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The Sidney herald., 1959-12-23

All the strength and force of a
man comes from his faith in things
unseen.
James reeman Clarke
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-23

This is the time of year when
more resolutions are made, and
broken, than any other.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-23

Life would be more sensible II
people were more sensible.
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Norfolk

The Tidewater Educational
Foundation in Norfolk will set
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8 Negroes Sue
For Admission to
GuIux School

ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 90
AP). - Desegregation suits
seeking the admission of eight
Negro pupils to a white high
school in Galax were filed to-
day. They followed the style
OF a suit filed Friday seeking
the admission of a dozen
Negroes to white Floyd County
high schools.
The two suits affecting Galax
High School were filed by mail
in the court of Federal Judge
Roby c. Thompson at Abing-
don.
One covers two sisters in the
town of Galax who seek adj
mission to the white high
school there. The other covers
six Negro pupils in adjoining
Grayson County who also seek
admission to the Galax High
School.
Neither Galax, in Southwest
Virginia midway between
Martinsville and Bristol, nor
Grayson County have a high
school for Negroes. A number
OF Negro pupils from these
localities are transported daily
to a high school for their -
in Wytheville-a round-trip
distance of about 80 miles.
Both today's suits and the
Floyd County suit filed yes
terday were brought by Reuben
E. Lawson, Roanoke attorney
for the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
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Dead Mun'sCush
Held by County

MARTINsBURG, w. Va.
Aug. 20 (AP).-Sheriff Carlton
B. Stuckey said today that
S4.255 In cash discovered In the
home Of an aged man, who was
found dead after a three-day
search, has been placed in the
county treasury pending court
disposition.
The body Of John Thomas
Farris, 81, was found yesterday
In the western suburbs. Death
was due to natural causes.
Farris was a retired Balti-
more g. Ohio Railroad fireman.
His wife died in 1858. Sur
vivors include q stepson,
Thomas Kursey Of Berkeley
County.
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postponed a final decision on
whether to operate classes
pending a survey of the avail
ability Of teachers, finances
and buildings.
The school board meanwhile
has asked Federal Judge John
Paul to dissolve his order of
last year under which the Ne
groes were admitted to Warren
County High. This would en-
able the board to shift most of
the 10 Negroes to the new Ne
gro school on the basis of geo.
graphical distribution alone.
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same day public schools open.
The academy buildings won't
be finished by September 8,
which may delay opening there.
$50 Pupils Enrolled
Mr.. Marshall said approx
mately 230 students have been
enrolled at the private elemen-
tary school, just a few under
the capacity of the two build
ingS. He said more than 400 are
registered for academy classes.
Public School Supt. Fendall
r. Ellis declined to say how
many students are registered
for Lane and Venable. He said
normal enrolment for Lane
would be about 1850 and Ven
able about $50. Total enroll
ment in all city public schools
normally void be about 1890,
Of which about 1900 are
Negroes.
School officials have made no
official attempt to discourage
private schools, but school at
torney John S. Battle, jr. has
said a mass exodus Of white
students would cause a de-
terioration Of public schools.
Mr.. Battle said that if the
public supports the school
boards deSegregation plan in
tegration can be kept to a
minimum. But he said there is
a danger that public school
seats vacated by white students
might be taken by Negroes.
Mr.. Marshall said the foun-
dalton has no intention of
replacing public schools with
private ones
I'VE would hate to see the
public school system collapse"
he said.
1.-THE principle Of freedom of
choice is meaningless without
the opportunity to choose" he
said. I'VE are providing facili-
ties so parents can choose"
Public Fund Drive
Mr.. Marshall said the con-
struction bonds viii be paid of
through funds to be collected
in a public drive. He said
operational costs will be paid
through State tuition grants.
Under Virginia's freedom
Of choice" program, parents
may obtain scholarship grants
up to $3.50 to send their child
to a private, nonsectarian
school or to a public. school in
another jurisdiction. In Char
lottesville the grant amounts
to 1924.
The educational head of
CharlotteSville's private pro-
gram is A. D. Barfield, a former
Lane High School teacher who
recently received his doctor of
philosophy degree from the
University Of Virginia.
He said the private schools
will provide a complete course
Of studies. One of the academy
buildings will have laboratory
facilities for science courses.
The academy also will have
a full sports program, he said,
using facilities at nearby Abe
marie County High this year.
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Official Rups
Plan to Limit
Span RAISING

Concern that proposed regu-
lations requiring the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad to open its
drawbridge across the Anaeos-
tia River only four hours a
week would threaten the pros
perity Of the new Prince
Georges Marina at Bladensburg
was expressed yesterday by an
official Of the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission
Blair H. Smith, a member Of
the bicounty commission which
operates the marina, stated his
fears in letters to the govern
ing bodies Of Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties.
He noted that the railroad
must now open the bridge. near
District General Hospital in
Washington, on the demand OF
boats seeking passage.
II the restricted bridge open
ings are granted by the Army
Engineer Corps. Mr.. Smith
said, the marina would lose
all attractiveness to larger
boats" Clearance beneath the
bridge with the draw span
down is barely more than 5
feet at high tide.
He added that "the piers
and boat slips already con-
structed at considerable ex-
pense would be rendered use
less. Neither the recreational
nor financial benefits which
were to be derived from the
operation Of the marina would
accrue" er y.
The Washington Engineer
District of the corps will hold
a public hearing at 1870 pm.
September II in the Sanitary
Commission Building, Hyatts-
vile, on the railroads petition
for fewer openings. Hss
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cation Of the Lomax African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
2706 South Twenty-four road
Hearing Scheduled
The board scheduled Septem-
Der 10 for a public hearing on
"a proposals from an advisory
committee for passage by the
State Assembly next year. The
proposals include:
I. Authority for the county
to reserve sites for future public
use under the master plan to
reduce acquisition costs.
Q. Separation Of a redevelop-
ment authority from a housing
authority. A combined author
ity plan was defeated in a
referendum for the develop
ment Of Rosslyn last fall.
3. A study of housing, medi-
cal care and other needs of
the aged.
4. Restriction on the sale of
lewd literature to children.
5. Withholding Of licenses
until applicants pay all per-
sonal property taxes due on
their vehicles.
The board approved payment
by the county of one-third of
hospital and surgical insur-
ance for country employees
The plan was estimated to
cost the county $4,000 a year
eventually.
The board also approved ap-
pointment Of Joseph L. Fisher
to succeed Col. j. Fuller Groom
on the National Capital Re-
gional Planning Council. Mr..
Groom was appointed to the
Northern Virginia Regional
Planning and Economic Devel-
opment Commission, succeed
ing Capt. A. B. Leggett. Both
appointments had been rec
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Health Aide Named

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
Aug. 20 Especially DIR. Robert
Dean Wright, so, an officer in
the Health, Education and We'll
fare regional department here,
has been appointed assistant
director for health and medi-
cal activities of the ONCE of
Vocational Rehabilitation in
Washington, d. c.
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Prince Edward

Private classes for white stu
dents are scheduled to get un-
derway in Prince Edward
County about September 10.
Roy r. Pearson, adminiStra-
tor for Prince Edward School
Foundation, sad opening date
would depend on how soon IA
cilities can be readied.
There will be no public
schools this year in Prince Ed
ward. The County Board of Su-
pervisors voted not to appropri-
ate school funds after Federal
courts ordered indignation.
So far, no provisions have
been made to educate the
Negroes.
Mr.. Pearson said that 1,40O
white students have applied for
foundation classes, about 100
short of the total number of
white children of school age.
Glasses will be held in
churches and other buildings.
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Virginions to Test Free Choice Plan
For Private, Segregated Schools
BY PAUL HOPE
star stan Writer

Virginia's freedom of choice"
educational program gets its
baptism this fall.
The legislative program
adopted last spring to give stu
dents q choice between inte-
grated public schools and pri-
vate classes is being put to a
practical test as parents try to
provide private. segregated edu-
cation.
Private schools are being set
up or planned in four COM
munities for white students who
object to going to school with
Negroes.
Some Of the efforts are sub
stantial. Some represent little
more than token resistance
against public school integra-
ton.
In one Of the major areas
where indignation already has
taken place-the Northern Vir-
ginia suburbs Of Washington
there has been no effort to set
up private schools.
Five New Buildings
Charlottesville segregation
lists have translated freedom
OF choice" into two bond sales
and five new buildings for pri-
vate, white classes. Integration
begins in Characteristics pub
lie schools for the first time
next month.
Prince Edward County in
Southside Virginia, where the
local government has with
drawn all financial SUPP Sort for
public schools rather than per-
NIT desegregation, expects to
see private classes start around
September 10.
A three-story residence has
been acquired for private, seq
regated classes in Norfolk, |
where indignation began in six
public schools last year and is
being extended to one more
school this year.
Warren County's private
school promoters are still un-
decided about the fate Of the
classes they operated last year
when the public school was
closed to avoid Indignation. But
the private school organization
is still functioning, and private
classes are promised if funds
and teachers can be found to !
run them.
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WOMAN KILLED
WHEN CAUGHT
BETWEEN CARS

BALTIMORE. Aug. 20
(AP). - "A woman was IA
tally injured last night
when she was crushed be-
tween two colliding auto
mobiles. Mary l.. Watson,
81, was crossing q street
when she was caught be-
tween the two cars. She
died about four hours later
at University Hospital. Po-
lice said one car had just
pulled out Of a parking
space when 1t collided with
q car coming In the oppo-
site direction. Neither
driver was hurt.
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Warren County

Public school officials and
directors Of a private school
foundation appear to be play
ing a cat-and-mouse game on
the opening Of schools in War
rem County.
Public schools originally were
scheduled to open tomorrow,
but the date has been post
poned until September 8.
The board Of directors of
the Warren County Educa-
tional Foundation was sched-
uled to decide last Monday
whether it would operate pri-
vate classes for white high
school students, but it put of
the decision until September 3.
School and foundation Off
Gals deny that decisions of
either have anything to do
with the delays. But it's no
secret that each would like to
know how the other is going
to make out.
School Boycotted
The crux of the problem lies
in the probability that War;
rem County High School will
be integrated this year. It was
closed last fall to avoid inte-
grafton and reopened under
court order in February for 81
Negroes, but the white stu
dents boycotted the school.
The educational foundation
operated classes last year for
white students in makeshift
facilities.
OF a normal enrolment of
abo.t 1850, the public school
has had registration of about
$40 white students and 10
Negroes.
$40 Sign Up
The educational foundation
says about $40 white students
have signed up with it in pre-
liminary registrations.
The foundation board has
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up private' classes for white
high school students this year
in a three-story residence. but
officials aren't sure it will be
filled.
Six high schools and one ele-
mentary school will be inte-
grated when public schools
open September 8.
The educational foundation
will open its Tidewater Acad-
envy for white high school stu
dents on the same day. So far,
it has made no plans for segre-
gated elementary education be-
cause it was not sure there
would be indignation this year
in elementary schools.
Federal Judge Walter E.
Hoffman on Friday ordered the
school board to admit one Ne
gro to suburban Park Elemen-
tary School, however. Twenty
Negroes are scheduled to be
admitted to six high schools
where II attended classes last
year under Federal Court order.
The Tidewater Academy en-
rollment will hardly make a
dent in public school member
ship lists. The Academy build
ing will accommodate 800 to 400
students. Over 200 are expected.
There are an estimated $4,000
public school students, includ-
ing about 10000 white high
school pupils.
26-ROom Building
Ralph Collins, retired Marine
colonel who is principal of
Tidewater Academy, said en-
rollment at the academy, this
year is expected to be over
200."
Last year, the academy OPP
Grated in the educational build
ing of the Bayview Baptist
Church. This year, the educa-
tional foundation bought a &C.
room building. once used as q
nurses home and later as the
residence of a produce mer-
chant.
The $4,000 cost was paid
with funds collected in a public
subscription, Col. Collins said.
Operational expenses will
come from tuition charges
which are expected to be paid
under the States tuition grant
program.
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Charlottesville

Ine nve Charlottesville build
ingS for white students are 60
ing UP in two residential areas
a few blocks from two public
high schools which will be de-
segregated this year.
Opening day for the public
schools is September 8. when
II Negroes are scheduled to
be migrated with white stu
dents at Lane High School and
Venable Elementary. School Of
f1cials expect a sharp drop in
enrolment at the two instl-
buttons.
Most of the missing students
will be in clasSroomS built by
the Charlottesville Education
Foundation.
The foundation was organ
lied by Segregationists last year
when indignation under Fed
eral Court order became a pos
sibility at Lane and Venable.
When the two schools were
closed by the States massive
resistance laws, the foundation
helped set up emergency classes
Tor white students in makeshift
facilities.
When it became apparent
that Indignation could not be
held of this year, the founda-
ton began planning for per-
manent private facilities for
white students.
Mansion, RambIers
The result is Rock Hill Acad-
envy for high school students
q 175-year-old mansion and
three nearly completed ram
bler-type buildings on a 9-acre
tract and Robert E. Lee School
Tor elementary studentS-two
new rambler-type buildings on
i've residential lots.
The foundation, headed by
attorney David B. Marshall
f1oated two bond issues totaling
$l5O.000 to construct the build
ings.
Rock Hill Estate was bought
fof $4,000 to be paid over a
four-year period. Mr.. Marshall
said. The buildings will cost
about $4,000 each and equip
ment about $35, 900, he said.
Glasses are scheduled to open
at the elementary school the
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by the County School Board.
The General Assembly
dropped the former State law
last winter so that no students
would have to attend integrated
schools against their will. The
new State attendance law,
which the county ordinance
adopts, still permits parents
TO keep their children out Of
integrRted schools.
Hearings on a compulsory
law win be held by Fairfax
CountS's supervisors next
Wednesday and by the Falls
Church City Council Septem-
Der %. A motion to adopt the
law In Alexandria failed for
lack Of a second at an Alexan-
dria School Board meeting
July IS.
Old Law Repealed
About 200 Northern Virginia
students. including is from Ar
lington. dropped out of public
schools last spring after the
attendance law was repealed.
Board member Ralph Raul
noted yesterday that the tenn
porary lack Of the attendance
law in Arlington had had no
serious effect on the truancy
rate.
In other action, the Airing
ton board approved coming for
a 81 million addition to the
South Gate Motor Hotel at
Shirley highway and South
Glebe road. The tract will in
clude $50 units and a 500-seat
convention hall. Applicant
John C. Wright said it will be
the largest in the county. The
motor hotel opened last spring
with 210 units.
The board deferred action on
a proposed connection between
Shirlington and Glebe roads
after protests from the congre-
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commended by the county PLAN
ming commission.
The board indefinitely de-
ferred action on a request from
the Northeast Library Associ-
alton to construct a new IL
brary in the Cherrydale Sec
ton.
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School Attendance Law
Adopted in Arlington

Arlington yesterday became the first Northern Virginia
jurisdiction to adopt compulsory school attendance law since
the old law was repealed by the General Assembly in January
The ordinance requiring daily school attendance between
the ages OF and 49, into effect Tuesday, by unanimous
vote Of the county board Passage had been recommended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-27
Dulles Had an Early Aim
TO Work for World Peace

A pair Of pens on q stand
inscribed by the Lions Inter-
national Convention Of june
%. 1857:
A replica of q pillow. given tc
Secretary Dulles uncle. Robert
Lansing. when he was Counse-
Tor in 1914. by then Secretary
Of State William Jennings
Bryan, which is inscribed:
Diplomacy is the Art Of
Keeping Cool" Nothing Ii
Final Between Friends" and
of course. They shall beat
their swords into plowshares
Isaiah "a"
One complete wall Is covered
with three charts recalling
19S4-40 cruises in the Dulleses'
sailboat "Menemsha" between
New York and the Great Lakes,
via Nova Scotia. the Gulf Of St.
Lawrence and the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
Eisenhower Art Works
Two works Of art presented
BY President Eisenhower are
displayed. One is a lake scene,
in colored and lead pencil. 1t is
inscribed in pencil: ITO my
friend Foster-at Geneva
1855. Dwight D. Eisenhower. .
No great piece OF art, it obyi-
ously brought back pleasant
memories Of the summit for
Secretary Dulles.
The other Eisenhower work
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rs IN on. and pictures the pro-
files Of three Cabinet ofiicers
on q dark blue field. MIR. Dulles
In the top left hand corner,
former Treasury Secretary
George M. Humphrey In the
center and former Defense Sec
Rotary Charles E. Wilson IN the
lower right hand corner.
It is inscribed: For John
Foster Dulles. From his devoted
friend. Dwight d. Eisenhower. +"
These two Eisenhower me-
mentos flank a sofa on which
there is a small square pillow
of bright blue, proclaiming m
yellow. green and red box
stitches: when In Doubt Give
Advice"
A Scene in Vienna
Behind the sofa are several
framed pictures Of Secretary
Dulles at various conferences
around the world.
Three show Mr.. Dulles with
former Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov, then British Foreign
Secretary Macmillan, French
Foreign Minister Pinay and
Austrian Foreign Minister Figl
at the time Of the signing Of
the Austrian State Treaty on
May Is. 1855.
The most interesting Of these
is taken from the Belvedere
Palace Balcony in Vienna, look
ing over the backs Of the heads
of Messrs Dulles, Pinay and
Molotov to a crowd below. Mr..
Dulles and Mr.. Molotov flank
Mr.. Pinay, their arms flung
around the small Frenchman.
The inscription. apparently in
Secretary Dulles own words. is
long:
"A view from the rear. as the
Foreign Ministers wave to the
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multitude assembled to cele-
brate the signing Of the Aus.
trian State Treaty - May is
1885"
Mote that while Mr.. Molotos
trightl uses one hand to wave
to the crowd, the other hand
is suspiciously near M. Pinay'l
hip pocket. Question: Is any
lesson to be learned from this2s
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cHARLOTTESVILLE. va.
May ~ Specialize. Thomas
Battle Of Charleston. w. va,
a first-year law student, has
been elected chairman Of the
Judiciary Committee at the
University Of Virginia. He Is a
nephew Of former Gov. John s.
Battle Of Charlottesville.
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FOR them roster Dulles mas
long been a living legend, with
many personal attachments
for them.
But the full stature Of the
figure In whose shadow they
have moved with devotion and
energy the past six years Il
dawning on them with full
force only now.
They have been meeting the
last few days, usually By
chance. in q small inner sane
tum the Secretary had xept or
the fifth floor OF the State De-
partment. just down the hall
from the walnut-paneled office
in which he received the
worlds leading statesmen fol
six years.
In the midst Of their feverish
preparations for today's funeral
and their acknowledgements OF
the worlds torrent OF accolades
TO their fallen hero. the misty.
eyed have found time to remini-
lsce among the mementos which
Secretary Dulles kept In that
quiet room.
A Testimonial
There Is, for instance, the
colorful scroll, signed BY 81
members Of his immediate on
cial family" and presented to
him in 1857 ION the occasion
Of the 50th anniversary Of
the beginning Of his vast ex-
perience in foreign affairs"
It begins: I'VE, the under
singed do hereby present
John Foster Dulles, Secretary
of State; Skilled Navigator
through Troubled Waters,
Swimmer in Icy Ones; Dean of
Doodlers: Master of the Intri-
cate Art Of the international
Conference and the Delicate
Art of the Press Conference;
Airborne Champion OF a Free
World which He Circles with
Ease.
This Scroll as a Symbol OF
the Respect and Affection with
which we his immediate off,
cial family. regard him and
with the Hope that his Warm
Friendship and Wise Leadership
will continue to be Ours for
many years to come :"
The undersigned began with
Christian Al. Herter, the IN
dersecretary who was to sue
coed him, and ended 81 names
later with James r. Warren,
who was Mr.. Dulles chauf-
feur.
Along the edges of the large
scroll were reproductions Of
Mr.. Dulles doodles, which he
manufactured in great pro-
fusion at Cabinet sessions,
State Department staff con-
ferences, appearances before
Congressional committees -
wherever there were pads of
paper and intervals where he
did not have the floor.