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Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
SMYRNA 10Th CENTURY CLUB
Will Resume Its Meetings Friday
To Elect New President

The Twentieth Century Club will
hold the first meeting of the year
in the club room next Friday after
noon at o'clock. Mrs. Joseph
Ennis will give report of the Fed
Grafton held in Newark last June
Miss Cora Tschudy will also report
on a meeting of the State Execu-
tive held in Dover It is important
that the members be present at
this meeting as president will be
elected and installed. The resig-
nation of Miss Laura Bell was ac-
cepted with much regret, she being
unable to continue as president
owing to an illness last year. Fol-
lowing the meeting a social hour
and informal tea will be enjoyed.
Immediately following the adjourn
ment of the club a meeting of the
Executive Board will be held in the
club room.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
SMYRNA HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
School Cafeteria, After One
Months Trial, Demon
StrateS Its Worth
OTHER SCHOOL NOTES

The school cafeteria, although in
operation for less than a month,
has demonstrated its worth both
from the point of view of health
as well as finance. Approximately
two hundred pupils are served
daily. Every effort has been made
by the management to serve the
proper kind of food at as reasonable
a cost as possible, allowing only
enough income to take care Of the
raw material and help. At the end
of the first month enough was real
lied to pay all expenses. This pro
ject must be self-supporting. We
believe a child should have some
wholesome warm food in the mid
die of the day in order to do eff
fective school work. In former
years it was impossible to afford
this accommodation The result
should be a healthy student body,
which should produce more effic-
lent mental activity.-The second
assembly program was under the
supervision of Miss Rogers, and
was sponsored by the Dramatic
Club. The following is the pro-
gram: Bible reading, prayer, flag
salute, hymn; Dramatic Club
notes: Purpose of the Club, j. Tai
bot; Coaching, Pauline Rothwell;
Costuming, Melvina Stevenson;
Critic, Milton Maloney; Stage
Managing, Roberta Macklin; Prop
critics, Karl Vogel; Value of the
Club, Erika Reimann; songs The
banking results for Tuesday, Octo-
Der 8, are as follows: Number in
attendance, 823; number of depos-
itors, 10; amount deposited for day
S56.S5; amount deposited to date.
S164.43.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB MEET
Round Table Discussion Had at
Last Meeting Led by I'll. p. Hall

The Smyrna Rotary Club at their
meeting last Thursday night enjoy
ed discussions of Rotary by several
members of the club. Hervey P.
Hall, chairman of the program
committee led in the discussions.
Many reliable suggestions were
brought forth to stimulate the ac-
tivities of the club. Mr. Howard
Ennis of the Georgetown Club pre-
sented helpful thought on Rotary
Fellowship and Attendance. DR..
c. G. Harmonson, president Of the
local club, is looking forward to
100 per cent meeting next Thurs
day evening as much interest is be-
ing manifested in the Round Table
Discussions William Doughten led
the singing and BilTs popularity is
growing as a song director, Wis
itors: n. P Morris of Dover Club;
Howard Ennis of Georgetown Club.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
RATS INDICATE
COLD WINTER
Building Their Grass Houses
Along Bay and River Marsh
es Very Thick
TRAPPERS GO BY THEM

According to c. Avery Bell of
Wilmington, a boyhood resident of
Taylor's Bridge, the time honored
weather prophets and muskrat trap
pers along Blackbird Creek are
predicting a hard, cold winter
ahead. The prediction is based on
the architectural design of the
house of this well known dweller
of the marshes. The muskrat is
still the same well behaved, keen
eyed, shrewd and industrious rod
ent, as of old, first cousin of the
beaver and producer of the Hudson
seal coat. Preparations for a cold
or mild Winter by the muskrats is
watched with much interest by
farmers and trappers and his bull
letins eagerly awaited by prospec-
tive coal purchasers. If a long
cold Winter is seen by this astute
barometer he proceeds to build a
thick walled house in the marshes
near plenty of open water. This
season the houses are unusually
large with very thick walls. The
general design of the house is not
calculated to inspire admiration
for its line of beauty. The owner
is not progressive as he has used
the same plans for hundreds of
years. The materials used are
grass, reeds, weed stocks, leaves
and mud ingeniously put together.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
KENT HOMEMAKERS MEET
KENT Achievement Day Program to
Re Given at Dover, October 81

plans are just being completed
for a Kent County Achievement
nav TO be held at the Peoples
church. Dover, on Thursday, Octo-
her 31st. The morning session
starts at 10 o'clock with business
meeting called by Mrs. Arthur
Dawes of Dover, president Of the
Kent County Advisory Council.
REPRESENTATIVE from each club
will report on club activities during
the year. The council feels that
they are again fortunate in having
Mrs. Goldsmith of the Interstate
Dairy Council with them again.
she will give an interesting puppet
show from IL to II o'clock in the
morning after the business session.
In the afternoon she gives a dem
onstration and talk. Those that
heard Mrs. Goldsmith two years
ago will welcome her back again.
Readings and community singing
will also be a part of the afternoon
program. All Home Demonstra-
ton members and their friends are
welcome.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
STUDENT BAND
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Organized Under the Direc-
ton of Prof. John w. Nc
Faddin of Faculty
ROSTER OF NEW BAND

Smyrna Special District Schools
has a band, the first to be organ
lied here under the present regime.
Along with this the instrumental
music program is getting into
shape rather quickly under the di
rection of John w. MacFaddin, the
director. The band made its first
appearance in Assembly last week,
and although there were many
rough spots, they made very
creditable appearance for such a
short time There are about fifty
registered in the instrumental work
this year and more registering
every week. Parents interested in
getting their children started play
ing an instrument, should see Mr.
MacFaddin in the school auditor
ium on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
relative to the proper instrument
the child should play. The fol-
lowing is the roster of instrument
al students: William MacLucas.
Tracy Ennis, cornets; Marshall
Clough, Wallace Powell alto horns;
Roscoe Radish, Stewart Ashby.
cornets; Roger Davis, Jack Good
ing Kenneth Smith, saxophones +;
Arthur Dickerson, Howard Slaugh-
ter, cornets; Armstrong Hamilton,
clarinet; Kenneth Carter, saxo-
phone; Betty Jones, trombone; !;
Ronald Grier, Howard Lewis.
drums; Charles Stewart, trombone:
Owens Weaver, Marie FAIRIES, cor
nets; Lotion Stewart, tuba; Bill
Gooding, Alden Robinson, James
DeFord, Franklin Morris, Robert
Jacobs, saxophone; Victor Ennis,
William Raughley, Harry Thomp-
son, clarinets; Billy Broadway,
Walter Deakyne, George Hoffeck-
er, Jack Griffin, Jack Garis, War
ren Ford, Joe Lefner, cornets; DON
aid Ennis, Jack Magill, Darwin
Davidson, trombones; Chapman
Shockley, James Turner, LLOYD
Jones, Fiji Schantz, Sara McNutt.
Charles Shipley, Howard Deakyne,
Lloyd Johnson, Alvin Nickerson,
Kenneth Bedwell, Albert Pough,
William Clough, Marvin Alexander.
Clarence Blendt, violins.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
PLEAD GUILTY COURT GIVES
THIEF 5 YEARS AND 80 LASHES

additional two years Imprisonment
and on Friday, October %, to be
whipped with 10 lashes, making a
total Imprisonment of five years
and a total number of lashes of 30.
Judge Harrington in sentencing
Pennewill, made it plain that he
was determined to break up thiev-
ing and burglary in Kent county
and sounded warning that SINH
lar sentences would be imposed on
other offenders of a like nature
when found guilty. Judge Harring-
ton also instructed Sheriff w. G..
Bush, in administering the CATO
nine tails, to make it a real whip
ping" The sheriff said he would
comply with the courts order.
Leon Briscoe, alias Mouse" Ne
gro, who pleaded builty to larceny,
was given a sentence of 1s months
in Kent county Jail but the lashes
were omitted.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
TWO KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Victor Mckay and Mrs. Grace
Clements Jensen Victims
of a Collision
NO ONE SAW ACCIDENT

Victor Mckay, %, son Of Hugh
Mckay, of Philadelphia, formerly
of near Smyrna, was killed, and
Mrs. William Jensen, 40, of Cam
den, fatally injured, late Fri
day, in a head-on collision of their
automobiles near Barker's Landing
Bridge on the east boulevard, one
mile north of Dover. Mckay was
pulled from beneath his wrecked
car and taken to the Kent General
Hospital, Dover, where he was pro-
nounced dead. At the coroner's
inquest no blame was fixed. For a
sketch of the life and activities of
Victor Mckay see Death Record
of Week" column. Mrs. Jensen
was taken to the same hospital
where she Gied from head in
juries, a compound fracture of the
right leg and injuries to her chest
and body. There were no witness
es to the accident. Mrs. Jensen,
who before her marriage was Miss
Grace Clements, died Saturday
night. She is survived by her hus-
band William Jensen, of the Fred
erica Canning Company, one son,
William Jensen, Jr., her father, E.
E. Clements. former Clerk of the
Peace Of Kent county and several
brothers and sisters. Funeral ser
vices were held for her in the Cam
den NJ. E. Church, Tuesday after
noon at 2 p. M, with the Rev. Ros-
coe w. Campbell in charge.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
ADMIRAL BYRD ON SHORE
To Open Lecture Tour at Cam
bridge, Md, Tomorrow, Oct. III

To Open Lecture Tour at Cam
bridge, Md, Tomorrow, Oct. III
Rear-Admiral Richard z. Byrd.
who last May returned from an
other epochal expedition to the
vast and perilous ice-rimmed from
tier of the South Pole, will launch
a coast-to-coast illustrated ecture
tour in Cambridge, Maryland, on
Friday, October IL, as the guest of
Colonel Albanus Phillips, president
of the Phillips Packing Company.
On October %, 1888, Rear-Admiral
Byrd left the United States with
120 men aboard the two ships
the iron Jacob Rupert, resurrect-
ed from government graveyard,
and the so year old barkentine.
Bear of Oakland. Below decks
were stored tons and tons of Phil
lips delicious soups, vegetables, etc.
to sustain them on their sojourn of
nearly two years at the bottom of
the world. Nearly five months
ago, when Admiral Byrd and his
hardy adventures returned to
Washington, to receive the official
greetings of the nation from Pres
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, Col
onel Phillips was one of the per-
sonal guests of the expedition lead
er aboard the Jacob Rupert.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
WHEAT GROUP
CONTROL MEET
Met in Dover On Monday To
Complete Compliance Ap-
prOval of Contracts
BENEFIT PAYMENT SOON

The allotment committee of the
Kent and Sussex County Wheat
Production Control Association
met in the Kent county extension
office, second floor of the postof-
flee building in Dover, on Monday
afternoon of this week for the pur-
pose of completing the compliance
approval on several wheat con-
tracts which have been temporar-
lily suspended because of insuffic-
lent information and additional
signatures of land owners and ten
ants. Sometime ago this commit
tee, which includes r. Harry Will
son, G. Arthur Taylor and Robert
A. Carton, forwarded to the Divi-
sion of Grains of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration in
Washington all but nineteen of the
1885 compliance certificates which
have been released for audit. 1t is
expected, therefore, that benefit
payment checks rpresenting the
second installment for 1884 and the
first installment for 1885 will be
received shortly by Lawrence E.
Cain, treasurer, for distribution to
those contract signers whose COM
pliance papers have been accepted
and approved by the Federal gov
eminent. Plans are nearing COM
pletion for receiving applications
for the new 1936-1939 wheat allot-
ment contracts, and within a few
days wheat growers will receive
from the Office of Kent County
Agent Russell E. Wilson, secretary
of the wheat association, notices
relative to sign-up dates with the
assistance of the various district
or community committees. In the
meantime those farmers who are
expecting to sign these new wheat
contracts may establish a base
acreage on their farms by taking
the years 1880, 1881 and 1882 and
dividing the total acreage by three
to obtain the average. The amount
of acreage reduction required in
this falls seeding is 5 per cent of
the base acreage, and the minimum
requirement is 54 per cent of the
base. Contracts may be signed af-
ter the wheat has been seeded, pro-
vided the growers have complied
with the terms of the new wheat
control program.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
SMYRNA GIRL is HONORED
Mrs. Ralph K.Stephenson, Nee Miss
Marie Davis, Given Surprise Party

Mrs. Ralph K.Stephenson, Nee Miss
Marie Davis, Given Surprise Party
A very lively surprise party and
variety shower was given recently
by Miss Frances E. Robinson at
her home "Robinhurst," Whining
ton in honor of Mrs. Ralph K.
Stephenson who will be remember
ed as the former Miss Marie Davis
OF Smyrna. The guests included
the members of the Richardson
Park School Faculty. Members of
the School Board and other friends.
The evening was spent in playing
games after which the company
was invited to the beautifully dec
GRATED dining room where covers
were laid for thirty A general
good time was enjoyed All de-
parting at a late hour wishing the
young couple many years of hap
piness.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
SMYRNA HOST
TO STATE C. E.
Delegates From All Parts of
Delaware at Presbyter-
ian Church
CONVENTION SATURDAY

Smyrna was host Saturday to
delegation of hundred or more
representatives of Delaware Chris
tian Endeavor Union which held
its annual convention here. The
meeting was held at the First
Presbyterian Church of Smyrna
which church has so recently IN
dergone a complete renovation and
interior decoration. The Christian
Endeavorers were given a cordial
greeting by the Rev. James r.
Galley, the pastor, on behalf of the
church and the community and an
interesting program was given.
Two conference periods under the
leadership of Miss Ethel Poyner,
an officer of the Maryland Chris
tian Endeavor Union, and Frank
Baker, president of the Baltimore
c. E. Union, occupied the morning
sessions. Mrs. Blanche Bicking, Of
Wilmington, retiring president,
presided at all the meetings In
the afternoon the annual election
of officers took place and Roy De
Shong of Wilmington, was elected
president of the State Christian
Endeavor Union. Other officers
elected were: Robert Yearsley, of
Marshallton, and ]. Jay Barnett, of
Millsboro, vice-presidents; Cheston
Knots, Of Wilmington, treasurer;
Glayds Kendall, of Wilmington,
secretary; Betty Kendall, of wiz
mington, financial secretary, and
the Rev James R. Galley, of Smyr-
ma, pastoral adviser. The officers
were installed by Wilmer Hamilton
former president of the Philadel-
phia union Saturday night, follow
ing a fellowship banquet at which
George G. Lowe, president of the
Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor
Union, spoke. The delegates re
turned home pleased with Smyrna
hospitality.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
TO
RALLY IN DOVER
Bishop Edwin HI. Hughes One
of Speakers at All-Day Ses-
sion There October 15
ONLY THREE DISTRICTS

Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, of
the Washington Area of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, will adj
dress one of the sessions of the all
day Wilmington Conference Rally
to be held in Wesley NJ. E. Church,
Dover, next Tuesday, beginning at
10 a. M, the Rev. Walter E. Gun
by, D. d., superintendent of the
Wilmington District of the Confer
ence, has announced. DR.. Fred p.
Corson, president of Dickinson Col
lege, also will be a speaker. The
rally, which will be the most repre-
sentative gathering of ministerial
members Of all three districts of
the Wilmington Conference: super
intendents of Sunday schools,
boards of stewards and laymen
and women since the annual con-
ference, itself, last March, will be
held in three sessions next Tues
day. The first will be from 10 a.
m. to 1890 p. m; the second from
1:45 p. m. to Ais p. m, aud the
night one where Bishop Hughes
will speak, from 7:30 until about
$50 p. m. Various conference and
general denominational matters
will be discussed, and the work of
various departments of the church
will be described by leading min
listers of the conference and church
boards or other organizations. The
complete program for the Confer
ence Rally follows: Morning ses-
sion: 10 a. m, devotional, the Rev.
George w. Henson, D. D., of Phila-
elphia, Pa; 1O:4O, the Rev Thorn
as A. Stafford, d. D., Board Pen
sions, and Relief, Chicago, ILL.,;
lilo, the Rev. E. p Thomas, the
Conference Board of Stewards
11:15, the Rev. Fred P. Corson, D.
D., president Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa; 11:45, James H.
Bishop, Conference Director Chris
tian Education; 11:50, the Rev.
Frank p. Cartwright, D. D., Board
Foreign Missions, New York; 1890
dinner at Wesley Church. After
noon session: 1:45, devotions, DR..
Henson, 2:25, the Rev Morris Levitt,
d. D., Board Home Missions, Phil
adelphia, Pa; 2:55, the Rev. IVAN
hoe Willis, Anti-Saloon League,
Wilmington; 3, the Rev. DStewart
Patterson, d. D., Board Temper
ance, Washington; $50, report on
the Episcopal Residence Fund, =
the Rev. L. E. Windsor; 3:35, ad-
dress, the Rev. Harold P. Sloan, D.
D., Woodbury., ~ j.; 4:15, an
nouncements, etc; recess; $50,
supper, served at Wesley Church.
Evening session: 7.30, devotions,
DR.. Henson: s, addres, Bishop Ed
win H. Hughes, DID,, LID, Wash
ington, D. G.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
is
ASSURED SPAN
Governor Nice of Maryland
To Ask Legislature For
Bond Issue Permit
S2,500,000 is ED E ID

Funds for the construction of the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge appeared
assured Friday after the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation
agreed to lend the Bridge Author
ity S3,000,000 and Governor Nice
said he would ask the Legislature
to authorize a S2,5OO,OOO bond is
sue to provide the remainder of the
amount necessary. The bridge
connecting the Eastern Shore with
the Western Shore is favored by
all counties contingons thereto and
even in this section of Delaware
as a means for quicker transporta-
tion to Baltimore, Washington and
the west. 1t will shorten the route
materially between here and Wash
lngton. The Public Works Ad-
mlnlstration promised a $4,000, 900
grant several months ago on con-
oitlon the State finance the bal
ance of the expected costs Of S1O,-
OOO,OOO. Shortly after Jesse H.
Jones, RFC chairman, made public
In Washington a letter he had writ
Ten TO Albert d. Graham, Bridge
authority chairman, saying the
RFC as prepared to advance S3,-
ooo,OOO, the governor said he would
ask the Legislature to provide the
balance. The cost of the bridge is
set at $10,oOO,0OO, and with RFC
lending S3,oO0,OO0 and the PWA
giving $4,500,0o0 then the remand
er would be $2,5O0, 900.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Hugh Victor Mckay Meets With
Tragic Death on Boulevard


Hugh Victor Mckay, aged %,
son of Hugh Mckay of Philadel-
phia, and the late Sara Goldsbor-
ough Mckay of this community,
who was killed in an automobile
collision Saturday evening, was
buried yesterday, Wednesday af-
ternoon with interment in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery. Young Mckay,
while a citizen of Highland Park,
Philadelphia, Pa, almost consider
ed himself a Smyrna boy because
of his frequent visits down this
way to visit his grandmother, Mrs.
Jerry Goldsborough, and his aunt,
Mrs. Frank Thompson. He was
held in high esteem in the Smyrna
vicinity and had hosts of friends
who mourn his sudden and tragic
death. Victor was a charter mem
ber of the Valley Forge Military
Academy, Wayne, Pa, at which
institution he was a cadet for six
years. He graduated in the class
of 1884 Then he enrolled for a
two-year course at the Peirce
School of Business Administration
in Philadelphia. In 1884 he was
commissioned End Lieutenant in
the 3O5th Cavalry, Res. U. S. A.
He was a member of the Cavalry
of the Presbyterian Church of
Highland Park, Pa Surviving him
are his father and sister Eleanor
Continued on Pagt .veJ
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
: 0lhEN, DOVER, A BRIDE
William Daniel Mckee at !
Nhurch Ceremony yestord.

William Daniel Mckee at a
fnulch u Ceremony Yesterday
.ue holy Cross Church. Do
yss'srday' : { Wednesday after
q p.t : o'clock, Miss Mary Cert
peasn' daughter Of Mr.. and
4 'au,ss ~ !. Behen, of Dover, be-
III - ~ bride Of Mr.. William
IT, T., Mckee, Sa son Of Mr.. and Mrs f,,s-
IN ~ Mckee, q Of Chestertown
\ 'Ie Rev, Joseph A. Lee of5c,
mi. Z reception followed The
Tas c%S a. the Mapledale coun-
llsp, NeR., After a wedding trip
Il b,iNse NEE. and his bride will re-.
|gbts, pVssr, Y Mr.. Behen gave his
lpdsd . marriage and she was
a by, Oy Miss Elizabeth cars gas
d. : asaa1sdowne, saa s,, Pa, as maid do q
Chssts,,.hl IT, Miss Carolyn Mckee =
legroon'' '0Wn' Nd, sister of the
| sdaa, slSOm, as bridesmaid. csn sre
|, HuWard Bowes " NJ, zap
kse and ~ ~ Oest man for Mr..
hcs HanneDS9 a me 9shsrs ss were Mr..
|; Mr. laUn0, cearns Of centreville,
be-, a y @ili1sp tss Be Rshen, of boVer, DsRsn
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
JOHN BARNES FISH MART
Buys the Old DR.. Il. G.. Moore Office
and Equips 1t For Fish Market

John G. Barnes of this town, who
recently purchased the old DR.. t.
G. Moore office, opposite the Town
Hall, has fitted it up for a fish
market which he opens to-day. See
his advertisement in another col
umn. Mr.. Barnes is particularly
wen fitted for this business and
knows the fish industry in all its
phases. He has installed a phone
and is ready for quick service. He
will handle Chincoteague oysters,
crab meat and CLAIMS and the very
best grade of fish obtainable. He
has the best wishes of his friends
for success.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
II. LANES BOAT DISABLED
His Fishing Boat Myrtle" Runs
Aground Near Port Penn

The power fishing boat. Myrtle"
owned by Raymond Lane, of Phna-
delphia, has been pulled off the
Pea Patch Island jetty by Shelby
u. Collins, of Port Penn. The
Myrtle" ran aground early last
week and sank after ramming a
hole In her bow. The Myrtle" af-
ter filling with water, slid gradual
ly down the side of the jetty until
her stern rested on the bottom and
only about foot of her bow was
above high water. Mr. Collins tow
ed the vessel from the jetty to
beach below New Castle where the
owner will have the hold repaired.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
MARRIED AT KANSAS CITY
Miss Ethel Pierce, Daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. Herman Pierce, Weds

Mr.. and Mrs. George Herman
Pierce announce the marriage of
their daughter, Ethel Rogers, to
Mr.. James Culbertson Mccoy, Jr.
The marriage took place October
at the st. PauIs Episcopal Church,
Fortieth and Walnut streets, Kan
sas City, Missouri, where the Rev.
DR.. Richard M. Trelease read the
service. Only the immediate fam
lilies were present. Mrs. Mccoy is
the granddaughter of Mrs. Samuel
L. Rogers and niece of Mrs. Ethel
Magill of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-10
FARMERS REPAIR BARNES
Busy Upstate Making Buildings
Conform to Milk Association Rules

Famers in the st. Georges, Kirk
wood, Summit Bridge and Della
ware City areas are engaged in
making repairs to their barns and
equipment will come within the
specifications set down by the In
ter-State Milk Producers Associa-
tion. One st. Georges contractor,
and other carpenters in that sec
tion, are busy with alterations and
repairs. One of the main improve
ments being made in numerous
barns and cowsheds is the installa-
tion of concrete floors