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Evening star., 1959-12-03
Crash Hurts
FutuI to Pilot
OfHelicopteI

The pilot Of an Army hell.
copter which crashed yesterday
on a mountainside off Skyline
Drive in Virginia died today in
Walter Reed Hospital here
without regaining conscious
ness.
He was Chief Warrant Officer
Beverly T. Helm, 90, of Eliza
bethtown, KY. He was the only
soldier seriously injured wher
the Fort Belvoir- based hell
copter crashed in wooded
area, 2 miles east of Luray
while taking a group of Fort
Myer soldiers on ranger train
ing.
A dozen others, mostly men
OF the famed Sd (Old Guard
Infantry's 1st Battle Group,
also were injured in the crash
Two other men escaped
Injury and remained on the
scene after the giant helicopter
crashed on its side in a clump
of trees about 300 feet east of
Skyline Drive shortly before
10 am.
The helicopter was the lead
one OF three carrying a platoon
OF Company B from Camp A. P.
Hill near Bowling Green, Va,
to Big Meadows in Shenandoah
/ National Park.
1t was to have been the last
OF 10 tactical problems for
Company B. which began a spe-
cial ranger training course
three weeks ago at Great Falls.
According to the platoon
leader, 1st 1t. Jerry K. Patter-
son. "a, of 800 Penwood road,
Silver Spring. Md, the hell
copter at the time was ap-
preaching the Big Meadows area
where the rif1e-carrying infan-
trymen, clad in helmets and
!. other combat gear, were pre-
: pared to land and embark on
a 35-mile foot reconnaissance
patrol.
Instead, 1t. Patterson said,
the craft apparently didn't have
enough power to climb as fast
as it should and started scrap
ing tree tops.
Then, he said, the helicopter
plunged to the ground so or so
feet below and landed on its
side. The main door was on
that side and was jammed.
The other helicopters landed
the lieutenant said, and took
of for Fort Belvoir carrying
the injured.
The pilot, a veteran of Army
service since early 1948, leaves
his wife, Margaret, formerly OF
Somerset, KY, and two chill
dren. Patricia, z and Alex
ander, 5. They live in the
Lewis Heights project at Fort
Belvoir.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

particularly in view of the tele-
gram signed by Mr.. Bantz
which stated as follows:
"'I would like to assure you
that at the present time the
Navy has no plans to transfer
any work which has been
planned for the Navy Weapons
Plant
Furthermore, my request Of
October 81 for a report
on the status Of the fire-control
contracts, has not been COM
piled with.
II would appreciate an
answer to the following ques-
tions:
81. When and why was this
sudden change in plans made?
y. Has any of the work of
the Naval Weapons Plant been
assigned to private industry,
and if so, to whom?"
Admiral Mccain in his let
ter said that the necessity to
reprogram available funds for
items of higher priority had
required a reduction in the
overall number of fire-control
systems and the cancellation of
spare equipment.
"Under the circumstances we
have no alternative but to can
Gel the planned fire control pro-
gram at the Naval Weapons
Plant for the manufacture of
spare equipment" he said.
He went on to assure the
members of Congress that there
would be no immediate effect
upon employment and that
every effort would be made to
find additional work to replace
the Cancelled contract.
However, the future level of
employment will depend on
our ability to develop addi-
tional work." he added.
The program planned for the
plant was the manufacture Of
systems for the Terrier and
Tarton guided missiles. The
prospective delivery dates were
far enough in the future that
the plant, previously known as
the Naval Gun Factory, would
have had time to develop a
capability for making the sys-
TENS. Plans for the program
were first revealed by the Navy
last February after a concerted
community and congressional
campaign to save the plant
from closing.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star Stan Writer

More Negro children are
staying longer in school than
ever before, although nearly so
per cent of them still drop out
before the 18th grade District
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen re-
ported today.
In this years 10th grade,
he said, the colored enrolment
is 98.2 per cent of what it was
in last years ninth grade. In
1954-55, the first year of in
tegration here, the comparable
percentage was 80.6, he said.
In the 18th grade, accord
ing to the superintendent
there are 1873 per cent the
number of Negro students en-
rolled in the ninth grade two
years ago. In 1954-55, this per
centage was $40.
At his press conference this
morning. DR.. Hansen said
these statistics show the hold
ing power of school is improv-
ing, and the motivation and
desire to take advantage of
school opportunities is improv-
ing"
More work is needed, he said,
to keep Negro children in school
beyond the 18th grade. This
years 18th grade has only
54.2 per cent the colored en-
rollment it had three years ago
as the ninth grade, he noted.
The superintendent released
two other statistical studies to-
day.
One showed that 10.9 per
cent of elementary students last
June failed to get promoted to
the next grade. This was a de-
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Eheu tugdceS
Wen to the woods no more.
The IdurelS all are cut.

THE FRIENDS THAT AT
TENDED Cy'S funeral yester-
day were various. There was
a banker, a boat builder,
oystermen, Government Of
f1cialS, and newSpapermen.
Most of them had one thing
in common, they were born
in Washington late in the
last century.
There was talk of the old
days in Swampoodle, Capitol
Hill and Southwest. The
funeral procession rolled
from Mattingly's funeral
home land old Southern
Maryland name) on Elev-
enth street Sc. across from
philadelphia Row." to st.
Dominic'S, which now stands
like the cathedral of Cologne
in 1945, untouched amid the
rubble of a city destroyed.
1t is a beautiful church
within IFS toWerinplv high
vaulting and its tall white
altar which has several
spires above polychrome
figures.
With the Dominican priest
wearing a black chausable
over his white robe, and the
acolyte with a black surplice,
the requiem mass, the Chris
Gan sacrifice for the soul of
the departed, was very i'm
preSSive.
After the mass, the usual
service in English was read
over the fiag-draped coffin
Cy had served in the Navy
in World War I and was to
be buried in Arlington
Cemetery.
RsQuieScGt In pace.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

Gray asked the court to vacate
an Oceober 2 ruling that a IT.
year-old boy he committed to
the department, with the spe-
ciflc provision that he be placed
in the Cedar Knolls institution
at Laurel, Md.
The Judge had also required
in the case that the boy, who
had been charged with assault
ing a policeman last April
should not be released from
Cedal Knolls without prior ap-
proval" from Judge Ketcham
Authority Denied
Mr.. Gray said in the paper:
filed today that the judge does
not have legal authority to com-
NIT a child "for placement al
a specific facility" and require
court approval before release
The corporation counsel sale
that the law on this question i!
"too clear" to permit the Judge
to take these powers upon him.
self.
AS a matter of fact, the de-
partment has an explicit sta
tutory right, in its discretion
to release children committed
to its care and custody"
Mr.. Gray argued that by at
tempting to fix a specific place
ment of the boy the court
thwarts any effective rehabili-
tation program. :"
Freedom Urged
Mr.. Gray added that the well
fare agency must have "ab-
solute freedom in providing
flexible use of resources avail
able to it."
And he said that q court
determination that a child
comes within the law and re-
Evening star., 1959-12-03
DeudIine on Sturt
Of Bridge Set Jan. a

A January 4 deadline for a
construction start on the new
Fourteenth Street Bridge has
been set by District highway Of
flcialS.
Highway Director Harold L,
Aitken said he has directed the
contractor for the bridge SUBJ
structure, the Diamond Con-
Struction Co. of Savannah, Ca,
to begin work by that date.
A December Is deadline has
been set for work to start on
the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge,
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Negroes Stay Longer
In School , Hansen Says

lcrease from 1877 per cent the
previous year, he said. The
biggest decline came atsthe first
grade level. In 1858, 19fper cent
of the children in this grade
had to repeat it, he said. This
year the figure was 14.8 per
cent.
The reason for the decrease,
he said, is primarily the estab-
lishment of Junior primary
grades last year for children
not yet ready for f1rst-grade
work.
The prom o t / on policy
throughout the school system,
he said, is that students must
generally meet the required
standards of their grade level
before moving ahead.
The second study gave a
breakdown Of the number of
students placed in each ability
grouping track in the schools.
On the elementary level,
1,0l6 children are in the honors
track; 63,798 in the regular
track, and 2,143 in the basic
track for the severely retarded.
In junior high schools, 1,045
students are taking the honorS
program; 1903 the regular,
and 2,729, the basic.
In the senior high schools,
878 are in honors; 1874 in COL
lege preparatory; 5.665 in the
general program, and 2,784 in
basic.
The figures also showed that
12,415 elementary students and
1850 junior high school stu
dents are about two years
behind in achievement, DIR.
Hansen said, although none is
severely retarded.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

quires public guardianship is a
judicial function.
This, Mr.. Gray said, must be
distinguished from "the ad-
miniStrative authority" granted
to the department to select the
particular institution where a
child may best be treated.
Today'S request for a change
of the october 2 ruling in the
case Of the 17-year-old boy said
that once such a child is COM
mitted to the welfare depart
ment by the court he does re-
main under the jurisdiction of
the court.
However, Mr.. Gray said, the
court can maintain supervision
of the child "only by placing
(him) on probation to the
court"
Long Controversy
The controversy between
Judge Ketcham and the De-
partment of Public Welfare
has been waxing and waning
since the judge went on the
bench more than two years ago
In questioning the authority
of the department to transfer
a child from one of its inStitu-
tionS to another and in chal-
lenging the power of the social
agency to release children
without. seeking a court hear
ing first, the judge believes he
is upholding an old principle
of fair play.
He has said, in effect, that
he does not believe that the
social workers employed by the
agency are infallible in their
judgments. And he is of the
opinion that there should be
court review Of decisions made
by the department in this field.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

AND IF YOU HAVE a
friend with whom you can
talk things over, it's a very
comfortable way to spend
the day.
Cy was a wonderful friend
in that respect. 1t was a
pleasure to exchange ideas
with him. He was an in
dependent thinker. He was
not a reader. Like the
ancient Greeks his thinking
was based on discussion. We
would take up mans position
in nature, fate, luck, the
expanding universe and the
fission and fusion.
Cy was well up on science
until one of his friends, DR..
Sidney Case, a science writer,
died. Sometimes at the oyster
bar he would guardedly let
a gullible customer in on a
big secret. They were con-
ducting a biological expert
ment in a secret laboratory
in Southern Maryland. They
were crossing the clam and
the oyster. The hybrid would
be called the "clamster," and
would revolutionize the in
dustry because it could be
served all year round.
The first ducking expedi-
ton we went on was a plush
one. Glenn Martin, the air.
plane manufacturer, had
invited us to shoot his blind
in Seneca Inlet, one of the
Oldest ducking grounds in
the Chesapeake area. We
were to meet the guides at
6 am. Monday outside of
Baltimore.
We met at Cy's place on a
Sunday evening. 1t was al
most midnight when we
started for the Lord Balti-
motel Hotel where we had
reservations. There were four
of us and we advanced on
the hotel carrying our guns.
In Baltimore they know
how to take care of such
situations. The doorman
came up to us and said:
Gentlemen, would you
break your guns before
entering the lobby?"
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Sewage Plant Gront

The Public Health Service
announced yesterday a $54, 400
grant to Williamsport, Md, to
help finance a sewage disposal
project. Estimated cost of the
project is $273,00O, according
to the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Juvenile Court Powers
Challenged byCounseI
Grey Asks Judge to End Supervision
Of Youth Committed to Welfare Core
By PHIL THOMAS
Star staff Writer

District Corporation Counsel Chester Gray today chal
enged supervisory powers of Juvenile Court here over
children commte o'he of the Department of Public
Welfare.
Stepping into long standing controversy between the
denarnent and Juvenile Court Judge w Ketcham Mr.
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Real Estate Transfers
Made IN Sussex County


Mae Hall McCabe and John to
Robert G.. Dulles and Dorothy,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, lot
29, block C.
Anne King Rheinish to W. Wes-
lay Rheinish, Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred, lot IA, block c.
William A. Joseph and v. Louise
to Dwight w. Speaker and Sally F.,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred. lot
"a, block F.
Thomas E. Burton and BERTHE to
Wilson M. Cullum and Alberta NJ,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, lot
l2.
Katrina Pusey Canning to Clara
[. Pusey, Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred, 2 lots.
Joseph S. Kunsman to w. Ar
nem Roberts and Frances E., Lewes
and Rehoboth Hundred. lots Is and
20.
George E. Shockley to Georges
Ames and Juanita, Lewes and Re
hoboth Hundred, lots As and At,
block A..
William S. Smith and Anna to
William S. Smith, Jr., Lewes and
Rehoboth Hundred, lot.
Ed. Wilson Horton and Edith to
Albert A. Seldom, Lewes and Reho-
both Hundred, lots 13 and IA, block
10.
E. Ralph Blizzard etals to Mat
thew B.. Wright and Angeline l.,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, lot
81.
E. Ralph Blizzard etals to AL
fred Collins, Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred lot S. -
Louis j. Sneed, Jr., and Lille to
Ida e. White, Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred, lots 81 and So, block 80.
Frederick LeCompte to Robert
E. Lynch, -Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred, lot s and parts of lots z
and 9, block AZ.
James Aiken and Theresa to Mar
garet Breeders, Lewes and Reho-
both Hundred, 72A acres.
Emil Sapp to Richard C. Evans
and Robert D. Thompson, Jr.,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, lots
IL, IL, 13, IA, block Is.
w. Orville Daisey and Elsie to
Ed. N. Henderson and Mae Hall
McCabe, Lewes and Rehoboth Hun
dred, lots As, Az, 48 and 81.
Charles, w. Workman and Evah
to Edwin d.. Wilson and Pauline A.,
Dagsboro Hundred, lot.
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27

John Ristine and frankie to
John B. Olberson and Mary, Balti-
more Hundred, lot 80, block /.
Wilbert Hooker etals to Edgar
H. Thompson and Erma s., Balti-
more Hundred, lot s.
Richard Luckett, Jr. to Virginia
to Mary A. S. Lighthipe, Baltimore
Hundred, lot Z, BLOCK 2.
Mary A. S. Lighthipe and Harold
to Richard S. Luckett, Jr. and Vir-
ginia A, Baltimore Hundred, lot
IL, block 8.
Eugene d. Bookhammer and
Catherine to Rodney r. Baker and
Elizabeth A., Indian River Hun
dred, 6 LIS acres.
Thurman King and Jane to John
w. Wooters, and Gladys Ann,
Georgetown Hundred, II acre.
George Harold Jones and Alva
to Nanticoke Tribe No. 81 Improv-
ed Order of Red Men, Georgetown
Hundred. LAT acres.
Ed. T. Hudson and Edith to Al
bert ]. Matlusky and Margaret NJ,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, lot
Ernest B. Wilson and Grace to
Gilbert H. Joseph and Sarah E.,
Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, IS
acres.
John Landon and Edith to Ver-
non P. Scorah and Betty B., Lewes
and Rehoboth Hundred, lot.
Maude Williams to Warren s.
Merrill. Jr., and Irma s., Lewes
and Rehoboth Hundred, lot 81,
block II.
Cornelius Glerum and Hertha to
Ford M. Warrington, Little Greek
Hundred, 43 acres.
George H. Dixon to the State of
Delaware, Baltimore Hundred,
OATS. acre.
John H. Hargadine and Hazel H.
to Jane H. Hargadine, Baltimore
Hundred, lot 8, block H..
J.. T. Bryan and Phamie w. to
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc, Little
Creek Hundred. lot
Stanley W. Marvel and Edna S..
to Donald j.. Hanson and Sarah
Brennan Hanson, Baltimore Hun
dred, lot 2.
Clayton NJ. Atkins Heirs to
George w. Beckett and Vivian Lu-
cille, Baltimore Hundred, lot.
Chester C. Townsend, Jr-, and
Doris r. to George E. Justice and
Helen E.; Everett j. Justice and
Catherine, Baltimore Hundred, 8
lots.
Sussex Realty Company to Bob
by Lee Whaley, Georgetown Hun
dred, lots z and 8.
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
FREDERICK
Mrs. Emma DOlan
Phone DE.5.5481


Minister, Rev. OthO G.. Brewer, Sr.
Telephone: DE-5-53S8
Organist: Dorothy Warren
Services for Sunday, March 20:
Church School at 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship at IL a. m.
MYF at z p. m.
The Friendly Greeters for Eas-
ter Sunday, March 29 will be Mr.
and Mrs. W. Marion Stevenson.
The Nursery each Sunday NOR
ming at IL o'clock.
The official board will meet to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock. This
is our last regular meeting of the
board before the Annual Confer
ence. Please be present if poss-
ible.
Holy Week Communion service
was held on Thursday evening at
s o'clock.
The Quarterly Conference will
be held on Wednesday, April /, at
1880 p. m. Be sure to fill out your
reports and have them ready when
called for at the meeting.
Special Easter envelopes are
given to you with a request that
you make a special offering on
Easter Sunday forsthe church bud
get. The extra expense for jani-
tors service, lights and fuel oil,
as the result of the expansion of
our Sunday School in the use of
the building next to the church,
making it necessary to ask for this
special offering. We need $600.0O
over and above the budget which
was sent you in April, 1858, for this
conference year.
Sardis Charge
Sunday School at 2 p. m. follow
ed by worship hour.
Congratulations to w. w. Will
son, who celebrated his 91st birth
day on Saturday, March 81, quietly
at his home. ~
1t is with sorrow we report the
death of Miss Lizzie Lank, who
died Thursday morning in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital at the age
of 80. Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2 p. m. from Trinity
Methodist Church, Frederick, where
Miss Lank was a member for 78
years.. Rev. o. G. Brewer officiated
John Rogers was in charge of the
funeral Burial was in the family
lot at Barratt's Chapel Cemetery.
Miss Lizzie, as she was called by
most of us in town, spent her life
in Frederick. She was loved by. all
and will be missed by the friends
she leaves: During her life she
was active in church work, our
pianist in the Sunday School. and
assistant organist for many years
of the church; a member OF the
choir, the WSCS and the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Frederick Fire
Company. She was a daughter. of,
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Lank. She leaves no relatives. The
active paIlbearers were trustees Of
the church. 80
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry BENEFITS.
Sunday dinner guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Donophan of Chapel
town. Az
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27

Sussex Realty Company to Mer-
rill ]. Baker and Shirley NJ,
Georgetown Hundred, lot.
Charles w. w. Moore and Mary,
Indian River Hundred, to Robert
L. Moore, lot g; Jean Moore and FOR
Gerald R., lot 5; Eva Mae Webb
and/or Bradford. lot 4 Ruth A.
MCGEE andLor Elisha, lot g.; Mary
E. Boyce and/or Olan D., lot 2:
Raymond C. Moore, lot 1: Irwin w.
Moore and/or Pauline, lot s.. Eliza
L. White, lot 8; Shirley P. Moore
Fritz. lot z; Joseph C. Moore and
or Doris P. lot 10; Charles H.
Moore and/or Beatrice, lot IL.
Sussex Shores Realty Company
to William B. Mason and Raila
Ruth, Baltimore Hundred, lot A,
block 5, section /.
Clarence e. Mitchell and .Cecele
NJ. to Mary A. ]. Short, Mary A. S.
Lighthipe and William P. Short,
Jr., Baltimore Hundred, 4.95 acres.
Delaware Development Company
to James W. Lukens and Winnifred,
Indian River Hundred, lots 5 and
8.
Stanley ]. Miller, Sr. and Blanche
Evelyn to George Edward Wyatt,
Jr. and Jane E., .Lewes and Reho-
both Hundred, lots 25 and %.
Bay Vista, Inc. to William A.
Stoddart, Jr., Lewes and Rehoboth
Hundred, units 244, 245, 246 and
247.
Edward w. Davis and Leona W.
to Charles A. Holland and Elvine
s.. and Norma Lee Fierro, Balti-
more Hundred, lot Sc.
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Eggs And Easter
Go Together

Eggs and Easter have been ma
1or parts of spring for about as
many years as people have record
ed history.
The name, Easter, is probably
pre-Christian. According to ancient
Anglo-Saxon lore, Oestra was a
beautiful fairy-like goddess of
spring that brought fertility and
new life to the earth.
Mrs. Marjorie Whitaker, nutri-
tion specialist with the Agricul-
tural Extension Service, Universi-
ty of Delaware, reports that the
egg has long been a symbol of
spring, new life and of things re-
newed among primitive peoples.
Also promoting this connection
between spring and eggs, is the
surplus OF eggs at this time of
year.
Eggs play an important role in
our menus for many reasons be-
sides mythical ones, Mrs. Whitaker
says. They are low in price and in
good supply at this time of year
and are high in protein, vitamins,
and minerals.
If you wonder how the rabbit got
into the act it may be because of
Oestra again. She, according to the
Teutonic tribesmen, changed her
pet bird into a rabbit, who, be-
cause of his generous nature, al
ways fills his nest. with bright COL
ored eggs.
Following the resurrection of
Christ, the Christian peoples have
likened the egg to the tomb of
Christ. The shell, they said, is like
the prison where the Saviour was
laid, and the Matching of the chick,
is like the rising of Christ who
burst forth from his tomb on Eas-
ter daY.