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Smyrna times., 1935-01-17

very long.
Il guess that's the way most
resolutions are kept, anyway not
very long" I said, "let's hear
yours, if you don't mind"
Surely, here they are:
Resolved, That 1, Jean Roberta,
shall keep the following through
out the New Year:
1. shall not eat any candy or
cake between meals.
2. I shall go to only one movie a
week and not ON school night.
8. I shall dance with Dick Will
lard only once or twice at every
party"
'T'H bet you won't keep that
one" l interrupted, for Dick was
the best looking boy and the best
dancer in the school. "WeH, go
on" I continued, as Jean sat and
looked disgustedly at me-
"All right" said Jean, Where
was L? Oh, yes, number four.
4. I shall never stay up later
than ten-thirty on school nights.
and shall usually be in bed by ten.
That's all I've made so far, I
guess that's enough" she conclud-
ed.
Well" I said, II hope you keep
them, but 1 doubt it,
Elizabeth Phillips.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Clayton School Herald
Articles of Interest Contributed by Pupils of Clayton
Grammar School.

the score again. Substitutes were
sent in for our side but we could
not score again. The half over, we
found ourselves still tied 5-5.
The same players started again
but we fell behind when they scor-
ed aagin by a foul shot. We set
our minds to win and back we
came with a field goal and foul
shot. They scored again with a
field goal but we made our two
foul shots score to win the game,
1O-7. The whistle blew with us
still in the lead.
To follow up the scrubs the var
sity was also going to win. We
got the tap off but the other side
played the zone defense. Their
boys were faster than ours and
passed more. At the end of the
quarter the score was 40. We
came back to score field goal
We scored no more during the
quarter.
Inc third quarter started. They
scored twice in succession making
the score 80. st. Georges sent in
substitutes but they scored only
twice in that quarter. The last
quarter proved better and Hutch
scored times to bring our score
up to eight. While this was hap
pening they brought their score up
to 16. The game ended with this
score, but, we have made up our
minds to beat them for sure next
time. We play Delaware City next
Friday and expect to beat them
since their court is like St.Georges.
Anyway, as the boys say, 1--WE just
didn't get the breaks"
Associate Editor,
Leslie Silpath.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Locked In a Barn

The most unpleasant feeling
came over me one day about six
months ago. AS I moved about in
the new barn, looking for all the
mysterious things which had been
added during it's construction, ]
was unaware that my brother had
not noticed me. He passed me
quite frequently while going in and
out the big door carrying the
heavy loads.
l watched the mice run from one
corner to another, carrying food.
They, too, seemed to be unaware
of my presence as they ran about
with ease, and as 1 kept close
watch, it seemed to be all in vain
for the tiny mice disappeared in a
small hole which had ben gnawed
by their small teeth.
I then wandered to the corn bin,
sat down, and began to break the
grains Of corn from the cob. no
ticed that my daddy was putting
away the tools and that my broth
er had finished his tasks and left
the barn. 1 heard Daddy close the
barn door.
A few moments later I started
to go out of the barn but the door
seemed locked. I tried it again
but it proved to be locked. l yell
ed for each and everyone in the
family, but the barn was so far
from the house that no one could
hear me. | spent very unpleas-
ant afternoon in the barn until
Dad came to do his night work.
He then heard my screams and
came to be pardoned for his mis-
take.
Elsie Lockerman
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
(y''n" H'gh
'SchOOI .ACtiUities
Articles By Pupils Covering Literary
Sa ..s and News of School Interest
An Unprepared Students Day

We high school students are very
susceptible to this plague of com
ing unprepared. Few of us can
resist the temptation of loafng in
or out of school.
With an uneasy, "Oh, I can do
that after while" we blithely idle
our time away. AS we listen to
the grooming of Rudy Vallee, or
watch our favorite actor or ac-
tress, we think guiltily of our neg
lected books. Nor can we dispell
the hgeness of anyone of our cruel
and unsympathizing teachers.
New day, with nerves on edge,
we unprepared students go to
class, wondering what ordeal faces
us. For at class, we dearly pay
for our pleasure seeking and our
idleness. Studiously avoiding the
teachers eyes avails us nothing,
for what teacher cannot read a
Students mind?
When asked to give our opinion
of Poe, as a writer and a peot, we
frantically think of something ap-
propriate to say. But alas! Our
blank face, and our equally blank
minds tell the tale.
Immediately assuming an injur-
ed air Of ''it-hurts-me-mor than
it-does-you, our teacher precedes
to give a most uninteresting lee
ture concerning unprepared stu
dents, and why they get their
zeros.
Irene Goldsborough
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
DELAWARE r. r.
COMPANY MEET
]. Wallace WOOdfOrd Elected
Director to Succeed the
Late w. o. HOffecker
HIRSCH SUCCEEDS ROSS

Two new directors were named
Thursday to succeed deceased di-
rectors of the Delaware Railroad
Company at the 83rd annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the COM
pany. Mayor ]. Wallace Woodford
of Dover, was named to succeed
Walter o. Hoffecker of Smyrna,
and Daniel Hirsch, of Milford, sue
ceeds Colonel j. ]. Ross, of Sea-
ford. Directors reelected were as
follows: Henry Tatnall, of Will
mington; ]. M. Dennis, of Balti-
more; Edward Hart, of Townsend;
Oliver A. Newton, of Bridgeville;
William H. Boyce, of Dover; A. ].
County, of Philadelphia; Victor C.
Records, of Laurel; Francis de H.
Janvier, of New Castle; William H.
Heald. of Wilmington; Charles du-
Pont Ridgely, of Camden, Del; AL
banus Phillips, of Cambridge, Md:
D. Mifflin Wilson, of Dover, and
George ]. Adams, of Philadelphia.
The board reorganized by re-elect-
ing A. j. County, president; Oliver
A. Newton and George j. George,
vice-presidents and ID. Miffln Will
son, secretary and treasurer. Mr..
Newton succeeds the late Colonel
Ross, as vice-president, the other
officers being reflections. Mr.. Will
son has served about quarter of
a century as secretary and treas
urer and his father-in-law the late
Manlove Hayes whom he succeed
ed, served equally as long a term.
The annual report showed net re-
ceipts S422, ,979.O7, an increase of
$6,066.83 over the previous year.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
From the Principals Office

This week we present to our
readers the story of our School
Congress" We like to think of
our school in a way similar to a
town with its citizens, officers and
organizations. Just as a town has
a council to act in it's behalf, so
does our school have its congress
to act as the governing body for
clubs, contests, plays, assemblies,
etc.
From the upper grades pupils
are annually elected by their class
mates to assist them, pupil partic-
ipation in government These pu-
pills then were to pass rules and
regulations, and determine policies
of their school. Naturally, all of
their work is under the supervision
of a faculty adviser and is a sub
ject to the APPROVAL of the principal
One knows from experience that he
will obey law that he has had a
part in forming. Thus important
policies are raised in the Home
Room and sent to congress for a
final vote.
Since it is the job of the school
to prepare pupils for life, a life in
which they are to be citizens with
privileges of making laws and of
voting for those policies of which
they approve, the claims on behalf
of the school congress are self evi-
dent.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Trapping

Over the Christmas holidays ]
became interested in trapping.
Well, 1 trapped a week expecting
every day that ought to get
something, but every day I'd look
at the traps and-no luck. I had
three traps but when pulled them
in the day before school started, ]
had eight. This is the way it
came about. The first day I went
back in the branch and found that
someone else was trapping on the
land that belonged to us. So
just pulled up those traps and set
them somewhere else.
Yes, l know I'm funny one to
tell anybody where to set traps
when didn't get anything myself,
but here goes. I set the traps
where there might possibly be a
possum or coon trail in the under
brush. / also set them in musk
rat holes deep enough to drown the
rat when caught it,-but I didn't.
II your trap is set too near the sur
face of the water, the muskrat will
eat himself free by gnawing off his
legs. also found places on the
side of the stream where it looked
clean, because wherever there is a
muskrat, there will be no stray
leaves or sticks. Once I spied a
place by an overturned tree on the
other side of the stream where
there was stretch about six inch
es wide with foot prints all along
The path. I set a trap there but I
DO not know whether I got any
thing or not, for somebody stole
the trap.
L trapped until school started
and found a trap sprung once or
twice; otherwise, I didn't get a
thing but wet feet.
Now take my advice or leave it,
you probably won't get anything
anyway.
James w. Anthony
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Nursery Bits Gathered From Here
and There

Dorothy and Irene Mock have
left Clayton School and have gone
to Chester. We wish them success
in their new school.
We have new pupil in the sew
enth grade, Elwood Robinson, who
comes to us from Leipsic school.
His sister, Frances Robinson, is in
the second grade
James Goodwin has not returned
to school since the Christmas holi-
days on account of illness. We all
wish him a speedy recovery and
hope he will be back with us soon.
On Tuesday, Januarys Sth, the
faculty was addressed by our su-
pervisor, Mr.. George R. Miller, ON
the subject, Social Studies" A
thorough discussion of the New
State Social Studies program fol-
lowed.
The old saying, they never
come back" has ben proven false.
Aaron Slick and his fast stepping
friends from Pumpkin Crick are
coming back On Thursday, Jam
uary IS, the play recently given at
our school will be presented in the
auditorium of the Hartly School.
When the boys Varsity Basket
ball Team was defeated Tuesday
night by st. Georges, it marked
the first time this year that such
has happened. Previous to that
time the boys had won 8 consecu-
tive games in soccer and basket
bail.
Miss Moran, our Art Teacher,
was absent from our school, on
ON account of illness.
We hope she will be able to be
back with us soon.
Collected by
Mildred Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Income Tax Blanks Are Out

Federal income tax return blanks
for 1884 We're mailed out last week
to about 10000 taxables in this
State by the Internal Revenue Of
fee for the District of Delaware.
A number of new provisions are
contained in the 1884 law, among
them being the limitation of losses
on capital assets to $4,000 in ex-
cess of gains, and filing of state
nent showing name and address.
total gross income, total deduc-
tions, net income and tax payable
on form No. 1904.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Ghosts!
A Seal

It was half-past ten by the clock
on the wall, and was reading a
story called "Ghost Tales" Sud-
denly seemed to be walking along
a lonely road by cemetery at five
minutes of twelve I was on my
way to visit certain stump in the
cemetery where knew a large
sum of money to be hidden. The
steeple clock struck twelve and 1
entered the cemetery. L walked
around the church. At the back
of the church I could see a light at
the farthest end Of the cemetery
where the stump was located. I
walked slowly toward the light.
When arrived at the outskirts of
the fire 1 saw seven ghosts encir-
cling a burning stump. To my
surprise it was the stump in which
the money was hidden. Just then
a ghosts hand encircled my neck,
and with the other hand it began
to stroke my face. The hand was
cold and wet Wow 1 awoke
with a start. I found my dog
licking my face, and he had one
paw across my neck. The light
from my reading lamp was shining
brightly in my face.
Owens Weaver, Grade s.
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A Complaint

Every afternoon at two o'clock I
am taken into a very large romo
where other animals are. 1 am
trained to balance a ball on my
nose. Then I catch fish that my
master throws to me through the
air. If I do not do the trick the
way my master wants me to, I do
not get any fish to eat. hate to
do tricks All I want to do is to
swim in the deep water or to catch
fish and eat them. If an ocean
were near here, some day when 1
am doing my jumping trick, 1
would pump right into it to get
away from my master.
A Seal
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Athletics

Well, readers and friends, soccer
is over and our interest has now
turned to basketball. Although our
boys are small this year we have
shown great interest and skill at
this sport.
The team that was chosen to
represent our school is speedy and
passes quite well. To keep them
in practice and give the rest of the
boys chance, a second team has
been picked. The varsity is better
but the scrubs don't lose by much.
Rhesa Walton, William Hutchi-
son, Frank Cole, Charles Stewart,
and Leonard Reed are on the first
team. Since Leonard Reed is sick,
Leslie Pryor, substitute, has TAX
en- his place. Our second team is
composed of Leslie Pryor, Leslie
Silpath, Delmar Christopher, Lay
ton Mabrey and John .Donnaway
After much practice a game was
scheduled with Commodore Mac
Donough School of st. Georges. A
bus was chartered and at o'clock
on January 8, we left with 20 boys
and ten girls for their school
After about an hours journey
we arrived at the school We i'm
went into the basement
to change into our basketball
pants and jerseys.
The court proved to be smaller
than ours and easier to score
baskets. Each fellow had a long
and short shot until he thought he
was fit for the game.
The second team played first and
out onto the floor they went with
minds set to win. Layton Mabrey,
Delmar Christopher, Leslie Pryor,
John Donaway, and Leslie Silpath
were the ones to start the game.
We got the tap off but failed to re-
ceive it correctly. Then it was
man for man defense with each
fellow guarding his man. The ref
cree was very clean and many
jumps were caused by close guard
ing. We scored twice in the first
quarter. One was a foul while the
other field goal, making the score
80. The next quarter went slow
ly by and the first thing we knew
the score was 3-3. Back we came
to lead by a field goal Instead of
being upset they retaliated to tie
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
Editor Owens Weaver
Associate Editors,
Mildred Wilmington
Leslie Silpath
A Dogs Life

All my young life I was under
harsh treatment from my master.
Every day it was up and down to
the crack of a whip. The words
were sharp: up, Shep," or dead
dog" A slight touch of the whip
brought me to my senses every
time 1 balked. At last after the
training of my puppy days, I was
ready for real circus work.
AT last the day arrived when !
was harnessed with bright, red
straps. How proud I felt as
strutted around the ring under the
great circus tent and brought
much applause from the crowd.
My tricks followed in order and
went off splendidly since my mast
er awarded me with six instead OF
two dog biscuits.
Now that my life has reached a
ripe old age, circus tricks are for
gotten. 1 follow my master every
where, and now instead of a whip
he carries a leash which is fasten-
ed to my collar.
Leslie Silpath, Grade 8
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
ATTENDANCE AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Continued From Page Thu reJ

Eurena Collins
Mary Ellen David
Betty Ennis
Marion Harry
George Bradley
Clarence Blendt
William Clough
Ernest Councill
Robert Deakyne
Walter Downes
Paul EnloW
Warren Ford
Frederick Harris
Lloyd Johnson
Grade 6-2, Mrs. Smith, teacher
Ethel Leader
Erla Lewis
Ruth Lowman
Beatrice Morris
Dorothy Pratt
Alan Robinson
Chapman Shockley
Carroll VanPelt
Betty VanPelt
Elva Waters
George Wisk
Audrey Wooleyhan
Grade 81, Miss Van Pelt, teacher
Marie Blendt
Edward Burris
Kathleen Burris
Marion Chester
Lillian Craft
James Deacon
Jesse Dixon
Gertrude Edmondson
Manfred Ennis
Andrew Hearn
Jain Hund
Carlene Jones
Audrey Leader
Stimson Carrow
Grade SO, Mrs, Pryor, teacher
Marian Pratt
Helen Regenauer
Dorothy Short
Eta Sklut
Pauline Tucker
George Long
Robert Lower
Russell Moore
William Palmer
Joseph Passwaters
William Short
Kenneth Smith
Robert Spence
Frederick Stevenson
Eliel Wiley
Leon Windal
Grade Al, Miss Scout, teacher
Jeanette Burchard
Betty Jane Ennis
Dorothy Fortner
Mary Louise Graham
Paul Bradley
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
New Years Resolutions

We'll, JEAN" I said as / walked
INTO the living room, "have you
made any New Years resolu-
tons ?"
Certainly" replied Jean, Il al
ways do and try to keep them, AL
though ! don't often manage to
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Much excitement was caused in
Dover, Thursday night, when the
Robbins Hose Company was sum-
moned to a fire in the lavatory in
the basement of the City Hall. The
fire was discovered by Policeman
Artis after it had originated in
waste paper and set fire to door.
The blaze was eXtinguished with
slight damage.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17

Edward CahalI
Leon Collins
Jimmie DeF'ord
Harry Ennis
Beverly Gaulke
Billy Harris
Grade AZ, Mrs. Newton, teacher
Kathryn Hartnett
Doris Jane Palmer
Eleanor Pierce
Mabel Pyle
Audrey WestfaH
Betty Woods
Grade 81, Miss Martin, teacher
Leila Marshall Cabel
Mary Pyle
Nancy Wilson
Marie Walls
Ethel Van Pelt
Fiji Schantz
Elaine Senger
Dorothy Pratt
Florence PaSSWaterS
Gertrude NeWnom
Laura McNatt
Elinor Leader
Alden Robinson
Leland Shapley
Leonard Springer
Warren Van Arsdale
Grade 80, Miss Kaufman, teacher
Eddie Burris
Cortland Collins
Milton Emerson
Wells FAIRIES
Allan Ford
Clifton Fortner
Jack Garis
Jack Griffin
Rachel Burris
Sarah Cahall
Grace Coke
Jean Ennis
Grade 2-1, Miss Robinson, teacher
Robert BedWell
George Faulkner
James Ford
Ernest Davis
George Hammond
Byron Long
Mary Emma Bell
Marie Brommer
Charlotte Brown
Betty Lee Bush
Lorraine Donovan
Mary Hester Downs
Peggy Ennis
Sylvia Harris
Dorothy Jones
Grade 2-2, Miss Burchard, teacher
Robert Moore
Frank Parag
Roland Rash
Frank Ryan
Charles Sutton
Thomas Tribbitt
Eddie Tucker
Jack Walker
Oscar Wisk
Mary Long
Eleanor Nowland
Eleanor Sklut
Joy Smith
Margaret Springer
Myrtle Truax
Rebecca Wilson
Madalyn Nabb
Grade IL, Miss Griffith, teacher
Emily c. Brown
Alice Ann Burris
Ruth A. Conard
Thelma A. Dulin
Ella May Gardner
Harry E. Blendt
Bobby A. Carrow
G.. Frances Downs
Grade IL, Miss Stats, teacher
Elwood Graham
Anne KNOTS
John Lovegrove
Ray Lowman
Sadie McNatt
Donald Mood
Jane O'Neill
Eleanor Reimann
Alice Shawl
Josephine Smith
Avie Truax
Marion Walls
Billie KenWorthey
Doreen Long
Miss Foard, teacher
Bobby Collins
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17

,Itsr.. All's -
rss Of Diaries 's',,,,,,.,,
&C. various ,ndlsiaanle to aame
lp'',shold i pet, t,asspoas hssPans
p srspa, sane in mind mind
soay, can do. nav. nav.
]" "sss sad faithfully l,l' kept a
ysar, | daringly in {Grtt1 I
|, because the malOrity y
r iscldediy l, opp do,,bt-
3 afsty Of writing writing
!, idea Of defending
-, T daringly
= h an atempt- fee
! may 1s-t0 1,.sain bring 3:
! around to keeping
J can't know what a lui'
= vo,l have kept one
inpOrtance, my last
i. been a source OF
.,rsrt to me. Oh, in
srngly admit that Of
!. course of the past
a the point of burn
An actual entry
Twas at that exact
night Of Tuesday
.r-but why do ! say
y I certainly don't
GsOnstry" or dear
lfar pidesi'io
n So why should l
~ leather-bound book
!, call it"dear Diary?"
i be, I am begin
4 Of diary keeping as
! xne class with dull,
+ work.
b the above entry is
rnday, April 2:
ssutiful day it is! 1t
i are singing, buds
out again, and the
rd and glorious place
M no god reason at
net : I'm fairly bub-
SPRING has come"
j be past entries, I am
1 be prank of pranks
ayed on Bob; the var
pnes where I shout
mrS are once more
sE mind; the fun l had
b md at that party are
ngly recorded. Of
Imd | encounter once
! hopes and my dis
nypointments. Life is
a know, and I make
slRp the entries in
srH to my life as
IKE them.
Ma, when someone has
u thay keep a diary,
gsS anG stare wide
y ay, Don't be abb
= link I'm that silly?
; r1ple thinking I am
s % keep a diary
Ne may pooh-pooh
al they want, but
o past year have 1
T a sneering crowd
q says, Look at her;
y Keeps a diaryl" If
aaFe ne, ! advise that
a'y for a year, and 1
. won't be the last.
Dorothy Handloff
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17

Approximately 100000 of the
100000 spent by the Federal gov
eminent on mosquito control work
in Delaware during the past 13
months, went into the trade chan
nels of the towns of LeweS and
Milford and the surrounding COM
munity, near which the CCC camps
are located, according to the Jan
uary report of w. S. Corkran, ex-
ecutive officer and engineer of the
Delaware Mosquito Control Com
mission
That Delaware may be shut off
entirely from its profitable oyster
trade if longing in polluted creeks
it not prohibited, is the intimation
received by the Delaware State
Board of Health from the Public
Health Service, in Washington.
The Jones, Murderkill Mispillion
and Broadkiln Rivers, according to
tests made by the State Board of
Health, are so polluted, due TO the
dumping. of untreated sewage from
the towns upstream as to make
oysters unsafe for eating purposes.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-17
FMs

Rv creation which
g IS first, very pop
1ss often become
The fad of play
ns very popular
go It was fun at
1acllon soon dwind-
'isw sets are sold.
was also very
Ms ago. 1t is one
nat has remained
), a0t quite as pop
first. Skating
Rllar indoors. ?
! as been a retain
- d the older ones
~ been improved
s Even our grand
nl'f by the cycling
s.,. ~ sitting became
{%t s's. 1881. Boys, and
ashsd records for
sas y this fad head
~ Crowds oo+L.,
record : breaking
~ we're one Of t.bs
~ Many men and md
! k's'as -, at putting y
Csats one piece piece. SUD
~ as0 a recent chill
~ were sold bv et1Las the
I. k.'s!y ~. The Japan an
psrts at YoYo
kss' and and walking
J Rros,. The manag-
s"'' and some
q, ''atsstants for
~ have passed
| ''''ss rssw,ey ls
The Washington times., 1935-09-18
Bids and Proposals

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Procurement
Division Public Works Branch wash.
in duplicate will be publicly opened in this
office at / D. M. Sept. 27 1885. for fur
forming all work for construction Of metal
partitions. etc. in the Extension to In
ternal Revenue Building. Washington,
D. c.. Attention is directed to the special
conditions of bidding set forth in the
specifications and bulletin No. 81 of the
Federal Emergency Administration of Pub
lie Works as modified by the specifications.
Upon application. two sets of drawings
and specifications will be supplied free to
each general contractor interested in sub
mitting a proposal. The above drawings
and specifications MUST be returned to
this office. Contractors requiring addi-
tional sets may obtain them by purchase
from, this office at cost Of So per set,
which will not be returned. Checks of.
fered as payment for drawings and specifi.
cations must be made payable to the order
OF the Treasurer, U. S Drawings and
specifications will not be furnished to con.
tractors who have consistently failed to
submit proposals. One set upon request
and when considered in the interests of the
Government. will be furnished builders ex.
changes. chambers of commerce or other
organizations who will guarantee to make
them available for any subcontrctor or
material firm interested. and to quantity
surveyors, but this privilege will be with
drawn if the sets are not returned after
they have accomplished their purpose. W.
E. REYNOLDS Assistant Director of Pro-
curement Public Works Branch