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Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
SHELF FILLED
FOR WINTER
Thrifty Home Makers Find
Money Saving in Canning
Their Own Produce
HABITS AND HI E A L T HI

Nice gardens, a good supply of
fruits and vegetables for the sum
mer season; and sufficient
amount of these canned to last
through the winter months were
the goals Of many Kent homemak-
ers judging from the records of
this seasons canning just sent in
to the extension Office, 25,790
quarts of fruit, 2O,673 quarts of
vegetables, 1914 quarts of meat
and 1850 glasses of jelly. These
figures are very interesting COM
pared with those of four years ago
when, with Approximately the
same number of homemakers re-
porting, only one third as many
vegetables were put up and very
little meat except pork. Although
these figures are commendable,
there is still much work to be done
to increase the average for each
farm family The above amount
of fruits and vegetables reported
by 325 persons averages only 112
quarts per family. This is scarce
ly enough for family of two,
whereas the average family is
larger. About 68 quarts of canned
products should be provided per
person. This budget has not yet
been attained in many of these
homes although more are working
toward it. The financial value of
these canned foods is not to be
slightingly mentioned either for
they represent large amount of
money that does not have to be
expended for food during the win
ter months. The feeling of secur-
ity hen unexpected guests come in
and the building for the best food
habits and health of the family are
also two other important items. to
consider. More and more the
homemakers report using the pres
sure cooker. This is highly recon-
mended by the government for all
home canning but especially for
meats. Three pressure cookers
owned by the extension depart
ment have been loaned out during
the year to 70 people. Canning in
formation has been given out to
over 300 women and canning meet
ings, held in four sections of the
county on meats and vegetables
reached many new individuals this
year.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
GEO. VICKERS DIES IN WEST
ChestertoWn Man Dies i'm Cali
fornia From a Fall From Window

George Vickers, age So, who was
killed in a fall out of a hotel win
dow in Los Angeles, Calf, on Sun
day, December 80, was brought to
Chestertown, Md, his former home,
for burial. Funeral services were
held in Los Angeles Tuesday of
last week and were conducted by
the Rev. Phillip AEasley, an Epis-
copapl clergyman, whose father
was formerly pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Ches-
tertown. Services and burial took
place in Chestertown upon the ar
rival of the body from Los An
geles. The deceased was a mem
Der of one of Chestertown's oldest
and most prominent families He
was a son of the late Harrison w.
Vickers, for many years one of the
city's leading attorneys and prom
inent Democrat His grandfather,
Continued OF Page Six)
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
CCC MEN DOWN
STATE TO QUIT
120 At LeweS and SLAUGHTER
Beach To Be Discharged
At End of Month
FINISH YEARS SERVICE

Approximately 120 members of
the Civilian Conservation Corps,
who have been working on mo-
squito control at the two camps at
Lewes and Slaughter Beach, will
receive discharges the last of De
cember after completing their al
lotted time of one year of service
in CCC work. Captain Earle E.
Ewing, of the LeWes Camp, and
Captain Henry T. Fisher, of the
Slaughter Beach camp, are making
plans to give the discharged boys
a send-offff on December %, when
a large banquet and entertainment
will be rendered them The va
cancies in the two camps will be
filled by January with new re-
cruits. Wednesday night Wilbur
S. Cochran, executive officer and
engineer of the Delaware Mosquito
Control Commission, commended 4
the boys of both camps on their
work and cooperation of the past
year, and offered his services in Sc
curing for them other employment.
He advised them on filling out the
application cards to be turned ii
to the Federal Re-employment Of
fees in the county seats Of their
respective homes Mr. Cochran
read to the boys letter from H.
P. Young, Federal unemployment
director for Delaware, praising the
value of the CCC training.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
GROWING AUTO
FATALITY LIST
Fearful Toll of Highway
Deaths Must Be Brought
Under Control
STATE OFFICIALS MEET

UNLESS that element in motor
ing responsible for the fearful toll
of highway deaths and injuries IS
brought under control, the entire
motoring public will face drastic
restriction of the liberties and
privileges now enjoyed" That
warning is sounded by the Della
ware Automobile Association, A.
NJ. A., in a statement deploring the
upward trend of automobile fatal
tiles, marked, in many instances,
by the indefensible and cowardly
practice of failing to stop and
render assistance, and the equally
indefensible practice of driving
while under the influence of liquor.
In common with our fellow citi-
zens, we are appalled, by the grow
ing list of highway tragedies, said
Linneous L. Hopes, Executive
Secretary of the Association.
yet, we are mindful that only a
relatively small number of motor
lists are involved. The problem is
to control the reckless, careless,
needless, irresponsible minority.
This can be done through enforce
ment of existing law. We do not
favor sporadic 'empaigne' in which
police take undue advantage of
technical or unintentional viola
tions, but we certainly do favor
continuous, reasonable enforce
ment, with sure penalty for those
who wilfully violate the law. The
irresponsible, careless and reckless
motorist must be brought to real
iZation that when the State permits
him to drive a motor car it is con-
ferring a privilege. Too many mo-
torists seem to assume that oper-
alton is a right Revocation of the
operating privilege should follow
its abuse. We sound this warning
because the rising tide of public
Indignation over the highway
slaughter has reached a point
where reprisals are threatened
against all motorists for the sins
of the few"
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
BISHOP COOK BACK HOME
Returns From Sea Trip Much
Improved i'm Health

Rt. Rev. Philip Cook, Bishop Of
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware, and newly elected pregi-
dent of the National Council Of
that church, accompanied by Mrs
Cook, arrived at his home, "Bisb-
opstead," last week. They arrived
in New York by steamship from
California where they went about
Cook might complete recuperation
from injuries suffered in an auto
mobile accident last August. Il
was noted that Bishop Cook was
much improved, but had a slight
limp from the broken leg.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
HYGIENE
IN DELAWARE
Infant Mortality Getting Less
as Parents See Their Duty
In Matters of Hygiene
HI E A Il L HI IMPORTANT

The chances of a newborn Del
aWarean being alive to celebrate
his first birthday anniversary have
increased by 261 per cent since
1918, according to figures compiled
by the Division of Child Hygiene
of the State Board of HEALTH In
the year 1918, 144 infants, of
every 1000 born alive, died before
they reached one year of age, but
by 1888 that figure had ben stead
lily reduced to reach a new low
point of SO per 1000 live births. In
the ork intended for infant better
ment, IA State Health nurses are
assigned to cover districts of ap-
proximately $4,000 population
each. To these nurses are sent
notices of all births which take
place in their respective districts.
Many mothers and infants, already
under the care of physicians, do
not need the attention of these
midwives usually gladly accept Of
fers Of advice and assistance. The
group who need help on this ac-
count, form nearly 20 per cent Of
the mothers in the State. Thus,
with approximately 1000 births in
this State each year, the fourteen
nurses must pay anywhere from
two to six visits to infants and
their mothers numbering nearly
1000 The attempt is made to see
that at least two calls are made
before the infant is six months of
age, and to aid the mother by in
structing her regarding the care,
feeding and dressing of the infant
If the case requires further atten-
ton, the nurse calls as often as
she deems necessary. On an aver
age, four or more calls are made.
In addition to infant hygiene the
nurses aid in carrying on a pro-
gram of maternal hygiene. From
the office of the State Board of
Health at Dover, there are sent to
expectant mothers so-called pre-
natal letters of istruction, patterns
for making baby clothes and liter
ature on the care of the newborn.
This service is followed up by a
visit of thes nurse to instruct the
expectant mother along various
lines OF which she may be in doubt.
1.-The object of all this" says DIR.
c. A. Sargent, Director of Division
of Child Hygiene, "is to reduce in
FAINT mortality from the several
preventable causes, such as di-
arrhea and enteritis and deaths
from various contagious diseases
and to prevent blindness from eye
diseases of the newborn. During
the last several years we have met
with particularly encouraging re-
suits, what with the gradual re-
duction Of infant mortality from
144 per one thousand live births
in 1917 to SO in 1888. That means
that a newborn baby now has al
most three times as much chance
of living through baby-hood as die
years ago" Directly in keeping
with this program, the State Boarc
of Health is now carrying on g
program of diphtheria immuniza-
tion. The work is at present GEN.
tering in the Wilmington Schools
which they expect to complete be-
fore the holidays.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
STATE FAR1
GETS slsIl
: =, a.. Necue Gets lptl
ton Of A. A. A, Bns]
Paid Out
WHEAT CORN AND |

Information received |
F Federal government ..'a l.. -
:. = Mocue dean ot ~ i. n,
nsHoultare AS, 4 Of the r5s.'. h, =:
I Delaware shows that s-''1;a
farmers l1sa have ac.gsrr y
Slos. .o92 80 and farns-s raa.,y r,
states nave received 10, .. i
aout ~ from tie Agd:ultorrs.l-
msnl nat5 Administrator tr !
patlng in production Y 4
plans up to October 81. Il
eI3nent eI4He actually spent ~
81 40. but from this sum q y
eh costs Of administ.
ministrative COST ''loa
were S18,728.61 = ~
farmers have recei,,.5
those Of New Css.la III
all S49.554.15. of ~; y ~
was in wheat payment ,'
10 in con-hog indsnas;.1 aa'
Castle county re.a:rad = Fl
LoF "neat and S1,s98.8O al
farmers, while recai,-na
s~lce as much in coming
ou'seaents e aen as both otbe, \
u % ~ 80 collected a vh1
Lo"ance Of s2,284.97. Wasstl
Ll payments paid by OcaI
totaled S92. .8680O and II
Slo' 'zz3 ~. Before adnn1
costs We're subtracted this |
had received sl26,82ln /
ments still due viii rasie "A
1or elaware to about Sl5lj
1894. /
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Abands Xmas Street Lighting

Delmar will have no system of
lighting it's streets this year in OBJ
servance of Christmas holidays, as
has ben done for some time past.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, how
ever, will erect the usual tall
Christmas tree in the garden plot
next to the station
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF 50 YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths.
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF DEC. 10TH, 1884

Taken from our old files OF
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13


Kent county, held at Dover last
week was exceedingly pleasant as
to weather and profitable, let us
hopep, to the teachers. Between
seventy and eighty answered to
their names, though they were not
all promptly ON time for all the
sessions. Mr.. Cox was eelcted Sec
retary with Miss McClevey assist
ant, after which Prof. T. N. Will
liams delivered the anual address
which was short but practical and
excellent. The subject of Physical
Development was introduced by
Observation-Disclosures Carpent-
er, and discussed by ]. E. Carol
Of Dover Public Schools, H. G
Jones of Frederica, ]. B. u. Handy
of Harrington, Miss Lizzie Nc
Dowell of Smyrna, and others. Ir
the evening a large audience as
sembled in the hall to hear Dewitt
Miller deliver a lecture upon the
subject of '9rhe Great Men 1 Have
Met" Mr.. Miller is a pleasant
and graceful speaker, and every
one was pleased with his lecture
On Thursday morning the in
stitute opened with one hundred
and four teachers present out 81
one hundred and twenty in the
county. There were present.: A. N
Raub, of Rock Haven, Pa, Prof
Buchwalter, of Camden, N. j., anc
DIR. Purnell, Of Newark College
How to Teach History" was pre-.
Continued on Page Sevenl
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Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Ancient Relics in Graveyard

Hunting and household relics en-
cased In hardened clay and found
In prehistoric burial ground at
Evora. Portugal. are estimated to
date back 5000 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10

He secured every line. It seemed
 that nothing but salesman were N'aneed. He finally felt q wave of
 a.:Sust. And that woman had
 called him bum. Why, even if he wanted to work, what chance had he with no jobs asking, and if su
 what of the probable competition and his indecent appearance !? Disgust gave way to chagrin as he recalled the previous night. Tn thing of the modification he had
 given his chill body: in order to save ten cents for a shave he could | easily have done without. Now he
 must wait until noon to grab him. self some cheap nourishment at
 the mission.
 Aimlessly, he glanced at the fe- l male want column. Manicurist.
 Marcel waver. There, those were
 not bad jobs for any girl. Tips and everything. Certainly much bet ter than most men could get
 Above that the Us" Laundry
 irOners. then Lumber yard. Epes' heart gave q bulge; his breathing i almost stif1ed his chest. He read it again. with painstaking pronun- ciation: Lumber yard wants man for all around work"
 He couldn't believe his eyes.
 There it was in print. A type CT,
 TOT by the composite departmert
 placed amidst the female column
 practically his. It said apply at once.
 The address was on the West Side. downtown. He would walk it.
 He would have to anyway, though
 1t rained, showed, hailed or thun- dered. He had never felt so fran ! tically happy in his life. It was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10

wind. hurryipg along. He reached a cafeteria and entered its doors in time to glance out and see the first deluge of rain pelting along the streets. He had banished all thoughts of that wompn and felt himself partly satisfied with his nights work. It was warm and cozy here.
 He withdrew from his pocket the coin he had just received. Then just as quickly an oppression set : tied over him. He wished he had received it from melody else.
 The smell of food filtered into his nostrils, especially the savory fumes of coffee. He had the tempt ing desire to get up and return to his table with steaming cup of that vitaliZing fluid. But in action he kept staring at the coin in his palm. She h ad called him bum. The word rang in his ears. She had made it sound so rcastically different from the others who also called you 8 bum.
 To himself, Epes monologued 70 the nickel: "So I'm nothing but a bum, eh .... always will be one."
 He had thirty-six cents. Twenty five cents for the fiop-house and ten cents-the delicious odor of coffee and buns fioated tantalizing- ly under his nostrils-but Epes Cameron came to one of the great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10

Where." she retorted. "I work for my money and I work for my eat ing, and ] ain't giving any of my money to loafers and buns that don't want to work"
 "By God" thought Epes. i've bumped sermon."
 Nam" he said, preparing to quickly get away, "I only asked for a nickel. "If you can't spare
 "Oh. I'll give you the nickel. :" she said with sudden acidity. I never could refuse bum, even if he had the strength to earn his own keep"
 The way she said 1t gave Epes a serious uncomfortable feeling. He knew now that he should never have depended on a woman. He watched her turn her back to the wind while she fumbled in her purse.
 Ma 'am." he said out loud, you must think that we buns are all alike. You're not a man. so you don't know what it is to be down and out. If you was needing Q shave. and in sore need of some half decent clothing. you wouldn't think it so easy about going around and getting work"
 She screwed her eyes up from her purse moment.
 "When buns reach your age and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10
Few Use PWA Funds
 For Sewage Plants
Sanitation Director Finds Many Towns Reluctant, But
 Much New Interest Stimulated for Future


 Although much public interest has been stimulated, the actual re- sponse of Connecticut communities to the offer of federal assistance through PWA fudns for the con : struction of better sewage disposal systems has ben slow. according to Warren J. Scott. director of the bureau of sanitary engineering of the state department of health, in an article appearing in the de- partments monthly bulletin issued to-day. tr When the federal offer of an out right grant of thirty per cent of the costs of labor and materials or approved public works was made, the state department of health urged Connecticut munich palities to take advantage of it for building better sewerage systems and sewage disposal plants, par ticuiarly in those towns where un- treated sewage discharges were threatening the safety of bathing and shell-fish areas and causing nuisance conditions. Few commu-, mites followed this advice. but at least new interest has been stirred in the inadequacy of pres ent systems and in the necessity for new plants, MT Scott stated.
 The largest job of this type un- dertaken was the $3.500,000 sew
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10


 age plant and sewer system project of the Hartford metropolitan dis trict. Milford has received ap- proval for needed. new facilities to protect its beaches. Danburv and Wallingford plan additions to their plants. while both West Haven and Stamford are giving serious con sideration to the enlargement and attenuation of existing facilities Stratford secured approval for im- nrovements. but had to postpone them. New Britain has better ments under. advisement at the present time. The same is true of Naugatuck and Norwich.
 Meriden. New Canaan, West Hartford and Bridgeport have plans which involve Improvements in their sewage collecting systems. z The CWA funds distributed among the municipalities on the basis of populations and local re- lief rolls were outright grants but were limited to the payment of wages. The municipalities had to furnish the materials. No major construction projects could be un- dertaken with CWA money, but there was opportunity to finance the laying of new collecting sewers, making repairs and alterations at sewage treatment plants, and in some cases carrying out prelimi- nary work such as building con- meeting sewers or protective dikes or grading, to contribute toward later completion of new disposal plants, the director explained. Some local officials quickly seized upon this opportunity, the most noteworthy jobs being done in re- building the sewage sand filters at Danbury and Ridgefield.
 A real. accomplishment will be achieved. MT Scott declared, by continuing this new interest toward completion of needed sewage treat ment projects by communities under their own steam" just as rapidly as the expected and hoped for national and local economic recovery permits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10

Epes system, really no system at all, was to casually stroll along the sidewalks and suddenly ap- proach a prospect to try soliciting whatever he could get. Of course, he was often roughly refused; bu: never. while busy in his profession al capacity, did Epes change the affected humble look of dire need
 on his face.
 Somehow, though. of late. Epes was finding it quite difficult In ob- taining the modest sum of money he needed for his evening fund. He had been soliciting since dusk and counted what he had made so far-five nickels and six pennies He needed at least another nickel twenty five cents for the flop house on Sixth Ave. and ten cents for his snack of coffee and buns which he neveg did without. Night had by now completely spread itself, and Epes noticed that the heavens were starless and floating in formation massive clouds of black. Gusts of wind be- gan moving up the street. A woman brushed past him. Epes arrested his steps moment. Never had he asked woman for aims. That was the only bit of pride he had always managed to keep. Then he turned his gaze up at the heavens. What if 1t should rain cats and dogs!
 He pushed up his lapel collar and looked up and down the street. He made up his mind that he must
 ha nt nipk at from woman this one time.
 EPES SPIES \
 LIKELY PROSPECT
 But Epes found that for this purpose women were more difficult to approach than men. It was his slovenly appearance. No wonder the first woman he tried moved hastily away from him. He might be a masher, a drunk, anything socially unsavory. He tried an- other with the same result.
 The sky had become a thick, murky black. The wind was now keeping up stiff, steady velocity, whirling in miniature cyclones bits of paper it caught along the curb. There was an insinuating chill to it that kept pinching through his unprotecting jacket. To himself, Epes swore at 1t, and concentrated more than ever on that hot cup of coffee.
 Epes suddenly crossed to the other side of the street. He had spied new woman prospect. She was an enormous built. broad shouldered, broad hipped. thick necked person numbering along by heaving one side of her body after the other. By her proHgious size, Epes guessed that she should be afraid of neither him nor the devil He waited for her waddling gait to reach him, then stepped before her, one hand touching his hat.
 Pardon, mann, could you spare fellow who is down the price of cup of coffee?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10
ONCE A BUM


 decisions of his life; he would spend the ten cents for a shave and prove to himself whether this legend of finding work were true or not!
 It had stopped raining during the night, but the streets remained wet and the air cold. Epes ap- pearance this morning was much different from that of many other mornings. His face was shaven and washed and beneath his bat tered old hat he had managed 10 comb into some form his long hair.
 Epes was looking for the morn ing paper, and sauntering through Bryant Park soon found one, news papers being the one object peren- ially discarded on these benches. He sat down and turned to the Want columns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-10
Along the line

Along the line Young Bobby Harrington is doing very nicely at St. Marys hospital. Alex Mcdonald recovering at the institution after quite long siege of illness. Joe Dunphy's there is generally crowded with his Brooklyn admirers. Mrs E. H. Lath rop of Waertown is patient at the Waterbury hospital
 Rev Thomas F. Lynch pastor of St. Johns church, Montve and brother of Peter Democrat circulation ager, also Compensation Commissioner James M Lynch the feature speaker of the National Defense Program in Monve the other evening Father Lynch who overseas with the U S. Army chaplain gave most n- terestng address experiences also emphasizing topics the day in regards to national defense Edward F. McGowan of Watertown recuperating at the Water bury hospital. .Timme Crowe's Colonals making big hit with Bristol dance lovers each Thursday evening"
 . Mrs Jack Prestige of Watertown has been released from the Waterbury hospital and Novelo Fischer of the same town has just entered for observation. Tom Hapenny and Jimmy Murrican had to walk home from Southngton the other night as their car broke down just before reaching the mountain. George McAdams is affiliated with the First National stores in Bunker Hill Hazel and Mildred Delaney have been missed from Hami ton Park dancetorium during Lent. Jack Foley has been assigned the leading role in the Wlby class psy The Patsy