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Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Boost In State
Broiler Income
Due by School
Lunch Program

CONGRESSMAN Harris B. Nc
Dowell, Jr., (D.-Del.) announced
Friday that the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture plans to
buy young chickens for use in
the National School Lunch Pro-
gram. Purchases will be made
with funds made available by
Congress to provide supplement
tai foods to help participating
schools meet their school lunch
requirements. Early last Febru-
airy, Congre m n Mcdowell
met with Mr.. John Duncan, Jr.,
assistant secretary of Agricul-
ture for Marketing and Foreign
Stabilization, and urged the use
of Delaware broiler chicken
products in school lunch pro-
grams and in surplus food pack
ages for needy Americans. AT
that time, Congressman Nc
Dowell recommended: "consid-
Grafton in the future to the in
elusion of poultry products in
any purchase programs for sur
plus commodities to be distrib-
uted under the surplus food
disposal programs, both domes-
tic and foreign. as well as the
school lunch program" In
March, the U. S. Department
of Agriculture purchased lim-
tied quantity of young chickens
for testing in the School Lunch
Program and they were well ac-
cepted. Congressman Mcdowell
declared Friday that he was
highly pleased to find that my
earlier suggestion as to the use
of chicken products has beer
successfully tested and is now
part of an overall program fol
supplementing our n iona
school lunch programs" Il an
confident that Delaware poultry
growers and professors will re-
spond quickly to the new needs
of the U. S. Department of Ag
(Continued on Page Eight
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Brandywine Wins
State Babe Ruth
Tournament Game

The Smyrna-Clayton All-Stars
loss eart-breaker in their
opening round clash with Bran
dywine in the State Babe Ruth
League Tournament at Clayton
on July 10. The up-staters snap
ped 3-3 deadlock with three
runs in the tenth inning to post
a 6-3 victory. Richard Bunk"
Taylor turned in sparkling
performance, striking
out 10 and walking only 4 be-
fore giving way to Gary Har-
vath with one out in the tenth.
Harvath was tagged for two
hits before retiring the side.
Taylor collected two of his
teams four hits, rapping a
double and single that chased
home run. The game was
marred in the fifth inning when
Bo Mccoy, starting left fielder
for the local nine, was struck
in the eye by tipped ball off
his bat. He was replaced by
Bill Shockley. Kenny Miller's
two-run homer in the third
which tied the score, was the
big blast for the winning Bran
dywine nine. The game was
filled with exciting moments.
Both teams got out of tight
spots on several occasions which
could have broken the game
wide open.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Charles M. Gee
Promoted at
Local BOD Office

At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of Directors
of Bank of Delaware held We'd
nesday, July l9, assistant trea-
surer Charles M. Gee was pro-
NOTED to assistant vice presi-
dent. Mr.. Gee will continue in
his present capacity as manager
of the banks Smyrna office. MIR.
Gee is a native of Covington,
Tenn, and was educated in the
public schools of Covington and
New York City. He began his
banking career in 1927, as a
messenger for the Corn Ex-
change Bank of New York City,
where he worked until entering
the u. S. Army in 1912. After
serving as chief clerk in the
Finance Department of the army
until 1916, he joined the Ma
tional Bank of Smyrna as as
sistant cashier in l947, serving
in that capacity and later as
cashier until the merger with
Bank of Delaware in 1857, wher
he was made an assistant treas
urer. Mr.. Gee is a past presi.
dent of the Kent County Bank.
ers Association and past presi
dent of the Smyrna Lions Club
He is currently president of the
Smyrna Police Pension Board
president of the international
Student Exchange Chapter fol
Smyrna; treasurer of the loca
Boy Scouts. the Red Cross, the
American Cancer Society anc
the Smyrna-C Clayton Girl Scouts
financial advisor of the Silver
Eagle Boys Club; general chair
man of the Asbury Methods
Church building program; anc
is member of both the Viii
mington and Dover Chapters o
the American Institute of Bank
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Gee reside
on Delaware Street in Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Avery Clifton
Receives Award

Avery Clifton of 100 South
Street, Smyrna, Delaware, has
been given an award enrolling
him in the Aunt Jemima Hall
of Fame. The award is made
annually by The Quaker Oats
Company to the representative
who has gained recognition for
accomplishment in sales promo
ton and merchandising of Aunt
Jemima Products for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1861. The
award was presented by Mr.. ].
E. Mason, sales promotion man.
ager, at the annual sales meet
ing of the company held at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Smyrna Firemen
To Open 81 Fund
Drive Wednesday

The annual fund raising drive
of the Smyrna Volunteer Fire
Company will begin on We'd
nesday, August End, reports
Bruce c. Ennis, financial COM
mittee chairman, of the 1861
Fund Drive. Others of the COM
mittee are Fletcher Truax, Lex
FAIRIES, Ralph Tieman, James
Truax. and Richard Jones. A
goal of $4,000 has been set.
Modern trends in construction,
engineering, and science result
in great variety of new fire.
fl G hting problems. Constant
training and best equipment
available are necessities to
solve this problem" indicates
the committee chairman in re-
questing the continued support
of citizens of Smyrna during
the financial drive. Much OF
the funds for training, mainten-
ance of equipment, and other
operating expenses of the vol
unteer company are provided
by these annual drives. A mem
Der of the fire company or lad.
les auxiliary will call at your
home or place of business to
solicit your contribution begin
ming 6:30 p. M, Wednesday
August 2. Individuals who have
accepted solicitation routes al
present include Gordon Miller
South DUPONT Highway; Ralph
Tieman, Brenford Road; Buo
Bush, Leipsic Road, White Hal
Neck and Raymond's Neck
Roads; Clarence Johnson, Dea'
kwneville- Friendship Area; Eag
les Nest Road, Gumbush, anc
Taylor's Bridge Roads; Stout
Blckllng, North DUPONT High
way from Meeks Restaurant in
cluding Black Diamond Road
Fred Harris, the North DuPon
Hig way from Duck Creel
Bridge to Meeks Restaurant
Connie and Alberta Morris, the
Smyrna Landing Area; Henry
Dukes, Walker S C h o o ! hous,
Road, Brick Store Landing Area
Homer Short, Woodland Beacl
Road and Bayview Area; Rich
ard Elterich, Woodland Beacl
Area; Merrill Birmingham, Car
ter's Road and Sunnyside Road
James Truax and Bruce Ennis
Business Section; Jane Jacobs
Lake Como Garden Area; AL
bert O'Neal, Jr., Spruance Cit.
Area; Robert Jacobs and lie,
FAIRIES, Border Areas.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
WSCS Plan 10th
Antique Show

The Tenth Annual Antique
Show, sponsored by the Wom-
ans Society of Christian Ser
vice of Bethesda Methodist
Church, Middletown, Delaware,
will be held in Bethesda Hall,
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day, November 7, s and 9, 1861.
Mrs. Alvah Price is general
chairman. Luncheon will be
served daily and a snack bar
will be available during the en-
tire time.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Camping Season
Extended Until
September 3Oth

Delaware's state-owned camp
ing, fishing and bathing areas
along Route IA between Dewey
Beach and Bethany Beach, are
experiencing record-establish-
ing influx of visitors this sum-
mer advises the Delaware State
Development Department. In
fact, these public facilities are
proving SO popular that the
State Highway Department,
which maintains and operates
the coastal recreation areas, has
extended the 1861 camping
season" through Saturday, Sep
tember 80. In 1860, an estimat-
ed $4,000 persons used the pub
lie tenting area along Key Road
and indications are that nearly
double this number will have
used the facilities before the
curtain is dropped on the 1861
season. During recent weeks,
near capacity crowds have been
using the tenting area along
Key Box Road and even larger
numbers have been using the
special bathing areas at Savage
Ditch, on Rehoboth Bay, and
along the ocean front north and
south of the Indian River Inlet.
On weekends, it has been nee
essary, on several occasions, to
turn away late arriving camp
ers due to lack of sufficient ac-
commodation. AS a result of
cool weather in May, use of
the tenting area got off to a
somewhat slow start, but the
pleasant weather that came
with June and continued through
early July brought campers in
large numbers, causing the area
to be filled to capacity on quite
a few occasions. The peak"
was reached during the extend
ed Fourth of July holiday, when
part of an overflow crowd was
placed in adjacent areas nor
mally reserved for Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts. While this
served to provide 80 additional
tenting spaces, approximately
400 people were still turned
away during the holiday period.
Many improvements were made
at the Key Box Road tenting
, area last winter and Spring, and
the number of individual tent
spaces, each of which is large
enough for tent housing up
to eight persons, was increased
to 438. Drinking water capac.
ity was also increased, addition
al showers were installed, anC
toilet and garbage disposal fa
, cilities were improved. At the
r Savage Ditch area, where there
is large pavilion seating 81
persons, paved area now pro-
vides parking spaces for more
than 500 cars. The recreation
area south of the Indian Rivel
Inlet, which features a large
pavilion seating 100 persons
has a paved area that present
ly provides parking for approx
Continued on Page Eight
Evening star., 1961-11-26
New and Gift Right! Polaroid
J33 Electric Eye Land Camera Kit
1895
1895

This Christmas you afford this exciting of all Cameras
for the J33 has everything including budget price It's
fully automatc The Electric Eye chooses the perfect
No focusng There's nothing to set Just pick the
and the works. And seconds you have the finished
picture right the back the Kit contains Camera
Leather Case, Bulbs and Film.
Camera The Hecht Co., All Stores
Can't get out to shop? Don't give it thought Use our
Evening star., 1961-03-26

the tourist and gold flows are
scheduled for study this week
on Capitol Hill. :.
Beginning Tuesday, the
Commerce and Finance Sub
committee of the House Conn
mittee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce will hold hear
ingS on bills to create a United
States Travel Service. 1t wodld
be a part of the Commerce De-
partment.
The Senate passed enabling
legislation last month, Under
it, the travel service would
manage an annual SIS million
worth Of travel promotion in
foreign countries.
The service also would be
equipped to encourage multi
ligual menus and many Of the
other tourist reforms Secretary
Hodges has suggested.
Indeed, wit hout these
changes here in the United
States, millions could be spent
abroad to no effect. For with
every delay and Illustration last
Thursday one unintentional
message crossed the language
barrier to- our make believe
Sofia:
Mon Yankee, go home!"
The real Sofia likes Wash
ington and plans to become an
American citizen.
But then, the real Sofia
speaks English quite well.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
Started Is Years Ago

How? It started is years
ago when Mrs. Wood, a high
school teacher was back in COL
lege for her masters. She saw
q speech teacher flip through
her S0-page term paper, then
mark it in detail.
Evening star., 1961-03-26

He made no effort to ex-
plain to the guide that she
spoke only Spanish. (The guide
couldn't speak it anyway Sc
no effort was made to find q
fellow tourist who was BIZ
lingual and. perhaps, coulc
have made some sense Of 9
confusing walk through the
Capitol.
Cafe Yes, TOstado No
After the tour, Sofia wan.
dered into a nearby restaurant
She asked for "Cafe y tos.
tada"-coffee and toast. The
waitress could understand
cafe, F" which was srnilingly and
promptly brought. But requests
for other foods were not
needed.
The little restaurant unfor-
tunately didn't have picture
menus. 3 potential life-savel
to foreign tourists.
The waitress finally had tC
help her other customers. Sofis
was left with her coffee and
q check for 10 cents.
A few blocks away at the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art, Sofia
asked for the rooms where
Spanish paintings are hung.
An employe wrote the names
OF Spanish painters beside sew
eral rooms on q map Of the
gallery.
Evening star., 1961-03-26

down to 5000 when it's diff
cult material"
An original worry Of not
catching an authors style be-
cause you read too fast was an
unrealized problem, according
to Mr. Tarravechia. :
II actually get his style much
more clearly. It comes in one
big look. And I find it helps in
creative writing. / unconscious
ly aSsimilate the good, throw
off the bad" Mr.. Tarravechia
said. He said he stopped after
the first 100 pages Of Advise
and Consent" because he didn't
want to waste his time"
The students conversations
sound like testimonial ads.
Senator Talmadge. who said
"he unfortunately took the
course piecemeal," starting dur
ing the 86th Congress when
Lyndon had US going night
and day" and is now brushing
up. Sold on it, he favors set
ting up the system in Georgia
schools.
There still are the skeptics.
When 16-year-old Bob Darling
demonstrated - reading 142
pages Of the Galaxy Of the
Stars" in three minutes and
talking IL minutes on 35-page
recall-a man said you've got
a great act for the circus there,
Buddy"
But the avalanche Of stu
dents keeps coming and the
original two-room suite In the
Sheraton Building, I'll Four
teenth street NV, has spread
to new offices.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
CHILDREN, SENATORS DEMONS 7RA7E ~
You Can Read Book in 30 Minutes

Setting out to find out how
Mrs. Wood collected so other
unframed speed readers and
analyzed their reading meth
DDS.
Through the years she
slowly evolved her technique
a process Of reading rapidly
down the page, allowing the
eyes to trigger the mind di-
rectly. This eliminates the
middle step Of saying, hearing
or thinking the sound of words.
These typical middle men proc
esses are the biggest stop light
to fast reading and comprehen-
sion.
I knew the word had to 60
straight from the eye to the
brain without the detour," said
Mrs. Wood. who take Q dim
view Of stressing the more fan
tastic reading speeds.
Read-aRd Comprehend
Then everyone who comes
in will want to read $4,000
words a minute. The import
ant thing is to read 4 to 10
times faster. and comprehend.
Speed Is not most important,
but only through speed can you
comprehend"
Mrs. Wood follows up this
belief with classroom signs
which say IF you read slowly
you fall asleep, the mind
wanderS aimlessly."
To keep the steady pace and
rhythm necessary in her read
ing method, Mrs. Woods pupils
read with the hands" Each
one works out his own method
"a rotund mans huge paw
stroked down the entire page,
q models slim tapered red nail
drew a line down the center.
When you read fast you
comprehend so much more. It's
so vivid. everything jumps out
at you," said 13- year old
Connie Carlton who thought
Alduous Huxley's Brave New
World" was poorly organ
lied"
Demonstrates on One Page
For the benefit Of the re-
porter she took an unread page
Of "Dr. Zhivago," glanced at
it, then said, This is most
difficult, reading and compre-
bending out Of context. But it's
about a woman who is sad be-
cause Of someone's death and
she has put eye drops in her
eyes which are Redeemed and
swollen from crying.
| ut would have been much
easier If I'd had time to pre-
read"
"Preread" is another of Mrs
Woods comprehension steps
In prereading you glance over
the material, table Of contents
get characters names straight
and clearly identified. Mrs.
Evening star., 1961-03-26
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

Last Wednesday, Commerce
Secretary Hodges told a con-
ference here: ITO produce an
increasing flow Of foreign tour
lists, we must send back q
steady stream of contented
visitors"
Last Thursday, a young Pc
ruvian woman who spoke only
Spanish got a brushoff from
guides in the Capitol itself.
She was unable to order in
a popular tourist restaurant
nearby.
No Aid on Bus Tours
She was offered bus tours
of the city-but no aid in un-
derStanding what she would see.
After a few hectic hours OF
seeing Washington" the Star
reporter and photographer who
had followed her tour decided
to call it q day. Her no-English
gag was removed and q much
more relaxed Senorita Sofia
Gamarra returned to her teach
ing duties at the Berlitz School
of Languages.
Union Station Mixup
The stunt had shown-pain-
fully-that although an Ameri-
can may be able to see Europe or
South America and speak only
English, q foreigner can't ma
neuver in the United States
Evening star., 1961-03-26
Washington Welcomes Foreign Vsiobu They'd Better Speak English

without a constant and expen-
sive translator guide.
Senorita Gamarra, who has
lived in the washington area
less than a year. played the
''no-English" game first at
Union Station.
At the information desk she
said in Spanish that she was
on her way from Miami to New
York and wished to spend a day
seeing Washington. She asked
when she could get a late train
for New York.
The clerk listened patiently
but said in English that he
couldn't speak Spanish. He had
none Of the handy English
Spanish booklets which pair
common travel phrases Of the
two languages.
But he understood New
York" And when Sofia said,
Que hora? Papel?" he brought
paper and wrote the time for
a train to New York.
'Donde esp" asked Sofia. The
clerk understood and wrote
down the track number and
pointed out the gate. Hey" he
was overheard to say after
Sofia left, II just got one who
couldn't speak English"
Sofia then spied a sign,
Travellers Aid Society" She
asked for Q map. for . tour Of
the city and for directions to
the Capitol.
Evening star., 1961-03-26

Gallery guides were very
helpful. Sofia asked a visitor
from Boston If he knew where
the Dali paintings were. He
answered. in Spanish, that he
didn't know the gallery well.
The reporter, standing nearby,
said, "She doesn't seem to speak
English, but I think she wants
to see Dali's The Last Sup
per-"
"Oh, yes" said the man, get
ting up from his bench. 1--WE
taught Spanish for years and
can help
BOstOnian to Rescue
He found the Dali, told Sofia
in beautiful Spanish that the
painting was modern and poor.
But Sofia liked it and the
Spanish sparkled back and
forth as the Bostonian and the
Peruvian went on to other
paintings.
Soon, Sofia was back at Ber-
litz. When she left work to go
home at the end of the day,
she would use her English and
have no trouble-no more than
most Of US, anyway.
But most of the Sofas, the
Henris and the Wilhelms stay
in their homelands, unless they
know English well. have friends
or relatives here, or are willing
Evening star., 1961-03-26
COUNTY EYES
FAST READING
STUDY COURSE

Montgomery County may
offer rapid reading courses
to junior high school stu
dents as early as next fall,
officials disclosed yester-
day. r,
William Broomall, direc-
tor Of the school boards
summer program, said Of
ficials last week began q
study Of the course to de-
termine II such techniques
could be profitably used by
youngsters.
Rapid reading courses,
which can enable q stu
dent to read several hun
dred pages an hour are
taught in the Washington
area in Government and
and business school classes.
Few If any public schools,
however. presently offer
them.
Mr., Broomall said the
first offering Of such a
course. If approved. would
probably be made In the
summer program. If the
class proved successful this
summer, he said, the board
might offer q test course
for l2-and-13-year-olds
later.
I'VE probably should Of
fer 1t only to children who
are already good readers"
he said. "They would have
to have their fundamental
reading skills well MASTER
ed to be eligible for this"
Evening star., 1961-03-26

a good book. with pictures, and
with text and captions In sew
eral languages"
"Is there a deInand?" he said.
"Yes, but no supply"
In another check last week,
The Star called National Air
port and said:
"Sprechen sic Deutsch?"
There was a pause and then,
mo comprende." i.
A similar telephone call di-
rectly to a domestic airline pro-
duced a search, at least, for
someone who spoke German.
The local office of a German
airline, however. proved capa-
BILE Of handling several Ian
guages and was willing to call
the domestic line and arrange
the local flight.
The airline checks also
turned up reports of a Spanish
guide to the United States,
published by Pan American
World AiFways. The company's
officials in New York said Ger
man and Italian versions oi
New Horizons, u. S. A" soor
will follow the Spanish version
In 1860. American tourists
spent $l.2 billion more abroad
than the few tourists from
overseas spent in the United
States. That sum is roughly q
third of the United States an
nual loss Of gold.
Proposals aimed at reversing
Evening star., 1961-03-26

No one spoke espanol. But a
volunteer worker understood
"mapa" and a few other words.
She took Sofia outside to an
agent for sightseeing buses.
He spoke no Spanish. But he
and the Travellers Aid volunteer
pointed out, through pictures,
where the tours went and wrote
out the charges. But there
would be no one to identify, in
Spanish, the buildings. Nor was
there any printed Spanish ma
terial to help explain the tours
stops.
Taxis Also Fail
Maybe q taxi tour7
The taxi starter was con-
suited. Yes, a driver could show
the tourist the outSideS of the
major buildings. But no, he
didn't have any way Of finding
a Spanish-Speaki driver.
Sofia asked some people in
front Of the station for di-
rections to the Capitol. When
they caught the name, they
pointed. There it was a few
blocks away.
Within the Capitol, q tour
agent gave Sofia a ticket, pulled
a quarter from his cash draw
er to show the price and, when
she paid, pointed her in the
direction Of q group gathering
around q guide.
Evening star., 1961-03-26

to take limited tours originating
in New York.
Secretary Hodges says, 1--WE
must devise ways Of overcoming
the language barrier. .
STANDARD menus can be
printed in several languages.
Directories can be estab-
liShed for hotels, restaurants
and other facilities that are
equipped to handle visitors who
speak a particular language
Hotel associations and cham
bers Of commerce can compile
lists of people in their COM
munities who have foreign Ian
guage abilities and might be
happy to serve as guides fol
touring groups.
Where guides who speak
other languages are not avail
able. it might be possible tc
print guidebooks or pamphlet;
explaining what the tourist will
be seeing at various points or
a tour. :"
And No GuidebOOks
At present. foreign Language
guidebooks to Washington or tc
the United States are not avail.
able here. a spot check showed
last week.
One specialist in foreign
books said the situation Is
sad" He knew of no guide
books in foreign languages.
What we need" he added, sis
Evening star., 1961-03-26
BroyhiII to Give Congress First Droft
OfoD. c. Presidential Election ow

Board of Trade, established to
draw 3 bill, also might bridge
a growing gap between Demo-
cratic and Republican ideas
about voting qualifications.
Joseph Rauh. acting Demo-
cratic Central Committee chair
man, is working with city
attorneys, and F. Joseph Dono-
hue, former Commissioner, is q
member Of the Board of Trade
committee.
Ratification Due Tomorrow
AS party leaders juggled ideas
for organizing the Districts
first presidential election in
history, the constitutional
amendment to permit the elec-
ton awaited final ratification
in Kansas and Ohio tomorrow,
Endorsements by two more
States are needed to make it
part Of the Constitution.
The amendment calls on Con-
gresS to determine how preSi-
dental and vice presidential
electors should be chosen here.
It is this enabling legislation"
Mr.. Broyhill and community
leaders are proposing.
General agreement has de-
veloped on 81 as the required
voting age. Also, most drafters
were preparing presidential
election amendments to be at
tached to the standing primary
law governing election Of party
delegates to national political
conventions.
Some Democrats privately
prefer an 18-year voting quail