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Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
New School Contract Awarded

The contract for the construc-
tion of the new elementary school
in Smyrna was awarded to James
H. Wood, Inc, Dover at a meeting
of the building commission held in
the office of the superintendent at
the Smyrna School on Thursday,
The construction will be S313, ,346.-
90. Delay in starting actual work
on the project is due to inability
to receive federal authority to pur-
chase the steel.
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
FIRE COMPANY AUXILIARY
Proceeds from Recent ShOw'C Crazy
Daze" Reported as $40

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Cit
izens Hose Company met on Oct.
Is with Mrs. Addie David presid-
ing, and 21 members attending.
Mrs. Helen Grier reported that pro-
ceeds from the recent production,
Crazy Daze, amounted to $240. 1t
was decided to purchase auxiliary
pins which will match the fire COM
pany pins. Mrs. Sarah Kemp and
Mrs. Violet McGinnis were accept
ed into membership. The Auxiliary
will have a Halloween party on
Oct. 20 at 8:15 p. m. at the Smyrna
Youth Center, to which members
of the Citizens Hose Company No.
l and the Auxiliary are invited.
Mrs. Verna Jones is chairman for
the event.
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25

The Rev. DR.. Barney N. Morgan,
D. D., secretary for the West In
dies under the Board of National
Missions of the Presbyterian
Church, and recently of the Domin-
lean Republic, will speak at the
First Presbyterian Church, Smyr-
ma on Sunday evening, Oct. % at
7.30 o'clock. This announcement is
of special interest locally, as DR..
Morgan served the local church as
student pastor more than twenty
years ago while he was attending
Princeton Seminary, and has many
friends here. To have lived for
twenty years in Caribbean repub-
lie with a strong one-man govern
merft, and to leave with the respect
and good will of all, is not COM
mon experience, but it has been
that of the Rev. Barney N. Morgan,
ID. d., recently of the Dominican
Republic, now Secretary for the
West Indies under the Board of
National Missions of the Presby-
terian Church. Furthermore, as
superintendent of the joint Presby-
terian, Methodist, and Evangelical
United Brethren mission work in
the Republic, he has drawn those
of different points of view into a
common approach to their task.
This skill in personal relationships,
his years of administrative exper-
ience, and his knowledge of the
Caribbean area, made DIR. Morgan
the obvious successor to DR.. Ed
ward A. Odell, retiring Secretary,
who has given more than forty
years service in mission work in
the West Indies. DR.. Morgan is a
Missouri man, born in Lawrence
burg and educated at Park College.
He took his graduate and theolog-
ical work at Princeton Seminary,
and went directly from the Semin-
ary to become dean of the Poly
technic Institute in San German,
Puerto Rico. Four years later he
was asked to supervise the new,
union work in the Dominican Re-
public, and from 1929 to 1949 that
was his task. 1t involved guiding
the work of several rural churches
and schools, care of the central
church in Trujillo, the capital, and
other projects; and most engross-
ing of all, the supervision of the
100-bed International Hospital, with
training school of about twenty
nurses, a staff of over forty, and
the constant problem of financial
support to keep it in the leading
place that it occupies in the Do
minican Republic. Dr. Morgan has
revisited Puerto Rico various
times, has travelled in Cuba, re-
turned many times to the United
States on business and speaking
trips, and thus is widely familiar
with both Caribbean and continent
al conditions. His Interpretation
of conditions, and his vigorous en-
thusiasm as a speaker, make him
welcome to audiences everywhere.
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
GETS SURPRISE PHONE CALL
"YOur House is On Fire" Was
Call Received by Custodian

The custodian at the fire house
answers a good many telephone
calls but not often is he told that
the fire is at his own home. How
ever, Clark David, custodian at the
Citizens Hose Co., answered the
phone yesterday morning and
heard a neighbor say that the fire
was at his house. He lost no time
running home, and the siren was
blown by another person. The vol
unteers responded and soon extin-
guished the blaze in the laundry of
his home, on Mt. Vernon Street at
Delaware Street, which had been
caused by blazing floor wax. Dam
age was slight.
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
Purchases Jones, Pharmacy

Martin Golden, of Wilmington,
has purchased the Jones Pharmacy
at Four Corners and is now in
charge at the store. He was grad
uated from the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy and Science, and
has had experience in Wilmington
and Newark. With Mrs. Golden he
expects to move to Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
Brownie Scout Troop Meet

AT last weeks meeting of
Brownie Scout Troop, with "a girls
attending, songs were practiced for
Scouts Own to be held on Oct. 2S
at Lake Como at 4:30 pm. Out
of-door games were played. The
flag ceremony was practiced and
the Halloween Party planned.
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
RECORD BOWLING GAME

Handloff's Bowling Team Rolled
High Game for Local Ralley 1923
Handloff's bowling team, handi-
capped by blind man, caught fire
last Thursday night and rolled a
record high game for the local al
ley totaling 1923 pins. The game
was rolled on alleys and 6 against
Rothwell Dodgers. The box score
follows:
Smyrna times., 1951-10-25
Presbyterian Church Xmas Bazaar

Chairman for the Christmas Ba-
zaar to be presented by the women
of the First Presbyterian Church
on December z and s include Mrs.
Homer Shorts, general chairman;
Mrs. Eugene McBrine, Mrs. Harry
Jackson, assistants; Mrs. Eugene
McBrine, baked goods; Mrs. Elmer
P. Corrie, food; Mrs. Harry Lower
candy; Mrs. Martha FAIRIES, fiow-
ers; Mrs. Harper Jones, fish pond;
Mrs. Harry Jackson, fancy work;
Mrs. o. c. Jones, decorations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-04

For recreation, she takes in
a movie. walks a few extra
miles and reads a lot, mostly
Whodunits or medical books
borrowed from the doctors.
On Sundays, Leesburgers will
tell you she is probably at
Loudoun Hospital. lust help
ing out because nurses are so
scarce"
They will also tell you quiet
Miss Miskell can always
wangle outgrown clothing or
canned food from more fortu-
nate patients to redistribute
among those in distress.
I'm my job, you always come
across people who need help"
she signs. But lots of times
you sort of have to sneak
things in without their know
ing 1t, SOS not to hurt their
feelings"
She always has a specially
deserving christmas project"
and last year one of the local
churches offered to help with
1t. She was very pleased
about that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-04
By SOlange Strong

MISS MABEL MISKELL
Wl says she knows her way
around in most any Leesburg
kitchen by now. No wonder.
because at one time or an
other In the past seven years
she has given alcohol rubs.
pills, baths, first aid, oxygen
or sound advice to nearly
every family In and around
the little Virginia town.
Wearing a navy blue uni
form in winter. and a striped
seersucker In summer, -. she
can be seen making her
rounds on foot in all weather,
popping in and out of houses
all the way from Vinegar
Hill" to the big brick man
sionS on the north side.
Thank goodness" she says,
Il really like to walk" Only
II a call Is out In the country
does the doctor or the family
chauffeur her.
According to the silver
cross pinned to her breast
pocket, Miss Miskell is off,
cially the Lena Morton Me-
mortal Nurse, subsidized by a
fund set up in 1904 by Mrs.
william Corcoran Eustis In
memory of a young sister.
experimenting the services
of three public health nurses.
Miss Miskell provides bedside
care to any one requiring it.
rich or poor,
She is always busy. and
frequently beyond the bounds
of duty. Although her hours
are supposedly from 9 am. to
5 pm, the phone in her Main
street apartment over the
drygoods store is likely to
ring any time-with maybe a
knock on the door besides
TN case of two simultaneous
emergency calls, she is in
structed to attend always the
younger PATIENT Often,
people drop by for a pre-
scribed shot of penicillin, a
bandage. or Just old-fash-
ioned sympathy. The Me-
mortal provides her with
standard medical supplies. as
well as two hospital beds and
a wheelchair-currently. al
located at her discretion to
the homes of a cardiac pa
tient, a paralytic and an
arthritic.
Although there's a whole
lot of satisfaction in going
In to some place that's all
upset and putting it to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-04

rights" Miss MiSkell usually
tries to train some member
of the family in the daily
care of its sick, so her serv-
ices will not be monopolized.
Always on call to assist at
home deliveries and make
new formulas, however, she
remembers awaiting the
Stork one night at a remote
farmhouse by helping the
doctor make much-needed
baby clothes. Another time,
we'll having been a nurse
20 years before taking her
present position, she wishes
she had kept a diary be
cause I've certainly had
some humorous experiences.
But, of course" she chuckleS.
the best ones just couldn't
be written down."
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05
Doings At Dunbar

The Dunbar Elementary chorus
under the direction of Mrs. P. G..
Dunn will appear in recital at the
regular meeting of the PTA on
Monday evening at 800 in the
school cafeteria. The public is in
vited to join the parents in this
evening of entertainment.
The Junior Red Cross members
and sponsors eliminated their ac-
tivities last week with an educa-
tional trip to the Junior Museum.
After seeing the various species of
animal life and other interesting
features, the group was enter
tanned at Wade's Sundries with a
delightful repast. The sponsors of
the group are: Miss Edna Deveaux
Mrs. L. Fannin, Mrs. c. Pearsall,
Mrs. X. Sowell, Mrs. F. Jollivette,
Mrs. w. M. Murray, Mrs. P.
Dunn, Mrs. A. Brown, Mrs. M.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05
Liberty City Primary

Monday, April 80 was the day,
the day of tears and smiles when
the May Day King and Queen
Contest ended in a final run-off.
Little Miss frankie Wade and
Master Walter Peoples were
chosen as the king and queen to
reign over the May Day exercise
on Friday, May 4. Both are mem
bers of the third grade class of
which Miss jeanette A. Bellamy
is instructor. Runners-up were
Little Miss Rosalind benson and
Brian Outon, representing Mrs.
E. Roberson's class. Third place
went to Janice Jones and Regi-
Maid Rodriguez of Mrs. Emma
Mcbride Williams class. Good
luck to the king and queen, may
your reign be ever supreme.
Special thanks is extended the
parents of the contestants in the
May Day King and Queen Con-
test who so ably gave their SER
vices in making the contest a tre-
mendous success. We appreciate
also the wonderful cooperation OF
the community as a whole.
The regular monthly meeting
of the PTA was held on Tues
day, May / at the cafeteria. After
the regular business meeting a
short Mothers Day Program was
Song - America; Prayer -
rendered as follows:
chaplain; Welcome - Shirley
Hanna; reading - Judy Wilson
song - Mrs. I. K. Johnson's
class; reading - Gloria Kindrick
reading - Allen Joseph Hooks
song - Mother, Miss Cecelle
McFadgon's class; selection-Mrs
Roberson's class; remarks Mrs
E. M. Williams, principal.
Those present expressed them
selves as having spent an enjoy
able evening. Mrs. Leola Johnson
is program chairman.
Congratulations is extended the
group of tap dancehs who parti-
cipated on the Oct Talent Show
at Liberty City Elementary or
Friday, April q for winning Isl
prize in the primary division
The prize was child'S bed lamp
awarded to the group.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05
DORSEY TO
GIVE FACULTY
EXTRAVAGANZA

Have you ever thought that
talent was limited to the young
er set? Well, the teachers of Dor
sey High School are going to dis
prove this idea on next Monday
evening, May Z, at the Liberty
City Cafetorium. They will sing,
dance, model clothes and what
have you. It's the big Faculty EX-
travaganZa. For fun and enter
tainment, be sure to leave your
calendars opened for the above
date; it will be one you'll never
forget. General admission 25 cents
for advanced tickets, 35 cents at
the doors. The time, 500 pm.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05

Another gala May Day is now
part of the records of our school.
A spot poll of pupils on Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday morn
ing before school on the six best
liked features of the May Day
program was confirmed by poll
taken of Mrs. Nichols fifth
grade class. Three best-liked
features were in order of choice:
The Queens float, the 5th and
9th grade floats. The following
were the choices for the pro-
gram = The queen and her court,
the waltz number and the ma
jorette'S routine. Reasons for the
choices were attractiveneSs, per-
sonality of participants, costumes,
grace and performance.
The Friday program presented
by Mr.. G.. H. Thompson'S class
had a speaking quintet in skit
america, the land where all are
free" Participants were: Tom
Powe, Jr., Yvonne Virgins, Rosa
lie johnson, Charles Nelson and
CARA MdLLlCWS. MdAS WILLIS VA
fered solo.
The Deep River Jubilee Quar-
tet was heard on Thursday
morning in a program of songs
and spirituals of the Deep South
by a large and appreciative aud
fence.
Sunny of Sunnyside' lis the
name of the 9th grade play OPP
eretta to be presented on May
IL at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Carolyn Bennett and Barbara
Wooten will each perform in one
act of the operetta in the role of
Sunny. A partial list of partici-
pants are: James Candy, George
Fitzpatrick, Geraldine Harris,
Edwin Sapp, James Cotton, Muir
ply Griffin, Dorothy Campbell,
Roselyn Williams, Wendell Cohen
and Naomi Sampson. Chairmen
of committees: Program - Mrs.
Thompson; Costume Mrs.
Jones; Deducation-Mrs. Sharpe;
Tickets - Mrs. Wells; Properties
- Mrs. Sneed; Music - Mrs.
Russell; Staging Miss Eddie
Wilson; Dances Mrs. Everette;
Posters - Mrs. Stewart; Radio
Mrs. Nichols.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05
Phyllis Wheatley

Mrs. Pauline Smiths class has
just completed their unit on
"Plants and Flowers" Last week
the class visited the beautiful
nursery garden of DR.. and Mrs.
S. H. johnson in Liberty City.
Mrs. Johnson served very de-
liciouS lunch to the children and
they would like to say many
thanks to DR.. and Mrs. Johnson
along with Dorothy Ellen Jen-
kins who is responsible for the
trip. 1t was so nice to have Dor
thy Ellen'S grandmother with us,
also Mrs. Merl Gibson and Mr..
Carl Hanna, parents.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05
School Happenings
Dorsey High Dominates
CITY Track Meet
BY ARTHUR SCAVELLA

BY ARTHUR SCAVELLA
Dethroning Carver High School
as erstwhile local kingpins, the
Dorsey High School cindermen
walked off with top honors in
this years city meet last Friday
on the winners field.
Accommodating the bulk of their
points in the sprints besides TAX
ing a couple of surprising vic
tories, the Bulls did the trick by
amasSing a total of 5212 points.
This was more than enough to
beat the surprisingly resurgent
thinclads of BTW which was
runnerup with 33 points. Carver
finished a dismal third with 1912
counters.
Link" Johnson of Carver
again proved his mastery over
local sprinters when he won the
century with ease. He also an
chored the Hornets victorious
half-mile quartet. Without a
doubt the most scintilating per-
Torrance of the day was a holly
contested duel in the 440 yard
dash. In this event which drew
the tremendous accolade of the
highly partisan crowd, Frank
Brown of Dorsey hard pressed to
win over teammate Tolbert Balm.
The 440 and mile relays were
easy picks for the Bulls who took
both events going away. The best
individual performance of the
meet was turned in by Joe Black
of Dorsey.
Here are the complete results:
100 yard dash - Won by John
son Carver; 2-Fisherman dor
sey); 3-Lynch Dorsey.
220 yard dash Won by Black
(Dorsey); 2-Forrester (BTW); 81
Sweeten (BTW); 4-Leveraty
! (BTW).
| 40 yard dash - Won by Brown
(DorSey); 2-Bain Dorsey; s.
Forester (BTW); 4-Rolle (BTW)
$50 yard run - Won by Williams
, (BTW); 2-Brown (Carver); 81
Burrows (Dorsey); AID n
(BTW).
Mile run Won by Ronald
Smith (Dorsey); 2-GarriSon
(BTW); 3-Winkfiield (Carver);
4-Daniel (Carver).
440 yard relay - Won by Dorsey
Jackson, Fisherman, Jefferson,
LYNCH; q BTW; 3-Carver.
$50 yard relay - Won by Carver;
2-BTW.
Mile relay Won by Dorsey
(Reuben Smith, Burrows, Balm,
BROWN; 2-Carver; 3-BTW.
Broad jump - Won by Forester
j (BTW); Thrown Dorsey; g.
Jefferson Dorsey; 4-Sands
! Carver.
Shot put - Won by Black dor
sey); civilians Carver; B.
Fisherman (Dorsey); 4-tie be-
tween Paulk (Carver) and Bur-
rows Dorsey.
High jump Won by Stewart
(Dorsey); 2-Tie among Baldwin
! and Williams of Carver and Role
of BTW.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-05-05

Strother, and Miss H. Smith.
We are very proud of our child
rem at Dunbar, we hope you are.
L. R. Ivey, reporter
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15

Of Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Brown,
Sr., East Commerce St.. Smyrna,
is on leave after completing basic
training at the Medical Replace
ment Training Center at Fort
Meade, Md, last Saturday. He will
take the medical technician's
course at the Medical Field Service
School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The first eight weeks of the 16-
week course covered basic military
training necessary for all soldiers.
This included weapons and combat
training designed to enable the
medical soldier to defend himself
and his patients If the need should
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15
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Smyrna times., 1951-11-15
PHONE SERVICE INCREASES
"a Percent of Families In State
Now Have Telephone Service

"a Percent of Families In State
Now Have Telephone Service
approximately IA percent of the
families in the territory of the
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany now have telephone service,
as compared to SO percent in 1910,
j. frank Cox, vice president and
general manager, said last Tues
day evening November 13) in
speaking at the annual "get-to-
err of Delaware telephone employ
ees in the P. IS. DUPONT High
School, Wilmington. 1--WE have ac-
complished an almost unbelievable
job in providing service to approx
imately $4,000 people in Delaware
since the end of World War II,
spending seventeen million dollars
for new plant to do the job" he
told the local employees. Delay in
installing service "is not due to any
lack of planning or industry on the
conpany's part, for we have spent
every dollar and put into service
every piece of plant and equipment
we could get our hands on" he add
ed, pointing out that requests for
new telephone service are "unprec-
edented." 1.-THE demand for local
service is now at a rate about Is
percent higher than last year and
the highest in the last six years.
However, we are not able to get
the materials we need, particularly
copper and steel, to clear up the
delayed orders and keep up with
the increased demand for our SER
vice." he said. 1--WE are still going
at terrific rate. In, 1850, our
construction program was $780,
900; this year it will amount to
nearly $4,000. 900 and if we can get
any more plant and equipment, and
our earnings are sufficient to at
tract more capital money, the 1852
program will be even greater" AL
bert E. Rose, State manager, was
chairman Of the meeting.
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15

arise. The remainder of his train
ing was spent in individual and
fundamental subjects of the Army
Medical Service including emerg-
ency medical treatment. evacuation
of casualties. military sanitation
and disease prevention,lt vi +
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15

Logan attended a stork shower
given in honor OF her caughter-in-
law, Mrs. Stewart Logan, in Car
ney's Point.
Recent winners of the hot dog
weight contest sponsored by the L..
H. Collision store were Mrs, Clara
Smith, Mrs. Nettie, Ems, and Mrs.
Ruth sudler. all of Marydel. The
weight of the weiner, together with
roll, was 22 pounds, two ounces.
These contestants all guessed 22
pounds, three ounces, coming near
est to the correct weight.
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15
'Mar!yyidel

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burkins and
son Clarke Of Carney's Point; NJ,
were weekend guests in the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. H. B.
Logan.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. Bertha
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15
Church of the Nazarene

The Church of the NaZarene,
Rev. Jerry Dilks, pastor, announc-
es services as follows: Sunday
School on Sunday at 9:45 am;
incoming worship, 1O:45; N. Y. P.
S., TOO pm; evangelistic service,
T:30 pm. Thursday prayer meet
ing, 7:3O p. m.
Smyrna times., 1951-11-15

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-11-30
CORE Field
Man To Speak
Here Twice

Wallace Nelson, national field
representative for the Congress of
Racial Equality. will be in the
Twin Cities on Dec. Bird to con-
suit with the local Committee of
Racial Equality (CORE) on the
progress Of race relations in this
area during the past year.
Mr.. Nelson is rich In the ex-
perience of working through prob
lens involving discrimination and
segregation in the area of public
accommodations During the past
summer he directed an interracial
workshop in Washington, d. c.
and more recently he has travelled
in the Puerto RiCan islands where
he went to observe the race rela-
tons picture.
The CORE worker is one of the
group of interracial persons who
made the Journey Of Reconcilia-
ton through the South several
years ago in order to test the
Irene Morgan Supreme Court de-
cision banning segregation in in
terstate travel
While in the Twin Cities, Mel
son will address two public meet
ings Monday night, December 3,
at 7:45 p. m. he will speak at the
Halle q. Brown House in st. Paul.
Wednesday evening, Dec. 5th, he
can be heard at the Japanese
American Center, 22OO Blaisdell
Ave. at 7:45 p. m
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-11-30

NAACP conference and active
in Halle Q. Brown and Frontiers
Club activities.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of
Knoxville College in Tennessee
and the University of Illinois.
Other officers named at Tues
days election were: Marion
Brown. 592 Rondo, vice president;
John NJ. Culver, 1858 Rondo, secre-
tary; Warren Hayes, 1922 Fisk, as
sistant secretary and Mrs. Lula
King, 662 Iglehart, treasurer.
Twenty-one persons were cleo
ted to the board of directors.
They are:
Charles S. Anderson, Bismark
c. Archer, Eva Belisle, Frank
Boyd, Lester E. Boyd, Hazel But
Ter, Rev. Denzil A. Carly, A. Law
renee Davis, Addie c. Few, J. E.
Johnson, Mable Harris, Timothy
Toward, Rev. J. w. Junell, Lula
King, Rev Floyd Massey Jr.,
Luella Miles, George G. Mundell,
John M. Patton, Charles F.
Rogers, Arthur Sternberg and
Richard L. Stokes Sr.