Smyrna times., 1922-06-28
STATE.AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS

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NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM :
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities
Alexander Harrington present prin-
cipal of the Georgetown High School,
has been reelected for another year
as was the present force of teachers.
The Delaware tuberculosis commits
sion has organized by electing the fol-
lowing officers: President, David Smell
lenbury, secretary, DR.. Albert Robin
son.
In all probability Crisfeld will get
new armory to house Company l.
from funds derived from the sale of
the old Fourth regiment armory in
Baltimore. An offer of 100000 has
been made for the old structure. /
The war department is about to
commence deepening the WicomicO |
river at Salisbury, in order to permit /
large vessels to dock. The pivot /
bridge may be replaced with modern
lift bridge.
] c. D. D. Law has leased several
hundred acres of woodland and pas
ture near Berlin, for establishing a
game preserve. The state proposes to
introduce deer, wild turkeys pheasants
and quail.
Colonel Robert c. Houston, deputy
Encouragement for Sussex county
and owner and editor of the Sussex
Republican, of Georgetown, has an
nOunced his candidacy for the Repre-
sentative in Congress.
Philip Todd, y year old, while in
swimming below the Idelwild dam
near Ridley was seized with cramps
and drowned before his companions
could rescue him. His body was re-
covered several hours later.
Stone for construction work on the
connecting links of the Seaford-Laurel
and Brdgevlle-Georgetown State
highways has arrived at Seaford and
the building of these links will now
go forward with much rapidity.
The large barn on the farm of
Harry Carpenter, near Cool Springs,
was burned Monday night, with all
the contents. The barn was stored
with hay and corn, and the loss will
amount to $4,000. The origin of the
H fire is unknown.
The Seaford school building, built
for negro children at a cost of $780,
600, a gift of P. S. dupont and situat
ed on a plot of ground containing sly
acres, has been completed and will bC
turned over to Seaford special schoo
j.. district in few days.
Francis Wilds Plowman, son of Mr.
and Mrs Garrett H. Plowman, (ne'
Miss Beulula Wilds), of Ridley Park
Pa, and grandson of Mr.. and Mrs
j. Frank Wilds, of Dover, wa
awarded scholarship, at the close o
the present school year, by Washing
ton and Lee University at Lexington
Va WhpTp bp iS a student
A branch office of the secretary o
state will be opened in Wilmington o.
July l for the purpose of issuin
licenses to automobile owners. Thi
move will deprive the city magistrate
of work, one of them having average
5000 a month from the work.
Thousands of dollars worth c
berries of various kinds in SUISSE
county have been ruined by the heav
rains that have fallen during the pas
two weeks. There has been more rain
fall during June this year than fo
many years. The strawberry GRO
was cut because of the heavy rain!
and with the loss of the blackberr
and huckleberry crops it is a heav
blow to many of the farmers.
J. Frank Starting, Postmaster c
Dover, received orders last week
discontinue delivery of mail by carrie
in the Southwestern part of the tow
Id The order was effective immediatel.
The area affected is South Governor
- avenue, Dover, from North to Watt
= Streets. North and Water street
from Governors avenue West. Res
| dents along Governors Ave, ha'
| sent out a petition asking that carrie
| service on their streets be resume
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