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Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Latex $4,000 Gift Boosts Hospital
Building Fund Drive Toward Goal

A gift of $4,000 has been
made to the Kent General Hos
pital building, fund by the Inter
national Latex Corporation, Do
yer. Senator ]. Allen Frear, gen.
eral chairman of the 100000
building campaign for the Kent
County hospital, announced the
subscription and expressed his
qualification. "A gift of such
size at the beginning of our
campaign is the finest evidence
of the kind of support we hope
everyone in the Kent County
area will give to this effort. .
The Latex gift is the first sub
scription received by the special
gifts committee of the campaign
toward their objective of $780,
900 in the total goal of 100000.
w. o. Heinze, president of In
ternational Latex Corporation,
was quoted here as saying: THE
company has been very happy
to make this gift to lead off the
campaign. The hope of the COM
pany is that this will provide
inspiration to the community to
make the Kent General Hospit-
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Smyrna, Leipsic
Students Compete
For Scholarship
To Study Abroad

Sandra D. Swiggett, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Swig-
gett of Smyrna, is the candidate
from William Henry Compre-
hensive High School, sponsored
by the Dover Century Club, to
compete for the State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs High
School International Award. The
award will enable one student
from Kent County, as well as
one each from Sussex and New
Castle Counties, and from Will
mington, to spend six months
abroad for study in countries
chosen by the American Field
Service, which is cooperating
with the Delaware State FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs. Sandra
was chosen by her high school
faculty as the outstanding stu
dent of her junior class, having
maintained an excellent scholar
ship record throughout her
school career. She has held Of
flee in the junior class, the Lam
guage and Band Music Clubs,
and is a member of the Future
Teachers of America Club. The
William Henry High School Sc
lection committee was made up
of the Rev. Donald Ming, pastor
of the Mount Zion AME Church;
Maren F. McWowell, guidance
director of William Henry High;
Paul Tue, president of the school
PTA; and DR.. Georgia Light
foot, chairman of the Interna-
tional Awards Committee, Do
yer Century Club. Don Spang-
ler, son of Mrs. Dorothy Spang-
Ter of Leipsic, is the Dover High
School candidate sponsored by
the Dover Century Club to COM
pete on Saturday, Jan. 81, for
the award for Kent County.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Curriculum Study
OF Staff Needs
Begun At School

4 Teachers and administrators
are meeting at the Smyrna Spec
ial School District to study cur
riculum and stating needs for
the future, according to an an
nouncement by school officials.
About three meetings are sched-
uled after school hours each
week. Teachers will meet with
the administrators by depart
ments. The discussions will cen
ter about curriculum. Admins
traitors point out that recent
trends have placed new respon-
sibilities on the schools and re-
emphasized the need for better
teaching of mathematics, sci
ence and foreign languages. Ma
tionally, many schools are ex-
perimenting with algebra in the
junior high school, foreign lam
guages in the elementary and
junior high school, and are es-
tablishing more years of foreign
languages. Recommendations
are also being made nationally
for specialized sections of aca-
demic English, and special work
for the intellectually-able stu
dent. The meetings at Smyrna
will study the local situation
and bring together teacher opin-
ion on certain possible changes.
Local officials state that there
will be no attempt to rush into
untried areas, but merely an at
tempt to be certain that the loc-
al district continues to maintain
its standing in these areas. One
of the recent innovations, the
addition of core to the seventh
grade, has been operating very
satisfactorily. In the 7th grade,
social studies and English is be-
ing taught by one teacher who
is able to tie together the work
done in these areas. Since this
teacher spends an average OF
better than two hours with the
pupils per day, she is better able
to know the individual pupils
and assist them with remedial
and advanced work when neces'
sary. The division of the junior
senior high school into subject
departments is fairly new al
Smyrna, but became desirable
as the staff grew. There are now
80 teachers in the TIP grades
Regular staff meetings enable
the teachers to share ideas and
strengthen the overall teaching
program.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Railroad Rejects
Price To Board

Warner w. Price, Jr., 204 w.
Mt. Vernon Street, has been re-
elected to the board of directors
of the Delaware Railroad Com
pany for a one-year term at the
company's l08th annual stock
holders meeting in the railroad
station at Dover. Also renamed
as company director was Dud-
ley G. Roe of Sudlersville, Md.
The financial report showed a
net income of 99,196.85 last
year, a decrease of Sl4,900.05
under the preceding year. The
income from lease of the road
to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company was $l09,079. The
Delaware Road is operated by
the Pennsylvania Company un-
der a lease agreement with the
Delaware Railroad Company for
so years and four months from
March l, 1910. The extent of
road now owned is 235.88 miles.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
S3,655 Fire Loss
is Recorded By
Firemen

Total fire losses for 1858
amounted to $3,655, according
to the year-end report released
this week by the Leipsic Volun-
teer Fire Company. A total of
rs alarms were answered dur
ing the year, representing a tot
al of 45l12 man hours in SER
vice. Insurance coverage amount
ing to $2,4l5 reduced the net
loss for the entire twelve-month
period to only $l,240. Eight of
the alarms were for town fires,
ID for rural blazes, and three
for other emergencies. Despite
the greater number of country
alarms, the rural loss totaled
only $l,440 as compared to
$2,2l5 for the town. Company
officials estimate that more than
$4,000 worth of property was
saved in 1858. The remainder of
the report follows: men in SER
vice, 3l9; hours in service, 35
hours and 20 minutes; total
miles travelled, l08; ladder used,
202 feet; | tank chemical used;
hose used, ITS feet l-inch,
1850 feet l12inch; $50 feet 212-
inch. Seven types of fires were
fought by the volunteers: dwell
ings, 6; grass, 3; house trailer,
2; chicken house, /; merchantile,
l; chimney, |; and miscellane-
Gus, IL. No deaths were record
ed during the year. The ambu-
lance report for the correspond
ing period lists 38 trips, 2028
miles travelled, III men in SER
vice; "a hours, 35 minutes in
service; 388 hours and 35 min
utes total man hours in service.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29

composition of the planning
commission is the mayor, the
town manager, one member of
the council, a real estate man,
and three others with particular
abilities, with balance" an i'm
portant ingredient. One of the
four not in government should
be named as chairman, and a
secretary were among the re-
quirements. A delegation of res
idents of Lake Drive were pre-
sent at council asking for relief
from conditions due to con-
struction of a sewer line. The
town manager will contact the
contractor to see if such relief
can be given. Francis O'Neill,
Jr. represented his mother to at
tend a hearing held by council
relative to the installation of
curb and gutter on North Street
east of Dupont Parkway. Emory
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29

ial building fund an overwhelm-
ing success" Developments irI
the campaign last week includ-
ed announcement by DR.. Rich
ard w. Comegys, Clayton, chair.
man of the medical staff divi-
sion of the campaign that one
half of the $4,000 goal of the
division had been reached. Both
the medical staff division and
the special gifts division are at
work now to reach their objec-
tives within the next two weeks.
w. G. Davis, chairman of the
industrial and commercial divi-
sion, which has a goal of $780,
900, has announced plans to
complete solicitation by March
5, the kickoff date for the gen.
eral campaign. There will be
two divisions of the general
campaign: Dover teams, with
Henry ]. Mcdonnell, Dover, as
chairman, and Kent County
teams, Herbert D. Cluley, Jr.,
Camden, chairman. The combin-
ed goal of the two divisions in
the general cacpaign is $l05,000,
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Egg Processing
Plant At Clayton
Opens New Field
For Poultrymen

A new egg processing plant
to serve Delmarva with an i'm
mediate capacity of 1000 cases
of quality table eggs per week
has opened its doors at Clayton.
According to Kenneth Blow,
president, ''It is our intention to
market only top quality eggs,
produced on Delmarva, for Del
marva. Peninsula Egg Produc-
ers, Inc. was formed to fill a
need that has existed for long
time. In spite of the fact that
Delmarva is. a concentrated
chicken growing area, it is ira
ditionally an egg importing
area" The plant, located on
Bassett Street in Clayton, will
have an initial capacity of ten
Gambling stations, and will be
equipped to receive eggs either
graded for size or ungraded. An
endless belt line with automatic
carton closing equipment is al
so included. Blow has resided
on the Eastern Shore for twenty
years and has been associated
with the poultry and feed indus
tries for that period. For seven
years he was manager of the
Sparhill Farms Poultry Division,
in charge of the egg operations.
During the past several years
he has maintained feed deal
ership in Smyrna, working di-
rectly with poultrymen. This
business will continue opera
ton. The plant will employ fif-
teen persons when it attains its
initial capacity. 1--WE have good
markets available for top quail
ity egg, and we are seeking ad-
ditional producers to supply us
with eggs" Blow stated.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Council Ponders Zoning Ordinance;
Lake Residents Bemoan Bad Streets

The Smyrna Town Council
was involved in a long session
Friday night as they began their
study of zoning under the guild
ance of Stephen Sussna, plan
ming and zoning consultant, of
Sussna Associates, Trenton, N.
j. He defined zoning as a means
to encourage the most appro-
pirate use of land" and said that
it has to be based in accord
with a comprehensive plan. Zon-
ing is a legal device, he said and
the consultation with the local
zoning board would be over a
period of a year, at the end of
which time a zoning ordinance
would be compiled tailored to
the community. He outlined the
needs, which include base
map, an inventory, the organi-
zation of a zoning committee
within the framework of the
planning commission. The usual
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
All Parents Mite
Set At Clayton

At the January meeting of
the Clayton Clodhoppers All
Club it was decided to hold a
Parents Night on Monday, Feb.
2. Samuel Mitchell gave a re-
port on the trip to the State
Welfare Home at Christmas.
Other reports included that of
the treasurer, Madeline Wicks,
$81.95. George Wicks gave a re-
port on the Junior Council
dance. Members received their
pins and the new project book
for the coming year. Judy Street
presided, and Nancy Goldsbor-
ough read the minutes. Refresh
ments we're served.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Minstrel Show
Production To Be
Staged AtClayton
February 27-

The Clayton Lions Club will
produce a minstrel show on Feb.
27 and % at s pm. in the Clay
ton Public School, and accord
ing to production manager, w.
Henry Ennis, it is expected TO
be one of the largest and best
minstrelS in the state for the
year 1859. Mr.. Ennis is a mem
Der of the club and has had
considerable experience in min
strel work throughout the years.
Medford Davis, Jr. is chairman,
and Robert Poore, co-chairman.
The following committees are
now at work to make this event
one of the largest projects of
the club for this year: advertis-
ing, Arvel. Coppage, chairman,
and James Mitchell, Sr., CO.
chairman, assisted by Ernest
Mattiford, Louis Caras, Charles
Atkins, George Smith, and JOS
eph McClements; publicity: Har-
ry Moor, chairman, Charles
Simmons, co-chairman, assisted
by Melvin Sparks, Charle e
Poore, and Manuel Alvarado;
tickets: James Mitchell, Jr.,
chairman; Joseph Simpson, CO.
chairman, and William Chal-
mers, Kenneth Blow, and Ern-
est Reed; properties: Edward
Hurd, chairman; Alvin Hill, CO.
chairman, and Joseph Ennis,
Jack Ellingsworth, Norm n
Short, and Royden Starkey;
ushers: Julian Dunning, chair
man; Dudley Crossley, co-chair-
man, Lloyd Jones, Ralph Car
row, Edward Covington, Joseph
Ziegler, Joseph Brittingham
Talent has been recruited from
all parts of the state. Tickets
are on sale from any member
of the Clayton Lions Club and
by all Lions Clubs in the state
The Clayton Lions are noted for
their great amount of commun-
ity welfare work. At present
they own and loan to the COM
munity at no charge three hos
pital beds, three wheel chairs,
and four pairs of crutches. They
have sponsored nurses at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
and st. Francis Hospital, Will
mington. Needy families are
helped by the club. A sight con-
servation program is in effect at
the school to provide glasses
for children who cannot afford
them. At the present time den
tai program is being studied fol
the school, and the club spon-
sors a Cub Scout pack, Cir
Scout troop, and many other
projects.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Airmen's Survival
Equipment Shown
To Smyrna Lions

A program of great interest
to the Smyrna Lions Club was
presented by 1t. Robert Night
ingale and 1t. William Reboli,
of the 98th Fighter-Interceptor
Wing, Dover Air Force Base, at
the dinner meeting Monday
night at The Wayside Inn. The
young officers told of the mis-
sions of fighter-i n erc p o r
wings in this area and showed
a film entitled "24-Hour Alert"
starring Jack Webb. 1t. Night
ingale explained the compost
ton of radar scopes watching
the skies and the vast net of
planes with radar observers pro-
tecting the eastern coast of the
United States. 1t. Reboli dem
onstrated the equipment used
by the men, showing helmet,
parachute, life saving jacket,
survival kit, and raft to be used
in case of emergency landing in
the ocean. The members of the
Lions Club were invited to Wis
it the squadron at Dover Air
Force Base. The guests were
introduced by Richard Jones,
program chairman, and the talk
and demonstration were follow
ed by a brisk question and an
swer period. Francis B. Gebhart
reported on the dances at the
Youth Center, supervised on
Saturday nights by Lions, and
suggested certain regulations. 1t
was re-emphasized that the
dances are only for children of
the sixth, seventh, and eighth
grades of the Smyrna and Clay
ton Schools. A change in the
hours of the dances was agreed
to by the Lions. They will be
held in the future from 7:30 to
10 pm. each Saturday night,
and only children in the desig-
mated age group will be admit
ted. An invitation from the
Twentieth Century Club was
read to attend the open meeting
on Thursday, Feb. IL at 8 pm.
when a Photographic exhibit
will be presented by DR.. Martin
Yalisove, of Wilmington. Rich
ard C. Price suggested that each
member make a contribution at
the next meeting to be present
ed in the name of the Smyrna
Lions Club to the foreign-ex-
change student program at John
Bassett Moore High School.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
State Auxiliaries
To Fete National
Legion President

Mrs. Charles w. Gum of
Portland, Oregon, national pres
ident of the American Legion
Auxiliary, will make her official
visit to Delaware Feb. 4 and 5.
Mrs. Park w. Huntington of
Wilmington, distinguished guest
chairman for the Department of
Delaware, has announced the
following program. Mrs. Gum
will arrive in Wilmington We'd
nesday morning. She will be a
guest at the Kiwanis luncheon
in the Gold Ballroom of the Ho-
tel Dupont at l2:l5 pm. At las
she will visit the mayors office
where she will receive the key
to the City of Wilmington from
Mayor Eugene Lammot. She will
appear on Radio Station WDEL
and will visit the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital at Brack-
Ex, where she will be greeted
by DR.. Major w. Casper, man
ager of the hospital, and by JOS
eph Grove, chief of special SER
vices. A reception has been
planned at the home of Mrs.
George Ehinger, Dover, prior to
the banquet being held in Mrs
Gums honor at the Dinner Bell
Inn. Invitations have been sent
to state officials, officials of the
American Legion and Auxiliary,
patriotic organizations, and 9th
er special guests. The commit
tee for the national presidents
visit comprises the following
members: Mrs. William N. Cam
Mrs. Elwood Short, Mrs. Robert
Gray, Mrs. Grant Garis, Mrs
Edward Everhart, Mrs. Johr
Conrad, Mrs. John Powell, Jr.
Mrs. Lawrence Alfele, Mrs .Johr
LeFevre, Mrs. George M. Grier
Mrs. John Longbotham, Mrs. j
Harvey Dickey, Miss Madelyr
Heal, Mrs. Wayne Burton, Mrs
George Ehinger, Mrs. George T
Scout, Mrs. Howard Foster
Miss Dora Glib, Mrs. Donald
Hyland, Mrs. Charles T. Allen
Mrs. Park w. Huntington. One
of the highlights of the ban
quet will be the special table
for presidents and membership
chairmen of quota units. Mrs
John Powell, Jr., department
membership chairman, is hop
ing that every unit will be re-
presented at this table. Ten
quota units, including David c,
Harrison Post No. IA, Smyrna,
will be honored.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Firemen Battle Grass Blaze

All of the active volunteers of
the Citizens Hose Company,
with the exception of one who
was working out of town, re-
sponded to the alarm early Sun
day afternoon. Fifty-four fire
men fought sage grass fire in
a field on the property of Will
son Mayberrie, near Carter's
Road, west of Smyrna, bringing
it under control so that no dam
age was done.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Veterans To Meet

Newnam-Lee-Urban Post 1901
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
hold their regular meeting on
Wednesday, Feb. a, in the post
home beginning at 8 pm. Com
mander Merritt Haley will pre-
side. The organization will con-
duct another of its teenage re-
cord hops this Friday evening,
Jan. 80. Members of Girl Scout
Troop 2l4 will be admitted free.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Educators Delay
Board Meeting

The Board of Education of
the Smyrna Special School Dis
trict has announced that the
regular January meeting will be
held on Wednesday, Feb. A. The
meeting is being postponed one
week so that all members may
be present. The February meet
ing is scheduled for Feb. 25,
The Smyrna Board and the
Building Commission meets reg
ularly the last Wednesday of
each month.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
Campaign Medals Exhibit

An exhibit of United States
campaign medals, including the
Congressional Medal of Honor,
has been arranged in the Main
Street window at Golden Phar-
macy. There are thirty-two var
led medals shown in the dis
play.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-29
CLAYTON Youth Joins Army

A 17-year-old Clayton youth
was emitted in the Army for
three years last Saturday. Will
liam T. Conner, Jr., a former
student at John Bassett Moore
High School here, will report to
Fort Dix, N. j.
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-04
PosibIes Nuevos
lmpUesfos en- ell
Estudo Pronto

La Comision de Presupuestos
del Gabinete, aprob6 cubrir to-
dos los gastos del Estado de
acuerdo con las recaudaciones
existentes, pero ESQ no quiere
6ecir que en- cualquier momen-
to pueda surgir otro impulse
para aplicar nuevos impuestos
con Ell fin de aumentar los in
gresos Gel Estado, pues siempre
Sc ha comprobado que los Sc
fores que hacen las leyes ira
tan de aumentar y nunca dismi-
muir los presupuestos.
Los miembros que componen
la Legislature de este ano han
hablado en- tono firme y decisi-
vo para mantener la economic
del Estado sin tener que acudir
al aumento de los impuestos.
Sin embargo siempre ha sido
mcjor discutir ell problema de
presupuestos durante ell mes de
enerr que meses mas tarde, pues
hace dos amos la legislature 10
hizo asi y aprobo 141 millones
de dolares mas que 10 recomen-
dado por la Comision de Pre-
] supueStos.
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-04
Eminenie kedico
da (~onfaencia
Sobre el Cancer

Ell DIR. Germ Lajoie, Presi-
dente de la Federation Inter
nacional de Ginecologia y Obs
eetricia y Presidente electo de
eas,Asociacion Medica Mundial,
~,-~-- mi reejentemente en-
busca ~ nforrhacion relacio.
NADIA con "a Centre Pan Ameri-
cano de Entrenamiento Cito.
l6gico y ell Institute del Cancer.
Debido a la falta de facilidades
adecuadas para ell entrenamien-
to, ell DR.. Gerein Lajoie, quien
ocupa Ia catedra de Professor
de Ginecologia de la Universe
dad de Montreal, Canada, esta
haciendo los n~ecesarios ARE
CLOS con ell Director del Insti-
tuto, DR.. j.. Ernest Ayre, para
cnviar medicos y personal tee
nico a efectuar cursos de post
graduates, en- entrenamiento de
citologia cancerosa, en- Miami.
Ell programa de entrenamien-
to del Institute del Cancer ha
sido aprobado en- ell programa
del DEPARTMENT. de Estado
para intercambio de visitantes
y aparece catalogado para edu-
cacion medica de post-gradua'
dos por la Association Medica
Americana.
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-04

ppe, desde que tenia 6 amos,
cuando va practicable ell billar
en- ell hotel de su padre en-
Nueva York.
En- una entrevista de prensa
que tuvo~el verano pasado, qui-
zas la Ultima, dijo que TODD
en- la vida Sc va acabando y OIL
vidando, como va sucediendo
con mi espiritu de billarista.
Cuando tenia nueve amos sola.
mente Willie dio una exhibit
ci6n de billar ante un grupo de
profesores de la Universidad
de P%riceton, explicandole a sus
observadores que sus ojos te-
nian la facultad de medir los
angulos con precision matema-
tica, que de ahi dependia ell ext
to de SUI juego.
En- ell ano de 1911 Hoppe fue
a jugar a la Casa Blanca ante
ell presidente William Howard
Taft, donde gano una fama per-
manente cuando ell jugador mas
experto y de mas fama de
aquells temps, Maurice Wig.
neaux, de nacinalidad france.
sa Sc disgusto al yer la habili.
dad con que jugaba y que muy
pronto Ell dejaria de ser ell cam
! peon.
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-04
Expansion de servieio Traerd
Mds Industrial q zonu de Dude

firma. A. L. Mechling Barge Ii
mes, Inc.
Entire quienes rindieron de-
claracion en- la session final, Sc
encontraban oficiales de las Ca
maras de Concrete de Tampa
y Fort Myers y oJhnu N. Glib
son, Director de Mejoras del
Condado de Dade.
Todos declararon en- favor
de la expansion, citando las ven
tajas que traera tanto a sus CO.
munidades como al Estado.
Mechling, cuyas barcazas sir
ven ell area del Rio Mississippi
hasta Tampa, busca extender
sus s~ervicios al Sur, hasta Mia
mi, Fort Myers y Port Evergla-
DIES igual que hasta Minneapo-
lis, Chicago y Pittsburgh. Soil
cita tambien de la Comisi6n
permiso para extender los pri-
vilegios de transporte al aca-
rreo de mercancia en- general.
Gibson dijo al Examinador
de la Comisi6n, James I. Carr,
que la expansion del servicio
de Mechling ayudara a traer a
Miami mas industrial del tipo
que Sc mueve hacia y fuera de
la ciudad. Explica que este IT,
pc de industrial trae a la ciu-
dad la materia prima y acarrea
los productos terminates a los
mercados De fuera de ella.
Diario las Américas., 1959-02-04
0bras de Ariktas
kexieanos Exhiben
en- "EI Centre"

Ell Centre, un club privado en-
ell Hotel McAllister, ha alberto
una exhibition de obras de 10
artistas mejicanos.
La e1posici6n, que continuafa
alberta hasta ell 81 de febrero
incluye pinturas sobre soda, Ii
tografias y tallas de MADEIRA,
creadas por la "nueva genera
ci0n", de artistas mejicanos. Las
obras tienen 10 que podria la
marse "un sabor f%resco, nuevo
e International"
La exhibicion esta compuesta
por obIas de arte de las coleccio-
mes pertenecientes a Mrs. Henry
Hodes y Mrs. Dimel Ortega, re.
sidentes de Miami, quienes visi-
taron MEXICO, durante ell ano pa
sado La mayoria de los artis-
tas son de la Ciudad de MEXICO,
y los demas, de Cuernavaca.
Las creaciones de arte presen-
tadas en- Ell Centre, incluyen
nombres como ell de Angelina Be
loft, decana de las pintoras Me-
jicanas; Pablo O'Higgins, ayu.
dante de Diego Rivera y Judson
Briggs, director de la escuela de
arte de Cuernavaca.