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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Joseph Shannon,
Retired Employee
OF Power Firm

Joseph ]. Shannon, 66. re-
tired employee of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.. died Tues
day in West Hollywood. Fla.
Mr.. Shannon had been g
Washington resident 46 years
A native Of Philadelphia, he
came to Washington in 1914
and worked for the Washing
ton Railway & Electric Co
During World War I. he served
IN the Army and in 1920 wa'
first employed by PEPCO. Al
the time Of his retirement in
March, 1862, Mr.. Shannon was
a foreman In the overhead
lines division.
Before moving to Florida, he
lived at 5l2l Seventh street
NV. He was q member Of st
Gabriel's Catholic Church and
active in the YMCA.
Mr.. Shannon leaves his wife
Dorothy jain shannon, Of
Southeast Twentysixth court
West Hollywood. and three
sisters, all Of Philadelphia, Mrs
Margaret Lukens, Mrs. Katie
Geier, and Mrs. Mamie Adams
Services will be at st. AIMS
Catholic Church, 4001 Yuma
street NV, at 10 am. Friday
Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. s.H
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Mrs. R. {. WeIch,
Former Teacher

Mrs. Ruth Eaton WEIGH, "a,
q former Government employe
and schoolteacher In the Dis
trict and Chevy Chase. died Of
cancer Sunday at Sibley Me-
mortal Hospital.
Mrs. WEIGH was born in the
District on Capitol Hill and
was a graduate Of Central High
School and the old District
Normal School. She taught
kindergarten in the District
from 1912 until 1925.
In 1925, she married Ben T
WEIGH, a Philadelphia real
estate dealer. He died in 1895
and Mrs. WEIGH returned to
Washington two years later
She lived at AIS Seventeenth
street NV.
Survivors include one brother
s. Jay McCathran, jr.. EOS OK.
ford street, Chevy Chase, Nd;
three nephews and one niece
Services will be at 2 pm
today at the s. H. Hines Fu-
neral Home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV, with burial al
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Election Date Chance
Rejected in Rockville

two-year terms would have re-
sumed then.
The three who voted against
the idea decided the need for
such q change was not suffi-
GENTLY demonstrated.
In another action, the coun-
ell approved the creation of
three new land zones for Rock
vile. One would permit high
rise apartments in the down
town" section.
Another would be q new
central business zone which
would allow parking facilities
to be provided by q public au.
thority rather than requiring
off-street parking by all land
owners. The third new ZONE
will cover public lands, that
now used by the city, county,
State and Federal governments
The council also introduced
an ordinance authorizing q re-
duction In the city's water
rates. effective January /, from
SO cents to 35 cents per 1000
gallons Of water used. Final
action will be taken next week
However, the sewer rate Of 20
cents per 1000 gallons OF
water used will remain the
same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
}. P. Richardson.
Prince Georges
Library Worker

John p. Richardson, "a, of
52l3 Shadyside avenue. Brad
bury Park, Nd. died Saturday
at Providence Hospital after q
long illness.
A native Of Beverly. Mass,
Mr.. Richardson had been a
resident Of Prince Georges
County for Is years.
For the last II years he had
been employed by the Prince
Georges County Memorial
Library as a bookmobile driver.
He had worked as a jazz musi-
clan, farmer. cabinetmaker and
piano tuner.
Mr.. Richardson leaves his
wife, Elinor; four sons, John
L., Of 1884 Dean Drive, West
Hyattsville, Nd, Peter v. Of
Fort Benning, Ca, and Paul E.
and Michael T., of the home
address. and two daughters,
Carol. Of the home address, and
Mrs. Weston Hamilton Of New
Castle. Neb.
Services were scheduled to-
day at Bethel Community
Church, 5105 Alton street Sc,
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Jewish Union
Will Begin
Session Friday

The Union of Orthodox Jew
ish Congregations Of America,
Atlantic Seaboard Region, will
hold it's annual convention here
Friday through Sunday.
Four hundred delegates from
Virginia. Maryland, Delaware,
eastern Pennsylvania and
Washington are expected to
attend. Acting as host will be
the Washington Council of Or
thodox Jewish Congregations.
At 4:3O pm. Friday Rabbi
Harry ]. Kaufman Of Beth
8 halom Congregation, 1880
Eastern avenue NV, will well
come the delegates at the syn
agogue. A symposium on "How
Can We Bring the Torah Out
look to the Modern Jew?" also
will take place there, at 8 pm.
The speakers will be DR.. Sam
son r. Weiss, executive vice
president Of the Union of Con-
gregations, and DR.. Ariel Ro-
Senfeld, president Of the ASSo-
citation of orthodox Jewish
Scientists.
There will be public assem-
bly, at Beth Shalom at 8 pm.
Saturday. Harold H. Boxer, ma
tional secretary of the Union of
Congregations, will speak ON
THE Challenge of the Rising
Generation" Rabbi Uri Miller,
president Of the Synagogue
Council Of America, will discuss
Jewish Education and the
Teen-ager." Rabbi Morris A.
Sandhause, chief Of the chap
lain service Of the Veterans
Administration, will be the
chairman.
Other sessions and work
shops are scheduled at Ohev
Shalom Talrnud Torah Congre-
CATION, Sixteenth and Jonqliil
streets NV, and the Hebrew
Academy of Washington, 6O45
Sixteenth street NV. Delegates
will stay at the Intown Motor
Hotel in Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

Rockville's Mayor and City
Council last night turned down
by a 3-to-2 vote q proposal to
shift the biennial municipal
elections there from even to
odd years.
Mayor Frank A. Ecker and
Councilmen A. M. Tuchtan
and L. Ross Roberts voted to
reject the plan. which would
have been put into effect after
the next city election in April
1854. Councilmen Ralph z
williams and Edward j. Mach
favored 1t.
The proposal. which was de-
signed to avoid conflict with
party primaries in State and
county elections, would have
installed the next council for
a three-year term. rather than
the customary two-year term
so that the election after that
would not fall until 1867. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
and warmer tonight. lowest in
the lower 40s. Mostly sunny
and mild tomorrow with cloudi-
ness increasing in the after
noon, high in the COS.
Maryland-Clear and mild
tonight, lowest 81 to 40 in the
west and 40s in the east. Fair
and continued mild tomorrow
with cloudiness increasing in
the afternoon, high in the sos.
Virginia-Fair, lowest in the
40s tonight. Increasing cloudi-
ness tomorrow. chance of after
noon rain in the southwest,
highest in the COS.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Mostly southwest
winds 10 to Is knots tonight
and 10 to 20 knots tomorrow.
Fair weather with visibility at
5 to 10 miles.
Five-Day Forecast
Temperatures will average 5
to 10 degrees above Washing
toms normal high and low of
SO and "a. Warmer tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

safety courses until an illness
about is years ago.
A piano player. Mr.. Pendle-
ton was leader of his own dance
band, Pendleton Campus
Knights, during his. under.
graduate days at Howard to
help finance his college educa-
ton.
He leaves his wife, Enda,
of the home address; q son,
Clarence Pendleton, jr., a
physical education instructor
at Howard, who lives at ss0s
Hayes street NE; q sister,
Mrs. Fanida Friend, Of Balti-
more; a brother. DR.. George
H. Pendleton. Of Baltimore, and
q grandson.
The funeral is tentatively
scheduled for 1880 pm. SAT-
urday at st. Luke's Episcopal
Church. Fifteenth and Church
streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Richard A. Mack Dies;
Former FEC Member

Richard A. Mack, who re-
signed from the Federal Com
munications Commission after
charges he plotted to fix q Mi
ami television channel award,
has been found dead in q shah
by room not far from Miami's
skid row.
Police found Mr.. Maek's body
yesterday while answering q
complaint about q loud radio In
his rooming house. They said
he had been dead five to eight
days. apparently Of natural
causes.
Mr.. Mack. s.. moved in the
highest political circles here
after his appointment TO the
FEC seat by former President
Eisenhower. But then he was
forced to resign in 1888.
Later Became Alcoholic
He was committed to q hos
pital for alcoholic rehabilita-
ton and later. at his fathers
request. was placed in . psy-
chiatric ward.
His wife divorced him on
grounds Of desertion In 1860
and then remarked and moved
to Anderson. 8. C., with their
daughter. Susan.
Mr.. Mack, q Miami business
man, got his start in politics
when he received an unexpect-
ed appointment to fill q vacan-
cy in the Florida Railroad and
Public Utilities Commission. He
was subsequently elected twice
to the commission. and in 1855
was nominated to the FEC post
by Senators Holland and
Smathers Of Florida. He re-
ceived his appointment in 1855.
WhIteside Was Suicide
A Federal grand jury indict-
ed Mr., Mack on charges Of re.
ceiving $4,000 from Thurman
A. Whiteside, q Miami attorney,
q friend from college days, to
influence Mr.. Mack's vote in
the award Of TV Channel 10 In
Miami.
A Joint trial In 1858 ended in
q hung jury, but Mr.. Whiteside
was acquitted two years later.
Government attorneys indicat-
ed they had little ground to
pursue charges against Mr..
Mack. and the suit against him
was dropped.
Shortly after his acquittal,
Mr.. Whiteside shot and killed
himself In his Miami office.
Recently, Mr.. Mack had been
waiting for the legal release Of
funds left by his father, a Fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Clarence Mclean PendIeton,
Recreation Aide in District

Clarence Mclean Pendleton.
so. assistant director Of neigh
borhood centers for the District
Recreation Department. died
last night in District General
Hospital Of an apparent heart
attack. He lived at l712 Six
tenth street NV.
Mr.. Pendleton. an aquatics
expert. was hired in 1881 as q
boys activities leader for the
Community Center Department
of the District government. In
1899 he became a major area
director for the Community
Center and Playground Depart
ment. When the department
was reorganized in 1912 into the
ID. c. Recreation Department,
he became a regional director
with supervisory duties over
numerous Fairgrounds.
Rowing Leader Program
Mr.. Pendleton was made as
Sistant director Of the Recrea-
ton Departments neighborhood
.centers division in July, 1858.
He also became supervisor of
the Districts rowing leader pro-
gram until q full-time super.
visor was hired in December,
1860. He remained the pro-
grams technical head, however.
A native of Annapolis. Mr..
Pendleton grew up in Balti-
more. where he attended public
schools. He graduated from
Howard University in 1881,
where he was a track and
swimming star. He also taught
swimming at Howard during
his undergraduate studies.
Led Dance Band
Mr.. Pendleton was one of
the first Negroes hired as q
lifeguard for District SWIM
ming pools. He also taught
American Red Cross water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

Lauderdale motel manager who
died last year.
Mr.. Mack's body will be sent
here for burial in Arlington
Cemetery. He had served as a
major in World War II.
His attorney, H. Earl Barber
said Of him. He was always q
gentleman, even when things
were at the worst"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
COuntyUrges
TaWes 70 Save
Road Projects
BY ANNE CHRISTMAS
Slar staH Wriler

I 1tAr SIAN MEA0F
The Montgomery Count!
Council has asked help from
Gov. Tawes after discovering
that a new State Roads Com.
mission program eliminates
three critical" Montgomery
road projects.
The council voted unani-
mously yesterday to request
Gov. Tawes to intercede with
the legislative council, meeting
today In Baltimore, to defer
final action on the SRCs newly
proposed five-year, s27 millior
program in Montgomery, *
that these three highways Ions
earmarked vital" can be re
considered.
Eliminated Projects
The projects, eliminated
from State Roads Commission
Chairman John B. Funk's an
n ouncement last week on
Statewide road construction
are:
/. The so-called North Gen.
trail corridor, q freeway from
the District to the Patuxent
River, in the Silver Spring
Wheaton area. This route has
been described by the city'l
transportation plan as having
the regions greatest radial
traffic volumes" and would cost
$2l.4 million.
2. A connection from route
70-S at Pook's Hill, in Bethes-
da, to the District line. Traffic
volume projection indicates q
need for six traffic lanes, and
construction Is estimated al
$3l.5 million.
3. An outer beltway connect
ing the North Central corridor
and Route 70-S. The trans
portation plan says four lanes
are needed to accommodate
are needed to accommodate
building costs are estimated at
97.2 million.
After hearing a report By
Public Works Director Joseph
c. Kordella, on the SRC cur.
tailments Of Montgomery
hopes for the next five years
council members predicted a
six-year delay in building the
needed highways unless actor
Is taken Immediately"
Cites County Burden
In answer to questions by the
council, County Manager Ma
son A. Butcher said the county
has 1873 per cent Of the total
automobile registration in
Maryland, and IL per cent Of
the States population. 1t re-
ceives "a per cent Of revenues
from automobile sources, hi
said. and Councilman John
Henry Hiser commented tina,
most of the money goes int,
Baltimore city"
In other business, the council
accepted q bill for q 3.3 pc.
cent interest rate from tn
Chase Manhattan Bank Of New
York on $5.4 million in new
bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Hootenonny Slated

The Montgomery County
Sheriffs Association will pre-
sent a hootenanny at $3.50 pm.
Saturday at the Naval Ord
nance Lab Auditorium, New
Hampshire avenue, In White
Oak. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

mothers who are on welfare
but would be able to work Il
the children had proper care.
Planning for the center be-
gan after a fire which took the
lives of six children on Novem-
Der 30, 1862. in q crowded
rooming house at 1915 Duke
street-four blocks from the
church.
The children were left at the
rooming house, officials said
while their mothers we're work.
ing. One concerned citizen, the
Rev. John c. Davis Of the
Meade Memorial Episcopal
Church. estimated that 200
Alexandria children were being
placed in homes. some of which
were supervised by teen-age
girls.
Funds Budgeted for Plan
James Hunt, director Of the
Community Welfare Council
suggested the City Welfare De-
partment operate q center
with the cost to parents in line
with their ability to pay. The
city council approved the plan
last July and budgeted $4,000
to set it up.
The welfare department was
given a special use permit last
pm. at the church. Vice Mayor
Eugene w. Zimmerman said the
Alexandra YWCA. welfare de-
partment and welfare council
have agreed to train mothers
for employment in connection
with the program.
Miss Barbara watkins, super
intendent Of the welfare de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Sermon by Physicist

Harold A. Knapp. q Petagon
physicist, will deliver the SER
mon at the $3.50 pm. service
tomorrow at Temple Emanuel,
l0l01 Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

partment, told Q reporter the
center is expected to open
about December Q. About is
children are initially expected.
This is not a baby-sitting
center" she said. The children
will undergo Q development
program at the direction Of the
center's director, Mrs. Marion
r. Grayson, who Is also vice
president of the Potomac ASSo-
citation Of Cooperative Teach
ers.
$4,000 For School Site
In another matter. the coun-
ell allocated $4,000 for the
purchase of land at Dowden
terrace, near Seminary road
and Shirley highway, for an
elementary school. City Man
ager Hair said an additional
$4,000 will be requested later
to complete the l2-acre site.
The school. designed for 500
TO $50 students at q cost Of
about S75O,0OO, will be built in
two or three years. Mr.. Hair
said.
The council also declared
surplus 81 acres near the JEFF
ferson School for a $755,000
pilot proect housing develop
.ment for middle income fami-
lies who are displaced by NUM-
cipal improvement programs.
Mr.. Hair was authorized to
proceed with plans for the con-
struction Of open-occupancy
town houses and apartment
buildings on the site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

OMAHA, Nov. n (AP) DIR
Charles M. Wilhelm. So. for
mer dean Of the Creighton
University School Of Medicine,
died at a rest home Monday
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27
Alexandra Council
OKs Day-Care Unit
ForNeedyCh
By JERRY KLINE
Star staff Writer

As aftermath Of a tragedy almost year ago, the
Alexandra City Council last night voted to operate day care
center at the Shiloh Baptist Church. 14O1 Duke street
City Albert M Hair jr said the center for pre-
age children will be the first Of its in the Meropo
tan washington designed for the children Of
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followed by cooler Friday OF
Saturday. Rain, expected to
average less than 4/10ths of an
inch. about Friday or Satur-
day.
Project Skywatch
The weather satellite Tiros
WI will take pictures over the
Washington area at 1929 am.
tomorrow.
River Report
Ferry and clear at Great Falls shen-
andoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
MidniEht - e Noon ------- a
ss.mm. - $$9 sPp. m. - Il
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest. 96. on May 9, June 10 and
Lowest. 3. on January "a.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High ------ 4:05 am. sos am.
Low -------- 1903 am. 1855 am
High --- 4:41 pm. 5:39 .. m
Low ---- 11:41 pm. pm
For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points, subtract times indicated
from the above: Annapolis. ga hours.
Bloody Point Light. 4ia hours: Colonial
se eSSn n ns,aE5 Peale; AZ hours ours
Lookout, IA hours.
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun today -- 700 am. 4:48 pm
Sun tomorrow 7:04 an. 4:4S pm
Moon today - 2:56p.m. 2:4O am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

Occasional rain due tonight the Gulf Coast the Southeast and
North Pacific States furrieS
England and mixed with rain the
and Plains Warmer temperatures predicted the Southern Rockies
and Southern and Central Palms.
Plains and Northern New England-AP WirephotO Map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

Lowest, 3. on January "a.
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
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BY ELEM
Stor Fashion Editor

The world of fashion and beauty goes
ION sofori" and brings back olive coIors,
exotic flora and fauna prints, plus an ex-
citing lush new "JuneIe Peach" coIorine by
RevIon for lips and fneertiPs.
Vibrant hues break through ereeney
as dense and as strangely beautiful as
Rousseau painting in the silks, chiffons and
orgonzos that make the new season so COL
orfuI. The wild floral prints, in delicate
nouVes, Pnks, turquoise, green, purple,
blue and yellow, ore incredible not only as
to color combination but in their fontosy
patterns
Our trio Of juneIe-insPred print fash
ions is available at Julius GorfinckeI & Co.
The designs Of Award Winners Luis
Estevez, Bill Bless of Maurice Rentner, and
Adele Simpson are included among the
many being shown today at the Cherry
Blossom Crossroads Of Fashion" Festival
Show at the MoTIower Hotel.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-14

A stop sign has only one
meaning stop!
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-14
Accomplishments At Central
High Cited On Awards Day

rensic trophy to the school.
Buckingham Central has been
district champion for two years
in a row. The school has only
participated for the past two
years.
Noel Davidson, in behalf of
the yearbook staff, presented
Mrs. Geneva Camp and John
Mogle. sponsors. a gift for their
help with the annual publica
ton
Five students, Diane Moss,
Bobby Snoddv, Pam Jamerson,
Gretchen Alexander and Mary
Louise Driscoll. were recognized
for outstanding performances on
the Spring 1868 National Educa-
tional Development Test. They
were presented certificates.
Other awards were given in
library science. safety patrols,
perfect attendance and to the
most improved students in their
studies Outstanding students in
the field OF basketball and base
ball were recognized as well as
the cheerleaderS.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-14
The Rev. Withers
Honored At Dinner

GLENMORE, June 1.-THE
Rev. and Mrs. Robert E. With
ers. Jr., Of Farmville were hon
or guests at a surprise dinner
Sunday in the Parish Hall at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
here. The Rev. Withers is re-
firing from the ministry and
rectory Of Grace and Emman-
uel Church after being here 80
years. He held a communion
service and preached Sunday
morning at Grace Church, his
last service before retirement
July ! at that church, and he
will have a service at Emman-
uel Church here Sunday, June
IL. He announced the Homecom-
ing service at Emmanuel Church
here, the 18th of July when Bis
hop Rose, OF Petersburg, will
preach the sermon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-14
BY GENEVIEvE AGEE

BUCKINGHAM, June 3 -
Tommy Patteson, a senior, was
highest amorg student award
winners. recognized for outstand-
ing accomplishment, at the an
nual Awards Day program at
Buckingham Central High School
on Wednesday, May %.
He won the scholarship award
based on his five-year high
school average of 95-plus. He
a so won the mathematics
award. the National Certificate
award in mathematics. and was
named the outstanding student
in the 10th. 18th and 10Th grades.
Another scniorA Gloria Steger.
won the Student Cooperative As
ISOLATION scholarship award of
$50 and the Woman's Club Citi-
zerchip Award for 1868. Kaye
Webb. another senior, received
the Beta Club award of S25
awarded on a point basis.
T lie Buckingham Education
Association award of $50 went to
Barbara Waycaster, also a sen
lOr
The Teacher of the Year
award was presented to Mrs.
Patricia B. j Inns son. of the
Commercial Department. Basis
CT this award was the quality Of
teaching and Mrs. Johnson's
work on the school curriculum.
Art, Latin, History
Irving Epperson. a sophomore.
won the H S tory and Latin
awards. The English and Art
awards went to Marie Senger. a
senior Jean Christian, a junior,
won the 1868 Crisco award, a
gold trophy for outstanding work
in the field of home economies.
Frances Durham, senior,
won the citizenship and com
mcrcial award. Irving Driscoll.
Jr. a senior, won the Leader
ship award and the principals
ward for outstanding SEA
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-14

work.
Agnes Johns rec eived the
school spirit award, and Mary
Louise Webb was named out
standing student in grades 8
or 9.
Other awards went to Jack
Stout, French: E. M. Wright,
science; Noel Davidson, speech;
Macy Gorlnus, tipping; Jimmy
jones, agriculture.
TIE Physical E due ii o n
awards to the girl and boy who
did the best overall job in the
Physical Education program,
were presented to joyce Wade
and Billy BalloWe.
Ruritan Award
The AriOn awards given by
the Ruritan Club to an outstand-
ing senior in bard and chorus
went to Lucy Johns and Nancy
BallOWe. Music awards went to
Billy BalloWe, Band, and Bar
bara Wiseman. chorus.
Faye Wyland, a participant in
the district forensic meet, pre-
scented the district champion TO