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Evening star., 1961-09-20
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Fireworks Mark the Bio Trip
OUR SPACE AGE

"DeRr Dad" Ginny writes,
"the second honeymoon of
the Frechettes is over and
we're leaving by jet this after
noon. The man at the United
counter assured Charlie that
we will not have the same
set of stewardesses and now
I feel better. I couldn't face
them after the trip out. They
looked so handsome when the
trip started. When we landed
in Los Angeles they were
wrecks.
After all, when you take
four children on a honey
moon, and all are three years
of age, and under, no one can
expect them to sit still. The
twins (Grandfather's note:
Robin and Pamela, age 81
raced up and down the aisle
and Pam kept asking the
stewardess to make the plane
go faSser.'
Another StewardeSs made
the mistake of carrying Kevin
mote: year of age) plus
a box of crackers. Somehow,
the baby managed to get
those crumbs inside her un-
form. Jimmy Mote: age y
looked out the window all
the way and kept grinning at
the United States, far below.
STILL, 1T WAS ALL such
fun that I would start again
in a minute. I want my kids
with me all the time, no mat
ter how loud the bedlum. We
made a spur-of-the-mome
flight to Las Vegas. You
should have seen the faces on
the room clerks at The Sands
when we checked in with our
troops.
Charlie played blackjack
and won $36. We rented a
car in Hollywood, and one in
Las Vegas and another when
we got back to Los Angeles.
BY the time we stepped into
the third one, Robin said:
This one dirty too?'
"JuSt before we went to
Vegas, Jimmy got the mumpS
so. if any of the local gam
blers catch it, call me Ty-
phoid Mary. In Hollywood,
we stayed at the Carlton
Lodge Motel, complete with
kitchen, swimming pool, and
TV sets. Pam kept mumbling:
This is my house
Evening star., 1961-09-20
By Otto o. Binder

I'VE went to see Jayne
Mansfield. 1 went there to
see the mansion with the
art-shaped pool. Charlie, I
think, went to see Jayne.
Mickey Hargitay stuck around
to watch Charlie watching
Jayne.
Like tourists, we got a
map of where to find the
homes of the movie stars.
Charlie drove. Have you ever
tried taking movies in a NOV
ing car while trying to keep
Kevin from falling off the
front seat, and separating
Jim and Robin, who were
pushing each other off the
seat, while Charlie is roaring
that the window post is run
ming right down the middle
of the lens?
"Oh we'll. If Jimmy
Stewart doesn't mind living
at a 45-degree angle, why
should I get excited?
"The best of all was the
trip to Disneyland. It was so
terrific that we stayed two
days. It's bigger than I
thought and it is difficult
to say whether the young
sters got more out of it than
Charlie and I.
you can never tell what
will intrigue children. Mine
went out of their minds over
p fairy named Tinkerbell.
Every night she rides an un-
seen wire from the Matter
horn to Frontier Town, and
this is a signal to start the
fireworks. The last time the
kids saw it. I thought eight
eyeballs were going to fall
out.
pam LIKED everything
but the fireworks. She kept
saying: 'Tinkerbell is mean
to me. Make her turn off the
noise Now it is all over and
we can dream it all winter
and see how much the chill
dren remember.
None of them want to go
home. This morning I told
them we we're going to fly
back to our own house and
Pamela said: DO they have
television?'"
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Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1961-09-20

other arm. Pickers stuck their
numbered tickets into crates
they had filled, and / picked
up the tickets and deposited
them in the locked box, which
had a slit opening. Since I
had to pay out is cents for
each ticket, at the end of
each week, it was important
to keep the tickets in order. 4
So when several pickerS got
into a fuss, it was wrong of
me-I admit it to put my
precious wooden box on the
grass and hurry over to settle
the dispute.
WHEN 1 RETURNED a few
minutes later I discovered
with chagrin that the
ballot" box had been stuffed
- stuffed with illegitimata
tickets that were now hope
lessly confused with valid
ones. So Marian took me by
the scruff of the neck and
marched me out of the or
chard. For my own good,
she said. And for the good
of the entire apple industry.
Fortune Features)
Down on the Form SppeeFS
Wednesdays.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
By ED HARRIS

The apple season is upon
us again. and everything is
quiet and peaceful out here
in my rocker on the front
porch of our house.
Miriam has banned me
from the apple orchard, at
least for a few days. She
takes the position that the
Battle of Berlin is nothing
compared to the Battle of the
Apple Picking Season - for
me.
WHEN WE BOUGHT this
farm, Miriam and I were de-
lighted that it contained a
Evening star., 1961-09-20

turn a compliment like that,
so I said:
What about my harp
solo? How did you like that?'
Consider yourself fortu-
nate he said. I am not a
music critic"
Evening star., 1961-09-20

Down on the Form Gppes
Wednesdays.
Evening star., 1961-05-24

PHONE HONG, Laos, May "a
(NANA) The war in Laos has
ground to a halt but pregnant
women and young boys still die
and are maimed-victims Of a
continuing guerrilla war. Suf-
fering with them are young
American sergeants who live
and work and support the peo-
Evening star., 1961-05-24
u. S. Sergeonts Fight
Borborism in Laos

pie and the royalist army at
the village level.
BY the light Of q kerosene
lamp over well-seaSoned beet
stew, hard rice and q bottle
of Danish beer in a Chinese
restaurant at Phone Hong's
only intersection. the two SER
geants were alternately angry,
and desperate on the verge Of
tears, after an eight-and-a-
Evening star., 1961-05-24
Eberhurt to Speak
On Poetry Sunday

Richard Eberhart, poet-in-
residence at the Library Of
Congress, will speak on Con-
temporary Poetry" Sunday at
the Current Problems Forum Of
All Souls Unitarian Church.
The program. set for 9:45
am. in the church auditorium
at Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV, will be the last
in a May forum series on THE
Arts in 1861"
Evening star., 1961-05-24
OnIOOkers Indifferent

"The Laos just stood around
helplessly. Some guy laughed
and said 'boni' Git doesn't mat
ter; I couldn't care less). I
could have come up swinging,
but I didn't want to stop the
rhythm.
1.-THE woman's veins had con-
tracted so far we couldn't get
the smallest needle in. If I had
to do it again, I would take
the child out; then one or the
other might have lived.
"You got a wife2 You ever
see pregnant woman die?
II went down to the house
and cried like a baby. I could
see my wife and my kid" The
sergeant downed another glass
of beer. The images Of the day
would not disappear. He was
in a strange land, surrounded
by strange little people, but he
was involved, deeply involved.
Finally sleep came; stretched
out on the floor Of a requisi-
toned house; the night was
warm; no blankets were needed.
At 5 am. a company of Lao
soldiers trooped past at double
time on their morning calls
themes. A little while later a
rifle shot. In the backyard a
water buffalo was violently
trying to break away from q
tree while q frightened soldier
Evening star., 1961-05-24

at some distance tried to act
as its eXecutioner. Both man
and animal were frightened and
ready to run in opposite direc-
tions. The anguished cries of
the bull brought on several
more soldiers and standing
there, for all the world like a
firing squad, calmed the bull to
a collapsing death with a fus-
illade.
Phillips DiSarms Mine
Just as Sergt. Phillips had
predicted the night before, the
Laos found another mine Sun
day morning. This time before
it could go off. And like chill
dren, a Laos captain and his
subordinates ran to their new
found daddy, Sergts. Bailey
and Phillips. doc" Phillips
disarmed the Communist Chi
nese mine.
Later that morning, sitting
in the Chinese restaurant and
drinking lip = curling chicory
coffee, Sergt. Phillips said, INC
one blown up so far. The Budda
must be working today"
Pointing to the two crude
Buddhist images hanging
around his neck, Sergt. Phillips
went on, lit never hurts to GO
first class. 1t also helps when
give medicine to the Laotians
They believe me and take it.
when I teach a guy to dig
a hole, I call it preventive
medicine I don't have to treat
him later.
you know the road you
came down last night from
Evening star., 1961-05-24

lhalf-months pregnant woman
died in their arms.
1t was Saturday night. That
morning q civilian truck hit a
mine outside the village which
is about Is miles behind the
front. Fifteen people were in
jured or killed. The day before
another truck hit an anti-tank
mine and II civilians were
thrown into the air.
Night Mine Planting
The guerrillas, planting the
mines at night, are believed tc
be villagers acting under orders
and out Of ignorance or fol
cash. The Communists are con.
tinuing these haraSsing tactics
to put pressure on the peace
talks at Ban Namone. tt
weaken the Vientiane govern
Evening star., 1961-05-24

our outpost at Han Hieup Is
Sprinkled with anti-personnel
mines on both sides. The Lao
tianS kept no charts of their
Evening star., 1961-05-24

ment, to terrorize the villagers
and ALLEVIATE them from the
government and to disrupt the
Laos army'S supply lines.
The two sergeants were
M/Sergt. Beetle" Bailey from
Greeneville, Tenn. and Sergt.
Kal Phillips, Roanoke, Va, a
medic whom Bailey described
as more deserving Of the title
Of doctor than sergeant"
1--WE blew breath into this
woman for an hour and a half
Then she died." Sergt. Bailey
said. "They wouldn't bring q
Chopper told us over the
radio the helicopters had more
important missions-like tax
ing delegates to the peace talks
What's more important than a
dying woman?" And his anger
rose.
when I breathed into her
mouth, blood came up. I spit II
out. When you worry about q
persons life that doesn't bother
YOU.
Evening star., 1961-05-24

mine planting. Every day some
joker steps on a mine. II his
foot gets blown off, it is easy,
I just apply q tourniquet. A
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
College Night
Program Planned
AT Dover Nov. 20

The twelfth annual All-State
College Night Program will take
place on Monday evening, No
vember 20, at ZOO p. M, at the
Dover High School. All juniors
and seniors and their parents
are cordially invited to partici-
pate. The program consists of
a General Assembly featuring
keynote speaker and three per
iodS thereafter to consult with
representatives from three diff
ferent colleges. A registration
fee of twenty-five cents is nee
essary for each pupil in attend
ance, payable in advance at the
local high school. To enable
all college-minded students to
attend, there will be no activ-
tiles or practices that evening
for llth and 18th grade stud
ents. Mr.. Adams, guidance di-
rector at Goldey Beacon School
of Business, will be at the local
high school at loo p. M, to-
day, Thursday, November l6, to
confer with any interested SEN
iors.
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Two Local Men
Fined S2O3 for
Killing Deer

Two Smyrna men pleaded
guilty to ii counts involving
hunting deer at night when TAX
en- before Magistrate Ralph D.
Knots, Dover, on Sunday and
paid a total of $203.50 in fines
and court costs. They were ar
rested about 3 am. Sunday by
Dawson N. Sapp, state game
warden, near Downs Chapel.
Both Homer c. Lowman, "A, and
Robert L. Cox, rs, were charged
with hunting deer at night, hunt
ing deer in a closed season, il
legal use of a spotlight, and
hunting on Sunday. Lowman
was charged with having a load
ed rifle in his car. They were
fined SIS on each count plus
$3.50 court costs. Sapp turned
over a l60-lb. doe the men had
shot to the State Welfare Home.
He made the arrests, he said,
after an anonymous telephone
call to the state police troop at
Dover. Police informed him.
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
District Scout
Head COmmends
Lions Club on
Local Program

A visiting delegation from
the Clayton Lions Club Joined
the Smyrna Lions Club at their
meeting Monday night and
heard a talk by E. A. Spencer,
Dover, district chairman, Mid
Del District, Boy Scouts. He
said that more than 5000 Boy
Scouts are sponsored by Lions,
and paid tribute to the leader
ship by Lions of the local Cub
Pack, with l6 adult leaders and
81 boys. He gave special recog-
milton to John H. Fearon for
his efforts with the cubs. The
entire Boy Scout program for
boys 8 to Is years is effective
in instilling proper moral stand
ards in boys, he continued, say
ing that the scouting program
is not run by professionals, and
support for the program is
needed. The response was made
by Francis B. Gebhart, a form
er Boy Scout leader, who told
of the rewards in scouting. The
visiting Lions from Clayton in
cluded Melvin L. Sparks, presi-
dent; Joseph Simpson, Harry
Getty, Spero Simmons, and
Manuel Alvarado. Ted Scudder
talked on the detectives of
Lionism. Howard Pletsch was
a visitor. Wells Campbell said
that the community betterment
committee suggests as an OBJ
iective the formation of an
alumni association of graduates
of the John BaSsett Moore High
School. The club will again sup
port the project of providing
gifts for the Hospital for the
Mentally Retarded at Stockley.
The Santa Claus program on
Christmas Eve will be conduct
ed, according to report by Rich
ard E. Jones. David Mills is in
charge and Karl Gebhart will
impersonate Santa Claus, who
rides thru the town early Christ
mas Eve and over loud speak
er system admonishes the young
fry to 60 to bed. William E.
Jones, president, conducted the
meeting and greeted the visit
ors. Group singing was led by
John Graden.
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Over 100 Hear
Corbit Curator
AT Century Club

Horace L. Hotchkiss, curator
of Corbit House at Odessa, and
president of the Duck Creek
Historical Society, was the
guest speaker at the reciproci-
ty tea held by the Twentieth
Century Club on Thursday. Mrs.
William D. Kirk, president, vel
coined more than one hundred
women from eight clubs in Kent
County. Mrs.W. Harmon Money
and Mrs. Edgar Buchanan, past
state presidents, were among
the many guests. MIR. Hotch-
kiss, speaking on "Winterthur
and the American Heritage, .
showed colored slides of Win
terthur and the Corbit House.
He read a citation, a framed
copy of which will be present
ed to the Century Club for their
moral and financial support OF
the restoration of The Lindens
at Duck Creek. The speaker
outlined the background to
Winterthur, now evolved into a
priceless museum under the di.
rection of the Henry Francis
DUPONT Winterthur Foundation
The slides included views of the
original DUPONT home, and OF
many rooms which have been
restored completely after re-
moval from their original sites
in various states. He emphasiz-
ed the invaluable lessons to be
learned from the rooms which
teach us about American life
of the past. He also told of the
beauty and Importance of Cor
bit House and invited his hear
ers to visit it. A few views of
Corbit House and of Appoquin-
mink Creek in the background
served to point up its attrac-
tContinusd on Page six1
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Future Nurses
Here Receive
Honor Award

The Future Nurses of the
Smyrna Special School District
have been singled out as one
of the youth groups in the Unit
ed States and Canada to receive
a Certificate of Honor as win
ner of the Youth Achievement
Award for teenage public SER
vice in the school year l960-6l.
This is the third consecutive
year in which the girls of the
Smyrna nursing group have re-
ceived this award. Mrs. Mar
garet Boyldlan of the National
League for Nursing, Inc, spon-
sor of the National Future Nurs-
es Clubs in the United States
writes I'VE are happy to share
the sense of achievement that
your members must feel. Our
congratulations for a job well
done" The Youth Achievement
Contests are sponsored by Par
ents Magazine, Mrs Clara Sparr,
High School Nurse at the John
Bassett Moore High School in
Smyrna, is sponsor of the local
group of future nurses.
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Crowd of Over
$500 Views VFW's
Aerial Fireworks

An estimated crowd of one
thousand, five-hundred anc
twenty-five people turned out tc
view the aerial fireworks dis
play staged by the Newman
Lee-Urban Post 1901, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Saturday even.
ing. The display was the eli
max of the celebration of v. F
w. Week, and was held in mem.
ory of all the veterans of Unit
ed States Armed Forces. Post
Commander Steven Corso, and
the committee in charge of the
works activities, thank all who
participated and helped make il
a success. The committee in
cluded Harry Shirey, John Coop
er, Robert Faulkner, and Wal
ter Marryat. The post gives
special recognition to the fol-
lowing organizations and indi-
viduals who helped: Norman D.
Shorts, Frank Ryan, Reynolds
Bradley, Citizens Hose Com
pany; Martin Bessinger of the
David C. Harrison Post, No. Ia
American Legion Ambulance
Service; Troop 3, Delaware State
Police; The Smyrna Times, Smyr-
ma Hardware, Slaughter's, Inc.
the VFW Auxiliary, Daniel Blox
ON, Norman 6. Wilder, Della
ware Game and Fish Commits
sion, and Delaware Nationa
Guard. Staging a successful
fireworks display, such as tha
held on Saturday night, involve:
a lot of planning and work be
hind the scene by a large mum
Der of people. 1t is hoped that
local people enjoyed the fire
works display. Any comments
would be appreciated by the
post.
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Importance OF
Education Topic
OF Eta Assembly

The Future Teachers of Am
erica Club of the John Bassetl
Moore High School, celebrated
American Education Week by
holding a senior high school as.
Sembly. Barbara Fortner, pres.
ident, introduced Theodore p
Pidus, assistant executive sec.
retary of the Delaware State
Education Association. His top.
ic was American Education
Week and the Importance OF
Education" He is a former high
school and college English in.
Structor, and teaches in the Uni.
versity of Delaware Extension
School. He said that American
Education Week was started in
1921 by the National Education
Association and the American
Legion as a result of the APP
palling percentage of American
people who are illiterate. The
basic purpose of American Edu-
cation Week is to make every
American conscious of the i'm
portant role that education plays
in democracy, and to make
every American realize that
education and good schools are
the responsibility of every Am.
erican citizen. The speaker de.
fined education as the develop
ment OF ones knowledge, char.
acter, and personality by means
of teaching, study, and expert
ence. He said: Teaching is d
source of light in the midst OF
darkness. The teacher provides
the student with the Lantern
of Life Take this lantern; il
will light your way through
life's journey. 1t will prevent
you from stumbling and fall
ing" However, how well your
life is lighted" Mr. Pidus con
tinued, land how little you
stumble and fall depends upor
how we'll educated you are He
also said, Look upon your
studies as challenge and a re
Sponsibility, not as a source o.
drudgery or boredom. Approach
your studies with zest and en-
thusiasm. The we'll educated
! Continued on Page Twelve)
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Former Smyrnian, Head Of Temple
University Music Dept, in TV Series

DR.. B. Stimson Carrow, head
of the music theory department
at Temple University, Philadel-
phia, has appeared on two tele-
vision programs entitled Univer-
sity of the Air. He will be pre-
sented in a series of such pro-
grams lasting through the month
of January. His next appear
ance will be on Wednesday, No
vember %, on Channel 6, at
1l:l5 a. M, when his topic will
be Color in Music" The script
which he writes and presents is
varied, and students in the mu-
sic department participate un-
der his direction. Future ap-
pearances will be on January
10, IL, and 24.-Dr. Carrow was
graduated from the John Bas-
sett Moore High School, New
York University, with graduate
work at Temple University. He
spent a year in Europe in pre-
paration for the thesis which
led to his doctors degree. DR..
Carrow is the son of Mr.. and
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Hercules Powder
Security Head
Speaker at JC
Fall Conference

Urging his hearers to read the
words of Lenin, Stain, and Khru-
shchev, which are no secret,
Frank ]. Dougherty, manager of
security for Hercules Powder
Company, talked on what he
called "a grim subject" at the
fall conference Of the Delaware
Junior Chamber of Commerce
in Smyrna on Sunday afternoon.
He referred back to Karl Marx,
who said that their object in
| life was to "dethrone God and
destroy capitalism. Anyone
who studies communism will
conclude that they have a lang
uage of their own, he said, re-
ferring to their distortion of the
meaning of words, giving many
illustrations. Peaceful co-eXiSt-
ence to the communist means
an utter lack of opposition to
the advance of communism, he
stated, as he listed many en-
slaved nations. The liberation
of a democracy means to the
Russians the establishment of
a communistic government, he
continued, urging the Jaycees
! to read a complete text of Mr..
KS speeches. In their reference
ito God and spirituality, they be-
lieve that mans true spiritual
ity is fulfilled through Marxism
and Leninism. The speaker COM
Imended the Jaycees for their in
terest in communism and is i'll
favor of the Jaycees educating
themselves and others. During
a question period he emphasiz-
ed the need to take more ag-
gressive policy in dealing with
communism everywhere. He re-
minded his hearers that the
communists Invite criticism
and liquidate the critics" He
concluded with a quote: DO
what you can, wherever you
are, with what You have, Tor
Continued on Pane Twelve
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
Far Away Places
Program Theme
At Clayton Club

The Clayton Century Club
had as special guests, Mayor
and Mrs. John ]. Roth and mem
berS of the town council, at the
viewing of Far Away Places, :
a program presented at their
regular meeting. Miss Ruth
Ellen Reihm showed colored
slides and presented a travel
ogue of her recent tour of AT
rica, Asia, and the Mediterrean
area, when she travelled to Rho
desia, Egypt, and Rome. Mrs
Medford Davis, Sr., information.
al affairs chairman, arranged
the program, assisted by Mrs
Edward Wright and Mrs. Leon
ard Morris as hostesses. Mrs
George Smith conducted the
business session and greeted the
guests, among whom were mem
bers of the Clayton Home Dem
onstration Club and the Smyr
na-Clayton Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club. Mrs
Continued on Page Tweivel
Smyrna times., 1961-11-16
US. Commissioner
OF Education to
Address D.A.S.A.

DR.. Sterling M. McMurrin, U.
S. Commissioner of Education
and formerly vice-president of
the University of Utah, will
speak to the Delaware Associ-
alton of School Administrators
in their fall meeting on Friday,
December s, 1861, at the Smyr-
ma Elementary School. George
V. Kirk, president or the Della
ware Association of School Ad-
ministrators, and superintendent
of the Smyrna Special School
District, has announced that the
Smyrna Elementary School will
be the host. DR.. McMurrin, ap-
pointed by President Kennedy
on January of 1861 as U. S.
Commissioner of Educa ion
formerly served as professor of
philosophy at the University of
Southern California, professor
of philosophy at the University
of Utah, and Dean of the col
lege of Letters of Sciences at
the University of Utah. In 1883
$50 DR.. McMurrin was advisor
to the University of Tehran of
Iran and also visited the Soviet
Union. He is co-author of two
books and has contributed to
articles in the Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica. He is a member of
Phi Beta Papa and past presi-
dent of the Mountain-Plains
Philosophical Conference. Mar
ried in 1893 to Miss Natalie
iCotterel, DR.. and Mrs. McMur-
rim have five children. U. S.
Commissioner McMurrin has
been noted, in recent months,
as an outspoken advocate of
tough education" for those
who can take it and has indi-
Gated that, in his opinion, teach
er education must be improved.
DR.. Kirk, Superintendent of
Smyrna Schools, has S t a e d
"We are very glad to be able
to get DR.. McMurrin in view
of his extremely busy schedule.
1t is most fitting that Delaware
school administrators will be
able to hear firsthand some of
the thinking of Commissioner
McMurrin."