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Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
DELAWARE GAMERS To HAVE
AID OF FEDERAL INSPECTION
SEN. TOWNSEND AND OTHERS
APPEAR BEFORE CONGRESS
Gets Amendment to McNary-Map-
les Bill for an Inspection Station
in Department of Agriculture


Gamers of Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland are to
have the benefit of Federal inspec-
tion of their products under the
McNary-Maples amendment to the
establishment of an inspection sta
tion of the Department of Agricul-
ture. Funds for the operation of
an inspection station on the East
ern Shore and two others at i'm
portant canning centers of the
country are provided for in the
agricultural appropriation bill re-
ported favorably to the Senate.
Last week Senator John G. Town
send of Delaware and Senator
Phillips Lee Goldsborough, appear
ed before the committee and urged
that appropriation be increased
$4,000 to provide for establish
ment of at least five such stations
in. the various canning centers, but
the committee decided to include
only $4,000 for three stations, one
of which, Senator Goldsborough
said, will be located at some point
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Both Senators said that the service
would be of considerable benefit to
the Gamers, and at the same time
enable the housewife to purchase
canned food without suspicion that
she is purchasing something unfit
for her family's consumption. Sen
ator Goldsborough said that can
ners had complained that under
present conditions purchasers
turned back shipments of canned
goods on the ground that they
were not up to standard, and that
he was informed that many such
cases were because of a drop Of a
few cents q dozen in price while in
transit. He said that under the
inspection service to be establish
ed such complaints probably would
be eliminated. Under the McNary-
Naples amendment, the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to es
tablish standards for canned-food
products 49, excluding only meats
and milk products and will pro-
mulgate form of label designated
for substandard foods coming with
in the jurisdiction of the amended
law. Officials of the Department
&c hor-;o,,I+,,ro t,al;a1ya fLa+ tho
new law will materially increase
protection to consumers against
comnetition of Iow-grade products.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
KENT COUNTY JURY DRAWN
John w. Vane, w. A. Broadway,
VI. V. Ford on Grand Jury

Kent county jury commissioners
Hope and Hopkins, yesterday drew
the following panel of juries:
Grand jury for the year 1881; reg
ular petit jury for the February
term of court, and additional jury
for the Court Of Oyer and Term
iner at which Noah Downs will be
tried for the murder OF Mildred
Long and Ernest Killen. The
Grand jurors for the three districts
of upper Kent are: First district,
John w. Vane, William A. Broad
way, Matthew V. Ford; second dis
trict, John r. Mingus, George c.
Richardson; third district, Wilbur
Clark, William G. Boggs.- Petit
jury for regular February term
convening February 16, 1881
First district, John d. Morris, JOS
eph Blum, Harry Collins; second
district, Gilbert Garrison, Frank
D. Lafferty, William P. Satterfield,
Armstrong Cullen; third district,
George Rose, Edward Remley, John
Porter. Additional jury for Court
of Oyer and Terminer- First dis
trict, Edward F. Porter, r. F. Cor
ley, Clarke Knots; second district,
C. Herman Garrison, John NJ
Houston, Willard d. Boyce; third
district, Reynier Macklin, Charles
Reese.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
CHESWOLD WHITE RIDBONERS
ADDRESSED BY H. I. ENNIS
WILL ASK LEGISLATURE FOR
S1O9,2OO TO CARRY ON COLONY
Institution at StOckley Seeks New
Cottages, Infirmary and Other
Buildings Much Needed

A description of the Delaware
Colony at Stockley and program
for it's expansion was explained by
Howard T. Ennis, superintendent
of the institution, at a meeting of
the Cheswold w. c. T. u, yester-
day afternoon The Delaware
Colony will ask the present Cen
eraI Assembly for an appropria-
tion of SOS, 300 to carry out this
program. The money would be
used for: New cottage for white
boys, $4,000; cottage for negro
boys, 5000; infrmary, $4,000;
barn, $4,000; milk house, $1,000;
silos, $1,000. The present cottage
for white boys is crowded, Mr.. En-
mis- said, and there are fourteen
cases waiting for admission. There
are no accommodations whatever
for negro boys An inirmary IS
also badly needed. 1t would con-
tain two sections, one for the seq
regation of infectious cases and
one for the care of helpless cases.
The need of the barn, milk house
and silos is also very great, he de-
clared. Mr.. Ennis said that S5 per
cent of the children at the colony
are engaged in some sort of con-
struction educational and training
program. There are classes in
woodwork, basketry, rug weaving
and needlework. All are trained
in housework or farming, accord
ing to sex It is unfortunate, Mr..
Ennis, said, that individuals with
undeveloped minds are still classed
in the public mind with the insane.
because they are really distinct
types requiring different treatment
He does not believe that the per
centage of criminals among the
feebleminded is larger than among
normal persons. There are, at the
present time, four cottages; a
steam laundry, and an administra-
tion building at the colony, M.
Ennis said. Seventy-eight white
girls are cared for in three of the
cottages while the other contains
twenty-three negro girls.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
LEGION AUXILIARY COMEDY
Play "See You Later" BY Home
Talent to Be Given Tuesday Night

Play "See You Later" BY Home
Talent TO Be Given Tuesday Night
Jimmie La Verre, the director,
arrived in Smyrna on Monday to
start rehearsing for See You
Later, a home-talent musical
comedy staged by the American
Legion Auxiliary to be given in the
Town Hall on Tuesday next, at
SIS o'clock. The play should not
be connected with the ordinary run
of amateur plays, as it is a full
cast musical comedy of seventy
people. There is a main cast OF
ten speaking characters. Ten
choruses Of snappy and elaborately
costumed girls and boys in different
and attractive song and dance
numbers, and about forty kiddies.
''See You Later is humorous as
well as dramatic, carrying a fine
comedian and black face alone
worth price of admission. So don't
fail to attend this high light of
entertainment and see our local
people in musical comedy roles
and choruses of a really good,
clean, stage entertainment.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
LADIES NIGHT, AT GRANGE
Interesting Program Including
Lantern Slide Exhibit, Wednes iay

Lantern SIlQe EN1lDlI, w euHeSIdy
Ladies Night" was given by
Smyrna Grange on Wednesday ev-
ening with a large attendance and
an interesting program as follows:
Opening song, Smiles by the
Grange; recitation, Loves Labor
Lost" by Mrs. McClain; reading,
House Work. Mrs. George John
son; essay, Feeding of Children, !"
Mrs Ruth Pryor; solo, Mrs. .Beulah
Blendt; talk on flowers and shrubs
for a small yard, Miss Ida Arm
strong; reading, Mrs. Cantwell;
grange Journal, Mrs. Mary George
recitation, Mrs. Catherine Roe;
stunt by Mrs. Gladys Johnson; "a
Favorit Recipe" Miss Ella Steven
son; reading. AT Flowing Time, ="
Mrs. J. E. Latta; debate, ''Resolv-
ed, that Housewives should do
their own baking to avoid the high
cost of bread affirmative, Mrs.
Ethel CHM, Mrs. Earl Mattiford:
negative. Mrs. Betty Snow, Mrs.
Helen Deakyne. It was decided in
the affirmative. Miss Emily Spru-
ance gave some scenes from other
lands, with cards and lantern slid
es. Next week the men viii put
on the program.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
GYM AT WoMAN'S COLLEGE
Legislature Asked for $4,000 to
Add TO SI50,000 Already Granted

Add TO S150,000 Already Granted
To complete the gymnasium at
the Women's College University
of Delaware, the university has re-
quested the Legislature for an ex-
ira appropriation of about $4,000.
Despite the fact that the enroll
ment had grown to nearly 800 sew
eral years ago the Women's Col
lege has never had a gymnasium
which is thought to be very essen
tial for the welfare of the students.
Two years ago the university re-
quested $4,000 for the erection
of a gymnasium. The Legislature
cut the amount to S15O,O00. The
result was that the kind of build
ing necessary could not be built
and more money is needed to fin
ish and equip the building before
it will be of much use to the stu
dents. Students, alumnae and
friends of the college are a unit in
requesting this appropriation
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
LEGISLATURE ENDS 2O-YEAR
CONTEST OVER "RING BOUTS"
PASSES BILL PERMITTING 80
ROUND FIGHTS IN STATE
State Athletic Commission Auth
Orized to Have Jurisdiction Over
SpOrt-VOte in the LegisIature

By a vote of 20 to 10, the SEN
ate bill authorizing boxing match
es in Delaware, passed the House
Monday afternoon. The bill pass
ed by the House Monday was pass
ed in the Senate on Friday by a
vote of IL to 4. The passage of
the bill thru both Houses of the
Legislature ends a contest which
has waged for twenty years to leg
alize the sport in Delaware Sew
eral times similar bill has passed
the Senate but has been defeated
by one vote in the House. There
was nothing exciting in the pass
age of the bill Representative
Virden asked that the rules pro-
hibiting persons not members or
enjoying the privilege of the floor,
to come upon the floor and talk to
members, be enforced and one op-
ponent of the bill walked out
Representative Virden said the bill
had been explained and he thought
no further explanation was neces-
sary. Members Of the House vot-
ed as follows: Yeas - Messrs.
Barnes, Clark, Cooper, Davis,
Flynn, Hastings, l. T. Hollett,
Lingo, Nickle, Phillips, Price, ,Rupp,
Schiefele, Smoot, Stevenson, Tat
nall, Van Solver, Virden, Webb,
Coy-20. Nays-M -Messrs. Benson,
Burge, Carey, Cummins, Davis, G.
H. Donovan, Hastings, Johnson,
Messick, Raughley, Seal. Stevens,
Talley, Tschudy, F. B. Webb Is.
The bill authorizes the Governor
to appoint commission of three
members to comprise the State
Athletic Commission, who would
have jurisdiction over the sport It
provides that not more than five
bouts could be given at one show,
with a total of not more than 80
rounds, but one bout only could be
for rounds. The State would re-
ceive part of the gross receipts at
show and the clubs holding the
shows would be required to pay a
State license. Following the pass
age of the boxing bill there were
rumors that a race track bill
would be offered but this is doubt
full as the members of the Legis-
lature feel that an amendment to
the constitution would be neces-
sary to make such a measure legal
and this would take two sessions
of the Legislature. The bill has
been sent to Governor Buck for
approval.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
GET CHANCE TO WEST POINT
F. B. Reybold, Delaware City; j. p.
Scott, BridgeviIIe, Appointed

Senator John C. Townsend, Jr..
of Delaware, appointed Franklin
Bell Reybold, son of Major Eugene
Reybold, United States Army, Del
aware City, and now stationed at
Buffalo, as principle to the Mill
tary Academy at West Point. AT
the same time Senator Townsend
named two alternates, James p.
Scott, Bridgeville, first alternate, a
graduate of the Bridgeville High
School, 1880, and Samuel Kety,s son
of Harry Kety, Wilmington, second
alternate. Kety is a student at
the Millard Preparatory School.
Washington. These candidates will
take the examination in March, fol-
lowing which the successful candi-
date viii enter the Academy about
July 1st.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
ASBURY VI. E. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Eessell p. Thomas, Minister,
Announces Services for Sunday


Announces Services for Sunday
This evening at the mid-week
service several numbers will great
ly enrich the hour. One hundred
and thirty people attended last
week. We have set the attend
ance goal at one hundred and thirty
five for this evening. There will
be three musical numbers, and the
scripture will be read by many
people on the special subject of
Bible Twos.' Sunday morning at
ten o'clock you will have opportun-
ity to join our rapidly growing
Sunday school, We are anxious to
have the attendance advance be-
yond two hundred at the next ses-
sion. The morning worship at
eleven has much in spiritual guild
ance and inspiration, arranged es-
pecially with your needs in mind.
The large adult choir and the
Junior chorus of thirty-fve voices
will sing. The pastors subject,
Gods Faith" will be the third
sabbath morning address on the
theme, God And Man" Asbury
Church was almost packed at the
morning hour of worship last Sun
day. The Epworth League will
meet at six forty-five. All young
people are cordially invited.
Hymns of the Denominations"
are attracting record evening aud
fences. Last week we sang and dis
cussed the Hymns of the Episco-
palians. Sunday evening at sew
en-thirty, Hymns of the Presbyter-
ians will be the selections. Fears
Fool is the subject of the evening
sermon.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
w. S. NOWLAND SELLS OUT
Disposes of His Store Business to
CIV. Coles; Retains Wholesale End

Disposes of His Store Business to
C.W.COIes; Retains Wholesale End
Walter S. NoWland. Smyrna's
well-known confectioner, has sold
his store and restaurant business
to Clinton w. Coles of Point Pleas
ant Beach, N. j. The latter will
take possession Monday, February
9. Mr.. Nowland retains the whole
sale candy end Of the business and
will continue to occupy the first
floor rear, of his building on Com
merce street which he has been oc-
cupying for store room. The
Coles have also rented the second
floor apartment for their residence.
The Nowlands will move to the
Vane property on west Commerce
Street which Mr.. Nowland has
purchased and Mr.. John w. Vane
and his family will move to his
newly-built bungalow at Cheswold
Bishops Corner), next door to
Vane's Greenhouses, Inc, which
Mr.. Vane carries on. The terms
of both sales above mentioned
were privately arranged and prices
are withheld. Mr.. Coles is a prac-
tical man in the confection bust
ness and comes to Smyrna with
ten or more years experience. He
has a wife but no children. Mr.
Nowland has many friends who re-
gret to see him get out Of the re-
tail business but the condition of
his own health in addition to that
of his family made it imperative to
make the change. He viii be able
to take care of the wholesale
candy end of his business as it will
take him more out in the open,
with very much shorter hours than
those of the retail store business.
Mr.. Nowland succeeded Mr.. Harry
w. Sherwood 6 IL years ago and
had built up nice store business.
He has also worked up in connec-
tion with this nice wholesale
candy bushes which he intends to
develop on a larger scale.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
GOVERNOR NAMES DENNEY
Appoints w. ID. Denmey Assistant
Secretary of State Under New Act

SecTettFN Oh State tUueT new aCE
Governor c. Douglass Buck was
in Dover Monday for the first time
since last Wednesday and a num-
ber of persons congratulated him
upon his election as president of
the Equitable Trust Company of
Wilmington. Monday afternoon
the Governor signed the first bill
of the session. Tt was the act to
create an Assistant Secretary of
State for Secretary Grantland now
i'll, to serve for the next two
years at salary of $4,000 year.
This is the first bill passed by the
Legislature. AS soon as he had
signed the bill Governor Buck ap-
pointed former Governor William
d. Denney to be Assistant Secre-
tary of State. He sent the name
to the Senate which was promptly
confirmed.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
w. r. KEITH BUYS STORE
Purchased the Harry Felintin Prop
erty Main Street for Business

Walter F. Keith, who operates a
confectionery store on Commerce
Street, has purchased from the
Clayton Bank, the old Gordon
Store property, on Main Street,
formerly occupied by Harry Felin-
ton on private terms. Mr.. and
Mrs. Keith will take possession of
the home and store the latter part
of February. He will continue in
the same line of business.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
OLD WHIG TICKET OF 1874
Smyrna Names on Ticket Taken
From Old Newspaper Clipping

Miss Mary Spruance submits the
following old Wing Ticket which
was taken from clipping in an
old scrap book, handed down by
her family. The ticket was the
county ticket nominated and elect
ed in 1914 in Kent County, the
time of the great Clay and Polk
campaign. eighty-seven years ago:
Electors of President and vice-President
Of the United States
Alfred dupont
Enoch Spruance
Thomas Davis
Governor
Thomas Stockton
Representative in Congress
John w. Houston
Senator
George Fisher
Representatives
William Temple
Joseph Hoffecker
William Cowgirl
George p. Fisher
John Gruwell
Shadraeh Raughley
John W. Adkins
Sheriff
Caleb Smithers
Coroner
David N. Smith
Levy Court Commissioners
Nathan p. Green. Duck Greek Hundred
John B. Conner Murderkill Hundred
Vincent w. Moore. Murderkill Hundred
John Booth. of Joseph. MispiIlion. Hun
dred.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB NEWS
Walter w. Hyns0n, Presided No
Program was Giyen-Council Held

The Smyrna Rotary Club met
last Thursday evening at the Way
side Inn. Walter w. Hynson,
president of the club, presided,
and Edwin Wilson led the singing.
The evening being set aside for a
Council of Administration, no pro-
gram was presented. The Coun-
ell meeting was held in the office
of the Secretary r. II. Denney, and
some very good talks were given
by members of the club. Some very
interesting programs are being
planned for the future meetings.
Visiting Rotarian, w. S. p. Comb
of the Middletown Club.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
DOVER HAS TOWN ELECTION
Very Quiet Affair, Only Ia Ballots
Being Cast There on Monday

Dover's city election took place
Monday afternoon and because of
the fact that there was no opposi-
tion, little interest was taken in
the election. The total vote of the
time of opening the polls at 1 and
the closing time at 4, was but IA.
The ticket elected includes Mayor
J. Wallace Woodford; Councilmen,
First district, w. d. Clements;
Second, IA. Downesl Third, Grow
er c. Frear; Fourth, w. N. Hinkle.
The members elected will meet the
second Monday night in February
for organization.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
autNr RETIRED

|ls'.,a1 ila'',1' Long a Familiar
Il ,a o''l on Honor Roll
E. i Smith, IN formerly sta
h slaekbird, "a has been
II Dun ssslred list of the
Sailroad = after hav. s,Ds
=, y agency depart n
| ! sDsl-nar-va division
h sn,.yy years and one
\ saiia B. was first en- m
I%t0 4, 'ef l., 1891
b ,ss : acting agent or, on
|sssaal'al aa has served this Il,
q " and wen until il'ls ]
y. ago Wbsr a
h MATED !. his abaarings ta,ilng
|aess,i,ssss and Mrs. Smith Smith
ON in wishing 'ig,a tha
~ s'..l many long yesrs slre
IA Ivy NY: bis well,esrnad s~as5
.saa,sratulating bin 1i5u
,seord' which is
: srs.. 'eals Of service
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
lI'FRANcHIS["
E III|I MEETING
.rxT OF SHORE
Ces PROPo'ii -

IIss PRO ofo''-
,.,cutOfer and shows
~ TO smyrna
Il Discussion siOn o.lI-
Town Council to
',,Dosition and $780,
= Eastern Shore
Company for our
.Isnt distribution
With a ffty-year
.ry on business ~
~, crowd of several
". E. Matthews,
Y. chairman and Har-
=, made secretary.
.,.,rnD a consulting
I,.sr of Philadelphia,
Togn Council, read
,n0rt much of which
a i the advertisement
~ Shore Public Ser
~ on another page)
-n-sd il with argu-
,irice that the thing
| s Do was to sell. Mr..
IN vice-president Of
| Shore Public Service
uIsipsd the offer Of his
ri the advantages
M obtain in accepting
\ 1Her they had made.
,Iesn-cut splendid
-,js an impression on
ore him close atten-
II bis company would
aVe a favorable con-
their proposition,
/ ama to Smyrna they
dy assure good SER
VI consumers money
stes over what the
smyrna charged, but
It once become a part
stsblish local quarters
d make Smyrna a cen
! ai their crews which
q ten or twelve men
ianilies, to live here.
glestlons put to him
tldean-cut statement Of
III proposition.
sk Part in Discussion
: Priest, a representa-
Fairbanks-Morse Com
zlksd oil-fuel engines.
ynsnt remarks were
|EH Kenworthey, Frank
+ J. z. Wilson, H. 3.
|, Harmonson, w. o.
hd. c. w. w. Schantz
I J. E. Wilson submit
p made up from the
Fr1a Statements, cover
p 0f several years in
|z1saVOred to show that
FaH be the loser if they
he only revenue pay
hey had its electric
md distribution sys-
W no way out except
axes i the Town part
v. Q. Hoffecker, in
Eiring addresses, felt
r. already over-bonded.
Al opportunity that
/ ine again, if they
r he Shore Company's
aT no reason why
Y not accept this offer
: a0ls to finance the
|ls expenses and re-
I nr years to come.
f. quoted some inter
q showing why smyr-
and on another page
8s publish a studied
i' three propositions
. Engineer Klumpp's
|e'hg Called for Friday
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
'''lHg Called for Friday

.setlng adjourned it
|& Friday night at the
ad'r the auspices Of
olslness Mems Asso-
'ala time H. P. Han
Il. Eal''ee appointed to
owns down the state
= and information,
/ osistsd by the East.
\, .pany .s and those op-
wa plants, will sub
|ssl,. .'l. This win be the
~. ss''lag before the Ref
|t'sa ss'lon set for next
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21

Continued on Page -Four
Smyrna times., 1931-01-21
Mrs.James vanwinIde, Chester, Pa.

Mrs. Jane Barnes VanWinkle,
wife of James VanWinkle of Gar
den City, Chester, Pa, and daugh-
ter of the late Charles A. Barnes
and Sophia Richards Barnes of
Smyrna. died on Saturday morning
at the Chester Hospital The late
Mrs. VanWinkle spent her child
hood days in this town and her
husband, Mr.. VanWinkle is a
brother to Mrs. r. Y. Wallen. She
was 73 years of age and is surviv-
ed by four children, Mrs. Charles
Gesing, Mrs. William Sutterly, both
Of Philadelphia; Mrs. Oliver Har-
vey, Langhorne, Pa; Mr.. Harry
VanWinkle, Garden City, Pa, and
hve brothers, as follows: J. G..
Barnes, Holmesburg, Pa; George
Barnes, Philadelphia, Pa: c. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

which Is one condemning decreases IN
school budgets and ''unwise reductions
In school salaries" will be announced
late Thursday. although the majority Of
the 81 historical resolutions have been
adopted since 1857.
One resolution reads that Federal
funds should be allotted to the States
to provide every child with q basic edu-
cation. to meet the many acute prob
lens Of rural education and to prevent
the interruption Of education during
floods, droughts and other emergencies.
Legislation to safeguard for the uses
Of education and Government reason
able share Of the radio broadcasting
channels In the United States is advo-
Gated in another resolution.
Another reads: THE resources for
education, from direct taxes, in msny
sections Of the country. seem to be de-
creasing from year to year. due to in
creasing demands from other tax-sup-
ported institutions and from the in
efaciency Of our tax systems. This con-
dition suggests that research should be
made TO find the best sources of addi-
tional financial support for our schools
before the condition becomes more
acute"