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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
SOLO FESTIVAL
SET FOR FEB. %
Ninth State Solo and Ensem.
BILE Festival to Be Held at
Wesley Jr. College
COMMITTEE NAMED

The Ninth State Solo and En-
semble Festival for vocal and in
strumental students will be held at
Wesley Junior College in Dover on
Saturday, February % at 10 am,
according to Mrs. Eugenia A. Matt
Chairman of the Committee. The
festival will be divided into three
sections including piano, vocal, and
instrumental presentations. Pupils
in grades one through twelve are
eligible to participate. Entry
blanks from the various schools are
being mailed to Mrs. Matz for the
all-day event. A performance abil-
ity which represents three years of
study is necessary for participation
in the piano events. In the vocal
and instrumental events partici-
pants may be entered regardless of
how much experience they have
had, if, in the music teachers opin-
ion, they are capable of giving a
satisfactory public performance.
Mrs. Matt also announced that
the commentators for the 1852 fes-
tival will be Mr.. Lloyd G. Mitchell,
West Chester State Teachers Col
lege, West Chester, Pa, for the
piano section; Mr.. Marvin r. Fen
nema, Instructor in Music, Univer-
sity of Delaware, Newark, for the
vocal section; and Mr.. John H.
Jenny, Director of Bands, Temple
University, for the instrumental
section. The commentators will
listen for and remark on intona-
ton, ensemble, tone, technique, and
selection. According to Mrs. Matt
the festival committee hopes that
all music teachers will give the tall
ented students and the musicly in
I
terested ensemble groups the OPP
portunity of receiving constructive
comments on their progress by the
commentators. The festival, held
under the auspices of the Delaware
Music Educators Association, is be-
ing planned by the following COM
mittee: John H. Bunnell, FELTON,;
ILemuel H. Evans, Milton; Starr L.
Cole, Mt. Pleasant; Armando Sell
lingo, Wilmington; Mrs. William ].
Storey, Wesley Junior College;
melvin l.. Brobst, Harrington;
Clarke Maynard, Supervisor OF
Music, Wilmington; and Floyd T,
Hart, State Director of Music Ed
ucation.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
C. E. SPEAKMAN
CLUB SPEAKER
U. of V. Teacher Outlined the
Profession of Teaching In
ternatiOnal Relations
MUSIC CAMP IN JUNE

Progress has been made in inter-
national relations, Cummins e.
Speakman, Jr., said in an address
before the Twentieth Century Club
here last Friday night, as he traced
the advances from the time of the
League of Nations to the present
United Nations, and urged that we
maintain faith in the United Ma
tions. Mr.. Speakman, who teaches
courses in introduction to inter-
national politics at the Woodrow
Wilson School of Foreign Affairs
at the University of Virginia, stat
ed that there has been shift in
our policy of isolation to a realiza-
ton of our responsibility in the role
we must play in the world. He
outlined the profession of teaching
international relations and said
that there are comparatively few
schools devoted to the subject. He
described the set-up at the Uni
versity of Virginia where students
are being trained to understand
''the challenge of the world our
children will have to face" He
spoke of the low salaries paid to
teachers, but stressed the compen-
sations, the feeling that the work
is important in training the lead
ers of the next generation. He was
presented by his mother, Mrs.
Cummmins E. Speakman, Sr., chair
man of the program, who spoke
briefly of the work of the Children's
Bureau, with particular reference
to Kent County, and told of the
need for foster parents, especially
for Negro children, and of the fin
ancial help given by the bureau
Annual Music Camp
I Mrs. Joseph w. Ennis, Kent
County vice-president, announced
that the annual Music Camp would
be held at Wesley Junior College
Dover from June 6-22, in which in.
dividuaI clubs participate by spon.
soring young people with musical
talent. The women's clubs will par.
ticipate with the Business and Pro
fessional Women's Clubs in the re.
cruitment of women programs il
Kent County from Feb. 1918. The
clubs will also assist with the dis,
tribution of tickets for the propos-
ed Finance Forum to be held in the
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
SCHOOL BAND TO HEAD MARCH
OF DIMES PARADE HERE TONIGHT

of Ennis & Deakyne to give all of
the profits on gas sold on Friday
and Saturday to the March of
Dimes. The band will be led by
Frank Sielmann. The local effort
in behalf of the March of Dimes is
being directed by a committee
which comprises Mrs. John D. Shat
er, Jr., and Mrs. Victor Ennis, CO.
operating with the Smyrna Lions
Club committee which includes
Lex FAIRIES, chairman, ]. D. Miles,
Jr., and Charles M. Gee. The CO.
operation of all residents in their
response with contributions as the
young people present their collec-
ton jars is earnestly requested.
Let's put Smyrna ON the map this
year in this worthy project.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
NEW CLINIC
SCHEDULE SET
New Crippled Children's Clinic
Scheduled for Kent and
Sussex Announced
TO START INrFEBRUARY

A new Crippled Children's Clinic
schedule has been announced for
Kent and Sussex Counties by DR..
Jack Sabloff, Director of Maternal
and Child Health and Crippled Chill
dren's Services, State Board of
Health. 1t will become effective
the first of February, 1852. The
clinics will be in Milford at 10 a.
M, on the first Tuesday of each
month, under DIR. Haynes B. Gates;
in Seaford at 10 a. M, on the Sec
ond Tuesday under DR.. S. Ward
Casscells, in Dover at $50 a. M, on
(other Correspondence on Page Four)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
BARN BURNED TO GROUND
Cheswold and Smyrna Fire Com
panies Respond to Fire Call

Cheswold and Smyrna Fire Com
panies Respond to Fire Call
The volunteers of the Citizens
Hose Company were assisted by
the Cheswold Fire Company at a
recent early morning fire which de-
stroyed the barn on the farm of
Lawrence widows, known as the
old Massey's Mill farm. The fire.
men estimated the loss at $500
with insurance coverage of $500.
The barn and the tools and equip
ment which it housed was ION the
ground" when the firemen arrived,
but they succeeded in saving near
by brooder houses containing ap-
proximately three thousand turkey
chicks. Eighteen members of the
local company responded to the
alarm at a. m.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
FORMER JUDGE
ROTARY GUEST
Ernest V. Keith Tells Rotary
Club of Experiences as Vic
tim of Dreaded Polio
TELLS OF TREATMENT

Ernest ". Keith, former judge of
the Juvenile Court of Kent Coun-
ty, was the guest speaker at
the dinner meeting of the Smyrna
Rotary Club on Thursday night.
Personal experiences of Mr.. Keith,
who since 1904 has been victim
of the dreaded polio, were related
as he urged his hearers to support
the March of Dimes. He told of
early treatments, and of his being
able to participate in sports, espec-
tally baseball, where pitching was
his place on the team. In college
he was on the basketball team,
which shows how those afflicted,
with will power, may engage in
many activities thought impossible.
AS a result of his musical interests
he has taken part in many par
AIDES. He told of his visit to Warm
Springs, Georgia where he saw the
modern treatment given polio pa
tients, and was enthusiastic about
children exercising, playing, and
learning to do things the natural
way. He lauded the late Franklin
d. Roosevelt for his success in life,
after being afflicted with polio.
The March of Dimes is source of
money used for treatment and re-
search, with 100000 cases reported
in 1950-51, according to the speak
er. George w. Wright responded
on behalf of the club. Nelson Ever
hart was chairman of the evening
program. James Everhart presid-
ed. John C. Charlton was visitor
from the Dover Rotary Club, and
Hal Cortelyou visiting Rotarian
from New York.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
MOTHER
GROUP NAMED
Mrs. Joseph Ennis Names Two
Kent Co. Women to Della
ware Mother Committee
RULES ARE STATED

Two Kent county women will
serve this year on the committee
to select the outstanding Delaware
mother of 1852, it was announced
this week by Mrs. Joseph w. Ennis,
Smyrna, state chairman. They are:
Mrs. Jesse Loven, Odessa, and Mrs.
E. w. Buchanan, Dover. This will
be the third consecutive year that
Delaware will enter a nomination
in the national Examinations. Nomi-
nations may be secured from COM
mittee members and names may be
proposed by organizations or in
dividuals. Final date for submits
sion of nominations has been an
nounced at February 29ths The
national competition for American
Mother of The Year was first start
ed in 1885, but Delaware first par
ticipated in 1850. Mrs. Jonathan
Up. Willis, of Milford, was selected
as the Delaware Mother of 1882
and last year Mrs. w. Rely Brown
of Wyoming, received that honor.
Both winners received an all-ex-
penses paid trip to New York as a
result of winning the state compe-
tition. National rules for the Am
erican Mother Contest specify that
she be a successful mother, as evil
denced by the character of her in
dividual children; that she reflect
a strong religious and spiritual in
tegrity, that she embody those
traits highly regarded in mothers,
including courage, cheerfulness, pa
thence, affection, etc. In addition
she is to exemplify in her life and
conduct the percepts of the golden
rule; she is to have sense of civic
and international understanding
and have been active in community
lbetterment or in service for public
ibenefit. Finally, she must be quail
flied to represent the Mothers OF
America in all responsibilities at
tached to her role as 1.-THE Ameri-
can Mother. Mrs. Ennis pointed
out that nominations will be &C.
Icepted from any person in the state
The only requirement, other thar
those listed above, is that the nomi-
nation be made on an official nomi-
nation blank. Other members Of
the state committee are: Mrs. Pau
Mitchell, of Hockessin; Mrs. Will
liam N. Cam, 1903 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Wilmington; Mrs. Wilson
Vineyard, Milford; Mrs. Milton Man
love, of Seaford; Mrs. George w
It'll, 125 Lake Drive, Rehobotf
Beach; and Mrs. Ennis. Mrs. Til
lis new member of the committee
this year replacing Mrs. Charles P
Townsend who resigned.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31

The March of Dimes campaign in
Smyrna will reach its climax and
be highlighted tonight during a
parade of young people led by the
Smyrna School band at which
time door to door solicitors will
seek funds for the drive. The par
ade will be held between $50 and
7:30 pm. and will start on South
Street in front of the school and
the marchers will proceed west on
South Street to Union, north to
Mount Vernon, east to Market
Street and through Market Street
Plaza, turning left on South Street
to Main and right on Main to Fraz-
Ter Street, disbanding in front of
the Youth Center. The campaign
will be furthered also by the offer
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
GREENsPRING Al CLUB MEET
New officers Take Over and Hold
Discussion and Plans for '52

New Officers Take Over and Hold
Discussion and Plans for '52
The Greenspring All Club met
at the home of George and Jimmie
Stats. The new officers took over
with the discussion and plans for
1852. 1t was decided that the club
carry club project as we'll as
individual projects. With the CO.
operation of MIR. Maurice Field,
club agent, it was decided that the
club project be Health, with Rich
ard Johnson as chairman. With
Mr.. Fields help the worksheet for
1852 was completed. Club calend-
ers and project enrolment cards
were given out. The donations for
the International Farm Youth
Fund of $1,000 and National All
Club Center Fund of $500 were
given to Mr.. Field to be forwarded.
Paul Hawkins gave talk on the
Achievement Banquet and George
Stats reported on the crop Seeds
Judging session held earlier in the
month. Mrs. Wilbur Clarke and
Mrs. Luther Chambers were guests.
The February meeting will be held
February 8, with the subject I'm
portant Breeds of Cattle, Edward
Chambers in charge.
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World Day of Prayer

The observance of the World Day
Of Prayer in Smyrna will take
place this year at Asbury Method
list Church. The service will be
conducted on Friday, Feb. 20 at 2
D. m. and viii be directed by Mrs.
Grant G. CARTS, president of the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice. Plans for the event were
made at a meeting held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs
Alan Robinson, which was attend
ed by representatives of Asbury
Church, the First Presbyterian
Church, and st. Peters P. e.
Church.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
Death of Anton w. Benson, Sr.

Anton w. Benson,~ ST., So, of
Smyrna, died in the Veterans Hos
pital in Elsmere, Delaware, on jan
uary 20. He was the son of Erick
w. and Mary Martha Benson. Mr..
Benson was member of the David
&c. Harrison Post, American Leg
ion, and of St. Peters Episcopal
Church; and a veteran of World
War I. He was formerly employed
as machinist in the Wilmington
shops of the DUPONT Company.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday, February 1, from the Far
les Funeral Chapel with the Rev.
Luman ]. Morgan in charge. In
terment will be in Old Drawers
Cemetery at Odessa, Delaware. He
is survived by his wife, Rebecca
McCandler, of Smyrna; one sen,
Anton w. Benson, Jr., of Marshall
ton; and two grandchildren. One
brother and two sisters survive:
Paul Benson, Wilmington; Mrs.
Frank Geandell, Bear Station, Del;
and Mrs. Annie Potter of Holloway
/ Terrace, Delaware.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
ANNUAL EPIPHANY MEETING
Woman's Auxiliary of st. Peters
Church to Attend State Meeting

Woman's Auxiliary of st. Peters
Church to Attend State Meeting
Members of the Woman's Auxil-
larry of st. Peters Church will at
tend the annual Epiphany meeting
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware be-
ing held today at Emmanuel
Church, New Castle. Holy COM
munion will be celebrated at 1890
o'clock by the Rev. DR.. Charles w.
Clash, president of the standing
committee of the diocese, assisted
by the Rev. Francis M. Hamilton,
rector of the host church. Mrs.
Ernest N. May, president of the
Diocesan Auxiliary, will preside,
and the speaker will be Miss Avis
E. Harvey, of New York, educa-
tional secretary of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the National Council.
The afternoon session will start at
1870 pm. following luncheon. Mrs.
George H. Madden, a member of
the church vestry, will serve as
hospitality chairman.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
Death of William T. Bryan

William T. Bryan died at his
home in Germantown, Pa, on Mon
day and funeral services will be
held at the Oliver Bair Funeral
Home, Chestnut Street, Philadel-
phia, at 2 p. M, today, Thursday.
Mr.. Bryan, who died after a long
illness, is survived by his widow
Mrs. Mary Wright Bryan. Until
his retirement he was a well-known
business man, engaged in the shoe
and hosiery business for many
years in Philadelphia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan were frequent visitors
in Smyrna at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Harvey Wright.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
VALENTINE BOX SOCIAL
Plans Being Made For Anniversary

PlanS Being Made For Anniversary
Dinner of Grange February 20
The next meeting of the Smyrna
Grange will be held on Thursday,
Feb. IA when a Valentine Box So
cial will be a feature of the pro-
gram, which will be in charge of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Heinold. Plans
are being formulated for the ami
versary dinner of the grange to be
given on Thursday, Feb. % at the
Twentieth Century Club house at
$50 pm. The grangers are cooper
ating in the Red Cross blood donor
campaign by signing up potential
donors for the visit of the bloodmo-
bile unit in Smyrna on Thursday,
Feb. 81. A silver collection was
taken at the grange meeting for
the March of Dimes.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
wesleyan Methodist Church

Services at Wesleyan Methodist
Church, Rev. John Coppock, pastor,
will be special services beginning
Friday, February 1 through Febru-
airy Bird each night at 7:30. Rev,
Victor Bateman will bring the mes
sage. Sunday School on Sunday at
10 am, followed by morning wor-
ship at IL am; song and evangel-
istic service at 1880 pm, with ser
mon by the pastor
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
Delaney's Church Gets Oil Burner

A very warm welcome is extend
ed to the friends and neighbors of
Delaney's Church. A Kresge oil
burner was installed in the church
by the Diamond Supply Company,
sponsored by the Women's Society
of Christian Service. A vote of
thanks is extended to all that made
this great task reality. A Bible
Study is being conducted each
Wednesday at 100 pm, by the
Rev. G.. e. Lester at the home of
Mrs. Frank Conner. Everyone is
welcome.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
FIRMS TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Three Local Firms to Hold Open
House on Friday and Saturday


House on Friday and Saturday
A Let's-Get-Acquainted program
will be staged on Friday and Sat
urday by three local firms who
will hold open house on those days.
Cooperating will be Towne Clean
ers, Ennis & Deakyne, and The
Treble Clef. At Ennis & Deakyne
the visitors will see the new 1852
Fords, and at Towne Cleaners the
synthetic dry cleaning unit, the
only unit between Wilmington and
Salisbury using DUPONT Perchlor-
ethylene cleaning solvent which is
fireproof. At the Treble CIerf, adj
joining Town Cleaners, the rendez-
vous spot for young people recent
ly opened, visitors will be well
coined.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
S. S. SPOKESMAN
LIONS SPEAKER
Social Security Representative
Tells Lions of Recent Amend
ments to Security Law
ANSWERS QUESTIONS

Joseph S. Dickinson, social Sc
curity representative for Kent and
Sussex Counties, was the guest
speaker at the dinner meeting of
the Smyrna Lions Club on Monday
night. He was introduced by Rob-
ert Dunning. Speaking on the re-
cent amendments to the social Sc
curity act he told of the increasing
benefits for those on the rolls, and
also of the liberalization of the re-
qlirements, including the benefic-
larry who can work and earn up to
fifty dollars month and still come
under the act. Also incorporated
into the act were those who gave
service in World War II, who are
given credit for those years. Com
ing to the amendments which went
into effect in January, 1851 he en-
phasized the fact that the self-em-
ployed had been brought, under the
act, as well as regularly employed
farm workers, domestics in private
homes. Employees of non-profit or
CARNATIONS are given a choice in
the matter, he stated. He also told
of the agreement signed by the
state of Delaware with the federal
government as to state workers.
Another change noted was in the
case of women who are head of the
house with a dependent husband,
he can receive benefits at her
death, MIR. Dickinson answered
many questions posed by the Lions
and clarified the picture for them.
The response was made by Henry
T. Price. Mr.. Price, presiding, in
PRODUCED two guests, Martin Golden
and John Unangst, and also report
ed on the Hartly Lions Club ladies
night. A report on March of
Dimes was given by Lex FAIRIES.
Guy Edmondson told of plans to
present two one-act plays by the
Lions on April 1918.
Good Citizenship Award
The Good Citizenship award will
be made this year at a regular
meeting of the club. The Lions
Club committee in charge of choice
of recipient of the award, which
will be based on unselfsh service tc
the community during the veal
1851, includes John w. Jacobs, Jr.
Clarence Collins, Howard Slaugh'
ter, Victor Ennis, and John ID
Schafer, Jr. Each Lion is request
ed to submit an entry at the next
meeting. Walter Eley reported or
the Saturday night dances for the
youth, which have an average at.
tendance of so. The zone ladie:
night will be held at Grange Hall
Dover, on February 10. Robert
Dunning will act as POSTMASTER.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31
PTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Will Meet at Home of Mrs. Harley
Bodley Thursday Night

A meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Smyrna Special Dis
trict School Parent Teacher Asso-
citation was held last Thursday
night at the home of Mrs. Harley
Bodley, program chairman. The
program for the next meeting of
the PTA on Thursday, February Z
was planned. There will be no
speaker and no formal program,
but the meeting will be devoted to
informal discussion. between par
ents and teachers, and opportunity
will be offered for teachers and
parents to become better acquaint-
ed. The meeting will be held in
the cafeteria of the school at s pm.
with James Everhart presiding.
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Welfare Home Religious Program

Welfare Home Religious Program
Weekend events at the State
Welfare Home included the visits
of two groups from Wilmington,
with members of Shiloh Baptist
Church presenting a religious pro-
gram for the residents on Sunday
afternoon, and Mothers of World
War III Unit 8, who served refresh
ments. On Saturday the Dover
Sunshine Society visited the home.
An entertainment by students of
the John Bassett Moore High
School was given last night under
the direction of Mrs. Margaret
O'Neill. These events are arrang-
ed for by Miss Emma Payne.
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Girl Scouts Plan New York Trip

Another New YorK project IS I'M
derway. The informal dance spon-
sored by the senior girl scouts will
be held at the Century Club, Satur-
day, Feb. 9. 1t will be held from 8
to IL pm, with internission from
10 to 1890. Teen-agers, starting
from the age of IA are cordially in
vited to attend. Tickets are 81 per
couple, and rs cents stag. They
may be purchased from Marjorie
johnson. Judy Orwell, Betty Letter,
and Patsy Ryan, all of Smyrna;
and June Colder of Dover.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31

Evangelistic Services at Clayton
Evangelistic services will be
held in Ewell's-St. Paul Church
from February 8 to February IT.
The public is cordially invited to all
the meetings.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1952-01-31

Pictured the father combinations Harold
H Deakyne and father Deakyne; Mr. S. Creadck
Ennis and Mr. Victor Ennis operate the partnership
of Ennis Deayne Snyrnas oldest automobile leadership Mr.
Deane Mr. Ennis started Ford Dealers
in 1928 and this Friday Saturday will show the New 1852
Ford models at open House. They pictured in front of
1917 Model Ford which symbozes the they have
been serving this community The have been associated
with the firm since their return from the following World
War and learning every phase the business under the
able and experienced hands of their fathers.
The future outlook., 1952-04-19
TRADES CONTEST
TO BE HELD AT "A. & T.

= More than 100 students from
% high schools in North Carolina
will compete in the seventh an
nual Statewide Trade Contest
to be held at A. & T. College on
Friday, April rs. Sponsored by
The North Carolina Student9
Industrial Organization, the af-
fair will have participants vie
ing for top prizes in % different
trade areas.
First place winners in auto
mechanics, brick laying, carpen-
try, radio repair and shoe re-
pair will be eligible to compete
in the regional finals to be held
in Savannah, Ca, on May 5.
The future outlook., 1952-04-19

Sociology Department, Mozele
Hill, Atlanta University; John
Honigman, professor of Anthro-
pology, University Of North Caro-
lima; John Hudson, Merrill-Pal-
mer School; Charles King, pro-
fessor of Sociology, North Caro-
lima College; Hylan Lewis, At
lanta University; David Mace,
professor of Human Relations,
Drew University; Mildred Nor
gan, professor of Home and
Family Life, Florida State Uni,
versity; Meyer Nin[koff, pro-,
fessor' of Sociology, Florida State
University; Max Rheinstein, pro-
fesSor of Family Law, Univers-
ity of Chicago; Harry Roberts,
Virginia State College; Leonard
Robinson, professor of Sociology,