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Evening star., 1960-05-24

The Presidents letter noted
that home rule has won White
House support every year since
1858.
The petition has about 200
signatures. Discharge requires
2l9. Home rule sponsors be-
gan a push last week for added
signatures. But they were met
by some surprise Withdrawals
of signatures already on the
petition.
There are apparently two
more days in this session OF
Congress which a District home
rule bill can be considered if il
can be forced to a vote by petit
ton.
The two days are both Mon.
days-June 13 and 81.
Big Push Explained
This pressure of time &C.
counts for the big push by home
rule sponsors in the House tt
secure enough petition sigma
lures to pry the bill from the
House District Committee.
The discharge petition is ar
Unusual procedure for bringing
legislation to the House flool
without a committee recon-
mendation. A discharge peti.
ton was filed last year because
the House District Committee
had failed to act for the fifth
time in the last decade on q
Senate-passed bill to establish
an elected municipal govern.
ment.
A petition with 219 sig.
natures must remain on tht
House calendar for seven day!
before a motion to consider il
can be entertained.
And that motion has priority
over all others only on the
second and fourth Mondays Of
each month, under House rules
The dates are June IL and 81
therefore.
Congressional leaders ART
aiming for a July Z adjourn
ment date.
On a separate suffrage meas.
ure, Senator Case, Republican
of South Dakota, today callec
for restoration of a Distric
House delegation in proposed
constitutional amendment re-
ported by the House Judiciary
Committee. The COMMITTEES
struck a Senate-passed pro-
viso calling for election of
District delegates to the House
when it recommended tht
amendment establishing presi'
dental elections in the Dis.
trict.
"Of course, I strongly favol
giving District citizens tht
right to vote for presidential
electors" said Senator Case
a sponsor Of the amendment
in the Senate. But he said the
number of electors should OF
equal to the number of House
delegates to which the District
would be entitled under the
population formula that f1xe:
the number of Representative:
from the States.
Evening star., 1960-05-24

THE STRAWBERRY is of a
shy nature. 1t retires from
the rays of the sun under it's
broad leaves. But these
Strawberries had no modesty.
They were big and red and
exposed. They seemed to
say, "Pick me up"
That we did.
It rolled back the years.
The Rambler remembered
picking strawberries for two
cents a quart and raspber-
rieS for two cents a pint in
Western New York. But
never such picking as this.
You are not paid for pick
ing at Glenn Dale. Instead
you pay 80 cents a pound
and take your pickings home.
We ate the choicest berries
as we went down the rows.
That is not against the rules.
You can eat all you want for
free.
And we were running a
test.
George Darrow, jr., came
along "a tall. charming
young man who uses a cane
because of a motorcycle acci-
dent. He is one of four
brothers, all in the straw
berry business because they
are the sons of George Dar-
row, the Mr.. Strawberry of
Glenn Dale. He is a retired
but very active fruit and
berry specialist of the
United States Department of
Agriculture's Glenn Dale
Plant Introduction Station.
George" I said to the son,
"last year you told me that no
city man knows the taste of
a good strawberry because
the commercial crop has
been picked before it's ripe.
"These strawberries were
good, but so we're those in
the restaurant. These are
sweeter; those were a little
tart-but both good"
George said we had been
eating Early Dawns." He
brought us to a field of Mid
lands"
These" he said, taste
more like a strawberry
should"
They were wonderful, too
The moral of this story is;
"Eat ye strawberries, while
ye may"
Evening star., 1960-05-24
Alarm Empties School

A false alarm caused the
evacuation of 760 youngsters
from the Bucknell Elementary
School at 1921 University drive
in Fairfax County this morning.
Firemen said they found the
glass broken in a school fire
alarm box.
Evening star., 1960-05-24
County to Build Schools
REFUSING Former Plans
Montgomery Will Offer Hieh-Pressure
Muth Program to Gifted Students
BY DANA BULLEN
Star stan Writer

approach to school architecture and accelerated
for the seventh and eighth grades
approved last night by the Montgomery County Board
education.
In both actions the boards policy represents wide
departure from present practices
The architectural program involves the reuse Of
Evening star., 1960-05-24
The
Rambler
Fills His Hot
With Berries
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


Strawberries are ripe,
Strawberries are ripe,
The robin sang one day.
The thing to do is to eat
them at every opportunity.
They're all good.
The local berry is likely to
have more flavor than the
berry shipped from afar.
The berries growing all
around us are ripe.
The Rambler went straw
berry picking at Glenn Dale,
Md.
Unable to obtain a car and
driver in the morning, he
had a leisurely lunch at
Hammel's with strawberries
for dessert. They were deli
cious-so delicious that he
was able to enlist a couple of
volunteer pickers to go with
him to the strawberry beds.
Then we started for Glenn
Dale-out the Baltimore ex-
pressway. At the Annapolis
road, you turn right.
That's how easy it is to get
to Glenn Dale.
The Rambler can't under
stand why it should be diff
flcult.
Evening star., 1960-05-24

school plans IN some instances
and the use of some entirely
new creative" designs in other
situations. The decision will
depend mostly on terrain.
Architects for six new ele-
mentary schools were approved
by the board last night. -Four
Of these new schools will be
built according to plans used
before. Two will be all new,
with "creativity inside and out. i"
Under the new program,
existing designs from other
schools will be used for the
Cloverly, Fernwood. Meadow
Hills and Brookhaven Schools.
New designs will be developed
for the Hillandale Heights and
Ayrlawn Schools.
Effective Teaching is Aim
"In those occasions where
we have to design new schools,
we want really to search out
the latest progress and ex-
perience in designing for ef-
fective instruction" said Harold
S. Briemyer, a school board
member.
Construction of the new
design schools should start in
fifteen months, officials said.
Work on the four to be built
to existing plans should start
almost Immediately.
The plan of the Whittier
Woods school will be adapted
for the Cloverly and Fernwooo
Schools by the firm of May &
Rupert. Arthur Anderson will
adapt the Jackson Road School
Iplan for the new Meadow Hills
School and the Aspen Road
School design for Brookhaver
Elementary.
The Hillandale Heights
School will be designed by Die
CERT g. Yerkes. The firm o1
KeyeS, Lethbridge g. Condor
win plan the other structure
Ayrlawn Elementary.
While there have been in
stances in the past where
building plans have been re.
used, officials said this was the
flrst time that such a practice
has been approved as a general
policy.
In addition, the school board
last night started a new prac-
tice of paying architects a lump
sum fee rather than a percent
age Of the construction cost.
This means an architect
can economic without reduc-
ing his own fee," Mr.. Briemyel
: said.
Youth in the Space Age
The accelerated mathematic.
program approved by the boarc
! last night is designed, school,
officials said, to "help meet the
, needs of youth in the space
age"
It is the result of three year.
! OF research by a team Of edu.
, Gators which included repre-.
: Sentatives of the University O.
! Maryland, District of Columbia
' Montgomery, Prince Georges
/ and Arlington Counties.
Under the new plan, all stu
dents will be given more
, material in algebra and geom.
! etry-and at a faster rate. TIL,
!, acceleration will permit SOM
! brighter pupils to finish GER
!. tain courses in the eleventh
: grade.
The students could thel
: take basic work in analytica
geometry. calculus and stats
tics in the last year. c. Taylol
Whittier, school superinten
dent, said this would be ;
'high pressure program fo
gifted students"
S Objects to bag of Tricks"
Y School officials said the accel
4 Grated courses would be givel
I to about half the county's sew
;. enth and eighth graders mex
!. year. The following year, afte
1 more teachers become qualified
it would be given to all stu
E dents.
' Charles Proctor, supervisor o
Evening star., 1960-05-24

OF ALL THE PIECES that
have appeared in this space,
one last year about this time
on how you can pick your
own strawberries at Glenn
Dale seemed to get the most
response.
The telephone girls pasted
a road map on The Stars
switchboard so they could
tell all inquirers how to get
there.
Only the other day a
woman said she had driven
out in that direction but
never did find the straw
berries.
But yesterday we had diff
Guilty. We went out the An
napollS road. It's quite a
way-almoSt 10 miles.
About two miles beyond
the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks you see a large gray
water tower on the left. That
is the water supply for the
Glenn Dale Sanitorium, the
Districts tuberculosis hos
pital.
Right at the tower you
take a turn to the left; then
you come to a fork in the road.
The black-top road veerS to
the left, a white-top road to
the right. We should have
stayed on the black top. In
ste&a we tnok the white top
20 the right, circled around,
had to ask questions, came
back to the fork in the road.
took the black top to the left
to Daisy lane, turned to the
right and almost spoiled our
whitewall tires with crushed
Strawberries.
Is that clear?
We were given quart bas-
kets, a large pasteboard box
and virgin territory. Along
those rows we were the first
pickers of the spring. And
pickerS never had it better.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
Gates Proud Of
Latest Grandson

SANDY RIVER, Feb. 10 =
Mr.. and Mrs. Drewry Gates re-
ceived news early Monday
morning Of the arrival of a
grandson born in Richmond,
Sunday night. The parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Wilson, of
Richmond Mrs. Gates drove to
Richmond Monday to visit her
daughter and the baby. Little
Val Wilson returned home with
her to spend the week.
Miss Mary Bruce returned to
Richmond Saturday after spend
ing two days at home. She visit
ed in the home of Mrs. John
Clark. Friday.
Misses Taffy Farmer and
Peggy Gee came home with Miss
Betty 10 Gates to spend Friday
night. The snow Saturday pre-
vented them from returning
home, so they remained for the
week end.
The junior organizations of
Sharon Church met at the church
Friday afternoon. The meetings
were well attended.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
Aru0nin Mothers Club
Pays off In II Years

ments are: purchasing of boards
for shelves, easels and bulletin
boards, providing lunches for
needy children, buying song
books for classrooms, capes for
the rhythm band, improving Of
the school grounds. painting
a piano and blackboards. buy
ing five record players and
records for a musical library
and staging parties for high
school students, etc.
Money was contributed to
build the record library collec-
ton, annual music awards were
made and mothers took turns
assisting in the cafeteria each
day.
In 1857 a combination gym
nasllm auditorium with a cafe
toria was built in the school
and foremost in the clubs plans
now. is defraying the debt on the
cafeteria
Mothers who served as presi-
dent after Mrs. Ritter were:
Mrs. Robert King, Mrs. T. Aub-
rey Yancey. Mrs A. D. de Bet
tencourt. Mrs. Frances Falls
and Mrs. NJ. F. YeSueur. Mrs. P.
Il. Stinson is now president.
The Mothers Club lives up to
its motto. Where your treasure
is; There will be your heart
also"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
AcHUity At StandsfiH

church services were cancelled
and the schools remained closed
two days.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Ball, Jr.,
and family. of Moseley. visited
the j. M. Barker family, Sun
day afternoon. Together they
called on Mrs. 0. w. Ball.
H. L. Dunnivan continues very
ill in the home of his daughter
Mrs. Woodson, at Bremo.
Mrs. Ryeburn. of Clayville
spent a week with her daughter
Mrs. Robert Duncan, at Lake
side. She returned to her home,
Friday. Mrs. Duncan is out
again after being in bed from
injuries received in an automo-
bile accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Glass,
of Newport News. spent Thurs
day night with her mother, Mrs.
Lucy Duncan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Duncan
attended the funeral Friday in
Columbia for Mrs. B. E. Glass.
James Pickett and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. C. Pickett, all of Rich
mond. spent several days last
week with their mother, Mrs
o. w. Ball.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
Mrs. BOndurant
Feted On Birthday

RICE. Feb. Is - Mr.. and Mrs.
E. T. Bondurant and Mrs. II. P.
Bradshaw were dinner guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Weaver last
Wednesday vening, honorilg
Mrs. Bondurant on her birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Miller, of
Richmond. were week end guests
Of Mrs. C. j. Bradshaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Bass and
daughters, Martha and Beverly,
spent the week end at Maryville,
Tenn. visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bass, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kent and their daughter, Miss
Virginia Bass, who is a student
at Maryville College.
The Rice Homemakers Club
met with Mrs. E. T. Bondurant,
Thursday night.
G. j. Allard. III. Of Virginia
Beach, and Miss Lois Fulton, of
Farmville, were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Walton, Sun
day.
Mrs. Jimmy Davis and chill
dren. Of Richmond, spent the
week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. B. Walthall.
Mrs. H. P. Bradshaw spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. e. T.
Bondurant.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
BY GENEVIEVE AGEE

ARVONIA. Feb. Is - The Ar
vonia Mothers Club. an organi-
cation in the Arvonia Elemen-
tary School compos ed of
mothers of pupils and the teach
ers in all the grades, has really
paid off.
1t was organized here in l949
when first grade teachers,
Mrs. Isobel Marshall. got the
idea to have mothers of the
first grades band together and
help provide entertainment. and
secure material for instruction
OF the pupils.
This went over 50 well that
soon mothers in the second and
third grades we're included.
Nearly eleven years later the
Mothers ClWh is Ill, s,a-ls,
strcng, and can boast a mem
bership of so. During this TIM
membership expanded to all
grades in the school.
The club was organized when
the school was called Marshall
District School and accommo-
dated both the high school and
the lower grades. The organiza-
ton was called the Marshall Dis
trict School Mothers Club at
first.
When the high school was
consolidated at Buckingham
Central in 1856 the school chang
ed its name to Arvonia Ele-
nentary School and the Mothers
Club adopted that name.
Mrs James Ritter was chosen
first president Miss Virginia
Deane was named vice presi-
dent, Mrs. w A. Pankey, Jr..
secretary; Mrs. NJ F. LeSueur.
historian. and Mrs. Marshall.
treasurer.
Their first money making pro
ject was a beauty contest held
in 1919. Since that time tn e
club has raised funds through
bake sales. movies, silver of
ferlngs. book sales. variety
shows, magazines and candy
sales and Tom Thumb we'd
ding Besides the club dues.
many individual contributions
have been made to the organi
cation.
Organization Of Parent
Teacher Association failed to
nateriallze. so the Mothers Club
carried on
Some of their accomplish
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19

FORK OF WILLIS, Feb. 10 =
The unexpected snowstorm of
Saturday captured the news for
the week All activities for the
week end were at a standstill.
OF course, the animals had to
be fed and the cows MIXED, so
bulldozers and path-openers
were busy Sunday morning. And
the highway department work
ed diligently to clear the high
ways. but there was mini
mum of traffic out Sunday. All
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19

Friday. Mrs. w. M. Erwin, OF
Mount Ulla, N. c., and her son
ln-law, A. j. Shipping, arrived
at the Hix home.
Mrs. Erwin is staying to help
out. Mr.. Shipping returned to
North Carolin on Friday eve
ming
Mrs. Henry Covington was in
with a bad throat on Friday and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
Flu Bug Figs Into Many Homes

HIXBURG, Feb. 10 - The flu
bug has flown into many homes
in the neighborhood.
On Friday. Willie Hix and sis
ter, Miss Maggie Xix, were
taken to Southside Community
Hospital in Farmville for treat
ment-
Miss Carrie Xix is recovering
from the flu.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19
w oman's Club
To Hear Pastor

AMELIA. Feb. 10 T h c
Amelia County Woman's club
will meet on Monday, February
%, at pm. in the War Me
mortal Building.
Pastor Nick Kim, of Black
stone. former Dean of Men of
Atlantic Union College. Massa-
chusctts. will speak on Parents
Responsibilities in the Home,
sponsored by the Welfare De
partment of the club.
A slate of new officers will be
presented by the nominating
committee and named handed
in for membership.
Thought, so often, is a serious
impeachment Of speech.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19

Saturday. She had been nursing
in the Hix home.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-02-19

Education is the greatest pro-
moter Of business to be found
anywhere.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

4. Because fear will not vanish
until the arms race is arrested"
controlled disarmament belongs
"at the top of the worlds agenda."
Mr.. Stevenson says he Is confident
that some, at least, Of the Russian
leaders are anxious to halt test
ing and development Of nuclear
weapons, but he is not so San
gline that the Soviet Union is
equally ready for the kind Of in
spection and control that would
make possible any general arms
reduction" Nevertheless, the West
must continue to explore the pos
sibility Of winning an agreement
subject to effective international
control and covering both conven-
tional and nuclear arms.
Mr.. Stevenson's position on
these four issues shapes his view
point toward these three major
arenas Of East-West conflict.
ASIA - He says the United
States, with the aid of Russia,
should seek . negotiated agree
ment with Red China. It would
include the extension to China
Of any system Of international in
spection Of disarmament, ending
the threat Of force against For
moSa and subversion in Indo-
China, a peaceful frontier settle
ment with India and free elec-
tionS to determine the destiny Of
Korea e. and Formosa. On our
side concessions would presum-
ably include an end to the Ameri-
can embargo on China's admis-
sion to the United Nations (diplo-
Evening star., 1960-05-08

a writ of review. 1t was nearly
10 am, the hour set for the
execution.
Judge Goodman asked his sec
retary to put through a telephone
call to the warden at San Quentin
at 1908. She tried. 1t was too
late. The cyanide pellets were
dropped into the container at
l0:03:15 am.
Thus ended-SuspenSeful to the
laSt-the IL years that had been
Cheeseman's life term in death row.
The case of this generations most
controversial criminal had at
tracted attention during all that
time. Strangely, in its later years,
the case aroused much greater
feeling abroad than it did in this
country. Criticism in Latin Amer
lea caused one postponement Of
the execution date. There were
demonstrations in Europe 1t was
never quite clear why this was so.
Perhaps foreigners could not so
easily understand the crime career
Of this small-town, small time
hoodlum which led to his convic-
ton on the charges which finally
sent him to the death chamber:
Depredations against parked
couples in lonely places around
Los Angeles. The counts invoking
the death penalty involved kid
naping with bodily HARM"
Evening star., 1960-05-08
The Provisions

The administrations plan was a
sweeping one all right. 1t called
for:
Insurance available free to
elderly persons receiving relief.
Others eligible would pay an an
nual fee of $24 person.
Eligibility of single persons with
annual incomes up to $500 and
married couples with incomes up
to $4,000. This would cover all
but about 3,500,000 of the $4,000,
900 persons in the Nation whose
incomes are higher.
Coverage of so per cent Of a
subscribers annual expenses, hos
pitalization and other specified
care to the extent that they ex-
ceed 1850 a year for single per-
sons and $400 for couples.
Coverage of up to 180 days Of
hospital care in year, up to 1856
days a year nursing home or
home-care service, fees for physi-
clans, surgeons, dentists and
private-duty nurses, laboratory
and X-ray services up to 5000,
drugs up to $3.50 and physical
restoration services.
Inclusion of an optional feature
to help those who do not choose
to participate in this program.
The Federal Government and the
States would pay half the cost,
up to $50 a year, of private major
medical policies bought by any
one eligible for Medicare.
The system and optional sub
sides would be financed by the
Federal Government and the
States on an overall average $3.50
Evening star., 1960-05-08

matte recognition, Mr.. Stevenson
says, could be postponed, the
evacuation Of Quemoy and Matsu
and the inclusion Of Korea and
Japan in the atom-free zone and
area Of controlled disarmament"
THE MIDDLE EAST-'Neither
Russia nor the Western nations"
Mr.. Stevenson says, have gained
much from their recent policies of
Intervention in the Middle East.
I suggest we now give organized
nonintervention a trial." by re-
jecting military alliances, support
ing an arms embargo for the area
and urging settlement of the long
Arab-Israeli crisis.
EUROPE-Mr. Stevenson sees
no way in which either the
United States or Russia can with
draw from its present position in
Berlin and Central Europe with
out jeopardizing its interests. THE
key to settlement in divided Eu-
rope lies in controlled general dis
armament" he says. THE only
satisfactory solution for divided
Berlin will be the uniflcation of
divided Germany. The road to
unification lies through a reduc-
ton Of fear in Russia and the
West. And fear will subside only
when there is progress toward dis
armament with adequate controls.
I doubt If we can reach more
than provisional settlements or
postponementS Of the problems of
divided Europe until then"
Evening star., 1960-05-08
THE NATIONAL SCENE

1858 contributed to the elections
sweep Of the Democrats?
HEALTH CARE FOR THE
AGED-The Forand bill is the
only Democratic version Eow be-
fore Congress.
AID TO EDUCATIONAL three
year school construction bill call
ing for a total of $975 million as
aid to States for school construc-
ton has been approved by the
Education Committee but is still
in the Rules Committee. The SEN
ate has already passed a bill call
ing for $1.3 billion but this
included teacher salary increases
as well as school construction. The
House bill does not have the
teacher pay feature.
MINIMUM WAGE E-A Labor
subcommittee is holding hearings
on an increase to $l.25 an hour.
The administration prefers a
smaller increase.
Both Democratic and admin
istration programs include foreign
aid. AS the President was appeal
ing against cutting back this pro-
gram, the Senate passed by a so
to Is vote the authorizing bill. It
had a ceiling of $4,125, ,000, 900.
The Senate cut from it only $40
million from the sum recon-
mended by the Foreign Relations
Committee. The going may be
rougher in the House where q
movement has been started to cut
the bill by as much as 81 billion.
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Foreign Policy

This is the area in which Mr..
Stevenson is considered most ex-
pert. A leading publicist Of the
anti-isolationist viewpoint before
World War II he was a member
Of the American delegation at the
founding and early sessions Of the
United Nations. Since 1852 he
has travelled the world and has
conferred with leaders Of many
nations. In an article in Foreign
Affairs magazine last January Mr..
Stevenson suggested the direction
American policy should take. No
presidential possibility in either
party has made a more reasoned
foreign policy presentation.
In that article Mr.. Stevenson
summarizes the major changes in
the world scene since World War
II and then suggests four steps:
/. I'VE must" he says, assist