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Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
HITS 8 CHURCHES
Massey p. e. Church, st. Xavier
Church and GoIdsboro Church

In recent storms over on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland, light
ming struck the Massey P. E.
Church. A passerby saw smoke
coming from the roof and the Mill
ington Fire Company responded to
a call. The fire was soon extin-
guished with little loss. During
another storm lightning hit the
steeple on historic Old Bohemia
Church near Warwick. The upper
part of the steeple was badly dam
aged. The Rev. John H. Walsh,
pastor of st. Joseph's R.C. Church,
Middletown, is pastor of Old Bo-
hemia Church. The historic church
the real name of which is st.
Francis Xavier Church is the old
est Catholic Church on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and the site of
the first Catholic school in the 13
original colonies. During another
electrical storm lightning struck
the M E. Church, South at Colds
boro, Md, doing considerable dam
age to the building, which will re-
quire around S1O0 to repair. The
Rev. Fred Holden is the pastor.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
FIREMEN'S PARADE IN SMYRNA
DRAWS A LARGE CROWD PEOPLE

Visiting Night"of Firemen which
was postponed on account of rain
from Thursday night last week TO
Tuesday night of this. lost nothing
by postponement, for they had one
OF the incest visitations and one of
the best parades in the history of
Smyrna carnivals. The weather
was clear and pleasant and by the
time the parade started at 7:30
p. M, the streets were lined with
automobiles and crowds gathered
along the streets. The parade as
sembled on west Commerce Street
in the vicinity of the standpipe,
and broke up at south Main Street
and Frazier street where the street
carnival of the Smyrna Firemen is
being held. Eleven fire companies
led by the Smyrna Fire truck were
in line as follows: Clayton, Middle
town with band; Millington, Md,
Cheswold, Sudlersville, Nd, Milton,
Milford with band, Chesapeake
City, Md; Delaware City, Elkton,
Md, and Minquadale. Besides the
eleven companies and two bands in
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB NEWS
President E. p. Corrie and w. E..
Matthews, Jr., Attend Conference

President Elmer P. Corrie and
Secretary w. E. Matthews, Jr.,
represented the Smyrna Rotary
Club at the District Conference on
August 18th at the Hotel DUPONT,
Wilmington. The District Cover
nor George S. Williams of George
town presided. After extending
greetings to the visiting delegates
Gov. Williams stressed the four
major objectives of Rotary and
emphasized the Importance of Ro-
tary club extension. The new dis
trict No. 184 includes all of Della
ware and New Jersey South of
Camden. The division breaks UP
the old 50th District into two Dis
tricts. 'Dictatorships in the Bible"
will be the subject of DR.. G. A.
Burslem, former pastor of Dover,
at the regular meeting of the club
on Thursday, August 10th.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
SCHOOL TO OPEN
SMYRNA, SEPT. s
Prof. George r. Miller,Jr the
New Superintendent, To
Assume the Head
BUILDING RENOVATED

The John Bassett Moore High
School of Smyrna will open on
Wednesday, September 8. This
opening date had previously been
selected by the State Board of Ed
ucation and is adhered to by most
schools of the State. The schools
will be headed this year by Prof.
George r. Miller, Jr., who was
elected superintendent to succeed
to the vacancy held by the late
Prof. C. w. w. Schantz. Prof.
George w. Wright, who had been
acting superintendent following the
death of Supt. Schantz, will be the
assistant superintendent. At a
special meeting of the Board held
in July the following officers were
reelected: Mr. w. w. Hynson,
President; Mr.. Harvey c. Jones,
Vice-President; superintendent of
Schools, George R. Miller, Jr., was
appointed Secretary to the Board.
The turnover in personnel of the
school staff has been very small.
Mr.. George M. Records, former
star athlete at the University of
Delaware, is the Director of Physi-
cal Education, succeeding Mr.. Her
bert Pearl, and Mr.. Ellery Ward
replaces Miss Lowmaster in the
seventh grade. Teachers meetings
will be held on Tuesday, September
z, the day before tn official open
ing day. The teachers of the John
Bassett Moore School will meet
Tuesday afternoon at lis p. m. in
the school library. ALI new en-
trants, who have not registered
previously, are requested to appear
at the school, Thursday, September
2, between the hours of 9 a. M. and
II M, or 2 p. m. and 5 p. M. Ger
tain faculty members will be avail
able during these hours to assist
with their schedule prob
lens. At the present time the
John Bassett Moore School is being
repaired and cleaned.
The refnishing of the floors and
the cleaning of the rooms, desks,
lockers, halls, ETC., are now under
way and progressing rapidly. The
water-proofng of the Auditorium
walls and the replacement of the
Cafeteria floor are two Of the
larger repair jobs which will i'm
prove the appearance and condi-
ton of the present building Every
effort is being made to present to
the students on September s, clean,
and sanitary buildings.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
DEAN ROBINSON RESIGNS
Head of WOman's College, q. of d.,
To Leave Next June

Of considerable interest to Della
wareans was the announcement of
the retirement of Dean Winifred ].
Robinson of the Women's College,
University of Delaware. Her re-
quest for retirement was granted
by the trustees of the University
last week, but will not be effective
until the close of the college year
next June. Dean Robinson who
will be 20 years old in October, has
held her post at the University
since the opening of the Women's
College in 1914 Since that time
steady advancement in prestige
has made the Women's College
well known throughout the country
as a leader in the education of wo-
men.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19

line there were two auxiliary units,
one from Chesapeake City and the
other from Milton. The ladies
marched true to form and were ap-
plauded. Most of the visiting fire
companies brought one or more
trucks and the parade from start
to finish was most creditabTe. The
judges composed of Supt. George
r. Miller, w. E. Matthews, Jr.,
and Elmer PCorrie awarded prizes
as follows: $1,000 to Milton Fire
Company for coming the longest
distance with ten or more men in
line. $1,000 to Elkton (Md.) Fire
Company for making the best ap-
pearance; $1,000 First prize to Mil
ton Ladies Auxiliary for making
the best appearance and second
prize $500 to Chesapeake City, Md.
Ladies Auxiliary; $3.50 to Boys
Band of Milford. Following the
parade large crowd assembled at
the Street Carnival on Frazier
Street. The carnival is expected
to close sometime late Saturday
night.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
SHEET EROSION
EATS TOP SOIL
When Hillside Fields Take on
Light Tan Color Farm
er Is Warned
NEEDS PASTURE CURE

When a field is being robbed by
sheet erosion, the theft may go on
for years without a farmer know
ing it. Erosion which carves deep
gullies is pretty obvious. But soil
conservation workers in the De-
partment of Agriculture know that
sheet erosion works so slowly and
quietly that it may not be evident
until too late. IF a farmer looks
at his rolling hillside fields from a
distance and sees light-colored
knolls in dark colored fields, or if
the color of a sloping field fades to
a light tan or grey as his eye
travels up the slope, he is seeing
the results of sheet erosion, which
strips thin layers of topsoil a little
at time. This same test can be
made later on after crops are
growing. Corn, cotton, tobacco
and other crops may be making
fine growth on the lower parts of
a field, but up above. where sheet
erosion has been at work, the
stand is thinner and plants are not
doing so well. Putting fields with
a steep slope into permanent pas
ture or hay land, or strip cropping
from on the contour, are ways to
prevent and stop the thief, sheet
erosion.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
BOLT KILLS TWO
COWS; 2 HORSES
Also Stuns Two Persons i'm
Homes Near Milford Dur
ing Electric Storm
PHONE LINES DISABLED

During the electrical storm
which passed over this section
Thursday night, a man and his
wife near Milford were badly stun
ned when lightning struck their
home. and two cows and two hors-
es were killed by a bolt which
struck their shelter in a field. The
storm centered about the Cedar
Neck section with considerable
damage to crops. Telephone lines
from Milford to Slaughter Beach
and to Harrington were damaged,
the former line being put out of
commission for awhile. Charles
Houston and his wife, Negro farm
ers of the Cedar Neck section were
stunned when lightning struck the
chimney of their house. Other
members of the family called DR.
p. T. Carlisle who revived them.
The house was not set afire. The
farm animals killed were in a field
on the farm of James Mills in the
same section, huddled under a
shelter which was struck by a
bolt
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
NEW MASTERS
AT ST. ANDREWS
Charles Bedford Shope and
Louis Fleming Are Add
ed To Faculty
SCHOOL SHOWS GROWTH

st. Andrews School near Mid
dletown, will reopen Wednesday,,
September %, with the largest en-
rollment since it was founded in
1929. More than 100 boys have al
ready been accepted for the term
and other applications are being
considered. Two new masters have
been added to the faculty and a
new dietitian to the general staff
in order to take care of the in
creased enrolment. The new mas
ters are Charles Bedford Shope and
Louis Fleming, while Miss Ruth
Bowers is the dietitian. The Rev.
Walden Pell II is headmaster of
the school, and other members of
the faculty are: William H. Cam
eron, George Emlen Hall, Daniel S.
Holder, Hamilton M Hutton, the
Rev. John e. Large, John N. Mac
Innes, Howard E. C. Schmolze,
Granville H. Sherwood, Robert E.
Tonks, Garret Coerte Vorhees. Wis
iting teachers: Edwin Latshaw, j.
Craik Morris, Jr., Capt. Edward H.
Williams. The staff is composed
Of Cortlandt Schoonover, Office
manager; Miss Dorothy Welton,
secretary. Miss Kathleen A. Mich
aelis, housemother; Miss Margaret
=. Miller, resident nurse; A. Wood
all Cochran, farm superintendent;
Cedric e. Cooper, plant superin-
tendent.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
GEO. t. SATTERFIELD DEAD
in a Race at Lewistown
(Pa.) Fair He Died Monday Night

George Thomas Satterfield, 10
years old, of Harrington, who was
injured in a pile-up of horses at
the recent Lewistown Fair, died
Monday night at a hospital in Lew
istown, Pa. Satterfeld suffered a,
fractured skull in the accident in
front of the grandstand on August
9Th during the 2:24 pace. Safer
field was a prominent figure in
light harness racing for years and
trained and drove the stepperS
back in the days of the old Della
ware State Fair Association at the
Gentlemen's Driving Park, Wa
waset Park, Wilmington, which
later became the Wawaset develop
ment. Driving duels between Sat
terfield and Al Peacock were
among the annual features of the
fair. Satterfield's best known
mount in those days was Joe Boy
PAGER, star of the free-for-allS. In
recent years Satterfeld has made
his home at Harrington where he
was an active reinsman at the
Kent and Sussex Fair track. His
body was brought to New Castle
burial.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
.JOBLESS BOARD
DROPS SITSLEASE
Find Arsenal at New Castle
Had Been Previously Rent
ed to ]. A. Ellison
SEEKING ANOTHER SITE

Lease for the old Arsenal Build
ing in New Castle was rejected by
the Delaware Unemployment Com
pensation Commission of which
Hervey p. Hall, Smyrna, is chair
man, came to an abrupt dropping
Friday. which terminated negotia-
tioDs with T. B. O'Toole, real es-
tate agent, Wilmington, for the
property. Former Adjt.-Gen. J.
Austin Ellison, it was announced,
had leased the property from the
commissioners of the old court
house of New Castle for $500 a
year for five years, and the com
pensation commission was not ac-
tually leasing the building from
New Castle. The commission y
lease was at $500 a year for two
years, with an option. Proposal to
rent the building was made to the
commission by Mr.. O'Toole. An
agreement, it was said, was made
by General Ellison with Mr. .O'Toole
fort he latter to serve as his agent.
AS result of Fridays action, the
commission will receive on Mon
day, August %, proposals for rent
Al Of other Office space. With the
rejection of the lease for the old
Arsenal Building in New Castle
several places are being spoken of
As sites for the headquarters of the
commission and indications point
to the resumption of the rivalry
between Wilmington and Dover for
the Office. It is understood the
commission will require between
1000 and 5000 square feet of Office
space.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
REHOBOTH FOR
OCEAN DRIVE
As Maryland Signifies Inten-
tion of Building Up to
Delaware Line
COOPERATIVE ACTION

The Ocean Boulevard from Re
hoboth to Ocean City, Nd, will be
built to the Delaware line by Mary
land authorities next year. Work
was begun during the week to
raise the sandfence along the pro-
posed road to 81 feet. Nathan L.
Smith, Maryland chief highway en-
gineer, said recently that prelimin-
ary plans for the new road had
been laid by Maryland and Della
ware road officials. The Maryland
sections will follow the route for a
distance of about eight miles along
the sand ridge between the Allan
tic Ocean and the inland bays. The
Delaware Highway Commission
will build the road four miles
southwark to reach the Maryland
line. Plans for the Maryland sec
tion of the road call for a mixed
sand and asphalt surface to cost
about $4,000 The sand fences
which have been erected are also
expected to hold the road bed in
place and to prevent sand from
drifting over the road. The total
distance from Rehoboth Beach to
Ocean City is approximately 25
miles. The road in addition to
furnishing a scenic drive along the
sand dunes with an uninterrupted
view of the ocean will also furnish
Ocean City with another entrance.
The Maryland program is to build
the road from Ocean City north to
the Delaware boundary in the strip
of land between the Atlantic Ocean
and Assawaman and Sinepuxent
Bays. Cooperative action between
the two states on this project
would complete an undertaking
which has been advocated a long
time, and which would be of bene-
fit to both states. It would result
in a 25-mile highway along the
ocean from Rehoboth to Ocean
City, the principal seacoast resorts
of the two states. The attractive
ness of such a project would be en-
hanced by the fact that much of
the road would be skirted by water
on both sides. 1t might be the
of developing a great deal
of the contiguous land which is
now idle.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
C. III. GRANTLAND DISMISSED
But MIR. Grantland Refuses to Step
Out Until Court Decides Case

But MIR. Grantland Refuses to Step
Out Until Court Decides Case
Gov. Richard @. McMullen an
nounced Monday the dismissal of
Charles H. Grantland as a men,
ber of the Delaware Industrial Ac-
cident Board and the appointment
of Clarence E. Grace, 217 Geddes
Street, Wilmington, to succeed him.
This announcement came after The
Governor had received a letter
from Mr.. Grantland saying he pre-
ferred to retain his post as a mem
ber of the board until the courts
have ruled on the legality of IRE
moving members without cause. !"
His letter was in reply to letter
from Governor McMullen, Monday,
asking him to resign. Meanwhile,
State Auditor James w. Wise said
he had dropped James B. McManus
from the state payroll as secretary
of the Accident Board. He said he
had not determined what action
would be taken on the salaries of
others who have been replaced by
the Governors appointees. In any
case the state continued to have
two Industrial Accident Boards
one of Republicans and the other
composed of Democrats.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
HORSE KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
Walter BedwelPs Team and
Wilson Gardner's Auto
mobile Collide
DURING THUNDER STORM

Five persons were menaced, one
person was injured, a horse was
killed, and car and buggy were
damaged as result of collision
between an automobile and a team
on the road leading from Smyrna
to Walkers Schoolhouse during the
height of the severe rainstorm be-
tween z and 8 o'clock Thursday
evening. Walter Bedwell, accom-
panied by his two children, was
driving east on the road, with a
horse and buggy Behind him was
Wilson Gardner, driving a car
with young woman as a passen-
ger. Gardner says he saw no
lights on BedwelTs buggy and that
he was only a few feet away when
it became visible He said he was
going too fast to stop and that an
approaching car from the other di-
rection prevented him. from pass
ing to the left The horse died a
short time after it was hit, the
buggy was damaged. Bedwell and
his children escaped injury. The
young woman in the car suffered
an injured leg. Gardner emerged
scathless. The dispute between
the two drivers was taken to the
Townsend magistrate for settle
ment.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
FORMER LOCAL
BOY REMINISCES
w. Lindsay McFarlane, Phila-
delphia, Recalls Incidents
About Smyrna
CITIZENS 8 SCORE AND 20
To The Smyrna Tines:

To The Smyrna Tines:
This is the first time in thirty
five years that your correspondent
has penned an article for the news
papers. Previous to that he was
actively engaged in that line of the
printing industry first as the edi-
tor of a local publication and later
as associate on two different en-
terprises of a similar character; at
the same time correspondent for
newspapers in Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Wilmington.
Those were hectic days in Della
ware. John Edward Addicks was
the dominant figure in the political
arena, and the battles that ensued
for number of years made State
history. Father was array d
against son and brother against
brother Some may have been ac-
tuated by Interior motives in their
political opinions, but there is no
doubt but what the vast majority
were honest in their convictions.
The principals in those great
contests with but few exceptions
have gone TO that land from
whose borne no travellers ever re
turn" Time mellows all things,
and the chickering's and misunder-
standings of years ago are but a
passing memory.
Delaware, Notwithstanding the
strong partisan spirit of its cit
izens, has always been a conserva-
tive State. This was never better
exemplified than when the late
John M. Clayton was Secretary of
State in President Taylor's Cab
met. His foreign policy was bit
terly assailed in the Senate. The
majority of the Delaware State
Legislature were of a different po-
litical party, but they elected Mr..
Clayton to the Senate SO that he
could defend his policies on the
floor of that body.
On another occasion when the
late Thomas F. Bayard was Secre-
tary of State in President Cleve-
lands Cabinet his foreign policy
was attacked. He could have sue
cessfully combatted these criti-
cisms by siding with one of the
countries of the Old World Mr..
Bayard's only comment was: "On
a question between the United
States and a foreign country, am
an American" These are only two
of the many instances where the
great statesmen from Delaware
have added lustre to the name of
the little Diamond State.
Quite a number Of us left Smyr-
ma in our early manhood for other
fields of activities where more fav-
orable opportunities presented
themselves. There is no doubt but
what every one of us have warm
spot in our hearts for the home
Continued on Page Ffve)
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Wakeman ID. Spruance, Native of
Smyrna, Dies i'm Philadelphia

Smyrna, Dies in Philadelphia
Wakeman d. Spruance, aged rs,
died at his late residence in Phila-
delphia, Saturday, after a linger-
ing illness. The announcement of
his death was received with sorrow
by his old friends of Smyrna and
Clayton. Mr.. Spruance was a
son of the late Presley and
Mary E. (Hackett) Spruance and
was born, raised and spent his
boyhood days in Smyrna. In early
life he became connected with the
old Adams Express Company and
held a position in Smyrna, Clay
ton, Washington, D. c., and 9TH
er places. Later he accepted po-
sition with the Allen Agricultural
implement concern in Philadel-
phia and was employed by them
for twenty-five or thirty years
or until he retired several years
ago. He and George R. Barnes of
Philadelphia, were boyhood friends
and both worked for the Allen I'm
plement house. Wakeman Spru-
ance never married. He was one
of the charter members of the
Smyrna Fire Company. He is sur
vived by one brother, Ralph E.
Spruance of Font Hill" Smyrna
His body was brought to Smyrna
where funeral services took place
Tuesday from the residence of his
Continued on Page TIve)
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
DIR. EUGENE DENNEY TO WED
His Marriage to Miss Norma Louise
Askey, to Take Place Tomorrow

His Marriage to Miss Norma Louise
Askey, to Take Place Tomorrow
The wedding of Miss Norma
Louise Askey, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Barber Askey of Will
Transport, Pa, and Dr. Eugene w.
Denney, son of DR.. Reuben Eugene
Denney of Elkins Park, Pa, will
take place on Friday, August Goth
at 3 o'clock, at st. Paul's EpiscopaL
Church at Elkins Park Mrs. Nor
man NJ. Bankart, sister of the
groom will be matron of honor and
DR.. Thomas Dilworth of Philadel-
phia, will act as best man. A
small reception to the immediate
families will follow at the Old York
Road Country Club. The groom is
a nephew of Mr.. Robert H. Denney
and Mrs. Harry G. Tschudy of this
town.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
- lIDIN-HARGADINE REUNION
Der From Smyrna Vicinity
- lO2 Others at Gathering

"a SHY lid Vicinity
N lO2 Others at Gathering
4 very interesting and happy
ln-Hargadine family reunion
ock place Sunday at Chestnut
o'e Schoolhouse. A total Of 102
oers Of all branches of the
were present. Mr.. Samuel
fook Of near Dover, was mas
tss d ceremonies. Mrs. Emily
oS' Of near Dover, although
I . attend, was awarded a
.: er' the reunion prize for the
member of the family. Lit
Alss Rebecca Marie MarKar
olaed tne clan one month ago,
yea silver spoon in honor Of
Vungest member. DR.. John
- rolce' Of Salisbury, Md, paid
- .ne late Miss Bessie Vir-
one Of the Originators Of the
u pan An interesting old
was read describing the life
J" Oet' Hardagine, an early
s..s ser I,. to Oregon. Next years Of.
1iro. "ele elected at the business
I..s '1g % as follows: President, Miss !,
D. Patnam, librarian ~ us fhs
~ sher Bureau Library, Wasps W spe
en' D. C.; vice-presiS5eert "asn- Hsr
slrdin, Smyrna; Secret Seer, f1@r- ! a.,
s'surer, Frank A. virdin MY MY
"n; Committee, James esii3 vird;., Mo
-; -; Bessie Cook, Kantor. sr+Gln'
s,,.t ice Frazier, Dover. After r0tn, tpo
srs esa ss n meeting, the family 'o oatb tbe
az the ancestral Haygs san, diro
& where President ssn1,,0I S,nI
sa exhibited some verv iia1l old aI
etsa sarm implements, f,rniture nil 90
lner family relics. ''ufe'
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
Held For Arson at BIacISiston's

William Summers, colored, of
Dover, made a statement to the
District Attorney Monday, it is re
ported, admitting he had set fire
to the house of Chester Wilson,
also colored, of near Blackiston's
Cross Roads, on Friday night.
Summers was charged with first
degree arson and held in a $4,000
bail. No explanation as to why he
had committed the act was made.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
LIGHTNING HITS AT DOVER
Ben JOhnson's Home Struck BY
Lightning and Badly Damaged

During an electric storm Thurs
day evening lightning struck the
residence ofBenja min Johnson on
State Street, Dover, and set fire
to the house The firemen found
part of the flooring on the first
floor IN flames which were extin-
guished. There was no one home
at the time, the family being at
Bethany Beach. The week before
the residence of Leonard Schwarz,
next door, was struck with slight
damage.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
oh OF THE NAzARENp

No. !, Y: Pa Parkins, Pastor, An
". J 1vrV,ees W For the Week
ces the u Sa,, the Nazarene, an
I the weeL LLOilowing y services to
T. e Of tSs prayer meeting, IN
Forssia ssSiaool' q followed by By 4, morn, m,.
Fhildren,ss 5 rao:a ao:4o a, M; $50 D.
raise meetin meeting; at 7:3o D.
re. If you s, aiio evangelistic
come ana no church
Foody welcor,o "ofship with US.
Smyrna times., 1937-08-19
Impounding Unregistered Dogs

Game Warden E. ]. Boggs gath
cred last week a number of dogs
in Kent County for not being reg
istered. Owners are being fined or
dogs impounded and killed.