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Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
DAIRY FARMERS
SEEKING FACTS
Follow Milk Investigation By
Federal Trade Commission
in Philadelphia
OTHERS STUDY FACTS

Dairy farmers of Smyrna-Clay-
ton and throughout the Philadel-
phia Milk Shed area following with
interest the investigation of the
milk industry being made by the
Federal Trade Commission which
IS now holding public hearings in
Philadelphia. The study was or
dered by a Congressional resoIu-
ton requesting that efforts be
made to find out whether there is
a monopoly or combination which
reacts against the best interests of
milk producers, consumers, or
both. The Federal Trade Commits
sion is set up as fact-finding
body for making Investigations of
business and trade practices. The
first four days of the hearing were
given over to short sessions in
preparation for later work. The
only called witness was H. D. Allie
bach, sales manager of the Inter
State Milk Producers Association.
who went into detail concerning
the policies and plans of that or
ganization and its part in main
tanning the best possible market in
the face of the demoralized de-
pressed conditions Comprehensive
charts were displayed by Mr.. Allie
bach which showed actual condi-
tions in this market and compar-
isons with other markets. In COM
menting on the hearing. B. H.
Welty, president of the Interstate
says, I'VE are giving the Trade
Commission every help we can in
getting a full, complete and accur-
ate picture of the milk industry in
this area. Its men have power to
get information which is not ac-
cessible to us and if anything is
found that needs correcting not
only our members but all produc-
ers will be benefited"
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
EDUCATORS TO MEET HERE
VIII Hold Annual Meeting i'm New
School Auditorium March 8th

The Kent County Education AS
sociation has made plans to hold
the annual meeting on March s in
Smyrna. 1t is hoped that the au-
ditorium of the new building will
be completed and equipped by that
time so the meeting may not be
postponed or transferred. Topics
for discussion are as follows: Re
solved, that we should have more
men in Kent county schools; that,
as long as they are available, ali
recruits to the profession should be
Delawareans; that a system should
be established for the promotion
and transfer of teachers; that all
schools in the county should use
the same textbooks and courses of
study. The presentation of the
speaker for each group is to be
oral and not over Is minutes in
length. There will be no sectional
meetings under this plan. About
300 teachers will attend
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
BILL TAPS ROAD
FUNDS $5OO,OOO
Van SAINT Measure Would
Partly Reimburse State for
Vehicle Bureau Cost
HELP BALANCE BUDGET

Under the provisions of a bill in
troduced in the Senate Tuesday af-
ternoon by Senator VanSant the
State Treasurer would be author
lied on July i, this year, to take
from the highway fund $50O,OOO
and deposit it to the credit of the
general fund. 1t is pointed out in
the proposed act that this sum rep
resentS about one-half of the
money that has been paid out of
the general fund for the mainten-
ance and support Of the Motor We
hicle Department, the annual cost
of which is SS8,OOO. 1t is also set
out in the bill that the cost of
maintaining the Motor Vehicle De
partment should rightfully have
been paid from the highway fund
because the State Highway De
partment has received all the in
come from the Motor Vehicle De-
partment, including all the revenue
from the tax on gasoline and Ii
cense fees. According to the mea-
sure the expenses of the Motor We
hicle Department have been de-
frayed by the general fund totaling
more than S1,0OO,OOO and that
none of this money has ever been
returned to the general fund. This
bill is understood to be part of the
plan for he balancing Of the budget
at the end of the next fiscal bien-
mum. There has already been
passed by the General Assembly at
this session a bill authorizing the
State Treasurer to pay out of the
highway fund SS8,0OO a year for
the next two years for the main
tenance of the Motor Vehicle De
partment. The S50O,OOO transfer
provided for in the VanSant bill
would be in addition to the $780,
900 which it is proposed the State
borrow from the highway fund
during the next two years and to
provide for such loan a bill is now
before the House. This measure
also is part of the program
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
NEW PASTOR AT MILFORD
Rev. j. j. Brown, Jr., of South Car
oIina, Takes Presbyterian Pulpit

At a congregational meeting Of
the First Presbyterian Church OF
Milford, a call was extended to the
Rev. John Jackson Brown, Jr., 10
become pastor of that charge. The
invitation was accepted and the
Rev. Brown filled the pupit of the
church as pastor last Sunday. The
Rev. Brown has been preaching
here on Sundays for some weeks
since the resignation of the pastor,
the Rev. w. S. Irwin. The Rev.
Brown has made such favorable
impression on the congregation of
this church that at an open meet
ing the call was extended. The
Rev. Brown, who is from Rock
Hall, S. C., is a graduate of the
Biblical Seminary, New York city.
At the present time he is taking a
postgraduate course at Princeton
Seminary, but will spend the week
ends in Milford, filling the pulpit in
the church on Sundays. He ex-
poets to finish this postgraduate
course this summer.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14

per pound and in other instances at
a certain percentage of commits
sion. The Delaware representa-
tives took this matter up with Mr..
Leroy Peterson, who is Admins
TRAITOR of the Live Poultry Code in
the Metropolitan New York Area.
Mr.. Peterson states that there is
nothing in the code at the present
time which covers the amount of
commission which may be charged.
He advised, however, that the rate
should unquestionably be on either
an amount per pound or on a per-
Icentage basis and not at a definite
cost per pound ON one shipment
and on a percentage basis on
other shipments. Another import
ant problem which the Delaware
Representatives brought before the
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
PROPOSE LINK
TO OCEAN CITY
Berlin, Md, Group Would
Have Coastal Highway to
Delaware Line
DUAL LINK FROM BERLIN

Declaring that the present single
highway bridge across the Sine
puxent Bay is wholly inadequate to
accommodate traffic during the
summer season to and from Ocean
City, Md, civic groups in Berlin,
Md, and Ocean City, Md, last
week, launched a movement seek
ing another traffic outlet from the
Maryland resort. Mayor W.Thom-
as Elliott, of Ocean City, Nd, pre-
sented two plans. The first advo-
Gates the immediate construction
of dual State highway between
Berlin and Ocean City with sec
ond bridge while the second pro-
posal would be to build a coastal
beach highway extending from
Ocean City northward to the Della
ware State line to connect with the
present Bethany Beach-Fenwick
Island beach road in Delaware.
Mayor Elliott said the proposed
dual highway from Berlin to the
resort would extend six miles. The
beach outlet highway north to Del
aware would extend from the pres
net Maridel Beach State road
northward for five and one-half
miles and the construction of this
beach road would cost only $22,-
600. Funds to build one of the two
highway projects are to be sought
at once from the State Roads Com
mission of Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
CORN-HOG MEET
SMYRNA SOON
Russell E. Wilson, County
Agent, Arranges One For
Farmers February 20
H.C.DEAKYNE IN CHARGE

Farmers about Smyrna-Clayton
as well as those who produce corn
and hogs all over the United States
are being given the opportunity
again this year of continuing vol
untary production control, as a
new contract which provides for
benefit payments on both of these
basic commodities has been pre-
pared and is now being offered by
the Corn-Hog Section of the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton. A public meeting will be
held in the Fire House in Smyrna
on next Wednesday afternoon,
February 20. For the benefit of
those corn-hog farmers in Kent
county who are interested in this
production program for 1885, a
series of community meetings will
be held in different parts of the
county during the week of Febru-
ary 18, under the direction OF
County Agent Russell E. Wilson in
cooperation with the various local
committee members and represent
atives of the Kent-New Castle
Sussex Counties Corn-Hog Control
Association. The first meeting in
the series is scheduled for Monday
afternoon, February 18, in the
First National Bank building in
Harrington. The second meeting
will be held in the basement of the
State Board of Agriculture build
ing in Dover on Tuesday afternoon
February 10, and the third in
Smyrna, above noted. Each meet
ing has been scheduled for 13C
o'clock, and will include a presen-
tation of the requirements of the
new corn-hog contract, and a dis
cussion of the program in general
in order that those farmers who
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Willard D. Deakyne, Retired Farm.
er and Business Man, Passes


Willard D. Deakyne, aged 76, a
retired farmer and for twelve
years in charge of Prices coal
yard, died early Friday morning of
heart trouble from which he had
been a sufferer since last October.
His death removes a good citizen,
one who was fond of life, enjoyed
his home, his friends and was de-
voted to his children He was a son
of the late George A. Deakyne and
Elmira Redden of Sussex County,
and was born on the home farm at
Pennington. In early life he came
to this vicinity and took farm in
KentOn Hundred. He retired from
farming in 1918 and two years
later accepted a position as man
ager of Warner w. Prices coal
yard, giving up two years ago on
account of his health. Soon after
coming to this vicinity he married
Miss Lillie Hutchison, daughter of
ScliiAiCl llIlSl1lSolI VI 1Cdl IACu-
ton. She died a number of years
ago. Surviving this union are four
children: Mrs. S. Creadick Ennis,
Lee H. Deakyne, Reuben w. Dea-
kyne of Smyrna, and Willard S.
Deakyne of Newark, N. ]. An
other son, Raymond Deakyne, a
twin brother of Willard S., died in
1927. Some years later Mr.. Dea-
kyne married again, his second
wife being Miss Susie Reese of
this town who survives him. Mr..
Deakyne is also survived by
one brother, Clarence Deakyne
of Baltimore, Maryland, and four
sisters: Mrs. Elva Cowman of
Easton, Md; Mrs. J. B. Book and
Mrs. Jean Allen, both formerly of
Clayton, now of Wilmington, and
Mrs. G. Frank Gootee, Smyrna
Funeral services took place from
his late home on west Commerce
Street in charge of Rev. j. R.
Galley, pastor of the Presbyterian
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
DELAWARE FARMERS GET SOME
ADVICE ON POULTRY SHIPPING

Mr.. H. S. Palmer, Extension
Poultryman of the University of
Delawar; Mr.. A. E. Tomhave, Re
search Poultryman of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, Mr.. r. o. Boyce,
representing the Delaware State
Poultry Association, and Mr. w. t.
Derickson, Director of the Bureau
of Markets, Dover, attended the
annual meeting of the Northeast
ern Poultry Producers Council
which was held in New York City
about ten days ago. There were
several matters discussed which
are of particular interest to the
shippers of poultry and eggs in
this State. One of these is the
question of charges made by COM
mission merchants on poultry.
These charges are at times made
on the basis of a certain amount
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
Al CLUB TO DRAMATIZE
SMYRNA Club Makes Plans to Enter
Contest With Other Club of County

Contest With Other Club of County
Smyrna's Wide Awake All Club
is one of eight in Kent County who
are making plans to enter the All
Dramatic Contest which will be
held for the second year in the
Auditorium of the Caesar Rodney
School. 1t has been necessary to
change the date from Friday, Feb
ruary %, to Thursday evening,
February 28th. At the present
time there are eight clubs enrolled
in the contest, the Houston Card
inals, the Canterbury Club, the
Harrington Live Wires, the Oak
Grove Blue Hens Chicks, Smyrna
Wide Awakes, the Westville Club,
the Woodside Dairy Club, and the
Viola Club. These will be one-act
plays not to be less than 20 min
utes long or to exceed 35 minutes.
Because of the number of plays to
be given, the program will start
promptly at 7.30 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
ROBBER KILLS FIVE HOGS
Saves John Coffman of Milford the
TrOuble-RecOvered at Butchers

When John Coffman, a Milford
farmer, and his family returned
from few days visit, went to the
pen to kill his four large hogs to
lay in his winter supply of meat,
he found them missing. He notified
the State Police and they located
the four hogs in a nearby market.
They had been killed and hung up
for sale, the butcher having pur-
chased them from man who said
he was live stock dealer. The
dealer averred that he had no
knowledge or suspicion that the
hogs had been stolen. Coffman re-
covered his hogs and his neighbors
that day helped him do up his
meat. Arrests in the case are ex-
pected.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
ANOTHER STOVE EXPLOSION
HOtwater Heater Explodes Wreck
ing Home of III. Ames, MiddletoWn

Harold Ames and his small
daughter escaped death or serious
injury Friday when hot water
heating stove exploded and blew
both the front and back doors off
the hinges and broke every window
in the residence, as well as setting
fire to the floor. Ames had left the
house a few moments before to
take his daughter on shopping
trip. When he returned he found
the stove blown to small bits and
the fire exting1Iished by snow
which was thrown onto the flames
by neighbors. The walls of the
residence We're pitted and SCARED
by the flying iron.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
DAIRY FARMERS UP STATE
Hear Instructive Address by T. A
Baker and A. ID. Cobb

Farmers from lower New Castle
county met at the Middletown fire
house on Saturday. t. A. Baker,
secretary of the Delaware Dairy
mems Association explained the
proposed Delaware Milk Board
Control legislation, and A. D. Cobb
assistant director of agriculture,
explained the terms of the 1885
corn-hog reduction program. H.
Wilson Price, of Bear, vice-presi-
dent of the Dairymen's Council for
New Castle County; Mrs. A. Louise
Cochran, representing the State
Corn-Hog Control Association, and
County Agent Ed. Willim, Jr., were
in charge of the meeting and ar
rangement.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
Girls Basketball Team Wins
and Boys Team Loses in
Contest at MiddletOwn
DECLAMATION CONTEST

IuIS week In6T6 Is very ROOU
news by way of athletics. The
girls basketball team defeated the
team of Middletown, one of the
best teams in the state, by a score
of 1925. The playing was like
clock-work, so perfectly was it
timed. Sally Jones was the high
scorer with 29 to her credit; Nancy
Slaughter followed with IL. For
the opponents Wallace scored 16
and Donovan 9. Very few games
have shown finer work ON the part
of the players. The boys game re
suited in a victory for Middletown.
the score being 44-17. Magill scor-
ed s points, Thawley making 4.
However, there were some swift
plays made by our team. 80 Two
weeks ago Miss Brown, our school
nurse, gave an interesting talk to
the members of the Twentieth
Century Club. Her topics dealt
with the sanitary conditions in our
school, improvements, and defects.
Last Friday the Home Economics
department presented a program
at the same club. Nellie Wallace
gave the introduction. Following
this Blanch Oliver, Virginia Oar
rah, and Nancy Slaughter told
What, Why, and How to Buy
Concerning Porcelain and Earthen-
ware, Glassware, and Kitchen
Utensils" The conclusion was Civ
ed by Mary Hart Wright.-Ar-
rangements are being made for the
meeting of the Kent County Edu-
cation Association to be held at
Smyrna on Friday, March s. It is
expected that over 300 teachers
will be in attendance. Preparations
are being made to serve dinners
for at least 25O people. Every
effort is being made to have the
new building in condition to ac-
commodate this crowd.-Informa-
tion has just been received from
the commission on secondary
schools that the Smyrna High has
again been approved and certified
as one of the firSt-class high
schools in the Middle Atlantic
States.-The local defamation and
discussion contests will be held on
March 20; the county on April 5
and the state on April II. A spec
ial committee of Miss Kinsman
Miss Beckett, and Miss Raughley
has been appointed to make ar
rangements for this contest
Plans are being formulated to pre-
pare for the spelling bees to be
held in the local schools among pu-
pills of the 6-7-8th grades, and the
9-1O-11-12th grades. The winners
In the two groups will represent
the local schools in the state con-
test sometime in April A special
committee of Miss Start as chair
man, Miss Matthews, and Mr.
Wright will have charge of this ac-
tivity.-The faculty club has taken
for its theme for discussion for the
remainder of the school year ED.
ucation as Guidance" The first
speaker on the subject was Miss
Lowmaster, who took "Introduc-
ton to Guidance" as theme
Wednesday Miss Kinsman will
speak on Educational Guidance
Problems and Methods. The re-
suits of the banking for the week
are as follows: Number of pupils in
attendance, 8O8; number of depos-
itors, So; amount deposited, S32.66;
amount deposited to date, S558.33
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
KENT HOSPITAL AUX. STAFF
Mrs. S. S. Sarde. President, Names
Her Standing Committees

The following standing commit
tee has been appointed by Mrs.
Samuel S. Sarde, president of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Kent
General Hospital: Linen, Mrs. Har-
ry v. Holloway; grounds, Mrs.
Neva Richardson; property, Mrs.
George E. Dawson; music, Mrs.
Glenn Gildersleeve; visiting, Mrs.
G.. Leslie Gooden; flowers and fruit,
Mrs. Charles Jackson; surgical
dressings, Mrs. Luff, auditing COM
mittee, Mrs. John c. Hopkins, Miss
Sara Wise; entertainment commit
tee, Mrs. Karl d. Dorzback, Mrs.
Louise Hartnett and Mrs. Henry p
". Wilson.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
PEANUT IN CHILD'S LUNG

Little Anne Wharton, Daughter of
Detective Wharton, i'm Hospital
Anne Dauphine Wharton, one of
the 3-year-old twin daughters of
State Detective and Mrs. D. D.
Wharton, of Dover, was operated
upon yesterday by DR.. Chevalier
Jackson, the Philadelphia specialist
for the removal of a peanut which
lodged in one of her lungs ON Mon
day. The child was hurried to the
Temple University Hospital, Phila-
delphia, where X-ray pictures were
taken and the peanut located.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
SMYRNA w. c. L. L. MEETING
Held Tuesday With a Special Trib-
ute to Memory of Frances Willard

The Willard Memorial Meeting
of the w. c. T. U. was held at the
home of Mrs. Harvey Wright on
Tuesday, February 18th, at 3 pm,
After singing hymn and reading
of the 91st Psalm and prayer, Mrs.
Harvey Wright read How Still
She Stands; Mrs. Edward T. Port
er gave THE Story of Her Statue;
w. o. Hoffecker gave short
sketch of the Frances Willard
Memorial Fund, and Mrs. c. G.
Handy gave a short reading of an
incident in her life. The Union
then held a short business session
with Is members present, then ad-
journed to have social hour with
refreshments by the hostess.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
lamp SEEN
| KENT SOON
,,hlv Be Located To
|, Care Of Leipsic-
,,dlaud Beach Area
| NEW CASTLE TOO

.,,i,ional conservation
are assured Delaware
the administration
/ ,idsss DR.. Robert i, F,ecn-
that funds are avaii. !.
/ r,anding the corps u
III last week. The Kent
(,nD will probably be 10
Tsipsic to take care OF
: .,.,s Of marsh land from
/, Woodland Beach. W, 2
! executive officer and en-
[, charge of the mosquito
misct in the State, has
N technicalities, connect
n APPLICATION for not less
/, more camps. All is IN
I for formal announcement
'.,0ation. I'VE can put to
!. wrote. "as rapidly as
n be supplied, 500 new
York sufficient to keep
!, rssent camps and 400 to
4 wing men for two years
Lssted. Mr.. Corkran said
I work would be in Kent
4 Castle counties, as it is
\ hat the ditching on A.
4 Of salt tidal marsh in
I'm be completed by June
the two camps in the
\ mtinued after the allot-
he which is March 81,
ahead after complet-
! ID in Sussex consists Of
|rs in Kent and 20,064
\ New Castle. In addition,
I'D to be a great deal of
|amp breeding to be tack
Ens for expanding the CCC
BIT last double the present
I tMOughOut the country
roHded out of the four
(llar work relief aprpopria-
Fbdore Congress. Passage
tE in more or less amend
5 held to be certain,
/ seems destined to con-
delay. 1t is estimated
Z member of a CCC camp
FEDERAL outlay of about
l!ear. Delaware has one
Iurest work at Redden,
EsquitO control at Lewes
sater, and soon will have
q camps for the later
hrh Of the government
athes the pockets of Del
EraantS and producers Of
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
McCUE HEADS FARM DRIVE
Campaign to MOdernize Farm
Properties Begins in State

Dean G.. A. McCue of the Agri-
cultural department of the Uni
versity of Delaware will be in
charge of the Statewide campaign
to modernize Delaware farnlhouses
under the plan of the Federal
Housing Administration. Dean Nc
Cue was chosen at a meeting when
Walter E. Arnold, farm represent
ative of Region 3, FHA, addressed
representatives of major rural or
ganizations, including the County
Farm and Home Bureau, the All
Club, the Grange and centralized
rural schools.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
fESSION NEXT WEEK
9 Kent County Divorce
AHl Be Heard on Monday

q Kent County Divorce
WI Be Heard on Monday
'Muary term of Kent
0a1t will convene at Do
Monday and before the
aken up the judges
he divorce cases. The
-ed to be heard is as fol
aret A. Boyd from John
agd' Gsrmania Wright
~ E. Wright; Olivia
non Charles jefferson
Ae Williams from Thomas
Villains; Kathleen Lord
nom William E. Dewitt /;
BOUNDS, Jr., from VIII
Snds, Jr.; Blanche E.
Leon A. McGee; Ethel
90 Earl Conner; Ishmael
r,on from Catherine Tar
saly H. Woodan from
@sli; Mary A. Benedict
T. Benedict; William s.
I 1'n n,.5' Bertha B. Camper;
H. afoln from Howard
'sa Edwin S. Anderson
-ua Edna Louise Dodd
n leon B. cypher from
q sgpher. Final DEGREES
N. rue y February 20, in
- ss !. Davis from John r.
1uei G. Bradley from
Elizabeth EorL,,r,
T. !, l., ,Forkum;; Harold
,@s. o. Mildred y S. Knight;
= ; irom 1t'l Helen ]. Good,
ts.lI, !. Mitchell from Eliza
Helen M. Watson
Irsl.ld s.1nd s Watson; Emma
\ rass c from Clarence Mos.
\ I,.a @adwick Dyer from
\, se gl, Dyer; Alice Webb
H. "s00; ! Hilda E. Knight
~ d = Knight; Alfred J.
ay1s' 1'anche Aiken; Mary
sPiss,,rao rom Albert David
yards from Alexan6,e,
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
HIGHWAY TO BEAR COST
Department Will Maintain Motor
Vehicle Department Expenses

The Delaware Senate Thursday
afternoon unanimously passed Rep
resentative Heals bill to provide
for the payment of the operation
and maintenance of the Mootr We
hicle Department out of the State
Highway Fund, instead of the Gen.
eral Fund, during the next bien-
MUM. Senator VanSant, in urging
the passage of the measure, point
ed out it would save the General
Fund about $4,000 per year. Gov
ernor Buck, in his biennial message
to the Legislature, advocated such
a bill.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
SOlons Entertained at Black Cat

ooioiiS HAhtSI CdiHcu dt bIdck Sat
Members of the General Assem-
bly, were the guests Tuesday night
of the management at Joe's Casino
at the Black Cat, near Wilmington
They were entertained at dinner
and later witnessed the floor show
at the Coliseum.
Smyrna times., 1935-02-14
'''RrAAN Is HURT

= s,s'di.D sl.eked Down by Auto
sss ss'ssfsection sa in Dover
kssts, Soper, member of the
ssy svy Court who re-
sss Magnolia a suffered a
"a leg late Saturday
asa !, was struck and
s,s.y'. y an automobile At
rs scs'on- .s'a At the hos
1 ssa @la his condition IS
- :, . Be serious. The car =
ka, psr was driven GHa hu
|h,L- l. House, Of Car, n
a'sst was made. 01''-