1 Affiliated Postoffice Sites Inspected State Board Acts To Drop 3 Duties By ROBERT P. HILLDRUP News Leader The State Board of Education asking that it be relieved "from ing board for Madison, colleges. The resolution, passed without discussion or dissent, had been drafted by the board's committee on institutions. It now goes to Governor Harrison. General Assembly action must follow if the board's desire is to be granted.
The board is charged with its responsibility to the three institutions under law. RECOMMENDED EARLIER Action of the type taken today had been recommended from several quarters. Proponents of such a move say the board has enough of a job in trying to give guidance to the State Department of Education and in establishing policy and regulations for public elementary secondary schools. Included in today's resolution was a proviso asking that the board also be relieved of its governing responsibility for the vocational rehabilitation program and the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. The resolution read: "Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the welfare and best interests of the public school system and of Madison, Longwood, and Virginia State Colleges will be promoted and best served if the State Board of Education is relieved from its responsibility as the governing board of such colleges, and if a separate board or boards are established and empowered to govern such colleges; and "Be it further resolved, that the welfare and best interests of the public school system and of vocational rehabilitation will be promoted and best served if the State Board of Education 1 is relieved of its responsibility for vocational rehabilitation and the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, and if a separate board or commission is established and empowered to administer the vocational rehabilitation program." 'EXTENDED ATTENTION' The resolution did not give any hint whether the board believes one organization could administer the affairs of the three colleges or whether separate organizations would be better.
Mrs. John. Galleher, the board's president, said the problem "has been given extended attention." In a statement preceding the resolution, the committee noted that the three colleges face a future fraught with policy decisions and (other) problems It pointed out that the growth of the public school system had been such as to require that the state board of education devote its full attention to public school matters, ENROLLMENT REVENUE The committee statement noted that, since 1928, when the board assumed its responsibility, enrollment at the three colleges has grown from a total of 2,700 to more than 8,600, while revenue for the colleges has increased from one million to about 10 million dollars. All three schools are basically teachers' colleges. In recent years, however, they have been expanding their curriculums.
Longwood, at Farmville, and Madison, at Harrisonburg, are white schools. Virginia State, Study Slated On Virginia Graduates The director of the state's newly established division of educational research said today a "comprehensive study" of the success Virginia high school graduates have in college will start next year. Fendall Ellis, director of the new division in the State Department. of Education, made the statement in a report to the December meeting of the State Board of Education. Three major studies already are under way, he said.
They are a drop analysis, now due next month; an analysis of research in the teaching of reading, and an analysis of research on class size. The latter two are due some time next year. Eighteen pilot studies of educational problems are being conducted with financial support in 14 school divisions, he said. Cuban Event Canceled Here A Cuban Memorial Day observance here, originally scheduled for December 7 at Mary Munford School, has been canceled, officials announced today. The Virginia Coalition for Cuba, a recently formed CubanAmerican group, was the sponsor.
THE RICHMOND NEWS LEADER Hred I Cowro FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1963 13 Brook Field Is in Spotlight By CHARLES HOUSTON Brook Field, the city's 16- acre near-North Side playground, today came more brightly, into site the for the spotlight projected as new Richmond postoffice. It was learned that the city (Staff Photo by Robert LeMoyne) L. W. ARMSTRONG SHOWS UTILITIES DEPARTMENT EMPLOYE R. L.
MacLELLAND HOW TO LIGHT LAMP Watching the Operation Are City Manager Edwards and His Grandson, Ken Moss Lamplighter Stages 'Comeback' for Edwards By CHARLES HOUSTON An old lamplighter came out of retirement yesterday to kindle a flame again when City Manager Edwards became a customer of the corporation he manages. Linwood W. Armstrong, 72, who as a boy of 9 or so, began helping his father light the gas lights from Monroe park to Lombardy Franklin and Main, found he his cunning betweenst with a match. presided as City Manager Edwards became one of the first Richmonders to a modern gas light in his front yard. at 1406 Palmyra ave.
under the $2-a-month flat rate provided by City Council on Monday HAVE MANY ORDERS Gas lights, once necessity, are an ornamental and useful novelty -but not as much a novelty as one would suspect. There are now more than 700,000 outdoor gas lights in America, according to Utilities Director H. Edward Lordley -and this, he says, is more than twice Education Writer adopted today a resolution its responsibility as the governLongwood and Virginia State at Petersburg, is primarily Ne- gro. Recommendations that the board take such action had come in recent years from the Commission on Public Education, the Commission to Study State Government in Virginia, and the State Council of Higher Education, 4 Counties Submit Refunds totaling more than $56,000 have been made by four counties which failed to meet legal requirements to qualify for cial a full portion of state finanassistance to local schools, the State Board of Education; was told today. J.
G. Blount, finance director for the department, released 1 the infomation in a report to the board on local effort from counties and cities in behalf of public education during 1962-63. The counties which have made refunds are Bland, Caroline, Craig, $3,514 and Russell, $43,345. The board, acting on Blount's recommendation, granted perBuchanan, Pittsylvania, Princess Anne counties to fall below the 30 per cent minimum local-effort requirement for the past school year. Under law, the board has authority to reduce this participation slightly when extenuating circ*mstances are involved.
The board cannot waive the 60-cent basic tax rate on 1956 true values, which also figures in the state school-assistance fund program to localities. Scott county and Stafford county, both of which fell below this unalterable tax rate, were directed to refund $42,783 and $42,288, respectively. Blount questioned by board member Lewis Powell as to why exceptions had to be granted for counties falling below the 30 per cent effort level. Blount replied that "unfortunately, we have never been able to stay with a set of formulas long enough." He explained that the 30 per cent formula was enacted by the 1962 General Assembly and that some localities were experiencing a little difficulty to justing it. The their formulas financial are up forecasts for revision again by the General Assembly next month.
Powell, in further comments, said he thought every effort should be made to encourage localities to participate on a level that would bring them somewhat closer to the state average of local outlay for schools. Needy CHRISTMAS MOTHER FUND Unexpected Bills Hit Needy A family with a working father, whose income normally would make ends meet, sometimes is beset by unexpected expenses, such as hospital bills, that make it impossible to enjoy Christmas. These are the families which the Christmas Mother Fund tries to aid during the holiday season. Often they have no assistance from any other charity agency. "I have cried and cried and worried about no Christmas for my wrote one such mother of two.
She explained that she had just returned from the hospital where she had an operation. The total cost was Another child is expected soon, she said. "I would be thankful for anything for my little boys for Christmas," she added. One child is 3 and the other is nearing 2. The Christmas Mother Fund, now in its 29th year, provides Art Program Slated Sunday A program on art as related to jobs and opportunities will be held at the Valentine Museum Sunday for children in the Maggie Walker High School area.
Phillip Coxe, an artist, will give a talk and demonstration on this theme, and Charles E. Baker, professor of art at Virginia Union University, will speak on painting and sculpture. Art demonstrations will given by students from Randolph Junior High School, Graves Junior High School and Maymont Elementary School. The program will begin at 2:30 p.m. Man Sentenced In Jobless Case William E.
Anthony, who lives on Woodman was given a three-month jail term in Police Court today on charge of failing to disclose material facts to obtain unemployment compensation. dinner and toys for is approaching completion of the development of a landfill area at Wickham st. and Fendall in Barton Heights, that is destined to replace, it as a recreation area. Recreation and Parks Director Jesse A. Reynolds said, however, he was not yet ready to recommend that the Brook Field be declared surplus city property.
Industrial development has surrounded the site, eating into the residential areas formerly served by the playground. It fronts on two streets--Brook rd. and Sledd a railroad siding runs into the property. EDWARDS QUIET City Manager Edwards said he would not speculate at this time on the availability of the site. Reynolds said that the 12- acre, made-land site at Fendall and Wickham, adjacent to a new school, is being developed in stages.
Available now for the first stage is $21,500, and the 1964-65 capital budget request is for an additional $28.800. Reynolds said that some 000 yards of earth will be required completion of the site, which, he said, should be ready within a year. "It would be ideal for the purpose. I think," said one city erty, ready, for Industrial deofficial, "but it is valuable prop- velopment. I hope they wouldn't expect the city to give it to them." It is proposed that the postoffice be built privately and leased to the government, which would mean that the property, not now subject to taxation, would go back on the tax rolls.
A -member committee, formed to help find a 13-acre site for Richmond's new central postoffice, was looking this afternoon at property north of Leigh st. The committee, established the urging of the Central Richmond Association and composed almost entirely of real estate executives, undertook an inspection tour of possible postoffice locations in the general vicinity of the RichmondPetersburg Turnpike. The committee is headed by Pleasant H. Bagby and is com- Tut's Exhibit To Close Here Richmonders will get their last chance to see, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition today, tomorrow and Sunday. The exhibit closes Sunday night.
The museum will be open from 2 to 6 and from 8 to 10 p.m. today and tomorrow. Sunday the museum will remain open from 1 to 6 and from 8 to 110 p.m. Education Symposium O'BRIEN co-ordinators were warned to be looked upon a group education, Dr. Ray Reid, superintendent of dren at the University of Virginia, pointed out that prospective teachers often are unprepared to teach exceptional children, because special education programs are often hidden in the school system from children with normal rates of academic progression.
Consequently, he his job of recruiting teachers for this area is difficult. INDIVIDUAL. EVALUATION George McClary, supervisor of guidance and psychological services for the Richmond City Schools, told the co-ordinators that special education without an individual psychological evaluation program will be a "patchwork of trial and error." He counseled, however, that qualified psychologists be retained and that programing for the exceptional child should be the outcome of a face-to-face communication between teacher and psychologist. He said school authorities should learn the significance of test grades and not type a child by that instrument alone. Mrs.
Margaret Faulk, assistant supervisor of speech for Fairfax county schools, said mentally retarded children, both educable and uneducable, can be gainfully trained in a careful team effort by parents, psychologists, school administrators, medical personnel and speech therapists. Reid said the field demands long range planning and constant change to keep up with modern research. He said school boards must be impressed with the needs of special education. In this manner, he explained, gifted, retarded, physically handicapped and emotionally disturbed children can be provided training which will make them useful to themselves, their families and their munities. posed of B.
A. Cephas, James S. Watkinson, Robert C. Lloyd, Walter H. Loving, Booker T.
Bradshaw, William D. Kindle, C. Porter Vaughan and Marcellus Wright. Wright is chairman of the city planning commission. (Dementi Studio) DR.
JACOB L. ADAMS Henrico Dentist Dies at 54 the number that were in operation when gas lights were the chief means of street illumination in what is now fondly recalled as the Gas Light Era. The city is using them again at the Church Hill fire station, and will use them in the new Patrick Henry park, opposite St. John's. Dealers in the lights, which are available at a cost installed of about $50 and up, report that they have many orders for installation as Christmas gifts.
Richmond established its gas plant in 1851 to provide "inflammable air" for 400 lights to illuminate the streets on nights the moon did not shine. This was 44 years after gas was first used for street -lighting purposes in London, and 34 years after the lights came to America in Baltimore, The gas light peak was reached in 1894 with 1,645 lights. For 30 years, gas provided Richmond's only street illumination. In 1881, celebrating the centennial of Yorktown, Richmond began converting to electric street lights (on Broad and Main It was 61 years later, in 1942, before the last gas light (on the 700 block West Grace st.) was extinguished, a victim of wartime blackout regulations. In the old days, Armstrong recalled, he'd begin lighting the lights in his area as soon as he came from school.
At 4 a.m. he'd crawl reluctantly from his bed and begin turning them off. SERVED USEFUL PURPOSE The crossbars on the lights, now an ornament, served a very useful purpose in supporting the lamplighter's ladder. In modern time, the lights are allowed to burn 24 hours a day, so insignificant is the cost of gas and so much trouble the lighting and extinguishing. Armstrong quit lamplighting as child's occupation in 1912 and went to work for the Utilities Department, from which he retired as an inspector in 1956 after 45 years of service.
As an incidental of yesterday's little ceremony, Armstrong said he'd sent his suit to the cleaners' recently with his 45-year city service pin attached -and had not gotten the pin back. Edwards promised a prompt replacement. 'A VITAL PART' Special Cited at By BOB Virginia's special education today not to permit themselves outside the main stream public The warning was issued by the Arlington public school system, who was one of four speakers at a symposium at the conference of special educators at the Hotel John Marshall. The speakers approached the rapidly developing area of special education from four angles -those of the school administrator, psychologist, speech therapist and university professor who trains special education teachers. Dr.
Reid, while believing that "differential abilities demand differential education," declared that special education is a "vital part of the total program of education and must not be considered a peculiar or added section." Developing this line of thinking further, Dr. James Beaber, chairman of the department of education for exceptional chil- 'Yes' Recommendation Seen Dredging Report Finished A report believed to contain a recommendation for deepening of the James river channel from Richmond to the sea was completed today by a seven-man study group and prepared for submission to the Governor's office. Formal release of the report and its recommendations from the James River Study Commission is not expected until next week. Although members of the group were tight-lipped as they completed their 18- month study today with a meeting at the Capitol, there has been wide speculation that the overwhelming majority want the channel deepened. Speculation has had the Dr.
Jacob L. Adams, member and former chairman of the Henrico county school board, died of an apparent heart attack last night. He was 54. Dr. Adams was a dentist at Highland Springs and lived at 122 Beauregard ave.
there. He had practiced dentistry there for 28 years, Appointed to the school board in 1945, Dr. Adams had represented the Fairfield district ever since. He was elected board chairman in 1960. HANOVER NATIVE Dr.
Adams, a native of Hanover county, moved to Henrico in 1935. He attended the University of Richmond and the Medical College of Virginia and was a member of the Richmond, Virginia and American dental societies. In addition, he was a member of Babco*ck Lodge 322, and the Highland Springs Odd Fellows lodge. He was chairman of the board of deacons of New Bridge Baptist Church, a member of the executive board of the Highland Springs Community Center and an organizer of Cub Scout Pack 512 in Highland Springs. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lillian Pollard Adams; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas G. Booker- of Richmond; a son, Jacob L. Adams Jr. of Blacksburg; a sister, Mrs.
Nell Lovelace of Walkerton, and two brothers, Marias E. and Bryan J. Adams, both of Mechanicsville. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at New Bridge Baptist Church, with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The body is at the Woody FUneral Home. Yule Packages Still May Go Abroad by Air the children of needy Richmond families. Mrs. Garland S. Sydnor, the 1963 Christmas Mother, asked that requests for assistance be submitted before December 15 to allow time for processing.
Requests for assistance should be sent to the Christmas Mother, P. O. Box 5271, Richmond, 23220. Only families living in the city may receive aid from the Christmas Mother. Donations should be sent to the sponsor of the fund, Richmond Newspapers, or placed in a special box in the lobby of the newspaper building, 110 North Fourth st.
Checks should be made payable to the Christmas Fund. Mrs. Sydnor gratefully acknowledged these gifts: 4 In memory of my husband, J. S. A 10.00 In memory of my mother, Mrs.
Emma J. Reynolds 10.00 R. G. Hutchison 2.00 Mrs. Ernest E.
Mayo. 5.00 Busy Bee Club, Richmond Branch of Ameri can Tobacco Co. 5.00 Irene R. Roberts 10.00 Margaret W. McElroy 25.00 Page and Jay 5.00 Edw.
Waller Jr. 10.00 Elizabeth C. Davenport 15.00 C. D. Carrington 5.00 Elizabeth H.
Ackey 10.00 Sophie W. Walker 10.00 Louise B. Johns 15.00 Susie, Howard and David Hoffman 5.00 Luck Quarries 50.00| Two Days Left For Poll Taxes Richmonders will have their last chance today and Monday to pay poll taxes enabling them to vote in the city elections June 9. city tax office, Room 109 City Hall, will be open today until 5 p.m. and Monday until 9 p.m.
for persons wishing to pay their poll tax. Monday at 9 p.m. is the absolute deadline. The News Leader yesterday erroneously, said that the office would be open until 9 p.m. through Monday.
Mrs. H. D. Jordan 5.00 Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Baskerville 10.00 Helen D. Peterson 5.00 In memory of Mrs. Annie C.
Ferrin 5.00 Otis A. Thomas Jr. 25.00 Richmond Window Corp. 50.00 James A. Paul 10.00| (La Sertoma Club of Richmond 10.00 Plant employes, Duplex Envelope Co, 50.00| Mrs.
W. Owen 10.00| West End Girls 7.85 In memory of H. Ernest Sneed 15.00 Hallie M. Goodwyn 25.00 Betty Bergener 4.00 In memory of Dr. James M.
Whitfield Jr. In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Fleming In memory of Mrs. J.
K. Jones Anonymous Total Acknowledged previously Grand total. Christmas packages to servicemen overseas still can be delivered on time--if sent by air. Richmond Postmaster John G. Mizell said today that air parcel post packages mailed by next Tuesday will be flown by the Air Transport Association to any part of the world in time for Christmas Day.
Mizell said packages weighing up to 70 pounds, not more than 100 inches in combined length and girth, will be accepted for air parcel post at any Richmond postoffice station. The cut date for sending Christmas packages abroad by surface mail was November 10. 25.00 50.00 Peace Corps Exams Examinations for the Peace 10.00 Corps will be given tomorrow 25.00 morning in the Parcel Post Building at 11th and Main sts. 533.85 Postmaster John G. Mizell said the examinations will be given in rooms 302 and 306 at 8:30 $2,556.90 a.m.
Additional information about the examinations may be obtained from the postmaster. recommendation by a 6-1 majority. It is believed that a minority report written by Marvin L. Amory of Hampton will go to the Governor. The army of Engineers has said that deepening of the channel from 25 to 35 feet would be economically feasible.
The deepening is seen by business interests as a great boon to industrial development along the upper James. Oyster interests and the Atlantic ocean port interests are opposed adamantly to the deepening. oyster folk think the silt that would come from dredging would have adverse effect on oyster seed beds in Va. Chemists Pick President Dr. Richardson Dr.
A. Garnett Richardson, a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, has been elected president of the Virginia chapter for 1964. Dr. Richardson is chief chemist for William P. Poythress Co.
He received degrees of BS and MS in chemistry from the University of Richmond and of PhD in medicinal chemistry at the Medical College of Virginia. He is a mem- Dr. Richardson ber of Phi Beta Kappa; Gamma Sigma Epsilon, chemical honor society; Rho Chi, pharmaceutical honor society; the American Chemical Society, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. the lower James, The port folk reason that if ocean-going vessels can come up-river to Richmond, shipping business would be lost at the Atlantic ports. Thomas N.
de Lashmutt of Aldie, Loudoun county, is the study group chairman. He declined at the conclusion of this morning's meetring to discuss any facet of the report. Other members besides De Lashmutt and Amory are Orval J. Hand of Hopewell, vice chairman; Paul Brown of Honaker; Robert P. Carroll, professor of Biology at Virginia Military Institute; R.
B. Hicks of Mannassas, and Dr. P. H. Warren, dean of Madison College at Harrisonburg.
Richmond Datebook TODAY Richmond Amateur Radio Club, 8, Maple ave. Firehouse. The Bensley Squares Squaredance Club, 8. Exhibition Building behind Chesterfield Courthouse. Western Twirlers, 8, Highland Park Plaza, First ave.
and Milton st. TOMORROW The State Society of the American Technologists, 9, Mark Monroe Motor Hotel. Junior Chorus of the Fairfield Choral Association, 10, Bishop Memorial Church, Nine Mile and Dabbs House rd..
