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Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Conversation

My, isn't this lovely weather
Such beautiful day! Isn't it a
shame that the poor farmers out in
the midwest had such a drought
And those poor dear cowsl Isn't
1t a pity they had to die of such
hunger and thirst ?"
And you say you live in Bos-
ton? Well, what a coincidencei /
had an aunt who lived there. She
ran little tea shop. Now, what
was its name? I just can't seem
to rememberi Isn't that strange,
Well, as I started to say, I was go
ing to visit her once, but I missed
my train. 1 was awfully sorry not
to see Boston. I might have seen
you too! After all, this is small
world you know"
1t is very odd how such CONVEX
sations will get started. People
pick on silly things to talk about.
The subject of weather is worked
to death by travellers and new ac-
quaintances.
Relatives offer another favorite
topic, for people will talk about
their relatives, old Uncle John, !"
and Cousin Sarah.
On trains some very curious con-
versations may be overheard.
Again, there is the subject of
weather. Closely following, are
scenery, local inhabitants, and
porter service The business men
will talk about recent moves in
stock exchanges, and the women
must talk about clothes.
Aside from keeping people busy,
conversations play very import
ant part in our lives. AS a saying
goes, ''They may make you or
break you" If a person can keep
up an interesting and intelligent
conversation, he may make many
good friends. If ne can't speak
sensibly or hold interest, he won't
be able to make many friends by
those means.
BY talking, we may display our
etire personality, make friends,
amuse others, and perhaps, find
our future lives. The ability to
converse is one Of the most i'm
portant things in the modern So
cial world.
The necessity for proper and in
telligent conversation is quite evi-
dent. So be on your 'P's" and
"Q's" and carry on good CONVEX
sations- even though they are
about the weather.
Warner w. Price, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Personality and Teachers

Everybody has complete set of
false faces which he or she dons
as the moment demands. Some of
us have our pet disposition to dis
play before our girl. Some strive
70 be very knowing with their
fathers, and very vacant with their
mothers. We all try to be natural
with our equals, superior to our
lessers, and subservient to our SUI
perious; but watch the members of
tne senior class. Corporal Bill
Gunter is very 1ignified in the
presence of Mrs. Elzey, but just
watch him in Mrs. Vogeps class.
virginia Heinold can be solemn as
an owl in English class, but she
VIII inadvertently vie with Mr..
Kings vocabulary in protesting
MS debate decision. Bill Spence, in
ms home-room. is the pepper-pot
OF activity, but did you ever see
MIN pull MIR. Wright's necktie in
run! Why Is it that Sally Jones,
one Of our most conservative girls,
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
GROUP
FOR GOOD ROAD
Want Gas Tax Diverted to
Good Road Fund Where
1t Belongs
APPEAL TO LEGISLATURE

Members of the boards of county
commissioners of the nine Eastern
Shore counties, resuming their
meeting which was continued last
week, voted as a unit to back leg
islation to take back control of
county roads to the counties with
a percentage of the State gasoline
tax for maintenance, as a result
of the recent disclosure of deficits
in the State Roads funds due to
the old arrangement. Members of
boards, with their counsels, and
other officials from Cecil, Kent.
Queen Annes, Caroline, Talbot,
Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester
and Somerset, also laid plans for
other local legislation at the COM
ing session of the Maryland legis-
lature which meets in January
They will ask that the tax super
visor be named by the county COM
missioners instead of by the State
Tax Commission. They will op-
pose a general reassessment of
personal property and real estate
in 1885. The group voted to hold
a joint meeting with the Western
Shore commissioners at Annapolis,
in the near future. They decided
to hold their next meeting in April
when officers for the year will be
elected. The place where the
meeting will be held has not yet
been named.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
DOVER NEGROES STIRRED
Silver Plate From A. b. Ruffin's
Casket Found in Gutter

The finding of a silcer plate ap-
parently from the casket of a
Negro who died in Dover in Janu-
ary, 1888, has caused considerable
excitement in the Negro section of
Dover. The plate, it is thought,
came from the casket of Albert B.
Ruffin, Negro merchant, who was
buried at Whatcoat ceemtery, near
Silver Lake, and was found lying
in the gutter in front of the home
of George Walls, on Rodney Road,
near the cemetery. Calvin Clark,
Dover's Negro undertaken, pointed
out that frequently Negroes have
the name plate taken from the lid
and placed on a marker at the
head of the grave and that it was
probably taken from there by
vandals.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Shop Early for Christmas But
Be Careful In Cross
ing the Streets
WATCH HEAVY TRAFFIC

Shop early and save yourself IA
tigue and the risk of being injured
on congested streets in the store
district, is the advice of the Della
ware Safety Council to Christmas
purchasers. The shopper who
makes the rounds of the stores
early, has a wider range of mer-
chandise from which to choose.
He can do it in a more leisurely
fashion too. Not only that, but he
avoids the heavy traffic whether he
goes shopping on foot, by street
car or automobile And while
you're visiting Santa on behalf of
your children, the Council urges,
be sure to select gifts that are
safe. Don't buy anything with
sharp points or blades for young
children. Avoid such presents as
scissors, tin horns and other toys
with ragged edges, darts, arrows
and knives. Don't get % calibre
rifle, air gun, shotgun or other
weapon, unless you are sure the
child is sufficiently old and sensible
to use it safely. If there are sew
eral children in the family, parents
must be particularly careful in
choosing toys, because children Of
ten mingle with their toys. Twelve
year-old Johnny may be able to
use an air rifle with safety, but
seven-year-old Billy may handle it
dangerously.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13

Is sometimes propelled by the urge
to punch Alverna while Mr.. King
is in the middle of a lengthy ad-
monition Here is Peter Pollock,
the acme of mischief, who, believe
it or not, is a very quiet little fell
low at home. All this just goes
to show that you really can't
judge person by his actions at
school.
James Gentry.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Our Farewell Address

Now that our four weeks are up,
the Juniors of Smyrna High lust
dare to breathe. For this is the
last week we shall be required to
write articles on various topics for
the High School column in "The
Smyrna Times" Every Monday
night for the past four weeks the
Juniors have become serious for a
while, and concentrated on good
work for the public. I'm afraid in
several cases our work was inclin-
ed to be more serious than humor-
Gus. But, after all, we all must
grow up sometime SO why not be
gin now?
Despite the hard work required
mentally, we have tried to do our
best. Unlike our great president,
George Washington, we have no
great advice to offer in our last
address. Don't under estimate our
knowledge for we think it is lust
because we are as yet comparative
ly inexperienced
The most important part of this
work has been the feeling of high
standing the pupil gets when he
sees his article in bold print in the
paper Of the week, which he knows
is read widely both in and about
Smyrna. This feeling fully repays
him for his patience.
We wish to thank you for read
ing our articles (for we trust there
are some who did, and to remind
you to expect us Juniors back with
you in March of 1885.
Emily Downes.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13

sented by Mr.. Handy and Prof.
Carpenter and discussed by several
members of the institute A paper
on How to Teach Reading" was
presented by Miss Belle Rice, and
the subject was well handled by
Mr.. Hawkins, Prof. Ellis, DR.. Pur-
nell and DR.. Haub. DR.. Raub talk
ed in the afternoon on How to
Teach Arithmetic" Illustrating his
methods by use of the blackboard
Miss Storm and Miss Spruance
were questioned as to the best
methods of Primary instruction
and gave many useful suggestions
on the use of reading and arith-
metical charts. At the evening
session, DR.. Purnell read a selec-
tion from Joaquin Miller which
was followed by Golden Years, a
quartette rendered by Messrs. Car
row, Fisher, Weldon and Louder
bough. Dewitt Miller, the lectur-
er of the evening was then intro
duced to the largest audience that
ever assembled at an Institute ses-
sion in the State of Delaware.
Love. Courtship, and Marriage"
was his subject, and it captivated
the audience
PERSONALS
Mrs. DR.. s. M. Wilson. of Lees
burg. N. j., came yesterday to
spend the holidays with relatives
in town.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smithers and
daughter, Miss Annie Burleigh, of
Norristown, Pa, are guests of A
P. Griffith.
William Wilds, Jr., has gone to
Philadelphia to engage in business.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Editorial

We, who have followed with en-
thusiasm the success of our soccer
teams of the last two years, have
much for which to be proud Yet
we must pause to wonder if win
ming the game is the main result
that may come from interscholas-
tic athletics. Surely there must
be something else, some carry over
into other fields of endeavor. We
are justly proud of the boys in the
gold and blue, yet we feel that we
in turn must show some of the
sterling qualities that made them
victors. We, too, can be of aid to
our school. A few of the many
ways are:
1. By an intense loyalty to our
school.
2. A respect of the rights of our
fellow man.
3. Cooperation for better team
work in the school
4. A respect for property of the
school.
If we obey these simple rules
even we, the pupils who stand on
the sidelines and cheer the team
on to victory, can "do our part" to
make our school a better school,
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13

The following are some senti-
ments uttered by Abraham Lin
coin, February %, 1912, and again
on the last day of his life. True,
every word of them: The liquor
traffic is a cancer in society, eat
ing out its vitals and threatening
destruction, and all attempts to
regulate it will not only prove
abortive but aggravate the evil.
There must be no more attempts
to regulate the cancer; it must be
eradicated; not a root must be left
behind, for until this is done all
classes must continue exposed, to
become the victims of strong drink.
The saloon has proved itself to be
the greatest foe, the most wither-
ing, blighting curse that has found
lodgment in our modern civiliza-
tion.
"The people are ripe for more
effective, decisive work. To mere
ly reclaim the fallen can no longer
be the only great aim of our eff
forts. We must push direct or
for the right-organ-
ization, too, ON a political basis for
prohibiting the traffic, as the State
and Union are political organiza-
tlons. Today and every day our
exertions are met by this demon
OF lntemperance-are met by the
votaries, victims and adherents of
the saloon element. These saloons
are Systematically at work to en-
tice and corrupt, recruiting con-
stantly, as we see everywhere, and
so sustaining the whole baneful
system of destruction.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
DOVER FACULTY ON VISIT
Take Day Off as Observation Day
To Get Ideas and Methods

The Dover Special District
Schools were closed Monday, in
order that the teaching staff might
take advantage of Observation
Day, it being the policy of the
schools to allow each teacher one
day of the term to observe work in
other States. The Dover teachers
selected the following places for
their observation work: Upper
Darby, Pa. Philadelphia Demon
stration School; Tower Hill, Will
mington, Del; Schulzbergery Jun
ior High, Philadelphia; Trenton
Senior High; West Philadelphia
High School; Montebello, Balti-
more, Md; Eastou, Md; German
town Friends School, Philadelphia;
Milford, Del, and Coatesville, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
The Critic

a critic is somebody that nobody
likes. He is smart and sarcastic
and even sometimes synical.
Everything to the eye Of the
critic is morbid, exceedingly bor-
ing, or unnecessary. For example,
Smyrna High School critics ad-
vance the ideas that we have the
longest assignments possible, the
coldest rooms in town, the shortest
noon hour believeable, the dullest
routing, les amusement, and scores
Of other horrible things.
The people who read these crit
icisms probably get tired of read
ing about them. Perhaps some in
terested mind thinks why don't
you do something about it?
No, gentle reader, no! We shall
not do anything about our hate
tul and unhappy existence. We
love it!
Just to take pen in hand and
dash off lines of miserable tales
and torture is better than all the
remedies and plans that people
may offer. To groan and to COM
plain scatters more sunshine in the
lives of the Calamity james" than
would a chance in the affairs crit
lcized. We don't expect anything
to be done about the conditions we
groan over. If they were altered,
we'd find fault with something else
very quickly.
so, when you read something
that perks UP the eyebrow, or if
you think the critic is ungrateful
and pessimistic = after all-it's
good clean fun.
Gertrude Parsons.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Julia Mae Roekstra
Elizabeth Ann Kirby
Glenn Matthews
Mary Ellen Miller
Joyce Ann Wilson
WONT STAND FOR CONTEST
III. w. Roberts, Democrat, Congrat-
ulates Republican Victor

Henry w. Roberts, Democratic
candidate for the State Senate in
the recent election, notified State
Maryland Committee last week
he will not contest the election of
0. Straughn Lloyd. Republican.
AT the same time Mr.. Roberts sent
a letter of congratulations to the
Senator-elect. In reaching his de-
cision not to abide by a request of
the Central Committee that he ask
for a recount, MIR. Roberts recalled
that the State Senate which would
make the review has a large Dem
ocratic majority. Democrats had
urged Roberts to contest the cleo
tion in hopes of gaining a needed
seat in the Maryland Senate to
give them veto power.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
TEMPERANCE TALKS
By Lucy Smith Guseman
CLAYTON Delaware


As 1 glance through the news
papers I am reminded of some
words 1 learned while still living
in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The w. c. T. U. president asked
to enter a contest and helped select
my recitation. 1 had it thoroughly
memorized and was all ready for
the contest. AS the fatal even
ing drew near some folks unex-
pectedly dropped in for supper. By
the time that was over and 1 was
ready to go. 1t was almost time for
the contest to begin. 1 made
dash for the church and marched
in as contestant No. 2. OF course
I thought 1 would come out second
best if not firsti But the nearer
my time came the more 1 wished
it was over. My brain was in
turmoil but when it was time for
No. 2 I went at it bravely. "The
bill of perdition runs mad and
swift. With dazing rapidity mil
lions succumb to its fatal suction"
That Is as far as 1 got. Then there
was a blank and No. 2 marched off
the stage. But those words still
linger in my memory and will, 1
think, if I live to be one hundred
years old. The mill of perdition
runs mad and swift. With dazing
millions succumb to its
fatal suction" Can any one find
a better description of the present
times! If you can I would like to
hear It.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
From the Principals Office.

The results of the fall Health
Examinations have just arrived
from the State Department of
Health. The greatest number of
defects come under the headings
of defective teeth, underweight,
and impaired vision.
The tests themselves are of little
value unless a follow-up of these
deficits is carried on 1t is hoped
that all parents will study the
slips sent to them and will attempt
to remedy defects noted. Then and
only then, will we be able to realize
the motto of our school, "A 100
Percent Healthy School"
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Night

The beauty of night delights me,
And as in solitude
I lie upon my bed,
Gazing into the shadows of the
night,
1 think of the dark beauty
That surrounds me.
The rustling of leaves
A garden filled with lilacs-
A moon
And stars which quietly come
and go.
Night is purely Gods own creation
And is not hindered
BY humanity's mark.
Elizabeth Attix.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Newsy Bits Gathered From Here
and There.

The whole school misses the
presence of the first grade teacher,
Miss Elrick, who is confined to her
home in Avondale, Pa, because of
illness. We hope that she will be
with us soon again.
Yes, sir, Clayton School has a
Blue Hens Chick He is no other
than Leslie Pryor, captain of the
Boys Soccer Team. When the
results of the State Health Exam
nations came back the other day,
Leslie was found to be the only
pupil in our school with a perfect
"A" rating. Best wishes to you,
Leslie, and may there be more
Chicks" in our school next year
Monday night, October 8, the
Student Thinker disappeared from
Mrs. Clark's room. A thief must
have stolen it. After playing de
tective, we thought that we had
tracked the crime to a member of
the Eighth Grade. Somehow, the
student Thinker had slipped into
Mr.. Hickman's room overnight.
Much to our disappointment, how
ever we found that our efforts to
solve mystery had been frus-
trated. The eighth grade had fair
ly won the honor for perfect at
tendance, for the month of Novem-
Der, 50 the Student Thinker was
rightly its property
Miss Jones room is studying
life and is making
houses and posters about it
The fifth grade, in Mrs. Moore's
room, is taking an imaginary trip
to Washington, D. c. In their
room can be seen a museum con-
tanning things they have collected
while there
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13

avoided by accepting the advice of
our elders. Even now we are
still in no position to disregard
good advice; therefore, we have
become versed in every phase of
life, when advice is given, let us
weigh carefully the truth in it, and
opinion, then, all things considered,
act accordingly.
John Magill.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13

outside. Home vas reached at
last and to bed we went. thinking
of the great game and rejoicing in
the fact that we had helped Clay
ton School to complete its second
undefeated soccer season and to
run its string of games to IA in a
row.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
Clayton School Herald

The title, Clayton School Herald,
has ben selected py the pupils of
the Eighth Grade as the name for
our news column, which has so
kindly been granted us by the
publisher of the Smyrna Times. In
the olden days, heralds were an
nouncers of news. A long trumpet
was used to speak with. Even
though the colorful figure of the
herald with his trumpet is miss
ing, we hope you not only like our
title, but our topics as well.
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13
AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CONTINUED From Page ThIre,

Continued From Page ThIee,
Harold Deakyne
Logan Ebright
Clifton Faulkner
James Ford
Robert Francis
William Hartnett
Ernest Davis
Mary Emma Bell
Marie Brommer
Catherine Conneu
Peggy j. Ennis
Dorothy Green
Sylvia Harris
Dorothy Jones
Mary Hester Downs
Grade 2-2, Miss Burchard, teacher
James Lamb
Robert Moore
Roland Rash
George Slaughter
Charles Sutton
Eugene Tribbitt
Edward Tucker
Jack Walker
Oscar Wisk
Carolyn Miller
Irene Moffitt
Irma Newnum
Eleanor Nowland
Maude Scuse
Eleanor Sklut
Margaret Springer
Myrtle Truax
Minnie Tucker
Rebecca Wilson
Grade IL, Miss Griffith, teacher
Emily Brown
Alice BrIrris
Ruth Conard
Thelma Dulin
Doris Ennis
Matilda Ford
Edith Harry
Bobby Carrow
Gilbert Clampitt
Bobby Dixon
Guy FAIRIES
David Faulkner
Bobby FAIRIES
Grade 1-2, Miss Stats, teacher
Elwood Graham
George Hutchison
Gerald Lamb
John Lovegrove
Donald Mood
Curtis Newnum
Ray Lowman
Anne Knots
Eleanor Reimanl
Alice Shawl
Josephine Smith
Mary E. Solloway
Avis Truax
Marion Walls
Miss Ford, teacher
Robert Collins
Smyrna times., 1934-12-13

BY order of City Council the
work of decorating State and
.Loockerman streets, Dover, has
been started. The permanent
Christmas tree planted by the Ro-
tary Club early this year in the
plaza in front of the City Hall viii
also be Illuminated this year. Rob
bins Hose Co. is decorating the fire
house on Governors avenue.