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Smyrna times., 1963-05-30

Den. Other features will be
a tropical garden, several gar
dens in waterfall settings and
a display of pressed flowers
collected by Mrs. Douglas San
ders of Wilmington. Several
garden clubs will have exhi-
bits featuring various arrange
ments for informal buffet Ia
bles.
In addition to nursery and
club exhibits, there are more
than 200 classes for all indi-
Uduals to enter, In both junior
and senior age groups. These
categories include flower ar
rangements and single floral
specimens. The horticulture
categories for single specimens
may be entered up TO ll:30 am.
June /. Entry deadline for other
classes is May 80, and pro-
grams showing various di-
visions may be obtained from
Robert F. Stevens, School of
Agriculture, University of Del
aware, Newark, Delaware.
One of the special individual
exhibits will feature tokonomas,
the shadow boxes often found
In Japanese homes for flower
arrangements. This category
will be entered by several out
Standing flower arrangers, by
invitation only.
Prizes to sweepstakes win
ners will be silver bowls, trays
and other items of silver, with
gift certificates awarded In the
junior divisions. Junior prizes
will be awarded at 7 pm. Sat-
urday, and senior awards will
be presented at 6 pm. Sunday.
In addition to exhibits, sever
al special contests for junior
entrants will be held. The
youngsters, up to l8 years of
age, will compete In flower
judging, flower arranging and
plant Identification. These
events will take place on Sat-
urday morning.
The Delaware Flower Show
is sponsored by the Delaware
Federation of Garden Clubs and
the University of Delaware In
cooperation with Delaware
nurserymen. Mrs. R. James
CULLEN, Jr., of New Castle.
is general chairman.
The show is open to the public
without charge, and anyone in
terested In flower arranging and
flower growing may enter ex-
hibits. Last year more than
5000 visitors attended the
show, and preparations are be-
ing made for an even greater
attendance this year. Mrs. Quill
len said.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
Delaware FIOUer
ShOw Saturday

Thousands of flowers will
fill Carpenter Field House at
the University of Delaware this
weekend, as the Delaware
Flower Show gets under way.
The flower show, only state
wide event of its kind In Del
aware, will run from 2:3O to
9 pm. Saturday, June l, and
from 10 am. to 7 pm. Sun
day, June 2.
One of the main features of
the show will be a huge floral
clock made from specially
grown plants by professional
gardeners. The clock will serve
as a keynote for the shows
theme. These Shining Hours. :"
Other features will be large
exhibits by Delaware nurseries
and other groups. Included will
be a garden featuring a ''gaggle
of birds" with sculpture by
Robert G. Koch of Dover, a
natural wild garden, a con-
temporary garden with sculp-
nre by Charles Parks, a garden
around an old-fashioned coy
ereo well and an orchid gar
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30

A l2-year old Kent County
All girl is the 1868 grand cham
'pion junior broiler grower in
Delaware. ~ - s0
Janice Harrison. daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. James r. Har-
rison. Goldsboro, Md, won the
title with her broiler entries
judged in finals at the Delaware
State Fairgrounds, Harrington
last week.
She was awarded SIS and a
trophy by rhe Delaware Poultry
Improvement Association, pro-
gram sponsor In cooperation
with certain hatcherymen, SER
vice clubs and the University
of Delaware.
Winning $40 for second place
was Rodney Dempsey, Newark
FLA member. Larry Sylvester
Goldsboro, Md, FLA member,
placed third and was awarded
SIS. A Kent County All girl
from Dover, Paula Castellini,
won fourth place and $40.
Eight weeks to the day before
the event, Miss Harrison ndl26
other All and FLA members
were given so broilers to grow
TO maturity. Average weight per
bird raised by the ll8 who fin
ished the project was 4.02
pounds. Heaviest brids were
$50 pounds.
Judging was based on weight,
conformation, condition and ap-
pearance, and uniformity.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
Top Junior Broi|er Grower
Named in Delaware Finals

Janice, a third year All
member, had placed 39th in 1861
and 18th in last years contest.
A 9TH grader at Caeser Rodney
High School at Camden-W
ing, she belongs to the Westville
All Club.
Presenting the awards was
Harold B. Short, Georgetown,
president of DPLA. Harris
Swami, Seaford, chairman of the
DPIA Junior Broiler Commit
tee, announced the awards DUR
ing the program.
Fifth through 10th place win
ners, each winning $3.50, in
clude:
Robert Beene. Harrington.
FFA, 5th Chuck Link, Hartly.
All 9th; william Stafford, Bear,
All, 9TH; Edward Comfy, Bear,
All, 9th; Lucius Webb, Lin
coin, All. 9th; Linda Slayton,
Houstin, 4-h, 10th
Eleventh through 10th place
winners, SIS awards:
Sammy Dixon, Clayton, All,
llth; Tony Donovan, Houston,
All, 18th; Edna Dixon, Clayton,
All. 18th; George Bonniwell.
Harrington, FLA, l4th; Judy
Moore, Bear, All, Is; Connie
Webb, Lincoln, 4-h, 10th; John
Moore, Wyoming, FLA, 18th;
Thelma Thomas. Marydel, All,
18th, Harvey Thomas. Marydel,
All. 10Th; Margaret Thomas,
Marydel, All, 10th.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30

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surplus land at Ft. Miles TO any
federal government agency.
"The state can derive grea
benefits for its citizens and for
its youth, as well as for thous-
ands of tourists. The state has
a great potential at very small
COSTS"
He added that the park
should ''pay for itself through
use fees. The Delaware Park
Department is willing and ca
pable of carrying out the de-
velopment of the area"
The Interior Department has
program for purchase OF sea
shore land for recreation pur-
poses and is currently develop
ing a large tract on Cape Cod.
Interior Secretary Stewart u
dali, however, has shown no in
terest in obtaining the Ft. Miles
tract so far.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
THE SMYRNA TIMES THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 80 1868
Morrow To
Head Local
BPW Club

The Maymeering of the Smyr-
na-Clayton Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club was
held az the home of the president
Mrs. Katherine Bailey on Mon
day, May u. with Mrs. June c.
Anthony as hostess.
Mrs. Gertrude Scout, chair
man nominations, presented the
slate of officers for the lo63-64
club year.
Mrs. Christine Morrow was
elected the new president; Miss
Ida May Wright. vice president;
Mrs. Evelyn Hall, recording
secretary; Mrs. June Anthony.
corresponding secretary and
treasurer.
The installation of the new of
ficers will take place on June rs
at the dinner meeting at Kent
Manor Inn near Wilmington.
Delegates to the convention
held at the Hotel Henlopen In
Rehoborh last weekend reported
on the highlights. The Smyrna
Clayton Club received a silver
plate from the Federation for
having one hundred percent re-
percent stabalizadon, and a
brass Mkt for one hundredper-
cent renewed membership, hav-
ing Stabilized the membership
by August, 1862.
Miss Ruth Ellen Reihm, ma
donal recording secretary, and
member of the local club re-
ported on her recent visit to the
Indiana State Convention as
their guest speaker.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
Awards For
Landscaping
Work Listed
By Council

An added attraction to Del
aware Highway Day was the an
nouncement of awards pre-
sented by the Delaware Road
side Council on a state and
county basis for outstanding
landscaping work along highway
business locations.
William P. MARYLAND, vice
president of the Council an
nounced the award winners at
the Highway Day luncheon at
noon. Edwin P. Neilan, who
completed inspection of the
sites lastweek despite his heavy
schedule as president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce concurred in the selec-
tion on a county basis.
The overall state award went
to Markers Poultry Farm, US.
Route Is near Dover. The Mar
ker establishment was cited for
having kept its property ingood
order over a long period of
years when this type of bus
mess generally does not call for
landscaping or plot improve
ments.
New Castle County awards,
went to the following:
Howard Johnson Motor LODI
ge, Delaware Memorial Bridge
approach, and the adjoining res
taurant for general appearance.
Western Termite and Pest
Control Corp, Route 202, for
excellent landscaping.
Shields Suburban Center,
Greenville.
Esso-Humble Oil Station, at
U. S. Routes Al and 81, Ken
nett Pike.
Kent County - Highpoint
Mobile Home Park, South of
Magnolia and US. Route ll3,
cited as outstanding trailer park;
Caravan Motel, US. l3, Dover.
Sussex County Rural Ell
ectrification Association, us.
Route Is, near Greenwood; VII
10 Motel, us. Route l3 between
Bridgeville and Seaford, and
Barker Poultry Co., U. S. l3
Blades.
Contest judges were MIR.
Neilan on the state level; DR..
George |. Worrilow, University
of Delaware, New Castle
County; George W. Wright.
Smyrna, Kent County and Harold
T. Purnell, Georgetown. and
Mrs. ]. WHEELER Campbell, Lau-
rel, Sussex County.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
Woodland String Bond
Featured In Festival Parade

The name 'Mummer" der
ives from Momus, the god of
ridicule in Greek Mythology.
Mummery was pracuced in
medieval Europe by cosmmed
youths who would enact plays
during Christmas week andwas
introduced to Philadelphia by
early Swedish settlers.
Here, 1t became an excuse for
men with blackened faces and
In grotesque dress to demand
food and drink from neighbors
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30

on the "Second Day of Christ
mas" backing up their demands
with shooting, shouting and dan
cling.
Today 1t is a widely visited
New Years day parade in Phil
adelphia.
Dates of the festival this year
are June Is, IA and Is with the
parade In downtown Salisbury
scheduled for 8 pm. on Satur-
day the 18th.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30

A highlight for this years
Delmarva Chicken Festival
Parade will be the Woodland
String Band, one of the top
performers of the famous Phil :
adelphia New Years spectacle,
the Mummers Parade.
The announcement was made
by Howard Wilson, festival gen
eral chairman, who said the
band was being made available
by Schmidt's of Philadelphia,
a brewery.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
The Smyrna Times
Phone 65s-SS21
SMYRNA DELAWARE

Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July
s. 1854. Editor and proprietor un-
til February 10. 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert D..
Hoffecker. Jr.. from February 10.
1907 to December "a, 1888.
Published Every Thursday Morning
by The Smyrna Times. Inc. rs
Commerce Street. Smyrna. Del.
Entered as End class matter March
Is. 1879. at the post office at Smyr--
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March 8. 1879.
Subscription price. $500 per year. out
of state. $500. strictly in advance.
Second-class postage paid at Smyr-
ma. Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1963-05-30
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The chronicle., 1963-12-02
vunduIs Smash
Windows In Pas
OF Cd Offices

The PaScagoula Civil Defense
office, located in the old Day
Care Center on 18th Street, fell
victim to vandals sometime last
night.
Police reported after vandalS
smashed all window glasses to
the office and elsewhere in the
building, they went on to break
all glasses in the agency'S We
hicle - a converted weapons
carrier which was parked in
front of the building.
Police identification Officer
G. r. Thompson, who investi,
gated, said the vandals went
also inside the building, causing
more damage.
Pascagoula Acting Police
Chief j. B. Gibson said the FBl
will be notified Of the vandalism
act. He said vandalism carries
a maximum fine of 500 and q
sentence Of 80 days in jail or
both.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
School Bus Accidents
Take Heavy Toll In US

notice of his intention to stop
and that he does not exceed a
speed that is both reasonable
and proper for the existing wea-
Their and road conditions.
Passenger cooperation is also
of first Importance in school bus
safety.
Students should not be allowed
to push and shove while board
ing a bus, and should remain
seated at all times while the
vehicle is in motion. Heads and
arms should not be allowed to
protrude from windows.
Passengers who must cross
the highway after alighting from
a school bus should cross only in
front of the bus on a signal from
the driver.
MOTE: This is another in a
series of articles sponsored by
the Jaycee "Keep The Holidays
Safe" campaign.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
ingalls, shipyurd
Laws Keel Today

Construction began here to-
day at ingalls, on another 55C
foot cargoliner for Moore-Mc-
Cormack Lines of New York.
Placing of the heavy keel Sec
ton officially started Shipway
construction of the $1O12 million
vessel which is the fifth of six
being built by ingalls, for Moore
Mccormack under a Maritime
Administration contract.
With a speed of 81 knots, these
vessels are the fastest designed
cargo ships in the world to date.
The first Of the six identical ships
is scheduled for launching on
January Is, 1864 and delivery in
July Of that year. Delivery Of
the five remaining ships is ex-
pected to follow at two month
intervals Of the first.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Third Symphony
Concert Tonight
Set In Mobile

Mobile Symphony under the
direction of DR.. John Hoover,
presents its third concert to-
night at 8:15 at Murphy High
School Auditorium, Mobile.
Soloist John Browning will
perform the Concerto No. 3 for
piano and orchestra by Serge
Prokofieff. The Symphony No.
Al by Haydn will open the pro-
gram; followed by the concerto.
After intermission the or
chestra will play the Marche
Funebre from Beethoven's "Ero-
lea" Symphony No. 8 as a tri-
butte to the late President Ken
endy. The program will close
with the "New World Symphony
by Anton Dvorak.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Cdrfoonist Hotlo
Dies, California

CARMEL, Calf. (UPI-Car-
toonist Jimmy Hatlo, who rose
from a printers devil to crea-
tor of the popular Little To-
dine and They'll Do 1t Every
time" comic strips, died Sum-
day of a heart attack. He was
66.
Hatlo'S full-time cartooning
career started in 1925 in San
Francisco by a stroke of chance
that was to carry his work
eventually into more than 700
newspapers around the world.
Hatlo leaves his wife, Lois,
and son, James.
His cartoons appear in The
Chronicle.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
By o GRIERSON
Chronicle Staff Writer

In one year, 1858, school bus
es were involved in 7,186 acct
dents, with 20 students killed, l.
$50 injured, and another IS kill
ed while crossing highways to
board or leave buses.
The National Safety Council
estimates that over 10 million
students travel a million miles
annually in some $4,000 school
buses, with the number of buses
and students expected to in
crease rapidly in the near flu
ture.
The primary factor in school
bus safety, as in other vehicles,
is a careful and qualified driver.
Good physical condition and
freedom from communicable OIL
seases is important for school
bus drivers, and p%re-employ-
ment and subsequent annual
physical exams are recommend
ed.
Drivers should be thoroughly
trained for their jobs and should
understand completely their dut-
les and responsibilities. 1t is inn
portant that the driver supervise
seating on the bus, and that no
horse play be tolerated.
Also, a school bus driver
should be aware Of how import
ant it is that he give adequate
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Venezuela Vote
Smashing Victory
For Democracy
Polio Campaign
Called A Success

DR.. B. B. O'Mara, chairman
of the Coast Counties Medical
Society's "Kick Out Polio"
campaign, announced today that
Sundays third and last Sabin
oral polio immunization was
successful beyond expecta-
tons"
About 81 per cent of the civil
liam population Of the coast coun-
received immunization
against Type III poliomyelitis
in Sundays third stage Of the
campaign.
"We wish to thank everyone
for the cooperation and partici.
patton received in this camp.
aign," DR.. O'Mara said.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Weather
CLOUDY. MILD

Coastal: Small craft warnings
are displayed. Southeasterly
winds 10 to Is knots today, shift
ing to northerly IL to q knots
tonight and Tuesday. Widely
scattered showers tonight.
Middle Gulf: East and SOUTH
east winds 10 to IS knots today,
shifting to northerly Is to Is
knots over most Of north portion
tonight and Tuesday. Widely
scattered showers near wind
shift.
Mobile Vicinity: Mostly
cloudy and mild today, widely
scattered showers and turning
colder tonight Clear to partly
cloudy and rather cold Tuesday.
High today ga, low Tuesday So.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
United Fund Chairmen
Completing Drives

participation, and the Mississip-
pi State Employment Commits
sion staff near 100 per cent.
Individual pledge cards cover
ing business and professional
persons included in these other
divisions, in comparison with
previous years pledges, reflect
no declines in amounts pledged
and some increases which midi
Gates the ultimate success Of
this years campaign, provided
all contacts are made by volun-
teer. workers.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Is Deaths In
Mississippi
Reported
By United Press International

Mississippi's accident death
toll for the Thanksgiving holt
day rose to IS with the report
of two multiple-fatality miShaps
Sunday.
Twelve have died in highway
accidents since the holiday be-
gan at 6 pm. Wednesday, two
in a plane crash, three by ap-
parent carbon monoxide poison.
ing, and one by drowning.
Two girls were killed in a col
lision near Baldwin Sunday af-
ternoOn.
Officers said 7-year-old Eliza
beth Whitehead of Baldwin and
Betty Mays, a teen-ager from
Blue Springs, received fatal in
juries when two cars rammed
at a gravel road crossroads.
Constable Boyd Haygood Of
Baldwin said the car driven by
Joseph C. Whitehead smashed
into another driven bV William
D. Lindsey, IS, of Blue Springs
in which the Mays girl was
riding. All occupants Of the two
cars were seriously injured.
Wilkinson County Sheriff Bur
nell McGraw said three Negroes
were found dead in a car in 3
roadside ditch near Woodville
Sunday morning. He identified
the victims as Eli Jackson,
Dennis Jones and Lula Mae
Anderson.
The sheriff said it appeared
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The chronicle., 1963-12-02
More Than 500
Holiday Deaths
Reported In US
BY United Press international

by Unlteu FreSS international
The extended Thanksgiving
holiday highway death count
stood at more than 500 today
with final reports still trickling
in. The toll was expected to be
only slightly higher than aver
age for a normal weekend this
time Of year.
A United Press International
count at $50 am. EST showed
at least 542 persons dead in
traffic accidents from 6 pm.
local time Wednesday to mid
night Sunday.
The breakdown:
Traffic 542
Fires AZ
Planes %
Miscellaneous 30
Total 692
California led the nation with
So persons killed in traffic ac-
cidents. Texas had Sc dead, ILL
nois and Pennsylvania had 20,
Michigan had 26. North Carolina
reported Is. Ohio and New York
had 81 each.
The National Safety Council,
which does not make an esti-
mate Of the number Of traffic
victims for a Thanksgiving
weekend, said Az persons would
die during a normal 1O2-hour
this time Of year.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02

day with yet another 12-hour
work day apparently in the off
ing for the Chief Executive.
The budget was not JohnSon'S
sole concern, however. His first
scheduled conference of the day
was with Whitney Young Jr.,
executive director of the Ma
tional Urban League and a
prominent civil rights leader.
The conference was set for
$50 am, EST.
Johnson already has received
enthusiastic backing from Roy
Wilkins, executive secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
NAACP). Wilkins, who con-
ferred with him last week, said
in a New York televiSion inter-
view Sunday that he was ICON
vinced" Of the Presidents
"'strong convictions" on civil
rights.
To Meet Gordon
The President was to meet
with Budget Director Kermit
Gordon this afternoon to review
the outlook for the proposed
fiscal 1865 budget, which he
must submit to Congress by
Jan. Is.
He also was to see Defense
Secretary Robert S. Mcnamara
Commerce Secretary Luther H.
Hodges and McGeorge Bundy,
presidential adviser on national
security affairs. The Bundy
meeting was for the Presidents
daily mid-morning intelligence
briefing.
Johnson was scheduled to pre-
sent the $50, 900 Enrico Fermi
Award to DR.. ]. Robert Open
heimer for his work on the
atomic bomb. The honoring of
Oppenheimer by the Atomic
Energy Commission, which
ruled him a security risk 10
years ago, brought a protest
from Sen. Bourke B. Hickenloop-
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The chronicle., 1963-12-02

Animal Trap Co., Miss Power
and favorable progress being re-
ported on canvasses in remain
ing industries the Industrial Di-
vision seems headed for the
same high degree of success at
tanned in all previous campaigns.
In other divisions the Mer-
chants & Marine Bank, Bacot
& Frazier and Dairy Fresh
Corp. report 100 per cent COM
pany and employee participa-
ton, The Chronicle, company
and high percentage Of employee
The chronicle., 1963-12-02
Drive-ln Hit BY
Burglars: $50

A Pascagoula eating establish
ment, Colonel Dixie Drive-Inn on
Highway 80, was burglarized of
$3.50 in cash sometime Saturday
night, local police said today.
Manager of the drive-inn told
police the thieves left SIS in
change. The money was taken
from desk drawers in a business
office, he said.
The manager said there was
no forced entry to the place -
that the drive inn had to be en-
tered by key.
The chronicle., 1963-12-02

terroriStS to cast ballotS-gave
an early lead to Raul Leoni,
standard bearer Of President
Romulo Betancourt's Democrat
ic Action party, in the seven
man presidential race.
With about one-third Of the
total vote counted, unofficial re-
turns gave Leoni a commanding
lead over his six rivals for the
presidency. Leoni had 275,O78
votes; Jovito Villalba, Of the
leftist Democratic Republican
Union, 1873, $3.50; Arturo Uslar
Pietri, an independent, 1876 ,484
and Rafael Caldera, Social
Christian party, 162, 4O3. Trail.
ing far behind were retired Adj
IMMORAL Wolfgang Larrazabal, Of
the Democratic Popular Force,
79, 052, Raul Ramos Giminez, Of
the splinter Democratic Action
Opposition, 27,3O6, and German
Borregales, Of the right-wing
National Action Party, 1924.
The two other candidates,
Raul Ramos Giminiez, Of the
splinter Democratic Action-Op-
position, and German Borre-
gales, National Action Move
ment, were trailing far behind.
Fire On Voters
Authorities said one person
was killed and six wounded in
the capital Sunday as pro-Com-
muniSt gunner seeking to dis
rupt the elections fired on lines
of voters and shot up police
stations.
Among the wounded was Carl
Warner, 43, Miami cameraman
on special assignment for UPI,
who was hit by a ricOcheting
rifle bullet during a sniper at
tack on the UPI bureau in Ca
racas.
Only scattered shots were
heard in the capital Sunday
At dawn today, special
security measures imposed for
the election were relaxed and
by m~id-morning the city APP
peared normal.
Communists echoing urging
from Cuba's Fidel Castro, had
made sabotaging Of Sundays
election their prime target. But
the voter turnout and the
heavy security measures frus-
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