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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
1 Council Women Meeting
Counierparis in Europe

Svu'i'c'Po'is III LuIvpt
Washington, ID. 60 Nine
ty-six delegates of the Coun-
Gil of Negro Women are in
Europe on. a 3l-day tour.
meeting their European
counterparts.
Headed by national Presi-
dent Dorothy !. Height. 81
OF the delegates boarded a
chartered BoAc plane and
IS left by kim.
The delegates landed in
London where they will
spend four days. Then they
will spend two days in AM
sterdam. Holland; one in
Brussels; one in Bonn, Ger
many; one in Heidelberg;
two in Lucerne. Switzerland;
and one in Innsbruck, Aus
tria. s@s
From Austria, The dele
gates will go TO Venice. Italy
for three days; TO Florence,
Italy for two days; TO Rome
for one day; and Pisa, Italy
for one day.
They will spend two days
IN Nice, France; one in Lyon.
France and the remaining
five in Paris.
The delegates will meet
their European eounterparts
in a variety Of interests
ranging from leadership
training and social welfare
to the arts and crafts and
journalistic enterprises.
Included in the range are
educational Institutions, hos
pitfalls, women'S organiza-
tons, community relations,
child-care centers, music.
theaters, dress making and
designing. courts and legal
services, churches, and citi-
zenship education.
Among these women trav-
eIers are three men; two ac-
eompanying their wives and
one with his daughter.
Under the Councils inter
national relations program,
of which this tour is a part,
the organization maintains
an observer and an alternate
at the UN.
u participates in inferna-
fionai conferences. II is a
member Of the international
Council Of Women Of the
World and participates in in
fernafionaI conferences on
global problems.
= = =
More Than One Hundred COurSes
Offered in Adult Education
More than 100 courses will
be offered this fall by the
Division of Adult Education
OF Wayne State University
and the University of Michi-
gan.
The Division, which COM
bines ihe rich resources Of
fhe two universities, enrolled
more than 5000 adults dur
ing the academic year 1883
81. A wide variety Of courses
ranging from the liberal arts
and fhe hvmsnities TO bvsi-
ness subjects will be offered.
Faculty from both univer-
sites will be used TO teach
the courses which are held
on the Wayne State campus
as well as at the Rackham
Memorial and at six subur-
ban points which include Al
len Park, Ferndale, Crosse
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
BY MARY BELLE RHODES
NATIONAL PRESIDENT


Mrs. f. Chester Hcdgeman Of
West Chicago Blvd. was installed
Thursday morning as president
Of the Woman's Auxiliary to the
National Medical Association
which held their session in De-
trOit.
Mrs. Hcdgcman was born in
Worcester, Mass. graduating
from the schools there, also ma
jGring in Business Administra-
ton. She was married in 1897
to DR.. f. Chester Hcdgcman and
have lived in Detroit for Is
years.
Mrs. Hedgcman is a member
Of Scott Methodist Church and
is also president of the Wes-
Ivan Service Guild.
Other activities are social
clubs. drive for Motor Aide. one
of the Volunteer Agencies of the
United Community Services. and
serve on the board of the Michi.
Can Chapter for Multiple Schlc-
rOsis.
Mrs. Hedgeman is the second
Michigan president and we are
happy over her election.
Mrs. Alma Hunter and Mrs.
Maude Hall have returned from
a lovely cruise on the Acarama
TO Cleveland.
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DINNER PARTY
Mrs. Eurinc IIarriSon's DcX.
ter Blvd) two charming nieces,
Beverly and Sandra Ford, of In.
dianapolis. Ind. were her house
guest last week and she cour-
tested them with an elaborate
dinner party Wednesday eve
ming.
Among the lovely guest, the
tcen-agcrs: Carol Adams OF Lou
isville. Kansas: Patricia Pullom,
Jcrilyn Harrison. Joyce and
Julia Lennear and Barbara Dor
Soy: Mcssrs Richard Smith, Hylc
Robbins, Ronald Rains, Louis
Harrison and Perry Dorsey.
Beverly rord received goNHc
lovely birthday gifts. Many social
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
ELks

ELKS CONVENTION
The l.. b. p. O. f. will hold
their convention in Atlantic
City. This is the largest fra
ternal organization in the world,
with 100000 members. They give
seven $1,000 scholarships to col
lcgcS each year. Detroit area
lodges offer a 5000 scholarship
TO a Michigan high school grad
uate.
. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Colder Smith
were weekend guests of Mrs.
Unita r. Lewis of Brighton. Mich.
= p p
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE
FUND
The Detroit area is happy TO
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
BRUNCH

BRUNCH
Mrs. Nancttc beckett of Bos-
ton, Mass, and Mrs. Mabel Har-
ris of Washington. DC, we're
honorcd with a delectable brunch
Saturday morning at the spacious
home of Mrs. John Lee jefferson
OF 30th street.
Other guests were McSdamcs
Mamie Cole. Eva Mccall. Fan
nctte Norris. Bcrnicc Darlington,
Mary Woods, Rowcna Watkins
and Lorene Reid.
@ @ 2
Mrs. Alice Hayes of Niagara
Falls, New York. is the house
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Reginald
Howell of Clairmount st. She at
tended the N. NJ. A.. which was
held at the Sheraton Cadillac
Hotel.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22

DETROIT TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, AUG. %, 1859
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22

activities were the features of
the evening.
e =
Mrs. Muriel Reeves of Della
ware entertained with a dancing
party last Tuesday evening, hon
oring her sister. Miss Carol of
Louisville, Ky. Miss Carol gave
the Detroit tecn-agers the Ken
lucky version Of the Cha-Cha. A
delightful rcpast was enjoyed by
all.
Present were: Sandra and Bcv-
erly Ford, Joan ingram, LAUREL
Walker, Richard Smith and Louis
Harrison.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

selves.
Speakers at other exercises
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Here's Listing of Many
Vacation Bible Schools

Woodside Methodist Church. Silver
Spring = June ~ through July ? from
. to 1880 am.
Christ congregational Church. Silver
Spring = June % through July from 9
10 Has am. for 4-year-olds through
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church,
North Bethesda June % through July
3 from e:15 to Has am. for ages a
through ~
Molly Redeemer Catholic Church. Ken
sington July 6 through July 80 for first
to eighth graders.
Bethesda Methodist Church = June %
through July 3 from 8 to 10 noon for
through 12-year-olds
st. Luke's United Lutheran Church.
Silver Spring June % through July 3
for through 14-year-olds.
Clifton Park Baptist. silver Spring -
June % through July 3 from $3.50 TO -
noon
GaithersburE Baptist Church - June %
through July from to ~ noon.
Wheaton First BaDtIst--Iune % through
July 3 from 9 to HAS am.
PetwOrth- Montgomery Hills Baptist. Sill
yer SDring June % through July
from to ~ noon.
Silver Spring First Baptist - June %
through July 3 from to u noon.
University boulevard Baptist Church.
Silver Spring June % through July
from 9 TO IL noon.
NOrthwOOd PRESBYTERIAN Church silver
Spring June % through August 81.
Wheaton Presbyterian Church July
20 through July "a.
Hughes Methodist. Wheaton - August
am. for undergraduates through junior
high students.
Wheaton Woods Baptist Church - Au-
gust 10 through August "a from 9 to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
CiUitnn
InStnILs
Officers

New Rockville Civitan off.
GERS for the coming year were
installed Monday night at the
Motel Washingtonian. Wives and
members enjoyed a buffet be-
fore the ceremonies.
Cornelius Whalin, governor
elect of the Civilian Chesapeake
District officiated. Les Shores,
King Floor Co., succeeded Bob
Heeney as president. Other Of
ficers are: Sam Wheatley, 1st
vice president; Johnny Hick-
man, End vice president; Charles
Demma, treasurer; Bob Killion,
secretary and Ray Weddle, err
geant-at-arms. Directors are
Bob Heeney, Herb Bryan, Irv
Wright and Jim Gribble.
The Sellers School of Dane
ing was honored for its coopera.
ton and gifts were p4 scented to
the Sellerettes. Mrs. Sellers
turned over to the club a check
for $208 garnere' from a recent
dance recital sponsored by the
club.
Les Shores and Bob Heeney,
lier'enant governor elect, are
leaving Saturday for Colorado
Springs to attend the Civitan
International convention.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
In County from P. I
Man Charged
With Bigamy

Montgomery County Police
Sergeant Frank Griggs, who in
vestigated the case, said Sears
told him he went to Norfolk,
Va. when he left his first wife
and gave lawyer $3.50 to get
him a divorce. Sears told Sgt.
Griggs he was taken for ride
by a crook lawyer, who told
Sears he was divorced but
wasn't, in reality.
divorce papers" obtained
from the lawyer, Sears told
Griggs, were later lost among
the effects of a deceased aunt.
Sears was placed under $1,000
bond when first arrested. Judge
Gordon reduced that bond, to
$500 this week and held Sears
for action of the Grand Jury.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
In Our Schools
BeaH, Butler Hit Use
OF Red Lab Gear

Maryland Senators Beall and
Butler this week took issue with
a Russian move to put Commu.
nist-made laboratory equipment
in Americas classrooms at cut
rate prices.
The senator's comments fol.
lowing their viewing of an ex.
hibit on Capitol Hill of recently.
developed American-made lab.
oratory teaching aids.
An American importer has
been offered SOviet-made labOra.
tory equipment for classroom
use at prices averaging one.
fifth those of American-made
items.
But a move in Congress is
gaining support to bar the use
of Federal funds under the Ma.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

tional Defense Education Act
for purchase of the Red-made
equipment.
Senator Beall said it was OBJ
vious the Communists, offering
equipment for 5 to 10 cents on
the dollar, are striving for a
major propaganda victory and
damage to our economy" He
added he hoped the amendment
to bar use of the $50 million
OF Federal funds under the u.
S crash program for science
education would win by "a re-.
sounding majority"
Senator Butler said American
producers obviously cannot
compete with the unfair compe-
tition of Soviet.subsidized equip.
ment."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
BY Koko Wittenburg
Church Editor

Closing of the public school
doors will not mean the end of
''learning" for hundreds of coun-
ty youngsters who are out of
school for the summer. Most
churches of almost every de-
nomination take advantge of the
summer months to offer train.
ing in creative activities, wor-
ship study, and character build
ing to their Sunday School chill
dren and others.
Sessions vary from two-hour
work-and-play activities in the
mornings to longer periods with
recess for punch and cookies
to day-long adventures. They
vary in name from Vacation
Bible School, Work Shop, Sum-
mertime Activities, to Day
Camp.
Religious education directors
Of the area express that the
summer training sessions give
the adult members of the church
an opportunity to "extend the
one hour of Sunday School into
a program of weekday religious
education"
A schedule of many church
schools follows:
Rockville Presbyterian Church - June
Fl TO July 3 from $50 to ~ noon for
4-year-olds through sixth graders. Theme
Is God. ;"
Rockville Methodist Church - July 20
tn July u from 9 to II 30 am. iOr 4
year-olds through sixth graders.
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church.
KensingtOn June % through July 3
from $50 to - noon for Undergraduates
through sixth graders.
TwinbrOOk Baptist Church - June %
through June c6 from to u noon.
Theme IS Learning About Cod"
First Baptist Church, Rockville - June
p through July ! from $50 to 1880 for
4 to 16-year-old youngsters
Concord Methodist Church. Bethesda -
June - through Juiy ?
st. James Lutheran Church, near Geor-
Eia and Alaska ave. June % through
July 3 from $50 to IL noon for through
12-year-old children. Theme is 1--WE Be-
lieve"
Westmoreiand Congregational Church
and YWCAs of ID. G. and Montgomery
County - Teen-age Worship in the Fine
arts from June % through July. Monday
through Thursday from $3.50 to $3.50. Fee
is S3J
Westm0reland Congregational Church
and B-CC YMCA Day Camp from
June 20 through August 81, offering four
two-week periods of activity for boys
and girls 6 to II years of age. Basic fee
for each period 500.
81. Paul Methodist Church. Chevy
Chase June % through June 26 from
$3.50 TO 1880 am. for kindergarten, pri-
mary and junior department children.
Takoma Park Baptist Churc, June
% through July l from 9 to IL noon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

now has that permission.
The ACC feels that such a
large hall might draw State or.
CARNATIONS who are required by
their constitutions to hold their
conventions in Maryland, as
well as national groups who
want to meet near Washington
without having to battle its
crowds.
Further, ACC spokesman feel
that the community needs a spa.
ciOus hall in which to stage
drama, art and sports activities.
They point out that the hall
would be self-sustaining.
Replies from the II cities in
dictated, an ACC representative
said, that the halls have become
cultural centers in their COM
munities.
AGES study looking into a
possible exhibition and conven-
ton hall dovetails with moves
to construct family civic centers
and cultural facilities by the
Bethesda Chevy Chase YMCA.
the North Bethesda Congress of
Citizens Association and the Be-
thesda-C Chevy Chase Chamber
of Commerce.
In addition, the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission has included
provisions for a community CEN
ter IN the new Wheaton Master
Plan between Bluridge ave. and
the Our Lady of Good Counsel
High School on Georgia ave.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Big Convention Hall
Plan to Be Studied

The Revenue Authority
for Montgomery County will
undertake a feasibility study
OF building and operating an
exhibition convention type
hall to serve the Silver
Sprin g, Kensington and
Wheaton areas.
Word of their intentions was
revealed Tuesday when ]. In
gram Medley, chairman of the
Authority, asked permission of
the County Council to start the
study.
The Council indicated there
were no objections, so the Rev.
enue Authority will start to
work on the study soon.
Their first job will be to
evaluate and analyze replies
to missionaries sent out to IS
cities by the Allied Civic Group
of Montgomery County.
The ACC earlier this year
mailed out missionaries with
% questions about the cost,
size, flexibility, operation, popu-
lafity, etc., Of exhibition and
convention halls to cities who
have them.
They received II replies. In
asmuch as the ACC considered
that it lacked facilities to
evaluate the material it re-
ceived, it asked the County
Council to have the Revenue
Authority take over. The RA
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Four Eggs from p. 1
Lady Killdeer
Adopts Acc

ist." he declared.
When the reporter asked the
commissioner if the Killdeer
incident was the first oppor-
tunity he had had to practice
his hobby at the SIS million
headquarters of Acc, Floberg
replied quickly: "Oh, no! We
have lots of birds and flowers
up here" And he added:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
BY Sen. Kennedy
Graduates Told Nation
Faces Test of Survival

Nearly 200 county high
school seniors were grad
uated during the past week
in commencement cere-
monies highlighted by Sen.
John F. Kennedy's stern
warning that their nation
faces "the test of survival
ITSELF"
Kennedy was the principal
speaker at exercises at Bethes.
da-Chevy Chase High School
Monday morning.
Elsewhere in the county, 10
other schools said formal good.
byes to their seniors at cere.
monies that began last Friday
at Damascus and Walter John
son and ended last night at
Montgomery Blair.
Kennedy, Democratic presi.
Dental hopeful, told B.CC sen.
iors that the United States is
"nOw face to. face with the
severest test the nation has
ever known, the test of survival
ITSELF" He added:
ITO keep our faith and free.
dom alive will require leader.
ship better equipped than any
since Jackson's day, to make
clear to our people the vast
spectrum of our challenges"
He advised the young men
Wilson: Neither run with the
crowd nor deride it, but seek
sober counsel for IL and for oI1r.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
New Credit Unions

Twelve new credit unions
established in Maryland since
the first of the year bring the
States total TO 1872, according
to S. ]. Domenick, president of
the Maryland Credit Union
League.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
S ENTIN Ell G GoTT94' MS'
Thursday, June 10. Is5s-AQ

included Sen. John Marshall
Butler, Maryland Republicans,
who addressed 268 Wheaton
High School graduates, also on
Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

supplies after Aprils ram
paging floods.
At the same time. 1t is max
ing efforts to strengthen the
near-bankrupt, welfare-stat
economy with a free enterprise
control-free. peso devaluation
program.
The United States is ex-
pected to bolster the program
with some $500 million in the
next few years. Eduardo Vic
tor Haedo, a prominent mem
Der of the nine-man presiden-
tial council that rules the
country, recently said Uruguay
has received offers of some 100
million dollars in loans from
United States official agencies
and private investors since the
floods.
Whatever the ultimate fate
Of the sterilization program,
the immediate future appears
dark.
Food prices are sky-rocketing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Robbers Visit Plant
Twice in Week End

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP).-
A small manufacturing plant
was broken into twice in one
week end-the second time by
thieves who apparently didn't
know that others had been
there first.
Police said robbers broke a
window and attempted unsuc-
cessfully to burn and batter a
safe open. They left their tools
behind. After police investigat-
ed this incident a door was bro
ken open and a quantity of
equipment and merchandise
was taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Uruguay Sees
Battle Ahead
To Stop Unrest
MONTEVIDEO.

MoNTEVIDEO. Uruguay,
July 10 (AP).-The beSieged
Uruguayan government is try
ing to pump some badly needed
vitamins into the nations weak
ened economy. Growing labor
unrest shows the pills aren't
going down easily.
Communists are Turing the
workers into action. Reliable
informantS agree Red agitators
are behind many of the strikes
plaguing this small country's
democratic government.
The conservative government
which took over last March is
fighting a two-front economic
battle.
On one hand. it is trying to
weather the acute food short
age and depleted electric power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
After 81 Years
He Hangs Up Phone

HONOLULU (AP).-After 80
years of service, the last male
telephone operator in the
Hawaiian Islands has hung up
the receiver.
Tokuichi Sugawa, 60, had
been an operator on the neigh
boring island of Kauai for the
Hawaiian Telephone Co.
When he started there were
only 500 telephones an Kauai
and now there are 1000.
In the early days. Sugawa
said, Il could recognize the
voice of nearly everyone who
called"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

1919, the original Savannah
making the voyage to Great
Britain in % days.
Many prominent citizens from
the nameSake city in Georgia
will be on hand for the Tues
day ceremony, sharing the spot
light with Mrs. Eisenhower and
her encourage.
After the launching the Saw
vannah will be moved by tugs
to a basin to await the final
touches. Testing of equipment
is to be started next month.
100000 Miles without Refueling
Next March the ship takes
on it's load of atomic fuel,
enough, it is figured, to last for
100000 miles without replen-
ishment. Many months of trial
and testing, under the closest
supervision, will follow. Then,
if all goes well, the Savannah
will go into regular passenger
and cargo service early in 1861.
It will have a crew of l09. and
will accommodate so passengers.
Those behind the project say
the Savannah will show that
nuclear-powered ships are en-
tirely dependable and safe, the
inevitable development in an
age of scientific marvels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

for two reasons: Lack of gov
eminent controls, and the tum-
BILE in agricultural output aICsr
the floods covered a third of
the country's productive soil.
Throughout the labor move
ment there are demands for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Five Noisy Coons
Suved by Scratching

MILWAUKEE, (AP). = The
troubles Of the Leonard Bielski
family started from scratch.
Strange squealings and
scratchings were heard soon
after the family moved into a
new home. They traced the
noise to a wall and Bielski cut
q Saucer-size hole. He reached
through and pulled out five
baby rsccoonS which had been
inadvertently sealed in the wall
by the builders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Maine Mans Will
Aids vi Students

CHAMPAIGN, III. (AP). -
Needy students Of military en-
cheering can qualify for a
University of Illinois scholar
ship established in the will of
q man from Maine
The late Leigh F. J. Zerbee
Of Paris, Me, a 1911 Illinois
graduate, left securities worth
about $4,000 to provide in
come for the sci o'arship of
needy civil engineering stu
dents who also specialize in
military science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

higher wages to meet the soar
ing prices. The government
had to make a show of mil
itary force-unusual in quiet,
easy-going Uruguay-to quell
an unprecedented electric
workers strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

1t was a little more than two
years ago that atomic scientists
and marine engineers came up
with the idea for the nuclear
vessel. Actual work on the
Savannah, costing S31 million,
was started in early summer
last year at the New York Ship
building Corp. yards. A thou
sand men and more have been
working on the 595-foot, three
deck liner, made in large part
Of stainless steel.
GeOrgians to Attend
The atomic ship was named
for the first craft to cross the
Atlantic under steam power
instead of sail. That was in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
u. S. to Launch First
Commercial Atom Ship

CAMDEN N. j. July Is (AP).-An exciting new era in
American Merchant history opens Tuesday with the
launching worlds first atomic commercial ship
Mrs Mamie will crash the traditional bottle of
champagne its bow and moments later the ship proudly
named will glide into the Delaware River
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-06
Joel W. Coleman
Continued from. mage u

4 nan who likes his neWspapeI5
AID cares little Tor 'n~eW-fangled'
tlevi $ II, he has Seer some
changes III politics and politicians
through the years. About the largest
change he noted was the difference
in campaigning. The candidates
didn't use to bother to visit him
now they beat a path to shake his
hand. (One thing they know for GER
tain he is going to vote when cleo
ton time rolls around
Mr. Coleman's voting days aren't
over. He said. II feel as good as
one can expect for my age. and ]
want to help vote a Democrat back
as President Obv iousl well in
termed through his reading. he
said Vi President Eisenhower. He
isn't doing much but playing golf.
He was a good military man. but
Tor President he Just isn't suit
able" Coleman added.
It's a bunch. but a good guess is
that Hixburg's Oldest citizen Will be
around to vote for a new president.
1t runs in the family-his father
died in an accident at SO. and his
mother lived to the ripe old age
Of IS.
Vote Or not vote in the off-year
general election, Coleman is tops