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Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
High School Eagles to Host
A. |. dupont Here Friday Night

touchdown the first time they
were inserted in the game. Both
coaches feel that this years
squad has more depth than any
in recent years, and with few
games experience the sopho-
mores on the team should come
into their own. The starting
ends for Smyrna will be two
seniors, Captain Bob Pritchard
and Larry Bodine; the tackles
will feature two sophomores,
John Ramsey and BuzZy Rog-
ers; the guards will have the
two other captains and seniors,
Brandy Jones and Karl Sever
son; a sophomore, Butch Ever
hart will start at center. The
backfield will have Junior Bo
at quarterback, and
Juniors Ronnie Thorpe and Da-
vid Pleasanton at fullback and
left halfback respectively; the
right halfback will feature the
senior Bill Stafford. Stafford
to date leads in the team Scor-
ing with l3 points. He scored
two touchdowns and an extra
point in the season opener with
This weeks game
will be played on the Smyrna
High School Athletic Field with
the kick off slated for 800 pm.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Winterthur Aide
Historical Group
Guest Speaker

Mrs. Gail Beldon, curatorial
assistant at Winterthur Muse
um, was the guest of the Duck
Creek Historical Society at their
September meeting. She was
introduced by Horace L. Hotch-
kiss, president of the society,
and curator at Corbit House,
Odessa. Slides were shown in
color and a running commen-
tary was given by Mrs. Beldon,
with emphasis on Colonial hous-
es and interiors, looking back
two hundred years. She said
that research depends on diaries
and journals of the period, en-
cravings, design books. The
slides and commentary referred
specifically to the Philadelphia
and Delaware area. Detailed
pictures were shown of inter
iors of rooms, silver, china,
needlework, pottery, patchwork,
pewter, and rugs used in Colon
ial days and thereafter. Mrs.
Andrew D. Cole, chairman at
the coffee hour which preceded
the program, was assisted by
Mrs. Homer Downs, Mrs. Ern-
est Blendt, Mrs. Henry T. Price,
and Mrs. George Galley. Mr..
Hotchkiss presided at meeting
of the board of directors which
followed. Plans were complet-
ed for a tour of The Lindins at
Duck Creek on Sunday, October
%, from 3 to 5 p. m. The pub
lie is invited to attend. Two
members of the society from a
distance were greeted. They
were Mrs. Arthur Robert Bak-
er of Alexandria, Virginia, who
has life membership; and Mrs.
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Delaney's Plans
Homecoming Sun.

The annual Homecoming"
service will be held at Delan-
ey's Church on Sunday, October
l. Sunday school and morning
worship will be dispensed with
and the special service will be-
gin at 200 p. m. The Rev.
Frank Lucia, pastor of What
coat Methodist Church of Cam
den, Delaware, will be the guest
speaker. Musical selections will
be rendered by Mrs. Anna Gar
rett of Leipsic, Delaware; Mrs.
Doris Kelley and Mr.. Franklin
Woodall, both of Kenton. The
pastor, Mrs. Mabel Erskine, will
direct the service.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Mother Douses
Fire Near Barn
Children Start

The volunteer firemen were
called at noon on Tuesday to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. David
K. Fauser on the Rothwell farm
on Leipsic Road. Children in
the family had found matches
dropped by worknen in the
yard and set fire to hay near a
barn. Sensing the danger they
ran to the house to say they
needed help. According to fire
officials, Mrs. Fauser immedi-
ately saw the potential and call
ed the fire company. However,
she started to carry water with
buckets and had it under con-
troll on arrival of the volunteers.
Fire Chief E. Reynolds Bradley
expressed the reaction of the
firemen for her calm actions
and said she deserved the high
est praise. A potentially terrific
loss was averted by her prompt
action. There was no damage.
The fire had reached to the edge
of the building in loose hay
on the ground. Mrs. Fauser is
the wife of the junior high
school principal who hurried
home when he heard of the To-
cation of the fire.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Kent Squadron
Holds Briefing
On Next SARCAP

Major Reynolds L. Jones
commander of the Kent Senior
Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, an
nounced at a recent meeting
that the annual Wing Effective
ness Check will be held during
the month of October. Mem
bers were briefed on the new
Emergency Service e S Manual
which sets forth the organiza-
ton and command procedures
for all staff personnel during
a mission. Mai. Jones as Mis-
sion Coordinator made the fol-
lowing staff assignments: Air
Clearing Officer, Capt. Donald
M. Clark assisted by Capt. Leon
F. Morris; Ground Rescue Team
Leader, lst 1t. Brinton Reyn-
olds; Information Officer, End
1t. Ronald Potter; Communica-
tions Officer, End 1t. Carson B.
Call. Mai. William M. Short,
commander of the Smyrna Ca
det Squadron, announced that
they would have qualified cadets
for the Ground Rescue Team.
Other cadets will assist as flight
line crew, radio communications,
administrative assistants and
runners. The exact date of the
SARCAP will not be known un-
til Col. Louisa S. Morse, Della
ware Wing Commander, receiv-
es the mission alert" from
monitoring Regional staff per-
sonnel. October meetings will
feature two Bell Telephone
films, In Your Defense" and
Dew Line Story" Anyone in
terested in knowing more about
Civil Air Patrol is welcome to
attend the meetings which are
held at the home of the com
mander the first and third Tues
day of each months at 8 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Geo. HOffecker
To Show '62 Cars

George H. Hoffecker, Inc, will
hold open house Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, to introduce
the new Chrysler, Valiant and
Plymouth models for 1862. The
highlight of the showing will be
the awarding of the door prize
on Saturday at $3.50 p. m. The
prize will be a 1852 DeSota
four-door Firedome V-8 with
radio and heater and automatic
transmission. Everyone visiting
the showroom on North Dupont
Parkway any of the three days
will be eligible for the drawing,
MIR. Hoffecker is excited about
this years models and is anx-
ious for everyone to take a look
for themselves. Refreshments
will be served.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Ennis 4 Deakyne
To Show New '62
FOrds Fri. & SAT.

Gala open house ceremonies
marking introduction of the '62
Fords will be held this Friday
and Saturday by Ennis & Dea-
kyne, Inc, at their showroom
on Dupont Parkway at South
Street. Gifts will be distribut-
ed to the ladies, door prizes
awarded and refreshments will
be available to all viewers. The
local Ford leadership has as
sembled a complete line of 1862
model cars and trucks, includ-
ing two new models of the
most successful car in history" "
the Ford Falcon. The new mod
els are a Falcon Squire station
wagon and a Deluxe Club wag-
on. In addition of the two new
models, the Falcon boasts new
styling and expansion of the
economy and maintenance-free
features that have made it the
best selling compact car in the
country. For the first time, the
popular Ford GalaXie is being
offered in twelve models in two
series: The GaIaxie and the new
Galaxie 800" series. The 1862
Galaxie is the first regular pro-
duction vehicle in automotive
history to have a factory re-
commended 6,000-mile service
interval" stated Harold Dea-
kyne, manager. All members of
the Ennis & Deakyne staff are
enthusiastic about the 1862
models and will be available
all-day Friday and Saturday to
answer any questions regard
ing the new Fords.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28

The Smyrna High School Eag'
les Football Team has been
hard at work this week in pre-.
paration for its Friday night
encounter with the Tigers OF
Alexis l Dupont High School
from Wilmington. This is the
9th game in the series with the
New Castle County School, and
the Eagles hold a 81 edge in
the games played to date. This
years game is rated as a toss
up with the side making the
fewest mistakes likely to be the
eventual winner. Smyrna to
date has defeated Middletown
1910 in its only game. This will
be the season opener for the
Tigers. In preseason scrim-
mage against Dover, the Alexis
/. Dupont Team looked very
good. While the team is small,
it has great speed which should
prove good test for the Smyr-
ma defense. Coaches William
Horney and Richardson Tritt
have worked hard all week to
correct the weaknesses evident
in the Middletown game. The
to date on the Smyr-
ma team has been the play of
the second unit. In the Middle
town game this unit scored a
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
BPW' to Kickoff
National Week
Observance Here
With Travelcade

Smyrna will be one of the
fifteen stops on a statelong
''Travelcade" being held in Del
aware this Sunday by the Of
ficers of the Delaware Fedora
tion of Business and Profession
al Women's Clubs as the kick
off to National Business Wom-
ems Week. The state president,
Mrs. Betty Ann Hammond of
Wilmington, Delaware, and the
other state officers will meet
the members of the Smyrna
Clayton Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club at a tea
at the home of Mrs. Katherine
Bailey, local club president.
Miss Ruth Ellen Reihm of Smyr-
ma, chairman of Business Wom-
ems Week in Delaware, an
nounces that the Travelcade will
start with a seven-club coffee
hour at the Wilmington BPW's
clubhouse in Arden; include at
tendance at church services at
Old Swedes'; and then continue
with visits to fourteen other
club gatherings from New Cas-
tie and Newark to Delmar The
Delaware Federation has 500
members in 81 clubs. The ira
ditional statewide observance
of this special week honoring
the % million women who are
part of the nations work force,
is the annual Delaware banquet
being held for the fifth consecu-
tive year in the Gold Ballroom,
Hotel Dupont in Wilmington, on
Monday, October 2. Mrs. Bail
ey, president of the Smyrna
Clayton Club, will serve as a
hostess. Tickets may be obtain
ed from Mrs. Christine Morrow,
treasurer. Miss Reihm announ-
ces the banquet speaker will
be MIR. Roger w. Tubby, assis-
tant U. S. Secretary of State
for Public Affairs. Mr.. Tubby
has been a reporter, editor,
press secretary to President Tru-
man and personal assistant to
U. N. Ambassador Adlai Stev-
enson. His topic will be "Di-
mensions in Democracy" On
the national level, president
Katherine Peden of Hopkins
vile, Kentucky, will spend the
week of October IT, making a
whirlwind tour of Ia states,
ranging from Boston to New
Orleans to San Francisco, speak
ing in two different states each
day at luncheon and dinner
meetings, thereby reaching many
thousands of the l75,000 men,
bers who comprise the National
Federation of Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Clubs, Inc. ,
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Lions Propose
Correction of
Dump Situation

William E. Jones, president Of
the Smyrna Lions Club, pre-
Sented certificates and pins to
six active fifteen-year Monarchs
and four ten-year Monarchs at
the meeting of the club Mon
day night. The fifteen-year men
were Robert Dunning, Robert
L. Everett, John H. Fearon,
Francis B. Gebhart, Guy M. Ed
mondson, Jr., and Joseph JEFF
ferson, member-at-large. The
ten-year men included James
Ford, Robert Mills, Norman G.
Wilder, and Charles V. Will
liams. Jones called for reports
by committee chairmen in twen-
ty-two categories on their plans
for activities during the 1861
1862 club year. Outstanding
activities include the painting
of the Youth Center, built and
maintained by the Lions, who
are themselves doing the paint
ing and repair work at the
building on Frazier Street. The
club has made a donation of
$l00 toward the restoration of
The Lindins at Duck Creek, and
the proposals included correc-
ton of the town dump situa-
ton which results in heavy
smoke over the town; also, the
awareneSS of the potential value
and possibilities at the Duck
Creek site in the northern Sec
tion of Smyrna, with future de-
velopment tending in that di-
rection with the selection of the
the site for the new elemen-
tary school. Proposed activities
also included an effort to assist
with the numbering of houses
in Smyrna; publishing visitors
guide to the town; a proposed
Fourth of July celebration to
re-establish the significance of
the day. Norman G. Wilder
told of a proposed improve
ment of dixie at Smyrna Land
ing which would lead to the
formation of a body of water at
the northern entrance to the
town, balancing Lake Como at
the southern boundary. Regis
tration of cub scouts will take
place at the elementary school
at 7 p. m, on Monday, Octo-
Der 2. Other proposals includ-
ed a dance after the annual
Homecoming game at the high
school, and sponsorship of a
Little League team. A list of
potential new members was dis
cussed, with the objective of
new members being received
during October, membership
month.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Council Holds
Public Hearing
On Street Work

A public hearing was held
at the regular meeting of Smyr-
ma Town Council last week, re-
lative to curb and gutter i'm
provements on Kent Way and
Ransom Lane. DR.. George V.
Kirk, representing the Smyrna
Special School District; the Rev.
Jeremiah Brady, st. Joseph's
Church in Clayton; and John E.
Wilson III, developer of Cot
tage Dale Acres, appeared re-
lative to improvements adjacent
to their properties. Bids will be
received at an early date for
construction of these street i'm
provements. Mayor Robert Rid
dagh conducted the session with
all members of council present.
1t was voted to extend daylight
saving time to October 20, at
a. m. Town manager Rex ID.
Gilmore reported that the firm
Concrete, Inc, Milford, has COM
pleted resurfacing Tyler Lane,
and he has prepared a final es-
innate for payment. 1t was vot-
ed unanimously that bids be let
for sewer work on North Street,
Cummins Street, Mulberry Hill,
Walnut Street, and Delaware
Street as soon as possible. Ap-
proximately 1850 feet of sewer
is involved. Gilmore reviewed
miscellaneous delinquent ac-
counts, including curb and gut
ter bills which are past due.
tContinued ON Pase Eishtl
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Motor Vehicle
Dept. to Revise
Fee Schedule

Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Russell Whitby has announced
that the revised schedule of
fees for motor vehicle transac-
tions will become effective at
loo PM. on September 29th.
The increased fee schedule was
recently enacted by the General
Assembly as a part of the pro-
gram for additional revenue for
the State. 1t does not effect the
cost of licenses or registrations.
The new fee schedule is esti-
mated to produce $4,000 for
the remainder of the present
fiscal year and about 100000
for a full fiscal year. The new
fees, as compared with the old
fees, covering various transac-
tionS in the Motor Vehicle De-
partment, are as follows: Tenn
porary permits from ST to 81;
Dealer temporary tags from ST
to 81; Motorcycle tags from $4
to Sc; Dealer tags from So to
$40; Duplicate registration card
from so cents to ST.. Duplicate
tags from So to So. Title trans
fer from ST to So; Duplicate
title from ST to 81; Corrected
title from ST to 81; New title
from 81 to 81; Title with a lien
from $l.50 to So; Lien satisfac-
tion from Is cents to rs cents.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Schedule Assembly

The Antrim Bureau Assemb-
ly Service will present an as
sembly to the combined Junior
Senior High Schools on Mon
day morning at $40. In order
to accommodate both schools
the program will be presented
in the high school gymnasium,
as the auditorium will not hold
both schools simultaneously.
This presentation will feature a
demonstration in archery.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
Junior Gridders
Card Six Games

The Smyrna Junior High
School Football Team has been
hard at work the past few
weeks in preparation for the
season opener with Caesar Rod
ney next Wednesday in Cam
den. The team this year is
coached by MIR. Andre Muelen-
aer and Mr.. Dave Day. Over
thirty boys have been working
out daily and the coaches are
expected to name their squad
this week. The complete sched-
l1le ic &C follows.
Smyrna times., 1961-09-28
To Observe Booster Night

The Smyrna Grange will ob-
serve National Booster Night on
Thursday, September 28, at S:l5
p. m. The program will be open
and members are asked to bring
family, friends, or interested
persons. The Future Farmers of
America Chapter of the John
Bassett Moore High School and
their teachers; also members of
the Blackbird All Club have
been invited.
, 1961-02-17
C. II. S. Basketball
Teum to Play Edgles
On Csted Court

The Christiansted High
Schol basketball team will
play against the Eagles to-
night in the first game Of
the evening on the Chris
tiansted Court, beginning
at Bis.
The second game will be
played between the Coast
eEs and the Monarchs at
$50. This will be the Mon
a9ch's second game of the
season. The Eagles lost to
&em in a very close game
by one point.
Coasters defeated the
Hawks in their first game
of the season, winning by
81 points.
, 1961-02-17
Virgin Is. Purochidls
In New York
TO Hold Annuul Boil

New York The Associa
ton Of Virgin Islands Paro-
chials will hold its Fifth
Annual Reunion Ball on
Friday night, February II,
at the Hotel Diplomats
ballroom, 1913 w. 43rd ST.,
New York City.
The Association is COM
posed Of former students Of
parochial schools in ST. Tho
mas and st. Croix. It is
pledged to aid the Virgin
Islands Catholic schools
and, has contributed cash,
library books and q repro
ducing machine.
AVIP also is the donor of
the Charles Van Den Ben
dem Medal, awarded an
nually to selected graduates
Of the three ". I. Catholic
schools.
, 1961-02-17
New Census Shows
Increase in Populdtn
Virgin Isldnds

The population Of the
Virgin Islands, U.S.A. as of
April /, 1860, showed that
80, 099 persons live in Saint
Thomas, st. Croix and st.
John, which is an increase
of 5,434 over the year 1850.
The breakdown is as fol
lows: st. Croix, 1873; st.
John, 952; St. Thomas
1921.
The largest population of
the Virgin Islands was in
the year 1885 when the first
census was taken, the popu-
latlOn OF the then Danish
West Indies at that time
was 43, 178 persons. By the
year 1917 when the islands
were acquired by the Unit
ed States Of America, the
population had decreased to
26,051. Between 1917 and
1880 the population CON
tinued to decline, but each
Of the last three censuses
taken has shown an in
crease.
, 1961-02-17

paid to public-school teach
ers, with Sc, 700 a year. Alas
ka, at $4,000, is second, and
New York third at 5000.
New Jersey ($5, 930) is
fourth, and Connecticut
SIS, 300 is sixth.
, 1961-02-17
Pan American Hikes
Thrift Gloss Fures
On New York Route

One of the three airlines
that flies between San Juan
and New York, Pan Amer
lean World Anyways, an
nounced that it is raising its
thrift class fares on the
route beginning Wednes-
day.
Pan Am said it would
hike the present $47. is one
way thrift fare to $3.50,
while r~ound-trip fare would
be raised from $94.30 to
sos.
Pan Am said that present
plans call for retention Of
propeller driven planes
Docs and DC-7s-on the
for thrift flights.
Pan Am has one thrift
flight daily on the route.
The two other airlines
Continued on page a
, 1961-02-17
~
new DIX A1QSKQ
Top School
Costs Per Pupil

New York State shares
top honors this year with
Alaska in school expendi-
lures per pupil, a National
Education Association sur
vey showed. Both states
lead all the fifty with 1860
81 expenditures of $685.
per pupil in average at
tendance.
New Jersey ranks second
with $512, while Connecti-
cut is fourteenth with $420.
The report is called Rank
ing Of the States, 1861"
California, however, is
first in the average salary
M . No.
, 1961-02-17
Labor Union Wins
Contract for
Employees 81 Distil'rY

Another important con-
tract was signed by the
Virgin Islands L a b o r
Union, according to an an
nouncement BY Earle B.
Ottley, President.
st. Croix Sugar Cane In
dustries, Inc, better known
locally as the big Dia-
mond Distillery' and the
Union signed a two year
contract. Under this con
tract, each Union member
will receive lie per hour
wage increase for the first
year, and SC per hour wage
increase during the second
year of the contract.
In addition, the Union
won for its members, up to
2Weeks vacation with pay,
10 working days sick leave
with pay, and a Health and
Welfare Fund which guar
antees benefits t o en-
pIoyees in the event Of off
the-job sickness and emer-
gencies, as well as strong
protection against unfair
dismissals. h e contract
also requires the company
to endeavour to recruit
workers through the Union
in the filling Of vacancies
The Virgin Islands Labor
Union is the first Union to
sign a contract with the Big
Diamond Distillery, and it
marks the first time that
Big Diamond Distillery's
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naid RI nIYhlic-school teach
, 1961-02-17
Paintings in Voter
Colors on Exhibition
Buccuneer Hotel

There is an exhibition of
paintings in water colors
by Ken Clark, retired New
York Executive, who is
wintering here.
Mr.. Clark has pursued
his hobby of painting for a
number of years under the
instruction of the W 81
known artist and teacher,
Herb Olsen Of Westport,
Connecticut.
Previously Mr.. Clark has
exhibited at South Seas
Plantation Hotel in Cap
tive, Florida, and more re-
Gently at the Westport Wo-
mems Club and the Timber
Trails Club Of Connecticut.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark are
with the Colbys at Cane
Bay Cottages.
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group at $50 pm. at the
Lafayette Hotel for a panel
discussion of Business Finds
Its Voice"
Mount Vernon Home Econ
OmiSts in ii o m e m a king,
Northern Virginia-Guests of
Arlington County teachers at
a meeting at 7:30 pm. at
Yorktown High School. Mrs.
Katherine R. Conafay, super
visor of home economics
education of the Arlington
County schools. will speak on
Changes in Education for
Homemaking."
Alexandria Branch, AAUW
Meeting of the interna-
tional relations group at 8
pm. with Miss Louise Under
wood in Arlington. Mr.. Paul
Smith. former second Secre-
tary of the U. S. Embassy at
Moscow. will speak on Rus
STA.
Capitol Chapter, OAR
Meeting at 8 pm. at the
chapter house.
Bethesda Civinette Club
Meeting at 8 pm. at the
Chevy Chase home of Mrs.
Charles Ecker. Mrs. Florence
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Garrett, supervisor Of medi-
cal service. Civil Defense,
will speak on Home Survi-
VAL"
District Daughters Of the
American COlOnists-Recep-
ton from 8 to 10 pm. at
National Society Headquar-
tiers.
Greater Falls Church Re-
publican W0men's Club -
Reception from 8 to 10 pm.
at the home of Mrs. Jane
Miller.
independence Bell Chap
ter, ID. C. DAR-Meeting at
8 pm. at the chapter house.
National Executive House.
keepers Association - Meet
ing of the District chapter
at 8 pm. at D. C. General
Hospital, followed by a Hal
loween party.
Silver Spring WOman's
Club - Study course on
Communism" at 8 pm. at
Long Branch Recreation
Center. Six sessions on alter
nate Tuesdays. The film,
THE Challenge of Ideas"
will be shown.
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models as he skunk across
the room. But come mid
night the older ones skunk
home to bed while the man
nequins sailed off with es-
corts to the Casbah for some
more fun.
Actually they came near
missing the whole round of
gaiety and today's show be-
cause of the Exercise Sky
Shield" in America Saturday.
They were ready to board the
plane m Paris when someone
said they wouldn't go be-
cause they couldn't land in
Idlewild. But they did take
off and just made it by the
skin Of their teeth, landing in
New York 10 minutes before
all planes were grounded.
THE TENNIS PATRONS
Tournament finals on the
British Embassy courts yes
terday we're over so fast, late
arrivals missed the contest
altogether. Steve Potts and
Ena Ginsburg defeated Col.
and Mrs. George Lockhart
6-3. 60 to win a silver cup
each in this first annual
tournament.
Secretary of the Army Elvis
Stair opened the finals with
a little talk to the effect that
the Tennis Patrons Founda-
ton work was in keeping with
the Presidents interest in the
youth fitness program. The
foundation provides funds
and teachers to train under
privileged children in the
sport, and, said Secretary
Stair, he thought there was
nothing finer than tennis to
teach children craftsmanship.
Afterwards the players and
onlookers hied themselves to