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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27
STRIDE Toward Freedom

In the last chapter of his account
Of the now historic boycott of seq
regated buses in Montgomery, Ala
bama, the Rev. Martin Luther
King, Jr., reminds his readers,
Every step toward the goal Of
justice required sacrifice, suffer-
ing and struggle; the tireless ex-
ertions and passionate concern of
dedicated individuals"
King, one of the dedicated indi-
viduals," succeeded in inspiring
tireless evertion on the part Of
thousands Of his people-and in
Stride Toward Freedom, he tells
the story Of the sacrifice, the suf-
fering, the struggle, and the even
tual triumph of those who refused
to allow aching feet, weary bodies,
threats to their livelihoods and
their lives, arrests, indictments,
and the bombing of their homes
and churches to halt their march
toward the goal of justice.
Much more than a summary of
the details which Newspaper re-
ports of the Montgomery story
Provided, DR.. Kings book presents
a fortnight account Of the in
tellectual and and emotional in
volvement of a young Negro min
lister who while still in his twenties
became the central figure in a
highly explosive situation. How his
early experie taught him
racial injustice is economic in
Justice" how he became con-
WINGED that a religion truly con-
cerned with the souls of men must
be concerned with mans social
conditions, and how he arrived at
philosophy of active but non
violent resistance, should be a
source of stimulation and inspira-
ton for all the readers of Dr.
Kings book.
DR.. King knows that there is
still much to be done. 1t is to be
hoped that there will be quick
and effective response to his call
to action on the part of the federal
government. Northern liberals
Southern moderates, the church,
the labor movement and Negroes
themselves, to make additional
strides toward freedom.
Stride Toward Freedom by Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Harer
g. Brothers $2.95
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27
Negro Influx Is
Field For MefhodiSm

Buck Hill Falls, Pa The
Rev. DR.. Charles F. Golden Of
Philadelphia told the Methodist
Board of Missions, last week, tina,
the rapid growth Of minorities, es,
pecially Negroes, in American cit
les offers not only an opportunity
to Methodist evangelism, but the
chief means Of keeping Methodism
vital in these urban areas"
The board met here last week,
and heard the report coming from
Rev. Golden, a director of its Div.
ision of National Missions that
Chicago's non-white population in
creased by 10000 Pittsburgh by
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

One Of the greatest literary
figures Of 10th century Russia was
Alexander PushIIiOn, who was of
partly Negro ancestry.
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

24,0OO Negroes served in the
Merchant Marine in World War II
and 4 Negro captains commanded
Liberty ship with mixed crews.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

peare Festival at Straford-on-
Avon.
MRS. MURRAY WALLS-ap
pointed to the State Board of Edu-
cation Of Kentucky by Governor
Albert B. Chandler, the first Negro
woman to hold this post.
MRS. CHARLES WHITE
elected to the school board in
Houston, Texas, the first Negro
to win election to public office in
that city.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

and this Covenant giving that its deeply
community,
other will sell qualified
without
national origin.
Take advantage opportunities enlist ngbos
Presbyterian Church commit them
o same principles of action
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

A Negro, P.B.S. Pinchback, was
Governor of Louisiana for 40 days
in 1873 to fill out the term Of the
previous governor.
The new nation Of Ghana is
named after a mighty kingdom
that nourished in Africa from the
early part of the Christian era to
the year 1000. At one time it had
an army of 100000.
The first successful operation on
the human heart was performed by
a Negro surgeon, DIR. Daniel II.
Williams In 1893.
Two Negroes, Prince Whipple
and Oliver Cromwell, were with
George Washington on Christmas
Day, 1776 at the famous crossing
of the Delaware. 5000 Negroes
fought in the revolutionary War
and one Massachusetts company
was under the command Of a Negro
officer.
One of the greatest literary
figures Of 10th century Russia was
Alexander PushIIiOn, who was Of
partly Negro ancestry.
$4,000 Negroes served in the
Merchant Marine in World War II
and Negro captains commanded
Liberty ship with mixed crews.
In a decision which marks a
milestone in the fight against de
facto segregated schools in the
North, Judge Justine Polier of the
Domestic Relations Court in New
York City dimissed a suit brought
by the Board of Education against
a parent who had kept their chill
dren out of virtually segregated
schools which they claimed were
inferior. They had been refused
permission to send the children to
better schools out of their school
district in the Harlem area. Judge
Polier found, on the basis of in
formation she requested from the
Board that the schools in question
are, indeed inferior. She ruled that
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

the parents have a constitutional
right to insist on equally Of edu-
cation for their children.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27

81 900 and Cleveland's by $1,000
between 1850 and 1855.
These figures are suggestive
not only Of the rapid replacement
of whites in the city, especially the
inner city, but also Of the over
crowding with its resultant COM
plieations and problems" he furth-
er stated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Grand Jury
POnders
100 Cases

The Montgomery County
Grand Jury, which was con
vened Monday, will consider
well over 100 cases up for In
dictment before ending its ses-
sion next Tuesday or Wednes-
day.
Most serious case 10 be pre-
sented was a murder charge
against Helen Martin OF Rock.
Vile, accused OF Staying her
common-law husband last
month with a pairing knife.
Also, two men accused Of
driving two FBI secretaries into
Montgomery County and raping
them. and another man, Gordon
Lee Contes, accused of rape. will
be the subjects OF grand jury
action.
A large number of other feI.
ony charges, from possession
of narcotics, gaming charges
through forgery will be heard.
The States Attorney or one
of his deputies and State wit
nesses are the only persons au-
thorized to appear before the
grand jury panel of "a persons.
Fred L. Lutes. president OF Sub.
urban Trust Co, il foreman Of
the grand jury.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Lions Donate
Most Blood
On Tuesday

Rockville Lions Club men,
bers contributed II pints of
blood when the bloodmobiIe
made its annual visit to the city
Monday. A total of "a pints
were given.
Second highest organization
to donate was Campbell Print
ing and The Sentinel. Employees
of that joint organization con-
tributed seven pints.
Other firms whose employees
donated, and the number of
pints they gave, included: coun-
ty government, S; Rockville Re-
publican Women, 3; Giant Food,
3; Chamber of Commerce 3;
Rockville Women's Club, 2;
Presbyterian Church, 2; Board
OF Education, 2; and, with one
each-County Police, Atomic
Energy, Hot Shoppes, City Gov
eminent, Masonic Lodge, Twin
brook Homemakers, and Cooper
Trent
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
If Over 20
DrunkIestC CONNECTION
Rate is 100 Per Cent

July /, says that an alcohol
content of 20 per cent or more
shall be considered prima facie
evidence of drunkenness; alco-
hol content of between .08 and
20 per cent is borderline, and
other factors such as behavior
of the suspect must be con.
sidered.
Between July / and October
81, none of those tested had less
than 20 per cent alcohol in the
urine.
The test is purely voluntary.
A suspected drunk driver cannot
be required to take it, and if
he refuses, his refusal can not
be presented as evidence at his
trial. OF the Sc arrested for
drunken driving, 26 agreed to
take the test and 80 refused.
There were fewer arrests for
drunken driving in this period
than in the same period a year
ago. In July through October,
1858, there were II arrests for
drunken driving in Montgom-
cry County; in the same period
this year there were only Sc
such arrests, although popula-
ton of the county has in.
creased.
Col. James S. McAuliffe,
superintendent of police, be-
lieves this may be due to two
factors. He said existence of
the test may possibly be max
ing policemen more cautious
about arresting a driver for
drunkenness unless they are
very certain; but he pointed out
that there has also been an ac-
tual decline in drunken driving
arrests over the last five years,
despite the increasing popula.
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Higher Pay Credited
Teacher Turnover Drops
From I9 to IL Per Cent

Teacher turnover in Mont
gomery County sch o OILS
dropped abruptly from 1913
per cent last year to 11.2 per
cent this year.
Arthur D. Simonds jr., execu-
tive secretary of the Montgom-
cry County Education Associ-
alton attributed the sudden sta
bility to a pay raise approved
last March. He pointed out
Montgomery County now has a
pay scale higher than any other
school system in the Washing
ton area, or in Maryland.
Pay scales in the county now
range from a beginning $4,000
to a possible $500 after IL
years.
Simonds said the comparative
ly high teaching pay was keep.
ing teachers from going into
other fields of work.
He pointed out that turnover
in teaching staff occurs almost
totally in the summertime, be-
tween school years. He said the
heavy drop-outs come in June,
July, and August, but this sum-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

'mer the expected number did
not quit. He said that although
teachers did not actually start,
to receive the higher pay until
this fall, they knew since last
March that it would be coming,
and consequently hung on to
their jobs.
DR.. c. Taylor Whittier, super
intendent of schools, said at the
Board of Educators all-day
meeting Tuesday that he be-
lieved the total school situation
in Montgomery County suffici-
emily favorable to keep teachers
from looking elsewhere for bet
ter jobs. Whittier pointed out
that last year the county was
paying its teachers at just the
bare average for this area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
.RockviIle's Santa
Due November u

Grand opening of the Christ
mas shopping season In Rock
Vile has been set for Friday
and Saturday, the two days fol
lowing the Thanksgiving hoii-
day. Calendar dates are Novem-
Der u and %.
Festivities and the two-day
promotion are sponsored by the
Midtown Rockville Merchants
Association. About go retail and
business establishments are ex.
pected TO participate.
Kickoff comes Friday No
vember u, when Santa Claus
comes TO town on an appro.
priately-decorated float laden
with presents and candy for
the youngsters. After a ride
through town, Santa will be sta
toned at various locations
throughout the business area
to learn what young fans want
under their Christmas trees. Lo-
cations and hours are to be an
nounced later.
Midtown merchants are plan.
ming a two-day sale in connec-
ton with the event.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
9th Dist. COP
Post Won by
Mrs. AubinOe

Mrs. Dorothy l.. Aubinoe,
active Montgomery County
Republican, was elected
chairman Of the Sixth Dis
trict COP Congressional
Committee at a meeting
Tuesday in Hagerstown.
As committee chairman, Mrs.
Aubinoe win exert strong in
fluence on Republican strategy
in the Sixth District during the
coming primary and general
election campaigns scheduled
for next May and November,
respectively.
A member of the Montgonl.
cry County State Central Com
mittee, Mrs. Aubinoe is the wife
Of Builder Alvin L. AubInoe.
The committee Mrs. Aubinoe
heads is made up primarily OF
three members from each of
the State Central Committees
OF the five counties in the Sixth
District = Montgomery, Fred
erick, Washington, Allegany
and Garrett. Other sec mem
bers are invited to sit in on
committee sessions to help de-
wise COP campaign strategy.
Mentioned most frequently as
heavy" candidates for COP
nomination to oppose the Demo
cratic Congressional incumbent,
Rep. John c. Foley, are State
COP chairman D. Eldred Rine-
hart, John Derr, of Frederick;
]. Glenn Beall, jr, of Allegany:
Charles Matthias, of Frederick:
and J. PAUL Marshall and Gil
bert Hahn, both of Montgomery
County.
Mrs. Aubinoe has in the past
managed campaigns of former
Republican Congressman De-
Witt S. Hyde and is a member
of the National Republican FL
nance Committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
If Over 20

All drivers who h We
IF lu n k e d" Montgomery
County's new drunk test
and have come to trial have
been convicted, police re-
vealed this week.
Thinking" the test, it was
pointed out, consists of provid.
ing a urine sample that checks
out in a laboratory analysis to
have an alcoholic content of 20
per cent or greater.
If it is 20, the new law pre-
sumes that the driver is too
drunk to drive. And the judges
are apparently agreeing.
A total of Sc persons were
charged with drunk driving be-
tween July /, when the testing
program started, and October
81, police said. OF these. 80
have not yet come to trial, &C.
cording to police records. A
breakdown of the remaining "a
shows: nine who scored 20 or
more who were convicted; nine
who did not take the test but
were convicted; six who did
not take the test and escaped
conviction.
What it all adds up to is this:
those who the law said were
too drunk to drive were convict.
ed in court without exception;
in the case of those who did not
take the test, the rate of con-
viction was only about go per
cent.
The new test is made by
measuring the amount of al.
cohol in the suspected drivers
urine. The law, in effect since
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Hospitals
Fund Drive
Is Started

A million-dollar campaign
was kicked off yesterday to
raise final cash needed for
a new hospital in Silver
Spring.
The money is for construction
of a 300-bed hospital to be
located at Forest Glen I'd. and
Cameron DIR. in Silver Spring.
1t will be owned and operated
by the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
Cost of the hospital is to be
more than $5,0OO,000. Four mil
lion has already been pledged;
this is the final step in a 15-year
effort to build a Silver Spring
hospital.
]. Newton Brewer. chairman
of the Montgomery County
Planning Board and a Washing
ton investment broker, has been
named chairman of the adj
vanced gifts drive, which has
a goal of 100000.
The campaign will cover the
next six months, with pledges
accepted for payment over a
three-year period.
Construction will begin while
the fund drive is going on.
Campaign headquarters are in
the Perpetual Building, 8710
Georgia ave-, Silver Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

school classrooms, by teachers
selected and paid by the P-TA.
Tuition is collected from pa.
rents.
But when the pupil leaves
elementary school, foreign lam
guage instruction stops until he
enters ninth grade two years
later.
Whittier's recommendation is
that the school board take up
the program at this point so
that continuity of instruction
can be maintained.
Whittier also recommended
that not later than next year the
Board of Education take over
supervision of the total out-of-
school program. This would
mean that the board would Sc
lect the teachers, pay them, and
collect the tuition from the par.
ents.
Whittier pointed out that the
FILES program started in 1854
with 46 students, but there are
now more than 5000 students
participating. He said that a
program of this scale required
more than volunteer direction
by the P.TA.
Action on Whittier's recon-
mendation was held over until
the next board meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
BLOOdnlObiLe
VIII Visit


The Damascus Lions Club
and the Damascus American
Legion Post III will sponsor a
visit of the Montgomery County
Red Cross Bloodmobile Novem-
ger % at the Damascus Fire
House.
The Bloodmobile will accept
donations from 3 until 5 pm.
Local Camp Fire Girls have vol.
unteered to serve as baby sit
tiers for donating parents.
Appointments TO donate may
be scheduled by calling Joseph
Papiermeister, re cruitm n I
chairman, at Clearwater 3.2240.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

Temperatures win average
about 3 degrees below normals
of 81 for high and 40 for low
in the next 5 days. A little
colder today, warmer Friday
and colder Saturday, Sunday.
Late Friday and Saturday rain
likely.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Interchange
Is Nearing
Completion

The S2.3 million Pooks
Hill interchange, that blends
t h e Washington National
Pike GUS. 24O) with the
Rockvile Pike (Rt. 1859 and
the Belt Freeway will be
dedicated November 30.
All but completely open now,
the interchange lacks only con-
nection with U. S. 240. Cover
nor j. Willard Tawes will cut a
ribbon on the dual freeway 10
days from now to provide a fast,
direct link from the District to
Frederick, Md.
The two Northbound lanes of
Rt. 355 were opened by State
Ro a DIS Commission officials
Monday. About $4,000 cars a
day were crowded onto the
Southbound lanes pending open
ing of the North lanes.
At the same time, officials re-
opened the Belt Freeway, con-
Meeting Connecticut ave. with
the interchange.
Silver Spring residents hoping
to use the Pooks Hill inter
change to go to Rockville or
Frederick were urged to wait
until Monday to reach the inter-
change via Jones Bridge I'd. and
Connecticut ave.
L. E. McCarl, SRC engineer in
charge, said the latter intersec-
ton will be under rush construc-
ton until next week and viii be
very hard to get through. Con-
necticut ave. is being dualized.
Meanwhile, the Roads Com
mission announced another new
road in Montgomery County
will be opened to traffic Novern-
Der 30: a "a mile dual section
new Columbia Pike, from Cedar
Croft Sanitarium to the Burnt
Mills filtartion plant. That one
cost $1,9O0,000.
This road is another link in
a continuous dual Rt. % that
will, eventually, connect the in
tersection of Colesville I'd. and
Sixteenth ST., Silver Spring,
with Baltimore.
The next phase of dualizing
Rt. % will be a strenuous piece
of work: crews will have to
straighten out the steep, wind
ing road from the filtration
plant up to Four Corners. There
they'll leap overland TO the otner
side of Four Corners intersec.
ton and continue building from
Bruce st. down to Sligo Creek.
Accompanying news of new
roads and interchanges were
new road numbers. What is now
old Rt. % (Colesville rd.) all
the way up to Brighton dam.
will become Rt. $50, or a con-
tinuation Of the route that num-
bers New Hampshire ave.
Rt. 20 from Ashton corners
East to Howard County will be
remembered 108 to conform with
the road leading into Ashton
from the West. Road number
changes will become effective
after November 30.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Sentinel Thanked
For Report Card

The school board voted
Tuesday to thank the Mont
gomery County Sentinel and
the Campbell Printing Co. for
publishing the superinten.
dents annual report.
The report was distributed
as a supplement- to last
weeks Sentinel, and five
thousand additional copies
were furnished free to the
Board of Education.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
P-TA's Poved he Woy
Expansion of School Foreign
Language Program Is Likely

The superintendent of schools
has recommended pilot pro-
gram of foreign language
classes for grades seven and
eight.
DR.. c. Taylor Whittier, at the
Tuesday, recommended that the
Board of Education begin a for
eign-languages program at the
junior high school level either
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

in the coming semester or next
year.
Under the P-TA sponsored
Foreign languages in Elemen-
tary Schools program (FLES),
elementary school pupils from
the third grade up have been
able to get language instruction
outside of regular school hours.
The instruction is given in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Christen With Mix?

They used n bottle of milk
to christen the new Maryland
Farm Bureau building at Ran
dalIstOwn last Thursday. C.
e. Wise, jr., executive secre-
tary, MFB, dedicated the new
structure to MFB's 10000
farm family members.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Slu1l1 Study
Urged by
Advisors

A probe into present and
future Slum conditions in
Montgomery County was
proposed this week by repre-
sentatives of the County Ad-
visory Health Committee.
Lawrence M. Fisher, of 109O8
Clermont ave., Garrett Park,
told the County Council the Ad-
visory Board hopes to start such
q probe as soon as possible.
Fisher, a member of the board,
was its chairman for a number
of years and is a retired SAM.
tary engineer with the Public
Health Service.
The proposal came during an
informal appearance before the
Council. No action by the Coun-
ell was sought or taken.
First move of probers, he
said, would be to conduct a
housing survey of the entire
county. Doing this, existing
slums could be identified and
areas declining toward slums
could be checked.
He suggested to the Council
that a member of the State De.
partment of Health could advise
the Advisory Board how to go
about such a survey. He indi-
Gated a random sampling might
be the best way.
David L. Cahoon, Council
man, reminded Fisher that a
similar survey of less scope was
completed by a professional
hired by the county back in
1852. But he concurred that a
fresh, countrywide survey would
be of real help to the Council
In its zoning deliberations.
Fisher identified existing
slum areas as sections of Rock
vile, parts of Lyttonsville, Sill
Yer Spring, and a section known
as Ken Gar along the B & o
Railroad tracks between Ken.
sington and Garrett Park.
Homes in these areas are ac-
comodating more than one fam
lily, using one kitchen and one
bath, he said. He also said that
the acknowledgements average
OF no more than Is persons per
room per house probably is ex-
ceeded in some instances in
Montgomery County. Any more
than is persons per room Is
regarded as a slum condition by
the American Public Health
Association, he said.
Fisher blasted landlords who
rent these homes by the week.
II tenants miss one week, out
they go. Further, landlords
cannot be made to make repairs,
only suffer condemnation, he
said.
"Slum areas are often the
most financially productive in
vestment for SPECTATORS" Fish
err said.
II the county were to start a
breakdown on slums tomorrow,
1t would not have a housing
code to guide it. Such a code
has been a goal of the county
for months but little progress
has been made.
Fire and health codes are the
only means with which the
county can deal with sub-level
housing at this time. A really
effective housing code would
prescribe the number of per-
sons that could legally inhabit
a house, guarantees that land
lords must provide heat and
other utilities, adequate ventila-
lion, and other reasonable re.
duiremenfs