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lBladensburg, Md, rode back into
town after making sure Jimmy
was safely settled.
Derby Family
On the bus with them was
16-year-old Tommy Hurd of
Springfield, VT, who has passed
the Derby age limit after five
years of Derby racing. But
Tommy has a IS year old
brother Jimmy, who is the first
member Of the family to get to
the Akron Derby.
Jimmy Vermont's Glass A
champion, beat his 12-year-old
brother Johnny. who was Ver-
mont's Class B champion, to win
the trip to Akron. It's a Derby
family with high hopes for their
4-year-old brother Paul in the
1868 Derby.
A former Washington boy, 12-
year-old Bobby Booth, also is
here for 10Th Au-American Soap
Box Derby.
Bobby got to the third round
OF Glass B in last years WASH
ington Derby. Later he moved
to Washington State with his
Air Force father. Col. Robert
Booth. who now commands Nc
Cord Air Force Base. Bobby took
his racer along with him. added
some weight and won the Ia
coma (Wash.) Derby on July %.
Jimmy McMahon's trip to
Akron is sponsored by The Star.
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I Rifle shooting, archery. base
ball, nature hikes and camp
fire entertainment are designed
to keep the boys busy every mo-
ment they are not actually rae
ing.
All the boys have been given
T-shirts, dungarees. red felt caps
and swimming trunks. There is
an amazing variety IN heights
and weights among the Derby
champions. They range from 4
feet to about 5 feet-10 inches
and from 80 to $50 pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcmahon, who
live at 4307 ,Fifty-sixth avenue,
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he growled. I'D sure hate fol-
my nom to be here. Shed just
say now you do this and you
wash that"
Just as he finished talking, an
amazed expression came over
his face.
"Oh-oh" said Bill, "here she
comes" and he plunged back
into the interior of the cabin
where only males could go.
The first problem at Derby
town was swimming test. With
his parents looking on. Jimmy
swan the 80-yard distance,
which allows him to enjoy all
Derbytown water sports.
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DC. Champ Tests Rod
On Derby Course Today

autograph hunters, 14-year-old
Jimmy Mcmahon still thinks that
first things come first.
when can I see my racer?"
he asked when he landed at the
airport yesterday. He hadn't seen
the car since he became WASH
ington's champion on June 80.
A warm welcome from pretty
drum majorettes didn't raise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
By MARKLEY ROBERTS
star stan Correspondent

AKRON, o., Aug. 10-Wash-
ington's Soap Box Derby winner
takes a test run today in pre-
paration for the all-American
Derby here Sunday at Akron's
Derby Downs.
Greeted by police sirens, band
music. drum majorettes and
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the Derby IN Washington isment Of the American Legion
by The Star and the Chevrolet dealers ~
cauon with the Disrict Depart Meropotan WASHINGTON
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
Miss Cora Ford To Retire

After serving more than AZ
years with the same business,
Miss Cora E. Ford of Wroten-
Pratt Insurance Agency will re-
tire at the end of this week. She
joined the staff of w. o. Hoffeck-
er on April 1st, 1909, continuing
when the business was purchased
in 1884 by the Hervey p Han
Agency, and in 1910 by the Wrot-
en- Insurance Agency. Miss Ford
began her career as a stenograph-
er, soon advanced to policy writer,
and for many years has served as
an underwater, lately specializing
in mercantile risks. Miss Ford is
being entertained by the Office
staff tonight at a dinner party
given in her honor.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
2 LOCAL BOYS
ENTER DERBY
Two Local Firms Sponsoring
Local Lads i'm Push
mobile Derby
SATURDAY, SEPT. s

Two boys of the Smyrna area
have been entered in the tenth
annual Pushmobile Derby to be
held at Milford Crossroads, near
Newark, on Saturday, Sept. 8.
Their entries have been sent in
by Chief of Police John w. Jac-
obs, Jr. Sidney r. Smith, IA
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Smith, of Smyrna Land
ing, has been sponsored by Ennis
& Deakyne. His brother, Kenneth,
was a contestant in last years
derby. Sidney will enter the ninth
grade at the Smyrna School in
SEPTEMBER. In addition to his
brother Kenneth, he has two sis
ters and a brother. His father is
civilian employe at Dover Air
Force Base. He has completed
work on the car which he has
built. James H. George, who will
enter the seventh grade of the
Smyrna School next week, is also
fourteen years of age, and is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James George
of Smyrna Landing, just east of
town. He has as his sponsor r.
win G. Burton, Inc. The George
family also includes another son
and daughter.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
DATE SET FOR
SCHOOL VOTE
Citizens To Vote On Addition
To Elementary School
And More Funds
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13

The Smyrna Board of Education
at its regular meeting on August
% announced the date of october
18th for the forthcoming referen-
dunn. Citizens of the Smyrna
School District will vote on an
addition to their elementary school
at that time, and consider the
need for additional local funds.
1t is hoped that the addition will
allow more space in the Smyrna
High School for ever increasing
enrolment, and provide enough
rooms in the elementary school
that more of the elementary stu
dents may be housed in one build
ing, allowing the district a num-
ber of advantages in offering the
services of special teachers of art,
music and physical education. A
special meeting in September for
the purpose of explaining the
building program and its need is
being planned. The board hopes to
work with the PTA in having ev-
eryone possible attend this meet
ing. The local board of educa-
ton went on record favoring an
increase in the local funds avail
able to the district as it was felt
that the additional building will
create the need for additional
fuel, light, maintenance and other
costs. A number of long-term i'm
provement projects may also be
carried on with these funds.
Smyrna is one of the 38 districts
in the state to find it necessary
to provide additional building ia
cilities for it's pupils this year.
The total money available to
Smyrna is $240,00O, with the state
paying for $144,000 of the con-
struction costs, and the local dis
trict paying $4,000. During the
1850 referendum held for the pur-
pose of erecting the present ele-
school and certain reno
vations and additions to the high
school, the state provided S12O,O00
while the local district spent
$240,000. The local district has
now paid off $4,000 of these
bonds, leaving debt of $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
DOOR PRIZES
AT WOOTTEN'S
Award Many Prizes At Two
Day Grand Opening Of
Enlarged Clothing Store
GRAND PRIZE WINNER


Many door prizes were awarded
during the two-day grand opening
of the enlarged Wootten's Cloth
ing Store here, and winners were
from several towns. Martin Gold
en- won the grand prize, a sports
coat. Those from Smyrna who
won prizes when their names were
drawn on the hour on Friday and
Saturday included Mrs. Ray Beltz,
Ralph Knots, Sr., Mrs. Henry G..
Webb, Richard Pitts, Kenneth D.
Smith, Peggy Carson, Stanley
Middleton, John Pappas, George
A. Moore, Martin Golden, Mrs.
William Willis, Mrs. r. b. Jones,
Mrs. Stella Slower, George Scout,
Mrs. Evelyn VESSEL, Mrs. Fran
els ziegler, Mrs. Christine Nor
row, Mrs. Betty Smith; Harold
Deakyne, Gladys M. Nelson, Frank
Thornton, James ]. Mitchell, r.
A. Grier, Wallace D,udeck, Mrs.
George David, Mrs. S. M. Middle
ton, Mrs. Ida Collins, Mrs. Ralph
McClain, L. N. Jarman, c. Major,
Avery Clifton; Mrs. Nancy Kais-
er, Mrs. Robert Francis, w. Les
ter Smith, James Marmion, Fran
els Sheridan, Earl Harris, Earl
Bailey, Mrs. Mildred Waters, Rose
Cole. Other winners were Mrs.
Mary Fox, Leipsic; Maud Malon-
ey, Clayton; Mrs. Philip Kugel-
mann, Dover; Mrs. Jean B. Jones,
Clayton; Marvin Robertson, Mill
ington, Md; Mrs. c. E. Taylor,
Clayton; and Robert Robertson,
Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
JOHN MURRAY
NEW AG EDITOR
To Become Head OF Rural
Communications Dept. At
u. of ID. September 1st
HAS WIDE BACKGROUND

John A. Murray of Urbana, ILL.,,
will become editor and head of
the Rural Communications De-
partment at the School of Agri-
culture of the University of Del
aware on September 1, it was an
nounced this week by DR.. George
M. Worrilow, Dean of the School.
A native of Grampian, Pennsyl-
vania, Murray is an agricultural
graduate of Cornell University and
at present is assistant agricultur-
al extension editor for the Uni
versity of Illinois. He is married
and has four children. During
World War II, he entered the
Army as private and eventually
became captain of field artillery,
with combat service in the Philip
pine campaign and occupation
service in Japan following the
close of hostilities. He has been
acting head of his department at
Illinois during the absence of the
regular editor and has spent a
year on leave as agricultural in
formation consultant to the Min
istry of Food and Agriculture of
the government of India. Murray
has a wide background in all
phases of agricultural commune
cations and is the author of two
publications, Farm Radio in Ill
inois" and "Television Has An
Audience in Rural Illinois" He is
member of several national agri-
cultural journalistic organizations.
Dean Worrilow noted that the
School of Agriculture had been
without the services of full-time
editor for its press, radio and bull
letin work since early last sum-
mer. Buckley Mats, former asso-
ciate editor of Country Gentleman
magazine and director of pamph-
let and agricultural public rela-
tions agency in Springfield, Pa,
has been pinch-hitting on part.
time basis in this capacity since
last october, he said.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
BRITISH EXCHA NGE FARMER TO
INSPECT POULTRY INDUSTRY

Hew McCall-Smith, a farmer of
Hosh Farm at Grief, Perthshire,
Scotland, will be guest of the
School of Agriculture at the Uni
versity' of Delaware between Sept.
5 and z and will make a quick
study of Delaware's poultry indus
try during that time, it was an
nounced this week by DR.. Ernest
F. Waller, head of the Univer-
sity's Poultry Department. Mccall
Smith, who is travelling in this
country under a scholarship spon-
sored jointly by the Nufield Foun-
dation of the United Kingdom and
the w. X. Kellogg Foundation of
the United States, is SO and owns
and operates two large farms in
Scotland in partnership with his
brother. His original home farm
of 2500 acres is devoted to raising
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
BUSINESS AT
TOWN MEETING
One OF Proposed Appraisers
Arrives Here to Make
Plans at Town Office
STUDY WATER SOURCES

At the postponed meeting of
Smyrna Town Council on Monday
night, with all members present,
Town Manager Rex d. Gilmore
reported that one of the represent
atives of j. M. Cleminshaw, pro-
fessional appraisers, arrived to
set up the plans at the town Of
fee. The survey will be started
upon the arrival of a second ap-
praiser soon after Labor-Day. At
ter a resume of the towns financ-
es by Mr.. Gilmore, the council
authorized advertising for bids for
gas and fuel oil for the towns
needs. Action on replacing the
heating plant in Town Hall was
deferred until next year. The town
of Smyrna will advertise for bids
for two-door standard model sta
ton wagon type for use by the
town manager, the bids to be
opened at the regular meeting of
council on Sept. IA at 8 pm.
Further consideration was given
to the proposal of study of the
water sources situation in the
town and the council voted to
work with the Department of Ge-
ology at the University of Della
ware on the location of a new
well. The geological survey will
also indicate sources of supply for
the future years in this area, and
is not only looking to present
needs but in preparation for the
indicated growth. Mr.. Gilmore
was also authorized to purchase
Mueller valve inserting equipment,
which will allow the installation
of valves in the water mains and
help TO eliminate shutting off the
towns water supply each time re-
pairs are being made. During the
installation of the storm sewers
breaks in water lines are occur
ring so frequently that the towns
supply is cut off many nights at
midnight in order that the crews
can make repairs. This condition
was considered not only because
of inconvenience to water users
but also as potential danger in
case of fire. William Manter,
CPA, Dover, will be requested to
attend meeting of council to ex-
plain the setting up of an up-to-
date municipal bookkeeping sys-
tenn for the town of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
Death of william e. Thompson

Funeral services for William E..
Thompson, 78, of Smyrna, who
died on August 20, will be held
Saturday, September 1 at 2 pm.
from the Matthews Funeral Home.
The Rev. o. c. Jones will officiate
and interment will be in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery at Smyrna. Mr..
Thompson, the son of Daniel and
Mary Engeart Thompson of Hun
nington, Pa, is survived by his
wife, Anna L. Thompson of Smyr-
ma, a daughter, Mrs. Ann T..
Jones; and a son, Harry Thomp-
son, both of Smyrna; 2 grand
children; and two brothers, Isaac
Thompson, Port Penn, Pa. and
George Thompson of Dover. Mr..
Thompson was a member of. the
Presbyterian Church. There will
be a viewing at the funeral home
on Friday evening.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30

Charles H. Reed, Jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Crarles H. Reed of
Townsend, will serve as chairman
of the reception committee for
registration day at Goldey Bea-
com School of Business, Whining
ton, on September 10. About 900
students from IA states are ex-
pected to be in attendance. Mr..
Reed is a graduate of John Bas-
sett Moore High School, class of
1850. He entered the service in
1854 and served in Korea. At Gold
ey Beacon, he is pursuing the
accounting and business admins
tration course.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
CHANGE CONFERENCE DATE
Fire Prevention Conference Re
scheduled for Tuesday, Oct.

There has been change in date
for the conference on fire preven-
ton, in order that a nationally
known speaker may attend the
group, Van Leer Stephany, state
chairman, announced this week.
Mr.. Stephany said the conference
will be held in Dover on Tuesday,
Oct. 2, the date on which William
Fitzgerald, president of the Inter
national Association of Fire Chiefs
and chief of the Seattle, Wash
ington fire department, will be
able to attend. Meanwhile Mr..
Stephany is working on commit
tee assignments for the confer
ence which will be sponsored
jointly by Governor j. Caleb
Boggs, the Delaware Volunteer
Firemen's Association, and THE
Delaware Safety Council of which
Col. ]. James Ashton is manager.
State Fire Marshal Walter j. La
Rue is serving as coordinator.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
SCHOOLS OPEN
SEPTEMBER 6
Halliday Sessions First Two
Days; Full Sessions Start
September 10th
TO REGISTER TUESDAY

School bells ring again for the
boys and girls of Smyrna Schools
on Thursday, September 6, at $50
am, according to a release from
Superintendent George v. Kirk.
All classes will operate half day
sessions on September 6 and z,
beginning full days with cafeteria
in operation on Monday, Septem-
ber 10. New students and first
grade pupils are urged to regis
ter on Tuesday from 1 to 3 pm.
First grade registrations will take
place in the cafetorium of the
elementary school and in the
Thomas ID Clayton School. Par
ents of children who will be six
before January /, 1857 are urged
to register their children at this
time. Birth certificates must be
shown as proof of age. Parents
of students who are new in the
school district are urged to have
such students register on Tues
day, September 4. Second and
third grade pupils register in the
elementary school, 4th grade thru
18th grade students register in
the Smyrna High School. Students
should bring report cards or other
records from schools previously at
tended. Teachers of the district
meet on Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week to plan for the
coming years work. A special
meeting of all new teachers will
be held in the Smyrna High
School Library on Tuesday follow
ed by the regular meeting of the
entire staff. Elementary teachers
and office staff will assist with
the registration of 1st grade pup
lis and Mrs. Rachel Lane, senior
secretary, will be in charge of
s-.asss=tration of new pupils in the
Smyrna High School. The entire
custodial and cleaning staff have
been at work for a month ready
ing the school for the opening
day. Each of the -forty-nine class
rooms in the district is thorough
ly cleaned from floor to ceiling.
Windows, desks, lockers, lights,
boards and floors are thoroughly
washed. A penetrating seal and
wax are used on the floors, which
are first prepared by cleaning and
buffing with steel wool. Special
care is taken to see that lavator-
les, halls, cafeterias, auditoriums,
offices and the library are in
shape for the opening of school.
Chief custodians, Ben Scorah and
Fred Shane, are ably assisted by
Hazel Lockerman, assistant GUS
todian; Mary Louise Tucker, Sadie
Tucker, Mary Wooleyhan, and
Edith VanArsdale. William Sulli-
van does the same work on the
six rooms and cafeteria in the
Thomas D. Clayton School.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30

sheep. poultry and crossbred cat
tie. The Delaware visit is part
of an. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
trip to inspect farming at select
ed spots in the East and Midwest.
McCall-Smith's chief interests on
his United States tour are in poul-
try husbandry and in the control
and prevention of cattle and poul-
try disease. DR.. Waller said that
the visitors Delaware trip will in
clude day at the university farm
and agricultural experiment sta
ton in Newark, another day trav-
cling about the state with Exten-
sion Poultryman Silas McHenry,
to look over broiler establishments
and processing plants, and third
day looking over farm egg-laying
fiocks and disease control work
throughout the state.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
ALUMNAE AsSO. SECRETARY
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wilson Named
officer of Association

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wilson Named
officer of Association
Mrs. Elizabeth Attix Wilson, of
Forest Brook Glen, has been ap-
pointed executive secretary of the
University of Delaware Alumnae
Association effective August 13.
The appointment was disclosed by
Elbert Chance, director of alumni
and public relations. A graduate
of the Glass of 1910, Mrs. Wilson
interned at the Graduate Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania
where she received a certificate in
dietetics in 1941. She has been
a dietician at the zurburg Hospit-
al, Riverside, N. j., laboratory
technician with the Hercules Pow
der Company, and recently was
as recreation therapist
at the Emily p. Bissell Sanator-
ium. The new executive secretary
was selected after careful
screening OF candidates by joint
alumni-alumnae committee. She
has a strong tie with University
of Delaware activities since her
father. the late John G.. Attix,
was a 1912 graduate; her hus-
band, the late William S. Bud"
Wilson, attended the university;
and her uncle, c. Thomas Attix
'21, is presently a class represent
ative for the Alumni Association.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
Death of Alice b. GaulI1e

Funeral services for Alice B.
Gaulke, 76, of Smyrna Landing,
who died in Union Hospital in
Elkton, Md. on August 2S, will
be held tomorrow (Friday) at 2
pm, from the FAIRIES Funeral
Chapel. The Rev. William B.
pastor of Ewells-St.
Paul Church, Clayton will be in
charge and interment in Glen
wood cemetery at Smyrna. Mrs.
Gaulke was the daughter of the
late William c. Connor and Gym
thia voss of Delaware, and was
the widow of the late Louis c..
Gaulke. The following children
survive: Mrs. Alice Slaughter,
William Gaulke,
Fla; Mrs. Pearl Bonley,
Hacks Point, Md; Louis Gaulke,
Staten Island, N. Y; Mrs. Elsie
Reed, Marcus Hook, Pa; Alvin
and James Gaulke, Marcus Hook,
Pa; Courtland and Beverly
Gaulke, both of Smyrna; IL
grandchildren, IL great grand
grandchildren; Mrs. Catherine
Cahall, Camden, N. j., and Mrs.
Anna Wilson, Columbia, S. c.,
stepchildren; and a sister, Mrs.
Bertha Burris of Little Creek,
Del. Mrs. Gaulke made her home
in Smyrna Landing most of her
life.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
CASES BEFORE ALDERMAN
Alderman VIM. M. DOughten I'M
poses Fines on Violators


Fines amounting to total of
$3.50 were imposed on five occu-
pants of a car at the court of
Alderman William M. Doughten
during the weekend. All the per-
sons involved were from Franklin
vile, N. ]. Bernard Simmons was
fined 5000 on charge of driving
drunk; fined $50 for reckless driv-
ing; also, $50 for not having a
license to operate. In default of
fine he was committed to Kent
Correctional Institution for 90
days on the first charge, and 80
days each on the other charges.
James Kirby paid a fine of $40
for being drunk on the highway,
and $40 for allowing an unlicens-
ed driver to operate a motor vehi-
Gle. Anna Simmons paid fine
of $40 for being drunk on the
highway. Benjamin Hods and
Mary l.. Bonner each were fined
$40 on a charge of being drunk
on the highway, and in default of
fine were set to the Kent Cor
rectional Institution for 10 days.
The Smyrna police had received
word that the careening car was
seen on Route 13 and were wait
ing at the intersection of Route
13 and East Commerce Street. At
that point the driver turned on
East Commerce Street, the Wood
land Beach Road, and in front of
the new armory, a short distance
from the highway, ran up on the
curb and the occupants were tax
en- by the Smyrna police. Also
heard by Alderman DoughtenI
was the case of Harold Potts,
Smyrna, who was fined SIS on a
disorderly conduct charge. r. B.
Mapp, Belle Haven, Va, was TAX
en- before Magistrate Frank F1em-
ing, Clayton, and fined $40 for
running through a red light.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
To Sponsor Rummage Sale

The Twentieth Century Club
will sponsor series of rummage
and white elephant sales or any,
thing saleable during the month
of September on Friday and Sat-
urday in the store next to the
clinic on Commerce Street. Please
leave clothing On Thursday at the
building or get the key at the
Delaware Real Estate, office. Sales
will continue Fridays and Satur-
days during September.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
STATE WINNERS NAMED
Two Smyrna FLA Boys Win State
HonOrs in Judging Contest

Two Smyrna FLA Boys Win State
HonOrs in Judging Contest
Last week Kenneth Wilson and
James Walton, members of the
Smyrna FLA Chapter, were nam
ed state winners in a national live
stock judging contest sponsored
by the Chas. Pfizer Co. of New
York. Kenneth Wilson won sec
ond place in the state and a cash
award of $4,000, and James Wal
ton won third place in the state
and a cash award of $500. In
this national contest, open only to
FLA members, the boys were re-
quired to judge poultry, swine, and
dairy animals from sets of pic
lures. Both boys will be taking
their second year of vocational
agriculture at the Smyrna High
School when classes reconvene in
September.
Smyrna times., 1956-08-30
FORM DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Organize Club of First Repre-
sentative District of Kent County


The organization of the Dem
ocratic Club of the First Repre-
sentative District of Kent County
took place Tuesday night in
Smyrna, and the following offic-
ers were elected: Mrs. Ruth
Haas, president; Mrs. Vickie
Blendt, vice president; Mrs. Myr-
tie Wilson, secretary; Harry Tai
bott, Sr., treasurer; Mrs. Florence
Ford, publicity chairman. Mrs.
Frances Heinold was named chair
man of the ways and means COM
mittee which includes Mrs Ruth
Rusby, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Gay
Long, Mrs. Mary Truitt, Mrs.
Mary S. Ennis, and William
Poore. Selected as members of
the board of directors are Mrs.
Alverna Price, d. Vernon Ford,
James Truax, James Truitt, and
George Wilson. The guest speak
er was Col. Vernon Derrickson.
Also attending the meeting were
Mrs. Belle Everett, national COM
mittee woman; Samuel Fox, state
committeeman; Walter Handsber-t
ry, Clerk of the Peace; Charles
King, candidate for state repre-
sentative; c. e. Dixon, candidate
for register of wills. Any persons
interested in joining may con-
tact any member or attend the next
meeting to be held in the Ameri-
can Legion room at Town Hall
on Thursday, Sept. 6 at s p.m>