Smyrna times., 1962-03-15
20 Years Ago

lueHllllCdllOn tags nave Deen
distributed to every school child
of the Smyrna School District,
MIR. George w. Wright, assist
ant superintendent of the John
Bassett Moore School has an
nounced. Each tag is properly
inscribed with the child's name,
address, and the name of one
parent. Presented without cost
to the child, expressed instruc-
tions were given to place the
tag around the neck, where it
is to be worn each hour of every
day until further notice. The
Board of Education is now max .
ing available to any out-of-
school children desiring them
an Identification tag. The same
may be secued by applying to
MIR. Wright at the school office.
These tags will be properly in
scribed and given without cost. !
''It is the hope of the Board of
Education that every child in
this community may be proper
ly identified" Mr.. Wright said.
The Clayton Juniors won first
award in the Kent County All
dramatic contest Monday night
with their production of wild
cat Willy" At a similar pro-
gram Friday at Caesar Rodney
School the Cardinal Juniors of
Houston won honors with the
play, "Ask Nancy" First prize
for acting went to Alice Rosen-
gren of the Paradise Club who
appeared in Elmer Cleans Up
on Friday. Harry Cloud of the
Clayton Clodhoppers was Sec
ond in the acting competition.
Other acting honors went TO
Peggy Ann Munod and Betty
Mitchell, Westville Club; Marie
Poole, Union Club; Ethel Van
Pelt, Cheswold, and Francis
Kitchens, Clayton. Honors for
the second best play were won
by the Clayton Clodhoppers
with "The Catalogue" Players
in Wilcat Willy" were: Delaney
Pryor, Marilyn Rollins, Marie
Churchman, Francis Kitchens,
,Theodosia Hopkins, Ned Horn,
and Shirley Richards. The ASK
Nancy cast: Philip Armour,
Doris Marvel, Hazel Sapp, Ann
Sapp, Betty Wootten, and AL
! vina Kielbasa. The judges were:
5 Mrs. George Ehinger, Mrs. Wini-
: fred MacCardle, and William
$ Callahan. William Dawson pre-
sided.
Martha Burrous, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Burrous,
: Smyrna, won first honors in the
! posture parade held in conjunc-
tion with the annual Play Day
, exercises at the Women's Col
: lege Gymnasium Saturday. Play
Day is sponsored each year by
the Department of Physical Ed
ucation and the Women's Ath-
letic Association of the Wom-
ems College for senior high
school girls of the state. This
year the high schools partici-
pating were: Dover, Laurel, Sea-
ford, Selbyville, Newark and
Smyrna. Following registration
the girls were assigned to color
teams where they lost their
school identity as this gathering
is not intended as a school COM
petition but rather a competi-
tion of the girls. During the
morning session there were
games between the color teams
such as volley ball, hand ball,
table tennis, tumbling, relay
races for all teams, Kangaroo,
and obstacle relay races. The
following attended from Smyr-
ma High School, in charge of
Miss Fay Wilson: Shirley Blech-
man, Martha Burrous, Betty
Eicholz, Edith Johnson, Shirley
Sydell, Emma Pearce, Marian
Pratt, Doris Pyle, Mildred
Slaughter, and Helen Pleasan-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Webb
entertained at a buffet supper
Friday night in honor of MIR.
and Mrs. ]. Edwin Wilson, Jr.,
who left on Saturday for a
months stay in Florida. The
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les King, MIR. and Mrs. c. L.
Harmonson, DR.. and Mrs. w. c.
Deakyne, MIR. and Mrs. Glenn
S. King, Miss Elizabeth Wilson,
Mrs. L. M. Niles, and Mr.. Eu-
gene Goldsborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe w. Rad
Iish of Laurel, Del, announce
tbo birth IF a CON Donald Y-r,1