davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Arizona post., 1958-11-14
Shevo Club

The next regular meeting
of the SheVa Club of Pioneer
Women will be held Nov. II
at 8 pm. at the Center.
On Nov. 18 a luncheon and
card party sponsored by Mrs.
Herbert Samuels and Mrs.
Max LeVett will be held at
noon at Mrs. Samuels' home,
1917 E. 18th. The affair is
open to the public and res
erVations may be made by
calling EA 5-7693.
A rummage sale conducted
by Mines. Harry Goldstein,
Max VegodSky, Joe Pepper
and Harry Dreebin will be
held Nov. "a at 8 am. at La
Placita Plaza. Persons wish,
ing to contribute rummage
should take the items to Mrs
Goldstein at 2649 E. Sylvia
The Arizona post., 1958-11-14

en- will hold an Oneg Shabat
Nov. Is at 1890 pm. at the
home of Mrs. Celia Click,
2227 E. Sixth. Mrs. Chain
Towber will lead group sing
ing as part of the program.
The hostess will give a read
ing on topic pertaining to
Judaism. Refreshments will
be served and members and
friends are invited.
The Arizona post., 1958-11-14

will be hostesses for Keren's
coffee time.
A social get-together and
refreshments will follow the
Midbar Groups evening pro-
gram.
Mrs. Joseph Kinds is pro
gram chairman and her COM
mittee includes Mines. Maur-
ice FalkoW, Samuel Bloom,
Albert Malls and Ilya Liv-
ney.
Rishono Pioneer
The Rishona Pioneer Wom-
The Arizona post., 1958-11-14
Hudossoh

Keren Group of HadaSsah
will feature a musical Skit
at its regular meeting Nov.
II at 1890 pm. in the Center
auditorium.
The skit, Heartbeat in
Triplicate", also will be pre-
sented to the Midbar Hadas-
sab Nov. 18 at 8 pm. in the
Center'S Golden Age Lounge.
Cast for the Skit includes
Mines. Alfred Bosnos, Eugene
Goldin, Joseph Kinds, Otis
Miller, Sherman Moll and
Seymour Schulman.
Highlighting Jewish Book
Month, the Keren Group will
feature a book review of
Mary ClaWson's Letters
From Israel" by Mrs. Marcus
Breger. And in celebration of
the Leo Rackoff's 47th we'd
ding anniversary this month,
Mrs. Rackoff and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Herman Goldstein,
The Arizona post., 1958-11-14
Election Report
Congress Gets
~ Jewish SoIons

NEW YORK (JTA)-The number of congressman of
Jewish faith has been increased II with the election of
Seymour Halpern, New York Republican.
And in the November general elections two of the most
striking victories in the Democratic recorded by
The Arizona post., 1958-11-14
Okyan/zat7ohd/ Activities

(EA 5-5104) and Mrs. Hy
Strikman (EA 6-5OO9).
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
s39,65O Operating Budget Approved
For School; Insurance Increased

The Smyrna Board of Educa-
ton considered the annual bud
get request for the year 1855
SO at its recent meeting. Su-
perintendent George V. Kirk
presented a budget request of
S39,650 for operating expenses,
excluding salaries, for the year
l958-59. The budget follows
closely that submitted in the
previous year with certain in
creases in estimated expendi-
lures resulting from addition
al construction now completed
or soon to be completed. In
addition, a total of $500 was
budgeted for new equipment
and library supplies. The
Board approved the budget of
State money as presented by
the Superintendent. Mr.. Kirk
read several letters congratu-
lating the Senior Class and Miss
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
All-Star Donors Added

The list of local firms and
businesses cooperating in the
purchase of tickets for the 1858
Delaware All-Star Football
Game has now been completed,
according to an announcement
by Francis B. Gebhart, ticket
committee chairman. Proceeds
of the game will benefit the
mentally retarded children in
the state. Smyrna Market and
Robinson Furniture Store, Inc.
were added this week to the
list which comprises the Farm
ers Bank of the State of Della
ware, the Bank of Delaware,
Irwin 6. Burton, Inc, Golden
Pharmacy, George c. Rothwell,
Inc, and The Smyrna Times.
Tickets will be used by mem
bers of the Smyrna-Clayton Lit
tie League who will attend the
Newark contest in a group.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21

A fire swept through the
Monaco Foods Company can
ming plant in Odessa last Friday
afternoon causing an estimated
100000 damage before it was
extinguished by firemen from
three volunteer companies. The
blaze, discovered about 3 pm.
by an employe who had gone to
the plant to pick up a pay
check, destroyed a 200 by 80
foot section of the cannery that
was used mainly for food pro-
cessing and storage. A newer,
two-story section of the build
ing was saved by a concrete
wall and the strenuous efforts
of firefighters from Odessa,
Townsend and Middletown.
Thousands of gallons of water
were pumped from the nearby
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Fire Auxiliary
Plans Straw Ride

Mrs. Ruth Leager, president,
conducted the regular monthly
meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Citizens Hose Company
held at the fire house Monday.
The members decided to go on
a straw ride on Thursday night,
August %. Those desiring to go
are asked to be at the fire house
at 7:30 pm. Mrs. Leager an
nounced that the group has fin
ished paying for the kitchen
equipment. One new member
was voted on and admitted into
membership, Mrs. Gloria Brit
tingham. Plans were completed
for the convention of the Della
ware State Firemen's Auxilia-
ries Association to be held at
the John Bassett Moore High
School on Saturday, Sept. 20.
Mrs. George B. David, Sr. is
local chairman for the conven-
tion. Hostesses will include off
GERS and members of the local
auxiliary.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Horney Issues
Call For Football
Grid Candidates

All candidates for the Smyr-
ma High School football team
will report to Coach William
Horney, on Monday evening,
August 25, at ZOO pm. in the
locker room. All boys intend
ing to try-out for the squad in
grades 9-l2 are urgently re-
quested to make all these even
ing sessions the week prior to
the opening of school. Coach
Horney will be starting his
fourth year as head coach of
the Eagles and has compiled an
enviable record in his tenure
at the local school. His teams
have won IL, lost 6 and tied /.
This year the Red and White
has a host of veterans return
ing and the outlook is for a
good season. Three replace
ments are needed if the Eagles
are to function smoothly. Two
tackles and a quarterback are
Continued on Page Tenl
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21

Mary B. Amo for the booklet,
"Our Delaware, published by
this class. Included among the
communications were letters
from Governor ]. Caleb Boggs
and State Archivist Leon de
Valinger. The low bid of Or
vile Seeney for painting GER
tain portions of the High School
including the library and lobby
ceilings at total cost of 1000
was accepted. Other bids were
received from Howard B.
Money, Jr., Delaware City; Jack
Kemske, Wilmington; Joseph
Lopez, Dover; Wilmer G. Smith,
Inc, Claymont; and Earl Swift,
Smyrna. The Board sold the
school car, a 1851 Ford, to Her
bert E. Brown. The car was
advertised in the paper, and
prices requested for its sale.
Continued on Page Ten
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
CLAYTON Girl To
Take Sacred Vows

Sister Jane Frances, the form
er Miss Theresa Houtman, will
pronounce her temporary vows
for three years in the Congre-
CATION of the Daughters of the
Holy Ghost. The Profession
ceremony will take place in the
Holy Ghost chapel, Putnam,
Conn.,, on August %, with His
Excellency Bernard ]. Flanagan,
DID,, Bishop of Norwich presid-
ing. Parents and relatives will
be present. Sister Jane Frances,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Houtman of North Rodney ST.,
Clayton, is a graduate of Smyr-
ma High School. She also attend
ed st. Frances Hospital School
of Nursing, where she gradual
ed as registered nurse. After
profession, Sister will be as
signed to one of the active
works of the congregation
which consists chiefly in teach
ing, nursing and missions.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Registration Set
AT Smyrna School

Pre-registration for children
not previously registered will
be held at the three schools of
the Smyrna Special School Dis
trict on August 1929 for grades
! through IL. Pupils from Ken
ton, Hartly, and Clayton who
are coming to the Smyrna
School are particularly urged to
register at this time. Grades l
through 6 will be registered at
the Smyrna Elementary School,
at School Lane and South St.
Grades 7 through IL will regis
ter at the Smyrna High School,
and those registering at the
Thomas D. Clayton School will
do so on the afternoon of Sept
AS. All schools will open on
Sept. A and halliday sessions
will be held on Sept. As.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
3rd Annual Grid
All-Star Clash
Slated Saturday

The Delaware All-Star High
School Football Game, which
has developed into one of the
states outstanding sports at
fractions, will have its third re-
neWal at Newark Saturday af-
ternoon in the University of
Delaware Stadium. The Blues
and Colds, each 20 strong and
all recent high school graduates,
will kick off at 2 pm. in the
1--WE Play That They Might
Learn" clash that benefits the
Delaware Foundation for Re-
tarded Children. The cause net
ted more than $4,000 from the
two previous engagements, both
won by the upstate" Blues ov-
er their counterparts for the
lower sectors of the state. Out
standing Schoolboy performers
from the 1857 season make up
the rosters. Two weeks of train
ing, the Colds at st. Andrews
Continued on Page Ten
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Falling 6 Object
AT Bank of Del.
Injuries Clerk

Miss Hilda Deakyne of South
Street, Smyrna, a bank employe
here for a number of years, mir
aculously escaped serious injury
at noon on Tuesday when a new
machine being installed at the
local office of the Bank of Della
ware dropped some 10 feet from
a rigging and grazed her arm.
The machine weighs between
800 and 1000 pounds. Smyrna
police said that Miss Deakyne
was taken to Kent General Hos
pital, Dover, in the American
Legion ambulance. Hospital at
taches reported that Miss Dea-
kyne was x-rayed and discharg-
ed. She is now resting comfort
ably at her home. The bank is
sued the following statement:
During the installation of the
new Post -Tronic machine at the
Smyrna office of the Bank of
Delaware Tuesday, the rigging
slipped and the machine drop
ped approximately ten feet into
the note department. Miss Hilda
Deakyne, secretary to Clark M.
Knotts, assistant vice president,
was relieving in the note de-
partment during the lunch hour
at the time of the accident. She
was taken to Kent General Hos
pital for observation. Damage
to the equipment and the bank
cannot be determined at this
time"
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Leonard d. Smith
Fatally Burned
When Cigarette
Ignites Clothing

Leonard D. Smith, 35, of
Smyrna, was fatally burned on
Sunday when he set his clothing
afire trying to light cigarette.
Members of the Citizens Hose
Company were called to the
house of William Carter in the
Spruance City section of town
about 9:20 on Sunday morning
after receiving a report that a
mans clothing was ablaze there.
Upon their arrival on the scene,
they found that the fire had
been eXtinguished by a passing
motorist. The latter, whose
name was not learned, told fire.
men that he saw the two men
sitting on bench in front of
the house as he drove by and
was amazed to see that one of
the two was practically human
torch. He stopped, hurriedly
tore the burning clothing from
the mans body, and wrapped
him in a blanket. The victim
was taken to the Kent General
Hospital in the American Legion
ambulance. He died about 6
pm, nine hours after the fatal
accident. Smith is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Jane Smith,
Smyrna; three sisters, Mrs. Mil
dred Butler, Centreville, Md;
Mrs. Lola Nears, Seaford; Mrs.
Margaret Shane, Bridgevile; two
brothers, Wilbur Earl Smith,
Cheswold, and Montgomery
Smith, Smyrna. Funeral servic-
es were held at the Matthews
Funeral Home yesterday at 2
pm. The Rev. o. c. Jones,
pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, officiated and interment
was in Hollywood Cemetery at
Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Phone Company
Again Files For
Rate Increases

The Diamond State Telephone
Company recently filed new tar
ifs with the Public Service
Commission of Delaware which
will increase present rates, de-
pending on he type of service,
from As cents to $l.20 a month
for residence customers with
corresponding increases for bus
mess customers throughout the
state. The new rates, expected
to provide additional annual net
income of $l,073, 700, are sched-
uled to 60 into effect on Sep
tember Is, A. E. Rose, Diamond
State Company manager, said.
He pointed out that initiation
confronts the telephone COM
pany with the same basic prob
lens as every other business,
and cited the increased cost of
materials and wages as the big
reason for needing higher rates
at this time. Rose stated that,
with a years experience with
existing rates, the company
less than the return al
lowed by the commission in
prescribing the present rates.
He stressed the need for ade-
quate earnings so that the com
pany can undertake the type of
and construction which
in the long run means better
telephone service and lower
cost to the customer than would
otherwise be the case. Our
construction requirements have
been increasing, requiring sub
amounts of investor
capital to finance new expen-
sion," Rose stated. This eXpan-
sion means more jobs, more loc-
al purchases and other benefits
to Delaware" He estimated that
the Diamond State Company's
rate through 1860
will approach 81 million a year.
Rose said the proposed new
rates will enable the company
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Western Auto To
Give Away 80 New
.Hi-Fi Consoles

Thirty new Truetone Hi-Fi
console phonograph and AM-FM
radio combinations, valued at
$4,000, will be given away dur
ing the nationwide Western
Auto contest, according to Terry
Hughes, owner and operator of
the local Western Auto Associ-
ate store. Anyone can enter the
contest who is a resident of the
United States and is l6 years
old or older by December !,
1858, except employees of West
ern Auto, Western Auto deal
ers, its advertising agencies
and their families. The contest
closes September 30. Entry cou-
pons may be obtained free at
the Western Auto store at %
North Main Street. Mr.. Hughes
noted that there is nothing to
buy, no obligation of any kind
in this contest. Final winners
will be notified approximately
six weeks after the contest clos
es. A winners list will be mail
ed upon request accompanied
by a stamped, self-addreSSed en-
velope to Western Auto, 2l07
Grand Ave-, Kansas City, Mo.
Mr.. Hughes, owner and opera
tor of Western Auto Associ-
ate Store for 5 years, said,
There has been nothing like
this nationwide contest during
all the years that | have been
associated with Western Auto.
l hope that every eligible person
in town deposits an entry blank
in the contest box at my store"
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Price Defeats Behen Senate Bid;
King Primary Victor Over Whaley

Organization forces swept the
Democratic primary election in
Kent County on Saturday as
party-backed candidates were
nominated for House and SEN
ate seats. In Smyrna and vicin-
ity results showed majority of
447 in favor of Henry T. Price
who opposed the incumbent
State Senator William B. Behen
of Dover in a fight for the state
senator nomination from the
First District. The total vote
was Price 879 and Behen 432.
This extremely heavy vote for
Price was cast by approximate
ly 54 per cent of the registered
Democratic voters in the dis
trict.. Senator Behen failed to
carry single one of the six
election districts which make up
the Senatorial District. In the
two election districts of the
First Representative District,
Behen's vote was 278 and
Prices vote was AL, while in
the four election districts of the
Second Representative District,
Behen received l54 and Price
458. Democrats also nominated
the incumbent, State Repre-
sentative Charles G. King of
Smyrna, to the post he now
holds. MIR. King defeated his
fellow townsman, George D.
Whaley, in an extremely close
contest by margin of AZ votes,
1858 to 326. The First Election
District voted in favor of Whal-
ey by 1873 to l3l. The Second
Election District went to King,
however, by 237 over Whaley's
1893. In the heated contest in
the Fourth Representative Dis
trict which comprises only one
district, William w. Opdyke, Jr,,
Hartly, won over John w. Pear
son, of Hartly, 339 to $50, in the
race for nomination as state
representative. Edward Long,
Jr., of near Dover, defeated Mrs.
Claudia ]. Jenkins, Little Creek,
for the Democratic nomination
for State Representative from
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Rotary Governor
To Visit Here

Following dinner at The Way
side Inn on Thursday night, the
members of the Smyrna Rotary
Club adjourned to the home of
the president, Rex D. Gilmore,
where a club assembly was held
and preparations made for the
visit of District Governor Ben
jamin B. Foster, of Gloucester
City, N. j., at the local club on
Thursday, August 81. George V.
Kirk was piano accompanist for
singing led by Nelson S. Ever
hart. Birthday greetings were
extended to Leroy P. Piper and
Lester Liefer by the president.
George E. Kirk was the guest
of George V. Kirk. Visiting Ro-
tarians included Lee Brown, Up
per Darby, Pa, and Ralph H.
Boyer, Robert H. Reed, and
Walter T. Massey, all of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Baseball Field,
Playground Okay
Given For School

The Building Commission of
the Smyrna Special School Dis
trict accepted the low bid of E.
Earl Downing, Inc, Wilmington,
for preparing baseball field,
playground area, curbing, and
repairs to the existing street at
the Smyrna Elementary School,
the total cost to be $l9,985 with
an added cost of $625 for re-
pairs to the drive on the south
side of the school. The work in
wolves leveling and seeding the
entire field west of the Smyrna
Elementary School building, in
Guiding the installation of drain
age piping and the construction
of a baseball diamond with a
backstop. A playground area
l20 feet by 8S feet will be con-
structed on the plot south of
the school, and the driveway
south of the school will be re-
paired. Other bidders on the
project included ]. T. Ward &
Son, Wilmington, with a base
bid of $23, 800; James H. Wood,
Dover, with a base bid of $24,-
600. The Ward bid included an
alternate of 5000 to repair the
paving, and the Wood bid in
cIuded an alternate of $1,000 to
repair the paving.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21

the Second Representative Dis
trict. The vote for Long was
436 and for Mrs. Jenkins l48.
Approximately 81 per cent of
registered voters exercised their
rights in this contest. Demo
Gratis in thhe Second Election
District of the First Represent
ative District also waged bat
tie for delegate seats for the up
coming convention. Three can
didates were elected: Arthur
Dickerson, 332, Beulah S. Blendt
307, and Charles w. Haas, 245.
The losing candidate was w.
Donald Poore, who received 2l0
votes.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
New Class Hours
Established For
School Day; SIS
Dismissal Set

A sweeping change in the
class schedule at Smyrna High
School was announced this
week by Mr.. Charles v. Will
liams, principal. He said the
change was necessitated by the
ever increasing enrolment in
the high school and the prob
lem of the large number of stu
dents in the cafeteria during
the noon hour. OF special in
terest is the fact that school
will begin earlier, 8:25 am. and
dismiss earlier, 3:l5 pm. The
old schedule called for a start
at $50 am. and a close of the
day at $3.50 pm. Here, in de-
tail, is the new schedule which
will affect all high school stu
dents, the sixth grade element
ary children, and the 5-3 sec
tion of the elementary depart
ment, all housed in the high
school building. The first bell
will ring at 8:25, and the tardy
bell at $50. The students will
have homeroom and announce
ments from $50 to $40. Per-
iod | will be held from $40 to
$40, period II from $40 to
l0:40, and period III from
l0:40 to ll:40. At ll;40 the
CONTINUED on Page Ten)
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Doctors Announce
Schedule Change

A slight change in office
hours has been announced by
Smyrna doctors for the balance
of the month of August. DR..
H. ]. Laggner and DR.. ]. ].
Lazzeri will conduct regular
office hours daily with the ex-
ception of Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. On We'd
nesday evenings, August 20 and
81, the office of DR.. Laggner on
Commerce Street will be open.
On Thursday evenings, August
81 and %, DR.. Lazzeri's office
on Mt. Vernon Street will
handle all cases.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Beard Elections
Highlight Local
Southern States
Membership Party

A 'It Pays To Know" Con-
test-leading to prizes valued
at more than $5,000-and cleo
tions of local board and Farm
Home Advisory Committee
members, will be among the
highlights of the Southern
States 35th anniversary MEM
bership meeting for the Clay
ton area to be held at 600 pm.
on August 27 at the Clayton,
Del. School. The session is
States Cooperative, Richmond,
Va, and the Southern States
Smyrna-Clayton Cooperative,
Clayton. Alvin E. Hill of Smyr-
ma will serve as chairman of
the local meeting. Group sing
ing will be led by ]. M. Davis,
Jr., of Smyrna. A report on
local operations and services
will be given by Edward Hurd,
manager of the Smyrna-Clayton
Cooperative. Southern States
District Manager R. w. Durham
will report on overall opera
tions for the year ended last
June 80. Nominees for the
local Southern States Board for
the Clayton area are George E.
Wilson, Frank w. Ryan, E. I.
Horsey, and Harry Virdin, all
of Smyrna. Members of the
board whose terms expire this
year are Arthur Carrow, of
Smyrna, and Carlton Blendt, of
Townsend. Nominees for the
Farm Home Advisory Commit
tee are Mrs. ]. L. Mitchell, Sr.,
Mrs. Alvin E. Davis, Mrs. Cove
Slaughter, all of Smyrna, and
Mrs. Wesley Conley, of Clay
ton. Other nominations may be
made from the floor. Members
of the Committee whose terms
expire this year are Mrs. George
E. Wilson of Smyrna, and Mrs.
Ford Stats of Clayton. There
will also be a Farm Youth
Speaks" Contest for farm youth
between the ages of l3 and l9
years of age. The contestants
were selected by a local COM
mittee and asked to prepare an
essay or a talk of l,20O words
on one of five subjects regard
ing farmer cooperatives. A
copy of each essay or talk will
be sent to Southern States Co
operative for Judging. The best
ESSAY or talk on each OF the
five topics will win for their
writer's an expense-paid trip to
the 35th annual stockholders
meeting of Southern States Co
operative in Richmond, Va, No
Continued on Page Two
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Fire Sweeps Odessa Foods Plant
Causing Estimated 100000 Damage

Appoquinimink River by five
engines in the hour and a half
that it took to bring the blaze
under control. In saving the
newer section of the cannery,
the owners estimated that a loss
of approximately $250,O00 had
been prevented, according to
Clarence Wheeler, Odessa fire
chief. The century-old company
was formerly known as the
Odessa Foods Company until its
recent sale to H. A. Gioia, the
present operator, who changed
the name to Monaco Foods
Company. Fire company volun-
teers worked into the evening
hours to assure that the embers
of the burned section of the
plant were extinguished and the
heat driven out of the debris.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Brown Re-Enlists
For Second Hitch

Specialist Third Class Charles
M. Brown, son of Charles P.
Brown, 204 Main ST., Smyrna,
recently re-enlisted at Fort
Campbell, KY, for four years in
the Regular Army. Specialist
Brown, a cook in Company E of
the 327th Infantry, first entered
the Army in October, 1856. The
24-year-old soldier formerly
worked as a mechanic at Mitch
ellis Atlantic, in Wilmington. He
was graduated from Smyrna
High School in 1858.
Smyrna times., 1958-08-21
Style Shop Readies Debut

Mrs. Ruth Street plans to
open The Style Shop at 6 South
Main Street in the near future.
Renovations to the site are now
being made and the interior col
or scheme will be gray and
white. Mrs. Street will feature
teenage styles, including Jona-
than Logan and Suzy Perette
dresses. She has been in busi-
ness at a site on South Main
Street and previously was asso-
ciated with the Blum Store,
Philadelphia. She will have the
assistance of her mother, Mrs.
Clara Brown. The buying will be
done by Mrs. Street.