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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. Jan. B.-Cotton
futures moved irregularly lower during
the forenoon today. Traders took profits
In new crop months which had advanced
the Presidents farm message to Congress
coming up on Monday. Nearby deliveries
also sagged on further light liquidation.
The lack OF aggressive mill covering
contributed to the eRsiness in near
months which were under the previous
close.
Noon prices were 80 cents q bale lower
close. March, $3.50; May, 1928, and
July, ri IN
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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. P.-Grains held
w w mn na t prlTe ainatS on ene b1aru
the fast pace of earlier this week but
Ireamined well above the slow pace OF
the holiday period
A slightly easier tendency appeared in
wheat early. REPRESENTING a continuation
lof the. decline which got underway late
yesterday, but the bread grain quickly
recovered. Distant futures were most in
Wheat near the end of the first hour
s. 0N; corn u to a higher, March
$685.; rye Z. to a higher. March 81 .3s4:
soybeanS UNCHANGED to Z, HIGHER, Janu-
arg - 30. and lard UNCHANGED to 3 cents
hundred pounds higher. JanuaI1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
Peoples Life to Open
New District Office

The Peoples Life Insurance
Co., 1343 H street NV, an
nounced opening'of a new dis
trict Office here at 22l8 Rhode
Island avenue NE. o. S. Nc
Gaia. a field trainer in the
home office training division, has
been promoted to manager of
this district.
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Exports Dip

RIO DE JANEIRO.-Brazil ex-
ported 6l,9oO,000 pounds of to-
bacco during 1854, an increase Of
l7.6 per cent above the previous
year but decline of some S mil
lion pounds from the 1852 export
total,
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Area Store Sales Show
Big Gain at Years End

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
in the final 1855 week dropped
81 per cent below the previous
Christmas shopping week, but
were II per cent ahead Of the
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ID. c. Bank Loans Drop
From All-Time High

Outstanding loans Of IL re-
serve member banks here on
December % were down mod
erately from their all-time high
Of week earlier, the Richmond
bank also reported. Totals below
are in thousands:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
ODD-LOT DEALINGS

NEW YORK. Jan. o R.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd lot transactions by principal
dealers on the Exchange for January s:
ls7. 7s2 shares including 4s9 shares sold
short.
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METAL QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Jan. o H1.-spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper a.
80 cents a pound. Connecticut Valley.
Lead .ihh cents pound New York,
Tin ST, 0sEs a pound New YORK For.
eign silver 0Oh cents per troy ounce.
New York. Pittsbursh, scrap steel No. i
heavy was quoted at 54.00-55. 90.
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'' RI BUSINESS
NRDGA Ready to Fight
Minimum Pay Extension
By DONALD B. HApLEY

President Eisenhowers recommendation to Congress to
broaden Of the minimum brought sharp reto
from the National Retail Dry Goods Association today and
promise to oppose such
In statement issued from New York, Philip NJ Talbot
association president said NDGA both surprised seri
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CHOICE WAREHOUSE
SPACE
For Lease.


Building for lease--attractiye new
warehouse with ONCE and showroom.
Ready for occupancy after February 1.
Finest new distributing location, 3bi6
street Me-. on Pennsylvania Rail-
road siding. adjacent to Route Ne.
and Baltimore Freeway.
Approximately $4,000 square feet Of
warehouse on single floor. 2O-foOt
ceiling heiEht. simultaneous unloading
81 freight cars and trucks. sky
lighted, freproof. 5000 square foot
office and display space on End door
Cugtomer parking.
Call your broker or Douglas Distrib.
uting Corr. LA. 6-5573.
For Sale:
Approximately 1900 square feet Of
warehouse. 5000 square foot air-eon.
ditioned ONCE and showroom ON
Nertheast B q o Railroad SIDING,
with truck loading and customer
parkinG.. Call your broker or Douglas
Distributing Corp. LA. 8-5553.
Sale price, Ssb, 900. Available az.
proxinately 30 TO so days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
DIVIDENDS

declared;
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Mrs. James Macpherson,
radio and TV: Mrs. Francis
G. Ulen; publicity; Miss Jean
o'Brien, treasurer; Mrs. Jo-
seph Battley. celebrities; Mrs.
Windsor DeMaine. garden
shop; Mrs. Alfred, Chandler,
fortunes: Mrs. James w. But
Ter, white elephants, and Mrs.
Garfield Kass, auction.
Still others are Mrs. Ben
jamin Y. Martin, dolls and
clowns; Mrs. Lloyd Bauman,
cakes; Mrs. Jess Bryan Ben
nett, glamour; Mrs. John w
Kern III. tea house; Mrs. H.
Holmes Vogel, candy; Mrs.
Gordon Kinney, fabrics and
home furnishings; Mrs. Earl
Noggle, cookies. pies, bread
and rolls; Mrs. Frederick
BeggS, jewelry; Mrs. George
Vlk, home hospitality: Mrs.
r. L. Edwards, country store;
Mrs. George l.. Foster, re-
freshmentS; Mrs. John Davis,
special events; Mrs. Eugene
Caffey, fish pond. and Mrs.
Donald Dawson. international
booth.
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THE SENATOR
KEEPS DATE
WITH DIPLOMA

Senator Margaret Chase
Smith kept a delayed date
with a diploma last night
when she received the SYM
bols of an honorary Doctor
of Laws Degree from Presi.
dent Herrick B. Young of
Western College for Women,
oxford, Ohio. The ceremony
took place at the AAUW
headquarters here.
First slated for February,
the ceremony was postponed
when Senator Smith be-
came i'll en- route to Oxford.
When Washington alum
nae of the college learned
that DR.. and Mrs. Young
were planning a trip here, it
seemed a perfect opportunity
for them to deliver the di-
ploma and hood of the coun-
try's second oldest liberal
arts college for women to the
busy Senator.
An informal reception for
local alumnae. guests from
government and education
followed the presentation Of
the degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24

Kingdom Gould. former Am
bassador and Mrs. M. Robert
Guggenheim. Mr.. and Mrs
James Lawrence Houghteling,
Treasury Secretary and Mrs.
George M. Humphrey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank r. Jelleff and Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel H. Kauff-
mann
Also, Mr.. John A. Logan, Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Nice. Martin, jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Mccormick
Goodhart. former Ambassador
and Mrs. George C.. McGhee,
Mr.. Edgar Morris. Mr.. Harry
Davidow. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hewitt Myers, Mrs. Marjorie
Merriweather Post, Mr.. George
Livingston Williams and many
more.
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Chorus to Sing
AT Marine Bose

The Washington opera
Guild Chorus repeated last
evening for the Quantico Ma
rine Base Hospital patients,
the concert they recently pre-
sented at Walter Reed Main
Auditorium.
The concert is under the
sponsorship of the American
Red Cross and featured the
work of Donis Conn, Jimmie
Smith and Miss Zoe Calevas.
Also on the program will be a
solo sung by Mr.. Bill Pruitt
and a duet by Mrs. Helen Nash
and her daughter Eleanor.
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300 Soroptimists
To Gather Here
For Convention

Nearly 300 Soroptimists from
North ana South Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
land and the District will con-
vene here on Saturday and
Sunday in the Mayfower
Hotel.
Outgoing governor of Sor-
optimist's South Atlantic Re-
glon, Margaret Schmidt of
Williamsburg, Va. has estab-
llshed the theme for the con-
ference - Architects of the
Future-On These Foundations
Build"
On Friday the group will
hold a regional board meeting
and that night the Washing
ton club will be hostess at an
open house for delegates.
The business sessions will
open at 9 am. Saturday with
election of regional officers.
Other features of the tWo-day
meeting include a luncheon. to
be addressed by Shane Nc
earthly, and a banquet Satur-
day evening at which the new
officers will be installed and
biennial awards made to the
clubs whose service has been
outstanding.
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IChdirmen Named
For Benefit
AT Embassy

Committee chairmen for the
Salvation Army Auxiliary's
annual garden party have
been announced by Mrs. Will
liam Pope Anderson III, presi-
dent. The event will take
place on May 10 from / to 6
pm. at the japanese Embassy.
The chalrmen are as fol-
lows: Mrs. John w. Kern and
Mrs. John F. Lilliard, execu-
tive chairmen of the day:
Mrs. Harold Hitz Burton, pa
tronesses: Mrs. George D.
Nelson, reception; Mrs. Frank
Crazy, invitations; Mrs. Gladys
Bowling, decorations, and Mrs.
Charles Emery Cooley, tickets.
Others are Mrs. Earl Bern
ard Steele. hospitality; Miss
Madeline Austin, hostess; Miss
Alice Freer, Junior hostess;
Mrs. Vladimir Rybar, pourers;
Mrs. Windsor DeMaine, music,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24
League of Voters
Plons Study
OF Parties

The League of Women Voters
of Prince Georges County will
devote its April unit meeting
to a study of political parties.
Discussions of the parties
will include questions on party
structure. the State Central
Committee. the State Party
Convention. and the election
of delegates to the National
Convention.
The League has already
printed and distributed $4,000
fliers giving information on
registration and voting in the
May Z primary. Also. in CO.
operation with the Montgom-
cry County League of Women
Voters, it has sponsored a Sc
ries of election programs on
the radio as a public service.
All candidates for the House
of Representatives and Judge
of the Circuit Court of both
parties in the county will APP
pear at a meeting 8 pm. Mon
day in the Bladensburg Junior
High School auditorium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-24

.OfOpera Are
Announced

Guarantors for the annual
visit of the Metropolitan
Opera to Washington, slated
April 80 at Loew's Capitol
Theater. have exceeded the
minimum goal of so, Mr.. Ed
ward r. Carr. president of the
Washington Board of Trade
and chairman of the 1866
Committee of Guarantors has
announced.
The roll of honor for this
years performance which will
be, Marriage of Figaro" in
udeS such distinguished
Washingtonians as: Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Baird, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andre de Limur. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert v. Fleming, Mrs.
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Thursday Evening Club

The Womens' Thursday
Evening Club Of Decatur
Heights. Md. will give a FASH
ion show at 8:l5 tomorrow
evening at the Bladensburg
Firehouse. Fashions Through
the Ages will be the theme of
the show depicting the changes
in fashions and hair styling
over the years. A brief musi-
cal program. door prizes and
refreshments also are planned
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Benefit Dance Revue

A dance revue for the bene-
fit Of United Cerebral Palsy
of Montgomery County, Inc,
will be presented by Mrs. Ann
Mcintosh, well-known Silver
Spring civic leader on Satur-
day at 8 pm. at Leland Junior
High School in Bethesda.
Tickets are one dollar and are
available at the door before
the performance.
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Sisterhood to Meet

The Temple Emanuel Sister,
hood will meet tomorrow at
BIS pm, at the Lynbrook
Recreation Center, Bethesda.
Election of officers for the COM
ing year will be held.
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Newfoundland
Durby-Ort

Capt and Mrs. Albert A.
Ort announce the marriage of
their ter, Caroline
Jeanne to 1t. Col. James Ad-
Olson Darby. USAF. son of
Mrs. Miles A. Darby of Waco,
Tex, and the late Rev. Darby.
The wedding took place April
10 in the United States Navy
Chapel. The couple will live
here.
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Mrs. Altman
To Be Hostess

Mrs, Frederick Lee Altman
was to be hostess for the Ma
tional Speech Clinic Founda-
TONS annual meeting and
Founders Day tea today at
her home. 1925 Wyoming ave-
nue. NV.
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WEDDINGS
Polzin-DHlon

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond E.
Dillon announce the marriage
of their daughter Margaret
Genevieve to Mr.. Eugene Rob-
ert Polzin. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis H. Polzin of Brownsville.
Wis. The wedding took place
April Is in the Holy Redeemer
Church in Bangkok, Thailand.
The couple will live in Bankok.
McGowUn-Wish0rt
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wis
hart of Edinburgh. Scotland.
announce the marriage of
their daughter. Kathleen Mary
to Mr.. Leslie Howard Nc
Gowan, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold C MCGOWAN of Silver
Spring. The wedding took
place April Ia in st. Co.
lumhia's Parish Church in
Edinburgh. The couple will live
here.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
CENTURY CLUB MEETING
Speaker From Water Pollution
Commission to Be at Club Jan. IL

Speaker From Water Pollution
Commission to BE at Club Jan. IL
The Twentieth Century Club
will meet on Thursday, Jan. IL at
2 pm. with Mrs. Martin Golden,
first vice president, conducting the
business session. This will be the
last day for payment of dues be-
fore it is necessary to send them
in to the National Federation. The
program has been arranged by
Mrs. Edward Wootten, chairman
conservation of natural resources.
There will be a speaker sent by
the Delaware Water Pollution
Commission who will show infor-
NATIVE slides on water pollution
and contamination. There will be
vocal solos by Miss Beth Denney.
Mrs. Helen Potter will be chair
man of the hostess committee
which will include Mrs. Loretta
Miles, Mrs. William Norris, Mrs.
D. Elwood Nuckols, Mrs. James
,O'Connor, Mrs. John O'Connor,
Mrs. Margaret M. O'Neill, Mrs. L..
M. Price, Mrs. c. ]. Prickett, and
Mrs. w. c. Pritchard, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
EAGLES LOSE TO MILFORD
Smyrna Loses Basketball Opener
BY 51-47 Score Tuesday Night

Smyrna Loses Basketball Opener
BY 51-47 Score Tuesday Night
The Smyrna basketball Eagles
lost their first game of the season
to the Milford Buccaneers by a
51-47 score at the Milford court
Tuesday night. Although defeat
ed, the Eagles provided a hard
fought, exciting game. After three
quarters Smyrna trailed by IL
points, but drive led by Turk
Orvis tied the score twice to give
the Bucs a scare. Orvis was the
games leading scorer with %
points, followed by teammate
Dave Deakyne with 16. High man
for Milford was Alvin Huey with
Is. In the junior varsity prelim-
mary, the second team Eaglets,
led by Dick Cole, grabbed the
lead in the second quarter, a lead
that was retained by the first
team through the game. Cole
hooped eight points to tie Dale
Reedy for team honors. Hastings
of Milford, with IL points, was
high man of the game. Final
score was 47-39.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
JAMES FARLEY
NCCJ SPEAKER
Former Postmaster General
To Be Featured Guest At
Brotherhood Banquet
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY z

The Hon. James A. Farley will
be featured speaker at the 18th
Annual Brotherhood Banquet, at
z pm. on Tuesday, February 7th
in the Gold Ballroom, Hotel Du-
Pont it was announced by G.
Douglass Buck, Jr., William Duffy,
Jr., and Sidney Laub, regional CO.
chairmen of the sponsoring Ma
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews. The former Postmas-
ter General of the United States
is presently chairman of the board
of Coca-Cola Export Corporation.
He was appointed a member of
the Commission on Organization
Of the Executive Branch of Gov
eminent by President Eisenhower
in 1858. From 1932-40, Mr.. Far
ley was chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. He
is director of the Boys Clubs of
America, Catholic Youth Organi-
zation, Far East America Council
of Industry and Commerce and
the Empire State Foundation of
Independent Liberal Arts Col
leges; he is trustee of the Cordell
Hull Foundation and The Alfred
e. Smith Memorial Foundation.
Mr.. Farley has been awarded sew
enteen honorary degrees from col
leges, including Manhatten Col
lege, the University of the South,
Seattle University and Villanova
College; he has been cited by
numerous organizations for his
achievements in American public
life. He is author of Behind the
Ballots" and Jim Farley's Story"
Distinguished guests planning to
attend the banquest include Gov.
]. Caleb Boggs, Sen. John j. Will
liams, Rep. Harris B. Mcdowell,
Jr., and Mayor August F. Walz,
as well as prominent leaders of
Delaware civic, religious and in
dustrial life. Tickets are avail
able at the NCCJ's new offices at
914 Delaware Avenue in Will
mington.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
CHESTERTOWN
HERE TUESDAY
Smyrna Eagles To Play First
Home Basketball Game
Tuesday Night
HARRINGTON TOMORROW

This Tuesday night the Smyrna
Eagles will make their first ap-
pearance on the home court as
they play host to Chestertown
High. Last year the Smyrna Red
and White split with the Red and
White from Maryland. Coach Bill
Horney will probably field the
same team that started the game
at Milford with Turk Orvis at
center, Ben Sollaway and Dave
Deakyne at the forward posts, and
Jay Knight and Karl Gebhart as
guards. In tke preliminary jun
ior varsity game, beginning at z
o'clock, Coach Charles Williams
proteges will battle the Chester
town Jv. Starting for Smyrna
will be Larry Ellery, Bob Spencer,
Dale Reedy, Kenny Poore and Bill
Cassell. Tomorrow night, the new
Harrington Field House is the
scene of action with Smyrna play
ing for the first time on the new
court.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
MERCHANTS HERE EXPERIENCE
RECORD HIGH IN XMAS BUYING

An enormous volume of Christ
mas buying in the Smyrna area
reflects the prosperity now being
enjoyed by the entire state of Del
aware due to growth in the pop
ulation and high employment with
good wages. This seems to be
the proper conclusion to the glow
ing accounts given by merchants
when they were interviewed early
in the new year. And the mer-
chants amplified this opinion by al
so stating that there were more
cash than charge purchases than
in previous years; more people
shop at home, and that definitely
they shop earlier. Business was
good during the whole month of
December, they said, reaching the
peak in the week before Christ
mas Eve. Sayers jewelers. re-
ported this their best year in
Smyrna. Martin Golden, of Cold
ems Pharmacy, reported that it
was the 'ebest Christmas ever"
shopping began earlier but kept
up until the last minute squirt"
and he used the adjectives "stu-
pendous" and Outstanding" with
no exaggeration. In his opinion
the increase of Christmas clubs,
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
DAY
OBSERVANCE
James H. Snowden Of Will
mington Was Speaker AT
Valley Forge Sunday
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE

The will to survive as free men
and the will to defend the Amer
ican way of life was born at Val
ley Forge while George Washing
ton was encamped there, James
H. Snowden, Wilmington, told the
Delaware Day assembly in Wash
ington Memorial Chapel Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Snowden, a mem
ber of the Delaware State House
of Representatives, was appointed
by Governor j. Caleb Boggs to
bring the annual message on the
First States Sunday at this great
American shrine. Also present
for the occasion were members OF
the Delaware Chapters, Sons and
Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton who arrange a pilgrimage
annually for this observance. DR..
John Robbins Hart, chaplain at
the Washington Memorial Chapel,
officiated and introduced the
principal speaker. ut is almost
unnecessary for us, at this his
toric shrine, to recount the sac
rifces made by the Continental
Army under General Washing
ton," Mr.. Snowden declared. I'm
this valley, now dedicated to their
memory the men of the united
colonies spent a long and sig
nificant winter. 1.-THE Revolution
of course, was not a local en-
gagement in the sense that only
at Valley Forge was the flame of
conflict burning, but it was at
Valley Forge that the spirit of
the American Revolution burned
most brightly" the speaker con-
tinued. Mr.. Snowden noted that
a Delawarean, Major John Patten,
had called attention to the sad
plight at Valley Forge where pro-
visions were at an absolute mini
mum to remain alive. Another
Delawarean, Captain Allen Nc
Lane, had kept the men at Valley
Forge better fed in 177s by 'for-
agin the country naked" in obedi-
ence to a decree by Nathaniel
Greene.
"The distinction of Valley
Forge" Mr.. Snowden continued,
"lies in the fact that it was neith-
er the scene of a victorious battle
nor the scene of heroic defeat.
These hills and woods did not
echo to the sound of muskets
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
ROTARY HEARS
REV. 7. HAFNER
Pastor OF Dover Lutheran
Church Guest Speaker
AT Dinner Meeting
SUBJECT WAS NEW YEAR

The Rev. Theodore Hafner, pas
tor of the Dover Lutheran Church
and member of the Dover Rotary
Club was the guest speaker at the
meeting of the Smyrna Rotary
Club on Thursday night. He spoke
on the subject of the New Year,
and gave reflections of the past
year and its successes. Happiness
was emphasized, as well as sue
cess in finance and fellowship,
which make the principal factors
in life, in conjunction with our
Creator and our service to God.
The new year must start with the
same objectives, he said, to fulfill
our obligation to God and all man.
kind in order to make any year
a successful one in our lives. We
must look forward to the passing
of some loved ones and the COM
ing into the world of other loved
ones, he continued. He firmly
urged that relationship between
man and his God be continuous,
as he wished all a happy New
Year. William Willis was pro-
gram chairman, and the response
was given by Nelson Everhart.
Edward Wilson, vice president,
presided, and birthday greetings
were extended to Rex D. Gilmore.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS HERE
Minor Traffic Violations Heard In
Magistrate Courts

The Smyrna police report that
the Christmas-New Year week
was a quiet one, with only minor
traffic violations. Cases which
were brought before Alderman
William H. Doughten included
Robert B. David, Metuchen, N. j.,
fined $40 for allowing an unlicens-
ed driver to operate a motor We
hicle; Clark M. David, Smyrna,
$40, operating without a license;
George Haas, College Park, Md,
$40, for failing to report an ac-
cident, and $40 fine for bucking
traffic; also, Joseph Lakingski,
Clementon, N. j., $40 fine for
speeding; Robert A. Mason, Jr.,
Harrington, $40, speeding. Mag
istrate ]. F. Hopkins imposed
fines on the following: Herman D.
Scott, Dover, reckless driving,
$40; and SIS for operating with
out a license; Milford Brown,
Smyrna, failing to stop at stop
sign, $40; John E. Casson, Den
ton, Nd, failing to use due eau
tion, $40.
Smyrna times., 1956-01-05

with saving during the year, was
the big factor in Increased bGsi-
ness. G. Edward Wootten, of
Wootten's Clothing Store, said
the season was way over any
other, the largest amount ever,
with the last two days like Dol
lar Days." with more cash than
charge purchases. He noted more
shopping at home. Nelson Ever
hart, of Everhart Brothers, said
that the local stores are carry
ing "better inventory with bet
ter selection" making it possible
for people to do more shopping
at home. Local merchants feel
the growth in population, he said,
and people better financially pre-
pared, and the public aware that
they get personalized service at
home. Richard c. Price, Boule-
ward Electric, said that sales were
better than last year, in fact
"ahead of last year" At Stills
News Agency, Clifton Still said
that it had been a good season,
more people, more candy sold than
before. At the Smyrna Gift Shop,
Mrs. Margaret Ruby said that it
had been a good year, with earlier
buying of Christmas gifts.