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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16
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 Rev Conner putting the finishing touches on ms ne" home at Vineyard If you the market TOT owens pants the services of Traffic Officer Jim Denn ms an expert picking Sam Kramer back from tp m Wabineon D. C. Sams of the snappiest business men III town pershinss memoirs in book form his Will De iuestinss Waterbury veterans Jim byrnes 'no" inc smiles station He looks like general Tn W leather puttees Get ready the armys aerial armada Some TOUT hundred planes will fly Waterbury the near fuure
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16

Charley Shntman able be again after undergoing
 ,ou. operaon at St Marys hospital and he's the same aid Charley one of the cys champion playboy He called me on the pbone yesterday saying Say Chris know its great 10 De hosna While they send flowers and get better cards But day you leave all bll With nat ne buekd the famous ehueke and knew he was ms oo elf aQain We've Charley his cheering talks over Mother Bel his smile and friendly greeting the And the Tower is pleased beyond find him back in harness once again. Welcome Charley thrice welcome They tell me was pig oP aton in ways than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16
Ralph S. Ransom has been i'll

Around the town Ralph S. Ransom has been i'll JOG Tuauskss is preparing the villagers with new senoos complexion the family carryal Id Callahan wahS he all ' deer In fact his gait closely akin that Of Col ohananans
 mppose Ors will horse when the boys swing aong m dav Gerald Mooney and Mike
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16

Editor Tall Top Enclosed find two tickets tor the S musical be presented by St cecilia S Club and St Cecas Young Mems Club Tuesday evening ay the Waterbury Club Central Jack zgerad ;reno the show and Brien Frank aclnel radio artist Chrys Qui members of the cast nope you
 will be able to Very sincerely Gertrude Sut president ., C;t,s Girls Club (Thank kind invitation and tickets certainly hope your affair will be thrilling sueeess-l he td
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16
DOES MoRKG oE 1o00.

Los AnSeles--One of the greatest ditch diggers ever seen on the west coast has been operating here cut ting Wide. deep ditch through a section of the city for a giant pipe line. The digger is capable of re- moving foar cubic yards of earth every 3S seconds, and it keeps 40 trucks constantly on the move re- moving the dirt 1t piles up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16
WHAT COUNTS

Here's health to the girl who dance like dream. And the girl who can pound the piano. A health to the girl who writes verse by the ream
 Or top with high in soprano; To the girl who can talk and the girl who does not, To the saint and the sweet little sinner; But here's to the eleverest girl of the lot
 The girl who can cook good dinner R A. B.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16

c Nv thanks to Walter McGowan for invitation to A Eoers state convention banquet to-day Comrades Areand ,d Pob,Son are now affiliated with Coyle post Welcome boys % Acknowledges thanks receipt of tin foil from D. Ii u see that it gets headquarters Going pack to postwar years rl,er Haude will remembered of the chaps who "okd on and other vessels seeing the big liners were given oner reeondionng May 2l the Jim Muvle class goes hough tbs At least fifty candidates expected to ride the army mule that night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16

Four Hive" eighteen pound shells were recently dug up by workmen in Kelvingrove Park. Glasgow, Scot land. and how they got there is a mystery which the police are trying to solve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-16

Editor Tall Tower Tops Can tell me the first real day o snmmer and obise-A Reader. (June 21s-The Ed)
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB NEWS
j. B. Forbes, Vice-President of Cit
izens' Finance Company, Speaker

The Smyrna Rotary Club at their
weekly meeting last Thursday ev-
ening heard Mr.. j. B. Forbes, vice
president of the Citizens Finance
Company of Chicago, Ill, and
treasurer of the Citizens Budget
Company of Delaware outlined the
working system as adopted by his
banking institution in the matter
of Industrial loans. Mr.. Forbes
said in part that the plan of in
dustrial loans has been in force in
the United States for the past 10
years and credited Arthur Morris
as being the first one to establish
such a banking system. The Cit
izens' Finance Company is now op-
Grating in fourteen states, doing a
SS0,000,00 business. Offices of the
company are being planned for the
Delmarvia Peninsula one already
being established in Salisbury. Md,
and one soon to be opened in Do
yer. Mr.. E. Warren Smith, fiscal
agent for the Citizens Budget of
Delaware introduced Mr.. Forbes to
the club. w. E. Matthews, chair
man of program and w. w. Hyn-
son, president of the club, presid-
ed. The nominating committee
headed by C. L. Harmonson, made
their report to the club and next
Thursday night the annual election
of officers will take place. The
club accepted the invitation of C.
w. w. Schantz to attend the Gym
Carnival to be presented at the
Smyrna High School April 23rd.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
MISS HAZEL KING 4 BRIDE
Married Sunday TO Walter L.Stew-
art, Dover, at Quiet Wedding

A very pretty wedding took place
at Asbury NJ. E. Church on Sun
day afternoon at 5 o'clock when
Miss Hazel G. King, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. King of Will
mington, and the late Mrs. King,
and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
P. McCawley of this town, with
whom she made her home, became
the bride of Walter L. Stewart Jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stew
art Sr., of Dover. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Essell P.
Thomas, pastor of the church, in
the presence of a few friends and
relatives. The bride was given in
marriage by her father. The bride
was becomingly attired in blue
lace gown with light slippers and
hose. She wore a large blue pic
ture hat and her shoulder corsage
was of pink sweet peas. Miss King
is a graduate of the Smyrna High
School and is now employed as a
secretary to the James B. Bice
Company at Dover, while Mr..
Steward is associated with the
Strand, Temple, and Capitol The
atres of Smyrna and Dover. Pre-
ceding the wedding, a wedding
dinner was served at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. McCawley
The guests, besides the bridal
couple, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Stewart, Sr.. Miss Susie
Stewart. of Dover: Miss Elizabeth
Defibaugh of Woodside, Mrs.
Lee Cochran and Misses Ethel
Still, Dorothy Riggs and Mildred
David.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
ALL VOTERS OF STATE MUST
REGISTER EVERY FOUR YEARS
LEGISLATURE PASSES NEW
LAW AS TO REGISTRATION
BY Both Houses, Sent to Gov
ernor Buck for Signature

After Representative Tatnall's
bill providing for a registration of
voters every four years had been
given it's final reading in the Sen
ate Thursday, the upper House of
the Legislature adopted a motion
to recess until 2.3O o'clock, when it
was passed by vote of 13 to 8.
Voting against the bill were Sen
ators Burton, Downs and Green.
Senator Hollis was absent. The
motion to recess was made by Sen
ator Griffenberg. Prior to the re-
cess motion, Senator Burton NOV
ed to defer action until Friday but
it was lost by a vote of to z.
Those who voted for the motion
were Senators Burton, Downs.
Green, Griffenberg, VanSant, ,Whar-
ton and President Pro Tenn Simon
ton. Against it were Senators
Hart, Hopkins, Keith, Latchum,
Maull, McCaulley and Steen. At
the time the recess motion was
adopted three senators who were
understood to be favorable to the
bill were absent. They were Sena-
tors Hollis, Jacobs and McIntire.
When the Senate reconvened, the
reading clerk read the four amend
ments to the bill which had been
adopted in the House. After they
were read, Senator Green offered
an amendment. In explaining his
amendment he said: Il am speak
ing now to the Republicans of the
Senate" He said adoption of his
amendment would give the Repub-
lican party a $3.50 break on "a
well drawn up Democratic regis
tration bill" The amendment
which would provide for perman-
ent registration, was defeated IL
to 5. Senator Green, after his
amendment was killed, spoke
against the measure. Senator
Griffenberg explained his yes"
vote by stating all efforts at COM
promise had failed. One of the
provisions of the bill passed Thurs
day is that a person filing an ap-
peal of a persons registration
must pay the costs of the appeal
if it is dismissed. The bill now
goes to Governor Buck for his ac-
ton. He is expected to sign it.
The bill has created considerable
interest in political circles.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
School Defamation Con-
test Attracts Large Audience
Winners of Contest Announced

The annual Defamation and Or
atorical contest for Smyrna High
School was held on Friday evening.
There were two contestants in the
Oratorical contest and ten con-
testants in the Defamation con-
test. The Edgewood String trio
under the direction of Nelson Ever
hart, a graduate of the Smyrna
High School furnished the music.
The judges were as follows: Miss
Laura Bell, Rev. w. ]. Bone, Rev.
John Humphreys. The following
were the successful students and
will represent the Smyrna High
School in the county contest on
Wednesday,, April 1, at Caesar
Rodney High School: Orations
Isadore Handloff, first prize, $500;
Declarations - Joseph Simpson,
first prize, $500; Mildred Ryan,
second prize, $500. The local
prizes for this contest were offered
by the Faculty Club of the Smyrna
meeting of the Smyrna Rotary
Club, that organization accepted
an invitation to be the guest at a
demonstration in Physical Educa-
ton to be given at the Smyrna
High School Auditorium on Thurs
day night, April % at p. m. The
public is also cordially invited to
witness this demonstration. The
Easter vacation will begin Thurs
day afternoon at p. m, and will
end on Tuesday, April Z, at 8.45 a.
m. In other words the public
schools will be closed Good Friday
and Easter Monday baseball
squad has been put thru their
drills for the past week and are
being whipped into shape for their
first schedule contest on Friday,
April 10, with Caesar Rodney High
School at Caesar Rodney. The
teachers in the various grades are
beginning preparation for the Kent
County field meet which is to be
held on May at the Kent-Sussex
Fair Grounds, Harrington, Della
ware. The Superintendent Of
schools attended the Superintend-
ents Conference at the State House
Dover, on Saturday, March %.
Some of the topics under discus
sion were: Music Programs, ;"
Testing Programs, and Pending
Educational Legislation" :" The
banking report for Tuesday, March
"a, was as follows: Attendance
612; Deposits, 408; Percentage, &c
per cent; Amount deposited, S63.-
O5; total amount deposited TO date
81 ,688.20.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
VOTE s6,824,O0 FOR SCHOOLS
Mrs. Tschudy Gets Her Bill Thru
House BY a Unanimous Vote

By unanimous vote the House
Monday afternoon passed Mrs.
Tschudy's substitute bill aprpopri-
ating a total of S6. .824,0 900 to oper
ate the public school system of the
State the next two fiscal years
starting July /, this year. This is
S3,412,000 for each year and is sew
eral hundred thousand dollars in
excess of the appropriation made
for the schools two years ago. The
original bill called for an appropri-
alton of S3,595,00 but the substi-
tute reduced this to SO, ,412, 900 each
year. The reason for this, it was
explained, is that the original bill
carried an appropriation of S1S3,-
600 each year to carry out the pro-
posed teachers retirement fund
system which, however, has not
been passed. John Shilling, As
sistant Superintendent of the State
Department of Education, who ex-
planned the bill, said the item for
the teachers retirement fund had
been eliminated from the substi-
tute bill and that if the pension
bill, which is a Senate measure, is
passed it would be included in that
bill.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
ASBURY VI. E. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Essell p. Thomas, Pastor, An
nounces Services For Holy Week

Asbury Church is in the midst
of a very profitable series of Pas
sion Week services. Monday even
ing Rev. w. ]. Bone, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church preached
most inspiring sermon. Last night
Rev. w. E. Habbart, District Su-
perintendent of the Dover District,
of the Wilmington Conference,
stirred the congregation with his
sermon on 'Exalting Christ" !"
President Ellsworth, of Washing
ton College, will speak this evening
on "The Passion Play" using to
illustrate his lecture, lantern slides
which he brought from the Europ-
can village which has been made
world known by reason of the Pas
sion Play. Thursday evening the
Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be celebrated by the pastor of
the Church and the Asbury con-
gregation, and Friday evening
Reverend Robert Hodgson of
Townsend will preach. Sunday will
be Easter. Appropriate services
will be held at all hours of worship
and in the Church School. The
adult choir has been rehearsing for
weeks in preparations of the event
and what they shall have in the
way of Easter music will delight
and inspire the great congrega-
tions. The pastor will preach at
both services. The Junior Choir
has made special preparations for
the season and will render an ap-
pealing number Sunday morning
1t goes without saying that all
church people should be found in
their places Easter Sunday morn
ing.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
YOUNG PEOPLES MEETING
Seventh Annual Conference Good
Friday at Peoples Church, Dover

Seventh Annual Conference Good
Friday at Peoples Church, Dover
The Seventh Annual Kent Coun-
ty Young Peoples Conference will
be held on Good Friday, April 8, in
the Peoples Church, Dover. A
number of Smyrna young folks
will attend. The conference theme
is "The Highway of Life Approach
ed Through the Arch of Youth. :"
Registration is from to $50
o'clock. At 10 o'clock the dele
gates will divide into the following
discussion groups: youths Re-
sponsibility," Mr.. Bishop; Choice
of a Life Work." Miss Lampson;
christian Living" Miss Albers-
sor; Science of Leadership, Prof.
w. H. Jump. At $50 p. m, a
Fellowship Dinner will be served to
the delegates by the young people
of Peoples Church. Caleb Boggs
of Cheswold, will be toastmaster.
After the dinner the delegates will
attend an Easter Cantata put on
by five of the churches in Dover.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
REV. FREDERICK M. BARTON
TO BECOME SMYRNA RECTOR
ACCEPTS CALL EXTENDED BY
VESTRY OF ST. PETERS
Rev. MIR. Barton Will Come TO
Smyrna From WissahickOn, Phil
adeIphia. Pa. on Nav lst

The Rev. Frederick NJ. Barton,
rector of st. Stephens Episcopal
Church, Wissahickon, Pa, has ac-
cepted a call to the rectorship of
st. Peters Episcopal Church, and
will assume his new charge on
May 1. He will succeed the Rev.
E. A. Lemoine who resigned De-
cember 81 last to accept charge
in Washington, D. G. Mr.. Barton
was born in Virginia, descendant
of the Rev. Thomas Barton, one
of the early missionaries of the
Episcopal Church who came to this
country from Ireland in 1854 and
founded a church at Lancaster, Pa.
The Rev. Frederick NJ. Barton was
formerly engaged in business but
later studied for the ministry and
about six years ago was ordained
in the church founded by his an
cestor. For several years he was
stationed at Paradise, Pa, and was
then sent to Oregon where he en-
gagged in missionary work. Two
years ago he took charge Of the
parish in Wissahickon The fol-
lowing announcement of services
for st. Peters Church, Smyrna, are
announced for this week, Holy Week
and Sunday. Good Friday the
Church will be open for private de-
votion. Unfortunately there will
be no minister to conduct the usual
service for this day, but the church
will be open for all those who care
to enter for private devotion.
Easter Sunday morning the Rev
Percy L. Donoughay, rector of
St. Anne's Church, Middletown,
will hold a communion service at
$50 o'clock. Easter Sunday even
ing the Rt. Rev. Frederick Cook,
Bishop of the Diocese of Delaware,
will hold services at 7.30.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
HOUSE VOTES FOR TAX CUT
Fifty Percent of 1880 and Future
Income Taxes Based on Surplus

Another of the measures advo-
Gated by Governor Buck in his
message to the Legislature was
acted on favorably by the House
yesterday morning when Repre-
sentative Tatnalls bill to allow re-
bates on income taxes for 1880
1881 was passed by a vote of 33 to
1. Representative F. B. Webb,
Democrat, was the only member to
vote against it. Under the bill
there will be a fifty per cent re-
bate on all income taxes paid for
1880 and for 1881 and each year
thereafter the reduction in the tax
will be whatever the school fund
will stand, leaving enough in the
fund to care for the schools. The
Governor is authorized to decide on
the amount of the rebate after re-
ceiving reports as to the fund from
the State Tax Department.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
FOR HOSPITALS TO COLLECT
House Votes Act Providing Liens
for Treating Accident Gases

f1UuSt NottS <stt foNiutbS t<hths
for Treating Accident Cases
The lower House of tire Delaware
Legislature oMnday afterdnoon by
a vote of 10 to Ia passed Senator
Maull's bill providing for liens in
favor of hospitals and other char
liable institutions furnishing care.
treatment and maintenance of
persons injured in accidents. The
bill provides that in case of pers-
ons injured in accidents being
treated at hospitals the hospitals
or other institutions where treated
camp lace a lien against any liabil
ity insurance that tie person re-
sponsible for the accident may
carry and if he does not carry any
insurance of that kind lien may
be placed against his personal
property to pay the hospital charg-
es. The bill was explained and ad-
vocated by DR.. w. t. Chapman, of
Harrington. The members asked
DR.. Chapman numerous questions
in connection with the bill before it
was finally passed.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
WOODLAND BEACH ROAD ACT
GETS THROUGH LEGISLATURE
MRS. ESTELLE w. TSCHUDY
WINS A UNANIMOUS VOTE
As Soon as Governor Signs Bill,
Way is Paved for County to
Take Control of Marsh Road

Mrs. Estelle w. Tschudy, repre-
sentative of this district in the
lower House of the Delaware Leg
islature, who so splendidly got
bill thru the House last week to
pay James r. Mott for the bridge
he built over old Duck Creek on
the Woodland Beach marsh road
looking toward the county and
State taking over said road and
building an improved road from
where the present concrete road
ends to the Woodland Beach re-
sort, has succeeded in getting it
through the Senate by unanimous
vote. 1t becomes a law as soon as
Governor Buck signs it. The bus
iness-like and persistent efforts of
Mrs. Tschudy has gained for her
the gratitude of not only the resi-
dents of Severson's Neck and Bonn
bay Hook Island, but the entire
community of upper Kent and low
er New Castle Counties as well.
For years Woodland Beach has
been handicapped in not having an
improved road. Two years or
more ago Kent County built mar
row guage concrete road from the
Smyrna-Wendall's Corner road to
the marsh road, but this was as
far as they felt they had jurisdic-
tion until the status of the road
over the marsh was fixed. For
years owners and promoters of the
resort have been endeavoring to
get an improved road all the way
to the beach. Delegations have i'm
portuned the Kent County Levy
Court in vain and even attempts
have been made to interest former
Legislatures in the project but
nothing was accomplished. Wood
land Beach suffered while almost
all the other bayside resorts along
the Delaware River or Bay have
forged ahead, received recognition
from State and County authorities,
and have improved roads right to
the bay shore. The consequence is
that improved roads have helped
other resorts to the disadvantage of
Woodland Beach. When Mrs. Es-
telle w. Tschudy was elected to the
Legislature she told her constitu-
ents Of Severson's Neck and Wood
land Beach, she would study care
fully their wishes and try to do
what she could. Subsequently she
introduced a bill in the House pro-
viding for the reimbursing of JAM
es r. Mott to the extent of Sill
600 for the expense he was put to
in building the bridge which bill
passed a week ago "a to !, almost
unanimous. Monday of this week
the Senate concurred in the action
Of the House by passing the bill
unanimously. In both instances
Mrs. Tschudy talked on the bill
and convinced the lawmakers of
the need of the Kent County TAX
ing over this bridge and marsh
road. and to do so it was necessary
to settle with Mr.. Mott first. The
result has been that Mrs. .Tschudy's
bill has passed both houses of the
Legislature and when the Governor
signs it, which nosdoubt he will do
the way is paved for the much
needed improved road over the
marsh to Woodland Beach.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-01
SUPREME COURT BILL UP
In Order TO Become Part of Con-
stitution it Must Be Approved by
This and Next Legislature

After it had been favored by
Robert H. Richards, Reumen Sat
terthwait, Jr., John Biggs, Sr., and
Charles F. Curley and had been
opposed by Robert G. Harman, the
House Monday afternoon passed
the bill changing the Constitution
of the State to provide for sep
arate Supreme Court. In order to
become a part of the Constitution
and for the court to be finally es-
tablished, the bill must be passed
by both this and the next Legisla-
ture and approved by the governor.
The vote was 80 to 4. The four
voting against the bill were Rep
resentatives Barnes, Rupp, Schei-
fele and Virden. The House cham
ber was filled with people when
the vote on the bill was taken. Be-
fore the bill was voted upon Rep
resentative VanSciver offered a
substitute bill which corrected a
number of errors in the original
and also provided that the salaries
of the judges of the Supreme Court
should be paid monthly instead Of
quarterly as had been provided IN
the original bill. 1t is generally
believed that the bill will pass the
Senate. 1t will then come up in
the next General Assembly. Be-
fore the bill was passed, the DEM
ocratic members of the House held
a caucus at which addresses were
made by John Biggs, Jr., and Har-
ry T. Graham, of Wilmington, and
James L. Wolcott. Of Dover. The
Democrats went on record as fav-
oring the bill. The bill which now
goes to the Senate would create an
entirely separate Supreme Court of
three members. They would be
appointed by the Governor for
terms of twelve years the same as
the present State judges are ap-
pointed for. The bill fixes no sal
ary for the Supreme Court justices
as it requires another session of
the Legislature to finally pass the
bill. It merely sets out that their
salary shall be fixed by law which
means that the session Of 1888,
should the bill pass both this and
that session, would be required to
pass a separate bill fixing the sal
ary. Under the VanSciver bill
there would be Supreme Court of
three judges to be appointed by
the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate. The senior judge in length
of service would be the Chief JUS
tice and would preside over the
Supreme Court. The bill further
provides that there shall also be
six other state judges as at pres
ent. One of them shall be the
Chancellor, one the Presiding
Judge of the Court of General Ses-
sions and the other four Associate
Judges of the Court Of General
Session and the Orphans Court.
Under the present judicial system
of the State, there are five law
Judges and the Chancellor. In case
of an appeal to the Supreme Court
the two judges who did not sit in
the lower Court, and the Chancel-
lor, form the Supreme Court. Ad-
vocates of the bill contend that the
State has outgrown a system of
this kind.