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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

! have been giving two
mornings a week as q fund
drive volunteer at the United
Cerebral Palsy Prince Georges
Therapy Center. At first. it
was just another civic duty,
one that I was glad to do.
But after working with
these tragically handicapped
children find I have lost
my heart to their cause.
Until you are actually in
contact with this work, it's
hard to understand the over
whelming problems of the
children and of the parents
who love and care for them
day and night.
I have the utmost admira-
ton for the homelike care and
attention given the children
that eliminates the sometimes
frightening feeling of a hospi-
tai. With % children, it is
amazing that each child is
given SO much love and atten-
ton. That the children so
quickly adjust and feel so
much at home is living proof
of the dedication of the en-
tire staff.
Anyone who sees these chill
dren and sees the wonderful
work being done by the thera-
pists and staff to help them
overcome their handicaps
would want to pitch right in
and help, too.
An elderly gentleman who
agreed by phone to be q So
Minute Marcher the evening
of the house-to-house march,
May, rs, decided to come to
the center and see for him
self where and how the
money would be spent.
He saw the children and
the therapy they were receiv-
ing. He got some facts and
figures about the cost of
maintaining such q center.
Before he left he gave a gen.
erous check as his contribu-
ton to the campaign fund
he wanted to help right
away. He promised enthuSi-
astically to ring every door,
bell in his block the evening
Of May rs.
I wish every person In the
county could visit the therapy
center in Bladensburg, Md,
before May Is. Be as gen.
erous as possible when a So
Minute Marcher comes to
your door to give you a
chance to help these chill
dren. I consider It a real
privilege to help them, and
hope you will. too.
Mabel Ricciardi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Family Court Defect

The new Domestic Relations Branch
Of the Municipal Court has found that
1t needs specific authority in very i'm
portant phase of family-dispute cases
that involving ownership of personal or
real property. The lack of the power
to divide property in connection with
certain divorce, annulment and similar
broken-family cases has prevented the
court from settling many cases, with
resultant hardship for some of the liti-
giants. Congress should remedy this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

A Jekyll-and-Hyde gas Is
carbon dioxide.
Inhalation produces alter
natively exaltation and deep
depression. Too much can be
q deadly poison.
Precise effects Of this gas
Of life and death-upon
which about one-half Of / per
cent in the atmosphere all
life depends-are being in
vestigated at the Navy Med
ical Research Laboratory at
New London, Conn, where
major attention is given TO
submarine medical problems.
Carbon dioxide accumula-
ton as q waste product Of
human respiration has been
q headache for submarine
crews from the beginning and
has seriously limited length
Of submersion. During the
last war. reports DR.. Karl z.
Schaefer. chief psychologist
at the laboratory. no ade-
quate way was found to
completely remove carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere
inside q submarine, while
other Developments were
making necessary longer and
longer periods Of complete
submergence.
solution Appears Near
But as q result Of the war
experience and of the New
London studies, a solution
seems near at hand. This is
Of special importance at the
dawn Of the space travel age
when the gas accumulation
in the submarines among
the stars" will be more than
ever q matter Of life and
death.
First. DR.. Schaefer and
his colleagues have made
detailed observations on the
actual effects of the gas. For
the first "a hours Of over
exposure, subjects report "a
feeling of excitation, i'm
proved efficiency and verbal
associations. q desire to write
and q feeling that it flows
into the pen'." (Here, the
Navy psychologist suggests,
may be q practical hint for
overworked newspaper re-
porters.)
But they must pay up with
q vengeance. Continues the
report: I'm the first and
second night sleep is unu-
sually bad and subjects feel
that attentiveness and mem
ory decrease during the fol-
lowing days. This could be
confirmed by tests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

each other the distances, and
directions, to new crops Of
flowers.
They seem to understand
perfectly everything they do.
from the incessant and in
tricate life Of the hive to the
last desperate death in some
body's attic, where they have
sought shelter from the
winter cold. I,
Life is for them as it is
for us. a thing of beauty
and terror, of some UNDER /.
standing and much cropping; !,
the big difference is that they
are heartless and Indifferent
and do not know.
Our difference from the
bees is precious to us, if we
realize it in time.
To the bees, it means
nothing.
They go right ahead now,
as they did in Virgil's time,
dividing their efforts, achiev-
ing a life, and then disap-
pearing from the scene.
That their government is
a communiStic one should
give us pause. Evidently
nature has her own ideas,
and this is one Of them.
Hence. it may be said to be
a natural government-for
bees. and waspS and certain
kinds of ants.
For man and the four
legged animals, it is a repug-
nant form Of government, and
must be forced upon them by
superior scheming and il
lusive management, If it is
to work, because it is not
normal for a thinking. self
conscious being to select such
a form of government for
himself, but Just for others
he wishes to Subdue.
Let us admire the bees
without admiring their gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Unofroid Of FoIIout

I don't quite understand
all the fuss over Strontium
90. If we are concerned over
the i'll effects of it, we can
be consoled that in the not
too distant future there
will be a cure for all the ills
wrought by 30. Always prog
ress brings bad side effects,
but, after a short time. we
are able to accept them and
find solutions or antidotes
for them. When the horse
and carriage were displaced
by the automobile, for ex-
ample, the carriage makers
were soon absorbed elsewhere
and found new employment.
When doctors helped lower
the child birth mortality
rate, the survivors Of the
birth trauma were later con-
fronted with nasty old germs.
So that for the former prog
ress, a later Ill. But science
has found remedies to cure
those survivors who might
not otherwise have lived to
know of these diseases. So
medicine and science are
constantly and dramatically
finding the answers to new
problems as we are pressed
with them. They are some
what behind the advances,
but we'll on their heels.
Assuming science fails
miserably to find ways to
combat these dreaded effects
of 90, let all take heart in
the fact that since people now
are living so long and in such
increasingly great numbers,
for some, life might, but for
the sake Of 90, look endless.
And but for death what would
some of us have to look for
ward to, 100?
Myrta Snyder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

@. What is the oldest COM
plete manuscript of the New
Testament?-W. j.
A. The Oldest complete.
manuscript of the entire New
Testament is the Codex ST.
naiticus. a fourth century
Greek manuscript found in
the Monastery of st. Cath
crime at the foot of Mt. Sinai.
Originally this contained both
Old and New TeStaments and
also a few other books, all in
Greek. 1t now lacks some
parts, but the New Testament
is complete. The manuscript
is in the British Museum.
@. Why does Mt. Wash
ington in New Hampshire
have the worst weather in
the world" even though its
height of 6,288 feet is COM
paratively low?-L. T.
A. 1t is said that this is
because the mountain stands
between two major storm
tracks. one crossing the
United States and another
coming of the Atlantic
Ocean to the east. Winds
from these two tracks rush
up over the summit where
their velocity is increased as
If the air were being forced
through a CONSTRUCTED tube.
Mt. Washington has expert
enced winds as high as 23t
miles per hour and tempera-
lures as cold as 46 degrees
below zero.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
MCLEAN, Va.

into the great and beautiful
outdoors surrounding my
home brought me an unusual
sight as ! glanced toward a
partially fallen cedar tree.
There appeared to be a
dirty cloth or rag about the
size Of a fallen kite draped
over the tree about midway.
This proved to be an OPP
tical illusion, as it was &C
tually alive with a swarm of
honey bees which had col
lected overnight.
"a bee man agreed to come
over and hive the bees. He
reached my place about noon,
equipped himself with the
protection of netting and
tough cuffed gloves.
HE placed a hive a few
feet below the swarm and
gave the limb of the tree a
quick jerk, thus shaking the
entire swarm. including the
queen, into the hive.
He covered it with a lid
which had an opening suf-
flcient for the stragglers to
voluntarily go in, it being
understood they would follow
the queen, as is their custom.
After waiting a reason
able length Of time, there
remained but a dozen or so.
which the man explained
would join those which have
been organized over five years
in the structure of my log
cabin home.
HE suggested that I leave
them in the structure, as
they will have work to do
in the vegetable garden when
it is in blossom, since they
pollinate the flowers of the
vine products. However, l
would like to have some of
the honey which they are so
famous for, and have been
promised a portion of it.
Sincerely, o. E. c."
The fame of the bees
comes down to us from an
tiquity.
They are so old, and
so commonplace that city
people, in particular, tend
to overlook them completely.
But no insect in the garden
is more beautiful, more in
teresting, or worthwhile as
contemplatiVe material.
At times it would seem
that most of us refuse to
think about life and living,
when our conscious aware
ness of life and living is
what sets us apart from all
other living creatures.
The honeybees are marvels,
with a government and all,
yet they have no self-con-
Scious awarenesS of it all.
They operate perfectly,
within their scope, but do not
know they are operating.
Life is for them as 1t is
for us, a thing Of struggle,
turmoil and a resting at last,
but we are aware Of all this
and they are not.
So an unalterable chasm
yawns between us, never to
be filled up. We can watch
bees, read about them, and
understand their motions and
actions to a certain degree,
but they will never know
about US and our varying
forms of government. life.
love, and the pursuit of
happiness.
=
Bees pursue happiness, too,
but they do it in their own
way.
They even dance to tell
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

your reporter) didn't think
our accomplishment was so
great. Perhaps we'll read
about ourselves in the news
paper next year If we enter
the contest as q marching
band.
LOra Mcdonald,
Oxon Hill High School Band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

Bees pursue happiness, too,
but they do it in their own
way.
They even dance to tell
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Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
Park Plans
Continued from Page ~

streets, but aid in curbing juven-
lie delinquency. Four major
needs were expressed by the
citizenry interviewed. Foremost
on the list was the growing need
for a community fund. Most res
idents were opposed to the in
dividual fund drives made
throughout the year in the COM
munity. They said that they
were not opposed to giving, but
that they preferred to give once
rather than be bothered on sew
eral occasions. Recreational fa-
cilities and the park land were
other prime factors established
by the survey. The assistance of
other community organizations
and individuals is urgently need
ed to achieve any degree of sue
cess in this undertaking, as
close working organization is
necessary to cope with the prob
lem in terms of manpower,
funds, community backing, and
other relative phases.
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23

the Attorney General may, ir
addition to other remedies pro.
vided by law, institute injunc.
ton, mandamus, abatement OF
any other appropriate action OF
actions, proceeding or proceed
ings to prevent, enjoin, abate,
or remove such unlawful erec-
ton, construction, reconstruc-
ton, alteration, maintenance OF
use. The Office of State Fire
Marshal being charged with en-
forcement will, after inspection,
notify the parties responsible
for the condition allowing rea-
sonable time for compliance, af-
ter which, if no action is forth
coming will take the necessary
steps as provided to bring about
elimination of any existing haz-
ards. To receive proper follow
up on any complaints they shall
be made in writing and signed
so proper records can be kept
as to disposition.
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter P. Brock
schmidt and daughter, Marie, OF
st. Joseph, Mich, are vacation
ing with their daughter and son.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester L,
Liefer, at their home on Lake
Como.
Miss Barbara Proud, daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Robert Proud,
RID |, left Sunday for two
week stay at the Delaware Heart
Association Camp, Fairlee, Md.
Mrs. John L. Coffin is conval-
escing at home after a recent
stay in Kent General Hospital.
She is the former Miss Janet Lee
Wickham.
Miss Diane Dixon, daughter
of M-Sgt. and Mrs, William
Dixon, School Lane. this town,
was rushed to Kent General
Hospital, Tuesday even n G,
where she under went an oper-
alton for appendictomy.
Mrs., Erica R. Fritz and her
two daughters, Lorrie and Deb
bic, of Miami, Fla, are guests
of her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Paul Reimann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl L. Wright
and children, Glenn and Roxann,
spent this past weekend in Cort-
land, N. Y, where they attended
the Wright family reunion. They
brought back with them Mr.
Wright's niece, Miss Sally Cof-
fin, who will spend two weeks
visiting in Smyrna.
Mrs. w. c. Deakyne, Sr. is a
patient at Johns Hopkins Hospit-
al, Baltimore, having been taken
there from Beebe Hospital, Lew.
es. Mrs. Deakyne was staying
at her cottage at Rehobotf
Beach for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Gee
have visiting them this week al
their home in Lake Como Gar
dens, Mary Ellen and Peggy
Gordy, nieces of Mrs. Gee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ennis
Smyrna, and son, Manfred, Of
Newark, and Miss Florence Kulr
of Asbury Park, N. j., departed
Monday for California where
they will visit the brother Ol
Mrs. Ennis and Miss Kulp.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Short
Miss Bess Matthews, and Miss
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23

guard last Friday morning for
the arrival of Brig. Gen. Victor
D. Washburn, for whom this
years camp was named. Capt
Silver commanded the men,
with SIC James Blanchfield the
non-comm S S i on e d officer in
charge. Each enlisted man in
the outfit had ito pull detail''
during the two-week period.
Tuesdays assignments had SF5
Ralph Walton in charge of head
quarters; Pvts. Karl Gebhart,
Raymond Hall, Charles Spence,
Pfc. David Heverin, kitchen po-
lice; Pfc. Charles Wheeler, Ia
trine orderly; SPAS George P.
Stats, John Poore, Daniel S.
Bloxom, barracks orderlie e S.
Food at the camp has been
termed by many as the best
army chow they have ever had.
Sgt. James Schelts is the mess
sergeant, and End 1t. Edward
Dennie, the mess officer, A full
field inspection will be held Sat
urday morning. This will close
the 1859 summer training sea-
sion for the l4lst group.
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
Clayton Halts
Leipsic Streak

Clayton brought a halt to
Leipsic's winning ways in the
Kent Baseball League Sunday
with an easy 6-2 triumph. Bob
Jackson hurled 4-hit ball and
was never in serious trouble in
gaining the victory. - The win
moved Clayton into a tie with
Leipsic for third place in the
league standings, one game be
hind second-place FELTON, and 3
in back of leading Sudlersville.
.Leipsic's only two runs came on
a single by Floyd Long and a
homer by Worth Townsend. Burl
Hinkle paced the Clayton bar
rage with 3 hits, 2 RIBS, and a
run scored. This Sundays action
will pit front-running Sudlers-
vile hosting Clayton, FELTON, at
Leipsic, and winless Townsend
at Hartly. Sudlersville thumped
Hartly last week, Ill, while
FELTON, was scoring a lopsided
14-6 decision over Townsend.
y
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
Fire Code
CONTINUED from Page u

every day during which such
illegal erection, construction
reconstruction, alteration, main.
tenance, or use continues after
knowledge or official notice that
same is illegal shall be deemed
a separate offense. (d) In case
any building, structure or equip
ment is or is proposed to be
erected, constructed, reconstruc-
ted, altered, maintained or used,
or any land is or is proposed
to be used in such a way to
endanger life or property from
the hazards of fire or explosion
or in violation of this chapter
or of any regulation or provi-
sion of any regulation, or
change thereof promulgated by
the State Fire Prevention Com
mission under the authority
granted by this chapter, the
State Fire Prevention Commits
sion, the State Fire Marshal, or
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23

Delaware, a few cypress are
still found deep in the Great
Cypress Swamp, which is locat-
ed to the southeast of rrussem,
straddling the Delaware-Mary-
land state line.
The great Cypress Swamp
was once the largest cypress
areas in this state but it was
almost totally destroyed in a
great fire in 1880 which was
said to have started by an eX-
ploding still. Since that time
large areas of that swamp,
which once covered so square
miles, have been drained. Only
blackened stumps remain as a
monument to this formerly
great cypress area.
Before the fire, the swamp
was famous for the cypress it
produced. The giant trees were
hand-cut into shingles which
were used to cover many old
Eastern Shores homes. The
fire ended this business and
since that time many parts OF
the swamp have been allowed
TO return to nature. The POGO
moke River, which flows south
westward to the Chesapeake,
has its origin in this swamp.
Although Trussem Pond con-
tains great numbers of tan cy-
press and offers excellent fish
ing, boating and recreational
facilities, it is relatively undis-
covered by tourists. In fact,
quite a few Delawareans are
not aware of the existence of
this picturesque and unusual
area despite the fact that it is
easily reached from the Dupont
Parkway and is just a short
drive from almost any point in
the state.
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
This Weeks
Social and
Personal
Events
CarOle A. Wickhan
To Marry In Fall

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold E. Wick
ham have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter
Carole Ann, to Mr.. Benjamin F
Solloway, Jr., son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Benjamin F. Solloway, Sr.
Smyrna.
Miss Wickham was gradual.
ed from the John Bassett Moore
High School in 1858 and will be
a sophomore at the University
of Delaware, School of Home
Economics this fall.
MIR. Soloway, a psychology
major at the University of Del
aware will be in the junior
class. He was also graduated
from the John Bassett Moore
High School.
Sunday, September II has
been set as the wedding date.
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
Bridge Crossings
Nearing Million

Another heavy traffic week
end over Delaware Memorial
Bridge sent statistics soaring to
new heights, it was reported
this morning by Frank ]. Hor-
ty, general manager.
A near-record 46, ,l23 vehicles
used the span on Saturday,
while the weekend total from
Friday morning up to and in
Guiding Monday night mounted
to 13l, ,28l crossings. This brou-
ght the July total for nineteen
days to 730,462 vehicles, Mr..
Horty said. Weekend figures
were Friday, 4l,33l; Saturday,
46,l Sunday, 1897.
1t is the first time in bridge
history that the daily average
for a given period has climbed
to 10000 vehicles, but this is
the statistical count today af-
ter the first nineteen days of
July.
During this period, Friday,
July 3, was the heaviest day
with 48,60l crossings. This
came within 173 vehicles of the
all-time one day record estab--
lished July 2. 1855. Saturdays
46,123 crossings was the second
highest day recorded this mon
tn. Lowest day came on July
first. with 3l.249 vehicles.
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23

MOBILE CLASSROOM designed bring driving instruction rural and o high
classroom
10 amoMmum hhn tx and HMe
hon
e o it orsra have dopedhe
10
o out
county SNems
classroom give
Smyrna times., 1959-07-23
Barbara J. Deamer
Will Be Married

MIR. and Mrs. ]. Austin Dean.
er, ll6 East Commerce Street
announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Barbara Jane, to
Mr.. William w. Hill, son of Mrs
Walter Hill, Smyrna, and the
late Mr.. Hill.
Miss >Deamer, a graduate OF
the John Bassett Moore High
School, is a senior student nurse
at Wilmington General Hospital,
Wilmington.
MIR. Hill, a John Bassett Moore
High School graduate, is at pre-
sent engaged in farming. No
date has been set for the we'd
ding.