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Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. A. i. Hudson while her
husband is attending the National
Gamers Convention at Atlantic City.
Mrs. w. A. FAIRIES Pyle entertained
four tables of Bridge at her home, the
residence of r. Y. Wallen Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. F. j. Dodson is i'll with an at
tack Of LaGrippe at her home on Mt.
Vernon street.
Mr.. r. Y. Wallen attended the an
rual meeting and banquet Of the Com
mercial Exchange of Philadelphia last
evening, held at the Ritz-Carlton. 1t
was big affair and largely attended.
Miss ]. Agnes Cummins has return
ed from spending several days in Phil
adelphia
Mrs. John Buttery was taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital in Wilmington
in the American Legion ambulance
last week for treatment of appendi-
citis.
Mrs. Thomas H. Coverdale is visit
ing relatives in New York City.
Mrs. Sarah Hance Mccullough Of
Philadelphia, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. o. Hoffecker.
Messrs. w. 0. Hoffecker of this
town, and Wallace Hilyard Of Kenton,
are attending the National Gamers
Convention at Atlantic City, N. ].
Miss Florence Arts spent the week
end in Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Hudson, near
town, entertained over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Graham Of Phil
adelphia, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Graham of Dover.
Mrs. H. d. Boyer will speak at the
institute meeting of the Women's
Club il Hutledge, Pa, her subject be
ing Things Which Make for Eff
cheney in Club Life"
Joseph Grimm, of Collingswood, N.
j., spent the weekend with his moth
er, Mrs. Margaret Grimm
Mrs. Anna Armstrong of Flushing,
n. ", is the guest of Mrs. J. E. Car
ter. She is also spending part of the
time with Mr.. George Carter at Mea-
dow Brook Farm.
! Miss Mary George Comegys Of Den
ton, Md, is the guest of Mrs. James
P. Hoffecker and Miss Anna Hough.
Mr.. J. Edwin Wilson, of Wilson's
Hardware and Furniture Store, has
been attending the furniture market
! in New York City.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26
'rsOnal and Social
sle Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

foster N. Ford, son Of Mr.. and
l. Y. Ford of this town, who
iysar ago went out to Chicago
4a course in The Coyne Elec-
Sa0ol, was graduated and then
position as instructor, pre-
lake charge of a plant. He
ag good in the west and is a
. smyrna as well as his par
ne secured a position in a large
picture theatre. The theatre
Ie thousand people and is
"a with elaborate stage, audi
ad side lights, with one of the
ppe organs in existence, all
n oy vast system of electri-
.Ess. This position was only a
S'one to a better one, as
tofd took advantage of his op-
1aes He went to Morris, Ill,
%gied Ii,, position in the Morris
III the second largest paper
-ae United States. They were
Y q a competent electrician
s 70 Coyne. Mr.. Darling in
-, ! ioTd and he went up for a
I Interview. Youth seemed his
,,5.3 leap' but he talked efficiency
Y. 'ne JOB. The Morris paper
|. i l = million feet of floor space.
=, :, FORD is chief electrician,
y assistants, and his present
rr.s ."o 4 hundred and fifty dollars
I'm though a busy man, Fos-
m aas u, time for play. Recently
/ ~. sli'er u cup for fancy skating.
/ i 1ss f.si that it is some cold around
| Isro;aa asnoine, wife Of Rev.Emanuel
N Nv, .r. rector Of st. Peters
| u, susftained Y the ladies Of the
/ ] g.. thursday afternoon at tea
aJ JI.ofy. It was a delightful
! :! se,s5 5Ialgely attended. The meet
II p p.th wlth prayer by the rector.
/ N ss srsldent Mrs. Edward 8,
~. is'e a greeting to members
saroo, Mrs. Murray Stewart of
osI s''SI, S,am formerly Of Smyrna, Ed
NV 4slPtul +! address, expiainin% oe1Ie, ths
~ ~ elit and also stressin@ the
isns;1t paft in the Bishops Crusade I de
aSrsanae;. also made a brief adj
sspber 1silg i 4 her pleasure in being
IA f.al 4 ne Delaware AuxiIiarv.
VII M. words Y 7 from the rector.
pra'ar. sr followed. Several Of !
81 Il s tSs Joined the SMYRNA
r. sno,ss.A sne Auxiliary. The silver a1r
~ viii IIuated to 1925. The next
\, Mrs. Du,;..lt y FEBRUARY, at the
2 snter.;sne who will be as
u Il
| any B. Chg oy the treasurer
"a, iormerl,,, ,ioi.ecker ! of Haver-
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
VIM. r. McKim, Princeton TheOlOgi-
cal Student, to Preach Next Sunday

The Westminster Guild will meet at
the home of Miss Octavia Bartlett
Thursday evening, January 9th, at
7.3O o'clock. On Sunday there will be
morning and evening worship as US
ual-1O.3O and 7.30 o'clock. Mr.. Viii
liam r. McKim of Princeton Seminary
will preach at both services. Sunday
School at 11.45; Christian Endeavor
at 6.45.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

Miss Nora Wills of Stanhope, N. j.,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey P.
Hall.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

who think they have big
rarsh lands to trap muskrats
lcinity should take note of
! acres just fenced in" at
/ Ike, 40 miles northwest of
Columbia. This is the largest
iam in the world and has
E completed, according to J.
Fdand representative of a fur
|g ID Vancouver. Output from
larat ranch will eventually to-
|GNN pelts, it is estimated. The
consists of low-lying meadows
TRANS already heavily populat-
III anlskrat and beaver. Weekly
ESnents to neighboring trap
kis restocking amount to $1,000.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

riTetown Board Of Health
the Middletown public schools
| hr two weeks on Wednesday.
| .+or was taken due to the sew
f. If scarlet fever among the
| Tbe order also prohibits all
q rrder is years Of age attend
[5g theatre Or any local church.
|, N Understood there is over 80
[tmp among the school chill
[rithis vacation is necessary to
|sti and welfare Of the entire
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

onerating in and about
u; a. aTIs.,tarday afternoon the
. iTs,. t-.,non L. Phillips, the
BE o. 'e. ,.aved during their alb
h va a.kod sa. $500 in money
~ Recently the home Of
sclFeu ,Iaclain was ransacked
! ssr absence.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

j iii introduced by Repre-
I, Dncan which was passed
y go1,e Friday afternoon the
] nsit' 1T and grand jurors in the
N I i increased from So to $5
II .s,n1 The bill become a law.
|ssltatives Davis and CONVEX wei
the bill.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26

| !, weather and thaws Of last
iia lls Ne dirt roads bad for
1aas ,,, r farmers lacked UP their
sass .s.rsd u old Dobbin but
q q ss'i : team the roads have to
nIl T.i slowly and cautiously. No
~ .a,nsrs off the main highway
l lal I. nod roads everywhere.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-26
/ lTIRNA Times
] VIZ DELAWARE
aYRNA, DIi-l -
mn AND VICINITY
,,.tbars' meeting OF Ihe
,rrual MG'ilsiSS u i held at the home
L. VIII ! e Stevenson, on Mon
/ Alice .noTv I, oT1 S1st.
ING. Janua4!

-,ootinr Of the WOm-
sgllarM Missionary Society will
reig1 Mt' bome Of Mrs. J. E.
b at tlls s.r r0l January p, at 2.SO
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

Commission, for duty in Washington
y. c., or in the field, under the act
providing for the valuation of the
property of common carriers.
Special agent, Class l, at $2IO0 a
year, special agent, Glass at $2700
a year, special agent Class 3, at
$4,000 a year, Intelligence Unit, bu-
rcau of Internal Revenue, treasury
department. The duties, under gen
cral direction of special agent in
charge, are to make Investigations
for the purpose of furnishing the
commissioner with the facts upon
matters requiring administrative or
legal action.
The salaries named are entrance
salaries. Higher grades are filled
through promotion.
Full information may be obtained
from the secretary of the local
board of civil service examiners at
the post office in this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Uncle Sam Has
Positions Open

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Junior chemist, department scrv
ice, Washington, d. c., and the Fo:.
est Products Laboratory, Madison
Wis, at 1880 year. Optional sub.
iccts are advanced inorganic chem
istry, analytical chemistry, organic
chemistry and physica, chemistry
Mechanical laboratorian and met.
allurgical laboratorian, at [. {
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md, at
$4.32 day.
Principal, Normal Training de
partmcnt, Indian service. for duty
at Haskell Institute, Lawrence
Kansas, at $2l00 a year, less $240 q
year for quarters, fuel and light.
Assistant social economist Oega
research Children s bureau, depart
ment of labor, at 12I00 a year. The
duties will include the planning
conducting and supervising, under
general direction, Of research on
laws relating to child welfare an,
the preparation of technical report.
based on such research.
Social worker (psychiatric- Unit
ed States veterans bureau, at $l8GC
year. The duties will be to inves
tlgatc history and environments
conditions of patients; to analyzt
and submit data to the physician tc
diagnosis in outlining IA treat
aid hi min arriving at a definite
mcnt; to consider, report apon, and
treat tn" social environment t,
which a convalescent patient may
go or be expected to go.
Senior translator (Italian- Creek
United States veterans bureau
Washington, d. c., at $500 veai
Senior land appraisal aid at S1s6C
a year, assistant land appraiser at
S24Oo " 1ear, associate land apprais
er at 5000 a year, land appraiser at
$500 a yea, -ute:State ,ommerc.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Court Annuls
Marriage Bond

Annulmcnt of the marriage of
Anna Loves Dcnncrt of Julius G..
Dcnnert was granted by Judge \.
&C.. Finncy in superior court, depart
ncnt two, yesterday afternoon. The
ease was not contested.
Evidence was submitted to show
,hat the couple was married in FL
i, Ccntro on December IS, 1928, and
.hat at that time the plaintiff was
snlv l. years of age and married
| without consent Of her parents, Fur
Qlcr evidence was entered to show
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of I'm
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
April %, 1907

The creamery again broke the re-
cord, turning out 1900 pounds of
butter. The output is steadily in
creasing and is expected that over
a ton "A day will soon be manufac-
tured.
Arthur Edgar is suffering from
IN attack of appendicitis, with
which he has repeatedly been
threatened of late It is believed
that the attack has been taken in
hand i'll time to avoid fatal results.
Hugh J. Baldwin, county superin,
tendcnt of schools, is here from San
Diego looking over the new schools
in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
N1HWa8eT YEARS AGO
April %, 1912

Chester Allison, chief engineer of
the California Development, return
ed to Calcxico from Los Angeles
this morning, and remarked that
the newspaper accounts of trouble
along the border brought him back.
! The Arctic weather of from 40 to
GO degrees which has been bothering
MS for the past few weeks is now
gone. and Imperial valley residents
are doffing their furs in the 50 de
gree sunshine. Valleyitcs have set
] tied down to watch the moving pie
turc of growing alfalfa and listen
TO the melody of lowing kline, This
is the weather that makes things
grow
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
|Woman's Slayer
Makes Escape
BY United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.- a
swarthy, unkempt, unidentified me n
who brutally beat and shot to death
Mrs. Thomas Roy Eiliston in a ter
rifle battle in her apartment late
yesterday, was the object of a city
wide search today.
TIE killer, who escaped from the
apartment in which the crime was
committed, -cowcd several score
neighbors who were attracted to the
scene by the shooting, and disap-
peared in a crowd in the downtown
section.
Mrs. Elliston was cstranged from
her husband, who at the time of the
murder was in a dentist s office.
The man had evidently been ad
mitted to the apartment, police said
and had attacked the woman
Wreckage in the place indicated
Mrs. Elliston had waged a desperate
fight for her life.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
FE& YEARS AGO
April %, 1917

The Schoolmasters Club Of Impcr
ial VALLEY held an enjoyable meet
lng and dinner at the Hotel Bar
bara Worta. Covers were laid foi
fifty.
Dr. Elwood Mead, is now on
gagged in making a survey of the
state $ food resources for the Coun-
ell of Defense.
Germany is staggering under fear
full attacks, and dispatches Indicate
that she is encouraging socialists
in their peace efforts.
Otto Ycagcr, well known ranchcr.
entertained Il group Of his friends
at 4 supper party.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Book Is Aid to
Play Reading

\ recent addition to the City Il.
brary, Barrett H. Clark S reading
coulse, The Modern Drama, IS
admirably suited to direct the read
cr whose interest in the subject was
aroused by the recent observance of
Drama Week.
Clark s course is one of the
- Heading with a Purpose series
published by the American Library
Association. He tells the reader
now to enjoy the reading of a play
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

and includes in his recommc16
reading several representative p1l|
and few books about the dram
all of which arc available at the
brary.
Clark s opinion is that gcnerai
speaking, n good play can be wst
fully enjoyed under the coli
lamp as on the stage, because of
appeal to the emotions. ~ Pia|
are, he says, . rather lore
rect reflection of life tkAn otA
forms of art; and life n itst
"A spectacle and an adventure.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

that at the time of the marriage
Julius G. Dennert, defendant, was
legally married to Louise G. Ben
merit, tho ceremony having been per-
formed iii France in December, 1919.
Harry w. Horton and Kendall B.
Perkins apeared as attorneys for
the plaintiff
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
PROPHETIC MEDICINE

The great increase in the average length of life in
this generation has been explained comes from saw
ing babies and enabling old people to live long
er. Not much has been done yet for the middle aged
People die In that period of life about numerously
as they used to. But it is possible do great deal
Tor that very class 1t is accomplished by what Dr..
G. Ward Champion of New York calls 'prophetic med
icine"
Doctors with the idea get patient into clinic
and go over him thoroughly, discover his precise ply
sca condition, his leredty and past history of dis
ese and then on the basis of these known facts make
forecast or prophecy of how many years he is
likely to live II he continues usual They find that
they are able to do that pretty accurately.
Then they "recast the forecast on the basis of
what they know they do to existing all
ments and direct the patients future living more ra-
tionally.
In many hundred cases, says DR.. Crampton they
have added an average of six years to the patients fe
and they believe they can do much more than that
Is it worth while? Ask any middleage man or
woman 1t can be done, too, in almost any city, for
there are competent doctors everywhere. Yet how
many Of those who want the added years will take the
trouble to get them?
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Bedtime Stories
Copyright. 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD e. CARTS
UNCLE WIGGLLY'S SCARE
CROW

"Unclc Wiggily IS waiting for
you,' said Boppy, the little wooden
man, to his six little Woggleiigs
when they came home from a little
picnic in the woods one Saturday
morning.
Waiting for u.s." exclaimed
Bumplc. "Why, is anything the
matter? Have we donc anything
wrong?' For Daddy Boppy spoke
rather solemn like.
Well, didn t YOU promise Uncle
Wiggily TO help him make his gar
den so he could plant corn?' asked
Boppy. - think you did. and here
YOU run away TO the woods and for
get all about helping Uncle Wig
gily who has been so kind as to
help I'm and me unscramble you
Wogglciigs a number of times
Why did YOU run away?''
.'Oh, gasped Bumplc.
"'Oh! OH" gaspcd Gazic.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!' sighed Dumple.
We forgot all about helping
Uncle Wiggily plant corn,' cried
all six Wogglejigs together.
The the rabbit gentleman came
hopping around the corner of the
bungleump to see what all the
noise was about. And when -Bopny
told of scolding the Wogglcjig
children Just little because they
forgot their promise, Mr.. Longears
kindly said:
"I'll forgive them if they will
now help me make garden ami
plant the corn.
con, we'll do that most glad
ly!' cried Gazie and all the others
Now you might wonder how six
little wooden Wogglejigs could
help a rabbit gentleman make a
corn garden, so l will<tcll you.
Each Wogglciig boy or girl had
four wooden peg legs, You see, and
when they ran, or walked, each leg
made a round hole in the ground
Now corn, to grow, must be planted
in holes in the earth, and it was
Uncle Wiggily S idea that the Wog
gleiigs could make the corn holes
for him aud he would do the plant
ing. But they ran away TO the woods
3" However, il isn't too late, YET
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

One of these days these excited Shanghai and Pek-
ing correspondents just for change, might sit down
calmly to their typeWriters and give the intelligent
American public some real information about the Chin
ese Nationalist party and what it is fighting fe1 and
what it has accomplished so far.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

headed by Jobyna Ralston and vii
liam Powell and including Jack
Dougherty, Donald Keith, Victor
Potcl, Paul Kelly and Mary Carr.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
THE WEATHER.
Nv United Press Leased War,

LOS ANGELES AND ypCfNI1
Fair and moderately warm
night and Sunday.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and SundaN qaq2n
temperature, gentle westerly Vii
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

The Russian government wants to take of every
countrys business but its and doesn't make any
bowling success either way.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
THE'ATERS

Gilda Gray surprised > great
many persons when "Aloma of the
South Seas was unanimously
called the best first picture a screen
novice had ever made. Now comes
her second, ..'Cabaret, - and the
former idol of the music halls
again proves that she knows as
much aAout films aS she does about
dancing
AS in "Aloma, Miss Gray IS
again surrounded by better than
average cast. Tom Moore and
Chester Conklin are featured and
with two such ''troupers as these,
the star found hcrstl II receiving cx-
cellent support. Mona Palma, one
of the Paramount junior stars,
Jack Egan, William Harrigan and
Charles Bycr all contribute fine per
f0rmanCrS.
As for thc story, \ thrilling af-
fair il ever thcrc was one, if has
to do with Gloria Tlask Il danctl
in a Broadway cabaret, who be.
comes involved in web of affairs
which lead to a murder and surpris-
ing denou"mcnt. The settings and
atmosphere are uniformly good and
Director Robert Nignola contributes
many fine touches which add much
to the general makeup Of the pic
ture.
The picture is at the Palace the
c ter tomorrow.
In especial Delivery, Eddie
Cantor the comedian with tn
eyes : blundcrs into :" sharp shoot
ing act and is made the victim of ;
number of brcath-taking expert
mcnts, including the shooting of al
applecorc from the top of his hoa'
a la William Tell and the crashing
Of motorcycle that he is riding IA
80 miles an hour into pile o
furniture.
These are just a couple of th
many adventures that he has rs :
rookie postman carrying special de
livery letters to all sort, OF quec
places. Especial Delivery is
hilarious comedy with stron.
melodramatic punch and will b,
shown at the Valley Thcater th'
last times tonight.
Supporting Cantor is a strong cas-
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

The pedestrian has the advantage in parking any
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Suddenly Uncle Wie5ily
ledped out 90 =

TO help mr. make my garden said
the rabbit gentleman as he led
Bumplc and the others over to the
rabbit 5 own hollow stump bung-
allow. Run around now, my dcars,
and make holes with your peg
legs '~
This was soon done, and in a
little while the garden was ready
to have corn planted in it. Uncle
Wig9ily dropped the kernels into
the holes and then the Wogglcjigs
helped cover them cith earth to
keep them warm and moist which
is ncedful to do if seeds and cora
kernels are to grow.
Now that is done, | must mallC
a scare crow said the rabbit.
What 5 scare crow" asked
Eumplc.
"lt's = ragged man stuffed with
straw and set III the corn field to
scare away the crows, answered
the rabbit. E" As soon as thc crows
know | have planted corn in my
garden, thcy will come and dig II
mp to cat But ii put a ragged,
Sta!Jcd, straw man or guard he
win scare the black birds away.
Tho Woeglcjiqs vatchcd Unclc
NigGily make the scare crow ana
set it up near the fence in his corn
field, Then the bunny hopFcd awaS
and the Wngglcjigs, having helped
make the garden, ran off to play.
But some of the crows were wise
old birds and when they hqad soen
t,om afar Vu"'' WiGgily planting
ais corn, they flew down as soon
as he had gone, ard began 10 dig
ap the kernels
"We'ro not afraid of a ragged
nan stuffed with straw cried
the old birds when some of the
young ones, who never before had
seen scare crow, Wcrc n bit fright
cnct. II" can't iurt Ms, So the
crows dug up great deal of the
corn, And whom, DcEt day, Tnc'c
Wiggily had soon tl,', We said t.
himself:
"I1l fool those rows. II drc,,
myself up in ragged clothcs liz"
scare crow and stand in my field
Nhcn the crows flv back they viii
think only straw man is there.
And whom they flock down III
jump up and throw stones at them >
Next day back flew the crows.
They saw what they thought was
the same scare crow IN the fiold.
Pooh! Iiootl 5000, We" not
AFRAID Of you!' they cawed.
But suddenly Uncle Wi2gily, in
his ragScdcSt clothes, leaped up
from where ne stood near the fcnre,
rrctendinG to he "a scare crow. And
he shouted, and flapred his paws
and threw stones ut the jhi"ving
crows 80 thry were much alarmed
and cawing loudly. away they flew.
1--WE didn,L> know scare crows
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

Celebrate April by planting a tree.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

Why not postpone the presidential campaign till
next year and give the present baseball season the at
tentiOn it deserves.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23

he daily horoscopes wouldn't be so bad if tn
trologers knew what ,,fortuitous' means.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
RULES FOR SPRINGTIME

Ihe Garden Club of Los Angeles has prepared set
OF seven rules for spring hikers and motorists to fol-
low IN regard to wild flowers.
/. Never gather many flowers of one kind in anv
one locality no matter now common they seem there
z. Leave the roots of perennials. Otherwise the
plant is killed.
). Pick the flowers of ANNALS very sparngly or
there will be seeds for next year.
A. Do not break tear off woody Towering bran
ches; cut them close to the base so the wound may
heal over and prevent fungous disease from entering
D. Protect all the plants furnishing food and shelter
to birds.
6. Remember that most wild flowers fade soon after
picking If left in their natural state their bloom lasts
longer and gives pleasure to people.
Z. Do not drop lighted matches, cigars or cgarets
in the woods fields, burn them intentionally as
burning destroys humus in the soil necessary for the
growth of desirable plants and them to be re-
placed bBtroubesome weeds.
An elghthAule summing all the Others might be
Visit the WOODS ard fields, feast your eyes and souls
on the beauty found there and go away without des
troying any of it.
he daily horoscopes wouldn't be so bad if the as
troogers knew what ,,fortuitous' means.
Why not postpone the presidential campaign till
next year and give the present baseball the at
tentlOn 1t deserves.
Celebrate April by planting tree
The pedestrian has the advantage in parking any
way.
The Russian government wants to take care of every
countryS business but its own and doesn't make any
bowling success either way
One of these days these excited Shanghai and Pek-
ing correspondents, just for change might sit down
calmly to their typeWrters and give the intelligent
American public some real information about the Chin
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-23
Appearance

Jnly in cars much higher in price
will you find such smartness ofline,
such beauty of design and such ele-
gancc of appointment as in the new
Chevrolet! Compare its appearance
with that ofany car at anywhere near
Chevrolct's low prices then
you will know why it has every
where been acclaimed as the Most
Beautiful in Chevrolet history.