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Evening star., 1960-05-19
THAT WAS A WONDER
FUL YEAR for the young.

FUL YEAR for the young.
What year isn't?
There was basketball-mid-
dies and bloomers. There was
tennis-middies and skirts to
the ankle. .-...,
There were streetcar out
ings to the YWCA at Cherry
dale, and picnics on Syca-
more Island.
The Streetcar was high in
her memory.
There would be a sorority
meeting on the first Friday
of every month at the home
of one of the girls. They
would get there and back on
the streetcar and even their
parents felt it was a safe
form of transportation.
People in evening dress
went to dinners and dances
on streetcarS. Only a young
man who was courting and
therefore trying to show of
would arrive in one of the
taxi cabs which were re-
placing horse-draw vehicles
as private conveyances.
1t was a wonderful year
in America. The war was
on in Europe, We admired
the British nonchalance
about enemy bullets at Mons.
There was a later thrill when
the Princess Pats, our Ca
madam neignbors, did as well.
And the Mckinley cadets
won the annual drill contest.
Then came 1917 and two
important things happened.
In February the Board of
Education outlawed fraterni-
ties and sororities. In April
we declared war on Germany.
The girls of Alpha Delta
Alpha, for all their train
ing as housewives, were
drawn into employment by
the labor shortage.
Three of At members have
died. The others for the
most part have kept in touch
with one another through
the years. The first Friday
meetings have been con-
tinued-but not by street.
car.
Last night they had a din
near in the Palladian Room
of the Shoreham. 1t was
for the ~50th anniversary of
a sorority that had been ruled
out of existence more than 40
years ago. Eighteen men,
bers attended.
When asked what the Greek
letters Alpha Delta Alpha
stand for, they insisted that
1t is still a secret.
Evening star., 1960-05-19

civil Defense officials
throughout the Washington
area today reported receiving
an unusually heavy demand for
information after the collapse
of the summit conference in
Paris.
Most of the requests have
been from women. who want to
know. about shelters and food.
But requests have come in from
businesses, too.
Col. George Rodericks, civil
defense director for the Dis
trict, said he would confer to-
day with officials of a large de-
partment store about informa-
ton available.
The Prince Georges County
CD Office reports receiving re-
quests from a bank. And last
night the Office distributed by
request-2,100 pieces of liter
ature to the community of Ber-
Swyn Heights.
There is obviously. con.
siderable amount of concern or
the part of the public" Col
RoderickS said. 1--WE have
found that our mail and tele.
phone calls are much heavier
than usual. Today. for in.
stance, I received about SO
letters usually it's four OF
FIVE"
Generally Calm
All of the CD officials sale
the public generally has beer
calm. But there has been tht
inevitable caller who wants tt
know when war was declared.
Most of the people who cal
us want to know about evacu'
alton plans" Col. Rodericks re.
markeds "and all seem to wan
information on emergency fooc
stockpiling and shelters"
Montgomery County reports
a 100 per cent increase In CALL
Evening star., 1960-05-19

merely grants local governing
bodies the right to make spe-
ciflc school appropriations but
does not force them to do so.
Il object to this kind Of
ohing," he said. You are about
to do something that never has
been done before in Virginia" ."
Until now, the County Board
has made general ALLEGATIONS,
and school authorities have
been able to spend the money,
within two or three broad cate
gories, as they chose.
ABC members Ralph Kaul
and Leo Urbanske warned that
the board was about to create
a dangerous precedent which
could be followed up to destroy
the functions of the School
board.
The School Board and ad-
ministration will become mere
puppets subject to our budget
actions" Mr.. Kaul asserted.
THE County Board should not
approve or veto line by line the
educational program formu-
lated by experts. Our function
is not to cripple the School
Board"
Mr.. Wilt replied: They have
asked for funds for kindergar-
tens. Before we appropriate
Ohem, I think it is proper to
ask, are we going to have kin
dergartens?"
ty Board is not altering anv
Mr.. Brown said: The Coun-
category or interfering with
any function of the School
Board"
Tax Changes
The changes in tax rates
approved by the board to sup
port the new budget are as
follows:
Real estate, from 1854 to
1881 per S100 assessed valua-
ton; personal property, from
S4.39 to S4.35 per $l00 assessed
valuation; retail business, from
% to 26 cents per $1O0 gross
receipts; motels, from So to So
per Sl00 gross receipts; tele-
phone company, from / to 2
cents per $100 gross receipts:
wholesale businesses, 7 to 8
cents per 500 gross receipts.
auto tag fees. from So to $40.
The tax on professional services
was not raised.
Board members had said last
week they would not increase
the personal property tax and
that they hoped to restrict the
rise in the real estate levy to
80 cents. They we're able to
adopt a lesser increase and to
lower the personal property tax
largely because of the defeat
Tuesday of a proposed 81, $780,
900 bond issue. In expectation
that voters would approve the
bond issue. funds had been
included in budget projections
to service the added debt it
would have imposed.
The board refused to in
corporate in the budget money
for any of the projects the
bonds would have financed.
Evening star., 1960-05-19
Engineers Install

G. Phillip Stout, a Baltimore
engineer, has been installed as
president of the Maryland So
ciety of Professional Engineers
at a meeting of the group in
Frederick.
Evening star., 1960-05-19

icy in handling adult non-sup-
port cases.
Speaking before the Metro
politan Washington Board of
Trades Public Protection Com
mittee, Mr.. Ritz listed specific
commitments he thinks the
businessmen should demand
from the court before support
ing legislation to boost the
number of Juvenile Court
judges to three.
Mr.. Ritz also urged the Board
of Trade to make certain that
future candidates to the Ju-
venile Court bench are COM
petent.
The court "can do without
the political hack or Govern
ment lawyer who may be an
expert in the antitrust or tax
fraud field, but who won't
know which way to turn when
he is confronted with COM
plex family problem involving
Ia neurotic, nail-biting, bed
wetting child, with an alcoholic
father and a prostitute for a
mother" he said.
These are the guarantees Mr..
Ritz said should be demanded
from the court:
/. That it follow the spirit of
the Districts non support
statute and make fathers sup
port their wives and children in
stead of sending them to jail.
2. That the court re-estab-
lish its non-support unit, which
was abolished in 1858, to super
wise fathers and make certain
they keep up with payments
to their families.
8. That the court hear as
many adult cases as juvenile
cases.
Juvenile Court, Mr.. Ritz said,
is big business in the 'collec-
ton field"
But because of the case back
log and the tendency to jail
fathers, collections from ia
thers have dropped $434 ,285 .68
in the last two years, he
charged. This is money that
should have gone to help re-
imburse the District govern
ment, he said.
ketcham Replies
Mr.. Ritz also criticized the
court for putting too much en-
phaSis on hearing juvenile cases
and letting adult cases pile up.
Judge Orm w. Ketcham said
today that Juvenile Court was
set up to handle the problems of
children. He said top priority
should be given to juvenile
law violators.
He said that in administering
his court he tries to handle
types of cases that most Ill
rectly affect the welfare of
youngsters.
Next in order of Importance
he listed dependency cases, vio-
lations of parents that would
contribute to the delinquency
of children and paternity cases
He still believes that nonsup-
port cases are the least i'm
| portant.
Judge Ketcham said he be-
lieveS that the best court sys-
tenn would be a family court
combining the facilities of the
Domestic Relations Branch of
Municipal Court and the Ju-
venile, Court.
he next best solution would
be adding two judges to Ju-
venile Court. One of the ap-
pointmentS would be assigned
to cases involving adults, he
said.
AS of March 81. the courts
backlog in adult cases-pater-
nifty hearings as well as those
involving non-support - was
TAO. Mr.. Ritz said.
! Getting adult cases before a
Evening star., 1960-05-19
Juvenile Court Mess
Hit by Prosecutor
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
Star stan Writer

Two judges juvenile not the answer to the
incredible there the courts chief has charged
lin strongly worded speech Assistant Corporation Counsel
Michael Ritz said yesterday that the court which has been
battling for additional judges for several years. beset not
only by continuously bugng load but by MISGUIDED pol
Evening star., 1960-05-19
Mother Denied Access
To Adoption Records

A mothers concern what happened to her does
not justify the opening sealed adoption records which
contain the names OF the the United States Court
of Appeals here ruled today.
The mother, 81, had been committed by Juvenile
Court to the District Welfare DEPARTMENTS
Evening star., 1960-05-19
Arlington Budget
Of S3l.9 Million
Lifts Tax 27 Cents
Personal Property Levy Lowered,
Others Roised for Record Spending
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Stan Writer

The Arlington County Board last night approved 27-
in the real estate adopted s3l
million budget.
1t slightly cushioned the realty jump with an un-
expected Accent reduction the property tax But
voted raise auto tag fees and business
Evening star., 1960-05-19

it also voted to raise auto tag Il
motels and the telephone COM
pany.
The combined school and
county budget is nearly 81
million larger than the one
for the current fiscal year and
is the biggest in Arlington's
history.
The increase in the real es-
tate rate was less than half
that originally proposed.
The 1924 million spending
program first advanced by the
county manager and school
board called for a 55.5-cent
rise in the real estate and per-
sonal property levies combined.
Schools Cut S43O,OOO
A S430,000 slash in school
funds represented the principal
budget cut made by board
members.
The $l4 million allocated for
schools in the new budget will
permit establishment of a
81, ,500-S7 200 basic teacher pay
scale. Inauguration of kinder
gartenS this fall and other eX-
pansion of education programs.
The School Board had sought
a $4,600-S7,30 basic salary
scale. The present scale ranges
from $4,000 to $500. The SAL
aries sanctioned last night will
keep Arlington teachers among
the best paid in the Washing
ton area.
Pay plans suggested for
county government and nom
teaching school personnel were
a major casualty of budget
reductions.
The board declined to relate
salaries of these employees to
those of teachers and decided
instead to give them a one
step pay increase in addition
to their normal longevity IN
These raises. together with
those for teachers. will cost the
county more than 100000.
Row Splits ABC
In considering the budget,
board members became en-
broiled in a loud verbal brawl
which split the three repre-
sentatives of the controlling
coalition. Arlingtonians for a
Better County
The dispute developed before
they overrode heated objec-
tions by School Superintendent
Ray Reid and for the first time
appropriated school funds ac-
cording to IL separate cate
gories.
BY doing so, the county
board in effect specified that
the school board should use
$277,O00 to establish kinder
gartens. This means school
authorities may not use the
sum for any other purpose and
virtually assures that kinder
gartens will open in September.
Privately, some board mem
bers had expressed fear that
following budget cuts. the
school board might abandon
plans for kindergarten and di-
vert money intended for them
to teacher salaries or capital
improvements.
Chairman Herbert Brown
contended that according to
advice from Commonwealth
Attorney William Hassan, who
conferred last week with Vir-
ginia Attorney General Albertis
Harrison, a 1858 law left the
board no chiice but to appro-
pirate by specific category.
Reid Disagrees
Independent Ernest Wilt and
the lone conservative member.
DR. Lucas Blevins, agreed with
Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Reid declared the law
Evening star., 1960-05-19
Reid Disagrees

Independent Ernest Wilt and
the lone conservative member.
Dr. Lucas Blevins, agreed with
Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Reid declared the law
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03

IL international Farm Youth
GHchange is a tWo-way exchange
selected farm youth from the
clIOeo States live and work with
farm families in other countries for
from Tour to six months. and farm
youth from cooperating countries
come mere to live and work with
our farm families. After their re-
turn nome, U. S. delegates devote
considerable time to extending to
otnerS, through talks and other
uletnods, the benefits of their ex-
perienceS. Similarly, the Incoming
Exchanges report on their expert
ences when they return to their
homes.
No federal or state government
FUNDS are used to finance the act
ual exchanges. Each state Extern
sion Service that participates in the
program agrees to underwrite AFT
least $1,000 of the cost of each
eWo-Way exchange; that is. send
ing a delegate overseas and re-
celVlng foreign youths in return.
state contributions are raised bv
local All clubs, farm organiza-
lions and service clubs. The rest
OF the budget is contributed by in
olvldualS, foundations and indust-
RES interested in rural youth and
International understanding
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03
Charley Creek

Mrs. Harry Foss entertained
Women'S Club Thursday after
noon. The ladies are embroiderine
a crib quilt at present. Delightful
refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Schmitz enter
tanned the Discussion Club Wed
|nesday evening. Rev. FIR. B
Schmitz was a guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinto Ruffatto
and Marguerite were in Sidney
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Zoanni and
children were guests at the home
or Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Schmitz
Sunday.
Mrs. Kenneth Foss, Mrs. Frank
Sherman and Mrs. Helen /. Regan
drove to Sidney early Thursday
morning to attend teachers meet
ing.
Rev. FIR. BARLEY Schmitz and
ms parents, MIR. and Mrs. Anton
ISSchmltz were dinner guests at The
nome of MI. Fred Tolksdorf Wed
neSday.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03
Meeting Held
On The Problems
OF Alcoholism

On February 9, at 800 pm,
there will be a meeting to consider
The Problem of Alcoholism in
America. This meeting will be
held In the Lonsdale' Methodist
Cnurch: on the Corner of 3rd Ave.
and End. st. S. E., and is sponsored
oy the Rlchland County Ministerial
ASSOCIATION which includes about
ten of the Church bodies of the
town of Sidney alone, who are
active IN this Ministerial Associa-
o at the present time.
Mr.. Bernard Larsen from Ris-
marck, North Dakota, and who is
Executive Director of the North
dakota Commission on Alcoholism
IN North Dakota, will be guest
speaker. He is widely know in
North Dakota because of his sneak
ing engagements, he is an interest
ing speaker, he has made a close
study of the problem of alcoholism
and will be speaking with first
hand information.
ANY person or group of people
interested in a personal interview
with MIR. Larsen will be able to do.
50 by contracting him at the Lalonde
Hotel on Tuesday Afternoon of
February 9th, or after the close
OF the meeting in the LonsdaIe
Methodist Church basement during
coffee time Tuesday evening.
The meeting is open to the public
charge. The problem af-
tects every American home, everv
class of people, and every person
as an individual, whether directly
indirectly. The Ministerial AS
ISOLATION is in hopes that a good
turnout for this meeting will be
seen, not only locally but also
from surroundings areas, and that
Will be a help to the people to be
more informed and thus more able
help solve the problem.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03
ksiicfaey

DII1Ie OanIleId, VINO is living in
Alaska was an overnight visitor
In the George Garfield home last
week. Billie's wife and children
nave been here for some time
They are visiting with relatives
here and at Scobey.
Art Radcliffe attended a meet
ing of the Fair Board at Great
Falls the first part of the week.
Mrs. Andy Lee entertained the
Bridge Club last Monday evening.
Three tables were in play, with
nigh score being held by Mrs.
Ralph Wienke, second high bv
MRS. Forrest Boles, and low by
Mrs. Donald Blair. Mrs. LLOYD
Eggum won a draw prize.
MIR. and Mrs. Herb johnson
have gone to California to spend
the remainder of the winter.
Bill GRADER of Snohomish.
Wash, visited last week with
relatives in Glendive and Richey.
Mrs. Vera Kautenberger is a
patient In a Glendive Hospital.
Mrs. KriStine Hagen has re-
turned from Miles City, where she
visited for ten days at the home
OF her son, Melvin and family.
The local M.Y.F. was host to a
group of Sidney MYERS on Sum
day. Roller skating in the Legion
Hall was the recreation of the
afternoon. This was followed by
a worship service at the church.
and then lunch was served.
MIR. and Mrs. Bill Gillespie left
recently to attend the stock show
in Denver and expected to go ON
to Arizona and California for the
remainder of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Culver
and MIR and Mrs. Verne Stoker
were Sunday dinner guests of the
Andy Lees.
MIR. and Mrs. Saxton Cummings
entertained the following guests at
Sunday dinner: Mrs. Emma
Grundmeyer, MI. and Mrs. Roland
Grundmeyer, Mrs. Dewey White
man, and daughter, Miss Bettyann
Jumper, and Miss Elite Christian
son.
MIR. and Mrs. Spike Nelson,
Barbara and Butch spent Sunday
with the Leroy HeSers in Poplar.
The honor roll for the third six
weeks period of the Richey High
School is as follows:
Freshmen = Curtis Durfey, IL;
Ronald Sawatsky, IL; Arden Sch
wartz, IL; Linda Olson, IL; Nolan
Borntrager, 10; Denis Lobdell, TO-;
Richard Keeland, 9. Shophomores
= Angela Albrecht, II; Jean
Hanson, IL; James Miller, IL;
Ronnie Miller, 10; Carol Whitmer,
10; Phyllis Whitmer, 9; Sharon
Unruh, 9; Elaine RaiSl, 9.
Juniors - Marlene PoSey, IL;
Donna Blair, IL; Kathy Holzwarth,
II; Arlys Deckert, II; Tracy
Whitmer, 10; JoAnn Williams, g;
Hilary Kampschror, 9. Seniors =
David Posey, IL; Mona Eggum, II;
Loren Soft, 9.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Nelson
returned on Wednesday from Min
neapolis, and Iowa. They had the
pleasure of witnessing the in
stallation of Mrs. Nelson's sister,
as Worthy Matron of the Eastern
Star at Springville, Iowa.
Mrs. Tom Holland of Cataldo,
Idaho has been a visitor at the
Art Radcliffe home, recently.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03

nave won. The Russians skate
we'll and can really pass the puck
around but they don't have those
olazlng shots. So far in their
canadian tour the Russians have
lost 8 and won 2. The game was
played before a packed house of
$500. Making this trip were nv
self, Jack McNay, Joe Taylor and
George Norr. By the way the
saskatchewan dining laws have
been changed and visitors are
hndlng Regina a much more
pleasing city.
Passengers boarding Frontier
lA1rllneS this past week here in
Sidney included Chuck Griffith
BllllngS; S. S. Cobb, Casper.
Wyo.; DIR. J. S. Pennepacker,
Omaha, Neb.; John Fincher, Bill
ing; Chris Hansen, Glasgow; j. T.
lverSen, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Bryon
Lopp, Denver; Alfred Bentsen.
San Diego, Calf; Marvin Kosal'
Billings; Mrs. Lewis McCloskey'
Billings; M. L. Merritt, Billings:
z. D.. Putt, Spokane, Wash:
Robert Lornez, Rock Springs.
Wyo.; Miss Jane Adams, Minot,
N. OAK; Earl johnson, Sheridan,
Wyo.; Glen Rood, Billings; Mr..
and Mrs. Jeff Green, Las Vegas.
New; Mrs. Les Williams, Billings:
Mrs. John HarniSh, Billings; Cor
don Snellman, Salt Lake CITY.
Utah; Steve Swanson, Portland.
Ore; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Car
penter, Billings; Mrs. Robert
Lynch, Great Falls.
Another Frontier Travel Tip
Leave Sidney 1:2O pm. Arrive
Phoenix Midnight.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03

tty programs and are open to +be
public. On February q she viii
speak at the N.Y.A. Hall ON Feh-
ruary 5 at the Elmdale Hall. and on
February 6 at the Sioux Pass Hall
IheSe three community meetings
will start at 7:3O pm. and are
being sponsored by the Timberline
Workers All Club, ElmdaIe Live
Wires All Club, and the Sioux
Pass Go-GetterS All Club.
Miss Williamson was a member
of the Future Homemakers Of
America for four years and has
been an advisor for the past three
years. For two years she served &C
State FILA Advisor and accom-
panied the five state FILA officers
TO the National Convention in Kan
Sas City IN 1858. She is an Honor
airy Member of FILA.
She is 25-years-old, attended
Northern Montana College of Ed
ucation for two years and gradu-
ated from Montana State College
with a B. S. Degree in Secondary
Education While at college She
was a member of the Home Eco
nomlcS Club, Women's Athletic
Association and Science Club.
She has taught Home Economics
and Physical Education two years
at Fort Benton and completed one
year Of Home Economics teaching
IN the Powell County High School.
While teaching, she has been a
member of the Montana Education
Association, American Vocational
Association, Montana Vocational
Association, and American Home
Economics Association.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03

Iof her daughter, who were over
come by gas fumes at their home
MIR. and Mrs. Don RosseIl of
Sidney spent last Sunday visiting
at the Edward Buxbaum home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry johnson
OF Sidney and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gear enjoyed supper at the
Rober: Gregg home on Tuesday
evening.
Ronnie Barone, son of MIR. and
Mrs. Rene Barone spent several
days in the Sidney Memorial hos
pital receiving treatment for
pneumonia.
Miss Kaye MaStvelten spent
Thursday and Friday in Glendive
visiting at the home of her brother
and siSter-in-law, MIR. and Mrs.
Don Mastvelten.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall, GAG
Park Avenue, Medford, Oregon
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Betty Jon, to Don F.
Shalhope son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
F. Shalhope, La Grange, Ill.
Miss Hall, a graduate of Sidney,
Montana High. School is a second
year student at Montana State
University, Missoula. She is mai
oring in home economics and is a
member of Delta Delta Delta soro-
ity.
Her fiance is a junior at Mon
tana State University, where he is
maJoring in forestry. He is a mem
Der of Sigma Chi fraternity.
A late summer wedding is plan
ned.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03
Greenes Return From
Trip To Las Vegas

Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Greene re-
turned last Wednesday from a very
enjoyable weeks trip to Las Vegas
Nevada. Jeff, in his position as
Sales Representative for Tractor
and Equipment Company, local
Caterpillar Dealer, won a weeks
expense paid trip to this highly
popular vacation spot in a sales
contest conducted by Tractor and
Equipment Company during 1859.
They made the trip to and from
Las Vegas via Frontier and West
ern Airlines.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-03
ltYE DELEGATE TO SPEAK
IN SIDNEY AREA This WEEk

MISS Dorothy Williamson of
Lloyd, Blaine County, M~ontano
and a 1859 International EannI
Youth exchange delegate to Fin
land, Will be in Richland CoI1ntv
February 4 to 6, according to sg
announcement from the CoI,nttt
Extension Office. During the sim,
mer and fall of 1859, she snen+
four months In Finland living With
five different farm families.
On February 4 and 5, Miss VIII
hamson's daytime schedules will
include reports at the Lambert
Savage, Sidney, and Fairv;eu,
High schools. Her evening scha.
dule has been set up for comm1m-