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Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Highway Work
Halted For Lack
of Federal Funds

Delaware, and all other states
have now halted the issuance of
contracts for highway construc-
ton, involving Federal-Aid
funds, according to an announce
ment by officials of the State
Highway Department. The ap-
parent differences between the
President and Congress concern
ing increased funds for Federal
Aid highway construction has
resulted in a slow-up in the re-
mittance of payments by federal
authorities on previously ap-
proved highway projects. Con-
sequently, all states, including
Delaware, now have to depend
upon their state funds to pay
the federal share of some high
way Improvements, resulting in
the available state funds becom-
ing exhausted and halting con-
struction work. This slow-up of
Federal-Aid funds for highway
construction purposes will also
have some effect on the compile
ton of the Interstate Highway
program planned for this state.
Instead of being completed be-
tween 1869 and 1872, it is now
thought that it will possibly ex-
tend into 1875 and 1876 before
being finished
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
St. Joseph's Plan
Harvest Bazaar

A Harvest Bazaar is being
planned by st. Joseph's Church,
Clayton, to be held Oct. 22-23 in
the new gymnasium. The affair
will be the first parish bazaar
ever held and the planning COM
mittee meeting was held on July
%. An organizational meeting
was held on August 5 at which
time James Cantillon was man,
ed general chairman. To date
the following chairmen have
been selected. Mrs. Howard
Pletsch, Mrs. James Cantillon,
Mrs. Raymond Pusey, Miss Mary
Burke, Mrs. Ray Beltz, Mrs.
Ralph Billings, Mrs. Leona Her
ron, Mrs. Mary Sheridan, Mrs.
Milton Voshell, Mrs. Harold j.
Laggner, Mrs. Charles V. Will
liams, Mrs. Joseph Sugg, Mrs.
Frank Houtman, and Mrs. Fran
els ]. O'Neill. Canned goods,
baked goods, toys and novelties
suitable for Christmas gifts will
be available. There will be spec
ial attractions for children; an
auction sale, and snack bar.
The annual fruit cake sale will
be a feature of the bazaar.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Delaware Home OF
400 Immigrants

Delaware--"The First State"--
was the first choice of nearly
400 immigrants entering this
country during 1858, reports
the State Development Depart
ment. Basing its findings on
the annual report of the u. S.
immigration and Naturalization
Service, the state information
agency points out that 399
aliens arriving as immigrants in
the United States last year gave
Delaware as their in t e n d e d
state of residence. Of these,
the greatest number, 85, came
from Great Britain; SO came
from Germany; 62 from Italy;
33 from Canada; l8 from Ire
land; and IL from Poland. China
Gncluding Formosa) sent seven
persons to Delaware last year,
just one more than sent by ia
pan. Two Mexicans and five
Cubans also became Delaware
residents during the year. The
countries or origin of the re-
manning 100 new Delaware res
idents was not indicated in the
report.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Grange To Hold
Annual Picnic

The annual covered-dish pic
mic of the Smyrna Grange will
be held at Colchester Beach on
Thursday, Aug. 20 at IL noon.
Members of the Smyrna Home
makers Club will join the grang-
ers for this event. The Bay View
pavilion has been reserved for
their use. On Monday, Aug. the
Kent County Pomona Grange
will hold a public barbecue
chicken supper at Capita a |
Grange Hall, Dover, starting at
4:30 pm. Those wishing to at
tend from the Smyrna-Clayton
area may procure tickets from
members of the Smyrna Grange.
The menu will include barbecued
chicken, fresh corn on the cob,
baked beans, tomatoes, and 9TH
er foods, prepared by profess
sionals.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
90 Attend Annual
CLAYTON VFW' Post
Picnic Sunday

The threat of inclement wealth
er did not dull the spirits of the
Newnam-Lee-Urban Post 1901,
Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic
held at Wheeler Park in Har-
rington last Sunday. Approx
mately ninety-eight members
and their families attended the
gala outing with special guest
being Edward Clark, Department
of Delaware senior vice COM
mander, and Mrs. Clark and
children, of Dover. The adults as
we'll as the children enjoyed all
of the gymnastic equipment,
burro and train rides. After eat
ing picnic lunches and shrimp,
deviled eggs and beverages don
ated by the post, John Cooper
and Merritt Haley, picnic chair
men, distributed tickets for the
ground prizes. In the children's
group, prizes were won by Gary
Haley, Cindy Dittman, David
Shirey, Craig Shirey, Barbara
Cooper, Glenn McNatt, Smyrna;
Frances Voshell, Robert Faulk-
ner, Jr., Ralph Billings, Jr., Eu-
nice Ziegler, of Clayton; and
Ronald Clark, of Dover. Leon
Morris, Smyrna, and Elwood
Starkey, Clayton, won the mems
prizes, and Mrs. Marie Faulkner
and Mrs. Virginia Griffin, of
Clayton, won the ladies' prizes.
AT the weekly bingo party held
at the post home, Miss Homo
zella Littleton of Charlestown,
w. Va, a visitor in the commun-
ity, was the winner of the jack
pot prize and Mrs. Clare Shirey
of Smyrna won the door prize.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13

Parliamentary Procedure, (5)
Problem Solving, and (6) Pro-
jects and Activities. In addi-
tion to the above topics which
were discussed in groups of
twelve general sessions for the
entire group were held. A dem
onstration of Mock-Meetings
proved to be most successful.
The group attended the Mon
day evening showing of the play
at the Arden Theatre and the
Tuesday evening performance at
the Brandywine Music Circus.
The students completed an eval-
uation sheet after the confer
ence and it was their unanim-
Gus feeling that the workshop
should be held next year and
that the time should be extend
ed to four or five days. MIR.
Williams informed the group
that the annual state meeting
for Student Councils would be
held at Harrington High School
on Tuesday, November I7th.
MIR. Gerald M. VanPool, execu-
tive secretary of the National
Association of Student Councils
will be the principal speaker.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Sept. TO Deadline
For 1860 Soil Bank
Requests; State
Goal 1900 Acres

Farmers who wish to put CROP
land in the Soil Banks 1860
Conservation Reserve must ask
the county ASC committee to
set a basic annual rate per acre
for the offered land, Harry G,
Deputy, chairman, New Castle
County Agricultural Stabiliza-
ton and Conservation Commit
tee, said today. The period for
filing such requests is from Aug.
"a through Sept. 10. No such re-
quests will be accepted after
Sept. 10. In setting the basic an
nual per-acre rate for land offer
ed, the county committee will
take into consideration the pro-
ductivity of the land and the rate
will be limited to the local fair
rental value of the land based
on the crops harvested from it
during the past five years. When
all the eligible cropland on the
farm is offered for the Conser-
walton Reserve, the rate will
generally be set 10 per cent
higher than the rate for only
part of the eligible land. After
the basic rate has been deter
mined, the farmer may bid for
a contract at least 10 cents be-
low the basic rate established
for the land offered in the re-
quest for rates. If necessary, a
priority system will be used to
determine which offers are ac-
cepted. Contracts under the Con-
servation Reserve may run for
as long as 10 years. During the
time of the contract, the farmer
will receive an annual rental
payment on the reserved land
for the life of the contract, and
he will also receive cost-sharing
help in establishing an approved
conservation practice. For New
Castle, the basic per-acre rate OF
payment under the 1860 Conser-
walton Reserve is SIG, the same
as under the 1859 program. The
tentative acreage. goal for the
state is 4,600 acres, subject to
consideration and recommended
ton by the State ASC Commit
tee. =
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
|Slaughter's Beach
Plans Revival
OF Traditional
big Thursday"

Slaughter Beach, a small Del
aware Bay resort approximately
8 miles east of Milford, is COM
pleting arrangements for host
ing on August 20 what is ex-
pected to be the largest throng
of visitors in its history. The
occasional revival of "Bie
Thursday" highlights observ-
ance of Homecoming Week.
which begins this Sunday ano
continues through August %
While quite a few of the visit
ors will possibly be visiting the
bayside community for the first
time, a larger number undoubt.
edly will be returning to Slau,
ghter Beach to re-live the mem.
ories of other big Thursdays
when the then traditionally an
nual event was an occasion fol
family reunion and merrymak'
ing. big Thursday" which
came into being in 1852 wher
residents of Delaware's two
lower counties drove to Slaugh'
ter Beach and other nearby
beaches to celebrate the lift
ing of a ban that had prohibit
ed the taking of Delaware Bay
oysters-and to eat their fill o1
the succulent mollusks-was
observed for nearly a century
and featured-besides eating
singing, dancing and even po
litical oratory. With the advent
of automobiles, better roads
other forms of amusement ano
more effective means OF com
munication, big tt urs S d a y
gradually lost its appeal ane
had virtually disappeared from
the Delaware scene by Worlc
War II.
First Attempt At Revival
The August 20 event is, ac
cording to the Delaware State
Development Department, the
first serious attempt at reviva
of big Thursday" in recent
years. Spearheading the pres
ent movement is Edward G
Evans, former Mayor of Mil
ford, who, for many years, ha.
maintained a summer home a
the Beach as a vacation site
offering excellent fishing, boat
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Acknowledge Aid
For Charity Ball

Mrs. Medford Sparks, Clayton,
chairman in this area for the
benefit Charity Ball being spon-
sored by the Children's Bureau
of Delaware on August % at Re-
hoboth Beach Country Club,
wishes to gratefully acknow-
ledge the contributions to the
dance program received from
professional men and business
men in the Smyrna-Clayton
area. Their support will help the
Children's Bureau to carry on its
program in Kent and Sussex
Counties in the supervision in
temporary foster homes, and al
so the placing of children for
adoption from this area.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
State Red Cross
Chapter Chalks
Up Astounding
Summer Record

Activities of administrators
and volunteers of the Delaware
Chapter, American Red Cross
continue during the summer
months, especially the work of
the Safety Services. With How
ard S. Parsons, chairman, First
Aid; William r. Mckinley, chair
man water safety, and A. W..
Rand, director, those engaged
in this phase of the Red Cross
program chalked up the astound-
ing figures of l,570 volunteers
hours during July; with a total
of 1896 persons given informal
first aid and water safety in
struction. There were 81 First
Aid and Water Safety instruc-
tors teaching, with 3 aides as
sisting, and II First Aid and
Safety courses taught. The total
persons certified was 98l. These
activities included: First aid COW
erage for Operation Firecracker;
Water Safety lecture and First
Aid lecture at dupont Expert
mental Station; First Aid cover
age for band concerts; VA Hos
pital picnic; Old Timers picnic;
Cerebral Palsy picnic; Water
Safety lecture for dupont New
port plant, and three Parent-Tot
swim clinics. The Junior Red
Cross, with Mrs. Herman R. Phil
lips, chairman, held birthday
parties for the Governor Bacon
Health Center children each
week; with members active in
Nursing Services; staff aid; first
aid and water safety; and chap
ter administration. The Public
Information Service, Henry t.
Claus, chairman; Thomas P.
Greer, vice chairman, and Syl-
van Silver, director, reached the
public through the media of Red
Cross films, and articles in Will
mington, Philadelphia, and other
newspapers, and journals of in
dustrial plants. Sustained eff
forts of the Home Service group
served total of l62 cases, in
Guiding reporting for military,
VA, men and families; assistance
in obtaining government bene-
fits; financial assistance from
Chapter funds, and counseling in
personal and family problems.
Garfield Hadlock is chairman
and Mrs. H. N. Church, director
of this phase.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Phones In 88% :.
Delaware Farms

Delaware ranks fourth in the
Nation in percentage of farms
having telephones, reports the
Delaware State Development
Department. Basing its findings
on a recent survey made by
the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, the Development De-
partment points out that SO
per cent of Delaware farms now
have telephones, and that this
percentage is only exceeded by
Connecticut (95%) and New
York and Massachusetts, (9le0.
The national average, inciden-
tally, is 60 per cent.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Smyrna Schools
Getting Annual
Summer Cleaning

The annual summer cleaning
program of the Smyrna Special
School District is rapidly near
ing completion. This program in
cludes the cleaning of the win
dows, walls, and floors of all the
classrooms in the three schools.
The cafeterias, halls, and special
rooms are also being readied for
use in the fall. In addition to
this annual summer cleaning
task, a number of other projects
have been undertaken. Some of
these, the painting of the walls
and ceilings of the halls in the
original section of the Smyrna
Elementary School, the painting
of the playground equipment at
both elementary schools, and the
painting of the cafeteria of the
Thomas D. Clayton School have
been completed. Other projects,
such as the transforming of the
old girls locker room located in
the basement of the high school,
into a teachers room in order to
make available an additional
classroom on the main floor, and
painting of some parts of the
halls of the high school are NOV
ing steadily forward toward
completion. If time permits,
number of other projects are
scheduled to be undertaken this
summer. First among these is
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Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Mrs. M. Speakman
Tells OF Travels
In Far East In
Letters To Home
BY Mrs. Evelyn Webb

The romance of travel is re-
vealed by Mrs. Marjorie W..
Speakman in letters to her fam
lily in Smyrna. Her matchless
style of writing and her gift of
expression make far places come
alive in the fascinating descrip-
tions of her trip to the Far East.
Her itinerary places her now in
Moscow, USSR, one of the chief
objectives of her long journey.
Strange" fascinating" and
beautiful are the words she
used to describe India, the first
country visited. Her personal
facts around the world are rich
and varied. Writing from Srin-
agar, Kashmir about the middle
of July, she calls it 'this haunt
ingly beautiful place" in a letter
to her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w. Speak
man, Belmont Hall. She tells
that the use of houseboat was
offered, after she expressed her
longing to stay on one, and she
describes the shikara, on the
order of a gondola where you
sit on pillows with a cushioned
back support, while three men
in back paddle you down the
river with heart-shaped paddles" F"
to the houseboat. A ride through
incredibly narrow streets teem-
ing with men, women, and child
rem and lined with small open
shops" is told, and "oh, the
sights you see,' she exclaims.
Mrs. Speakman also describes a
visit to the Gardens of Shalimar,
built by a Mogul Emperor for
His Beloved, who must have
been the protagonist in "Pale
Hands / Loved Beside the Shall
mar" Almost like Versailles,
with its mountains, the Himal-
yas in the background, stately
rows of tremendous trees; bulbul
and whoohoo birds as well as
the inevitable ravens" she con-
tinues. The beauty on the way
home with full moon to light
u.s. as they stopped for picnic
supper on a square little island,
is described, where a beautiful
hand embroidered rug was
spread on the ground, with a
tablecloth in the center" where
they were served, sitting on pill
lows, hot soup, meat, vegetables,
tea, coffee, cherry pie, fruit and
nuts. Mrs. Speakman has made
tape recordings of interviews
which are being heard Thurs
days at 1925 am. over Radio
Station WDEL, the Charlotte
Shedd program. The next inter-
view will be that with Doctors
Edgar and Elizabeth Miller, of
Wilmington, at Nepal. In Mos
COW at the present time, she ex-
poets to 60 to Leningrad, and
on August II will fly from there
to Helsinki, Finland, thence to
Stock h o m and Copenhagen.
From there flight to Madrid,
and after one night there she
will 60 by train to Salamanca,
Spain where she will be the
guest of Maria deUnamuno,
known to many in Wilmington
and Smyrna when she was a
guest here of Mrs. Speakman.
The fabulous journey began on
July first and will end on Sept.
3, when she expects to leave
Paris for New York.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Cancer Center Operates

State Board of Health officials
announce that the Cancer De-
lection Center will operate in
the Smyrna area Friday, Aug.
2l. This service is for women
Is years of age and over and
will be conducted in the Health
Unit on East Commerce Street.
Appointments may be made by
calling OIL 3-7088.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Speakman Tapes
On WDEL Weekly

Tape recordings made by Mrs,
Marjorie w. Speakman during
her tour may be heard on Thurs
DAYS at 1925 am. over Radio
Station WDEL, the Charlotte
Shedd program. This week she
will be heard in an interview
with Doctors Edgar and Eliza
beth Miller, of Wilmington, in
Nepal, India.
Smyrna times., 1959-08-13
Doctor Emergency Calls

In the absence of both DR.. R.
w. Comegys and DR.. w. C,
Pritchard, Jr. during the re-
mainder of August, emergency
calls on Thursday, August 20
will be handled by DR.. H. ],
Laggner and on Thursday, Aug
ust 27 by DR.. ]. ]. Lazzeri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

now meet about SO days q year.
Since they can use IL days for
clerical work and then visit
around the county for 20 days
they will be available for in
terviews only 26 days.
A board probably could avoid
any attempt at mass registra-
ton BY Negroes by shutting
down for clerical work on a
day 1t seemed likely numerous
Negroes were preparing to reg
lister. And 1t could avoid Negro
dominated precincts on It's
visits in the even years. Under
law, the registrars must visit
all precincts at least once dur
ing the odd years.
The third measure makes It
mandatory for all courts to
report to the board Of registrars
those convictions that could
disqualify a person from voting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
U. S. Jury to Get
Parker Case

JACKSON, Miss. Nov. 13
(AP). The Mack Charles
Parker lynch case will go before
q Federal grand jury Janu-
airy 4.
United States District Judge
Sidney Mize announced he
would hand the case to grand
jury, probably at Biloxi. but
possibly at jackson. He said he
would announce the site within
10 days.
The Federal Government
stepped back into the case last
week after the Pearl River
County grand jury took no ac-
ton in the death Of the 23-
year -old Negro. who was
dragged from his county jail
cell by hooded night riders
April Is.
Parker was abducted two
days before his trial on charges
of raping a pregnant white
woman in the presence of her
5-year-old daughter. He was
shot to death. His body was
found a few days later in near
by Pearl River.
Il will give priority to this
case" Judge Mize announced
from the bench during his reg
ular court term. He recon.
mended a full investigation by
the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

registrars IL days q year to
catch UP on It's paper work.
The second allows the regis
trars to spend UP to 20 days in
each even-numbered year Wis
iting the precincts within the
district-and registering only
those applicants within the pre-
cinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

The effect Of these measures
is to cut down on the time q
board Of registrars could be
available for interviewing voter
applicants.
In most counties the boards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
Segregation Bills Pass
In Alabama Legislature

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Nov.
10 (AP).-The Alabama Legis-
lature, determined to strengthen
its stand for racial segregation,
has passed bills to finance pri-
vate segregated schools and
curb on Negro voter registra-
ton.
The action came without OPP
position last night In the last
few hours Of the 1859 session.
The bills were sent Immediately
to Gov. John Patterson for his
signature.
The school measure would
allow the State to appropriate
public funds directly to pri-
vate schools where public
schools have closed because Of
orders to integrate. The bill
is patterned after an existing
law which permits ALLEGATION
Of State money to private col
leges.
Tuition Provided For
The legislature also approved
q measure to authorize the
payment of school tuition di-
rectly to a student even though
his school was not under q
threat to integrate.
Three measures dealt with
voter registrars. Another would
make it possible for States at
torneys to find out who was
behind any suit brought
against the State. This meas
ure apparently is aimed at the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie and similar organizations
which might finance a suit
seeking integrated schools.
Two of the bills dealing with
boards Of registrars were passed
by the Senate without debate.
They previously had cleared
the House.
The first allows q board Of
Evening star., 1959-02-14
Harlem Housing
Protest Rejected

NEW YORK. Feb. IA (AP) .
The State Commission
Against Discrimination. has re-
fused to uphold a complaint
against the New York Housing
Authority made by a white
woman whose husband is a
Negro.
Mrs. Charlotte Miles had
contended that the authority
forced her and her husband,
Irwin, to accept an apartment
in the Stephen Foster Houses
in Harlem. She said she had
requested a transfer to another
project because the Foster
houses were occupied mostly
by Negroes.
The authority refused her
request. saying that it limits
the number of Negroes in hous-
ing projects in certain areas.
The ruling in the case,
disclosed yesterday, was
signed by former Commissioner
Charles Abrams just before
leaving his post. Mr.. Abrams
said he failed to find any evil
dence of discrimination in the
case.
Evening star., 1959-02-14
Court S,luis;pends;
5 Years

A 29-year-old Alexandria
attorney was suspended from
practicing for five years yester-
day after a panel of three Cir-
cult Court judges found him
guilty of "unprofessional con-
duct" .
Denied the right to practice
in Virginia was Robert c.
Hayes whose Offices formerly
were located at 20l South
Washington street.
The decision came after two
hours of testimony before Cir
cult. Court Judges William P.
Woolls of Alexandria, John D.
Butzner, jr., 18th Judicial Dis
trict, and Hamilton Haas, 25th
Judicial District.
The 10th District Committee
of the Virginia Bar Association
had asked Mr.. Hayes disbar-
ment for. improper use of cli-
ents' funds and improper writ
ing of checks. Mr.. Hayes at
torney, Roy Fay, argued that the
checks were made good, and
that the evidence presented by
Commonwealth's Attorney Earl
F. Wagner showed mo intent
on Mr.. Hayes part to defraud." Z"
Mr.. Hayes, an Alexandria at
torney since 1854, did not ap-
pear at the hearing.
Evening star., 1959-02-14
a Killed, 9Hurt
In Aportment:Fir

MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. IA
(AP) -Four persons were killed
and at least nine injured in a
fire which swept a 56-unit
apartment building early today.
Another l25 persons fled into
30-above temperatures as fire
sped through the brick build
ing shortly after midnight.
Cause of the blaze was un-
known, but f1remen said they
believed it started on the Sec
ond floor.
On the top floor Of the three
story building firemen found
the bodies of Arthur Hamel, 40.
and Giselle Crousset, "a. The
burned bodies of woman, be-
lieved to be about 10. and a
young man also were recovered.