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Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Death of Clifford Jones, So

Clifford Jones, age 81, Office
manager of the Town of Smyrna,
died at his home in Smyrna yes
terday after a long illness. Mr..
Jones, the son of the late Howard
Jones and Olivia Jones of Smyrna,
is survived by his wife, Martha
w. Jones of Smyrna; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Henry T. Price, Smyr-
ma; and Mrs. Robert A. Richard
son, Middletown; and the follow
ing brothers and sisters, H. lloyd
Jones, Mrs. Harold ]. Carrow,
Mrs. William T. Nowland, and
Miss Ruth Jones, all of Smyrna,
and 5 grandchildren. Funeral SER
vices will be held on Saturday,
March IL, at 2 pm. at the As
bury Methodist Church. The Rev.
Walter L. Beckwith will officiate
and interment in Odd Fellows
cemetery, Smyrna. Mr.. Jones was
a former member of the State
Legislature, was with the Unem-
ployment Compensation Commits
sion for 10 years, a member of
the Citizens Hose Company, and
the Asbury Methodist Church.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Brownie Troop 81

Members of Brownie Troop 81
will attend st. Peters Episcopal
Church on Sunday morning. They
will be accompanied by their lead
ers and also adults who have
worked with the Brownies. On
Saturday, March IL the troop will
meet at Lake Como for a lesson
in building fires and outdoor cook
ing. They will also learn some
new songs to be sung around q
campfire. On Saturday, March 19
Troop 81 will visit Dover Air Base
for a one and one-half hour tour
of the base. Arrangements were
made by James Cooper through
Lieut.. Feldman. The Brownies, di-
vided in two groups, will put on
Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella on
March 20 for their mothers. Lead
ers are Mrs. Franklin Cooke, Mrs.
Harry Thompson, assisted by Mrs.
George D. Wright and Mrs. Ed
ward Wootten.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
CENTURY CLUB PROGRAM
This Afternoons Program VIII BE
Presented BY Girl Scouts

The program at the Twentieth
Century Club ON Thursday at 2
pm. will be presented by Senior
Girl Scout Troop 101, which is
sponsored by the club. Janet
Wickham is chairman of the pro-
gram, assisted by Tarun Comegys.
The program will be in three
parts, candle light ceremony in
which to repeat the Scout Prom
Use and Laws; an original skit,
written by Miss Wickham and
Miss Comegys based on Girl Scout
camping; and lastly, the tradi-
tional goodnight friendship circle.
The scouts will sing their Girl
Scout songs throughout the pro-
gram. They will also arrange a
display of knots made by the
scouts, and examples of wood
burning. Mrs. Martin Golden is
the leader and Miss Joyce Riley,
assistant leader. The scouts who
will take part in the program in
clude, in addition to the two
named, Barbara Shortt, May
O'Connor, Gail Lurty, Carol Wick
ham, Alice May David, Jackie
Roe, Rachel Coyle, and Bobby Lee
Harris. AS a recent project the
senior scouts baked cookies which
were wrapped in individual pack
ages and presented to 108 pa
tients at the State Welfare Home.
They have also conducted the
sale of Girl Scout cookies over a
period of weeks from a booth at
Four Corners. Kay O'Connor is
chairman of this project, setting
UP the schedule of hours for the
scouts to work.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
TO HOLD FIRST
AID CLASSES
Red Cross Classes To Start
Monday, March Ia At
Legion Room
MISS REED INSTRUCTOR

Red Cross classes in First Aid
will start on Monday, March IA
with Miss Jane Reed, of the phys
ical education department at the
Smyrna High School, as instruc-
tor. The course is free and is
open to both men and women. 1t
will be held in the American Leg
ion Room, Town Hall, each Mon
day night from Z to 8 pm. Ac-
cording to Miss Reed the stand
ard course, which includes band
ages, burns, poisons, fractures, and
general first aid, will be given.
These classes are not to be con-
fused with the Red Cross home
nursing classes now in progress
here. Mrs. Clay Bailey, chairman
nursing services for Area No. 4
Red Cross, is also acting as chair
man for registrations, for the
first aid course. She may De call
ed at Smyrna 1887. Ten members
of class in home nursing who
have received their certificates ex-
pressed interest in a first aid
course, and they will form the
nucleus of the class. The course
is free and men and women from
the entire area are invited to join.
The area comprises the towns of
Kenton, Downs Chapel, Clayton,
Smyrna, Woodland Beach, and the
rural areas between. Advance reg
istrations are desirable and may
be made at any time through Mrs.
Bailey or Miss Reed. Thomas W.
Russell is first aid chairman for
Area No. 4.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
MANY HISTORY
COURSES AT I'D.
Excellent Selection Available
TO Students Attending
Summer Session
OUTLINE OF OFFERINGS

An excellent selection of history
courses will be available to stu
dents attending the University of
Delaware's summer session, ac-
cording to preliminary outline
of offerings announced by Dr.Wil-
liam o. Penrose, director of sum-
mer school. Joining DR.. Hyman
Kublin of Brooklyn College and
DIR. 1. Bernard Cohen of Harvard
University as visiting professors
of history will be DR.. Irwin G.
Wyllie, associate professor of his
tory at the University of Missouri.
DR.. Wyllie became a member of
the University of Missouri faculty
in 1948, after serving as an in
structor in history for a year at
the University of Maryland. He
was graduated from Allegheny
High School in Pittsburgh in 1887
and attended Westminster College,
New Wilmington, Pa, on a schol-
arship, receiving a bachelor OF
arts degree from that school in
1941. He majored in American
history at Oberlin College, Ober-
lin, Ohio, where he received his
masters degree in 1912. He then
served in the u. S. Army. Fol-
lowing his military service, he
was an instructor in history at
Westminster College, his alma
mater, before going to the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin to study for
his doctorate. AS a research as
sistant at Wisconsin, DR.. Wyllie
did considerable work on two
volume history of the University
of Wisconsin, co-authored by
Merle Curt, a Pulitzer prize win
ner in history, and Vernon Car
stensen. DR.. Wyllie was named a
University Fellow in history at
Wisconsin in 1916, and received
his Ph.D. degree there in 1949.
DR.. Wyllie was granted leave of
absence by the University of Mis-
souri, for 1954-55 to take Ford
Foundation Faculty Fellowship fol
study at Cornell University, Ith-
aca, N. Y. and nearby institutions
In a book "The Self-Made Man in
America, the Myth of Rags to
Riches which was published by
the Rutgers University Press in
1854, DR.. Wyllie attacks the pop
ular American idea that any man
can make fortune through the
Continued on Page Twelve
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Small Debt Repaid

1t is not often that a small
debt owed for forty years is re-
paid but in this case it was done
to the astonishment of the recip-
lent. 1t seems that many years
ago Mrs. Joseph Windal, of Hern-
don, Iowa, the former Miss Ella
Boyles, of Smyrna had borrowed
three dollars from Miss Cora
Ford, who had completely forgot
ten about it. Recently, Mrs. Win
dal, who has corresponded with
Miss Ford infrequently through
the years, wrote and enclosed a
check for the amount. Miss Ford
had no memory of the incident
and was loathe to cash the check.
Undoubtedly the sender feels hap
pier at the thought that she owes
no debts, so the story has a hap
py ending.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 212
Making Invitations TIE Be Sent to
Their Sponsoring Group

Members of Smyrna Girl Scout
Troop 212 are at work designing
and making their own invitations
to be sent to their sponsoring
group, the Mite Society of the
First Presbyterian Church, invit-
ing them to a tea to be held Sun
day, March 20. Four new girls
have joined the troop: Constance
Bush, Diane Dixon, Joyce Christie
pher, and Carol Gordon. They will
be invested at the next meeting
by the leader, Mrs. Gertrude Brit
tingham. The troop will have
display during Girl Scout Week
at Vance Coles barber shop at
Four Corners. New patrol lead
ers and troop scribe have been
named. Carnation patrol, Joyce
Thompson, leader, Clara Ann
Jones, assistant; Curley Q's have
Joyce Stevenson, leader, and Kar-
en- Everhart, assistant; She Utter
bugs, Mary Catherine Smith, lead
er, and Dorothy Gray, assistant.
The new troop scribe is Shirley
Stats. The girls have been
working on cooking and hospi-
tality badges. They are also maxi
ing twenty-six dish towels which
will be given to the Youth Center
to be used in the kitchen there.
The scouts are also participating
in the annual cookie sale. Miss
Edna Conley and Miss Genevieve
Carrow are assistant leaders.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
AMATEUR SHOW BY v.F.w.
VIII Be Held In Smyrna School
Auditorium On Friday, April 1


An amateur show is being plan
ned by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 1901, Clayton to be
held on Friday, April 1 at pm.
There will be one hundred dollars
in cash prizes, and amateur per-
formers of all kinds are urged to
enter the contest. All are eligi-
BILE from the many towns and rur-
al areas to enter and the applica-
tions should be in the hands of
the program committee by March
21. The show will be held in
the auditorium of the Smyrna
High School. Elwood T. Starkey,
commander, has appointed the fol-
lowing committees: Program, John
G. Cooper; tickets, James L. Cub
bage; advertisement, Donald 1.
Ennis; location, Lester Smith.
VIEW Post 1901 is taking part in
the Blood Bank of Delaware. 1t
is possible to join the Blood Bank
only under a group and the post
is opening their group to anyone
that may care to take part. Har-
ry E. Shirley is chairman of the
Blood Bank committee. Regular
dances are held at the post home
in Clayton and will continue every
other Saturday night. The next
dance will be on March IL, with
music by the Silver knights.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Cancer Detection Center

The Cancer Detection Center
will be held in Smyrna on Friday,
March 18 at the Health Unit, East
Commerce Street between the
hours of 9:45 am. to HAS am.
and from 12:45 pm. to 2:45 pm.
The service is free to women over
twenty-five years of age, both
Negro and white. Appointments
may be made by calling Smyrna
3091. If no answer, call Smyrna
e65S.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Sock Hop by silver Eagles

On Saturday evening, March IL
the Silver Eagles will stage a
sock hop at the Century Club. All
persons attending will be request
ed to dance in their socks. Ad-
mission will be as usual. On Sat-
urday, March 10 another special
dance is scheduled, with music by
the Silver knights. Admission for
this dance will be slightly higher,
couples seventy-five cents, stays,
fifty cents. On Sunday evening,
March 13 at 7:30 PM, at the
Townsend Methodist Church, Town
send, the Silver Eagles Glee Club
will sing under the direction of
John Dickinson, with Robert Reed
at the piano.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Receives Promotion

Charles H. Reed, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Reed, Sr., of
Townsend has recently been pro-
moted to Private First Class after
successfully completing a FIVE
month course in stenography at
the Adjutant General School, Ft
Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Pfc,
Reed recently left for the west
coast en- route to the Far East
where he has been assigned.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
COUNTY LINE All CLUB
Road Identification Discussed al
Recent Special Meeting


Road Identification" was wide
ly discussed at a recent special
meeting of the County Line All
Club. Club leader Mrs. Homer
Stevens related the plea of the
New Castle County Leaders AS
sociation which stated that Della
ware roads are becoming too dirty
and Uttered with paper and other
trash. The All Clubs of the
local community were asked to
lend assistance in improving the
conditions which now exist in this
district. County Line members
unanimously decided in favor of
this project. Richard Reed, Joan
Shorts Burris, and Ronnie Stevens
were named to a committee To
gather information on this SUBJ
ject. Club members pointed with
emphasis to the road leading from
Smyrna to the town dump at
Duck Creek. They cited this as
an outstanding example of Della
wares untidy roads. An active
campaign has been planned to
combat the problem. The assist
ance of the State Highway Com
mission and the Town of Smyrna
will be solicited. Any other All
Club in the community that is in
terested in combating this prob
lem and others of its kind are
asked to contact some member or
leader of the County Line Club.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
students on Deans List

Two hundred and thirty-one
University of Delaware students
appear on the deans list for the
first semester of the current
school year, Dr. Francis H. Squire,
Dean of the University announced
this week. These students receiv-
ed grades of 3.25 or above, out of
a possible 400. Undergraduates
from this area on the deans list
are: Smyrna-Martha Jane Muck
OILS, 3.76; Townsend-Doris Ann
Dukes, 3.53.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
First Aid Glass Starts Monday

Call Mrs. Clay Bailey, Smyrna
1887 if you wish to be registered
in the free Red Cross First Aid
Glass which will start on Monday,
March IA from z to 9 pm. Miss
Jane Reed, physical education in
structor at the Smyrna High
School, will teach the class. The
standard fifteen-hour course will
be given on successive Monday
nights at the American Legion
Room at Town Hall.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
To Hold Silver Tea

A silver tea will be held by The
Contact Club of EwelFs-St. Paul
Church, Clayton, on March II
from 2 to 9 pm. A silver offer
ing will be the admission charge
and display of many varied OBJ
jects of art and glass ware, as
well as of the art of ceramics will
be arranged. Mrs. Jean Jones is
chairman. The hostesses will be
dressed in old-fashioned costumes
to receive the guests.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Auxiliary at st. Peters Church

Hostesses at the social hour
which will follow the program at
the postponed meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary on Tuesday
night, March Is will be Mrs.
Frank Greenwell and Mrs. Homer
D. Hudson. The meeting will
start at 8 pm. and the guest
speaker will be the Rev. Keith
Russell, graduate of Oxford Uni
versity, who is assistant to the
Bishop of the Upper Niles. Mrs.
F. S. Bancroft will preside, and
the program chairman is Mrs.
Fred Heinold, Sr. The devotions
will be conducted by Mrs. Richard
w. Comegys.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Atlas Post No. Q. Smyrna

The meeting of Atlas Post No.
9, American Legion, held last Fri
day evening was attended by five
department of Delaware officers,
and two district commanders
Kent County posts were well rep
resented and a large group at
tended from Sussex County.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
New Girl Scout Troop Formed

New Girl Scout Troop Formed
The members of the Womens
Usher Board of Bethel A.M.E.
Church are sponsoring the new
Senior Girl Scout Troop 19s. The
eight girls have as their leader
Mrs. Alfred Sudler, and Mrs. Will
liam johnson as assistant leader.
The troop committee includes
Mrs. Thomas Swiggett, chairman,
Mrs. Samuel Potts, and Mrs. Rob-
erta Guy. Meetings are arranged
for Monday evenings at the Leg
ion Building.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
smyrna Homemakers Club

Members of the Smyrna Home
makers Club will attend the
March group meeting to be held
at Fellowship Hall, Ewelps-St.
Paul Church, Clayton, on Friday,
March IL at Q pm.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
SMYRNA Grange Meets Tonight

The Smyrna Grange will meet
tonight, Thursday, March 10 at
8 pm. with Master John Dukes
presiding. The Smyrna Grange will
present the Kent County visiting
program at Kenton Grange on
March Is at 8 pm.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
Chest X-Ray Program at Kenton

Chest X-Ray Program at Kenton
The Chest X-Ray Program for
Kenton on Monday, March Z, was
cancelled due to technical difficult
ties. 1t has been scheduled for
Monday, April IL from 1 to A,
and 5 to s. Mr.. Paul Palmer is
the chairman, Mrs. Dorothy Smith,
hostess chairman, and Mrs. Susie
Knotts, publicity chairman. This
program, given by the State
Board of Health, is co-sponsored
by the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis
Society.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
Announce Al
School Staff

Staff of the Sunday and He
brew School of Congregation
AnShei Israel is announced by
Maurice Falkow, educational
director. Teaching S un d a y
School are Mrs. Jordan Fess-
Ter, Mrs. Sam Grace. Faculty
for the we k d a y Hebrew
School are Liba Breger, Jor-
dan Fas sler, Lou Fischer,
Mrs. Grace, Irving Malinsky,
Abe Resisa, Miss Sonia Shlef-
stein, Norman Shapiro, Mrs.
Abe Chanin conducts the Kin
dergarten.
At the initial Sabbath serv-
ice this season, held on Friday
evening consecrated were the
e i G h t year old students, at
tending their first year of He
brew School. They are: Marv-
in Berg, Jack Beren, Martin
Bloom, Mic h a el Cornfield,
David Courtland, Joel David
son, Donald Davis, Lynn Fal-
kow, Paul Fine, Michele Gill
man, Marc Goldberg, Steven
Iker, Jeffrey Kagan, Arnold
Levin, Howard Mandel, Irv-
ing P a ul, Marion Poliakoff,
Sherry Sacks, Sandra Shein,
Alene Splitter.
Late Friday evening serv-
ices will be held each Friday
evening until the Spring hol-
idays. Also resumed is the
study course on Bible and
Commentary, held each Satur-
day afternoon an hour before
the afternoon S service and
conducted by Rabbi Breger. 1t
is open to all men in the COM
munity.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
Fear Israel
Culture More
Than Might

OSLO, way - Arab
public opinion is beginning
privately to express the view
that Israel and the Arab ma
tions must establish peace, P.
Lavon, a member of the Knes-
set, told a press conference,
reports the National Jewish
Post.
Arab lie "a ders are not so
much afraid of IsraePs mill
tary power as of Israel's cul-
ture, Lavon asserted. Free in
tercourse across the bOundar-
les of Israe will mean the
spread of political and cultur-
al ideas which will shake the
Arab nations to their founda-
tionS.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21

Last Sunday marked the
opening of the fall Youth
program at the Center. Teen
age lounge serves as the focal
point for informal get-togeth-
erS and relaxation. Periodical
ly programs are offered. A
Well-equipped G ame room
nearby is also available. Tour
namentS are held from time
to time. Both are open each
day and under adult supervi-
sion.
Youth Council, with repre-
sentatives from all youth
groups, meets at the Center.
1t is an autonomous group
whose purpose is to develop
leadership and to prepare for
civic responsibility.
There are activities for
youth 13 to IS known as Guys
NJ Gals, Planned for Sunday
afternoons are SocialS for
youngsters II to Is, as well as
an extensive athletic pro-
gram.
A teen-age band and an arts
and crafts workshop meet on
Sunday afternoons. Mil o n
Frank, program director, con-
ducts this general program,
served by a volunteer teen-age
committee headed by Mrs. Jo-
seph Myerson and a young
teens committee of VIII ic h
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
p. w. Leader
Visits u. S.

NEW YORK (JTA) - AL
though the people of Israel
are deeply dis t ur b e d by
Egypt's acquiring arms from
the Soviet bloc and by Egyp-
tan provocations in the GAIA
area, there is no panic in Is
rael, Beba Idelson, Deputy
speaker of the Knesset and
general secretary of Israeps
Working Women's Council,
declared.
Mrs. Idelson, arrived here
to participate in the conven-
ton of the Pioneer Woman
which will open in Toronto
Sunday.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21

Bernard MyrOn GOldStein
Reading from the Haftorah
will be Bernard Myron Gold
stein at his Bar Mitzvah dur
ing Sabbath services on Oct.
20 at Congregation Anshei Is
rael. His parents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Goldstein, 723
N. Treat. They invite mem
bers of the congregation and
their friends to a t e n d the
Kiddush following services, in
the synagogue auditorium.
Bernard is in the Ell 6 h t h
grade at Mansfield school. He
is a member of the Y swim
ming team and woodcraft is
his hobby. He is the grandson
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Rackoff.
Out-of-town guests who will
attend the ceremony include
Mr.. and Mrs. Samson Hittner,
Morristown, NJ, Mrs. Robert
Rosenzweig and daughter
Linda of New York, Mr.. and
Mrs. Seymour Siegel, North
Hollywood.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
Close Center
In Chicago

CHICAGO (JTA) - Chica-
go's largest and most active
Jewish educational and rec
reational center, the Jewish
Peoples Institute, has closed
it's doors to make way for a
public school.
The center, which has serv-
ed thousands of men and
women of all ages, was built
in 1927 at a cost of S2,00O,-
900. 1t was recently purchas-
ed by the Chicago Board of
Education for 100000 At the
time it was opened, the JPI
was the l a G e S t and most
modern center of it's kind in
the U. S.
Over the years, the center
has featured varied programs
including theatrical produc-
tions, lectures, forums and a
multitude of club S. At one
time during the depression
when Chicago was forced to
close down its junior Colleges
because of financial inability
to operate them, a Peoples
Junior College was opened at
the JPI and was operated un-
til 1886 when the city was
it closed will be continued in
again able to assume financ-
ial sponsorship of its junior
college program.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
Extensive Youth Program
In Operation At Center

Mrs. Nathan Perlman is chair
man.
Boys and girls interested in
qualifying for the Harv S t
Moon Ball Nov. % at the Gen.
ter are urged to register for
the swingster ballroom class
on Monday evenings. Th os e
ages II to Is who are ball
room dancing beginners are
also invited.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
Allan Kramer

Allan Kramer
Bar Mitzvah of Allan Kra-
mer will be held at Sabbath
services this Saturday at Con-
gregation Anshei Israel. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Kramer, 2945 E. 5th. They in
vite members of the congre-
CATION and their friends to the
Kiddush following services.
Allan is in the eighth grade
at Mansfield school. His hob
bies include stamp collecting,
photography and he is inter
ested in art.
The Arizona post., 1955-10-21
BA-~
1Ram11rh
David Steven Klein

Mr.. and Mrs. K e n n e t h
Klein, 1926 E. Montecito, are
parents of a second child and
firs t son, born Oct. 10. He
weighed 7 Id. 2 OF. and was 20
inches tall. At a Bris on Mon
day Cantor FalkoW was mo-
hel and AL HurvitZ the SON.
dek. Grandparents are Mr..
and Al Hurvitz, Tucson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Klein,
Brooklyn. Mr.. Klein is with
a downtown shoe store.
Robert Allen Gender
A fourth child and second
son was born on Oct. II to Mr..
and Mrs. Max Gender, 5425
E. 3rd. He weighed 7 ID. 2 OF.
and was 1912 in ch es tall.
Proud grandparents are Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Cohen, E. 9th,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gender, Chi
cago, Mr.. Gender is an indus
trial engineer at Hughes Air
craft.
Marc Keith CheSin
On Oct. Z a first child was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Chesin, 5531 N. Wiltshire DR..
At birth he weighed Z ID. II
or. and was 20 inches tall. At
the naming of the baby the
ritual was read by Rabbi Bill
gray. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Che
sin, Tucson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Ginsberg, New York
are the baby's grandparents.
Mr.. Gender is a building con-
tractor.
Jeffrey Wayne Cannon
First child was born to Mr..
and Mrs. A. Lawrence Can
non, II Polo Village, Oct. IL.
He weighed 7 Id. Is OF. and
was 20 inches tall. Bird was
held last Monday with Cantor
Falkow as nobel and George
Fenster, baby's grandfather
as sandek. Grandparents are
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fenster,
Tucson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cannon, Porterville, Calf.
Mr.. Cannon is attending the
University.