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Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

manner and act as distributors on
who approved of the contract, that
was afterwards signed, and is now
in effect, did not think to protect
Smyrna against decline in the
wholesale price for electricity, al
though he must have known then,
as we know now, that the sale of
this useful commodity was on the
increase at an alarmingly rapid
rate. Due to this neglect, the
town still pays the same amount
for current as it did when the
contract was first made; other
places buy it in much smaller
quantities for nearly one-half. The
difference in price, in itself would
take care of the annual interest on
the towns bonded Indebtedness if
the sum were to remain in the
treasury instead of being paid
over to the Eastern Shore Public
Service Co. In neither case, how
ever, were the experts who gave
the advice effected; no but your
town suffered and is still suffering.
What assurance have you that you
will not be called to pay the price
again, this time? Why not make
sure for yourself taxpayers? ? Vote
against the sale of the lighting
franchise when the referendum is
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
SMYRNA FRANCHISE TALK
Town Expenditures in 15 Years
Have Exceeded Revenue $11 ,066.66
Communicated

communicated
A report is circulated to the eff
feet that the conservative business
men and women, taxpayers OF
Smyrna favor the sale of the
Smyrna lighting franchise to the
Eastern Shore Public Service Co.,
for various advantageous reasons
and benefits. The remarkable part
about this statement is the ap-
parent fact that those who COM
prise this rather selective class
did not come to the aid of their
town during the last fifteen years;
then is when the town would have
benefited most from their valu-
able conservative point of view.
Fifteen years ago Smyrna's bond
ed Indebtedness amounted to the
insignificant sum of S38,000.00
while to-day, as you all know, the
grand total amounts to the sum of
S204, 100000 The expenditures Of
the town, during this stated per
iod of time, have exceeded the rev.
enues to the extent of S11, ,066.66
per year. Rather a remarkable
record to achieve without arousing
comment from the conservative
element who represent themselves
as being in favor Of selling the
Smyrna light franchise the best
paying utility that Smyrna owns.
During the year of 1929, based on
the town report as published jan
uary 1880, the light profit made by
the town of Smyrna was much
greater than the public may sup
pose. A net profit was shown of
$11,757.27 plus the sum of S5,429.-
20 cost of lighting the town and
pumping water. This gives you a
profit of S17,1S6.O0 to which add
the cost of lighting the Fire House
(Citizens Hose Coz, of S91.48 and
the cost of lighting the Town Hall
of some $4,000. Now you will see
that the light has made the total
of $17, ,30700 to which add the
cost of the street lighting for the
Christmas celebration, which is not
shown, and you will find that the
franchise to Smyrna
means more than all her other
revenues combined. That is the
logical answer as to why Eastern
Shore Public Service Co. wishes to
buy, also the logical answer as to
why Smyrna must not SELL If
such a disaster should ever occur,
the taxpayers of Smyrna would
certainly know all about it i'm
The town could not
run a full year without an ad-
vance in the tax rate, and the
writer hates to even think of what
the town tax would be in the next
so years considering the same in
crease would take place that has
occurred in the last fifteen years.
CITIZEN
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

come to be regarded as of
such commanding Importance
that the muskrat is better
protected by the statutes
against pot hunters or unfair
captors than any form of wild
life in Delaware. Even the
marshland, the houses, and
nests and everything connect
ed with the rodents are safe
guarded by law, and any one
planning an invasion into the
rat areas is quite sure to en-
counter strong legal barriers.
1T is argued that with
more care in the breeding the
muskrat could produce double
the number of marketable
skins that are now taken
from Delaware swamps, and
consequently double the in
come of trappers. The rats
are the most satisfactory" of
the products of our state.
They require no care, only to
protect them against "out-
laws" and they will yield
large profits, often as much as
$40 or $50 an acre on other
wise useless waste lands"
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

Catching muskrats and
selling their fur has come to
be one Of the recognized
branches of business in Della
ware and throughout the
Eastern Shore" says the
Every Evening. Owners of
desirable marshlands usually
lease the rat rights to trap
pers and the latter garner the
skins, from December / to
March /, Cor to March 20 in
sections of New Castle Coun-
ty). 1t is estimated that the
muskrats add S150,000 to our
states resources each season,
and it is declared that owners
of much of the marshland are
considering plans for increas-
ing the output through some
sort of replenishment of
waste lands and improving
the quality of the parent
stock.
"The business, in fact, has
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

Now that the time is set
and advertised for a Refer
endum Election to vote on the
special question :"Shall we ac-
cept or shall we not accept"
The offer of the Eastern Shore
Public Service Company to
sell our light plant, pole line
nd distribution for 100000
nd grant them a franchise to
distribute and sell current in
the town Of Smyrna for fifty
years? There is a serious duty
for citizens and tax payers to
perform. A public meeting
Of citizens is called for Friday
night at 7.30 o'clock at the
Smyrna Opera House (Town
HalD when Town Councils
new consulting engineer John
b. Klumpp, as well as repre-
sentatives of the Eastern
Shore Public Service Com
pany will be there to answer
questions. President Steven
son has also invited repre-
sentatives of oil engine con-
Germs to be present. An in
teresting meeting is promised
and all tax payers should at
tend and get a better under
standing of the whole propo-
sition that they may be better
prepared how to vote.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend through the
columns of this paper our sincere
thanks to all who aided and were
so kind to us in time of distress
and especially to both Smyrna and
Clayton fire companies for the
manner in which they handled the
by their hard fighting
and good management.
w. H. COLLINS,
LUCY E. COOPER.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

As was expected by those
who knew the man and his
business-like methods, Gov
ernor Bucks message to the
Legislature was a splendid
review of what he feels
best for the state and rec
concentrations that the Leg
islature might well consid-
er. 1t was an able state
paper and noteworthy of
what, so far, he has succeed
ed in accomplishing. Natur-
ally he is gratified to be able
to report that in the pas two
years the States bonded IN
debtedneSs of twelve million
dollars has been reduced by
more than nine millions. A
Treasury balance of close to
thirteen and a half millions on
December 81, 1880, with no
bills unpaid and an estimated
surplus on July l next exceed
ing fourteen millions over
current budget requirements,
justifies Governor Bucks sug-
gestion that income tax rates
be cut in half. Revenues
from income tax and corpor-
alton franchises, as distin-
guiShed from charters, 90 in
to the School Fund. Although
the Governor asks for S3,000,-
600 for new school buildings
during the biennium, the esti-
mated surplus in this fund at
the end Of the fiscal years
1888, figured at present rates,
will exceed S9,OOO,OOO. Out
side Of finances, the most not
able thing in Governor Bucks
message is his recommends
tion of an amendment to the
Klair law, the State prohibi-
tion enforcement act, which
would allow physicians to pre-
scribe and patients to pur-
chase medicinal liquor. Mo
torists will appreciate the
Governors proposal to reduce
a drivers license from So to
81. Another subject of State
wide interest is that of re-
cording deeds, and the Gov
ernor follows Grand Jury
findings in favoring a cheaper
and more expeditions system
that the outworn and anti
quated method now in use in
the counties.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

ADvKETTSEMENTS- Smyrna Times
IL the business medium not only for the
.own it represents, but for the outlying
district of which it is the center, en-
bracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton.
Cheswold. Townsend. Leipsic. SC. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season OF
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale, For Rent.
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less. minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch
first insertion and so cents per inch for
each subsequent insertion. Locals and
Reading Notices, Is cents per line per
issue.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

held, and insist on the towns bus
ines being conducted in a business
like manner If you will do both,
YOUR bonded Indebtedness will dis
appear in an orderly manner, you
will be made happy and your town
will prosper. TAX PAYER.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
WANTED

SALESMAN for Lubricating Oil
and Paint; two lines combined.
Salary or Commission.
THE ROYCE REFINING co.
or THE ROYCE PAINT CO..
1-14 1t Cleveland, Ohio.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14

Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware, as Second Class matter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
Miss Cant1UeIL
Is Married i'm
BIoomlfeMRit

Miss Alice Rosalind Cantwell of
this city, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Cantwell, Phoenix, Ariz.,
and Renalt Terrell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Terrell of Kokomo,
were married at $50 New Years
eve at the home of the brides
grandmother, Mrs. Gilbert H. Hen
dren, Bloomfield. The Rev. Jack
Masters, pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Sullivan, officiated.
Miss Edith Yoho, Bloomington,
pianist, and Miss Julia WEIGH,
Bloomfield, played. Mrs. Lloyd Par
sons, Lafayette, sang.
The bride, given in marriage by
her uncle, Curtis c. Hendren, wore
a gown Of tan and cream eyelet
crepe, and a corsage of roses and
lilies of the valley. Following the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell de-
parted for a short wedding trip,
after which they will be at home
at 2010 North Meridian street. The
bride Travelled in an ensemble of
brown.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell at
tended Indiana university.
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EW PAJAMA CREATIONS ARE FEMININE IN EVERY DETAII
Clarifying Yourself
BY ALICIA HART.

THE old saying that anything is
Il "as clear as mud takes on q
different meaning when that mud
makes a facial pack.
Mud and clay masks have a vir-
tue that endears them to women
They are particularly good at clear
ing out the impurities in the faces
they mask.
Your skin probably needs an &C.
casional mask. whether you have
thought of it or not. Why not give
it a treat?
Mud and clay masks come in diff
ferent colored muds. Some are ad-
vertised for this quality, others for
that. You can decide what does
the most good only by trying.
But the next time you feel all
dragged out and want to look par
ticularly charming at a party or a
business engagement, set your face
up-and yourself, toby masking
for twenty minutes or so!
=
A MUD or clay pack will bring
IA circulation to the face and
neck-and don't forget when you
put a mask on your face that the
neck is quite as important-because
it stimulates the skin.
The mud or clay mask usually
comes all mixed and all you have
to do is to spread it on. Cleanse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
Miss HaIdy
to Become
Bride Today

Marriage of Miss Margaret Eliza
beth Haldy and Frederic Nelson
Eichorn, Chicago, viii be solemnized
at high noon today in Mckee
chapel, Tabernacle Presbyterian
church. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. j. Ambrose
Dunkel, pastor.
Miss Haldy is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward F. Haldy, 4071
Broadway. F. w. Eichorn, New
York, is Mr.. Eichorn's father.
The altar is in a banking of
greenery interSpersed with cathedral
candles in candelabrae. Before and
during the service, Miss Virginia
Lucas will sing, accompanied by
Mrs. c. H. Eberhard, organist.
Bride to Wear Brown
George Marshall, cousin of the
bride, and Jerry Dunn, Chicago, will
be ushers. Clarence E. Malcolm,
Chicago, the bridegroom's uncle, will
be his best man.
The bride, who win be given In
marriage by her father, will be at
tended by her cousin, Miss Elizabeth
Jane Marshall, who will wear a
gown of green net made with prin-
cess lines, and an Elton jacket. She
will wear green ttulle hat and
slippers to match and carry yellow
roses.
The bride will wear bison brown
lace, made with fitted bodice,
hared skirt and a short jacket. She
will wear tulle hat, off the face,
and carry TaliSman roses.
Breakfast to Be Held
A family breakfast at the HaIdy
home will follow the ceremony. The
brides table will be decorated with
a plateau of flowers and lighted by
candles in her colors, bison and
green.
The couple will leave for a we'd
ding trip through the east, the bride
travelling in brown ensemble, with
short jacket of Russian caracul
trimmed in brown fox. They will be
at home in Chicago.
The bride is a graduate of Butler
university and member of Delta
Delta Delta sorority.
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Couple VIII
Be Welded
at Church

Miss Helen Herther, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Herther, 1882
Spruce avenue, will become the
bride of Harold Juergens. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. August j. Juergens, Fl.
Wayne. in a ceremony at 4 this af-
ternoon at st. Mathews Evangelical
Lutheran church.
The Rev. L. G. Fackler will read
the ceremony before an altar
banked with palms and ferns, and
baskets of pink roses.
Miss Dorothy Collins. violiniSt,
and Isabelle Collins. pianist, cousins
of the bride, both of FIT. Wayne, and
formerly of Indianapolis, viii play.
Miss Evelyn Juergens, TT. Wayne,
sister of the bridegroom. will sing.
Brides Gifts to Be Worn
Miss Edith Corigan. Milwaukee,
formerly of this city, will be the
maid of honor. She will wear orchiv
taffeta trimmed in tulle and will
carry pink roses, tied with orchid
tulle.
The bridesmaids, Misses Juergens
and Bertha Whitaker, will wear blue
and green satin, respectively, trim
med with tulle of matching shade,
and will carry pink roses tied with
tulle to match the gowns.
They will wear brilliant head
ho y,dc of IovaT
May Herther, cousin of the bride,
will be flower girl. She will be
dressed in pink crepe and will wear
pearl necklace and bracelet, the
gift of the bride.
Brother to Be Best Man
Fred Herther, brother of the
bride, will be the best man. Ushers
will be James Herther, another
brother, and Edwin Hitkins, FIT.
Wayne.
The bride will be gowned in egg
shell satin, fashioned with ankle
length, flared skirt; tight bodice,
and long sleeves. Her veil of egg
shell tulle will be fashioned with
a cap and trimmed with seed pearls.
She will carry a shower bouquet of
bridal roses and lilies of the valley.
A bridal dinner will be served at
6 at the home of the brides parents
for members Of the bridal party,
families, and thirty guests. A re-
ception will follow at 8. The bridal
colorS, pink, orchid, blue and green,
will be used in decorating.
The table will be centered with a.
wedding cake, and lighted with
white tapers. Three large wedding
bells will be arraigned above the
table. Mrs. Herther will receive in
gown of blue crepe.
Watch Party Held
Following the reception the bride
and bridegroom will leave for a
short wedding trip, after which they
will be at home at 2202 st. Joe
boulevard, FIT. Wayne. Miss Herther
will travel in a frock of brown satin
trimmed in gold metal, with Access
series of brown.
Miss Herther entertained New
Years eve with a watch party for
members of the bridal party. The
bridal colors were used in decorat-
ing, and in the ices. At this time
the hostess presented her attendants
with the gifts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
Personals

Miss Eunice DiSsette, 1865 Wash
ington boulevard, has gone to St.
Louis for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson, 5416
College avenue, will leave for Chi
cago to visit Mr.. Wilson'S brother,
Charles Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Behrens, 535
East Maple road boulevard, enter
tanned about twenty guests Wednes-
day night at their home with a
watch party.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Rowland,
1921 Park avenue, are in New York,
and are guests at the Roosevelt
hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Durward Staley,
1921 Guilford avenue, entertained
with party New Years eve in
honor of their son, Durward
Staley Jr.
Miss Irving Monkey entertained a
small group Of friends with a din
nsr party New Years eve at the
home Of he~ patents, Mr. and Mrs.
g. Barrett Mickey. .01 East Four
'rsntE street
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COUPLE WE'D ON
NEW YEARS EVE

The marriage of Miss Edna Rein
king, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Julius Reinking to Lawrence A
Payne took place New Years eve at
the home of the brides parents. The
Rev. R. T. Gwyn read the ceremony
before an improyiSed altar of palms
and ferns.
Miss Ruth Snavely and Leroy Aus
tin attended the bridal couple. Miss
Marget Mitchell, pianist, played
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne left Immediate
ly for wedding trip to Chicago
They will be at home after Jan. at
$50 North Colorado avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01

the face ard the neck first and ap-
ply a rich cream all over, giving
especial attention to the eyes and
the nose and mouth.
Then apply the mud, or clay pack,
smoothing it on carefully, leaving
out the lips and taking extreme
pains not to get 1t into the eyes,
though many of them, the majority
in fact, are harmless if a bit should
slip in. But since any foreign mat
ter disturbs eyes, be careful.
CMOOTH the mask all down yon
~ neck and around the sides.
Then lie down, if possible. for the
length of time that the directions
tell you to leave it on. If a Speci-
fed time is stated. leaving it on
longer only makes it dry and hard
to get off.
While the mask is trying and
doing It's bit to absorb the impuri-
ties in the pores by contracting
the skin and making it empty out
It's eXtraneouS matter, relax to the
uttermoSt.
When the time is up, remove by
dabbing with cotton dipped in
cold water or in your favorite To-
ton. The minute it is all of,
slap on your choice of astringents.
You can use a commercial aStrin-
gent or you can make your own
by using lemon juice or benzoin in
cool water. OF plain witch hazel.
Be careful in the use of ice. If
you are given to having little
broken blood vessels around your
nose or in your cheeks, never use
ice.
Take a good look at yourself
when you have used your astrin-
gent. Hasn't the mask been worth
while?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
Just
EUey~
Sense
Day
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
THE tragic death of 1.-THE Angel

TINE tragic death of 1.-THE Angel
Il Gabriel" of Marc Connelly's
"The Green Pastures" had set us
to discussing the strange and NOV
ing play and its long run in New
York.
Gracious" said the woman with
too much makeup, and the long,
long earrings, 81 felt so funny
when I saw that fish fry heaven.
Sort of scared, as if I were as
sisting at a sacrilege. Just
imagine! Heaven, all Negroes,
and all enjoying a fish fry"
Now, as it happens, the thing
I thought about when I first saw
the fish fry in heaven and all the
jolly black angels with their
great white wings, was that if
this indeed was the Negro con-
ception of Paradise it was a great
deal more sensible than the one
that the white brethren had tried
to picture for me when I was a
child and went to Sunday school.
Because about the time that the
old darkies were thinking up a
heaven with a Saturday after
noon fish fry, the old deaconS and
elders were thinking up one with
golden streets and harps.
TINE heaven was told to be-
Il lieve in was a very glittering
and gaudy but curiously unattrac-
tive place to child. I remember
worrying my poor little head about
whether I should be able to coax
God into having a book or two,
because 1 liked books so much
better that / liked harpS.
I never whispered this fear to
the teacher or even my mother,
lest I should be chided for dar-
ing to question spiritual things.
I adored little paths that ran
crookedly through the thick trees
and grass, and never could vIsu-
alize golden streets as being half
so pleasant to walk upon.
To the black man the fish fry
was one of the gayest of func-
tons. It was reasonable that he
should wish to prolol1g its felic-
itous moments in heaven. Even
the Indian savage looked forward
to his happy hunting ground,
where he could enjoy an eternal
chase after buffalo herds that
never were diminished.
It was only the white man who
succeeded in creating for himself
a thoroughly dull heaven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
Niece Is Guest
at Bridge Tea
GUe1a byAunt

Miss Blanche Kernel was hon.
ored by her aunt, Mrs. Paul Kernel,
$3.50 East Washington street, when
Mrs. Kernel entertained with a
bridge tea at her home Tuesday
afternoon.
The tea table was decorated with
a centerpiece of red roses, and was
lighted with red and green tapers.
Misses Mary Hauppert and Isabelle
McMenney poured.
Miss Kernel, a student in the
Academy of the Immaculate Con-
ception, Oldenburg, KY, is at home
for the holidays. Guests with the
Misses Hauppert and McMenney
were:
Misses Mary Human. Mary Jane Nc
Gauehey, Mary Katherine Sexton. Mary
Kirkhof, Katherine KirkhofT. Dorothy
WEIGH, Zelma Kernel. Lucy Lavelle,
Frances O'Donnell and Marjorie Shilling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
Ms. Jameson
TO Entertain
at Her Home

Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson will
hold her fourth annual New Years
day open house, at her home. 1895
North Meridian street, from to 6,
this afternoon. She will be assist
ed by Mrs. James P. Goodrich, Mrs.
Kate Miner Rabb, Misses Caroline
Hendricks, Ruth Burford, Helen
Danner and Messrs. John N. Carey,
Ernest Brosa, Alexander Spruance
and G.. N. Williams.
The open house is a revival of an
old custom of Mrs. Jameson's
mother. Red roses, red carnations
and red tapers will be used in dec
Grating.
Mrs. Jameson entertained the fol-
lowing guests at dinner at the
Woodstock club New Years eve,
followed by a watch party at her
home.
Messrs. and Mesdames James P. Good
rich. Edgar II. Evans. Charles N. Williams.
James M; Ogden, Christopher Coleman.
Knube. Josephine Cogwill. Terre Haute,
end Messrs. William Fortune. John Black
lidge, Howard Virgins. Sidney. Daley.
Booth Tarkington Jameson and Edgar
Frazer. A buffet supper was served to
the guests at midnight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-01
A STYLISH FrROCK FOR
SLENDER AND NATURE
FIGURES

7OO2. Crepe in new and pleas
ing print is here shown. A small
vestee squares the V shaped neck
line above a smart tie bow. The
waist blouses above a narrow belt.
The skirt has low placed flounce
fulnesS, and a shorter f1ounce in
peplum effect at the hips. The
sleeve may be made with the deep
shaped cuff, in wrist length. or
short, as shown in the small view
and finished with a narrow ups
turned band tied in a smart bow.
Cut in 6 sizes: "a, So, 38, 40,
20 and Al inches bust measured.
A 38-inch size with long sleeves
requires 5 yards of 39-inch ma
terial Cuffs and vestee of lace
or contrasting material requires
I yard 18 inches wide. Price
10.
Send 12c in silver or stamps
for our up-to-date fall and winter
l930-1931 book of fashions.
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ENTERTAIN WITH
NEW YEAR PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor T. Waits,
4619 East Thirty-fourth street, en-
tertained with a dinner party at
their home New Years eve. The
table was centered with poinsest.aS
and ferns in a red and green bas-
ket. Other appointments were car
ried out in color scheme of red,
green and white. The hostess was
assisted by Mrs. Ralph R. Schneider.
Guests included:
Messrs. and Mesdames Ralph R.
Schneider, Hiram 3. Pearce, Frederick
Pearce and =. Harry EaasiS.