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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-17
cow TESTING PAYS FARMERS
Association In Coos County,
New Hampshire.

Coos county, N. H., has a very sue
cessful contrasting association. A re-
port from that district regarding the
dollars-aEd-cents value of the associa-
ton says: MANY times the testers
salary is saved each month"
One farmer in the Coos County as
ISOLATION reports a yearly saving of
S525 in the feed bills alone. Another
with eight cows claims net gain Of
$3.50 year from the work of the asso-
citation, and local cattle dealer says
that the tests add $40 per head to the
value Of good cows.
A farmer near Lancaster offered to
sell one Of his cows for SIS before
testing her After the test however
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-17
BURTON BAPTIST CHURCH


Services next Sunday as fol-
lows-10 a. M. Bible School; II
a. m. Sermon by Rev. Billingsly ;
7 p. m. Young Peoples Meeting
5 p. m. Special sermon to young
people: "The Biggest Thing In
Life. F." All are cordially invited.
A free bus runs from Portage
to our morning service. Leaving
Portage at $50 a. m. bring the
children and older persons to
Bible school; and again at 10 80
a. m. to carry any who wish to
come to our church service. Bus
makes one return trip at close of
morning service.
Y. S. Fretz, Pastor.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-17

-Patronize our advertisers first.
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people attended the picnic given
by the West Pass Transportation
company at Point Defiance last
Saturday. They went over on
the Athlone and returned on the
Virginia ~.
Last Sunday the ball team was
defeated by the Stacy Shown
team of Seattle although the boys
put up "A good fight. The girls
sold ice cream which proved very
popular.
Roy Knccbonc and William
lIicrsch are both home for the
week.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-17

she was not for sale, because during
the ten months she made $40 more net
profit than his twelve owcst-produc-
ing cows combined. These and other
figures from the Coos County assoc!a-
ton show that COW testing may be
made to pay big returns. Its educa-
tional value Is also great.
Contrasting work is growing rapid
ly, but II still has room for growth.
Less than one per cent,of all the dairy
cows In the United States has been
tested for production. Progressive
dairymen say that there should now be
at least many times that many cows
on test.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Albert Worth, Deputy Attorney Cen
eral of Sussex County and Former
Kent School Teacher. Dead

Albert Worth, deputy attorney-gen-
eral for Sussex county, died at noon
Friday from acute indigestion. He
felt oppressed about 10 o'clock and
went into the Office of David H. Reed,
recorded of deeds, and laid down. He
complained of a fullness in his chest
which was partly relieved by DR.. X. G.
Paynter, who had been summoned.
Just before noon he became worse and
before DR.. PAINTER could arrive again
he died. Mr.. Worth was born in Phil
adelphia on October 27, 1875, son of
the late Albert and Barbara Worth,
deceased. He came to this State at
the age of II years and made his home
with George H. Houston. He attended
the Seaford High School and, after
completing the course, taught in a dis
trict school until he entered the Con-
ference Academy at Dover and gradu-
ated from that institution in 1899. La
ter he taught school near CogilPs Cor
ner, near Dover, for two years. In
July 1902, he registered as law stu
dent with Charles w. Cullen with
whom he was associated in the prac-
tice of law until his death. He was
elected clerk of the Orphans Court
and Register in Chancery for Sussex
county in 1904. He was a member OF
the State Board of Education for six
years, receiving his appointment from
Governor Charles R. Miller. He alsC
served as a member of the SUSSEX
county Selective Service Board from
June 1917, until the close of the war
On August A, this year he was choser
Deputy Attorney-General for SUSSEX
county by Attoney-General S. d
! Townsend.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
ROGER TOTTEN OUT OF DOVER
JAIL ON OWN RECOGNIzANCE
ELOPER MUST RETURN TO FACE
CHARGES AT FEBRUARY COURT
Will Join His Mother, Who Interceded
For Him and go to BrOOkline,
Mass-COmplies With Law

Roger L. Totten, former statistician
of Delaware State Board of Education.
who elOped over two weeks ago with
Miss Margaret Hill, the 10 year old
Sussex county school teacher, and who
has been in custody in Kent county
Jail at Dover for over one week in de-
fault of bail of $500 on two charges,
one non-support and the other deser-
tion, was released from Jail Monday
afternoon on his own recognizance.
Totten's release was brought about
after his mothers arrival on the noon
train and her desire to take her son
back home with her to Brooklin,e
Mass. While Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Earl D. Wiley was out of town
when TOtten's mother arrived, he was
gotten in communication with and
consent was given to release Totten on
his signing his own bail. Totten was
instructed that his release was condi-
toned on his return to Delaware the
third Monday in February to answer
the charges on which he is being held
ten promised to comply with the man
dates of the court. After leaving the
magistrates Office Totten went to the
Capitol Hotel, not far from the Jail,
where he made arrangements for his
stay with his mother until they should
be ready to leave for Brookline. He
also visited the apartments which he
and his wife recently occupied in the
Hope building on Dover Green, within
stone throw of the Kent county Jail
His visit there was for the purpose of
getting his trunk which had been left
by his wife after she and her father
had packed their belongings on Friday
last. 1t is reported that Totten will
return with his mother to Brookline
Mass. The State Board of Education
yesterday revoked Miss Hills teachers
certificate by unanimous vote and con-
firmed the superintendent of public in
struction in the dismissal of Totten as
statistician.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
SUPERIOR COURT CAREFUL IS
ON NATURALIZATION PAPERS
SOME KENT COUNTY APPLICA-
TIONS HELD UP FOR EVIDENCE
William Lessin, of the Firm w. Les
sin 4 Sons, Smyrna, One of the Few
Fortunate Kent Applicants

In the Superior Court, Friday the
following aliens We're granted natur-
alization papers: William Lessin, of
Smyrna, native of Positive, Russia:
Fred John Brown, Smyrna, native of
Coleford, Eng; Isiah Homer Watt.
Pennington, native of Nebraska, u. S.
A., ne having gone to Canada, several
years ago, and on taking up patent
rights there, automatically became a
citizen. The cases continued includ-
ed Abraham Lenson, native of Russia.
further evidence desired from person
who filled out his QUESTIONABLE; Chris
tian Il. Haack, Dover, native of Ger
many, was continued because of his
lack of knowledge of the National and
State Government; Jacob Cohen, of
Harrington, native of Russia, continu-
ed because of lack of a witness; Jane
Louise Becker, continued because wit
nesses did not appear. In the Court
of General Sessions, final argument
was heard on motion for a new trial
in the case of the State VS.. Neal Y
Oeschler, convicted two weeks ago as
embezzlement by bailee of two rab-
bitt dogs, the property of James Pratt
tus, colored, John D. Hawkins, repre-
senting Oeschler contended that there
was lack of positive evidence as tC
the taking of dogs being the subject Of
larceny. Deputy-Attorney-Genera
Wiley pointed out the provisions Of
the statute showing that the taking ot
dogs in Kent County was subject Of
larceny. The court denied the motion
for new trial and imposed sentence
on Oeschler, of a fine of 500, will
costs. Also to pay to Prattis, the ow
ner of the dogs, $50. The full amount
of the fines and costs, the latter being
unusually heavy, were paid by Oesch
Ter and he was released from custody
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
OYSTER PACKING HOUSES BUSY
Delaware Bay Oyster Industry Cen
ters in SeafOrd Packing Houses

Seaford oyster packers and filled to
overfiowing with Thanksgiving orders,
and notwithstanding they are having
bivalves rushed to them daily from
oyster packing houses on the Delaware
Bay, they are still unable to keep up
with their orders. The oysters that
are coming from the Delaware Bay
houses are in addition to the ones
opened in their houses at Seaford. For
the past few years the Seaford pack
ers have been handling the entire out
put of several Delaware Bay houses.
Those housese are operated by Seaford
and Blades people and practically all
the openers are natives of Seaford and
Blades. The output of these houses
are rushed to Seaford daily by QUITO
trucks. Because of the warm fall Sea-
ford packers were skeptical concern
ing the Thanksgiving orders but not
withstanding the continued warm
weather orders are pouring in. The
prevailing prices are $2.1O a gallon
for selects and $1.75 for standards.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO MEET
Laurel to Entertain Conference of
High School Girls December 2 to 4

Laurel to Entertain Conference of
High School Girls December 2 to
The second annual conference of
Delaware High School girls is to be
held at Laurel over the week end of
December 2 to A. The opening session
will be held on Friday evening, and
the closing will be the Sunday after
noon vesper service. At the request
of the girls at Laurel, this conference
will be similar to the first one which
was held last year in Dover. 1t is for
the purpose of helping the girls to see
the interesting things there are for
them to do when they are through High
School, to see the value of having a
purpose in life, and to learn something
of the joy of sticking to a purpose,
that these girls are invited to come
together. The girls of Laurel High
Schools have graciously invited sew
enty-fve girls from the other nigh
schools of the State to entertained
in their homes of women who are the
friends of the girls. Letters have been
sent to the principals of all the high
schools, inviting from two to five girls,
according to the size of the school.
The cards are to be sent to Miss Mary
STRIPPING, one of the Laurel High
School teachers, who has charge of
the registration of delegates. The
program includes such speakers as
Dr. Elizabeth Allison of the National
Speakers Bureau of the y. w. C. A.,
a professor of Economics at Bryn
Mawr, Professor David A. Ward, Su-
perintendent of Schools in Whining
ton, Dean Winifred Robinson of the
Women's College, Mrs. Frederick NJ.
Paist, President of the National Y. w.
c. A, Miss Esther NJ. Hawes and Miss
Joyce Gardiner of the East Central
Field of the Y. w. c. A. Miss Gard-
ner will have charge of the recreation
of the conference. Miss Bernice Hast
ings of the rel~faculty is chairman
of the music committee, Miss Marie
Locates, the Entertainment Commit
tee, and Miss Mildred Horsey, the
Committee on Meetings. Miss Jean
Bright, of the department of Home
Economics, has charge of the banquet
which her department will serve on
Saturday evening. Miss Beulah
Thompson, the Laurel senior who has
been elected President of the Confer
ence, will be tosat-mistress.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
FIRE TRUCK FOR COUNTRY USE
Hose Company Met to Discuss 1t But
Lacks Quorum For Business

The meeting of the Citizens Hose
Company of Smyrna called for Mon
day evening to discuss a plan for pur-
chasing an auxiliary fire truck for the
country use, did not materialize owing
to lack of a quorum. The plan is to
purchase a Ford chasis and mount it
with chemical tanks. AS 80 per cent
of the farm fires demand the use of
chemicals on account of the insufficient
water supply available, it has been
deemed an expensive proposition TO
run Smyrna's big combination fire en-
gine to farm fires when an auxiliary
truck fitted with a complete chemical
equipment would do the work and at
a greater saving in wear and tear to
Smyrna's expensive fire engine. If
sufficient farmers are interested in the
auxiliary truck project and $4,000 or
$4,000 can be raised, the Smyrna fire.
men are only to glad to lend their
services in any emergency. Most peo-
pie approached upon the plan of our
fire company consider it a most feast
BILE one and another meeting will be
called with the hope of bringing the
matter to a successful issue.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
HARVESTING BIG CORN CROP
Farms of United States Produce More
Than Three Billion Bushels

Promise of a corn crop of 8, 3,152, ,OOO,-
600 bushels in the United States alone
coupled with recent favorable reports
on world wheat and rice crops sug-
gests, says the Trade Record of The
National City Bank of New York, that
the worlds supply of bread and meat
will be little below normal despite the
shortage in the wheat fields of Russia.
A 3,000,000000 bushel corn crop in
the United States alone means prob
ably 4,000,000,000 bushels for the en-
tire world, for the United States US
ually produces three-fourths of the
worlds corn Outturn. This big corr.
crop means in turn an unusually biC
meat supply especially of pork, for a
large part of the corn of the United
States is fed to swine on the farms
where it is grown. The tremendous
ness of our corn crop-three-f -fourths
of that of the world-accounts adds
the banks statement, for the fact that
we have far more swine than any 9TH
er country, for swine are the most con-
venient process of Transforming corn
into human food, especially for expor-
tation, and corn is the most useful
food for swine, except for the produc-
ton of the "bacon hog" which is
chiefly fed on the smaller grains,
wheat, rye, barley, ETC., with an adj
mixture of dairy products. At present
the corn crop of the world is normally:
United States 3,OOO,O0O,OOO bushels,
Europe as whole 50O,O0O,OOO, Argen-
tina 30O,000,000, Asia as a whole 1OO,-
100000, and Africa about 100000.
The corn crop of the United States has
been stated as holding first rank in
the value of our farm outturn, hay
ranking second, cotton third, and
wheat fourth.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
WHOLE NO. 1857
SMYRNA CREAMERY-ICE PLANT
Meeting Held Last Night to Enlarge it
Into $4,000 Industry-S5OOO
Was Subscribed at Meeting

A meeting of the business men of
Smyrna was held in the office of the
j. H. HOffecker Canning Co. last night
to talk over the project of taking over
and enlarging the Smyrna Creamery
and ice plant and to make this Smyr-
ma industry a big and important
branch of the Middletown Farms Inc.
Mr.. Fred Brady, of Middletown, and
Mr.. Woolford, prominent banker and
business man of Cambridge, Md, ad-
dressed the meeting. The scheme is
to get all the larger creameries of the
Peninsula to organize into one COM
pany, The Middletown Farms Inc. and
do business on a large scale. Smyr-
ma Creamery and Ice Plant is to be
enlarged at a cost of between $4,000
and $4,000 and the ice plant which
has been shut down for two years or
more is to be increased to a ten ton
capacity. The people of Smyrna and
vicinity are to be served with ice. The
business men of Smyrna entered hear
tily into the project and over $4,000
was subscribed at the meeting alone.
The rest of the money seems very
probable.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Students and Faculty Clear $13O From
Supper at Club HOuse-Athletic Snort

OluuelttS anu dculty Oledr Sl0U FROM
Supper at Club HOuse-Athletic Sport
The supper which was given in the
Club House Thursday, November 18th,
was a great success. Students and
Faculty of the local school wish to
thank the towns people for giving
their hearty support. We wish to
thank the ladies who gave up their
time and opened their homes to US.
for the invaluable help in preparing
and serving the supper. A great deal
of interest was shown by the students
in this affair, they contributed a large
quantity of the material in prepara.
tlon for this supper. Much credit
should go to the Home Economies and
Agricultural departments for their
work of dressing and preparing over
forty chickens a task of no small i'm
portance. Over two-hundred and forty
dollars ($24000) was taken in at this
social. $1,000 covers necessary ex-
penses, leaving balance of $4,000
The sum cleared is enough to pay off
the Athletic debt and also enough for
the base ball team next year, which
has proved a credit to the town Of
Smyrna. Sylvester's Concert Band
proved a huge success, and in their
new and natty uniforms they made, a
fine showing on the neatly trimmed
stage. All present greatly enjoyed
the music. Let us say a word here
for Director Sylvester, man who en-
joys the good fellowship of the citi-
zens for the organizing of such a
group of young men who are credit
to the town of Smyrna. We wish tc
thank Prof. Sylvester and mis- men foi
rendering the music on this occasion
The Football season is over, al.
though the Smyrna team did not make
great showing, much credit must be
given to Coach Mendenhall, who by
his own unaided efforts, branched to-
gether a team of men who had hardly
ever seen a foot ball game before
They were pitted against the best
teams in the State. The first was 67-(
favor of Newark, but the Smyrna boys
proved game and showed that they
had made improvement when they
came back at Elkton with score o.
6-6. Elkton has defeated Newark by
the score of 27-0. School will clos,
for the Thanksgiving holidays, Wed
nesday, November 24th, at $50 anC
reopen Monday morning, Novembel
| 28th.-news editor.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
ST. PETERS CHURCH MATTERS
Intensive Week Drawing Near of the
Campaign mission For Missions"
Other Church Notes

In line with the plan and program
of the General Church, churchmen and
churchwomen throughout the Diocese
of Delaware have been active getting
ready for the EMISSION For Missions"
to be held next week. This will mark
the first turning point in the various
stages Of progress. st. Peters Par
ish has been organized on a slightly
modified plan, as follOws:-Mr. Fred
erick Dodson is Parish campaign
chairman, and as such, is the right
hand man of the rector. The Parish
has been divided into ten GROUPS of
families with leaders. The leaders
are now busy visiting their groups to
enlist their more hearty cooperation
in the plan of the Parish. The object
of the Mission is "to inform the mind
and to inspire the will And it aims
to reach every individual member of
the Parish. So that one of the en-
deavors of the Group Leaders is to
have every single member of theft
groups in church at the opening ses-
sion. The Revd. F. J. Clark, secre-
tary to the Presiding Bishop and
Council will be at St. Peters Church
Sunday evening next, November 9th
at 7.30 o'clock. The other sessions
Cor conference will be held Wednesday
evening, November Both, at 7.30;
Thursday, December /, p. m. anC
7.30 p. M; and Friday a p. m. Let
every one reserve these dates against
all other calls. Mr.. Clark will also be
at Trinity Church, Clayton, on the af.
ternOon of Sunday next at $50 p. m
and again on Friday evening at 73O
There will be evensong this, We'd
nesday night, at 7.9O o'clock, followed
by choir rehearsal. Tomorrow
Thanksgiving Day there will be morn
ing prayer and Holy Communion a
10 a. m; offering for the "Baby Hos
pital." Sunday 7.30 a. m. Holy Com
munion; 10 a. m. church school; II a
m. morning prayer and sermon.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
SMYRNA RED CROSS NOTES
Drive For Membership in Hands of a
Special Soliciting Committee


The drive for the fifth annual Red
Cross Roll Call will close after
Thanksgiving Day, and it is earnestly
desired that we all take a part in the
great work by giving our dollar and
becoming a member for another year.
Upon the enrolment depends the con-
tinuance of the helpful activities which
the Red Cross has carried on in the
past, and the services which it will
render to humanity in the coming
year. Mrs. Olive Shallcross has
charge of the drive in Smyrna, and
her helpers are: Miss Wilson and Mrs.
Bartlett, for West Commerce street;
Mrs. Westfall, East Commerce street;
Miss Holland South street; Mrs. Dea-
kyne and Mrs. j. p. Hudson, Mt. Ver-
non street; Mrs. Corley and Mrs. Read
South Main street; Miss Williams and
Mrs. Messick, North Main street; Mrs.
Webb, Delaware and Market street;
Mrs. Gafford, Union and Frazier
streets; Mrs. Baynard, Spruance City;
Mrs. Denney, Duck Greek and Miss
Ransom, Smyrna Landing. DR.. Cor
ley will have charge of the country
around Smyrna and Mrs. Ferguson,
Blackbird Hundred. Or the names
with the dollar for membership can be
left at Clifton and Jones drug store or
with Mr.. H. P. Hall at his Office
Chairman of Publicity.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
POULTRY BRINGS HIGH PRICES
Turkeys Selling For So to 6Oc Per
POund-Farmers Reaping Profits

Thanksgiving turkeys ore now be-
ing shipped from this. section by ex-
press and auto trucks to distant cities.
Local dealers claim that while the
general average of turkeys is much
smaller in size this year than usual,
they are of exceptional fine quality.
Very few are found to be in poor con-
dltion. The smallness they believe to
be due to the fact that it was not pos
sible to get the fiocks hatched early
last spring. The demand for turkeys
is great just now. They are selling
at so and 55 cents a pound. Manv
farmers who have large supplies of
corn claim they will keep their flocks
of turkeys and other poultry until the
Christmas holidays, and improve them
by feeding them low-priced corn.
Geese are selling at % cents a pound.
but many are reported to be in poor
condition. Ducks are selling for 25
cents a pound and chickens for 25
cents; eggs for 65 cents a dozen, they
being scarce and hardly enough for
home supply. Guineas are plentiful.
but many are small, many flocks being
Matched out late, yet they are selling
from $1.5O to $1.6O a pair, a price
higher than ever before known to To-
cal dealers. Many farmers talk of the
poultry prices with glee, claiming this
to be their first paying crop of the
year.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
STOP ROAD WORK DOWN STATE
Winter Weather Brings Concrete Lay.
ing at an End in Sussex County

ing at an End in Sussex County
Construction work on the six and a
half miles of concrete highway be-
tween Laurel and Asbury Church was
closed down Saturday by the Field,
Barker and Underwood Construction
Company, of Philadelphia, who have
the contract. Work on the highway
commenced on August 20 and since
that time five miles have been placed,
leaving one and half miles to be fin
ished in the spring. When the 1e-
mainder of the contract is completed,
there will be only broken link of two
miles between Georgetown and Laurel.
1t is quite likely that the Sussex
County Highway Improvement Com
mission will award contract for the
broken link some time in the spring,
thus giving a concrete roadway from
Laurel to Harbeson, a distance of
about twenty-four miles.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
TRUCK DAMAGE AT LAKE COMO
Darby Truck Runs Thru Fence and
Into Deep Pool in Meadow

]. R. Webber, of Darby, Pa, while
returning from Rehoboth where he had
been with load of furniture ran over
the causeway and into the hole caused
by the recent washout. He was steer
ing away from the binding light of an
approaching motor and went thru the
fence. The truck almost submerged
in water was hauled out by George D.
Wright & Son. His damage will fig
ure about $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1921-11-23
GILBERT S. JONES IN NEW JOE
Former Smyrna Boy to Manage Daily
Herald at NOrristOwn, Pa.

Gilbert Startling Jones, son of J.
Wesley Jones, of this town, formerly
a well-knOwn newspaper man on the
Wilmington Evening Journal before il
changed ownership has been appointed
manager of the Norristown, Pa, Daily
Herald. The paper has recently been
purchased by former Congressman
Ralph Beaver Stressberger, who plans
extensive reorganization. The Herald
was established in 1899. Since leav-
ing Wilmington, some years ago, Mr..
Jones was connected with the Reading
News-Times and La Opinione of Phil
adelphia.