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that in almost every other
country. and at every other
time in the world history,
would have been regarded as
the utmost in luxury.
Also. we in America seem
to have cast the die-for the
present at least-for extrere-
ly high birth rates and for
an increase in the ratio of
dependents. children, nom
producers, to producers in
our working force.
Follows Curve
over the past so years,
housing has closely followed
the population curve. Our
population is now growing at
well over 3 million a year. At
present rates. our population
is expected to reach l95 mil
lion by 1865; 2l4 million by
1870
This population explosion
will not automatically guar
antee golden years for every
body connected with the
building industry. 1t will be
a different kind of population
growth, with most of it COM
ing in the younger and older
groups - with some disap-
pearance of middle-age
groups.
The number of men be-
tween 80 and 40 will show a
decrease of nearly a million
persons in the decade ahead.
To provide housing for the
elderly and the youngish
newly married couples, we
will need a shelter require
ment of about 16 million
units over the next 10 years,
but a shelter requirement
that represents no significant
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04

Last year the Delaware Associ-
alton was host for the Roadeo,
which was held in New Castle.
Roadeo rules are prepared by
the American Trucking Associ-
ations, and are standard at
Roadeos all over the country.
Judges will include experienced
officials from insurance compan-
les and police forces in the four
state area. The Roadeo tests in
clude a written examination on
safety, first aid and fire fighting,
a practical examination on in
specting vehicles, and a driving
test that covers straight and
winding courses between OBJ
stacles, stopping, and parking in
curb positions, alley docks, and
Offset alleys. Contestants are
sponsored by their employers,
who pay all expenses. The driv-
ers entered in the Roadeo repre-
sent the safest, most skilled and
experienced men who can be
found behind the wheel of a mo-
tor vehicle.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Two Local Drivers Entered in Sixth
Annual Mid-Atlantic Truck Roadeo

Amos Mast of Clayton and
Carlton Steele of Smyrna will
represent this area in the Sixth
Annual Mid-Atlantic Truck
Roadeo, to be held in Philadel-
phia August l8 to 20. MIR. Mast,
who is driver for Coastal Tank
Lines, is entered in the tanker
class. Mr.. Steele, who drives for
Slaughter B Beverage Co., will
compete in the tandem axle
trailer class. U.S.A.C. Transport,
Inc, another local firm, will also
be represented by one of its top
drivers. Drivers will compete in
demonstrations of knowledge,
safety and skill for champion
ships in four classes of vehicles
straight truck, single axle
trailer, tandem axle trailer, and
tank trailer. Only drivers who
have had no accidents during
the preceding year are eligible.
The Roadeo is sponsored jointly
by the Delaware Motor Trans
port Association and the truck
ing associations of New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and M arylan d !.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
St. Peters Have
Sioux Indian AS
Guest Speaker

The Rev. Webster Two Hawk,
"a Sioux Indian, rector of st.
Peters Episcopal Church, Lake
Andes, S. D., was the guest
speaker at the II o'clock service
at St. Peters Church, Smyrna,
last Sunday. He told of his
work in the Yankton Mission
covering forty miles in South
Dakota on an Indian reserva-
tion, which includes one parish
and four mission churches. He
also paid tribute to the Ma
tional Protestant Episcopa
Church for their strong support
in the mission field. He was
a classmate of the Rev. Pinck-
ney Corsa, rector of st. Anne's
Episcopal Church, Middletown,
who has been in charge of SER
vices at ST. Peters Church dur
ing the month of July. MIR. Corsa
conducted the service on Sun
day and presented the guest.
Regular services will be resum-
ed at st. Peters Church on the
eighth Sunday after Trinity,
August 7, in charge of the rec
tor, the Rev. F. Sydney Ban
croft, who will return from his
vacation spent in the Province
of Quebec, Canada. MIR. Ban
croft will also officiate at SER
vices at St. Anne's Church, Mid
dletown, during the month of
August, held at $50 a. m, each
Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
GLENN w. BUSKER GEORGE D. WTiALEY
Battles Loom In Democratic Primary;
Representative Post Top Fight Here

lives on Mt. Vernon Street with
his wife and fifteen-year-old son.
George d. Whaley
This is the second attempt for
George D. Whaley for the seat
in the House of Representatives.
Mr.. Whaley is a lifelong Demo
crat and his extremely strong
bid in the 1858 primary caus-
ed many old-time leaders to take
notice. He is employed as a
block operator for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and is a mem
ber of Asbury Methodist Church,
V. F. w. Post, No. 1901, and
the Citizens Hose Company. He
resides on Delaware Street with
his wife and four children.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Land Purchased
By Presbyterians

A 5000 square-foot lot has
been purchased by the First
Presbyterian Church of Smyrna,
it was announced today by Mr..
Benjamin F. Johnson, president
of the church's Board of Trus-
tees. The property, which is
located behind the prese EN-
church property on West Com
merce Street, will be the site of
The new addition planned by
she church. Preliminary draw
ings have already been submit
ted, according to Mr.. James E.
Everhart, building committee
chairman. Studies are now be-
ing made by the church officers
in consultation with denomin-
ational experts. In September
the congregation will meet to
hear and discuss the plans which
have been made. Mr.. Everhart
noted that all directly connect
ed with the project were en-
thusiastic and anxious to get
definite plans completed as soon
as possible.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Smyrna Assigned
New Recruiter

SIC Thomas F. Kirwan, new.
ly assigned U. S. Army Recruit
er for the Dover area, will be
at the Post Office in Smyrna
every Tuesday from 200 p. m.
to 300 p. m. He will be at the
Dover Post Office every Tues
day, Thursday and Friday from
$50 a. m. to LOO p. m. All eIig.
ible young men are urged to-
inquire into the many opportun-
tiles made available by the
Army today. Numerous school
openings exist, overseas assign
ments and assignments to the
Air Defense Command are in
abundance. Young men who are
high school graduates and are
not going on to college this year
should give these opportunities
utmost consideration.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Legion Auxiliary
Presents Flag to
Altar of Nation

Two Smyrna WON n were
among the three representatives
of the Department of Delaware,
American Legion Auxiliary, who
presented a Delaware state flag
to the Altar of the Nation in
the Cathedral of the Pines at
Hndge, N. H., on Saturday. The
presentation was made at a
brief ceremony on Saturday at
2 p. M, and from that time the
flag from the auxiliary will be
on display at what is one of the
nations most unique shrines.
The Legion Auxiliary represen-
tatives who presented the state
flag were Mrs. George Scout, an
alternate national Xecutiv e
committeewoman and a former
state president; Mrs. Clay Bail
ey, Kent County vice president
of the auxiliary, both of Smyr-
ma, and Mrs. Donald R. Hyland,
Laurel immediate past president
of the auxiliary. They left Dow
er with a formal send-off from
1t. Gov. David P. Buckson, re-
presenting Gov. ]. Caleb Boggs.
The trio of auxiliary leaders
took along a supply of liter
ature provided by the State De-
velopment Department. At each
stop to and from Hindge they
extended an invitation to "See
the First State-First-in 60" The
literature is descriptive of the
attractions offered by Delaware.
Mrs. Hyland presented the flag
to Douglas Sloane who, with
Mrs. Sloane, initiated the move
ment resulting in construction
of the open-air Cathedral of the
Pines as a memorial to their
son, 1t. Sanderson Sloane, and
all other American war dead.
Delaware has been represented
in the altar by a stone from
near Cooch's Bridge. The stone
was presented by the Delaware
Society, Sons of the American
Revo luton, some years ago
when the altar was being con-
structed. In recent years vari-
Gus floral pieces from Delaware
organizations and individuals
have been placed on and near
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Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Smyrna Lad Vies
Sunday in Finals
OF National Safe
Driving Roadeo

James Fischer, l6, son of MIR.
and Mrs. George P. Fischer, near
Smyrna, is one of the 81 ma
tional finalists who will partici-
pate in the 9th annual National
Teen Age Safe Driving Road-e-o
in Washington, D. c., August T.
IL. Young Fischer was the local
winner in a contest with twelve
contestants held Saturday, May
Y, and was declared the state
winner at the contest held in
Smyrna on Sunday, June 5. He
is the third Smyrna boy to re-
present the state of Delaware
in the national contest, previous
winners having been Barry
Pritchard in 1859 and William
Pritchard in 1857. The Nation
al Teen Age safe driving event
is sponsored by the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce in cooperation with the
American Trucking Associations;
Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety; The Chrysler Corpora
ton and the Pure Oil Company
in the interest of traffic safety.
The teen ayers $50 boys and l
girD are the cream of the crop
of the more than 100000 who
took part in preliminary tests
on city and state levels in al
most 1000 communities in the
United States and District of
Columbia in the spring months
of the year. During their stay
in the nations capital the state
champions will undergo a series
of tough tests including attitude
exam; rules of the road, road
test in traffic in Washington, D.
c.; skill driving test on DC
Armory floor, and psycho-physi-
cal test to determine reaction
to given instruction on a speci-
ally constructed machine. The
three top winners in the COM
petition will be announced at
an awards banquet Thursday
evening at the Statler Hotel in
the nations capital. First place
winner receives a $1,000 college
scholarship; second place, a ST.
500 scholarship; and third place,
ST 1000 prize.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Dover Eliminates
Little Leaguer's
TournamentHopes

Smyrna-Clayton's tournament
team was ousted by Dover in
the second round of their state
Little League playoffs here Mon
day evening. The local all-stars
had moved into quarter final
play by defeating the Dover Air
Force Base entry last Friday at
Dover. Dover's Steve Lonski
tossed a two-hitter in downing
Smyrna-C layton So. Jimmy
Robinson put Dover out in front
with a first-inning homer. The
winners added four more runs
in the third to put the game on
ice. Smyrna scored two runs in
the fifth as a result of two walks,
a hit batsman and an error. Do
yer collected nine hits, four COM
ing in the hectic third.
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Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Fishing Rodeo
Day Proclaimed
By Governor

Saturday, August 20, the date
for the staging of the third an
nual statewide Delaware Junior
Fishing Rodeo, was this week
officially designated by Cover
nor ]. Caleb Boggs as Della
ware Fishing Rodeo Day." Lo--
cally the event will be conduct>
ed at Lake Como under the
sponsorship of V. F. w. Post
No. 1901, Clayton. John e.
Cooper is general chairman and'
is being assisted by William
Bowers and William Long. The.
contest will be held between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. M.
The Town of Smyrna, cooperat-
ing with the local committee,
has announced that boating will
not be allowed on the lake dur
ing these hours. Free hot dogs
and soft drinks will be served
all contestants and prizes will
be awarded. Top local boy and
girl winners will attend a ban
quet to be held in Dover, Aug
ust %, where the 1860 state
fishing King" and Queen" will
be crowned.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
No Corrado For
Smyrna in COOL;
School Officials
Express Regrets

Smyrna School Officials ex-
pressed regret today that no ex-
change student through the Am
erican Field Service will be sent
to the Smyrna High School dur
ing the l960-6l school year.
This announcement was made
in letter to the School Offic-
ials by the American Field Ser
vice on July 8, 1860. Last year
Corrado Melega, an exchange
student from Italy, spent ten
months in the Smyrna High
School as a student of the sem
ior class. He lived in the home
of Bill Willis, well-known local
merchant. 1t was hoped that
another student could be OBJ
tanned for the l960-6l school
year. The student exchange
program is headed by group
of local citizens who work in
cooperation with the school in
obtaining a student. Students
are carefully screened before
they are sent to the school and
the American Field Service at
tempts to place students only
with families with whom they
will be compatible. 1t is hop
ed that by starting early in the
fall Smyrna will not only be
able to receive a student during
the following year but will be
able to send one of its students
overseas during the summer. All
of the funds will be carefully
held under the treasurership of
Charles Gee and will be ex-
pended for no purpose other
than the student exchange pro-
gram.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04

History is r epe a TIM G itself
more frequently in this area
politically that is, as again this
election year primary battles
loom for Democratic office seek.
ers. In the First Representative
District a fight is shaping up
for the State House of Repre-
sentatives seat between Glenn
w. Busker and George D.Whal-
ey. Mr.. Whaley opposed Char
les c. King in the 1858 primary
for the same post and was de-
feated in an extremely close
contest by slim AZ vote marg.
in. This looked like a three-way
contest up until Tuesday of this
week, when George M. Blendtt
who had filed early in July,
withdrew.
Four-Way Fight i'm Third
Out in the Third Representa-
tive District, (Clayton-Kenton
area), things are even hotter
with four candidates seeking
their party's nomination for
State Representative. They are
Carl F. Prettyman, c. Stanley
Short, Sr., G. Francis Downes
and Arnold Long. In the Second
Senatorial District, State Sen
ator Allen j. Cook, who is seek
ing another chance at that post
is being opposed by Nelson
Massey. There may be even
more candidates and contests
develop before the deadline fol
filing, midnight today, August 4
Glenn w. Busker
For Glenn w. Busker, this is
his first party endeavor, altho'
ugh he has had some election
experience having successfully
run for town council last Feb
ruary. He is a salesman al
Rothwell's Garage and a mem
Der of Asbury Methodist Church
Blue Lodge, No. 578, Prospect
Park, Pa, and also of the Scot
tish Rite Club, a thirty-second
degree Mason, Delaware Con
sistory. He holds membership
in the Kent-Sussex Scottish
Rite Club. Mr.. Busker attended
Hampton, Va. High School and
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Ruth Ellen Reihm
Given National
BPW' Appointment

Miss Ruth Ellen Reihm, Smy-
rna, was appointed chairman in
ternational relations. by Miss
Fannie Hardy, Little Rock, Ark,
newly-elected president of The
National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs.
Miss Hardy was elected nation
al president at the biennial con-
vention in Philadelphia, recent
ly concluded. Other officers
elected are: Miss Katherine Pc
den, Hopkinsville, KY, first vice
president; DR.. Minnie c. Miles,
Tuscaloosa, Ala, second vice
president; Miss Virginia Allan,
Wyandotte, Mich, third vice
president; Miss Helen Krauss,
st. Petersburg, Fla, national
treasurer; and Miss Mabel Nc
Clanahan, Appleton, Wise, ma
tional recording secretary. 9th
er national committee appoint
ments include, Mrs. Katheryn v.
Fitzgerald, Albany, N. Y, career
advancement; Miss Lois Fraz-
ier, Raleigh, N. c., finance; Mrs.
Ida E. Dickson, Anaconda, Mon
tana, health and safety; Mrs.
Agnes S. Merritt, Columbus,
Ohio, legislation; Miss A. Zola
Groves, Chicago, ILL.,, member
ship; Mrs. Hermine D. Tobolo-
wsky, Dallas, Texas, national
security; Mrs. Dorothy M. Ford,
Sherman Oaks, Calf, coordin-
alton; Miss Beverly Quinn, Wat
erloo, Iowa, public affairs; Mrs.
Elizabeth E. Chapman, Stock
ton, Calf, public relations.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Retail Group to
Greet Newcomers

This week the welcome COM
mittee of the Smyrna-Clayton
Retail Merchants Association
will start their project of call
ing on new people in this area.
This is one of the activities of
the association and Mrs. Evelyn
VESSEL heads the committee.
The women will distribute to all
newcomers gift. from each of
the nineteen members of the as
sociation; circulars from each of
the churches, announcing time
of services and name of clergy
man; a copy of The Smyrna
Times, as we'll as other gifts.
Mrs. VESSEL will be assisted by
other members of the commit
tee, including Mrs. Margaret
Storey, Mrs. Ruth Street, Mrs.
Kay Still, and Mrs. Margaret
Ruby. Martin Golden, president
of the association, has termed
the recent Dollar Day sales as
successful. Merchants were
pleased with the results and will
hold another similar project in
the spring. The merchants ex-
press their appreciation of the
patronage by people from the
two towns, as well as a wide
rural area.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Former SMYRNA
Girl Killed in
Freak Accident
In Newport, Maine

Mrs. Betty Jean Wharf, %,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Russell Foxwell, School Lane,
Smyrna, was killed instantly,
and her husband, Ralph Wharf,
Al, and three children were hos
pitalized when a runaway boat
trailer crashed into their car at
East Newport, Maine, July 25.
Mrs. Wharf was killed instant
ly, according to DR.. John Sulli-
van, Penobscot County medical
examiner, who pronounced her
dead at the scene.
Smyrna High Graduate
Mrs. Wharf was graduated
from the John Bassett Moore
High School in 1851. Her hus-
band had been employed by In
ternational Latex in Dover, and
four years ago was transferred
to Oak Lawn, ILL.,, where the
family lived. They were on the
way to visit MIR. Wharff's par
ents in Winterport, Maine when
the accident happened. Mr..
Wharf,, who suffered head in
juries and a lacerated jaw, was
released from Eastern Maine
General Hospital at Bangor. The
children, Dale 6, suffered a hand
injury and possible abdominal
injuries; David, 4, a leg fracture
and jaw injury; and Daralyn, 3,
contusions and abrasions. State
police said the Wharf vehicle
was proceeding east on Route
2 in East Newport when a trail
er, being hauled behind another
car travelling west, came loose
and rammed into the Illinois
car. The Wharf car, the boat
and trailer were demolished.
Because of lack of identification
on Mrs. Wharff's person and be-
cause of the condition of other
immediate members of her fam
lily, her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Ralph Hharff of Winterport,
Maine was called to the hospit-
al for identification purposes.
Buried at Bangor
Funeral services were held
Friday, July %, at the Metho-
dist Church at Winter or t.,
Maine, with interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
In addition to her husband and
children, she is survived by her
parents, brother, James and
sister, Jeanette, both of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Members Given
Quiz on Rotary

j., Reynolds Pratt, past dis
trict governor of the 760th dis
trict, was the master of cere-
monies in a quiz on Rotary at
the regular meeting of the Smy-
rna Rotary Club on Thursday
night. Many questions were
asked and answered pertaining
to the formation and existence
of Rotary to date. Clubs are
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Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
.Hartly Area to
Get New Phone
Number System

A new modern telephone num-
bering system is coming to Gyp-
sy (Hartly) in March, 1861. The
new system is known as All
Number Calling or "ANC" and
uses telephone numbers with
seven figures it was announced
today by Theodore Collins, local
manager of the Diamond State
Telephone Company. When ANC
is introduced in Hartly next
year, all present Gypsy numbers
will be changed and the new
numbers will be prefixed with
the three-fgure code "492," Col
Inns said. For example, tele-
phone number Gypsy 2-9970
would become 492-9970, the
manager stated. Current nation
wide planning emissions the
eventual changing of all tele-
phone exchanges to the new
seven-fgure ANC system, he
added. Customers and company
will benefit by the advantages
of the new ANC system which
makes possible faster and more
accurate dialing of calls. 1T has
been demonstrated in extensive
test that customers can locate
numbers more quickly on the
telephone dial, mainly because
they do not have to change
gears mentally from litters to
figures and can concentrate on
dialing quickly and accurately"
the manager stated. He also
pointed out that use of seven
figures elm n a es confusion
which sometimes arises between
the letter 20" and the figure
20" and between the letter Il"
and the figure "I'. In addition,
he said, misunderstanding and
mispronunciation of central Of
flee names will be avoided.
This type of confusion and err
or can consume valuable oper-
ator time and needlessly tie up
equipment needed to handle the
increasing volumes of calls"
Collins said. Time and equip
ment will be saved in other op-
erations, as well, notably in the
processing of billing informa-
ton where it will no longer be
necessary to translate letters to-
figures and in the preparation
of reading of out-of-town call
tickets made up by operators.
The manager said major rea-
son for converting to the ANCI
system is the need for more
central office code combinations
than is presently possible with
central Office code names. The
new system makes possible use
of 300 figure combinations COM
pared with a maximum of about
$40 name" combinations, of
which only about $40 are US
able as central Office names. AT
ter extensive study and testing
Continued on Page Ten
Smyrna times., 1960-08-04
Grading System
Change Approved
By Local Board

At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of Education,
Smyrna Special School District,
provisions were made for the
start of school on Wednesday,
Sept. 7 for pupils, with full days
starting on Sept. 80. This is a
change over previous years
when school generally started
on Thursday. Teachers will meet
as usual on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at
8 am. for a half-hour coffee"
with members of the C h ol
board pr e e mt to greet new
members of the staff as well as
regular staff members. The
board also approved the recon-
mended high school gra d in 6
system from letter grades to
number grades. This will go in
to effect in Grades 9-l2. SO to
100 will be equivalent to "a"
for superior work; 85 to 90, will
imean a "B" for very good work;
rs to "a will represent a &C"
for average work; 70 to rs, a
ID" for barely passing work,
and below 70, an "E", for failing
work. No credit will be given
toward college courses for pu-
pills making below 76, and stu
dents must maintain an average
iof grade of 80 in order to be
recommended for college. New
report cards are also being pre-
pared which will show the stu
dent and his parents not only
the six weeks grade, but also
the semester and final examin-
alton marks so that parents of
pupils may be able to compute
the semester and final averages.
In this way it is felt that there
will be less confusion about re-
port cards and grades. The
Smyrna Board received re-
quest of parent of Thomas D.
Clayton School for the transfer
of a student to the William
Henry Comprehensive School,
Dover. The board approved this
request pending approval of the
school in Dover. Vacancies still
exist in Grade A and junior high
mathematics and at the present
time no applicants are under
consideration for these posi-
tions. The board took action to
hire Mrs. Peggy Brown as social
studies-English teacher in the
junior high school, replacing
Philip Toman, who resigned to
take a position in the Newark
schools. Approval was given the
purchase of insurance through
the Parker Agency in Dover at
the cost of two dollars per pu-
pill. This has the approval of the
Delaware State Athletic Com
and will cover all school
activities including interscholas-
tic and intramural sports. All |
students participating in the
sports program will be expected
to take this insurance at a cost
of two dollars per student. DR..
George v. Kirk, superintendent,
that the result of the
Trailer Survey sho w e d that
there were 49 trailers in Kent
County and As in New Castle
County, or a total of "a trailers
in the Smyrna Special School
District. A list of these trailers
has been turned over to the tax
offices of both Kent and New
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