Smyrna times., 1931-10-07
SMYRNA TO WELCOME VISIT
STATE WELFARE COMMISSION
COMMITTEE WILL MEET COM
MISSION At FIRE HALL
Advantages of Sites Opposite Bel
mont Hall With Its Fine Histor-
icaI Background. Choice Site

mont Hall With It's Fine HistOr-
ical Background, Choice Site
/ Smyrna will have the pleasure
/ Of receiving the State Welfare
! Commission here tomorrow to of
fer them sites for the new $780,
600 State Welfare Home and hav-
ing them meet the joint committee
Of Smyrnians at II o'clock at the
Smyrna Fire Hall. The joint COM
mittee of Smyrna's Civic organiza-
tons is composed of c. Leland
Harmonson, spokesman of the
meeting, and Cummins E. Speak
man, representing the committee
at large; Elmer P. Corrie and w.
2. Matthews Jr., of the Smyrna
Business Mems A ocia tion;
George r. Stevenson and George
w. Turner, Town Council; w. H.
Kenworthey and Davis Fl. Bell,
American Legion; Medford Sparks
and Frank P. McCawley, Smyrna
Fire Company; w. w. Price and
F. W. Slaughter, Smyrna Rotary
This Joint Committee received
official notice last week that the
State Commission will be here
Thursday, October the eighth and
since receiving this word, prepar-
ations were ordered not only to re
ceive them but to present the three
propositions they have to offer. It
is understood the full State Com
mission will be all together for the
first time in their visit here. DR..
Candee, the president Of the Com
mission, who has been spending
the summer abroad in Europe, has
arrived home and will join William
F. Metten, his Wilmington col
league Of New Castle County;
Walter w. Hynson of Smyrna,
Kent County, and Mrs. Emory of
Seaford, Sussex County AS soon
as they arrive in Smyrna they will
be shown the sites to be offered by
the local committee, their ideal To-
cation and their accessibility for
water, gas, electric lights and
other public utilities, not the least
important of which is sewage dis
posal which the local committee
has arranged for. In this connec-
ton Cummins E. Speakman has
offered right of way over his land
to the creek for a sewer pipe line.
Sites Near Belmont Hall, Popular
The popular choice among the
three sites offered is the sites OPP
posite Belmont Hall. The local
committee has secured all neces-
sary data concerning these two
sites and offers them as ideal.
Both are on high ground and are
divided by the road known famil-
iary as Sunnyside Road One
grades to the north to the shore
of Lake Como; the other grades to
the south on beautiful level
ground Smyrnians feel that eth
er one of these sites, opposite his
toric Belmont Hall lends a fine set
ting and near enough to Smyrna
to offer every convenience. There
is something for a State Welfare
Home to have such setting. Bel
mont Hall is one of the oldest
colonial buildings in the State. It
was built by bricks brought from
England and during the Revolu-
tionary War was the home of Gov
ernor Thomas Collins. In the
parlor of this old home bullets
were moulded in front of the Will
liam and Mary fireplace and used
with telling effect on the British
redcoats. In this old Hall cele-
brates such as Caesar Rodney, I
Thomas Mexican, John NJ Clay
ton, Richard Bassett, John Cook
and others assembled. The first
Delaware Legislature met there
and it continued to be the seat Of
Legislature before Dover became
the State Capital.
Organizations Offer Free Service
1t was brought out at the COM
mittee meeting last night that
Smyrna Town Council has offered
to run electric light and water to
the grounds; the Gas Company a
gas service line; the American
Legion, free Ambulance Service, /
and the Fire Company, their best
fire protection. From every en-
ginering point of view Smyrna can
meet the situation admirably and
this coupled with the Belmont To- 4
cation, makes Smyrna one of the +
most ideal places the State Com 4
mission could select.