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Vol. 19, No. 9 Greenbelt, Maryland, Thursday, October 14, 1954 10 Cent*
Newspaper Board Elects Officers;
Greenbaum Appointed New Editor
Isadore Parker was re-elected
President of the Board of Direc
tors of the Greenbelt Cooperative
Publishing Association at the new
board’s first meeting since baking
office October 1. Meeting at the
News Review office at 9 Parkway,
the board proceeded from naming
Parker its president to electing
Carolyn Miller, Vice-President;
Miriam Solomon, Secretary; and
Russ Greenbaum, Treasurer. Then
Greenbaum accepted the appoint
ment by the board as Editor for
the new year, starting October 1.
He replaces Harry Zubkoff, last
year’s editor. Zubkoff will now
work for the News Review as Sub
scription and Advertising Mana
ger.
Ellie Ritchie, Parker and Miller
then passed a motion for changing
the name of the News Review back
to the Cooperator. Greenbaum and
Solomon opposed this motion. The
motion was amended to consult
members’ opinion about returning
to the old name at a membership
meeting to be called shortly. Ex-
Editor Harry Zubkoff requested
the board to spend as much time
deliberating about changing the
name again as the old board had
spent .arriving at the name Green
belt News Review. Solomon noted
that the Association membership
had agreed upon the name News
Review at the annual membership
meeting, after which the old board
had voted upon the new .name
'This ~ "decision had come after
months of consultation ,and de
liberations. She protested that a
hasty reversal of this past action
would be irresponsible.
Editor Greenbaum made a
statement to the board about fu
ture policy. He said he planned a
more aggressive policy, that he
will run a weekly editorial either
written by himself or another staff
member, plus an informal Editor’s
Notebook as a regular feature.
Business Manager George Bloom
expressed grave concern over the
paper’s financial condition. Rais
ing advertising income, and selling
subscriptions remain two big prob
lems facing the News Review’s
new administration. A renewed
subscription effort will be made.
One way may be through an ap
proach to the many Greenbelt or
ganizations who are helped by, and
who depend on the News Review
for information and publicity.
Sodality Dance Set
For Friday, Oct. 22
Looking forward to a night out?
Or perhaps these crisp autumn
days bring back nostalgic memo
ries of such old timers as “Good
Night Sweetheart,” “The Waltz
You Saved for Me,” or the newer
mambo or samba tunes. These and
m.any more popular musical selec
tions are promised by the “Hap
py Hicks” orchestra at St. Hugh’s
Sodality Dance Friday night, Oc
tober 22 with dancing from 10 to 1.
An evening of fun and entertain
ment, including a floor show by
the orchestra, disguised!' in their
Hillbilly attire, awaits you at the
dance which will be held at the
new American Legion Hall.
Special attractions include re
freshments, door prizqs, and a
special souvenir program for all
who .atttend. Come to the dance
(the first highlight of the fall social
season), help St. Hugh’s building
fund, and enjoy the nightclub at
mosphere of the new Legion Hall.
Everyone is invited. Tickets are
available from Anne Santo ra, tick
et chairman, GRanite 7643 or may
be purchased at the door.
Greeenbelt News Review
Published Every Thursday By The Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., 9 Parkway, Greenbelt, Maryland
By Harry Zubkoff
The new editor of the Greenbelt
News Review is Russell Green
baum, and readers of the paper
should be well acquainted with
him, having seen his by-line on
GVHC news stories for the past
twelve months. His name has been
on our mast-head as associate edi
tor since last March.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts,
Greenbaum studied journalism at
Louisiana State, where he grad
uated with a B.A. degree in 1941.
After a year of free lance writing
in Hollywood and a three year
hitch in the Navy, he accepted an
offer as a screen writer for RKO
Studios. In 1947, he enrolled at
UCLA for graduate work and in
1948 moved on to the University
of Pennsylvania where he took his
M.A. in history. From there he
went to the University of London,
where he spent a year doing re
search for his Ph.D.
In Greenbelt less than two years,
Greenbaum is currently employed
by the Navy Department as a his
torian. He has taken an active
interest in many community acti
vities, although the newspaper re
mains his favorite avocation.
Majorettes Tryout
Tuesday At School
Drum majorette tryouts will be
held Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Cen
ter School auditorium. All girls
between the ages of 13 and 18 years
of age are eligible.
No experience is necessary to
qualify as a majorette since those
who are accepted will oe taught.
Majorettes get the opportunity to
march in parades, go on trips, and
participate in other festivities.
County Schools Plan
Traffic Conference
Prince Georges County Teenage
Traffic Conference will be held Oc
tober 21 at Northwestern High
School, Colesviille Roald, Hyatts
ville, Md.
Representatives from all public
and parochial schools in the coun
ty will attend. Experts in safety
from many universities, police de
patrments, and the American Au*
tomobile Association will talk to
the delegates.
Discusions will be centered about
the problem of teen-age driving.
Panel and discussion groups will
be organized.
Working to prepare for the con
ference are John P. Speicher, prin
cipal of Northwestern and George
Hammond of the American Auto
mobile Association.
Sponsors of the conference are
Prince Georges Traffic Committee,
Prince Georges County Schools,
Prince Georges County Police De
partment, the American Automo
bile Association, and the Prince
Georges County Council of P-T.A.’s.
Candidates To Speak
At Women’s Club Forum
The Prince Georges Federation
of Women’s Clubs will sponsor a
bi-partisan public meeting Octo
ber 16 at 8 p.m. in Bladensburg
Senior High School. All Republi
can and Democratic candidates
will be invited to participate.
There will also be a well-known
moderator.
Planning Committee members
include Mrs. Nelson Layman, citi
zenship division; Mrs. Waldo
Burnside, legislative division; and
Mrs. Charles Pickens, chairman of
the public affairs department.
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
What Goes On?
Saturday, October 16 - Candi
dates public meeting at Bla
densburg Senior High School
at 8 p.m. sponsored by Prince
Georges Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs.
St. Hugh’s Teen Club Wiener
Roast, 5:30 to 10 p.m.. at
Greenbelt Lake.
Sunday, October 17 - Takoma
plays Greenbelt in 135-pound
Football League at 2 p.m. at
Braden Field.
Monday, October 18 - Annual
Community Chest drive
throughout city-from 7 to 8
p.m.
Community Choral Group
meets at 8 p.m. at 13-D Hill
side.
Wednesday, October 20 - Green
belt Credit Union Open House
in office over Drug Store.
Adult square dnacing class at
North End School at 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 21 - Teen
age Traffic Conference at
Northwestern High.
Friday, October 22 - Cub Scout
Pack meets at 7:30 p.m. at
Fellowship Center.
St. Hugh’s Sodality dance at
American Legion Hall from
10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
New Washington - Baltimore
Expressway officially opens.
Saturday, October 23 - Landov
er Hills plays Greenbelt in
120-pound Football League at
12 noon at Braden Field.
Monday, October 25 - City
Council meets in office over
Variety Store at 8 p.m.
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Credit Union Day
Observed Locally
The Greenbelt Credit Union will
observe International Credit Union
Day on Thursday, October 21. The
local credit union plans to hold
open house in its office over the
Drug Store next Wednesday eve
ning, October 20, and invites resi
dents to drop in for coffee or coke.
Officially, Credit Union Day
commemorates the founding of the
first credit union in 1848, just 106
years ago. It was then that farm
ers of a small German community
formed a unique self-help organi
zation to pool their savings and
lend to each other at low interest.
The Greenbelt Credit Union is
the oldest cooperative enterprise
in the
December 1937 with about SBOO in
assets. Today the assets are val
ued at almost SBO,OOO. Over the
years the loans to members have
totalled more than three-quarters
of a million dollars.
SupermarketToHave
Improved Facilities
Improved facilities for the
Greenbelt Supermarket amounting
to approximately $3400 were au
thorized. by the GCS Board of Di
rectors at their meeting last Friday
night.
Latest design frozen food cases
will be installed some time next
month to permit an increase in
variety and quantities of frozen
foods carried, in keeping with the
trend of the industry. An addi
tional storage box for frozen foods
will be installed on the rear plat
form.
Light colored asbestos and plas
tic floor tile will be installed in the
lobby and produce department. In
addition, studies are under way
to improve the dairy epartment fa
cilities, and to make .additional
space available in the meat depart
ment.
All improvements planned are
designed to permit future expan
sion of the supermarket building
as the Greenbelt population ex
pands.
GVHC Negotiates With Builders
Of Wheaton "Brookhaven Homes
By Russell Greenbaum
Negotiations with another building firm to construct homes on
Greenbelt’s vacant land have been opened by the Greenbelt Veteran
Housing Corporation. First talks were held at a special board of
directors meeting of GLIC (GVHC’s land-holding subsidiary),
Tuesday, October 12.
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Community Chest
Drive Monday Night
Volunteer workers of Greenbelt’s
annual Community Chest drive
have reserved an important date
especially for every resident of
Greenbelt: the date - Monday
night, October 18, from 7 to 8 in
the evening.
Practically every family in
Greenbelt is involved with meet
ings of some sort every night in
the week - bowling on one night,
club groups on another, scouts,
municipal and school organizations
on another - not to mention the
various church groups which are
constantly active in this fair city.
However, regardless of your* pres
ently crowded schedule, this Mon
day night, October 18, chairman,
captains and volunteer workers for
the annual Community Chest drive
are asking that you reserve the
hour from 7 to 8 o’clock for this
one important time in the year
to give to the Community Chest
Drive in Greenbelt.
Every home in Greenbelt will be
contacted, according to the general
chairman, Mrs. James Flynn and
her co-workers. She has asked
that everyone give to make the
campaign in Greenbelt a success so
that the work of the Community
Chest can fully meet its needs for
the coming year.
Cub Pack 202 Meets
At Church October 22
The first meeting of Cub Scout
Pack 202 will be held Friday, Oc
tober 22, 7:30 p.m. at the Commu
nity Church Fellowship Center.
The boys will display their hobbies.
All dens have not started to meet
but all Cubs and parents are urged
to attend.
At a meeting of the Executive
Committee of Cub Pack 202, Theo
dore Dalbow was unanimously
elected Cubmaster, Walter Bienia
and Hans Jorgensen .assistants,
Francis White, Activity Chairman
and Jack Ratzkin, Awards Chair
man. Percy Andros will continue
as chairman of the Pack Commit
tee, St.an Edwards as Institutional
Representative, Mrs. Andy Duncan
as Treasurer and Mrs. Eric Braund
as Secretary; George Clinedinst,
Andy Duncan and Lou Tierney as
Committeemen. Those presently
in charge of dens are: T. L. Dal
bow, Mrs. R. K. Binnix, Mrs. Bar
ton Marshall, Mrs. James Daly,
Louis Tierney, Mrs. Francis White
and Mrs. George Clinedinst. For
information about joining Cub
Pack 202 call Percy Andros, GR. 3-
7537.
Community Choral
Group Is Planned
Plans to form a community chor
al group have been announced by
the Jewish Community Center of
Prince Georges County, sponsors
of the group. The choral group
will sing well-known classical se
lections andw ill be under the di
rectorship of Albert Herling of
Greenbelt, who was formerly on
the faculty of Tufts College.
The first meeting will be held .at
13-D Hillside on Monday, October
18, at 8:15 p.m. All interested
Greenbelters are invited to join.
For further information call Mrs.
Vivian Pines at 9471.
The firm that has approaenea
GVHC is the Housing Corporation
of America, builders of the “Brook
haven” homes in Wheaton and now
in the process of constructing 10,-
000 units in Greenhills, Ohio, one
of our two sister “Greentowns.”
HCA was introduced to GVHC by
Sidney Z. Mensh & Co. through its
representative Robert Garin, who
is assisting in handling the nego
tiations for HCA.
HCA’s homes in Wheaton range
between $13,500 and $16,500, and
it is expected that the homes plan
ned for Greenbelt will be in the
same range. The building firm is
interested in erecting as many
homes here as available land will
permit, including multiple-dwelling
type units which the builders are
constructing in Greenhills.
The problem of FHA approval
of financing, which led to the can
cellation of the Johnson-Crooks
deal, is not expected to foe a factor
in the negotiations since HCA
plans to obtain initial financing
through loans guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration. A dead
line of two weeks hash een set for
a final decision on the negotiations'.
However, even if a contract is
signed within that period, it is not
anticipated thatb uilding can get
underway this year.
Elliott Bukzin, president of
GLIC, has stated that GVHC in
tends to close a deal with some
builder, if not this one, by the end
of the year. He also revealed that
.a new organization patterned after
Lakeside Homeowners, Inc., but
not connected with Lakeside has
approached GVHC to purchase the
See GVHC, Page 2
Little League Banquet
Fetes Winning Teams
L.ast Saturday night the Green
belt Little League had its annual
banquet at the Community Church
for the winning baseball teams.
Commissioner Preston presented
“Tubby” Dean and his Athletics
with trophies for winning the Am
erican League Pennant and the
Little League World Series, while
“Chet” Speziale and his Indians
got trophies for winning the Na
tional League Pennant.
“Buddy” Attick, the congenial
master of ceremonies, really out
did himself. (Oh! That tie!) - He
handled the affair at a leisurely
jovial pace, no long-winded speech
es interfering with an excellent
dinner. Even Mayor Lastner kept
his speech to less than 2 minutes.
Among those present were Com
missioner Bill Moore of the Babe
Ruth League ad his son, who was
the guest of honor. Young Bill is
on one of the Baltimore Orioles’
farm teams. Also present were
City Manager McDonald, members
of the city council, Rec. Director
Donnie Wolfe, President Tierney
with all the coaches of the Little
League, and “Chuck” Link of the
Little League Farm Team with his
charming wife.
JCC Students Aid
In Succoth Observance
Students of the Jewish Commu
nity Center Sunday School will
decorate a “succa” at the site of
the nearly-completed building.
Parents are invited to attend serv
ices at the succah in observance
of "Succoth and Simchas Torah on
Sunday, October 17, at 11 a.m.