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The Nome nugget., 1959-07-10
Tavern Brawls Mark Canadian Maritime Dispute

VANCOUVER, B. C., R - Violence broke out for the second consecutive night Wednesday in bitter waterfront dispute sur rounding the Northland Naviga- ton Co. The company's operations to northern British Columbia ports has been halted.
 A beer-parlor brawl Wednesday night involving some 40 men was a sequel to a similar donnybrook Tuesday night. Three men were injured in the latest fight, and four arrested.
 Cecil McSorley, manager of downtown hotel parlor, said group entered the beer parlor and shouted "scab and goon" at an other group inside. Then they threw glasses and chairs and the seated men returned the fire.
 Police broke up the brawl after about 10 minutes. The trouble was laid to members of unions in- volved in the Northland strike.
 As coastal communities began making preparations for emergen- cy measures to supply food and necessities, a federal conciliation officer saw some primise of new developments.
 It was understood the federal government was planning to fly food into stranded communities, which normally get supplies from Northland's 11-ship fleet, the only regularly scheduled coastal serv- ice for many of them.
 The Northland dispute began June 26 when the National Asso- citation of Marine Engineers (CLC struck for a 20 per cent salary increase on the present rate of S330 a month and up.
 Captain H. c. Terry, president of Northland, said Wednesday he was tying up all his fleet and would not initiate attempts to meet the union "until the situation has cooled a bit.'
 He said he was trying to arrange for supplies to be carried by fish ing vessels from Prince Rupert to beleaguered communities.
 Some communities have begun rationing fresh foods.
 Bread was reported short in Bella Cola while potatoes and other vegetables were being ra- toned at Queen Charlotte City. Port Hardy reported some short ages of food and Minstrel Island was making temporary arrange ments for supplies.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Rotary Will Fete
Teachers Tonight

The Smyrna Rotary Club will
have as their guests at the din
ner meeting on tonight at The
Wayside Inn, the faculties OF
the Smyrna Special School Dis
trict and the Clayton School, il
was announced at the regular
meeting last Thursday night
conducted by the president,
Clarence S. Collins, Jr. On a
program arranged by DR.. George
V. Kirk, a talk was given by
Howard Slaughter, new mem
ber of the club, on the transpor-
tation system which he oper-
ates. He said that seven states
are covered, and detailed the
mileage which has amounted to
100000 miles. The response was
given by MIR. Collins. Howard
Pletsch led group singing, with
DIR. Kirk at the piano. Howard
E. Row, Dover, was a visitor.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Methodist Youth
Election Slated

Evening gatherings of the
Senior Youth Fellowship of AS
bury Methodist Church will re-
sumo this Sunday, Sept. 27, at
$50 pm, according to Bruce C..
Ennis, group president. All
Methodist youth between the
ages of Is and % are urged to
attend this important organiza-
ton meeting at which an elec-
ton of new officers is the first
order of business. The older
youth fellowship this year will
be the largest on record. Many
activities and recreation events
have already been planned. The
increase in membership is ex-
pected to aid the group in their
sponsorship of worship services,
missionary work, and youth
Night" affairs.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Superintendent
Departs Oct. End
On Russian Tour

DR.. George V. Kirk, Superin-
tendent of the Smyrna Special
School District, will leave on
October End for a one-month
tour of the Soviet Union where
he, along with go other U. S.
school administrators, will ex-
anime the educational system of
that country. DR.. Kirk is one
of four administrators from
Delaware included in the tour,
The administrators taking the
trip will be divided into two
groups, each accompanied by a
tour director who is a profes-
sional educator and authority
on the educational system OF
the Soviet Union. Directors will
be DR.. George S. Counts, Pro.
fesSor Emeritus of Teachers
College, Columbia University
and DR.. William H. E. Johnson,
Professor of the University OF
Pittsburgh, Pa. The touring ad-
ministrators will leave by all
on October 4th from New York
City after period of orienta-
ton. The trip will include stops
in Leningrad, Moscow, Tbilisi,
and Kiev. Visits will also be
made to Berlin, Warsaw, Hell
sinki, and Copenhagen. In Len
ingrad the Americans will see
a boarding school and Pavloy
Institute; they will stay in Mos
COW for five days where they
will visit the Kremlin, a collec-
tive farm school, the Academy
of Pedagogical Sciences, confer
with the faculty members OF g
ten-year school, and visit the
Sports Palace. During the toul
of Tbilisi, the Georgian Capital
and of Kiev, the Ukranian CAPT
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Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Education Head
Rotary Speaker

DR.. George R. Miller, Jr., State
Superintendent of Public In
struction, will be the guest OF
honor and speaker at a special
meeting of the Smyrna Rotary
Club on Thursday, September
oath, at the Wayside Inn in
Smyrna. The meeting honors
the teachers of the Smyrna and
Clayton District faculties. DR.
Miller, a former Superintendent
of the Smyrna Special School
System, is we'll known in this
area, and many teachers are
looking forward to the oppor'
tunity to welcome him to the
community. Sixty teachers Of
the Smyrna Staff and 10 teach
ers of the Clayton Staff have
indicated that they will be ir
attendance. This represents al
most all the teachers of the two
school districts. The program
for the evening is under the di
rection of Leroy Piper, anc
Clarence Collins, Rotary Presi
dent will preside.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Fireman OF The Year Honor Goes
To Smyrna Community Chieftain

E. Reynolds Bradley, chief of
the Citizens Hose Company,
was one of three volunteer fire.
men who were named Firemen
of 1859 at the annual meeting
of the Delaware State Fire
Chiefs Association held in the
Christiana Fire Hall. They were
cited for outstanding acts of
heroism during the year. The
circumstances leading to Mr..
Bradley's being cited were told
in the report to the committee
on the award sent by the local
fire company. 1t read: "On Tues
day evening, Nov. Is, 1858, the
Citizens Hose Co., No. l, of
Smyrna was holding its regular
fire school, and they had invit-
ed the members of the Clayton
Volunteer Fire Company to par
ticipate with them. The subject
for. the evening dealt with oil,
high-octane gas, and jet fuel
fires. During the course of the
school, it was decided to test
the asbestos suit which the
Smyrna Fire Company had in
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Double-Th Eagles Eleven Will
Open New Slate Tomorrow Night

Two long-standing rivals will
raise the curtain on the 1859
football season tomorrow night
when they square off in an arc
light contest on the local field.
Middletown, winless in it's last
20 gridiron starts, will provide
the opposition as Smyrna Highs
eleven makes its initial appear
ance. The Cavaliers dropped
their opener to Harrington by
a 60 margin. Coach Bill Hor-
ney's hard-charging gridders are
in top physical condition for
their debut, a unique situation
when compared with recent
years when the Eagles were
consistently plagued with injur-
les. Only players expected to
view the game from the side
lines are Barry Pritchard and
Glenn Busker. Pritchard is the
first-string quarterback who has
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Veteran Fireman,
.45-Year Member,
Still Parading

John D. Morris, veteran vol
unteer fireman and former chief
for twenty years of the Citizens
Hose Company, of which he has
been a member for forty-five
years, participated in the parade
held at Newark Saturday. He
was one of the five remaining
delegates to the first convention
of the Delaware State Volunteer
Firemen's Association. T h e
Smyrna delegation in the par
ade numbered eighty men, and
received second prize for best
appearing fire company with
band. Howell Barnes was re-
elected secretary of the Dela-
ware Fire Chiefs Association,
and Reynolds Bradley was NAM
ed second vice president. MIR.
Bradley was also reelected Sec
retary of the Delaware State
Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
ton. Announcement is made
that the winter fire schools will
start here on Monday, Sept. %
at 7 pm. and will be held on the
second and fourth Mondays of
the month, with an extra ses-
sion on Sunday, Oct. a at ! pm.
The fire schools will be under
the direction of Fire Chief
Bradley. On Sunday, Oct. III,
members of the fire company
and the ladies auxiliary will at
tend services at the First Pres
byterian Church. On Sunday,
Oct. IL, the company will par
ticipate in the Delmarva Fire
Prevention parade at Rehoboth
Beach. The benefit dances be-
/ ing sponsored by the Citizens
Hose Company will continue on
Saturday nights at Woodland
Beach. Attendance at the dances
is increasing. On Saturday, Sept.
rs, music for the dance will be
provided by The Starlighters.
Robert Jacobs is general chair
man for the dance series. .
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Appointees Made
By Legion Chief
For Coming Year
At LIST Meeting

Mrs. Davis Turner, president
of the Auxiliary to the David c.
Harrison Post No. Ia, American
Legion, announced the appoint
ment of chairmen at the first
fall meeting held at the Legion
room on Sept. IA. They are:
Americanism, Mrs. Ollie Loose;
Child Welfare, Mrs. George
Scout; Community service, Mrs.
Vernon Ford; Constitution and
Bylaws, Mrs. Clarence Collins;
Education and Scholarship, Mrs.
Edward Everhart; Girls State,
Mrs. Francis ]. O'Neill; Junior
Activities, Mrs. Lloyd Pleasan-
ton; Legislation, Mrs. James
Leager; Membership, Mrs. Helen
Grier; Music, Mrs. Howard Dea-
kyne; National Security, Mrs.
George B. David; Past Presi-
dents, Mrs. Joseph Behrens;
Poppy, Mrs. James Davidson;
Publicity and Radio, Mrs. Lloyd
Pleasanton; Rehabilitation, Mrs.
Howard Nowland and Mrs. Clay
Bailey, co-chairmen; Sunshine
and Cheer, Mrs. Harry Regener;
Pan-American Study, Mrs. John
McQuail. Mrs. Grier announced
the names of five new members:
Mrs. Benjamin Weaver, Miss
Sherri Weaver, Miss Ju d tn
Weaver, Mrs. Helen Congelton,
and Miss Barbara Collins. Mrs.
George Scout gave a report on
the national convention in Min
neapolis, Mimi, and Mrs. Clay
Bailey reported on her expert
ence as a page for the Depart
ment of Delaware. Mrs. Scout
announced that the Department
of Delaware won the prize for
Radio and Television, of which
Mrs. O'Neill is chairman for the
department. Plans are being
made for a bake to be held in
October. Mrs. Lloyd Pleasan-
ton, Mrs. George B David, and
Mrs. Harry Regener comprise
the committee for the bake.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Odds Introduces
New Line Oct. |;
Price Level Same

Factory list prices for 1860
Oldsmobiles were not increased
from 1859 levels although i'm
portant product improvements
have been made, it was an
nounced by ]. F. Wolfram, gen.
eral manager of Oldsmobile Di-
vision and a vice president of
General Motors.
Wolfram also announced that
list prices of several of Ids
mobiles popular accessory items
including the dual range power
heater, deluxe radio, back-up
lamps and rear seat speaker
system have been reduced on
all models of the 1860 88's,
Super 88's and 98's.
"In addition" Wolfram stat
ed, "in the Super 88 series sew
eral features optional at extra
cost on the 1859 models have
been added as standard equip,
ment to the 1860 Oldsmobiles
They include courtesy lights,
wheel trim rings, instrument
panel pad and chrome door win
dow frames.
"These added values, togeth-
er with the reduced accessory
prices,' Wolfram added, result
in a further overall reduction
for the Super 88 buyer. The
greatest decrease is in the 1860
4-door Celebrity Sedan in this
series. Equipped with popular
/ ly purchased accessory items,
it is $68.00 less than a 1853
model similarly equipped"
1860 Oldsmobiles will 60 on
sale in dealer showrooms across
the country on October /.
Wolfram announced addition
to the 1860 Oldsmobile line of
3-seat station wagons in the
88 and Super 88 series.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Membership Gain
Sought By VFW
At Clayton Post

The regular meeting of the
decentralization Post 1901,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was
attended by the following de-
partment officers: Robert Nc
Cormick, commander; Edward
Clark, senior vice commander;
Charles Mulholland, chaplain;
Raymond Edward, chief of staff;
David Hugg, legislative officer.
The Clayton post is active at
this time in recruiting new
members. Interested person S
who are eligible to join are ask
ed to contact Merritt Haley,
Harry Shirley, post commander,
or any VFW member. The aim
of the post commander is to
bring in two or more new men,
bers each month. He points out
that the VFW can bring benefits
to a veteran, and also that the
local post has a first rate post
home which is available to all
members. 1t was decided at the
meeting to start work on the
parking lot in back of the post
home, which will be graded and
covered with stone. Arrange
ments are also being made to
light the parking lot, so there
will be more space for the reg
ular Friday night parties held
at the post home. With new
tables and other new equipment
the post will be able to handle
more people. Saturday night
dances are sponsored by the
post, with large crowds in at
tendance. The next dance will
be on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 8 pm.
Tickets are by reservation only
and cost three dollars. Those
planning to attend are asked to
contact George Barnes or Stew
en- Corso before Oct. 2. Music
is furnished by the "Hi-Tones",
a dance band from New Jersey.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24

missed most practice drills be-
cause of illness. Busker is a re-
serve lineman. Scrimmages with
William Henry and St. Andrews
Schools in the past week have
sharpened the Smyrna offensive
attack to a fine peak. Eagles
fans can expect to witness a
polished ground attack balanced
with an aerial barrage that will
keep many opponents off-stride.
For the first time in many sea-
sons Smyrna has managed to
have both good passers and re-
ceivers in the same year. With
Barry Pritchard, Larry Dicker-
son, and Wayne Cole throwing,
and Bill Mcintyre, Bob Pritch-
ard, Tom Stachecki, and Bob
Eckhart catching, the Big Red
should field their biggest aerial
offensive since the fall sport
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Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
New Referendum
Tipping Salaries
Forecast By Board
Early Next Year

A referendum aimed at rails
ing the salary scale for teachers
employed in the Smyrna Special
School District was forecast by
members of the local school
board at Thursdays meeting OF
the Parent Teacher Association.
The proposal, anticipated for
February or early spring, would
alleviate the problem facing the
district of securing well-quali-
fed teachers for replacement
and expansion purposes. Re-
cruitment and retention OF
teachers always is somewhat of
a problem, explained Mrs. Mar
garet M. O'Neill, president of
the board, but when you are un-
able to compete with neighbor-
ing schools and states, the stu
alton becomes alarming. The
referendum issue would be
specifically for this proposal,
she continued, and since the
amount would not be matched
by state money, the referendum
could be held at the discretion
of the local district. Mrs. O'Neill
read the following official state
ment made by the board: THE
Smyrna Board of Education has
always been as interested in
quality teaching as in adequate
facilities. Now that our facili-
ties are temporarily adequate
we are focusing attention on
quality teaching, namely, the
problem of securing well-quali-
fled teachers for replacement
and expansion. This is becoming
increasingly difficult due to the
variations of salary scales both
within our state and in adjoin-
inc states. We wish to explain
this problem to you in detail, in
view of the fact that we antici-
pate a referendum early in Feb
ruary to help alleviate this prob
lem so that we may give the
children of this community the
type and plane of education to
which they are entitled"
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Clayton Street
Gets New Lights;
Council Approves
Resurfacing Job

Modern lights will be INSTALL
ed along Main Street in Clayton
next year as a result of action
taken this week by the town
council. The body made appli-
cation to Delaware Memorial
Bridge officials for sufficient
lights to be placed on the major
thoroughfare from Clayt o n
School to the eastern edge of
the town limits near Markley
Grain Elevator Company. Bridge
authorities indicated that at
least 20 of the lights will be
available. They will be installed
within six months after they are
received. Reconstruction of ex-
listing electric lines is expected
to get underway in the near fu-
ture. This work will alleviate
the heavy duty placed on the
line with additions in recent
years. Bids on this project will
be closed this week. Town
crews have installed a new
hookup for elevator installation
at the Southern States Cooper
ative. Similar work is in pro-
gress at st. Joseph's Catholic
School where several new build
ing were just completed. Pro-
gress reports presented for
councils approval included the
hiring of a new substitute clerk,
Mrs. Kathryn Morey. Resurfac-
ing of two alleys, Apple Alley
and Cherry Alley, has been
completed, with third, Peach
Alley, scheduled for completion
within two weeks. New surface
drains to carry water from the
streets have been installed fol-
lowing numerous complaints
from the townspeople. Town
water lines have been extended
into the Popetown section. The
Clayton council convenes on the
second Monday Of every month.
John ]. Roth, Sr. is president OF
the group; ]. George Knotts,
secretary; ]. Harvey Dunning,
treasurer; James Clark and Sam
uel c. Wallace are members.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Registrations Top
100 For LIST Night
School Sessions;
Sign-Up Extended

Registrations for the Smyrna
Adult Evening School held in
the John Bassett Moore High
School library on Monday night
from 7 to $50 p.m., pushed the
total registrations to los. Six
teen registrations had previous
ly been received by phone, mail,
and personal appearance in the
high school office. Heading the
list of courses in the number of
Iregistrants is beginning tipping.
Pre- sent enrolment indicates
that classes in tipping will be
held both on Monday and We'd
Inesday evenings. Other definite
ly scheduled courses include
bookkeeping, water color and
oil painting, ceramics, element
Iary Spanish, and beginning
shorthand. Classes which need
a few more registrants to insure
their being scheduled are sew
ing and beginning welding. All
classes except welding will meet
on Monday nights, with short
hand being scheduled for an ad-
ditional 10 periods on Wednes-
day nights, and another section
of tipping being scheduled for
Wednesday nights. The welding
class will not meet until the
early part of October and prob
ably will be scheduled on Wed
nesday nights. While present en-
rollment is quite satisfactory,
evening school personnel would
appreciate having a few more
registrants in shorthand, Span
ish, ceramics, sewing and weld
ing. All registrants will be noti-
fed by mail of the time and
place of the first class session
on Monday, Sept. %. Registra-
tions will remain open until
Monday, Sept. %, and may be
made in the high school office
any day from 8 am. to 4 pm.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Caroline Stats
Ends Retirement,
Returns To Staff

School officials of the Smyr-
ma Special School District an.
nounced today that, as result
of increased enrolment partic.
ularly in the first grade, an ad-
ditional section of first grade
has been started-making five
sections. This is the first time
the district has operated more
than four sections of any grade
At the present time there are
four sections of grades 2 anc
8. Miss Caroline F. Stats, &
teacher in the Smyrna School,
District for thirty years, anc
who retired at the end of the
1888 school year, is return
ing to Smyrna to teach the fifth
section of grade l.. Miss Stats
who lives on Cummins Street
began her teaching in the Smyr.
ma school system in 1878. Fully
certified, she is a graduate OF
the University of Delaware with
a Bachelors degree in elemen.
tary education and has done ad.
ditional graduate work at the
University of West Virginia and
Temple University. She retired
on state pension at the end oi
the 1888 school year, anc
during the l958-59 school yeal
she taught elementary pupils ir
Mapleshade school in Bristo
Township, Croydon, Pa. Schoo
officials expressed considerable
pleasure that they were able tc
obtain a fully certified, expert
enced teacher for the unexpect
ed high enrolment in first grade
The hiring of Miss Stats bring:
the total teaching units of the
Smyrna Special School District
to 66.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Burton's Readies
Small Car Debut,
Complete go Line

The 1860 Chevrolets will be
on display at Irwin G. Burton,
Inc, Dupont Parkway, on Fri
day, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct.
3. There is considerable excite
ment for this year Chevrolet is
bringing out the first complete
ly designed small American car,
the Corvair. All of you will
want to see what General Mo-
tors has been working on and
testing for five years-a small
American car-the Corvair. Will
liam H. Willis, general manager,
hopes that all of you will come
to get your first glimpse of the
entire Chevrolet line for 1860.
AS always, the whole garage
will be open for your inspec-
ton. The cleaning new models
of Chevrolet cars and trucks
plus the new Corvair, will be
lined up for you to look over.
AS a further inducement for you
to come, two valuable wrist
watches, a mans and a wom-
ans, will be door prizes. There
will be gifts for all and free
grease ticket for each visitor.
Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday,
Oct. 3 will give you two days
to visit Irwin G. Burton, Inc. on
Dupont Parkway and see for
yourself. Mr.. Willis, Joe Pass
waters, Bob Scorah, Ralph Bill
ings, Earl Shane, and Dan Blox-
ON went to Hershey, Pa. last
week to get their first glimpse
of the 1860 line of Chevrolet
cars and trucks. They are con-
vinced 1860 should be a banner
year for Chevrolet. The beauti-
full new design cars and the
1860 truck with it's comfort ride
for both driver and load, are
sure to appeal to all. Of course
the star of the show will be the
new Corvair - the small cal
America has been waiting for
Chevrolet started to design q
small car to meet American re-
quirements nine years ago. The
past five years have been spent
| in intensive research and, test
ing. When it was decided te
bring out the Corvair line ir
1860, they were ready. It's
beauty with the comfort ane
convenience that the American
car user demands. The Corvail
is small and economical but i
has a comfortable ride and am
pie storage space. The newly
designed aluminium engine is ir
the rear to give balanced ride
and the storage space is w
front. There are two models, {
standard and deluxe. Mr.. Will:
and all the statesmen will be anx
ious to show you the new line
of Chevrolet cars and trucks.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Peddrick Enters
BOwdOin College

Stephen Peddrick, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Rodney Peddrick, who
was awarded the Delaware
scholarship to Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Maine, has entered
the freshman class there. The
award, which was presented at
commencement at the John Bas-
sett Moore High School last
June, is the gift of an anony-
nous donor for tuition for a
qualified student from the state
of Delaware. Young Peddrick
has served as an acolyte at St.
Peters Episcopal Church here.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Cub Scouts Recruited

Registration for boys $40
years interested in Cub Scouts
will be held next Monday even
ing, Sept. %, in the Youth Gen.
ter on Frazier Street commenc-
ing at 7:30. Boys must be ac-
companied to the meeting by a
parent or guardian. Edward S.
Wilson, Jr. is Cub Master of
Pack 1876.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
Bleachers Not Here

Additions to the S m yr n a
stands scheduled for construc-
tion prior to the opening game
Sept. rs have failed to arrive,
reports Charles v. Williams,
faculty director of athletics. The
increase would have seated 600
additional spectators and swell
ed the total capacity to l,l00,
The new stands are expected in
the near future and will be erect
ed upon receipt.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-24
BPW Rummage Sale Set

The Smyrna-Clayton Business
and Professional Womens Club
will hold a rumage sale on Fri
day, Oct. 2, starting at 10 am.
in the Messick Building on
Main Street. Miss Florence Lur-
ty is chairman.