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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28

the state legislature.
Montgomery County spokes-
men joined those from other
large counties in pressing for
passage of House Bill 80 en-
bodying a constitutional amend
ment proposed by the Mary
land Committee for Fair Rep
resentation. 1t would require
apportionment of the House of
Delegates on a population basis
and permit, but not require, adj
justment in the Senate to give
better representation for the
four large counties. The bill
has been sponsored by the 6
Montgomery County Delegates
to the legislature and 10 others.
Organizational representatives
from Montgomery County ap-
pearing at the hearing included
Ogden w. Fields, vice president,
Allied Civic Group; julius U.
Hoke, president, Montgomery
County Civic Federation; Mrs.
Betty Miller, legislative chair
man, County Council of P-TAs;
Mrs. Ida May CARROT, legisla-
tive chairman, League of Wom-
en- voters; Arthur d. Simonds,
executive secretary, County Ed
ucational Association; Mrs. Rose
Kramer, executive board, Eliza
beth Rohr Fund; Eugene Peters,
vice president, Kensington
Wheaton Democratic Club; Don
r. Kendall, president, County
Young Republican Club; Mrs.
Marit Thorson, executive vice
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28

one of the first in Maryland 10
have a workable program, a
prime requisite for federal aid,
certified by the Housing and
Home Finance Agency in Wash.
ington.
The Urban Renewal Advisory
Council was established last
year to study redevelopment
procedures and their possible
application to Rockville and to
make recommendations to the
Mayor and Council. The Cham
Der of Commerce, as part of its
1861 program. seeks to keep
local businessmen and property
owners informed of urban re
newal developments in Rock.
vile.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28

public housing and redevelop-
ment matters since 1916, anc
his experience in urban renewal
extends from the city level to
the national level.
Banner has been officially in
vited to talk by the City of
Rockville. The meeting on
March 8 will be sponsored by
the local Chamber of Commerce
in cooperation with the City's
Urban Renewal Advisory Coun.
Gil.
Rockville has already sub
mitted proposed legislation to
Annapolis as required under a
recent amendment to the State
constitution to permit urban re-
newal here. The city Is also
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28
Area Soldiers
Get Korean


Three Rockville area soldiers
3Sp. 4 Roger L. Shelleman, Pfc.
Zane r. Burgess. and Pvt. Ro-
land 2. Philips, Jr.-recently ar
rived in Korea.
Shelleman and Burgess, both
10, are with the u. S. Army 7th
Infantry division, which remain
ed in Korea after the war as
part of the UN security force.
Shelleman is an assistant
communications chief; Burgess,
a recoilless rifleman.
Pvt. Roland z. Philips, jr., a
clerk for the LIST Cavalry divi-
sion, has been there since jan
uary.
Mrs. Mary J. Wrist, Shelle-
mans mother, lives at Ala Den
ham road; Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
A. Burgess, at 300 Taylor ave-
nue.; and Mr.. and Mrs. r. 2.
Philips, on Great Falls road.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28
Cabin John Unit
Wins Honors in
Holiday Parade

The % Cabin John Majorettes,
despite rainshowers, marched
primly off with third place for
best appearance by majorette
groups in the mile-long George
Washington Day Parade through
Alexandria.
Afterward, the majorette's
two leaders, Charlotte Purdue
and Janice Lawrence, presented
the 1S inch trophy to Chief Dom
aid Marshall of the Cabin John
Volunteer Fire Department,
which sponsors the girls.
They marched in uniforms Of
red and white, with a Ratchet
and cluster of cherries decking
each shirt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28

tation of Baltimore City in the
General Assembly. The city is
divided into 6 districts for this
purpose. The Executive Vice
President of the Maryland Fair
Representation Com mite e,
Royce Hanson of Bethesda, in
Dictated he would work closely
with Malkus and the House
Committee Chairman, Ridgley
Melvin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28

cuITeiiIly petluliiS uelOlt Tic
legislature.
The party officials will be
asked to take position on a
Legislative proposal to outlaw
racial discrimination in private
ly-owned places of public ac-
cornmodation, heretofore inn
mune from federal laws that
have lowered race barriers in
places operated by government
tai agencies. Four of the coun-
tvs six delegates to the General
Assembly are among co-spon-
sors of the measure.
The precinct cfairmen have
beer asked to support the pro-
'posal at toniglit's meeting in
letters sent out by a group Of
about dozen party leaders
who acted after the county dele
CATION split over the anti-bias
bill.
Barbee Attacks Bill
Their action was prompted
by an attack on the bill by Del.
Alger Y. Balbee last week in
Annapolis. In opposing the
measure, Barbee asserted that
the rights Of proprietors OF
business establishments "ars
just as important as the rights
Of the customers"
Barbee's position has been
supported by Del Charles w.
Woodward, placing the two in
opposition to the bills co-spon-
sors, Blair Lee, III, Mrs. Edna
Cook, Mrs. Margaret Schwein-
haut and J. Grallame Walker.
Letters sent to the precinct
chairmen have asked them to
support the bill ITO refresh Mr..
Barbee's memory" that 50 Of
the SO precinct leaders pre-
viously have endorsed the pro
posal 10 outlaw discrimination
in public places on grounds Of
religion, race or nationality.
Motion Proposed
1t has been reported that a
motion will be offered express
ing appreciation to the four
delegates who have sponsored
the bill.
Party leaders for some time
have been at odds over the anti
bias measure, but the debate at
Annapolis apparently has
forced it to a vote of precinct
chairmen. The Democratic State
Central Committee has taken
no position in the controversy
to date, and its membership re-
portedly is divided on the issue.
Meanwhile, the County Coun-
Gil is scheduled to receive a re-
quest from its Commission on
Human Relations that II en-
dorse the measure pending at
Annapolis. A previous request
was received last week from
the county branch Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
The human relations com.
mission was formed last sum-
mer to look into racial rela-
lions in the county after Negro
demonstrators picketed Glen
Echo amusement park, a num-
Der OF restaurants and a thea
ter that had refused to admit
Negroes.
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Gentilini
Removed
AS Mayor
Richard S. Mehring
Reinstated in Town
Post at Kensington

Former Kensington Mayor
Richard S. Mehring, defeated in
his bid for reelection last June
by A. Victor Gentilini, has been
reinstated on the ground that
his successor failed to qualify
for the office.
In a ruling on a petition for a
writ of mandamus filed by Meh-
ring, Chief Judge Patrick M.
Schnauffer has ordered Cent?
lini forthwith to surrender and
deliver up unto the plaintiff :.
the office of mayor of the town
of Kensington and all the
rights, privileges, liberties, pow
ers, advantages and emolu-
ments belonging or appertain-
ing to the said office"
Judge Schnauffer ordered
Gentilini's custer on the ground
that he disqualified himself
when he failed to appear before
the clerk of the Circuit Court to
be sworn in within 80 days of
the date of his election.
In the same ruling, however,
the jurist held that two mem
bers of the town council elected
on the same ticket with Cent?
lini were legally in office, even
though they were sworn in by
the mayor later disqualified.
They were Charles M. Hersh
and CORTLAND K. Townsend,
who defeated incumbents Rus
sell B. Duvall and Philip c. Nc
Curdy in the June balloting.
Duvall and McCurdy also
were plaintiffs in the court ac-
ton.
OF the two new councilmen,
Judge Schnauffer said: There
has been no negligence or neg
lect on their part, and to re-
move them would be a great in
justice and contrary to existing
law"
According to testimony when
the case was argued last De
cember, Mehring advised Cent?
lini that it was necessary for
him to appear before the clerk
of the court to be sworn in.
Gentilini did not contest Meh-
rings testimony but, the court
was told, he appeared before a
notary public for the swearing
in ceremony instead.
Eventually, on August 8. the
new mayor was sworn in by the
clerk, but a 30-day limit pre-
scribed by law had expired.
During the trial the defense
contended that Mehring was
not entitled to reinstatement be-
cause he had abandoned" the
office when he surrendered the
keys to the town offices and
other municipal material to
Gentilini following the election.
However, Mehring argued that
he did so under a "misapprehen-
sion" because, at the time, he
was under the impression that
Gentilini had been properly
sworn in.
Judge Schnauffer upheld Meh-
ring with the observation that
eff there ever was an abandon
ment it was under a misappre-
hension and in no way inten-
tional, voluntary or deliberate"
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Nearly 100 representatives of leading Montgomery
County civic organizations joined last week in urging the
House of Delegates to pass that would give the
popuos sections of Maryland proper representation in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-28
Democrats Take
Up Indignation
Issue Tonight
Vote Scheduled On Bill
Pending Before Assembly

Montgomery Countys Democratic precinct chairmen
tonight scheduled to thrash out growing controversy
racial Indignation that has flared openly in recent
weeks as the result of bill currently pending before the
Evening star., 1961-01-18

worn at all the inaugural
events.
They'll be on hand, Mr..
Gingiss notes. ito back UP
the Washington merchants
for any emergency" and to
help those out-of-towners
who might have brought
their own, or rented suits
from their home town, and
lost their shirt or GUNNER
bunds.
OufspOken
Mr.. Gingiss Is rather OUT
spoken on the subject of Re-
publican Senators Dirksen Of
Illinois and Senator George
D. Aiken Of Vermont, who in
turn have been articulate
about this being not "a coro-
nation but an Inauguration. |"
Says Mr.. G.: "The inaugu-
ration Of a President of the
United States as a function
Of State Is as formal an occa-
sion as there can be.
Since this takes place dur
ing the day. it calls for the
cutaway coat. striped trou-
sers, and If the ceremony is
out Of doors. the silk hat"
Senator Aiken is once said
to have remarked that some
Of his constituents had seen
Evening star., 1961-01-18

ever. We got a call from q
man in California who was
outfitting the delegation. for
information on what was
correct to wear in Washing
ton. We told him. Our aver
age price for a rental is $40
for tuxedos and $12.50 for
full dress"
There are no hats avail
able and no capes, I'VE found
out. Anyway. it's obviously
not a problem. Mr.. Stein says.
What can yCl do with an
opera hat but wave It,"
Retail department stores,
custom tailors, and fine mems
wear shops report wonderful
sales in formal clothes.
Mr.. Ludwig Amtmann,
vice president and general
merchandise m a nager of
Woodward & Lothrop. says
There's been a really sub
stantial increase In the sale
of both mems and women's
formal clothes, and we were
ready for It,"
Arthur Adler says he's had
calls for men to be fitted in
tails and in tuxedos on their
arrival in Washington.
The new administration,
manned by young people In
Evening star., 1961-01-18

key Jobs. seems to be more
concerned with dressing
properly than the past two
administrations.
Mr.. Adler points out tails
were worn a great deal in
the 20s and sos. "You wore
black tie to a stag. The war
stopped formal dressing and
then men eased into black
tie.' Now the trend is toward
more full dress. We're selling
double the number we've sold,
and that ball ought to be the
most colorful thing WASH
ington's seen in many q
year."
Have Tux
Ben Gingiss Of Gingiss
Brothers is moving into
Washington in a Volkswagen
cavalcade Of 'Tux Trux." He
has tux and Is travelling
from Chicago to set up head
quarters at the Sheraton
Park Hotel today.
His estimate is that 500 top
hats. 5000 full dress suits,
5000 black tie tuxedos, 105,-
600 pieces Of mems jewelry,
60 varieties Of plain and
ruffled shirts. and $4,000
pairs Of suspenders will be
Evening star., 1961-01-18

him in a cutaway once and 1t
almost nipped my political
career in the bud"
Mr.. Arthur Rubinstein Of
Sam Scogna formal wear,
greets Mr.. Gingiss' "tux trux"
with a dim view.
THE local rental outfitting
establishments don't like it.
We only get this traffic once
every four years and why
have an outsider come IMP"
Mr.. Lou Moses, vice presi-
dent and general manager of
Bruce Hunt, says they are
not only selling formal wear
like mad, they're discovering
that men renting tuxedos are
buying their own shirts and
accessories in some cases.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
FASHION
NOTEBOOK
By ELEM
Full Dress and Dinner Jacket
Business Is Boonninq

Ask anybody selling or rent
ing formal mems clothes,
"How's business? Here's a
typical answer:
Business is fabulous.
Couldn't be better. We're sold
out. Sad part is, we don't
have enough tails and black
ties" to go around" says Mr..
Milton Stein of STEMS.
Formal rental outfitters
have been sending out SOS's,
to have all available stock
sent to Washington for the
Inaugural festivities. Buffalo
and Richmond and other
Evening star., 1961-01-18
Invitation Event

The buffet reception Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Coopersmith
are giving tonight from $50
to $3.50 o'clock at the Amer
ican Newspaper Women's
Club is by invitation only.
Honor guests are Nebraska
Gov. and Mrs. Frank Nor
rison and North Dakota
Senator and Mrs. Quentin
Burdick.
Evening star., 1961-01-18
By ELEM

points north. east and south.
have been alerted to keep the
supply coming.
3 One rental outfitter notes
a man looking for tails now
for the Inaugural Ball will
either be getting q brand
new set or a very old one.
Mr.. Stein mentioned some
400 have been rented at his
establishment alone and
those figures are just about
right for what's been going
on at Sam Scogna, MIR.
Arthur Rubinstein notes.
Business is bigger than
The Adak sun., 1961-03-06
FRA EVENTS

"Wednesday 8 March, 1861 General Assembly at 1900 hours Movie at 2OOO hours
 Bar opens at 1900 hours
 All members are urged to attend Saturday II March, lo6l Happy hour from l73O to 1900
 Movie at 2OOO hours
 For members and prospective .. members
The Adak sun., 1961-03-06
GUS BAYVkW PRESEw7

Come on Ia my house, come on Ia my house treat you to real fine Ia spaghetti.
 Yes, that's the Friday Night Special at the Club Bayview - A complete dinner of delicious delectable spaghetti for all Club Bayview members and their el- igible guests for the before recession price d one with George Washington on it per dinner.
 If you enjoyed the chicken last week or the Ham before that = try. this weeks special and you'll be al glad you did.
 GAME MITE & DANCING AFTERaAARD. ......
Evening star., 1961-08-17
Methodists Open
World PurIey

OSLO, Norway, Aug. II (AP) /.
The 10th World Methodist
Conference gets under way to-
night with the opening assem-
bly, to be attended by King
Olav v of Norway.
A feature of the conference
will be the installation August
IS Of Bishop Fred P. Corson of
Philadelphia as president of
the World Methodist Council.
He will be installed by Bishop
Ivan Lee Holt of st. Louis, Mo.
The King, himself by consti-
tutional law a Lutheran, will be
the guest of honor at the OPEN
ing in Philadelphia Hall here
with the present president, DR..
Harold Roberts of Richmond
College, Richmond, England,
presiding.
The 1,100 delegates from
more than so countries who will
attend the August 17-19 world
conference will be greeted by
Bishop Odd Hagan of the
Methodist Church of Northern
Europe and Oslo Mayor Bryn-
julf Bull.
The senior bishops of the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church, the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church and the
Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church, all of the United
States, will be received by the
conference.
Evening star., 1961-08-17

who will be served or who will
be denied service.
"I can assure Mr.. Morris that
if his group visits Sewanee, we
will serve them, if they desire,
in university dining halls and
other university-owned and op-
Grated facilities, without regard
to the racial makeup Of the
visiting delegation"
The board of regents of the
university, which is supported
by 21 Episcopal dioceses in the
South, last June announced
that Sewanee would accept all
qualified students without re-
gard to race.
At Atlanta yesterday a Fed
eral judge continued until
August 80 a hearing on a court
order restraining the Georgia
State Board of Education from
allowing a white Atlanta girl,
Sandra Melkild, to transfer
from desegregated school to
a segregated one.
United States District Judge
Frank Hooper had earlier
scheduled the hearing for to-
morrow. The new date is the
day the city schools open. The
State, which is preparing an
all-out fight to sustain the
State boards ruling, asked for
the continuance.
At Montgomery, Ala, a
county Court of Common Pleas
trial of 10 Freedom Riders was
postponed after prosecution
and defense attorneys con-
ferred in a Federal judges
office.
Originally scheduled for Au-
gust 28, the trial was postponed
until September IS. A hearing
on a Federal suit in which the
defendants ask an injunction
against the trial is slated for
September S.
At Jackson, Miss, a Federal
judge took under advisement a
suit by James H. Meredith, 2S-
Negro seeking to enter
Evening star., 1961-08-17

Chrysler all rejected profit
sharing when currently expir-
ing contracts were negotiated
three years ago.
None of the Big Three auto
makers has yet put an eco
.nomic offer on the bargaining
table and no immediate GIN
reply to the IUE is anticipated
before a full money package
is ready for presentation to
both the IUE and UAW.
AMC offered an annual pay
increase of seven cents hourly
over the next three years, in
addition to proposing to share
a maximum of 10 per cent of
its profits with production
workers.
The few union and company
sources willing to speculate
predict there will be no Big
Three economic offer before
next week-and if then, only
after the JAWS Tuesday reply
to AMC. Contracts expire Au-
gust 81.
Evening star., 1961-08-17

35 Episcopal clergymen-both
white and Negro.
He said the group will leave
New Orleans September IL en-.
route to the general convention
of the Episcopal Church in
Detroit.
The clergymen will visit
Episcopal schools and colleges
to see what is being done about
desegregation, Mr.. Morris said,
as we'll as investigating inte-
grafton of public facilities
along the way.
Stops will be made, he said,
in Vicksburg and jackson,
Miss; Birmingham. Ala; Sc
vance, Tenn; Versailles, KY,
and Cincinnati.
I'VE anticipate the possibility
Of some delay" he said, "in
Jackson, Miss"
Meanwhile, Mr.. Morris
charged that the University of
the South at Sewanee, while
it announced that students
would be accepted without re-
gard to race, actually is dis
eliminating against Negro stu
dents in certain university
facilities.
Specifically, he said, two
Negro students in Sewanee's
graduate school of theology
were denied service early this
week at Sewanee Inn and
Claramont Restaurant, which
the Atlanta minister said are
university owned facilities.
At Sewanee, DR.. Edward Nc
Grady. vice chancellor of the
university, was quick to chal-
lenge the statement by the
ESCRU director.
THE Sewanee Inn and Clar-
amont Restaurant" he said,
ARE not university facilities.
The property is owned by the
university, but is operated
under lease by a private con-
tractor, Mrs. Clara Shoemate.
THE university's contract
with Mrs. Shoemate does not
give us any right to determine
Evening star., 1961-08-17
EyeeIoss Fund
Set Up for Needy

A special fund to purchase
prescription eyeglasses or arti-
ficial eyes for Washington's
needy has been set up here by
New Eyes for the Needy, Inc,
of Short Hills, N. J.
The District will receive
$4,000 out of total 500, 900 dis
tributed by the non-profit, nom
sectarian voluntary charity to
hospitals, clinics and welfare
agencies.
The Prevention of Blindness
Society of Washington will ad-
minister the use of the funds
here.
Evening star., 1961-08-17

paid workers; the UAW ap-
proximately 100000.
A sharp August increase in
1861 car sales, reported yes
terday, was felt to have
strengthened the hand of union
bargainers in view of the car
inventory reduction.
Wards Automotice Reports,
an industry statistical service,
said dealers sold 100000 new
cars and dropped their inven-
tories to 785,000 between Au-
gust l and August 10. Wards
predicted dealers would have a
19-month low of 655, 900 cars
on hand at the end of August,
compared with $4,000 the year
previous.
Strike Votes Ordered
New 1862 models already are
rolling from some assembly
lines. No auto maker likes to
be idled by strike or other
cause in a hot sales period.
The UAW has ordered strike
votes at all Big Three plants
and its International Executive
Board will meet in Detroit Au-
gust 29 to pick a strike target
if a walkout is to be ordered.
The first local union to report,
at the GIN Detroit diesel plant
in suburban Wayne, voted, los
to 8, to strike, if necessary.
The IUE's profit sharing pro-
posal yesterday actually was a
of similar ones the
union made in both 1855 and
1858 contract negotiations.
JAW Studies Proposal
The UAW made an all-out
drive for profit sharing in 1858,
but didn't win it anywhere.
Thus, American Motors recent
offer came as a surprise and
the union asked time to study
It, promising an answer next
Tuesday.
General Motors, Ford and
Evening star., 1961-08-17

the University of Mississippi.
Federal District Judge Sidney
Mize said he will rule on the
motion after written briefs are
filed September 5.
Judge Mize said he doubted
Mr.. Meredith could attend the
university in September, re-
gardless of his ruling, because
it probably would be appealed
to a higher court.
Negro integration leader
Martin Luther King, jr., an
nounced at Miami Beach, Fla,
an intensive campaign to
double Negro voter registration
in the South.
DR.. King told a news confer
ence that before long thousands
will stage "stand-ins" at places
where Negroes have not been
permitted to register.
Evening star., 1961-08-17
Electric Union Proposes
Profit Sharing to GIN

DETROIT Aug. IT CAP).-Profit sharing now has been
proposed from both sides of the bargaining table
labor contract negotiations
The International Union of Electrical proposed
it yesterday to General Motors American Motors proposed
it July % to the United Auto Workers Union.
The IUE represents approximately $4,000 GINS hourly
Evening star., 1961-08-17
Southern Group Plans
Freedom Ride to North

ATLANTA, Aug. IL (AP)-The leader of Episcopal
deegregaon group has announced plans for "South-to
North Freedom Ride" next month
The Rev John Norris executive director of the Episcopal
Society for Cultural Racial Unity said last night the
Freedom Ride called prayer pilgrimage would include 80 to
Evening star., 1961-01-28
Blessed Sacrament
Offers Bible Class

An eight-week course on the
Bible. liturgy and Christian
doctrine viii be offered at the
Blessed Sacrament School, 5S4l
Chevy Chase parkway NV,
beginning at $3.50 pm. Tues
day.
Registration Is now open at
the Blessed Sacrament Catholic
Church Rectory. 6001 Western
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-01-28

standings resulting from cul-
tural lapses. The church can
bridge q gap between the old
and new generation. the
Oriental and Western culture.
IN these Is years." DR..
Hung said. Il have seen an
increase in Christian men and
women, happier families and
better UNDERSTANDING"
Looking back over the road
his church has travelled and
its influence among the Chinese
in the District today, DR.. Hung
smiled and leaned back In his
chair.
You know, the other day I
met a fellow on the street.
Soon. a third man came up
to us. and my acquaintance
introduced me: This is my
pastor he said. The thing was"
DR.. Hung added happily, "the
man wasn't even a member
of my church"
Il was very proud" DR..
Hung said. Il think it's a good
sign"