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Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
'MILLSBORO is
SANITARY TOWN
Leading AS State Board of
Health's First 1000 San
atiZed Town in State
ACCOMPLISHED MU c HI

Millsboro is leading Delaware in
community sanitation, and it is ex-
pected that it will be the first 100
percent sanatized town in the
state, according to Mr.. Harry E.
Tunnel, who is in charge of the
Sussex County community santa
ton work being carried on by the
State Board of Health. Unsanitary
privies have long been source of
contagion, and drive to eliminate
these and replace them with sani-
tary structures was started a year
ago under the Civil Works Admin
istration. Since the discontinuance
of all CWA projects, the Town of
Millsboro has cooperated with the
State Board of Health by setting
up a small revolving fund to en-
able the low income groups to pay
for these improvements over
period of time. It has been the
procedure for a group of workmen
to remodel the existing unsanitary
structure into the type of sanitary
privy advocated by health author
tiles, and the cost of labor and
necessary new materials have been
billed to the property owner by the
town council; if he is unable to i'm
mediately reimburse the council,
arrangements are made for time
payment Many diseases, includ-
ing typhoid, enteristis and diarrhea
are known to be spread from i'm
properly constructed and maintain
ed privies.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
Robot Pufs Cigar
and Reads Books

Montreal.-Mrs. Betty Leyborn,
professor at the British Institute
of Mental Science, has taught
her robot, "Algi," how to see,
read aloud and think.
Mrs. Leyborn has brought Algi
to Montreal for a series of pub
lie demonstrations. She argues
that the robot really thinks be-
fore it answers and can produce
the right reply for the right
question.
A1gi has a mechanical nervous
system inside a nickel-plated
body which reacts to the vibra-
tions of the human voice and
controls the answers. The ro-
bots ears are concealed micro
phones. The eyes are photo-elec-
trio cells which actually can
read a book and repeat the words
in the book audibly. Algi can
smoke a cigar and fire a pistol
whenever told to do SO.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26

Professors Henry Hayes Lockwood
ond William Chauvenet, professors
If mathematics in the Navy, who
had made very definite success of
teaching at the old Naval Asylum
i philadelphia, a makeshift school
For some of the midshipmen who
we're ashore; John Alexander Lock
wood u. S. N; Passed Midshipman
samuel Marcy, U. S. n, the son Of
the Secretary of War, William l..
Marcy of New York, with whom
b;e influence was undoubtedly used
" have Fort Severn transferred to
the Navy; and Arsene Girault, en-
Moved from civil life.
Of this Faculty the two out
standing leaders were Professors
William Chauvenet and Henry
Hayes Lockwood. Both gave the
Sunerintendent, Commander Buch-
anan great assistance in setting a
high standard in both discipline
and studies. Chauvenet was bril-
liant in mathematics and naviga-
ton and unusually effective in i'm
parting knowledge to students.
Lockwood was the more versatile
intellectually, and was also born
teacher. He had graduated at
West Point, which had been estab-
lished some forty years before the
Naval Academy, and in conse-
ouence, was more effectively equip
ped than any other member of the
Faculty to assist Commander
Buchanan in military discipline
and training. He became invalu-
able in establishing the permanent
Naval School at Annapolis.
The two LockWoOds, who were
brothers, were sons Of William
Kirkley and Mary Hayes Lock
wood, Of Kent County, Delaware.
Both married daughters of prom
inent Delaware families. Surgeon
Lockwood, who was the older of
the two brother and who received
his medical education and degree
at Dickinson College, Charlisle,
Pennsylvania, married Julia Nc
Lane, the granddaughter both Of
George Read, one of the Delaware
signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and Of Colonel Allan Nc
Lane, the famous colonel of the
Delaware Horse, in the Revolu-
ton. Professor Lockwood married
Anna Booth, the daughter of
Judge Booth of Delaware.
The day of the anniversary is to
be entirely given up to various in
teresting events. A sham battle in
the morning, commemorative
speeches, exhibits from the first
Continued op Page Six)
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
HIGHWAY FORCE
REPAIR ROADS
Bridges Destroyed By Flood
Waters Will Be Rebuilt
Dirt Roads Suffered Most
in LOWER DELAWARE

All of the activities of the Della
ware State Highway Department
are being devoted to the repair and
reconstruction of the damage re-
sulting from the heavy rain storm
which visied lower Delaware about
ten days ago. The roads in lower
Kent and upper Sussex counties
suffered the most damage. The
flood waters destroyed ten bridges
as well as a number of culverts
and caused a number of washouts
along both the concrete and dirt
roads. Highway engineers esti
mated that it will require about
100000 yards of fill to repair the
Sussex county roads and $4,000
yards of fill for the Kent county
roads. On the highway leading
from Harrington to Burrsville, to-
wards Denton, two bridges, each
"a feet wide were destroyed and
will have to be rebuilt. On the
highway leading from Willow
Grove to SandtoWn, towards Colds
boro, a 16 foot bridge and a 10
foot bridge were destroyed and will
have to be rebuilt Immediately
following the storm the efforts of
the Department were centered in
the damaged main high
ways and this work is about com
pleted, except for the bridges. The
Department engineers expect to
complete plans for four of the de-
stroyed bridges during the present
week and the plans will be turned
over to contractors so they can
start the rebuilding work immed-
lately. The fact that the storm
damage was not greater along the
main highway was due entirely to
the fine work of numerous main
tenance crews who battled with the
raging waters at a number of plac-
eS in order to protect the highways
from destruction. 1t is now
thought that the storm damage to
the Delaware highway system will
exceed the first estimates, which
were placed at 100000. The ex-
pense of repairing the dirt roads
must also be met by the Highway
Department. This is the third
successive year that the Delaware
highway system has suffered Sc
severe damage as the result of the
early fall heavy rain storms.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
[T1AI, SCHOOL
n Important Part N
] F, Founding Of United
States In nstituti0n
HEROES STAND ooi

,.urv Franis Sturdy
y ysins Henry october 10th the n.
conigS S,ntss Naval Academy 4
f.I'a s!a'SI Maryland, is celeOrat, i.
0i,s Goth anniversary Of rs o4
4, in 4 1845. Two solls si,,sr I
aEs : which had early given tee
alT' officers personnel l,,,iant q snt
~ q its most Orllllsn' a.
I'm an naval leaders alpanrs in our nls.
y .,a persons of Commooore
aanne,B. I u played an importan.
iloaS seSyeloping the permanent,
,tior acr' Of the present Naval
Ill.T in 4 the years Of its N
one John A. Lockwood
H. ~ arst surgeon Of the
L. III IL other, Henry H. Lock
was As the first head Of the
*ment Of Natural Philosophy
\ professor Lockwood m
IT, much of the success OF
[.ahli.bment Il. of the School
)ne. o.+or,, of
kty years ago Secretary q
Esvv George Bancroft, the
4 and historian, realizing the
g. adequate preliminary ed
4 for the young naval offic-
4 entering the service as
6uman, got the approval Of
~ older and younger officers
| Navy for his plan to estao-
| single permanent national
/ School. He persuaded the
! to transfer Fort Severn al
4 IL
bolis to the Navy, as the
eter Of the waters of the
River and the Chesapeake
kith the refined social life q
bolis, made that situation es-
n desirable.
| entire success of Bancroft s
you'd, Of necessity, depend
khe character Of the Faculty
be selected to organize and
lister the School. For its
The Superintendent, as he has
6nce been known, he selected
lander Franklin Buchanan, U
noted in the Navy for his
and possessing much
as an organizeRand admin
br. He was later to become
pushed in the Civil War as
kptain of the Merrimac in the
Is fight with the Monitor ir
lttle of Hampton Roads. The
II the Faculty were Lieuten.
(mes H. Ward, U. S. ~, who
X Head of the Academic
of the new Naval School.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued From Page Two)

ton, Brandywine, Cherry Hill, etc.
He has no family but wife. He
will take possession of the parson-
age as soon as it can be conven-
iently done.
The Rev. DR.. Umsted is absent
from home, attending the celebra-
ton of the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the Presbyterian
Church, of the Forks of the
Brandywine, Chester county, Pa.
DR.. Umsted's father was the first
member received into this church
under the ministry of the Rev. DR..
Grier, whose pastorate continued
over fifty years. The Rev. John c.
Thompson, a former pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, of Smyrna, is
a nephew of DR.. Grier. He also,
with several others who entered
the ministry from this church will
be present on this interesting oc-
casion.
DEATH OF MRS. SUSAN D.
BEAUCHAMP
Died, this 23rd inst, in the 85th
year of her age, at the Smyrna M.
E. Parsonage, Smyrna, Del, Miss
Susan D. Beauchamp. She was
generally known to the older
preachers of the Philadelphia and
Wilmignton Conferences, and also
to the people served as pastor by
the Rev. j. B. Quigg as Cousin
Susan" Brief services will be held
at the parsonage tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock. Her remains will
be taken to Snow Hill, Nd, for
burial. She has shared the timer
acy life of Mrs. Quigg, having ac-
companied her from the first ZAP
pointment" to the present. No one
was more cheerful, bright, steady
and patient than she has been. AS
a result she won many friends and
was always favorite. Though
not related, she has been more
than sixty years connected with
Mrs. Quigg's mother and her own
family. She died, as she had lived,
in hope of blissful immortality.
OF her it may be said, She hath
done what she could"
A RUNAWAY AT
''WOODLAWN"
Mrs. Eliza A. Smithers, wife of
Postmaster Smithers of Dover,
started home on Monday after
weeks visit to relatives in this
town. She was met by Col.George
W. Cummins near his residence
who desired that she should take
home with her a basket of his fine
pears. In coming out of the lane
at 'Woodlawn" the horse bore with
force in the direction of home, and
in the effort in getting him in the
other direction the bit broke or
separated in the mouth and George
w. Reed the driver, felt his guild
ing power gone. Feeling he was
master of the situation, the horse
started down the main road in a
run; on arriving at the big Oak
he turned in the direction of Bren-
ford and on reahing the place of
Mr.. Reed called to head off the
horse, whereupon James Wilson
ran out and struck the horse across
the nose with a fence rail. This
checked his speed but also caused
him to shy into ditch thereby up
setting the carriage, but fortunate
ly the single-tree broke letting the
Continued On Page Sevep)
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
Army, Navy Medical Schools

The Army and Navy Medical
schools are postgraduate schools.
The federal government does not
maintain an undergraduate school
Of medicine. Every physician en-
tering the army and navy must be
a graduate physician. Such physi-
clans are then sent to these schools
for postgraduate training in vari-
nus subjects.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26
Kent County Band Gave Concert

Members of the Kent County
Band gave a concert at the Della
ware Colony, Stockley, Sunday af-
ternoon of last week. In the ev-
ening the band played on the
school campus at Glendale at six
O'clock.
Smyrna times., 1935-09-26

Women in Hungary make a plum
jelly which requires "a hours stir
ring.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
REV. G. w. COOK GETS A CALI
Well Known Evangelist of VIII
mington, Accepts Call to Buffalo

The Rev. George w. Cooke. Of
2409 Franklin street, Wilmington.
Methodist Episcopal evangelist
who has just returned to Whining
ton from the session Of the NJ. E.
Conference at Seaford, has accept
ed call to the pastorate of Trim
ity M E. Church, Buffalo, N. y, in
the Genesee Conference. Bishop
Adna w. Leonard Of the Pitts
burgh Area, of which the Genesee
Conference is part, sought Mr.
Cooke as pastor, desiring to give
an evangelistic emphasis to Buff
falo Methodism, It was stated. He
will take up his new work Easter
Sunday. Living in Wilmington for
past II years, Mr.. Cooke has also
Travelled much throughout the East
conducting evangelistic services in
many leading cities. He has re-
Gently been pastor of the City Tenn
pie in Baltimore, and for the past
10 or IL years director of the Del
marva Camp and Bible School, be
TWEEN Laurel and Seaford. In TAX
ing the Buffalo pastorate. Mr
Cooke viii be returning to his own
conference, and at Trinity NJ E
Church viii have a plant costing
nearly S4OO,OOO The church has
a membership of about 1000 Mr..
Cooke viii move 1is family, com
prising his wife, son, George W
Cooke, Jr., University of Delaware
freshman, and daughter, Miss
Ruth Cooke, Wilmington High
School senior, to Buffalo later in
the Spring.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
GRAND STAFF or MASONS
Will Visit MiddletOwn Some Time
During the Month of May

Plans for entertaining Grand
Master William Wingate and his
staff, by Union Lodge. No. 5, A. F.
and A. NJ next month were dis
cussed by the lodge at its meeting
Tuesday night of last week. AS far
back as the records of the lodge
go, it has been the custom for the
grand master to visit the Middle
town lodge at its May meeting.
Worshipful Master Lee Robinson
appointed James Stafford chairman
of a committee to make arrange
ments for the dinner which will be
held before the meeting and assign
ed John Voshell and Bayard Vim
yard to assist. Grand Instructor
Lewis was present and discussed
the various forms used by lodges
in other states, congratulating
Union Lodge on its ritualistic
work. Gaynor Johnson and c. E.
Moxwell, of Wilmington, also gave
brief talks.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
SMYRNA FIRM QUALITIES
Statesmen of Ennis & Deakyne Take
Sales Training Course

Statesmen representing Ennis &
Deakyne, local Ford leadership,
have successfully completed a
course in sales training given at
the Chester plant of the Ford Mo
tor Company, Chester, Pa, accord
ing to an announcement made to-
day by W. W. Mitchell, branch
manager. The local Ford sales
men are part of group of approx
imately 1000 Ford dealer reresent-
atives in the Chester Branch ter
ritory, which includes, Eastern
Pennsylvania, Eastern Shore of
Maryland, all of Delaware, and
Southern New Jersey, who have
been graduated from the Sales
Training School since it's opening
in February. The school was Of
ficially closed for the year last
week. Though unable to determine
as yet the exact effect of the
training course, in regard to in
creased car sales, reports from
dealers throughout the country in
dicate gratifying results. Schools
were held simultaneously in ali
Ford Motor Company branches.
Statesmen were schooled in all
phases of modern selling. Small
groups met at regular intervals
and each class went through two
days of intensive instruction. To
facilitate more graphic explana-
tions of the construction of Ford
cars, cut-away chassis and bodies
were used. Motion pictures were
also employed.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
SUNDAY MOVIES
BILL is KILLED
Eight Votes in House For
Rep. BrOgan's Measure To
Provide Referendum
HOUSE AGAINST 20 TO 8

With only eight votes for it the
House Wednesday afternoon of
last week defeated Representative
Brogan's bill which was intended
to make lawful the holding of NOV
les after 1:30 o'clock on Sundays
in communities that favored it af-
ter a referendum vote. This bill
has caused much controversy ever
since it was introduced by Mr.
Brogan early in the session. Some
weeks ago the miscellaneous com
mittee reported it favorably but
some days later Representative
Paskey who signed the favorable
report requested that his name be
removed from the report AS this
left only two signers whereas three
is necessary to report out a bill it
was recommitted. Mr.. Brogan in
his fight for the measure was hand
icapped by the fact that some days
ago the committee reported the bill
unfavorably. In advocating the
bill Mr.. Brogan said in his opinion
many persons misunderstood the
contents of the bill. He pointed
out that it was only an enabling
act. The bill itself. he explained
would not legalize Sunday movies.
He said it would repeal one Of the
old blue laws but that before Sun
day movies could be held in any
community there would have to be
referendum on the question. He
stated that many other States
have a similar law. Representative
Zebley in opposing the bill said he
represented a district composed of
$4,000 persons and that a great
majority of them are opposed to
liberalizing the Sunday laws. He
said that he personally was oppos-
ed to Sunday movies. Mr.. Brogan
in reply said he also represented
large district and that there were
probably as many Christians in
his district as in Mr.. Zebley's but
he had heard of no opposition to
the measure. The vote on the bill
follows: Yeas -Brogan, Clark, Du-
gan, Heal, Hughes, Pool, Schorr,
Shaw-8. Nays - Bailey, Baker,
Brown, Buckson, Dill, Esham, Hob
son, Hurley, Hutchinson, Joseph,
Kelton, Lekites, Roe, Steele, Tyn-
dali, Warren, Wright, White, zeb-
ley and Speaker Lyons 20. Not
voting Durnall, Peel Absent
Evans, Paskey, Pierce, Rentz and
Simon-5
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
LEGIONNAIRES TO BE HERE
Banquet to Be Held in High School
to Honor National Co,,,n,ap,Je.


Frank Belgrano, national com
mander Of the American Legion
will visit Delaware on THURSDAY
April 25, according to an announce
ment by Department Commando
John r. Fader Commander Bel
grano will be the guest of honor At
a banquet and dance in the Smvrna
High School auditorium on the ev-
ening of April 25 He will visit
Wilmington during the afternoon
of the same day. David C. Harri-
son Post, No. IA, American Legion
of Smyrna, will be the host and en-
tertain the national commander.
All Department of Delaware offic-
ers and representatives of each
post will attend the banquet. It is
expected that about 300 will at
tend the banquet. The auxiliary
units of the various posts in the
State and the officers will attend
The department convention of the
American Legion will be held on
Friday and Saturday, September 6
and Z in Rehoboth. The dates were
set at meeting of the department
convention committee recently.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
BIRTHDAY PARTY AT COLTS
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Davis Honor
Their Son Marvin

Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Davis, of
Colts, Md, delightfully."- entertained
on Tuesday evening, April I'd, in
honor of the birthday anniversary
of their son Marvin. About 100
were present including relatives
and friends. Many games were
played by the young folks. The
house was beautifully decorated in
white and orange. After late
hour refreshments were served, and
the guests departed wishing him
many more happy birthdays and
expressing they all had an enjoy
able time Marvin received many
pretty and useful gifts.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
Cat Aids Electrician

Monroe City, Mott took four
teen-year-old Dorothy Jones and her
NET cat. Jerry, to solve a wiring
problem for the Methodist church.
The pastor was unable to maneuver
a wire through a new 40-foot heat
ing conduit. Dorothy appeared with
the feline. tied the wire to one of
its legs and met Jerry at the other
end of the pipe.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
Dog Guards Dead Maaser

Elyria, Ohio.-Faithful to the
end to his dead master. an eleven
year-old brindle bulldog fought five
firemen and two policemen for
more than an hour to keep them
from the. body Of George Bruce,
sixty-one years Of age, after Bruce
had fallen to his death down a ten
foot clif in a park here.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
HIGHER sal
FOR ASSEM-
Act Of Legisla ATM. /
Ap proved |
50 ! DAY AND NM,

After it had been -.
Considerable diaic-lt.. 9a,Foal
Senate requiring y. n y
islature Il H. ~ houses Of i
Of The I,eoisl.. -i.T .ioSlng daysI
sentative "a u'7 passed
amend t,a I'm n 5 suostituts|
the nav l. 'nslitation toj
salarjes = a.t members ana i,
Assembly The or5gin., ne i |
al ! e61fo15 2 e5leu 0y Govsrno,
memharz s 4 ...l, silce With Red
have ma vera days ag5!
instead Of $40 for 60 dar ,asia1
uLar session ana 30 days II \
IaI session Il would srso i u
total amount that ali n /
taches Of the Hous4 oo,,,,
70 $4,000 and the senst. r9,ta
q 2 regular session and q
80 600 for a special session.
original bill would have msJ
lawful for any member +,
any mileage or any Other 1
sation other than Ills s2o !,
pay The substitute worra
the pay Of members s15 ; /
would allow those membs,1
70 miles Of Dover 500 i
mileage. those between NI
miles 5000 and those III
miles $500 for mileage. n
mainder Of the bill is idan,io
the original. As j, wonld
the Constitution It worId
It's favorable action Of two
i've sessions Of the Legi
wa Z t"o-thlrds vote in1
house before it can becomaI
The bill was passed without
atiye vote in the House. RI
ative White answering nd
ing " It was finally passed
Senate by a vote Of Il vss
nays Senators Frasher anl
Cabe opposing it.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
Named on CommissiOu

Governor Buck has and
the appointement Of formed
Treasurer George S. Williau
Millsboro, as a member 4
Public Archives Commission
the vacancy caused by ths
of William J. Mustard, Of q
town. He also announced l
pointment Of Harold ". 4
nell, of Georgetown, as the
county member Of the d
trustees of the Ferris md
School.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
CLAYTON SCHOOL ELECTION

The school election held on Sat
urday was well attended and con-
siderable interest manifested. E.
Shaw was made chairman and 3.
3. Ferguson secretary. The audit
ing committee, Dr. Harmonson, j.
T. Casperson and Abel Sevil, re-
ported the accounts of A. L. Hud-
son, the clerk, correct, with a sur
plus of 1892. Abel Sevil was elect
ed Commissioner for the ensuing
term.
KENTON SCHOOL ELECTION
There was but little business to
be done at the annual school cleo
ton except to audit the account of
the old school board. On Monday
the new board met and elected, d.
M. Wilds president, J. w. Graham
secretary, and F. M. Burrows
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1935-04-11
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes Of Marriages. Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL STH, 1885

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-15

Central Union high school took
undisputed first place in the I'm
perial Valley basketball league last
night with 31-12 victory over the
hard-fighting Calexico quintet, the
game being played on the Brawley
courts.
Taylors squad started slow and
held only an 8-4 lead at the end of
first half. In the second half, how
ever, Young and Scroggins found the
range and ran up an impressive
score. These players we're helped
immeasurably by the fine work of
LaWless. one of Central's most de-
pendable men, who did good job
of handling the ball and feeding it
to the forwards who made the
actual scores. Because of the good
playing of Smith and Lambeth,
guards, Calexico got few set-ups,
and during the second half of the
game, had to make long range
shots entirely. -..
Young and Scroggins led the Cen
tral scorers with 13 and points re-
spectively. De1gado was outstand-
ing for the border team with
digits.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-01-15
CENTRAL UNION STUDENTS GET
BIG KICK OUT OF GYM WORK

Guiding a pyramid may have
taken the ancient Egyptians, using
thousands of men, years and years,
but the boys in the Central high
school gym class demonstrated ef-
effectively today that all this time
and materia, was a lot of fuss and
bother net worth going into when
they built O. very good, if somewhat
Wcbbly, pyramid in a couple of
minutes and using only eight men
a three-cecker with four huskies on
the bottom. three more standing on
their shoulder, and a little fellow,
who had quite a time getting there,
perched aloft, almost halfway to
the gymnasium roof.
To be sure, the pyramids built in
the classes of w. S. Taylor, ath-
letic coach and physical education
instructor at tile local school, are
not as enduring as those in Egypt,
but from all appearances, are more
worthwhile. and eminently more
suited to modern needs Not a
mummy in 3 piletul, these lads