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Smyrna Educator
Plans Retirement
After Fifty Years

Miss Bess Matthews, who re-
tires at the end of the school
year after fifty years of teach
ing, was honored at a dinner at
tended by sixty guests at The
Wayside Inn Wednesday night.
DR.. George v. Kirk, superinten-
dent, Smyrna Special School
District, Mrs. Julia Slaughter,
elementary school prin c i p a /;
Charles V. Williams, high school
principal; and Mrs. Doris Smith,
who retired last year, responded
to their recognition. Miss Helen
Scout, president of the Smyrna
Education Association, presided,
and the invocation was given
by George L. Galley. Miss Matt
hews was presented a wrist
watch by Miss Scout, a gift of
the association. The Faculty
Club honored her with a cor
sage which was presented by
Mrs. Jane O'Neill Jacobs, mem
Der of the faculty and former
pupil of Miss Matthews. The
guest of honor, in her response,
gave resume of fifty years of
teaching, and told an interest
ing story of the early days of
her career when she taught at
Milton, and taking her pupils
to visit a local brickyard there,
found that the bricks used in
the first unit of the present John
Bassett Moore High School were
made there. She came to Smyr-
ma to teach in 1923. Members
of the school board, their wives;
members of the Smyrna Educa-
tion A socia t on, and other
guests attended the affair. In
formal singing by the group was
a part of the program.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Council On Aging
Will Study Needs
Now Facing Elders
OF Smyrna Area

A Clayton-Smyrna Commun-
ity Council on the Aging was
organized Thursday night in the
library of the John Bassett
Moore High School, with DR..
John ]. Lazzeri as acting chair
man. DR.. Lazzeri reported on
the Conference on the Aging
which he attended in Ann Arb
or, Mich. The group elected DR..
George v. Kirk, chairman, DR..
c. ]. Prickett, superintendent of
the State Welfare Home, stated
that ten percent of the people
in the United States are over
SIS years of age. This means
that there are 100000, twen-
ty percent of whom are chroni-
cally ill. He told of the impact
of initiation on the aging, and
recommended that thought be
given toward changes in the re-
tirement age. Many could be
helped if they knew which di-
rection to go, he said, as he
asked the question: why add
years to a life, unless one adds
life to the years?" Among the
suggestions by the group as to
the needs in this area were that
of making attempts to have the
aged in church, or in contact
with the church; also the posi-
bility of night club classes. The
next meeting of the council is
planned for October. Of the
twenty-seven members named tc
the committee the following at.
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ton to being an excellent schol-
ar, Judy has been secretary of
the Latin Club, member of the
Drama Club, Leaders Corps, and
Future Teachers Club. She has
been active in Ewell's-St. Paul
Methodist Church, and during
the summer has worked as clerk
in the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment.
State Employee
Miss Pat King, who plans to
be an elementary teacher and
attend the University of Della
ware this fall, has also been
active in numerous school or
ganizations including The Fu-
ture Teachers, Drama Club, Ii
brary Club, Girls State, and
Leaders Corps, as well as var
sity sports. She has worked
during the summer months in
the State Offices. Pat is the
daughter Of Morris w. King OF
Hartly. Fred Weibel, who will
attend the University of Della
ware in September, has been ac-
tive in numerous farm and flu
ture farmers organizations as
well as the Latin Club, Library
Club, and Silver Eagles. In his
junior year he won the All Pub.
lie Speaking Contest. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Weibel of Hartly. Miss Pat Ba-
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.s25O,OOO Expansion
Project Approved
By Asbury Church
Congregation Vote

A $250,000 building program
for Asbury Methodist Church
was overwhelmingly approved
S un d ay at a congregational
Plans call for a three
step program to include build
ing of a new parsonage, erec-
ton of an educational unit on
the present parsonage site, and
extensive repairs and additions
to the existing church facility.
The proposed parsonage will be
built on property owned by the
church in Cottage Dale Acres.
The old structure, bordering the
church on Mt. Vernon Street,
will be razed to make room for
a two-story educational facility.
This addition will feature class
rooms, offices, an auditorium, Ii
brary, choir room, and lavator-
les. A courtyard will provide
ample lighting for all rooms.
Steel beams will replace older
wooden ones supporting the
sanctuary floor in the main
building. Specifications also call
for the conversion of the pres
ent social hall into a chapel and
for enlargement of kitchen fa-
cilities. Classrooms will be built
to accommodate increased en-
rollment in future years and will
be equipped with modern teach
ing aids. This will remedy the
overcrowded conditions created
by increased church school in
terest in recent years. The Rev.
]. Howard Link, pastor, reports
attendance at an all-time high.
DR.. George V. Kirk, superinten-
dent of Smyrna Special Schools
and chairman of the educational
building committee, presented
plans and recommendations of
his group at Sundays session.
DIR. Kirk pointed out that the
new structure would be con-
structed to conform with the
front of the existing building,
A motion to investigate the feas-
ability of erecting a tower ON
the east corner of the new unit
was entertained and unanimous
ly approved. This tower would
conform with the one which
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Firemen to Parade
At Chick Festival

The band of the Citizens Hose
Company will take part in the
Chicken Festival at Selbyville
on June l8 and the men will
leave the fire house at 2 p. m.
They will also participate in the
parade at the convention of the
State Volunteer Firemen's AS
sociation at Rehoboth Beach at
7:30 p. m. on the same day. The
director is A. Rodney Daniels.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
7S Graduates TO Receive Diplomas;
10 Ann Craig Named Valedictorian

Seventy-eight graduates will
receive diplomas Monday night
at the 10th annual commence
ment exercises at John Bassett
Moore High School. The class
is the largest in the history of
Smyrna Schools. Seven honor
students will receive special rec
ognition and be presen n t e d
awards by Norman 6. Wilder,
vice president of the Smyrna
Board of Education. Those to
be honored have maintained an
verage of better than 80
through the four years of sem
ior high school. Jo Ann Craig,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Julian Craig of Oak Drive,
has been named valedictorian.
Carol Wolford, daughter of Mrs.
Ethel Wolford, is the salutator-
ian. In addition to these two
girls, Judith Ann Loder, Patricia
Ann King, Fred ]. Weibel, Pa
tricia Baker, and Susan Price
will be recognized as honor
graduates. The 1860 class will
be presented by DR.. George ".
Kirk, superintendent of Smyrna
Special Schools, and diplomas
will be presented by Mrs. Mar
garet M. O'Neill, president of
the Board of Education. Facul-
ty awards will be made by Miss
Helen E. Scout, president of the
Smyrna Education Association,
and scholarship grants will be
announced by high school prin-
cipal Charles v. Williams. Pre-
sentation of the coveted Glenn
S. King Memorial Award, hon
oring the gra du a G senior
judged to be the most outstand-
ing in citizenship and school
service, will be made by Luther
M. Adkins, former Smyrna grad
uate and presently personnel
manager for International Latex
Corporation in Dover.
Craig Gets $500 Award
Miss Craig has already re-
ceived a $500 award to a bust
ness school of her choice where
she will enroll in the medical
secretarial course. She has been
active in the junior play, sci
ence fair, Latin Club, and has
! a special interest in art. Miss
Wolford plans to enter nurses
training in the fall. She has par
ticipated in the Future Nurses
Association, eaders' Corps,
Spanish and Drama Clubs, and
intramural sports. Carol has
had part-time work during the
summer months at Rehoboth
Beach and at Turner's Candy
Manor. Miss Judy Loder is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Loder of Clayton. In addi-
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Members of Smyrna High
Schools Class of 1860 pause on
the lawn near the Capitol build
ing during their recent trip to
Washington, D. c. The troupe,
II strong, travelled via charter
ed bus to the Nations Capitol
and was quartered in a Virginia
motel during the three-day trip.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Those making the pilgrimage
were: front row, left to right
Nancy Hall, Mary Catherine
Smith, Bertha Mae Thomas, Lin
da Diemicke, Mary Jane Stark
ey, Carole Stachecki, Jo Anne
Craig, Vivien Virdin, Audrey
Scotten, Beverly David, Ann
Rogers, Margaret Straughn, Lin
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

da Konschak, Carol Wolford, Di-
anne Rodney, Susan Price, San
die Thornton, Patsy Baker, Pat
King, Judy Loder, Marjorie
Worthington, Nancy Boyles, Lois
VanderPlasse, Betty Alexander,
Linda Kitschik.
Second row-Raymond West
rod, David Brown, Donald Scott,
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

faculty chaperone; Mrs. Michael
Moffett and Mrs. Bertha Cole,
parent chaperones; Mr.. William
Horney, faculty chaperone; AL
len Girard, bus driver; Bob Eek
hart, Richard Savage, Joe Simp-
son, Bill Rehak, Richard Bailey,
Sidney Smith, Carol Rundell,
Judy Slaughter, Roberto Men
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Fred Weibel, Thomas Stachecki,
Oscar David, John Sheridan,
Clark Ross, Wayne Cole, Rich
ard David, Frank McGinnis, Lar
ry Carrow, Lee Severson, New
lin Wood, Donald O'Neal, Gary
Blevins, David Passmore, Dennis
Potter, Barry Pritchard, George
Dunnack, Douglas Miller, Char
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

les Mast.
Third row-Corrado Melega,
Lois Phillips, Mary Ann Sche-
ers, Ruth Fox, Harold Moffett,
Bill Wiley, Bruce Ballard, Ray
mond Reed, David Marsh, Joe
Walker, Jim Melville, James Fen
ton, bus driver; MIR. Charles Will
liams, high school principal and
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

dez, Joyce Pepper, Doris Nc
Claim, Alta Chambers, Corrado
Melega.
Seniors who did not make the
trip included James Antoine,
Barbara w. Bilbrough, Carol
Guarro, William Krim, Luther
Lucas, Beverly Ann Bilbrough,
Judy Rash, and Charlotte Sharp.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-08-13
Robbins Celebration
League Say, Thanks

The Robbins Annual Celebra
ton League wish to thank ALI
of their many friends and well
wishers for their lovely support
given them during the celebra
ton week. We take great pride
In thanking each and everyone
who took part in the parade
on Sunday, August 7, 1860 end
especially the following business
organizations and clubs: The
Unique Foxes, the Pride of Rob
bins Elks No. 915 Temple, Thf
Pride of Robbins Shrine Dept.
The Pride of Robbins Juvenil
Class 389, The Pride of Robbins
Pageant Tam Club No. so, Thu
Robbins Elks Lodge No. 1872
The Boyd Yankee Baseball
Team, The S. D. Texaco Gas
Station, The Foyettes, The Good
Neighbors Club, The Reccos,
The Village Activity Guild Co.
tillion Board Debutantes, Ted
Body and Fender Shop, Ideal
Grocery Store, Cola's Lounge.
The Jazzv4Ones, The Girl Scouts,
Chambers Rexall Drug Store
The Bows on the Bicycles, The
Robbins Fire Department, The
Robbins Police Dept, The Nav
or and Village Board, The Rob
bins Fire Dept. Baseball Team.
and we pause here to mention
about our only and great Band
Boys, they had another engage
ment and tried very hard to
make it back on time. We sa-
lutte and thank you also.
Adele Marlborough, Sec'y
Sally Wales, president
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Free tickets for the Weber
LAY Picnic at Riverview Park
on August q, 1860 will be given
away by President Maxey in his
office on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday for all churches,
Sunday Schools, Boy Scouts,
club groups, etc.
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FREE TICKETS TO R|vERv|EW

1860 at the home of Mrs. Glas-
pie, 1888 Sawyer.
All dinners will be $1.O0. You
may call Flu g. 6637.
Cellersten Lawson, Reporter
There will be a rattle and
party given by the Casualties
at the home of Mrs. Velma
Jones, 1914 w. 18th street on
August 20, 1860 from 900 pm.
until.
We are asking all our friends
to come out, you might win.
Cellersten Lawson, Reporter
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-08-13

Mr.. Frank Sanders, Sir. who
resided at 3849 West 139th St.
with his wife, Anna and family,
departed this life on Thursday,
August 4, 1850 about 5.45 pm.
He leaves to mourn his lost
d devoted wife, Anna, eight
children, nine grandchildren
and a host of relatives and
friends.
The wake was held on Sun
day, August 7 at the Miller and
Major Funeral Parlor. The fun
eral was held Monday at the
Universal Church of God where
the Rev. HI. Johnson is pastor.
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Mrs. B. williamson
Visits Relatives Here

Mrs. Bertha Williamson, ar
old timer in the Village o.
Robbins, is visiting with her
daughter Ethel Knox, wife Of
Thomas Knox. Mrs. Williamson
lived in the village for fourteen
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-08-13

Rosa Anna Walker, daughter
of MIR. George Walker, will be
married in military ceremony
at the New Division Chapel,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina on
Saturday, September 8, 1860 at
six o'clock in the evening.
She will be married to Spe-
cialist 4th Class Nathan Rogers
Perry, a native of North Caro-
lima.
Both Nathan and Rosa are
graduates Of Saint Augustines
College in Raleigh, North Caro-
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lima where her brother George,
Jr. is coach and Physical Edu-
cation teacher.
Rosa will study on fellowship
at the University of Illinois
while Nathan finishes his tour
of duty with the UNITED States
Army.
The bride and groom will
arrive in Robbins for recep-
ton to be given in their honor
at the Southwest Building on
Saturday, September 10, 1860.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1960-08-13
The Casualties
Sponsor Dinner

The Casualties will be selling
barbecue, chicken, and turkey
dinners Saturday, August 18th,
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years and worked as deputy
clerk, also as water clerk in
the village hall. Her home now
is in indianapolis, Indiana. We
are hoping she has a pleasant
visit.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-10
Sermons Show
Cure Of Ars.
Not Ignorant
BY NJ. !. MURRAY


THE SERMONS OF THE CURE OF AIRS, Translated by
Una Morrisey, Henry Resnery Co., $500.
Monsignor Francois Trochu, biographer of the
Cure of AIRS, has made it his mission to dispel the I'M
deserved reputation for ignorance which many have
ascribed to st. John Vianney.
A reading of these sermons of the Cure will con-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-10

said "Thy will be done"
Mr.. Geissler presents a very
Informative picture of the
Holy Family with Joseph, the
father of Jesus, as its head.
Here one sees Joseph the
tradesman, breadwinner, fam
lily provider, and the one who
sacrifices in order to protect
Mary and Jesus. Joseph with
his strength of virtue, trust
and faith, is a shining example
for every husband and father,
especially in this modern age.
THE IMPORTANCE of fam
lily life is continually stress
ed. The author compares the
family to a community, a lit
tie world, or an island having
its own built-in defenses
against the forces that threat
en- its moral and spiritual
values. A family is a source
of love and life; it is a source
of education; it is a center of
religion; and it is a center
Of culture.
The father, as the head of
the house has a great respon.
sibility in establishing peace,
order, and happiness in the
home. The. wife, too, must
play her role and render a
service by sharing of the hus-
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bands authority. Through sac
rifices, the Christian husband
father, arrives at the ultimate
limitation of Christ, and his
vocation to marriage and ia
therhood is genuinely real
lied.
In my opinion, Mr.. Geissler
presented some very interest
ing facts, illustrations and OBJ
jectives concerning the role
of the father in family life.
One could find many little
things a father might incor-
porate in his own daily life
that would raise his family
life to a higher spiritual
echelon,
THIS Is DEFINITELY a
book to be put on your must
read now" list, After reading
it, one can close the book
with having achieved a deep
er insight and a greater real
ization of the importance of
the role of the husband-father
as family man."
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ters one can find the liturgical
life in action.
YOU CAN ALMOST visual
lze the true Christian spirit
that generates the pages of
this book. In his account of
the st. John the Baptist Bon
fire, Mr.. G~eissler truly brings
out the commandment Love
thy ~neighbor as myself" All
n%eighbors, friends, and rela-
tives are invited on the occa-
sion of this bonfire, and a def
mite sense of belonging is
felt by everyone from the
smallest babe to the eldest
grandparent.
A very moving part of the
book is the explanation Of the
great sorrow that has entered
the authors life. He writes
about the death of his elev-
enth child, Annie, tells of the
happy memories of her, the
great love the family had for
her, and how she died in her
baptismal innocence.
THE MYSTERY of death
begins to unfold for him and
he then realizes that only
through death can one enter
into eternal life. Here is truly
a man, or maybe one might
say an entire family who has
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firm the Monsignor's point
and add another one: st. John
Vianney was not a Casper
Milquetoast type, as he ap-
pears in popular art. He spoke
to his people forthrightly,
directly without timidity on
moral issues.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
his frankness in correcting
and exhorting his flock, makes
most priests today look con-
sentative indeed.
Most of the sermons in this
volume were written in the
early part of the Saints pas
toral ministry in AIRS, which
it is said, was a town that
needed reformation.
HE SPOKE MOSTLY of
morality and shows a good
deal of research in his eff
forts.
We have always heard that
his eloquence came not from
his manner of presentation
but from his evident SINGER
ity. This comes through even
on the printed page,
The success of the Cure of
AIRS in the pulpit may be trac-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-10
Reviewed by
WILLIAM A. ALLEN
St, James fhe Less Parish

st. James the Less Parish
Family Man" by Eu-
gene S. Geissler is a very
heart warming and
thought : provoking book
Mr.. Geissler presents this
series of essays and reflections
concerning the "husbandsfa-
Their" and his relation to the
image of Christ in an easy, in
formal style and manner.
The author, from a large
family himself, is the father
of twelve children and lives
near Granger, Indiana. One
must commend him for his
knowledge and understand
ing of Christ's teachings and
his application of these prin-
eiples in his role as a father.
In this book, he writes of
the typical days in the average
home with its ups and downs,
trials and tribulations, joys
and sorrows, especially in the
light of the father Of the
house. Throughout the chap
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-10

Even without these practical
results, it is a fine piece of
modern travel literature.
Maureen Days Spanish
Roundabout (Dodd Mead,
5000 is one of two books in
what seems to be a new SER
les for young travellers. Hav-
ing lived for long and travel
ed widely in Spain, and know
ing we'll the approach that
appeals to teen-agers, Miss
DAILY has written a most USE
full guidebook of a special
sort.
IT'S COMPLEMENT, Claire
Huchet Bishops French
Roundabout Oodd, Mead, S4l
is considerably longer, and
uses a different approach. In
stead of the guide.plus-history
formal, Mrs. Bishop follows
two young American contest
winners, a girl from California
and a boy from Michigan, as
they traverse France. About
twice as long as the DAILY
book, this provides more de-
tailed history and more in the
way of contemporary descrip-
ton of French life and Gus
toms. It is also much more
fully Illustrated with fine
photographs and even some
music for French folksongs.
THE HISTORICAL and cul-
tural, rather than the travel
book approach, mark Alice
Curtayne'S The Irish Story
(Kenedy, $685.; and great en-
phasis is placed upon Irish
art and literature. Inc DOCK S
perspective is so arranged,
too, that modern times are
pointed up, with separate
chapters on the great 18th
century trio of O'Connell, Da-
witt, and Parnell and on the
Rising of 1916.
It is hard to cover a 5000
year period really satisfactor-
lily in a bit more than 200
pages, but there is much de-
mand today for bird's-eye
views of large chunks of his
tory, and a section of "Notes"
has many suggestions for col
lateral readings.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-06-10
Books OF the Hour
Some Good Books
For Travellers
by Fir. Bernard Theall. O.S.B.

The State Department
expects some hundreds of
thousands of Americans
to apply for and to use
passports during the sum-
mer months, and Europe will
be the goal of most of them.
For UNDERSTANDABLE and
for armchair roamers, here
are four new books about
countries of largely Catholic
interest:
Rupert Croft Cooke, an
Englishman who has been
long interested in Spain and
its culture, is the author of
Through Spain with Don
ouixote (Knopf, So.
AS Walter Starkie, in his
wonderful travel-diary, The
Road TO Santiago, uses for a
frame or reference the class
ical routes followed by pill
grims to the shrine Of Saint
James at Compostela, so Mr.,
Croft Cooke builds his Span
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ish journey about the three
journeys Of "sallies" made
by Cervantes' great here.
BEFORE STARTING on his
first juorney from the North
African city of Tangiers), the
author sketches biographical
and some literary background
about Cervantes and his hero.
The journey proper then takes
him roughly from southern
Spain to the northern termin-
us of Barcelona, in three in
stallments. Outstanding among
the Andalusian cities visited
in the first sally" are Seville
and Cordoba, and the first
ends at the home of Quixote's
companion, Sancho Panza, the
village of Argamasilla de
Alba.
The second journey centers
about this village and is
roughly circular, with the en-
phasis upon the country roads
of Spain and the people to be
met thereon. In reproducing
the racy conversation of truck
drivers and carriers met at
roadside inns, the author
points out the direct contin-
uity that exists between them
and their fellows of Ceramics
own time.
ON THIS TRIP, too, he dis
covered how we'll Spaniards
know the wanderings of the
Don, for when he found him
self off the literary paths he
had planned to follow, the
ordinary folk eating and
drinking at the local caravan
series always seemed to know
just which roads he was look
ing for.
The third sally" follows
the most complicated route
of all, with much doubling
back on itself, and the most
interesting, perhaps, as cover
ing a large part of the fascin-
ating Catalonian country, in
Guiding the great monastery
of Montserrat and the city of
Barcelona. Throughout, Mr..
Croft Cooke discovers that he
is never far from Don Quiz
ote and the kind of people
and things the Knight himself
encountered.
The BOOK OUGHT to do
two things for its readers:
make them want to visit Spain
as quickly as possible, and to
read or reread Don Ouixofe.