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Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
Should There Be Fees?

The Rockville Mayor and Council no doubt
knew when they bought an historic $125000 man.
sion for city recreation use land set up another
$125000 for an auditorium to be built on the
grounds of the 28-acre estate) that certain
amount Of controversy would arise in connection
with the ambitious project
The almost complete absence of controversy
to date is feather in the town fathers collective
cap. 1t indicates quite strongly that the folks who
pay the bills are in favor of the move-otherwise
they would have yelled somewhat louder.
1t appears now, however, that the honeymoon
Is about over and the taxpaying citizens are soon
going to speak their piece. City Councilmen are
bracng themselves for lively round of COM
plants over tentative council adoption of a sys-
tenn under which groups and organizations would
be charged fee for meeting in the Civic Center.
The citizens thought they were getting swell
new civic center the community could use and
enjoy. Now they find they're going to have to pay
when they meet there in groups. Many groups
have little or money and the disclosure has
come as quite shock.
The reasoning behind the fee system is that
minimum" charges should be made so the Civic
Center can be provided at minimum cost to the
people of Rockville. Some opponents of the fee
system. However find this reasoning hard to fol-
low in view of the fact that there is a fulltime,
resident custodian at the mansion, anyway. And
why can't he service the various groups that meet
there at extra cost? 1t also is difficult to un.
derstand the language of the Rockville Civic Com
mission when 1t recommends that fees be charged
so that the city will not be placed in the position
Of competing with 'privatelyowned facilities fur
nislltng services of like nature" Who is the city
competing with? And is this bad?
The adoption of the fee system by three mem.
bers, the Mayor and Council is, at this junctrre,
stin tentative pending an August meeting OF the
fun council We hope there is fun public discus.
sion and more council consideration Of the pro-
posed fee system before it is finally adopted.
AS for the other tentativeiy-adopted rule that
alcoholic beverage shall be banned from the Civic
Center, we'll have something to say about that
in early issue
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
Farm Sofety-

The nation is about to observe the Fourteenth
National Safety Week. next week
One week Of each year is set aside to put par
ticular stress on Farm Safety, but the 1h billion
dollar national economic loss from farm accidents
does not occur in that short period of time
Every farm person can help reduce this
accident toll by observing safe practices and
avoiding unnecessary risks. Farm Bureau calls
our attention to accidents that occur by making
adjustments on equipment when In motion. max
ing turns on tractors at high speed leaving forks
laying in wallSways trusting that tame bull hav-
ing dark stairs with loose boards the handling of
live electrical wires, and reckless high-speed
driving on the highways.
Thsse are but few Of the many things that
can cAuse farm accidents BY being on the lookout
for such hazards you can be on guard against
farm accidents happening, especially to YOU.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
Fritz Rudl-
Tell Teachers Teeners
Are Pre-Judged Guilty

"Today's teen-ager is judged
guilty before he is declared in
nocent," Fritz Radl, chief of
the Child Research Branch Clin-
ical Center of the National In
stitutes of Health, told an audi
ence of teachers at the Univer-
sity of Maryland recently.
Radls speech dealing with dis.
cipline for today's children and
youth, was in conjunction with
a special education lecture Sc
ries entitled, Problems and
Trends in Contemporary Amer
lean Education"
The teen-age period, accord
ing to Radl, is one in which the
youth is under constant suspi-
cion and scrutiny by adults, to
an extent where "the word teen
age has almost become a swear
word"
Teachers sometimes spend
more time barking at children
than teaching them," Radl con
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18

totally disabled before reach
ing Is. Payments will be made
also to the mother who has the
disabled child in her care.
This provision did not be-
come effective until January,
1857; consequently, disabled
child beneficiaries are not in
cluded in the total given above.
If the child of a retired or
deceased person is entitled to
monthly payments. the child's
mother may also be entitled to
benefits, regardless of her age.
In Montgomery County at the
end of 1856, 300 widowed
mothers who We're caring for
child beneficiaries were receiv-
ing $l4,851 per month.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
WiIum r. Spuses
Almost 1000 Retired Workers
In County Get Quarter Million

Security Administration district manager in Silver
Spring, declared today.
At the end of 1856, monthly benefit payments
were going to 1893 wives or aged dependent aged
widows or dependent aged widowers and parents
in Montgomery County. The 12-month increase
in aged benefcaries is due partly to the lowering
from 65 to 62 of the age at which a woman
without an entitled child in her care may qualify
for benefits, Mr. Spates said.
The lowering of the retirement age for women
was one of the provisions of the 1856 Amendments
to the Social Security Act and became effective
last November. 1t applies to retired women
workers, wives of old,age beneficiaries and
widows or dependent mothers of deceased insured
workers
Many women who would have had to wait up
to three years longer before starting to get bene
fits under the old law became entitled to benefits
in the last two months of 1856
Noting that OASI coverage has taken hold
rapidly in recent years, Mr.. Spates pointed out
that threefourths of the men becoming 65 this
year will be eligible for social security benefits
OF all people over 65 years of age 62 percent are
now drawing benefits or will be entitled to draw
them when their income from work stops.
In December 1856, 1,43O children in Montgom
cry County were being paid total of S58225
monthly. These were largely minor children under
lS whose insured parent; smaller number were
children under Is whose insured father or mother
had retired All of these were unmarried children
under 49,
While childs benefits ordinarily stop at age
lS, Mr.. Spates called attention to recent change
in the law which makes payments possible for
child over 1S based on the insured account of
retired or deceased parent, if the child became
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
Best Investment

This is the 18th year of what has become a
great American institution purchasing of United
States savings bonds on a mass basis
1t was in 1871 that the government began sell,
ing Series bonds to small investors 1t had
twofold objective--to help finance national de
tense, and to put brake on initiation by drawing
part of the peoples ready funds out of the com
petition for goods which shortly were to become
scarce and in great demand
The people responded to this opportunity TO
save small amounts of money, because it was pa
riotic Also because it was good business for them
Now, 16 years later, people are still buying
United States savings bonds It's still patriotic,
because the government still has to finance its
huge debt It's still good business for the Individual
It's always good business to put aside part of
ones income against a rainy day, or for old age,
or for college education for the youngsters, or
for ultimate investment in ones own business.
The savings bonds became the biggest thrift
program in history. Today 40y0000O0 Americans
own $40,0000O00OO worth OF them
They helped finance World War H. They
helped finance the Korean war; They helped fl
nance government activities of all kinds through
the years of deficit spending. And they are still
playing vital role i'm Federal finance even In this
time of balanced budgets because the government
owes LOT of money and the savings bonds com
prise big slice of the money it owes its citizens.
The people keep buying them even though
they can get greater returns on their money else
where in these days Of rising interest rates. Why
do they keep buying them?
For one thing II is such an easy way to save
Small sums. smaller sums than may be put into
most other forms of investment are welcome
The greater number of those why buy do so
through the painless" method of payroll deduc
tions at the source Of income. But the big reason
why people still buy them is because they are
the safest investment in the world. Nothing can
compare in gilt-edged security with an obligation
of the United States government
The person who Invests in United States saw
ings bonds is doing himself good turn in build
ing himself some capital; is helping his govern
ment manage its debt and Is helping all In that
it is anti4nflationary to save instead of spending
money in competition for goods
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
Andrew A. Duncon-
Over the
Garden Wall

Lightning injury to vegetable gardens some
times causes alarm during the summer months.
If lightning strikes the ground, tree or post in
as far as the vegetables are concerned. Stems of
plants may be scorched at the ground line
When cut open the pth inside the stem may
be chambered and appears as if large bubbles of
steam formed inside the stem. The injured plants
may be in roughly circular area or in an irregu-
lar line following the direction of the lightning
along the ground
Lightning injury to plants is most severe when
the surface of the soil is moist and the sub soil
is dry. In such cases the charge spreads out over
the moist surface soil and cooks" everything in
its path
Plants with cooked" stems wilt rapidly and
do not recover. There is no prevention and no
cure
If you are unfortunate enough to have your
vegetable garden seriously damaged by lightning
the best thing to do is to SOW seed of the short
season crops (such snapbeans) again and try
root cuttings of the long season ones Tomato cut
tngs for example, root easily. Large undamaged
sections of tomato plants could be rooted in moist
sand and then transplanted to the garden in very
short time
AS far as anyone knows lightning does no
permanent damage to the soil and there is no
reason why should not continue to the
same site. 1 sure you all expected me to say
lightning never strikes twice in the same place"
but didn't
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18
Roinmuker-
Maryland U.
Theater
Will Present

The University of Maryland
Summer Theatre will present
N. Richard NaSh's romantic
comedy, ''The Rainmaker,"
Thursday through Saturday
July 1920 at the Skinner
Building Central Auditorium on
the College Park campus.
Brought to the screen recent
ly by Burt Lancaster, Kathryn
Hepburn and Wendell Corey, the
story concerns a Kansas
drought, a cattle-raising family
including a daughter who be-
heves she is destined to spins
terhood and a picturesque char
acter who promises to bring rain
for a one hundred dollar fee.
Directing the play will be Rob-
ert A. Mill, who graduated last
June from the university's de-
partment of speech and drama.
Featured in the cast will be
Howard Waters, Judy Neumann
and Robert Arnold. Other per-
formers include Mel Diamond.
Rod Norvell, Edward Porter and
Kit Larke.
Other plays planned by Sum.
mer Theatre this season are Max
Shulman's "The Tender Trap"
august 1-3) and Robert An.
derson's Tea and Sympathy"
Admission price is 81 and
tickets may be obtained at the
box office in the Central Audi
torium, Monday through Satur-
day, from noon to a pm. Reser-
vations may be made by phon.
ing WArfield 1890, Extension
401.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18

tinued Sometimes the teach
er's emphasizing to group of
students not to do something
such as smoking encourages a
child who would not ordinarily
be interested in doing it."
Mr.. Radl added that different
types of discipline become the
mode during different eras.
"One generation may feel that
a tight concentration camp
type discipline is the best, and
the next may lean toward a
looser, extremely less constric-
tive disciplinary program"
Radl advised today's teachers to
first analyze the particular class
and specific individuals in the
class prior to setting up dis
ciplinary system. There is no
one best all-inclusive pattern to
follow" he commented.
One of the frequent difficult
ties facing the teacher is the
habit of keying his disciplinary
program towards one or two
students who are most likely the
exception rather than the aver
age. This type of discipline"
Radl continued, may not be the
wisest method for the rest of
the group, and can, moreover,
be harmful"
THE disciplinary methods
used by teacher should be flex-
ible, and the teacher should not
be dogmatic in holding to one
method if he feels that changes
are in order" he continued.
Radl claims that problem
confronting parents and teach
ers alike in dealing out disci-
pline is the mistake of attempt
ing to punish the child for more
than one thing at a time. "FcI
instance, Mary arrives home la
for dinner and the enraged pa
ent reprimands her not only fol
this, but for the company she
keeps, the fact that she wears
lipstick something the parent
was not able to do at that age)
and three or four other things"
Radl said. Poor Mary becomes
confused about what she is be-
ing punished for and turns up
the next evening late for dinner
again, because the fact that she
was being punished for this was
not clearly brought across"
Radl also emphasized that GER
tain actions among children
should be permitted, while 9TH
er actions should be only toler-
ated. The teacher should antici-
pate certain difficulties from ex-
perience, according to Radl, and
"post-situational cleanup" is an
important, although a frequent
ly overlooked, factor in discipll-
nary systems. BY this, Radl
meant that "rewarding or pun,
ishing a child is not enough,
that there must be a follow
through or the child is liable to
feel either overconfident or
guilty about the action"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1957-07-18

More than 1885 retired workers in Montgom
cry County were getting monthly social security
insurance payments totalng $253060 at the end
of 1856. This compares with 3,237 old-age bene
ficiaries receiving $2o1, ,73s monthly in the same
county year earlier, William r. Spates, Social
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-01-11

The same forces in American
life that are opposed to progress
Of organized labor are the forces
that support race segregation,
racial and religious bigtory, Macy
told the 300 persons who attended
the sessions.
Macy said that organized la
Dor will never be able to adequate
ly organize the South until the
Negro in that section is granted
his basic rights, which includes the
right to public accommodations
without segregation and the right
to vote.
Gov. OrviIle Freeman also spoke
at the luncheon. He expressed con-
Germ at race and religious discrim-
nation in housing which still ex-
lists in the state. He said such dis
elimination will work a definite
hardship on members of minority
groups displaced by the huge re-
development and freeway con-
struction programs now under
way.
Freeman said he was proud
Of the progress towards sound
human relations which had been
made In Minnesota, but urged
his listeners that this problem
required eternal vigilance.
He said he was especially proud
TO see such an institute set up by
the AFL-CIO indicating that the
unions are concerned with such
basic problems as human relations
and the end Of race and religious
discrimination.
Observers at the Institute say
the conference was one Of the best
planned and most fruitful ever
held in the Twin Cities. II was
spark-plugged by Louis E. Ler-
man, executive director Of the
Minnesota Labor Committee for
Human Rights.
On the committee which planned
the all-day session from the Min
neapolis Gu human rights com
mittee was Frank Adams. presi-
dent Of the Minneapolis school
board; Don Hillstpom, Fire Fight
ers Union; Mike Finkelstein, Gar
ment Workers; DR.. Mercedes Mel
son. AL Teachers.
Teachers.
From the Hennepin County CIO
Human Rights Committee was
Tohn Carmichael chairman Of the
Newspaper Guild; Lee Crttenden
nd Arthur Hopkins, United Auto
Workers; Kenneth Mueller, Flee
'rical Workers 114o; Cecil Robitz
Municipal Workers. John TX,
Duluth Federated Trades Assem-
by and Karl r. Grittner. st. Paul
Trades and Labor Assembly.
Consultants who participated in
he planning Of the agenda and
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Rev. ?. D. Woodford's
Remains To konsos

Rev. Frederick ID. WOodford.
500 81. Anthony Av., a retired
Methodist minister and evangel-
ist, died January 1st in 81. JOS
eph hospital
Rev Woodford was born March
IS, 1878, in Mexico. Mo. He was
a graduate Of Cannon TheoIogi-
cal Seminary, Atlanta, Ca. class
Of 1903. He had pastored and ev-
angelized throughout the states OF
Missouri. Iowa, Illinois. Indiana.
Ohio. Kansas. Nebraska and
Colorado with the Central West
Conference Of the Methodist
church
He Is survived by one daughter.
Nellie L. woodford. two sons, Her
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Weber Pleads
Guilty; Sentence
On January ~

A plea OF guilty was entered
Monday in Ramsey County district
court by Or Earl s, Weber, 90,
OF 3t5 n Victoria, dentist ON a
charge Of performing an abortion.
Sentencing OF the defendant has
been passed until Thursday, Jan.
II, by Judge Royden $, Dane. Or
Weber had originally pleaded not
guilty when charged
He admitted performing the OPP
Grafton TO aid a 81 year old wo-
man. mother OF four The woman
told police she wanted TO get rid
of the unborn child she was bear
ing because her husband was not
the father.
She appealed 20 Weber TO as
sist her Al first he refused AZ,
ter repeated cntreaties he finally
agreed. The case was revealed 10
authorities when the woman re-
CURED medical care at Anckor
hospital. Weber was arrested
Weber. long one OF the most
popular men in the St Paul COM
unity was convicted OF a similar
offcnse in 1949 and his sentence
was suspended. In 1851 he was
convicted Of practicing, healing
without a license and was senten,
ced to 30 days or a $500 fine which
he paid
His license TO practice dentistry
was revoked After IS months hs
was given a license 10 practice
because Of numerous petitions by
interested citizens TO the STATE
Dental Board
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DIR. FRANK YosT

magazine. who is a director, and
f. r. Waldo. executive secretary
Of Radio and television who is
programing on more than 500 sta
tons throughout the world.
From New York. DR.. Leo
Pfeffer. legal counsel Of the
American Jewish Congress. a di-
rector, and Patrick Murphy Malin,
Executive Secretary Of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union. an OBJ
server. counselor and speaker:
from Michigan State University
DIR. Horace Shaw; from Chicago.
DR.. Archibald Carey Jr, lawyer
and minister: Father Basil Greg
DRY OF St Constantine Church,
and Father Henry Smith Of the
Liberal Catholic church
Board Members
Representation at the board
meeting from the Twin Cities
VIII be the original five members
and Rabbi Bernard S. Raskas OF
the Temple OF Aaron, DR.. John
Wolf Of the History Department
Continued On page ~
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Md. Bush. Conn; clifford Case.
N. J.
Cooper, Ky; Flanders, VI; Ives.
~ " Kuohel Calf; Thomas
Martin, Iowa.
Morton, KY Payne, Maine;
Potter, Mich; Purtell Conn; Mrs
Smith, Maine.
Alexander Smith, N. j.: and
I'hye. MINI. az.
Not voting, but announced as
opposed 20 fihbuster: Nicely, n,
w, Va and Wiley CR., WIS.,
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served as resource persons on the
various panels included Shelton
Granger, Minneapolis Urban
League. John Pemberton, chair
man, Twin City Chippewa Coun-
ell, Samuel L. Scheiner, Minnesota
Jewish Council, Walter II. Up
hoff, Workers Education depart
ment, University Of Minnesota,
and Henry Thomas, head resident,
Phyllis Wheatley House.
Panels were held on Prejudice,
Discrimination, Housing, and the
United Nations. Each person
who registered was exposed TO
discussions ON each subject as
the panel members went from
one room 10 the other.
Panel members, resource MEM
bers and evaluators for the var
ious groups were John Carmichael
Mike Finkelstein, Kenneth Muel-
Ter, Sam Scheiner, Donald Hill
strom, Arthur Hopkins, Shelton
Granger. Rev. David witheridge,
Bea Kersten, John Mcdonald,
John Pemberton, Henry Thomas,
DR.. Mercedes Nelson, St Clair
Beeman. Walter Uphoff and York
Langton.
Emmanuel Muravchik, field
director Of the Jewish Labor Com
mittee made the principal talk at
the Conference Evaluation at the
close Of the panels at p. m.
A registration Of almost 300
union members attended the SEES
sions and showed their interest in
the problems discussed by remain
ing at the institute for a full day
which began with registration at
$50 a. m.
Greetings 10 the sessions open
ed the institute. They came from
Frank Adams, Rev. Vincent J.
O'Donnen, S. NJ. Walter Cram
mond. president Of the Minneapo-
lis Central Labor Union. st. Clair
Beeman, CIO; Marie Algor, field
representative for the American
Labor Education Service and Neil
sherburne, secretary-treasurer Of
Minnesota AFL-CIO.
Lack Of space prevents n
fuller coverage Of the important
ideas submitted 10 the sessions
both by speakers and the session
members during the question
and answer period.
with at least 200 Of the persons
at the institute representing al
most that many union locals, the
effect Of such an institute in en-
couraging a healthy discussion Of
human relations problems and ac-
ton on those which face the union
members in the local or In his
every day living cannot be over
estimated
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week by BISHOP A. A. Leiske,
moderator and chairman of the
Board.
The meeting viii be held in the
new Temple Of Aaron, corner Of
Mississippi River Boulevard and
Hartford Av. and is called for 9
4 m.
Banquet In Evening
In the evening at $50 there will
be an informal banquet at the
Lees Village Inn, with some $50
guests. Public officials, ministers.
educators. professional and bust
nessmen will be present to honor
the fourth anniversary Of the
founding OF the American ReHg-
ious Town Hall.
Grew To National Group
This national educational pro-
gram TO demonstrate American
democracy as II effects human
rights was organized in the Twin
Cities by clergymen Of five diff
ferent denominations. They were
Or. Lloyd r. Gillmett, rector Of
the Episcopal Church Of St. John
the Evangelist; Reverend Ira B
Allen, OF the Central Park Metho-
dist church; Bishop A. A. Leiske
OF the Seventh-day Adventist
church; Or. Clifford Ansgar Mel
son Of the Gloria Del Lutheran
Church and Reverend Mahlon w
Pomeroy Of Park Baptist church.
Since the organization Of the
American Religious Town Hall
four years ago, the Board Of Di-
rectors has been increased from
five members to p and instead
Of including only the Twin Cities.
il reaches out TO represent every
section OF the nation.
Whereas this educational pro
gram for better UNDERSTANDING
started with only one television
station in the Twin Cities il now
works with "a stations from coast
to coast In the beginning it in,
eluded only ministers Of all faiths
In its television program, now Il
has been enlarged to include edu-
Gators. public officials. states
men, professional and business ex-
ecutives
Representatives for this an
day business session are expect
ed nrom various parts Of the ma
nSa. Intending not only board
m>EnberA but also observers
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annual meeting
oliver C. Statham former presi.
dent OF the Minnesota League OF
Credit Unions. win be the princi-
pal speaker,
Officers OF the Union include:
Rev. Denzil Carly president; G. 70,
Newman, vice-president; Talmage
Il, Carey, sec'y-treas., and Ashby
Gasltins, asst. secretary.
Musical number win be by Fred
Ewing, outstanding baritone and
Barbara Green, pianist