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Evening star., 1963-09-29
BY KENNETH ID. CAMPBELL
Star Staff Writer


The first case brought under
the Maryland public accommo-
dations law dissolved Friday
as the complainants had lunch
with the new owners of Miller'S
Beef House Restaurant in
Brandywine, Md.
Melvin Moore, jr., who filed a
complaint against Charles E
Miller'S restaurant after twice
being refused service there in
June. learned that Mr.. Miller
had sold the establishment and
moved to Texas.
The new owners said they
had served Negroes.
Mr.. Moore and a group oi
friends decided to lunch at the
restaurant, which Is on Route
301 at Dyson road.
Mr.. Moore, a Negro, works
near the restaurant as the sen.
ior social worker at Boys vii
lage.
Meet in Restaurant
Mr.. Moore's integrated group
of five were met inside the res
taurant by Prince Georges
States Attorney Arthur A
M a IS h all, jr., who had just
completed filing a petition ir
accordance with prior plans, tC
require the establishment tC
serve Negroes.
Accompanying Mr.. Marshall
was James H. Taylor, an assis-
tant States attorney and the
only Negro prosecutor in the
State outside of Baltimore. He
had just completed a week oi
work on the petition, which
was filed to reinforce a pre-.
vious cease and desist order is
sued by the Maryland Commits
sion on Interracial Problems
and Relations. Although that
order was served last month
Mr. Mooro uyoe rIthennIIa11tly
refused entrance to the restau.
rant.
The group shook hands all
around with Mark D. Baden
and c. Joseph Sullivan. jr.. two
of the three members Of the
Upper Marlboro law firm OF
Baden, Casula and Sullivan
which purchased the resta u
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Arlington Schools Alone
InAreoin ConceIinq Y

Arlington County high schools apparently the only
in the Metropolitan Area that have discontinued school
participation in club activity cosponsored by the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The principals of three Arlington high schools severed
their afflation with the YACA last week following
Evening star., 1963-09-29
NEWS OF MUSIC
Chilean Music Group
Charms Audience

easy and gracious style to two
unaccompanied songs in a
group of quotations from medi-
eval monodists, the first in
Latin, the second a German
number by Walther Won der
Vogelweide. The middle song
in the group, a quotation in
Old French from the trouba-
dourN Bernart de Ventadorn,
was smoothly rendered in the
affecting lyric tenor of Rene
Ramos.
Soprano Sylvia Soublette and
agda Mendoza, contralto,
made an excellent team in the
three rondeaux by Adam de la
Halle. brief and charmin g
pieces. They continued their
close partnership in two pieces
by Guillaume Dufay. Miss Sou
blette's solo in Dufay's Ave
Regina" won perhaps the
warmest applause OF the after
noon.
Fuller Is SOlOist
i The piece by Clement Janne-
quin, which had inadvertently
been left off the printed pro-
gram, was a delightful thing.
1t employed Mr.. Fuller as solo,
ist, with the other singers join
ing in choric style, supported
by the full ensemble.
Cool, unambitious and de-
ceptively simple music, 1t
emerged in this affectionate
performance with none of the
dust one might expect from its
five centuries of age.
The Image Of Chile" series
continues tomorrow evening at
the Department of State, with
one Of the headline attractions
OF the series. Attorney General
Robert F.. Kennedy will be host
to an invited audience at the
West Auditorium TO hear a
piano recital by Claudio Arrau.
He will play five Beethoven So
natas, including the Appassio-
nata and Opus III.
Evening star., 1963-09-29
Hansen Changes Stand
On School Budgeting
BY THOMAS F. DIMOND
Star Staff Writer

District School Sup Carl F. Hansen night reversed
himself and recommended that school spending be separated
from the rest of the city budget
Previously DR. Hansen has said the separate school budget
impractical But he said that he believes the Com
mssoner should submit school spending requests separately
Evening star., 1963-09-29
BY JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

Ancient Music Group OF the Cath
olic University OF Chile, Sylvia Soub-
lette, director. Singers: Sylvia
Soublette, soprano; Magda Mendoza,
contralto Rene Ramos, tenor; Fred
erick Fuller, baritone. instrument
talists: Gabriela Perez, dulcimer,
harpsichord; Mirka Stratigopoulou.
recorders and treble viol: Juana
Subercaseaux, recorders. rebec, well
lie. descant and bass viol da gambia:
Rene Covarrubias, recorders, Luis
Lopez, guitar, lutte; Guido Minoletti.
bass viol da gambia; Rodrigo Ra-
mireZ. bass recorder. At the National
Gallery OF Art. Program: Instru-
mental Suite, Anon. 10th Century:
D Admirable Ydolum, Anon. 11th
Century; Can vel la lanzeta,
Bernart de Ventadorn; Mai hat
wunriclic entsprossen, Walther Won
der Vogelweide; Three Rondeaux.
Adam de Ia Halle, Ave Regina,
Dufay; Bonjour, bon .mois, Dufay;
Par droit je puts bien. Dufay;
Gloria ad modum tubae, Dufay;
Napprendez, Janneuuin: -Canzone
per sonare, Frescobaldi; La Fresco-
balda, and canzone, Frescobaldi;
Amor Lamento della ninfa, Monte
verdi; o Mirtillo, Monteverdi: Bel
pastor. Monteyerdi; ScherSi musi-
Evening star., 1963-09-29

call, MonteVerdl,
Indefatigable is one Of the
words for the Ancient Music
Group OF Chile's Catholic Uni.
versity, presented yesterday al
the National Gallery in Their
fourth area concert within siS
days. Wide-ranging is another
for the program on this occa-
sion was completely different
from those offered before.
The band Of four singers ano
seven instrumentalists was
introduced at this concert by
Edwin M. Martin, Assistant
Secretary Of State for Inter-
American Affairs, thus con-
tinuing a routine Of high gov
ernmental participation in the
concerts Of the Image oi
Chile" series. The audience, not
an invited ore, filled the
Gallery's east garden court.
Baritone Scores
AS they did the other evening
at the Cathedral, honors went
yesterday to the singers. Tunine
problems in this insufferablS
warm hall bedeviled the instru-
mentalists all afternoon.
Frederick Fuller's smoothly
articulate baritone brought or
Evening star., 1963-09-29

WhhD u. A special COM
municatiOn Of Hiram Lodge,
No. 4, F. A. A. M, is called
for 8 am. Monday, Septem-
Der 30, 1858, at the Masonic
Temple, 1000 You st. NV, for
the purpose Of conducting the
Masonic funeral service for
Evening star., 1963-09-29

CIPPERLY, JOHN C. On Thursday,
September 2o; 1898. at his residence.
CIPPERLY. beloved husband Of Rachel
b. Cipperly. father Of Christopher C.,
Dana Merrill Clpperly, John c. Clip.
perly, jr, and Mrs. Jeanne Charland
Of Atlanta, Ga. Friends may call at
Gawler's Chapel, Wisconsin ave. at
Harrison st. NV. parking on prem.
ises). Services will be held on Monday,
September 20, at , pm. at the Fort
Myer Chapel. lnterment Arlington Ma.
tiOnal Cemetery. ~
Evening star., 1963-09-29

rant for $15O,OOO on September
Evening star., 1963-09-29

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Evening, Cont.
7::3o q CHS REPORTS.

Public Affairs / Hour. "The Great
Farm Vote Of 49," Strong positions
taken by American farmers either favor
ing or opposing continued governmental
subsidies and how their vote May 81
in the decisive National Wheat Referen-
dun will affect the American economy
Among those interviewed is United States
Secretary Of Agriculture 0VilIe Freeman
$50 @ 9th PRECINCT.
Police. l Hour. Stars Robert Lansing
and Ron Harper tRepeatl
q GOING MY WAY.
Comedy. Hour "The Father" Father
o'MaIleys attempts to bring gaiety into
the drab life Of parish high school coed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-12

backfires Gene Kelly, Dick York, Leo
C. Carroll. Nydia Westman. Angela
Dorian Is featured (Repeatl
q D0BIE GILLIS.
Comedy. There's a Broken Light for
Every Heart On Broadway" Maynard
discovers a talented vocalist who, with
Maynard as her manager, becomes a
successful nighteIub singer. Dwayne
Hickman with Mary Miller.
900 q BOB HOPE SHOW.
Comedy. ! Hour Bob Hopes guests for
the final show Of the season are Patti
Page, Arnold Palmer, David Rose and
his orchestra and special guest Fred
MacMurray
q BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
Comedy. Granny resorts to witchcraft
when she is pursued by a psychiatrst
in his attempt to anayze Jethro and
the clampett clan. Buddy Ebsen. Irene
Ryan with Herbert Ridley.
$50 @ BRONCO.
Western. Hour. Ty Hardin stars.
(Repeat)
q OUR MAN HIGGINS.
Comedy. Love Is Dandy" Madame
Amethyst MARY Wiekes). Higgins cousin
drops in for visit and complicates life
in the MacRoberts household. Stanley
Holloway. Audrey TOtter, Frank Maxwell
q DICK VAN DYKE SHOW.
Comedy. Rob and Laura recall that he
broke her foot on the night they met
when Laura was on tour with a USo
unit that played the camp where Rob
was a sergeant. Dick Van Dyke. Mary
Tyler Moore. tRepeat)
1000 a THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
Drama. / Hour. Pressure Breakdown"
A young intern michael Parksl suffers
a breakdown because Of job pressures
and fears that he has failed to live up
Evening star., 1963-04-11
Samuel Vaughan,
Former Guard at
National Airport

Samuel w. Vaughan, IA, Of
1887 Chester street Sc, a re-
tired Federal guard at National
Airport, died of heart attack
yesterday at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Claude H
Queen, 1854 White Oak drive
Oxon Hill, Md.
Born in Greenville, s..
where he attended schools, Mr..
Vaughan was employed by the
Southern Railway and the
Piedmont and Northern Rail-
road there before coming to
Washington In the early 1930s
He was a painter in the Navy
Yard before becoming an air.
port guard during World War
II. Mr.. Vaughan retired in
1859.
He leaves his wife, Trelena
Of the home; two sons, Morris
w., of Oxon Hill, and Louis, OF
the Chester street address:
three other daughters, Mrs
Walter Ahlin, of 4319 Nine
teenth street North, Arlington,
Va; Mrs. Joseph Barta, OF
Thirtieth street Sc, and Mrs
Harvey j. Edwards, of Naylor
road Sc; nine grandchildren
and six Observation-Disclosures.
Services will be at / pm.
Saturday in the Lee Funeral
Home. Fourth street and Mas
sachusetts avenue NE. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
w. G. McDuffie.
Found Oil Field

william c. McDuffIe, rs. q
former oil-drilling roustabout
who discovered the great Signal
Hill (CalifJ oil field In 1921,
died OF q stroke yesterday at
his home In Montecito, Calf.
At the time Of his death. he
was chairman OF the board OF
the Northrop Corp. the Mo-
hawk Petroleum Corp. and the
Wilmington Gas Co. In 1852
and 1858. he was q civilian aide
10 the Secretary OF the Army
here.
Mr.. McDuffie took his first
Job In the oil industry In 1907
as q roustabout and well driller
with the Caribou Oil Co. In the
San Joaquin Valley oil fields.
and worked his way up 10 be-
come one OF the industry's top
executives.
He leaves his wife, Mary. also
Of Montecito.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
1t. Col. Ahern,
Lands Division
Legal Chief

1t. Col. Robert ]. Ahern,
USA, IS, chief Of the Lands
Division. Office Of the Army
Judge Advocate General. died
Of q heart attack Sunday at the
United States Army hospital in
Fort Belvoir.
A native Of Buffalo, N. Y,
Col. Ahern received his law de-
gree from Cornell University In
l94l. Entering the Army short
ly thereafter. he served with
the Quartermaster Corps until
l948 when he transferred to the
Judge Advocate Generals
Corps.
Col. Ahern was stationed In
various Army posts throughout
the country In addition TO, war
time service In Eastern and
Central Europe. He also was
with the Eighth Army In Korea
prior ~ his assignment here.
He leaves his wife. Mrs. Jean
c. Ahern. at the home address.
sol South Fairfax street. Alex
andria: his mother. Mrs. Mar
garet II. Ahern and sister. Mrs,
Isabelle Hallahan. both OF
Farmingdale. N. Y.
Services and burial we're held
Tuesday at Arlington Cemetery,
Evening star., 1963-04-11
Zelda Casey, as,
Author. Historian

Mrs, Zelda Mae Hass Casey
46, co-author of a recent book
on the Civil War, diet yester-
day at Washington Hospital
Center following a long illness
A native of the District, Mrs
Casey was graduated from
Eastern High School, and at
tended the University of Mary
land.
An avid historian and geneol-
ogist, she co-authored Mem
oirs of the War Betwt m the
States" which appeared last
year.
Mrs. Casey served a term as
president of the Hilary Herbert
chapter of the United Daugh.
ters of the Confederacy here
and was a member of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, the United States
Daughters of 1912, the Prince
William Chamber of Commerce
the District of Columbia Study
Club and the Bethlehem Coco
Housekeeping Club of Ma
naSSaS.
She leaves her husband
Thomas E. Casey, and a son
Thomas E. Casey II, of the
h ONE address, 1901 Irving
street, Manassas, Va. Hel
mother, Elsie Mac Haas, and q
brother. Raymond AlstCn Haas
of zoos K street Sc, also
survive.
Services will be at 10 am
tomorrow at Bakers Chapel
Manassas, with burial in Po-
hick, Cemetery in Pohick, Va.
Evening star., 1963-04-11

During World War II he was
railroad consultant for the Ma
tional Production Authority.
Mr.. Rucker lived at 1902 Le-
cation street NV. and was a
member of the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church.
He was a member of the
Royal Arch Masons and the
Sons of the American Revolu-
ton.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Frances Isabelle
Montgomery, at the home; q
daughter, Mrs. Arthur c. Free
man III and a grandson, Ar
thur c. Freeman ", both of
Norfolk, Va.
Private funeral services will
be held at the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church for men,
bers of the immediate family
and close friends. Burial will
be in the Park Lawn Cemetery
at Rockville. Md.
Evening star., 1963-04-11

Friends School as an admins
tration building.
Mrs. Starkey's hobby was
genealogy, and she made fam
lily maps and family trees for
the rest of her family.
She was a member of the
c Chevy Chase Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Starkey, who lived at
4224 Everett street, Kensing-
ton, leaves sister, Mrs. M.
Leland Hendry, of 3l02 Ellicott
street NV; three sons, Robert
B., of 9505 Montgomery drive,
Bethesda; James H., of Mitch
elVille, Md, and William NJ, of
Laytonsville, Md; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs, Lowell W. Bennett,
of Derwood, Md, and Mrs
Jean Rocher, of Paris, France,
and II grandchildren.
Services will be at 1890 am
Saturday at the Pumphrey Co.
lonial Funeral Home, Rockville
with burial in Rockville Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
Mrs. MoIio, 81,
In D. 90 Years

Mrs. Antoinete Malta, 81, a
Washington resident more than
so years. died at Providence
Hospital Monday.
A native of Italy, she came
to America in 1901, and moved
to Washington from Pennsyl-
vania in 1902.
Mrs. Malta lived at 6l3
Fourth street NE. for 35 years
until the death of her husband,
Nicholas, six months ago. Since
then she had lived with a son,
Joseph, of 235 Convair drive,
Alexandria.
She was a member of Holy
Rosary Catholic Church.
Mrs. Malta leaves a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Rose Trotta. of 1906
Twenty-third avenue, Hyatts-
vile; three sons, Joseph N. of
the home address. Antonio Of
1912 Jonathon street, Hyatts-
vile and Michael of 2206
Queens Chapel road, Avondale,
Md. ;eight grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 am.
Monday at Holy Rosary Church.
Third and F streets NV, with
burial in st. Mary's Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
Mrs. Schroeder
District Motive

Mrs. Ida Alma Schroeder, "a
a native Washingtonian and
the widow of Albertus Nicholas
Schroeder, died Tuesday at the
Alexandria Hospital after Q
brief illness.
Mrs. Schroeder, who was
graduated from the old Busi-
ness High School. was a men,
Der Of the American Legion
Auxiliary and the Concordis
United Church of Christ. Twen-
tieth and @ streets NV.
She lived at 212 North How
ard street, Alexandria.
Surviving are three sons
Albertus Nicholas. jr., Of Long
Island. Robert F.. Of l41C
Thornden road. Rockville, and
Herman G., Of 323 Fort drive
Alexandria. and a sister, Miss
Clara F. Worch, Of the home
address.
Services will be at cam. to-
morrow at the Cunningham
Funeral Home, Cameron and
Alfred streets, Alexandria,
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1963-04-11

1916. When it broke up, he
sent for four friends and or
ganized his dixieland jazz band.
Mr.. Edwards brought the
band to New York in 1917 and
it made a tremendous hit, play
ing regularly at Reisenweber's
Restaurant and also being
booked for an extra show
nightly at ziegfeld's Midnight
Follies."
The band leader, improvising
on his trombone, learned he
could make sound that some
what resembled the roar of q
tiger. He and the band later
got together and wrote the
music for Tiger Rag" The
lyrics were by Harry De Costa.
After service in World War /,
Mr.. Edwards organized another
band and played at the Silver
Slipper in New York through
out the 1920s.
He performed with a number
Of society bands during the
l930s and 1940s and during the
1884 season toured with q
reorganized Dixieland band.
His survivors include a son
and three sisters. Funeral serv-
ices will be held in New Or
leans Saturday.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
John DevIin, S.,
Ex-House Aide

John Devlin. SIS, a former
House aide, died of q stroke
Tuesday In q Punta Gorda. Fla.
hospital.
Mr.. Devlin, a native of Al
bany, N. Y. moved to Florida
five years ago when he retired
as editor for the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee
where he was detailed from the
Government Printing Office.
He leaves his wife, Hester
of Port Charlotte. Fla, the
home address; three daughters,
Mrs. jeanette Abato. Of 1924
Buchanan street. Mount RAIN
Ter. Nd: Mrs. Jackie Dennis OF
Mesa, Ariz.. and Mrs. Mary
Bailey OF Port Charlotte; a
son, Leo. Of Beaufort, 8. c., and
II grandchildren.
Services and burial were
scheduled for today In Port
Charlotte.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
J. Theodore Lewis Dies,
Cereal Firm Executive

j. Theodore (Ted) Lewis, Of
4 Bermuda court, Mclean, Va,
retired vice president Of the
Kellogg Cereal Co., died Sat-
urday at Arlington Hospital
following surgery. He was So.
Mr.. Lewis. a native Of Co
lumbus, Ohio, came to the
Washington area a year ago
from Shaker Heights, Ohio, a
suburb Of Cleveland.
After attending Ohio State
University, Mr.. Lewis joined
the Kellogg Co. in Columbus
33 years ago. He later went to
Battle Creek, Mich. as sales
manager; to Syracuse, N. Y,
as district manager, and to
Philadelphia, as eastern divi-
sional manager.
After returning to Cleveland
during World War II, he be-
came vice president. a post he
held for IL years until retiring
in 1855. He remained a mem
ber Of the board of directors.
Mr.. Lewis was a member Of
the National Manufacturers
Association and of the Knights
OF Columbus, fourth degree.
He leaves his wife, Martha
Christina, Of the Mclean
home; a daughter, DR.. Kathryn
Lewis Koth of 3714 North Oak
land street, Arlington, Va, and
two brothers, DR.. r. A. Lewis
OF Dayton, Ohio. and DR.. j.
William Lewis Of Rye, N. Y.
Also surviving are five sis
Evening star., 1963-04-11

CINCINNATI. April IL (AP)
Rabbi George Zepin, 81, a
former leader Of reform Ju-
daism In the United States. died
In a hospital here Tuesday.
Rabbi zepin had been secre-
tary Of the Union Of American
Hebrew Congregations before
retiring In l94l.
He helped form National Fed
erations Of Temple Sisterhoods.
Brotherhoods. for which he was
executive secretary, and the
National Federation Of Temple
Youth.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
RE: Needhan1,
'USiA Engineer

Roger E. Needhsm. so, form
er employe of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. and a radio
station construction engineer
with the United States Infor-
nation Agency in Liberia, died
Tuesday after a short illness in
Monrovia.
Born in Princeton, Mass, Mr.
Needham attended the United
States Naval Academy for two
years. Leaving the service
School, he was graduated from
the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology in 1886. In World
War II he Joined the Army All
Corps where he reached the
rank of lieutenant colonel. He
worked for the local firms OF
S. E, Dockstader Inc. and
PEPCO before going with the
USIA in 1859.
Mr.. Needham, a former resi-
dent Of Kensington, Md, had
been in Liberia since March,
1861.
He leaves his wife, Kathrine,
and a son. Charles, in Mon
rovia, Liberia; two other sons,
Donald w., at the University OF
North Carolina and Christopher
at Leelanau School, Glen Ar
Dor, Mich; his mother, Mrs
Ina r. Needham of Winter Ha-
ven, Fla; a brother, Donald A.,
Of Falls Church, and a sister
Mrs. Judson Goodnow OF
Princeton, Mass.
Funeral and burial arrange
ments have not been completed
Evening star., 1963-04-11
HEW Honors 9
For Advances in
Welfare, Health

A woman attorney, an or
ganizer Of the Cuban refugee
program and two physicians
were among nine men and
women receiving Distinguished
Service Awards today from the
Department Of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare.
Sixty Supervior Service
Awards also were presented at
the annual honor awards cere-
mony at HEW today.
The nine top awards went
TO Bernice L. Bernstein, an
HEW attorney in New York
City; Shirley H. Ferebee. asso-
ciate chief In the Public Health
Service, for conducting impor-
tant CO operative research
studies on tuberculosis; Jack
S. Futterman. executive assist
ant In the Social Security Ad-
ministration In Baltimore;
Also. James r. Garrett, an
assistant In the Vocational Re-
habilitation Administration, for
helping TO develop rehabilita-
ton as a profession: Ad Har-
ris, former director Of the PHS
venereal disease lab In Atlanta,
for developing research result
ing In improved VD testing
procedures.
Awards we're also made TO Dr..
Roy Hertz, chief Of the endoc-
rinology branch Of the National
Cancer Institute. Bethesda:
Sidney A. Saperstein, attorney
adviser in the Office Of General
Counsel; Or, Bert ]. Vos. deputy
director Of the Food and Drug
Administrators division OF
pharmacology, for leadership
In guiding the pharmacologicai
evaluation Of drugs: and 10
Roy L. Wynkoop. executive Of
ficer Of the Welfare Admins
tration, for the direction OF
welfare and social security pro-
grams and the coordination Of
parts Of the Cuban Refugee
Program.
Evening star., 1963-04-11
Wooster Dudley Rucker,
Railroad Builder, LAWYER

Wooster Dudley Rucker, 81,
a retired civil engineer with
the Southern Railroad, died yes
terday at Doctors Hospital. He
had been a longtime resident
of Washington.
Mr.. Rucker was born in Stu
art, Va. son of Wooster
Beach Rucker, and grandson
Of Larkin Grandson Rucker, of
Ruckersville, Va.
He was graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute in
1901 in civil engineering and
received a degree from the
Washington and Lee 'Univer-
sity Law School.
AS a young man Mr.. Rucker
spent several years building
railroads in Brazil. He later
practiced law and was super
intendent Of schools at Rocky
Mount, Va, before coming to
Washington to serve as a civil
engineer for the Southern.