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Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
CAR OWNERS TO
FACE STIFF FINE
Beginning of This Week
Found III, ,453 Autos Still
Not Inspected
STOP STICKERLESS CARS

With approximately IL, ,453 auto
mobiles in the state the first of this
week not submitted for inspection,
the final testing period of the
eighth annual motor vehicle safety
inspection campaign are giving the
tardy automobile owners their last
chance for inspection without hav-
ing to pay 81 fee. For all the
uninspected cars to be inspected
this week, the average weekly
number of inspections would be
greatly exceeded. The average has
been about 1000. Up until Satur-
day, about 45,547 cars had been in
spected out of an approximate to-
tai registration of $1,000 machines
in the state. The campaign is con-
Quoted under the joint auspices of
the State Motor Vehicle Depart
ment, State Highway Department,
and Delaware Safety Council.
Safety lanes are located at Forty
third and Washington Streets and
Pennsylvania Avenue and Bancroft
Parkway in Wilmington and in Do
yer and in Georgetown all of this
week. Motorists who fail to dis
play an official 1886 approved
sticker after August % will be
halted by police and given written
notification that they must have
their cars approved within five
day period. A duplicate copy of
the notification will be submitted
to the State Motor Vehicle Depart
ment. The free inspection of auto
mobiles will be concluded Satur-
day, and the 81 fee for each vehicle
inspected will be charged begin
ming Monday of next week.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
KENT FIREMEN
AT FREDERICK
Appoint Committee to Look
Into State Law on Road
BlOcade
RIGHT OF WAY SOUGHT

At the 82nd monthly meeting of
the Kent County Firemen's Asso-
citation at Frederick Wednesday
evening Fire Recorder Thomas
Baker reported that as result of
the increase this year in rural
fires, farmers are being
given instructions in scientific
methods of erecting wire fences
that will ground electric bolts and
proper protection for their barns
and dwellings. After much discus
sion a committee was named to
look into the state laws giving
rights of way to fire apparatus re-
spending to fires. On numerous
occasions they find roads blocked
responding to rural fires. c. c..
Roadway and j. E. Haddaway were
selected for the committee. State
President Willard d. Boyce, Chief
d. K. Beswick of the South Bow
ers Fire Company and Past Presi-
dent George w. Swain made brief
remarks. Every member company
in the county was represented at
the meeting and the visiting fire.
men found the host company get
ting back on its feet rapidly since
the fire that destroyed all of their
equipment. A new fire truck was
delivered last week. A fried chick
en- dinner was served the delegates
by the ladies auxiliary of the Fred
erica company. ]. r. Rogers was
awarded the prize cake. Town
Councilman Marion Stevenson SUBJ
stituted for President John Dairy
and welcomed the firemen. E.
Frank Burris of Houston respond
ed. The next meeting of the asso-
citation will be moved up week to
September 9 so it will not conflict
with the state convention which
will be held on the regular night of
the county meeting.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
SMYRNA SCOUT
TROOP ON HIKE
Pitch Their Tents at Wood
land Beach and Tramp
Through Swamp
TWO DAYS OF ACTIVITY

Seven Scouts, accompanied by
Scoutmaster James w. Foster. en-
joyed their little outing on We'd
nesday and Thursday, August 18th
and goth. They went to Woodland
Beach and then hiked four miles
through the swamps to an old
scow. The meals prepared over
the fire, in regular scout form,
were excellent and the swimming
was fine. Lee Slaughter and Ed
ward Maclary passed their cooking
and swimming tests. The regular
weekly meetings held at the Scout
headquarters will begin Monday
evening, September IA, at 7:30
p. m. Scoutmaster Foster is hop
ing that the Scouts will show more
enthusiasm in the advancement
work this fall and winter. Smyr-
ma Troop has twenty-one Tender
foot Scouts, some who have been
tenderfeet for one or more years.
A good scout should become a sec
ond-claSs scout six months after
joining the troop and First-Class
Scout one year after joining This
troop has very poor average ac-
cording to the Council regulations
mentioned above. It is advised by
Mr.. Foster, that when the troop re-
opens for the fall and winter
months that only those boys real
ly interested in Scouting and the
advancement program turn out for
the troop meetings. Official infor-
nation has just been received from
the National Council that the Ma
tional Scout Jamboree which was
to have been held in 1885, celebrat-
ing the twenty-ffth year of the
founding of the Boy Scouts of
America, will be held June Both to
July 9th, 1887. Most citizens will
remember that the original JAM
boree was cancelled by order of the
National Public Health Service be
cause the danger of an epidemic of
infantile paralysis. It is hoped
that one or two scouts, in not
more, will have a record for their
work in scouting this next year
high enough to warrant sending
them to the National Jamboree.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
LEGIONN NNAIRES TO GO
TO CONVENTION, WILMINGTON

principal speaker at the banquet,
will outline the accomplishments of
the American Legion during the
past year, emphasizing passage of
the bonus. He will outline a pro-
gram for the Legion during the
next twelve months. Others who
have accepted invitations and who
will be called upon for brief re-
marks by Mr.. Mulrooney are: us.
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., of
Selbyville; Rep. ]. George Stewart,
Wilmington; Lieut.-Gov. Roy F.
Corley of Smyrna; Mayor Walter
w. Bacon of Wilmington; National
Historian of the American Legion
Thomas Owens, and National Fin
ance Chairman John Lewis Smith,
both of Washington, d. c.; Depart
ment Commanders John McDade
of Pennsylvania. John Cash of New
Jersey, Joseph Nalloy of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Charles
Houck of Maryland. The national
vice-commander Raymond Gates
of Noroton Heights, Conn, sent
word to Mr.. Mulrooney that he
hoped to be present but could not
promise definitely. National Com
mander Roymand Murphy of Des
Moines, sent word that previous
engagement in the West will pre-
vent his appearance.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27

Edward P. Vogel, William M.
Woods, w. E. Matthews, Jr., dele
gates; Grant Garis, Nelson Dill and
Sudler H. King, alternates, repre-
senting David c. Harrison Post,
No. IA, of Smyrna, and Mrs. Grant
Garis, delegate, and Mrs. s. Cread-
ick Ennis, alternate, representing
the Legion Auxiliary of the Smyr-
ma Post, will be among those who
will attend the 18th annual session
of the American Legion of Della
ware, at it's convention in Will
mington on Saturday. Nation
al leaders of the American Le-
gion, department commanders
from adjoining states, and sew
eral Wilmington and Delaware Of
ficials will speak at the annual
banquet of the American Legion,
Department of Delaware, Friday
night in the gold ballroom of the
Hotel Dupont. State Department
Commander Edward A. Mulrooney
reports that about $50 Legion
naires, delegates, officers, and
guests will attend the affair, which
will precede the formal opening of
the eighteenth annual convention
of the Department of Delaware,
Saturday at 8 a. m. in the hotel.
National Adjutant Frank E. SAM
uel Of Indianapolis, who will be the
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPT. 9TH
Three Teacher Changes i'm the Fac
ulty to Take Place at Opening


Supt. c. w. w. Schantz of the
John Bassett Moore High School is
back from his vacation on the job
of getting the preliminary work
done to be in readiness to open the
schools on Wednesday, September
9th, the Wednesday after Labor
Day. He wants all new pupils to
report to him on Tuesday after
noon, September the 8th, to be
classified and duly registered. All
such pupils are to report to him on
that day at 1 p. m. The schools
will open this year with three fac
ulty canges. Miss Blanch Carter
of Seaford, will succeed to the
place vacated by Miss Betty Mart
in, who last June married Mr.. Will
liam D. Hudson and moved to Mt
Vernon, N. Y. Miss Graham, al
ready a member of the faculty has
been advanced to teacher of the
Junior High succeeding Miss Anna
Bell Beckett resigned and Miss
Alice Breme of Wilmington will
take the position vacated by Miss
Graham.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
NEW PASTOR AT THE CHAPEL
Mrs. C. A. Thompson of Wesleyan
Methodist Church to Take up Work

The Wesleyan Methodist Confer
ence has taken over the work at
Jerman Chapel and Mrs. c. A.
Thompson has been appointed
pastor Rev and Mrs. Thompson
have been in the ministry for many
years, and Mr.. Thompson served as
pastor and evangelist in the NJ. E.
Church, in the west, and has done
evangelistic work in many parts of
the U. S. and Canada. Rev.Thomp-
son will continue in the evangel-
istic field, and Mrs. Thompson will
have charge of the local church.
The general public is invited to at
tend these services which at pres
ent are held every Sunday evening
at 7:30 and prayer meeting Thurs
day evening at 7:45.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
DAY
AT PIERS TODAY
Augustine Beach to Be Mecca
For Many at Their An
nual Outing
PROGRAM is ARRANGED

Thousands Of farmers from Del
aware and the Eastern Shore are
expected to attend the Farmers
Day celebration at Augustine
Beach, Port Penn, to-day, Thurs
day, August 27. A program has
been arranged especially for the
farmers and those interested in
problems of agriculture. Although
this is a political year and many
Wilmington and Delaware polite
ians and probable candidates of
both major parties are expected to
visit the resort for at least a part
of the day, there will be no politi-
cal speeches. The speaking pro-
gram will begin promptly at 2
o'clock, standard time. E. H.
Shallcross, of Middletown, presi-
dent Of the New Castle County Ag-
ricultural Conservation Associa-
ton, will preside and introduce the
peakers. Lafayette Patterson, a
special assistant in the administra-
tors office Of the Agricultural Ad-
1ustment Administration, and
Louis Mel. Merryman, senior dairy
production expert in the dairy sec
ton Of the A. A. A. Both are
from Washington, d. G. A pro-
gram Of water sports will be held
IN the morning. There will be free
dancing in the pavilion
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
REPUBS NAME
STATE TICKET
RenOminate Hastings For L.
S. Senator and ]. G.. Stew
ard For Congress
CANNON FOR GOVERNOR

The Republicans of Delaware in
State Convention assembled yes
terday afternoon nominated the
full state ticket as agreed upon
and adjourned late in the afternoon
with little or no contest. The
ticket is as follows:
For u. s. Senator
Daniel o. Hastings, Dover.
For Representative in Congress
]. George Stewart, Wilmington.
For Governor
Col. Harry L. Cannon, Bridgeville.
For Lieutenant Governor
George Q. Herring, Jr., Gordon
Heights.
For State Treasurer
Warren T. Moore, Harrington.
For State Auditor
]. Henry HAZEL, Dover.
For Presidential Electors
Mrs. Frank G. Tallman, Will
mington.
w. P. Richardson, Dover.
George Walls, Georgetown, Jul
ian Townsend withdrawing).
I. Adolphus Short of Milford,
who was seeking the nomination for
Governor came to the convention
with the Sussex delegation ''in his
bag" and was prepared to make a
contest on the plea that when he
stepped aside four years ago he
was promised the place. Governor
Buck, who was present, stepped to
the platform and emphatically de-
MED that any promise was made.
Short, claiming he could establish
proof, walked out with his dele
gates. The state ticket as slated
above was nominated. Former
Congressman Robert G. Houston
of Georgetown, Short supporter,
who put him in nomination, Joined
the group and they at snce made
plans to put an independent ticket
in the field and were proceeding on
these lines as we went to press
Despite this, efforts are being Gre
ated to bring about harmony and
when the feeling quiets down
it is thought all will get in be
hind the ticket and give it their
support. The convention was
called to order by Col. Edmund
Mitchell, chairman of the Re
publican State Committee, after
the delegates from each of the
three counties and the city of Will
mington had held their respective
caucuses. Following an organ
prelude, the invocation was pro-
nounced by the Rev. William E.
Matthews. Sr., of Smyrna. The
call of the convention was read by
Smiley King, secretary of the Re-
publican State Committee. Colon
ell Mitchell then introduced Chief
Deputy Attorney General Richards
as temporary chairman of the con-
vention. The temporary chairman
became permanent.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
yIRDIN-HARGADINE REUNION
Families Held Fifth Annual Event
at Harry Vindin's Near SMYRNA

The fifth annual Vlrdin and Har-
gadine reunion was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Virdin
at "Clearview Farm" near Smyr-
ma, on August 16. One hundred
and eight were present. The morn
ing was spent in getting acquaint-
ed and talking over the interesting
happenings of the past year. A
picnic lunch was enjoyed followed
by a meeting. After few short
talks the officers were elected for
the next year. The oldest member
present was Mrs. Emily Virdin,
aged 81 years. She was presented
with a gift. The youngest member
was John Wesley Deats, aged
months, who also was presented
with a gift. One death had occur
ed in the family, Felicia H. Short
Of Camden. The families left in
the late afternoon for their homes
CONTINUED on Page Ffve)
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
SWIM CONTEST
AT LAKE COMO
125 Are Listed to Compete
Here In Smyrna Next
Saturday Afternoon
EXPECT LIVELY EVENT

The Kent County Swimming
Championship will take the spot
light of statewide attention next
Saturday afternoon. More than
125 boys and girls will vie for hon
ors when the starters gun osunds
at Lake Como in Smyrna at l
p. m. Secretary of State Walter
Dent Smith will present the 126
gold, bronze, and silver medals to
the winners. All details are being
perfected for this meet, which will
be the second of three meets being
conducted in Delaware this sum-
mer under the auspices of the
Morning News. The director of the
swimming program has announced
that all contestants who have en-
tered and whose names are now on
file in the Morning News Office
must report at Lake Como in
Smyrna Saturday at IL o'clock.
Each contestant is being sent an
official card from the director. The
card is to be presented to the clerk
of the course at Lake Como Satur-
day. The officials who will con-
duct the program are now being
selected. Every safety precaution
will be taken under the direction Of
Arthur M. Potter, executive escre-
tary of the Delaware Chapter of
the American Red Cross. Mr.. Pot
ter will be assisted by his staff of
Red Cross swimming instructors
and Red Cross nurses. While plans
rapidly progress for the big finals
in Kent County, the list of boys
and girls who will enter the big
win" under the Sussex County
banners is growing daily. One of
the most active communities in the
whole swimming program is Sea-
ford Many boys and girls will
compete at Rehoboth Bay Septem-
Der 5. The Smyrna program will
comprise the largest swimming
meet ever held in Kent County.
The performance of the Black
Duck Club. composed of natators
of Smyrna, Odessa, and Middle
town, is expected to be one of the
features of the meet. Approx
mately 80 entries have been filed
by Leonard Hampon, the director
of this club, who has been groom
ing his charges for the champion
ships during the past several
weeks. Acceptances to serve on
the committee have already been
received from Cedric ECooper and
w. Harman Money of Middletown;
Arthur Wilmington of Odessa and
Henry Shreffler, manager of the
Hotel Windsor in Milford. Mr..
Shreffler will head large down
state" delegation.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
LIGHTNING AT MIDDLETOWN
Throws Farmers Family Out of
Bed and Sets Fire to His Home

Bed and Sets Fire to His Home
A freak of lightning Sunday was
reported Monday by Howard Hus-
felt, farmer of near Middletown.
Mr. Husfelt and his family had
been watching the glare of the fire
which destroyed the lightning
struck barn on the farm of John
D. Reynolds, several miles away.
Shortly after retiring, a bolt of
lightning struck their own house
throwing everyone out of their
beds and setting the home on fire.
An attempt to call the Middletown
fire company failed, as the tele-
phones of Mr.. Husfelt, and nearby
neighbors had been put out of or
der by the bolt. But they were
able to extinguish the blaze and no
one was injured. Half of the re-
Gently remodeled house was ruin
ed. Plaster was torn from the
walls, windows broken, boards
splintered, and considerable dam
age done to the furniture.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
MiTO FACTORY OPENS
s'lhers Company Take Over
0ff Factory on Main Street

f'lhers Company Take Over
atf Factory on Main Street
Brothers Company, the
eS Of the old John H. Hof-
4 0allng Company factory
y today with a supply of
4 % hand to begin with
~ Y local help applying for
~ H E. Greenlaw of
l Florida, comes to smyr-
/ y ndgeWood, \. j., and will
as local factory for the
a' He has taken UP
Il Tie Colonial Hotel and
n. Neased with Smyrna
n = alslness outlook. He start
,aaay With a force of men
as H0fecker plant in or
VIC and overhaul the ma
T,'u. aa has found everything
' = condition. The factory
T.. y this morning with
N men help to start with
~. -.ugn women. By ad-
- u another column
= ssnng more women help.
~ .in IS buying tomatoes
n M market. There Is ioy
Z, ' see this old establish.
!, ~. .pe'atlon again and the
I'm =. 49, Apte Brothers Com
u 4set with abundant sue
: max aals, il possible, an all all
rup0Yfior e .. N-4
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
FlgAVARDTo TO
krRNA AGAIN
40 qualification
!, Comes 70 Inc
Vayside Inn
], WINNERS NAMED

| Il the annual road
b F's.,alIscstion contest among
'.,5 places Of business q o.
e ST. = Highway between s.,
|lfri " FRsaobOth Beach were
r ~ w. week by former
= Robert P. Robinson. I'm. NJ
,,,isted by Mrs. ROBIN
,.sp acting as judge q
'...ts s't for a number Of years
| sa,sst Of the sponsors. MIS-,
] : thompson, Mrs. PlerTe
IN nd Ms. Irene DUPONT
/ us q cheek lOi - - sta@ IN
nsdcan flag ana stan rsa =
! the three classes. Inc
|. a ne best kept place ana
/. :, ~, awarded Mr.. and Mrs.
I r,vIOr owners Of Wayside
!. ~ vest side of the dual
i i Smyrna. Artistic ar
amt Of flower beds now IN
srr and neatness and fresh
! lawns influenced this award,
'aSJuson said. This is the
,itns in two years in success
slt Smyrna business places
yr awards. Last year the
! t Nr.May Grant Long and
atensn Cullen won first and
!, aEsrds, respectively. It
! bat Smyrna proprietors try
!, ,sat and attractive places,
st they win the commenda-
Tourists as well as the State
ricstion Judges, speaks well
!nTna. This year in select
i Wayside Inn as the best
lace and garden on the
sart, the Judges wrought
Nh. Taylor is fono Of flow
/ takes pride not only in their
cement but in the cultivation
nuvth. She has one of the
sS and most attractive flow
riz; in Smyrna and that it
win State recognition is
cunmendatory. And not
Bis, the Wayside Inn has won
1stun as an eating house
1iaiS far and wide. Friends
!. na Mrs. Taylor are happy
ts Tie compliment that has
lly been paid them For
anng the best looking and
1 gaS station, awards were
hrF R. James, whose place
iii east side Of the highway
lMh Of Rehoboth Beach.
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Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
KENT BAND AT REHOBOTH
Delights Crowd at Board Walk and
Stand on Rehoboth Avenue

Inc Kent county Band IN which
organization are a number of
Smyrnians, under the direction of
Capt. Robert D. Simmons, playel
two concerts at Rehoboth Beach on
Sunday. The first program was
heard at $50 p. m. in front of the
Belhaven Hotel The second con-
cert began promptly at s p. m. at
the bandstand on Rehoboth Av-
enue. The concerts We're presented
through the courtesy of Mrs. Henry
B. Thompson and friends of Will
mington; Capt. E. H. Williams,
head of the Rehoboth boys band,
and Capt. E. M. Willis. president of
the Belhaven Hotel Company.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
TWO HELD IN A LOOT CASE
Max Honey and j. Vein Accused of
Robbing CrolI's Store at Hickman

William Croll, the well-known
merchant at Hickman, Del, whose
store was visited by two white men
who on pretense of wanting to
make purchases laid a $40 bill on
the counter and walked away with
fully SIPS worth of goods, has had
warrants sworn out for two men,
Max Honey and j. Vein, alleged
ing them to be the parties who en-
tered his store during his absence
with only his wife in the store at
the time and she waiting on a Gus
toner. The men were detained in
Wilmington awaiting warrants
from Kent county.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
Rev. w. e. Matthews to Preach

In the absence of Rev. ]. w.
Colona, who is away on his vaca-
tion, the pulpit of Asbury M. T.
Church, Smyrna, next Sunday
morning will be filled by Rev. w.
E. Matthews, retired, of this town.
His text win be ''The Revelation of
God to Mantle Building Chris
tian Character
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
8 CALVES BURNED IN STORM
Barn of John ID. Reynolds, Near
Middletown, Struck by Lightning

During the severe electric storm
which passed over this vicinity Fri
day night eight calves were burned
to death when lightning struck the
barn on the farm of John d. Rey-
nolds near Middletown. A horse
was liberated from the burning
stable, but firemen from the Mid
dletown Company were unable to
get to the calves. The damage
amounted to $1,000. The storm
also extinguished all street lights
in Middletown.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
Electric Storm Severe in Smyrua

Electric Storm Severe in Smyrna
The electric storm which did con-
siderable damage elsewhere Friday
night and early Saturday morning,
did little or no damage in Smyrna.
The lightning was severe and for a
time the street lights went out. A
deluge of rain fen doing much good
to tomato and other crops.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
Crabs Plentiful Along Delaware

Crabs are now running in the
Delaware River in larger numbers
than at any previous time this sea-
son. During the past two weeks
numerous parties from Pennsyl-
vania have been down.
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
IKE r. = ----
''ofPED AT DOVER

kN = =. Station to Allow
p,,,s.ll,a,A ! Take Required Rest
~ Icy j 10y zoo trucks were
=, ,lssp ssp By orders Of the
~ IT, ,,s'e highway police
khSsS police station near
|sarss Ia and ordered to take
Eis, ,d,Is., 1sst as set by the
h nr ,'sal'sd slal Of operators
[iass siis INSTANCES. The high
kay sss.ia mug fruit anl produce
Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
S. Carl Hughes, 76, Father of Edw.
Hughes, KentOn, Dies at FELTON,

S. Carl Hughes, Sr., 76, one of
Kent County's most prominent cit
liens, a lifelong resident in and
near FELTON,, died last Thursday at
his home in FELTON, after an Hines
of several weeks. He was the faith
er of Former State Representative
Edward Hughes of Kenton and was
well-known in the Smyrna-Kenton
vicinities. He was twice elected to
the Lower House of the Delaware
Legislature ad was for many years
active in agricultural work. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Amy
E. Hughes, four sons and one
daughter, James H. Hughes, Jr., a
prominent attorney of Whining
ton; Edward Hughes, of Kenton;
S. Carl Hughes, Jr., Paul Hughes
and Mrs. Katherine Jedter, all of
near FELTON,. He is also survived
by five brothers, James H. Hughes,
Sr., Dover; Eben Hughes, Albert T.
Hughes, Benjamin Hughes and
Elijah Hughes, of FELTON,. Funeral
services were held from his late
residence in FELTON, Saturday after
noon at 1 o'clock, with interment
in the Hopkins Cemetery west of
FELTON,.
Miss Katie Smithers Loses Brother
Albert Smithers, age 81, we'll
known farmer, a brother of Miss
Katie Smithers of Smyrna, died at
his home near Dover, Friday morn
ing. Mr.. Smithers had been ill for
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Smyrna times., 1936-08-27
AUTOMOBILE CRASH

&aS.,sa0 Near Smyrna
k srsss lses Turned Over
EaaosiIss' w., were injured when
ativsn n en-, BY Joseph L.
\ I'd d sss, :, Wsilmignton, ran
sad 'tn t,- Smyrna early
Ee.asraS1 S1a s.o.t q the driver, is
|Saas ,'sss ssEs', and a possible
10 a,,,an Wilmington, was