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Smyrna times., 1948-02-26

the hospital S11.90 per day and
that Is per cent of all patients are
charity cases. That the fee for
disqualification does not pay for
the building-it only provides for
the service that if 20 0years ago
the public-spirited citizens of that
day hadn't given something like
$500. 900 we would have no hospital
today.
Mr.. James B. Jackson, secretary
of the Kent General Hospital board
called to the attention of the work.
ers at a recent survey of the
American Hospital cases, which in
dicated that the Kent General Hos
pital charges and costs were very
much lower than in other hospitals
in the country and in Delaware.
The reports by Team Captains
were as IOllOWS.
Special gifts (Col. William j.
Storey ....... SIS, 1858
Memorials (William K.
Paton) ......... 12,S50.00
Industry q. Wallace Wood
1ord) ............ ooo.UO
Dover No. Team (Mrs. Nor
man Morris) ..... 444.00
Mover No. Team (Mrs. A. w.
Dobberstein) ....... 1,029.50
Dover No. Team .(Mrs. Rob-
ert Simmons) -. 41.00
Dover No. Team MRS. ].
o. Adams) ... 2,402.00
Dover No. Team (Mrs. Sites
McDaniel) ....... 939.00
Dover No. 6 Team Mrs. ].
Allen Frear) ..... 494.00
Rural ................ 1900
Hartly ............... 10000
Kenton .............. 1900
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$4,000 RAISED
FOR HOSPITAL
CONTINUED from Page onel

new hospital, such as new room
or a nursery or any unit. In this
way he stated that the donor saw
MS or her gift in terms of helping
the suffering-a unit is 2,000-or
" a unit 1000.
Mr.. Boyce called for any ques-
lions and it was asked why hotel
can make money, and a hospital
can't. The reply was made that
the cost of service to the sick is
tremendous, that each patient cost
Smyrna times., 1948-02-26

American Legion ........ 100000
Mr.. Boyce stated this is only the
start of such plans all over the
county.
Smyrna times., 1948-02-26
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME and CLUB PARTIES

of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Ken
worthey, who is taking a pre-law
course at Washington College,
Chestertown, Maryland, has just
been initiated into the Theta Chi
Fraternity.
Mrs. Rodney Schuman enter
tanned the members of her bridge
club Tuesday night at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Dougten.
Mrs. William B. Owens was hon
ored with surprise birthday par
ty by her friends at her home on
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Russell
had as their weekend guests Mr..
Stephen Durkin, Washington, DC.
and their daughter, Miss Betty
Russell of New York.
Mrs. Charles F. Pietsch has re-
turned from a visit with her sister
to New York. Monday evening
she entertained at a buffet supper
at her farm near town.
Mrs. Howard r. Jones spent the
past weekend with Mrs. Helen
Huxley in Wilmington.
Miss Anna HAZEL, who has been
spending the winter in Philadel-
phia, has returned to the home of
Miss Sarah d. Pratt.
Miss Harriet Hutchison of Will
mington who has been a guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Frazier, spent
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. John
C. Baldwin at Mt. Hermon School,
Mount Hermon, Mass. Mrs. Bald
win is the former Miss Alice
Breme. and former member of
the faculty of the John Bassett
Moore High School.
Mrs. ]. w. Rixstine is visiting
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Richard w, Comegys and
.Mrs. Glenn S. King attended the
state D. A. R. meeting in Whining
ton last Saturday.
Mrs. Herbert Sitter, Jr., of
Wynnewood, Pa. is the guest of
her sister, Miss Anna B. Beckett.
Mrs. Haig Pakradooni, Sr. and
Mrs. Haig Pakradooni, Jr. of
Wynnewood were guests of Miss
Beckett at cub luncheon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. Geb-
hart entertained the members of
their bridge club last Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Garis of
Philadelphia spent the weekend
with Mr.. Garis' parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant Garis.
Miss Ada Raiser is visiting Mex
leo City and from there she will
travel through Mexico and to the
west coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Miller, of
Wilmington, were guests of Mrs.
Frank Armstrong.
Announcement is made of the
birth of a son to Lieut.. Col. Will
liam Wallis Lewis, us. Marine
Corps and Mrs. Lewis at Camp
Lejeune, N. c. The baby, who has
been named William Jefferies, is
the great-grandson of Mrs. ]. w.
Clifton.
George w. Wright, Superinten-
dent of the Smyrna Schools, is at
tending the 74th convention of
American Association of School
Administrators at Atlantic City,
N. ]. He is accompanied by his
wife.
Mrs. Iva S. David is attending
the Court of General Sessions in
Dover as a Petit Juror from the
First Representative District.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Anderson of
New York spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie l.. Maxwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Gee
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Gordy of
Laurel.
Smyrna times., 1948-02-26
2s7oo

Leipsic .......... 2s7.oo
Total ............ Ss,45o.Ss
Chairman Boyce also called at
tention to the following donations
that showed the spirit of Kent
County.
Capital Grange from opening din
ner SlOo.Uu
Mapledale Country Club from
benefit dinner ....... 1S5.0O
Scrap Drive .............. oUo.Ou
Peoples Church dinner 80. 10000
Smyrna times., 1948-02-26
Horses

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
Horses advertised last week have
all been sold. 1 now have Is head
4 to 8 years old. Special mention
is made'of a yellow mare, 6 years
old, sound, well-broken, win ride,
drive, work single or double; quiet
for children or ladies to use.
w. III. COLLINS.
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1948-02-26
WANTED
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Family Guernsey Cow, Z years
old; Guernsey Heifer, 8 yrs. old,
T. B. and Bangs tested, member A.
B. A. Both excellent quality. John
Deere Corn Planter, riding Guilt
vator.
MRS. JOHN B. FLEMING,
Holly Hill Farm,
Smyrna 2284
Evening star., 1948-12-19
,e raveIer,s Notebook
In Which Guest Writes of Yucatan

Historians say, and the great city
was deserted.
Fine Road Links Cities.
The 75-mile trip from Merida to
Chichen Itza is made by car on q
fine new road. The Mayaland
Lodge, in the midst of the lost city
provides modern comforts at low
prices.
Each of the ruins has a name and
history and the visitor Is guided
through them by English-speaking
guides. At Chichen Itza. some of
the ruins are:
Las Monjas, the Nunnery; El
Castillo, the castle; Ell Osario, the
Tomb of the High Priest; and Ell
Caracol, the Snail, also known as
the astronomical observatory. The
castle is better known as the Temple
of Kukul Kan. It is q trupcated
pyramid about 100 feet high. The
main stairway up the side is flanked
by enormous balustrades at the foot
of which two huge stone plumed
serpents rear their heads.
Uxmal and Mayapan present SIM
liar ruins but on q smaller scale
Yucatecas say there are thousands
OF ruins all over the peninsula that
have yet to be discovered or ex-
plored.
Occasionally, the poverty stricken
Mayas of today pause in their work
by the ruined temples and pyramids
Of Yucatan and stare wonderingly
at the edifices wrought by their
mysterious ancestors.
Even they do not know the secret
OF that lost civilization.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
By Jerry O'Leoy, JL
Stor Staff Correspondent

cubinage were severly punished, the
greater portion of the Spanish
Maya unions were legitimate mar
riages. not clandestine affairs.
This mixed 1ndian-Spanish cul-
ture is interesting to observe. Maya
Indians, still speaking the language
of their ancestors. wait at Merida's s
busy intersections for the traf1ic sig
nal before crossing the street.
The customs Of the Mestizo and
Mayas[even their observance of the
Roman Catholic faith-reveal q
strange combination of pagan In
dian and Spanish influence.
Mexicans Foreigners"
Even to this day, many of the
Yucatan Mayas speak of Mexicans
as foreigners, quite distinct from
themselves.
National costumes compete with
city clothes. Open sandals, straw
hat and pair of white trousers and
a plain white blouse constitute the
usual male wardrobe for all but a
small minority. The native cos
tune for women is the cool and
simple huipil-a square-necked,
calf-length garment of white.
Hammocks are the national bed of
Yucatan and almost the entire pop
ulation sleeps from birth to death in
this swinging couch. There are,
however, beds and mattresses for the
use of foreigners.
Hunting All Year.
The jungles, prairieS, marshes and
off shore waters of Yucatan are a
veritable paradise for hunters and
fishermen. The hunting season is
open all the year round and there
is no bag limit. One can shoot
quail, pheasants, ruffed grouse,
doves, duck, wild turkey, wild hen,
jaguar, wild cat, cougar, wild dogs,
foxes, kinkajou, deer, peccaries, wild
boars, bowling monkeys, armadillos
and tapirs.
A great variety of fishes can be
caught in the waters.
Historians believe Chichen Itza,
Uxmal and Mayapan were founded
sometime between $50 and 432 AID.
In 1904, these three great cities
united in a triple alliance, with
Chichen TIA the capital. Some
time after 1400, the Chichen Itza
civilization mysteriously crumbled,
Evening star., 1948-12-19
| he

MERIDA, Yucatan.-Th1S PENN
sula of Mexico, often called tn,
Egypt of America" because of tn,
dead Mayan cities which dot it
subtropical jungles, is making {
determined bid to become the new
est, most unspoiled tourist spot ir
the Western Hemisphere.
Only three hours and 20 minute.
by regularly scheduled airplan,
flight from New Orleans and foul
hours from Miami, Yucatan is both
enchanting and surprising. 1t com.
bines old Spanish culture with thu
now-lost civilization of the Mayas
The result is unique in the New
World.
Merida is the capital and largest
city of the Yucatan peninsula. II
lies about 20 miles inland from the
Gulf Of Mexico's port of Progreso
The peninsula is fiat and, to al
practical purposes, an island. 1t Ii
cut off from all ground communi-
cation with the rest of Mexico by 6
200-mile wide belt Of impenetrable
jungle.
Despite the low altitude, Yucatar
seldom is swelteringly hot. The
winter temperature ranges from S.
to rs degrees and the summer from
rs to 95. Only in rare instances does
the thermometer climb above 10(
degrees. Prevailing cool breezes
from the sea keep the temperature
down.
The dry season, when even brie1
showers are rare, lasts from October
to May and the rainy season from
May to September.
BY Plane or Ship.
Only by airplane or ship car
Americans, or even Mexicans, visit
Yucatan. Because of this isola.
ton, the world has by-passed Yu.
catan to a great extent and its scene
presents a people and a culture
largely unspoiled by the Goth CEN
tury.
There are only three large indus
tries in Yucatan-sisal, honey and
the Mayan ruins. The lost cities o1
Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Mayapar
lie within easy driving distance Of
Merida. They have been an archie.
illogical treasure trove ever since the
Spanish Conquistadores came tt
Mexico in the 18th century.
Merida, one of the cleanest cities
on the western continent, today has
population of about 100000. II
was founded in 1543 by Francisco d.
Montejo on the site of the ancient
Maya city of Thoo. 1t boasts severa
modern hotels with extremely low
rates-the Merida, the Montejo anc
the Grand-all equipped with elec.
tricity, hot and cold running water
and other comforts of a modern
hotel.
The Franciscan cathedral o.
Merida, constructed by the Ole
padres on the site of the Magyar
temple of Na-Chan-Caan, contain.
the famous statue of the Blacl
Christ. This statue Of Jesus sur
vived a devastating church fir,
some years ago in seemingly mirac
ulous fashion. q
Some Castilian Spaniards.
Most Yucatecas, as the natives cal
themselves, are direct descendant
of the Mayan Indians. A small
percentage of the population i
pure Castilian Spanish, somewha
larger group is mestizo or half
breed-but the great majority lool
and live just as the Mayans die
centuries ago. Tvs ,
The Mestizos constitute a living
link between the nobilities of the
old world and the new. According
to history, the fiery dons of Spain
were eager to court the dark-eyec
maids of the Maya race-the most
noble and advanced Of all the Indian
peoples. But owing to the rigid
moral code of the Mayas, among
whom bigamy, adultery and con.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
BERMUDA
TRAVEL.
Mexico MaFdi Gras
TRAVEL.

MEXICO CITY: ACAPULCO; MARDI GRAs
in New Orleans; San Antonio: st. Louis.
From Washington, DC. "a days. Feb 9TH.
First class escorted Pullman; lower berth
for one person; price. S467.70, taxes in
cluded. An unusual bargain. For full de-
tails write Z. r.. Rochester Tours, 6l2
Ashford Rd.. Silver Spring. Md.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
Byrnes to Speak al
Washington on Wa

The Dayton Council on World
Affairs will climax it's first year
of operation June Is, with the
appearance of former Secretary of
State James F. Byrnes. Mr.. Byrnes
will talk on "Some Phases of
World Affairs" at a public meet
ing at the MGR auditorium at
8 o'clock.
Presiding at the meeting will
be Geo. H. Mead, chairman of the
Dayton Council on World Affairs
who has been a personal friend
and associate of Mr.. Byrnes in
Washington on various jobs for
the United States government.
Mr.. Mead served on. the IL man
advisory board of the office of
War Mobilization and Recover
sion which was headed by Byrnes
until he became Secretary of State
This meeting will be the last of
a series of public meetings spon-
sored by the Dayton Council on
World Affairs which has brought
to Dayton such prominent speak
ers as James P. Warburg, Brooks
Emney and Vera M. Dean, both
OF the Foreign Policy association,
Raymond Moley, DR.. Arthur Nor
CANT and Margaret R. T. Garter
of the State Department.
In addition to the lecture pro-
gram, the council which has over
$40. members encourages commun-
! ity interest in world affairs thru
its Speakers Bureau, by loaning
it's films and by assisting groups
in program planning. Literature
on the UN, our forcing policy and
various subjects of international
Continued on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07

to stand up and assert themselves,
to become militant in the struggle
for rights, to "make the breaks"
enabling them to get ahead in COM
petition with others.
This means the old habits, the
old methods of protest, the old
lackadaisacalness all must be scut-
tied for newer, more streamlined
techniques. Instead of copying the
old formulas we counsel our grad
yates to learn these late model
methods.
The American heritage is the
greatest the world has yet known.
This land of ours can produce
more luxuriant fruits than it has
ever yet produced. Eliminate our
existing deficiencies and there is
no obstacles too great to hurdle.
But the logic of history says it
can only come about through
knowledge adm struggle.
We call on Dayton's 1948 grad
yates to bring back the glorious
days and ways of Tom Paine,
Thomas jefferson and Abraham
Lincoln. They made America what
it is. The youth now emerging
are potentially able to make it
what it can become.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
Race Relations
PROGRESSING

PHILADELPHIA, June 7. GAN
PIN his talk before members
of the Bureau of Municipal re-
search, DR.. G.. Gordon Brown of
the University of Toronto said
Negro-white relationships here are
making great progress. He pointed
out that there is still much that
a be improved.
After a Ia months survey, DR..
Brown said twice as many Ne
groes as whites were jobless in the
city, the death rate among Ne
groes was one-third above other
citizens.
He felt various organizations
were doing a fine job to improve
the situation.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
Women's Federated Clubs
Meet Success

Many tributes we're paid Mrs.
Tayorl, who has been president of
the Federated clubs since it's in
ception. The highlight was the pre-
aentation of SOL to Mrs. Taylor.
The presentation was made by
Miss Virgie Kirk of Cincinnati.
This token was initiated by Mrs.
Susie Blackburn of Dayton. Mrs.
Blackburn fell i'll shortly after she
started the drive to raise the
money, and she requested Miss
Kirk to carry on. Every club in the
district contributed to the fund.
To get as wide a representation
as possible, Mrs. Taylor attempted
TO get every city in her district
represented in an officers posi-.
ion. Wherefore got the second
Wee president, Xenia the histor-
sln, Dayton the first vice presi-
.on5, Ms. Jennie Buckner. Day
IN also got the auditor, Mrs. Eva
sail an! he parliamentarian, Mrs.
l.,hel Prear. Hamilton got the
r~e4surer, = Mrs. Oda Lee Casey,
ana the assistant recording secre-
AIRY, Mrs. Minnie Hoskins. Glen
.3te got the chaplain, Mrs. Mary
Thomas.
Officers to Cincinatians were
he president, Mrs. Irene Kirk;
financial secretary, Miss Eloise
Joiner; recording secretary, Miss
Dorothy Gross, and the organizer,
IRIS. Lillian Slyger.
Mrs. Taylor was also honored
by the northwest district of which
MIS-. Ella P. Stewart, state presi-
Continued on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
Force Alumni Fete
Dr.. Wesley

Any doubts that DR.. Charles
Wesley, president of the college
of liberal arts and industrial edu-
cation at Wilberforce, has the sup
port of the alumni of~that school
should be thoroughly dispelled by
this time. For as part of the com
mencement exercises held at Will
berforce was the presentation of
gifts to DR.. Wesley, and an honor
citation from the alumni.
Benjamin Smith, '26, newly
elected president Of the national
alumni, extended the remarks
from the group. Greetings were
extended Sin appreciation of the
magnificent endeavors of our
president for the continuation in
him and US of the ideals of our
Alma Mater; for his integrity, hon
esty, forthrightedness, courage.
Continued or page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
AS | See 1t
By A. D. Braithwaite

Roy Hummel, secretary OF state,
announced Friday in Columbus,
that the Ohio Wallace for presl~
dent committee could not enter
Wallace's name on the November
ballot. Hummel based his decision
on an obscure law written in 1941
which states that no candidates
can appear on the Ohio ballot who
engage in "unAmerican activities. "
Hummel gave no reasons VIII.
he refused to permit entering Wal
lace on the ballot declaring that
they will be announced when an
appeal is made to the state SUI
preme court. Wallace has stead
tasty adhered to the two main
issues of the day, peace and de-
mocracy.
latham Zahn, state campaign
organizer for Wallace, reserved
comment until he receives official
notification from Hummel of his
action.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
Graduates Offer New
Citizenship to Communities

This week at the University of
Dayton has been the "readed" ex-
am week. At Wilberforce, both
church and state, commencement
exercises have gotten underway.
Antioch will be graduating it's SEN
ior class as will the University of
Cincinnati and other schools in
this section, and in the country.
From all these schools many
Negro students will receive de-
grees. Many students will of course
continue on into graduate work,
while others, faced with lack of
funds, or for other reasons will
enter into the field of life, so to
speak. This means they will accept
new and different responsibilities
as citizens of the community.
We do not want to preach any
baccalaureate sermons, MOI talk
down to graduating students from
Dayton and vicinity's colleges.
But it is a fact that the future
of the community will one day be
in the hands of those who now
are receiving diplomas.
Now is the time for them to
learn the cardinal principles of
progress, the one thing we all are
striving for. This must be done if
the youth of the community are
going to learn from the mistakes
Of their present leaders.
This writer is familiar with
most of Dayton's college students
to a greater or lesser degree. He
is aware of the vast potential in
herent in these students if only
they help create the conditions
which will make it most effective
in raising the standards of the
Negro and all people.
Paul Robson expressed the
spirit of the times during his con-
cert appearance here last Monday.
Those who attended will recall
the tremendous response he re-
ceived when he altered the words
of the chauvinistic song COP Man
River" The original lines goes,
"You gifts a little drunk and you
land in pail" Robeson's version,
"You gifts a little spunk and you
land in jail" In other words, the
imperative for educated people is
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07
Dunbar Commencement
Exercises at MGR

by the Girls Ensemble, soils by
John Stevens, Walter Butler,
Howard Wright, Barbaretta But
Ter, Mary Sadler and Ruthalane
Johnson.
The Daily Express wants to take
this opportunity to congratulate
the 1946 graduating class at Dun
bar for the spenldid record it has
established. Both athletically and
enthusiastically, the class has ex-
celled, winning many city cham
pionships. The elimination was the
winning of the state track cham
pi0nship last month. Despite the
pustule of jim crow inherent in
segregated schools, we feel conf
dent that all the 100 students will
IN the life they are about to enter
destroy it in their superior accom-
plishments as men and women citi-
zehs of the world.
We wish God-speed to the class,
and all the success and good for
tune that life can bring.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-07

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Evening star., 1948-02-20
Harold Jones Named
To Fill CAB Vacancy
BY the Associated Press

Harold A. Jones. Los Angeles law
yer, was nominated by President
Truman today to one Of the two
vacancies on the Civil Aercnautics
Board.
The nomination is for the remain
der of six-year term expiring De-
cember 81, 1852. Mr. Jones IS 4s
and native of Jackson, Ohio.
He attended Ohio State and Yale
Universities and has practiced law
in Cleveland and Los Angeles. Al
one time he was an Assistant At
torney General heading the anti
trust division of the Justice De-
partment.
Mr.. Jones served in both World
Wars, and in the last war was with
the Office of Strategic Services He
also served with the Office of the
Co-ordinator of Information ir
Australia, New Zealand and the
South Pacific.
Other nominations sent to the
Senate today for confirmation:
John c. Wiley, career diplomat
to be Ambassador to Iran. He now
is Ambassador to Portugal.
Monnett B. Davis, another career
man. to be Ambassador to Panama
Richard P Butrick, also in the
career foreign service, to be Min
lister to Iceland.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
New Maryland Bon on Trucks
Cuts Oil Shipments to D. 6.

Springlike weather, which brought
high of u yesterday, came to q
sudden end about 6 am. today when
temperatures dropped degrees in
an hour. The temperature had been
so degrees shortly after midnight
At l pm. the thermometer stood
at 40.
Cloudy and cold weather with the
maximum in the upper 30s was
predicted for tomorrow.
The Maryland ban on heavy loads
was invoked because of the condi-
ton of the highways. AS the frost
from the recent cold wave comes
out it cracks the concrete, a spokes-
man said.
The commissions order limits
loads to 10000 pounds on two-axle
vehicles and $4,000 pounds on three
axle vehicles.
Mr.. Kennedy said that calls fol-
emergency deliveries of oil have
fallen off so much that his Office
will be closed tomorrow, Sunday and
Monday. The only fuel shortages
in this area, he said, appear to be
in "a few emergency housing prof.
ects" using kerosene for heating.