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Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29

\ Dear Dan: Is it normal fol
a girl to see a boy only once,
not even speak to him, and
still believe she has a crush
lon him? That's my problem.
Is it because I'm only IA? :
Anxious
Dear Anxious: It's as nor
mal as Christmas coming on
December 25. However, A.
year old girls don't have a
Icomplete monopoly on>crushes
and boys they've seen only
once. But it's nothing to lose
sleep over.
Dear Dan: Maybe this isn't
a problem but I have to know
what you think before it's too
late. Every year we have a
big school dance just before
Thanksgiving and I've already
been asked to go by this boy
in my room. Maybe | should
feel flattered but | cont. |
want to go to the dance more
than anything in the world
but the boy who asked me
Isn't my idea of an escort.
He's all right but l just don't
particularly like him.
Last year | wasn't asked
and l spent the whole evening
lin my room crying into my
pillow. | don't want it to hap
Ipen this year but neither do |
want to accept an invitation
this soon. What should l do?|
F. G..
Dear F. G.: The boy may
not know any better or he may
lust be an eager beaver but
he should have waiteh at
least until midi October. Tell
him the dance is too far in
the future for you to plan a.
bout. Make it clear you're not
obligating yourself to be his
date if you do decide to go.
But at least you know one
thing - you do have an adj
mirer.
Dear Dan: / know you're
Opposed to car-dating by girls
of IA but what are you sup-l
posed to do when you live
nine miles out of town on a
Are you supposed to
ask the boy to walk to town
with you? Have you got a
smart answer for that one2
- Rural Girl
Dear Rural Girl. Of course,
I've got an answer. You
shouldn't be dating for ano-
Their year. But as long as you
have that privilege, I'm sure
your parents allow boys to
drive you into town.
(Dan Haligan will answer
all questions submitted by
teen-agers and children. Adj
dress him care of this paper.
For personal replies enclose
a stamped, self-addressed en-
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29
Rat Tales

My daddy and me went on
a fishing trip 10 my grand
fathers lake and we caught
about IA Dream and one bass.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29
Mr.. Paul Tardy
Holmes County Herald
Lexington, Miss.

Dear Paul,
| regret that | will not
have an opportunity to per-
sonally express my sincere
gratitude to everyone who
worked so unselfishly in the
campaign.
We based the campaign
on the basis of principle and
integrity in which | have
always believed and feel
that the dedicated support
we had was because of this
fact. Even though it was
not successful, | feel that
our effort mas worthwhile
and all of us can be proud
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29
Under d

Address your questions TO:
Dan Halligan
Box &C
KaIispell, Mont.
Ior in care of this paper.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29

Butch Pepper told me about
some little bugs named AT.
|lantas." Paul Autry told But.
oh about them and we found
some. They are little bitty
bugs that bore holes DOWN in
the ground and if you stick a
stick Town in the hole and
stir it around like a spoon the
bug will come up to the top
and you can catch it. They
are very little. They look
something like ticks and some
of them are red.
Today we have been hunting
doodle bugs and | caught one
They are long and white with
q brown head. The way you
catch a doodle bug is to spit
on a stick and poke 1t IN the
doodle bug hole and Wheh
something is sorta heaVy'
Jerk it up.
We had a rummage sale
on the street the other day;
Butch and jeanne Pepper ana
Alfred Porter and me owned
the stand. We sold some pants
ord . shirt and a few little
tovs and made S1.76. Then
we split the money up anu
went home.
NV sister and l went to my
grandmother's in Sails to
spend last weekend. The KIT,
tens are pretty big now ana
they stay up under the mouse
like Nubbin, my dog.
NV grandmother gave me
= calf and we are going to
raise it and let it have babes
and sell the babies except
keep one for a milking COW.
T caught a chicken at my
orandmothar'S and brought 1t
in the house and it jumped
cut of my hands and Jumped
on the bed and started cack-
ling so l caught it again ana
took it outside.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29
HsA1n County HERALD

Published by the Holmes County Publishing Company at 200 Tchua Street
Glass mall under the Act of Congress OF Marcia 1873 Subscription rates fol Holmes
and adjoining counties $500 per year six months, $500; elsewhere, $500 per year.
PAUL TARDY, Editor
ALLIE S. TARDY, Associate Editor
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-29

I'll be back.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
Commentator

I should like to commend
rather belatedly but nonethe-
less sincerely, the action of
the Montgomery County School
Board in banning smoking
from school grounds and
school hours.
While this obviously does
not end the problem, it seems
to me to put a standard before
young people and show that
adults mean it when they OPP
pose a young persons smok-
ing. Every cigarette which a
teenager does NOT smoke
seems to be a gain in health,
if nothing more - and there is
a lot more gained also.
The editorial comments of
the Sentinel at the time when
this decision was made were
excellently stated.
Edna p. Legg
Sandy Spring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05


Bell said that, unlike Si1nonds,
he did not hesitate to release
the MCEA's resolution to the
press.
1T is my opinion that the cit
liens in this county are entitled
to know all the facts on how the
educational program here is
working, including the workings
of the Montgomery County Ed
ucation Association" he de-
clared.
He chastised SimOnds for
beating the drum of discon-
tent" with his reference to the
"unbearable situation" in which
county teachers find themselves,
adding:
Almost without fail, each and
every time we have talked you
have continuously famed the
flame of discomfort, telling me
that teachers were about to rise
up in a mass and evacuate the
county.
Il have not found this to be
so. do not think it is so, and
l certainly think the Executive
Secretary of the MEGA could do
ever SO much more for the
cause of the teacher by the
adoption of another attitude"
he declared.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
Records ShO1U Rise In Number
Of Criminal Cases Dropped

where an officer feels a case
should have been prosecuted
and questions why it wasn't,
McAuliffe said he personally
discusses the case with States
Attorney Leonard T. Hardy
and County Manager Mason A.
Butcher. He has not set up a
conference of this type for "at
least three months" he added.
Comparison shows that of
4784 criminal cases disposed of
through September, 1862, 104
were nolle pressed and 500 fell
into a category described by
police as "other" - which they
said is made up almost entirely
of stet docket assignments.
Through September this year,
of 1926 criminal cases disposed
of, 147 were nolle pressed and
1910 others were consigned to
the stet docket.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
0 More Letters
Continued from Page A4)

statements that it would be
difficult to control expansion
of the community and the
roads within it; that the pro-
posed shopping center would
be two large Us acres in a
1,000-acre Area; that popula-
ton density would be greater
than that in the surrounding
area; and that use of FILA
mortgage insurance would re-
quire the developers to admit
colored applicants.
The coming committee rec
commended all ost solidly
against approval of the pro-
ject. After listening to the
report and to the discussion
which followed, members of
the community association
voted approximately 2 to l for
approval of the proposed plan.
Prior to the discussion, the
president of the association
had assured the members that
the result of the vote would
be reported to the Board of
Appeals.
I hope that this news story
represents an isolated instance
of careless or biased reporting
in The Sentinel.
Clark Tibbitts
Manor Club
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05

MEGA also charges that some
board members have "arbitrar.
lily delayed" discussion of teach
er salaries and career recogni-
ton by cancelling meetings on
both these subjects last month.
Both are important matters af-
fecting teacher MORALE" ST.
monds said.
Disclosure that the state and
national teacher associations
are considering sanction S
against the county stemmed
from an exchange of letters be-
tween Simonds and Bell releas.
ed by Bell to the press.
In his letter, Simonds said the
MCEA's Delegate Assembly met
to discuss the "deteriorating
state of morale engendered" by
recent School Board actions and
authorized the resolution asking
the state and national groups to
extend and expedite" the in
vestigation they have had under
way since Spring.
Although teachers feel that
the situation is critical" 81.
monds wrote, he was withhold
ing release of the MCEA's ac-
ton to the press in the "hope
that steps may still be taken
by the board to rectify this sit.
uation without any further pub.
lie issues made of it."
Bell, in a heated letter, replied
that he had distributed mo con-
fidential personnel information"
at the Blair P-TA meeting cor
at any other time"
The list of teacher separations
was mot a confidential docu-
ment, as altered" he argued,
and its distribution was Simply
my small part in bringing the
truth of this matter to the citi-
zens of this county"
He decried the fact that one
board member saw fit to re-
port to the public, through the
press, that 80 teachers had re.
Gently left the system in a mass
exodus out of dissatisfaction
with the present working of the
system" and noted that their
reasons were the normal and
ordinary ones and were indica-
tive of nothing unusual"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
. Simonds Letter
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
Teachers Association to extend
and to expedite their investiga-
ton of the climate of education
relative to the imposition of
sanctions, and,
BE 1T FURTHE Err RE.
SOLVED, That in the meantime,
all teachers make every effort
to maintain the high level of in
struction that always has been
characteristic of our profes-
sional staff.
While 1 have sent copies of
the resolution to both the Ma
tional Education Association
and the Maryland State Teach
ers' Association, 1 have care
fully not released it to the press.
/ have done this after consider
able elaboration. Althou G h
teachers feel that the situation
is critical, it is our hope that
steps may still be taken by the
Board to rectify this situation
without any further public is
sues made of it. In other words,
our concern is still primarily the
welfare of the children in our
charge. If you share this con-
Germ as deeply as we, you will
govern yourself accordingly and
seek to improve what has be-
come an almost unbearable stu
alton. Sincerely yours,
Arthur ID. SimOnds, Jr.
Executive Secretary
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
Letters Are EXCHANGED
. Bell Letter

Continued from Page One)
be good enough to contact me
and 1 will inform you.
resent strongly your impli-
cation that for noble purposes
you keep from the press your
communication to me. 1 do not
feel this way. Therefore, 1 have
made your letter and a copy of
this reply thereto available to
the press. 1t is my opinion that
the citizens in this county are
entitled to know all the facts on
how the educational program
here is working, including the
workings of the Montgomery
County Education Association.
I should also at this time like
to take you to task for your
reference, once more, to the
"unbearable situation" in which
bCdStlClo 1lilQ lllCIIioClNCS. OlllCC
the beginning of my service on
the Board of Education last De-
cember, you have only beat the
drum of discomfort. Almost
without fail, each and every
time we have talked, you have
continuously famed the flame
of teacher discontentment, tell
ing me that teachers were about
to rise up in a mass and evacu.
ate the county. have not found
this to be so, l do not think it
is so, and / certainly think the
Executive Secretary of The
Montgomery County Education
Association could do ever so
much more for the cause of the
teacher by the adoption of an
other attitude. 1 am sure that
you know exactly what I mean.
Very truly yours,
Charles w. Bell
President
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05

Despite a 10 per cent drop
in the number of criminal
cases disposed of through
September this year from
the same period last year,
there has been a sharp rise
in the number not being
prosecuted in the courts.
Police records for the first
nine months of this year show
the number of cases relegated
to the "stet docket"-the courts
special resting place for cases
not likely to be prosecuted
within the foreseeable future,
for one reason or another =
exceeded last years entire total.
Criminal cases on which
prosecution has been dropped
or "nolle pressed" by the
states attorneys office through
the first nine months almost
equalled the total for 1862 and
exceeds the number dropped
through last September by
more than 40 per cent.
Police sources report officer
morale has been seriously af-
fected by increasing failure to
have cases prosecuted. Police
Supt. James S. McAuliffe, jr.,
however, denies there is any
widespread morale problem.
In every major instance
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05

Totals for the entire year of
1862 show that of 6472 criminal
offenders taken to court, 154
had their cases nolle pressed
and 956 were stet.
In contrast to the increases
in these two categories, disposi-
ton of remaining cases through
verdicts of guilty or not guilty,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
Teaching Climate Investigation Set
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
what was going to happen in
the county we might get to the
place where sanctions would be
necessary"
When the controversy over
ungraded classrooms at the
Rosemary Hills Elementary
School arose last month, ST.
monds added, he notified the
two groups and asked them to
have observers present at a
meeting where it was set for
discussion.
At this meeting, Simonds said,
both the principal and teachers
were seriously demoralized" by
being put on the defensive, al
though board members could
have gotten many answers from
their own staff. The Board also
"acted inquisitorially" toward
the faculty at this session, the
MEGA charges.
These and other complaints
on behalf of county teachers are
set forth in a resolution direct
ed to the MSTA and NEA last
week by the local group, which
asked that their continuing close
watch on the school board be
stepped up.
Most recent source of concern
to MEGA, the resolution indicat-
ed, was Bells public release of
the list of teachers leaving the
system, which included their
reasons.
"This list was marked "cOnfi.
dental, to be distributed only to
members of the Board of Edu.
cation and its executive Staff"
said Simonds.
He charged, however, that
Bell passed the list around in
the audience during a question
and-answer session following
talks by school board members
at a meeting of the Montgomery
Blair High School P-TA Nov. 10.
"The next day." said Simonds,
81 had a number of teachers
present at the meeting call me
and object to this" He indicated
that although Bell had drawn
pen lines through the names of
the teachers this was insuffic-
lent to obliterate them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05

my appreciation for the
thorough way in which refuse
is gathered in our neighbor-
hood and the courtesy of the
collectors.
We should be as proud Of
their work as they show they
are!
Sigrid Atkinson
Mrs. j. NJ
Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05

When is a Christmas card
complete? When it's sealed with
hope the Christmas Seal of
hope that fights tuberculosis
and other respiratory diseases.
Use Christmas Seals generously.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
S SENTINEL s coTET2' MD'
Thursday, December 5, 1858 Az

dismissals or Withdrawals drop
ped this year almost directly in
proportion to the decreased case
load.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-05
freshmen Praised

Not often is one so moved
by refuse collection he feels
compelled to write a letter
about it. But l wish to express
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-06

PHOTO FINISHING & DEVELOPING
| COLOR 2O9o OFF s %.I7: . 3O9o OFF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-06
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Many OF us wonder about the
exact meanings Of words we
have run across again and
again In reading but never used
In conversation. Here are 10
words you may have a nodding
acquaintance with. But are you
sure you can use them ac-
curately in speech and writing7
The way we play is to select
the lettered word or p. .rase
closest in meaning 10 the num-
bered word. After you have
finished all 10 questions, check
against the answers below,
Score 10 points for each cor
rect answer. II you score 80
or below. get out the diction-
airy and do some homework.
/. Canon: (a) heavy weapon
Of war; (b) member Of city
council; (c) fundamental law
2. Manifest: (a) vision, Cb)
rollcall; Cc) invoice.
3. Cabal: (a) secret subver-
sive committee; % occult art;
tc) home Of Arab chieftain.
4. Ameliorate: (a) wear out;
CO. grow better; (c) tear apart;
5. Debenture: (a) certificate
OF capacity; (b) girlish prank ;
(c) certificate Of debt.
9. Principle: Ca) had OF pub
lie school; (b) basic truth: (c)
large sum OF money.
7. Collision: (a) crack-up:
(b) cooperation In fraud; (c)
architectural establishment.
8. Indite: (a) put In writing:
(b) plan program: (c) note
points Of law.
0. Talesman: (a) teller OF
tales, cd person added 10
jury; Co good-luck charm.
10. Exceptionable. (a) re-
markable: (b) agreeable 10
all; Cc) Objectionable.
Answers: irc; &c; 3-a; Abb;
SC; 6-b; 7-b; ga; e-b; i0-c.
DO you know the most com
mon errors OF grammar and
usage and how 10 avoid them7
For q list OF common mistakes
and advice on how 10 improve
your speech and writing. sim
ply send a self addressed,
stamped envelope. plus 10 cents
10 cover handling. to William
Morris, Good Grammar" In
care Of The Evening Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-06

All Occasion AMn/ orr
Birthday and Nn
Greeting Cords WV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Market:
Showdown

The Common Market minis
terial meeting last week indi-
Gated q fateful crisis over the
issue Of agricultural prices may
be near.
President de Gaulle of France
made a statement last June that
is haunting the memories Of
members Of the European Eco
nomic Community. He said:
THE year 1868 is decisive for the
future Of the Common Market"
It was widely interpreted at the
time and, unhappily. few are will
ing to put any different slant on
the words today, that Gen. de
Gaulle meant this: If the Com
mon Market countries cannot
agree on an agricultural policy by
January /, well in advance of the
so-called Kennedy round" talks
with the United States on lower
ing tariff barriers. France might
cripple the FEC or withdraw
from it.
The major problem concerns
agricultural prices. The French
farmer, blessed with rich land, is
perhaps the most efficient in
Europe. He desires a substantial
share Of the German market. But
the relatively inefficient, uncom-
petitive German farmer says no.
There are 4 million Of them and
they have great influence on the
new Chancellor, DR.. Ludwig Err
hard, who. with his party, must
stand for reelection in 1865.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

the inflationary spiral are the
predominant situation"
Even w. Averell Hartman, I'm
derSecretary Of State for Political
Affairs and ace trouble shooter Of
the Kennedy administration,
didn't argue the point. Noting
that the United States has made
$2.3 billion available to Latin Am
erica in the last 81 months, he
cited some of the causes of trou-
BILE, saying:
within Latin America, there
have been delays in establishing
effective planning machinery, in
mobilizing domestic resources, in
establishing priorities and, above
all, in the development Of we'll
conceived and technically sound
projects"
Mr.. Hartman went to the meet
ing In Brazil to encourage the
Alliance membership Of 20 nations
to do something about the prob
lem. He backed the United States
supported plan to "Latinize" the
Alliance by creating a seven-man
co-ordinating commission. Pre-
Sumably this group could draft
solutions to outstanding problems
and recommend the awarding Of
funds, although it would have no
effective control over the latter.
A hopeful sign that the plan
would be adopted appeared on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
In Combodio

There was a disturbing devel-
opment in Southeast Asia last
week which could have a very
serious effect on our whole posi-
ton in the area. Prince Sihanouk
of Cambodia threatened to GUST
American and French military
advisers, cut off all American
military aid programs and seek
Communist Chinese and Russian
loans and technicians unless
clandestine radio attacks from
South Wet Nam were halted.
The United States, which has
advanced 1865 million in aid to
Cambodia since 1854, has assured
the Prince that we, too, deplore
these broadcasts but do not con-
troll them.
Mr.. Kennedy did not appear
overly concerned about the
Princes threat. although he
termed it serious" He said he
thought the Prince was more con-
cerned about his country's indie
pendence than we are and would
not jeopardize it (by inviting the
Chinese in).
Cambodia's geographical posi-
ton, however, makes it extremely
important when considering the
near-war in Laos and the fight
ing in Wet Nam. Cambodia
borders on these countries and
Thailand as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Senote and White House

@. How do you feel about the
question of pressure or lack OF 1t
or coordination between the SEN
ate and the White House?
A. AS far as I am concerned
personally. have n thing but
words Of praise for the relation
ship which exists between the
White House and this body.
Q. One complaint we hear
sometimes Is that the scheduling
Of votes Is so uncertain that Sena-
tors can't tell when it is safe to be
out Of town. Do you consider 1t
the responsibility Of the leader
ship to try to group these votes
and make the schedule known in
advance?
A. Insofar as possible. I must
say I have been at fault many
times in that respect. But when
you have colleagues come to you
two or three times q week and
say, please don't bring up this
bill on that day." please don't
vote at this hour" 81 have an en-
gagement out home and I can't be
here" 1t places the leadership in a
very difficult position, because the
leadership cannot tell a member
to stay on the floor. He can ask
the members to stay on the floor,
but they can thumb their noses at
him. and they do it quite often.
The leadership has no real pow
er, none at all. He has to operate
on the basis Of persuasion, accom-
mediation, understanding, but he
has to expect something like that
in return. But all too often mem
bers come to me, and on occasion
some have even threatened me,
saying that they had engagements
back home or they wanted to 60
some place for some reason, and
very rarely-if I did not accom-
modate them, well, they would see
that there was q lot Of talk and
no action would be taken on the
floor and so forth and 50 on.
@. Is there too much abSen-
teeism In the Senate?
A. There is.