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Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Accident Analysis
Reveals Highway
Intersection Top
Traffic Villain

An analysis of the annual ac-
cident report of the Smyrna Po-
lice Department for 1859 reveals
some interesting facts, with the
intersection of Route l3 and
Route 300 still the william in traf-
fic accidents. During the year
there were 70 accidents report
ed, twenty-four of which occur
red along Route l3, with IA of
these "a happening at the inter
section of Routes Is and 300.
The remaining 55 accidents oc-
curing were spread out along
Main and Commerce Streets,
with Market Street Plaza and
Delaware Street having several
each. There were six accidents
involving pedestrians and seven
involving bicycles. In an acci-
dent on Dec. %, 1859 at the in.
tersection of North Main st. and
Route 300, two persons were
fatally injured, the first fatal ac-
cident in the town of Smyrna
since July 20, 1857, at which
time pedestrian was killed
along the southbound lane of
JUS. Route l3. Thirty-three per-
sons were injured; 6 hit and run;
"a arrests from accident investi-
CATION; 81 charges placed; fines
collected from accident arrests,
$265. Estimated damage to mot
or vehicles, $l8,070.45; to other
than motor vehicles, $75; total,
i$18,145.45. There were l04 male
drivers involved in accidents; 30
female, 7 not recorded. Passen-
ger cars took top figures at 81;
tractor-trailer trucks, 5; straight
wheel base trucks, 81; Others,
station wagons, bicycles, fire
trucks, school bus, and common
carrier bus. Friday was the high
day of the week for accidents,
with Is; Saturday, l6; Thursday
IL; Monday, 10; Wednesday, l0'
Sunday, 7; Tuesday, 6. The
greatest number occurred be-
tween 8 and IL pm, 38; z am.
to 8 pm, 33; IL pm. to 7 am
Is. Age of drivers involved,
highest in 1921 age group, q;
35-4O years, l3; 1918 years, 10;
I2l-35 years, 10; $500 years, 10,
Vehicles from following states
involved: Delaware, liz; Penn
sylvania, 5; Maryland, 8; New
Jersey, 8; New York, l; Virginia,
l; Alabama, l; Michigan, l; Tex
as, l; Rhode Island, l; Califor-
MIA, l; not recorded, 4.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Sayers Remodel
Store Exterior

A large display window, four
by ten feet, will be placed in the
south side of the building of
Sayers jewelers.. A brick facing
is being placed on the entire
south side of the store by Leon
ard Reed, and the plate glass
window will be installed in the
near future, according to Leroy
Sayers, owners of the building.
Mr.. Sayers also plans to have a
sidewalk along the south side of
the store.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Two Resign Posts
On Teaching Staff
At Smyrna School

designations by two second
ary teachers were accepted by
the Smyrna Board of Education
at its meeting Feb. "a. Submit
ting designations were Hunter ].
Clark, teacher of junior high sci
ence and physics, and Miss Pa
tricia A. Killalea, teacher of
ninth grade English, both of
which were accepted with re-
gret." Non-payment of taxes by
a number of persons owning and
living in trailers in both Kent
and New Castle Counties is de-
veloping into a serious problem
for district officials. DR.. George
V. Kirk, secretary to the board,
was authorized to contact tax
offices in both counties request
ing them to take prompt action
in enforcing the payment regu-
lation regarding these taxes. 1t
was noted that recent legisla-
tion passed by the current Gen
eral Assembly provides that
county tax offices proceed with
the necessary fines for those
guilty of non-payment of trailer
taxes. A tax fee of SIS per trail
er is now in effect. A fine of $50
will be imposed for the first of.
fense, and $100 amount for
subsequent offenses. Persons
having trailers on their land and
not reporting them as required
by the County Tax Office shall
be fined $25 for each trailer moi
reported.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Welfare Officials
To Dedicate New
Candee Building
Here on Saturday

Invitations have been issued
to the dedication ceremonies of
the new DR.. Charles L. Candee
building at the State Welfare
Home and Hospital for the
Chronically Ill which will take
place on Saturday, March 5 at
2 pm. The invitations have
been extended to Delaware re-
presentatives in the United Stat
es Congress, to all members of
the State Legislature, officials
and dignitaries throughout the
entire state, as well as local Of
ficials of various organizations
in the Smyrna-Clayton area. An
open house will be held on Sun
day, March 6 from l to 5 pm.
to which the public is invited.
Members of the Smyrna-Clay-
ton Janecees will serve as hos
tesses and guides on both days.
Plans for the festivities which
will mark the important event
have been in charge of DR.. c. j..
Prickett, superintendent, assist
ed by members of his staff. The
program follows: ]. Rankin Da-
Wis, Board of Trustees, master
of ceremonies; the Rev. Phillip
]. Kirrane, S. S. j., chaplain,
State Welfare Home; remarks
by George w. K. Forrest, M. D.,
president, Board of Trustees;
His Excellency, ]. Caleb Boggs,
Governor of the State of Della
ware; Hon. David P. Buckson,
Lieutenant Governor of the
State of Delaware; Hon. Allen
c. Cook, president pro tenn of
Continued on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Bancroft Visits
Smyrna Scouts

The Rev. Sydney F. Bancroft,
rector of st. Peters Episcopal
Church, was a special guest of
Girl Scout Troop 2l4, Wednes-
day evening, February oath
Membership cards were received
by the Girl Scouts during the
Cake and Candle" ceremony.
Committee members also attend
ing were as follows: Mrs. Frank
lin Cooke, Committee chairman;
Mrs. Lewis Uhlendorff, secre-
tary; Mrs. Charles Rebar, treas
urer. Trans, and Tel, Mrs. Earl
Downes; cookie chairman, Mrs.
Elmer Ross; spons. rep. Mrs.
James Rodney. Leader of Troop
214 are Mrs. Francis Hawke
and Mrs. Oscar David. Billy
Etherington and Patty Pase
were selected by the troop as
King and Queen for the Valen-
tine party last week with page
boys as follows: Jerry Craig,
Bruce Aiken, Peter Collins, and
Delbert Stehecki. Debbie Down
es crowned the king and queen.
Connie Uhlendorff and Virginia
David served as M. C.'s. The
various dances for the occasion
were the Prince Charming, Gin
derella, Ballin and the King and
Queen dance.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Career Conclave
Slated March 2
At High School

The program has been COM
pleted for the Smyrna Area Car
eer Conference which will be
held on March % at the John
Bassett Moore High School in
Smyrna. The theme of the con-
ference will be Rockets Into
Your Future Career" The pro-
gram has been arranged by Miss
Virgie M. Bauer, guidance direc-
tor. A general meeting with Rob.
ert L. Everett presiding is sched-
uled for 9 am. and section meet
ings starting at l0:05 am. At
the morning session, the school
band will play and there will be
selections by the high school
chorus, with A. Rodney Daniels
conducting the band and Mrs.
John H. Fearon, directing the
chorus. H. R. LaTowsky, sales
representative, E. |. dupont de
Nemours & Co., will speak on
Success On Your Rocket Trip"
John S. Charlton, state director,
Child Development and Guild
ance, has as his subject, "Finan-
cial Tips for the Rocket Trip"
Consultants, chairmen, student
aides, and resource people have
been named, and home room
evaluations will be held during
the lunch period. The Armed
Services program is scheduled
for l::30 pm. for Grades ii and
IL, presentation of educational
and training programs Gncluding
Reserves) for men and women
in Army, Navy, Air Force, and
National Guard. A Navy film,
"Stay in School," will be shown
for Grades s, 8, and 10. Consult
ants for various careers follow:
Accounting and bookkeeping,
Brinton Reynolds, Jr., C.P.A.;
Bank Work, Randolph Hughes,
State of Delaware; Beauty Gull
ture, Mrs. Elba M. Buehler,
CONTINUED on Page Six)
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Band Maps Spring
Marching Season

The band of the Citizens Hose
Company rehearsed on Sunday
and concentrated on preparation
for their marching season which
begins in June. Twenty-Five
members attended the rehearsal
at the fire house. It was decided
to hold future rehearsals on the
second and fourth Sunday of
each month between the hours
of 5 and 6 pm, a change from
the earlier Sunday afternoon re-
hearsal hour. Members will be
notified by Ralph Tieman, secre-
tary, of this change.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Council Reviews
At Final Session;
Main St. Repaving g
Project Underway

Members of Smyrna Town
Council, in the final session be-
fore election on Monday, heard
a progress report by Town Man
ager Rex D. Gilmore on work
completed during the year which
included the following projects:
The town crews installed 1000
feet of SO inch water mains;
1900 feet of eight-inch sewer;
placed 2l5 tons of street patch
ing material. Approximately one
mile of primary distribution
lines were installed by Henkels
and Mccoy, with the town cleo
trio crew participating. The same
firm also installed the Dupont
Parkway lights. Edgell Construc-
ton Company installed approx
imately 1000 feet of eight-inch
sewer, and also rebuilt and re-
surfaced Lake Drive from Main
Street to Tyler Lane, and sur
face treated North Street from
Oak Drive in Parkway Manor.
Colored slides were shown of
the men at work on these pro-
iects, and also of houses being
considered for condemnation.
The contract for furnishing a
new police car was awarded to
the low bidder, Irwin G. Burton,
Inc, for a Chevrolet Biscayne.
The bid was for $2,6l4.50, less
$2,030.50 for the 1859 car; net
1884. Two other bids were re-
ceived. Ennis and Deakyne sub
mitted a bid for a Ford Fair
lane, $2,634.95, less $4,000, net
S634.95; George H. Hoffecker,
Inc, for a Plymouth Savoy,
So, ,549.8l; less $l750.8l; net
$799. The contractor on the
Main Street project started on
Monday with the installation of
storm sewers from Glenwood
Avenue to Mt. Vernon Street.
The town will pay for the storm
drainage work, amounting to ap-
proximately $1,000. The street
resurfacing will be done by the
Continued on Page Twelvel
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03

Glenn w. Busker and Guy M.
Edmondson, Jr. gained three
year council seats in Mondays
municipal election. Busker swept
to his first term as a member of
Smyrna's town governing body,
polling 234 votes to far outdis-
tance all other candidates. Ed
mondson narrowly defeated rival
candidate Robert G. Davidson,
Sr., l89 to 1873, a majority of
only 6 votes. Stanley M. Mid
dletown trailed with l59. AL
though an incumbent for office,
Edmondson won his first elect
ed term to the council. He had
been appointed to the post two
years ago to fill the unexpired
term of Alfred E. Mack. A. Rod
ney Schuman, incumbent, polled
the highest vote total in defeat
| ing Kenneth w. Attix for the
treasurer's office, 24l to Isl
Howell H. Barnes, the only can
didate to file for the three posi-
tions open as assessors, was cas-
lily elected. Only 434 ballots
were cast by the potential l,00C
voters residing within the towr
limits. Of these, 80 were voided
a total representing 9 percent Of
the number cast. Many voters
instead Of drawing lines through
the names for whom they die
not wish to vote, made an "X'
along side of the parties fol
whom they did wish to vote
Others failed to draw lines
through the names for whom
they did not wish to vote, as ir
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Busker, Edmondson Win Council Seats;
Schuman Defeats Attix For Treasurer

the case of the contest for trea-
surer. A voter not wishing to
vote for either candidate must
have drawn line through both
names, otherwise his ballot was
discarded. Schuman, Barnes, and
the other two assessors to be
named by council will all serve
for one-year terms. An organi-
zation meeting of the newly
elected officials was conducted
Tuesday night ir the council
chambers.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Democrats to Dine

Members of the Democrat
Club of the First Representative
Kent County, will hold
a covered-dish supper next Tues
day, March 8, in the Smyrna
Town Hall. A business session,
Harrison Turner, presiding, will
follow the supper.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-03
Phone Company Investing $4,000
In Enlargement of Area Facilities

outside plant facilities. This
type of expansion is required to
keep pace with the demand for
service in this growing area" he
said. "At the present time the
Olive central office is serving
more than 5000 telephones,
compared with 1000 in the same
area in 1850.
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Negro College Team Wins
First Time in Texas Meet

LAREDO. Tex, Mar. Z (AP)
Texas isn't as potent as usual
but still is tops in Southwestern
track and field as it showed in
sweeping to a repeat team title
in the Border Olympics.
But the sensation of this huge
track and field carnival, which
ran two days and one night
over the week end, was a Negro
college winning its first meet in
Texas history competing against
white schools.
Texas Southern did it, rolling
up SO points to knock down
East Texas State, perennial
champion of the college divi-
sion. East Texas had AZ points.
Texas Southern also produced
the high point man of the
division, Charles Frazier, VINO
won the 220-yard dash, ran on
the victorious 44O-yard relay
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dollars we save are dollars we don't spend
now, they also help curb imitation and pre-
serve the purchasing power of the dollar.
Prudent government spending. Of
course, government must provide for many
projects and services in the Sixties. But
prudent government spending may require
that some projects, however desirable,
either have to be reduced or postponed
-. or taxes increased to pay for them. We
can all help by letting our representatives
know that tive expect government to live
within its income and thus help preserve
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Scoring Title
To Thompson

John Thompson, CAROLS
towering center, slipped almost
j two full points in his last seven
games but retained his scoring
! leadership in the Catholic
League to finish the regular
. schedule with the unofficial
championship at a 20.9 average.
Doug Endres of DeMatha put
on furious assault with 1872
points in his last nine games
and Just missed second place.
. Frank Dubofsky of st. Johns
kept runnerup honors with a
3 1875 average. which was seven
hundredths of a point ahead of
. Endres.
Frank Sembly of Mackin
dropped from third to fourth in
the last three weeks of the
schedule but wound up with
the greatest total, 511 points in
% games. Teammate Nelson
Grille finished in fifth place.
Averages were kept only for
scheduled games, not counting
those with alumni teams or
playoffs. The list of players
who averaged 10 points or bet
ter.
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team and was second in the
440-yard dash for 1917 points.
Texas was winning the uni
versity division championship
for the 18th time in 20 years,
scoring 6614 points. It was the
Longhorns' fourth straight title.
The huge track and field
carnival, which ended Saturday
night, produced II division and
four overall records.
Barrie Almond of the Uni
versity of Houston, whose team
finished second with so points,
ran the mile in Ais; David
Clark of North Texas State
pole vaulted IA feet IA inches;
Pat Clohessy and John Macy of
Houston ran a dead heat in the
Emile in 9:11.9, and Bobby
Weise of Houston threw the
discus 167 feet 9 inches for the
overall records.
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sc Scoring Title
CIinched by West
For Second Year
RICHMOND

RICHMOND, Va. Mar.
(AP) -All-America Jerry West
of West Virginia has clinched
his second straight individual
scoring championship in South
ern Conference basketball.
West will carry a lofty 28.7-
point average into West Vir-
ginia's f1rst-round NCAA play
off game against Navy tomor-
row in New York and no mat
ter what happens in the play
offs he can't lose his confer
ence scoring lead.
Big JEFF Cohen of William
and Mary was the No. 2 fin
isher in the scoring race with
a 24.2 average that would have
won the title in most previous
seasons. Virginia Techs Chris
Smith was third, at 22.2, and
George Washington's Jon Field
man fourth at oil.
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PLAYS PRINCETON TOMORROW
Duke Question Mark
AS Threat in NCAA

Frye made Is straight in the
tournament before he missed
one with two seconds to go,
but he was so excited at the
time it didn't matter.
Cries May Go Up
Duke is the third team to
represent the ACC that fin
ished fourth in the regular
season standings, and if the
Blue Devils should lose in the
first round of the NCAA there
will be added cries to discon-
tinue the tournament and send
the regular-season winner as
the champion.
Bubas, said he couldn't put
his finger on what happened
in the tournament. He didn't
make any personnel changes,
and only minor adjustments in
the style of play. Instead of the
long meetings and watching
films that most teams go
through on the day of a tour
nament. the Duke players were
completely on their own. They
didn't even have a meeting
BubaS said it helped relieve
the tenSeness.
Len Chappell, Wake Forests
tstandout sophomore, was
named the tournaments most
valuable player. He was Sc
lected on all So first-team bal
lots by sportswriters covering
the event.
Named along with Chappell
on the all-tournament first
team were Hurt and Kistler
and North Cardinals Lee
Shaffer and York Larese.
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Two Sophs
Named to
AlI-Biq Ten

CHICAGO, Mar. Z (AP).-
Two brilliant Sophomores, Jerry
Lucas of champion Ohio State
and Purdue's Terry Dischinger
led the 1860 All-Big Ten bas-
ketball team named today by
the Associated Press.
The honor team, selected in
a poll of AP writer's in the Big
Ten area. also included Michi-
gan States Horace Walker
Indiana's Walt Bellamy and
the lone repeater from last
season. Minnesota's Ron John
son.
There was no argument over
the selection of Lucas, already
named to the APPS 1860 ALL
America team, and Big Ten
scoring leader Dischinger, a
second team All America
choice.
Walker, on the third ALL
America team and the Big
Tens leading rebounder, and
the 6-foot-101a Bellamy zach
missed only one first team bal
lot. while johnson missed two.
First Team
Player School Hgt. Glass
Jerry Lucas, Ohio State 6-S soph.
Terry Disc .' r, purdue 6-6 Soph.
Horace Walker. MichiRan s Ga Sr
Walt Pell9nv. Indiana 6-l0ha Jr.
Ron Johnson. Minnesota 6-7 sr.
Second team-John Tidwen. Mich
igan; Govoner Vaughn. Illinois; Willie
Jones. NorthI eStern' larry Siezfried,
Ohio itate and Lance Olson. Mich
~ State.
Third team Frank Radovich, In
diana; John Havlicek, Ohio State:
Mel NcySll, Ohio State Mamie Jack
son. Illinois and Raw Cronk. Mime
sofa.
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Russians Claim Two
WeiqhtIiftinq Marks

MOSCOW, Mar. 7. (AP).-
Two world weightlifting marks
were claimed by the Soviet in
the international competition
which opened yesterday.
Anatoly Zhgun, 23-year-old
lightweight. snatched 1865 Kill
ograms (278.3 pounds, which
the Russians said was on-half
kilogram 1.2 pounds better
than Nikolai Kostylev's mark.
Evgenny Menayev bettered
his own press record by one
kilogram with a lift Of 100
Kilograms 1854 pounds.
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the value of the dollar in this expansion.
Only with initiation under control, can
we plan ahead and build ahead with conf
dence, Only then can we provide the new
homes and all the goods and services we'll
need Without cheapening our dollars
Brought to you in the interest Of every
American tOho is concerned Nth pre-
serving the ualue of the dollar
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Central Source of Information about Life Insurance.
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By MERREnS" WHITTLESEY
Star stan Writer

/, RALEIGH, N. c., Mar. T.
=, Nobody, including Coach Vic
! Bubas, has any idea what
+, Dukes surprise Atlantic Coast
Conference champions might
, accomplish in the NCAA tour
/, nament starting tomorrow in
, New York.
: Will Duke play like the team
. that stumbled through the reg
. ular season. winning IL games
/, and losing 10, or will it main
, tain the pace that carried it
. to the conference title with as
tonishing triumphs over North
/. Carolina and Wake Forest in
, the last two games?
Duke appears to have a
: break in the draw.
Princeton Least Formidable
Princeton is considered the
: least formidable of the six
/. teams playing in Madison
/, Square Garden. The Blue
/. Devils meet the Ivy League
4. champions at $50 tomorrow
night, after West Virginia's
. Southern Conference cham
: pions meet Navy, and NYU
!. plays Connecticut.
f. The three winners in New
. York join St. Joseph's. the
: Middle Atlantic Conference
!. representative, in the NCAA
. second and third-round games
in Charlotte next week end
> The Duke Princeton winner
meets St. Joseph's.
, Actually, Duke has played its
best basketball of the year in
: tournament competition. The
, Blue Devils beat Alabama and
, Navy to win the Birmingham
: Classic in December, and in
, the Dixie Classic upset Utah's
; Skyline Conference titleholders
, in the first round. Utah has
lost only one other game this
season.
Superb in Tourney
In the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference tournament, the Blue
. Devils were superb in their
victories over South Carolina,
the Tar Heels and Deacons.
Dukes five starters, Carroll
. Youngkin, Doug Kistler, John
: Frye, Howard Hurt and Jack
Mullen, played all but a couple
, minutes of the entire tourna-
ment. None fouled out.
. During the season Duke had
one of the poorest free throw
, records in the Nation. SO per
cent, possibly the poorest. In
, the tournament the Blue Devils
, hit 26 for 80 against the Tar
Heels and II for 20 against
3 Wake Forest.
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BASKETBALL SCORES
BY the Associated Press
Late Saturday Scores
TOURNAMENTS

BY the Associated Press
Late Saturday Scores
TOURNAMENTS
Atlantic Coast Conference
tChampionshinl
Duke, So Wake Forest. 50
NCAA Small College
Second Round
S;st%st9 ss.rn' SO austin s.sy, g
Cornell. Gowa), 93: Prairie View. 70
AirkSville MOI, 20; AibeIpe Chris, 30
1egi0naI Co"Soiations '
Wise. at Milw'kee. 100: August. nD, 50
Bepmt abbey, 1Oi John. c. Smith. 80
Trinity tTex), ~; San Francisco s., 81
Lamar ANA" Tech. ss: Colorado ooii.se. d d
South Dakota state, %; Wartburg, :.
Ohio Conference
Championship
Wit.enberg, Is Akron, Sc
- Consolation
Wooster, 80 Marietta, 10
NAIA Playoffs
District 81,
Hiran
Maryland s 81; MOntclair Teach, SO
District 20
FinaD
Tenn. All, 81: Winst0n-Sa. Teach, "a
OTHER GAMES
ST. Bonaventure. 81. CanisiuB, sc
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WEEKEND FIGHTS

BY the Associated Press
MANU- 4. - Bert soncd 1891.
storned Bonnie Espinoss, 1894 (9l,
for Philippine l'Ehtweisht title.
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The stage is set for Americas greatest
growth By 1870, our population will top
205 million-an increase that could FIJI SeUen
cities the size of Chicago.
Think what this means in terms of dwell
ingneedS: ID million new units to be built in
the next ten years. This, in turn, calls for fac
tories, machines, tools. All this growth
requires dollars.
If we don't take steps now to stabilize
the purchasing power of the dollar, we run
the risk of another round of imitation with
prices going still higher and purchasing
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power of paychecks dropping even lower.
There are two equally important ways of
providing this growth money without inaa-
ton: individual savings and prudent gov,
eminent spending And one can't do the job
without the other.
Individual savings. Most of us regard our
life insurance and other savings as a per-
sonal thing-something we do just for our
selves and our familys future; But our saw
ings do much more. They help finance the
homes, factories and services that grow
ing America must have. And because these