Smyrna times., 1961-06-01
20 Years Ago


ment today reported that the
steel work on the new fores
fire lookout located in the west
side of the Coleman DUPONT
Highway about one mile NORTH
of Smyrna has been completed
The woodwork such as window:
and cabin insulation is expect
ed to be completed within the
next three weeks after which
the map table, alidade anc
other forest fire detection equip
ment will be installed. The
tower is l20 feet to the bottom
of the cabin floor and stands
on an elevation of about 55 fee
above sea level. The location
was selected in order to AFFORD
forest fire detection for the
thousands of acres of timber.
land in southern New Castle
County and northwestern Kent
County which heretofore has
been outside the visible range
of the nearest neighboring tow
er, that of the Viola forest fire
lookout situated about IL
miles west of Viola in Kent
County.
Thirty-eight John B a e t
Moore School seniors will re
ceive diplomas Monday night ir
the school auditorium. They are
as follows: Wilma Blendt, Will
liam Bodley, Mildred Carey
Faye Cole, Robert Derrickson
Walter Downes, Hilda Elburn
Edna Ennis, Elizabeth Ennis
Charlotte Everett, Nancy Fox
Ruth Hill, Adeline Hilyard, Ed
ward Hurd, Elizabeth Jones
Janet Keith, Ruth Nowland
Millard Passwaters, Betty Phil
lips, Virginia Ragolia, Alai
Robinson, Elmer Ross, Nelson
Slaughter, Charles Stewart
James Turner, Edward Wilson
Audrey Wooleyh a n, James
Gooding, William Bramble, Mary
Andrew, George Davis, Robert
Deakyne, Sarah Ellen Wright
Dorothy Badur, Robert Bell
Charles Poore, Robert Hafer, anc
Charlotte King. Robert Derrick
son has won the valedictory
honors of his class and Ruth
Hill has been named as salu-
tatorian.
The American Legion Auxil
larry met last night at the Leg
ion Room, with Mrs. Clark
Knotts presiding. Mrs. Knotts
chairman of the poppy sale, re-
ported that the amount collect
ed was the largest in the past
ten years, total of SIS. This
will go to the fund for the re.
Mobilization of World War vet
Grams and their families. The
auxiliary voted to buy $50 ma
tional defense bond. Plans were
made to cooperate with the Do
yer unit in a picnic for 100 vet
Grams at the Perry Point Veter.
ans Hospital, Perry Point, Md,
during the last week in July,
The Smyrna and Dover units
will act jointly as the hostesses
to the men, providing the picnic
and a program for their enter
tainment.
State Police Officer Edward
D. Gebhart, of Smyrna, who has
been in critical condition at
the Kent General Hospital fol-
lowing injuries resulting from a
motorcycle crash near Dover
last week, is reported slightly
improved, tho still in a serious
condition. Gebhart, who is at
tached to Station No. 8, was
driving south on the state high
way when he swerved to the
left to avoid a Dover cleaning
and dying truck which had
started into a filing station while
proceeding in the same direction,
according to police investiga-
ton. The cycle seemed to skid
on the concrete of the filling
station and then crashed into
a light standard of the station
about rs feet farther on and
pinned Gebhart beneath it. The
officer was unconscious when
extricated.
Mrs. Everett S. Lambdin en-
tertained at Dinner Thursday at
her home in Chestertown, Md,
the following Smyrna guests,