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The Sidney herald., 1960-03-09
Air
Force
News

This week as in previous weeks
I VIII give you a brief run down
on another of our senior members.
he IS the last of our majors. He
Is Maj. Miles W. Pepper.
Mai. Pepper was born in the
town of Elk, California. He en-
tered the service in 1912 and
went 70 flying cadets and received
his commission.
He served in the European
theater during the Second World
War. He started by flying IS
missions IN Bits, then changed
over 10 fly FISTS.
He was released from the SER
vice in 1915 and joined the re-
serves at the same time. He was
a 1St 1t. when released.
Maj. Pepper now resides in
WTlliSton, N. Oak, with his wife
Barbara and his two daughters,
Polly and Carol and his two sons
Miles and Brian.
He works for Amerada Petro-
teum Co., as a geologist. Another
part of his accomplishments is
that he has a bachelor of arts
degree from the University o.
Calf, and a masters degree from
the Butte School of Mines il
Butte, Montana.
Maj. Pepper also drives from
WilliSton to Sidney to attend on.
meetings.
We have four members tina
drive long distances to attend on
meetings, SO you can see we hav
a good unit.
Any of you prior Servicemel
that would like more informa
ton on u unit are welcome. t
attend cur meetings which ar
held in the local grade school %
Tuesday evenings at 8 o'clock.
At our last meeting we had GU
regular lesson and discuSsio
period, after which we had
movie from the local Telephon
office and Maj. Packer who is tn
manager.
We hope that through thes
articles we can show you peopl
what type of unit we have an
also try to get a few new men
The Sidney herald., 1960-03-09

MIR. and Mrs. Afford Balls have
returned from a delightful months
vacation, most of which was spent
in Mesa, Arizona, where they en-
joyed the company of many Sid
ney friends. They returned by
way of California for a several
days stop at places of interest
there. They made the trip by car
and travelled nearly 5000 miles.
Mrs. Chester F. Holt of Hyatts-
willie, Maryland, and Mrs. John
Eastlick of Christmas, Arizona,
who came to Sidney to attend
funeral services for their mother,
the late Mrs. w. J. Williams, left
over the weekend to return to
their respective homes.
Bruce Kennedy, nephew of MIR.
and Mrs. Herbert Benzinger, has
been elected to the office of vice
president of his fraternity, the
Sigma Phi Epsilon at Montana
State College in Bohemian. Bruce
is a graduate of the Sidney High
School and is now in his sophie
more year at Montana State Col
lege.
Gary Hall left by plane the first
of the week for Great Falls
where he will take the physica,
examination for entrance to the
Air Force Academy at Colorado
Springs.
DR.. and Mrs. r.. D. Harper re-
turned Monday from a weekend
spent at their farm near Motley
Mimi. They were joined there by
their son Bob and his wife, wht
came down from Duluth, Mimi, tx
visit with them.
Mrs. Nora Rennie left Sunda,
for a visit with brothers ant
their families in Fergus Falls
Mimi, after which she will go on
to Minneapolis for the tranSactio.
of business matters.
Mrs. Annette Olsen went to Grea
t Falls by plane last Wednesday t
r be with her daughter, Mrs. Dare
. Beecher, whao was under hoSpita
care for several days with
1 severe attack of flu. She is NOV
recuperating at her home. Mr.!
D Olsen will stay at the Beeche
e home until her daughter has full
recovered.
DIR. and Mrs. Harley Carlson {
r Rochester, Mimi, visited friend
in Sidney last Friday on the.
a arrival here to attend the Kvaale
e = Johnson wedding. They WEI
berS. We can always use MOI
e members.
Watch for this colmun ne,
d week and I'll bring you anoth'
: article on one Of our members.
The Sidney herald., 1960-03-09
TREASURER STATE
HOMEMAKERS CLUB MEETS

Monday evening seventeen
members of the Treasure State
Homemaker Club met at the home
of Mrs. Carl Neckels. Nina Yer
hasselt gave an interesting lesson
on Personality Growth. We were
honored with one visitor. Mrs.
Pearl Redding was co-hosteSs.
Mrs. Otto Williams won the door
prize.
The Sidney herald., 1960-03-09
FOUND!

Customer found most gorgeous
new multi-colored high riser neck
lace at John Stockhill jewelers..
8-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1960-03-09

.berS. We can always use more
members.
Watch for this colmun next
week and I'll bring you another
article on one of our members.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

or the John Richards farm near
Sandtown, and the smallest, but
still very important, job was 400
feet on the Russell Perry farm
near Frederick.
Often two or more neighbors
cooperate to improve their drain
age when they use the same
ditch. Five such neigh
borly undertakings were per-
formed during the year: James
H. Denney and c. A. Nichols,
Cheswold; Marguerite Keye S
and Walter Conley, Blackiston;
D. Reynolds Robbins and Arthur
H. Baker, Frederick; VIM. R.
Collision and Herbert Wright,
Clayton; Daniel B. Mast, Henry
Y. Mast, and ]. Spencer Scotton,
Dover.
Another major conservation
practice established during the
year was the construction of Is
farm ponds. Like drainage and
many other practices, the major
ity of these ponds were estab-
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

lished with financial assistance
through the local ASC office.
This popular conservation prac-
tice makes good use of water
that would, in most cases flow
into the brackish water of the
bay. Many farmers, like Frank
Zimmerman near Leipsic, con-
struct ponds in connection with
an irrigation system that calls
for wise and efficient use of wa
ter to prevent waste and soil
damage. John Moor on the Ralph
Wilson farm near Little Creek,
built a pond so that his cattle
could obtain water in a central
location, yet still have their
grazing rotated to promote good
pasture management. 9th r
farmers like A. L. Gaskin near
Dover, constructed ponds for re-
creation and beauty in a once
useless area; or, like Fred Will
liams of Hartly, established a
farm pond for fish under the
Conservation Reserve Program.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

led her class to Philadelphia on
Tuesday of last week. They Wis
tied several points of interest.
Mrs. Fred Arndt spent last
week in Washington.
Marydel Civic Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. Leonard Cow
ell on Thursday evening. Mrs.
George Luff will be co-hostess.
Miss Margaret Smith, Mrs.
Mary Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Butts spent Tuesday even
ing with MIR. and Mrs. Norman
Melvin and Mr.. Clyde Poore, at
Clayton.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sowada, Cam
den, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Michael Olphie. She called
on other friends while here.
Several members of the Hart
ly-Marydel Cub Scouts and their
scoutmasters attended worship
service at Calvary Church on
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Carl Heinle, Short Hills,
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

N. j., spent the long weekend
with her brother and family, MIR.
Thomas Heather.
The regular monthly meeting
of the W.S.C.S. of Calvary Meth
odist Church will be held at the
church on Tuesday, March l, at
7:3O pm. There will be a short
business meeting followed by a
lecture and movies by Miss
Anne Carman, a missionary, who
recently returned from Tangier.
Mrs. Daniel Isles, Newark, N.
j., and Miss Susan Heinle, Short
Hills, N. j., spent the weekend
with their aunt and family, Mrs.
Leonard Covell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Covell
entertained at dinner on Sunday
Mrs. Carl Heinle, Mrs. Daniel
Isles and Miss Susan Heinle, all
of New Jersey, and Mr.. and Mrs
William Torbert and children,
Lisa and Billy, of Dover; and MIR
and Mrs. Thomas Heather ano
son, Tommy, of town.
On Saturday evening a cock
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

There are over 100 ponds in
Kent County.
The Soil Conservation Service
technicians gave on-the-farm as
sistance to 565 farmers in the
county during 1859. An addi-
tional SO farmers became coop
orators of the Kent County Soil
Conservation District during the
year. There are now nearly 1000
farmers cooperating with this
organization of Kent County
farmers and landowners.
Those who have recently be-
come Soil Conservation District
cooperators are: John Green,
Cheswold; Howard Warner, Mil
ford; ]. Herman Cook, Clayton;
p. Seldom Raughley, Frederick;
ID. ]. Branagan and w. E. Kin
sey, Smyrna; VIM. c. Boyer III
and John Olin Gooden, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25
Soil Conservation
Practices Gaining
FoothOId In Kent

The growing need for more
efficient farming with sound soil
and water conservation prac-
tees has kept the Soil Conser-
vavtion District and Soil Con-
servation Service technicians
mighty busy this past year, says
Fred Mott, work unit conserva-
zionist for the Soil Conservation
Service in Kent County.
During 1859 fifty-two farmers
in Kent County improved their
operations by developing sys-
tematic drainage on their wet
cropland. twenty-five miles of
bitches were constructed. The
largest drainage job during the
year was $3.50 feet of bitches
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25

tail party was held at the home
of MIR. Frank Wolenter. MIR. VOL
enter entertained eight members
of the Lution's Club of Dover.
Following the party the group
attended the dance held at the
parish house in Marydel.
Mrs. Henry Luton flew to De-
troit on Thursday evening to at
tend the funeral of an uncle.
Smyrna times., 1960-02-25
Marydel

Miss Sandra Ware accompan-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
sHIYERLNG NEEDLES, TANGLEs OF WIRE
D. c. Society Recording 2 Operas

hear him talking to the singer
and orchestra. They laughed.
Mr.. Mcclure didn't.
Mr.. Mcclure checked a stop
watch on the table in front Of
him, then said loudly: Stand
by, part three, insert one, take
five. Erwartung." Buttons
clicked. lights flickered and
tapes began to spin.
Again the sopranos voice
split the room wide open. The
needles on the nine dials that
controlled the nine micro
phones spaced throughout the
orchestra almost jumped out Of
their glass skin. ..
Mr.. Mcclure reached for the
phone quickly. Another con-
sultation, then again: Stand
by, part three, insert two, take
one" More buttons, lights,
tapes and singing.
She should be over there
on the right so you can hear
the strings" he said to no one
In particular as he made q
note on the score in pencil.
Again the music stopped and
he was back on the phone:
Listen. Bob. she's doing the
whole thing having to do with
the corpse on the left. She
should be more toward the
center"
Let's go back to 1872" he
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said, indicating q number on
the score. Here we 60, last
take"
Hour on Hour
And so it went yesterday
from II am. to 2 pm. and
again from 3 pm. to 6 pm.
Blinking lights. Spinning
tapes. Hurried consultations
on the phone. And stops and
starts. Always stops and
starts.
I'VE get only about IS min
utes Of disable material out Of
every three-hour session." Mr..
Mcclure said. I'VE take all this
back. listen to it and splice it
together to make the final
recording the customers buy. "
At exactly 2 pm, Mr.. Nc
Cures voice doomed out, OF
a loudspeaker on stage: That's
good. Thank you, everybody.
See you in an hour"
The musicians and techni-
cans drifted away to find some
lunch. The soprano, Helga
Pilarczyk. followed by an en-
courage, disappeared into the
rainy afternoon. Conductor
Craft rushed to the control
room, stripped to the waist
ana was rubbed down by two
assistants.
Mr.. Mcclure took to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
The Star Receivers
The Civil War

BACKGROUND TO CONFLICT-1ss1 ushers in the
centennial OF the Civil War Because The Star is
the only surviving Washington newspaper that COW
cred the biggest story Of the 10th century 1t will
present each week in Sunday, The Star Magazine
the story OF the war reported by The Star of
l86l-65 The first chapter Of the series Back
ground to Conflict" appears New Years Day.
"OLD GLORY AT THE CROSSROADS Starting also
sunday The Star will present a new comic section
feature based on the Civil War and bearing this
title The first instalmen brings you I'D to date on
the events preceding the conflict
Nv COVER GIRL-Nanette Fabray graces the cover Of
The Stars TV Magazine Other features In color
on Tennessee Ernie Ford and Dick Powell team with
more complete program information for the week
beginning Sunday.
THE UNITED STATES AND SPACE-Where have we
been IN the space race, where we now and where
are we going? Dr. Wernher Won Braun takes stock
OF Americas position in the space age in This Week
Magazine.
TEENS PICK MAN OF-THE- YEAR-Youth looks with
high hopes at 1861. It also looks back at 1860 to
pick the man they think contributed most to the
world during the year. TEEN Magazine presents
teen-agers' choices
AIR RESOLUTIONS-St Travel Editor Jack Jonas
drafts set Of New Years resolutions for the airline
that wants to be a model carrier.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

andria Hospital after he was
treated for flrst-degree burns
Of the face.
-Four occupants Of upstairs
apartments were given oxygen
by firemen after they were over
come by smoke, which de-
stroyed the Stanley's newly fur
nished apartment.
Fire officials today were still
investigating the cause Of the
fire.
Mrs. Susan Stanley told po-
lice her husband opened a hall
closet after smelling smoke.
Flames burst from the closet,
burning him.
The couple ran from the
apartment, but MIR. Stanley
returned, she said, to try to
halt the fire.
Mrs. Stanley estimated dam
age to the contents Of the
apartment at nearly $1,000.
She said the loss is insured. Z
Taken from a third floor
balcony and given oxygen by
flremen were Marie r. Carroll,
"a: Maxwell G.. Carroll. 80;
Gloria Dimassis, IS, and Stan
ley Dimassas. 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Water Floods
Home as Car
Hits Hydrunt

A fire hydrant, apparently
broken of by a car hurrying
along Sheridan road Sc. this
morning. became a guSher that
flooded the yard and home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard "A. Miller
at 3040 Stanton road Sc.
Water also poured down onto
Suitland parkway, slowing rush
hour traffic.
The car did not stop and Mrs.
Miller thus did not discover
the broken hydrant until water
seeped into her two-story frame
home at z am. Outside she
found q leaping gusher.
Before the water could be
turned of at $40 am. water
rose to Q feet in the back rooms
Of the house and about a foot
in the living room. The yard,
a basin-shaped area near the
foot Of a hill. collected the wa
ter to a depth of 3 feet.
MY Christmas tree is Just
floating in there" said Mrs.
Miller. Furniture in the homes
dining room, living room, den
and kitchen was damaged.
Asked about the delay in
turning of the water, an on
cial Of the District Water Oper-
atoms Division said it hurried
employees to the scene as quickly
as possible. He said they were
not sure at first whether the
water came from a hydrant or
from one Of the three water
mains in the area.
Mr.. Miller, a guard at the
Federal Services Building, had
not returned from Work when
the hydrant broke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

stage to rearrange the orches-
tra's chairs for another three
hour recording session-this
time Stravinsky's lie Ros-
signol."
The recording schedule calls
for "Erwartung" to be COM
pleted today and lie Rossignol"
on Saturday, which means that
Mr.. Stravinsky, the principals.
orchestra and chorus may find
themselves spending New Years
Eve in chilly Constitution Hall.
Well wind up the recording
session on Saturday no matter
how long it takes. and it prob
ably will take an overtime
session." Mr.. Mcclure said.
The customers can expect
to find the recordings. the first
ever made by the opera so.
ciety, on the market I'm six or
nine months or perhaps q
year" Mr.. Mcclure said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
BY JOHN NEARY
Star stan Writer

Overcrowding in Alexandria's
high schools may mean double
sessions next year in some
grades for the first time in
nearly 80 years.
To avoid doubling up, School
Supt. T. c. williams will ask
the school board, probably at
its January 4 budget meeting
to shift an estimated 500 eighth
graders from Hammond High
School into Jefferson and
Stonewall Jackson Schools.
Mr.. Williams termed the
problem "the result Of pro-
crastination" by city heads "in
not building a school," Contro-
versy over a proposed site has
blocked acquisition.
FL New Teachers
The shift would mean an
estimated $4,000 in salaries
for 81 additional teachers and
nearly $4,000 for repairs to
Jackson, slated for abandon
ment, Mr.. Williams said.
The only alternative to the
shift, the superintendent said,
is double sessions at Hammond
in the eighth and possibly other
grades.
He said he expects the board
to approve the proposal. Re-
quests for the necessary funds,
however. would have to be ap-
proved by the city council as
part Of the school budget.
Under the proposal, about
200 eighth graders would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Alexandria High School
Faces Double Sessions

shifted to Jackson and 300 to
Jefferson.
The $4,000 for repairs to
jackson would go mainly for
work on the roof, furnace and
cafeteria.
Sees Smaller Glasses
The additional teachers would
be necessary, Mr.. Williams said,
because smaller classes would
be possible after the shift.
Eighth-grade classes at Ham
mond now, he said, are larger
than they should be-" averaging
more than 20 pupils.
To Mr.. williams, who repeat
eddy has predicted that a tidal
wave of pupils from the elemen-
tary grades would swamp the
high schools, the problem at
Hammond is a bad dream come
true.
He has called for fast action
toward a new high school,
which he estimates will cost
nearly So million and take three
years to build, to ease the
burden on the existing schools.
Hammond. built in 1856 for
about l,700 pupils. has a cur
rent enrolment Of about 1900.
The city's other predominantly
white high school, George
Washington, was built for 1900
and now has about 1900.
Parker Gray High School, pre-
dominantly Negro, isfilled to its
designed capacity with 500 pu-
pills.
The school board without
success has asked for council
approval Of budget requests for
a new high school since 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30

THE SECOND ITEM start
ed with SOUTH CAROLINA
SECEDES."
Items on subsequent days
reported that President Blu
chanan had ordered REIN
forcements and supplies sent
to Mai. Anderson at Fort
Sumter. That's about all he
did do.
It was more than two
months to the change Of ad-
ministration. AS the day ap-
preached, the President-elect
was sneaked into town, ar
irving unannounced and un-
greeted at 6 am.
Lincoln closed his inaugu-
raj address with an appeal
that failed but with a proph-
ecy that has been realized.
I'm your hands, my dis
satisfied fellow-countrymen,
and not in mine, is the mo-
mentous issue of civil war.
The Government will not as
sail you. You can have no
conflict without being your
selves the aggressors. You
have no oath registered in
Heaven to destroy the Gov
eminent, while / shall have
the most solemn one to pre-
serve, protect and defend it.
II am loath to close. We
are not enemies but friends.
We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have
strained 1t must not break
our bonds of affection. The
mystic chords of memory,
stretching from every battle
field and patriot grave to
every living heart and
hearthstone all over this
broad land, will yet swell
the chorus of the Union,
when again touched, as sure
ly they will be, by the better
angels of our nature"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
TV NETWORKS BAN
BEER SPONSORSHIP
OF INAUGURATION

NEW YORK CAP),.-The
three major television net
works have closed the door
to beer-company sponsor
ship of TV coverage of the
Inauguration of President
elect Kennedy.
They said so last night
in commenting on a protest
by the New York State
Council of Churches,
which said that it had
heard reports a beer COM
pany would be a sponsor
and that council members
were disturbed.
A spokesman for the In
augural Committee had
said the committee would
not take IAN arbitrary
position If a beer COM
pany" wanted to be a
sponsor.
But the networks said a
beer company would have
nothing to do with inau-
gural coverage. The Ma
tional BroadcaSting Co.
said a soap company would
be its sponsor. The Column
bia Broadcasting Co. named
a hosiery company. The
American Broadcasting Co.
said it had not lined up O
sponsor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
AIexondrion Burned
AT Apartment Blaze

A 33-year-old Alexandria re-
search firm executive was
burned last night in q fire that
broke out in a closet In his
apartment. Four other persons
were overcome by smoke in the
blaze.
Thomas Stanley Of 1921 San
ger avenue, assistant to the
president Of Atlantic Research
Corp. was released from Alex
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Post Office Project
To Sturt in Berwyn

Work will start shortly OH
construction of a new post
Office building at Berwyn, Md.
The building on Branchville
road at Fifty-first street will
house the branch of the Col
lege Park Post Office, expected
to be ready for use next August.
A contract for its construc-
ton has been awarded to the
Douglas Development Corp. Of
Baltimore, it was announced
yesterday by Postmaster Gen.
eral Arthur E. Summerfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-12-30
Bus Depreciation
Rate Change Is Hit
Transit Expert
Forecasts Use
Of Antiques
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Stan Writer

A consultant for the D. c.
Transit System declared today
bus riders will have to use
museum pieces" If the Public
Utilities Commission adopts q
proposed change in the COM
pany depreciation allowances.
He said the move would
mean D. C. Transit would
have to continue operating
some buses for Is years instead
Of retiring them after 10 to
Is years of service.
The P. U. C. staff has sug-
geSted reducing depreciation
allowed on buses by extending
the average bus life from IL
years to II years.
The change, the P. o. c. staff
contends, would eliminate need
for a fare increase the company
is now seeking. The company
is petitioning the P. U. c. to
allow it to charge 95 cents
for four tokens instead Of the
present rate of five tokens for
81. The current 25-cent cash
fare and 10-cent school fare
would remain the same.
Public Reaction Seen
Hawley S. Simpson, an engi-
neering consultant of Phila-
delphia, said the 17-year aver
age life for the company's bus
fleet would hurt transit serv-
ice. He said the company, to
get its full depreciation on a
l7-year average basis, would
have to continue in service q
number of buses for Is years.
He said the riding public
probably would resist use of
such old buses.
Were missing the boat If
we expect the riding public to
accept a bus in 1860 that was
built in 1885," he declared. Mr..
Simpson said he has never
come across an instance in any
other city where 25-year old
buses have remained in transit
service.
Mr.. Simpson took issue with
the P. U. C. STATS analysis Of
the bus depreciation picture.
He said the analysis did not
take into consideration certain
abnormal" periods.
Abnormal Periods Cited
He pointed out that fewer;
buses than normal were retired
from active transit service dur.
ing World War II, the years
Louis Wolfson controlled the
predecessor company and more
recently with the conversion Of
streetcar lines to bus operation.
BY making adjustments for
this. Mr.. Simpson said, the
average life for D. C. Transit's
buses would be closer to 15ka
years instead Of the nearly IT
years suggested by the P. U. C.
staff conSultantS.
Attorneys for public inter-
venors fighting any fare in
crease submitted a statement to
the P. U. c. by Robert Strom-
berg, used by citizens groups as
their chief consultant, calling
for a reduction in the cash fare
to 20 cents and that the five
tokens for 81 rate remain the
same.