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Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
FLARES
BURNS FATAL
Frank COwden, Alone i'm the
House, Carried Stove Out
and Falls Nearby
WIFE RETURNS STRICKEN

Frank Cowden, A, was burned
to death early Sunday night in
what State Police believe was a
futile attempt to put out fire re-
sulting from the explosion of an
oil stove in his four-room, twostory
frame house about a half mile off
the Cooch's Bridge-Pleasant Val
ley road on the Welsh Tract. Cow
den is believed to have picked up
the flaming oil stove following the
explosion and to have tried to
carry it out of the house. After
carrying it a few steps, State Po-
lice said, he dropped it. apparently
when his clothes ignited He ran
outside, his clothes in flames, and
fell about 25 feet from the kitchen
door. Cowden had been home
alone, his wife, Catherine, and two
sons, Frank, IA and John, II, hav-
ing gone into Newark in the morn
ing to attend church services and
spent the afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Cowden's mother, Mrs Mary
Johnson, on East Main street.
Three Negroes, George, Ernest and
Maynard Earle noticed the flames
shooting from the house and with
William Cole, r. G. Piel, Joseph
Piel and Edward Nelson hurried to
the house. They found Cowden's S
body, with the clothes still burning.
lying in the yard They beat out
the flames but found the man was
already dead. The Aetna Hose and
Rubber Company of Newark was
summoned, but the fire had gained
such headway that virtually moth
ing could be done Damage was
estimated at $4,000. Mrs. Cowden
and ner two sons were walking
home when they were met by per-
sons returning from the fire, who
told her of the tragedy. She in
sisted on going to the house, but
there became hysterical and had to
be removed to the Office of Dr. Wal
ilOC cOlHiSOI, III 4NtWdIh. LdIeF
she and the children were taken to
the home of her mother Sergeant
Roger P. Elderkin, of the State Po-
lice, and Deputy Coroner James F.
Hearn investigated The body was
released to the family. Cowden
was an employe of the National
Vulcanized Fibre Companv in,
Newark
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
ASBURY Nj. f. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. John L. johnson, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week

Rev. John L. Johnson, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week
The observance of the one hun
dred and forty-ninth anniversary
of Asbury last Sunday was a great
event in the history of the church
and will long be remembered by all
who attended. The congregations
were large, the music inspiring, the
fellowship delightful, the offerings
liberal and beyond expectation, the
worship service impressive, the
eloquent, thrilling,
thought provoking and spirit thrill
ing and over all the delight of re-
ceiving a number of persons into
church fellowship by transfer, and
confession of faith. Next Sabbath
a large attendance is ex-
pected in all the departments of
the church school. Every member
is urged to be present to get in
step with the fine program to be
given during the Christmas season
beginning with Sunday evening,
December 18th, and continuing un-
Continued on PAGE Fourl
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
BILLY SUNDAY LEFT $4,000
His Entire Estate Left to His Wife
"Ma" SUNDAY of Chicago, Ill.

The Rev. William A Billy Sun
day, who will be remembered as
conducting a revival in Smyrna
last January and February, built
an estate of approximately $4,000
in his SO years of evangelism, it
was disclosed Tuesday, when his
will was fed for probate at Chi
cago. He left all to his widow,
Mrs. Helen A. Sunday, who was
appointed executrix. A codicil
provided that in the event of Mrs.
Sundays death before her husband,
the estate was to go to their sons,
Paul and William, Jr., Los Angeles.
The famed advocate of the saw
dust trail'' died of an heart attack
while visiting in Chicago November
6. He was 73.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
ELECTION OPINION
Governor Buck Advised by Attor-
new General on Bancroft Vacancy

w
ney General on Bancroft Vacancy
Governor Buck Monday after
noon received a letter from Attor-
ney General P Warren Green in
forming him that it is his opinion
it will not be necessary to issue a
writ of election to fill a vacancy in
the Third Senatoria District of
Kent County. The Governor asked
the Attorney General for his opin-
ion in connection with an extraor-
dinary session of the State Senate
which he will have to call for the
confirmation OF an appointment to
the judiciary, to be made soon, fill
ing the vacancy caused by the
death of Resident Judge David ].
Reinhardt The vacancy in the
Third Senatorial District of Kent
County was caused by the death
of State Senator Frank c. Ban
croft, Democrat,
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
SMYRNA TROOP
OF BOY SCOUTS
Five Recruits of Local Organ
izatiOn to Be Invested by
Governor Buck
IN TENDER FOOT RANK"

The regular weekly meeting Of
Boy Scouts, Troop 81, Smyrna, un-
der the Scoutmastership of Mr.
James w. Foster, was held on
Tuesday evening last, November
26th. At the meeting the Patrols
lined up in patrol formation and
Mr.. Foster had Scout Dixon step
forward and receive the Scout oath.
Scout Turner was called upon to
lead the troop in the Scout laws.
After these ceremonies Mr.. Foster
lead the troop in a prayer for
Thanksgiving and the troop joined
him in the Lords Prayer. Busi-
ness of the meeting was then
transacted as follows: Dues and
roll call with the inspection of each
individual scout and questions re-
garding the monthly contest was
taken. Announcements of the
troop activities for December were
read and also some news of other
scout troop activities. Mr.. Foster
urged the boys to be present at the
troop meeting and made the an
nouncement that the whole troop
would go to Dover for the Della
ware Day investiture ceremonies.
Mr.. Unruh and Mr.. Maloney were
called upon for announcements in
their respective departments and it
seems that the headquarters will
be dressed up a bit when their
plans are completed. Instruction
period came next and Mr.. Foster
had the boys go over the play for
the special court of honor and
then gave the boys instruction in
first aid. The meeting was closed
after a short game period with the
singing of taps and scoutmaster's
benediction. The troop was very
glad to have with them Mr.. Elmer
+. Corrie, the chairman of the
troop committee. The following
Smyrna boys will be presented
their tenderfoot rank by Governor
q. Douglas Buck on December 7th:
Lee Slaughter, John Short, William
Clough, Jessie Dixon and A. Lloyd
Johnson.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
w. p. Day, Former Eastern Shore
Gamer, Dies i'm Wilmington

William Preston Day, retired can
merry operator of Ridgely, Md, died
suddenly Saturday at his home,
1916 West Fourth street, Whining
ton, from an heart attack. Mr.. Day
entered the cannery business in
1887, when with his brother, the
late Thomas L. Day, he organized
and operated cannery in Ridge
ly. He later purchased half own
ership in basket factory there.
In 1906 he moved to Greensboro,
where he organized another can
merry business. Mr.. Day was born
in Greensboro, the son of the late
William and Rebecca Day. He had
been living in Wilmington since
1917. Surviving him are: His wife,
Mrs. Mary Elma Insley Day; four
sons, William D., Preston L., Clay
ton G., of Wilmington, and Edward
r. Day, of Baltimore, and one sis
ter, Miss Emma H. Day. Funeral
services were held Tuesday after
noon at 3 o'clock Interment in
RivervieW cemetery, Wilmington.
George Waldman Dies at FELTON,
George Waldman, II, died Sun
day at his home in FELTON,, follow
ing an illness of two weeks. He is
Continued on Page Fivel
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
BIDS ARE OFFERED AT DOVER
Dover Council Opened New Bids
For Incinerator Plant

Dover Town Council Monday
night opened bids for the proposed
incinerating plant to be construct
ed with PWA funds, for which
$4,000 has been approved. Bids
opened October % were all in ex--
cess of the amount allowed and
new bids were asked Only three
bids were received and were above
the amount set but each carried a
proviso which may bring the cost
within the amount specified. The
bidders and amounts were: Sea-
board Construction Company, Inc,
Cumberland, Md, S119, $50; George
and Lynch, Dover, S112, ,1OS. so; Vir-
ginia Engineering Company, Inc,
Newport News, Va, Sill, ,537. The
bids were turned over to city man
ager for tabulation.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
KENT FARMERS
WIVES FRUGAL
Fill Their Larders With 1885,
900 Jars of Canned Food
For Winter Use
PRAISE MISS WHITCOMB

Kent house wives are not being
caught mapping in these days of
rising food prices. To fill their
shelves with good health for the
coming winter has been the aim of
many of our homemakers this year,
judging from the annual records
just sent in by SIT club members
to their Home Demonstration
Agent, Miss Louise R. Whitcomb.
Weekly records kept by forty wom-
en- on gardens last year gave the
average figure of $500 as the
value of such a garden. This fig
ure has been useful III convincing
people that good spring garden
is really worth while and when the
women report canning $4,000
quarts of vegetables from these
small home gardens it is still more
convincing. Beside this, 41,000
quarts of fruit have been put up
and $4,000 quarts of jams, jellies
and pickles. In all, these women
have put up over 125,000 jars of
canned food which means that they
will have an abundance of fruits,
vegetables anl meats for this COM
ing winter and need feel no fear
at rising food costs. According to
records SO of these homemakers
canned with a plan in mind this
year of putting up enough to have
68 quarts of fruits and vegetables
on their shelves for every member
of their family This figure is es-
timated to supply them amply for
the winter months when the gar
den is not producing. This is bet
ter than having too much of a sur
plus left over for the next year or
in running short before the garden
is ready again. Kent County
Homemakers are using this slogan
STORED Summer Wealth Means
Winter Health"
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
DOVER TO HAVE
WATER HARBOR
Development of Port MahOn
HarbOr Near Little Creek
and Road Under Way
WHARF AT THE BAY

Establishment of a deep water
harbor for Dover and vicinity at
Port Mahon, located northeast of
Little Creek, has been definitely set
by action taken by the Port Mahon
Corporation. The State Highway
Department is now completing con-
struction of a highway across the
marsh to Mahon's lighthouse and
a branch from this highway will be
constructed to point along the
Mahon branch. With construction
of this highway to the deep water
section, the Port Mahon Corpora
tion will begin erection of a wharf
along the water front. The wharf
will extend for a distance of one
hundred feet but will be construct
ed in such manner that it can be
extended as the needs require long
wharfage. Port Mahon is consid-
cred by maritime authorities as one
of the few natural harbors on the
Delaware Bay shore. The water
at the point where the wharf will
be constructed has depth at low
tide of about seventeen feet and
the water is affected very little by
storms on the bay. The corpora
tion, which owns most of the land
surrounding the deep water sec
ton, decided at its meeting, to pro-
ceed with developing this section
ON a large scale After the wharf
is completed, storage houses will be
erected and a yacht basin will be
made to provide for pleasure craft
that may desire to anchor in case
of storm on the bay. According to
preliminary estimates given to the
corporation it is expected that
some of the improvements will be
completed and ready for operation
during the later Spring or early
Summer months.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
School Board to Entertain Ed
ucatOrs and Directors at
a Banquet Here
PROGRAM is ARRANGED

The local Board of Education of
the Smyrna Special School District
as a mark of sincere appreciation
to those who have given of their
time and effort in the behalf of the
Smyrna School Building project,
will be hosts at an informal
"speechless" supper on Wednesday
evening, December II, at $50 in
the school cafeteria Among those
who are invited to attend are the
members of the Smyrna Building
Commission, past and present,
members of the State Board of Ed
Iucation, the architects, engineers,
contractors, and the President Of
the Delaware School Foundation.
In addition to the ones named
above, the Presidents of the Boards
of Trustees of the adjacent school
districts, namely Clayton, Kenton,
Hartly, Blackbird, Walkers, Tay-
lor's Bridge, Leipsic, and Cheswold.
have been invited to attend. The
local board considers it an oppor-
tunity to show some consideration
to those persons who had served on
the Board of Education in former
years. After supper an inspection
tour of the building will be con-
Quoted, after which the party will
retire to the auditorium where a
brief program has been arranged
This is for the purpose of demon
strating the various equipment
such as the communication system
the radio and phonograph system
the sound pictures. A brief sketch
in the gymnasium under the direc-
ton of the physical education
teacher will be put on. During the
evening selections will be rendered
by the school band.-The second
advisory period will come to close
on Thursday, December 5. Pupils
report cards will be distributed or
Tuesday, December 10. Parents
and guardians should give sincere
thought and consideration to these
report cards, and wherever posi-.
BILE, in case of any misunderstood
ing, contact the classroom teacher
or the Superintendent of School:
where they will find sympathetic
cooperation.-Word has just beer
received from the Office of the Kent
County visiting teacher that the
Smyrna District again ranked first
in the per centage of attendance
among the five special districts
namely Smyrna, Dover, Caesar
Rodney, Milford, Harrington. Thi:
is for the month of October, the
percentage being 96.3. The per
centage for the year is $685.
Banking results for the week are
as follows: Number in attendance
IT'S; number of depositors, 20
amount deposited for day, S28.45
amount deposited to date this year
S444. 81.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
AUTO CRASH
.laugh u' Meets Death on the
nuts Hammock Road

r.. - oNh hUdu
1[I la. .clough,age %, of Dover.
,,"a .Oln u Cough formerly Of
'TS1, Tr,,. Nd, employed by the
,,,u sluil Farms was killed
bvs- rrAing & on the highway east
|''ss. IT,, early Sunday morning
ksss ks4oslst0Od from the police
s,,1, are Of the opinion that that
kob',a %slksd into the side Of an
\ fJsIs sr.lIt driven by Marvel VIII il
asfi"s ssfi~arthnore, i Pa, since an !
EVss1aa q ,t The Wilson automo-
kas s'isa ~ mat IA, the handle Of the
! ssoati.,l ,as only part of the auto to-
\ of fS"lllg o"n,s any damage or anv
Of The ~ mr. Wilson, the
|ss P '"I y,S car is the son of
/ C I, Wilson, former r Ins,,r- =
H. (SSssanlssiOner nm of the estaf, stoto
H. 'Sn.ln-law Sa.l of DR.. G. I.ave Lavs
| NJ 'oln "a Of whom live in Mi1-
ldct e. j e0foners ss jury rendered e'rl,5
bod that astitsnt" ss and it is un-
Esse ,ga5 aiII u. Tie Attorney Gener- alr
Fl,'sllln s,.l not attempt to Tnse- prose
| viii SHssal "a services for the peVse- d.
81 ~ c,t g held from Hendersnn de u,
Greensboro, at II eIoon o'cIoOn
n essa saay morning, with ! intsa rlock
EelsensSOrO Cemetery 'D'er-
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
800 MEN NOW
ON CANAL JOBS
Bank Being Constructed On
North Side of Waterway;
Will Extend Two Miles
EMPLOYING HAND WORK

Inc large mana ldDOr PROJECT on
the Chesapeake and Delaware Can
al at Biddles Point, about midway
between Reedy Point and st.
Georges, is progressing. There are
about 800 Delaware residents en-
ployed on this project, furnished by
the Delaware WPA from the re-
lief rolls of Wilmington and county
mainly. The work, however, is one
of the Public Works projects and
is under the direction of the War
Department through the direct SUI
pervision of the Philadelphia Office,
u. S. Engineers The project at
Biddle's Point consists of the con-
struction of a bank along the
northern side Of the present canal.
This bank is a continuation of the
bank that has already been erect
ed from Fifth Street Bridge in Del
aware City to Biddle's Point, a dis
tance of approximately two miles.
It practically follows the route of
the old canal towpath which, in the
old lock canal days, served both as
a bank to hold the water in the
canal but also as a road on which
the teams of mules trod while pull
ing the barges through the canal.
The old bank and towpath has
practically disappeared during the
past ten years causing the canal to
flood all the low land on the north
side of the canal. The bank now
being constructed from Bidlle's
Point will run almost to st. Georg-
es. Later, when the eastern end of
the canal is dredged to the depth
of 27 feet at low water and widen
ed to the distance of 250 feet, the
dredges will pump in this low
marsh area between the bank and
the high ground to the north.
Later, when dredges begin working
from st. Georges eastward, the
canal channel will be widened to
the southwark and the banks al
ready constructed and now under
construction on the north side, will
be undisturbed. The government
owns the land adjacent to the can
al on both the north and south
sides and will be able to fill in low
marshland extending southwark if
the area to the north of the canal
should be unable to hold all the
dredgings. The hand labor bank
now under construction is quite a
project. It is necessary to build
roads through the marsh to reach
the bank. Several of these roads
have been constructed from the
high ground north of the bank
where the excavations are being
made. They run for several hun
dred yards in several instances
through four to five feet of water
to the site of the bank BY having
several roads reach the bank it is
possible for the men working on
the project to be split up into sew
eral gangs and thus erect the bank
at several points at the same time.
The men are divided into three
main groups on this job. One large
group shovel the gravel into the
wheelbarrows, another group pro-
pei the wheelbarrows on planks on
the roads that have been construct
ed to reach the new bank, and a
third group reshovel the gravel af-
ter it has been brought to the
bank. The new bank is being con-
structed about eight feet above
normal high water and is approx
mately twelve feet across the top.
The bank slopes on each side to
! the base.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
MRS. BLANCHE GREEN HURT
Midd1etown Woman Suffers Frac-
tured Jaw in Auto Accident

Mrs. Blanche Lockwood Green,
popular woman of Middletown, suf-
fered a fractured jaw and lacera-
tions of the face and head when a
tire on the car she was driving
blew out on Thanksgiving day and
the machine overturned on the
Summit Bridge road near Summit
Bridge. She was taken to the Del
aware Hospital, Wilmington, by a
passing motorist, where the frac-
ture was reduced and where she is
recovering.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
SHORE PUBLISHER MARRIES
Charles S. Walls Jr. Editor of the

Charles S. Walls Jr. Editor of
the Centreville Observer Centre
vile Md. and Miss Moreau Forrest
Green daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Green of ROLES Range
near st. Michaels, Md, were mar
ried Thursday morning, at one
o'clock in the Episcopal Church at
st. Michaels with the Rev. Robert
Lewis performing the ceremony.
The bride is the grandfather of
Henry Clay Tunis, founder of the
Tunis Mills Lumber Company. Fol-
lowing a short wedding trip to
New York City and Connecticut,
the young couple will be at home
in Centreville, Md.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
KILL MUSKRAT FOR RAT
Unusual Disturbance Found in the
Cellar of Mrs. Harry Turner

Mrs. Harry G. Turner and Miss
Elizabeth Gilliss of Market Street,
had an exciting experience the
other evening when they found a
rat in their cellar. When they at
tempted to exterminate it, the
rodent put up fight and it was
a fifteen minute battle before they
succeeded in killing it. The rat
was brought up from the cellar to
the yard. They did not know
what it was until Mrs. Turner's
son came home and told them it
was muskrat. He skinned the
rat and sold the hide.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
Delaware Day" Next Saturda,

Governor Buck has issued a pro-
clamation fixing Saturday next,
December Z, as marking the ami
versary of Delaware's ratification
of the U. S. Constitution. The pro-
clamation calls on schools and
civic organizations to properly OBJ
serve the day
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
'0f TAKES A BRIDE

s Mss T,aa q Woodland " Beach
Eva PInn.um s'va plummer, Of Pa.
b Mrs winla wlumimer, daughter Of
] Pa, aDS William l Plummer Of
Nj, sad aa1 ns. :. Rus Russell Jones, $
were paalng un',as and Woodland
Pa, On pnlssd Fs,ii in marriage, lat at
B a&s' a. Friday ss.ay evening, IL No. ..
home a,ll9tis u ,sa, City, they viii will
Pa 'eir apartment in
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05
RYCHURCHI Il
1Ics1 BIRTHDAY
.;0ns Attend
f'.;,l -, Services Sunday
'rping and Evening
| $4,000 WAS RAISED

liz. Johnson 'ne &c tsbr1ry
|. loacial Board Of AS asOtfs tbs
rsDrch are happy over l,,,rv ,rv
I tSs jubilee at AsOury Sllr
n. Episcopal Church ssn-
IT, drew large cOngrega-
\ +',I II the services, many M, Iso
,sre s- from all parts OF tne e
l,,s Resides a fine program q
md addresses the churcn ~
~ y their "Joash Chest" a
nouuting II to $4,000 includ-
[s.srintions y and plate collec-
!. ths goal was set for
IT, f.ct t was over subscrib-
Elt law -
$3.50 the expectations o.
r.so labored to make the
srniversary Of Asbury a sue
| T.s church was fttingly
,rd a cold. brisk, winter
Epsted the occasion. Fhe
waiter E. Gunby, superinten-
II the wilmington district OF
Wilmington NJ. E. Conference
N guest preacher at the
he service, and the Rev. Har-
hul Sloan, superintendent OF
hmden district of the New
| NJ E. Conference, was the
sneaker at the evening ser
Al both services, with the
the Rev. ]. L. Johnson, pre-
the church was filed with
timated attendance Of about
It each service. Seventeen
Members were received. DR..
preached on ''The Value
d. speaking Of a mans
to his community and fell
n intellectually, morally, So
and spiritually, and Of Gods
sal of him. World Condi-
was the topic of DR.. Sloan's
b. The foundation upon
recovery of the nations of
World, and particularly in
ca, socially, morally, econom-
md spiritually, is love of
he said, and he made an ap-
Dr. all persons to consecrate
Ives to higher and nobler
in life. Conditions in Rus
'rmany and Italy he ascribed
'ction of the doctrines of
and the teachings of the
and said that America and
Britain led all the other ma
. coming through the tur-
the World War because
re Christian nations. He
ed the end of the old re-
nd the beginning of a new"
, services, the senior, young
5 and junior choirs of the
gave special musical pro
Inc church was specially
ed for the occasion. The
brick church is the third
Q on the site. 1t was built
+ ago. succeeding another
lufen' which had been erect
'lace Of the original frame
! The church now has a
lshlp Of 7S7, with more than
lae Sunday school and 40
lVworth v League. The total
u The three choirs is 1870.
Smyrna times., 1935-12-05

Chimney Fire at Edw. Jackson's
A fire alarm at Z o'clock last
night called the firemen to the cor
ner of Mt. Vernon and Delaware
streets, the old Start property, to
extinguish a chimney fire. Little
or no damage was done.
, 1935-08-18
New Forty and Eight
Officers Are Installed

$3.50 49, $500
SAN BENITO, Aug. l7.-Installa-
ton OF new officers Of tie Came
ron County Voiture of the Forty
and Eight. American Legion fun
organization. was had Friday night
81 the legion clubhouse.
Dan Heslop OF Harlingen as chef
de care heads the new slate OF Of
f.cers including Alfred Price, Browns
vile. chef de train; Dwight Cilley,
San Benito. c~onducteur; Hill In
gram, Harlingen, correspondent: w.
z Gaines. Harrington. commissaire
intendent: Sam Feldman. Harrington,
commiSsaire voyageur: Paul II.
Brown, Harrington. avocat: David
JooSt. Brownsville. a ammonier:
Frank McCoun. Harrington. garde Ia
Porte: z. B. Worley. Harrington.
lGmpiste: Breezy Williams. Browns
vile. sous corducteur: DR.. r. I. Ut
ley, Harrington. medicin: w. Y. Buck
and w. L. Williams. San Benito,
end Jack Cary. Harrington, chemin-
OTIS. Feldman and Utley were install
led by proxy. Buck, chef de care
.passe. installed the officers.
Plans for a drum corps, a box q
and a firing squad for Cameron
and Willacy county, were discussed.