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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-01
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

to 8 degrees above normal high
of so and low of 43. Cool to-
morrow, warmer over week end,
and cooler in first of week.
Scattered light showers possible
over week end.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry ana slightly cloudy at Great
Falls; Shenandoah clear at Harpers
Temperatures fer Yesterday
Midnight - SO Noon ------- n
am. ------63 SPIN. $780, II
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 95, on September 8.
Lowest, 4, on February 2.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High -- 1852 am. 2.4S Am
Low $500 $40 am. 1901 am
High ---- 2:33 pm. 3:32 pm
Low ------- $3.50 pm. 1925 pm
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Mira Laryenko
Is Guest Of
Smyrna Rotary

Miss Mira Laryenko, high
school student from Helsinki,
Finland, who has spent this
year as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles V. Williams, was
the guest of the Smyrna Rotary
Club on a program arranged by
DR.. George V. Kirk, superinten-
dent, Smyrna Special School
District. The attractive blonde
student contrasted the two
countries, speaking of climate
and other features. She describ-
ed the schools of both coun-
tries, methods of teaching, and
hours of classroom work. The
response was made by Harri-
son F. Turner, president. Group
singing was led by Howard
Pletsch, with DR.. Kirk as ac-
companist. The club made q
contribution to the Children's
Bureau of Delaware. Birthday
greetings were extended to Ry.
near Slaughter.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Skip Rebar to
Compete in Roadeo
Finals Sunday

Skip Rebar, local winner of
the Safe Drivers Road-E-O,
sponsored by the Smyrna Clay
ton Junior Chamber of Com
merce, will represent this area
in the state finals to be held
in Seaford on Sunday, July H.,
starting at p. M, and lasting
approximately to A or 5 p. m.
The award for the state winner
will be a $500 scholarship. Fin
ancial backing to the Road-E-O
project is provided by several
corporations, such as Pure Oil,
Chrysler and insurance COM
panies. Young Rebar was win
ner at the local contest held on
April %, for which he will re-
ceive a twenty-five dollar saw
ings bond and a plaque. Inter
ested persons from the Smyrna
Clayton area are urged by the
local Jaycees to attend the state
finals to prove their interest in
the local winner. The site is
directly across from the Sea-
ford Golf and Country Club at
the Seaford Elementary School.
The state winner will represent
Delaware at the national finals
to be held in Washington, D. c.
later.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Zoning and Planning Seminar to Be
Held at u. Of D. June Is; Shell Topic

A topic of major public inter-
est will be considered at the
University of ware on
Thursday, June Is, when a sem
inar on zoning and planning
will be presented in Wolf Hall
auditorium, The recent contro-
versy over the proposed Shell
Refinery and similar changes
affecting land use make the pro-
gram, (which Way Delaware?"
an especially timely one. Three
well known authorities in the
field will make presentations at
the morning session which will
convene at l0:l5. They are
Franklin Wood, director of the
Bucks County Planning Com
mission; DR.. Erling D. Solberg,
land and water specialist in the
u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture; and Paul Opperman, exc
cutive director of the Northeast
ern Illinois Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission. Wood
will discuss the subject, Are
Planning and Zoning Necessary
at the Local Level?" DR.. Sol
berg's topic will be Principles
of Agricultural Zoning" and Mr.
'Opperman will consider Gov.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Five Vacancies
Exist in SHS
Teaching Staff

The regular meeting of the
Smyrna Board of Education was
held on Wednesday, May 3lst.
This meeting represented the
last regular meeting of the
l960-6l school year since the
Board will hold its reorganiza-
ton meeting the first week in
July in place of the final June
meeting. At the reorganization
meeting, new officers for the
l96l-62 school year will be
elected. The Smyrna Board
spent considerable time discuss
ing the vacancies still existing
in the school and indicated that
although six of the eleven va
cancies were now filled, the five
remaining were critical. The
Board is still looking for a
teacher of senior English, a
teacher of general mathematics,
and a teacher of Latin or Span
ish. In further business, the
Board adopted a calendar for
the l96l-62 school year. The
l96l-62 school year will begin
the day after Labor Day and
close on Monday, June H.. Va
cation days are planned in next
years calendar for Thanksgiv-
ing, Christmas, New Years, Eas-
ter week, and Memorial Day
Some of these vacation days
may have to be eliminated il
storms cause the closing oi
school. The Smyrna Board re-
ceived the assessment list from
c. L. Harmonson, school attor-
ney. This list had been hung
for public viewing in the Towr
Office as required by law. The
school tax rate for the coming
year will show a drop of two
cents in property tax from six
ty-one cents to f1fty-nine cent.
per $l00 of assessed evaluatior
and an increase from $500 t.
$500 in capitation taxes. Tht
number of capitations on the
current list total 3,435 in com
parison with 3,l74 on last year.
list, and the present propert.
evaluation is $l1,45l,955 il
comparison with $l0,845,8 o
last year.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Site Selected
For Strawberry
Festival, June l6

A strawberry festival to be
held by the Young Adult Sum
day School Class of Asbury
Methodist Church is scheduled
for Friday evening, June l6.
Rain date will be June IL. The
site of the offair will be the
Asbury Methodist Church park
ing lot Immediately behind the
church, on Mt. Vernon Sstreet.
A fun filled evening is promis-
ed at the affair as there will
be entertainment and music.
For the children there will be
pony rides, a fish pond, and a
great variety of games and con-
tests. Soft drinks, hot dogs,
Strawberries and S h o C axe
watermelons, no m e m de ice
cream and cakes, and popcorn
will be plentiful.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Youth of the
Sixties Topic
At Silver Eagles
Banquet Program

The seventh annual banquet
of the Silver Eagles, held at
the Twentieth Century Club,
was attended by lie persons,
including AS active members,
forty honorary members, civic
leaders, representatives of the
State Police, the Town of Smy-
rna police force, and other
guests. Norman G. Wilder, pres
ident, presented a certificate of
merit to the boys from the Duck
Creek Historical Society for
their sustained interest and
help in the restoration of The
Lindins. The invocation was
given by the Rev. Charles L.
Cureton iii, mister of the First
Presbyterian Church. Guests
were in tr o d u C e d by Bruce
Pearce, president; recognition
of past presidents and new Of
ficers, Robert Pritchard. Gifts
were presented to John w.
Dickinson, Paul L. Brown, Miss
Alberta Cornelius and Wallace
Dudeck, advisers. Women
guests were given corsages,
among them Miss Mira Larry
anko, visiting student at the
high school from Finland. The
Introductory address on a panel
was given by Tom Rundell, who
spoke on Youth of the Sixties
an Explosive Generation; Will
liam Stafford, youth of the
Sixties and Their Attitudes To-
ward Education; Edwin Zippe
honorary member and graduate
of the local high school, now a
teacher at Alexis |. Dupont
High School, Wilmington, speak
ing on youth and Citizenship
paid tribute to his former teach.
er, John w. Dickinson. He
stressed the need for leadership
and laid emphasis on the i'm
portance of a life of service
saying that youth can contrib.
ute to strengthen that way oi
life. Mrs. Charles Jacobs, presi
dent, Kent County Education
Association, spoke on "Youtf
and Prejudice" telling of divi
sions, and said that I'VE art
not born with feelings of pre-
judice, and a prejudiced person
is not objective or rational. Mrs
Jacobs referred to progress il
America, seeing positive signs
such as non-prejudice in news
papers, as she stressed the nee'
to encourage positive thoughts
Tom Rundell, concluding tn
panel, stated that youth is no
seduced by prejudice"
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08

Aspects of State and
Regional Planning and Zoning." ;"
Following luncheon in the Stu
dent Center, Edwin P. Neilan,
chairman of the Greater Wilm-
ington Development Council,
will chair panel discussion on
the conference theme, Which
Way Delaware?' Charlt o n
Chute, director of the Institute
of Public Administration, New
York City, will serve as mod
orator for a specific discussion
of the subject, "The Delaware
Situation in Planning and Zon-
ing" MIR. Wood, DR.. Solberg
and MIR. Opperman will partici-
pate and questions from the
floor will be invited. President
John A. Perkins will bring
greetings to participants at the
morning convocation which is
expected to attract citizens from
all parts of New Castle County
and representatives of many or
ganizations. Arrangements are
being co-ordinated by the divi-
sion of university extension in
cooperation with the school OF
agriculture.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Century Club
Project Proceeds
Aid Lindens

The old-fashioned strawberry
festival and "fun festival" for
children, which was sponsored
by the Twentieth Century Club
on the lawns at Belmont Hall
evening, was attended
by about 200 persons, including
many children who were capi-
waited by the pony rides and
various games. The weather
was perfect and the scene was
one of beauty with the magnifi-
cent old trees and Belmont Hall
as the background, creating a
picture of Colonial days. The
affair was enlivened by a con-
cert by the John Bassett Moore
High School band under the di-
rection of A. Rodney Daniels.
Tables were set with white
cloths on the lawn in the area
where strawberries, ice cream,
and cake were served, and an
informal atmosphere prevailed
as many visitors from Dover
and other nearby towns stayed
until closing time. There were
also visitors from Philadelphia
and Baltimore. The proceeds
will be given by the club wom-
en- to the Duck Creek Histor-
ical Society toward the restora-
ton of The Lindins, as one of
the clubs community service
projects for the year. Mrs. Will
liam D. Kirk, club president,
and Mrs. Lawrence c. Ellery,
general chairman, were assisted
by a committee of club men,
bers. Members of the Historical
Society also helped in certain
phases of the project, and the
Silver Eagles, boys club men,
bers were in charge of parking.
Mrs. Cummins E. Speakman,
Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
w. Speakman greeted the guests
and assisted with the affair.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
New Episcopal
Rector Welcomed
To Smyrna

The family of the Rev. Spen-
Ger R. Quick, was welcomed by
the parishioners of st. Peters
Episcopal Church at an inform
al hour which followed the III
o'clock service on Sunday. MIR.
Quick's family includes his wife,
Barbara and four children: Scot
ty, 10, Susie, 8, Wendy, 4, and
Barbara, fifteen months. They
are residing in The Rectory,
corner Mt. Vernon and Union
streets until the new Rectory
is completed in Cottage Dale
Acres. Mr.. Quick had served as
rector of Grace Church, Gooch-
land and St. James Church, at
Northam, Virginia, since 1857.
He had previously served a year
as assistant at Trinity Church.
Arlington, Virginia. He was born
July 4, 1872, in Chicago, ILL.,,
and was graduated from high
school in Chicago; received a
BIS. degree in journalism at Hi
nois University in l948, and q
BID. degree in 1856 from Vir'
ginia Theological Seminary. His
career in the church began af
ter he had served in the mill
tary and on the White HOUSE
staff in public relations and ad
Ivertising public educational pro
jects. During his work in Gooch
land he has been most effective
in handling the Church's worl
with the State Boys School.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Polio Clinics
List Schedule

Following are the dates of
the Polio Clinic and towns in
which they will appear as given
by the State Board of Health:
June 9-Milford, Fountains
Church Church ST., 4:30-5:30 p.
m. June 9-Milford, The Bridge,
$3.50 p. m. June l4-Ches-
void, Main Street, $500 p. M.
June l4-Little Creek, Main
Street, $500 p. m. June l6-
Smyrna, Postoffice, $500 p. m.
June plymouth, $500 p.
m. June 2l-Wyoming, Rail-
road Square, 6:30-7:30 p. m.
June 23-Houston, near Post
Office, $500 p. m. June 23-
Harrington, East and Clark
Streets, $3.50 p. m. June 28-
Frederick, Hardware.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
James T. Vaughn
To Present Glenn
S. King Award

James T. Vaughn, lieuten-
ant in the criminal division,
Troop 3, Delaware State Police,
has been selected to present
the Glenn S. King Memorial
Award at the 77th annual COM
mencement of the John Bas-
sett Moore High School, Mon
day, June IL, at s p. m. The
award is presented each year
as a result of action of the
Smyrna alumni taken in June
1851, honoring Glenn S. King,
their former teacher and prin-
cipal. 1t Vaughn was born in
Dover, educated in Cheswold
and Dover, coming to Smyrna
in grade 9. He graduated from
high school here in l943. Vaughn
joined the state police in l94e
following service in the Marine
Corps. He has been in the Grim
inal division since 1856 and was
made a lieutenant in 1858. He
is active in a number of organ.
izations including H a m o y
Lodge, No. l3, The Delaware
Consistory, Temple Shrine, anc
the Shield and Square Club. 1t
Vaughn is married to the form
er Sylvia Harris of Smyrna ans
has three children, James, Jr.
IL, Robert, 8, and Judy, 2.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Irwin G. Burton
Holds American
Way Sale Here

The annual June Used Car
Sale is starting at Irwin G. Bur-
ton, Inc, this week. This is the
time of year when you begin
to wish for a better car or a
second car to take advantage
of summer driving. To supply
this need, Burton's plan a spec
ial sale of used cars and trucks.
These cars and trucks are spec
tally priced for a volume sale.
In talking to Mr.. Willis about
this sale, there was one feature
he wanted emphasized. This
was the effort they make to
give good value in all their used
car and truck deals. This is,
he thinks, the sound American
way of meeting competition.
Every OK used car or truck is
checked carefully and put in
the best possible condition be-
fore being tagged as an OK
Used Car. This tag means that
you can depend on the car or
truck being all that they say
it is, and that it is priced at
the right price. Each OK car
carries its guarantee of quality
Some cars and trucks are lab
eled Good Value cars or trucks
This means that they have been
checked and the proper price
placed on them even though
they do not carry the guaran-
tee of the OK sticker. In this
way Irwin 6 Burton, Inc, tries
to carry out the best policies
of the American system of do
ing business. Irwin G. Burton
Inc, has been selling cars ane
trucks to you folks for the pas
ten years. They hope to be sup
plying you with high quality
cars and trucks for many year.
ito come. This will only be pos
continned on Pare Twefve)
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Surprise Bachelor
Party Success

James Truax, president of the
Citizens Hose Company, and
former fire chief, was entertain
ed by a group of friends num-
bering forty at an informal sur
prise bachelor party held in Do
yer Friday night. He was pre-
sented a power mower as a
token of the esteem in which
he is held.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Friday Evenings
Storm Damage
Is Considerable
To Power Lines

The town of Smyrna suffered
considerable damage during the
thunder storm and high winds
that struck this area about 10
p. m, Friday. Electric and
town crews worked through the
night and until noon on Satur-
day to repair the damage. James
Warren chief of the electric
crew, directed the work of the
two crews, numbering seven
men, and termed the storm a
Eight twister," as tops of large
trees were twisted out. He said
that the impact of the storm
was centered west of Main
Street in the town. Volunteer
firemen were called out when
insulation burned on an electric
light pole in front of the high
school on South Street. Three
transformers went out due to
lightning or short corcuit. The
crews worked Saturday morn
ing removing tree limbs, and
the sound of the power saws
could be heard through the
morning. A large plate glass
window was blown in at the
front of the showroom at Farm
ers' Supply on DUPONT Park
way. Rex D. Gilmore, town
manager, and members of the
Smyrna police force assisted in
the work of cleanup. The storm
fortunately came just after
large crowds of Friday night
shoppers had driven away from
the town. In addition to the
damage in town, power lines
owned by Delaware Power &
Light Company, were down for
a stretch of nearly a mile on
Carter Road, just west of Smyr-
ma.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
65 Students to
Receive Diplomas
Monday; Honor
Students Speak

Sixty-five seniors of the Smy-
rna Special School District will
receive their diplomas on Mon
day, June 18th, at 800 p. m,
from the hands of Mrs. Mar
garet M. O'Neill, board presi-
dent, as the 77th graduating
class of the John Bassett Moore
High School processes in the
annual Commencement Exercis-
es. Five students, who have
maintained an "a" average in
their four years of high school,
will be especially honored and
will present brief graduation ad-
dresses. They are: Carol Ann
Gordon, Barbara Faulkner, Mar
garet Ann Hurd, James Fischer,
and Eleanor Pinder. Lieutenant
James Vaughn, of the Del
aware State Police, will present
the Glenn S. King Memorial
Award; Charles v. William, high
school principal, will announce
scholarship awards; w. Howard
Nowland, vice-president of the
Board of Education, will pre-
sent certificates to the honor
graduates; faculty awards for
the Salutatorian and Valedictor-
ian will be presented by Joseph
M. Orlando. Preceding the grad
uation by one day, will be the
annual Baccalaureate service at
ll:00 a. M, on Sunday, June
llth. The Reverend Charles L.
Cureton III, minister of the
First Presbyterian Church of
Smyrna, will present the Bac-
calaureate address; assisting him
will be the Reverend Spencer
R. Quick, newly appointed rec
tor of st. Peters P. E. Church;
and ]. Howard Link, pastor of
the Asbury Methodist Church.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Shell Opens
Smyrna Office

Mr.. Edwin L. Green of the
Manufacturing and Engineering
Department of Shell Oil Com
pany has acquired Office space
in the Bank of Delaware build
ing located 7 South Main Street,
Smyrna, Delaware, He states he
will be most pleased to meet
with any and all persons inter-
ested in discussing Shell Oils
proposal to locate a refinery in
this vicinity. MIR. Green may be
reached by dialing Olive 3-8438.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
H. Mcdowell, Jr.
Submits lib 1909
To Decrease Small
Business Failure

Congressman Harris B. Nc
Dowell, Jr., Delaware's Demo-
cratic Representative-at-L arg e
to the Congress of the United
States yesterday interviewed
Everette MacIntyre, President
Kennedy's nominee to the Board
of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, on the problems of small
business. Mr.. MacIntyre is the
General Counsel of the Select
Committee on Small Business of
the House of Representatives,
post he has occupied for 6
years. They discussed the Presi-
dents Tax Message as it relates
to investment incentives and
Congressman McDowell's bill,
H. R. 1909, to assist small busi-
nesses by authorizing as a de-
duction from taxable net in
come an amount equal to the
aggregate addition to capital re-
presented by reinvestment in
depreciable assets, inventory,
and accounts receivable, with
a maximum deduction of 20 per-
cent of net income or $4,000,
whichever is the lesser. MIR.
MacIntyre pointed out that the
members of the House Small
Business Committee supported
the investment incentives as
developed in the Mcdowell Hill
and in related measures before
the Congress. The Small Busi-
ness Committee itself urged
favorable consideration of such
legislation in the interest of an
accelerated economic growth
and general betterment of the
economy of the country. MIR
MacIntyre said other groups
supporting the principles of in
vestment incentives as develop
ed in the Mcdowell bill includ
ed the Joint Economic Commit
tee of the Congress, President
Eisenhower's Cabinet Commit
tee on Small Business, the Com
mittee on Economic Develop
ment and the House Ways anc
Means Committee in its report
on the Small Business Tax Re-
vision Act of 1858. Congress
man Dowell said today
Small businessmen find it diff
ficult to obtain the minimum
capital required for expansion
needs little elaboration. Studies
of small businesses in all line
of endeavor agree with virtua
unanimity that a prime cause o
small business failures and 0
small businessmen's difficultie
in competing with larger cor
porations is lack of adequat
capital. There is every indica
ton that this problem is be
coming increasingly serious, de
spite the programs of the Smal
Business Administration, includ
ing the small business invest
-on,;nnad on paua TveIve
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Bruce B. Wright
On Deans List

Bruce B. Wright, son of MIR.
and Mrs. George w. Wright,
has been named to the Deans
list at Washington College, in
Chestertown, Maryland, for the
semester new ending. This rec
ornition is given to students for
fine academic performance, ac-
cording to President Gibson and
DR.. Robert Kirkwood.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
1914 Class
Reunion Success

Thirty-one members of the
Class of 1914 of the John Bas-
sett Moore High School, attend
ed the reunion held at The Way
side Inn, Saturday night. The
affair was so successful that it
was agreed that they would
plan a reunion for their twen-
tieth year. Those present in
cluded members of the. class
from Clayton, Smyrna, Middle
town, Harrington, Wyom ing,
Hartly, and Dover. The COM
mittee in charge of arrange
ments for the reunion included
Mrs. Guy M. Edmondson, Jr.,
Mrs. Carson Call, and John E
Poore.
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
Reunion to Be
Held Saturday

Plans are being made for the
twentieth reunion of the Class
of l94l at the John Bassett
Moore High School which will
be held on Saturday, June 10,
at $50 p. M, at The Wayside
Inn. The committee, which in
cludes Mrs. Wallace Powell,
chairman, Mrs. Alan Robinson,
and Mrs. Walter Downes, has
reported that the response is
good and that members of the
class from Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania, and Delaware, will at
tend. j
Smyrna times., 1961-06-08
New Parking
System Success

John w. Jacobs, chief of po-
lice, said this week that the new
system of parking is working
well, and that the police depart
ment is pleased with the over
all parking system in the town
of Smyrna. He asks the con-
tinued cooperation of the public
in the parking situation, and
said that no town in the state
has more free parking spaces
available for the public than
Smyrna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-16

W7INIFRED OWENS is an artist modern"
w enough to have had picture hung side
ways because someone liked it better that way.
But she rejects the idea of "far out" art
that doesn't communicate anything to the
people who look at it.
She believes that what she calls her
fantasy paintings" provide kind of middle
ground between the artist and the viewer
because they lend themselves to thinking"
Newlyarrived on the Washington scene
from the western United States, Miss Owens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-16
Fantasy Not Far Out
By HARRIET CRIFFITHS
By HARRIET CRIFFITHS
Star Staff Writer

can paint horses so real they seem to gallop
right out of the canvas. Years of traditional
art study and a facility for turning out natural
istic pictures like Smelling peas" are behind
her latest style of Repression.
Il wondered how to combine the years l
have spent learning how to paint with our age
and our life" says the artist, who is also
poet and a student of philosophy and meta
physics.
The fantasy paintings are compositions
designed to call up moods or memories from