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Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
ASBURY NJ. E. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. EsseII p. Thomas, Minister,
Announces Services for Sunday

This evening at the mid-week
service, several interesting fea-
lures are to combine to make it
one of the most impressive ser
vices to be held yet. One hundred
and twenty-four people were pres
ent last week. Our goal of attend
ance for this evening in one hun
dred and thirty. Mr.. Harvey C.
Jones, acting superintendent of
the Church School in the absence
of the superintendent, is planning,
week by week, the kind Of pro-
grams due to attract attention and
promote increased numbers and
interest. Attend the school at
ten Sunday morning. The new
costumes for the members of the
Junior Choir of thirty-five voices,
enabled the young people to add
both beauty and richer meanings
to the service last Sunday morn
ing. These young people will sing
al each morning service. The
adult chorus will render able Sc
lections as they always do. Mr.
Thomas subject Sunday morning
will be: "Love-The End of the
Commandments" The Epworth
League services will be held at six
forty-five, Miss Mary Yeates being
the leader. Many new young peo-
pie have recently joined this grow
ing organization for youth. The
public will find a welcome at this
session of the League. A large
congregation was present last
Sunday evening to enjoy the even
ing service of hymns and sacred
meditations. Hymns of The Epis-
copal Church are to be sung this
week Each Sunday evening we
are singing hymns of a Denomina-
tion. We are sure you will enjoy
this service.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
KILLED BY TRAIN, CLAYTON
John Handy, Colored, Drove Over
Crossing as Fast Train Approached

John Handy, colored, residing on
North street, Smyrna, met instant
death last evening while driving
across track at Clayton. Despite
the fact that the fiagman waved
his red lantern and yelled for Han
dy to stay back, the negro kept on
going and was struck by the fast
ITO express train on it's way
north. The train which runs at a
high speed of so or 65 miles an
hour, makes no stop at Clayton.
The impact was so great the crash
could be heard at a considerable
distance. Handy was caught above
the cow-catcher with several bones
broken and head crushed but was
not mutilated. His automobile was
smashed to pieces, so much so, 1t
could hardly be recognized as a
car. The wreckage was strewn
along the track almost as far as
the Ice Plant. The body was turn
ed over to w. E. Matthews, Jr..
undertaken. and the inquest held
to-day rendered a verdict of acci-
dental death and exonerating the
railroad. Handy leaves a wife and
seven or eight children. He moved
to Smyrna from the country and
at present time had been employed
as a muskrat trapper near town.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Smyrna High School Again Listed
as a Fully Accredited School

The Superintendent of Schools
has been informed by DR.. E. D.
Grizzell, Chairman of Commission
on Secondary Schools located at
University of Pennsylvania that
the Smyrna High School was
again approved by unanimous vote
and listed as one of the accredited
secondary schools of the associa-
ton of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Middle Atlantic
States and Maryland While there
are twelve Delaware secondary
schools listed by said association.
only two schools were approved
without reservations DR.. Hollo-
way visited Smyrna Schools on
January 9Th and presented med
al and check for $500 to Evelyn
Wallace for having written one of
the prize winning essays in the
state, the subject being Safety on
the Highways. - The teams of
Smyrna High School played their
first D. I. A. A. games on Friday
evening, January 9, in the High
school auditorium. Smyrna boys
and girls lost against Middletown
boys and girls. The score for the
girls was 25-5 and for the boys
26-9.-On Saturday evening, Janu-
ary IL, Smyrna High Schools girls
will play the Faculty. The High
School boys will play Petersburg
High School. Two good games are
expected. Come out and see us
win.-At the assembly at the High
School yesterday, January 18th.
program was as follows: Opening
song. Assembly; Recitation of
Thirteenth Chapter of Corinthians
by Elizabeth Shockly, who also led
the Lords Prayer and Flag Salute;
Reading, Advice to Students who
are thinking of leaving school,
Virginia Heinold; Song, Assembly;
Recitation, THE Village Gossip" /"
Mildred Davis; Musical Comedy,
Seven of the Eight Boys; Dance,
Dorothy Davidson; Closing Song,
Assembly. The banking record of
the school for the week is as fol-
lows: Amount deposited yesterday,
S73.97; number of pupils in at
tendance, 635; number depositors.
374 or $50 per cent. The total de-
posted to date amounts to S1253.-
90.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
SMYRNA GRANGE OFFICERS
Installed Last Week With Ernest
s. Mattiford the New Master

At a meeting of Smyrna Grange
last week officers were installed by
A. B. Thomas, secretary of Fruit
land Grange and lecturer of State
Grange. He was assisted by Mrs.
Thomas as marshal, and Mrs.
Pyott as regalia bearer and Mrs.
Carter as emblem bearer. There
was a large attendance. The fol-
lowing are the newly elected Of
fcers installed: Master, Ernest S.
Mattiford; overseer, Howard c.
Deakyne; lecturer, Mrs. Howard
c. Deakyne; steward, w. Smithers
Snow: assistant steward, Charles
Pryor; Chaplain, ]. E. Latta;
treasurer, w. T. Massey; secretary
Harry c. Johnson; gatekeeper,
Sydney H Brown; Ceres. Mrs. .Ern-
est S. Mattiford; Pomona, Mrs.
Smithers Snow: Flora, Mrs. Harry
G. Johnson; lady assistant steward
Mrs. Charles Pryor.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
SMYRNA BANK INSTITUTIONS
IN STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS
BOTH BANKS SHOW STRONG
AND HEALTHY CONDITION
Directors of Both Banks Elect
Same Staff of Officials-W. o.
HOffecker Entertains Directors

Smyrna's two banking institu-
tions held their annual stockhold-
ers meetings yesterday. Both in
stitutions heard good reports and
presented a strong and healthy
condition. The stockholders of
the Fruit Growers National Bank
and Trust Company reelected
directors as follows: w. o. Hof-
lecker, Lewis NJ Price, Hervey P
Hall, Warner w. Price, Harry 3.
Grieves, Clarence B. Raymond and
DIR. C. j. Prickett, Smyrna; W.
Harman Reynolds, Townsend; Dr..
Frank L. Grier of Milford. The
directors reelected Walter o. Hof-
fecker, president; L. NJ. Price, vice
president; H. P. Hall, secretary.
The following officers were re-
elected: W. w. Hynson, cashier:
George w. Boehmler, teller; Miss
Elizabeth T. Wilson, note teller;
FLETCHER Truax, ,bookkeeper; Miss
Ruth Collins, assistant bookkeep-
er, and Miss Hilda Deakyne, stem
ographer. Following the annual
meeting w. o. Hoffecker, the pres
ident, entertained the directors and
cashier of the bank at dinner at
his home on West Commerce
street. The stockholders of the
National Bank of Smyrna elected
their directors as follows: John w.
Arthurs, Kenton; James A. Hart,
Jr., Townsend; Wilbert Rawley,
Leipsic; Samuel NJ Taylor, Ken
ton, and Edward G. Walls, ]. Har-
ry David, Walter F. Keith. W.
Creadick Ennis, Harvey c. Jones,
and DR.. w. c. Deakyne, of Smyr-
ma. The above directors elected:
Edward G. Walls, president; Har-
vey c. Jones, vice-president and
Trust officer; James A. Hart, Jr.,
secretary; Edward T. Porter,
+ cashier; Clark NJ Knots, teller;
Eugene Porter, bookkeeper; Miss
Katie j. Smithers, note clerk, and
Miss Ethel David, stenographer.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
FLENIING'S LANDING RAID
Nine Who Were Arrested Last
Summer Fined $500 Each
COchran's Assailant Escapes

A rum-runner made his escape
from the Federal Building in Will
mington, shortly before noon yes
terday, when after being fined
S400 in Federal Court, he was tip
ped off by friends that a constable
was waiting outside the entrance
to the building ready to arrest him
on a warrant charging him with
assault and battery. The rum
runner, James MacNally, of New
ark, N. j., was accused in court by
U. S. District Attorney Leonard
E. Wales of being the mysterious
Frank Vorhees of New York, own
er of the Daisy T., a rum-runner
seized by coast guardsmen near
Lewes sometime ago. MacNally
and eight other men were fined
$400 each by Judge John p Nields
on charges of illegal possession of
AT bags of assorted imported
liquors at F'1emings Landing on
the Smyrna River. After paying
the fine MacNally left the court
room. Someone whispered to him
that Constable Leroy Campbell of
Magistrate Haley's office was
waiting outside with a warrant
charging him with assault and
battery on Constable Lee Cochran
of Smyrna, during the seizure of
the liquor at Fleming's Landing.
( MacNally entered the mems lava
tory adjoining the court room. He
climbed through an open window
and leaped nine feet from the roof
! to the roof of the shed over the
mail-loading platform of the post
office. He then leaped another
4 twelve feet to the ground and
made his escape in waiting auto
mobile. Campbell in turn was
tipped off that his quarry was es-
Gaping and started in pursuit but
without avail. While MacNally is
believed to be one of the king pins
in the rum-running racket along
the Delaware coastline, the other
eight men who were fined are said
to be underlings. The entire nine
pleaded guilty to the possession
charge. The men were arrested
July "a, by Federal agents and
Constables Cochran and Stats on
the rum-running motorboat The
Don" The boat, the liquor cargo
and the nine men were seized. The
speedboat Daisy T" was found
several months ago floating with
out a crew in the Delaware Bay
party submerged. 1t was loaded
with liquor The eight men fined
in addition to MacNally are from
Newark, ". j., and New York
They are John Schultz, Mike Ko-
Yak, John Archer, 19 years old
John Newman, John Walker, JOS
eph Berenish, Jack Clayton, Mar
tin Northrup.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
SMYRNA 10Th CENTURY CLUB
DIR. Delema Draper Addresses the
Club at Its Meeting Last Friday

The regular meeting of the
Twentieth Century Club was called
to order at p. m. on Friday, jan
uary 9th, by the President, Mrs.
George Carter. Notice was read
of a benefit card party to be held
in the Club House on February 5.
The chairman of program an
nounced on Friday, January 10th
would be Reciprocity Day. Della
ware City Club would bring pro-
gram at o'clock and would be
our guests at lunch. After all
business the following program
was given: Piano solo, ''Lo Spring
(Edward-Greig), by Mrs. Thomas
H. Coverdale. Mrs. Carter then
introduced our state president, DR..
Delema Draper who after greeting
the club and extending best wish
es for happiness and success, gave
a most interesting address on her
trip to Oberammergau and the
Passion Play. So well did DR..
Draper paint her word pictures
that at the conclusion of her talk,
one felt she had indeed been on a
journey into the far away climes.
Another piano solo was rendered
by Mrs. Coverdale from II Trova-
tore. On Friday, January 18th, at
/ p. m. Bohemian Luncheon will
be held to which the public is in
vited On January 23rd,' program
will be in charge of Miss Laura
Bell, chairman.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
FIRE ON MONDAY DAMAGES
GARAGE OF HARRY I. ENNIS
BROKE OUT AT 8 O'CLOCK
AM. MONDAY-SI 500 DAMAGE
All the Cars and Some of Store
and Wareroom Goods Gotten
Out-Firemen Do Fine Work

Fire Of undetermined origin early
Monday morning gutted the sec
ond floor or loft Of Harry T. Ennis
garage, corner Of Main and North
Streets, entailing a loss Of from
$500 to $500 which it is reported
is covered by insurance. The fire
alarm was set off about three
o'clock. 1t seems that Beulah
Sullivan, colored, wife Of Bob Sui
livan, living next door, was arous-
ed at that time and going to her
window, saw the fire when it was
a considerable blaze. She ran out
of her house and gave the alarm
and went to the house of Harry
Ennis living almost opposite on
Main Street and endeavored to
awake him or some one in the
household. In the meantime
Beulah Sullivan's son came rush
ing out of his home and ran to the
Four Corners and set off the alarm
The Fire Company with both
trucks were soon there and did
fine work They had stubborn
fight to get the fire under control.
The building which was metal
sheathed on all sides had CORFU
gated iron roof which kept the fire
from spreading to other buildings.
The difficulty was to get at the
fire in the second floor or loft. In
this loft were stored several empty
oil barrels and boxes and when
they got fire the blaze was accel-
Grated and made intense heat. The
firemen had it under control in a
comparatively short while. Mr..
Ennis car, service truck and all
other cars were gotten out expe-
ditely and his radios, cash register
and some other goods were carried
out over to his home. The fire
hardly reached his front store
room, wareroom and Office and
what was damaged here was more
by water and chemical than by
fire. Fortunately Mr.. Ennis is
able to continue on in business and
as soon as insurance is adjusted
repairs will be made to the build
I ing and work shop. The building
was erected by w. F. Keith & Son
who several years ago sold out t.
Ennis & Deakyne. When the lat
ter erected their fine show room
and shop, corner Of Boulevard and
South street, they sold their North
Main Street building to Harry T.
Ennis who has been conducting 9
shop and service station there ever
since The building is just across
the street North Street, from
Hilory w. divers residence, but
as stated above, it was at no time
seriously endangered because o.
the fact that Harry t. Ennis
building was metal sheathed. A
large crowd turned out to witness
the fire.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
GOV. BUCK MAKES DENIAL
Has Not Resigned as Reported But
Will Serve Full 4-Year Term

It was reported in New York
City last night that Governor c.
Douglass Buck, of Delaware, had
resigned to become president Of
one of the DUPONT Corporations.
Commenting on this Morning
News correspondent of Whining
ton, got in touch with Governor
Buck at his home and asked about
the rumor The Governor in his
reply said: There is no truth in
the report that I will resign. I
was elected for term of four
years and will serve the term, if
1 am wanted" Questioned regard
ing his becoming head of a DUPONT
Corporation he said that there was
something on foot in that direction
but at present he was not at lib
erty to make any statement. Gov
ernor Buck is a son-in-law of the
late u. S. Senator Coleman DUPONT
who had many interests tied up in
corporations.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB NEWS
Rev. C. w. Spry, Clayton, Talks
ON "NeW Years Resolutions"


The Smyrna Rotary Club at their
weekly meeting last Thursday ev-
ening held at the Wayside Inn, had
the pleasure of listening to very
appropriate address by Rev. Char
les w. Spry, pastor of Clayton NJ.
E. Church, who choose as his sub
ject New Years Resolutions" and
ably presented his theme from the
resolution I'm the Beginning God" I"
He said in part that if this reso-
luton was adopted first, last and
all the time that all things would
have a successful ending. Early
education of the child was traced
from ancestory to adult intelli-
gence through the various stages
of educational attainments. Ciph-
ers were quoted from the small
beginning to the countless millions
they can be arranged to represent.
Letters of the alphabet were char
acterized from their individual
meaning to the untold uses to
which their arrangement are APP
piled to meet every walk in busi-
ness and private life. Several ill
ustrations were presented showing
the small beginning and the sue
cess attained if the resolution In
the Beginning God" was adopted
which would spur any person to
ambition, opportunity and hope.
Mr.. Spry closed by saying that
this resolution was the secret Of
/ the success of our National Union
in War and Peace. w. w. Hynson
president of the club, presented
Rev. Spry as the guest speaker.
No program is arranged for next
Thursday evening for the club will
meet as a body Immediately after
dinner for Council Administrative
work. Visiting Rotarians: Bud
Sipple, Walter Warrington and
Frank F. Collins, of Dover Club.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. j. b. HOdgson, Died at Her
Residence on the Boulevard in
SMYRNA Early This Morning

Mrs. Catherine Jane HodSSon,
wife of j. B. Hodgson, died at her
home on the Boulevard, Smyrna,
this morning about two o'clock af-
ter a lingering illness. She and
her husband had been residents Of
SMYRNA for the past six years.
Mrs. Hodgson had made a number
Of friends and was highly esteemed
for her womanly qualities. She
was the daughter Of the late David
Goldman and Adelaide Baker
Goldman of Philadelphia. Mr..
Hodgson and the late Mrs. Hodg-
son moved here from Philadelphia
and took up residence on the
Boulevard, purchasing their home,
which is next to Mr.. James T.
Truax, where they have been re-
siding. Besides her husband, she
is survived by one brother, David
Goldman of Philadelphia. Funer-
al services will be held at her late
residence on Friday evening at
7.3O D. m, and interment made in
Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia
on Saturday morning at 11.30
Charles Zanders, Dover Jeweler
Charles Zanders, Dover jeweler,
who died last Saturday, was buried
yesterday morning. Services were
held at the Holy Cross R. c.
Church at 1890 with interment at
Lakeside cemetery, Dover. Mr..
Zanders, who was unmarried, had
been a resident of Dover since
1903, when he accepted a position
with former United States Senator
]. Frank Alice, who at that time
conducted a jewelry store in Do
yer. He was a member of Philo-
demic Lodge, No. Z, I. o. o. F.,
and Central Lodge. K. of p, of Do
yer. He is survived by two sisters
Mrs. George NJ. Fisher, Wyoming
Mrs. Margaret Lindale M. Fish
er, widow of former State Treas
urer George N. Fisher, who died
Sunday morning, was buried from
her late home in Wyoming, yes
terday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
with interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery in Camden. Mrs. Fisher
who was 78 years old, had been il
several weeks. She is survived by
two sons, William and George M
Fisher, Jr., the latter prominent
member of the Kent County Bal
with offices in Dover.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
FIREMEN ASK COOPERATION
Give Warming to Drivers of Cars
to Keep 500 Feet From Apparatus

The Citizens Hose Company,
No. /, Inc, wish to ask the public
to cooperate with them and stop
sending in false alarms as has
happened several times here of
late. Also when the apparatus is
answering an alarm of fire, to stay
500 feet back of apparatus and
when parking keep the same dis
tance from the apparatus and by
these ways there will be no trouble
caused by the company or by the
Special Fire Police that the COM
pany have appointed to look after
this interest of the company.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
WANT GAME LAWS CHANGED
Board of Game and Fish Commits
sion Recommends Amendments

The following is a list of amend
ments to the game laws which the
Board of Game Commissioners
think should be passed at the ses-
sion of the Legislature 1881. '"The
bag limit on wild ducks to conform
with the federal law, fifteen per
day instead of twenty. Closed
season on reed birds to conform
with the federal law. The open
season on woodcock to conform
with the federal law. Muskrat
season to open December Is in
stead of December l."
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
Fire at stoeckIe House. CLAYTON

The Clayton Firemen were call
ed out late last night (Tuesdayl
to the old Stoeckle Hotel near the
railroad to put out fire that was
discovered on the first floor. The
firemen did effective work and the
damage was slight.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
Fire at William Gardner's, sunda,

Smyrna Firemen were called
Sunday to the residence of William
Gardner near Fleming's Landing.
BY the time they arrived they had
the fire under control. Damage
was slight
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
Chimney Fire at George Shorts

Smyrna Firemen weer summon
ed Monday to the farm residence
of George Shorts near Kenton. II
was chimney fire and was gotten
under control without much dam
age.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
Rev. seiders to Be at ST. Peters

iecN. ot"S'S " '' "' -
Rev. Mr.. Seiders, rector of the
Talleyville Church and also supply
at Delaware City, will preach at
st. Peters Church next Sunday
morning Episcopalians are urged
to turn out to hear him. Services
at usual hour.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
d. Recommended
Il EHa.',,-,Irs.Tschudy =
,"psrtnnt Committee

,rvrna, IePlSoS
! District duck Creek
ri The only woman
!. IN the Legislature,
the Education Com
the most important
.,,.Irp and member of
Private Corporations,
Hath and Miscel-
,-ttsss. As soon as
n was notified that
we're organized and
!. in joint session,
n chamber amid ap-
mounted the rostrum.
lamentations of the
arried out, Delaware
mli approach a condi-
ssl under a system of
nment than that Of
sssr State in the
hast. How to reduce
4 taxation of citizens
L |; the theme of Gov
mi he follows it from
b end through every
: pages in the memoir
" Opinion among the
4 the legislature and
hard il was that the
IL 20 down as one Of
msEOrtty State papers
i by any Governor of
Etanishing in its scope
ziA Of thought revealed
En Buck in trying to
! BURDENS Of the people
b Efficiency and econ
b State, the counties
gd Wilmington are the
aunded by Governor
is various discussions
EzndatiOns.
sd Governors Message
ra to the s6,757,778
be State school fund
sd June 30, 1881, and
~ suggestions to offer
lt Of the above men
H can be SO used that
Eho are now assessed
@ration and these in
sY owners in special
DEi and those with
ss-may benefit by
A Of reduction in the
sy pay" Among the
recommended was
I' income tax law be
allow beginning with
= q % per cent. in the
ct the rates now in
'V'rnCr assuring that
% will not be endang-
! change in the law.
tns Klair Law 1.-THE
a'n enforcement law
. provide for the sale
u purposes of liquor to
-lag Of physicians
suggests that the
'sd to permit the
SI'i 70 redeem all
Ma school districts in
afing within the next
y a'a the idea that the
ai will care for tbe
lAls class Of school
"a Asks that the Leg.
-ollze the Higbway
Y operate gasoline
y y The various coun.
,,.e s.ssinor stating that
]PproVes Of the state
ssa ,lsllsas in competition
U citizens, he views
\ 'la't that 10000 own. /.
y, 'ai' y have to pay ex.
N gasoline in com.
..... prices in nearby
. ~ hat It seems de.
49, p0itant, because q
5.,. business Of tbe
~. aware should have
= mIil 70 consist IF IN
b ps.' " Or more asso.
s'isl, sao,e business woule
~ alll'ly to the bushes, JDes,
:. County Government.
!, 'As State provid,
s,Da.. Y the systems ),
u 'sal ,a in the thre,
y. new Of consolidat.
ae county o@" yalaa. :.
sss'sary ones an5 7
4 a,' business meth.
's''sns Y that ma,
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me Counties
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MCPHERSON
(Fr0m Another Correspondent

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer, Kenneth and
Donald, were guests of Miss Goggin
and Miss Staxrud Sunday. Donald,
who is attending school at Glencoe,
Mo-, is spending few weeks with his
parents, after being gone a year, and
everyone was glad to see him. Other
guests at Miss Goggin's Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Had and family, Thora
Bohlin, VIM. Crosby, John Beaudry,
and Fred Hanson.
Don't forget that the Town of Nick
erson votes by the Australian ballot
system and names of those desiring
a place on the ballot should be filed
with the clerk ten days before cleo
ton.
Mrs. O'Brian and little Jack of Min
neapolis, visited with Miss Goggin
over the weekend.
A move is being made to discon-
tinue the agents job at Nickerson.
This would be drawback to the
country for miles around and it is
hoped that the Commerce Commission
will be against it.
A number of the neighbors gathered
at the John Douglas home to listen to
the radio Wednesday forenoon of last
week.
The ladies of this community held
their first poultry project meeting at
the school house Monday. The at
tendance was good and the leaders,
Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Berger, gave
instructive lessons on choosing a
breed, ways of improving and main
tanning quality, vitality and egg pro-
duction. eggs for Matching, Gambling
and incubation, etc. They also showed
how to make a simple Gambling de-
vice, which will probably be of help
to a number of the members this
spring. All are looking forward to
the next lessons which are to be given
March 16, unless otherwise notified.