation in the public
schools to meet requirements of
the Federal Courts.
Since then. pro-segregation
sentiment has hardened among
many persons in Virginia.
throughout much of the South,
and on the commission itself
Now. some members of the COM
mission are known to be backing
away from anything that would
permit any indignation whatso-
ever.
And some of Virginias most
potent political leaders are
standing solid on the line Of no
integration. Senator Byrd, DEM
ocrat of Virginia. leader of the
Democratic organization in Vir-
ginia. has called for massive
resistance" to the Supreme
Courts decision.
Unquestionably, members of
the commission will be watching
closely what happens in Federal
District Court here Monday
when the Prince Edward County
segregation case comes again
into court. And next Thursday
the Charlottesville segregation
case comes up in Federal Court
there.
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MRS. Mile R. Simmons, ITO,
Born q Slave in Virqiniu

War her father was sent to
Richmond to help build a pro-
lection wall there.
After the war, when the
slavery chain was broken"
Yankee soldiers rode into the
Davis plantation. They took
the flour and meat and preserves
and threw them out on the
ground. Then they said to the
slaves. Negroes, you are free.
you can do what you want to
now, Mrs. Simmons told her
daughter.
Married Slave
Mrs. Simmons stayed on the
plantation and married another
slave, John. After the Davises
died the Simmons worked on
various other farms and later
farmed for themselves in South
Hill, Va.
Mrs. Simmons came to WASH
ington to live four years ago.
She ate cornbread and pork
every day, her daughter said,
and claimed getting to bed early
and rising early had a lot to do
with living a long life. She re-
tired about $50 or 7 pm. Dur
ing the day she stayed alone in
the house while her daughter
worked at the FBI building. She
went up and downstairs once a
day.
Besides Mrs. Terry, two other
daughters and a son survive:
Mrs. Ann earn, 2l38 Newport
place NV; Mrs. Lizzie Cole Of
New Jersey. and a son, Adolphus.
Philadelphia. Mrs. Terry said
her mother had more than 100
grandchildren, great-grandchil-
dren and great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Services and burial will be
held tomorrow in Palmer
Springs, near her birthplace.
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George E. Merritt, sc, Retired
Navy Department Scientist

the Bendix Aviation Co. of
America. During this period he
lived in Elmira. N. Y, and New
York City.
Mr.. Merritt was a member of
the Philosophical Society of
Washington, the Seismological
Society of America and the
Geophysical Union.
Survivors are his widow,
Laura; three daughters, Eliza
beth, of the home address; Mrs.
Marjorie Ellersieck and Mrs.
Madeline August, both of Los
Angeles; a son, Donald j.. Of
Island, Fla, a sister, Mrs. H. r.
Harris. Springfield, Mass, and
six grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2::30
pm. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home, 29Ol Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be pri-
vate. The family has asked
that tokens of sympathy be in
the form of contributions to the
Cancer Society.
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BY CARTER GORSKI

"A 110-year-old woman who
was born a slave died yesterday
at D. c. General Hospital of
double pneumonia.
Mrs. Mile Russell Simmons
was in the hospital "a hours.
1t was the first time she had
been in a hospital, or ever had
Ia serious illness, according to
her daughter, Mrs. Mary Terry,
with whom she lived at HAS
Morse street NE.
Mrs. Simmons was born April
Il, 1916 at Gold Leaf. Va, on
the Davis plantation near the
North Carolina border. She was
one of Is children. Her grand
mother On her mothers side
was an Indian.
Mrs. Simmons was over feet
tall and formerly weighed 279
pounds, but in recent years her
weight had dropped to 1856, her
daughter said. She had some of
her own teeth, could thread a
needle without glasses, and her
hearing was good.
Watched TV
She couldn't read or write, but
Mrs. Simmons enjoyed watching
the cowboys on television.
Mrs. Simmons was a midwife
in her younge days. She had
delivered some 300 children
sometimes travelling long dis
tances in horse and buggy tc
perform her work. She nurseo
families during the flu epidemic
but never contracted the dis
ease herself.
Mrs. Simmons cooked for hei
mistress and massa," as she
called the Davises. The cotton
and tobacco plantation was moi
whipping plantation" she
used to say. During the Civil
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Herbert T. Harrison. ST., Sc,
a Montgomery County roofing
contractor and business leader,
died Thursday.
Mr.. Harrison, who lived at
SOC Gilmoure drive, Silver
Spring, had entered Washington
Sanitarium about a week ago.
He was a native of North
ampton County, Va, but had
lived in Montgomery County
since 1885.
Mr.. Harrison was head of the
firm of H. T., Harrison e. Son,
Inc. now located in Rockville
and had been in the roofing
business since 1908.
He was one of the founders
of the Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce and a charter men,
Der of the Silver Spring Civitan
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George E. Merritt, Sc. phys
icist who retired in January
from the Naval Proving Grounds
at Dahlgren, Va, died Thurs
day of cancer at Garfield Hos
pital. He lived at 1899 South
Twenty-flrst street. Arlington.
Mr.. Merritt spent nine years
at Dahlgren. retiring as chief of
the optics branch of the bal
listics Instrumentation develop
ment service department.
A native of Indianapolis, Ind,
Mr.. Merritt was graduated from
Pomona College and did gradu-
ate work at Wisconsin. Cornell
and George Washington univer-
sites. He came to Washington
in 1917 as an associate phySi-
cist at the Bureau of Standards
Sixteen years later he became
an optical physicist with the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
From 1897 until 1947, Mr..
Merritt did scientific work for
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PoIicewomen Issue
2o9 Tickets in Duy

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, July 7 (P)
-Four policewomen, on duty
here for the first time this week,
outdid themselves.
Traffic Capt. Herman Stark
reported they issued 299 parking
tickets their first day.
Ordinarily, their male counter
parts issued about 10 tickets
daily-and that on their better
days
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daughter. Frank M. Perley. vice
president and trust investment
officer of the American Security
& Trust Co., with lives at 4701
Connecticut avenue NV; Allan
H. Perley, a legislative counsel
in the House of Representatives
of 1909 Upton street NV. and
Mrs. Henry j. Whiting of Mont
clair, N. j. Four grandchildren
also survive. Mr.. Perley'S wife
died in l947.
Services will be held in the
S. H. Hines funeral home, 290l
Fourteenth street NV. at pm,
Monday. Burial will be in Con-
greSSional Cemetery, =
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Dog Breaks Window
To Get at Mailman

DENVER. July Z (P).-Rocky,
a boxer dog. sailed through a
plate-glass window after mail
man. She's recovering from
multiple cuts. Il don't know
what happened to the mailman, "
said Mrs. Sam Stone, the owner,
who was absent at the time.
I'll ask him, if he ever comes
back"
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Anurilittn

SAWKA, PEARL. dwelling services In
memory OF the late PEARL SAWKA
will be held on Sunday. July s, 1856
at 1870 pm. at the Ohev Sholom
and relatives invited
SHAPIRO, MOLLIF AND JACOB. Un-
yelling Of monument in memory OF
our beloved parents. NOBLE and
JACOB SHAPIRO. will be held on Sun
day. July Is 1856, at II noon, at
the Bnai Israel Cemetery New, Oxon
HILL. Md. Relatives and friends in
vited.
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Uarns uf ThankH

PEARL The family Of
the late PEARL COLECCHIA wishes
to express its appreciation and sincere
thanks to relatives, friends and mem
bers of the church and organizations
to which she belonged for their kind
expressions OF sympathy. flowers, cards
kilograms and acts of kindness during
her illness and passing.
DOMINIC CoLECCHIA.
HARRY. We wish to
thank our many friends and relatives
for their kind expressions of sympathy.
which were Of great comfort and
announcement during our bereavement
THE FRIEDENBERG. FAMILY.
KIRVEN. RUDOLPH. We wish to ex-
press our sincere thanks and appre-
citation TO our many friends and CO.
workers for floral tributes. kilograms
cards and expressions OF sympathy rem
dered at the passing of our beloved
one, RUDOLPH KIRVEN. Special
thanks to the Rev RinerS.
WIFE JULIA MAE KIRvEN. AND
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DrathH

fassdsy july H'l - 'o 1850 SqPs aGh JOE Sc
D.URNIAK. aged 81. beloved husband
mother Mrs. Mary Durniak; six sisters
and two brothers Friends may call
a. the Hall Funeral Home, ,occoauan,
Church, Hoadly, Va. Interment Ar
linston National Cemetery at 3 pm. s.
EGHOLs. MILDRED FICKLIN. On
FfcKIIN Ec cqS of 1885? sS4 s %PR co
Mrs. Mary E. Tallant and James H.
EEc cntls.. sister ste Of Mrs. Frances x.
Echois also is survived BY five grand
Friends may cali at the CUNNINGHAM
Funeral Home: Cameron and Alfred
St. Mary's Catholic Church at ioI
am. Interment Bethel Cemetery.
FERGUSON. MAGGIE PEARSON. on
SGs'q Rsp tsl' aAd 5eIf q sEA EsseS
Of Mack Ferguson, mother Of Eunice
J Ss9wa A Minnie Williams Lois Bartee
I'VE grandchildren, ive sisters. four
brothers, one aunt three uncles. other
Eersuscn may Be viewed at hf the as steH MTS
pm sat aS%s 81 july st. n fane attfr
SST USnty A; Igly Rs s. a. Pm from the
Interment waodlawn Cemetery.
GOODMAN GOODMAN. FLOYD. Suddenly. on
view Bessh Ny M fLo lg5e oo q ISpg
lives and many friends. After 8 pm.
saturday, July T.. friends are invited
e 1919 eal dts at the McGYire Funeral Home.
JSiy s. at the New Bethany ny i saptist
Church. 10th and N SITS. NV. at
nAFNER, ARTHUR H. On Friday. 5ulv
3 = rS ST.; Arlington, Va. ARTHUR II
HEain ne. father Of Arthur, H.; ir.: Amos
brother Of Gertrude and vireinia Hat
ner and Mrs. Estelle Sinner Of Bethie-
h hem, Pa. Friends may call at the Ives
nR Re5n v HOm Sbs gS4f Wilson blvd All
pm. interment Bethlehem. Pa az o
HARRISON. HERBERT THOMAS, sR.
W Wa ,h THURSDAY July 5. 1856. at the
HERBERT THOMAS HAR RI o5SSspi s9
Nd. husband OF Gussie p. Hs HPfsoG'
p1 .er q Mrs. Emory W. King Of
Herbert T. Harrison, jr.: Mrs. Thomas
r., Hatton and John L. Harrison, ali Of
SILVER Spring, Nd. and the late Rich
Sro 81 hio Harrison; brother of Mrs. Willie
Beatrice Messamore Of Washinston.
D. c.: Mrs. Russell H. Jordon Of
Breezy Point, Md. and Allen b. Harri-
thirteen grandchildren. Mr.. Harrison
rests at the Warner E. Pumphrey
E rsl SL. Home; SABA oeorgia ave, Sill
Services on Monday, july o At ~ al
an. at the First Baptist Church Of
silver Spring. $50 Wayne ave, Silver
spring, Nd. Interment Parklawn Gene
HERBERT T., SR. spe-
q cial communication of Silver
IN Spring Lodge. No. els. A. F..
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DUBUIS, PHYLLIS lPHILLIFAI II. On
Tuesday, July 2. 1886 at the District
II. DUBOIS of 1913 18th pl. Sc be-
loved mother OF Mrs Regina Bradley
Stewart and George Thomas She also
leaves to mourn her passing a grand
STes ana msny h fgsnd aha 0sner Teia
Ing at. the John T. Rhines g. Co
Funeral Home, aOl 3rd ST. sw.. where
friends may call after D pm. Satur-
will be held on Sunday July g. at .
pm. the Rev. Colbert H. Pearson
officiating. Interment Harmony Gene
terry. 5
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09
Remind Business
Men Of The New
Floor Stock Tax

Business firms subject to the new
floor stocks tax on products included
in the recently passed Highway Act
may now obtain copies of Form 2265
from the district office of Internal
Revenue at Toledo and the field
offices in Lima, and Findlay, District
Director G.. c. Hooks said today
Returns, with payments, are due by
October Is.
Increased taxes are levied on floor
stocks of the following items on hand
as of last July /: gasoline; tires Of
the type used on highway vehicles;
truck, bus and trailer chassis and
bodies and tractors. A new tax was
imposed on thread rubber of three
cents a pound.
An instruction sheet accompanies
the new form, Mr.. Hooks said. 1t
explains and defines inclusions and
exemptions in the products listed as
taxable on the form itself. Continuing
taxes called for under the Highway
Act will be paid as part of regular
quarterly excise tax returns. A 16-
year road-building program to cost
about 33 billion dollars will be fin
anced by the taxes set forth in the
new act.
Two million copies of the form were
printed to meet the needs of affected
businesses. OF these about a third
are being distributed directly by
trade associations and manufacturers,
with the remaining two-thirds to be
available through district revenue
offices.
Returns and payments should be
sent to the district office, and checks
or money orders should be made
payable to the Internal Revenue Ser
vice, Mr. Hooks reminded business
firms.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

The Board of Education of School
District No. l, consisting of the
Bluffton, Beaverdam and Richland
township school boards, met in the
high school building Monday eve
ming for the purpose of employing a
superintendent for the above named
district. There were about twelve
applicants and among them some OF
of the successful school men of the
state.
Prof. C. C. Nardin was selected to
superintend the district at an annual
salary of 81, 800 dividing has time
in proportion to the number of
teachers employed in each sub-dis-
trict.
The teachers in the Bluffton high
school viii be P. H. Conser, principal,
Miss Esther Blazer, Miss Bess
Walthers and Edwin Bash. A teacher
in domestic science is also to be add
ed to the well selected corps of
instructors.
Miss Rhoda Amstutz of Chicago
spent a few days visiting with her
grandparents, Abe Lugibihl and wife.
Mrs. Peter Boyles of Fostoria is
the guest of Mrs. Fred Zehrbach.
Rel Potee will have charge of the
grade school building as janitor the
ensuing year.
Harold, youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Beals fell off his bicycle
Monday, sustaining a broken arm.
M. M. Murray, who was in Van
Buren Tuesday, sold large Missouri
Red monument to S. S. Hartman al
that place. The monument will be
erected in cemetery east Of Van
Buren,.
The members of the Lutheran con-
gregation are building a concrete
sidewalk on the two sides of their
church property corner of Grove and
Jackson streets.
Edward and Andrew Hardwick left
Tuesday for Bucharest, Roumania
where they will go to work in the oil
fields as drillers. They will take a
steamer in New York City Friday and
will go to liverpool and on to Paris.
From there they will go by rail. They
expect to make the journey in two
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effective than scientists once be.
lieved. One US. physician reports
that raw cabbage juice is rich in a
substance believed to be helpful in
healing stomach ulcers. Substances
deadly to many kinds of germs have
been found in other vegetables, in
cluding carrots, okra, cucumbers
and onions.
Some common fruits, too, contain
microbe killers. One tropical fruit
known as jagua has been used as a
medicine for centuries by caribbean
peoples. Researchers at the Univer-
sity of Puerto Rico recently isolated
an extract from the jagua which
hits the bacteria that cause intesti-
nal infections.
Though many higher plants har-
Dor antibiotic-like substances, our
most potent drugs have been
searched out among the simpler
forms of microscopic life in the soil.
Since the discovery of penicillin,
scientists have tested soil samples
from all parts of the globe, and have
given doctors powerful broad-range
antibiotics like Terramycin and
Tetracyn which quickly control once
fatal infections. I
Most vegetable germicides are
simply laboratory curiosities and
for good reasons. Many occur in
minute quantities, and are almost
impossible to isolate and test. Others
hit germs for which better drugs
are already available. Furthermore,
they are not true medicines, and the
most scientists can do is to seek
clues which in rare instances may
lead eventually to the development
of new drug.
One such clue has come from
India, where a recent study indi-
Gates that mushrooms, favorite in
gredient of epicurean dishes, are
completely distasteful to typhoid
germs. Medical detectives are fol-
lowing this clue in hope of finding
che source of new typhoid fever
drug. ~
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weeks. The two brothers signed a
three year contract and are to re-
ceive $3.50 per month. On the fulfill
ment of the contract they will receive
twenty dollars per month extra, for
the entire time, also travelling ex-
penses both ways. Both men are
married but will not take their
families.
Eighteen children from Cleveland
arrived here Saturday for a two
weeks outing in homes in Bluffton and
vicinity. The children are sent here
by the Cleveland Fresh Air Camp.
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cal scientists find
it significant. For
the Roman warri-
ors favored cab
bage not for it's
pungent flavor,
but as a dressing
for battle wounds.
In the light of
recent discoveries,
such age-old herb
al remedies may
have been more
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

THE ACREAGE of vegetables for
processing is percent above last
year. There are more limas, green
beans, sweet corn, peas, tomatoes
and beets, Ohio State University
extension economists report.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

SINCE THE EARLY 1940's Ohio
has been a deficit egg producing
state Egg production in Ohio has
been increasing since the early 1940's,
but population and per capita con-
sumption of eggs has increased at
a much faster rate, according to
Ohio State University extension poul-
trymen.
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e. SCIENCE IN
G9 YOUR LIFE
Vegetable Virtues

I The legions of Rome probably con-
sumed more cabbage per capita than
any other army in history. While
this ancient partiality to the leafy
vegetable may not impress students
of military logistics, modern medi-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-08-09

PROM THE BLUFFToN NEWS ISSUE OF JULY 80, 1911
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Road to Lead
To North CAPE

OSLO.-One OF the great
events in Norway this summer
will be the official opening of the
road leading from the worlds
most northerly village. Hon.
ningsvaag, to the North Cape
plateau. Crown Prince Olav will
open the road in ceremonies
on July /.
A daily bus service will OPP
crate over the % miles between
Honningsvaag and the North
Cape. From many points en-
route there will be a fine view
OF the Cape with its character
istic horn" After the last climb
UP to the 1000 feet high plateau
there will be a splendid view OF
Hornvika. where North Cape
bound tourists hitherto have
Landed by boat. From the pavil-
lion at the top Of the cape the
view Of the midnight sun and
the Arctic Ocean is magnificent.
The l2-day coastal express
round trips from Bergen for Sl65
arc still among the best travel
bargains IL Europe.
Thanks to the Gulf Stream
and the 24-hour sunshine, the
climate at the North Cape is sur
prislngly mild. The highest
temperature ever registered in
Norway. almost 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. was recorded not
far from this outpost under the
nose OF the Pole.
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walls, and small boats also
for tarpon and such gamesters
as sea trout, pompano and
snook. Inland lakes yield giant
bass. Skin diving. shuttle.
board, water skiing, golf,
tennis. and scores Of other
sun-time diversions.
Spectator thrills - Cruise
over crystsl.clear lakes so
transparent you can peer down
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FLORIDA.

More people now visit
here in summer than
used to come In winter.
Here are a few things
that attract them!
Two seas and brisk breezes
endow Florida with wonderful
weather year around. Sum.
mers, for example, average
only about s degrees warmer
than winters. Miami - the
states southernmost big city
- averages only. 6 days a
year when the temperature
reaches 80 degrees (U.S.
Weather Bureau statistic aver
age. So make this your year
to escape hot. muggy spells
in sea-cooled Florida.
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BOAC Viscounts FLY
To Nassau. lumuica

NEW YORK. - Vickers Wis.
count service to Nassau anc
Jamaica has been inauguratec
by the British Overseas Airway:
Corp.
Operating as a twice-weekly
tourist-class service, the Wis.
count leaves here on Wednesday
and Saturday for Nassau. Mon
tego Bay and Kingston. Jamaica
Last week BOAC provided ad.
ditional Viscount service to Ber-
muda with a daily tourist opera
ton.
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extravaganza salutins Cuba
Mexico. Puerto Rico, Panama
and the Dominican Republic
Leading entertainers from these
nations will be featured at each
performance.
Festival pageantry will unfold
on a f1ve-tiered stage the length
of the football field. In a special
salute to spring and Latin Amer
lea. $40 costumed dancers will
perform around 81 electrically
lighted maypoleS representing
each country of the Pan Ameri-
Ican Union.
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Festival to Salute
Latin America

MIAMI, FLA waterfall cas-
cading from the upper deck Of
the Orange Bowl football sta
dunn to a tropical garden or
the stadium field will provide the
setting for the second annual
Miami Festival of Music. open
ing Wednesday and continuing
through Friday.
More than 5000 performers
will appear in the three night