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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

OVSI COuIlCll uuuBeL GUYS OF
about 50 million.
A countersuit might agree
with allegations in a complaint
to the State Board of Educa-
ton by the County Council of
Parent Teacher Associations
that the County Council il
legally slaShed the school bud
get and is holding $2.3 million
collected since 1861 in taxes
earmarked for education.
The County Councils suit
challenges school board trans
fer Of funds within its budget
accounts.
Concern Expressed
Mr.. Bell expressed grave
concern" that his board would
be ignored by the State Board
of Education on Wednesday if
it approves the complaints SUBJ
mitted by the PTA. In addition
to contesting County Council
budget cuts, the PTA alleges
the local board also acted lille
gally by slashing the school
superintendent budget request
and by not fighting the addi-
tional cutbacks made by the
County Council.
I'VE would certainly want a
chance to appear before the
State board to discuss the PTA
charges before the board takes
any action" Mr.. Bell said.
He has received no commun-
ication from the State board
concerning the PTA charges,
Mr.. Bell added.
Mr.. Bell noted the State
board last month failed to give
the Montgomer board a
chance to fully explain It's con-
troversial May q decision to
have teacher fingerprints
checked by county police.
State Board Action
State School Supt. Thoma
G. Pullen, jr., emphasized be
forehand that the July 2 meet
ing was only to decide If tn
State board should call a spe,
cial session later to take up thu
fingerprint decision. Instead
the board acted that day BY
adopting a new broad policy
outlawing all referral of any
teacher records to county Of
State police.
Jerome Frampton, presiden'
of the State board, wrote thai
his group on Wednesday will
consider rewording of its fling.
erprint ban, but no change il
principle. according to Mr.. Bell
The Montgomery board haG
requested complete reconsider
alton, agruging the ban is 81
broad 1t outlaws all checks o
prospective teachers for posi-
BILE criminal records.
"The State boards finger.
print action seems indicative O
a punitive attitude toward thu
Montgomery County Board O
Education and I'm seriously
concerned whether our boarC
can ever expect a completely
fair hearing at the State board
level on any ISSUE" Mr.. Bel
said.
Hoping the State board will
not bypass the county on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

school, as in the District. are
both Negro and white. They
learn to cut all kinds of hair
In the l,000-hour. 10-month
course, they study curriculum
similar to that followed in the
District public schools. Most
private barber school students
plan to practice in the District.
Basic Hair Styles
Beginning and ending each
6la-hour day with a lecture,
they spend most Of their time
actually cutting hair and aver
age about four haircuts a day.
They start with basic hair
styles, then graduate TO "sculp-
ting" hair with a razor and
comb. struggling with current
creations such as the Double
Twist, the Caesar, the Convert
ible Cut, the Flip and the Rock
and Roll.
Negroes hair requires differ
ent techniques for proper cut
ting than straight hair. explains
Mr.. Hollett. often a completely
different set Of clipper blades
are used. A razor is sometimes
necessary for hair around the
face and in making a part.
II experienced BARRIERS were
forced to cut all types Of hair,
he says. they would prooabaly
make some mistakes at first, as
do his students. But II would
be better to give a had hair
cut than TO insult a person."
Mr.. Hollett adds.
Mr.. Suraci. a veteran OF as
years barbering experience,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

PTA complaint, Mr.. Bell noted
his staff is preparing an item
lied com m en- tary on e a c h
charge in the PTA petition.
Legality Queried
IAN a dvisory by our staff
questioning the legality of
County Council cuts of nearly
$425,000 in our school budget
already has been sent to the
State board" Mr.. Bell said.
According to the PTA COM
plant. the school board and
County Council cuts dropped
the supervisor teacher and
teacher-pupil ratios below the
required m in i u m, cut back
.e e m ntary school physical
education short of prescribed
programs, deprived the super
intendent of professional and
clerical assistance and m a d e
overall reductions in material
requests without specifying
W h ere economies were to be
made.
The County Council suit filed
August 5 against the school
board claims educators trans
ferred $144,000 within their
budget accounts to cover con-
IS truction at Albert Einstein
and Richard Montgomery High
Schools. The Montgomery Cir
cult Court issued a temporary
restraining order prohibiting
the transfers and gave the
school board until next Friday
to answer.
A suit by three teachers OPP
posing the May q fingerprint
decision is scheduled for a cir
cult court hearing September
l6. Rather than alleging inva-
sion Of privacy, among other
argos, the suit has beer
amended so its arguments arr
based on support of the Stat
board policy of July 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
1874 Sign Up

Preliminary registrations last
week signed up 1874 prospec-
tive pupils, the board was told.
This indicates a probable regis
tration by opening day Of about
1,700, Mr.. Darden estimated,
and a probable attendance
averaging 1000 or so.
Mr.. Darden said there was no
indication whether the prelim-
mary registration included any
white students other than one
previously announced.
Much Of the trustees meeting
was spent in discussion of plans
to participate in the Federal
Government program that pro-
vides surplus foods for low-cost
school lunches. Two representa-
tives Of the surplus foods d.
vision Of the Department Of Ag-
riculture met with the board.
Lunch Funds Needed
Mr.. Darden said 1t may be
necessary for the association
to put on a special drive for
funds to help finance the
lunch program. Thirty nine
private schools in Virginia, as
well as the public schools, par
ticipate in the Federally-aided
lunch plans.
Mr.. Darden said the biracial
board of three white and three
Negro members is determined
to open the schols on Septem-
Der Is even if some detailed
arrangements are still incom-
plete. The important thing, he
emphasized, is to get the chill
dren back in school and started
toward making up for lost edu-
cational time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
BY THADDEUS FOOTE
star staff Writer

When Frank P. Suraci, a
member of the District Board
of Barber Examiners, was q boy
in his fathers barber shop at
1902 Seventh street NV, the
standard barbershop treatment
for a black eye was a carefully
applied leech.
That was As years ago. Mr..
Suraci, like most of the older
BARRIERS In the District. learned
his trade without school by the
apprentice method.
He recalls that BARRIERS used
to use the same powder puff all
day long. AT the end of a hot
summer day." he said, some
BARRIERS would knock you out
with that thing. it was so
heavy"
1900 Licensed
But the days Of relaxed pro-
cedures, quartets and spitoons
have long passed in District
barbershops. Once the tobacco
stained social center for all the
men OF a neighborhood, to-
days barbershop sparkles with
antiseptic precision and the
dignity appropriate to q pro-
fessional establishment.
Modern BARRIERS consider
themselves professional men.
Almost all neophytes in the
trade have graduated from a
barber school after 1000 or so
hours OF instruction.
According TO Frank Artigas,
supervisor Of the professional
licensure section for the Dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

trict, about 80 BARRIERS each
year are licensed to practice In
the District. There are about
$500 licensed BARRIERS here now,
Most of them are fuming this
week.
The District Commissioners
are considering proposals for
ending discrimination in bar
bershops but they have not yet
reached a decision.
last Friday. Pedro Sanjuan
director Of the special protocol
section Of the State Depart
ment, charged before a hearing
Of the District Commissioners
that District barbershops had
repeatedly Disseminated
against foreign diplomats. He
said that the staff of two
African embassies have had to
resort to cutting their own hair.
The BARRIERS Immediately re-
sponded to the charge. I'VE
v e h e m e emily object" said
Charles J. Bovello. secretary
treasurer Of BARRIERS local 239,
AFL-CIO, to the proposed
amendments to city regulations
which would force BARRIERS to
serve all patrons on threat Of
license revocation.
2-Year Apprenticeship
Witnesses stated that the
objection to the amendments
had nothing to do with racial
considerations. They we're pure
ly technical. they said. 1t would
not be fair. the argument went,
to force older BARRIERS 10 risk
malpractice suits and loss Of
license for poor haircuts when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
Cities
end People
A Window
That Smiles
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS

A T ONE EXTRAVAGANT
moment in life we in
vested 10 shillings in a book
which had these words on
the inside flap of the dust
jacket:
"How was it that archi-
tectS, designers, craftsmen
and their patrons never
seemed to put a foot wrong
in the Georgian periodP
what was the secret of
their capacity for producing
and approaching good de-
sign, Of their faultless sense
Of style. and their impecable
judgment?"
Having spent the $3.50,
plus shipping charges, plus
whatever else was added to
bring up the cost of this
English book to about $14 in
United States money, we
were surprised to see these
words.
In spite of being under the
spell of the ancient Greeks,
their Roman interpreters,
and Of Andrea Palladio,
Christopher Wren, lingo
Jones, John Nash, the
brothers Adam and others
who collectively contributed
to the architecture of the
Georgian era, we were not
prepared to concede that
this era was impeccable, not
guilty of some breaches of
good taste and, indeed, in
some ways, less than per-
feet.
Since our aim was to try
for q better understanding
of what we considered to be
the somewhat mysterious
wisdom Of this period Of
architecture, we decided to
overlook the dust jackets
Superlatives and look for the
inSights.
1t was a good decision for,
right off, we found a spirited
explanation of the validity
of one of our most vaunted
enthusiasts - the small
paned window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

SOMETIMES ONE senses
that a thing is good, and
doesn't know why. COR, for
that matter, doesn't care.)
But If one learns why a GER
tain thing is good, it's a lot
easier to explain its virtue.
In the case Of small-paned
windows, the simple explana-
ton of their attractiveness
is that they relate to a pre-
conception of what a window
additionally should look like.
Somewhere deep in the
average persons subconscious
is a sort of latent image (per-
hapS Of the cosy Cape Cod
cottage or Georgian man
sion) which says: Those
windows are pleasant to look
at. They are part Of a pic
ture that looks like Home"
That kind of thinking is,
perhaps, the reason why
most farmhouSes, cottages or
homes on Christmas cards
are shown with small-paned
windows, glowing with light,
or posed in a composition
that includes a holly wreath
and red-ribbon bow.
Here is nostalgia, a tradi-
tional vision, an image of
virtue to which most of us
look with affection at holi-
day time as we turn our
thoughts backward through
a long procession Of years
and memories.
But is nostalgia the small
PANIED windows real attrac-
ton? If 1t were, windows Of
this design would have
hardly any validity in these
times, when function trans
cends sentiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
Renewal Dilemma
Facing Businesses
Montgomery Weighs
Suit on School Policy
Buord Considers Friendly Action
Over SIushes in Education BUDGET
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star Staff Writer

The Montgomery County School Board considering the
filing OF friendly counersut against the County Council
over budget cuts and fiscal procedures
Charles w. Bell school board president disclosed yester-
day that legal groundwork is way Ito settle and
for ALL the Juror raised by groups spring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

oppossums because they hang
by theirs.
A Crested Screamer which
has lost an eye.
No Dull Moments
Since taking over the long
vacant post Of Zoo veteri-
marian last May, DR.. Gray has
had some cases that would
make Ben Casey's adventur-
GUS life seem duller than a
clerks at the Library of Con-
gress.
He has had to snip an in
grown claw off a Snow Loop
ard which first was immobil-
lied for the continued good
health of the surgeon. He also
removed a dozen ingrown
claws from a litter of kittens
not yet unveiled by the Zoo.
Not too long ago, DR.. Gray
was called upon to assist at
the delivery Of a baby gnu,
which was a happy occasion
both for the gnu mother and
for headline writer's peren-
nially unable to resist pun
ming gnus with news.
His largest and by all odds
most important patient is
Nikumba, the Zoos male
gorilla who was stricken with
paralysis a few months ago
and has been making a slow
but seemingly steady recovery
ever since.
Nikki Understands
DR.. Gray has had to use
an air pistol to anesthetize
Nikki with a hypodermic
needle but said the gorilla
seems to understand that it
is being done to help him.
DR.. Gray, who lives with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
By JERRY O'LEARY, JR.
Star Staff Writer

When DR.. Clinton w. Gray
comes home and tells his wife
things have been fierce at the
office. he is speaking the I'M
vanished truth.
The 4S-year-old Michigan
State University graduate has
not only the smallest hospital
in the Washington area but
the widest practice. His
clientele consists of 5000
furTed, feathered and scaled
creatures at the National
Geological Park where he is
the veterinarian.
DR.. Gray is a craggy, Lin
colnesque man who stands
6-feet-2 In the khaki clothes
he wears because the ami
mails are used to khaki-clad
keepers.
Every day is a challenge to
DR.. Gray because, frequently,
there Just isn't any precedent
for the sort of cases he is
called upon to treat.
Many Problems
Here is a rundown on the
patient list in his tiny hospi-
tai just back Of the reptile
house at the Zoo:
A two month old Chin
panzee named Eddie, who
spends his days in an incu-
bator and at night goes home
with a keeper named Jack
Armstrong. (Mr. Armstrong
has no connection with the
cereal industry but does adj
NIT that Eddie is very fond
of Pablum.)
A leopard whose tail was
chewed off In combat.
A murine possum with tail
trouble. which is serious with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
Foundations Give Aid

Money pledged so far includes
lone >or two small foundation
grants" and individual dona-
tions ranging up to two $4,000
gifts, Mr.. Darden said. The
foundations and the two $1O,-
900 givers made their donations
on the condition they remain
anonymous.
Mr.. Darden, who talked to
representatives Of several large
foundations in New York last
week, said he was not at lib
erty to disclose any details Of
prospective grants.
Today's board meeting, which
lasted nearly six hours, was de-
voted largely to detailed dis
cuSSions of plans to get the as
sociation's schools open on the
target date, September 16, the
chairman reported.
Members got together in the
CapitolS old Senate chamber
at 10 am. and remained in con-
tinuous session-closed to the
public and the press-until
nearly 4 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25
Prince Edward
School Funds
TofaIS175,OOO
Group Expects
To Reach Goal
Of ST Million
RICHMOND, Aug. "a (AP).-

RICHMOND. Aug. "a (AP).-
Former Gov. Colgate W.
Darden, jr., today reported that
contributions Of about $175,-
900" have been made thus far
to the Prince Edward Free
School Association.
And, Mr.. Darden said, pros
poets Of raising the 81 million
needed to meet estimated costs
Of the one-year free education
program planned by the as
ISOLATION seem pretty good"
The ex-governor made his
report at a meeting of the six
man bi-racial board of trustees
of the association, of which he
is chairman.
He said contributions show
widespread interest in the prof.
ect, which will provide desegre-
gated private schools open to
all Prince Edward children. It
is intended mainly. however, for
Negro children who have been
school-leSs since the county
closed its public schools four
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-25

oppoSsums because they hang
by theirs.
A Crested Screamer which
has lost an eye.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
Chemical Weed Control

Meetings -
On Thursday, March 14th,
at 200 p. m. we are planning
on having a chemical weed
control meeting at the Voca-
tional Agriculture Building in
Tchula for the Delta farmers.
At 7:30 p. m. on Thursday,
March 18th, we will have a
meeting at Holmes Junior
College at Goodman for the
hill farmers of the county.
However, you are invited
to attend either of the meet
lngs that is most convenient
for you to attend. We will
try to bring you information
on the latest equipment and
the latest chemicals for the
weed control program.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
County A9enA Noze4
BY LEWIS N. GARRISON
Associate County Agent

Livestock -
There Is no neea of stat
ing that we have had a very
severe winter on our live
stock. Even though it is pos
sible that our most severe
weather is over our most
critical period of caring for
our livestock is from now I'M
Ill grass puts up to streng-
then cattle up. With a few
warm days young, tender
emerging and cattle will be
trying to get as much
of this young tender
grass and clOvers will be
impossible for the cattle to
get sufficient amount until
later on IN the spring. So 1t
is necessary to continue to
feed our cattle sufficient pro-
TEN and hay at least another
so to As days.
Make sure your cattle get
at least liz pounds of pro-
tein per day and enough hay
10 give them a fairly good
fill each day. This will be
good insurance in getting
your cattle through the next
thirty days.
Lice -
Lice are taking their toll
on cattle at this time. Lice
makes the cost of your feed
program high and it weak
ems the cattle more than any
one might imagine. Let me
urge that you treat your ami
mails In order to control lice
as soon as possible. This
treatment may consist of
spraying with pressure spray
er or busting with recon-
mended insecticides.
The following insecticides
may be used as a spray:
Malathion - / gallon of
emulsifiable liquid in 100
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
CREEP FEED
CALVES NOW

Fall calves, in many areas,
are showing the eIAect OF
LiAe SeveAe Wni.er season.
w AlIer grazing crops nave
not SuppI4cu TIE caves dams
with enough 1eeu Tor Dotn
Duuy ana INK producing re-
quArementS. NOW is the time
" start the caves on a creep
feealng program. Mississippi
oIale S teed nutrltlOnlSt tells
as that creep feeding is an
economically sound feeding
practice. The additional gains
that calves get from creep
feeding is worth more than
the cost of the feed. Do not
ueIay. Call your local Coun-
ty Agent for more informal
tion on creep feeding calves.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

The word on the package
Saying / sc ScoIlOny Size,
nluneo you lililln the 1000 or
oetei gent or whatever is IN
tie Contalner Is less expen-
SlVe THAN tlaI IN regular SIZE
Containers. Out, IS 1t?
DO some prlce checking to
be sure. Figure the per ounce
cost Oh tile Two Size packages.
fIoln some SLanopolnIS,
other Inan pr4ce, the smaller
sized package may actually
be tie peSt buy for you. Con-
slider how much of the food
you plan to use. What can
you do with the leftovers?
Buying the larger size
package may mean you cram
your storage areas so full
that you lose sight of what
you have on hand. Later you
might have to forego a good
buy because of lack of stor-
age space.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
Double Pofting
House Plants

Maybe this suggestion will
help simplify your task of
giving your house plants re-
gular and proper watering.
It's called double potting.
The first pot Is The usual
porous clay pot IN Which the
pIdnI is poLLed with the US
uaI soil mixture. Inc second
ole is d larger, WatertlghI
PLANTER IN when you put the
clay pot. Fill the space be-
tween - right up to the RIM
OF the clay pot = with peat
moss or shredded sphagnum
moss.
Keep the moss, as well as
the soil IN the porous pot,
damp. In this way, moisture
is absorbed slowly through
the pot. You can water less
often, and time of watering
IS less critical.
You can remove the clay
pot and replace it as you
wish, or turn it around to
allow for variations in light
ing. You can't do this when
you use soil in a built-in
planter.
If there is no drain for re-
moving excess water, fill the
bottom of the planter with 3
inches of gravel, then a lay
er of charcoal to- prevent
stagnation of standlR0 water.
The clay pot should never
stand IN water.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

they will be easily handled.
y = =
Crops -
1t is not too early to put
out your fertilizer for early
corn or cotton where using
anhydrous ammonia as your
source of nitrogen. Solid fer
ailizer may be applied for
early corn and cotton any
time after the middle of
March. 1t is better to prepare
fertilize and plant your
crops on a solid seed bed
than to wait until the last
minute and have to plant on
a fresh, loose seed bed. Let
me urge you to take advant-
age of every day possible in
preparing your row cropland
at very earliest possible date.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
SMALL GRAIN
CROP CONDITIONS

Examine carefully your
fields of oats to see if three
fourths of a stand is left af-
ter severe freezes. Seed Is
pounds of Kobe or Korean
Lespedeza per acre. Nitrate
at 30 pounds per acre by
March /. Feed is scarce.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
COTTON
ALLOTMENT - 1863

Your 1868 cotton acreage
allotment has been reuuceu
oy about IL per cent. What
10 you plan to do with your
.v...n avIedse! nIay / sue
80. aid. YOU pan. ~ 70 ~
.Oll IA lJO0. Al YOU w Ao1
uoS Jour oIIotlil1iit yOu Will
use ~. 41dne your pans now
~ HAoAIL yOuA Sii.AAc SoIsoi'
allu Intent IN 1865.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

Here's your chance to make
a down payment on the world
of space and be a Junior AS
tronaut. Buy United States
Savings Stamps and Bonds
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
TERMINATION OF
C~OTTONSEED 1863

Seed testing laboratories
are reporting low percentages
of termination in cottonseed
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

You will also find a good
assortment of other foods ex-
pected to be in abundant
supply IN March. Included
ale pork, onions, rice, carrots
sWeetpotatoes, potatoes, cot
taSe cheese, canned corn, red
tart cherries and peanuts and
peanut products.