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Smyrna times., 1959-09-03
Enforcement OF
Blinker Lights
Mapped By State

The existing laws requiring
traffic to halt at stop signs also
applies to flashing traffic sig
nails at an intersection, it was
brought out by the Traffic Divi-
sion of the State Highway De-
partment.
The Traffic Division said it
has been brought to their atten-
ton that some motorists fail to
observe the stop requirements
when they approach a flashing
red signal.
Section 4l42 of the State
Motor Vehicle Laws provides,
when a red lens is Illuminated
by rapid intermittent flashes,
drivers of vehicles approaching
the flashing signal shall stop be-
fore entering an intersection and
the right to proceed shall be SUBJ
ject to the rules applicable after
a stop at stop sign"
1t was also pointed out by the
Traffic Division that at times,
regular traffic control signals are
placed on a flashing operation
and the same regulations apply
when these control signals are in
flashing operation, whether stop
signs are present or not.
Drivers approaching yellow
light where these flashing sig-
nails are in operation, are requir-
ed to proceed with caution, since
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03
Fenwick Plans Quiet Observance
OF Its Century-Old Lighthouse

Observance of the Tooth year
of operation of lighthouse at
DelaWare's southeastern extrem-
ity has served to focus attention
upon little publicized but grow
ing Fenwick Island, notes the
Delaware State Development De-
partment.
While there are no special ac-
tivities planned to mark the
Centennial of the Fenwick Is
land Lighthouse" the editor of
the Delmarva News, a weekly
newspaper published at nearby
Selbyville, thought the event
significant enough to publish a
special supplement, which, Incl
dentally, has added much to
their readers knowledge of the
Lighthouse and the Fenwick Is
land community. Governor ].
Caleb Boggs also made note of
the passing of another milestone
in the areas history by issuing
a special message commencing
the services to navigation rend-
cred by the Lighthouse and by
the citizens of Fenwick Island.
Picturesque Subject
Located on a low, scrub-cov-
cred dune about one-third mile
inland from the ocean, the Fen
wick Island L G h t house still
guides voyagers just as it has for
the past 100 years. A favorite
Photographic subject, it has ap-
peared in many a tourists album
and also in many publications.
Because of the numerous ship
wrecks that, since early Colon
ial times, had occurred in the
area, the u. S. Government be-
gan construction of the Light
house in 1857 with the finished
structure b e m ing its light
oceanward for the first time on
August /, 1859. Construction
cost was $23,7S4.
During its earlier years, light
was provided by large lamp
that burned whale oil. In more
recent years, lighting has, of
course, been provided by cleo
trical means with two motors
providing the necessary current.
Despite its name, Fenwick Is
land is not an island but instead
is part of narrow l2-mile long
sandy peninsula with bays and
creeks separating it from the
mainland on the west and with
the Atlantic Ocean forming its
eastern boundary. Several inlets,
some created by Nature but all
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03

since filled in, served to make
an island of the area long ago;
this combined with Fenwick,
name of its original owner, is
the basis for the now somewhat
erroneous name.
Pirate Infested
Today's Fenwick Island, a
thriving resort, bears little re-
semblance to the earlier Fen
wick Island, which had few in
habitants and was, at times,
barely accessible. In these earli-
er days, pirates ravaged the
coast and this, together with its
remoteness and rugged appear
ance, hardly served to attract
many prospective settlers. The
few hearty souls inhabiting the
sandy, water-locked coastal strip
raised some cattle but mostly
depended upon the sea for their
existance, supplementing a large
ly seafood diet with flour, sugar
and other necessities purchased
on the mainland; these staples
were, according to local legend,
often paid for with coins that
had been washed up on the
beaches from old wrecks off the
coast.
Initially called Cape Henlopen
"a name now borne by a true
cape, some twenty miles to the
north, that marks the entrance
to Delaware Bay), Fenwick Is
land straddled the lower line of
William Penn's grant; this boun-
Diary, however, was disputed by
the Calverts of Maryland until
1750-5l, when surveyors ran a
straight line from the cape west
ward to point midway OF the
Delmarva Peninsula (near pre-
sent day Delmar) thereby form
ing present day DelaWare's
southern boundary. "a stone
marker, set in l75l and bearing
the coat-of-arms of the Calverts
and of the Penns may still be
seen adjacent to the fence sur
rounding the Lighthouse.) In
late 1853, Charles Mason and
jeremiah Dixon surveyed from
the mid-peninsula point north
ward to Pennsylvania, creating
what is now DelaWare's west
ern boundary.
At first only a few scattered
houses marked the site of to-
days Fenwick Island. To these
were added dwellings for light
house personnel after construc-
ton of the Lighthouse. Then,
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03
TIMES. THURSDAY MORNING.

in 1898. a Camp Meeting was
founded near the Lighthouse
and this soon developed into
about fifty small cottages. Sew
eral additional cottages on the
beach front subsequently ap-
peared.
Born Since 1916
The annual Camp Meeting
sessions ceased about 1916 and
virtually all of the cottages that
were part of the camp eventu-
ally disappeared.
However, Fenwick Island was
subsequently 're-discovered," "
and new cottages, some built on
state-owned land, soon appear
ed. Considerable state land was
later sold to individuals, and, in
1858, by act of the Delaware
Legislature, Fenwick Island was
incorporated and came into its
own as an organized commun-
ity.
According to the Develop
ment Department, Fenwick Is
land has made tremendous
strides forward in recent years.
Modern motelS and restaurants
have been constructed and Fen
wick Island has become a fav-
ored recreational spot of an in
creasing number of vacationists
who enjoy its fine beach and
quiet atmosphere just a short
drive, north or south, from larg-
er, more populous resorts. Sew
eral large developments have
appeared, some offering small
boat anchorage in backyard
man-made lagoons that connect
with inland waterways.
Waterways Vital
These lagoons, which posi-
bly, had their origin in Florida,
not only provide water access
to properties but, in their con-
struction, provide sand and dirt
with which to build up the pro-
perties themselves. South Beth
any, a large development north
of Fenwick Island, has 8 miles
of such waterways.
Completion in 1858 of the
dredging of the nearby ASA
woman Canal, vital link in the
inland waterway system con-
Meeting Delaware Bay, at Lew
es, with Chincoteague Bay, in
Virginia, has also served to in
crease the areas popularity
among vacationists who are
boating enthusiasts, notes the
Development Department.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03
Boggs Proclaims
Citizenship Day

In proclaiming Thursday, Sep
tember II, as citizenship Day"
and the period September II
through % as Constitution
Week." Governor ]. Caleb Boggs
this week urged all of Della
wares schools, colleges, church
es, veteran and other patriotic
organizations to mark these oc-
casions with appropriate cere-
monies and activities stressing
the full significance of Ameri-
can citizenship"
Referring to the Constitution
as a document that mot only
formed the foundation for our
own nation but provided the
pattern for many other nations
that later sought liberty and
Justice under the law" Cover
nor Boggs pointed out that "it
is most fitting that all our cit
iZens, both native-born and ma
turalized, observe the birthday
of the Constitution"
The observance, according to
the chief executive, should have
significance for DelawareanS
who, he said, take special pride
in the fact that our state was
the first to ratify the Federal
Constitution"
The gubernatorial proclama-
tion also called for display of
national and state flags as "vis-
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03
8 Refund Checks
Await Taxpayers

Internal Revenue officials still
are seeking eight local taxpay-
ers whose federal income tax
refund checks for the year 1858
remain unclaimed. The service
points out that it is not neces-
sary for the individual to call
at the bureau office. A letter,
addressed to the Internal Re-
venue Service, Post Office Build
ing, Wilmington, signed with
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03

the signature used on the in
come tax return and containing
the social security number and
present address will be all that
is ordinarily needed. The
amounts range from ST to $50.
Local persons whose checks are
unclaimed are: Smyrna-Charles
Clark, Alvin Z. Eppes, William
N. Sheppard, Harry Smith, G. &
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03

the same law provides as fol-
lows, when yellow lens is il
Illuminated with rapid intermit-
tent flashes, drivers of vehicles
may proceed through the inter-
section or past such signals only
with caution"
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03

ual reminders to all of us to
protect and practice the rights
and privileges granted by the
Constitution and sustained and
defended by generations of ded-
icated Americans"
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03

R. L. Washington; Clayton-H.
E. & ]. Collins, A. & l. Di Mario.
B. j. & M. B. Jackson.
Smyrna times., 1959-09-03
Too Many Laws

A multitude of laws in a coun-
try is like a great number of
physicians, a sign of weakness
and malady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27

the watchful eye of the state, rather than going
off on their own.
The crowd was extremely well behaved. saw
only one incident which might have been called
"rowdy." and it was quickly broken up by Kom-
somol police"
The Komsomol police" are story in them
selves. Usually members of the local trade unions,
they are young civilians-strict party adherents
like Tanya-who serve voluntarily as police to
keep young people out of trouble. In addition to
keeping order at large youth gatherings, they
also patrol streets at night to prevent juvenile
delinquency.
This means, of course, that many teen-agers
even if they wanted to-couldnt indulge in
open delinquency because their friends would
soon report them. 1t also points up the fact that
some young Russians are perfectly willing to do
this ito help the state" and it's not considered
"squealing"
It was interesting to me to see that most
young people came to the park festival without
dates. They came in groups of twos and threes,
and it was not uncommon to see two girls dancing
together
This is not unusual for the Soviet Union, for
the casual type of dating practiced by American
teeI-agers is not so prevalent there Boys and
girls travel in groups and meet at public places.
They usually stay with the group throughout the
evening. This may be due in part to lack of
money, but it also is somewhat of custom or
habit. In any case, If boy asks a girl for date
and she accepts they are virtually considered
"going steady" and no one else win date them.
Steadies are not switched haphazardly, and more
often than not they end up getting married.
There were two different types of dancing at the
carnival-Russian and Western Soviet-approved
Western, that is The former consisted of national
folk dances, which not all the young people knew
how to do, but which were very lively and at
tracted large crowds. At the Western portion of
the dance, the bands played jazz, but nothing
resembling the deep rhythmic music today's
American teen-agers dance to. The music was
generally of the fox trot variety, with surprising
number of tangos, and occasional lindys, none of
which the Komsomol objects to, and all of which
p.,s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
TEEN-AGERS


Very few parents are in position to hand their
children big allowances.
The field also may be source of part of a
teen-agerS entertainment
by working there" Alex said, at is possible
70 save money, and since there girls as well
as boys IN the work-groupS, good social life
exists" such as dances in the evening.
Anyone familiar with Soviet youth quickly
learns that the Young Communist League flor
youths in their late teens and 2Os) and the
Pioneers flor young teens) play leading part in
tnelr lives. The leagues are equivalent to high
school student groups, YMCA's, Boy and Girl
Scouts-which are not allowed, church groups,
ETC., all rolled into one More than 80 Der cent of
all students belong. The Pioneers usually spend
their summers at expensive and elaborate camps
While the youths are in sight, at least, the word
is discipline" and "help further the state" Some
like Tanya, comply
Few league members however try to convert
the visitor to MarxiSm This may be true because
they're just not old enough to care or they're not
entirely convinced themselves. In the latter con-
nection, there is evidence that the Alexes are
simply paying the league lip service Following is
an example,
III you want to take part in School or COM
munity) sports, or to write articles for the
(schooD newspaper, or be active in arranging
social activities, then you almost have to be a
member Of the Komsomol Tor league)," Kolya, Is,
an engineering student said one afternoon in
Leningrad's beautiful central park. There is no
way out of it."
1t must be added, however that there is little
or no talk Of genuine discomfort among teens
Teen Recreation
It was in this same Leningrad park that
learned something about entertainment for young
Russians. The park was iammed with a state
sponsored youth festival which appeared to have
attracted everyone in the city from 10 to Is years
old. Held at night it resembled three-Fing circus
There were performing dance groups. concerts
both classical and Soviet jazz-contests, such as
climbing up slick pole to grab guitar perched
on top magician acts, boating and dancing, all
for 80 cents
In short, the evening brought home the fact =
that many Russian teens apparently get their en-
tertainment in groups and to some degree under 1
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
BPR Plans Road Survey On Ouzinkie Road Soon

JUNEAU (R-The Bureau of Public Roads has approved plans te survey the proposed Monashka Bay-Ouzinkie Road at Kodiak, Sen. Al Owen (D-Kodiak) an- nounced.
 Owen said the BPR survey work will begin in the very near future, and the actual programming for the project will be considered at the road planning meeting this month.
 The Democratic lawmaker said if is still too early to know whether the actual construction will be approved for the next ifs cal year.
 But it's progress" said Owen, who has been working on the Islands road needs since before the legislature convened "Even a survey is more than we have been able to obtain before"
 Meanwhile, Owen remains xfreRg advocate of the legislative salary bill that was passed by both the House and Senate this week The Senator, who voted with the majority when the bill passed the Senate on 11-9 vote, said the SSate's lawmakers have to receive enough to be independent of yes ted interests"
 The two Kodiak members of the heuse, Reps. Peter Deveau and Henry Haag, also supported the salary bill as it passed the lower chamber, 30-10. The bill calls for $3.o00 annual salary, and per diem of $ 40 for 62 day session.
 In other action during tt.e slow second week of the legislative ses- sien, Owen reported mounting interest in bill to revise the State business license tax.
 The bill in Owens finance com Nittee calls for one-quarter of enc per cent levy on gross busi- ness receipts of $ 10000 to $'1OO,- 600 year, and one-half of one per cent over 5 100000. It's now Gne-half of one per cent under
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
Nick Phillips Claimed by Death

Death followed this week the short illness Of Nick Phillips, a resident of Alitak. Phillips had re- gently returned to Alitak with the body of his wife, Mary, who had died January 19. He was suddenly striken with illness, and rushed to the Griffin Memorial Hospital late last week. His death followed We'd nesday.
 The striken man was fifty-six years old, having been born May IT, 1902. His birthplace was Ali : talk, where he has lived all of his life. He was Chief in the village at one time. He was fisherman for P. A. F., and was well-known and well-liked around the island.
 He is survived by one son, George, who also lives at Alitak. There are two foster children, Marge and Martha.
 His body will be returned to. Alitak for burial.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
"Cuidance" Is
 Subject of Panel

Guidance: The Road to Ma turity" will be the subject of a panel discussion at the PTA meet ing Thursday, February 12. Vari- ouS speakers from town and the Naval Station will speak on diff ferent phases of the subject.
 Mrs. Dera Brunstad, guidance counsellor and teacher at the Kodiak high school, will open the discussion with a talk on "Phil- oSophy of Educational Guidance" !" It. Cmdr Stewart P. Robinson, Protestant Chaplain on the Naval Station, will then speak on a sub- ject to be announced.
 Mrs. William c. Foster will speak on the subject of "Guid- Janee in the Home" and will give her views as parent. "The Critical Period" will be the subject discussed by Mir. Winford Hoov- CT, Superintendent of the On-Base schools. The speaker to follow will be Father Raymond L. Talbott, s. J., Rector of St. Mary's Church. His subject will be Gaining Con- fidence." The last speaker will be Miss Ethel McCurry, director of the U. S.. o. here. Her subject is T Wish I Had Known
 Summarization and questions to follow will be. handled by Mir. Curtis Saxton, president of the Kodiak Education Association. The program is sponsored jointly by the Adult Education Program and the Parent Teachers Associ- ation.
 In addition to the panel dis cuSsion, the program will consist of a talk on Founders Day, to be given by Mrs. John Molletti. She will give Sa short history of the founding of PTA.
 PTA is sponsoring dance for teenagers at the Labor Temple, February 21. Arrangements for the dance are under the direction of T. T. Jackson.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
Gruening Hits Airport
 Program of Eisenhower

also the compensatory treatment which will enable Alaska to- achieve equality by gradually catching up in respect to what ii has not received in~ the tpast." .",
 Figures compiled by the Fed eral Aviation Agency at Senator Gruening's request indicate that from 1947 to fiscal 1859 Alaska would have received more than 5 26 million in airport aid lad ii been treated like q state, whereas actually it received only a little more than $7 million.
 The chairman at the e4KE ok Senator GruerrngSs- testimony thanked him 'for the very infor- native, coforful and strong state ment with relation to the vitar needs of Alaska and for an, adequate airport prografin." :" He added that the witness had "help- ed develop Alaska as territorial governor, and as senator you are continuing this very effective and, patriotic role"
 The Democratic airport aid bill is expected to pass the Senate. within the next week, and to be presented to. President Eiser- hover sufficiently early in the session that if he vetOes it an op- portunity will be provided tc override the veto: Last year the airport aid bill was killed by a veto after Congress adjourned.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
Along The
 Waterfront

An upswing in the amount of tonnage passing over the City dock during the visit this week of the ASC Tatalira is a healthy sign. The two cannerieS, too, are pretty busy.
 Inbound freight unloaded from the Tatafina amounted to 533 tons, according to ASC agent Lou Veerman. Outbosrd tonnage was PFC. Both figures represent amin, crease over previous tonnage. handling. Cargo outgoing @as mainly crab, shrimp, some G5 # canned and some frozen. \.
 With good stiff wind blowing part of the time, loading and an- loading operations were slowed, This was particularly true of a shipment of about 4G tons of crab from Shelikof The latter came in from Alitak, and lay along side The crab was swung over the Tatalina's deck to the dock, then swung into the hold of the snip.
 Dal Valley received his new sawmili equipment
 At King Crab, Inc, the sap nery crew is busy on both crab and shrimp. The Totem arrived iu town with load Of shrimp. The Afognak and the Eldorado also came in, both with crab.
 The Canadian ship the csh- ava, arrived in Kodiak yesterday-
 The Oshawa IS Canadian oceanogrphy ship, . plying th4se waters on 2 famiIiarizatip eraiz& It#il 0babl y ave sIl R5pads3
 2 :'s M AsIll
 fContinued or Page 3
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
New York Times Writer in Kodiak

Hanson Baldwin, military edi- tor of the New York Times, arrived here yesterday afternoon for a brief stay.
 He was met upon arrival by Rear Admiral Arnold McKechnie, Capt. R. B. Jacoby, Capt. c. D. Roullard, and a group from the City which included Mayor Coon, o. K. Kincaid, Jack Hinckel, John Gibbons and Sig Digree.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07

5 100000, and one-quarter for larger receipts.
 Owen has scheduled the first public hearing of the session on thie bill this Saturday. The mea- sure is expected to be reported out of the committee next week.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07

nest Gruening last week took issue with a. proposal by the Eisenhower administration that ''the time has come. to begin an. orderly withdrawal from the air port grant program"
 Commenting on an administra- tion airport bill and contrasting it's provisions with the more lib eral ones contained in a bill of w''ch he is co-sponsor, Senator Gruening stated a conviction that
 the administrators program is less an orderly withdrawal than deliberate retreat from the feder- al governments responsibilities. ";;
 Because of differences in the proposed formulas for matching and in the proposed total expen- allure under the two bills, Alaska would receive 5 11,25O,OO0 in air port aid over the next four years under s. l., the bill introduced by Senator Gruening and a group of Democratic colleagues, but only $ $7,783,134 in the next five years under the Eisenhower administra- tionS bill.
 Airport needs in Alaska, ac- cording to a survey by the. Fed. eral Aviation Agency, amount to s $36, ,444,0 ,000 for air commerce airports and 5 1,327,OO0 for gen. eral aviation airports. The alter native proposals now before the Senate would permit a start on the program.
 Senator Gruening, testifying for the first time in his Senate career. before. the Aviation Subcommittee of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, declared that Americas destiny depends to large extent on how well we develop our transportation and, through it, develop our resources and build our economy" +-
 Senator E. L. (Bob) Bartlett of Alaska is a member of the com mittee and was present to hear the Gruening testimony in the new hearing rooms in the new Senate Office Building. Presiding was Senator Mike Monroney (D.-Ok- la.) whose bill for airport aid was vetoed by President Eisenhower last year.
 "Vetoing our presence in modern world can only lead to Senator Gruening told the subcommittee. He noted that the administration has not made any suggestion for orderly with drawal" from aid to foreign coun- tries. He urged that the Congress our domestic interests least on par with those of foreign nations"
 Alaskans fly from 30 to 40 times more than do other Ameri- cans, the senator testified. He said that in the 12 months ending last March the average Alaskan spent, for travel within the terri tory only, about five times as much as was spent by the average citizen for all air travel.
 Senator Gruening declared that Alaska should and will become frontier of opportunity for Amer icans if only we can receive not mereaysfhe eduality yadf atqeatment which it has been denied but
Kodiak mirror., 1959-02-07
CUSHING ARRIVES

John Cushing, Go. owner of the Kodiak Telephone Company arri- we'd in town yesterday. His home is in Sitka.