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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
COUNTY BRIEFS

Intend To Wed-Walter L. Davis,
26, and Mary Elizabeth Quigley, %,
Imperial residents, filed a notice
OF intention to wed, according to
records at the office of County
Clerk w. j. McClelland.
Marriage Planned-A notice of
intention to wed was filed at the
county clerks office by c. L. Ives
and Marion E. Poncher, 48, West
morland residents.
Notice Filed-Archie Johnson, 20,
and Pauline Peacock, 81, both OF
Holtville, filed a notice of intention
to wed.
Brawley Man Ill-Walter Aycock
OF the Associated Farmers of I'm
perial county is suffering from an
attack of bronchitis. He is at mis-
home in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
Owner of Lime
Deposits Sought

Owners OF shell lime deposits In
Covote mountain Thursday were
sought by the FL Centre Chamber
of Commerce.
The chamber. according to Robert
Hays. secretary. has received in
uuiries from a firm on the coast
which can use shell limestone.
The Coyote mountain, located 25
miles west of Ell Centre. contains
the worlds largest known supply
of both crystalline marble and shell
lime. The deposit is estimated at
10000. 600 tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
PROBE SLATED IN
COAST CONFERENCE

DEL MONTE, Cal, Dec. 10. CUP)
Appointment OF Edward w. Ath-
erton, former G-man and San Fran
cisco vice investigator, was a special
agent to determine the need for a
"housecleaning" in Pacific coast
conference athletics appeared immi-
nent today.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
BRAWLEY NOTES

The Alamo chapter, order of the
Eastern Star will install officers
Saturday evening at the Masonic
temple. The ceremony will be semi
public and starts at 8.
Mr.. and Mrs H. P. Wilke have
returned to Brawley following an
extended trip in Europe.
When the KIwanis club held
their weekly meeting Tuesday at
the Planters hotel they had as their
speaker. Donald Ketchen, vice prin-
cipal of the Ell Centre high school,
who spoke on Child Delinquency"
William La Berge was chairman
of the day. Elaborate plans are
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
FIRE DEPT.
STOPS BLAZE
VOLTVILLE NOTES

HUI NALLL NoIES
The fire department extinguished
a blaze which threatened to de-
story the home of o. L. Powell,
The fire started in the wall back
OF the chimney. Damage was
small.
Fred E. Maurre was fined ST for
irregular parking.
Junior Women's club held its
regular business meeting az the
civic center Tuesday evening to
discuss plans for the Christmas
formal. The formal will be this
Saturday at the country club. 1t
will be invitational
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10

san Bernardino this weekend for
further articles.
Scoutmaster K. E. Mitchell, Asst
Scoutmaster r. c. Cartwright, and
several Scouts attended the Court
OF Honor IN Brawley Wednesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Taylor are re-
modelling a new home on First
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Palmer are re-
modelling their home into a small
and attractive bungalow.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
EASTERN STAR WILL INSTALL
OFFICERS SATURDAY EVENING

being made for the annual Christ
mas party for the KiWanians and
their children to be held Dec. 21.
The entire program under the di-
rection of Mrs. Marie BoStWick,
will be given by children.
Final rehearsals are being held
this week for "The First Lady
which the senior class will present
Dec. 10 at the high school audi
| torium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Hauck ac-
companied by Mrs. Hauck's brother
Ed Rainwater, visited BraWley re-
Gently.
The Mezpah class of the First
Methodist church will have theii
annual Christmas party Tuesday
evening in the church social hall
Hosts for the evening will be
Messrs. and MesdameS Lawrence
Lovelady, Carl Cox and Marion
willard.
The Informal Study club will
have a Christmas party at Mem
orial hall Friday at o'clock. Each
member may bring two guests.
Brawley music organizations are
practicing for the community
! Christmas program to be given
at the high school auditorium
Dec. 49,
Visiting at the home of Mrs
Marie Bostwick are Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Jones, former residents oi
BraWley now living in Los Angeles
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleo Bowlin have
returned from a honeymoon spent
il Los Angeles and Palm Springs
and have taken house in Hamil-
ton Court.
The Junior Epworth League
members of the First Methodist
church had a desert party Satur-
day. The main attraction being a
weiner and marshmaallCw roast.
Those who sponsored the affair
were Mrs. V. H. Bergstedt, Mrs
L. Kurisaki and the Rev. and Mrs
Floyd Reeves.
Friends of Mrs. Robert Taecker
newlyweds. gathered recently at the
home of Mrs. Eddie West to honor
her with a wedding shower Those
hidden were Mesdames Clyde Brown
Clarence Bacher, Floyd Cover, Al
an Field, John Yarbrough, Dar
West, Emil Rebik: the Misses Vir-
ginia Teel, Dizzy Loop, Norma Ry-
der, Esta Mae Field, and Lorent
Field.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10

Attend Meeting - Sheriff and
Mrs r. w. Ware, Mrs. Hazel Liv-
ingston, Mrs. Marguerite Brooks,
Miss Roberta Brown, Deputy Dis
trict Attorney r. 1. French, and
Chief of Police j. Sterling Oswalt
of Ell Centro attended a meeting
Of the Riverside County Peace Of
ficers association in Riverside
Thursday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-10
BOOK CLUB
HAS MEETING

"Est tmOhLdND MULES
Twice Told Tales Book club met
al the home of Mrs. r. P. Ostran-
der wednesday night. Mrs. w E.
Gullett gave a book review. Guests
were Mrs. Jackie Taylor and Mrs
Bud Donnel
Miss Jane Verbeek is furnish
ing her new house. and is going to
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
GOOD ROADS
RURAL MAIL
Charles NJ. Upham, Formerly
of Delaware Highway De-
partment, Writes
BETTER RURAL ROADS

The unpretentious mail box on
its post by the side of the road
symbolizes the romance of letter
writing. Ever since frontier days
letters have been the wings of
American civilization and the voice
of its progress. Letters have help
ed build good citizenship. They
have stimulated national good will.
They have experienced every meth
Cd Of travel fro mpony express and
stage coach to streamlined train
and plane. Ever since the first
white settlements were established
on the shores of the New World
letters have been dependent on
roads to carry them to their des-
tinations The roadside mail box
is likewise a symbol Of the unself-
ish service Of $4,000 rural letter
carriers who daily travel, rain or
shine, over 100000 miles of the
highways and byways Of rural
America, serving 6,95O,OOO families
and carrying the mail to more than
25 100000 expectant individuals,
says Charles M. Upham, formerly
Of the Delaware State Highway
Department, now Engineer Direc-
tor Of the American Road Build
.ers Association. Mr. Upham had
the happy privilege Of addressing
the recent 34th annual convention
Of the National Rural Letter Car
riers Association in New Orleans.
The emblem of this splendid or
ganization incorporates the horse
and buggy and indicates the neces-
sity Of roads to the job Of carrying
the mail The emblem does not,
however, indicate the willingness
Of the letter carriers Of today to
put up with the horse-and.buggy
roads Of yesterday. Horse-and-
buggy roads are things of the past
in America and the 15-mile-an-
hour highway of a few years ago
has been outmoded. The delivery
Of rural mail today is a mechanical
and speedier service. A familiar
trail was sufficient to the needs of
the pony express rider Of pioneer
days, but the rural letter carrier
today drives a motor vehicle and
all-weather roads, therefore, be-
come necessary to the proper de-
livery Of mail in any kind of
weather. There can be no excuse
for conditions that existed during
the past few winters. Rural car
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23

H. z Rash, City Manager Charles
M HOPKINS, J. Harvey Burgess,
aditor of the Harrington Journal,
and Wilbur E. Jacobs, former
mavor. The party was serenaded
at Harrington by the high school
hand in blue and gold capes. The
maroon and gold clad high school
hand. headed by two girl drum
majors. Barbara Marshall and
Marjorie FAX, met the train at
Milford where the trip was broken
bv a two-hour stop. A chicken
h,nch was served in the Windsor
Hotel with Henry Shreffler, man
ager of the hotel and formerly as
sistant manager of the Hotel du-
Pont. and Mrs. Shreffler as the
hosts. The visitors marched to the
hotel behind the band. Many Mil
ford residents including I. Dolphus
short and Col. William E. Lank
greeted friends among the march
ers. Mr.. Wilson and Mayor Wal
ter w. Bacon, of Wilmington, led
the parade and were presented
with huge dahlias by Mayor Harry
]. Pettyjohn-
Milford Group Joins Party
A Milford delegation joined the
party as the trip was resumed. 1t
included: Mayor Pettyjohn, City
Manager Charles E. Banning, c..
Donan Holzmueller, president of
the Chamber of Commerce; Col.
James c. Wickes, editor of the Del
aware State News, Dover; G. Mar
shall Townsend, editor of the Mil
ford Chronicle; and E. NJ. Davis,
Mayor j. Harry Downing Of Reho-
both Beach; City Manager Willard
H. Johnson of Rehoboth Beach;
Ramsen Barnard, John w. Burris,
Charles Varney, Fred w. MulhoI-
land, William R. Murphy, and
George Wells. At Georgetown,
Mayor Ira w. Davis boarded the
train. Nespapers We're represented
BY O. B. Hallam, executive editor
of the News-Journal papers; w.
Murray Metten Of the same papers,
Charles H. Rutledge, editor Of the
Newark Post; Joseph H. Martin,
editor of the Wilmington Sunday
Star, John @. Saylor, editor Of the
Labor Herold; and Roland w. IN
gram, editor Of the Delaware Coast
News. The party was joined at
by Capt T. J. iVrden,
president Of the Lewes Chamber
Of Commerce, and a. +. Britting-
ham, secretary Of the same cham
Der. Officials of the Chamber of
Commerce declared the good will
journey to have been the best at
tended and the most successful
ever held.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
Federal Court Cases

The federal grand jury, meeting
for the September term of the u
S. District Court in Wilmington
last week, indicted 25 persons in 20
true bills completing its work for
the current term in one day. Those
from Kent county indicted and the
charges are: David Harris, Dover,
sale of tax unpaid liquor; Knowles
Harmon, alias Buck Shot, Dover,
sale of tax unpaid liquor; Broden
Reed, Dover, possession of tax un-
paid liquor; William Waters, White
House, Kenton Hundred Kent
county, possession and transporta-
tion of tax unpaid liquor; Ella G..
Conden and Carl Nance, near Mil
ford, possession and transportation
of tax unpaid liquor; Annie Lonski,
near Wyoming, operating an un-
registered still and possession of
tax unpaid liquor.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
Down
The Road
By CHARLES M. UPTIAM
Engineer-Director
American Road Builders Assn.
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. c.

riers were compelled in many plac-
es to go back to the horse and bug
gy, to the use of sledges and some
times had to go on foot to get the
mail delivered.
The members of the National
Rural Letter Carriers Association
are intensely interested in the i'm
proVement of the roads on which
they spend the best part of their
lives. They adopted a resolution
at their New Orleans meeting fav-
oring the earmarking of at least
25 per cent of all federal highway
money for the construction and
maintenance OF rural route roads
that are not part of existing main
or secondary highways. These let
ter carriers and the rural popula-
tion they daily serve are looking
forWrd to and should be granted
the improvement of farm-to-mar-
ket roads. While these people
know that some scattered improve
ments have been made in rural
road conditions, they realize that
rural communities have received
fewer good-road benefits than any
other subdivision of our population.
News from the political, indus
trial and educational centers of our
civilization is essential to the pro-
gress of rural America. The
farmer, the crossroads merchant,
the village teacher, the small town
preacher, lawyer and doctor, all
are vitally concerned with city,
state and national legislation; with
current questions Of national and
international Importance The ru-
raj community inhabitant has a
keen desire to keep in touch with
the 'outside" world He has come
to depend on the rural free delivery
and good roads to bring him the
information contained within let
ters and the pages Of his commun-
ity newspaper to keep him posted
on the progress of our great cOun-
try. Prices, too, are as vital to
him as to the broker in Wall
Street. The marketability and
sales value of his produce determ-
inc his future prosperity. Good
roads are an absolute necessity to
the expansion Of daily mail service
to the rural communities. Good
roads bring encouraging news and
a rightful share of the nations pro
gress to even the most isolated
back-country spots. Our highways
have often been called the arteries
of America. / like to think Of the
rural letter carriers as the life
blood flowing through those arter-
les, bringing new vitality to rural
America.
From stage-coach days down to
the present time the delivery of
mail to the rural sections of the
United States has constantly i'm
proved and always in proportion to
the improved condition of the road
over which the mail travels"
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
GAMERS GET
MERIT AWARD
Wheatley's at Clayton, and
Baker at Middletown
on the List
FOR BILL OF HEALTH

Those Delaware canneries which
qualified for certificates of cooper
alton in cleanliness were announc-
ed today by r. c. Beckett, State
Sanitary Engineer. During each
canning season the State Board of
Health issues such certificates of
merit to those Gamers who have
cooperated and complied with the
regulations of the State Board of
Health. This includes the provi-
sion of satisfactory sanitary con-
ditions around the factory and
proper living quarters for the
transitory seasonal labor. Those
receiving certificates are:
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
Armstrong Packing Company,
Armstrong, Delaware.
Baker, G. H., Inc, Middletown,
Delaware.
Phillips Sales Co., Inc, Oak
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
Found Guilty Of Assault

Albert Mason, of Dover, was
given a trial before Judge Earl D.
Wiley, in the Kent County Court
Of Common Pleas On Tuesday of
last week, on charge of assault
and battery on Bessie Wharton,
also Of Dover. Mason entered a
plea Of not guilty to the charge but
after hearing evidence Fudge Viii
ley found him guilty and imposed
q fine Of fifty dollars or sixty days
in jail. The fine was paid.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23

Grove, Delaware.
Watkins Packing Company
Odessa, Delaware.
KENT COUNTY
w. L. Wheatley, Clayton, Della
ware.
Harrington Canning Company
Harrington, Delaware
Libby, McNeill & Libby, Hous-
ton, Delaware.
Magnolia Packing Company,
Magnolia, Delaware.
T. o. Ford, Marydel, Delaware.
Apte Brothers, Woodside, Della
ware.
Libby, McNeill & Libby, wyom-
ing, Delaware.
SUSSEX COUNTY
]. G. Townsend & Company,
Georgetown, Delaware.
G. H. Seely & Son, Greenwood,
Delaware.
Hillsboro-Q Queen Anne Coopera-
tive Corporation, Lewes, Delaware.
Phillips Packing Company, Laur-
el, Delaware.
Apte Brothers, Milton, Delaware.
Vernon Packing Company, Yer
non, Delaware.
Many plants attained their GER
tificates through the work of in
dividuals delegated to maintaining
the sanitary facilities and supervis-
ing the living quarters.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
GUN ACCIDENT AT STAFFORD
Earl Davis, of Seaford, Succumbs
in Hospital at Salisbury, Md.

in Hospital at Salisbury, Md.
Earl Davis, 16-year-old Seaford
boy, fatally wounded himself in an
accident with a shotgun at wharf
on the Nanticoke River on Monday
of last week He died a few hours
later in the Peninsula General Hos
pital at Salisbury, Nd The boy
slipped as he stepped out of a
boat with the gun in his hand The
jar discharged the gun and the load
tore into the boys right shoulder
and chest. Emergency treatment
was given by Seaford physician.
The boy was returning after a
boat trip taken withr brother
and sister both younger Interment
was made in Philadelphia on We'd
nesday where the parents lived be-
fore going to Seaford.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23

Our money-back guarantee says they
please you Let the Store Manager
you of their superiority and economy
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23

Walter Bakers Chocolate Y -lb cake 15c
Mrs. Morrison's LEM Filling pkgs 25c
Brer Rabbit Molasses; green label can 15c
Brer Rabbit MoIasses; gold label can 1ec
Hershey's Cocoa lb tin 13c
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
gs
down STATE
cou,hor of Com
ssres Host To ta Party y" q
,he Hundred and Ten
ENDS TO REHOBorH

,rndrsd and seventy-nto syd y
p nDanlD ambassadors, returned S,iG' y
~ ,Erton shortly before mo aa[,
y TgSur.day mr. night after .,a. a '@s "
l ntig tightening the ties s,,Sil u
In \ among Delaware's OTSi, Tsa
~ .IE professional men. ! sns ns
~ msking the annual Changer a. PeI
'rmerce p,aa' goodwill tour to .PIeI HeI
J. . psa.h aboard a specla,
! '.,rsnia Railroad train naa ll
" tbs trip southwark at the
h Nv 4 dinner in which, Oy
Tbomas W. Wilson presl-
y tbe commerce chamber
I. ! y were taboo. Including
r. or more persons VINO
the party as it moved TO-
Rsboboth and those who JOIN
/ tbe resort 21O persons were
I psboboth Country Club din
slring the afternoon, members
, Darty played golf, swan Or
he boardwalk. Gerrlsh
rr,sv. manager of the Cham
Commerce, swimming with
N dupont, was stripped Of
rs bathing suit by a heavy
I'M after retrieving it had to
] urder water. The group
IilmingtOn Thursday morning
IN had the train pulled out
erch Street station when
mere called for, and in prac-
every car, including the din
sndly games we're under way.
Incis Blaine William N-Cann,
Cbristenat, and H. Garrett
!, formed and "All-Kiwanian'
1 at bridge. At Middletown,
II. Ryan boarded the train,
i Dover, city Manager =. D-
!. Vernon Derrickson, presi-
II the Dover Chamber Of
'erce, and H N. Stayton Of
ngton came aboard. AT Har-
d the additions we're Mayor
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
Uncle Jim SduS

When I was boy we made
more corn to the acre than we get
nowadays. When yields keep fall
ing it's pretty good proof that
most land needs lime, phosphate,
and legumes. More farmers can
use them now under the Agricul-
tural Conservation Program"
Smyrna times., 1937-09-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27

towns and communities with for- ests can put men to work and be reasonably certain of obtaining returns to cover the cost of labor.
 "rhe migration of population, ups and downs in standards of living, and other social problems can be ininimized with the aid of community forests" Silcox said. "They are work reservoirs near the homes of laborers in bad times and sources of recreation at all ttfnes."
 As new forests produce revenue over Q period of years they would lose all of the aspects of an emer- gency measure, he said. In addi- ton to timber and fuel as a continual crop, the forests may produce raw materials for furni- ture, toys and other special prod- ucts requiring the employment of skilled labor in small community industries.
 Massachusetts z and Wisconsin already have laws which provide that state forestry departments have general supervision of town and county forests. States that have enacted legislation authoriz- ing the acquisition of town and county forests include New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Pennsyl- vania, Indiana, Ohio and Minne- sota. a1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
WiIIhie, Spokesman For Billion Dollar Power Industry, Is Blunt
 Crusader For Private Ownership
RY MA RerYlOe

By NEA Service
 Easily first among business men who are aggressively fighting against government competition with private business, and against what they consider hohbling restriction and regulation of business, is Wendell Lewis Willkie.
 It was Wilikie who recently sat in at the White House on conferences aimed at producing an "armistice" that would release much expansion in the privately-owned public utility field. It is Willkie who, instead of secluded grumbling, preferred Q militant public crusade in defense of what he believes to be Enuch- Inaligned and sore-beset public util- ity companies.
 It is Willkie who, as head of the Commonwealth & Southern Corp, has pioneered in the higher volume at lower prices" technique. And 1t is Willkie who was SO successful at 1t in the face of IVA competition that he is now the unofficial spokes- man Of the billion -dollar electric power industry in it's running guer- rilla fight against government ia- reference"
 He Voted for Roosevelt.
 Willkie is extraordinarily well qualified to conduct negotiations which may lead to Q truce" be- tween government and business. By nature and training he is able to see something of "the other side" WiIlkie actually voted for Roosevelt back in 1882, and fur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
WALLACE ASKS
 MORE FORESTS
 ON CITY LANDS
Valuable Properties Can Be DevOIped, Says Sec
 retary's Report
BY FRED BAILEY

United Press Stan COrrespOndentl
 washington, Dec. 27.--(UP)--A Forest Service campaign for es- tablishment of community forests for cities and towns was endorsed today by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace.
 ?. A, silcox, chief of the Forest Service, said many cities and towns "can make good use of tax. delinquent, sub marginal and other cheap lands to develop val uable forest properties"
 Such forests, he said, can often more than pay for themselves, provide recreation and serve as work reservoirs for city and some rural areas. Wallace described the idea as another step toward rounding put the nations forestry program"
 Projects Now Number l,097
 Already, Silcox said, l007 coun- ties and towns in 27 states have community forests covering an area of 2.88O,605 acres. These for- ests produce fuel and timber, pro- tect watersheds and provide rec reatlon and wildlife refuges.
 The Idea Is comparatively new to this country, Silcox said, but IS centuries old In Europe, where a town without forest Is an excep- ton. Many of these forests, he said, have provided income and employment for many genera tions.
 Community forests have been increasing in New England, where several towns operate them at a cash profit, he said. Others save taxes by furnishing timber for community repairs, fuel for the schools, recreation and watershed protection.
 "The practice of forestry makes the town forest Q good business proposition worth Investigating by every place that is near tax-delin- quent or sub-narginal land," Sill. COX said. Approximately 4l,000,- 900 acres of forest land were not paying taxes in 1885.
 "The Forest Service stresses particularly the opportunity these forests may provide for unskilled labor in nurseries, and for plant- ing and forest maintenance. The use of unskilled labor has yielded good returns from timber stand improvement and similar forestry practices on both public and pri. vase land.
 ',ln periods of unemployment,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-27
MRS. MANNING
 RESIGNS POST

New London, Conn, Dec. 27. - (Up)--Mrs. Maud P. Manning. Ston- ington, resigned today as a member of the republican stae central com- inittee from the goth district.
 Her resignation, however, was not immediately accepted by state chairman Benjamin E. Harwood, Chester.
 Mrs. Manning was one of the first women to serve on the committee, she gave no reason for leaving the post.
 Two vacancies now exist in the goth district. The other was caused by tho death of George H. Brad ford, 4A.