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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-31
BrOOkhaven P-TA

DR.. Fern Schneider, former
county educator and professor
at the University of Maryland,
will speak on the subject of child
development Wednesday at 8
pm. at meeting of Brookhaven
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-31
Tax Yield
Down, City
Heads Hear
By Lila Thomson
Sentinel Reporter


Midyear analysis of it's
Fiscal 1928 budget by the
Rockville Mayor and Coun-
Gil Monday night revealed
that while the city is in
sound financial condition."
care must be exercised in ex-
penditure of city funds dur
ing the balance of the fiscal
year"
City Manager Walter A.
Scheiber told the Council eff
such care is maintained, the
city can be expected to complete
the year in healthy financial
condition"
Scheiber said while the cur
rent budget is sound, there is
little room for the addition of
items to the operating budget"
For this reason, he stated, he
would not recommend that
personnel or equipment be add
ed" during the balance of the
year. In the midyear analysis,
Scheiber said he had confined
himself to a revision of those
budgetary accounts in which
some change, either upward or
downward, appeared to be indi-
Gated"
The City's General Fund is in
good financial condition, Schei-
Der told the Council, although
not all of the city's projected
revenues have materialiZed as
anticipated"
He pointed out that real
property taxes are expected to
fall short by some $11, 800. This
is due, Scheiber added, ito a
failure of the three-fourth year
and one-half levies to material
ize as anticipated"
Expected revenues from con-
struction permits "are expected
to fall short" of estimates by
Approximately $500O," Scheiber
said. In addition, an $4,000 pay
ment originally anticipated for
construction of the Washington
chronological Associates sewer
line will not be forthcoming be-
cause of delay in it's construc-
ton.
An additional $1,000 of an
originally $4,000 from design
of various special assessment
projects will not, in all likeli-
hood, materialize in the current
fiscal year.
Scheiber said there have been
a number of unanticipated OPP
Grating fund expenditures dur
ing the first six months of the
year but, by and large, "expen-
ditures have been held to the
levels originally projected" He
said only 5000 of the City
$25, 900 contingency fun has
been encountered at this time.
Among General Fund expen-
ditures which will exceed orig
inal appropriations are: Various
salary accounts which will re-
quire approximately $4,000 more
than had been anticipated as a
result of the city's PAS study;
Unanticipated increases in dues
to the Maryland Municipal
League $4,000 and the Metro
politan Washington Council of
Governments ($400).
Also, additional costs of liti-
cation arising out of recent
Court of Appeals cases in which
the City has been involved; the
fact that the Smooth-Seal pro-
gram for streets cost approx
mately $500 more than plan
ned; and overtime work in the
Public Works Department is ex-
pected to exceed the appropria-
ton by $500.
The City's Water Fund is in
excellent condition, Scheiber
said, and $275,000 in sales pro-
jected in the budget should be
realized by the end of the fiscal
year. Scheiber recommended
$500 of the Water Fund be
transferred to the eral
Fund. He said the Water Fund
is in good enough condition so
that, over the next two years, it
can completely assume the cost
of its own overhead which now
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-31
Here Is QUESTIONABLE
On School Elections

The following questions being put to local
citizens and organizations by the Montgomery County
delegation in Annapolis. AS public service and to
aid the delegation in samping public opinion on the
question of how school board members should be
selected The Sentinel is printing the questions here
Readers should check their answers to the questions
and forward this ballot to the newspaper office in
Rockville for immediate forwarding to the county
delegation. Underline your preference.
1. Should the school board be elected (Yes-Not)
or appointed (Yes-No)?
2. Should there be a school board primary?
(Yes-No)
3. Should the candidates run on nonpartisan
basis? (Yes-No)
A. If appointed who should make the appoint
menS?
SIGNATURE: ........... ........
ADDRESS: .........................
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-31
oNegroP Physician
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Continued from rage One)
In a formal report signed by
Grand Jury Foreman Frank l..
Hewitt, jurors found no basis
for any of the alleged charges,
and in fact, found our Police
Department to be operating in a
most courteous, efficient man.
ner, (and) that justice is being
administered in our Peoples
Court and Circuit Court in a
fair and impartial manner"
DR.. Jackson called the jurys
findings embarrassing"
The physician predicted that
unless county Negroes can "find
a secure atmosphere and a rea-
son for confidence :. \. there
may be difficulties when the
county finds itself playing host
to untold numbers of Negroes
coming here as the result OF the
Washington outflux."
DR.. Jackson attacked the
jury's report when he was asked
to comment on Kardy's state
ment of satisfaction on the
results of the investigation.
Hardy said he is very well
pleased with the grand jurys
report on all matters brought
to its attention"
Other matters brought to the
grand jury's attention concerned
the effectiveness of the school
systems independent program
of background investigation of
new employees and last sum-
mer's controversy over water
pollution in the down-county
area.
81 was especially pleased
with DIR. C. Taylor Winters
report on the fingerprinting
system now being used by the
school SYSTEM" Hardy said. II
think it is excellent and / don't
believe it could be implement
ed any better"
However, he admitted unhap.
piness because it was not in
stituted sooner.
my only complaint is that the
School Board took the action of
setting up the system a few
years too late" he said. "A pre-
vious grand jury and I recon-
mended such a system as far
back as 1889"
He said that If the recon-
mendatiOn had been followed
then, 1--WE might not have had
the problem of children being
mOlested by sex deviates.
THE public can now feel safe
and secure with the present sys-
tern," Hardy said. Il am proud
to say the school administration
is doing an excellent job" of fer
reting out undesirables before
they get on the payroll.
According to the grand jury
report, Testimony disclosed
that adequate safeguards have
been adopted to insure that un-
desirable candidates are not en-
ployes."
DR.. Whittier told the grand
Jury that candidates for employ
ment are fingerprinted on APP
plication. These fingerprints are
forwarded to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation which makes a
full examination of its records
for any previous charges leveled
against the prospective candi-
dates.
Grand jurors also cleared
county and state govern
mental officials of any
charges of malfeasance in the
problem Of water well pOllu.
ton which made headlines in
the county last summer.
The report noted that County
Manager Mason Butcher ad.
mitted there may have been
some '1axity" in advising home.
owners when water tests in.
dicated contamination. However,
according to Butcher, such lax.
ity has been corrected"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-01-31
Assessments
Opposed by
9 Residents

Special assessments total
ing $213,898 against certain
properties, chiefly in the
west end of Rockville, were
levied by the Mayor and
Council this week. The as
sessments cover installation
of sewer mains and construc-
ton of paving, curb and gut
ter.
OF the total, $37,567 covers
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12

man, special sales representative,
brand development manager, as
sistant division manager and as
sistant national sales manager"
A bit more than a year after
Mr.. Williams joined the company
he received the Presidents Cup
award for outstanding achieve
ment. His most recent assignment
was as assistant national sales
manager for Melrose Dtstillers Co.,
also a Schenley sales affiliate.
Mr. Williams is a native Of
Nogales, Arizona and was educat-
ed at the University Of Southern
California at Los Angeles. During
World War II he served with dis
tnction as a fighter pilot in the
Army Air Corps in the italian
campaign and won seven battle
stars, the Air Medal and Purple
Heart.
He and his wife, the former
Brenda Smith of New Orleans, anC
their three children make theil
home at 81 Gormley Av., Roose.
velt, NY He will make his head
quarters at 1890 Avenue of the
Americas New York City, NY.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12

ermed the board plan last week
unsatisfactory.
Elsewhere on the Northern
school integration front:
PHILADELPHIA: Civil rights
groups were pushing for full in
tegration of schools, but a split
was reported among those advo-
eating militant action and others
pressing for more concilliatory
moves.
The spokesman for the militant
group was Cecil B. Moore, presi-
dent of the city's chapter OF the
NAACP, who threatened to call a
boycott Of classes by 130, 900 Ne
gro students unless the Board of
Education integrate the schools at
! ONCE.
On the other hand, Floyd L.
Logan, president of the Education
al Equality League, said he was
opposed to the boycott because lit
is important that children not lose
any part of their education, even if
it is inadequate" Meanwhile, pick
eting of the schools allegedly prac-
ticing segregation seemed a GER
tainty.
! BOSTON: After picketing out
side, Negro and white piclSets in
Vaded the headquarters building of
the Boston School Committee to
protest defacto segregation in the
cIty's public school system. At the
same time, the local branch of the
NA-ACP was pushing a suit in the
courts against the committee over
the segregation issue. The protest
action came as thousands of public
students, including Negro pupils
affected by the de facto segrega-
tion, started the 1858 school year.
ENGLEWOOD, NJ: A group of
pupils from predominantly Negro
school marched on three predom-
inantly white schools and staged
sit DIN demonstrations at two others,
to protest the delay of a plan that
would reduce racial inbalance at
the all-Negro Lincoln school A
Negro councilman, Vincente K.
, TibbS, led the march on one school.
BRUNSWICK, M: Two civil
rights groups, charging racial i'm
balance in the city's school sys-
| tenn, threatened to stage whole
sale sit-ins and picketings of the
schools and the board Of education
office. Oliver Hagtns, president of
the Peoples Organization, said the
board has been asking for sit-ins," ,"
after it decided against any i'm
mediate steps to change racial bal
anceS in the schools.
ORANGE, N. j.: Action to
change the racial imbalance in the
city's school hit snag when more
than half of the 240 pupils eligible
for transfer to white schools elect
ed to remain at the predominantly
Negro lakewood Avenue school. No
reason was given for the decision
/ of parents to keep their children at
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St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12

TIC achievement, outstanding per-
sonality and leadership in extra
curTicular activities. You Just
knew from her warm personality,
poise and mOdesty as she was
greeted by Vice President Rufus
W. Hanson Of First National that
here was a young lady most de-
serving Of the high honor bestowed
upon her by the school and the
Bank.
It didn't dawn on me when I
met her that abe was the daughter
Of Solomon Hughes Of 3716 Fourth
Av. s., Minneapolis, a good friend
Of mine whom I had known while
working at Northwest Airlines.
MIR. Hughes is "a longtime en-
ployee Of the airline.
Shirley's selection as one Of the
Banks Award winners undoubted-
ly was a factor In her obtaining a
position in the Savings Depart
ment Of the Bank for soon after
the Award dinner she started tC
work for First National, remain.
ing there until Just recently when
she resigned to enter Coe College
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Those who know her hope that
she will be as outstanding a stu.
dent there as she was in high
school where in her final year she
ranked near the top OF her class
To spur her on, she has the ex.
ample set by her sister Joyce, a
Phi Beta Kappa graduate Of Carle-
ton College, Northfield, Mimi, who
later studied in Spain and now is
attending the University of Mime
sofa law school.
Looking at Shirley's high school
achievements, 1t is easy to con-
clude she Will be an outstanding
college student in the field OF her
chosen profession, - psychology.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
Mosons And O.E.S.
To Hold Memorial
Services Sunday

The Prince Hall affiliated Min
nesota Masons and Order Of East
ern Star will jointly observe men,
orial to Minnesota MaSons and
Eastern Stars deceased in the cur
rent administrative year OF the
two organizations, Sunday, Sep
tember Is, 7 pm, ait Zion Baptist
church in Minneapolis. The rites
will be under the direction of Grand
Lecturers DeVaughnia Simmons of
the Eastern Stars, and Carl H.
Griffin of the Masons. Norman
Bell, Past Master of Pioneer Lodge,
will be Master of Ceremonies.
Rev. James r. Holloway, pastor
of Zion Baptist church will deliver
the sermon. The music will be
furnished by the Queen Of Sheba
chorus under the direction of
Frances Harris, and by Villa Mae
Barber, Grand Organist of the
Eastern Star.
Appearing also on the program
will be the Grand Secretaries of
Eastern Star and the Masons,
Chalmers Lawson and Harriet
Jones, and the Worshipful Masters
of the four Twin Cities Prince Hall
subordinate lodges: Rufus Carson,
Pioneer No. 1; Plowis Moore, An
chor Hillyard No. 2; Earl New,
Perfect Ashlar No. 4; and George
Banks, Palestine No. 7.
The Eastern Star chapters will
be represented by Worthy Matrons
Laura Irving, st. Paul No. l; Jo-
Anne Barnett, Electra No. 3; Ven
eer Broden, Queen of Sheba No. 5;
Clara Mae Davis, Pride of the
West No. 9; and Daisy Johnson,
Princess O'Ziel No. 10.
Gertrude Greene of st. Paul is
Grand Worthy Matron of the Bas-
tern Star, John L. McFIie, Jr., of
Minneapolis is Grand Master of
the Masons.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
Club Supervisor Says
Negroes Not Hired
On 18Th Floor

Harry Grey, 1929 3rd Av. s., re-
ported 10 NAACP that he was dis
criminated against while seeking
a Job at the Minneapolis Athletic
Club, after being told by the State
Employment Service the job was
open.
Grey says he was sent to the
club and was told to go to the 18th
floor where a job was open. Grey
claims that when he spoke to the
supervisor and gave her his refer
raj card, and the person in charge
told him that Negroes weren't be-
ing hired on that floor and that
the Employment service should
have known better than to send
one there.
NAACP has referred the case to
the Minneapolis Fair Employment
Practices Commattee. Louis Erwin
executive director Of the FEPC,
sid the case Is under investiga-
tion.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
ReaItor Tells Group
Rigid Enforcement
Kew To Eclir Housing

C. G. Rein of the c. G. Rein Real
Estate Co., told the st. Paul Min
GRITTY Group Housing Committee
Tuesday afternoon that, Rigid
enforcement of housing laws is the
only way we can make any head
way. Voluntary work and educa-
ton will not get rid of the hard
core of prejudice and bias. Much
stronger punishment of violators
is necessary"
Tolerance must be legislated
first, since all other methods have
failed" Mr.. Rein stated.
Kennon Rothchild of H. and Val
]. Rothschild, real estate firm
spoke to the group from his exper-
ience as commissioner on the State
Commission Against Discrimina-
tion. Technically" Mr.. RothchiId
said, housing in this state is open,
but there Is still abuse, evasive-
ness, lies, and dewousness If a
minority group member tries to
rent property and, to say the least,
obstruction If he tries to buy"
This was the second in a series
Of public hearings being held by
the st. Paul Minority Group Hous-
ing Committee to determine the
availability or non-availabihty of
housing for members of minority
groups in st. Paul. Rein and Roth
child were two of six realtors who
spoke at this meeting concerning
their experiences since the state
fair housing law took effect jan
uary 1.
John Bohman of the Home
Builders Association of st. Paul
made a statement in which he in
dicated that builders feel they
should not bear the burden Of edu-
eating sellers TO eliminate pre-
JUDGE.
He said small businessmen fear
they will suffer economically if
they pioneer.
Edward Tilsen of Tlsenbilt
Homes, Inc, described his success
full pioneering experiences in the
field Of integrated homes and
apartment 20 years ago in both
Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Cassian Terney and William
Dunn spoke representing the st.
Paul Board of Realtors.
The next public hearing on the
subject of minority housing will be
7:30 pm. October 1 at the Halle
Q. Brown Community House, 553
Aurora, st. Paul. Chairman Mrs.
Arthur McWatt stated that in
diHduals who have had experience
in finding or not finding desired
housing are being invited 10 ap-
pear before the committee at that
time.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
MurPhY's Offers
SdVings In Girls
School Dresses

Among the marvellous assort-
ment Of special low budget priced
school dresses being Offered this
week at Murphy's in the Midway
Center, University and Smelling
are brand new Fail cotton dresses
at two for $5.
A marvellous assortment Of fiat
errdng styles for school, wear with
a sic range from 7 to IL are being
offered by the popular Murphy S
Variety store
The complete women's and
Misses dress department features
many Of the latest Fall fashions.
See Murphy's ad on page five of
this edition.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12

George Edberg, assistant super
intendent of schools in charge of
secondary education; Lester Nc
Auliffe, chief OF police and Mrs.
Estyr Peake.
Vavoulis told the daily press
three points were made at the
meeting:
l. The school officials were to
study the problem caused by the
disorders and report back TO the
mayor.
2. Student councils will be con-
vened and asked for advice on
how to handle trOuble-maIIlng
students.
8. Negro and white adults
will be asked to chaPerOn athle-
tic events.
1t has been reported for several
years that some Negro kids in the
Central area were Wholesale Of
tenders in slipping into or attempt
ing to get in the stadium without
paying.
It has also been reported that
too large number Of Negro stu
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St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12

Cleveland Ohio (ANF) Dr. Joseph H Jackson
quietly
the National meeting
that equality Negro quicker
pressure by protest"
While Dr. Jackson speaking hah representatives
the Congress Of Racial Equality peted the
leaflets citicizng his methods
OIL FIRM ADVANCES NEGRO TRAINEE
Newark (ANP-Carles Thomas who todned Humble OH
Refining Company following Rutgers
university promoted staff of the
company's Eastern Region
Board Of Education 1Onng chairman A. Turner
a Tisbuy Road op-
pote Pennys Field Edgarto
pine grove.
youth graduate oDerHn and was spending the
sun In
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12

in Mondays St. Paul Dispatch, as
"a string of wild riots in which
gangs of Negro youths reportedly
beat up and tore clothing from
white boys and girls" The report
claimed "one boy had his nose
broken. A number of boys were
bruised. Several girls, William
Martin, Dispatch staff writer re-
ported had their clothing ripped
off"
The daily newspaper story re-
ported gangs of Negroes report
edly roamed the area around Cent
raj high, attacking groups of white
youths returning home after the
game. IT was reported that some
of the Negro youths wore cloth
turbans around their heads.
At the meeting Sunday the
group heard some of the reports
on Saturday nights occurrences. At
tending the meeting in addition
to Mayor Vavouhs and two office
aides, was the Revs. Floyd Massey,
Jr., Jerome De Pine, Kneely VIII
hams and Messrs. Timothy How
ard, James Mcdonald, Leroy Laz-
enberry, John Pettiford, Calvin
Walton, George Roscoe, athletic
director Of st. Paul schools; :;
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
GEORGE BROOKS III OUT
OF ARMY; REJOINS FIRM

George Brooks, III and Mrs.
(Elnice) Brooks, his wife returned
Sept. 1, from Katserlautern, Ger
many where Mr.. Brooks has been
serving in the Army Quartermas-
ter Corps, in the mortuary section.
Mr.. Brooks was honora'bly dis
charged after a three year stint.
He has rejoined his father George
Brooks as his assistant in the
Brooks Funeral Home in St. Paul.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
Council Of Clubs
Endorsed Mayors
Commission Ordinance

The Twin City Council of Clubs
at its monthly meeting Monday
night, Sept. 9, gave endorsement
to the proposed ordinance creating
an official Mayors Commission on
Human Rights for the city OF
Minneapolis. 1t passed a resolution
urging the City Council 10 favor
ably consider the statue.
The resolution passed was as
follows:
THE Twin City Council of Clubs
consisting of an affibatton Of 46
clubs in the metropolitan Twin
City Negro community, is mindful
of the pressing need Of an official
agency to combat discrimination
ease racial tensions, and assure all
citizens opportunity for full and
equal participation in affairs Oi
the community.
1--WE therefore collectively urge
the city Council of the city OF
Minneapolis to pass an ordinance
providing for an adequately stat,
fed, official Mayors Commission or
Human Relations"
Copies of the resolution are to
be sent to all Minneapolis alder.
men and the Mayor.
Other important business taken
up by the Council was finalidng
of its Forthcoming Presidents Ball
The Ball this year will be held on
October 18th at the bennington
Hotel. Erma Mazingo is chairman
of the 1868 Presidents Ball.
The meeting was held at Phyl-
lis Wheatley House with the Royal
Twenty Club as host.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-09-12
Launch Atfdck Upon
De Focto Segregation
In Northern Schools

Chicago (ANP)-The Whole
sale discomfort and impatience
of Negroes with the racial
makeup of Northern public
schools was converted into ac-
ton with the opening of public
schools last week, as parents
and students took to the streets
to man picket lines to force an
end to de facto segregation.
In Chicago, a major focal
point in the fight against de
facto segregation, Negro par
ents and pupils picketed six
schools and the Board of Edu-
cation offices. They also threat
ened school bOycotts, and re-
newed their demands for the
custer of School Supt. Benja-
min c. Willis, who, they insist
advocates policies that perpetu-
ate segregation IN the schools.
At one School, 13 demonstrators
were arrested after they staged q
sit-in in the office Of principal,
Willard A. johnson, to demand his
custer and the transfer of their
children. They charged johnson
with making ractst remarks, and
with permitting teachers TO mis-
treat their children. johnson den-
led the charges.
At two Of the schools, the DEM
onStrators threatened a boycott
over the use of mobile classroom
units. They contend that use Of
the mobile units, called willis
Wagons" helps to perpetuate
school segregation. The parents
demanded that Negro students at
overcrowded schools be transferred
to white schools with available
classroom space, instead of plac-
ing them into the trailers.
The largest demonstrations
were staged at Forrestvlle North,
Beale, where the 13 were arrested,
and Guggenheim, where a Negro
city councilman, Charles Chew of
the 17th Ward, joined in the pick
eting. He was not arrested. Three
mobile units have been placed at
the school, and a fourth is planned
Last month, more than 200 per
sons, including comedian Dick
Gregory, were arrested at another
southside school site where mobile
classrooms were being erected.
Construction on the units at the
site was halted after several
stormy demonstrations there and
at the school board headquarters.
In New York City, civil rights
groups were rounding out plans to
boycott public schools because Of
the failure OF the school board to
set up a suitable timetable for in
tegration. At the same time,
spokesman for the Citywide Com
mittee for Integrated Schools re-
ported that 100 olergymen have
agreed to open their churches for
use as Freedom Schools" for chill
dren participating in the boycott.
Meanwhile, the NAACP released
a statement declaring that the
most effective plans or methods
for eliminating racially concen-
trated schools" would be used I'M
less the board submit a suitable
plan. A Harlem parents group,
headed by AIRS. Thelma johnson,