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4 Metes one tf Men AUvo steadily pursued a career in education. He came to the Oakland school system in 1946 and in 1951 became the principal of In Our Anecdotage day, but fears "my philosophy of knowing every pupil and merely presenting what you have to the student wouldn't work now." Hargrave "disagrees," saying that though the schools may be much larger today, a teacher or administrator can By RUSH GREENLEE The first Negro principal in Oakland public school history yesterday welcomed to McClymonds High School the woman who stood years ago at the door of his old junior high and welcomed him. Grace Thompson, 76, was the vice principal of Roosevelt Junior High in Westfield, N. J. when Benjamin Hargrave e'n-tered there in 1934, She remembers him; not -as a good student or one of a handful of Negro students, but simply as Ben.

As they walked together through the halls of McCly- monds.she.stilL-caUed.Jiim You know, of course, the warnings in executive circles how a guy isn't on the way up until he gets a key to the private washroom and all that? Well, Blue Cross in, Oakland just sent its brass a memo, written by Jim Smiley, saying the second floor men's rest-room will close. "Effective 8:30 a.m. Monday, the second floor men's room will be reopened as a ladies' room. Please advise all personnel in your area of this change." Letting themi find out for-themselves, I sup-' Harbor Homes Elementary, the first Negro ever to be made principal of an Oakland public school. The "skinny nervous boy" In the schools of WesUjeld, N.

J. is now the stalwarfiooking, self-assured Oakland educator who has served as. president of the West Oakland Area Council, member of the Board of Directors of 'the Alameda Mental Health Association and chairman of the board of Men of Tomorrow, A -J' rAi i'Xv Iff (Tribune pose, would be too tough on their career motivation. ooo, Ed Rosenkranz, who has Edwards Clothiers in Oakland, notes the on-again, off-again performances of Tempest Storm at the and wonders: "Was this strip necessary?" r-. Harold Sie- 25 anorganization of professional men and businessmen.

Hargrave's promotion principal of McClymonds High was reported in Westfield, N. J. where his mother, Laura, still-Jives. MissThompson w. jtZT watched the i 1 on Channel 7 where they interviewed the guy who runs the SNCC office in S.

F. that wasv burglarized of its a il i wrote him a letter of congratulations. Hargrave said he was deeply touched that his old principal still remembered her student, Benr He answered her BILL FISET Ben, peppering him with questions about everything from de facto segregation to "do audio-visual aids help?" And he called her Miss Thompson as he did when she greeted him and hundreds of others "warmljr each morning when they entered Roosevelt Junior High. Only yesterday, he was telling her about the "many contradictory indications in learning patterns of students today." As a boy in grade school, Hargrave had heard of Miss Thompson as "that taskmaster in junior high "who taught ancient history." But he got to know her in junior high as the vice principal who could reach all of her students while remaining herself. It was this memory of her that loomed large once he became a teacher and later an administrator.

lists. The Freudian slip: "The burglars took our mat get to know those with whom he deals and that impersonali- ty must be fought. He does -agree with her that students expect to be entertained, that the material must beTnade They down another floor at McClymonds. Miss Thompsoil stopped stairway stamped her foot and -began 'singing the school temol Roosevelt Jun- ior Highm Westfield, N. J.

"Roosevelt is the best. She stopped to see if he re- membered and they sang the song together as students passed who did not laugh but smiled approvingly as if they understood. I 'wf? 'tV w- -t letter and invited her to visit him and the school. She "came.a;fewedays ago to Visit San Francisco making her first trip by jet airliner, and a reunion with "one of her successes" took place. Retired since 1959, Miss Thompson was a teacher and administrator for 40 years in New Jersey.

She is interested in every facet of education to BENJAMIN HARGRAVE, GRACE THOMPSON (CENTER) Teacher'AArs. Eunice Dodds explains equipment ing lists Andy Heilman, who may be the world's toughest fighter, at a' press luncheon today at "Joe Memoli's Pizza Palace on Broadway. So Heilman is training for Monday night's fight with Charlie Shipes by eating pizza? Esther Plottel saw a drive-in with a marquee sign: "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." That's old, but inflation softens the gruesome prospect. 0 0 0 0 About inflation, Jim Xshworth, in the Grubb and Ellis Orinda office, just sold off a vacant lot in the Sand Hill section of Sleepy Hollow for a cool $55,000. Back in 1951, John Loop, who's now also with Grubb and Ellis, sold a Sleepy Hollow lot at Golly, that's higher than bank interest compounded daily And about Orinda real estate men, Stan Mas-sie's daughter, Anne, has been running for head yell Springfield, Mas.

in 1937, and with the exception of military service in World War II, has- Hargrave, 49, born in Wakefield, was graduated from Springfield College in THEFT TOTAL RISES 'Panther' S.F. Profs Loot Curb Bill leader at Miramonte High, a campaign that's meant $14000 -Painter ionf nightsfor hernandiieririends-rnakingTosters-at the Massie home. So yesterday Stan got up, thrashed Hits Snag Un uratt Looting of a' Sacramento trust fund. counts in checks made out to cash or to Black. Black has pleaded innocent of the theft counts and his -trial San Francisco is set for June In the past year, Call has been convicted of both murders; Max Ward has been convicted of Wilson's and faces trial for Green's, and Ben Rasnick, former Painters Union District Council 16 official, has been convicted of Green's death an faces a new trial for Wilson's.

The shabby state of the Sac around the kitchen for something to eat, found a glass ofrangeuiced Which I'd guess doesn't taste any worse than a lot of the synthetic orange juices on the market The best collection of girls in mini-skirts in the Eastbay, I'm told, at the County Building in Richmond, where stenos know almost no bounds And at Golden Gate Fields, in the Turf Club yet, a girl the other day wore one so short it exposed one inch of leg above the tops of her nylons San Leandro Musicians' Union Local 510 is all heart. They're letting six dance bands perform without fee at San Leandro Boys Club June 4, during the afternoon and evening, as a benefit to Al Freudendahl, who's undergone surgery. Al is a member. Some of the money was used properly and some went right back to the union, Poole said at that time. Yesterday's report said the money was siphoned off by double claim payments, forged checks and ultra-liberal medical benefits.

Youngren's last report on thr fund showed about remained. Sacramento police said Youngren, before his death, once thought to be a motive in the shotgun murders of unipn officials Dow Wilson and Lloyd Green, reached practically $130,000, according to a private accounting firm. Stealing from the fund was mostly in health and welfare: monies, the certified public accounting firm of Harris, Schwartz, Young and Wright, said yesterday in a report prepared for the fund's trustees. The final loss figure tops the estimate of $100,000 missing made by officials of the union, Local 487, in May last year. This was just after the two murders and the suicide of the "Tribune CapHaTBuFeafl SACRAMENTO Legislation designed to half the Black Panthers from carrying loaded weapons in pubiic hit an unexpected snag in the legislature today.

The Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee, which was expected to send the bill to the lower house floor, instead decided to hold another hearing on the measure Friday. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Don 1 R-Oakland, has been undergoing meticulous study by the committee for weeks. The San Francisco State College faculty 6pp6sesln; forming draft boards of students' class rankings and also is against calculating any class rankings at ail The vote, 151 to 130 with seven abstentions, was cast yesterday in support of the Academic Senate's 16 vote previously registered against the rankings. The action may have -po practical application, since State Colleges Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke a year ago directed all state colleges to supply the rankings and has given no indication he ha? changed his mind.

A factor in Dumke's expect- last issued by Youngren before his death and Ihe ftf officials the welfare claims exceeded $27,000, more than twice the monthly average. An 0 a 1 a accountant," Carl Moses Black, 48, who helped "audit" -the fund, is facing five counts on a federal indictment charging he stole $63,474 of the money in his The accounting firm yesterday revealed that the largest missing sum, $78,680, went into unauthorized "trustee" accounts Black set up in the Central Valley National Bank in Oakland and the First National Bank of Oakland. When -Black was charged Jast FebruaryL U.S. Atty. Cecil Poole noted that more than $78,000 went into the bank ac ramento union fund adminis- admitted stealing money from -1 a i although entwined the fund through the use of with the murders, since has You've heard, of course, about the new game called "Frustration," the ideal gift for the guy you nan'f ctan4 Tf'c a iirrcauj niiTTlo with 9 email illiictrn.

's administrator, Sture been discounted as the motive. Green and Wilson apparently died because they led their dissident locals in a bitter fight with the union's false medical claims. also admitted sharing his loot with Norman Call, a trustee to the fund rep-resenting the said. the LUII li 0bWll4. A 0 A JlfcUUU ISMAW "IMI HIIIUII AAAWWVAU XT 1 TibhTOu looting into the open.

committee that he had re ecTrejection of the faculty- In the April, 1966 report be recent suit opinion, could dent picketing of the formal inauguration of San Francisco lll AimCtrl State President John Summer- III MIIICU skill, reported to have dis don't fit together Insider's Newsletter this week reports on SPAR, the Society for Prevention of Automated Romance, urging people to break off with IBM and computer dating and instead take the names of six members of the opposite sex chosen at random, risking ''an impulse date sent from the Society's haphazard Ray Domino at Gold Street: "Television will never, replace the newspaper." (Applause.) "Who ever heard of carrying a TV set over ceived requests for urgent action on the bill from the Richmond and Oakland police departments. He described activities of the Black Panther group in Oakland during the past few days. The committee adopted a subcommittee report making numerous changes in the bill 'Panther' Arrested On Gun Charges turbed the chancellor deeply: At yesterday's meeting Summerskill praised faculty Albany Will Open Bids on Street Work At All Games Of Chance members for their "reasonable and orderly debate," and said, "It is important that yougadwben it rains," Ti.afs qlLforJhe, T-campuses' SACRAMENTO XApT CtiinV MmfliH nn at.au Af1fM TerlalTcWeOTitstde-the-building, disarmed and placed under arrest, Seale appeared before Judge Pulich this morning and his case was continued until next Wednesday for arraignment. His bail was reduced from $1,210 to $1400. ALBANY The city council will open bids June 12 for four street improvement projects that are expected to cost -about- -will-be-: completedTiy September.

The projects are resurfacing of Santa Fe Avenue and the south bo und lanes of Key Route Boulevard from Solano Avenue to the northern city theory Mary Habit: I think much can be deter- until the revised measure is mined about Vietnam when one considers that Ky printed. spelled backward is Yk" I don't believe this The bill makes it a crime to for a moment, but Bob Smith actually WENT to An- a loaded firearm in any gel's Camp and insists an Australian frog entered the P'where rt 18 to fire frog jump was disqualified because it was part kanga- fssemblv 0 roo The long, hotnight in Concord: The temper- cTSS ature was about 75, even at 4 in the morning, and the out that someone could carry prowler scaled a fence and arbor overlheGarySte- a weabn In one hand and the warts' swirruning pool and dove in. Except he land- ammunition in another. At his tA rtri th nnnl rover. Kminred.

end was eone bv the suggestion, the committee Sherwin L. Forte, 17, a member of the Oakland Black Panthers was arrested early today in his home at 1135 54th St. on a telonjrcharge of carrying a loaded gun near a jail. Forte, armed with a pistol, was one of two men who appeared "irr fronlrof the Hall of -Justice on Monday carrying a weapon, police said. uiabc a iciiiaui oil vpu iuj.

uui for discussion of difficult questions like war, the draft, and civil rights. We aren't settling such in streets here, but through proper processes. This is quite another thing from alittle group of pidk? ets." Summerskill was one of bill outlawing all forms of sweepstakes, drawings and other games of chance won unanimous approval from the Assembly Government' Organization Committee Tuesday. -The. sponsor.

Assemblyman Alan Pattee, R-Salinas, said the measure would apply to The "lesser charges against Seale include exhibiting a fire limits: 'resurfacing of Port- arm or other deadly weapon; He's presumablvrstill hot, il UIeSal t0 land Avenue, and widening Aiiciue jana Avenue, ana wraening The other, Black Panmer- rne omer, ciacir ranuier- inpaPvPA nnii ffawijnp those who. abstained in yester- JtoIewait-LoyisW frustrated and bruised. as chiirchJ. ragirig'pubne'decency munition for that weapon in a Street. arrested yesterday with Bob eriMeTcT)arMpteljecaUse The: a misdemeanor charges will be filed against Hutton as well as a section of by Hutton, 17, when they attempted! to enter a municipal courtroom carrying loaded, the Oakland Municipal Code sawed-off shotguns Seale, in addition to thefelo- which makes it a violation for anyone under 18 to carry or ny charge, faces three misde -public building.

The committee also killed a bill by Mulford requiring the University of California to reimburse local governmental a i for expenses incurred in providing emergency aid for UC campuses. Assemblyman John J. Miller, D-Berkeley, led the opposition. He said that the university provides a major economic asset to the eastbay bingo. The measure would take effect in 1969 only if pending legislation for a constitutional amendment" creating a statewide lottery is defeated.

Patteeconsistently has-sought establishment of a state-operated sweepstakes, but he' said, "If people don't want a lottery, we might as well outlaw gimmicks." In other business this week, the council approved installation of a silent alarm connecting the library to the police department. Vandalism has notT)een extensive so far, City Administrator James Turner said. But the system will protect employes. A traffic and safety commission recommendation for lights in Memorial Park was referred to the parks and rec-reatior. commission.

he also holds a Student groups which have twice held sit-ins at Sunraier---' skill's office, yesterday offered him their support Summerskill also has beesT criticized by administration officials because of the campus weekly "Open Process," which came out last week with profanity-spiced edition featuring a nude picture on Page 1. possess a firearm. Hutton will appear in Juvenile Court before Judge Robert K. Barber on June 12. A detention hearing will be held for Hutton today to determine whether he will be released or remain in custody.

ooo If your ego can't be hurt and you likeanonymity, be a ghost writer. Oakland's John Wesley Noble has turned out several books for meager acclaim (but much money) and now comes a volume called "Man, the Manipulator," by Everett Shostrom, a psychologist. In the list of acknowledgments Shostrom concludes at the bottom: "Finally, I wish especially to express my gratitude to John Wesley Noble for putting the technical ideas of this book into conversational style" The Richmond City Council held a super-secret meeting the other day, refused to admit the press, but the Shadow knows. They talked about rehiring Forrest Simoni, ex-city manager, and couldn't reach a decision Max Awner heard a "smWlul-doWarthebamburger-Btand-Tiear-the- meanor counts stemming, from the two armed appearances in two days. He and Hutton were stopped by Oakland police and Alameda County Sheriff's deputies at the doorway of Judge Martin N.

JPulich's courtroom yes- Id Schooli Quake Peril In Alameda Grand Lake Theater when the fry cook noticed a pret- ty girl wearing a gold letter on her sweater. "What's that for?" The girl: "It stands for me and my husband" Bob Hope reportedly will do a live ALAMEDA Three of the city's oldest grammar schoojs r- Lincoln, Haight and Porter abandonment of the build-ings as soon as The three schools aire of the same basio conduction v- un- He said the administration complex could be refurbished, but that it was not feasible 3o reconstruct the other binld-vings; The other buildings, be 4yTV show in San Francjscp July 4, keyed around a pro- VletaaiWiwradehrrr extensive remodeling. Harold C. Smith, of the en- The warning of deficiencies ginering firm, declared of the was made in a report to the grammar schools: "We feel S11091 that even" moderate earuV Rosa, a structural nature, and a A district-wide study was vere earthquake would very relhTorcirffi'a'SWi vere earuiquaKe a suuuiurai engineering firm reports. his, term as Chamber of Commerce, lament-pA at a Ken Morrish luncheon iJ'Whv do thev wait until --you're outgoing chairman to give you a gavel, and the while you're in office you have to use a Goodman's as sooa result eitherHotal cot board to implement a ruling lapse, or collapse of signifi Smith also singled out the main building as having construction "element that could be a hazard to personnel He made no tirins for the high school, but did say 4hat structural rehabi-litation was feasible.

The school is of exterior concrete construction, with wood frame, floor and roof. Also in poor condition, said Smith, are the old adminstra-tion complex, the Instructional Materials Center at Everett Street and Eagle Avenue, and temporary structures throughout the district. walls with wooden frame, floor and roof Thehigh schooWhe west -wing was built in 1903 and the main building completed in 1926 would be in danger of collapse only in event of an earthquake of severe magnitude, said Smith. But he added that the classroom wing of the main building and the science building are in need of immediate level and rest on low stud walls wjiich are neith'er bracednor sheathed to resist The district already is evacuating the 100-year-old instructional Materials Center and the move will be complete this summer. I Board President C.

Dean Ramsden said that no action, would be taken on the engineer's report pending a complete analysis. cant portions of these buildings." Smith said the cost of bringing the schools up to safety standards would be at least 80 per cent of the cost of new buildings of the same capacity. Urgent consideration should be given, he told the board, to by the State Attorney General that the Field Act, passed after the 1933 Long Beach" earthquake, applied to school buildings built before 1933. Haight School, 2025 Santa Clara was built in 1910; Porter, 2248 Alameda in 1916, and Lincoln, 2900 Central in 1917. Alameda High School at 2200 Central particularly the classroom wing of old building constructed in 1903, also is reported to be in need of attention, and the school district's administration complex at 1315 Oak and several temporary structures" are in need of reconstruction or Hall opUUIl lO lal lUl OllCllliUHi J.

nuiot at itnivdb civic luncheons. You use a chopstick Carl and Ed Theiss, who have a Mobil station on High Street in Alameda, admit Burma Shaves may be a.thing of the past, but: "Watching Burma Shave, Kept Pop Alert, But now we've got, The mini-skirt." About gas station attendants, the cleanest windshields go to girl drivers wearing mini-skirts..