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Smyrna times., 1962-10-04

The observance of Fire Pre-
vention Week will be held Oct.
lib and the annaul fire pre-
vention essay contest at the
school for Grades So will be
conducted.
The Citizens Hose Company
will present prizes of SIS, first;
$40, second; and SIS, third In
the contest and the winning
essay will be forwarded to the
competition conducted by the
Kent County Firemen's Associ-
alton.
Posters will be displayed and
film carrying the fire proven
ton message will be shown at
the Smyrna Theatre. Through
cooperation of the management
of the Smyrna Theatre and the
local fire company there will
be a showing of the film before
each show during the week.
Through local cooperation
with the Gebhart Insurance A
gency there will be a distri-
button of home inspection PAM
phlets to school children, and
the usual distribution of fire
prevention literature will be
made by the agency and the fire
company.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Missionary
To Uganda
To Speak
Here Oct. 9

The Women of St. Peters
Episcopal Church have extern
ded an invitation to interested
persons to attend the meeting
to be held Tuesday, Oct. 9when
the Rev. ]. Seymour Finn will
be the guest speaker.
A service In the church at
8 pm. will precede the program
In the parish house. Mrs. Spen-
Ger R. Quick is program chair
man.
MIR. Finn is serving as miss
ionary to Mbale, Uganda, East
Africa and is at home on leave.
His work in Uganda is three
fold:work in the parish of Mbale,
the third largest town in the
country, among uganda and
English-speaking people, but
with particular responsibility
for the English service under
the rectorship of an African
priest; training Of ordinands;
and development of a community
center which serves also as a
conference center for the do
cese and parish.
MIR. Finn was born in Will
mington where he was gradu-
ated from Friends School. He
was graduated In l949 at Prince
ton University with an A. B.
degree in English.
He spent two years in Lii
IBERIA for the National Council
of the Protestant Episcopal
Church as teacher at the E.
Episcopal High School, Roberts
port, Cape Mount. He returned
to the states and in 1854 grad
.uated from Virginia Theological
Seminary ordained as deacon,
assigned to the Diocese of Del
aware to start new mission
ION the outskirts Of Wilmington.
Thus he became Vicar of St.
|David's Brandywine Hundred In
1854, and rector two years
later. In June of 1889 he re-
signed to become missionary co
Mbale, Uganda. East Africa.
Though under the appointment
of the National Council, Mr..
Films support has come mainly
from the Diocese Of Delaware,
which has been interested in
Uganda since the Anglican Con-
gress in 1854, when the Bishop
of the then Diocese of Upper
Niles passed through Delaware
on his way back to Africa.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04

lions officer with a suggestion
that he include the C-I24 in
the static display.
Captain Knutkowski agreed to
the suggestion and provided the
aircraft as well as guides for
this purpose.
The Dover CHA Globe
master, being one of the larg-
est a1rplanes on display, nat
urally attracted most of the
$4,000 Australians viewing the
display.
Col. VIC. Mauldin, l607th
Wing commander, received a
letter of appreciation for the
air show assistance from Air
Commodore CIV. Pearce, of
the Commonwealth of Austria :
liza this week.
Part of the letter read: THE
inclusion Of the CHA Globe
master in our display mater
tally assisted In making the dis
play the success 1t was. Dur
ing the afternoon of Sept. 10,
a continuous stream of visitors
inspected the C-l24 under the
control and guidance of the crew
members placed at my disposal
| by Captain KnutkoWski. I"
Air Commodore Pearce's
letter continues, IL would like
to take this opportunity of ex-
pressing my appreciation of the
cooperation received from Cap
tain Knutkowski and his crew
members"
The other crew members
were: lsr 1t. Raymond D. Hall,
co-pilot; LIST 1t. James ]. Hog
an, Jr., navigator; CMSgt. Glen
don Mcdowell, MSgt. Ernest A.
Beaulien and TSgt. Jack N.
Loughrivge, engineers; and
ALC Lester C. Bertram, Load
master.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Fire Prevention
Week October lib

Participation of the school In
this effort is directed by David
K. Fauser, administrative as
SiStant.
Fire Chief Reynolds Bradley
calls attention of all residents
of Smyrna and the surrounding
community of the necessity to
inspect cellers, attics, closets,
workshops, etc. where debris
accumulates as the fall season
approaches.
Fire Prevention Week ushers
In the season when 1t is the
appropriate time to have gen.
eral house cleaning.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
District Gov.
AT Clayton

District Governor Joseph H.
Brewer of Wilmington, together
with other members of his cab
met, visited the Clayton Lions
Club at its regular meeting in
the Clayton Fire Hall on We'd
nesday, October 8. Mr.. Brewer
presented District Cabinet Sec
retary-Treasurer, Henry c.
Steinle, Wilmington; Deputy
District Governor Nicholas ].
Fidance, Bear; and Zone Chair
man Norman Wilder, Smyrna.
John Shallenberger, Clayton,
and Robert G. Horsey. Smyrna
we're installed as new members
by International Counsellor, W.
Henry Ennis, Clayton. Elmer
Vert of Clayton was received
as a transfer member.
Clayton Lions President Ed
die Hurd presided over the
meeting.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Hold Corner Stone Laying
Ceremony At Asbury Sun.

More than two hundred per-
sons from all over the state
attended the cornerstone lay
ing ceremony at the Christ
tian Education Building of As
bury Methodist Church Sunday
afternoon by the NV. Grand
Lodge of A.F. and Am. of Del
aware. The Rev. DR.. Robert M.
Parker, president of Wesley
Junior College, Dover in the adj
dress of dedication stressed the
Importance of Christian educa-
ton and the need to be bound
together In the world.
The ceremony of the laying
of corner stones was traced
back to Biblical times, carried
out by Jews and Christians "a
like, he said, and is based on
the symbol of immortality"
Education would be the cor
ner stone to create a better
world; the element, the need to
work with other nations and
classes, he said.
The brass section of the Git
liens Hose Company band play
ed for the professional and re-
cessional, and the singing of
Onward Christian Soldiers"
and 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner" by the group. A. Rodney
Daniels was director.
Richard c. Price, president
of the Board of Trustees gave
the address of welcome and in
PRODUCED honored guests. The
invocation was given by the Rev.
]. Howard Link, pastor, and
Grand Chaplain of the lodge,
who also gave the benediction.
Officers of the Grand Lodge
of Delaware who took part in
the ceremony included Harry
C. Johnson, grand master, who
presided at the ceremony of the
cornerstone laying; William H.
Canwell, deputy grand master;
Walter S. Howard, senior grand
warden; John S. Proud. junior
grand warden; Chester R.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Make Power
ChangeOver
HereSunday

AS the result of precision
planning a project was con-
Quoted by Delaware Power &
Light Company on Sunday when
new transformers we're install
ed at the sub station on the
Clayton Road by five crews of
the D P and L and an electric
crew of the town of Smyrna
of four men.
Calvin Wells, Harrington,
district supervisor for the pow
er company, was In charge of the
project carried out by about
forth or fifty men. The Smyrna
men worked under the direction
of James Warren, general fore
man. Town Manager Rex D.
Gilmore also remained at the
site of the sub-station.
Preparation began at 4:30
am. on Sunday by Delaware
Power & Light, and the program
was carried tprecisely on the
dot of 7 am. as planned. Cur
rent was restored at l0:l5 am.
The State Highway Depart
ment had a portable generator
at the site of project to main
tain traffic lights on the Smyr-
ma -Clayton-Kenton Roads. Town
police we're In charge of the
Main and Commerce Street in
tersection.
Crews of Delaware Power &
Light from Laurel, Harrington,
Clayton, Cheswold, and Dover
worked at the site. 1t was nee
essary to remove three poles
Continuad m Pape Fourl
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
CHARLES L. REBAR
orking In
New York City

Charles L. Rebar, Ill, son OF
MIR. and Mrs. Charles L. Re-
bar, Jr. of 3l3 Merrill Way,
recent graduate of Smyrna
High School, has been employed
by the Shell Oil Company in
their New York City offices In
the RCA building. He is in
charge of their mail service on
all outgoing and incoming mail.
"Skip", who was student
council president at Smyrna
High School, is attending eve
ming classes at New York Uni
versity In the School of Arts
and Sciences.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Z Companies Battle Barn
Blaze Save Adjoining
Buildings Worth 100000

The volunteers of the Citiz-
ems Hose Company had the as
sistance of men from six other
companies at a fire on the farm
of Charles Blendt, on the Lep-
ipsic Road. The alarm was
turned in at 6:23 pm. Tuesday
night and the firemen returned
to the fire house at 4:30 am.
Wednesday.
Volunteers from Clayton,
Leipsic, Dover, Little Greek,
Townsend and Cheswold as
sisted, and water was hauled
from Lake Como and one fire
hydrant in Smyrna, in 1000
gallon tank trucks, filled by a
town punper at the lake.
Senger milk Service, Smyrna,
Spencer MIX Service, and
Wheatley's, Clayton also used
their tank trucks to carrywater
to the site of the fire.
The fire occurred In a two
story 100 foot barn where 5000
5000 bales of hay were stored in
the second story. Silos and a
milk house and stable we're ad-
joining at right angles. The fire
was halted at the angle with
the COW barn.
There was no damage to the
silos and Fire Chief Reynolds
Bradley paid tribute to the fire
men for good job, in saving
the adjoining buildings.
The burned hay was removed
by the volunteers, and neighbors
came with tractors, manure
spreaders, and fork lifts to help
with spreading the burning hay
in pastures and wetting 1t so
that fire would MOI break OUT
again.
Three firemen we're sent to
Kent General Hospital, in
Guiding Franklin Morris, Smyr-
ma, an injured ankle, and Leroy
Dear, Dover and Chief William
Bowers, Clayton, for smoke in
halation. They we're treated and
released.
The loss was estimated to
$4,000, partially covered by
insurance. Chief Bradley en-
phasized that the buildings
saved represented a savings of
$4,000 to $780, 900.
Members of the Ladies Aux
iliaries Of both the Smyrna and
Clayton fire companies served
hot coffee and sandwiches
standing by until 4 am.
Mr.. Blendt has a herd of
more than one hundred, in
GLIDING fifty milk cows. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Blendt he had
turned the light on in the barn
and he believes that heat from
the bulb caused the COM
bustion.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Dover CHA ClObemaster
Leading Attraction At
Australian Ai1plane Show

A Dover C-l24 crew didn' t
realize their Globemaster
would become the leading at
traction at an Australian air
plane show when they visited
that country recently.
Piloted by Capt. George D.
Knutkowski, 3lst Air Trans
port Squadron, the C-l24landed
at Richmond Royal Australian
Air Force (RAAF) base, 80
miles north of Sidney.
The RAAF base was holding
its annual Air Force Week
"Open Day., (similar to our
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Auto Show
October 1918

Don't forget the Auto Show
which will be staged at the Al
Ian McLane Armory on F riday
and Saturday, Oct. l2-l3, with
door prizes and refreshments
under sponsorship of the
Smyrna Lions Club. The doors
will be open on Friday at |
pm. and on Saturday from $3.50
pm. to closing. No tickets will
be sold in advance.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Open House
To Start
Club Year

The Twentieth Century Club
will hold the firstmeeting Of the
1928 club year on Thursday,
Oct. II at 2 pm. when open
house and tea will be held
at the club house.
Mrs. ]. Everett Lofland will
preside at the first meeting
since her election. The program
will feature Miss Janet Reed,
of the University of Delaware,
a clothing specialist who will
talk on new fall styles, fabrics
and colors to suit age and fig
ure. She will also discuss dos
and don'ts for different ages,
types, and coloring.
There will be modified fash
ion show presented by The Ivy
Shop, and Miss Reed will COM
ment on the outfits as to whether
they are correct for the model.
The models will be different
age groups, and will show
clothes In range of sizes
and styles. There will also be
an audience participation period
when questions may be asked.
Mrs. Helen Potter is chair
man of the hostess committee
which includes Mrs. Ethel Hud-
son, Mrs. Helen Attix, Mrs.
William MacLucas, Mrs. Har-
ry Jones, Mrs. Cummins E.
Speakman, Sr., and Mrs. Al
fred Tilghman.
New officers of the club in
clude Mrs. Francis ]. O'Neill,
first vice president; Mrs. ].
Howard Link, second vice pres
ident; Mrs. William Schoolfield,
recording secretary; Mrs. Wal
ter Myers, corresponding sec
rotary; Mrs. Norman G. VIII
der, treasurer; Mrs. Edgar !.
Boggs, historian.
Department chairmen: Pub
licity, Mrs. Henry C. Webb;
Literature, Miss Mary Holland;
Education, Mrs. Francis ]. o.
Neill; Fine Arts, Mrs. ]. How
ard Link; Music. Mrs. Ed
ward Everhart; Religion, Mrs.
Ernest Blendt;
International Affairs, Mrs.
Cummins E. Speakman; Com
munity Improvement, Mrs. Jo-
seph W. Ennis; Public Affairs,
Mrs. Clark Knotts; Health, Mrs.
Andrew D. Cole, Legislation,
| Mrs. Harry Johnson; Conser-
walton, Mrs. Gordon Nightin-
gale.
Drama, Mrs. Raymond D.
Pusey; American Homes and
Gardens, Mrs. Frank Ryan;
Membership, Mrs. Leslie Pry-
or; Program, Mrs. Lawrence
C. Ellery; Directors, Mrs. VIII
liam D. Kirk and Mrs. Ellery.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04

Jones, grand secretary; George
E. Vandegrift, grand treasurer;
John A. Dillman, senior granc
deacon; John L. McLearnen,
junior grand deacon; Burrill F
Mccoy grand marshal; j. Ralph
Birmingham, grand sword
bearer; Steven S. Smith, senior
grand steward; Robert A. Beck,
junior grand steward; Clarence
w. Thompson, grand tiler;
Edgar Shelton. assistant grand
riler
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04

DR.. GeorgeM. Docherty,min-
lister of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church in Wash
ington, DC. will be the guest
preacher in the First Pres
byterian Church on Sunday, Oct
ober seventh, at seven-thirty
In the evening. This service,
occurring on Worldwide Com
munion Sunday, will mark the
first in a series of special
evening programs to be held
during the year.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
DIR. Docherty was educated at
Glasgow University, from which
he received his Master of Arts
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04

The flag bearers we're Jeffrey
Link and Ray Davis. The ed
vocational building committee:
Charles M. Gee, chairman, John
W. Dukes, Harry c. Johnson.
Mrs. June Short, Thomas W.
Russell, Mrs. Helen Deakyne,
Mrs. Patsy Busker, Henry T.
Price Richard C. Price, and
]. Howard Link. Among the dis
tinguished guests was the Rev.
John N. Link, Rehoboth Beach.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04
Presbyterians To Hear
Washington Minister

degree In 1895, and his Bache-
lor of Divinity Degree in 1888.
He was called to the New York
Avenue Church in 1850 from the
famous North Church in Aber-
deem, Scotland. DR.. Docherty APP
pears regularly on Washington
television In the program This
We Believe" He is the author
of zone Way of Living" pub
lished In 1858 by Harper and
Brothers. During the current
year, DR.. Docherty is serving
as Moderator of the Washington
City Presbytery of the United
Presbyterian Church in the u
nited States of America.
Smyrna times., 1962-10-04

Armed Forces Day. Sunday,
Sept. 10.
Captain Knutkowski was ap-
preached by the base opera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16

Handsome, mod
ern decorator de-
sign in wrought
iron and Fiber
glos. Just right
for den or rec
reuiion room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16

For your hot-oir
heating system,
hos its own mo-
tor driven { q n
which forces heat
into room when
room is too cool;
automatic ther-
mostot turns unit
on and off.
Evening star., 1962-05-30
Youth Killed in Crash
With I oxi After Yokinq

A car said by police to have
left the scene of a yoke robbery
collided with a taxicab early
today. killing the 17-year -old
driver of the car.
Army Pvt. John L. Bassford,
jr., of Glenn Dale, Md, died
at 7:15 am. at Providence Hos
pital, about six hours after the
ACCIDENT at South Dakota ave-
nue. and Newton street NE.
1t. Orville Erfert of the rob-
berry squad said six young COM
panions we're riding in the car
with Pvt. Bassford.
One of them, Charles B.
Cady, 18, of the $500 block of
Myrtle avenue NE, was
charged with robbery after po-
lice found in the car a wallet
identified as one taken in a
yoking a few minutes before
the accident.
Cady was admitted to Wash
ington Hospital Center with
head and hip injuries. The
other passengers suffered
lesser injuries and the driver
of the colliding cab, Dan l..
Grady, %, of $50 Sixty-second
street NE, also went to the
Hospital Center with head in
jurieS.
Earlier Ernest Hayden, 38,
of 1910 Twenty-sixth street
Me-, alighted from a bus at
Rhode Island avenue and
Twenty-fourth streets NE. He
said a green car pulled up as he
Evening star., 1962-05-30
AIobomo Retires Boykin,
Low Man in Sway Race

talked only about First Con-
tinental, then under State re-
view.
The Alabama legislator also
confirmed that he had been
instrumental in the sale to First
Continental Of a 4,567-acre
tract of Stafford County (Va.)
timberland 80 miles south of
Washington for SO million. And
he admitted having talked to At
torney General Robert Ken
nedy about the possibility OF
delaying Edlin's mail fraud
case.
At another point, Mr.. Boykin
wired President Kennedy offer
ing Astronaut Alan B. Shepard
jr., a home in the Linda City
development. The offer was not
relayed to the President.
Mr.. Boykin, whose office on
Capitol Hill includes the
framed credo, Everything s
made for love-" declared that
throughout the events of the
savings and loan period, he was
trying to do nothing but good.
In Alabama, the tally at 1895
of 3,486 boxes gave him 342, ,32a
votes. His opponents and their
vote counts were: George An
drews 452,704, Carl Elliott 449,-
997, George Grant 466,318
George Huddleston 470,947
Robert E. Jones 433, ,669, Albert
Rains 486, 1923, Kenneth Roberts
463 .491 and Armistead Selder
462,866.
Evening star., 1962-05-30
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

Two House Republicans crit
icized the Agriculture Depart.
ment today in the wake Of the
first congressional inquiry In
the Billie Sol Estes case.
After two days Of public
hearings, Representative Dwyer
of New Jersey and Langen OF
Minnesota said they thought
the indicted Pecos tTexO oper-
ator had exerted influence in
the department.
Both are members Of the
House Government Operations
Subcommittee investigating
charges that Estes received
favored treatment In building
up a multimillion- dollar grain
storage operation.
Chairman Fountain, Demo-
crat of North Carolina, recess
ing the hearings until probably
next week, said, I'VE ought to
get all the facts we can" be-
fore reaching conclusions. He
said many witnesses still are to
be heard.
Mrs. Dwyer Sees Influence
II still think he had in
fluence," Mrs. Dwyer said.
I'm not willing to say where
but he had influence"
Referring to Agriculture De-
partment officials who have
been the first witnesses. Mrs.
Dwyer added: We've just heard
Evening star., 1962-05-30

walked north. and two white
youths got out.
One grabbed him from behind
the body and the other beat
him in the face. knocking him
down, he said. They took his
empty wallet. Mr.. Hayden is
colored.
About that time Garfield
Towles, 38, of 1910 Thirty fifth
street NE, drove by in his cab.
1t. ErferC said Mr.. Towles saw
a man lying on the curb and
three men jumping into the
green car. The cab driver
gave pursuit.
The chase ended in the col
lision with the second cab.
Both young Bassford and
Mr.. Grady received tickets for
unreasonable speed, and the
youth, before he died, was
given a ticket for failing to
yield the right of way.
OF the other five youths in
the car. two are in Providence
Hospital, two are in the Hos
pital Center and one is in the
Receiving Home, after being
released from the Hospital
Center. None was listed in
serious condition.
Pvt. Bassford recently COM
pleted basic training and had
been assigned to Fort Jackson,
s. c. He attended grade schools
in Hyattsville and Bladensburgh
High School.
Evening star., 1962-05-30

to try to finish its work before
Friday.
1t appeared certain that the
legislation, if it passes the Sem
ate, will have to be referred to
a conference committee of the
two Houses.
worthless" Says Hanson
Royce Hanson, president of
the Maryland Committee for
Fair Representation, said the
legislation as amended in the
Senate is practically worth
less" He said he could not
imagine its getting through the
General Assembly, and if it
does, he said, his group will
protest it in the courts.
Two bills are under consid-
Grafton. One is q stopgap
measure which would give the
Metropolitan Areas II new
House members this year by in
creasing the size Of the House.
The other is a permanent plan,
which would go into effect in
1866, and which would cut back
the size of the House and take
away delegates from the smaller
counties and give them to the
bigger ones.
Montgomery and Prince
Georges would get three more
delegates each under both bills.
Three Amendments
The three amendments put
on the legislation by the Senate
Judicial Proceedings Commit
tee would:
/. Require the four suburban
counties to divide themselves
into separate legislative dis
trictS for each delegate.
2. Require the Democratic
See MARYLAND, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-05-30

ways been that the Secret Army
represents no valid political
force and that it can be de-
stroyed in Is days if tough
enough means are used.
The European settlers want
to discuss their future with the
Moslem nationalists before the
self determination vote July /.
The French workers union
issued a virtual ultimatum de-
manding direct negotiations
with the Moslems before the
referendum or its members
would quit Algeria.
IF we leave. the economy
would collapse" the settlers
say.
Most experts agreed.
But the Moslem nationalists
are determined to achieve their
political objectives - independ-
ence and control of the coun-
try-no matter what the cost.
Some observers believe the
Secret Army campaign for ne
gotiations is a way Of keeping
up the wavering morale of the
Europeans.
Al Reported Seized
With such old slogans as AL
geria Is French" losing their
spell. the Secret Army may be
trying to keep UP the settlers
See ALGERIA, Page AS
Evening star., 1962-05-30
Launching Is Tough

SYDNEY. Australia, May 80
(AP).-A bottle of champagne
survived eight swings against
a ships side and a 20-foot fall
before Mrs. Hubert Opperman,
wife of Australia's shipping
minister, smashed it on the
bow of a new lighthouse supply
vessel.
Evening star., 1962-05-30

figure in another association,
First Continental of Chevy
Chase, which was placed in re-
ceivership by the Montgomery
County Circuit Court.
Mr.. Boykin told a reporter
in January he telephoned Gov.
Tawes of Maryland to arrange
an appointment with Edlin.
The talk was to revolye around
the 8,000-acre Linda City de-
velopment near Waldorf-or so
Mr.. Boykin thought.
Actually, according to the
Governors later account, Edlir