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Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
KENT COUNTY DEMOCRATS TO
RETURN TO CONVENTION PLAN
DISCARD PRIMARY METHOD
NAMING THEIR CANDIDATES
And Go Back to the Old C0nven-
tion System of Nominating-De-
cisiOn Was Made Yesterday

After being in session for an
hour Kent County Democrats yes
terday decided to go back to the
convention plan of nominating
county officers on the ticket in
stead of naming them at primary
elections. The matter was before
the Democratic County Committee
several days ago and the commit
te approved the convention plan at
that time but it was considered
best to call County Convention
so that more people might express
their views. Under the new plan,
officers will be nominated as they
were several years ago. Delegates
will be elected to the County Con-
vention and these delegates as a
whole will nominate county offic-
ers while the delegates from the
respective districts will nominate
the officers who are to be voted
for by those districts. The change
back to the old system may or
may HOI d1lGCl d HuulUSI WIN AdO
intended coming before the voters
for some particular office. Instead
of getting in back of the voters
direct they must win the cacus
from the delegates elected to the
convention. This will mean there
will be a more lively interest in
the delegate election. The move
ment, it is said, is step to have
eventually New Castle and Sussex
Counties in line with them as well
as State Democratic Convention
name their candidates for United
States Senator and Congressman.
Kent County Democrats are only
concerned at present in the coun-
ty offices and the convention plan
of naming candidates is deemed
more popular by the party work
ers than the common primary
method.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
OLD SUBSCRIBER WRITES
w. III. Dawson, Who Has Been
Reading Times Nearly 20 Years

THE Smyrna Times I was
very much pleased with the last
issue of The Times. Noted your go
ing back half a century issue. |
have been reading The Smyrna
Times, / think, for nearly seventy
years and a subscriber for sixty
years, and no doubt, read the issue
of May 26th, 1880. 1 think it well
to be reminded of things of the
past lest we forget. Some two
years ago j. Hall Anderson had
me blast some stumps in the old
Hoffecker mill pond. They wanted
TO clear them of the fish pond. l
found those stumps sound and
solid. In talking with Tom Garri-
son in regards to them, said he
had some very old deeds back in
the 100 of that property, and
that stated that the present road
was opened in the year 1900, old
road / found traces of it some
three or four hundred yards west,
and these stumps must to have
been cut previous to putting up
the dam. find there are not
many around now that were
here and grew up when I did, and
as | don't have them to talk with,
l enjoy talking about them. Very
truly yours, VIM. H. Dawson"
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
WAR VETERANS AT ROTARY
e. j. SkelIy of Smyrna, Civil War
and Major S. B. G. Duncan,
World War, Gives Addresses

The Smyrna Rotary Club met
last Thursday evening at the Way
side Inn. G. Leland Harmonson,
president, presided. The singing
of patriotic airs under the direc-
tion of w. w. Price added much
to the occasion. The CLUB enter
tanned Comrade E. j. Skelly, a
Union Veteran of the Civil War
and Major S. B. c. Duncan of the
1e8 Coast Artillery National
Guard of Delaware. The program
committee in charge of w. W.
Hynson were congratulated on
having for their speakers, these
two veterans, one of the Civil War
and one of the great World War
Conrade Skelly, who was first in
troduced, gave a description of his
first enlistment in the Uion Army
and his capture by the Confeder-
ates and his Imprisonment in An
Jacksonville Prison. Of the 2,777,-
304 men enlisted in the Union
Army from 1861 to 1865 only S.
600 now remain to tell the present
generation of the great conflict
which resulted in a United Coun-
try, while the Confederate Army
which had enlisted 100000 men to
fight for secession from the United
States of America, their present
number is very small. A proposed
reunion of the remnants of those
two great armies is now under
consideration. Major Duncan, the
next speaker introduced, dwelt
largely on Memorial Day. The
speaker stated that through eff
forts of Gen. John A. Logan, Mem
orial Day is now a Universal af-
fair, a sacred day to all men who
enlisted for the defense of their
country. Major Duncan spoke of
the pilgrimage of the Gold Star
Mothers, who are now in France
at the graves of their sons who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
World War, and concluded by
stating while one Mother had Wis
tied the grave of her son in
France, she was returning home
to attend the funeral of her sec
ond son who recently died in Chi
cago. Thus the speaker dwelt on
Memorial Day and the sacred OBJ
servance of such.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
ORCHARD SPRAYS FOR PESTS
What Has Been Done in Kent is
Showing Results-WOrk Needed

The late varieties of apples are
now ready for the second cover
spray, which should be completed
not later than June IL. For this
spray the growers are being ad-
vised by DR.. ]. F. Adams, plant
pathologist, and Russell e. Wilson
Kent County Agent, to use the
self-boiled lime sulphus 16-16-100,
or the Dry-Mix (sulphur-lime) at
the rate of 25 pounds to 100 gal
Ions of water. Where lime-sul-
phur is used, however, l 1-2 gal
Ions should be added to each 100
gallons of spray. 1t is recon-
mended also that lead arsenate be
included in all sprays in the pro-
portion of pounds, with pounds
of hydrated lime to each 100 gal
Ions of spray material. In those
apple orchards where bitter rot or
fruit spot have been troublesome,
the growers are being advised to
spray with Bordeaux Mixture
comprising pounds of bluestone,
8 pounds of hydrated lime, and
100 gallons of water The first
cover spray for apples was gener-
ally completed during the third
week in May, and this application
was the last one for this season
on the early varieties which at
this time show excellent condition
from the standpoint of disease and
insect prevalence. There is less
scab and curculio on early apples
at this period compared with last
year, although some frog-eye leaf
spot is showing up on Yellow
Transparent and Williams Early
Red varieties, and this disturbance
is more pronounced on those trees
that were infected with fire-blight
last season. Peach trees are show
ing better color and less injury of
foliage than last year at this time,
but curculio have been very active
with the result that a heavy drop
of fruit has occurred in many of
the orchards throughout the coun-
ty. The second cover spray should
be completed between June and
IL, and for this application the
growers should use either the Dry
Mix (sulphur-lime) 25 pounds, or
self-boiled lime-sulphur 16-16-100.
This spray is very important for
the control of brown rot and scab.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
DEL-MAR-VA PLAN ACTIVITY
Louis A. Drexler of Dover, New
President, Sees Useful Future

Louis A. Drexler, of Dover, new
ly elected president of the Del
Mar -Va-Eastern Shore Association
has called an organization meeting
of the County vice-presidents and
Governors elected at the annual
meeting of the Association, for
Tuesday, June 10. At that time
additional Governors representing
each county will be selected. This
meeting, according to President
Drexler, will be of vital import
ance as the board will determine
the program for the ensuing year
and consider several projects of
Peninsula wide interest. In addi-
ton to selecting County Governors
an Executive Secretary is to be
elected. Discussing the Associa-
ton, the new President expresses
optimistic views regarding the fu-
ture. He mentions several Incl
dents of interest which have de-
veloped since his taking office and
which give indication of the re-
suits of the association activities
Among these is the publication Of
a highly interesting article pub
lished in the current issue Of
Country Home" nationally cir
culated magazine, and written by
Miss Sophie Kerr. This article is
under captain of, The Best Meals
In The World" and not only Of
fers unusual Eastern Shore and
Del-Mar-Va Recipes but refers TO
Del-Mar-Va as "a region which
offers greater natural resources Of
food stuff than any other in Amer
ica." Other features Indicating the
extent to which the Association
activities are recognized are men
toned in the fact that one of the
recent visitors asking information
regarding agricultural conditions
on the Peninsula was Mr.. j. A
Carroll, Director Crops, Coopera-
ton and markets Branch, Ontario
Department of Agriculture, from
Toronto, Canada.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
CENSUS ON EASTERN SHORE
Salisbury Still the Largest Town
With a Population of 10,949

According to figures released by
Supervisor of the Census A.
Stengle Marine for the eight coun-
ties of the Eastern Shore of Mary
land, Chestertown ranks fifth in
population among the towns on
the Shore, while Kent County
ranks next to last among the
counties. The population of the
largest towns is: Salisbury, 0,94o;
Cambridge, S,522; Easton, 4,091;
Crisfield, 3,S47; Chestertown,2 ,S09;
Pocomoke City, 2,607; Denton. l.
GOT; Snow Hill, 1907, Berlin ATS;
fredericksburg, 1869; st. Michaels.
1906; Centreville, 1890; Delmar,
1,1S0. The population of the eight
counties in the District is: Wicom-
ica, 2s,713; Dorchester, 26,7S1;
Somerset, 23,75o; Worcester, 21,-
6O7; Talbot, 1s.57s; Caroline, IT,
3s4; Kent, 1925; Queen Annes.
10,471.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
80 MIDDLETOWN GRADUATES
Class of Thirty, Largest in History
of School, to Receive Diplomas


The Middletown High School
graduates will have class night
and the commencement exercises
on Thursday and Friday evening,
of this week June and 6, the first
exercises in their new School Aud
itorium at p. m. The senior
class is preparing for the class
night exercises, the scene of which
will be in a Spanish garden, one
year after the class graduates.
The complete program for to-mor-
row, Thursday evening, follows:
Motto, Ellen Murray; songs, Peggy
Tyler and George Records; proph-
ecies, William Moore and Edna
Atwell; historians, Pauline Dono-
van and Robert Cochran; boys
gifts, Fanny Bradley and Helen
Beck; girls gifts, Norman Reyn-
olds, and Clarence Reihm; will,
Beulah McGinnis, and Floyd
Thompson; poem, Frances Atwell.
Josiah Marvel will make the ad-
dress to the graduates at the COM
mencement exercises. The pro-
gram for that evening is as fol-
lows: Professional march, high
school orchestra; invocation, the
Rev. E. w. Bate; salutatorian,
Beulah McGinnis; valedictorian,
Lillian Mae Morehead; music, high
School orchestra; introduction of
the speaker, Jesse L. Shepherd,
president of the board of school
trustees; address, Hon. Josiah
Marvel; music high school orches-
ira; presentation of class for dip
Tomas, Superintendent Gilbert
Nickel; presentation of diplomas,
Eugene H. Shallcross, vice presi-
dent of the board of school trus-
tees; benediction, the Rev. Melvin
E. Wheatley; occasional march,
high school orchestra. The mem
bers of the 1880 class which is the
largest in the history of the local
school, and also the first to be
graduated from the new school are
as follows: George Records, Helen
C. Beck, Lillian Morehead, w.
Charles Money, Edna M. Atwell,
Fannie E. Bradley, G. Elizabeth
Burge, Harold Button, Florence
M. Calhoun, Robert S. Cochran,
Harold S. Daniels, Rosalie A. Der
rickson, Pauline E.Donovan, Edith
w. Colt, Grace M. Harris, George
c. Heinold, Beulah M. McGinnis,
Ralph D. McNatt, William D.
Moore, Ellen M Murray, William
R. Murray, Ray A. Rawley, Franc
es NJ. Reed, @. Clarence Reihm, F.
Norman Reynolds, w. Floyd
Thompson. Margaret P. Tyler, ].
Everett Walls, Jr., Louise Glenn
Warner, Harriet e. Wilson.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Smyrna High School, c. w. w.
SchantZ, Supt-, Arranges Pro-
prau for CIaSS-(JaSs HouorS

Il
The Commencement Exercises of
the Senior Glass of 1880 of the
Smyrna High School will be held
from June 18th to the 18th, inclu-
sive. On Sunday morning, June
18th, the Baccalaureate Sermon
will be delivered to the class of
graduates by Rev. E. A. Lemoine
at st. Peters P. E. Church On
Monday evening the Senior Glass
Night Exercises will be held with
Miss Ernestine Ferguson the pre-
siding pupil. The following pro-
gram will be rendered: Music;
Glass History, Norma Coleman;
Class Song, Senior Glass; Glass
Grumbler, William Hobson; Class
Poem, Mary Stark; Class Song,
Senior Glass; Glass Prophecy,
Hazel King; Last Will and Testa-
ment, Mary Wallace, and Songs by
Seniors. At 730 p. M, on Tues
day at the Commencement exer-
cises there will be music, invoca-
ton by Rev. Essell P. Thomas;
Salutatory Address, Frederick S.
Williams; Song, Senior Glass;
Speech, 1.-The Christian Gentleman"
by Nelson S. Everhart; Valedic-
tory Address, Richard G. Price;
Song, Senior Glass; Presentation
of Mantle to the Junior Glass,
Richard Price, President; Presen-
tation of Diplomas and awarding
of prizes, Walter o. Hoffecker
President of Board of Education;
Benediction, Rev. c. w. Julier,
and Music The class roll includes
Richard c. Price, Sara P Bennett,
Edna F. Burchard, Franklin D.
Cole, Norma w. W.Coleman, Florence
R. Corrie, Mildred F. David, Will
liam Doughten, Nelson S. Ever
hart, Ernestine Ferguson, 1ilda
M Harry, William t. Hobson,
Frederick S. Williams, Joseph R
Jefferson, Hazel G. King, Freder-
ick K Lamb, Roy E. Lemoine,
Anna Media, William Moffett,
Howard E. Pinder, Mary r. Stark,
Scivel Streets, Anna Thompson,
Mary R. Wallace, Estelle w. War
ner, Francis A. Yeates. Glass
Motto, "Esse guam videre; Glass
Flower, brown-eyed susan, and
class colors, brown and gold.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Basketball and Baseball Teams
Given Banquet at Delaware House

Last Friday evening, May 80,
banquet was given at the Della
ware House to the members of the
Smyrna High School baseball and
basketball teams. Mr.. George
Wright was master of ceremonies.
A short talk was given by Mr..
Dalton, the athletic coach. Fred
Lamb and Bertha Sparks gave
brief talks also. Letters were
awarded the following: Fred Lamb
Franklin Hilyard. William Palmer,
John Pratt, Seville Streets, James
Messick, Nelson Everhart, Edgar
Harrington, Richard Price, How
ard Pinder. Letters were awarSed
the following basketball 1cz: Fred
Williams, William Doughten, How
ard Pinder, Fred Lamb, Richard
Price, Nelson Everhart. The fol-
lowing girls received letters:
Florence Corrie, Bertha Sparks.
Mary Hutcbison, Roberta Collins,
Edna Slaughter, Thelma Crossley,
Mildred Mills, Marguerite Pawn.
Miss Wentworth and Miss Keith
ley also enjoyed the banquet. The
assembly program was given on
Tuesday by the pupils of Miss
Starts room Reading, June,
Rosie Darrell; reading, CLARA Bar
ton," Margaret Conley; Bluebeard
Opera, Mr.. Welton. Letters were
awarded by Mr.. Dalton to the
following members of the Junior
baseball team: Earl Stats, Floyd
Crossley, Marvin Knox, Harper
Jones, Ralph Coverdale, Reynolds
Stevenson, Robert Everett, Clifford
Heinold, William Spence.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
DOVER CONSIDERS A SIREN
Are Trying Different Makes Out,
Some at High Elevations

Dover Town Council will be Pc
titioned at its next meeting by
Robbins Hose Company to pur-
chase siren for the purpose of
sounding alarms of fire. One of
the sirens has been placed on the
top of the hose house and has been
tried out for several weeks. 1t
will also be suggested that the
new siren be placed in high spot
other than on the hose house as it
has been found that an air pocket
in the northern part of Dover pre-
vents the siren or bell from being
heard on certain occasions by the
firemen. which handicaps them in
answering alarms.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
2 UNIQUE SMYRNA HONORS
Two in One Family Take Highest
and Two in Another, Second

Two families in Smyrna have
the unique distinction of having
the same school honors come their
way on two different occasions. In
the family of L. M. Price, Henry
Thompson Price was valedictorian
of the class of 1928 Smyrna High
School, and Richard Culbreth Price
valedictorian of this years class,
the class of 1880. In the family
of Mrs. Fred ]. Williams, this
town, her daughter, Miss Rebecca
Williams, was salutatorian of her
class, the class of 1927 of the
Smyrna High School, while this
year her son, Frederick S. Will
Iiams, is salutatorian of the s;myr-
ma High School, class of 1880.
Such a coincidence is rather rare
in this vicinity and because of this
fact, is not only commendable but
noteworthy.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
BADLY HURT IN TRUCK AUTO
COLLISION NEAR BLACKBIRD
BEXLEY THORPE OF ABER-
DEEN, MD, BADLY INJURED
n. b. Pace, Driver of Truck, Held
for Driving While Under Infiu-
ence of LiquOr-DriveTs Escape

Bexley Thorpe, 55, of Aberdeen,
Md, is in the Delaware Hospital
with a possible fracture Of the
skull as a result of collision
Sunday night between an automo-
bile and a truck on the DUPONT
Boulevard, a short distance north
of Blackbird at intersection of
Boulevard with Townsend Middle
town road. Thorpe was reported
as being still unconscious Monday
and his condition is unchanged.
Thorpe was riding in truck driv-
en- by N. B. Pace, so, also of Aber-
deem, who was treated at the Del
aware Hospital for cuts and brIis
es about the face and chest. Pace
was driving south on the dupont
Boulevard, and ran into the rear
of an automobile driven by Walter
Harrol, of Baltimore. Harrol had
pulled over to the side Of the road
to examine his road map. He was
on his way from Trenton to Balti-
more and had made the wrong
turn at State Road, and did not
discover his error until he was at
the intersection of the DUPONT
Boulevard and MiddletownTown
send road, a short distance above
Blackbird. While he was looking
at the road map the collision oc-
Cured. The truck turned over and
rolled down a bank after the i'm
pact. Damage to Harrors car was
reported as slight. When Pace
was arraigned before Magistrate
Cramer, of New Castle he was
placed under $500 bail on charge
of driving while under the :lliiu-
ence of liquor. Pace was taken TO
the workhouse in default IF bail.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
lanes L. Challenger, Prominent
New Castle Druggist, Stricken
with Heart attack and Dies


lanes T. Challenger. 81 years
old prominent druggist, of New
castle, died Saturday morning fol-
lowing a heart attack. In addition
n the heart ailment, Mr.. Challen-
Ger had been suffering from ton
silitis for the past three days. He
was born in New Castle, Novem-
her IS. 1868, and was the son of
the late Edward and Mary Chal-
lenger. He was educated in the
New Castle public schools, and
was graduated with the class of
1884. In 1887 he was graduated
from the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy. Since his graduation
from the Philadelphia School, he
had been engaged in the pharmacy
business in New Castle and was
proprietor of the E.Challenger and
Son drug store, which was started
bv his father. He was former
trustee of the New Castle Com
mons, a trustee of the New Castle
M. E. Church, where he directed
the choir for Is years, a director
of the New Castle Trust Company
and a member and former presi-
dent of the Delaware State
Pharmacists Society. He was
formerly president of the Della
ware State Examining Board for
Druggists, and was a delegate
from Delaware to the convention
of the National Pharmacist Asso-
citation in Washington last month.
Always fond of music, he not only
directed the choir of his church
and Sunday School but had an
orchestra in his own home. His
family all musicians, made up the
orchestra. Devoted to his family,
his church and friends, he will be
greatly missed. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Edna Challenger;
three sons, Edward d. Challenger,
End, James T. Challenger, Jr., and
William Deakyne Challenger, and
one daughter, Miss Mary Challen-
ger. Mr.. Challenger is also sur
vived by two sisters, Miss Harriet
G. Challenger, of Falmouth, Mass,
and Mrs. Annie Deakyne, of New
Castle, and one brother, Edward t
Challenger.
Mrs. j. A. French of Chestertown
Mrs. Annie H. French, 70, wife
Of James A. French, one of the
leading farmers over in Kent
county, Maryland, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Grow
er Hatcherson, near Chestertown,
Friday morning. She was born in
New Castle and was the daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Venable, who were long Identified
with the agricultural life OF near
Chestertown. Besides her husband,
she is survived by the following
children Mrs. Ella r. Skriven, Mrs
Grover Hatcherson, Mrs. Howard
Jones, William French and George
W. French, member of the Board
Of Town Commissioners of Ches-
tertown. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday
Andrew w. Siaymaker near Dover
Andrew Wilson Slaymaker, son
of the late James B. Slaymaker,
died at his home near Dover, Sun
day, after but two hours illness.
He was taken i'll at his home
about 2 o'clock Sunday morning.
He is survived by his wife and two
daughters, Mrs. Herbert Richard
son and Miss Frances Slaymaker.
Funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
interment at the Old Presbyterian
cemetery, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-04
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. Wayne Julier. Announces
Services of Church for the Week

At the prayer-meeting on We'd
nesday evening at 7.30 the second
chapter of Acts will be discussed.
The Mite Society viii meet at the
home of Mrs. Roberts on Thursday
evening, June 5th, at 7.30 o'clock.
The Sunday School viii meet at
10 o'clock. AS next Sunday has
been set apart by the Presbyter-
ian Church as the day on which to
commemorate the 1900 anniversary
of Pentecost, the subject of the
morning sermon will be THE Holy
Spirit and Pentecost.' The ser
vice begins at IL o'clock. The ev-
ening service is at 7.30 and the
subject of the sermon will be THE
objectionable Sim