Smyrna times., 1926-06-23
SMYRNA THE FIRST TO PLEDGE
$4,000 IN KENT COUNTY'S DRIVE

! S2UUU IN ktNl CUUNlY'S DRlVt
DINNER TO BOOST DEL-MAR-VA
EASTERN SHORE DEVELOPMENT
e. L. HarmOnsOn Presided at Dinner
and H. p. Hall, Chairman of Smyr-
ma Delegation, Reports for Smyrna
G. L. Harmonson, H. P. Hall, V. Lay
Phillips, Chas. J. Sudler, H. d. Boyer,
w. w. Price, G. E. Speakman, ]. E.
Hoffecker, E. M. Rust, Ralph Tucker,
w. w. Hynson, R. H. Denney, H. H.
Kenyon, J. f. Webb, A. /. Hudson, of
Smyrna joined the one hundred COM
mitteemen and workers, at a cam
paign organization dinner at the Rich
ardson Hotel, Dover, on Friday night,
and came home enthused over the
prospect that only awaits intensive
development of the Del-Mar-Va Pen
insula. Plans We're undertaken at the
dinner for the canvass of Kent coun-
ty for 1.5OO members to subscribe$20,-
600 year for two years that Kent
county might participate in and be-
come affiliated with the Del-Mar-Va
14-county movement, covering the
whole Eastern Shore Peninsula. The
Smyrna delegation from District No
l furnished the opening gun at the
meeting, Chairman H. P. Hall Of the
Smyrna delegation announcing ad-
vance subscriptions by Smyrna men
and corporations totalling $1,000. The
announcement was greeted with a vol
ley Of applause from representatives
Of seven other districts present at the
table Then Mr. Hall moved "that the
men here present and the other mem
bers of the preliminary committees
already appointed, undertake to or
ganiZea systematic canvass of Kent
county for membership in a perman-
ent organization, and subscriptions of
$4,000 a year for two years to sup
port the work" The motion carried
without a dissenting voice; and with
in twenty minutes teams seated at
tables in different parts of the room
were choosing names of persons whom
they would undertake to solicit in
their respective districts. "The peo-
pie of our group in Smyrna feel that
this movement is absolutely essential
if Kent county is to keep pace with
the rest of the Peninsula" said Mr..
Hall, in speaking on his motion. eve
are satisfied the Del-Mar-Va Associa-
tion is the piece of machinery the
Peninsula has been waiting for. 1t
gives US the vehicle through which the
people Of three states on this Penin-
sula can act as unit"
C. L. HarmonsOn, Presided at Dinner
G. L. Harmonson, county chairman,
presided at the meeting. Two out-of-
town speakers were present-Fred P.
Adkins, of Salisbury, president of the
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Associa-
ton, and Harvey J. Hill, of Salisbury,
executive vice-president Of the Asso-
citation. Mr.. Adkins, who was first in
troduced, sketched briefly the history
of the Del-Mar-Va movement from its
beginnings in Salisbury December %
| last. "The gentleman who was to
have represented Kent county at that
initial meeting, and who had promised
to be present and was very much in
terested, was unavoidably detained at
the last minute" said the speaker,
"and hence, through no fault Of his or
ours, Kent county happened not to
have been represented at the all-day
meeting in which the Del-Mar-Va As
sociation was born. / have no doubt"
added Mr.. Adkins, 'but this purely ac-
cidental circumstance explains why
Kent county did not get going and be-
come a partner in this enterprise
months ago." Mr.. Adkins closed with
a plea for Peninsular unity, for the
good of all. Harvey J. Hill, the
second speaker, painted a vivid pic
ture of the possibilities in the crop
and marketing situation on the PENN
sula, and drew the parallel of what
has happened in recent years in the
great fruit districts of California,
Idaho and elsewhere, with what is
planned for the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
The secret Of steady market and a
premium price, said Mr.. Hill, is
standardized brand, known to and de
manded by the consumer. "No one
county can accomplish that" added
the speaker.
Committees and Team Workers Meet
The committees and teams voted to
hold second meeting in Dover, at
the Richardson, on Tuesday night. The
third meeting, for reports of teams,
probably will be held elsewhere in the
county. During the present week,
special folder outlining the work of
the Del-Mar-Va Association and the
plans for the Kent county organiza-
ton, will be mailed to all sections of
the county. Around Smyrna a can
vass Of the country as well as the