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Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
DANCES AT YOUTH CENTER
Saturday Night Dances to Start
SATURDAY.. October 3rd

SdluTuty, OcIODer sra
The Saturday night dances at
the Youth Center, sponsored by
the Smyrna Lions Club, will start
on Saturday, Oct. 8, and will be
designed this year to encourage at
tendance by the group from eleven
to fourteen years, altho all teen
ayers are welcome to attend. The
dances will last from 7:30 pm. to
1890 pm. and the program will
again include special dances, con-
tests, and other interesting affairs.
Guy Edmondson, Jr., Lions Club
president, Martin Golden, and Har-
ry Shortt comprise the nucleus of
a committee on the dances. Other
members will be added to the COM
mittee. Recognizing the need for
the younger girls and boys to be
taught to dance, so that they may
enjoy this diversion more, it is
planned to have wives of some of
the younger Lions on hand each
Saturday night to help the young
people learn. In addition, there
will be Lions present to act as
hosts and to keep the dances chap
eroned at all times. 1t is the aim
of the Lions to provide whole
some place of recreation on Satur-
day nights for the boys and girls.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
NEED STRONG CIVIL DEFENSE
COUNTY CD HEAD TELLS BPW

TOO of these planes could get
through and wreck us, he contin-
ued. Civil defense is the only
thing that can prevent that hap
pening, according to the speaker,
who said that such an invasion
could be worse than Pearl Harbor.
On the state level the legislature
cut the budget for civilian defense
and there is 10 money for educa-
tional material; federal appropri-
ations were cut the same way, and
there is talk of special session of
Congress to appropriate money for
civil defense, Mr.. Helm told his
audience. New Castle County is
well organized, he said; fire COM
panies in the state have organized
a fire net; county communication
system is complete. Mrs. Mae
Parker presided. A brief resume
of the trip to Regional Conference
at Breton Woods, N. H., was given
by Miss Ruth Ellen Reihm, who
had returned IN time for the dinner
meeting of the club. The Delaware
Federation of BPW Clubs will hold
a workshop in the Senate Lounge
The Smyrna-Clayton Business
and Professional Women's Club
had as guests at their first fall
meeting Harry Helm, civil defense
chairman for Kent County, and
Mrs. Ethel Hudson, chief of the
Smyrna observation post. The
need for observers at the Smyrna
post was emphasized by Mrs. Hud-
son, who said 1853 people are urg-
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
NAMED TO SOIL COMMISSION
Charles Blendt Appointed to State
Soil Conservation Commission

Soil Conservation Commission
Mr.. Charles Blendt of near
Smyrna has been appointed by the
State Soil Conservation Commis-
sion to the Board of Supervisors of
Kent County Soil Conservation to
fill the post left vacant by the
death of Ernest Blendt. This term
of Office will expire December 1855.
Mr.. Blendt, who is well known in
the community, has been active in
a number of organizations. He is
member of the I. o. o. F., a p
MA. Committeeman, and has been
for many years member of the
Grange. Like the other three
members of the Board of Supervis-
ors, Mr.. Blendt is a farmer here in
Kent County. His PIT acre farm
is located on the Smyrna-Leipsic
Road. Since he bought the farm
in 1912, he has built it up and is
now handling herd of about 7s
head of all registered Holstein cat.
tie. Major crops on the farm are
feed for his cattle, maintaining
high yields, such as 100 bushels Of
corn to the acre. Mr.. Blendt has
always been conservation minded
The first meeting of Kent County
farmers to organize Soil Conser
walton District was held at his
farm in the spring of 1943. Will
high yielding crops year after yeal
Mr.. Blendt has been able to main
tain the fertility, productivity, ant
structure of his soil by a thre'
year rotation of corn, grain, an'
hay. with his background and ex
perience in conservation, MI
Blendt will be valuable addition
to the Board of Supervisors AM
will serve the farmers of the com
munity well.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
NAME PATROL LEADERS
Girl Scout Troop 214 Patrol Lead
ers, Treasurers, and Scribes

At the first fall meeting of
Smyrna Girl Scout Troop 214, held
last week, the following patrol
leaders, treasurers, and scribes
were named: Patrol /, Suzanne
Kemp, leader; Jacqueline Roe,
treasurer; Shirley Ross, scribe;
Patrol, 2, Alice Mae David. leader;
Carole Wickham, treasurer; Doris
Slower, scribe; Patrol 8, Lois War
rem, leader; Rachel Coyle, treasur-
er; Ann Weir, a new member of
the troop, scribe. The girls have
started making the scrapbook of
their educational trip to Washing
ton, D. c., and they wish to ex-
press thanks to the residents OF
Smyrna who purchased canoy to
make possible another such trip or
a camping trip as part of their
scout experience. Miss Ruth Good
en- is the troop leader.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
FALL CONFERENCE HERE
State Federation of Women's Clubs
to Hold Fall Conference Sept. 26

Mrs. Joseph w. Ennis, president
of the Delaware State Federation
of Women's Clubs, has announced
that the Fall Conference will be
held in Smyrna on Saturday, Sept.
26. All officers and committee
chairmen, as well as all members
of the Twentieth Century Club are
invited to attend. The sessions will
be held in the auditorium of the
John Bassett Moore High School,
opening at 10 am. Mrs. Theodore
S. Chapman, first vice president of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, will be the guest speaker at
the first session at 10 am. Mrs,
Chapman, whose home is in Per-
seyville, ILL.,, is a farmer, the pro-
prietor of a 270-acre grain farm
A past president of the Illinois
State Federation, she has served in
various General Federation offices
and is also a trustee of two colleg-
! es, Monticello College at Godfrey
ILL.,, and Blackburn University al
Carlinville, Ill. She is vice presi
dent of the Community Hospita
board of Jerseyville, and member
of the advisory board of the Insti
tute of International Education
the body that supervises the Full
bright scholarships for exchange
students. The program will alst
include a panel on program plan
ming as we'll as group meeting
composing a workshop for stat,
and club chairmen. Reservation
for the luncheon, to be served a
noon in the cafeteria of the school
were in charge of Mrs. Ralph K
Lange.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
FRIENDSHIP HOMECOMING
Services at Friendship Bring Many
Old Friends Together

Friendship Church, established
in 1882 and now in it's 171st year,
had their annual Homecoming SER
vices September goth. BY a strange
coincidence, the attendance was
III, exactly the same number as
the age of the church. DR.. o. A.
BARLEY, Superintendent of the Do
yer Peninsula Conference, was the
guest speaker at the morning SER
Continued on Page Seven)
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
SOUTHERN STATES TO ELECT
Elections of Directors and Farm
Advisory Committee Members

A showing of the Southern
States 3oth Anniversary techni-
color movie, "We", a basketball"
game, and elections of local direct
ors and Farm Home Advisory
Committee members will be fea-
lures of the annual Southern Stat
es membership meeting for the
Clayton area on Monday,
Sept. 28th at Clayton School, Clay
ton. The meeting will be held at
500 o'clock pm, EST. Southern
States Cooperative and Southern
States Smyrna-Clayton Coopera-
tive are jointly sponsoring the
meeting. The chairman of the
meeting will be Charles Pryor of
Clayton. The movie to be shown
tells the story of the cooperative's
first 80 years through the memory
of a typical patron-member who
helpel organize it in 1928. The
picture was filmed in Carroll and
Howard counties in central Mary
land with an all-farm cast. The
lead" is played by Roscoe Friz-
zell, of West Friendship, Maryland,
dairy farmer, who also plays the
role of a dairy farmer in "WE".
The "basketball'' game will be
played between a mems team
coached by Carlton Blendt, Jr., of
Smyrna and a women's team,
coached by Mrs. Carlton Blendt,
Jr., of Smyrna. Each team will in
clude five players and three sub
stitutes. A team will "score" by
answering correctly questions
about the cooperative's operations,
history, and personnel. The game
will. last 20 minutes. The audience
will serve as cheering sections. The
Southern States district manager,
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
John j. Hurd Sworn in as Mayor

John J. Hurd was sworn in as
mayor of Smyrna at a ceremony
held in the mayors Office Tuesday
evening at a special meeting of
council. Acting Mayor George Luff
presided over the ceremony. Mr..
Hurd thanked the councilmen for
their cooperation and said that
with their help to guide him, he
looked for a successful admins
tration. The regular meeting of
council will be held Friday even
ing, September 25 at 7:30 o'clock,
at which time the mayor will an
nounce his committee appoint
ments.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
JR. RED CROSS
TO HOLD MEET
JRC TO Hold Training Center
at Camp TOchwOgh on
October 3rd and 4th
FIRST LOCAL MEET

Junior Red Cross delegates from
Delaware and the Eastern Shore
of Maryland will attend the first
local JRC training center at Camp
Tockwogh on October and 4.
Headed by Mrs. Herman R. Phil
lips of Milford, JRC chairman in
Delaware, the center will give
youngsters and teachers closer
look at Junior Red Cross and its
operation. Among the classes to
be given at the center are: inter-
national activities of JRC, home
nursing, first aid, and services to
the community. Opening with
general session on october g the
group will hear a history of the
Red Cross and its services given
by Mrs. Ethel Jean Myers, execu-
tive director of Delaware Chapter.
Recreation is also included on the
schedule with all the facilities of
the Y. M c. A. camp available for
use. In a letter to the principals
of Delaware schools Mrs. Phillips
stated, ut is our earnest desire
that every junior and senior high
school be represented at the train
ing center. We believe the week
end will prove to be both instruc-
tive and stimulating to the school
faculty and students participating
and will do much toward creating
a better understanding of the Jun
ior Red Cross program" Six dele
gates from every junior and senior
high school in Delaware and from
the Maryland counties have been
invited. Hartford, Cecil and all of
Maryland's Eastern Shore counties
were included in the invitations.
Registration for all delegates will
be at $3.50 am. on Saturday and
the camp will close Sunday at $3.50
pm. Although some members of
the Delaware JRC have attended
training centers conducted by Ma
tional Red Cross this is the first
time all interested boys and girls
will have such an opportunity.
Principals, Junior Red Cross teach
er-sponsors, and other interested
faculty members have also been in
vited.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
To All X-Ray Survey Volunteers

The Kent County X-Ray Council Executive Committee
Staff wish to thank the Governor radio stations the press
moving picture theaersCty Councils police and
of all ages Kent County for the exceptional
cooperation they rendered survey The outstanding
the in district entirely dependent
upon faithful help volunteers such YOU Over $4,000
individuals Xrayed in neighborhood units.
spirit with which you participated in this health
project truly appreciated We thank you and all
CHARLES H SMITH, Chairman
Staff Workers (Vc and Nell)
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
CLUBS SPONSOR
PUBLIC MEET
Smyrna and Clayton Clubs
Hold Meetings For Res
tOratiOn Project
PANEL EXPRESS VIEWS

The Independence Hall Restora-
tion Project, sponsored by the Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs,
was forwarded in this community
by a program presented Thursday
night by the Twentieth Century
Club and the Clayton Century
Club. Miss Anna B. Beckett pre-
sided. Mrs. Margaret O'Neill ar
ranged the program. Members of
a panel presented different phases
relating to citizenship, with a re-
cent graduate and a student at the
high school giving their views on
the voting right, and on democratic
training in the school. John w.
Dickinson, librarian at the John
Bassett Moore High School out
lined the important events which
occurred at independence Hall, and
told an intimate and moving story
of Caesar Rodney, and of the part
he, as well as John Dickinson and
Thomas Mexican, played. He
stressed that the individual is CIV
en- the highest value, and that not
gold, only people can make a ma
tion strong.
Talk by Girl Scout Leader
Mrs. Thomas w. Russell, Girl
Scout leader, told of many trips to
national shrines by Girl Scouts
and of their reaction. She said
that the girls were not impressed
by museums, or merely looking al
objects, but that a shrine had tc
have "a living quality" to capture
their imagination. She emphasized
the need for restoration of Inde.
pendence Hall. Joseph Church
man, high school student, told OF
democratic training in the school
listing field trips, Boys and Girls
State, Student Day in Town Gov
ernment; and an example of de-
mocracy in the school itself, the
conduct of General Organization
student governing group. He said
that training meant to him the
ability to ignore propaganda, and
not to stand in the shadow of an
other person." Ronald Nowland
recent graduate of the high school,
touched on the disillusionment OF
students as they grow to the vot-
ing age, and that exercising our
right to vote gives communism
less grounds to make headway'
Voting he saw as a duty to coun-
try, God, and fellow men. Mrs
Joseph w. Ennis, president of the
State Federation of Women's
Clubs, gave details of the project
and said that small contributions
from many persons is the aim
with $250,000 set as minimum
Mrs. Frances Kitchens sang, ac-
companied by Mrs. John H. Fearon
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
HOLE-N-ONE AT DOVER
DR.. Harold Laggner Makes Hole
in-One at Dover Golf Course

DR.. Harold ]. Laggner made a
hole-in-one playing on the golf
course on Tuesday at the Maple
Dale Country Club. The shot was
on the third hole at 145 yards, u.s.
ing a No. 5 iron. He was play
ing threesome with R. w. Eckley
and A. Wade Lea, of Dover. Ac-
cording to veteran golfers at the
club this is the first hole-in-one to
be made at the course for many
years. DR.. Laggner is being con-
graduated for the shot which puts
him in the class of other golfers
who belong to hole-in-one clubs at
country clubs in America.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
x-Ray Council Victory Session

A final victory session of the
Kent County X4Ray Council will be
held on Thursday, September "a at
8 pm, in the Legislative Hall, Do
yer. Official counts for each unit
will be available at this meeting.
All town chairmen and their vol
unteer workers are cordially invit-
ad
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
Death of Frederick Hinkson Syfrit

Funeral services for Frederick
Hathoway Hinkson Syfrit, 81, who
died at his late residence in Ken
ton, on September 18, were held
from the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel on
Tuesday. The Rev. D. E. Dewey
officiated and interment was in
Glenwood cemetery at Smyrna.
Mr.. Syfrit was the son of Robert
A. Syfrit and Catherine Lindsey of
Pennsylvania, and the widower of
the late Corine 1ilyard. He is sur
vived by a brother, MIR. Robert R.
Syfrit of Kenton and a sister, Mrs.
Thomas Bishop of Chester, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. Braden McGinnis of
Blackbird Married Fifty Years

BIackbird Married Fifty Years
Mr.. and Mrs. Braden McGinnis,
of Blackbird, celebrated their gold
en- wedding anniversary on Sep
tember 10, with members of the
immediate family attending. The
celebrants have eight children, sew
enteen grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren. Mr.. and Mrs.
McGinnis were married Sept. 10,
1908, in Raleigh County, West Vir-
ginia, by the Rev. John H. Sar-
rette. They have made their home
in Blackbird for the last thirty
four years, and he is now retired
farmer.
Smyrna times., 1953-09-24

emily needed and only 3S are avail
able. The members of the BPW
Club volunteered to serve during
their only free hours, evenings and
Sundays. Mr.. Helm spoke on the
need to build a strong civil de-
fense. Russia has the atom and
the hydrogen bomb" he said, "and
if Russia knows we are prepared
she will hesitate to attack us. He
noted the difference in war today,
when the aim is to cripple rather
than kill. The aim of the enemy
is to create panic in factories, he
stated. Should 1000 planes come
from Siberia to attack us at least
on Sunday, Oct. IL at 10 am. Ma
tional BPW Week will be observed
that week.
Receives Gift of Folding Chair
The Smyrna Grange presented
the local club with a folding chair
to add to the community lending
closet sponsored by the club. Mrs.
Blanche Short made the presenta-
tion to Miss T. Ann Scout, chair
man of the health and safety COM
mittee. Any person who is ill in
this community may borrow the
various items by contracting Miss
Scout. No charge is made for
anything but the hospital bed. The
club plans rummage sale at a
later date, and plans are being
made to purchase an adjustable
wheel chair to add to the commun-
ity lending closet.
, 1953-01-14
Leewdrd Isles Chief
Executive Due in
st. Thomus FridQY

His Excellency Governor
Kenneth w. Blackbourne Of
the Leeward Islands will ar
rive in st. Thomas on Friday
january is remaining for dis
cussions of several items with
Governor de Castro.
Among these items will
be immigration, quarantine &
customs problems between the
British Virgin Islands and the
American Virgin Islands.
, 1953-01-14
Worms Russid
Against Future Flights
Over Her Domdin

The japanese government
has issued a warning to Soviet
Russia that it will take the ne
cessary action in cooperation
with the United States Secur-
ity forces stationed in Japan
to prevent Russian planes fly
ing over her domain in future.
Between twenty and thirty
violations of northern Hokkaid
do have been listed since last
summer. A Soviet Warplane
shot down an unarmed Ameri-
can B-29 Superfort over Japan
csc territory on October Z, last.
General Mark w. Clark has
issued orders to American war
planes to shoot down RUSSIAN
planes intruding over Japan
csc territory, following pleas
of the japanese Government.
A japanese official said the
Russians appear to be engaged
in armed reconnaissance. The
protest was issued after con-
situations with Ambassador
Robert D. Murphy.
TIE order has the full back
iro of the American military
ard Diplomatic authorities.
, 1953-01-14
Personnel Mention

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Hen
bricks are visiting relatives
and friends in st. Croix this
week, after spending part of
their vacation in St.John's and
Thomas
Mrs. Hendricks is a sister of
the well-known Harry Ed
wards. She has been a resident
of New York for the past %
years. Mr.. Hendricks is a ma
tive of St.John.
They are the house guests of
Miss Mariel Mckay.
, 1953-01-14
Pvt. Adriun Murundu
Completes Bdsic
Truining in Virginia

Private Adrian Miranda Of
Christiansted completed his
basic training at the Quarter
master Replacement Training
Center at Fort Lee, Virginia on
January 8, it was reported by
the Army release.
Pvt. Miranda was indicted
into the Army on Sept. II. Be
fore entering service, he at
tended the Christiansted High
School.
While in basic training, he
received instruction in combat
skills, including handling and
firing weapons, battle indoctri
nation, camouflage, en''ad tao
tics, compass and map reading
with night and dav problems,
bivouac maneuvers, first aid,
defensive measures against
chemical biological and radio
logical warfare and dismount-
ed drill.
, 1953-01-14
Training Ship From
T1uine Cancels Visit
10 ST. Thomds jan. "a

Governor de Castro received
word from the Superintendent
of the Maine Maritime Acad-
envy that the visit to St. Thorn
as Of the training ship Empire
State which was due there on
January "a had been cancelled
due to the fact that he had re-
ceived word that the harbor
facilities would be in full use.
The Governor Immediately
cabled to Admiral Warlick stat
ing that berth would be avail
able in the harbor for the EN-
pire State and urging him to
restore the Virgin Islands to
their schedule.
He also stated that the
Government and people would
be greatly disappointed if the
ship cancelled her visit.
, 1953-01-14
limited Nr4ions
Security Cornell Met
AZ Times in 1852

The II members Of the Unit
ed Nations Security Council
met AZ times during 1852, the
seventh year of the body's life.
The number of meetings last
var, the records show, was
five more than in 1851, when.
the Council set a low record
70 rthe number of sessions
Fourteen meetings, the larg-
est number on any one que
ton, were devoted to the e
of new members. Ter
, 1953-01-14
Governor de Cdstro to
Answer Critics Over
VISTA al 6:l5 Tonight

Governor de Castro will de-
liver his regular suppertime
chat over radio station VISTA
in St. Thomas to be rebroad-
cast by radio station WIVI in
st. Croix this evening at s
o'clock.
The Governor stated that he
will use this occasion to report
to the people of the Virgin Is
lands on the attacks recently
made upon his administration
by Howard A. Jackson, Will
liam Greer and Edward Bind
ley.
It is learned that he will be
permitted one half hour be-
yond the time allotted him for
his regular broadcast.
, 1953-01-14


meetings were held on the sub
ject of Kashmir. Seven consi-
dered a request for investiga-
ton of alledged psychological
warfare; six were held on an
appeal to countries to agree to
the Geneva Protocol of 1925,
prohibiting G r M warfare;
three on the Tunisian question;
and two on the Councils re-
port to the U.N. General AS
sembly.
, 1953-01-14
President-elec Sends
Dulles. Stussen to .
Check on NATO

President-elect Dwight D.
Eisenhower has ordered a
study of the United States par
ticipation in the North Attain
tic Treaty Organization and al
so the economic assistance pro-
gram.
Secretary of State-designate
John Foster Dulles and Har-
old Stassen will leave for Eu-
rope shortly to make an on-the
spot survey and report back.
10 pu9 9q4 lIgdep o. ueTd GsqI
this month.
Arizona sun., 1953-10-09

has already picked a slate of can
didates and filed. There is only one
other candidate, Thomas E. Burns.
who has taken out petitions, but
has not filed.
Foskin came here eight years
ago from Detroit, Michigan, where
he was engaged in the construction
business. After leaving the employ
ment of the US. army engineers,
worked on the construction of
three war plants for the Hercules
Power Co.
Foskin lives at 1889 E. Brill, is
married and has four grown chill
dren, and a member of the Catho-
lie Church.
Arizona sun., 1953-10-09
Fight Still Roses
Over Jim Grow
Soft Drink Vendor

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)-The
fight still RACES against the Coca
Cola Company for allegedly main
tanning separate soft drink coolers
for Negro and white patrons. The
controversy first gained attention
last year when the Southern Pa
triot, published by the Southern
Conference Educa ion Board
printed a picture showing a vend-
ing nadine with two spigots, one
for white and one for Negro pa
irons.
The Coca Cola Company at the
time stated that it cannot control
the actions of all dealers who set
up their coolers and that the Jim
Crow situation referred to in this
case would be entirely under the
control of the local dealer and OF
the Coca Cola Company.
During one of his New York
Arizona sun., 1953-10-09
IA Million Pounds Of Clothing Sent
Koreo's Destitute By Ark Since 81

NEW YORK-Untold numbers of
homeless and destitute Koreans
will face more happily the COM
ing winters cold because of the
generosity of thousands of Ameri-
cans.
Recently, the 81 millionth pound
of relief clothing, donated to
American Relief for Korea's 1853
nationwide campaign for 10 mil
lion pounds, was sent to the war;
torn peninsula.
This brings to IA million the to-
tai number of pounds of clothing
collected by ARK, since it was or
ganized in April, 1851, and sent to
Korea.
In September, ARK will inten-
sify its drive again in at least 20
cities throughout this country to
reach it's goal of 10 million pounds
for 1853.
ARK is financed by United De-