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TOWNSEND
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terest Cleaned From the Vicinity


Townsend, April 80. = Republi-
cans of the Hundred named dele
gates and alternates to the State
convention which met in Dover
last Wednesday: First District,
delegate N. w. VanHorn; alter
nate, Joseph G. Hutchinson; Sec
ond District, delegate, J. Wilmer
Fennemore; alternate, Frank L.
Daniels. Members of the county
committee named were: Richard
Hodgson, James c. Reynolds, Jr..
w. Paul Hutchinson, Sarah E.
Hodgson, Bessie E.Reynolds, Mary
VanHorn, of the First District. j.
Wilmer Fennemore, Frank A Will
son, Nelson r. Boyd, Margaret j.
Fennemore, Reba Wilson, Laura
M. Robinson, of the Second Dis
trict. The new committee organ
lied with the selection of Richard
Hodgson as chairman, and Bessie
E. Reynolds as vice chairman and
secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Barton have
had as recent guests his brother,
DR.. Benjamin Barton adm Mrs.
Barton, of Boston, Mass. They
were also guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Guessford. While here, in
company of Miss Edna Conner,
they visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. Doug
las Conner and family, at Lewes.
DR.. Barton is a surgeon in a Bos-
ton Hospital.
Miss Mary Lou Naylor, of Ger
mantown, Pa was the recent guest
of Miss Pauline Guessford.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Walls and
family have rented the Hodgson
residence on Commerce street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gohl and
family of Atlantic City, N. J.,have
been visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Francis of
Taylors Bridge, were guests of rel
atives here last week.
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Barton
of Boston, Mass, spent Saturday
evening with Mr.and Mrs John w
Guessford.
Mr. S. S. Wilson, of Westmin.
ster, Md, spent several days re-
Gently with his brother, Mr. w. P
Wilson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colonel Crouch, Of
Carneys Point, N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Crouch, Mrs. Crispen OF
Woodstown, N. j., visited Mrs
Harvey Naylor the past week.
Mrs. Addie Lafferty of Cheswolt
visited Mr.. Enoch Lurty and fam
lily last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Haegele
of Philadelphia, Pa, have been Wis
iiting Mrs. Harvey Naylor.
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Mr.. Levin Wright returned from
Washington on Friday after spend
ing several days on the investiga-
ton committee for Railroad Fire
men.
Miss Elsie Mae Williams of Will
mington, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Seth
Williams.
Mr.. Linden Boyer was in Allan
tic City. N. j., on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Turner of
Dover, spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Wheat
man.
Mr.and Mrs. Ed. Wilson of Leip-
sic, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Wheatman.
Miss Mary Lane of near Mag
nolia, spent several days last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Levin Wright.
Mr.. George Deats of Whining
ton, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G.. Bush.
Mr.. D. Taylor of Washington
spent the weekend with his fam
lily.
Mrs. Watson has moved from
the Reed property to the Virgins
property on Main Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reese and
Mrs. William Shepherd visited Mr..
and Mrs. o. Reed of near Smyrna
on Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Day is slowly i'm
proving from her recent illness.
Her many friends hope to see her
out soon.
Mr.. Fred Marker bought the
Gray property at the Administra-
tors sale on Saturday.
Roland Mills, Jr., is sick with
the measles.
Mr.. Thomas Attix fractured his
ankle one day last week while
working on his farm.
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phia, and Mrs' 1',sa,sI Es,a2
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Woodall. 0 vi
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SASSAFRAS
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est Cleaned About Neighborhood

Items of Personal and Social Inter.
est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Sassafras, Md, April 3O.f-Mr
and Mrs. Raymond Thornley, enter
tanned the following guests last
week: Mrs. Carrie Roney, Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Roney and children
Mrs. Harry Wells, Mr.. John McIn-
tyre, all of Philadelphia, Pa, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Othoson.
MIR. and Mrs. James L. Carton
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. William
Carton and Miss Bell Carton, of
Townsend, Del; Mrs. Jesse Slaugb-
ter and Mrs. Millard Slaughter of
Elkton; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wal
lace and sons, Howard and Ran
dolph, of near Massey, one dav
last week.
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LIVE TAYLORS
BRIDGE ITEMS
Items of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
Thoroughfare Neck
NEWS AND PERSONALS

Taylors Bridge, April 3d. The
Taylor's Bridge P. T. A., held its
April meeting in the school house
Tuesday evening. Election of of
ficers for the ensuing year were:
President, Mrs. John Steller; vice
president, Mrs. Lee David; Secre-
tary, Mrs. Wilson Keiser; Treasur-
er, Mrs. Robert Davidson. Plans
were also made for a bingo party
to be held in the school house
Tuesday night, May 18th.
Mrs. S. A. David of near Clay
ton. spent Sunday with her broth
er, Mr.. Harry S. Woodkeeper and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dukes.
Mrs. Frank David spent Sunday
with Mr.. and RMS. Richard Howell
Jr., near Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Steller and
Mrs. Roland Johnson spent We'd
nesday in Wilmington.
The Friendly Neighbors Home
Club will meet with
Miss Ida Armstrong Thursday af-
ternoon, May 7th, at 7:30 o'clock.
Subject: THE House Beautiful" I"
Flower exchange.
Mrs. Emma Lands of Heights
town, N. j.. is spending sometime
with her daughter, Mrs. Wilson
Keiser and Mr.. Keiser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shockley
and family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Naylor near Town
send
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wearm and
daughter of Aberdeen, Md, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Latta.
Miss Ethel Mccall and Mr.. Jack
Keiser of Wilmington, spent Sum-
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Steller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfonso Gallows
and Mr.. and Mrs. Broadbent of
Wilmington, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Forakers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Appleget of
Heightstown, N. j., spent Sunday
with her sister. Mrs. Wilson Keiser
and Mr.. Keiser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Manlove of
st. Georges, were Sunday visitors
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert David
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta and
daughters, of Marshallton, were
recent visitors of Mr.. Latta's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Latta, and
Mrs. Lattas mother, Mrs. John r.
rFancis.
Mr.. Junior Council of Middle
town, has been visiting his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Van
Horn.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McClain
and family, of Middletown, visited
his brother, Mr.. James L. McClain
and Mrs. Claim last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wheeler
and family of Odessa visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. FRANK
Wheeler last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Pepper OF
Belleforite, who has been spending
sometime with their mother, Mrs
Walter E. Donovan, returned home
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Davidson
entertained early last week Mr.. land
Mrs. Harvey Muncey, Sr., Mr.. anc
Mrs. Harvey Muncey Jr., and fam
lily, Of Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs
James Clendaniel of Dover; Mr.
and Mrs. Vaughn CHM and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Davidson
Jr., and daughter Shirley Of st
Georges.
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SUDLERSVILLE
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terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Sudlersville. April 3O.-The Ep-
worth League of Calvary Church
motored to Bridgeville, Del, Sum-
day afternoon by the way of the
Delaware Highway. They attend
ed the evening service at the
Bridgeville M. E. Church, Rev. j.
c. B. Hopkins, pastor, and took
part in the evening service. This
is an annual event with the League
to visit some other church service.
Enroute they viewed the lovely ap-
pie blossoms along the highway.
Mrs. Austin Roberts was in
Washington, D. c. last week where
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she was a delegate from The Sam
uel Turbutt Wright Chapter D. A
R., attending the 45th Continental
Congress of The Daughters of The
American Revolution.
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Evening star., 1936-05-29
Overhead Arteries Would
Cost Less Than Subways

To the Editor of The Star:
We read much, hear much and see
much of the dense traffic in the down.
town section of Washington-street cars,
busses, automobiles Of all sorts and pc
destrians by thousands all moving and
travelling on the same streets. ALI sorts
of traffic arrangements have been dis
cussed and applied, but the crowded
condition still prevails.
At frequent intervals OF time subway
is mentioned, but when the millions OF
dollars for the subway is talked of it
makes it sort of ''skeery" proposition,
especially when the source of supply of
such sum Of money is unknown.
No other relief than q subway is pro-
jected so far, but why not build over
head streets-or has that been discussed
and discarded?
Why not go up one story and build an
overhead street-steel bridging, REIN
forced glass paving, easy grade ramp
approaches and let the underground
water mains, sewers, conduits, ETC., rest
as they are In peace.
This overhead could be built for far
less money than a subway and more
than double present traffic accommoda-
tions. With stairways at every corner
for ascent and descent by pedestrians
and a vehicle traffic plan solved, the
present congestion would be largely re
duced. w. j. DERMOTT.
Evening star., 1936-05-29

1t follows that there should be thrills
aplenty, especially at the tape.
And the drama Of the struggle Is so
simple that the smallest child can COM
prehend it. Perhaps no other form of
athletics is SO frankly democratic. All
that is required of contestant is that
he should be in good physical condition.
When he has passed the medical exam
iner's test nothing bars him from taking
part and when he has heard the starters
signal nothing prevents him from gain
ing trophy save only the greater cour-
age, hardihood, skill and endurance of
any contender who may happen to be
possessed of those qualities in superior
quantity. The battle, then, is between
the primitive, basic, elemental powers of
men. And the victor, therefore, is as
sured of his laurels without envy or COM
plant in the hearts of his fellows. Those
who cheer him with loudest acclaim are
those who by their own exertion have
forced him to his supremest effort on
the road.
The Star is proud of its association
with the American Amateur Athletic
Union in the sponsorship of tomorrow's
show. 1t rejoices in the privilege of
sharing in the arrangements for so
grand and glorious an event.
Evening star., 1936-05-29

to fight the Kansan as an inexperienced
unknown from "a typical prairie State"
Sunny Jim used to be chairman of the
New York State Boxing Commission.
Perhaps in projecting such campaign
against Landon Mr.. Farley has taken a
famous leaf out of the late John L. Sui
livan's notebook The great slugger of
the gay COS used to say, Go get repu-
tation," to would-be aspirants for his
crown who enjoyed no particular repute
in the hstic realm.
Landonites' best news this week is
grapevine assurance, said to originate in
quarters close to Charles D. Hilles, that
a hefty proportion of New York's big
delegation of 80 is ready to break away
from uninstructed moorings relatively
early in the game at Cleveland-poSsibly
even on the first ballot-and start the
bandwagon movement for the Governor
without further ado. If the Pennsyl-
vania and other big Eastern delegations
exhibit similar tendencies at the opening
of proceedings, first roll call nomina-
ton for Landon would come within the
realm of practical possibilities.
President Roosevelt doesn't lend any
encouragement to the soft impeachment
that he's timing his Southwestern trip,
to begin June 8, to overshadow the Re-
publican National Convention. The de-
sire to keep promise to his sons to take
another sailing trip with them along
the New England Coast had a good deal
to do, it is explained at the White House,
with scheduling of the Presidents jour-
ney to Arkansas and Texas early in
June. rather than later. F. D. r. also
demonstrates against the theory that
the Southern expedition is political, with
an eye to the imminence of the presi-
dental campaign. He emphasizes that
it's historical" mission that is taking
him to the romantic Joe Robinson and
Jack Garner country.
- **
Claude G. Bowers, American Ambas-
sador to Spain, who is expected to take
an active part in the Democratic presi-
dental campaign. has completed sequel
to his famous volume, Jefferson and
Hamilton" to be published in the Fall
under the title of Jefferson in Power"
1t will tell the story of Jefferson's two
Terms, lncluolng MS struggle with HAM
ilton, the conflict with John Marshall
and the social background of the period.
X y
Some politicians think that President
Roosevelt got break when the Socialist
National Convention, at Cleveland, along
with the perennial presidential nominee,
Norman Thomas, flayed the Democratic
administration and all its works. Re-
publicans and other opponents of the
New Deal are continually denouncing its
"Socialistic" character and have even
claimed that it has carried out in effect
the Socialist platform Of 1882. In light
Of the barrage just let down upon them
at Cleveland, the Rooseveltians would
seem to have a pretty good alibi in con-
tending that they and the Socialists
have little in common
tCopyrieht. 1880
Evening star., 1936-05-29
Crippled School Children.

The plight of the crippled children at
almost unbelievable ineffciency result
ing from the ponderous processes of ap-
propriating for the needs of the District
Government. Many months ago the
school authorities foresaw the shortage
of funds, before close of the present fis-
cal year, available for transportation of
the afflicted pupils to and from school.
Two alternatives were available to the
Board of Education: To pare down the
service, accommodating fewer children
but spreading available funds over the
remaining school days, or to obtain de-
f1ciency appropriation. The latter course
was decided on after assurances that
the money would be forthcoming.
The money will be forthcoming even
tually. But the tiny item of $3.50 is in
cluded in bill appropriating more than
two billion dollars, involving the whole
relief policy of the National Government.
Until the bills enactment the children
must wait at home, deprived of their
schooling. 1t is, of course, small
thing, with relatively inconsequential
results. But it is so wholly unnecessary!
Congress has never had any intention of
depriving the children of transportation.
AS far as known, there is no single OBJ
lection from any source to the appro-
priation of the funds. But because OF
the ponderous system Of appropriating
Evening star., 1936-05-29
Baby Carriages and Hand
Bills Add to Fire Hazards

To the Editor Of The Star:
Now and then the public thrills to the
news OF an apartment house fire and
the picture supplement of tenants shin
ny1ng down fire escapes in their nighties.
or leaping like troop of mischievous
Simians over house tops to places of
safety. If the tenants escape with their
lives or limbs they may not be so for
tunate with their effects.
Since P. M. G. Farley has decreed
against the stuflng of apartment mail
boxes with that class of matter which
has not been decorously entered at the
post office, 1t has become the custom of
handful scatterers to fling bundles of
advertisements into the halls of apart
ment houses just inside the entrance
door.
Formerly the distributors took the
trouble to place q handful at the door
Of each apartment, or under it, but
presumably to save time and increase
distribution they have devised the plan
OF leaving a bundle of their advertising
matter in the main hall. where tenants
may help themselves gratuitously.
Daily there is an accumulation of
bundles which litter the floor. The ten
ants have been wrongly figured to pa
tronize hand bills handed out in this
unpatronizing manner Milady stoops to
conquer, but not hand bills. The care
lessly tossed match of a thoughtless to-
bacco puffer is all that is needed to
complete the picture and everybody will
soon be racing to the fire.
Baby carriages, too, come within the
category of hand bills when left parked
in apartment house halls, for the smoke
absorbed tobacconist needs not whittier
the lighted match is tossed, and baby's
bedding, drier in these times of rubber
diapers, is highly infammable material.
OF course. there should be law, but
nobody seems to know which kind.
Should advertisers be prohibited from
distributing hand bills in apartment
houses or should smokers be prohibited
from tossing matches around? It is
an important problem. 1t is question
of life or death, but unfortunately moth
ing can be done about 1t, at least, in the
opinion of the Fire Department, If one
will take the trouble to inquire.
If advertisers could but behold their
hand bills being ingloriously garnered by
the dusky janitor for furnace fuel they
might be able to better gauge the effec-
tiveness of this means Of attracting pub
lie notice of their wares or services.
Yours for q fireleSs Capital
MARIE Won UNSCHULDT.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

People who didn't know about the
cicadas, or seventeen-year locusts, won-
dered what that noise was" as they
heard them for the first time.
One woman thought the water had
been left running somewhere in the
house.
Another imagined she was hearing her
neighbor's vacuum sweeper.
A man ran out to see where the fire
engines were going.
Another telephoned to know where
lions were roaring.
One person compared the noise To the
sounds of a woodworking shop, and
another thought steam shovel must
have come into the neighborhood.
The high-pitched, insistent drone of
the cicadas coming from millions OF
membranes rubbed together by millions
of the insects, is not hard on the ears,
however.
Actually, 1t is a pleasant sound, neither
too loud nor too strident, but just right
to satisfy ears which are attuned to
minds which understand that this sound
is somehow the very voice of nature.
The cicadas sing on a regular schedule.
When the temperature Is 10 degrees or
higher, at the coolest part of the day,
they begin their drone about am, and
usually cease about or o'clock in the
afternoon.
On cool mornings they do not start
tuning up until am, but as soon as the
warmth of the day is felt the assembled
thousands in the tops of the oaks vibrate
the membranes on their stomachs in a
mighty hymn to the sun.
The fact that thousands upon thou
sands of the insects congregate to make
this noise, or music, gives it a steady,
intoned pitch which actually it does not
have.
The sound is kept up only for a short
period by any given insect, but because
there are countless cicadas at work the
resultant noise seems endless and wave
less.
But If one listens carefully. especially
around noon, he will hear from time to
time a regular cadenced movement,
which makes some listeners think of
fire engines, others of the turning on and
of of the vacuum sweeper.
To many there is something i'm
mensely appealing about this noise or
music of the cicadas.
II you have not thought of it that
way, listen carefully the next time you
are in the suburbs, where the locusts are
above ground in the greatest numbers.
Great stretches of ground there have
not felt the touch of pillow. and it is from
these lawns that the millions of the
insects have emerged.
Especially back yards in the suburban
districts have given forth their thousands
to the mighty army. Front yards, hav-
ing been dug up for building operations,
see few of the holes from which the
insects have emerged. 1t is in the rear,
however, that thousands of these holes
appeared. from them crawling the newly
emerged insects, to shed their first shells,
or coverings, remain white for a time,
then turn dark, and set forth to find an
oak tree. preferably.
At this writing, in the forepart of the
week, thousands of locusts were still
emerging from the earth, to undertake
the age-old trek to the heights, to COM
plete the seventeen-year life of the crea-
lures.
1t was interesting to watch them in
some yard that had been undisturbed.
They were everywhere. They clung to
Evening star., 1936-05-29
Race Tomorrow.

Tomorrow afternoon appreciative
thousands will gather on the Monument
Grounds to watch the finish of the
annual marathon from Mount Vernon
to the White House. The races of other
years have taught the Washington public
to understand the attraction of the spec
tacle. But the 1886 contest has a dis
: tinction all its own. The winner, if he
sbe an American, will represent the
united States in the long distance fea-
sture of the Olympic Games at Berlin.
For that reason. if for no other, the
occasion is certain to be notable The
best runners available are entered; the
pace will be enhanced by their determi-
nation to gain the opportunity of the
international competition in Germany.
Evening star., 1936-05-29
Fresh Flags.

widespread Memorial day display OF
the Stars and Stripes, In most cases new
and clean examples thereof, may be
seized upon as a reminder that in too
many cases dingy and tattered banners,
glimpse Of which would make Betsy
Ross restless in her grave, are all too
common, both in the Capital City and
elsewhere. Better no flag at all than
bunting in this condition.
There is an old saying that gentle
mans linen should be not only above re-
proach, but above suspicion. How much
more is this ideal true of the universal
emblem of the United States of America.
Too often the buildings of prosperous
corporations display, rain or shine, flags
which look as If fresh from the battle
of the wilderness.
There is, of course, little sense in SUBJ
jecting a new and costly banner to the
ravages of protracted rain, snow and
sleet As with clothing, it is sensible to
take cognizance of climatic consequences.
Too often, however, to janitor or SIM
liar employe is delegated the task of the
daily flag g-raiSing, with requiSition in
order for new one only when the old
one falls in pieces. 1t is well to have
more than one. 1t would be good idea
for each building owner or superintend-
ent to take stock of the flag situation
annually about this time of year;
to lay in new one; make the hitherto
best one into second best, and rever-
emily dispose of the oldest and worst.