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Smyrna times., 1959-03-26

roots with an extra 3 to 6 inches
on each side and on the bot
tom Mix top soil removed from
the hole with one fourth peat
moss or other humus and sand.
Sand need not be added in sec
tions where the soil is sandy
but is needed in most of north
ern New Castle County.
3. Shovel 3 to 6 of the top
soil mixture in the bottom OF
the hole and heap up mound
in the center of the hole where
the base of the trunk will rest.
A. Inspect the roots and prune
off broken or damaged roots US
ing pruning shears. Place the
tree straight up in the hole at
about the same depth it had in
its former location.
5. Spread out the roots to ap-
proximately their original posi-
ton. Shovel in the prepared top
soil. Firm the soil around the
trunk and roots being careful
not to injure the bark of the
trunk or roots.
6. When the hole is two-thirds
full, pour in several gallons of
water to fill the hole. This may
be starter solution but be sure
it is not too strong. After the
water has settled fill in soil un-
til level with the ground. Do
not mound up the soil around
the trunk but leave a saucer
shaped basin for watering.
7. Prune the top so as to keep
the natural shape of the tree.
Do not prune the leader or any
short branches growing out di-
rectly from the leader.
s. Provide support for newly
set trees. A single stake long
enough to reach into the lower
part of the crown will do for
trees up to 2" in diameter. Drive
this stake into the ground about
/ foot from the base of the
trunk. The tree is fastened to
the stake with wire which is run
through a piece of old garden
hose. Trees of 2 to 4" in dame
ter require two or three stakes
and trees of 4" or more in di-
ameter must be guyed down.
9. A mulch of 2 to 3" of peat
moss, leaf mold, straw, hay, or
similar material is often helpful
the first two years. Wrapping
the trunk of deciduous trees
will prevent sunscald. No fer
tilizer is advised at planting
time. Moderate fertilizing is re-
commended the second year.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26
Marydel

Those attending the Soil Con-
servation dinner at Caesar Rod
ney School on Monday evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Harman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennard Shuts,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Thomas
and son, John.
Mrs. Louis Collision, Mrs. Lee
Harman, Mrs. Clark Thompson,
Mrs. Robert Covington and
daughter, Mary Beth, of near
Wilmington, spent Tuesday in
Frederick, Pa. with Mrs. Colli-
sons aunt, Mrs. Ida Walp.
Mr.. Edgar Harman spent sew
eral days last week in Philadel-
phia on business.
Sympathy is extended to the
family of Mrs. Robert Cantwell,
who passed away last week.
Those on the sick list this
week are Eddie Harman, Virgil
and Lloyd Rittenhouse, Mrs. Ed
gar Harman, Miss Charlotte
Markley, and Frank Luff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Harman
celebrated their 35th wedding
anniversary on Sunday, March
22nd.
Birthday congratulations to
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26

Mrs. Harry Markley. who cele-
brated her birthday on Sunday.
Mrs. Jerry Burns of Colds
boro, formerly of Marydel, has
just returned home from the
Air Base Hospital.
Sympathy is extended to Mr..
Hollis Gray on the death of his
mother last week.
Mr.. Clarence Phillips had the
misfortune to hit a deer on
Monday evening. This accident
occurred near Templeville and
his car was damaged consider
ably.
The Brownies of Troop 43 of
Hartly and Marydel will hold a
bake on April 4, between 10
am. and / pm. at Heather's
Hardware Store, Hartly. Anyone
desiring to contribute to the
bake may contact Mrs. Melvin
Blechman, Gypsy 2-436l or Mrs.
John Cook, Gypsy 2-4l52.
Mr.. Leonard Covell and Mr..
John Cook attended a Del-Mar-
Va Dry Cleaning and Laundry
dinner at Milford on Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Luton
and family spent Sunday in
Philadelphia with Mrs. Lutton's
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26
Leipsic

There will be special music at
the Easter service at Roby
M e h o list Church. Sunday
School will be at 10 a.m., and
worship service with preaching
by the pastor, the Rev. o. B.
Reed, at III am.
Mrs. William H. Maclary, Mrs.
Evelyn Norris and Mrs. E. S.
Wilson attended the annual
spring meeting of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service at
the Avenue Methodist Church,
Milford, last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyson Cohee
and family of FELTON, called on
her parents, MIR. and Mrs. Vic
tor Mitchell, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Pepper
had their son, John Harold Pep
per, baptized on Palm Sunday
at Roby Methodist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson Roe
and Miss Vanetta Adams of Re-
hoboth and Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
of Denton, Md. were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Wilson on
Sunday.
Miss Janice Lafferty and Bet
ty Ann Deacon are spending
several days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lafferty.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26
brother and family.

DIotller ana Iamlly.
The Civic Club met at the
home of Mrs. Herbert Butts on
Thursday evening, with Mrs.
Lee Harman as co-hostess. A
most interesting program on a
Quick Meal" was demonstrate
ed by Mrs. Thomas Heather, Jr.
and her committee. The whole
meal was prepared while the re-
mainder of the group looked on.
MIR. and Mrs. Clyde Ware, of
Wilmington, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Courtland Buckaleau last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Leslie spent
Sunday afternoon in Whining
ton. They visited Mr.. Leslie's
sister who is hospitalized there.
On Sunday afternoon, Jason
Harman came home for the Eas-
ter holidays.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26
Hawaii Has ROYALTY

Hawaii has added a touch of
to the U. S., according
to the World Book Encyclope-
dia. Iolani Palace, the former
home of Hawaiian kings, is the
only royal palace in the nation
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence STAN
ley and daughter, Sandra, visit
ed MIR. and Mrs. Harvey Denney
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thom-
as are receiving congratulations
upon the arrival of a grandson.
Mrs. Annie Handsberry and
Mrs. Charles Lindale visited
Mrs. William Maclary Monday
afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-26
Smyrna Theatre
SMYRNA, DEL.
Phone OIL 3-b52I

Thurs, Fri, Sat-. Mar. 26. II. 28
Thurs. & Fri. shows start 7 pm.
Sat. eve. show starts at 6:45
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Firemen's Ladder
Short Course Set

The third annual f1remen'S
aerial ladder short course will
be held at the University of
Maryland for three days start
ing Monday.
1t win be held under spon-
sorship of the university'S Fire
Service Extension at the train
ing center adjoining the College
Park fire house. The course,
primarily for volunteer firemen
from throughout the State, is
designed to give them first
hand information and practice
on how to use the aerial ladder
as a fire department tool.
Instructors will include Capt.
Wilbur Harris of the College
Park Fire Department; 1t. Jack
Richardson of the Kensingtcn
Fire Department; Capt. J.
William Hoffman of the city
fire department of Baltimore;
Harry M. Blank, chief engineer
of the Seagrave Corp. of Column
bus, Ohio, and George r. Lay
ton, chief engineer of the Peter
Pirsch g. Co. of Kenosha, Wis.
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Baldwin Appoints
Cumpuiun Aides

Donald Baldwin, Republican
candidate for the Virginia
State Senate, today announced
appointment of a campaign
committee for the November
general election. The commit
tee also will serve Robert T. s.
Colby, G. o. P. candidate for
the House of Delegates.
Committee members are:
Bruce j. Brennan, 3541 Martha
Gusts drive, campaign man.
ager; John L. Kilcullen, jr., 812
Timber Branch parkway,
financial chairman; Richard
Thompson, 2601 North Van
Dorm street, publicity chair
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Tuwes Gives Book
On Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, July 80 (AP).-
Gov. Tawes has donated from
his personal library a copy Of
photographer A. Aubrey b.
dimes my Maryland" to the
Presidents library of the
Theodore Roosevelt Associa-
ton in New York.
Mr.. Bodine is associated with
the Baltimore Sunpapers.
In a letter to the aSsocia-
ton, Gov. Tawes said he knew
of mo volume that better de-
picts the traditions and beauty
of my State"
Leslie c. Stratton, secretary
and director of the association,
said the book is an exquisite
example Of all that is fine in
the printing art"
The Theodore Roosevelt As
ISOLATION is developing the
Presidents Library for the use
of scholars, writer's, students
and researchers. 1t will be
housed in Roosevelt's birth
place at % E. goth st.
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Falls Church Sets
Registration
Of New Pupils

Registration of new pupils
planning to enter Falls Church
city schools next month will
begin Monday.
The opening date for classes
will be Tuesday, September /,
but pupils entering the local
school system for the first time
have been urged by the School
Board to enroll as soon as pos
sible.
This can be done in the office
of school principals Mondays
through Fridays between 9 am.
and $3.50 pm. New enrollees
should furnish birth certificates
and evidence of smallpox vac
cination, with those entering
the first grade required to be
6 years old on or before Octo-
Der !.
Pupils enrolled in grades one
through seven will get invita-
tons by mail to report to school
at a stated day before classes
begin to meet their teachers,
learn classroom locations, and
receive other information.
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21O Ponies
CorruIed
In Roundup

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va, July
81 rAP).-Before a crowd of
10000 persons, Chincoteague
watermen drove 210 ponies
across the channel from ASA
league Island yesterday in
this years renewal of one of
the Nations oldest roundups.
The brief but spectacular
swim came off in hot, muggy
weather. A few spectators
found it too tough. They
tainted.
Today between IS and 40
young wild ponies will be
culled from the herd and auc-
toned off. The proceeds will
go to the towns volunteer fire
company.
Prices should range between
SIS and 500 per animal. This
years crop looks a little heftier
than usual.
The ponies, believed to be
descendants of Spanish mus
tangs shipwrecked on ASA
league Island in the 18th CEN
fury, raced through town to
the pens at the carnival
grounds.
The swim across Assateague
Channel took about IA minutes.
According to reports, very few
ponies remained on the island.
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Sales, Use Taxes
Exceed Estimate
By SIS Million

ANNAPOLIS, July 80 (AP)
-Maryland's sales and use tax
collections for the fiscal year
ended June 80 were some SIS
million more than had been
estimated, it was announced
yesterday.
w. Irwin Young, chief of the
Bureau of Revenue Estimates,
said sales and use tax receipts
for fiscal 1859 totaled $3.50
million. This is about $11.5
million more than was collected
in fiscal 1858; almost So mil
lion more than the bureau had
estimated for 1859 last year,
and SLABS, 900 above its last
estimate March 8.
The sales tax was increased
from 2 to 3 per cent by an act
of the 1858 Legislature effective
last January /.
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million in Washington area
highway work-nearly $40 mil
lion Of it in the District alone.
District Highway Director H. l..
Aitken has said a heavy con-
struction program scheduled to
begin this summer and fall may
have to be postponed and that
some work now under way
would have to be curtailed or
stopped.
Both Maryland and Virginia
are among 16 States that have
either stopped the letting Of
contracts under the interstate
program or indicated they will
do so soon, according to the
Public Roads Bureau.
Maryland's program of adj
vertising for bids on new road
projects is at a virtual stand
still pending the outcome of
legislation in Congress to raise
funds to support the program.
The House committee turned
down an administration pro-
posal to increase the Scent
Federal gasoline tax to Az
cents.
Instead, it approved by a
15-to-10 vote a financing plan
involving issuance of a billion
dollars of revenue bonds against
future highway-user tax re-
ceipts coming into the highway
trust fund. The highway trust
fund, which finances the Fed
eral road plan, faces a deficit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Liz Whitney Seeks Money
For Land, Not Army Secrets

The former Liz" Whitney
says she doesn't want to know
what the Government is doing
with her Upperville (Va) land
but she does want more money
for the acres the Army took
from her.
On the other hand, she
would rather give the Govern
ment the corner of land 1t
condemned rather than take q
measly $1,000 for it.
This was the gist Of what
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whitney
Person Lunn told a Star re-
porter today when she was
reached in New York.
Her attorneys, on July 20,
argued in Alexandria Federal
Court that Mrs. Lunn had a
right to know what use was
being made Of the condemned
1927 acres Of Mrs. Lunn's
is. 000-acre holdings. Assistant
United States Attorney A.
Andrew Giangreco told the
court that the disputed prop
erty is being used for military
purposes but the exact use has
to remain classified.
After the court hearing,
Federal Judge Albert v. Bryan
ordered the Secretary of the
Army to explain, without vio-
lating national security, why
the Government cannot tell
Mrs. Lunn what it is doing
with her property.
Now, Mrs. Lunn says she
doesn't want to know.
Asked If she knew that her
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Jackson Probers
Look Into New
Road Incident

GORDONSVILLE, Va, July
80 (AP).-State police working
on the jackson family murder
case today looked into a new
report of a night time high
way incident.
Wallace Poindexter, Sc, who
lives in Louisa County near
here, reported being followed
early today by a man in what
appeared to be a medium green,
1858 model Ford. A car fitting
that description is believed to
have been involved in the Jack
son Staying.
Mr.. Poindexter said the man
pulled up beside him as if to
pass, then slowed up right
beside me. He reached over
and tried to look in my car. I
sped up a bit and he dropped
behind"
Mr.. Poindexter said the man
began following him shortly
after he left work at the Vir-
GINA Metal Products Co. fac
tory in Orange at midnight,
and stopped when Mr.. Poin-
dexter turned into a dirt road
on which he lives.
Mr.. Poindexter said since the
four-member jackson family
of Louisa County was abducted
from a roadside January IL
and murdered he has carried
a .22-caliber rifle with him on
his trips to work. He said, how
ever, he didn't have it with
him today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Candidate Quits
AS 6. of c. Head

Alfred E. Grove, a Dem
ocratic candidate for an Ar
lington County Board seat, re-
signed yesterday as president
of the Arlington Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr.. Grove, speaking at a
special meeting of the cham
Der Board of Directors, said
he did not believe he could
effectively serve as president
of the chamber" while seeking
a board seat in the November
election.
Chamber policy has been to
stay out of politics, the As
year-old candidate said.
Nominated for the board post
by county Democrats early this
month, Mr.. Grove is president
of Vet Vans of Virginia, a
transfer and storage company.
To succeed him as president,
chamber directors named James
H. Berkey, 46, a builder.
NJ Berkey. who is president
of I.lantic States Construc-
ton Corp, of 1853 North
Thirty fifth street, Arlington,
is a former chairman of the
County Planning Commission.
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the 400 block of Sixty-first av-
enue, Capitol Heights, held the
gun which injured the 17-year-
old youth during the Falkland
gang fight and that "his Of
lenses have become more fire.
quent and more serious" in re-
cent years.
Escaped in April
Doonis was one of "a in
mates at Patuxent who escaped
from the institution last April
5. He was recaptured.
DR.. Boslow said Doonis has
a defensive, hostile attitude
toward society,""
But defense attorney John
w. Mitchell commended that
DooniS had not been sufficiently
examined at the institution to
determine whether commit
ment for an indefinite period
of time would be justified.
Commitments to Patuxent are
not for specific terms. Instead,
inmates can regain their re-
lease only by permission Of in
stitution authorities or from a
jury after a court hearing.
Judge Fletcher said a new
trial will be held to determine
whether Doonis should be
held to determine whether
Doonis should be treated at the
institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
Foreman Shot,
Man He Fired
Is Charged

ANNAPOLIS, July 80 (AP)
"A man fired from the staff
of the Anne Arundel County
Department of Public Works
has been charged with shooting
the man who dismissed him.
Police said Christopher Purd-
ham, 81, of Gambrills, was
fired early yesterday by Fore
man John C. Howard, 60, of
Annapolis. In the afternoon,
Mr.. Howard was shot while
working in the departments
shop at Lusby, about S miles
west of here.
Police arrested Purdham at a
nearby tavern. He was freed
on $1,000 bond.
Mr.. Howard was in fair con-
dition at Anne Arundel Cen
eral Hospital with a bullet
wound in the groin.
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Maryland law. The Jury fore
man reported one panel mem
Der could not agree with the
IL others that Doonis should
be committed to the institution.
The jury deliberated for two
hours.
Given Three Years
Doonis was sentenced to
three years in the reformatory
last July 18 on assault and
battery and auto theft charges
growing out of a teen-age gang
fight in the county'S Falkland
area. A 17-year-old boy was
shot in the leg during the fight.
DR.. Harold M. Boslow, direc-
tor of the Pautuxent Institute,
recommended that DooniS be
committed to the institution
and testified that Doonis has
been Gin conflict with the law"
for eight years.
He said Donnis, who lived in
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Of nearly a half-billion dollars
early next year.
The committee program got
a cold shoulder at the White
House. Press Secretary James
c. Hagerty said the President
has no reason to change his
mind since recommending in
creased gasoline taxes to A.
nance the highway program
and declaring unacceptable any
deficit financing or diversion Of
other revenue.
Mr.. Hagerty emphasized that
the President is gravely con-
cerned about continuation Of
the highway program and sim
cerely hopes that Congress will
take action which will permit
it to go on.
The bonds, which would not
be charged against the public
debt, would be retired by divert
ing one-f1fth Of the 10 per cent
manufacturers excise tax on
new automobiles to the high
way trust fund for four years
starting July /, 1861. This
would amount to about $3.50
million a year which would
normally go into the Govern
ment's general revenues.
The highway trust funds
come out of fuel, tire and other
motoring taxes. Under the act,
the Federal Government pays
80 per cent of the cost and the
states 10 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
7Fairfax Seats
Sought by IS

Fifteen persons have filed as
candidates for the seven seats
on the Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors in the general cleo
ton November 3.
A last-minute entry was The
odore R. ArrantS, an independ-
ent who is running in the Prov
1dence district. Mr.. ArrantS,
81, of 1905 Leesburg pike, is a
technician for the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. He
is organizer and past president
of the North Greenway Downs
Citizens Association. Mr.. Ar
rants was an unsuccessful can
didate for supervisor 10 years
ago.
Other candidates are:
Centreville District, Stuart T.
DeBell, Democratic incumbent,
and William C. Crossman, jr.,
independent.
Dranesville District-A. Clai-
borne Leigh, Republican incum-
bent, and Bright M. Carper,
Democrat.
Falls Church Distributions
as S. Gray, Democratic incum-
bent, Robert C. Gotten, jr- Re-
publican, and Walter B. Jami-
son, independent.
Lee District-Willia m H.
Moss, Republican incumbent,
and Harry A. Lee. Democrat.
Mason District-Mrs. Anne
Wilkins, Democratic incumbent,
unopposed.
Providence District - James
Keith, Democratic incumbent,
and Glen A. Burkland, Repub-
Iican. O
Mount Vernon District
George c. Landrith, Democrat,
and John c. Harris, Republican
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gists reported they had no vac
cine on hand and did not ex-
pect any for weeks.
Meanwhile, Virginia's Gov.
Almond has authorized the
State Board Of Health to spend
$4,000 for polio. vaccine for
the first time, the Associated
Press reported.
State Health Commissioner
Mack I. Shanholtz said yester-
days authorization will enable
the purchase of some 10000
doses which will be admin
listered without charge through
local public health department
clinics.
Appropriation Requested
Delegate Kathryn H. Stone
of Arlington, who had written
Gov. Almond several weeks
ago requesting a special appro-
priation to finance shots for
lower income families, said the
move shows Gov. Almond is
very responsive to public health
needs"
Those Immediately benefited
by the vaccine would be mostly
young children and pregnant
women of low-income groups
who regularly attend the pre-
natal, well-baby, pre-schools
and immunization clinics.
DR.. Shanholtz noted that
Virginia's polio total this year
is running above last years.
Three Cases Reported
The Associated Press said
the State Health Department
yesterday reported three more
polio cases in the old Domirl-
ion, increasing this years total
to 40. Last year "a cases had
been reported, at this date.
None of the three new cases
"a 24-year-old Prince William
County man, 3-year-old South
Norfolk boy and 18-month-old
Newport News girl-had re-
ceived any Salk vaccine shots.
All three cases were paralytic.
No Cases in District
The District Health Depart
ment said that about half the
youngsters under 5 years of
age have not received all their
Salk shots for proper immuni-
cation. This group and adults
over 81 are those persons here
who now have the least pro-
lection against the disease, a
health official said.
So far this year, however
there have been no confirmed
cases of paralytic polio in the
District. Polio vaccine shots
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are available at Health Depart
ment clinics.
DR.. Patricia Hunt, assistant
Alexandria health officer, said
the city had only enough vac
cine for clinic schedules today
and tomorrow, ION a first come,
first served basis"
DR.. Ralph Beachley, Airing
ton public health officer, said
there was enough on hand for
the next two weeks demand.
Through Next Week
DR.. Harold Kennedy, Fair
fax County health director,
said the county has about 5000
shots available, and expected it
would all be gone by the end OF
next week. A total of % elm
les has been scheduled for ad-
ministration of the shots by
private physicians in the coun-
ty. The first eight were held
last week, and five are sched-
uled for this week.
DR.. Kennedy said he could
not expect any more vaccine
from the States Health De-
partment until the end of Au-
gust. He said he had been OBJ
tanning small amounts directly
from the manufacturers since
the State supply was cut of
recently.
A spokesman for DR.. Leroy
E. Burney, United States Sur
geon General, said shortages
have been reported throughout
the Nation. officials said pub
licity about epidemics elsewhere
and a large number of people
seeking their fourth series shots
contributed to the shortage
here.
Earlier this month, DR.. Bur-
ney, forecasting a shortage, re-
quested manufacturers volun-
tarily to cut their exports of
vaccine until September and
channel most of their vaccine
to areas where there were cpl
denies reported or acute short
ages.