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Evening star., 1961-03-27

The Arlington school system
tomorrow will start applying its
new pupil placement powers.
Applications will be available
for the parents Of pupils who
want to change the school as
signment Of their youngsters.
The applications must be
submitted by April 5, and the
Arlington School Board must
process them by April Is.
On Saturday Arlington be-
came the first Virginia COM
munity since 1855 to take back
from the State the pupil place.
ment authority.
All Arlington applications
have been processed since Au-
gust, 1857, by q branch of the
State Pupil Placement Board.
with offices in the Arlington
Trust Co. Building.
Birchell S. Hilton, executive
director of the State board
said he expects the local office
to be disbanded about a month
after all files are brought UP
to date.
I'VE have encountered nc
Evening star., 1961-03-27

opposition to the compromise,
a South Carolina State legisla-
tor took aim at President Ken
nedy's policies and at members
of the commission who agree
with the President.
Politics Seen
The legislator, State Repre-
sentative Nat w. Cabell, called
the Presidents comments on
the commissions segregation
problem political" and added,
II hope none of the members
(of the Centennial Commits
sion) who are in accord with
the President on this will even
visit South Carolina. They are
most unwelcome and I hope
they will not impose their
presence on us"
The compromise solutio n
would place the 200 delegates
scheduled to attend the April
11-12 assembly at the Naval
Station where racial segrega-
ton is not practiced. President
Kennedy told Gen. Grant last
week that the centennial COM
mission is supported by Fed.
eral funds and could not toler.
ate racial discrimination at it,
assembly.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
HONESTY REWARDED
S1,2H Find Returned
By Star Carrier Boy

A District tavern owner last
night got back s1,2Tl he didn't
know was missing-thanks to .
Star newspaper boy who found
it while delivering his papers
yesterday.
Bennie Miller. operator Of
Ben's Hideaway. 221 Riggs road
NE, said he and his wife inad-
vertently had left a bank bag
containing the money outside
their apartment door. at 1856
Piney anch road, Silver
Spring, about 2 am. yesterday.
Danny Weppner, II, started
making his rounds about 5 am.
and found it.
Danny, who lives at 1852
Piney Branch road in the same
apartment project, didn't know
whose bag it was and took II
home.
BY checking with people who
had written checks found In
the bag, Danny and his father
Richard A. Weppner, traced II
to the tavern, but couldn't To-
cate Mr.. Miller, he said.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Youth Indicted
In Purse Thefts
On D. G. Street

Samuel H. Hood, IT, was in
dicted on robbery charges here
today. He is accused of twice
robbing a woman of her purse.
Police said Hood of the 400
block Of Allison street NV,
was arrested after the second
purse snatching when officers
were led to the youth by his
brother. Claude Hood. 81, Of
1107 Seventh street Sc.
The indictment handed dawn
by a District grand jury
charges that Hood on June %
stole the purse of Miss Glenna
]. Ramey, 10. of 1888 Third
street NV, near her home,
getting $53 in cash.
Hood also is charged with
stealing Miss Ramey's purse on
February 8 at the same place,
this time getting 81 in cash
and $54 check. At the same
time. according to the indict-
ment, he grabbed the purse OF
Miss Ramey's sister, Barbara
A. Ramey, 81. Of the Third
street address, with $50 in cash
Police said Claude Hood was
driving along Third street
when the two women's purses
] were grabbed, then led officer,
to the building into which hi
saw the robber run.
He did not realize the thiei
was his brother until the youth
was arrested, police said.
Evening star., 1961-03-27

tional convention because of
segregation policies in Charles
ton hotels. The four commits
sions were those of New York,
New Jersey, California, and
Illinois.
DR.. Clyde Walton, secretary
of the Illinois commission, said
II feel certain we will attend
IL the meeting is at the naval
station"
lawfully Good News"
A spokesman for New York's
delegation said last night that
group had no funds and was
not planning to attend anyway.
Today, however, Bruce Cation.
historian, who heads the New
York commission, called the
shift to the naval station "aw-
fully good news"
We'll probably be repre-
sented there now that our rea-
son for staying out is re-
moved" Mr.. Cation said.
But Justin Turner of Los
Angeles. head Of the Califor-
MIA delegation. said his group
will stay out because Of "the
South Carolina peoples atti-
tude against the colored
people"
AS Mr.. Tuck announced hi
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Tuck Opposes Plan to Change Site
Of Centennial Meeting at Charleston

The battle for Charleston
isn't over yet for the National
Civil War Centennial Commits
sion, according to Representa-
tive William M. Tuck, Democrat
Of Virginia.
Mr.. Tuck, who is chairman
Of the commissions executive
committee, said yesterday he
is opposed to a compromise de-
cision changing the meeting
place Of the organizations ma
tional assembly from Charles
ton, s. c. itself to the United
States Naval Station near the
city.
The change was made ito
meet the demands of the Presi-
dent" Mr.. Tuck said, "and I
do not acquiesce in this action. "
Shift Laid to Kennedy
At issue was the change in
meeting place announced Satur-
day by Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant
III. retired commission chair
man. Gen Grant said the meet
ing was to be shifted to the
naval station because Of Presi-
dent Kennedy's anti-discrim-
ination policies.
The battle began two weeks
ago when four State commits
sions withdrew from the ma
Evening star., 1961-03-27

when we got home about 8
pm, the boy was waiting out
side.' Mr.. Miller said. "He
asked who I was and II I lost
ANYTHING. I said mo- at first un-
til ~ m mentioned Suburban
Trust. Then 1t dawned on me. "
Mr.. Miller said he had put
Saturday nights receipts into
q Suburban Trust Co. bag and
brought the bag home. But he
and his wife found the apart
Ynent doors chain-type night
latch on.
The Mtilers tried to awaken
their son, Michael. 10. who was
asleep inside the Apartment,
but couldn't.
Mr.. Miller said he then got
help from o neighbor and
managed to get into the apart
ment by breaking the chain,
In the confusion, he said, he
and his wife left the bag out
side.
Mr.. Miller said he gave a
! $25 reward.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
MARYLAND BRIEFS
Commuter !.
Is FeIIed
By Train

A woman on her way to work ,
at the Library Of Congress was.
hit by a commuter train at,
Washington Grove, Nd, today
but escaped serious injury,
Montgomery County police re-
ported. :,
The accident occurred about
7:25 am. as the four-car Wash-'
ington- bound Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad train was slowing
to a halt to pick UP passengers
at the Oakmont road crossing,
police said.
The victim, Miss Dorothy
Higgins, So, of Washington
Grove, apparently was running
across the TRACKS to board the
train, according to police. She.
was knocked aside by the right
front end Of the diesel loco,
motive. =,
Miss Higgins was taken to-
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda,
where she was listed in good
condition. The hospital said she
had a fractured vertebra and
bruises. I'D
Evening star., 1961-03-27
z Men Accused
Of fLiquor Counts

Two men were accused of
liquor law violations yesterday
after undercover agents said
they bought a half pint of
whisky in a tavern on U. S.
Route south of Laurel, Prince
Georges County police reported.
The suspects were identified
as Andrew J. Hamrick, Al, of
Beltsville, owner of the Muir
kirk Barb-Q, and James E.
Wills, "a, of Laurel, according
to Detective Jack Hamilton.
The tavern has a license for
beer sales only, police said.
Police said Hamrick was
charged with selling whisky
without a license and possession
of whisky on which no Mary
land tax had been paid. He
was released on 81 900 bond.
Police added Wills was
charged with selling whisky
without a license and released
on $500 bond.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
More Sunshine Due
For Easter Week End

policeman said: 1T looked like
everybody who lived within
100 miles got into their cars
and drove downtown"
Many of them had gone to
Palm Sunday services, and
received palms distributed
in Protestant and Catholic
churches.
Many of these also will at
tend Good Friday services.
Government workers will be
excused to attend next Friday
by authority of the White
House. The Rev. DR.. Charles D.
Kean, chairman of the Good
Friday Observance Committee
said a presidential memoran-
dun has been sent to Federal
department heads requesting
this.
Businessmen also are being
asked to cooperate by excusine
employees. The Importance oi
Holy Week is being pointed VI
through a series of radio anC
television announcements by
civic leaders.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Three Injured
As Trucks Rom

Three drivers were injured
today in the collision of two
tractor-trailer trucks on ShirL;
ley highway north Of Wood
bridge, Va. .
Injured were Louis Speight,
81, of Hebron, Nd, reported in
satisfactory condition at Alex
andria Hospital with chest and
possible head injuries; William
B. Thomas, AZ, Of Portsmouth.
Va, in fair condition with a
broken leg and multiple cuts,
and George Knight, II, of Nor
folk. Va, treated for minor
injuries and released.
Mr.. Speight and Mr.. Knight
were together in one. truck,
State police said.
Evening star., 1961-03-27

All anyone can ask of Easter
Sunday is a repeat of the Palm
Sunday weather that sent al
most everybody out into the
sunshine to watch spring un-
fold its wonders.
While it is too early to tell
what next Sunday will bring,
there is a promising note in the
Weather Bureaus five day
forecast.
Above-normal temperatures
are expected for the period
cooler Wednesday and Thurs
day. but warming up by the
week end. Showers are fore
cast for tomorrow, and more
rain about Thursday.
Yesterdays SO degrees was
too much to resist. Highways
we're choked with bumper-to-
bumper traffic; parks, the Tidal
Basin area and the Zoo were
filled with regional residents
and the first influx Of tourists
Special police details were
needed to handle the flood oi
traffic at the Tidal Basin al
a creeping procession looked
expectantly at the cherry trees
None was in bloom, but tht
prospects were for a bountifu
display for next weeks festi'
val.
Kites flew, cameras clicked
romantic couples wandered
over the green grass. Boat
and canoes sprang up on TIT
Potomac, where harbor polic'
were busy enforcing the 6-mile
an-hour channel speed limit.
Another sure sign Of sprinl
burgeoned at the Rock Cree
Park area known as the -
Street Beach" Those who soal
up sun there were out for tn
first treatments.
BY nightfall, a weary par
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Motor FIips
Into Boat,
Hurts Man

Two boating accidents oc-
CURED within an hour at Sen
eca, Nd. yesterday.
In one accident, q Wheaton
man was seriously hurt by
whirling propellers Of an OUT
board motor which Tipped into
his boat after hitting q SUBJ
merged log about 4:3O pm.
In the other, two Bethesda
youths we're pulled from the
Potomac River after their OUT
board motor boat capsized.
Neither was hurt.
The Rockville Volunteer Fire
Department rescue crew was
called out to assist in both in
stances.
The injured man was Lyda
z. Howell, 40. Of 1409 Gleason
street, Wheaton. who was ad-
United to Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, with multiple facial
fractures and severe cuts to his
lleft hand and right leg.
| Firemen said Mr.. Howell'S
boat did not capsize. He was
Irescued by persons in q passing
boat and returned to Guthrie's
boat house at Seneca where
firemen treated him and then
took him to the hospital, they
reported. Firernen already were
on the scene for the boys res
cue.
In the earlier mishap, James
Allen, IT, of S507 E1azelwood
drive, and James Johnson, Is
of 7205 Millwood road, clune
to partially submerged trees
flor As minutes before firemer
rescued them.
The Bethesda youths. on theil
first boating expedition Of the
year, found that the motol
was not powerful enough Il
keep them from drifting towarC
rapids off Violet's Lock RoaC
and decided to head for tree
lodged In the river bottom.
The johnson boy. owner O
the 7-foot boat, grabbed a treI
limb as the boat capsized. Thl
other boy lunged for a limI
but missed and was swept abou
so feet downstream befor
latching on to a tree stump.
OnlookerS saw their pligh
and summoned help. Firemel
were able to maneuver thei
rescut boat close enough t,
pick up the Johnson boy, bu
t had to throw a rope to tn
S other youth and haul him int
their boat, they said.
Both were taken back t
shore at Seneca and were abI
a to go home without requiring
treatment, firemen said.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
In his family of 10 children.

In his family of 10 children.
Johnny is proud to point out
that his eldest boy, James, is
an apprentice in the union,
which is just about what any
body would expect of q
Meehan.
Are race horses as tempera-
mental as most stars about
their shoes?
mo. but their trainers are!"
was the prompt reply.
And with that, Johnny was
off to shoe some winners for
trainer Bernard P. Bond, cur
rently the leading trainer al
Bowie.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Montgomery Council
To Fill Z Vacancies

Applications are being ac-
cepted by the Montgomery
County Council for two
vacancies on the County Elec-
trical Board.
The board, whose members
serve without pay for 3-year
terms, examines applications
for licensing as electrical con-
tractors.
Evening star., 1961-03-27

ably went through 1000 appli-
cants to arrive at those six,
and four Of them are likely to
last in the trade"
The scarcity of experienced
blacksmiths in a mechanical
world is apparent in the
Nationwide membership of the
Union, which numbers only 436.
However, there are many
farriers who operate in rural
areas without ever joining q
union; only the race tracks are
Evening star., 1961-03-27
g. Boys Charged

Three Prince Georges County.
boys have been charged with
calling in IL false fire alarms
last week, according to Fire"
Marshal Lawrence r. Woltz. =
Oscar T. Poore, assistant
chief dispatcher at the County
fire board in Hyattsville. rec
ognized the voices and tracked
down the youngsters after
checking several homes in the
neighborhoods where the fires.
were reported. Two Of the boys
are from Silver Hill and one is+
from Landover Hills. -
The youngsters, aged IL to-
is, were turned over to the
County Police Juvenile Squad
and later released to their
parents, Mr.. WoltZ said. -
Evening star., 1961-03-27

restricted to union blacksmiths.
Old hands made it clear
that the life isn't a snap.
"It takes a strong back and
a weak mind, because all these
horses we're shoeing are worth
more than diamonds" Johnny
observed with a sigh. IF we
make a mistake of one
sixteenth of an inch, it might
cost the owner 100000 in
purse money"
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Arlington Will Begin
Placement Tomorrow

difficulties in Arlington what
soever," Mr.. Hilton said.
Howard r. Bovee, admins
trative assistant to Ray Z. Reid,
has been named local assign
ment officer. Applications will
be handled first by school
principals and then forwarded
to him.
The Arlington plan places a
pupil in the school serving his
district unless he would be in a
racial minority in that school,
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Water Research
Symposium Set

A three-day Water Research
Symposium will open here to-
morrow at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel.
The conference is being spon-
sored by the National Associa-
ton Of Soil Conservation Dis
tricts and the National Recla-
nation Association.
Among those scheduled to
speak are Secretary Of the In
terror Udall, Secretary Of Agri-
culture Freeman, 1t. Gen z. C,
Itschner, chief of the Army
Evening star., 1961-03-27
THE TRACKS
UNION AT THE TRACKS
The VILLAGE Blacksmith Goes Modern
BY ANNE H. CHRISTMAS
star staff Writer

~L 6AAN4NL AAe NAAAb40 \ 4NAkA0
Star Staff Writer
Where, oh where, is the vii
lage blacksmith of yesteryear?
He's a member of one Of the
worlds most exclusive unions,
and he's out at Laurel or Bowie,
shoeing race horses whose earn
ing power may run into five or
six figures a year.
The only facet to the ancient
art that hasn't been modernized
is the craftsmanship, which to-
day is rated even higher than it
was in the era when the horse
was a major means Of trans
portation. Although the empha-
sis has changed, q top race
horse these days is worth many
times more than the most val
liable beast of burden Of so or
100 years ago-and the impor-
tance Of his foot gear is a ma
jor item, for he only is as good
as his feet.
Typical of the modern, auto
mobile-traveling blacksmithS is
Johnny Meehan, who is the
fourth or fifth generation Of an
Irish family to take up the
trade.
Union Official
When Johnny was about to
take an examination to become
q union member 16 years ago,
one of the examiners asked
what his qualifications were for
the job. An uncle Zone OF nine
brothers in the same trade) in
terposed in a strong Irish
brogue: 1.-THE first noise he ever
heard in his life was an anvil"
This, plus a thorough-going
education in the business, made
young Johnny a blacksmith.
In recent years he has served
seven terms as president Of
Local No. z of the Journeymen
Horse Shoers Union and now
is it's vice president.
Johnny, like many Of the
locals 81 members, lives in
Baltimore and plies his trade
at Pimlico, Laurel and Bowie,
as well as other race tracks in
Maryland, Delaware and West
Virginia.
Blacksmith at IA
The union president is an
old-timer named Duke Mon
tour, 76, of ReiSterstown, Nd,
who has shod several Freak
ness winners and can't begin to
total how m any thousand
horses have worn his shoes
since he started as a black
smith at IA.
The unions main problem
is to find capable apprentices
among the hundreds Of young
men who apply every year.
I'VE have six at present" p"
Mr.. Meehan said. I'VE prob
Evening star., 1961-03-27

Corps of Engineers and Senator
Kerr, Democrat Of Oklahoma,
who served as chairman Of
the Senate Select Committee on
National Water Resources.
Main subject Of the sympo-
SUM will be the demand for
water and how this can best be
met.
Evening star., 1961-03-27
Hospital Damaged

Fire last night caused an es-
timated $50 damage to an elec-
trical outlet in a X-ray dark
room at Leland Memorial Hos.
-pital, Riverdale, Prince Georges
County fire officials reported.
Evening star., 1961-12-09
Mrs. TrimbIe, 70,
CIV Graduate on
Women's S Board

Mrs. Agnes B. Trimble, wife
of retired attorney Josephus C.
Trimble. died Wednesday at
Alexandria Hospital after a
long illness. She was 10.
A 1882 graduate in philoso-
ply from George Washington
University. Mrs. Trimble was a
member of the university's
Women's Board. She was also
a member of the National
Women's Democratic Club, the
United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and the Mount Ver-
non Methodist Church.
She leaves her husband. of
As River Road terrace, Alex
andria: two brothers, William
D. Brown of Signal Mountain,
Tenn, and Henry J. Brown of
Mclean. Va; and, two sisters,
Mrs. William A. Colston, and
Miss Margaret A. Brown, both
OF Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Services will be at 3 pm.
tomorrow at the Demaine Fu-
neral Home, $40 South Wash
ington street, Alexandria.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-09
Mrs. Peacock, 1O4, Recalled
Union PIunderino in Loudoun

the farm" Mrs. Peacock told
a reporter when she was 1Q2.
But we went to church on
Sunday" One of her brothers
died. and one went into the
ministry, leaving young Alice
with most of the farmwork.
On yesteryear's weather, she
felt that its much worse now.
I don't remember any big
blizzards. But a couple of
times we rode horses when the
snow was over to the fence
posts"
And on her courtship, she
said, sometimes we rode in
the buggy"
Thirty-two years ago the
doctors told Mrs. Peacock ,she
had cancer, and gave her lit
tie hope. But she was read
ing the newspaper and her
Bible. watched a little televis-
ion-Amos and Andy, mostly
and made breakfast until re-
Gently, according to her daughl
ter, Mrs. Mary Alice Cooper.
Mrs. Peacock leaves another
daughter, Mrs. Ida NJ. Spring,
of Lovettsville, Va, three
grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm.
tomorrow at the Rehoboth
Methodist Church near Lovetts-
vile, with burial in the church
cemetery. e
Evening star., 1961-12-09
James Ke|oher, 46, Retired
FTC Senior Trial ATTORNEY

James S. Kelaher, who re-
tired this year as a senior trial
attorney with the Federal Trade
Commission, died of cancer
Wednesday at the George
Washington University Hospi-
tai. He was 46.
Born in Phillipsburg, N. j.,
Mr.. Kelaher attended law
school here at Columbus Uni
versity (now part of Catholic
University. receiving his LIB.
degree in 1912.
He began his service with the
FTC in 1885 while still at the
university, as an accounting
clerk in the commissions eco
nomic division, aiding in inves-
legations of the dairy and public
utility industries.
Upon his graduation he be-
came a trial attorney with the
FTC, a post he held, except for
three years of private law prac-
tice with the New York firm of
Sawyer and Marion, until his
promotion to senior trial attor-
ney in May, 1859.
In his legal capacity with
the commission, Mr.. Kelaher
was responsible for the success
full trial of many of it's most
complex and important cases in
the antitrust field" said Joseph
Sheehy, director of the FTC's
Bureau of Trade Restraints.
Mr.. Kelaher had just finished
presentation in october of a
case when he was taken i'll and
hospitalized. He retired on dis
ability in November.
He had been awarded two
Evening star., 1961-12-09

superior service certificates, IN
1858 and 1860, and last month
was honored with the FTC'5
distinguished service award.
He was a member of the
American District Of Columbia
and New York bar associations
and also a member of bar as
sociations of the Second Cir
cult Court of Appeals, and
United States District Courts
for the Southern and Eastern
Districts and New York.
He was also affiliated with
the Knights of Columbus, and
Holy Name Society of st.
Michael's Parish.
He leaves his wife, Claire NJ.
Kelaher. of 1745 East-Weot
highway, Silver Spring; his
children. M Marjorie. 4, and
James jr.. 1l2; his mother, Mrs.
Catherine A. Kelaher and Sis
ter, Mrs. Alice Joyce, both Of
Phillipsburg, N. j.: and two
brothers, Philip F. Kelaher, of
Washington, N. j., and Rev.
Felix R. Kelaher, TOR, at
the College of Steubenvil1e,
Steubenville, Ohio.
Friends may call at the P. A.
Taltsvull Funeral Home, 1903
Fourteenth street NV. between
3 ana 5 pm. and 7 and 9 pm.
today and between noon and 9
pm. tomorrow.
Requiem mass will be said
Monday at 10 am. at st.
Michael's Church, 824 Pershing
drive, Silver Spring. Burial will
be in the Gate of Heaven
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-09
Mrs. Currick, 81,
Long Active in
Episcopal Church

Mrs. Elmer H. Carrick, 81
active in Episcopal Church
work for IS years, died Wednes-
day at the Kensington Gardens
Nursing Home after a long ILL
ness.
A lifelong resident of the
area, she was the former Hen
rietta Kibble. Mrs. Carrick was
an active member of the ma
tional Episcopal organization,
Daughters of the King, for IS
years. She was a past presi-
dent of the All Saints branch
of Chevy Chase.
With her husband, a retired
fireman, she lived at 4405 East
West highway, Bethesda.
Beside her husband she leaves
a son, Howard A., also of the
home address. s...
Services were yesterday at
All Saints Episcopal Church, 3
Chevy Chase Circle, with burial
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-09
Miss Martha E. ReeIy, 81,
Fairfax eucher, Librarian

at Wakefield Forest Elementary
School.
During her career in Fairfax
County schools, Miss Rely was
a president of the Virginia
Guidance Directors Association
and the Fairfax Education AS
sociation. a member of Kappa
Delta Gamma, professional
sorority for women in educa-
ton, and the National Educa-
tion Association and Virginia
Education Association.
She leaves a brother, James
c. Rely of Middletown, Va.
Services will be held Monday
at l pm. at Truro Episcopal
Church in Fairfax County.
Burial will be in Middletown,
Va.
The family requests expires
Sions of sympathy be made IN
the form of contributions to
the scholarship fund of the
Fairfax Education Association.