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Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
DP&L Supervisor
To Speak at
Club Meet Here

John Callahan, safety super
visor of the Delaware Power
& Light Company, Northern Di-
vision, will address the men,
bers of the Twentieth Century
Club Of Smyrna on the subject
Electricity AS Your Friend and
Servant" at the meeting on
Thursday, February s, at 2 p.
m. Callahan is a director of the
Delaware Safety Council, a past
president of the Safety Engi-
neers Club of Delaware, engi-
neering section of the Council,
and he is also an active men,
Der on the accident prevention
committees of the American Gas
Association and the Edison
Electric Institute. The Delaware
Power & Light Company, in
both gas and electricity, is rat
ed among the top three in the
country in the field of accident
prevention. Arrangements for
the appearance of Mr.. Callahan
were made with Mrs. Joseph
w. Ennis, the club safety chair
man, through F. ]. Jamison, as
sistant manager of the Delaware
Safety Council, Inc. Mrs. ].
Everett Lofland is chairman of
the hostess committee of the
club for the February 8 meet
ing. Mrs. William D. Kirk will
preside. The program will also
include reading of THE Mo-
torist's Prayer" by Miss Bertha
Smithers. There will be vocal
solos by Mrs. Edward S. Ever
hart. Mrs. William Tuftin, chair
man of safety for the Delaware
Federation of Women's Clubs
will speak briefly on the value
of safety belts.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Volunteers Aid
Clayton Firemen
AT Wisker Home

The local volunteer f1remen
answered two alarms on success
sive days this week, one on
Monday at l0:l5 p. M, near the
Smyrna Diner when there was
minor damage due to faulty
carburetor in the car owned by
William R. Rogers, School Lane.
Forty-four firemen answered
the call. Just fifteen seconds
before the IL noon fire siren
was sounded on Tuesday the
Citizens Hose Company was
called to assist the Clayton Fire
Company. Forty men from the
two companies were directed
by assistant chief ]. George
Knots, Clayton. The fire was
at the home of Theodore Wisk-
er, west of Clayton, off Route
300. The fire started on the
second floor in the vicinity of
the chimney and had made con-
siderable progress before it was
discovered. The house is in a
remote section, one-half mile off
the road. A child ran to the
road and asked passing mo-
torist to turn in the alarm to
the Clayton Fire Company. The
second floor and roof were
burned. The road was very
muddy which delayed the arriv-
al of firemen. There were l3
persons in the family. Clinton
Robertson, disaster chairman
for Area 4, Delaware Red Cross,
assisted the family and other
quarters were found for them.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
New Bay Bridge
South of Smyrna
Proposed by N. ].
Governor Hughes

Gov. Ebert N. Carvel an
nounced at his news conference
on Tuesday the receipt of. a
proposal from Gov. Richard
Hughes of New Jersey for a
bi-state, sos million suspension
bridge from Bombay Hook 10
Sea Breeze on the Jersey shore,
Carvel has sent the proposal to
N. MaXson Terry, chairman of
the State Highway Commission,
and ]. H. Tyler Mcconnell,
chairman-director of the Della
ware Memorial Bridge, for their
comments. Carvel said the pro-
posed bridge would become a
matter for the bi-state Delaware
River-Bay Authority created last
year by New Jersey and Della
ware and now awaiting Con-
gressional approval. The author
ity, to consist of five men from
each state, would not only ad-
minister the Delaware Memorial
Bridge, but also undertake con-
I struction and operation of any
other ware New Jersey
bridge or ferry. Gov. Carvel
said he discussed the proposal
with Gov. Hughes in Washing
ton last weekend and that he
will meet with him again in the
next few weeks after he has
received the thinking of Terry
and Mcconnell. Gov. Hughes
in making the proposal during
the recent gubernatorial cam
paign, said that the construc'
ton of such a New Jersey-Del.
aware link would develop a
great new commercial route
from New Jersey and other
northern states, down the Del
Mar-Va peninsula to NorfolE
and the South. The crossing
would tie isolated Southern Jer'
sey into federal interstate
highway system linking New
Jersey and the north with Nor
folk and all of the soutf
through the $l40 million Ches
apeake Bay tunnel-bridge pro
ject to be completed in 1868.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
St. Peters Names
New Vestrymen;
Hear Reports

Election of three vestrymen
for three-year terms, reports
summary of accomplishments
during his eight months as rec
tor, given by the Rev. Spencer
R. Quick, were features at the
annual congregational meeting
of St. Peters Episcopal Church
last Thursday night. Thomas
Lamb, John Graden, and Harold
Quillen were named to the YES
try. DR.. Richard w. Comegys,
Francis B. Gebhart, and Warner
w. Price, Jr., served as tellers.
The nominees included Walter
w. Speakman, Richard E. Jones,
James Rodney, and Coleman
MetZler. Holdover members of
the vestry: l. R. Merrill, treas
urer; Frank Greenwell, secre-
tary; Gerald Heinold, Malcolm
FARRELL, Walter Eley, and Robert
Dunning. MIR. Quick noted new
phases of activity of parishion-
ers, and summoned his hearers
to involvement in the commun-
ity." The treasurer's report was
presented by |. Harrison Merrill.
1t included the church account,
for operating budget and debt;
also the rectory building, the
directory, and cemetery ac-
counts. Reports were heard
from the following: DR.. Com
eggs, the vestry; Mrs. Fred Helm
old, Sr., the Women of ST. Pet
er's; Walter Eley, church school;
Mrs. Richard W.Comegys, pray
er group. Mrs. Robert Dunning
read the report of the Altar
Guild, as prepared by Mrs. Char
les M. Guy, director. 1t was an
nounced that a series of Friday
night square dances will be held
in the parish house in order to
provide supervised recreation
for the young teenagers of the
community. They will be held
on February 2, February l6, and
March 2. At the close of the
members of the group
inspected the newly-installed
lighting which enhances the
beauty of the large altar win
dow and provides proper light !
for the rector at the lectern and
altar, the choir, and the con-
gregation.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Former Smyrna
Girl Featured
In Post Article
AS Pied Piper

A former local girl has been
featured in a story in the COM
ing February 10 issue of the
Saturday Evening Post, which
will be read nationally and
bring credit to herself, her fam
lily, and the town of Smyrna.
Winifred Piper is featured in
People On The Way Up," with
a picture of her in a Pied Piper
garb, a clever play on her name.
She is chief aide at the Col
lege Admissions Center in Ev-
anston, Illinois, where "she puts
students-who have perhaps
been turned down by the over
crowded colleges of their choice
in touch with good schools
that have room to spare" The
quality of integrity which was
evident as early as her high
school days here is shown by
her words, quoted in the ar
ticle. She said: Il do my best
work when I'm part of some
thing that stands for more than
pursuit of the dollar" Winnie
has had a colorful and excit-
ing career since graduation from
the John Bassett Moore High
School in l947, and Beacon COL
lege, Wilmington. An employe
of the State Department she
served in Tel Aviv, Israel, and
Salzburg, Austria, as a secre-
tary. She also travelled widely
in Europe. Her varied career
has included work with the Her.
cules Powder Company, Wilm-
ington; Rollins Broadc a in G
Station VANS; with American
Broadcasting in Chicago, and
NBC in Washington. She en-
tered the local high school in
her freshman year, having pre-
viously attended schools in
Belleville, Milton, and Philadel-
phia, Pa. Miss Piper is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
Piper of this town.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Last Appeal for
March of Dimes

The Auxiliary to the David
c. Harrison Post, No. Ia, wishes
to announce that money is still
being turned in for the annual
New March of Dimes" Any
one who has not been contact
ed and wishes to make a con-
tribution is asked to contact or
send check to Mrs. Dorothy
Rogers, School Lane, Smyrna.
Please make checks payable to
March of Dimes. To date $54l.-
80 has been collected by sixty
solicitors, the Future Nurses
Club and Boy Scout Troop 1876.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Martin Golden
Seeks Smyrna
Council Seat

With the deadline for filing
of candidates for two council
seats only two weeks away and
the election to be held on Feb
ruary 26, interest will be arous-
ed by the announcement that
Martin Golden has filed as a
candidate for councilman. He
came to Smyrna on November
3, 1851, from Wilmington, and
owns and operates the Golden
Pharmacy here. A graduate of
Wilmington High School, he re-
ceived a B. S. degree in phar-
macy at the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy in 1860. He
served in the European Theatre
during World War II. Always
active in community affairs his
interests and activities have
,broadened into service also in
the county and state. Golden
was a charter member and first
president of the Smyrna-Clay-
ton Junior Chamber of Com
merce, he later served in num-
erous state offices. He served
as state Jaycee president dur
ing l959-60, and was national
chairman of the nominating
committee at the 1861 conven-
tion in Atlanta. He also served
on the national board of direc-
tors. Active in the affairs of
the Delaware Pharmaceutical
Society, he served as a member
of the board for eight years.
also, as chairman of the legis-
lative committee, and member
of the budget committee. His
wide interest has included scout
ing, and he is assistant cub
master of Cub Scout Pack 1876
He is a member of the Citizens
Hose Company. At present he
is serving as the town chairman
for Radio Free Europe. Gold
en- was the winner of the Rob-
bins award, presented at the
state convention of the Della
ware Pharmaceutical Society
for outstanding community SER
vice. Interested and active in
the formation of the Smyrna
Clayton Retail Merchants Asso-
citation, he is a past president.
He is now serving as secretary
of the Smyrna-Cla Indus
trial Development Corporation.
His activities have included
serving on various fund drives,
including Boy Scouts, the Heart
Fund, and the Kent General
Hospital. He resides in Lake
Como Gardens with his wife,
the former Miss Rita Stonef1eld,
of Wilmington, and son, Chad,
and daughter, Nina.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Historical Group
To Meet Sunday

A meeting of the Board OF
Directors of the Duck Creek
Historical Society VIII be held
on Sunday, February 4, at 7:3C
p. M, in the Office of the Sec
retary, Mrs. Louise D. Clifton,
5 East Commerce Street. I'm
portant business will be discuss
ed and plans made for the reg
ular meeting of the group. All
directors are urged to be pres
ent. Horace D. Hotchkiss, Odes-
sa, will preside.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Retailers Name
Rebar President

Charles Rebar was elected
president of the Smyrna-Clay-
ton Retail Merchants Associa-
tion at the annual meeting. 9th
er officers include Terry Hughes,
vice-president; Mrs. June Say
ers, secretary treasurer. Elect
ed to the board of directors:
John Shetzler, Clarence S. Col
Inns, Jr., Edward Street, and G.
Edward Wootten. Plans are be-
ing completed for the erection
of Welcome to Smyrna" signs,
one on the northbound lane,
the other on southbound lane of
the Dupont Parkway. Early
plans are also being formulated
for the annual Spring Dollar
Day.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Receive Thirteenth Alarm

The thirteenth alarm in the
month of January was answer
ed on Wednesday by thirty vol
unteers of the Citizens Hose
Company. They were called at
9:55 a. M, to extinguish a blaze
in a frame garage on Bay View
Road. The owner is Rose Pa
naro and the occupant, William
Pritchett. The men were in SER
vice for one-half hour and trav-
eled "a miles.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
United Nations
Not Dead Club
Women Told by
Mrs. Edith Bohn

"The united Nations is not
dead, but is alive with the Spir-
it of the world to come" Mrs.
Edith Bohn told members of
the Twentieth Century Club last
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Bohn.
who was active in the organiza-
tion of the American Associa-
tion for the United Nations, was
introduced by Miss Mary Hol-
land. Telling of the start of
UN in l945, and of growth from
81 to l04 member nations, the
speaker stressed the challenges
and problems of UN, noting on
the positive side UN support in
Korea, the Suez Canal, Leban-
on and other areas. Mrs. Bohn
urged the women to be stud
ents of the situation, not crit
icS." We must learn to live
with other nations, she contin-
ued, and must not lose sight of
the good things accomplished
thru the UN. She noted the
Children's Fund, giving help in
68 countries; the World Bank,
with loans to South Africa for
development of farm lands; help
in putting Japan on her feet,
Improvements in Pakistan. She
also noted the failures in North
Korea, the Soviet, and Goa.
However, she referred to the
election of u Thant, and said
there is need for patience and
it will take endurance. Mrs.
William D. Kirk presided and
the treasurer's report was given
by Mrs. Lawrence c. Ellery.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Pomona Grange
To Meet Feb. 5

The first Kent County Po-
mona Grange visiting program
in 1862 will be held at Beth
esda Grange on Monday, Feb
ruary S, at 500 p. m. Members
of Capitol Grange will present
the program. Each grange will
select their own topic, and will
be scored at each meeting. The
grange receiving the highest
score will receive a bronze
plaque at the end of the year.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
Blaze Contained
AT Candy Manor

Thirty-nine volunteers of the
Citizens Hose Company re-
sponded to a fire alarm at 1890
a. m., Saturday, at the Candy
Manor, south of Smyrna, on the
Dupont Parkway. The blaze was
caused by a cigarette in trash
in the kitchen, and the men
were at the site about one-half
hour. Damage was minor, and
was estimated at 5000 to build
ing and contents. This was the
tenth alarm in the month of
January, and the men were di-
rected by Chief Bradley.
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01
District to Receive Bids on New
l2-Room Elementary School March

The Smyrna District announc-
ed this week that they will re-
ceive bids on Thursday, March
l, 1862, on a brand new Ele-
School to be erected
on Main Street Extended, North
of Smyrna. The building will
be a l2-room structure COM
plete with multipurpose room,
kitchen, boiler room, nurses Of
flee, library, storage and other
facilities. One of the inovations
in this building will be the use
Smyrna times., 1962-02-01

of hard glaze paint on the cor
ridors walls. 1t is anticipated
that this will help reduce costs
on this structure. When COM
plete, the building will hold
300-360 elementary pupils in
grades l-6. The architect for
the project is Buchart Associ-
ates. 1t is anticipated that con-
struction will begin in April or
May and be completed by about
May, 1868.
Evening star., 1962-03-28

inhabitants of the territory, the
only part of the Netherlands
East Indies which the Dutch re-
tanned when they gave Indo-
nesia independence in 1949.
West New Guinea's governor
P. j. Plateel, in a broadcast to-
day, said the sending of rein
forcementS was clear proof
that the Netherlands does not
intend to give in to Indonesia
threats"
A communique from Hol-
landia, the capital of West New
Guinea, said Dutch marines
and Papuan police had encoun-
tered a well-armed Indonesia
fighting unit of about 30 men
on Waigeo Island off the west
tip of New Guinea.
The Indonesians "evaded a
fight and left stocks of NUM-
tions and food behind" and the
Dutch patrol was in pursuit.
the communique said,
Dutch ships and planes were
searching for three or four
1ndonesian motor torpedo boats
believed to have taken cover
in shallow waters along the
south coast of the island after
Evening star., 1962-03-28
Dutch Rushing Troops,
Ships to New Guinea

THE HAGUE, Netherlands,
Mar. % (AP) Dutch warships
and troops rushed toward West
New Guinea today to counter
stepped-up Indonesian infiltra-
tion of the disputed territory.
The Dutch government dis
patched four warships and air.
borne troops after receiving
word of increased military
activity in the area following a
breakdown in United States
sponsored negotiations between
the Hague and Jakarta.
The Dutch began airlifting
an estimated 1900 troops to
New Guinea in DC-e airliners
chartered from kim, the Dutch
airline. A planeload of 1873
marines left Amsterdam today,
and airport circles said one of
kLM's two daily flights to New
York had been Cancelled for the
next nine days to accommodate
the airlift.
A DC-8 transport left the
Caribbean island of Curacao
last night with a 70-man unit
that had been stationed there.
Sources said at least six other
planes ferrying troops from
Amsterdam to New Guinea
were to make stopovers at
Curacao in the next few days.
Dress as Civilians
The planes, carrying the
troops as tourists in civilian
dress, are flying to New Guinea
via Lima, Peru, and the French
Pacific island of Tahiti. The
Dutch apparently decided on
this route because of Japan's
protests when Dutch troops in
civilian dress were flown to
New Guinea earlier via Tokyo.
Also ordered to New Guiena
were the destroyers Limburg
and Gronigen and the subma- /
rines Zeeleeuw and Dolfijn,
which visited the Caribbean last
month and moved to the Pa
clfic Coast to be on the ready. J
The destroyers already were
Steaming across the Pacific and
are due to arrive in New Guinea
waters in about two weeks. The
submarines were ordered to
leave the Mexican harbor of
Manzanillo to join the force.
Premier Jan de Quay told the
lower House of Parliament the
reinforcementS were being sent
because of Indonesia's "unin-
terrupted and continued threats
and aggressive acts" and to pro-
tect the lives and property of
Evening star., 1962-03-28
Fire Extinguisher
Falls, Acid Burns
3-Yeur-OId Girl

A 3-year-old girl suffered
burns on her face, arms anc
legs yesterday when an apart
ment house fire extinguishel
fell, spraying her with a sui
phuric acid solution.
The child, Margaret Magru-
der, the daughter of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Ernest Magruder of 10l7
Barnaby terrace Sc, was
treated for first and second
degree burns at Hadley Memo
rial Hospital and released.
The extinguisher, like most
Of the canister-type extin-
guishers in commercial and
apartment buildings in this
area, contained water in which
sodium bicarbonate had been
dissolved, with a separate con-
tainer Of sulphuric acid inside
the canister.
The District Fire Marshal's
Office said extinguishers at the
apartment development in
which the Magruder child lives
were given safety checks last
August and a month ago.
Evening star., 1962-03-28
UNlCEF Enterprises
Bring in $50,000

UNICEF crossed more than
$50,000 from its Hallowee II
trick or treat" and Christmas
card sales in the Washington
area this past year, Washington
Friends of UNICEF has an
nounced.
The $4,000 donated through
the Halloween venture and the
over $4,000 culled through sale
of more than 12,500 boxes of
Christmas cards represents a
rise in contributions of over
SO per cent above 1860, the
Friends" report said.
Evening star., 1962-03-28
PuvIock Names
Campaign Aide

AL Migliaro, OF 1907 Blue.
ridge avenue, Silver Spring, ha.
been named chairman of q
committee backing Joseph l.
Pavlock for Maryiand's Re-
publican nomination for Gov
ernor.
Mr.. Migliaro, director OF
finance and public information
for the Epilepsy Foundation of
Washington, also will serve as
campaign chairman for the
46-year-old Silver Spring busi-
ness man.
Mr.. Pavlock is one of three
Republicans seeking the guber-
material nomination.
Evening star., 1962-03-28

being spotted by Dutch patrol
planes.
The communique said it lis
becoming clear that these Incl
dents are part of a co-ordinated
1ndonesian military planning.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

You may not see any merit in
confessing your sins to a priest,
as Catholics do.
Perhaps you think, as some do,
that it is a humiliating practice
which Catholics themselves would
not observe if the Church did not
require them TO do so. And you
may well wonder what effect, if
any, such confession has upon the
spiritual life Of the individual.
We suggest that you turn the
pages of your Bible to John
20:2l-23 and read Christ's COM
mission 70 the Apostles: "WboSs
siss ye shall forgive, they are
forgiven them; sObose sins ye shall
retain, they are retained"
We might cite the fact that
Christ, in this command, insti-
tuted the Sacrament of Penance,
or Confession, and that Catholics
all over the world have been going
TO Confession for the 1900 years
since. We might point out that
ALL Christians observed this Sac
rament for the first IS centuries
Of Christendom.
But instead we invite you TO
look into and study the faces of
the throngs of people coming OUT
of Catholic churches everywhere
in the dusk of a late Saturday
afternoon. The sense of guilt
which may have clouded their
features going in is no longer
there for their sins have been
forgiven and the Light Of Gods
peace shines from their eyes!
Confessing our sins to another
human being may indeed appear
TO be a humiliating thing. But if
only a question of personal pride
were involved, we should have to
SUPRE "a e
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Evening star., 1962-04-08

TINE SHOOTING OF BLADEN SUNDAY Work.
Alfred Turner, who is charged with shooting
Louis Bladen on the 18th instant, and whose death
we noticed yesterday. had hearing before JUS
tees Giberson and Clayton yesterday afternoon
John l. Smith, ESQ., appearing for the prosecution,
and J. E. Norris, esq, for the accused Quite q
number Of witnesses were examined from whose
evidence the facts may be stated as follows: On
Sunday Turner and others started to 90 fishing
and Bladen who had his gun along went in
company; and after spending some time fishing
and shooting robins. they all started towards
Turner's house. Bladen, on the way. put caps on
the gun several times and snapped it at the others
When they reached Turner's the gun was loaded
and fired of. Mcdonald and Turner went into
dinner together. leaving Bladen outside. Bladen
Afterwards came in and got his dinner, and went
out and sat down by tree. -. Turner came to the
door and picked up the gun and placed cap on it,
which did not 60 of. He put the same cap on
second time, and holding it towards Bladen at
charge. snapped it, when It went of, and the load
took effect in Bladen's face Turner exclaimed,
NY God. mother. I've shot Louis; did not know 1t
was loaded" The mother came out. and Alfred held
Bladen while his mother wiped the blood from his
face. One of the witnesses testified that q few
minuteS PESSious 70 INC aliray nc saw oiauen WIN
powder in his hand, as if in the act Of loading the
gun; and another who was with Turner testified
that he Tl did not load it. The boys were all on
good terms, although one witness testified that
about last Christmas he heard Turner say that If
Bladen got in his way he would shoot him.
After hearing the evidence, the justices de-
cided to hold Turner to bail In the sum Of $500 to
answer . charge Of assault and battery. resulting
in death.
SUNDAY THE STAR MAGAZINE. wAsHn
Evening star., 1962-04-08
THE GREAT BATTLE.


Government here has not up to this time, re-
ceived more official information concerning the
battle Of Pittsburg Landing.
The reason is plain enough. Such reports
would only come here through Gen. Halleck, to
whom they would be made by Gems. Grant and
Buell.. Gen. Halleck being himself on the way from
St. Louis to Pittsburg Landing cannot be easily
reached by telegraph, or easily find an oppor-
tunity to telegraph to Washington from some point
on his line Of travel
Nevertheless. the expected and 90 eagerly de-
sired dispatches from him may arrive here at any
moment We trust they may do so before the Star
goes to press to-day.
Came this piece Of religious iNformGtion:
ISRAELITISH OBSERVANCE OF EASTER
To-day is the seventh Of the Easter week, accord
ing to the reckoning Of the Jewish calendar It is
observed by the Israelites, but for q different
reason than that Of the Christians. Though the en-
tire Easter week is regarded As holy by them, the
first and seventh day 10 observed with religious
strictness in commemoration Of the establish
ment Of the Israelitish nationality. and also be.
cause their belief in the traditions causes them to
recognize and commemorate each returning
Easter as the anniversary Of creation. To-day.
is strictly observed by the Israelites in this city
assembled in their synagogues, and devoted the
morning hours to religious discourse and the read
ing Of the law