Evening star., 1960-07-11
Restaurant
Is Target Of
Demonstration

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regation at a Rockville Md
restaurant.
Some of the demonstrators
were arrested outside the din
ing room of the Hi pny Restau-
rant at North Washington
street and Frederick avenue,
and others while seated at a
lunch counter in an adjacent
building.
The dining room was closed
when the demonstrators ap-
peared, and they were refused
service at the counter.
George w Abraham, a vice
president of the firm which op-
crate the Hi Boy and several
other restaurants in suburban
Maryland. said his chain serves
Negroes only at the drive-in
area.
The Hi Boy is one of the few
remaining segregated restau-
rants in Rockville.
Demonstration Is Orderly
At the end of the orderly,
tWo-hour demonstration, those
arrested posted $1OO bond each
on a treSpasSing charge, and
were ordered to appear in Rock
vile Peoples Court August l.
The arrests were the first
made by Montgomery County
police in segregation protests
which began with picketing at
Glen Echo amusement park
June 30. Arrests at Glen Echo
were made by park or town
police.
One of those arrested was
Dion Diamond, 19, a Howard
University student, who has
been active in the Glen Echo
demonstration and was arrested
during the lunch counter sit
inS at Arlington.
Anoth her demonstrator ar
rested was the Rev. Cecil
Bishop, 80, pastor of the Clin-
ton AME Zion Church in Rock
vile. He said he and some of
his church members decided to
join in the protest after a visit
from Mr.. Diamond during the
morning services.
Abraham Is Stunned
Mr.. Abraham, who appeared
stunned by the demonstration,
said he could not say yet
whether the restaurants policy
would be changed.
An onlooker at the demon
stration was Mrs. Mary Y. Will
liams. head of the county's
branch. She said that
circulars advertising the Hi
Boy had been distributed
among Rockville Negroes when
the restaurant opened nine
ago. but when Negroes
appeared, they were refused
dining room or counter service.
Mr.. Abraham said he and his
partners were out of town at
the time and he knows nothing
about the circulars.
One of the white persons
arrested was Miss Jean N. Dom
nally, 20. of the first block of
Plattsburg court NV. She said
she is from Orlando, Fla, and
represents "a new breed OF
Southerner."
Arrests Expected
Another white demonstrator
charged was Robert C. Ellick-
son, 18, an Oberlin College
sophomore who lives in the
3400 block of Mckinley street
NV. Both he and Miss Dom
nally had been picketing at
Glen Echo before their arrest
at the Hi Boy.
Laurence Henry, 25-year-old
Howard University divinity
student and a leader of the
jlen Echo protest, said the Hi
Boy incident did not go &C
cording to plan.
Only a few demonstrators
were supposed to appear, be-
cause arrests were expected.
He said more than 40 arrests
in the Arlington and Glen
Echo protests have put q
strain on the groups budget.
At Glen Echo, between 50
and rs white and Negro pickets
from 2::30 pm. until
we'll after dark in a demon
stration which resumed Fri
day after a layoff of several
days.
The Washington Young
Friends, a Quaker youth group.
gave the demonstrators moral
support, and six of the Friends
joined the picket line.
A letter from the Quaker
group asking that the park be
lntegrated was handed to Park
Leonard Woronoff.
Park Policy Unchanged
Mr.. Woronoff said the park
operators. Abram Baker and
Samuel Baker, would have no
further statements. Saturday
night, the park issued a state
ment saying there would be no
changes in park policy, at least
until court cases growing out
Of the d m onstration are
settled.
Thirteen persons were ar
rested for trespassing during
,he early picketing. Last Friday,
six Negroes asked Federal
Court in Baltimore for an in
barring further ar
tests.
George Lincoln Rockwell and
about 20 members of his Amer
can Nazi Party showed up
again yesterday at Glen Echo
and spent two uneventful hours
'icketing the pickets.