REENBELT OOPERlTOR AN INDEPEI\ DE,~T NEWSPAPER Published Every Thursday Bv The Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Associ~tion, Inc.. S Parkway, Greenbelt, Mary~and Vol. 13, No. 26 Gn:enbelt, ~hryland, Thursday, February 17, 1949 Five cents Cit:izen1sAssociation The Police Blotter GCSI Mellb4,rs Get Churches Complete Council Approves .' Settlements On Sites Meets Tomorrow The nine-year-old sen of a 1.8:1o Patro111ge Ret11rn Charter Changes·. Greenbelt resident narrowly escap­ The five chu-rch groups whose The Greenbelt Citizens Associa­ ed serio1,1s injury last week. A num­ Green belt Consumt.r Services bids for sites within Greenbelt Changes in the town charter were tion will meet in the home econom­ members wl o turned in their 1948 were accepted by PHA have con­ a,proved by the to" n council at a ber of young hoodlums, all resid­ ics ro<"m of the Center school to~ patrot~age s:ips w;ll receive a re~ cluded the settlement of the deal lengthy meeting Monday night and morrow, Friday. February 18, at ing in the 73 CoUrt of Ridge, forced iund .-.£ 1.8':(; thi:; year·, as well as and have paid the balance of the set forth in a resolution to the , 8:15 p.m. the youngstet' into the woods where 5~'( di·:idend on their stock, it was sale price for their respective prop­ Prince George's County Delege~tes Be.-nard Suttler, a special agent they tied a l'Ope around his neck. cieterr::1ined :.his '1\Teek. as the at:.di .. erties, PHA Manager C!"tarles M. to the Ge.'leral Assembly r~questing of ~he Fed(!ral Bureau of Investiga­ tor's 1·eport was announced. The enactment of appropriate c:mend­ Then, tlu-owin.g the rope over the Cormack announced on Tuesday. tion, who specializes in juvenile cooperative's total: volume for 1;)48 At the time of the announcement, ments during the 1949 session. , limb of a tree, they tied the othet" cases, will be the gue·st speak~r at was ~il,881,5D9.65, with a net mar­ the deeds to the sites were in the The action followed study ex­ the meeting. He will 5peak on the end to a stray dog. The dog was gin, or incnme, for the co-op of hands of lawyers who were com­ tending! over many months on the individual <;.itizen's responsibility in then called, and urged to r·un. I e $42.44:t Ac.:Qrding to the by-htws pleting the necessary registration part of councii members, . town juvenile delinquency. A question­ was not determined who rescued passed at the last membership of tht: deeds before turning them manager and town solicitor and and-answer period will follow his the youngster, but he escaped with­ meeting. ZOt;o of this income musl! over to the church authorities, ac­ several open meetings and publi~ talk. out any serious hum done to him. he put into the permanent rese1·ve, cording to the clergymen whom tl;ie hearings for citizens' suggestions. Mrs. Margaret Carmody. presi­ All. the children involved in the es­ 5'/o dividend paid on stock. and the Cooperator contacted on Tuesday. Big Time dent of the Citizen's Assoc!ation, capade were identifif!d. Later, the remainder, after taxes, allocated to The :five groups who \now own On only one charter change ha4 stated that in choosing juvenile de~ parent of one who was called the patro::Jage reiund. land within Greenbelt as a result of no discussion been heard-Coun~ linquency as the subject of this, ringlectder, called to state that her The corr plete financial re);,ort this sale are St. Hugh's Catholic cilman Fra!)k Lastner's suggestion month's meeting. she was prompted child was not l'esponsible · for thd will be pres( nted at the GCS anr.ual Church, the Greenbelt Community to change the name "Town of • by the editorial in the .January 27 incident. meeting ne.<t \Vednesday, Febru­ Church, the Greenbelt Lutheran Greenbelt" to "City of Greenbelt... ~ !issue of the Cooperatol' "Revive After an interview that took place ary 23, held at the Center sd.ool Church, the Mowatt Memorial The council's vote on this motion Us Again." at the police station last Monday auditorium at 8 p.m. Other re• Methodist Church and the Jewish was three to two. Mayor Thomas J. Mrs. Carmody stated that meet., night, five young boys, ages 11 to ports will be the president's, ~:en­ Community Center. Canning and Councilman Allan • ings of the Citizens Association the 13, were put on probation for 30 era} :manager'S, and committee re­ Morrison dissenting. last few months were so poorly at.. days for their part in the series of ports. Election of a complete beard Election ..... reforms constituted a tended that the election of officers illegal entries and robberies of tha of directors will also be held that Women Voters Urge major char.ge in the charter. Voters which was scheduled for the Sept~ North End iood store. They are evening. A recorded comedy ~.kit. in · the municipal eiections must ember me•eting c~uld not be held. to be restricted to their own home "Coop, 1948'' will close the evening. Stclte School Aid 'Ienceforth register prior to a thir... and back yard. with consent grant­ The rece:1t low sales volum(! at ty-day period preceding the elec- the X orth End food store was The League of Women Voters tion, with no provision for late reg­ ed for them to attend school, urges everyone to write to the brought ou: in the general mana­ istration. (At pres~nt the cha,rtei' . f·. Drop-Inn Plans l-layride church, and Sunday School, and· stae legislature. now in session, complete restitution will be made ger's repor1, prese:1ted by Bassett permits registration up to fiftee.n .And Open House Ferguson to the GCS board of di­ pointing out how important it is for days before election day, arid there- to the North End food store. Mr. the state to grant more financial Roy Bright. state probation ancli rectors at .ts regular meeting last after late registration under certain Friday night will feature another Frid;;.y. T:te. store's business for aid to the educational system. open house at the Dn,p-Inn for pa•·ole officer, who is assigned to conditions in~luding the payment January 19-J9 was $7,028, a $3,000 Councilwoman Elizabeth Har­ of a fifty-cent fee.) Extension. o{ the Senior High after the home bas­ several cot:nties including Prince drop from :he January 1948 figure rington emphasized in a stater.1ent time from three to seven days for ketball game, while the Junior High Geqrges County, Police Chief Pan­ of $10.021. ;tnd it operated ot a loss to the Cooperator this week that examination by the Town Clerk of have a ·hayride and wienie roast at agoulis, the boys and their· parents state aid could provide a large oi $355.43 for the month. This nomination petitions ·.. ~d for ac" the lake planned for Saturday, pro~ took p<..:-t in the inten·iew. The senior high school in Hyattsville. busiucss. ~fr. Fcrgu.son said, -..va:J c~pt~nce of nominations ;,_,~ nomi­ vided the weather is good. money expended for the restitution' This, she f'.aid. would eliminate the prcsu:~c.Jahly lost to the new food nees is proyided for in a Frankie Kellaher, chairman of the of damages will be repaid to the need for such a sc.hool in Green~ store. He pointed out the p rob­ change. ARothfr change ---'-"~··"' hayride, plans for the hncks to parents by the boys from their al­ belt, and the present high ·.school lowances. lems of n taintaining super'rna rket leave the yduth center at 7:30. take priLes in a ;1o:>rly-lai,l out neigh.Jor­ could be converted to a juniOr high . _c;~!io~~~;iP,t0!i.lli!~J.~-~~~~.:$:~~~-~~~~~ a drive through the neighboring Last weeks' heavy snow was the J)dlls. ·.. hoo<l store. school. 'Boundary. Change;, area. retu1·n to the lake for refresh­ cause of somP- beautiful scenic sights The boa:·d agreed that further. Educational and civic leaders, but caused one accident on South~ Boundary changes were approv­ ments, and then return to the Drop­ di~ct1ss'on ~houtd be held on the who have been studying the finan­ Inn at the usual closing time. 11 way Road, involving a car and a ed which if passed by the Legisla­ subject, with memb~rs in the X-::~rth cials needs say that the state in.: bus. The auto, driven by Alber1! tufe will include in the town limits p.m. There will be a small fee td End particularly concerned to be ccntive fund should be q•Jadrupled; Hutchinson, of Hyattsville, skidded a tract of land in the north end o~ cover cost of the trucks and re­ consulted. and ti.at Prince George County on the ice and collided witb. the bus Greenbelt now included in DePart~ freshments. All those interested H;;.r...-ey Brown. president of the needs an additional ten million dol­ approaching on the other !';ide of ment of Agriculture bounrlaries and in the hayride must have signed I nten:~ational :Machinists "Union, lar grant. reser.vations in before Saturday. the road, causing considerable will exclude from tne town '>ounda­ who i~ in \\.ashington testifying on The League suggests that letters ries all pieces of privately owr>ed · The Drop-Inn will be open as us­ damage to l-oth vehicles.