Friday, March 3, 1961 --

• The latest teen-age rage is the Bethesda Methodist Church basement on Friday nights. Good organization, backed by firm disciplinary measures, has established the church’s Friday program as the most popular community project in Salisbury. As many as 974 junior and senior high school students have attended on a single night. The basement area features a ping pong table and jukebox. Chaperones – sometimes numbering 100 parents – also attend.
• E.L. Walton, George E. Burnett and W. Miller White – partners in the Burnett-White firm in Salisbury – were presented an award by John A. Fouche, sales manager of the Sieberling Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio. Burnett-White was honored for its 15-year association with Sieberling Rubber, which is the largest tire supplier on the East Coast.
• Congressman Thomas F. Johnson announced that Emory L. Leonard has been appointed as Salisbury’s Acting Postmaster. Leonard was one of 12 candidates recommended to the Democratic State Central Committee. Leonard is a career post office employee and serves as the current superintendent of mail. John B. Rawson retired as Salisbury’s post master last year. The postmaster’s position is subject to state Senate approval.
• The most severe winter weather in recent history brought heavy damage to Wicomico County roads. Engineers have been dispatching crews to stabilize and patch potholes, and fill open breaks caused by freezing and the constant pounding of vehicular traffic. Unlike other Shore counties which are focusing on temporary repairs, Wicomico road crews are working to make their repairs more permanent, using cold tar and gravel for their patches. County Roads Engineer Harry V. Jones said repair costs could top $100,000.
• Miss Bertha S. Adkins of Salisbury, the former Undersecretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Eisenhower, has been named head of the prestigious and fashionable Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Va. The Duchess of Windsor and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller are among prominent former attendees. Adkins is a graduate of the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Wellesley College in Massachusetts and Columbia University in New York City.
• Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Cooley are now at their home in Princess Anne, having returned from a two-month tour of England and Europe. They arrived in New York by jet plane from Paris on Tuesday, after having visited 10 countries. They were met at the airport by their three children, Arthur, Andy and Cathy.
• Construction on the new Salisbury Parkway Bridge on Route 50 has been delayed because a scow loaded with two cranes has become stuck at the West Main Street Bridge. Officials for the bridge contractors, McKean Construction Co., said tugboat help will be needed to free the barge.
• At Read’s new Deluxe Town and Country Restaurant in Downtown Salisbury, Monday night’s Chef’s Special will be Salisbury Steak with onion gravy, a cup of soup, butter-whipped potatoes, buttered peas, hot rolls, choice of dessert and coffee or tea for just $1. Tuesday’s lunch special in the Fireside Room will be a hot roast pork sandwich with gravy, mashed potatoes and a spiced apple ring for just 59 cents.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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