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The Scare of a Fire Alarm
M. Walters.

The Junior Class was Just finish
ing the practicing of the play
Girl Shy when from out of the
building comes one of the most
weird noises ever heard No one
in the cast knew the cause of the
noise, but we thought that it must
be fire alarm.
Our instructor counted the mem
bers to see if one of them had been
the cause of the noise, but they
were all present. And so an in
vestigation was made.
The result was, we found, that
some one who thought they were
having some fun, had burst a
glass on the fire alarm box.
Whoever the person or persons
were, the Juniors wish that they
would make a confession to some
of the officials, So they, the Juniors,
would not have to suffer for some
one else's wrong.
Robert Everett.
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dents had cost them about $780,
100000; They decided that mat
ters had gone too far
The Home Safety Committee Of
the Delaware Safety Council, un-
der the leadership of Mr.. Clarence
Fraim and Mrs Frank G. Tallman.
is starting a campaign to acquaint
all Delaware home-makers with
the seriousness of the home acci-
dent problem.
Nowhere, it seems, are intelli-
gence, powers of observation and
common sense 50 tested as in the
home. And nowhere do SO many
contradictory things occur. People
who are too timid to take an air
plane ride light their fire with ker-
osene. The cook who guards the
vitamins in her vegetables may
leave a can of poisonous insect
powder within reach of children
The sailor and the hunter come
home safely from the sea and the
hills only to meet death from a
cut received in opening a can of
tomatoes, or to be suffocated in
their sleep by an improperly bank
ed furnace fire. Then there is the
loaded revolver or rife safe" in
the bureau drawer or the hall
closet.
"Homer' cries Mr.. ). Citizen bit
terly Home where the range
asphyxiates and the stairs and
step-ladders betray!"
Home" replies Mrs j. Citizen
firmly, where everyone is going to
cooperate and stop this foolish
Wastei"
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Old California Trees
Rivaled in Carolina

Raleigh, n. C.-California's old
trees have had some fose rivals in
North Carolina.
So says Harry T. Davis, curator
of geology of the State museum
here. AS an example, he points ont
a cross-section of one of those on
exhibit.
with a magnifying glass;" he
said, you can count $40 rings i"
Each ring represents one years
growth. This particular tree was
sapling when the Magma Charta was
signed in England.
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An Interview With Miss Skriyan

One day during the past week
our Home Economics teacher, Miss
Skrivan, visited Mt. Pleasant and
Claymont School. The purpose of
this visit was to become acquaint-
ed with the equipment and opera
tion of the schools cafeteria.
Miss Skrivan visited Mr.. Pleas
ant School first. Here she was
Hospitality received and was given
an ideal lunch prepared in the
school cafeteria.
At 1.30 she visited Claynlont
School, observing the arrangement
and furnishings of their cafeteria.
Later in the day the Home Eco
nomics class of the seventh and
tenth grades were visited. Many
interesting and helpful ideas were
received by Miss Skrivan.
All in all a delightful day was
spent, with new plans for our cafe
terra, which we expect to have
open soon
M Walters
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NEW YORK-Eyes of cats and
dogs rejecting the lights OF on
rushing automobiles along our
highways at night have resulted IN
the perfecting of important new
automobile and highway safety de-
vices exhibited at this years New
York Automobile Show.
For the first time all passenger
cars and trucks exhibited at this
years show are equipped with tall
lights made of reflex reflector glass,
while most of the latest highway
safety signs are similarly equipped
for the benefit and safety of night
drivers.
The new reflex reflector. like the
eyes of night animals tprowlers)
is so designed that it is self-focus'
ing and returns the illumination
from approaching headlights to the
eye of the approaching driver with
little loss in efficiency.
BY introducing this new feature
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About the New Lockers

Some of the most intriguing
"Objects dart" in the new building
are those new lockers. AS in the
old song: 1T was taller than the
old man himself, but it weighed
not a penny-weight more" these
lockers are taller than we, in fact,
from first inspection, we were able
to conjure up novel punishments
and impossible pranks. For in
stance, if little Peter Pollock is
missing some morning, you might
find him in an uncomfortable po-
sition in a locker. If, perhaps,
some prankster, who is being pur-
sued, will, on the spur Of the mo-
ment take refuge in a locker, he is
safe until we turn the locker up
side down. Perhaps we can't but
we can feel safe for the rest of the
day if he isn't let out too soon, for
we can lock him in
James Gentry.
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AlVerna Jones.
Interview With Mr.. SchantZ
Mr.. Schantz attended the annual
convention of the Department of
Superintendents, held in Atlantic
City the week of February "a. APP
proximately a thousand members
of professional and allied org'aniza-
tions were in attendance. Numer-
GUS members of industrial and
governmental departments ad-
dressed the meetings. Among the
outstanding speakers were: Glenn
Frank, president of University of
Wisconsin; Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace; and Jane Adams,
famous social worker of the Hull
House, Chicago, delivered a radio
address in that city.
The general theme running
through the program appeared to
be Education for Social Economic
Security"
In addition to the general meet
ings, numerous department meet
ings among various phases of ed
ucational work were held. These
included: Adult Education; Pre-
school Education; and community
Activities for Leisure Time.
The commercial exhibits, which
were held during the time of the
convention, were of great service
to those who might have been in
terested in the market for the pur-
chase of school supplies of all
types, and educational equipment;
electric clock and fire alarm svs-
TENS; type writers; school buses
and every conceivable type of sup
plies and equipment were attrac-
lively displayed in booths for the
purpose.
The convention was very inter
esting as well as educational.
Mae Warner.
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A View From the Library Window

AS 1 must write something, any
thing, and it must be original, 1
will jot down a few scenes that my
eyes reveal.
Right before me 1 see the flag
pole which was dedicated to How
ard r. Jones, who was one of
Smyrna's prominent citizens. 1t
was through him that they, the
people of Smyrna, obtained a mag
nificent and up-to-date school. The
extension which has recently been
constructed was obtained by w. o.
Hoffecker. Beyond this plot of
ground upon which the pole is
erected, lies the Howard r. Jones
athletic field, upon which the
Smyrna High School competes
with other schools in all outdoor
sports.
My eyes now wonder beyond this
to the lovely Como Lake, on which
I spent many an enjoyable hour, as
did many others, skating this
winter. But now as spring is
about to break upon us, the water
sparkles and drizzles as the wind
blows across it's surface. The
sparkling and ripping along with
the shadows cast by the overhang-
ing trees reveals a beautiful pic
turesque view, hiding all of the
black obscurity which lies beneath
its surface
My eyes are now focused on {
beautiful, big, red brick. building
with a tail chimney. 1t is the
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Defamation Contest

The local Defamation Contest is
to take place in the school audi
torium on March 20, 1885.
The contest is divided into two
parts; a defamation contest and
an extemporaneous speaking.
The extemporaneous speaking
group is made up of speakers who
are to draw one of five topics
thirty minutes before the contest is
to begin.
The topics are: 1. Are inter-
scholastic athletics contests valu-
able and worthy of inclusion in our
the average Delaware high school
program OF studies properly adopt
ed to the needs of modern youth
3. The growth of the American
School. A. The responsibility of
the public school in reconstruction
5. Resolved, that the Federal Gov
eminent should adopt the policy of
equalizing educational opportunity
throughout the Nation by means of
annual grants to the several states
for public elementary and second
ary education.
J. H. Jones.
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Declarations and Orations

1t won't be long now. March IS,
to be exact On this day half of
the school will be in the state of
nervous prostration. Why? Of
course you know. It's declama-
tions and discussion day.
Right now, every period study
hall is buster than the one before
it. Everybody is whispering over
their defamation to themselves
trying to learn them. The study
hall teachers have hard time try
ing to distinguish whether certain
pupils are talking to themselves or
to their neighbors.
Declarations and orations might
be trying now but wait till they
are over. Everybody is himself
again. 1t is just ike the arrival of
spring after a severe winter.
S. Blechman.
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On Friday, March 8, 1885, the
fourteenth annual meeting of the
Kent County Education Associa-
ton was held at Smyrna High.
This, by the way, was the first
time that the new auditorium was
used. There was a music program
during both morning and afternoon
sessions. Smyrna was represented
by Miss A. Jean Easton, our Direc-
tor, and her Glee Club. In the
morning, there was a discussion
period during which time various
phases of educational problems
We're debated upon. At the ban
quet, our superintendent, Mr..
Schantz, was POSTMASTER.
Florence Doughten.
"At last! No, just a few more
days. We hope this is true. This
has been the cry for many months.
Everyone has been expecting the
chance to go into the new Gym"
The Gym" is one of the most
modern in the country. 1t is 10
Gated upon the stage, and is well
lighted and very roomy.
The first game will be held March
IL, on Monday We are very
proud of our new Gym" and are
building high hopes of winning the
first game. Come and help the
teams.
William Spence.
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STATE STpprO,
:, '''eef Told Value
o. Jones' Mispilliop
Other Tribn.. 4
INDIAN Rr,,rn

f.IdLao, If the U. S. Engnes, II
1ayora0ly, four inlaDs s' Il
prove provement projects +sSs1
oeneilt Delaware sbiDoi1a "a! |
ing interests in al Gsal3.1 1.ag !
oe included this spripp ! Il
hlous appropriation bin u = !
mltted to the House Of ~
tlves at Washington bv "sp] y
and Harbors comittes Il Il
Congressman II ]. George :, u
Wilmington, is a meEbss nj S''
projects are:
l. Permanent on.,;
Indian River Inlet, pea- u
2. Establishment Of y
refuge, at the mouth of Il
XIII River, deepening = ot II
trance to the river and = f..
ing and widening of tb4 'Tsl
Rehoboth Canal.
3. Deepening Of St. Jo,l
near Bowers Beach. ''-
4. Extension Of tetttl
widening Of MispilIiop Rirs
Congressman Stewart !
Rehoboth and Lewes Iast l
tending public hearines ~
posed projects in that sr.1
~ 'oiln n Z. Lee, L. SI
engineer, presided.
Hearings on the MisDjriI
and St. Jones River protec1
be heard two weeks II
-, r-,.---
congressman Stewart will
or to attend those beari
aid the residents and Otbe
ested in presenting their
to the army engineers NJ
conduct the meetings.
Authorization for thess
and surveys Of the propoJ
jects were given by the Ri
Harbors Committee Of tn
upon a resolution offered
gressan Stewart as soon as
his place on the committee.
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, in rear autolnopn' , ,ond
road signs, lights ., ON s. d.
cars produce thelr lss-s JSr al
nails, even in cases .n sn' 'narkl
fail or cars have Oeen
out lights. -. efectil
New York s'a'e' - reaed
,nUn,s' nmns on all trucks and l..,,'sr ~
nassenger Iarnps cars, and slnn'I llasr
ton is expected this '''
other states. sovice . I
uct of the depressiUtt sort Of \
largely the life 1yr rsiosgo, \
Cass Stimsoa =, n yesr1
make rna a mechanical ,tascIsn(
,nanE wonId compare in els, ealsssses2
natures animal : s,s ,variety q
The beauty ana Sl,,Ins ss1 thii
used in incOrpO, q The ne rsdl
sals's ianps. is sat a tribute .,,ts' % 'ss sssi
of the modern iu'
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J. H. Jones.

For some time our school paper
has not been up to par. 1t seems
we've run out of talent and ideas.
The staff has decided to put
more time on it and see if it can't
make the last issue a success.
There will be meeting each week
after school to discuss ways of i'm
proving the paper. The members
plan to make the paper larger,
change the cover, ard have more
illustrations with the work. The
work, including the selection of
material, the spacing, and the de-
signs, will be done by the staff.
This will mean more responsibility
on the part of the students, and
Let us hope-more interest. A
paper can not succeed unless
everyone takes an interest in it.
Previously the staff, has only
heiped with the selection of the
material, and this only to a certain
extent Perhaps the paper will not
De much better at first, for the
star has had no experience. But
let us hope that in the future the
pygla1" will again reach the
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AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Teachers of Smyrna Schools
Submit Their Honor List
to Supt. G. w. Schantz
HONOR ROLL FOR MONTH

Smyrna Special District Schools,
G. w. w. Schantz, superintendent,
submits the following list of pu-
pills reported by the teachers of the
twelve grades, who were neither
absent nor tardy and are entitled
to go on the perfect attendance
roll for the month Of February:
Grade IL, Miss Kinsman, teacher
Seymour Blechman
James Gentry
Allen knight
Peter Pollock
Howell Sevil
William Spence
Ruth Blendt
Rosie Darrell
Florence Doughten
Virginia Heinold
Sarah Jones
Gladys Lefner
Mabel Mofitt
Mae Warner
Grade IL, Miss Rogers, teacher
Elizabeth Attix
Olive Rickling
Sadie Burke
Virginia Burris
Virginia Darrah
Emily Downes
Robert Everett
Elizabeth Hughes
Mary L. Hurd
Dorothy King
Anne Logan
Anne Oros
Rosalia Ragolia
Clarence Rawley
Frank Ross
Maxine Schulz
Emogene Shockley
Winona Skinner
Nancy Slaughter
Charles Thompson
Harry Thompson
Alma Walters
Grade 10-1, Mr.. King. teacher
James Anthony
Clement Bason
Harold Carrow
Marshall Clough
Guy Edmondson
Tracy Ennis
William RaWley
Marwood Taylor
George Thawley
Karl Vogel
Stephen Vogel
Anna Davis
Virginia Ennis
Ruth Garrison
Irene Goldsborough
Dorothy Handloff
Flo Hollett
Elizabeth Phillips
Erika Reimann
Evelyn Robinson
Mildred Simpler
Marianne Webb
Eleanor Williams
Grade 1912, Mr. Wright, teacher
Anna Attix
Dorothy Bush
Marian Cook
Rosetta Deacon
Marie Heinold
Catherine Horn
June Leader
Tlsie Lockerman
Pauline RothWell
Helen Slaughter
Nellie Wallace
Stanley Boyd
Reynolds Bradley
Arthur Dickerson
Lawrence Ford
Lotion Stewart
William VanDyke
Grade 9-1, Miss Beckett, teacher
Stuart Ashby
Charles Bartlett
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James Jones

! Billy MdcLucdS
William Mofitt
Louise Nabb
Alvin Nickerson
Davis Numbers
Millard PassWaterS
James Reynolds
| Ruth Short
Edward Slaughter
Nelson Slaughter
Miles Stats
Dorothy Stevens
James Turner
Ruth Waller
Grade 6-1, Miss Matthews, teache
Edith zimmerman
Wilma Blendt
Elizabeth Ennis
Marion Harry
Helen Hartnett
Clarence Blendt
George Bradley
William Clough
Earl Davis
Robert Deakyne
Paul EnIow
Warren Ford
Frederick Harris
Lloyd Johnson
Walter DoWnes
Grade 6-2. Mrs Smith. teacher
Janet Keith
Preston LaSage
Erla Lewis
Ruth LoWman
Beatrice Morris
Ruth NoWland
Elizabeth Phillips
Helen Pleasanton
Alan Robinson
Chapman Shockley
Lee Slaughter
Carroll VanPelt
Audrey Wooleyhan
Grade 81, Mis- VanPelt, teacher
Edward Burris
Stimson CarroW
James Deacon
Jesse Dixon
Jack Francis
Betty Hall
Jane Hurd
Carlene Jones
Hazel GrllvUelI
Andrew Hearn
George Passwaters
Audrey Leader
Grade So, Mrs Pryor, teacher
Marie McNatt
Helen Regener
Dorothy Short
Pauline Tucker
Robert Lower
William Palmer
Richard Scorah
Robert Scorah
William Short
Robert Spence
Frederick Stevenson
Elliel Wiley
Grade Al, Miss Scout, teacher
Jeanette Burchard
Evelyn Channell
Ethel David
Thelma Davidson
Frances Ann Davis
Dorothy Fortner
Mary Louise Graham
Billy Broadway
Leon Collins
Harry Ennis
Beverley Gaulke
Grade AZ, Mrs Newton, teacher
Thomas Lamb
William Minner
John Mood
Francis O'Neill
George Wright
Herman Tucker
Catherine Hartnett
Gene Kirby
Eleanor Pierce
Audrey Westfall
Jean Truax
Betty Woods
Grade 81, Miss Kaufman, teacher
Francis Bramble
Eddie Burris
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paid and the loss of wages consid-
cred, Mr.. and Mrs John Citizen
discovered that their home acci-
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"a ..... u. q.
Edward Boyles
Robert Bull
Allen Cook
Roger Davis
Earl Ford
John Gooding
William Hill
Reynolds Jones
Louis Lafferty
Joseph Lefner
Catherine Attix
Daisy Darrell
Marie David
Sstelle Edmondson
Mary Louise Ennis
Roberta Ennis
Virginia Ford
Margaret Hurd
Martha Kinschak
Elsie Lockerman
Elizabeth Legar
Grade 90, Miss Easton, teacher
John Melvin
Samuel Moffitt
Phyllis NoWlan
Howard Nowland
Irene OroS
Joe Parker
Leon Pierce
Wallace Powell
Mary Pusey
Roesoe Radish
Hilda Reed
Eleanor Robinson
Marian Rothwell
Harold Shockley
John Shortall
Eleanor Smith
John Talbot
Samuel Todd
James Truax
Naomi Urian
Mamie Wood
Mary Eta West
Grade 9-3, Miss Skrivan, teacher
Phyllis Armstrong
Dorothy Attix
Jean Barlow
Priscilla Collins
Margaret Crossley
Elizabeth Hill
Katherine Logan
Roberta Macklin
Evelyn Maclary
Viola Ryan
Virginia Spence
Marvina Stephen
Grade 81, Miss Vogel, teacher
Vivian Blendt
Shirley Charlton
Margaret Cochran
Ronald Grier
Barbara Eichholz
Catherine Ely
Ruth GruWell
Armstrong Hamilton
Grade 81, Miss Horsey, teacher
Lloyd H Jones
Mary Ellen Jones
Virginia l. Kemp
Eleanor King
Bessie Leader
William Melvin
Elmer Passwaters
Vernon Scorah
Gladys Spence
Etzel Todd
Rozaleane Urban
Grade IL, Miss Start, teacher
Alfredo Archer
Pauline Bickling
William Bramble
William Bull
Ruth Bush
Kenworthy Carter
Jay Don Charlton
Harry Cloud
Richard Cochran
Maud Darrell
Herbert Dixon
Raymond Engram
Donald Ennis
Dorothy Ennis
Marie FAIRIES
Clarence Garis
Rena Graham
Ruby Green
Bernard Grier
Veronica Hartnett
Freda Hengst
David Hughes
Charles Hufschmidt
Emma Jacobs
Roy James
Betty Jones
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Left, above, Jonathan Cass Stimson OF Cn0as from the
the same principle that causes light to be rehee es
the Tabby In the upper right corner eouo DC - II Iuh
taiI-Ights of automobiles Drawing shows no" "' ans
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Smyrna High
School .ACtiIitieS
Contributed Articles By Pupils Covering Literary
Efforts, Sports, and News of School Interest

height of popularity that it once
had.
Alverna Jones'
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STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS

CONTINUED From Page Twol
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-21

in 1885 but also may be expected
to ship in additional flax from 9TH
er states or from foreign countries
Possibly twenty million bushels
of flax will be crushed in the Unit
ed States in 1885 according to the
information received at the farm
advisors office. This compares
with maximum crushings of any
one year of about forty-two mil
lion bushels. California oil mills
usually crush to 10 per cent of
the total United States crushings.
Total flax acreage in the Imper-
ial San Joaquin and Sacramento
valleys of California and in Arizona
are estimated at about $4,000 acres
this season. With an estimated
yield of 20 bushels to the acre this
southwestern flax production in
1885 may approximate one million
bushels. Since California mills may
be expected to consume from one
million six hundred thousand to the
two million bushels of flax seed it
appears that California will still be
on import basis this season.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-21
FAMILY ROW
WAKES WARM

What started out to be an orth-
odox and legitimate private family
argument between an eaStside
householder ana his spouse last
night was given undue and effect
i've publicity when the aforemen-
toned spouse took her lord and
masters clothing out into the street
and burned them. She then re-
turned to the protection OF her
"home sweet home and proceed
ed to beat up on hubby with fists
and feet, adding few healthy bites
for good measure.
The beleagured husband finally
made his escape. rustled some spare
clothing from a sympathetic but
wary neighbor and made his way
to police headquarters where he re-
ported the matter and asked pro-
lection of the law He failed TO
state what had started the rumpus
or why his spouse found it neces-
sary to cremate his clothing. He
told officers he would return this
morning and sign a complaint
against his belligerent better "seY-
en-eighths' but failed to do so.
Love probably won out in the
end despite such handicapS,' an
officer commented this morning
in speaking of the affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-21
j. s. READY
To SELL GOLD

WASHINGTON. March 81. = tUD
High treasury officials said today
that the United states is prepared
to sell gold from its huge stocks to
other nations IL they seek 1t.
This announcement followed dis
closure that the government had
sold $4,000 ounces to the Bank OF
Mexico and 10000 ounces to Guata-
inala.
These sales, it was learned, would
not be confined solely to silver pro-
ducing countries. The easury
spokesman said, however, that no
other negotiations are under way
for such purchases.
It was indicated that foreign
countries, If they desired, could pay
for gold either in silver or commo-
dities. .sIs1l
Asked if the treasury was seeking
to obtain the entire world supply OF
gold, this official said, mo, If we got
all of the gold, it would be impos-
sible for lis TO use It,"
Canada and China have been
among the leading sources of silver
coming into the United States re-
Gently, and experts believed those
countries might be among the most
interested in exchanging silver for
gold.
China approached the United
States on the question last autumn,
but a transaction was never con-
cluded. Recently China has been re-
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-21
HEBER P.-T. A.
GROUP MEETS

HEBER, March 81. tSpeciaD-
The Heber P. T. A. met Friday at
the school house with Mrs. Orr pre-
siding. Miss Helen Thomas gave
a splendid talk ON child welfare.
Miss Fugale, school nurse, talked
on the Importance of milk in the
growing child diet. There were
20 members present. All agreed
to the plan to furnish milk for the
undernourished children of which
there are 33 at school, a good many
of the parents being able to pay
for the same which will be l5c
week. For those not able to pay,
the P. T. A. will furnish it. The
meeting ended with the singing of
the P. T. A. song The next meet
ing will be an evening one on April
26