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Evening star., 1955-02-09
Second Of o Series

ness category are the most con-
troversial-some 1000 acres for
Burke Airport and another 1000
acres for a Government agency
dispersal site near Centreville.
The Planning Commission al
ready has gone on recodd stat
ing that serious consideration"
should be given to dropping these
two items.
But Mr.. McHugh says he found
the Government had compel
ling" reasons to pick Burke as
the site for a new National Air
port to serve Washington, and he
recommends that the county ac-
cept the idea.
Cites Two Advantages.
Burke as an airport site has
two big advantages--air traffic
would not interfere with existing
airports-and it has quick access
to the District" reports Mr..
McHugh. He adds:
"InaSmuch as Fairfax is an
integral part of the Washington
Metropolitan Area, it must ex-
pect to play it's reasonable part
in fulfilling the sound develop
ment of the area and, in the case
of Burke, in promoting the safety
and convenience of the air.
travelling public. The site is rela-
lively isolated and in an un-
developed part Of the county"
He notes that the airport
could be expected to employ 1000
persons. many of whom would
live and shop in Fairfax County.
He cites real estate transactions
from other areas where airportS
were located to show that they
do not have an adverse effect
in land values.
The proposed Government
agency dispersal site recon-
mended by Mr.. McHugh stretches
between Centreville and Chan
tilly. He states that he has no
particular Government agency
in mind, but believes the area
suits the requirements for dis
persal of a nonstrategic agency
and would be an asset to the
western end of the county.
Other parcels recommended
for light industrial use total
about $500 acres, which is 10
times as much industrial land
now in use in the county.
Concurs With Hoyt.
Mr.. McHugh concurs with
the recommendations of Homer
Hoyt, who urged Fairfax County
in his economic survey to en-
courage industrial expansion so
new tax sources could be tapped
to reduce the burden on residen-
tial real estate. But Mr.. McHugh
cautions that the county should
be careful to invite only the
most desirable industries. He
cites the new Melpar plant on
Arlington boulevard as an ex-
ample of the type Of industry
the county should look for.
Largest new industrial parcel
proposed by Mr.. McHugh con-
tains 1,470 acres. 1t stretches
along the east side of Shirley
highway, on either side of the
RF&P Railroad tracks from
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Assembly Resolution
Hits Right-to-Work
Laws for States
. BY Cherries |. Hoffman
Siar SiuH Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 9.-Debate
over so-called right = to work"
legislation was out in the open
today. with labor forces getting
In the first licks.
Delegate Samuel A. Culotta,
Republican. OF Baltimore City
yesterday introduced a resolu-
ton in the House condemning
such legislation.
The measure, to be trans
mitted to Maryland's Representa-
tives In Congress If passed. also
calls on Congress to repeal the
section Of the Labor Manage
ment Relations Act on 1948
which permits this type of leg
islation at the State level.
The resolution declares that
only IL States-l2 Of them in
the South-have such right-to-
work laws.
THE majority Of such laws
have been enacted by Southern
States with the express intent of
Turing industries from Northern
States to low-wage areas in the
South" the resolution reads.
Resolution to Committee.
Right-to-work laws are aimed
at barring union membership or
non-membership as prerequisites,
for holding q Job.
The measure condemlling such
laws was referred to the House
Labor Committee.
Even as Mr.. Culotta's resolu-
ton was being introduced Sena-
tor James c. Weinroth, Demo-
crat. of Cecil County was putting
new touches on a right-to-work
bill he said he will introduce. The
Senator said he would strike
from the proposed bill any prohi-
bition to the collection Of union
dues by employers.
Fear Bid for, Fight.
Opponents of such a measure
fear that Mr.. Culotta's resolution
is inviting a fight on a proposal
that its hackers have had trouble
even finding a sponsor for.
Right-to-work legislation has
been tagged 'as labor's leading
target in the Assembly. The
seriousness with which it is
viewed by labor is indicated in
the announcement yesterday of
a $59-a-plate dinner-free to
legislators on invitation -
planned here February Is by the
District of Columbia Maryland
Federation. Of Labor-something
new in the legislative routine.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Maryland
and
Virginia
in Brief
increased Schools Funds
Predicted in Montgomery

Predicted in Montgomery
A grim picture of school ex-
penditures for the foreseeable
future-one requiring additional
tax burdens-has been presented
to the budget-minded Montgom-
cry County Council by the coun-
tvs Board OF Education.
For the next five years. the
council was warned yesterday,
school population. capital ex-
penditures for buildings and
teacher salaries all will spiral.
DR.. Forbes H. Norris, county
school superintendent. said school
enrolment will Jump from the
present 47.506 to $4,000 or more
by l959-60. This growth, he
said, will require $22 to $25 mil
lion for buildings and recur-
ring annual item of 81 million
for additional teachers.
The forecasts were made at
conclusion of a tour of four
schools yesterday by members OF
both bodies.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Council Freezes Jobs
.0n Eve Of Reese's
Manpower Study

montgomery new $lS,uUU-a'
year county manager today face.
the prospect of tackling as his
| first assignment full-scale in
vestigation of the county govern
ment's manpower.
And he'll have to do it with
no extra help.
The all-Democratic County
Council in a surprise move yes
terday clamped a freeze on hir-
ing until the employe review is
completed.
The freeze order split the
board, 4-3, after i had unani-
mously approved the appoint
ment of Melvin L. Reese, 47-year-
old Federal administrator, to the
county managers post.
Mr.. Reese will take over his
new job on February 20.
Bitter opposition marked the
passage of the freeze resolution,
proposed by Councilman Wilbur
N. Baughman. He called it an
economy move in line with
Democratic campaign promises
last year.
No Request by Reese.
He said he believed Mr.. Reese
would welcome the freeze, but
acknowledged that the new man
ager didn't ask for it,"
Joining him in support Of the
order were Councilmen Jerry T.
Williams, Charles H. Jamison
and Robert T. Snure.
MIR. Reese himself, contacted
last night. declined comment on
the freeze order.
He was instructed to deter
mine the number Of county en-
ployes, their qualifications and
grades and to discover what de-
partments are overstaffed or
understaffed.
Mr.. Baughman said the study
might uncover some suggestions
for changing the setup of the
Personnel Board.
Officials privately predicted the
freeze would have demoralizing
effect on county employees, since
it bans promotions and the
granting of permanent status to
temporary employees.
The council itself ignored it's
own stand by appointing cost
accountant, George B. Bloomer,
jr., and two clerk-typists, Doris
Thorn and Mary Louise Stanton.
These appointments, however.
were on the council agenda.
whereas the freeze resolution was
an unscheduled move.
13 Positions Listed.
Ironically, the County Per-
sonnel Board yesterday issued a
bulletin listing 13 positions open
in county government. The
vacancies included the job of
chief of division of tuberculosis
at a top salary of $3.50. Ths
other IL jobs had beginning
salaries ranging from $3,328 to
$6.427.
The council wrestled with the
controversial community pool
issue once more. reaffirming its
support of the zoning ordinance
that requires a majority of the
membership of a community
swim club to live within half
mile of the pool. However, it
promised to schedule a public
hearing on the issue.
It authorized the preparation
of a new ordinance which would
remove the half-mile restriction
in special cases. Requests for
pool permits would take into ac-
count the feelings of residents"
Evening star., 1955-02-09
By Mary Lou Werner

Sizable chunks of Fairfax
County's 400 square miles are set
aside for commercial and indus
trial development in the master
plan recommendations of Francis
Dodd McHugh, planning consult
ant employed by the county.
The two largest parcels pro-
posed for the industrial or buSi-
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01

Laurel, and Mrs. Robert D. Hof-
fecker and Mrs. Louise H. Burs-
lem, Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Frazier en-
tertained their nieces, Miss Har-
riet Hutchison, of Wormleysburg,
Pa, over the holiday.
Mrs. Bertha Pierce has received
word of the birth of a son to Capt.
and Mrs. Leon A. Pierce on Nov.
27. The couple have two other
sons. Capt. Pierce and family are
stationed at Schofield Barracks in
Hawaii.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Smith
and Mrs. Henry C. Webb attended
the cocktail party given by Mrs.
George Schwartz and Miss Muriel
Schwartz on Tuesday afternoon at
the Maple Dale Country Club to
meet the film star, Aldo Ray.
Clinton Helm, twelve year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Helm
is a patient at Kent General Hos
pital where he underwent surgery
on Monday.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01

also credited the late Paul Burk-
holder, a former Pennsylvania
who was Rural School Supervisor
for Sussex County and a member
of the State Senate, with leading
the drive to have December z be-
come legal holiday. Action was
taken by the General Assembly
in 1889 and since that time the
observance has taken place. The
people of Delaware elected 10 cit
liens from each of the three coun-
ties in 1887 to study the Consti-
tuition which had been adopted on
September IL of that year at the
Philadelphia convention. James
Latimer of New Castle County
served as chairman of the dele
cation. On December z, 1887, the
thirty delegates, gathered in the
Old State House at Dover, an
nounced the result of their delib-
erations with the following state
ment: 1--WE the deputies of the
people of the Delaware State, in
convention met, having taken in
to our serious consideration the
Federal Constitution proposed and
agreed upon in a General Conven-
tion held at the City of Philadel-
phia on the Seventeenth Day of
September in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hun
dred and Eighty-seven, Have ap-
proved, assented to, ratified and
confirmed and by these presents
Do, in virtue of the power and
to us given for that
purpose, for and in behalf of our
selves and our constituents, fully
freely and entirely approve of, as
sent to, ratify and confirm the
said Constitution. Done in Con-
vention at Dover this Seventh
Day of December in the Year of
the Aforesaid, and in the Year of
the independence of the United
States of America the twelfth. In !
whereof we have here
our names"
The delegates were as follows:
New Castle County-James Lati-
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
DR.R.L. PIGFORD.
is HON0RED.
Awarded Professional Pro-
gress Award of Institute
of Chemical Engineers
DINNER AT DETROIT

DR.. Robert L. Pigford, chair
man of the department of chemi-
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
FILM STAR AT
DOVER TUESDAY
Continued from Page One

Theatre. At the N. c. o. Club he
sang informally during the picture
taking, and autographed many
pictures for N. c. O.'s wives. He
was a guest at a cocktail party
later at Maple Dale Country Club,
with Mrs. George Schwartz and
Miss Muriel Schwartz as hostess
es. There he met officials from
various towns in Kent and south
ern New Castle counties. Men,
bers of the party who stayed with
him during the day of activity
were impressed by the attention
to detail of the film industry
when a phone call reached Aldo
at the N. c. o. Club from London
through the New York Office of
Columbia Pictures telling him not
to have his hair cut again in
preparation for his next film
which will be made in Africa.
That put the finishing touch to a
day filed with the excitement of
both the film industry and the
color at the military installation
at Dover Air Force Base. The
star and his entourage were es-
corted during all of his stay in
Dover by members of the Della
ware State Police.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
Marriage Announced

The marriage of Mrs. Mary p.
Stats, of Milford and Mr.. Max
Orkin, also of Milford took place
at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond A.
Pusey, Clayton on the evening of
Thanksgiving day. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Will
liam B. Kitchens, pastor of Ew-
ell's-St. Paul Methodist Church,
Clayton. The attendants were
Mrs. James S. Hairgrove, Clayton
and Mr.. Henry T. Orkin, Milford.
A reception followed the cere-
mony. After a wedding trip to
North Carolina the couple will
live in Milford.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
DELAWARE DAY
ANNIVERSARY
Special Programs to Mark
16Sth Anniversary on We'd
nesday, December 7th
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN

The 168th anniversary of Della
wares having been the first state
to ratify the federal constitution
will be marked on Wednesday,
December z, with schools, civic
and patriotic organizations pre-
pairing special programs for the
anniversary. DR.. H. V. Holloway,
chairman of the Delaware Day
Commission, says that unusual in
terest is being shown this year
for the observance and he believes
it will be more widely marked
than for many previous years.
Other commission members are
DR.. Paul Dolan of the University
of Delaware faculty and George
T. Macklin, Milford, majority
leader in the House of Represent
atives. In a folder prepared for
this years observance, DR.. Hollo-
way points out that the purpose
of Delaware Day celebrations may
well be conceived to have wider
significance than the marking of
a single event. "It should create
and foster what is hoped will be
a growing interest in Delaware
history" he writes in the pamph-
let. ''In this connection it is per-
tinent to note that in May, 1948,
there was held at the University
of Delaware the first meeting of
the Institute of Delaware History
and Culture. This Institute was
organized to interest the faculty
in the history of Delaware but it
Immediately took on wider as
pect. The issuance of Delaware
Folk Lore bulletins from time to
time has resulted" DR.. Holloway
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01

mer, president; James Black; Jon
James; Cunning Bedford, Sri
Kensey Johns; Thomas Wattsoni
Solomon Maxwell; Nicholas Way
Thomas Duff; Cunning Bedford
Jr.
Kent County-Nicholas Ridge
ley; Richard Smith; George Tru-
lit; Richard Bassett; James
Sykes; A. M. Zane; Daniel Cum
minis, Sr.; Joseph Baker; Edw.
White; George Manlove.
Sussex County-John Ingram;
John Jones; Will Moore; William
Hall; Thomas Laws; Isaac Coop
er; Woodman Stockley; John
Laws; Thomas and Israel Holland.
Thus Delaware became the
First State to ratify-and that
proud title has been borne ever
since.
The original document, written
in long hand on that day is now
a favorite exhibit in the Public
Archives Building, Dover.
Organizations interested in
marking Delaware Day who may
want background material, state
Insignia or similar literature may
secure it on request from the Del
aware State Development, it was
announced this week. A number
of such requests have already
been filed.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01

cal engineering at the University
of Delaware, was awarded the
Professional Progress Award of
the American Institute of Chemi.
cal Engineers at a dinner meeting
recently in the Hotel Statler, De-
troit, Michigan.
The ceremony was a part of the
Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of
the A.I.Ch.E. which was held in
the motor city from November
27-30.
DR.. Pigford is the third Della
warean to receive the award and
Continued on Page Twelve)
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
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p ers O n a | S

A1A"OOA A4NAoAOl VI w IL
mington, Mrs. Leila Mabrey and
Miss Mary Agnes Mabrey, an6
Mrs. Julia Biggs, all of Dover,
were recent guests of Miss Ethel
Wilds and Mrs. Margaret McDon-
aid. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hughes of
Kenton were also recent visitors.
Mrs. A. Jefferson Stats of For
est Brook Glen, Wilmington, Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Stats and
children, Jeff and Susan, of West
over Hills, Wilmington, were
Thanksgiving dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter David, South
Street.
DR.. and Mrs. G. j. Prickett, of
Mt. Vernon Street, entertained at
Thanksgiving dinner Governor and
Mrs. James Caleb Boggs, their
son, Caleb, Jr., senior at Brown
University; and daughter, Mary
Lou; also Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar ].
Boggs; Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Boggs and son, Clayton; and Mrs.
Ola Scarborough.
Among former Smyrna resi-
dents who returned to spend the
holiday weekend in Smyrna were
Mr., and Mrs. William B. Owens
and their children, Tony and Beth,
who were guests of Mrs. owens
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edwin
Wilson, Jr. Miss Elizabeth Will
son entertained fourteen members
of the Wilson family at Thanks
giving Day dinner.
Mrs. C. Leland Harmonson, who
has been the guest of her cousin,
Mrs. James H. Hayes, at Greens
Farms, Conn.,, returned home the
day before Thanksgiving. She
was accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Dorothy Denney
Weir, who attends the Child Edu-
cation Foundation, New York
City. Miss Anne Weir, a student
at Chatham Hall, Chatham, Va,
also spent the holidays with her
family at Greybox.
Miss Anna B. Beckett spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs
James H. Sitter, Jr., and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Pakradooni, Jr., at
their home in Wynnewood, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold G. Carrow
Sr., had as their guests over the
holidays their son, Mr.. B. Slim
son Carrow, Philadelphia; also
Mr.. Robert Carrow, Mr.. Adrian
Suarez, and Miss Nancy Camp.
bell, all of New York; and theil
daughter, Miss Betty Lou Carrow
Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Saltzel
and their young daughter, o.
Pottstown, Pa, visited Mrs. Salt
zer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralpf
G. FAIRIES, Sr., at their home OF
South Street over the holiday
weekend.
Miss Elizabeth Thornley, had a.
her dinner guests on Thanksgiv.
ing Day Miss Mildred Burchar6
and Miss Mildred Henry, both OF
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
SEEDMEN HEAR
w. E. GORDON
Director of Advertising For
DUPONT Co., Addresses
Annual Convention
POPULATION INCREASE

No political system in the world
can keep a promise to give its
people more than they produce,
Wallace E. Gordon, director of ad-
vertising for the DUPONT Com
pany, told the annual convention
of the Southern Seedsmen's Asso-
citation last week. "a nations
productivity must rise as its pop
ulation RISES" declared Mr.. Cor
don. otherwise it faces a declin-
ing standard of living, migration,
war, or existence on the charity
of Others" The speaker cited fig
ures showing that this country's
population has increased about 25
percent during the last Is years,
while total output of our national
economy has increased over 85
percent. Forecasts indicate that
by 1875, population will have in
creased by another third, while
national output, if the historical
rate of increase continues, will
have gone up nearly 80 per cent
boosting the American standard
of living higher than ever. Dis
cussing the effect of mechanical
tion in industry and agriculture,
Mr. Gordon said most new ma
chimes "do not mechanize men.
They give men more opportunity
to be human" AS an example,
he pointed out that throughout
the South there are plantations
that once had dozens of tenant
families for the arduous labor of
planting, chopping, and picking
cotton. But with mechanical
equipment, high-quality seed, and
labor-saving chemicals, the mod
ern cotton grower does not need
this large supply of labor. I'M
provements in farm production
cut the costs of producing the
crop, give farm people more leis-
ure time, and free youngsters for
more schooling. They also draw
more and more factories into the
nations farming areas, so people
can work where they want to
live. The result is that fewer and
fewer farmers produce more and
more for the increasing American
Mr.. Gordon went on
to discuss various aspects of mer-
chandising seed to American
farmers whose output has in
creased more than a third since
1910, although the number of
farmers has declined 27 per cent
during the same period. He de-
scribed application of modern
merchandising methods in the
seed trade, which he said can now
provide the farmer with far better
seed than he can raise himself.
Describing the value of improved
products, he said: Someone will
always want a cheaper product. If
he wants the cheapest cultivator
on the market, you can sell him
hoe, but it won't do the job right
cultivator will"
In the American marketing sys-
tenn, Mr.. Gordon concluded, "it
takes fiexibility to stimulate pro-
gress, and stability to promote
steady employment and purchas-
ing power. And under it all lies
productivity, the foundation of
our American economy.
''The challenge to America is
not challenge to duel with hy-
drogen bombs. 1t is a challenge
to demonstrate, so the rest of the
world can learn, that productive
people are happy people = when
they have freedom to sell the
products of their own labors for
enough to buy what they want.
But, without productivity, they
have no treasure to trade and no
strength for security"
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01
This Weeks
Social and
Personal
Events
Marriage Announced

The marriage of Mrs. Fannie
Burkley of Laurel and Mr.. John
o. Council of Princess Ann, Md,
formerly of Smyrna took place on
November 10. Mrs. Burkley was
formerly in the tailoring business
in Laurel. The couple will reside
in Princess Anne, Md, where Mr..
Council is in business.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-01

Librarian: Miss Louise Denney
NEW BOOKS
Open Tuesday and Friday Nights
$50 to 500 pm.
The Golden Journey,
Agnes Slight Turnbull
The Smiling Rebel,
Harnett t. Kane
serenade to the Big Bird,
Bert Stiles
Dickory Death,
Agatha Christie
Teenage Books
Guadalcanal Diary,
Richard TregasKi
Robert e. Lee and the Road of
Honor, Holding Carter
Not For One Alone, Jessica Lyon
Five to Eight Years
The Thanksgiving Story,
Helen Sewell
Ethelbert, the tale of a Tiger,
Rosemary Hoyland
Daffy Taffy, Paul Brown.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-08-01
Feed EN- Right This
Fall for Big Husky
Calves next spring

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