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Smyrna times., 1951-03-29
TOWN COUNCIL
MET FRIDAY
Lee F. Slaughter Elected Act
ing Mayor; Mayor Glenn
S. King Ill
HOLD SPECIAL MEETING

At the regular meeting of Town
Council held last Friday night Lee
F. Slaughter, hold-over member of
council, was elected acting mayor
during the absence of Mayor Glenn
S. King, who is i'll. A special meet
ing of council was held Monday af-
ternoon, March 26, when the men,
bers inspected the beach at Lake
Como to determine the needs and
also looked over the proposed site
of the Negro beach. Council auth
orized Town Manager Marvel to
make a survey and draw plans for
the needed repairs to the present
beach and also for the construction
of the new Negro beach. These
plans are to be presented to coun-
Gil at their next meeting April IS.
Appear Before Council
Henry T. Price and George w.
Wright appeared before council re-
presenting the building commission
for the proposed new school, with
reference to the sewerage problem
as it relates to the school. Norwood
Pawn appeared before council ask
ing for additional work on his
premises following his deed to the
town of a strip of land on Hanil-
ton Lane to make that street uni
form in width. G. L. Harmonson,
attorney for the town, explained
the bills before the Legislature
concerning the Town of Smyrna.
Town Manager Marvel presented a
draft of an ordinance relating to
repairs to damaged sidewalks,
which will be presented for final
action at the meeting of April 13,
following review by the attorney.
MIR. Marvel was authorized to hire
a girl to help with the work of re-
vision of the town charter which is
going forward at this time. Mrs.
Betty Whitaker has been secured
to do this work. The town received
a franchise from the Highway De-
partment for a 1900-foot extension
of electric line on state road No. 80
from the Welfare Home to the pro-
perty of William G. Roe, Jr., on
the Welfare Home Road. Council
has also approved water service
extension to new filling station
in the northern part of the town.
A new overhead roll-up door will
be placed at the entrance to the
American Legion ambulance room
in Town Hall. Mr.. Marvel will draw
up an outline on an ordinance
which will carry penalty for
radio and television interference,
on which he will report at the next
meeting. Mrs. Margaret O'Neill,
council member, is in charge of ar
rangements for conducting of town
government for one day by high
school students, the date set for
April 20. She is also planning for
the group from Smyrna School at
Girls State to conduct class on
town government there. Mrs.
ONeill reported that the Smyrna
Homemakers Club is making a
United Nations flag which they will
present to the town to be display
ed in the town Office.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-29
REV. MATTHEWS HURT

Retired Methodist Minister Re-
ceives Broken Hip in Fall at Home
The Rev. William E. Matthews,
Sr., well-known retired Methodist
clergyman, is a patient at Kent
General Hospital, Dover. He was
operated on Monday for a brok-
en- hip sustained in fall at his
home on Sunday night. He was
taken to the hospital in the Amer
lean Legion ambulance. Mr.. Mat
thews, who is ninety-three years of
age, has maintained an active in
terest in the affairs of Asbury
Methodist Church until recently.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-29
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Services Are Announced for First
Sunday After Easter

Sunday After Easter
The Rev. Lunan J. Morgan,
rector of st. Peters Church, an
normces that the services on the
first Sunday after Easter, April 1
will be as follows: Holy Commun-
ion, 8 am; church school, 10 am. !;
Holy Communion and sermon at IL
am The flowers on the affairs on
Easter Day were given in memory
of A. Lee Clifton, c. G.. Harmon
son, Lola Blackiston Harmonson,
Wilhelmina Leinberger, and Mrs.
William S. Lewis. st. Peters
Church will be represented at the
Diocesan Youth Conference which
will be held at st. Andrews School,
Middletown on Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-29
ANTICS
READY TO OPEN
U. S. Senator John ]. Williams
To Be Guest Speaker First
Night at High School
CAST OF SEVENTY

With a cast numbering about
seventy the first performance Of
the Antics of 1851 will be given to-
night in the auditorium of
the school. U. S. Senator John ].
Williams will be featured Friday
night and will participate in the
show and make a brief address to
audience and cast. On Saturday
night those who attend will again
welcome U. S. Rep. ]. Caleb Boggs,
special guest for that performance.
Sponsored by ,ethe Smyrna Lions
Club as a benefit for the Youth
Center the musical revue has an en-
tirely different setting than last
years show but with the same
high quality. John F. Simpson
gave the magical touch toward In
tegrating the production at the
first dress rehearsal held Tuesday
night. Previously the chorus, prin-
cipals, actors in specialties, dane
ers, and musicians had been in
training in separate units, and no
one had yet seen the show as a
whole.
Impersonations by Local Talent
And, strange to relate, the cast
has yet no idea of the complete
picture, the success of the revue
depending this year on secrecy.
The publicity committee has the
task of telling all without saying
anything. That is, without saying
anything except that it looks as
though the public cannot afford to
miss the impersonations by local
talent of nationally-known figures
of radio, stage, and television; the
chorus, soloists, square dancers,
tap dancers, and the stirring musr~
of the Dixieland Band, which was
received so enthusiastically last
year. Featured as soloists will be
jeanne Murray, Dover, who has
appeared on Paul Whiteman's
Teen-Age Club TV show; Jean Nit
ten, Dover; Frances Handy, Will
mington; Mary and Edward Ever
hart, Dorothy Burge, Victor Ennis,
Robert Durlning, and Guy Edmond
son, Jr. Also a male quartette
which includes Letter w. Scott, Jr.,
William w. Welch, Alfred T.Child,
all of Wilmington, and Edward
Everhart.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-29
Group of Square Dancers

The dynamic group of square
dancers from Dover again giving
their support to the show, includes
DIR. and Mrs. H. v. P. Wilson, Mr..
and Mrs; Robert Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Terrell, Mrs. Carl Scull,
and John Mcdonald.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
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Evening star., 1951-04-15
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Evening star., 1951-04-15
The Twisted Tale
Of an Irish Devil
THE MAGNIFICENT
MacDARNEY

ALL 1N4x2<d4NA1
MacDARNEY
BY John D. Sheridan. (Pellegrin;
& Cudahy;; $3J
Daniel Sarsfield MacDarney
was what is known in Ireland as
"a street angel and a house devil.
Around the pubs of Dublin, he tac
a great reputation as wit, min.
strel and raconteur, even though
he was a terrible cadger and free
loader. Between the four walls o1
the MacDarney home at Camelot
terrace, he was the hopeless,
drunken. irresponsible personifica-
tion of trouble. His gentle wife,
his sober son, his spirited daughter
had closed ranks around him more
times than they cared to re-
member.
John Sheridan recounts the last
days of MacDarney with charity
and humor. Faith illuminates this
simple story of gallantry in the
suburbs. Mr.. Sheridan knows
that people like this old topper are
a trial to their families but he
insists that in the great human
family, they have their needful
place. It is this realization slowly
won by MacDarney's daughter,
who almost marries another such
buoyant waster, that forms about
the only plot of the story. Actu-
ally Its charm isgin its loving but
mischievous recreation Of neigh
borhood life.
MARY McGRoRY.
Evening star., 1951-04-15

Samuel Bookatz, too, is repre-
sented with a street corner Might
Glow" in grayed colors. Herman
Maril's reduction of a scene to it's
minimum of details is carried to
greater starkness in inlet"
Prentiss Taylor's "Architectonic
Corner" appears half real, half
abstract, and pleasing withal.
Sunday Morning, Taxco" is a
colorful souvenir of Theodore
Kane's recent trip to Mexico.
1t is pleasing to note that two
OF a group of artists who have been
holding an annual exhibition in
Leesburg, Va, are represented:
Vinton L. Pickens. with a large
landscape. Broad Run Quarry, :"
and Katherine Slappey, with a
near-abstract arcade, Roman
Arches Samuel Pratt, a Vir-
ginian who works at the Corcoran,
is showing a romantic nocturne,
I'm the Park"
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Ten Books President Trumon
Hos Listed to Recommend

Elsewhere in the press you have
read about President Truman's
postpresidency plans. which in
clude a little judicious slugging
here and there. A less publicized
portion Of the New Yorker story,
from which these facts were taken
it is by John Hersey and a
model of its kinds a list of 10
books which the President would
recommend for a man to
read Ito help him get ahead
Truman's 10 are the King
James Bible, "Great Men and
Famous Women" edited by
C. F. Horne: "Plutarcl1's Lives ~
Plato" Shakespeare. Complete
Poems of Robert Burns" Byron,
with special emphasis on "Childe
Harold; Creasy's Fifteen Deci-
sive Battles of the World" Ben
jamin Franklin's Autobiography
and Blackstone Commentaries"
afapv NS.r1pcpv
Evening star., 1951-04-15

rendered it rather than risk any
impairment of its prestige"
The earlier portions of the
book, telling of the Dukes boy
hood. his World War I service
and his years of travel as the
Prince Of Wales, are more con-
ventional biography. The infor-
NAL, progressive ways that later
were to endear the Prince to CO.
lonials and to Americans de-
veloped slowly. Describing q visit
to India nearly. 80 years ago, he
speaks Of Gandhi's 'menacing in
f1uence." He defends the now
ended British rule.
The book bears the dedication:
"To Wallis" And the Duke says
at its close that ''time has long
since sanctified a true and faith
full union"
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Along the Red Road
Through 48 States
THE COMMUNIST TRAIL
IN AMERICA

THE COMMUNIST TRAIL
IN AMERICA
By Jacob Spolansky. fMacmA-
Ian; $780,
The author. born in Russia un-
der the last Gear, came to this
country as a young man. For a
time he published a Russian-lan-
guage newspaper in Chicago, Dur
ing the First World War he Joined
the Army intelligence. Later he
became an agent for the FBI spe-
Icializing in Communist activities
For 80 years he has devoted him.
self, through police organizations
and congressional committees tc
fighting communism.
While Mr.. Spolansky worked fol
two House committees on un-
American activities-the Fish and
Dies groups-better known for
their zeal than for their judicial
qualities, he has not been reckless
in this book In printing the names
of persons merely suspected of
aiding OF conf forting the Reds. He
has confined himself to describing
the activities of Moscow's leaders
in this country. most of them ex-
posed in courts.
Reiterated propaganda has
placed certain cliches in the vo-
cabulary of liberals. Among these
is the assertion that the so-called
Palmer raids Of 1919 and 30 were
brazen assaults on civil rights.
Some of them may have been. but
Mr.. Spolansky shows that some
were made on known Communist
gatherings in secret places, some
times in wooded spots, to plot the
overthrow of this Government by
force. The book is worth reading
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Stephen Spender Biography Shows Effect
Of Politics on Literature of His Duy
WORLD WITFIIN WORLD

BY Stephen Spender. (Hdrcourl
Stephen Spender, the British
poet. Identifies himself as 9
member of "the divided genera
ton" He and his fellow writer's
he says. "were divided between
our literary vocation and an urge
to save the world from fascism. y
He was, he admits in this un-
usually candid memoir, prone to
many of the follies Of the age.
His circle at Oxford he de-
scribes as earnest, solemn. self
dramatizing." Those adjectives
can be fairly applied to his book
But while he exhibits not the
slightest gleam of humor toward
himself. he can be quite amusing
about other people. His rem
iniscences of the Bloomsbury set,
with whom he was brought in
contact as a result of his youth
full fame, are not only witty but
very shrewd.
In Spender's day at Oxford
w. H. Auden was the prime min
lister of a whole circle of promis-
ing young writer's. Spender gives
"a vivid picture of the poet, who
hated daylight. sitting in his
gloomy quarters, lording it over
his satellites. An important part
of Spender's emotional life then
were his friendships" with other
young men. These attachments
he describes in considerable, un-
enlightening detail. He makes nc
apology. The nearest he comes
to a defense is when he says
stif1y, "As (a) result of a ten
dency to give themselves labels,
people feel forced to make a
choice which. in past times, was
not made"
In 1886, still with a sense Of
childlike search" Spender joined
the Communist Party. which did
not give him the peace of mind
and self-confidence he hoped it
would. This MARKHAM dalliance
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Brace G. Co.; $500

petered out, apparently after a
visit to Spain, where he met Hem
ingway, acting the part of a
Hemingway hero" and attended a
Writers Congress of leftist intel
lectuals which had ''something
about it of a spoiled children's
party" Anything he might have
cleaned about the inner workings
of the c. P. he leaves unsaid.
On Surer Ground.
Actually he is on far surer
ground when writing about litera-
ture. His acute sensitivity serves
him well when he writes of the
literary lights Of the sos. His
description of T. S. Eliot at lunch,
grave. slightly bowed, aquiline,
ceremonious," his glimpses of Vir-
ginia Woolf as a good cook and
solicitous hostess, of Yeats talking
outrageously to a drawing room
gathering are the NEST worthwhile
and permanently valuable por-
tions of the book.
In the '40s, when there was no
time for dilettantisln. Spender
joined the National Fire Service.
He is now married to his second
wife, and they have a son. He
has apparently come to some sort
of terms with himself and the
world
Mr.. Spender can be madden
ingly obscure and some of his
pages are nothing but intellectual
gibberish. Still his poetic percep-
tion flashes through again and
again. Throughout. he appears as
the victim of a kind of profess
sional helplessness and an inabil-
ity to cope with things. This is
most clearly brought out when
he writes about his feelings on the
eve of his first marriage. II did
not know her well enough to re-
veal my doubts ebout the wisdom
Of our marriage"
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
GermonNoyeI axes
Long Look Behind
The Nozi Curtain
THE LIEUTENANT MUST
BE MAD

THE LIEUTENANT MUST
BE MAD
BY Hellmut Kirst. (Harcourt,
Brace; $3.J
This novel was written by a
former German soldier and it
describes a situation within the
Germany Army during the war
which probably is little known in
America. Every one has heard of
the attempt to assassinate Hitler
in 1914 plot formed by several
generals-but how many have
stopped to consider that this des-
perate act must have been the
elimination of much unrest, of
a widespread desire among the
troops to rebel against the
Feuhrer. his cult Of thugs and his
march toward certain defeat?
The action of this fiction story
which easily could have happened,
takes place in an interior garri-
son far from the front. 1t. Strick,
after five years. of combat, has
been transferred there to recuper-
ate. He is bitterly resentful of
all he has been through, and when
he sees the station commandant
smuggling in luxuries disguised as
confidential papers, Strick blows
up and secretly informs the mill
tary police. The commandant, q
major, is arrested. Stick soon
findE himself appointed Nazi
propaganda officer for the garri-
son-a post that carries authority
out of all proportion to rank. But
the lieutenant does some thinking
and long before the unsuccessful
attempt to kill Hitler becomes
known, Strick has decided he
hates the Nazis worse than their
on the battlefield. What
happens to him when purge
crew arrives brings the story to an
exciting climax.
The novel is q swift, tense
drama which brings out the
hatred many officers and soldiers
felt for the leader whose name
they must speak with reverence
at every turn. In their minds, If
not in their private talks, these
more independent men ridiculed
the slogans pressed on them con-
stantly and abhorred the type of
official the party sent to snoop on
every regiment and detachment.
1t is a ! well-written and signifi-
can't book. The translation by
Richard and Clara Winstan is ex-
cellent.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
'Tdeus and Social VoIues'

Hans Jellinek, born in Austria
d910), but long resident of the
United States. is the artist hon.
ored with a one-man show in the
Division of Graphic Arts. Smith
sonian Building, through April %.
Twenty-Five woodcuts demcn-
strate Mr.. Jellinek's dynamic way
with this medium, which he ham
dies with slashing vigor suggest
ing that resistant block of Lard-
wood is mere putty in his hands.
Besides his addiction to sharp
angles, obviously balanced design
lis the most emphatic character
istic of his work.
Mr.. Jellinek's woodcuts are adj
mirable without being pleasing.
Storm, stress and violence, satire
and derision make up his subject
matter. Jacob Kainen, curator Of
the division said:
mfr. Jellinek deals primarily
with ideas and social values, some
times satirically as in Culture
but more often as an outcry Of
conscience, as in Survivors His
woodcuts, executed entirely with
the knife, have a clarity and pre-
cision rarely encountered in this
medium"
1t seems to me that Mr.. Jel-
linek's treatment of tragic themes
is so violently angular that they
fail to convey any emotion to the
average beholder. Survivors, %.
for instance, depicting three men
striding over a mass of skulls, is
angular to the point of caricature.
1t arouses no pity. Indeed, I
think the major effect of looking
at most Of these woodcuts would
be to stir one from lethargy.
I preferred Mr.. Jellinek's
smaller woodcuts of lions and
dragons. which seem as gentle as
kittens compared with his repre-
lsentations Of homo sapiens.
This artist and illustrator is as
sistant professor teaching graphic
arts in the City College of New
York: he also teaches wood en-
craving and block printing at the
New School. New York. In addi-
ton, he makes woodcut illustra.
tions for several leading publish-
ers. He has received various
awards and honorable mentions,
including a Pennen Prize at the
Library of Congress, and is rep
resented in permanent collections
throughout the count.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Cathedral School Instructors

At George Washington UniverL
sity Library this month are solo
exhibitions by Gladys Milligan, III
structor Of painting and history of
art at National Cathedral School
for Girls, and Dean Stambaugh,
instructor of art at st. Adams
School for Boys. Both have spent
some years in their present posi-
tions. hence both work in the In.
spring atmosphere of the Ca.
thedral. But there the similarity
ends.
Miss Milligan is an industrious
experimenter and her RETROSPECT
tive of decade or more indicates
that she has gone through nearly
Jas many periods as Picasso, al
though not SO radical. Her "Taos
Indians" is a fiat stylized design;
her "Newsboy" is a poster, in ef-
feet. Her Portrait of Betty and
Place st. Michele, Paris" arc
nicely done conservative works
while q couple of distractions
chart her excursion into this
'idiom. : s2 9 ~ = ~
Miss Milligan had similar variety
in her study of art at Westminster
College. Pratt Institute, with notec
artists in New York and Glouces.
ter, also Paris and Fontainebleau
France. She has lived and paintee
in Europe and the Southwest anc
has had solo exhibitions in New
York City and here. She has re.
Iceived mentions in various grour
shows.
Mr.. Stambaugh chose his meter
lat the outset and has adhered to it
He paints landscape in a conserva-
tive manner. mostly Pennsylvania
countryside. He was born and
educated in that State, at Teachers
College, Edinboro, and Penn State
College. and under Hobson Pitt
man. Mr.. Stambaugh has been on
the Penn State College Summer
Sessions faculty since 1947.
Concerning the indomitably ira
ditional character of his work, he
said: "It is what love, and I in
tend to continue, bettering my
work, I sincerely hope, but in the
very same vein."
This "vein" is a very appealing
one. and an excellent example,
"Walled-in Valley" received The
Evening Star Prize, top award in
the Society of Washington Artists
seth annual earlier this year. This
painting is included in the present
show. which is Mr.. Stambaugh's
first one-man show. comprising
only seven works. but all painted
with loving care for detail and
texture.
He has exhibited in important