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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
Arlington Group Delays
Vote on Nomination Plan

A decision on proposed spon'
sorship of a school board nomi
mating convention this year wa
delayed by the Arlington Civic
Federation last night.
The group voted to table fol-
one month a resolution of its
Schools Committee calling fol
the federation to participate in
such a plan.
The committee was instructed
to poll Arlington County Board
members, who must appoint
school board members. as to
their reaction to a nominating
convention plan.
From 1947 until last year, Ar
Ilington elected its school board
members. This right was abol-
ished by the Virginia Legislature
and the appointive power was
given to the County Board. The
nominating convention was used
in each school board election and
convention nominees were elect
ed in each case.
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Christmas Seal Drive
$4,000 Short of Goal

The Montgomery Count.
Christmas Seal fund campaign
is still $4,000 short of its goal
Circuit Court Judge Kathryn j
Lawlor, chairman of the funt
drive. said today.
Judge Lawlor said $4,000 IL
contributions has been received
with some funds still coming in
The additional $4,000 will b'
needed to assure continued ust
of free chest X-ray. occupations
therapy and other services o.
the County tuberculosis Asso.
citation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

The terms of two school board
members will expire December
81 this year.
In another action the fedora
ton Endorsed four persons for
appointment by the County
Board to the Board of Equaliza-
ton and Review. This board
hears appeals of property own
ers from new assessments set by
the Reassessment Board.
Endorsed were Edward Hincks.
Robert Groom, Mrs. Shirley
Wheeler and Thomas Harrison.
The federation refused to in
dorse the three present members
of the Equalization Board for re-
appointment. They are Ralph
Kimble. chairman: Homer Bau.
serman and Vincent Marcum.
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ments completed include duali.
cation of a new Route 20 from
north of Silver Spring to Route
40 west of Baltimore. widening
of New Hampshire avenue to six
lanes, relocation and improve
ment of University lane. compile
ton of the northern half of the
Baltimore Washington parkway
widening of Viers Mill road and
improvement of Route S between
Clinton and TB.
Tomorrow: Virginia's Traffic
Dilemma.
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changed, as outlined by officials
for The Star:
The programs original cost
estimate was $3.50 million. The
Legislature itself added a few
projects to the program, raising
the cost to $500 million. Cost
increases over original estimates,
figured to last August 81, raised
the total to STAB million. Finally,
the cost of raising standards of
projects on the Federal systems,
sufficiently to qualify them for
Federal aid. upped the total to
1888 million.
OF this 1888 million. about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
FACING OUR TRAFFIC CRISIS
Morylond's Program
StinLies in Future
BY GEORGE BEyERIDGE

In posWorld War II years. Maryland added scant hand
full OF new road lanes to handle traffic volumes that
doubled at the District-Maryland lines
In 1854 Washington motorists with promise
OF change Maryland launched mammoth 2-year program
calling for expenditure of 1858 million new and improved
roads throughout the State.
The program Montgomery Prince Georges Counties
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Arlington School Board

The Arlington School Board
will meet at 10 am. Saturday at
Brandon Junior High School, at
l2300 Shirley Highway.
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WASHINGTON

Arthur's Housewares
o38 F Street NV.
H. Abromson Furn. Co.
9TH and L Streets NV.
Action Service
1904 Georgia Ave. NV.
AIperstein's Dept. Store
1920 7th Street NV.
Andy's Refrigeration
1901 18th Street NV.
Boyd's Tv & Appliances
BIG F Street NV.
Cameo Appliance Co.
722 7th Street NV.
Georges
9th and E Streets NV.
Georges
2l46 oath Place NE.
The Hecht Co.
9TH and F Streets NV.
Home Appliance Co.
1927 H Street NE.
Home Utilities
GA 5th Street NV.
Masters
1909 6 Street NV.
Proctor and Hutchinson
37l4 18th Street NV.
SidIiss SoIes Co.
7d5 18th Street NV
STANDARD Tire & Battery
10th and H Streets NE.
Stidhum Appliance Co.
2051 M Street NV.
Sun Rudio
18th and E Streets NV.
Todd's
18th and F Streets NV.
Todd's
2422 6 Street NV.
Wutts-Berry
ol7 H Street NV.
Williamson and Davis
1924 l4th Street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

big ShareS-both in new mile
age and money.
In January. 1857, most of the
new roads still are a promise
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VIRGINIA

C.N CockreII & Sons
3520 Duke Street
Alexandra
Todd's
l27 North Pitt Street
Alexandria
Boyd's
3l95 Wilson Boulevard
Clarendon
The Hecht Co.
Wilson Blvd. and
N. GIebe Rood
Arlington
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MARYLAND

MAINLAND
Armstrong, Inc.
342l Main Street
LuureI
AIperstein's
Electrical Village
85l3 Piney Brunch Road
Silver Spring
CcpituI Appliance
& TVCo.
Silver Spring
The Hecht Co.
Fenton & Ellsworth Drive
Silver Spring
Ruy's Appliance Co.
1920 Georgia Avenue
Wheaton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

"Dries like a breeze" Low
heat, high air flow give
faster, safer drying for all
fabrics. Wash n dry two,
three, even four loads q
morning with DUoMATIC.
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Mr.. Bonnell said he is optimis-
tic that the new Federal pro-
gram will enable the State to
complete its original projects,
even with the higher costs. He
insists that money will not be
available to add projects to the
program itself, although some
additional freeways may be pos
sible on the Federal interstate
system OF cross-country express
ways, for which the Federal Gov
eminent will pay UP to 80 per
cent Of costs.
Here is the way the 12-year
programs financial outlook has
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
COMPLETION OF
NEW WELL NEAR
Town Manager Announces
Town Water Supply To BE
Increased ThreefOld
LOCATED ON MAIN ST.

The completion of the new
town well at 1,0OO-gallons per
minute capacity will triple the
towns water supply, according to
a report by Town Manager Rex
D. Gilmore. The second we'll and
two adjacent observation wells
have been completed by the Mid
dletown Well Drilling Company,
of Odessa, and installation of
permanent pumping equipment
and construction of the well house
will follow at the site at South
Main Street and Mill Street, To-
cation of the old gas works plant.
Although the new well has been
designed and constructed to pro-
duce a maximum capacity in ex-
cess of 1000 gallons per minute,
the town will install pumping
equipment to produce 1000 gal
Ions per minute, leaving the ex-
ira available capacity as a cush-
ion against droughts and reced-
ing water tables, Mr.. Gilmore ex-
plains. Preliminary explorations
for the we'll site were carried out
through the offices of the State
Geological Survey. Water samples
have been analyzed by Wiley &
Co., Inc, analytical and consult
ing chemists, Baltimore and found
satisfactory. The design of the
well was handled by Whitman,
Requardt & Associates, engineers,
Baltimore, and the construction
was carried out by the Middle
town Well Drilling Company. The
inspection of construction was
handled by the town manager. 1t
is expected that completion of the
well house will be in the late
spring in time for summer use.
The well now in use by the town
is located on High Street, at the
western edge of town, while the
new we'll site and observation
wells are in the southeastern part
of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
SCHOOL BOARD
HOLDS SESSION
Building Commission Studies
Building Plans for Pro-
posed Additions
NEED MORE TEACHERS

The Smyrna Board of Educa-
tion of the Smyrna Special School
District met this week in reg
ular session. The board meets
each month on the fourth Wed
nesday Of the month One of the
items regularly on the agenda of
these meetings was the approval
of bills submitted during the pre-
vious month so that payment
might be made. The building COM
mission, under the chairmanship
of w. Howard NoWland, and vice.
Craftsmanship of Francis B. Geb-
hart, studied plans for additions
to the Smyrna Elementary School
and the John Bassett Moore High
School. The district recently re-
advertised bids for the Thomas
d. Clayton addition to be received
on December at 4:30 pm. in
the superintendent's office. The
district presently has underway a
construction program consisting
of six elementary classrooms
Work on this project is under the
direction of Dundee, Inc. of Will
mington. At the present time this
work is proceeding quite satisfac-
torily. Metal frame windows are
now N place, and a good portion
of the masonry walls have been
constructed. Most electric and
water is run in trenches under
the building, and this work has
been completed. The concrete
slab floors have been completely
poured. Inside walls are now un-
der construction. 1t is hoped to
have the building under a roof in
the not too distant future. Still
in the planning stage is the ad-
dition of four rooms and multi
purpose room for the Elementary
School. Preliminary plans have
been approved by the Smyrna
Building Commission and the
State Board of Education but fin
al plans are still in the drawing
stage. This addition will allow
about 600 pupils to use this
school. During 1956-57 about $50
elementary pupils were in the
district. The present elementary
building will hold only about $50
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Smyrna times., 1957-11-28

students at the meeting in an ef-
fort to stimulate interest of high
school students in the states traf-
fic problems. Upon the conclu-
sion of the general meeting, the
conference will split into five
groups to discuss traffic safety
topic. Each group of students will
be aided by an adult consultant.
These groups will make recon-
mendations for action to improve
traffic safety in Delaware. Re-
concentrations which have come
from previous conventions have
been highly successful. The con-
ference is sponsored by the Della
ware Safety Council, through the
Delaware Teen-Age Traffic Safe
ty Association.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
CHORAL CONCERT AT DOVER
Union Candlelight Vesper Service
To Be Held December 5

Local ministers will assist in
the Candlelight Vesper Service on
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 8 at 4:30
pm, at which time the newly
formed Choral Society will make
its initial appearance, singing
HandeTs Christmas oratorio, THE
Messiah" DR.. John A. Trader,
pastor of Wesley M e h odis t
Church, Dover, where the per-
formance will take place, will
bring greetings. The Rev. Robert
w. Duke, president of the Dover
Ministerial Association and pas
tor of Peoples Congregational
Church, will give the invocation,
the scripture lesson will be read
by DR.. Lawrence T. Slaybaugh,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
and the benediction will be pro-
nounced by the Rev. Paul A. Kel-
logg, rector of Christ Episcopal
Church. All ministers whose choirs
are represented in the Choral So
ciety have been asked to march
in the professional. Final rehears-
ais next week will climax two
months Of work by the sixty-voice
chorus under the direction of Mrs.
William ]. Storey, who is also di-
rector of the Century Club chorus
of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
RONALD Mccoy WILL SPEAK AT
DOVER YOUTH TRAFFIC FARLEY

Ronald Mccoy of Smyrna High
School will speak on Pedestrian
Safety" at the fourth annual
Youth Conference on Traffic Safe
tyy to be held in the field house
of the Dover High School on
Dec. z from $50 am. to $3.50 pm.
Mccoy will address a general
meeting of 300 persons who will
attend the conference. He is one
of five delegates and one adult
counselor who will be in attend
ance from the local school. Achim
Hirschberg, a foreign exchange
student at P. S. DUPONT High
School, will tell the conference
what American traffic looks like
to one who has grown up abroad.
and Hirschberg will share
speaking duties with two other
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Shortall, of
Clayton will celebrate their fif-
tieth wedding anniversary at a
reception for the immediate fam
lily at their home on Thanksgiv-
ing Day, Thursday, Nov. 28. They
were married in Holy Cross Cath
olic Church, Dover by the Rev. t.
f. Waldron. Mrs. Shortall was
the former Miss Ella McCaffrey,
of Milford. Mr.. Shortall is a re-
tired former carpenter with the
Pennsylvania Railroad. They have
three children: Mrs. John j. Roth
and Mrs. Esther Orvis, both of
Clayton, and Major ]. L. Shortall,
Jr., stationed at Fort Wadsworth,
Staten Island, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
FIREMEN ISSUE
PATRON LIST
Citizens Hose Co. Announces
Completion of List for
Holiday Dance
TO BE HELD IN ARMORY

The list of patrons and patron
esses of the holiday dance of the
Citizens Hose Company is now
complete. The dance will be held
at the Allan McLane Armory,
Smyrna, on Friday, Nov. 29 at
nine o'clock, with music by The
Starlighters. The patrons'list fol-
lows: Mayor and Mrs. George M.
Blendt; Councilman and Mrs. Cliff
ton j. Jones, Councilman and Mrs.
William E. Jones, Councilman and
Mrs. Kenneth D. Smith, Council
man and Mrs. Alfred E. Mack,
Councilman and Mrs. William H.
Schoolfield, Councilman and Mrs.
John E. Wilson III, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rex D. Gilmore, Miss Elizabeth
Wilson, the Rev. and Mrs. Owen
c. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. William
E. Matthews, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles M. Guy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence S. Collins, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Chester Banta, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul B. Grier, Mr.. and Mrs.
James M. Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Elmer Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs.
William M. Norris, Mr., and Mrs.
Joe S. Robinson, the Rev. and
Mrs. F. Sydney Bancroft, DR.. and
Mrs. Clarence j. Prickett, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Leland Harmonson, Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Jacobs, Jr.,
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Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
LIONS READY DANCE PLANS
Arrangements Completed for An
nual Christmas Affair

Plans are now complete for the
annual Christmas dance sponsor
ed by the Smyrna Lions Club and
tickets for the affair are now on
sale to the public. They are avail
able from any member of the
club. The semi-formal dance is
the highlight of the Christmas
holiday social season here and
will be held at the Allan McLane
Armory on Friday, Dec. 27, with
dancing from 9 pm. to / am,
Music will be provided by Jack
Dougherty's orchestra, from Viii
mington. Arrangements for the
affair are in the hands of a COM
mittee which has as co-chairmen
William e. Jones and Robert Dun
ming, and includes Joseph Lam
berta, Stanley Middleton, and
Walter Gibe.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
GEO. FISCHER
1857 CORN KING
Crowned S ia tie Winner By
Delaware Crop Improve
ment AsSO. in Dover
HAS 1918 BUSHEL YIELD

An estimated per-acre yield of
1913 bushels brought George p.
Fischer, operator of a 215-acre
vegetable farm. near Woodland
Beach, Smyrna, the crown of Del
aware's 1857 corn king Tuesday
evening at a Delaware Crop I'm
provement Association awards
banquet in Dover. Fischer planted
Patriot $50 variety last May Is.
The count was 11,491 plants per
acre, with 1876 ear weight ounces
recorded. Peas, beans, and a rye
cover crop turned under early
were grown before the corn.
Fischer fertilized with $50 pounds
of 5-10-10 per acre in the corn
planter, and $50 pounds side
dressed. He sprayed with PAD.
The newly crowned king" real
lied his championship yield de-
spite the fact that 1857 was a Sc
we're drought year. F. T. and Neal
Warrington, Georgetown, received
the state royalty" award in the
40-bushel soybean club competi-
tion with their harvest of 51.3
bushels per acre. Other awards
Tuesday night during the finale
of Delaware's Farm-City Week
DCIA observance went to Green
er Pastures cooperators and to A.
H Club crops seed judging win
ners. Delaware Crop Improvement
Association officers for 1858 were
elected at a business meeting.
Second and third place state win
ners in the 100-bushel corn con-
test were Homer Goldsborough,
Smyrna, 131 bushels; and Roland
Mumford, Seaford, 127.15 bushels.
First, second and third place win
ners in Kent County were Fisch-
er, Goldsborough, and Carol Simp-
son of Clayton. Runner-ups in the
soybean contest included James
Dickinson, Townsend, third in
New Castle County with 40 BUSH
els even; Frank Sydel, Hartly,
second in Kent County; and w.
S. Snow, Jr., Smyrna, third in
Kent County. John w. Dukes,
Townsend; Francis Downs, Clay
ton; and Albert Barthelmeh, Clay
ton, each received Excellent
award certificates and neckties
for their participation in the
Greener Pastures program.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
HEARS
OIL co. HEAD
T7idewater Official Narrates
Movie of Refinery Growth
at Dinner Meeting
OWN 5000 ACRES LAND

Walter ]. Harrison, refinery
representative of the Tidewater
Oil Company, showed a moving
picture Of the growth of the man.
moth plant at Delaware City at
the dinner meeting of the Smyrna
Rotary Club Thursday night. He
said that 5000 acres of land is
owned by the company, of which
$50 acres are now being used The
refinery is largest of its kind, he
said, and only high class products
are made. There are over 8 miles
of water front on the property;
there is an electrical generating
plant capable of lighting a city
of 100000; and the refinery cap
acity is more than 100000 barrels
a day, and more than 100 differ
ent crafts are represented, were
among the interesting points
made by the speaker. Channels
are dredged in the river to accom-
modate the largest tankers ahoat,
he stated. Rynear w. Slaughter
was chairman of the program.
James Cooper presided. Birthday
greetings were extended to How
ard Pletsch. DR.. c. ]. Pricktt Of
fered to give free test for dia-
betes to his fellow Rotarians.
George v. Kirk accompanied group
singing led by James Everhart.
Charles E. Waddell and Mr.. Har-
rison were guests of Mr.. Slaugh-'
ter.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
SHS OFFICIALS
MAKE STUDY
Educators Review ROadblOcks
OF School Construction
at Statewide Meet
GOV. BOGGS ATTENDS

About $50 educators, contrac-
tors, architects and others review
ed problems involved in school
construction in the state of Del
aware last week and found the
problems confronting the state
construction programs enormous.
Attending the conference were
Gov. ]. Caleb Boggs, Senator Cal
vim R. Mccullough (D-Holloway
Terrace) and DR.. Henry H. Linn,
professor of education from Co.
lumbia University. Faced with the
PROBLEMS of increasing needs and
rising costs, the conference devot-
ed its time to a study of possi-
BILE economics in school construc-
ton. Sectional meetings were held
on standards for New Build
ings", Contract and Time Lags"
Building Elementary Schools"
Building Secondary Schools" and
"Citizens and Planning" ALL sec
tional meetings had representa-
tives of the architects, builders
and educators present. Represent
ing the Smyrna Schools were
George V. Kirk, superintendent:
Charles V. Williams, high school
principal; Mrs. Julia Slaughter,
elementary school principal, and
Willis Powell, principal, Thomas
D. Clayton School, The architect
for the Smyrna Schools, E. Will
liam Martin, and his associate,
Donald Wason, were also present.
Most of the states school build
ing contractors had several repre-
sentatives present. The meeting
began at 9 am. and lasted until
4 pm. The conference pointed up
the complex problems involved in
reducing school construction costs.
It was generally conceded that
school construction costs had not
risen as much as many other
building costs. Attempts to cut
costs seldom meet with complete
success since one factor will can
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Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
HOMECOMING
WIN RECORDED
M any Alumni Present AS
Red and White Win
Finale 27-O
EVENT NOW A MEMORY

Long after the score of Smyrna
Highs homecoming game is for
gotten and hidden away in the
archives, the fun and hard work
that went into making such a
success will live on, a vibrant and
real thing. There are many things
which go to make up a homecom-
ing celebration as smoothly hand
led and as well carried out as
the one at our high school. We
can see some by looking at the
picture. The students, full of spir-
it, cheering their team on to vic
tory; the crowning of the queen
and her many well wishers; the
martial band music so necessary
for a parade and setting the
stage; the floats which the stu
dents themselves built on their
own time and with their own
money. All these things and more
made the homecoming a real sue
cess. School spirit runs high at
Smyrna. But what" you may
ask, "is school spirit In truth,
it is a rather difficult thing to
define. Perhaps we might settle
for the definition that school spir-
it is pulling together and pulling
for one another. Long ago this
sort of thing would have been
considered a grand waste of time.
People would have thought the
schools job ended with the teach
ing of the three RS. Today the
members of the community and
the schools know that their job
goes far beyond the narrow goals
of yesteryear. Its goal is now
as wide as the horizons which
open themselves for the students
to conquer. Today thee Smyrna
Special Schools are training our
students in more than the three
RS. Today our schools are i'm
planting and developing the ideas
and ideals of good citizenship in
the minds of our young. The
schools must prepare these young
people for their place in our dem
ocracy. They must be ready for
the complexities of life in our
fast moving world. This pulling
together and pulling for one an
other is the training that will
prepare them for the life they
are looking forward to, life as a
citizen of Smyrna, a citizen of
Delaware, a citizen of these Unit
ed States, citizen of the world.
This is the ambitious goal of the
Smyrna School District, a goal
whose realization is within reach.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
Death Of Eugene Clark Attix

Eugene Clark Attix, 68, died
Sunday night at his home in Ris-
ing Sun from the effects of a
heart condition. He was an office
of the Motor Vehicle
Department in Dover and had
formerly been engaged in farm
ing and carpentering, He was
born at Kenton, Del. He is sur
vived by his wife, Sarah j. Attix;.
two children, Mrs. Anna Stevens,
Wilmington, and Mrs. Mary c.
Burton, Rehoboth Beach; three
grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. Edith A. Carl, Wilmington,
and Mrs. Belle Palmer, Kenton.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday, Nov. 27, at 2 pm. from
Calvary Church of thee Nazarene
in Dover. The Rev. Charles Hall
man officiated. Interment was in
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
Death of Mrs. Linnie b. Kennerly

Mrs. Linnie B. Kennerly (Chef-
fins), rs, of near Smyrna died on
Nov. 21. She was the daughter of
the late Rev. Isaac Kennerly and
Mrs. Mary Kennerly of Maryland.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, Nov. "a, at the FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. o.
c. Jones in charge. Interment was
in Odd Fellows Cemetery. She is
survived by two children, Mrs.
James r. Truitt, Smyrna, and
Mrs. William T. Koester, Mime
apolis, Mimi; four grandchildren;
nine great grandchildren; one sis
ter, Mrs. Maria Gambrill, Hebron,
Md; and a niece, Mrs. Brooksie
Thomas, Hebron, Md. Mrs. Chef
fins had made her home on the
Leipsic road near Smyrna for the
last twenty years.
Smyrna times., 1957-11-28
Hall Buick Relocates Franchise

Announcement was made this
week that Hall Buick Co., form
erly of Middletown, has relocated
its franchise on the DUPONT High
way in Smyrna. This change was
made after having operated at
the Middletown location for over
twelve years. The business is
owned by the Hall brothers, Char
les and James. They had operat-
ed a used car lot in this area for
several years before transferring
their Buick agency here. Charles
serves as general manager of the
company and his brother James
as parts and service manager.