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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
WORKSHOP SET
BY DOVER WSCS
Mrs. David NJ. Jones, Noted
North Carolina Educator,
Will Speak
PANEL DISCUSSION

Mrs. David M. Jones, wife of
the late president of Bennett Col
lege at Greensboro, N. c., will be
the important guest speaker at
the second workshop held by the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice of Dover District, in con-
junction with the Woman's Soci-
ETY. of Delaware Conference. The
meeting will be held on Tuesday,
April Is in Wesley Methodist
Church, Dover, and will convene
at 10 am. The theme for the meet
ing will be Creating Together a
Christ Conferred Community" DR..
M. o. Ballard, of the Dover Dis
trict, Delaware Conference, will
have charge of the morning wor-
ship. The main feature of the
morning will be panel discussion
entitled 1.-THE Church Leads"
Members taking part in the dis
cussion will be the Rev. William
Hackett, pastor of st. Johns
Church in Seaford; James r..
Webb, principal of William G.
Jason High School, Georgetown;
Miss Mary Frances Koontz, a SEN
ior in Lewes High School and
president of the M.Y.F. at Bethel
Methodist Church; and Mrs. Wal
ton Nichols, secretary of Christian
Social Relations of the Delaware
Conference, Laurel. Mrs. John
Trader, president of the United
Church Women of Delaware, will
be the moderator The afternoon
will be marked by the address of
Mrs. Jones, a noted speaker and
educator. Having spent many years
on the campus of Bennett College
and served two quadrenniums in
the Women's Division of Christian
Service, working in the Depart
ment of Christian Social Rela-
lions, her knowledge of human
relations and her wise council,
along with her work in the United
Council of Church Women, has
given her message Importance
wherever she speaks and all will
want to be present at this work.
shop because of her presence.
Those attending are asked to
bring box lunch. Wesley W,S.C.S.
will serve dessert and coffee. The
registration fee for the day will
be fifty cents. Each society in the
district is being asked to send
four members from its society and
as many more as will attend. Last
year the attendance was limited
to two officers in each society.
This year the Importance of the
meeting has made it available to
members and friends.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
NILES AT MISSILE SCHOOL
Smyrna Guard Director Studies
Defense Operations In Texas

Among the Delaware Nationa.
Guard officers, headed by Maj.
Gen. Joseph ]. Scanned, adjutant
general, who have been at Fort
Bliss, Texas undergoing an inten-
sive three-day orientation in Army
missile operations, was 1t. Col
Jerome ID. Niles, Jr., of Smyrna
The reason for the Delaware Off
GERS presence there is that Ma
tional Guard anti-aircraft artil-
lery units play a part in the
Army's air defense program, and
the Delaware Guard with its stra-
tegic location may be a key unit
when necessary. The contingent
have seen a series of firings of
the Nike-Ajax, the Army's first
supersonic missile which is de-
signed to destroy enemy aircraft
regardless of evasive action"
The group of Delaware National
Guard officers were also briefed
at Richards-G ebaur Air Force
Base, near Kansas City, Mo-, in
the intracacies of the SAGE sys-
tenn, the new joint Army-Navy-
Air Force operation for the semi
automatic handling of information
and direction of weapons by radar
and other electronic devices.
SAGE stands for Semi-Automatic
Ground Environment, term COIN
ed by the Air Force to refer to
the interrelated electronic equip
ment installed at ground locations
to handle large volumes of infor-
nation in solving air defense prob
lens.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
ASBURY RECEIVES GIFTS
Memorials To Be Dedicated BY
District Supervisor on Easter

N1ClAiOiidAo ~ DO OCulCdtOu oy
District Supervisor on Easter
The dedication of three memoir
ials and the recognition of gifts
will be part of the IL am. SER
vice on Easter Day at Asbury
Methodist Church. The Rev. w.
H. Revelle, Jr., pastor, will pre-
side at the service. The memoir
ials will include a stained glass
window depicting the Biblical fig
ures of Luke and John, given in
memory of the Rev. DR.. John l..
Johnson and his wife, Mile H.
Johnson, by Mrs. Ada R. Johnson.
A walnut baptismal font will be
given in memory of Walter w.
Hynson and Didie H. Hynson, his
wife, by DR.. and Mrs. Theodore
E. Hynson and friends. Four brass
offering plates will be presented
in memory of Robert Deakyne,
Nolan Jones, and Russell Moore
by the William e Matthews, Jr.
Church School Glass. These men,
orials will be presented by the
donors and received on behalf of
the church by the president of the
Board of Trustees, DR.. c. j. Prick
EFT and the dedicator, the Rev.
Roy Lawson Tawes, superintend-
emit, Dover District of the PENN
sula Conference. There will be
recognition of the gift of a five
piece silver service presented by
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Sayres; also,
of fifty-one church hymnals.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
COMPLETES Officer Basic Course

Second 1t. Philip H. Denney,
"a, whose wife, Mildred, and
mother, Mrs. Bertha H. Denney,
live at IL e. Commerce st., Smyr-
ma, recently completed the 16-
week anti-aircraft artillery officer
basic course at the Army Air De-
fence School, Fort Bliss, Tex. A
1851 graduate of John Bassett
Moore High School, Lieutenant
Denney was employed by the In
ternational Latex Corporation in
Dover before entering the Army.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
Death of Infant Son

Robert K. Horsey, age two
months, died in Kent General Hos
pital, Dover, on March 81. He was
the son of Lester c. and Barbara
Biggs Horsey of Smyrna. Funeral
services were held from the Far
les Funeral Chapel on Wednesday
afternoon, April 2, with the Rev.
w. H. Revelle, Jr., of Asbury
Methodist Church in charge, and
in Bethel Cemetery,
Maryland.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
A Son for Hamburgs

Announcement has been made
of the birth of a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. william E. Hamburg, Jr. on
March IL. He has been named
William Edward Hamburg Ill.
The infant is the grandson of
Mrs. Mollie Hamburg of Smyrna,
and of Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit
Murphy of Bridgeton, N. j.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
CHILDREN EYE EGG HUNT
Youngsters at st. Peters Look
Ahead to Easter Sunday Treat

Youngsters at st. Peters Look
Ahead to Easter Sunday Treat
The traditional Easter egg hunt
for children of the church school
of st. Peters Episcopal Church,
will be held on the lawn of the
parish house and church following
the 10 am. church school session
on Easter Day. The children are
provided with colorful baskets
and there is a spirit of rivalry as
each strives to find the most eggs
which have been hidden in the
shrubbery and other places. At
the II am. service of holy COM
munion and sermon by the Rev.
F. Sydney Bancroft, rector, the
choir will sing the anthem, 20
Morn of Beauty" based on the
chorale from "Finlandia" by ST.
belius. Mrs. Olive Hirons Stats
will be the organist, and Cole
man F. Metzler, choir director. On
Good Friday, there will be the
three-hour service of devotion
from IL noon to 3 pm. with the
meditations by the rector. The
kindergarten will be in
session during the IL o'clock SER
vice on Easter Day.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
FIRM STARTS
SEWER WORK
Street Paving Also Soon To
Begin - Weather Per-
hitting
ASSESSMENT READIED

At the regular meeting of Smyr-
ma Town Council Friday night
Town Manager Rex d. Gilmore
reported that the r. & G. Con-
struction Co., New Castle, started
installation of sewers in the New
Street-High Street area last week,
and by the time the sewer work
is completed the weather should
be suitable for them to start the
eight blocks of street work on
which they were also the low
bidder. Plans also move forward
on the project to be done by ].
f. Alexander & Co., Philadelphia,
whose representative was here
last week and reported that the
firm has placed orders for mater
ial and equipment for the con-
struction of the well house. The
contractors expect to complete the
well house within six weeks after
the arrival of the equipment on
the site. Mr.. Gilmore also report
ed that the new town well was
subjected to an eight-hour endur-
ance pumping test on March %
by Middletown Well Drillers, of
Odessa, for final acceptance by
the town. The well produced in
excess of one thousand gallons
per minute, using approximately
half of the available well draw
down. Councilman John e. Wilson
III reported that representatives
of Quality Belts had again re-
quested to purchase property with
in the town limits for construc-
ton of chicken processing plant
and council will consider the mat
ter and take action at the next
meeting. The assessment list is
now being typed as presented by
the assessor, James Ford, and will
be presented at the next meeting
of council on April IL. Council
authorized the purchase of a used
tractor mower from Farmers Sup
ply Co. for $500 provided it meets
with the approval, mechanically,
of the town manager. A prelim-
mary plot has been presented by
Fred Wilson of the High Street.
South Street development. The
Citizens Hose Company will be
advised of councils approval of
plans for the volunteer firemen's
convention to be held here in Sep
TENDER, permission for a parade
which will include one hundred
fire companies; insertion of a
welcome to Smyrna" message in
the program. Council also ex-
pressed the wish for success by
the firemen in the endeavor. Clar-
ence Downes, owner of the pro-
perty located at s South Main
Street, will be notified of hear
ing to be held at the council room
in Town Hall on Friday, April IL
at 8 pm. at which he will be pre-
pared to show cause for permit
ting a portion of the building to
remain in violation of an ordin-
ance entitled prevention of dam
gerous buildings and structures. +"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
Death of Alfred c. Harrison

Funeral services were held Mon
day, March 81, at Matthews Fun
eral Home for Alfred c. Harrison,
GA, who died Friday at his home
here. He was the son of the late
John A. Harrison and Adelaide
Reed Huston, and husband of the
late Margaret Turner Harrison.
The Rev. o. c. Jones, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church
officiated. Interment was at Glen
wood Cemetery.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
COMPLETES Training Course

Second 1t. Ananias Schrock, 81,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel
Schrock, Marydel., Nd, recently
completed the 16 week anti-aircraft
artillery officer basic course at
the Army Air Defense School, Fort
Bliss, Tex. Lieutenant Schrock
attended Wallace (W.Va.) High
School. The lieutenant's wife,
Dorothy, lives in Ell Paso, Texas.
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Good Friday Services at Delaney's

Special Good Friday services
will be conducted at Delaney's
Church, near Clayton, this Friday
evening, April 4, at 1880 pm. The
Rev. Mabel Erskine will be in
charge. The public is invited to
attend this sacred program. The
Ladies' Aid will hold it's regular
monthly meeting at 8 o'clock
Thursday evening in the church.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-04-03
Revival Services at Millington

Revival Services at Millington
Revival services will be held in
Hottest Christian Church, Milling
ton, Md, April lis, announces the
Rev. Lester N. Moser, pastor.
Morning services will begin at
9:45; evening services at 1870.
The Rev. J. M. Sullivan, Bloxon,
Va, will be the featured speaker.
Special music and singing will be
presented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
CULTURE
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
the Senate. placed the cultural
center in Foggy Bottom.
The tract is bounded by Rock
Greek parkway. New Hamp-
shire avenue, the proposed in
ner-loop freeway and APP
proaches to the authorized
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. The
Government already GYMS So
acres there and would acquire
another IL acres for $3.50. 900,
Lack of Home Rule Cited
Mr.. Thompson, author Of the
principal House bill, in a state
ment filed with the committee,
declared:
IF there is any overriding
reason why the Congress should
concern itself with cultural IA
cilities in the Nations Capital,
it is because the Congress in
sists on acting as city council
of Washington. -.
Certainly. in these circum-
stances Qack of home rule) it
cannot be denied that the lack
of cultural facilities is directly
traceable to the Congress"
Congress, he added, must as
sumo the blame for the poor
showing" of the National Capt.
tai in cultural matters when
1872 other cities in the United
States have civic or cultural
facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

Will Renew
School Fight

ATLANTA. Aug. R.-Ra-
eial agitator John Kasper
stepped from a Federal prison
today and said he would return
at once to the fight for segre-
cation which brought him a
one-year prison term last year.
He was set free at the Atlanta
Federal prison shortly before 9
am. This thwarted his sup
porters' plans for a public
demonstration at Tallahassee.
Fla, where he served eight
months at the Federal reforma-
tory.
He was sentenced to a year
for contempt Of Federal Court
because of his activities at Clin-
ton. Tenn, in connection with
school desegregation there and
received four months of for
good behavior.
Kasper. 20, transferred to
atlanta from Tallahassee yes
terday after some Ku Klux
Khan leaders and other racial
extremists had announced plans
for a welcome out" party.
Asked If he would follow the
same course again-despite his
prison term. he replied:
II would do the same thing
all over again"
He still must face trial in
September at Nashville, Tenn.
on.a State charge Of melting to
riot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Disabled Urged
As Meter Police

Disabled veterans should
have top priority for the job of
checking parking meters and
giving out tickets. the Metro
politan Area Council of Vet
Grams Organizations urged last
night.
Metropolitan Police officials
recently proposed that this Job
be taken away from the police
and given to the tax collectors
office. 1t has been suggested
that women handle the job.
In a resolution. the council
pointed out the job would not
require the high physical
standards or maximum age
limit demanded by q regular
police job.
The resolution, which was
sent to the District Commits
sioners, said other disabled
persons should be given second
priority, followed by the aged.
persons drawing welfare pay
ments and those drawing I'M
employment compensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
ELViS' DOG TAGS
MAY LEAD GIRLS
OUT OF SCHOOL

CHICAGO (R.-A high
school director says II IL
girl students persist in
wearing Elvis Presley dog
tag jewelry TO class they
will be dropped from
school.
Clarence @. Carey, di-
rector Of Jones Commercial
High School, said good
humoredly last night: i've
forbidden the girls to wear
the dog tags. II they keep
on. I'll simply have to dis
miss them from school. It's
too frivolous and silly.
They're at an impression
able age"
The girls walked out of
classes yesterday because
Of Mr.. Carey's ban Of their
ornamentation. a plastic
reproduction of military
dog tags bearing Mr.. Pres
ley's Army serial number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

explosions in space.
where therej is no air to produce
the conventional reaction to an
explosion. One of the questions
was the range that shock waves
would reach without atmos-
phere to transit them. Another
question was the matter of
transmission Of heat from the
explosion.
The altitude at which today's
explosion occurred was far
above any level at which the
Acc and defense scientists pre-
viously had attempted to record
the effects of explosion.
There were reports that an
entirely new system was in use
for this purpose. The Air Force
was understood to have
launched. at about the time the
nuclear loaded missile left the
ground. a multi-stage rocket
carrying instruments to record
explosive effects at an altitude
of 100 miles or more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Records Seen

The Weather Bureau said at
Wichita that record flooding of
farm lowlands along the Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

District and victnity-Some
eloudiness and cooler tonight.
low SO. Partly cloudy tomor-
row. high 80 to IS.
Maryland-Some cloudiness
tonight. lowest in the COS. Con-
siderable cloudiness tomorrow,
highest about IS.
Virginia - Considerable
sloudiness with scattered thun-
Ierstorms over extreme south
ern portion tonight. Lowest to-
might So to 70 in the south.
81 to So in the north. Partly
cloudy tomorrow with chance
Of scattered afternoon thunder
storms. Not as warm In the
southern portion.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Mostly northeast
winds 10 to is miles an hour
tonight and tomorrow. Show
ers and thunderstorms today
and probably early tonight and
tomorrow afternoon in the Vir-
ginia capes area. Visibility 3 to
6 miles with haze occasionally,
down to / mile in showers.
Some morning fog, improving to
6 to 10 miles tomorrow.
Resort Forecasts
Long Island and New Jersey
beaches-Fair tomorrow, high
est rs TO "a.
Rehoboth-O Ocean city-Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
NonsiopFIyer
Heads Inland

SEATTLE. Aug. I m.-Dis-
lance flyer Marion tPaD Boiling
was encountering WEAKNESS and
engine trouble today after es-
tablishing q new nonstop solo
flight record and planned 10
land short Of his Boise tfdaho)
destination.
A spokesman for Northwest
Orient Airlines said the Hardy
Airline pilot radioed at 6:02
am. PST) that his SINGLE
engine Beechcraft Bonanza
had q trough engine" and was
forced TO change course.
Mr.. Boiling was reported
heading inland In an attempt
10 land at Yakima. Wash. An
earlier radio report from the
a3-year-old flyer said he would
try TO reach Boise.
Mr.. Boling's new destination
Is $685. miles from his take
of point in Manila. He left
Wednesday.
Tn Palo Alto (CalifJ airman
shattered the old nonstop
flight record for single-eneine
aircraft late last night as he
few over the Aleutian Islands.
The late Capt. William odom
set the old record Of 4.927 miles
in 1919 from Honolulu TO
Teterboro. N. j., also in a
Beechcraft Bonanza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
ny JOSEPH YOUNG
star star writer

The new National Aeronautics
and Space Agency Is being
flooded with applications for
Jobs.
Formerly the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aero.
nautics. the new space agency
combines the previous aero
nautical duties with the new
space authority given II by
Congress. The NAcA Is the
nucleus Of the new agency.
The agency. which now has
5000 employees. is expected to
expand somewhat. but Just how
much no one knows at the
moment. The NASA. however
is accepting Job applications.
The eventual employment ex-
pansion Is not expected 10 be
of great magnitude. although
there undoubtedly win he an
increase In employment.
But NASA win have $50
scientific. engineering and adj
ministrative Jobs paying tls.-
900 q year. In addition. 10 per-
sons may be paid $4,000 an
nually.
AS expected. this has proved
a magnet for many engineers.
scientists and administrators
in other Federal agencies as
well as on the outside who have
lost no time in applying for
these jobs. The bulk Of these
jobs are expected to go to
engineers and scientists. with
only a relatively small per-
:entage going to administrative
type personnel.
But the NASA Is also receiv-
ing job applications from many
other people in different types
Of fields. such as clerical. STEM
ograuhic. accounting. etc.
The glamour" Of the new
agency's operations is one rea-
son given by NASA ofiicials for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

kansas River from Great Bend
TO Wichita can be expected in
the next three days.
In the area from the Ohio
Valley eastward to the Atlantic.
the rains turned torrential in
some places. Indianapolis got
2.s6 inches. Columbus. Ohio.
2.1S, and Canton 3.77. Provi-
dence, r. l., received an inch
in the space of an hour. bring
ing the 24-hour fall to 2.85
inches.
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NUCLEAR
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Continued From First Page
listic missile. 1t has a normal
horizontal range of about 200
miles. Fired straight up, the
Redstone probably could gain
a height Of 100 miles. Now
standard equipment for the
Army, it is a surface bonn
bardment type missile.
Today's explosion was the
first to be announced in the
tests Of defensive missiles at
oJhnston. 1t also was the first
missile with a nuclear warhead
known to be fired from the
ground.
An Air Force Genie air to air
missile. fired from an airplane,
was exploded at an altitude Of
about thre miles above the
Nevada nuclear test grounds
last year.
Space Data Needed
Until today, United States
weapons experts had no &C
tual data on the effect Of
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70 reach AND possibly exceed
20 feet. That would put 1t
only about 8 feet below the
stage reached during the big
food Of June 81. 1851.
Stranger Creek at Tom
ganoxie. Kans.. also was ex-
pected to reach 20 feet or
higher, exceeding the stage
reached in l95l-28.94 feet.
At Kansas City. the Missouri
River was expected to reach
gas feet today. The Weather
Bureau said the river will crest
at % feet at Boonville. Mo-
tomorrow, and at ats feet at
Jefferson City. Mo-. Sunday.
~ Families Evacuated
During the night the Blue
River spread over low-lying
areas on the east side Of Kan
sas City, covering roads, caus-
Ing extensive damage to
business places and driving ~
families from their homes.
In some places along the
Blue, crests we're as high as
In the disastrous flood Of 1851.
Unofficial estimates put the
number Of persons driven from
their homes by flooding in the
greater Kansas City area
at 325.
The Grand and Charlton
Rivers in Missouri also were
rising rapidly.
At Easton, Kans., National
Guardsnen we're on duty as
q crest on Big Stranger
Creek approached. Leaven-
worth. Kans., IL miles south
east Of Easton. was flooded
briefly by Five Mile Greek.
Records Seen
The Weather Bureau said at
Wichita that record flooding Of
farm lowlands along the Ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01

siderable cloudiness tomorrow,
highest rs to 80.
Mays Head-Virginia Beach
Chance Of scattered thunder
storms tomorrow, warm and
humid.
Skyline Drive-Considerable
cloudiness tomorrow. highest in
the 70s. Fair to good visibility.
Five-Day Forecast
August 2 through August 6,
Washington Area
Temperatures will average
near normal. high of IS and low
Of 68. Warmer over the week
end, somewhat cooler by Mon
day or Tuesday. Thunder
showers Sunday or Monday will
average one-half to one inch.
River Conditions
From Us. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and slightly muddy at Great
Fails; Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers
Ferry
Temperatures fer Yesterday
tRead.ng Washington National Airport)
Mldnisht ----- 81 Noon --------. 80
4 am. 20 4 pm 1880. "a
8 pm. -------772s pm. "a
Record Temperatures This Year
HieheSt 95 on July 81.
Lowest 5 on February IL.
HiEh and Lew Of Last - Hours
High, Us, at $3.50 pm.
Low, 73. at $3.50 am.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetie SURVEY
To-Day TomorroW
High -------- 1000 am. 1898 am.
Low $1,000 4:iOam 5.I4am.
Hieh -------- 1851 pm. li:O7 D m.
Low ------ 4:55 pm. b:35 D m,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-01
Worst Floods Since Isl
Hit Kansas, Missouri

KANSAS CITY Aug. l lP.-The worst flooding since
1881 prospect today for residents Of
much Of Northeastern Kansas and Northern Central
Missouri
Torrental rains Wednesday night and yesterday
blame