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Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
COUNTY BAND
AND CHORUS
Give Concert at the Smyrna
School Tuesday Afternoon
Attended by Students
CAESAR RODNEY NEXT

The strides made in recent years
in music education in the schools
in Kent County were evident at the
concert given at the Smyrna
School on Tuesday afternoon by
the Kent County Band and Chorus.
Music educators from the schools
of FELTON,, Harrington, Milford,
Caesar Rodney, Dover and Smyrna
conducted the program, which was
attended by the students of the
local school and faculty members.
The program included selections
ranging from Bach to Gershwin,
and covered wide range in color
and rhythm. The chorus sang
Russian, religious, rhythmic, and
folk music numbers. They were
directed by George Messick, Mil
ford; John Heck, Dover, with Fred
eric Brown, Caesar Rodney as ac-
companist. Frank Siekmann, Smyr-
ma, was the host and announcer.
He traced the background to the
county appearances of the band
and chorus. The band selections
included marches, Bach Chorale
and Fugue; an imaginative new
march entitled "Men From Mars
and a beguine number entitled
martinique" Band conductors
were Melvin Brobst, Harrington;
Frank Siekmann, Smyrna; Harry
! Weisgerber, Milford; Edwin Engel-
hart, Caesar Rodney; Harold
Haines, Dover, and John Bunnell,
FELTON,. The stirring finale was
presented by the combined band
and chorus, with Mr.. Engelhart
conducting the band and Mr.. Mes
sick the chorus. 'fFestival Finale"
based on the hymn, God of Our
Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
proved a fitting climax to an am
bilious, imaginative and Educa-
tional musical program. The en-
tire program will be presented to
the public at Caesar Rodney School
on Wednesday, March 26 at pm.
An offering will be taken to raise
funds for the county group for next
season and to defray expenses for
la party for the participants follow
ing the program.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
Variety show at Odessa

The Corbit PTA of Odessa, is
sponsoring variety show which
will be held in the school on March
21, at 500. Mr.. William Miller of
Odessa will act as the master of
ceremonies. Part of the show will
be comprised of talent from Odes-
sa, and the neighboring towns.
The Professional School of Dane
ing of Wilmington, are presenting
numbers, in which ballet, tap, and
acrobatics will be outstanding. The
music is to be played by Mrs. Amos
Stanley of Middletown. Mrs.
Alama McNatt of Odessa, has do
mated the services of her pupils as
an added attraction. Numerous
door prizes are to be given.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
4 HAMIARETTES AT SCHOOL
Musical Quartette From Philadel-
phia, Play On Marimbas

The program presented on Mon
day morning at the Smyrna School
by the -Four Hammarettes, a mus
ical quartet from Philadelphia,
proved to be unusual and educa-
tional. Not only were the four
girls proficient in the art of play
ing marimbas; their personalities
were attractive to the youthful
audience. The program was varied
and included marches, bolero, old
favorites, jazz and boogie, as well
as the classics. A beautiful selec-
ton was The Lord is My Shepherd,
based on the Andante Cantabile, by
Tschailkowsky. The listeners were
told that the marimba is the Sec
ond oldest instrument in the world,
the first being drums, and the har-
monies of the four instruments
were explained, also the use of the
several kinds of hammers
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
BUSY SESSION
TOWN COUNCIL
Smyrna Rotary Committee to
Attend Next Meeting
of Town Council
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS

AT the recent meeting of Town
Council, with Mayor George R.
Stevenson presiding, permission
was granted the members of the
community service committee of
the Smyrna Rotary Club, Malcolm
Belber, chairman, to attend the
next council meeting to consider
the project of fiuoridation of water
supplies. Following request o of
William Potter for extension of
water and sewer line on Delaware
Street from Rodney Street to his
shop, council authorized plans to
be made and submitted to the
State Board of Health. Council
authorized an appropriation of
$1,000, to be matched by federal
funds, for the purchase of addition
al sirens for civilian defense warn
ings. The police report for the
month of February, made by Chief
of Police John w. Jacobs, ,Jr., show
ed IS complaints; % arrests; 20
motor vehicle violations; police car
driven 2762 miles; fines collected
$235. The town manager was
asked to have the situation cor
rected in the matter of complaint
from Willard Shorts of paper blow
ing on to his property from Mon
rovia Avenue. Council authorized
Town Manager S. C. Marvel to find
out from the town attorney the
town of Smyrna's right of owner
ship of the alley between Union
Street and School Lane.
To Advertise for Bids
Mr.. Marvel stated that specifica-
tions had been completed for the
construction of water and sewer
lines on School Lane and Hamilton
Street, and bids will be advertised
weekly, starting March 20 in local
paper, and March 81 in the Will
mangton Morning News and
JonrnaEEvery Evening; bids to be
received in the town Office on or be-
fore 8 pm. eastern standard time
ON April 25. In reference to park
ing meter violations, council auth
orized the chief of police to send
out letters to those who fail topay
their parking ticket violations. For
those who do not respond warrants
will be issued for their arrest and
prosecution before the alderman.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
Have Picture Plates of Church

The Young Adult Fellowship of
Asbury Methodist Church, Smyrna,
have obtained church plates with
the picture of the church ON them.
It is a very fine likeness of the
church, and anyone desiring a plate
may obtain them from any men,
Der of the group or from the fol-
lowing stores in town who have
them on display and for sale: Ever
hart Brothers, Boulevard Electric,
Golden Pharmacy, Luff's Green
house, and Sayer's jewelers.. The
plate is selling for $500 and the
holder for 25 cents.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
GIRL SIX, HIT BY TRUCK
Mary Patricia Smith Hit by Truck
Driven by Albert Nance, Dover

Driven by Albert Nance, Dover
Mary Patricia Smith, aged six,
was hit by a small truck driven by
Albert Nance, Dover, at the corner
of Main and Frazier Streets at
9:15 am. on Monday. She was
taken by A. ]. Cox in his car to the
office of DR.. Harold Laggner, and
later removed to Kent General
Hospital for x-rays, and returned
to her home here after finding that
her injuries consisted of bruised
hip and bruised left foot. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton Smith. The truck was owned
by ]. Ward Hurley, contractor, Do
yer. Albert Nance, driver. of the
vehicle, had a hearing before Mag
istrate c. A. Neubegauer, and was
fined 5000, or ninety days in Jail on
a charge of driving during a period
of license revocation. The case
was investigated by the Smyrna
police.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
FTREMEN AUXILIARY MEET
Hold Regular Monthly Meeting and
Welcome Three New Members

Welcome Three New Members
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Cit.
izens Hose Company held the
monthly meeting this week at the
fire house, with twenty-six mem
bers and one visitor present. Mrs
Addie David presided. Three new
members were welcomed: Miss
Nellie Pusey, Mrs. George Brown,
and Mrs. Louisa Lamberta. Mem
bers of the local auxiliary attended
the meeting of the Auxiliary to the
Kent County Volunteer Firemen's
Association held in Leipsic on
March 18. A report on the recent
supper given for the benefit of the
local auxiliary was made by Mrs.
Ida Collins. The affair cleared four
hundred dollars. Mrs. Emma Mills
was supervisor for the supper. The
Auxiliary wishes to thank all who
contributed in any way to make
the affair a success.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
Enlists in U. S. Navy

Robert Everett Foxwell, IL, sor
of Mrs. Ruth M. Shelton, Main st.
Clayton, has enlisted in the Navy
and is now undergoing training al
Bainbridge, Maryland. He applied
at the Dover Navy Recruiting sta.
tion and was enlisted in Philadel-
phia. Before enlisting he was EN-.
ployed by the w. L. Wheatley Com.
pany at Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
Two Fires on Saturday

The fire siren blew twice on Sat-
urday, the first time at $50 am.
for a chimney fire at the home of
Robert Johnson, Chestnut Street.
AT 2 pm. the volunteers were call
ed to extinguish a fire in a pile of
creosote logs at the farm of Char
les Ewing, DUPONT Parkway.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
Cub Scouts Collect Magazines

Members of the Cub Scout troop
will collect magazines on Saturday
morning which they will take to
the residents of the State Welfare
Home. The boys will cover the
town in making their collections
and residents may cooperate by
having their old magazines ready
for the boys to pick up.
Smyrna times., 1952-03-20
Death of Mrs. Virginia #. Voss

Funeral services for Mrs. Vir.
ginia F. Voss, 20, who died at her
late residence near Middletown,
March is, were held from the
FAIRIES Funeral Chapel, Tuesday
March 18. The Rev. Jason Blum
don was in charge of service and
interment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Smyrna. She is surviv-
ed by her husband, Burton P.Voss
three children: Fannie Joanna
Nancy Jane, and Joyce Louise all
of Middletown; her father and
mother, ]. Milton Latta and Fannie
M. Francis Latta; and a sister
Mrs. Jeannett Davidson, of Will
nington.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

Many of us, like the Latins in
the popular song "poot de accent
upon de wrong syllable" Here
are a few words that frequently
suffer dislocation of the accent.
Discipline. Accent the first sylla-
BILE only. Say: DISS-i-plin.
Municipal. Do not accent the
"cip." Say: mew-NISS-i-pl.
Formidable. No stress on mid"
The first syllable only Is accented.
Say: FOR-mi-duh-b1.
Hospitable. The pronunciation
accenting pit" is q criticism, and
is not good usage in America. Ac-
cent the first syllable only, as:
HOSS-pi-tuh-b1.
Despicable. I'll admit that the
mispronunciation "dess PIX = uh-
b1" does seem to made the word
convey a stronger degree Of con-
temptuousness. Remember the soap
opera heroine who walled, "you
beast" You're perfectly dess-PIK-
uh-bI!" But that is putting the
accent on the wrong SYLLABLE
Say, for despicable: DESS-pi-
kuh-b1.
There is another you can use:
Despisable. And 1t is properly ac-
Icented on the second syllable: Dee
|SPY-Zllh-bI.
Unilateral: An adjective that
expresses the idea Of one-eidednesi
"a. decision, act, OF agreement b
Evening star., 1952-12-11

You are right" said Santa.
1--WE had better not CO."
Suddenly Prince Jonathan said,
Gould We not make rubber balls
on the ship while we voyage to
the island?"
Santa laughed with relief. "Of
course we CAM"
And before Tweedleknees could
protest further Santa ordered the
delighted workers to load the ship
with all the material and equip
ment for making rubber balls.
For good measure they loaded
Tweedleknees. too. just to make
sure the balls were made.
Then all the workers who could
manage it squeezed onto the ship
Santa took the helm, the Prince
weighed anchor and the Merry
Christmas set forth.
"Yo heave ho!" cried fat Horace
And all the elves, none of whom
had ever been to sea before,
chorused joyfully, "Yo heave ho!"
Tweedleknees strobe the deck
Get to work." he thundered
Stir up a batch of rubber.
want 20 balls from each of you be-
fore the trip is over"
The little folk grumbled and
stuck out their tongues but finally
they settled down to work as
TWeedleknees wished. First they
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Natures Children By ln'on Co. A'hsy

OF all the wildcats, this one is the
most generally distributed and pros
porous.
The cougar is a cat found in
various places and often called
painter, panther, mountain, Mexi-
can or Texas lion, Indian devil
puma and catamount. Before the
pioneers, the cougar was abundant
His long slender body and brown
tipped tail measures about 8 feet
in length and q male may weight
$50 pounds. His voice Is blood
curdling to hear.
The Canada lynx is shy, living
in the deep northern forests. HI
lis long-legged, has fluffy gray fur
la short hlack-tipped tail, tuftec
Iears and a face ruff, and searching
eyes. The 3-foot cat is a relent.
less enemy of the fox, its favorite
food is the varying hare and grounG
birds.
The ocelot from the forests o.
Central America Is feared as mucl
as the cougar, q blood-thirst!
killer. Last is the largest nativ'
cat, the jaguar, once common II
Texas and seen today only in zoos
His color OF white to black witt
. rich tan crown reminds you o
leopard.
Evening star., 1952-12-11

filled an enormous bucket with
powder and paint. They added
tar and chewing gum. They threw
in some banana peel and sugar.
Then came a dash of rubber salts
and bottle of liquid bounce.
They Worked Day and Night.
They cooked this mixture for
several hours. When it cooled
they took handfulls of the sticky
stuff and pulled it back and forth
like taffy candy until it was just
right-not too soft and not too
hard. Then they shaped it into
balls and set them aside to try.
They worked faithfully through
the day and night. Santa work.
ers never sleep before Christmas.
Why should they? They sleep
steadily for six months after
Christmas.
At dawn Horace, all black and
sticky with rubber taffy, cried,
Land! I see land!"
Santa and the Prince rushed to
the rail. They looked where Hor-
ace pointed. There was an island
straight ahead. calm and peaceful
in the morning sun.
That's it," exclaimed the
Prince joyfully. That's where
the treasure lies!"
Next: Hunting the TreaSure.)
! ZAP Newsfeaturesl
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Wildcats

Cats have never had a master
They will adapt themselves to cir
cumstances, but remain self-suffi-
cent. Deep down, the human race
has great admiration for the Wild
cat.
The wildcats of North America
are the essence of independence.
The wildcats have a great many
characteristics Of pampered, tabby
cats. They purr when contented,
growl or hiss when angry, care
for their young with the same de-
votion as your pet and fight like
fury If you try to steal a baby.
There are five distinct species
of native wildcat in the United
States. Better known is the bob
cat, or bay lynx. Some insist the
bobcat of the South is similar to
the bay lynx farther north.
The average bobcat stands Is
inches high at the shoulder, is
from 32-42 inches long. His bob
tail Is q mere tuft Of fur and
hardly counts toward length. The
lfur coat Is reddish with spots. II
| is an excellent climber, dimes on
rabbits, mice and ground-nestins
birds. Unless very hungry, 1t never
invades private property fora food
Evening star., 1952-12-11
CHAPTER VIII.

"Hurrah! Hurrah!" shouted the
Santa Land folk. We're going
treasure hunting for the Prince!"
'Yo heave ho!" shouted a fat
little elf named Horace. He had
once read book about the sea.
Ever since he had longed to be a
sailor and sing "Yo heave ho!"
all the day.
What shall we call our ship?"
Santa asked the Prince.
Call her the Merry Christmas" :"
exclaimed Prince Jonathan. For
that is what it will be in Fair
vania when 1 bring back the
pirate gold"
A freckle-faced brownie named
Tricket produced a can of red
paint and painted Merry Christ
mas" on the prov of the ship.
Then the little folk started to
Chamber aboard.
At this point there was shrek
from the distance. Patrick Twee-
dleknees hurtled toward the
beach carrying two large sacks
and scolding and muttering as he
came. He marched straight to
Santa and dropped the sacks at
his feet.
Santa Twisted His Hat.
Just look at that" he snorted,
pointing to the bundles.
Santa twisted his hat nervously
in his fingers. Nov, Patrick" he
soothed the dwarf. I'VE are just
going after pirate treasure
Pirate treasure when Christ
mas is almost here!" fumed Twee-
dleknees. He tore open the sacks
at Santa's feet. Look! Hundreds
OF Christmas letters I found stuck
under your desk. Who is going to
fill out these orders?"
Santa looked at the letters in
dismay. He could not for the life
OF him remember why he had
stuck these letters under his desk.
Tweedleknees reminded him.
They are from children who
wanted rubber balls in their
stockings. You said you would
get to them later"
oh. yes" said Santa.
Now" said Tweedlekees, tits
almost too late and there'll not be
one rubber ball in the sleigh on
Christmas eve. How can you think
OF letting every one go away on a
pleasure cruise at this time?"
Evening star., 1952-12-11
ITuke Nv Word for 1t 3, E,e.t Colby

one of two or more parties or allies.
Example: If Great Britain, say,
should sign a separate treaty with
Spain, and the other allies were not
parties to the treaty, the agree
ment would be unilateral. 1t is pro-
nounced: UN-i-LAT'er-ull.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, IneJ
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Answer to REMNANT.
Peter Rabbit Re-enIists

ST. LOUIS (R)--A World War
III veteran Of Tarawa who recently
re-enlisted In the Marine Corps
Is Pfc. Peter Rabbit Jr. Peter has
q brother named Jack Rabbit.
And his sister u Bunny Rabbit.
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Santa and the Pirates
BY lucrece Hudeins BeoIe

synopsis: Jonathan asks Santa for
10000 pieces of sold. The dwarf
Tweedleknees, listening at a keyhole,
warns Santa it's trick. To prove he
is Prince, Jonathan gives Tweedle.
knees his royal dagger still wrapped
in the pirates paper. It's a map Of
buried treasure. Santa's magic turns a
toy into a real boat for Jonathan. But
he warns 1t will turn back into q toy
In As hours
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood

Mr.. Muzzy is not one to pay too
much attention to orthodox open
ing leads. Leading from ace-king-
queen, most players would open the
king. Mr.. Muzzy does this, too.
Usually. Occasionally, and for no
particular reason, he will open the
queen from that combination. Most
times, this works to his disadvan-
tage. Today. however it brought a
strange and very satisfying result.
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Both sides vulnerable.
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The bidding:
South West North East
2spades Pass 3spadeS Pass
clubs Pass 4 4diamonds Pass
Ffc
6spades All pass
Mr.. Champion got into a logical
siam bid at spades, which he could
have made easily if he had been
able to see all the cards. But the
opening lead led him into the wrong
line of play.
Mr.. Muzzy opened the queen of
hearts.
Mr.. Champion promptly placed
the ace and king of hearts on his
right. He planned a loser-on- loser
play which involved throwing Mr..
Dale in the lead at the crucial mo-
ment and forcing him to lead into
the ace-queen of diamonds or to
return a heart which would give
Mr.. Champion stuff and ruff.
With this idea in mind. he ruffed
the first trick, then took two rounds
of trumps, ending on the board.
Another heart was ruffed in the
closed hand. Next came the three
top clubs and the fourth club was
ruffed in dummy. Mr.. Dale had
discarded a heart on the second
round of trumps. He discarded two
more on the last two leads of clubs.
At the ninth trick the last heart
was led from the board, Mr.. Dale
played the ten and Mr.. Champion
discarded a small diamond. If Mr..
Dale had retained the lead here,
everything would have worked out
as planned.
But it was Mr.. Muzzy who took
the trick. He won with the king
of hearts, which he couldn't" have
had, and returned a diamond
When the finesse of the queen lost
the contract was down one Mr.
Champion was extremely uncompli-
mentary concerning Mr.. Muzzy's
opening lead especially when
he noted that he could have made
the hand simply by stripping out
all of the hearts and clubs. then
leading his eight of diamonds and
ducking in dummy.
Mr. Dale would have had to win
and any return he made would have
given Mr.. Champion IL tricks.
(Copyright, 1852, General Features Ccrp.)
Evening star., 1952-12-11
Word Game
Find 80 or more words In
PLAINTIFF.

"the complaining party
in any litigation" Average Is 20;
limit, Is minutes.
RuleS-words must be Of four or more
letters Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of "g" such as bats"
eats" are not used. Only one form of .
word Is used. Proper names are not used.
list viii be published tomorrow.
Answer to REMNANT.
rant rate, ream, rent, reman, earn,
mart, name, mare. mate. mater. marten.
manner meant. meat. name, neat, near,
amen ante, anent, tanner, tame, tare,
tarn, tear, team. tern, term. tram.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-07
Appeals Court Dismisses
Robson Passport Suit

The United States Court of APP
peals today ordered thrown out of
court a suit brought by Singer
Paul Robson asking retaliation
of his passport.
The court sent the case back to
District Court with the instruction
that the complaint be dismissed
as a moot question. that is, a
question which is not now at
issue.
The court reasoned that since
the passport expired January Is,
1851, and since no application for
renewal was shown to have been
made, there Is no concrete issue.
Mr.. Robeson's complaint, filed
December 10, 1850, said he then
held a passport which would by
virtue Of renewal remain valid un-
til January Is. 1851. The suit
complained that the passport was
invalidated before the actual ex-
piration date. Then, on January
IS. 1851, the passport reached its
normal expiration date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-08-07
Point Of No Quorum
Stalls Fight on Lowe
By Oldest Inhabitants

Fireworks flared over appoint
ment of an outsider" to q top
District government post. but
f1zzled on a point of no quorum
last night at a meeting of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants.
They started when Herbert p.
Leeman. attorney and civic leader.
presented a motion opposing award
of the top post in the Districts
planned general administration
department to Schuyler Lowe, of
Atlanta.
A standing vote recorded 10|
for and four against the motion
before Jesse Suter, association
president. declared the matter
null and void" because there was
not required quorum of Is mem
bers present.
Mr.. Leeman pointed out in his
talk that his objection was not
aimed personally at Mr.. Lowe but
at the basic principle of bringing
in someone from outside, even one
as experienced and capable as Mr..
Lowe, when there were District
executives who should have been
considered.
Defends Appointment.
After the talk, Mr.. Suter turned
the chair over to A. j. Driscoll,
a vice president of the associa-
ton. Then Mr.. Suter spoke out
in behalf of the Commissioners
'action in appointing Mr.. Lowe.
The matter finally went to al
standing vote. whereupon Mr..
Suter ruled it out.
This is the most ridiculous
thing I ever heard Of" Mr.. Lee
man retorted. He told reporters
that II no quorum were present,
Mr.. Suter had no right even to
start the meeting.
The members then heard Insp.
Dick Mansfield, The Stars safety
director.
Mr.. Leeman said he probably
would bring the issue up again att
the next meeting of the associa-
ton.
In bringing up his motion, Mr..
Leeman said the new Citizens Ad-
visory Council was not consulted.
Mr.. Suter said consultation with
the council would not have been
necessary.
Six Members Approved.
Six persons were approved for
membership in the association at
last nights meeting. They were
Morris A. Bell. 230 Peabody street
NE; Samuel Norwood, 1701 R
street NV: Edward c. Ernst,
1901 Connecticut avenue NV;
Matthew j. O'Callaghan, jr., 2025
street NV; Robert G. Van
Vranken, 1342 Hamilton street
NV, and Charles A. Camalier,
1909 Lowell street NV.
Eulogies were said for Odell
Smith, Austin Cooper and H. Cliff
ford Bangs, members who recent
ly died.
The meeting was held in the
Old Union Engine House, Nine
tenth and H streets NV.