Smyrna times., 1927-06-01
aITNRE Of SERVICE CITIZENS
lVDAID TO PARENT-TEACHERS
; ! DuPONT WHO HAS DONE so
! ,,-rH PROMISES FINANCIAL AID
n..oD Cook Heads Committee Who
OiITgf WilI Consider Ways and Means
nf Keeping the Work Going

viii Consider ways ana Means
of Keeping the Work Going
,++ar frank discussion Of the
zion Of whether Service Citizens
g.. .s.T ~ continued, Bishop Philip
S..L ss was elected president Of the
WV ..r,ittee Of twenty-five appointed
Y pierre s. Dupont to consider the
s.+ter John B. Hutton, well known
.- .-rpr Of Dover, vice-president and
y |. Bennett, Of Sussex county, a
1,mer State Senator, was made sec
t.rv IT meeting last week. Bishop
h Vas authorized to appoint a
rr,i++ee of five to consider ways
N means to continue the work Of
= organization, and this committee
II report back to a future meeting.
n general feeling Of the committee
:. that the organization should be
.rrtirued and its membership increas-
Jto such an extent that it would be-
.me powerful organization in both
,mmbprs and influence. There was a
An and frank discussion of the pro-
,,,iion both at the meeting Of the
sommittee and the luncheon which
allowed when the members Of the
mmmittee were the guests Of Or.
T,eDb H. Odell, director Of the or
rrization. It is expected the sub
Tmmittee Of five will be able to COM
rlste its report Of the work done,
vth recommendations, and plans for
hsncng the organization within a
nnth's time. A general meeting Of
/ as entire membership Of the Service
C4zens with other interested persons
TI then be called TO receive the re-
M Of the committee Of twenty-five
i tw pointed out at the meeting fol-
j brrg the luncheon that in addition
i b Gtng the Parent-Teacher move
1 rat in Delaware, there exists a
mssing need for continuation Of
tie better attendance work" in the
public schools and other school and
sTice problems. Through the "bet-
ter attendance" campaign Of the Ser
dce Citizens the average attendance
has been greatly increased.
Hervey P. Hall Attends From Smyrna
Dr. OdeH called the melting to order
and after stating the detectives Of the
meeting turned the whole affair over
Ito the committee. DR.. Odell at the
opening Of the meeting told the com
nittee that the various surveys made
BY the organization were on file in the
oiCe and all information as to the
work 50 far done was available. Pierre
s Dupont, who financed the organiza-
ion was not present at the committee
netting but joined with the others at
tie luncheon. The meeting was at
iaded by eighteen men: Frank Ban
rtt, Asa Bennett, Horace Il. Dill
Varh, the Rev. John J. Dougherty,
larleS B. Evans, Burton p. Fowler,
Z. Goslee, H. T. Graham, Hervey
Hall, DR.. Walter Hullihen, John 3.
luton, Frank NJ. Jones, Josiah Mar
Z, George B. Miller, J.Edgar Rhoads
Atn z. Saylor, Harry E. Speakman,
at OJseph S. Wilson. The motion to
lve the committee named to devise
2ls for carrying on the work of the
S0lee Citizens was made at the an
al meeting Of the organization rec
Nly BY John o. Saylor.
- dupont Promises Financial Aid
NJ. dupont, who has expressed
iasef as being interested in the
nposed new organization, was not
resent. His views were presented in
& following letter: Gentlemen: As
sel IN the recent meeting Of Ser
@ Citizens, the Deed of Trust pro-
ang the income of 100000 annually
Y lhe work Of Service Citizens will
inmate in July, this year, and a
w Time thereafter the operations
le association as carried on under
income Of the Trust must cease
ack Of funds. The sense of the
~ meeting seemed to be that your
nittee should study the possibil-
Oi future usefulness Of the Ser
Cltlzens and make recommended
lor future work and arrange
.S Tor financing You will have
VI you record of what has been
5apusned in recent years and will,
@less, be impressed by the fact
'ne largest part Of expenditure
rd; zen Tor educational purposes, in
a. two items Of great Importance
,+.1 we work Of Americanization Of
sss s.lS now provided for by appro-
laOn q the State Legislature; the
NJ , the Parent Teacher Associa-
J, Il throughout the State which, un-
gT,.e U able guidance Of Miss Eta J.
tbs,a Mrs. John B. Cleaver and
u s' nave been brought to a state
nsno;s1 MA usefulness, although not Of
sst "a independence. l recommend
i lssebas existence Of these Parent
bed - associations, in well devel-
lour sa, suu useful form, should have
b nnSr Tielul consideration. The work
frm ~, schools has been placed on
sgisl,tuu ,ttuuhdation through acts Of the
MI a. e tt SO that no expenditure
asDs !, i mat made by the Service Cit
~ the mast NH