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Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
John Parres
PTA Speaker
Here March q

The regular meeting of the
Smyrna PTA will be held Thurs
day, March 2l, In the Elemen-
tary School on School Lane.
The nominating committee
will present the slate of Of
ficers for the coming year.
Nominations will be taken from
the floor at that time.
MIR. John Parres, director
of Research and Publication of
the State Department of Edu-
cation will be the speaker. His
talk will answer such questions
as: Who is responsible for or
ganizing schools In Delaware7
How are the schools financed7
Where does the money come
from and how is 1t spent7 How
do Delaware's local, federal and
state funds compare with the
nation7 How do teachers salar-
les compare with the national
average7 Why has costper pupil
increased7 Are we gaining or
losing ground2
The PTA extends an invitation
to all interested persons to
come out and hear this infor-
native talk.
Discussion groups will be
held during the coffee hour.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14

Smithers Snow, Jr., will leave
Wedne esdaY. March 20 for the
annual board of directors meet
ing of the U.S.. Junior Chamber
of Commerce in Tulsa, Okla
homa March 2l-23.
Snow, a national director, is
a member of the 260-man board
made up of Jaycees from every
state In the nation and District
of Columbia.
During the three-day Tulsa
meeting, the boardwill consider
proposed acknowledgements and
projects for subsequent adop-
tion and availability to the 1900
member chapters of the organ
ization.
Tulsa is the site of the ma
tional Jaycee headquarters
building and Jaycee White
House, home of the national
president during his year term
of office.
During the boardmeeting, ten
different planning groups re-
commend a course of action of
their specific area ofprogram-
ing during the l963-o4 Jaycee
year.
Snow will serve on the Chap
ter : Individual Development
planning group which reviews
the proposals and plan of act
ion for the coming Jaycee year
in that specific area and makes
recommendations to the full
board.
) Decisions of the board are
subject to action by the general
membership at the Jaycees'
43rd annual national conven- =
tion Louisville, Kentucky, June
25-27.
Snow is employed by the
United States Post Office in
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
$5l2,OOO
Budget
Proposed
For Town

Town Manager Rex. D. Gil
more outlined an estimate of
the proposed budget at the last
meeting of Town Council, saying
that he anticipates a budget in
the neighborhood of S5l2,0 900,
income and expenditures"
This will not cover all of the
work which should be done, he
said, and some needs will have
TO wait until a later dme.
He told of the effects of the
trough winter" on the towns
streets. 1t was suggested that he
prepare a list of the blocks
needing repairs, other than hard
surface, and present it at the
next meeting.
The request of G. Edward
Wootten for permission to fol-
low his plans for a new store
front which call for an overhang
over the sidewalk, was granted.
William Hudson, represent
ing David P. Buckson, town at
torney, reported work by the
law firm on the town charter.
They expect to have the cerd-
fled charter ready within TWO
weeks.
Councilman George E. Bry-
son suggested getting a copy of
the Dover ordinance governing
dogs.
A request from the Citizens
Hose Company in reference to
need for three additional sirens,
In the New and High Street area,
Lake Como Gardens, and Park
way Manor, asking the town to
provide additional poles and
platforms, was tabled for more
information.
There was discussion on the
we'll house and chemical feed
ers, and Gilmore said that there
would be a concentration this
year on water, electric, and
streets.
improvements are planned at
the beach at Lake Como npre-
paration for the summer. Gil
more reported that there is need
for a man to read electric me-
ters ten days a month. He Is
| also Seeing a guard for child
rem at the school crossing on
DUPONT Parkway, following re-
signation of Annie ellis.
The following we're appointed
as town assessors: Mrs. James
Miller, Mrs. William T. Gath
right, and Cummins Evans.
There will be a special ex-
ecutive session of council to
review wages in all depart
ments. william Shane repre-
sented the Smyrna Clayton Jay
Gees at the meeting. Robert
Ryan, Jay Schuman, and Ronald
Quillen we're visiting Boy
| Scouts.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Farmers Urged
Protect Roads

State Highway Department Of
ficials renewed their annual
plea this week to farmers to
protect roads adjoining their
farms.
The, farmers we're asked not
TO drag implements off the field
onto roads adjoining their
farms.
The implements damage road
surfaces and often clog drain
age bitches, causing flood con-
ditions when heavy rains occur,
according to Ernest A. David
son, chief engineer.
Davidson said the law pro-
bibits farmers from such ac-
lions but the highway depart
ment prefers they voluntarily
refrain from dragging equip
ment across the road.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Assessment
In Kent Up
To General
Assembly

A general reasses sment Of
Kent County real estate ap-
pears imminent if the Cen
eral Assembly will approve.
James B. Messick, president
of the Kent Levy Court, said
he and the other two members
are agreed in principle to a
reassessment of county prop
erty but have not determined
how to implement 1t.
He said 1t is apparent any
course will have to be auth
orized by the General Assembly
since the Levy Court is a
statutory agency empowered to
borrow no more than $l85, 900,
an amount 1t now owes.
To carry out reassessment
program, Messick said, the
court will need about $780, 900
to pay for equipment and re-
tain an outside firm.
Messick said the Kent Coun-
ty Real Estate Board has en-
dorsed the reasses sment pro-
posal and has indicated neith-
er it nor any of its members
wants to undertake the pro-
ject. Therefore, Messick said. it
will be carried out by an out
side firm If the legislature ap-
proves.
Messick said he expects to
have a bill ready to be intro
duced to the General Assembly
shortly after it returns March
rs.
Reassessment of Kent County
has been political issue sew
eral years. Fred B. Carey, for
mer Republican Levy Court
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Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Business
Institute
Program m Set
For Dover

A Business Management In
stitute, designed to give small
business owners and managers
In Kent County a broader know
ledge of up-to-date manage
ment techniques, will be Of
fered in Dover, beginning March
10th. The course is being pre-
sented by the Distributive Ed
ucation Service of Delaware,
In cooperation with the Small
Business Administration.
Busines smen will meet on
Tuesday nights from 7:30 to
GAS pm. for 10 weeks In. the
Dover High School Audion. Ten
program topics will be pre-
sented by guest lecturers who
are specialists and consultants
In their respective fields.
The Small Business Manage
ment Institute is also sponsored
by. civic organizations and
chambers of commerce In Do
yer, Harrington, Frederick,
Milford. Smyrna, and Rodney
Village.
According to Edward N.
Rose, Regional Director of
SBA's Philadelphia Office, the
management course is one type
of management and research
assistance offered by the Small
Business Administration. 1t
provides an opportunity for To-
cal businessmen to increase the
individual management skills
essential to the improvement of
their business operations. AT
the same time, they will be
able to meet and discuss bus
mess problems with executives
from other companies In their
area.
Among the subjects to be
covered In the Dover Business
Management institute are: Eff
fective Management - Bus
mess Trends and Forecast;
Sources of Information and As
sistance: and Banking and Small
Business.
A nominal registration fee of
$500 includes instruction,
program materials, certificate
of credit, and banquet. For
information and registration,
contact Mrs. Verna Ciaravella,
Coordinator, Distributive Ed
ucation Service. Dover High
School, 734-4756.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Dover Century Club To
Present Musicale Here

The Dover Century Club
Chorus will present a Musicale
for the Twentieth Century Club
of Smyrna on Thursday after
noon, March 18th at 200 pm.
In the clubhouse on Commerce
Street. All women's clubs of
Kent County have been invited
to this gala Reciprocity Tea.
The Women's Chorus will
sing a few of the numbers they
are rehearsing for their Spring
Concert In Dover, including
tunes from Jerome Kern's
"Showboat." The soloist for
the humorous ''Showboat" dit
ty, life Upon the Wicked
Stage" will be Mrs. Philip N.
Harvell, wife of Capt. Har-
veil, DAFB. Other numbers the
women will sing include sacred
and secular songs typical of
the season. Mrs. Richard R.
Vehslage will announce the pro-
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Students From Z of ID To
Appear On GE College Bowl

meeting three times weekly and
is practicing by competing
against the teams on the weekly
program.
The program consists of two
college teams competing for
points by answering questions
on a multitude of academic
subjects as researched by an
editorial board and its advis-
ory board made up of college
professors.
Success depends on the quick
thinking and fast and accurate
answers by team members who
must be well-versed on many
subjects. The team with the
most points wins and is invited
back the following week to COM
pete against another team. A
team that wins five times is
declared a champion.
Prizes are In the form of
scholarships given to the un-
iversity by the General Electric
Corporation.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14

A team of students will re-
present the University of Del
aware on the television pro-
gram, GE College Bowl.
Louise Mahru, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Mario Mahru,
ll09 Hilton Rd., Wilmington;
Thomas Leighty. son ofMr. and
Mrs. George B. Leighty, of
Milford; Jean Millett, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Millett,
l08 Caladium Lane, Newark, and
Judith Harumaier, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. George Hart
maier, of Oxford, Pa, have been
named to the four-member
team.
They were selected on the
basis of tryouts conducted dur
ing a three month period by a
committee of the Student Cover
nment Association.
Two alternates also we're sell
ected. They are Paul Selinkoff,
son of Mrs. H. L. Robertson,
ll20 Grinnell Rd., Green Acres,
Wilmington, and Miriam Hagy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C.S.
Hagy, 242l Hirst Terrace, Hav-
ertown, Pa.
The University received the
invitation last fall to participate
on the program. The teams
live appearance is scheduled for
April 20.
DR.. Robert Jackson, profess
sor of mathematics and director
of the university's computing
center, is acting as adviser In
preparing the team for the ma
tional telecast. The team is
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14

gram which will be directed by
Mrs. William ]. Storey.
Mrs. Weldon E. Curl, Mrs.
Charles E. Kobb, Mrs. c. E.
Morgan, Jr., and Mrs. Don
aid D. Wood, accompanied by
Mrs. Dorrance Perkins, will
sing the Tschaikowsky, LEG
ende", which is frequently
heard during Lent.
Mrs. Edwin F. Englehart will
sing, ''In the End of the Sab
bath" by Speaks and Mrs. Lee
A. Montague, wife of S/Sgt.
Montague, DAFB, will sing,
1.-THE Lord is My Light" by
Alitsen. Three well known arias
from operas will be sung. "Non
so piu cosa son" from the Mar
riage of Figaro by Mozart-Mrs.
Joseph P. Copland, wife of Capt.
COPELAND, DAFB; and the "Seg-
uidilla" from Carmen by BiRt
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14

Mrs. c. E. Morgan, Jr., wife
of Capt. Morgan, DAFB; and
Summertime" from Porgy and
Bess by Gershwin-Mrs. Neil L.
Graf.
For their final number, the
Chorus will sing awake The
Trumpets Lofty Sound" from
the oratoria, Samson by Handel,
which requires four hands at
one keyboard for accompani-
ment. Mrs. Dorrance Perkins,
wife of 1t. Perkins, DAFB,
accompanist for this program
will be assisted byMrs. Aubrey
A. Davis for this chorus.
The Dover concert of the
Chorus will be hello In the
Capitol Theatre on Sunday
afternoon April 28, at 4:00p.m.
Announcement will be sent for
mer patrons and subscribers
during March.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Lions Here
Honor
Six Past
Presidents

Six past presidents of the
Smyrna Lions Club were hon.
ored at the dinner meeting Mon
day night and each spoke briefly
of their accomplishments.
They included Francis B,
Gebhart. first president; Ro-
bert Dunning, Norman G. VII
der, Robert Mills, william E.
Jones, and Wells Campbell.
Gebhart touched on high
lights of his administration,
namely support for scouting
emphasis on children; start of
playground; cub scouts started;
also, start of plans for the
Youth Center.
Dunning paid tribute to the
Wilmington Lions Club spon-
soring group for their sup
port; start of work on the Youth
Center.
The Little League was started
during term of Robert Everett;
Campbell told of products sold
for benefit of the Blind COM
mission; Wilder, Little League;
sponsored a kindergarten; start
of plans for the annual Horse
Show.
Mills, carried on Youth Gen.
ter; Jones, house numbers pro-
ject and Horse Show. Tribute
was paid to william Minner,
president for his efforts at the
annual Horse Show.
Campbell said that the Dis
trict Sight Conservation COM
mittee is preparing a manual;
told of the Eye Bank, plans
for Eye Mobile, and service to
the INDECENT.
The delegation from the MIL
ford Lions Club included Don
Jester, first vice president;
Robert Jacobs, Hugh Martin.
and Winnie Gooden.
Green Hilla Lions Club con-
tingent included Thomas Nc
Kirmon, Ernest V. Goldner, Sam
Maiorano, Chalres Reeves.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Station Owner
Offers Reward

Stanley Boyd of Smyrna has
offered a $50 reward for any
information leading to the ar
rest of persons who burglar
ized his Atlantic Service Station
early last Sunday morning.
Some $l25 was taken from a
cash register drawer which had
been taken out of the register
and placed in a steel cabinet
located in a small storage room.
This marked the second time
since Christmas that Boyd's
Service Station was broken into.
Entry was gained through a win
dow.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14

A short film of the campus
will be shown and narrated by
team member on the program.
Miss Mahru is sophomore with
an interdeparunental major in
the school of arts and sciences;
Leighty is a sophomore history
major; Miss Millett is a junior
elementary education major;
Miss Hartmaier is a senior
chemistry major; Selinkoff is a
sophomore biology major, and
Miss Hagy is a junior history
major.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
To Attend National
Jaycee Board Meet

Smyrna. He has previously at
tended the national convention
in Las Vegas; a community
development seminar in Oak
land, California, and returned
in January from Little Rock,
Ark. from the Ten Outstanding
Young Men Congress.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Townsend Bank
Alarm False

State Police at State Road
had a few anxious moments,
Monday morning and saw brief
visions of bank robbery.
An American District Tele-
graph Co. burglar alarm signal
came in from Townsend Trust
Co. at $50 am.
Troopers and detectives
raced to the bank as did agents
OF the burglar firm.
1t was a faulty alarm.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Mcdowell
Offers New
Bill On
Fort Miles

Congressman Harris B. Nc
Dowell, Jr., O), Delaware, will
this week introduce legislation
giving the Secretary of the In
terror the same authoritywhich
the Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare now has,
to fix the public benefit RADIO
with regard to the disposition
of surplus Federal property and
thereby determine how much
such property would cost ifused
for public park and recreation
purposes.
Congressman Mcdowell said:
''This is one more legisla-
tive weapon to reinforce my
stand In heading off the De-
tense Departments plans for
disposing of the excess Fort
Miles beach lands without re-
gard for the interests and well
fare of the citizens of Del
aware.
al have received hundreds
of letters from Delaware In
support of my position, and |
will not withdraw from the pos
ition | have SO far upheld In
this dispute"
Congressman Mcdowell has
consistently pressed the point
with the President, Secretary
of Interior Stewart l.. Udall,
and Secretary of the Army
Cyrus Vance, that itwouldwork
a real hardship on Delaware,
and be manifestly unfair, to
charge 1t so percent of fair
market value for lands which
we're initially ceded by the First
State to the F ederal Government
without cost, part of which have
now been declared surplus.
The Fort Miles Reservation
was established In 1873 on ap-
proximately l40 acres of land
which we're ceded to the United
States by the State of Delaware
without monetary reimburse
ment.
The new Mcdowell bill will
have a major bearing on Fort
Miles, though its scope and
effect are actually nation wide.
II is certain to obtain broad sup
port In the Congress. 1t In
corporates the principal sub
stantive provisions of legisla-
ton which President Kennedy
proposed to the Congress on
May 10, 1862. This Admins
tration proposal was designed
to place all surplus real pro-
perty disposal programs on the
same basis.
The land which has been de-
clared surplus to military re-
quirements of the Department
of the Army is part of the
highly attractive seashore and
costal area In Sussex County
known as the Delaware Dunes.
Adoption of the Mcdowell bill
will make 1t possible for Del
aware to obtain the 500 acres
of land at Fort Miles for a
nominal sum instead of pay
ing thousands of dollars for
this valuable seashore proper
ty.
Present law requires the
Federal government to charge
: so percent of fair market value
for surplus Federal lands when
used for public park and re-
creation purposes. If used for
educational purposes such lands
can be transferred without cost
at the present time.
Smyrna times., 1963-03-14
Expansion
of Kent
Court House
Urged

A l7-point resolution urging.
immediate planning for expan-
sion of the Kent courthouse was
presented to the Levy Court on
Tuesday by the Kent County Bar
Association.
The report suggests the Levy
Court hire an architect TO begin
studies of the needs of the
county offices and judiciary.
1t was submitted by a bip-,
artisan committee of Dover at
torneys selected to draw up a
consensus of the bars feeling
and was written by John B.
Maybee, deputy attorney gen
eral for Kent County.
Also on the committee are
James H. Hughes iii, John o.
Synder and William H. Drap-
er, Jr.
Citing present overcrowding
in the courthouse the attorneys
note that the us. Census Bu-
reau predicts a population of
more than 100000 In Kent
County by 1870, an increase of
about 80. 900.
A trend toward stronger
county government appears to
be leading to county zoning
board and planning commits =
sion--both of which will need
offices, the attorneys note.
Experiences teaches that
such expansion programs. i.
usually require several years
from the date of their concep-
tion to the ultimate opening of
the new facilities" said the
resolution.
because of the time factor
we feel 1t desirable for the
Levy Court as this time, to be-
gin to consider and plan for
our present and future require
ments.
The lawyers also suggested
the federal government might
bear some cost of the expan-
sion if an adequate bomb shell
ter is built in basement. State
aid could also come if quarters
are included for the Delaware
Supreme Court.
Other points In the resolu-
tion include:
Since Court of Common
Pleas is now holding jury trails
there should be at least one
more courtroom to handle such
trials.
New quarters should be
provided the judge of Court OF
Common Pleas and space made
available for possible appoint
ment of another common pleas
judge in the future.
There should be adequate
space for Court of Chancery
which now holds hearings In a
room served for the resig-
ter In chancery.
Superior court judges need
an additional judicial chamber.
The county has only one
court reporter but accommod-
ations should be made for three
In the future.
Increased facilities are
needed for the law library.
The old part of the COURT
house needs repairs and restor-
alton including oumoded and
overloaded electrical, plumbing
and heating systems.
Adequate facilities should
be made for attorneys to con-
fer with clients and Witnesses.
both offices and records
of the recorder of deeds, regis
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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-06-28
Book Council
Fiction Prize
To The Slave

NEW YORK (JTA) 1.-THE
Slave" by Isaac Bashevis Singer,
was selected for the $3.50 Harry
and Ethel Daroff Memorial Fic-
ton Award of the Jewish B Book
Council as the outstanding English
language work of fiction of Jewish
interest published in the United
States during 1862.
The award was one of six carry
ing cash prizes totaling $3.50 for
the best Jewish books of 1862 in
fiction, non-fiction, poetry and ju-
venile fields presented at the an
nual meeting of the National Jew
ish Welfare Boards Book Council
here.
"The Promised City" by DR..
Moses Rischin, received the first
Frank and Ethel S. Cohen non-fic-
ton award, a prize of $3.50. The
$3.50 Isaac Siegel Memorial Award
for the best Jewish juvenile in
English was awarded to Josephine
Kamm for her Return to Free
DOM" The two $100 Harry d
Florence Kovner Awards for Jew
ish poetry were awarded to "By
t h e Waters of Manhattan" by
Reznikoff for poetry in
and to der Mentsh Fun
Fier" by Chain Grade for YiddiSh
poetry.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-06-28
Boo+ees Brinu
Thanks, Photo
To Kni++er

MIS-. OOrd Alien mas knitted
hundreds of bootees - just how
many hundred she doesn't know.
But the pair that she'll undoubt-
edly remember most is that which
she sent to Mrs. John F. Kennedy,
wife of the president. Mrs. Ken
nedy is expecting her third child.
In return, Mrs. Kennedy's social
secretary wrote and thanked Mrs.
Allen for the bootees. The Presi-
dents lady also enclosed a photo
graph of herself and her two chill
dren.
Mrs. Allen was thoroughly
charmed by the response of Mrs.
Kennedy.
Equally pleased were the other
residents of the Kivel Nursing
Home, 1920 N. 36th ST., where Mrs.
Allen has made her home for the
past three years. She is formerly
of Chicago.
Bootees made by Mrs. Allen can
be seen in the display case in the
lobby of the home along with the
work of other residents.
Mrs. Allen has two children, Leo
Allen and Mrs. Zelda Folk, both
living in Phoenix.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-06-28

32-page booklet traces the historl-
cal development of religious free
dom in this country, particularly
as it centers on the principle OF
separation of church and state.
A M. Sonnabend, of Boston, Com
mittee president, said that
Church, State and the P u b c
Schools was prepared because of
widespread and intense nation
wide interest in the religion in the
public school issue" He said that
"this handbook is intended as a
tool for citizens taking part in the
current discussion.
General topics covered are:
Towards Religious Freedom,
dealing with the process by
which church and state sepera-
ton became part of the law and
what separation means;
Religion and the Constitution,
which includes the development
of the First Amendment as the
cornerstone of separation and
how the principle took root;
The Rise of the American
School, which describes the in
ception of public schools and the
bigotry that flared over religious
practices in the mid-19th CEN
tury;
Religion in the Schools Today,
which involves the us. Supreme
Court rulings in the religion is
sues.
The new booklet described the
basic movements in American his
tory which made for the unique
tradition of American pluralism
and the separation of church and
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-06-28
Veteran Demands
Custer OF Editor

DENVER (JTA) The COM
mander of a Jewish War Veterans
post in Denver demanded the dis
missal by the University of Colo
rado of the editor-elect of the uni
versity newspaper for promoting
the appearance of NaZi &c G e
Rockwell at the university.
Commander Harry j. Pells said
the JWV members expressed
shock over the fact that Rockwell
was invited by the Colorado Uni
versity Daily and Committee of
the Associated Students of Colorado
University. PellS charged that the
invitation gave Rockwell credent-
ials for invitations from other uni
VerSitieS.