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Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Approval Sought
By State Highway
For Modern Span
At Taylor's Bridge

Plans to construct a new high
way bridge to replace the exist
ing Taylor's Bridge across Black
bird Creek have been presented
for approval to the Department
of the Army Corps of Engineers
by the Delaware State Highway
Department. The span is locat-
ed approximately 5.3 miles up
stream from the mouth of the
waterway along Delaware State
Route 8 in southern New Cas-
tie County, which leads from
Stumps Corner to Taylor's
Bridge. The highway plans pro-
vide for a fixed bridge with
eight spans, the middle spans to
have a horizontal clearance OF
27 feet and vertical clerance
of 6 feet at mean high water
In action on this application, the
Department of the Army deci.
sion will be based upon the ef-
feet of the structure on naviga'
ton, giving consideration tc
such factors as may affect the
public interest. Criticism or pro
test regarding the plans shoulc
be submitted to the District En-
gineer prior to August l, 1860
as it is desired to act on the ap
plication on that date. Plans fol
the proposed structure may bt
seen at the Army Engineers of
fee in Philadelphia. The oil,
span at this site has been in us'
for many years and is now in
adequate for modern-day traffic
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07

AS part of their service to
the community nine members of
the smyrna Clayton Junior
Chamber of Commerce painted
two pavilions at Lake Como,
one on the Main Street front,
the other on the beach. The
work was completed in prepar.
alton for the anticipated use OF
the beach especially over the
Fourth of July weekend. The
,Jsycee committee in charge OF
the project included Paul Cos.
den, James Haas, and Ray
Slaughter. Capacity crow DIS
used the bathing beach and en-
joyed the swimming area at
Lake Como over the entire
weekend, and the place was
mobbed" on Sunday and the
Fourth of July. All of the park
ing space was taxed to the limit
as the crowds cnnverged on the
beach, thought by many to be
the most attractive municipal
beach downstate. There were nc
untoward incidents reported by
Smyrna police and the guards
are on duty daily, and the pro-
iect is under the direction oi
town manager Rex D. Gilmore
Previously, the beach had beer
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
.Presbyterians Set
To Install Pastor
At Sunday,Serv

The Reverend Charles l.
Cureton III, will be installed as
the new pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Smyrna
on Sunday evening, DULY 10th.
at 7:30. Members of fhe Pres
bytery of New Castle will con-
duct the service. with the Rev.
Ierend Wilbert. B. Smith, .Jr., of
New Castle, Moderator of the
lPresbytery, presiding. Others
participating in the service will
be: the Reverend Charles L.
Cureton of Washington, New
jersey, preaching the sermon,
the Reverend E. Lansing Ben
nett of Salisbury, Maryland, de-
livering the charge to the pas
tor, and the Reverend John
Franklin McCleary of Elsmere.
charging the congregation. The
benedietion will be pronounced
by the Reverend MIR. Cureton.
The new pastor was ordained
by the Presbytery of Newton in
New Jersey on June 29th, and
began his work in Smyrna on
July lst. He and Mrs. CuretOn
are living in the Presbyterian
Manse on West Commerce St.
Following the service, a recep-
ton will be held for MIR. and
Mrs. Cureton in the Social Hall
of the church.
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Smyrna Area VFW
Pair Given Posts
In State Cabinet

Two members of Newman
Lee-Urban Auxiliary Post No.
1901, were appointed depart
ment officers at the recent an
Inual convention of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars held at Reho.
both. Mrs. Nora Smith. Clay
ton, was elected president OF
District 3, and Mrs. Marie Coop
Ier, Smyrna, was reappointed De-
partment of Delaware musician
for the seventh consecutive
year. Mrs. Clare Shirey, presi-
dent of the local auxiliary, re-
ceived a gold emblem sweater
guard and a "6 for go" pin for
acquiring six new members in
the membership drive. Mrs
Shirey was also appointed chair
man of the annual Department
christmas Party which will be
held at the local post. A certifi-
cate for outstanding work in
community service was present
ed to the Newnam-Lee-Urban
Auxiliary. During joint memor-
ial services held on the RebO.
both Parkway, Mrs. Cooper, as
Department musician, had the
honor of directing the Blue Hen
Chicks of Milford, Delaware's
only Junior Girls Auxiliary, in
singing the newly written fourth
stanza of "Our Delaware. An
honorable mention was awarded
Mrs. Cooper, local auxiliary
publicity chairman who was
named first prize winner of the
Department of Delaware public
ity contest. The compiled scrap
book which she entered will
now be sent to the national
competition to be judged at the
National Convention this Aug
ust in Detroit, Mich. Auxiliary
members, attending the state
convention were Mrs. Sarah
Voshell, Mrs. Peggy Carson,
and Mrs. Smith, all of Clayton,
and Mrs. Shirey and Mrs. Coop
er, both of Smyrna. The New
nam-Lee-Urb Auxiliary, spon-
sors of Brownie Troop No. l4l,
Clayton, were presented Ger
tificate of Outstanding Recog-
milton at ceremonies performed
before the organization meeting
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Frances
Barnes, Smyrna, auxiliary pop
py chairman, gave a final re-
port of the sale of poppies. Mrs.
Barnes and Mrs. Mary Thomp-
son served as refreshment hos
tesses.
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Rotary Outlines
90 Project Plans

At the regular dinner meet
ing of the Smyrna Rotary Club
on Thursday night, the in-com-
ing president, Harrison F. Turn
er, outlined plans for the 1860
81 club year, and also of the
committee appointments he is
considering. The installation of
Mr.. Turner as president will take
place next Thursday, with Past
District Governor ]. Reynolds
Pratt officiating. The meeting
was opened by Clarence S. Col
Inns, Jr., president. James Britt
ingham, Middletown R tary
Club, and Maurice Carrow,
Camden-Wyoming Club, were
visitors.
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Jones Reelected
By State Dentists

DR.. Ralph B. Jones, Smyrna
dentist, was reelected president
of the State Board of Dental
Examiners at a meeting of the
association held here last Thurs
day. DR.. Jones begins his third
term as a member of the state
board and his second as chief
executive. A graduate of Dover
High School, he received his
dentistry training at Temple
University, Philadelphia. He set
up practice in Smyrna in 1888
and has been serving the people
Iof this community for the past
27 years.
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Complete Support
OF Comprehensive
School Plan Given
By Smyrna Board

The Smyrna Board of Educa-
ton, meeting in special meet
ing on Friday, July l, reaffirmed
their belief in a Comprehensive
High School. The meeting was
called as the result of a request
from the Dover Board of Edu-
cation that Smyrna consider
possible consolidation with the
Dover District relative to
Kent County High School. The
Smyrna Board of Education
noted that Smyrna will soon
need an additional elementary
school and also new junior
or senior high school. Enroll
ments in all schools of the dis
trict are now at the point where
additional facilities are needed.
The last four years have seen
the addition of 20 members to
the Smyrna school staff and the
addition of IL classrooms in the
elementary school. The results,
of the elementary additions and
certain renovations in the high
school have made room for the
squirt in growth. However, now
both elementary and secondary
facilities are becoming taxed.
A further problem affecting the
district, according to school Of
| ficials, is the desire to provide
a more comprehensive program
flor pupils in the district. Ger
tain academic courses cannot be
offered without sufficient enroll
ment. The district has been con-
sidering offering an additional
foreign language, in line with
college and national recommen-
dations. This is presently i'm
possible because of small enroll
ment in such proposed classes.
A number of students would
take vocational work. in electri-
cal, mechanical, and Industrial
areas if such shop areas were
available. Smyrna and Middle
town had such a proposal be-
fore the Legislature, but the 3d.
100000 proposed school was.
stric ken from the Omnibus
School Bond Bill about month
ago in spite of the fact that it
had the blessing of the State
Board of Education. The Dover
Board of Education is attempt
ing to insert a similar building
proposal in the Omnibus School
Bill for a comprehensive high
school in the Dover area. Smyr-
ma Board officials indicated their
support of such school. In
their unanimously adopted policy
statement they said: ''We, the
members of the Smyrna Board
of Education believe that it is
the initial concern of the Smyr-
ma Board of Education to seek
the consolidation of the Smyrna
attendance area. "We feel that
it is in the best interests of the
students of the Smyrna area to
have comprehensive high
school which will offer var
iety of areas of instruction in
cluding both academic and vo-
cational courses. Despite this,
we are not at present in the
position to take any consolida-
tion action locally. Hewever, we
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Development Plan
In Asbury Church
is Long Overdue
Tawes Points Out

Asbury Methodist Church is
a church with a future, one of
great promise, and the present
development program sis long
overdue" the Rev. Roy L. Tawes
superintendent, Dover District of
the Peninsula Conference, told
the $50 persons attending the
loyalty dinner last Wednesday,
as he cautioned the ''congrega-
ton not to lose time" He also
gave the invocation. DR.. George
v. Kirk, presiding, told of the
needs, outlined the campaign,
and reiterated the belief that
people serve the things they
think important" Mrs. Thomas
w. Russell gave a resume of the
history of the church since the
erection of the first house of
worship built where the "old
cemetery" is now located, near
the corner of North and Della
ware (Church) Streets. She told
of the vision of those who saw
the need of a new church, de-
spite differences of opinion, and
the new church was started in
l843. History is not finished, "
Mrs. Russell stated, as "eacn
generation has the challenge to
meet the needs, and build ON
the heritage received from the
years." She paid tribute to
Miss Bertha Smithers, oldest
member in point of membership,
who was present at the dinner,
and whose father was a trustee
of the church. Charles M. Gee,
treasurer, traced the background
to the present program and the
approval by the Quarterly Con
ference to proceed. Land was
purchased for a new parsonage,
and plans made for the Educa-
tional- -Recreational Building tC
be erected on the site of the
present parsonage. Richard C
Price, speaking on "Our Plans,
told of the need for Sacrifhcia
giving, saying I'VE plan to work
and work our PLAN" A film
It's Up to You" was shown
Henry T. Price spoke on "Oui
Standard" and referred to q
Statement of expectations" in
the matter of tithing. He said
that 378 families comprise the
membership of Asbury Church
The Rev. ]. Howard Link, pas
tor, in brief closing remarks,
emphasized the importance OF
the present campaign. Group
singing of hymns was led by
Nelson s.. EveT'hart, with Mrs.
Donald Knotts as accompanist.
The Rev. Donald McCollum,
member of the Wells Organiza-
ton, is director of the campaign
Dinner was served in the cafe
terra of the Smyrna Elementary
School by members of the lad
les auxiliary of the Citizens
Hose Company.
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
State Insurance
Commissioner Bids
For Covernorship

A formal announcement of
his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor
was made Tuesday by State In
surance Commissioner Harry S..
Smith in a lengthy statement.
MIR. Smith and Senator Walter
j. Hoey D-MilforO both made
lit plain they were after the
nomination at the meeting of
the Sussex County Democratic
Committee held on June 8. The
committee showed a weak plur-
Iality for former Gov. Ebert N.
Carvel in a straw vote, by CIV
ing him IL votes, while casting
IA for MIR. Smith, and ii for
Senator Hoey. There were four
!write-ins for ]. H. Tyler McCon-
nell, who is also said to be in
iterested in the nomination, and
two for former Supreme Court
Justice James M. Tunnell, said
to be unavailable for the post.
MIR. Smith said in part: by the
rotation system that has been
followed by the Democratic Par
bty for years, it is the turn of
Sussex County to name the can
l6idate for Governor of Delaware
!because Kent County is forfeit
:,ing its turn by having the candi-
date for u. S. senator, who is an
incumbent IN that office. New
| Castle County had the candidate
! in the last gubernatorial cleo
ton. They also have an incum-
bent U. S. representative who
| wants to run for reelection.
Hence, a clear-cut case of allo-
cation of the candidate for Gov
ernor to Sussex County exists.
1t has always been the preroga-
! tive of the county allotted a
state office to choose its candi-
date. The Democrats of Sussex
County, through their executive
COMMITTEES chairman, Raymond
S. West, expressed a desire to
do this about a month ago. "As
la result of the poll taken by the
Sussex County Democratic Com
mittee Wednesday night, June
l8, no one was endorsed. To
have carried this out there
would have been more than one
ballot and after candidates were
gradually eliminated, the person
receiving the highest vote of the
majority of the C 0 m m tt e e
(Which would have been 27 or
more) would have. been consid-
cred the C o MN t t e's choice
"Since the Democratic county
committee voted not to follow
this procedure, but rather to
stop after sampling the views
of its members, and since / re-
ceived within three votes of the
high man without having put
forth any special effort person
ally because of being absent
from the state on official busi-
ness, and since Sussex Coun-
tians, as well as people from all
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Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Jayeee Painting Party Brightens
Lake Scene for Holiday Crowds

used by the eighth-grade stud
ents from Camden-Wyomin
and many large groups plan to
hold outdoor events here. A
colorful event also marked the
observance of the holiday in
Smyrna when the new tifty-StaI
flag which had been presented
to the town by the David C.
Harrison Post, No. IA, Ameri'
can Legion was raised at Town
Hall. The flag staff had been re-
painted and rebuilt in readiness
for the flag raising.
Smyrna times., 1960-07-07
Firemen To Picnic

A picnic for members and
their families will be sponsored
by the Clayton Fire Company
and its Auxiliary on July rs
at White Crystal, Md. Members
will receive notification of furth-
er details through the mail.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14

euality"-and- added, with note
of foreboding, that the, new poll
icy will undoubtedly be chal-
lenged in many ways from many
quarters" This assumption of ed
itorial responsibility is, of course,
the fundamental canon of the
journalists code; if DR.. Stanton
can make it stick, the resulting
changes could be revolutionary.
ITEM: The influence of the
journalists within the industry
seems to be growing. A year ago
Ed Murrow and Fred Friendly
the leading team of documentary
producers - were diSheartened
and half convinced that their
kind of TV was on its way out.
At this writing they and their
associates are exuberantly turn
ing out the most impressive Sc
ries of programs they have ever
done, including their remarkable
reports on missiles and on the
population explosion.
ITEM: One sponsor Philip
Cortney of Coty, Inc.-has pro-
posed that advertisers should take
their hands off TV programs.
Businessmen who buy adver-
Using in newspapers and maya
zines exercise no control over
the editorial and entertainment
sections of those media" he OBJ
served Let's adopt this same
practice for radio and television
let the networks and stations
be responsible for entertainment
and editorial content"
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14

and Ibsen in conscientious pro-
auctions !. more hours in prime
evening time, when most people
watch TV, for programs of more
than trivial content.
The current of change appar-
emily is moving at different
speeds in different networks.
CBS-which for a long time has
shown more awareness of public
reSpOnSibility-Seems to take the
need for a new look more seri-
ously than any other. MIC gives
the impression of moving grudg-
ingly, in hopes that all the fuss
will die down pretty soon-but
it is moving; its dramatic and
musical programs have shown
gratifying Improvement, although
its. reporting and documentary
services still lag behind CHS.
The ,ABC network, on the other
hand, seems to be waiting out the
crisis with a Buddha-like stolid-
ity; if either its policies or pro-
grams are changing, the shift has
been imperceptible to me.
1t is possible, of course, that
the whole movement will die
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14
THE PETAL PAPER

This advice might have carried
more force if Coty hadn't been a
competitor of Revlon, of quiz
show notoriety. And other spon-
sors have been notably slow in
following Cortney's lead. Indeed,
the TV critic of the Times pre-
diets that they will move in the
opposite direction-toward more
censorship of programs, rather
than less. Perhaps mistakenly, l
feel more cheerful than Jack
Gould; I'm persuaded that most
businessmen are smart enough to
realize, in time, that they aren't
editors that any attempt to
control programs more tightly
will increase their hazards, rath-
er than their safeguards ! and
that their wisest course, in Mr..
Cortney's words, is to limit them
selves to honestly selling their
pro ducts and services" (But
maybe time will prove me
Wrong)
ITEM: The networks already
are moving to produce more pro-
grams themselves-with encour-
aging results. Since September,
TV has carried more really good
programs than in any season /
can remember. Witness Sir Lau-
renee Oliver in "The Moon and
Sixpence" !. Sir Alec Guinness
in "The Crime of Jebel Decks"
first rate production Of
Our Town" 8. operas such as
''Fidelio" presented with respect
and taste 'sMedea," Tufgenev,
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14

down as soon as the latest scan.
dals are forgotten and the indus
try RECEIVERS from its fright. Ger
tainly, as DR.. Stanton limited, the
commercial and Show Biz ele-
ments can be expected to put
enormous pressure on the brakes.
| still have hopes, however, that
the men who control broadcast
ing including the sponsors -
will turn out to be more far
sighted than that. They now have
a Heaven-sent opportunity to cut
away the infected tissue-if they
will use their scalpels fast and
unflinchingly. But if they don't,
the industry may never have an
other chance to reform itself:
for the inevitable surgery will
then have to be done by Wash
ington, with its customary meat
ak.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14
(HARPERSl

The town site of Andover, Mass.
where Phillips Andover Academy
is located, was purchased from
the Indians for about $50 and
coat.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14
FISCHER On w.

don't want anything doWnbeat.
And, oh yes, remind Hemingway
that we can't have any bullfights.
The chairman's wife hates 'em,
and besides they might take the
readers minds off cosmetics. He
had better set the story in Min
cola, with our new factory as
background. Otherwise the Old
Man can write exactly as he
pleases."
To everybody's surprise, Hem
ingway refuses to play. The firm
doubles its offer, and is bewil-
dered when all it gets from Hem
ingway is a rude telegram, coll
lect. In the end it settles for a
short story by one of the boys at
the ad agency. He doesn't write
as well as Hemingway, but he's
cooperative.
The Miracle Patent Medicine
Corp. avoids these difficulties.
It's packager uses his allotted edi-
torial pages for puzzle contest,
carefully rugged to sustain reader
interest and make sure that the
big money goes to the right peo-
pie.
Because the Feather-edge Safe
ty Razor people are operating on
a low budget, they decide to re-
print Western serial which orig
inally appeared in Golfers in
1887. Audience surveys prove
that Westerns are sure fire, and
obviously it is safer to use prov
en- product.
At this point the fantasy
breaks down. If magazine were
run that way, its readers would
shift, but quick, to another pub
LEGATION; after all, they have some
three thousand to choose among.
But the TV audience has no such
choice. There are only three net
works-all offering much tn
same fare The same tribe of
package operators provides the
same brand Of quizlings and cow
boys for all three.
There is another difference.
Publishing is private enter
prise, at which any number can
play. Broadcasting is quasi
public monopoly, permitted to
use the public's scarce and pre-
cious air channels because it
supposedly - serves "t}le public
interest, convenience and neces-
sity.' Ii the industry continues to
ignore this obligation-if it con
tlnues to hand over it's response
bility for prograning to the spon-
sorS, and the quick buck artists
Of Show Biz--then the public has
one recourse. It can demand
competing broadcasting system,
which VIII not be controlled by
the advertisers and which will
really operate in the public in
terest.
The quiz and payoIa scandals
convinced some people in broad
casting that this could become a
real threat. A larger number
seem genuinely worried over the
loss of public confidence, which
might well impair the effective
ness of TV advertising. Gwen
before the scandals broke, a few
~ executives were expressing
concern - usually in private -
about the rising mutters of pub
lie discontent) Still more are con-
cerned about the mounting pres
sure for some variety of pay TV.
Hence that ferment of change
mentioned earlier. In self defense
the industry is beginning-slow
~ and Ieiuctantly-to reconsider
both its moral standards and it's
methods of operation.
One result could be a gradual
SHIFT away from the pervading
Entertainers Ethic and toward
the traditions of journalism. AL
ready few straws of evidence
seem to point in this direction:
ITEM: President Frank Stan
Tor, Of enc L. :,
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1960-01-14
Growing like co.. AZ through II

The 1905 big years for United Gas customers.
Our industrial customers, for example, used nearly
three times much gas in 1859 they did in l949
Our total gas deliveries exceeded one trillion cubic
feet in each of the last seven years compared with
a half-trillion in l949
It cost United Gas big money to meet the increasing
demand for gas service some $500 million invested
in the 1865 in production, pipe line and distribu-
ton facilities. That's well over one million dollars