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MUSIC
PROGRAM SET
Annual Event At Smyrna
High School Scheduled
For Friday, May IL
LIST PROGRAM

The annual spring music pro-
gram presented by the music de-
partment of Smyrna High School
is scheduled for Friday, May IL
at s pm. in the auditorium, with
approximately two hundred stu
dents of grades seven through
twelve participating. Mrs. John
H. Fearon is the director of the
vocalists, and Leon Tabb, the in
strumentalists. Richard Nelson is
pianist for the vocal section. The
senior high school chorus pro
gram follows: Carmena, H. Lane
Wilson; Let Us Gather Flowers
and Dona Nobis Pacem, three
part rounds; God SO Loved the
World, John Stainer; and Gay
Nineties Fantasy, arranged by
Walter Ehret and Ellie Siegmeis-
ter; a square dance, Do-Si-Do
Chicken Reel will be performed
by eighth grade boys and girls;
Members of the junior high school
chorus will sing: We Sail the
Ocean Blue, Gilbert & Sullivan;
Prairie Waltz, Walter Reynolds;
Water Boy, Negro Work Song;
and a three round frolic. Selec-
tions by the senior high school
band will include: Invercargil, A.
F. Lithgow, arranged by Lauren
deau; In the Cathedral, Gabriel
Pierne, Transcribed by Irving
Cheyette; March of the Siamese
Children, a selection from "The
King and T., Richard Rogers,
transcribed by Robert r. Bennett;
Little Suite for Band, Frank
Erickson; a medley of service
marches and songs: The Caissons
Go Rolling Along (Artillery Song)
Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Gruber;
The Marines Hymn, arranged by
Paul Yoder; u. S. Air Force, Rob-
ert Crawford; Anchors Aweigh,
Capt. Alfred H. Miles, U.S.N. Ret,
End Class A. Zimmerman, arrang-
ed by Yoder; and American Pa
troll, F. w. Meachem. There will
be 100 pupils in the two choruses
and 38 members of the band.
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OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS
Lane Co. Conducting Scholarship
Contest Valued At S12,500

Parents of girls in the gradual
ing class of Smyrna High School
are given the opportunity to win
one of many scholarships given by
the Lane Company, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y. the total value of which
is $12,500. They include $500
college scholarship fund or a Ford
Thunderbird; two $1,000 college
scholarships; four third prize $500
college scholarships; and twenty
four $3.50 scholarships. The par
ents are required to write state
ment in twenty-five additional
words to a sentence prescribed
by the company, and details of
which are available at Robinson
Furniture Store. Each girl gradu-
ate has received a card which en-
titles her to the free gift of a
miniature cedar chest. The small
cedar chests are valuable for
keeping special articles safe and
are now available at the Robinson
Furniture Store. The entries must
be postmarked no later than mid
night, June 80, 1856 and received
by July 10, 1856. The entries will
be judged by the Reuben H. DON
nelley Corporation on the basis
of interest, originality, and sim
cerity. All winners will be noti-
fed personally or by mail approx
imately four weeks after the close
of the contest.
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PT.A. To Install Officers

The Smyrna Special District
School Parent Teacher Associa-
ton will meet tonight, Thursday,
May 10 at 7:30 O'Clock in the ele-
mentary school. officers will be
installed and a report will be
heard from the State PTA Con-
gress. The officers to serve for
the ensuing school year are Mel
son Everhart, president; Willis L.
Martin, vice president for element
ary school; Mrs. ]. Everett Lof-
land, vice president for high
school; Mrs. Lawrence Ellery,
secretary; Brinton Reynolds, Jr.,
treasurer.
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SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTION SET
w. Howard NOwland and Wal
ter w. Speakman Seek Post
At Saturday Election
POLLS OPEN 2-9 PM.

Interest is centering this week
in the coming school board elec-
tion which will be held Saturday,
May IL from to 9 pm. DIST in
the South Street corridor of Smyr-
ma High School. There are two
candidates for the post on the
board, w. Howard Nowland and
Walter w. Speakman. Mr.. Now
land, SO years of age, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Nowland,
was graduated from Smyrna High
School in 1888, and is now en-
ployed at the Chrysler plant in
Newark. He served with the U.
S. Army during World War II,
part of the time in the South
Pacific area. He is member of
Asbury Methodist Church, and has
two children attending the ele-
mentary school. Mr.. Nowland was
elected recently as president of
the Smyrna Special District School
Parent Teacher Association, but
resigned before his installation
when he filed for the position on
the school board.
Walter w. Speahman
Mr.. Speakman, 81, is the son of
Mrs. Marjorie w. Speakman and
the late Mr.. Speakman. He at
tended the Smyrna Schools, was
graduated from st. Andrews
School, Middletown, and the Uni
versity of Virginia, class of 1947,
taking a degree in business ad-
ministration. He is comptroller
and merchandise manager at Bird
Speakman, Inc, Wilmington, but
resides in Smyrna, and is a form
er director of the Delaware Ac-
countants Society. A veteran of
World War II, he served with the
U. S. Air Force as an enlisted
pilot from 1941-1946, and was sta
toned part of the time in the Eu-
ropean theatre of operations. At
present he is a member of the
vestry of st. Peters Episcopal
Church. Mr.. Speakman has three
children, one attending the ele-
mentary school and two of pre-
school age. The election board
will be comprised of Frank Hazel,
Mrs. Margaret ONeill, Francis B.
Gebhart, Mrs. Florence Ford, and
Mrs. Ethel Hudson. Qualified vot-
ers must be citizens who have
resided in the Smyrna Special
School District 80 days; 6 months
in the county, and one year in
the state.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
LEGION GROUP
HOLD ELECTION
Mrs. George b. David Named
President of Legion Aux
iliary for Coming Year
OTHERS NAMED

The May meeting of the Auxili-
ary to the David c. Harrison Post
No. IA, American Legion was held
at the home of Mrs. Florence
Passwaters, with Mrs. Bertha
Pierce as co-hostess. Election of
officers was held, as follows: Mrs.
George B. David, president; Mrs.
Howard Nowland, vice president;
Mrs. Clay Bailey, secretary; Mrs.
Walter Downes, treasurer; Mrs.
George Scout, chaplain; Mrs. Leon
ard Collins, sergeant alarms;
Mrs. Joseph Behrens, historian.
The installation will take place on
Monday, June 4. Plans were made
for the department convention in
Dover June 1928 and the follow
ing will be delegates-at-large
Mrs. Margaret O'Neill, Mrs. Grant
G. Garis, Mrs. David, and Mrs
Bailey. Three elected delegates
are Mrs. Nowland, Mrs. Downes
and Mrs. Passwaters; alternates:
Mrs. Vernon Ford, Mrs. Collins
and Mrs. Behrens. Mrs. Vernon
Ford, poppy chairman announced
that the poppies are here ano
plans are being made for the an
nual sale during the month Of
May. Results of the state essay
contest were announced. The title
for the essays was "Our Ameri-
can Flag" and the state winners
were Miss Linda Foard, Dover
first, $40; Miss Lynn Paul, Ur-
suline Academy, second, S5. The
Judges were Mrs. j. D. Niles, Jr.,
chairman, Miss Elizabeth Thorn
ley, and Henry c. Webb, all OF
Smyrna. Mrs. O'Neill is state
chairman for the contest, and
Mrs. James Davidson, unit chair
man. The prizes win be awarded
at the convention. Mrs. Passwat-
ers and Mrs. Pierce entertained
the members at The Paddock fol-
lowing the business session.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
XFW To Hold Dance

The decentralization Post
1901, Veterans of Foreign Wars
will sponsor another of their
dances, opeR>to the public, on Fri
day, May IL at the post home in
Clayton. Mel Price and His Santa
Fe Rangers will furnish the mus
ic. All interested persons are in
vited to attend.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
Final Meeting Woman's Auxiliary

The final meeting of the Wom-
ans Auxiliary of st. Peters
Church will be held on Tuesday,
May Is at $50 pm. starting with
a covered-dish supper in the par
ish house. A business session will
follow at which installation of
new officers to serve for a two
year term will be held There will
also be reports from the diocesan
convention held in Laurel on We'd
nesday, May 9.
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To Hold Special Meeting

There will be a special meeting
at the Epworth Church. near
Templeville, Md, on Sunday af-
ternoon and evening, May 13,
starting at 2 pm. and at z pm.
The Rev. George Hickey and
delegation from Marcus Hook, Pa.
will be present at both services.
Samuel H. Walls is in charge.
Everyone is invited to attend
these services.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
Death of Mrs. Florence Slaughte

Death of Mrs. Florence Slaughter
Funeral services were held on
Saturday, May 5 at FAIRIES Funer-
al Chapel for Mrs. Florence B.
Slaughter, H. who died at her
home on South Street on May 2.
She was the wife of Harry Slaugh-
ter, and the daughter of the late
James Denney and Lydia Harper
Denney. The Rev. Walter L.
Beckwith officiated at the cere-
mony, and interment was at Odd
Fellows Cemetery. She is surviv-
ed by her husband, and the fol-
lowing children: Miss Thelma
Marie Slaughter, Leland Cole
Slaughter, both of Smyrna; Mel
son Paul Slaughter, New Castle;
and James Denney Slaughter, New
ark; also one grandson. Also, two
brothers, Harvey Denney, Leipsic,
and James Denney, Wyoming.
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snowden VIII Install PTA officers

James A. Snowden, Wilmington
past president of the Delaware
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers. and one of the outstanding
men in the state in the cause of
education, will be a guest at the
meeting of the Smyrna PTA to-
night, Thursday, May 10, and will
install the new officers. The meet
ing will be held at the elementary
school at 7:30 pm. Interested per-
sons, whether members of the
PTA or not, are invited to at
tend.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
Cases Before Alderman Doughte,

Only two cases were taken be-
fore Alderman William M. Dough-
ten by the Smyrna police depart
ment this weekend. Ernest Mar
tin, RID. Smyrna, paid a fine of
$25 on a charge of disorderly con-
duct. John Franklin Hadder, Ber-
lin, Md, was fined S25 on a reck-
less driving charge.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
Receives Navy Promotion

The Navy Department an
nounced recently the promotion
of William D. Kellums, Jr., store
keeper third class, USN, brother
of Miss Margaret Kellums, of
Smyrna, to storekeeper third
class, USN, while serving with the
Staff of Commander, Service
Force, Pacific Fleet. The promo
tion followed successful compile
ton of a Navy-wide petty officer
examination conducted in Febru-
ary.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
Death of Mrs. Matilda Cummings

Funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon at Matthews
Funeral Home, Smyrna for Mrs,
Matilda B. Cummings, IA, wife of
Gardner Cummings, of Leipsic,
who died on Sunday, May g. She
was the daughter of the late Will
liam ]. Rutherford and Primrose
Ramsey Rutherford, both of Ire
land. She is survived by her
husband, and one sister, Mrs. Sar-
ah Miller, of South Wales, Great
Britain. The Rev. o. c. Jones,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Smyrna officiated at the
service, and interment was at the
M. E. Cemetery, Leipsic.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10
Annual Ambulance Fund Drive

Alfred Mack, commander of the
David c. Harrison Post, American
Legion has reported that the Leg
ion ambulance was used for II
trips during the month of April;
travelled 240 miles; and three driv-
ers were used. Plans are being
made at this time for the start
of the annual drive for funds in
June.
Smyrna times., 1956-05-10

Bake BY Troop 212, Girl Scouts
Members of Smyrna Girl Scout
Troop 212 will hold a bake and
food sale on Saturday, May IL at
$50 am. in front of the APP
Market, Mt. Vernon Street.
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contributions averaged nearer 2
per cent.
! Before Mr.. Porter took the
stand. the committee listened 70
some clashing testimony from
Robert C. Carraway, jr., Dallas
postal official, and his former
wife.
Mr.. Carraway, assistant to the
Southwest regional director of
the postal service. said he could
not recall that Republican Party
leaders ever asked him for
money, directly or indirectly. He
said he contributed 500 vol
UNFAIRLY.
However. his former wife, Mrs.
Bonnie Mae Carraway of Quit
man. Tex, testified that before
they were divorced in May, 1855,
her husband received a letter
from Texas Republicans asking
for money.
I'VE discussed it several times"
she said. He said he didn't
know how we could afford to
pay, but he guessed he. would
have to keep his job"
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lest indication Of it. would be
tolerated"
AS for letters he had written
asking recipients to contribute
various amounts commensurate
with their salaties. Mr.. Porter
said he pointed out that the
State G. o. P. headquarters had
many expenses TO meet, includ-
ing processing of applications
by those seeking Government
civil service jobs.
j. Don Kerlin, committee
counsel, asked about reports that
individuals were requested to
contribute approximately 5 per
cent of their salaries. Mr.. Ker-
lin said this indicated they were
not Just form letters" as Mr..
Porter had described them, since
some requested as little as $40,
others such amounts as $125,
$3.50 and $275.
Mr.. Porter said there was no
fixed rate and that contributions
this year were running about !
per cent of the annual salary of
those contributing, whereas dur
ing the 1854 election campaign
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Mr., Reece said. "The people
will resent this effort to make ar
election football out of the ad-
ministration's effective handling
of the polio vaccine and to risk
jeopardizing the administration
of such a vital national health
program.
Representative Reece moved
that the hearings be recessed
until after the election. He said,
Mr.. Chairman, move thai
the hearings be recessed unit
after the election and that any
expenses incurred up to the
present time by the staff or the
committee be charged to the
Democratic National Commit.
tee"
The motion. of course, received
no second from the two Demo.
Gratis and both Chairman Foun-
tain and Representative Holifielc
denied any motive except the
welfare of the people and the
efficiency of Government.
In the hubbub caused when
all three members tried to
speak at once, the chairman &C.
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I exos Republican Chief
Denies Selling of Jobs

Iment jobs in Texas under the
Eisenhower administration.
Mr.. Porter made his denial
to the Senate Post Office and
Civil Service Committee yester-
day. Several earlier witnesses
had said Mr.. Porter wrote post
masters and other Government
employees soliciting funds for the
Republican Party.
Mr.. Porter is a Houston oil
man. His testimony wound up
the committee hearings.
After telling the Senators he
had heard charges of Federal
JOB selling on the part of Demo-
Gratis before the Eisenhower adj
Iministration took over, Mr.. Por-
ter said:
Il instructed our people (Re-
publican Party leaders in Texas
that no job selling or the slight
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cused Representative Reece OF
making an untrue statement.
James Naughton, Subcommit-
tee counsel, sought to draw adj
missions from Mr.. Kimble and
Mr.. Hovey that the State of Hi
nois had a polio vaccine contract
with a private drug firm at a
price of 1888 per unit of nine
cubic centimeters at a time the
Federal Government was paying
about $7.13.
Mr.. Kimble said it was true
that Illinois got such price
under contract made last year,
but he explained the contract
provided that no deliveries would
be made until February Is, 1856,
which was the date of expiration
for Federal funds. He said after
that date the Federal Govern
ment also got better prices and
that the price now is $5.70, less
% per cent for payment within
80 days.
Officials Testify
Federal officials testified yes
lterday they regarded vaccine
prices charged the Government
as fair and reasonable" They
commended competitive bidding
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paid too much for vaccine.
1t is the contention of the
Democratic controlled Subcom-
mittee on Government Opera
tons that PHS and the Health,
Education and Welfare Depart
ment have been careless with
taxpayers money.
The Democrats claim some
States have been buying at more
favorable prices than the Gov
eminent, despite commission
ices to distributors.
Representative Reece. Repub-
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was virtually impossible in the
early stages of production be-
cause of a shortage Of supplies
Licensed manufacturers selling
to the Government are Eli Lilly
e. Co, Pitman- Moore Co, Wyeth
Laboratories. Sharp & Dohme
and Parke-D Davis Co.
The subcommittee staff pro-
duced figures showing that the
Government paid prices ranging
downward from $7.l3 to $50
for a 9-cubic-centimeter unit OF
vaccine. For the same unit,
they said, the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis paid
$2.70.
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lican of Tennessee, holly charged
at the opening Of today's hear
ing that the Democrats timed
the investigation just before
the elections for purely politicaI
reasons. The accusation wa.
just as heatedly denied by
Chairman Fountain, Democrat
of North Carolina, and Repre-
sentative Holifleld, Democrat
of California.
The timing and manner in
which this hearing is being con.
Quoted is political on its face,
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u. S. SoIk Vaccine POLICY
Is Defended at Heorino

Two officials Of the Public Health Service today defended
Government practices buying polio vaccine They appeared
before House hearing marked by political pickering
Sam Kimbe chief of the PS branch testified
tween the political exchanges Of committee members
are unaware Of in which the Federal Government
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ey the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
The Texas Republican ma
tional committeeman, H. ]
Jack Porter, has denied there
has been any selling Of Govern
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, arrived at Losantiville early in 1883
when the settlement had only three
log cabins, all with dirt floors. Only
two other women yet were in the
place-Mrs. Constance Zones, who
later married William Mcmillan, and
Miss Rachel Dumont, who married
Samuel Pierson.
Pickel opened the first saloon-cer-
tainly the first in Cincinnati and APP
parently the first in the Territory, on
the river bank at the foot of Plum
street. Soon afterwards he installed
a ferry there, crossing the river to
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are three sons, John, George, and
David, all at home; brother Norris Z.
Stultz, 239 E. Hobart St.; and a
sister, Mrs. Doris M. Geiger, Green
Springs.
Services were held at 2 p. m. Sun
day at st. Johns Lutheran church
Findlay, where Mr.. Stultz had been
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Kentucky and. because of competi-
ton, charged fare only for the man
and carried his horse for nothing. He
was one of the jurors who found
James Mays, Ohio's first hanged
murderer, guilty in 1892 and saw him
executed that year. One of the earli-
est Hamilton County trials was that
of Pickel's wife, who drew fine and
lashes for beating up some woman
in the family's saloon.
The next Ohio German of conse-
quence was David Ziegler, who for a
time was commandant at Ft. WASH
ington but resigned in 1892 and open
ed little general store on the north
side of Front street between Syca-
more street and Broadway, Cincin-
matt, barely block from the fort.
In 1902 when Cincinnati first was
incorporated a town, Ziegler was
made the first Town President. e.
quivalent to mayor as of today. Be
fore coming to Ft. Washington, Zieg-
Ter had been commandant at old Ft.
Finney, having been sent there from
Ft. Harnar, Marietta. He was a big
man, a splendid dresser and until
1900 wore his hair in a queue. The
Town President was quite a dandy
with his powdered hair, ruffled shirt,
lace cuffs, and knee breeches with
silver buckles.
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, in
1748, David Ziegler served under
Frederick the Great, then in TITS
came to America and joined the Con-
tinental army. He began as a lieu
tenant and was a colonel when he
resigned to go into business Appoint
ed marshal of the Ohio district in
1904 by Thomas Jefferson, Ziegler
was surveyor of the port of Cincin-
natl, 18091S11, and died the latter
year at sixty-three.
Best known of the early Ohio Ger
mans and one who was most promi-
nent in the development of the low
er half of the state was Martin K.
Baum, who came to Cincinnati in
1895 when he was 30 and opened a
store there. He also engaged in river
traffic, and in 1905 opened the first
bank in the West. Baum started a
sugar refinery, an iron foundry, a
steam flour mill, and brought into the
West the first stream of Germans
from their ports of emigrant entry.
He had the first ornamental gar
den, the first vineyard and in 1902
helped found the Cincinnati Public
Library and the first agricultural
society.
He was the oldest son of Jacob and
Catherine Baum and was born June
IA, 1765, at Hagerstown, Maryland.
His parents, with their other child
rem: May, Elizabeth, John, George,
Susan, Barbara, Jacob and Joseph,
followed Martin in 1906 but settled
at Hale's station, now Miamisburg,
Montgomery County, where the faith
er went into the hotel business and
was followed in it by Jacob, Jr., who
ran the old Miami House on Main
street there in 1875, later opening the
famous Baum House on East Central
avenue. Its stable still stands NOW
part of a bank building.
Martin Baum was married to Miss
Anna Sommerville Wallace in 1904.
He died December IA, 1921 of influen-
"a. His mother had died in 1903 and
his father in 1920, both at Miamis-
burg.
German families arriving in South
ern Ohio shortly after Martin Baum
included the Zachariah, Ernest, Sta.
bier, Schretz, Schoenberger, Haffner
and Simon Oehler families, all oi
whose names are, familiar in thai
part of the state.f
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The Ohio Germans

Did you ever wonder how Ohio
thrifty, diligent German element be-
gan and who was the first German
to come into the state? The Germans
came early in the Northwest Terri
tory's first year of settlement and
through Losantiville, now Cincinnati,
from where they spread over other
parts of the state.
The first German family to arrive
in later Ohio was Henry Pickel, his
wife and their small children, who
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ness. Mr.. Stultz was chief operator
of the waterworks filtration plant.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emerson Stultz of Grove st. Born
January 16, 1909 in Mount Cory, he
married Rosella ]. Montgomery on
May 2, 1887.
Surviving, in addition to his wife
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NUTS ADD GOOD TEXTURE TO
stuffing for holiday turkeys and spark
up cooked vegetables such as green
beans. broccoli and brussel sprouts
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Heart Attack Fatal
To George Stultz

George r. Stultz, 45, of Findlay,
died last Thursday Of a cororary
occlusion following a one-week i'll
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member for 10 years. Rev. Hugh
r. Lecky oficiated and burial was in
the Thompson cemetery, Blufton.