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VOLUME 107. NO. 48
SMYRNA, DELAWARE, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1961
7th Annual Silver
Eagles' Banquet
Plans Completed;
Officers Elected
The membership of the Silver
Eagles', all boy civic youth or
ganization of Smyrna, has elect
ed officers for the ensuing
as follows: Robert Pritchard,
president; Brandon Jones, vice
president; David Urian, secre
tary; Austin Pase, correspond
ing secretary; Jeffrey Deamer,
treasurer; Karl Severson, chief
justice; Andy Roth and Earl Da
vis, associate justices: William
Willis, Jr., historian; James
Pritchard, record librarian; John
Biddle, assistant record librar
ian; Burrill McCoy, Jr., mem
bership chairman. The incom
ing officers will be installed at
the June 7th meeting, reports
President Bruce Pearce. The
membership encourage all youth
of this community interested in
making application for the
George C. Fischer Scholarship
sponsored annually by the Silv
er Eagles to do so promptly.
This scholarship named on be
half of the late George C. Fisch
er, former honorary member of
the Silver Eagles, is given to
a deserving youth for the pur
pose of obtaining higher educa
tion. A written request must be
submitted in duplicate (one
signed and one unsigned) stat
ing need and plans for such
education. The amount of the
scholarship and recipient or
cipients will be determined by
a simple majority of active
members present and voting.
All letters of application may
be mailed to the Silver Eagles',
Box 108, Smyrna. Final plans
have been completed for the
7th Annual Silver Eagles Ban
quet to be held at the 20th
Century Club building on Mon
day. June 5. at 6:30 p.m. The
tendance will be honorary mem
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banquet committee reports that
over one hundred acceptances
have been made to date. In at
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Four high school youth, a
mother and her daughter es
caped possible serious injury
Friday evening, Mry 26. at
about 9 p. m„ at the intersec
tion of Commerce Street and
U. S. 13. David Stephenhagen
was driving north on U. S. 13,
and waiting to make a left turn
onto Commerce Street. Mrs.
Anna Kinney was heading south
on the highway when the acci
dent occurred. Occupants of
Stephenhagen were Bettielou
Cooke, Kathi Link, and Lawr
ence Rodan. The youth were
eoine to the John Bassett Moore
High Junior-Senior Prom. Mrs.
Kinney and her daughter were
returning home from a May Day
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gion Ambulance was called to
ehe scene All six escaned anv
tne scene, ah six escaped any
Members of the Town Board
of Clayton and the town em
ployees will be guests of the
Clayton Lions Club at their reg
ular dinner meeting on June 7,
ât 6:45 p. m.. at the Clayton
Fire Hall. This will be the first
time the Lions have entertain
ed all of the town employees,
Mayor John J. Roth will re
mark on the program of the
town for this year. Harry W.
Moor will preside and Dudley
Crossley will give the invoca
tion. The speaker will be Corp.
Paul L. G. Hasskarl, Delaware
State Police, who will talk on
the subject "The Use of the In
toximeter." Reports will be
heard from delegates to the Dis
trict convention at Atlantic
City, and a vote will be taken
as to whether the club wishes
to hold meetings during the
months of July and August.
serious injury.
Clayton Lions
Serves As Host to
Town Employees
Kitchen Fire
Damage at 81,50«
was being prepared. Kitchen
curtains were ignited spreading
the fire to the wall and ceiling,
The fire was confined to the
year,kitchen area. Other parts of the
; house, however, did suffer
smoke damage. Damage was
estimated at approximately
$1,500. The swift action of Mr.
Anderson before the arrival of
the firemen prevented further
damage. Approximately forty
firemen responded.
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The Smyrna Kindergarten As
sociation for 1961-1962 met on
Tuesday, May 23, at the Youth
Center. The newly elected of
fleers for the group are Alice
Jane Bryson, president; Ellen
Ressler, vice-president; Cons
tance Sammons, secretary, and
Ruth Collins, treasurer. - The
heavy enrollment of twenty
one children has necessitated a
morning session (8:30-11:30 a.
m.) and an afternoon session
(12:00-3:00 p. m.) It has been
decided, therefore, that a total
registration of thirty can be ac-.
cepted for the coming fall term,
Anyone interested in enrolling
a child may do so at the pres
ent time by contacting Cons
tance Sammons (OL3-9970). No
special registration day will be
held prior to the opening date
0 f October 2, unless the quota
0 f thirty has not been reached
a t that time. The association
is pleased to have retained Mrs.
as kindergarten
all are looking for
a fruitful and reward
mg year for those in attend-ants
ance The class of , 61 of Smy .
rna Kindergarten closed their
season on a fun-filled as well
as j n f 0rmat i ve note During Wie
week of May 22nd, they visit
Volunteers of the Citizens'
Anderson, 212 West North St.
The fire occurred while dinner
Kurt Zippe
teacher and
ward to
George
j r> where they saw the many
wonders of animal life as well
as a farm at work. The
light of this visit for the five
year olds was undoubtedly the
pony rides which all were per
pitted to take. The following
day they were treated to a na
ture walk through the wood
lands of the Kurt Zippe farm
where they had a light mid-,,
morning picnic. The final day
was a gala party held in honor
of all those who have summer
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More than two hundred young
people attended the junior-sen
jor prom held Friday night in
the gymnasium of the John Bas
sett Moore High School. "Won
derland by Night" was the
theme for the cabaret-type
dance, and the decorations wSe
in the senior class colors, blue
S3. rj-rsoTSs
tie, with gold sconces for can
dies. The illusion was heighten
ed by emergence from the dark
entrance into the brilliance of
the interior, with simulated
walls of gray-blue, and a coat
of arms over the door. A sus
pended ceiling of white para
chute silk had hundreds of sil
ver stars dangling, and a band
stand had been erected in the
center of the room, with a small
blue and white chandelier in its
ceiling, and flower boxes around
the exterior. White trellis fram
ed two doors on the side walls,
There were tables around the
dance floor for members of the
faculty and chaperones, juniors
and seniors, and their guests,
The dance was followed by sev
eral breakfast parties at private
homes Joyce Thompson was
general chairman, and Jeffrey
Deamer, chairman of decora-■
tions.
•Agreement Made
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A resolution was passed at
the meeting of Town Council
Friday night on an agreement!
between three parties for the
some'extension of sewer lines to the
site of the proposed new ele
mentary school on the Leipsic
Road. The groups involved are
the Town of Smyrna, Dover!
Builders, and the Board of Edu-;
cation, Smyrna Special School
District. Requests to purchase
separate strips of land from
jthe town, both on Market Street
Plaza, were considered. One by
Jane Hanby, forground between
the Hanby home on South
Stree t at corner of the Plaza,
a 21-23 foot strip; the other
owned by Julian R. Stonefield,
comer West Commerce Street
and the Plaza. Each one was
evaluated by council at $500.
Details of operation of the beach
at Lake Como by the town of
Smyrna were discussed, and it
was decided to operate the con-i
cessions and beach the same
last year. Two lifeguards will,
be on duty, with the beach
open from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m
It was decided to dispense with
the licensing of boats on the
lake. The date for the opening
of the beach to the public has
not been determined. Town
manager Rex D. Gilmore listed
un-collectable taxes and it was
voted to strike off certain such
taxes. James Wessell, street
committee chairman, suggested
that one-hour parking not be
extended further than it
exists on West Commerce , St.,
and recommended that marked
off parking spaces be extended
in one block. Mayor Robert
Riddagh has been appointed to
Governor Carvel's Goals Com
mittee, which will meet on June
7. Mr. Wessel, representing the
Smyrna-Clayton Retail Merch
Association, asked coun
c ii' s opinion on forming a local
association to work with the
Delaware Industrial Develop
ment Building Corporation,
which would have power and
Extension for
Proposed School
between new industry and
money lenders working in con-j
high-junction with the corporation.Iquate
Council favored such action.'from
Mr - Gilmore reported on pro
gress on curbing and resurfac
mg on Tyler Lane, and also re
ferred to weed notices being
sent. '
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M The .b. 01 ^ atmosphere oni
Memorial Day in Smyrna was
emphasized by the appearance
of many flags which were flown|
' n permanent standards along
Commerce Street and Mam
Street as a result of a project
conducted by the Smyrna-Clay
ton J unior Chamber of Com
merce The Javcees had sold
thirty-one services to places of
i) US j ness j n the business area
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and on all major .holidays the
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the Sularionl™*
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interested merchant or residenti
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The Smyrna-C 1 a y t o n Babe
Ruth League will open their
1961 season this Saturday, June
3. on the Clayton School diam
ond. Pre-game ceremonies will
feature the Smyrna School's
Junior Band in their first out
side performance beginning at
12:40 p. m. Robert Riddagh,
mayor of Smyrna and league
president, will give the address
of welcome and also act
master of ceremonies. The Rev.
Frank Baynard. pastor Ewell's
St Paul Methodist Church,
Clayton, will give the invoca
tion. On the diamond Farmers
Bank will play Rothwell's in
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WM. G. SAULSBURY,
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William G. Saulscury, Jr., of
Camden, Delaware, was elected
District Governor of the forty '
thr< * L i° ns ? u ^ s J n , D ^ a . r ®
al tbe Ann V al Multiple District
22 Conven tion in Atlantic City,
®*° sed ^ ay 27 -;
l9bl - M £- Saulsbuiy, Jr., will
succeed David Clements of Mil
f° rd '. Delaware, tbe presentex
ecutlve Lloas °® cer in
™ are - Mr. Saulsbury, m „ add ''
llon t0 managing the W. H.
Simpson Heating Company in
Can ? den ' as application
1 engineer in heating and air con
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For Slipll Plant
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Residents of the Taylor's
Bridge area held a meeting at
the Community Center Monday
night to discuss the proposed
re-zoning of the "Deakyneville"
area for Shell Oil Company. Ap
proximately 130 persons attend
including several business
men from Smyrna and Clayton,
Harmony prevailed as all in at
.tendance seemed to favor the
re-zoning action. Much resent
prient was expressed to the sud
den concern of the upper part
.of the county for the welfare-
of this area after so manyyears
of neglect. Most of the three
hour session was spent in
changing views and
future action. State Represen-iff
tative Carlton Blendt, Blackbird
Hundred, told the gathering that
he had made a careful check
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had assured him that existing
laws and controls were ade
to prevent any industry,the
polluting the air or water.
He also said he was in favor
of Shell coming to the area.
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The $uccess of the first an .
nual Anti Show staged for
the benefit of the ^oration
Qf The Lindins at DucR C reek
exceeded a „ expectations. with
f etntec an h «f.
tppn nelawarp towns Dnrina
tb . . axhihit at th"
two-day exhibit at the
Twentietb Century Club were
iP er ®ons registered from the fol
''lowing places, some of them
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tourists, who had seen the road-.
side s 'g ns and driven into Smy
Delaware ' Pennsylvania,
'Maryland, North Carolina, New;
New York City,
Nashville ' Tennessee. The reg-;.
the opener at 1 p. m.. with
Clements meeting V. F. W. in
the nightcap. Games are sched
uled every night at 6:30 p. m„
Monday through Thursday with
rain dates on Friday evenings
and Saturday afternoons. This
Is the fourth season for Babe
Ruth play in Smyrna-Clayton
with interest gaining each year.
Expansion is being planned for
as'next year to either five or six
teams scheduled for next week:
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dun ® 6 ' Rothwell s-V.F.W., June
7, Clements-Rothwell s; June 8,
V. F. W.-Farmers Bank.
Man Electrocuted
Trimming Trees
Near Delaney's;
Second Burned
1 A tree trimmer was killed by
22,000 volts of electricity Mon
day near Clayton: Odas Turner
Hitts, 31 years of age, of View-|B.
town, Virginia, was electrocut
cd apparently when his clippers
jcame in contact with the highl
JR._jvoltage line on the
lancv's Church Road, four miles'
nor thwest of Clayton. A fellow
wor k er> Eugene Everett, Jr., of;
Millington, Maryland, who was
on the ground, suffered
0 f tbe hands when the charge,-*
pagggj through a truck from
which he was taking tools. Both
men were taRen to the Kent!
Genera , Hospital in Dover> in
tbg Smyrna American Legion
ambulance. Hitts was pronounc
e d dead on arrival. Everett was
a f ter treatment. State
p^g sa i d Hitts, in a fibre glass
bucRet SU spg n( jed from a boom
on tbe truc i {( was removing
tops of trees that were too close
to the power lines. Everett was
opening a tool box in the truck
when he was knocked to the
ground by the electricity. Other,
workmen picked up Everett and
lowered the boom to remove
Hitts. Police said the men are
employed by the Asplundh
Expert Company, Jenkintown,
Pa., engaged on contract work
for the pruning by the Delà
ware Power & Light Company,
They said the spun glass bucket
is supposedly insulated against
electric charges up to 40,000
volts. Police will continue their
investigation into the cause
the accident. The body was r e
leased to Kent County Coroner
William Torbert, Dover, who
gave the cause of death as elec
trocution.
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Dowell, Jr., (D-Del.) introduced
last Friday a bill dealing with
Supreme Court's decision
on Monday, May 22, ordering!be
the DuPont Company to sur
irender ownership within ten
of the 63 million shares
of General Motors Corporation
stock it holds. The McDowell
m would add to the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 two new
sections relating to the income
:t " treatment of certain tran
sacrions pursuant to orders en
forcing the antitrust laws.
gressman McDowell said: "The
bill which I have introduced
today . m the H°use of Repre
f entat ' ves ,s ,dentical w,tb the
eg.slat.ve measure approved by,
the House Ways and Means
Committee in 1959 and the Sen
ate Finance Committee in 1960.
is entirely possible that fur
, ar t; on n f thp wavs and
Meang Committee working
... 0 fK c i a i<. the new Demo
. ,° e ,
cratic Administration in Wash
necessarv to
g ' y y
Srtion L necessaïv in Jr
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and^
. pg na i ized as a e lt
^ . conndent that an over
kaeu^in'^the" Conere^ wdl
g tba cnnnnrt of' thi«
Ldatinn Tk. Sin!/!
C.I Post hit the nail on the
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rrashinp dnnhlP virtJv in Vp
DuPont s ra *p thl Crwornmpnt
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XT* a kno reason whv X in
. , Ipnl iTlTnniri not
L amended t „ allow the sharp
holders of E 1 DuPont de Np
& c ' ' receive thp di '
, d c roroora
tion " tock w thou ravins in
^ on it The distrihn
tio n of the stock would re nr*
t transfer of assets the
DuPont shareholders a Ireadv
collec-tivelv own rather than
new ncoL BevoS aeneros
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y ' 1 e s in e consiaerat on
<conun^ o."L d
Finance Group
Plan Final Meet
The final finance meeting of
Ewell's-St. Paul Methodist
Church will be held Monday,
June 5, at 7 p. m., in the church
parlor. This will be the last
meeting of the committee until
September. Members are: Har
ry W. Moor, chairman; Julian
H. Dunning, secretary: Dudley
Crossley, James W. Jones, Jean
Jones, William Carrow, Char
les Brown, Arthur Thomas,
Harvey Dunning, and the Rev.
Frank C. Baynard.
Clayton-De-i-tHall,
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. The state medical society is
looking for qualified college
students who want to be phys
icians. The Society has schol-;
arsh 'P funds available to assist
residents of Delaware with,
their medical school expenses,
Available for the first time
this year, the scholarships are
designed to make possible and
; encourage more local students
to enter medicine, with the
h °P e that they will return to
the state to practice. The funds
i are raised by a dues increase
looted la st Lall by the Medical
Tree^of'^y of Delaware. The grants
Wl11 be for a maximum $2,000
P 61 ", student over a tour-year
\ P er | od - The doctors hope to
assist one or two new students
each year - Dr. Leonard P. Lang,
! chairman of the administering
j committee, said we realize
that these scholarships will not
of;Pa y the major cost of a medical
education. We hope, however,
|1° le ssen the gap between the
large amounts of money avail
J able postgraduate education
lr ) otber sciences, particularly
physics and chemistry, and the
relatively small amounts
medicine, which is, after all,
The most expensive of gredu-,
atC educatl °ns. There will be
no strings attached to the
scholarships While the Soci
ety hoP« 5 that recipients will
practice nere.^ and will point
out that lf the money is re
turned it can be used again,
the money will be given, notj
loaned, and the only require
ment for continued support will
maintenance of a reasonably
good academic status^ No help
will be given to students who
are still in college on the
grounds that other scholarship
help is more readily available
m under-graduate schools, and
conunued on p- *■_
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presided
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a f tbe meeting of the board of
dire ctors of the Duck Creek
Historical Society held Sunday
even mg at the Denney office.
Tbe annual meeting of the so
c * e t y w *ü be hdd Sunday, June
ig a t 7:30 p m., at the Twen
,
t,eth Century Club. The speak
6 r will be William Penn Frank,
Morning News columnist, who
will talk on the Civil War. Hen
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orized to pay outstanding bills,
SMTfrvss z
received during the month
of May - 'hose of Mrs. Arthur
Robert Baker, Alexandria, Va.;
Mrs, Paul DuPont Foundation,
and Mrs - R R - M Carpenter,
Wilmington. Mrs. Margaret M.
O'Neill told the results of tak
in 8 " tb e pulse of the commun
ity" for a proposed Duck Creek
Smyrna Day. The response had
been 50 favorable that the com
mittee, which includes Mr. Bam
berger, will continue their ac
tivities. A perference was indi
cated for the event to be held
in the spring of 1962. The
boa rd voted that the society
should take steps to incorpor
ate. There will be an election
of officers for the ensuing year
at the annual meeting on June
118 - Horace Hotchkiss, curator
at Corbit House ' Birman of
accessions committee for the
^ Qf accessions to
date.
Historical Society
Project to Be
Held at Belmont
Hall on Sunday
The Lindms by the Duck Creek
Historical Society will benefit
f rom an old'fashioned straw
J-lbwry festival and fun re sl,_
val for children, which will be
| beld on the grounds at Belmont
the historic house on Du
o° nt Fareway " ear _ Sm ^T n .^'
Sponsored by the Twentieth
Century Club, the affair will be
^ ed °P, Sui ? day ' Jun ® ' W1 ,
June 11. the ram date; the
hours from 4 to P- m - M any
events are planned to attract
the children. There will be mu
s,c by th ® hlgh scho " hand,
a fish pond from which attrac
tive small gifts may be drawn,
and most exciting will be pony
rides. Ice cream, strawberries,
home-made cake, and cokes
will be available. During e
festival Belmont Hall wi no
be open to the public, as the
affmr will be conducte_ y _e
club women and the pea man
family graciously opened e
grounds for the even . ssis
mg with the restoration o e
Lindms is one of the y
Club s community projec is
year The club wome 1
assisted by membera
Duck Creek H sto ca y -
Mrs. Lawrence u. y, g -
eral chairman, wi e m rg
of the strew < j rr ' es ' „ .. _ . '
Ham D. m , c u P resi 1
cream; Mrs. er ins
Mrs. "'alter • 1
Mrs. Ellery, a e * \wman
are in charge o •
O. u " er > ra - R(i ,
cakes, Mrs. ic ar • •
cleaning up. oa si g
be ma e y o ■
itect an ar is - a
the board of directors of the
society,
The project of restoration of
Smyrna Rotary s
; Vote in Support
Of Shell Plant r
William Best, of Nassau, Del.,
minority leader in the General
Assembly of Delaware, address
ed the Smyrna Rotary Club on
Thursday, telling of financial
matters including taxes. He
spoke of the total indebtedness
of $87 000.000. the highest bond
ed indebtedness of any of the
fifty states The State Highway
Department and one other com
m,ssi0a are the only ones re
s P°. nslble , t0 the Governor, he
said, and a constitutional am
endrnem is needed to act on
KÎTs exneettd in 1965 ac
eorffinl to the srïaker An or^n
forum concluded ^e IT
whkh had been arran
wmen nad been arranged by
Leroy Piper. The Rotary Club
unanimously voted to rezone
Blackbird Hundred so that the
Shell Oil Company can begin
operations. Visitors were War
r en Claringbold. Middletown:
an d William E VanErd Ein
ana vviuiam t. vantra, Lin
d en, N. J.
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Ja y cee Chairman
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Martin Golden has been nam
ed national chairman of the
nominating committee of the
United States Junior Chamber
of Commerce. He was appoint
ed by Morgan Doughten, nation
al president. The committee in
eludes Jaycees from Pennsyl
vania, New Hampshire, Ohio,
Texas, Michigan, South Dako
ta, Mississippi, Colorado, and
Kansas. The task of the nomi
nating committee will be in in
terviewing all candidates for na
tional president, and ten nation
al vice presidents, to determine
if they are qualified. Mr. Gold
en expects to leave on Satur
day, June 17, for Atlanta, Geor
gia, where the convention will
be held from June 19-24, at the
Dinkler-Plaza Hotel. This isthe
time that Delaware has
had the distinction of having a
Jaycee serve in this capacity.