New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00470
1963
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CAP AND GOWN - Beaming
in her cap and gown after she
received her Master of Arts
degree in sociology at City Col
lege, Patricia M. Pettiford grac
iously accepts congratulations.
Left to right; Mrs. Nancy Gart-
rell, Mrs. Sandra Rajock, Pat
ricia and Rev. Leland Gartrell,
executive secretary. Church
Planning and Research of the
Protestant Council of New York
City. Mias Pettiford who will
enter New York Graduate School
in September is the daughter
of Amsterdam News advertising
solicitor and Mrs. Walter N.
Pettiford. (Gilbert Photo)
Mamaroneck Has One
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Still No Negro Principals In Harlem School
Lincoln Sq.
Center Now
Registering
Mamaroneck Board
Names Negro Principal
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The new principal, who as
sumes his priacipalship la Sep
tember, Is the son of Miss Thel
ma Teasdale, a 30-year teacher
in New York City public and
private schools. He resides with
his wife and four-year old daugh
ter at 3326 Fish Ave., Bronx.
Dr. C. B. Powell and Leader Anthony Trivia
Virgin
James C. Hall, a 30-year old from
team.
Registration for this
year*!
New York University graduate
summer activities will be taken
who has been serving an admin-
during the next few weeks at
the, Lincoln Square Neighborhoodlltratlv« internship for the peat
year in the Superintendent of
Center. 213 W. 64th St,
Schools office In Mamaroneck,
N.Y., was named as principal
of the Mamaroneck Ave., Ele
mentary School by the school
board at its annual meeting last
Wednesday.
Children from five years and
toegagers to 18 years may also
up for any of the activities of-
fared under the program which
Includes day camp, sleep away
camps, friendly tows and fresh
air camps.
The school, which has some
700 students from upper middle
income families and a staff of
31 teachers, takes students from
the Mamaroneck and Larchmont
exclusive communities.
Parents are required to apply
in person at the Center where
they will be Intervlwed from
Monday through Wednesday at
2 p.m. to 6 pm. Other Inter
views will be held on Thursday,
2 pm. to 10 p m. and Friday,
10 am to 6 p.m. For appoint
ment* phone CI 5-9801 or PL 7-
2881.
Mr. Hall, n teacher In the
school for the past five years,
serving the interneship for the
past year, would be the first
Negro principal In a predomin
ately white school in Westches-
The best habit to form is to ter. The student body is *bout
read the Amsterdam News every 12 per cent Negro, school auth
week. O«t every Thursday.
orities estimated. There are only
three other Negro teachers in
the entire school system in the
area.
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ers’ Training, Bronx. Saturday,
June 22 during the 76th commis
sioning exercises in Hunter Col
lege Assembly Hall at 69th St.,
Park and Lexington Aves.
Among the graduates is Rob
ert Lyons of 5003 Broadway, As
toria.
Commissioner Holland French,
Eastern territorial commander,
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vants of Christ" class as a group
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The Bronx school is one at four
operated by the Army in the UH.
N.Y. Alumni Gives
To A & T College
A gift of $300 was presented to
the A and T College Alumni
Scholarship Fund by the New
York chapter of the organization
at the annua! meeting held re
cently on the college campus in
Greensboro, N.C. ’
Resolutions were adopted at
the meeting endorsing desegrega
tion demonstations conducted by
students of A & T College and
other institutions in the area.
Delegates attending from the
New York Chapter were Mrs.
Minnie W. Skinner, chapter’s pre
sident, Abram DeVaughn, Hub
ert Gaskin, Jr., and Clarence
Skinner.
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School reporter Sarah Slack Is
busy in Mississippi and Alabama,
covering the racial scene in those
areas. Her Reading, Writing A
Arithmetic column will be' re
sumed when.-she returns. Mean
while, the following school news
was compiled by other members
ot the editorial staff.
Fund Awards
City Council President Paul R.
Screvane presented a plaque and
19 citation certificates to the win
ners ot toe Heart Fund poster
contest, co-sponsored during the
last high school term by the
New York Heart Association and
the New York City Board of Edu
cation.
In ceremonies held last week
at City Hall. Mr. Screvane pre-
the first prize to Michael
Weinman, 17, of the High School
of Music and Art, with a plaque
honoring his achievement re
sides the plaque, the first prize
winner received a round trip tic
ket for two to Washington, D.C
Other winners receiving certi
ficates were, Stephen Horvath,
17, second prize, Bayside High
School; Billy Ford, 17, third
prize. Art and Design HS.
Honorable Mention went to A1
len Bagiino, Tony BottaneUl,
Frank Ombres, Eric Seidman,
Peggy Porges, LaiTy Galligan,
John Lombardo and Gail Miller
of the Art and Design HS
From Eastern District High
School; Louise Jankus and J dan
Calozza. From Bayside High
School, Peter Price, Minna Ches-
ta, and Anita Selinger. From
Abraham Lincoln High School,
lJudi Landau and Marilyn Gong
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Dems Back
Rev. King
“As Democratic leaders,
we believe in the cause of
human decency and we feel
that the efforts of Rev.
Martin Luther King and the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference should be
supported,” State Assembly
Minority Leader Anthony
ravia declared this week.
Assemblyman Travis made the
statement as he presented a
81,000 check to Dr. C. B. Poweil,
President and editor bf the New
York Amsterdam News, on be
half of Mayor Wagner, to be
turned over to Dr. King for the
VorFoT Sw-'SCLC.
The money was raised through
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leaders in Brooklyn who art eup-
porting Mayor Wagner, end Who
made the contribution io behalf
of the Mayor, who wall aa’ay
last week participating to the
Conference of Mayors.
Brooklyn district leaders Jotn-
ing in raising the 81,000 lnohale
Frank A. Cunningham,
Mangano, Harry M. Mortimer,
Walter E. Cooke, J«emJ*fl7B.
Bloom, James M. Power,’ Ru
dolph Zimmerman, Albert M.
Leavitt, Joseph R. Corpq, and
Anthony J. Travia.
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Michael C. Buckley, principal
of PS 23, Bronx, dedicated the
school garden to the community
at ceremonies held last Wefek.
A plaque commemorating the
occasion was presented 46 Bor
ough President Joseph T MN-
coni by Sandra Cash, a student
of PS 23.
Besides Mr. Periconi, WtlTdr
guest speakers were Rev. Ken
neth Fedies and Raymond Burr,
director of Forest Houser Cafn-
the efforts of ten Democratic |munity Center.
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Exercises
Youth Council
The 26th Precinct Youth Court
cil will hold its 1963 Graduation
Prom June 26 at the Carlton Ter
race Ballroom, 2633 Broadway.
An attendance of 500 Is ex
pected at the semi-formal dance
sponsored annually by the Coun
cil for the precinct JH and HS
graduates.
Deputy Police Commissioner
Lawrence W. Pierce heads the
list of dignitaries invited. Others
are Hon. Robert M. Morgenthau,
Jr. president of the Police Ath
letic League, John J. Foley, exe
cutive director of the PAL, Ma
gistrate Kenneth Phipps and Dep
uty Inspector James Taylor, 5th
Division. Cspt. Cart Ravens, com
manding officer of the 28th Pre
cinct, will be host.
Roberts JHS
The John S. Robertj Junior
High School will Sold its gradua
tion exercises June 26 at the
Benjamin Franklin High School.
Patricia M. Pettiford was hon
ored with a graduation party in
her home. 1270 Fifth Ave., fol
lowing commencement exercise
at City College where she re
ceived her Master of Arts de
gree in sociology last Wednes
day.
Patricia is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter N. Pettiford.
Mr. Pettiford is an advertising
solicitor for the Amsterdam News.
Miss Pettiford will enter New
York University Graduate School
in the fall to work on her doc
torate.
Guests at the party include Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Augustin, Mr.
and Mrs.'John Jefferson, Misses
Lo Vetra Schwartz, Elsa Edlitz,
Neva Rresie, Herbert Kamrass.
Karl Davis, Fred Whittam, Clar
ence Keller, Mrs. Nancy Gartrell,
Mrs. Sandra Rajock. Rev. Leland
Gartrell and her grandmother,
Mrs. Bertha Morgan.
Monday. June 24 has bten set
aside for the Senior Prom,
the Fred R .Moore auditorium,
2121 Fifth Ave.
100,000 Grads
Math Team Award*
An estimated 102,000 students
wiU be graduated this month from
the City’s public high schools,
Junior high schools r.nd eighth
grade elementary schools, ac
cording to Board of Education of
ficials.
Approximately 75,300 more will
move from sixth grade into Jun
ior high schools.
About 38,000 students will be
graduated from the City’s 57 ac
ademic high schools, with 5,000
graduates in Manhattan, 6.500
in the Bronx, 14,000 in Brooklyn,
11,000 in Queens and 1.500 in
Richmond.
The number of graduates in
the Junior high schools is esti
mated at 53,000 of which 7.500
are In Manhattan, 12,000 In the
Bronx 19,000 In BrboMyu ant
14,000 in Queens and 500 in Rich
mond.
Board of Education officials al
so disclosed that 6.300 students
will be graduated from 29 voca
tional high schools. Of this num
ber 2,200 in Manhattan, 1.000
In the Bronx. 2,000 In Brooklyn
an 1,000 In Queens and 100 la
Richmond
A presentation of award cere
mony was held last week at the
Board of Education Han for the
JHS Math Competitions recently
concluded.
The John Marshall Math team
which won 2nd place standing In
the entire borough o< Brooklyn
was awarded a plaque and mem
bers also received certificates at
the Team Awards’ assembly.
In Fashions
Miss Bemadine Jennings of
Class 9-1, JHS 210, has complet
ed one year of service to the
Abraham and Straus Fashion
Board.
Her Job is to report to AAS
whattheboys and girls ot JHS S10
were wearing during the differ
ent seasons, and to model clothes
for the store’s fashion shows.
Boys School
Five more students from PS
822 will be returned to the regu
lar senior high schools In the
Fafl. This was reported by Princi
pal Irving M. Boroff ot the Man
hattan School for Boys, at 317
W 52nd St.
PS 133
In order to encourage parents
and pupils to plan for college,
PS 133 has developed a number
of ideas. Including an Invitation
to its graduation exercises of
many former pupils who are at
tending college or who plan to
enter college in I he Fall.
Mr. Boroff said: "This is the
primary goal of our school —
returning as many of our young
men as possible to the regular
academic and vocational high
schools. They had many prob
lems when they first came to ut.
and we feel that they are suffi
ciently rehabilitated now to be
Amoni the college promotion returned to a regular senior Wgh
plan me:
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Groups of srkth grade pupils
have been taken on visits to Col
umbia University and to the Col
lege of the City of New York.
Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Dor
othy Roark, has held group dis
cussions with rixth grade pupils
on this subject.
Parent Workshops have been
held In order to diucuss the role
of the parent in encouraging
pupils to plan for 'allege.
A Parent Commit ee of sixth
grade pupils has teen organ
ized.
At each gradoation an outstand
ing Negro leader is selected to
deliver the principal address to
UH- pupils.
PS 133 will held Its graduation
exercises June 27 at 9:30 am. at
school ’’
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------ Freedom Bake
Class 5-7 of FS 125 Manhat
tan held a ” Freedom Bake” re
cently to raise funds to aid the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference vote registration cru
sade In Alabama.
The sale netted 836 62, and the
members of the class later brought
a bank money order for 837
which was presented to the sec
retary of the New York Branch
of the SCLC.
Earlier the members of Class
& had sent a letter to President
Kennedy protesting the arrest In
Birmingham of the courageous
boys and girts who were Jailed
because of their participation
in a freedom demonstration.
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