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The Washington times., 1937-06-16

It Is only fitting that the last book
in The Washington Times remark
able offer of 20 volumes Of the
Worlds Greatest Literature should
be Plutarch's Lives. This book in.
est characters Of antiquity. Notable
among them is the one pOrtraying
the life Of DemoSthenes, the famous
Greek orator, who OVefcame great
physical handbags to become the
most perfect in this art. Starting
life with weak lungs, q Shrill voice
and unable to pronounce the letter
SR," Dem0StheneS achieved the
greatest OratOricaI heights by sub
jecting himself to the seVefeSt tests
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
The Three Ms
Together For
Past IS Years
By FRANCOIS

The prize of the week, we
think, should go to the Wardman
Park management for providing
the 16-foot panel portrait glorify-
ing the ever popular mint julep.
Placed Immediately benin d
Jimmy Santmyer'S band stand,
the painting features a frosted
mint julep glass standing five
feet high, and made, according to
Chief Bartender Russell, in the
bruised" way.
"Colonels" are stationed on
either side of the glass, their
facial expressions glowing with
satisfaction. On the left is an old
Kentucky Colonel defying the hot
suns rays in his enjoyment Of a
julep served by a Negro nanny.
And on his right. the Colonel"
a la 1887, sips his ideal summers
drink in air-conditioned quarters.
Painted by Joseph KoSsoff, Of
New York city, the colorful panel
follows the general motif Of other
contrast pictures adjoining the
Wardman supper club room.
While extoning the abilities and
harmony qualities of the Three
Ms, now starring at the Hi-Hat. we
forgot last week to tell you that
the reason the boys know their
parts so well is because they've
only been together in the same
business for the past Is years, part
of which time they spent making
shorts for Fox Film Company.
** +
When you hear the soft tones
of Senior Wesley purring
"MuchaS gracias, merci, etc."
you'll know you're nOwhere's else
than in Bill KavakOS coy north
east grill, q madcapper'S para
disc If ever you wanted one. Pa
irons can do OId.fashiOned hill
billy dances, Portland Fancys,
the Paul Jones shuttle, and so
on and so on. In addition the
Grill will feature pie eating con-
tests, potato grabs, and all the
games good old dad and mother
used to play.
Sally winston, a very lovely
young lady with personality plus,
headlines the Lotus Restaurant
bill this week. Her speciality is
blues singing, and she certainly
keeps everybody humming in the
downtown air-conditioned pleasure
palace.
Blanche Ray, high kicking
soloist, the team of Donald and
Drema, and poppy Alice Mack
complete the fast stepping floor
show.
Two Of our dancing favorites,
Maxim and Odette, have trans
ferred their grace and rhythm to
the Maryland Club Gardens where
a dandy show will be in progress
all week.
Next Sunday only, the Gardens
will present the Estelle Went
worth Opera Group in the Gilbert
and Sullivan musical operatta,
H. M. s. Pinafore." The show
will begin at 8 p. m. and admis-
sion will be IS and 40 cents.
X y
Otis Manning, Mayfair's NINA
ture Mandrake, stole the honors
at the Breakfast Club yesterday !
morning with his fast and anus
ing feats of magic. The nimble |
midget was helped along with his
act by Jack Campbell and Leo /
Lisee, pianist and vocalist at the
Cafe Of All Nations, respectively
y 4
For ages the saying that
The Washington times., 1937-06-16
Finnan to Guide Tour

C. Marshall Finnan, director Of
National Capital Parks, will be
guide and lecturer TO the recrea-
ton committee Of the Council Of
Social Agencies on visit to the
recrational facilities Of Washing
ton tomorrow afternoon. The COM
mittee members win meet at Com
munity Chest headquarters, 1l01
M st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1937-06-16

diminutive wife complete the floor
show. ...
4 4 4
Even though Cake" Romans
delightful act Of shaking his 1885,
pound frame in one Of the fun.
niest tap dancing performances
we have yet seen, is missing, the
popular Boulevard Farms contin-
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
CAPTAIN ALLAN McLANE OF
DUCK CREEK CROSS ROADS


DUCK CREEK CROSS ROADS
Duck Creek Cross Roads and
surrounding country has its full
share of patriotic men when the
war of the Revolution commenced,
and Allan McLane was one of
them. His residence was near the
street that was known as Ball
street, having been donated to the
little village by a gentleman of
that name. 1t was afterward nick
named Methodist from the wonder
full revivals and success of that de-
nomination of Christians who held
religious services in private houses
in said street. This name it bore
fore a century, until it was chang
ed to Mount Vernon street last
year. The dwelling house which
Capt. McLane owned and occupied
was not on the street, but set back
and the front faced the western
horizon, and was one Of the few
brick dwellings on that street.
This property has been owned or
tenanted by the Mayberrys from
Continued or PAGE Sikh
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
LEONARD rGEVIS RAISING
CHICKENS IN WINTER

Leonard Revis, of Duck Creek,
who has been running an artificial
chicken hatchery for the past three
or four years, will resume its oper-
ations again next month on a larg-
er scale, with the intention of rails
ing 25O0 to 5000 broilers for next
springs sales. The building was
enlarged last year to 80 feet in
length. This has been divided into
fourteen yards to keep the chicks
graded as to size, his experience
last winter being that when they
are allowed to run together many
Of the smaller were trampled to
death by the larger ones. BY keep
ing them seperate as to size, this
will be avoided and much loss saw
ed. Mr.. Revis has an egg tester
Of his own invention that will re
veal in a weeks time after being
put into the incubator, of which he
has four, whether it is good or bad,
and if 50 the latter is removed out
Of the way. The building has here
tofore been heated by coal stoves,
but Mr. Revis has the matter Of
heating it by steam under consider
alton and may substitute it before
cold weather.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14

and Professional Women, was dis
cussed at two-day conference of
the Wilmington and Kent County
Club at the Wilmington clubhouse
in Arden.
Miss Frances Cummings, direc-
/ tor of education of the National
Federation, and Miss Irene HeadIey
Arrmes, field worker for the Ma
tional Federation, were present and
interpreted to the members the OBJ
jectives of the years program.
Our Towns Business" j"
! In discussing the conference on
her return, Mrs. Kathryn Trent.
president of the Kent County Club
said: The subject of the year s
program, Our Towns Business is
something new. No organization
of either men or women has before
tried on a national scale to investi-
gate the fundamentals of local bus
mess in relation to day by day Nv
ing. Through community study.
our members will become better
acquainted with their own com
munity, learn how others work and
play, what they buy and how much
they pay for things, the relation
ships between employer and en-
ploye in every walk of life"
The Delaware clubs are joining
the $4,000 business and profession
al women of the United States in
making this community study
Miss Ruth Jones, local program
chairman, is now at work on pro-
gram plans in order that the Kent
County Club may participate in
and make their contribution to the
national program.
Those who attended the confer
ence from the Kent County Club in
addition to Mrs Trent were the
following state federation officers:
Miss Ruth Torbert, Vice-president;
Miss Ruth Jones, recording secre-
tary; Miss Margaret Jeffreys, cor
responding secretary; and Miss
Grace Murray, Health Chairman.
Other members from the local club
attending the conference were Miss
Emma Baxter, Miss Louise Spru-
ance, Miss Naoma Farber, Miss
Effie Davidson, Miss Mary Thomas,
and Miss Margaretta Gooden.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
BOY SCOUTS
HEADS CONVENE
Hold Dinner at Dover and
Talk Over Future Plans
For the Area
SCOUT COLLEGE DAY

Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of
the eight districts of Del-Mar-Va
Council, Scouts of American met in
Dover recently to decide on the ad-
ministration of Scouting in the
area. After a dinner at the Rich
ardson Hotel, the men convened in
| the Council Chamber of the City
Hall, where the business meeting
was conducted by Charles H. Cant,
President of the Del-Mar-Va Boy
Scout Council. Scout Executive K.
B. Spear gave an interesting re-
port which showed marked in
crease in Scouts and Troops in the
area since last year; that the Rod
ney Camps experienced a very sue
cessful season with 226 of the 573
Scouts who attended camp coming
from the area; that a majority of
the Councils Scouts who attended
the National Jamboree in Wash
ington were from the area. The
first topic for discussion was the
Scout College Day On october 80,
when the Scouts on the Eastern
Shore will be guests of Washington
College at Chestertown and the
Delaware Scouts will be the guests
of the University of Delaware at
Newark
IT was decided that Wallace Will
liams Of Ellkton will preside at
the Court of Honor at Washington
College and that DR.. H. v. Hollo-
way will be asked to preside at
the University of Delaware; also
that prominent men in Delaware
and the Western Shore will be in
viited to present Tenderfoot Badg-
es to the new Scouts at a special
ceremony. A meeting of the Third
Region of the Boy Scouts will be
held in Baltimore on october 22-
%. The Third Region includes
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia and the District of Colum-
bia. The group decided to make
up parties and attend at least a
part of this Regional meeting.
Plans were made for the Annual
Scouters Conference and Testimon-
ial to the Area Scoutmasters,w which
will be held in Salisbury on No
vember 10. Physical arrangements
were placed in the hands of Col.
w. B. Tilghman, of aSlisbury, with
Ralph Ross, of oPcomoke City, in
charge of morale, and John Noble
of Easton in charge of promotion
of attendance.
For the past several months
there have been some negotiations
made by persons on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia for that terri
tory to be included under this
Council After considerable dis
cussion on this subject, President
Cant appointed a Committee to
make a survey of the situation and
make recommendations to the
Conucil Executive Board. The
Committee as appointed is Col. w.
B. Tilghman, Jr.. Salisbury; Wei
lington Tawes, Crisfeld; and Ralph
Ross, Pocomoke City.
Those who attended the meeting
were Wallace Williams, Elkton;
Ralph Beachley, North East; DR..
Gilbert Mead and Lee Gill, Ches-
tertown; John w. Noble, Easton;
Col. w. B. Tilghman, Jr., Sails
bury; Ralph Ross, Pocomoke City;
A. wellington Tawes, Crisfield; ].
Wallace Wodford, Dover; Harold
W. T. Purnell, Georgetown; Char
les H. Cant and X. B. Spear, Will
mington; H. A. Soloman, Salisbury,
and G. R. Andreas, Jr., Dover.
FOR SALE
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
CHANGE IN PWA OFFICES
Delaware Among the States To
Undergo Some Changes

Word was received in Delaware
that seven regional offices of the
PWA will replace those in the 48
states as one step in the partial
dissolution program to effect oper-
alton economies. Delaware will be
included with New York, Connecti-
cut, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Vermont. Delaware
PWA activities functioned under
the Baltimore Office of the PWA.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
TALK TOWN CLOCK FOR
ODD FELLOWS HALL,

Two or three years ago the Odd
Fellows made a spasmotic effort in
the direction of a town clock, after
which the matter was quietly Grad
eled for sleep. This is vigorous
society, and has the credit of car
rying out ultimately whatever it
undertakes. Wouldn't this be a
good time to wake up the sleeper,
now that a tower is being put on
the Town Hall? 1t is the appro-
pirate place for it.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Tresspass Notices, For Rent and
For Sale Signs.
At THE TIMES OFFICE
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14

The month of September was the
coolest for eleven years.
Some attention is being paid to
road farmers not being so success
full as farm farmers.
Rev. Herman Roe addressed a
meeting of Good Templars at their
lodge room at Clayton on Friday
evening.
Some young men from this town
and Clayton, have leased an upper
room in the Johnson building for a
club room.
The Dover District Preachers
Meeting (colored) will be held in
Milford on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, October 25, 26 and
9th.
A. Mr.. Benson, of New Castle,
has rented the rooms formerly oc-
cupied as the post Office in the
johnson building, for the purpose
of opening candy kitchen.
Two Of our young men, under
the firm name of Baldwin and AL
len are starting in the laundry bus
iness, their place of business being
located in the Johnson building.
The carriage firm Of Jos. L.
Beckett and Norris & Mackey have
consolidated, and will go into eff
feet the LIST of November. 1t will
be known as the Smyrna Buggy
Company.
There will be an all-day service
at Colts, Rev @. X. Morris pastor,
on Sunday, October 23rd. Revs. J.
ID. Q. Hanna and r. X. Stephenson
will conduct the services. All are
cordially invited.
''The man who never pays his bills
promptly misses lots Of rare enjoy
ment" Old Ben. Franklin never
uttered greater truth, and he was
counted the wisest man in the
western hemisphere.
"A young man from the country
who comes to town occasionally to
spend an evening with the young
ladies, becomes SO facinated that
his brother has to hunt him up
with a reminder that it is bed time
a public temperance meeting
will be held at the M. E. Church on
Friday evening next, under the
auspices of the Good Templars.
Rev William S. Robinson and 9th
er local speakers will address the
meeting.
Moses Kerr, of Duck Creek, has
torn down the house in which he
resided Zone Of the oldest buildings
in the town and ante dating per
haps most of those in Smyrna) and
is having put up in its place a new
and comfortable home.
The change to cooler weather
which came with yesterday morn
ing was a relief to the unseason-
able warmth Of the three previous
days, when the thermometer regis |
istered between 80 and 80 degrees |
giving us temperature that would
do for July.
Miss Rosa Rand and Company,
of Baltimore, have been engaged
by the Citizens Hose Company for |
the two first nights after the com
pletion of the Town Hall, probably |
the 1st and End of November. The |
occasion will doubtless attract |
large audiences.
Superintendent Handy has sold |
the school books in the late State |
superintendent Office to the An
derson Publishing Company, of
New York, for 81 500 which was
five hundred dollars more than was
thought could be had for them. !
They cost the State about $2,5O0. |
Saturday was the chiIdren's
chestnuting day, and the country
for several miles around the town
was pretty well rummaged. The
aggregate of the nuts would run up
into the thousands. The crop is
much more prolific than last year.
The farmers around would greatly
accommodate the boys by quadruply-
ing their number of trees.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
MOVEMENT FOR al
CREAMERY DISCUSSED

In the general depression in re-
gard to farm crops which bring
such a poor return, tobacco and
number Of other things have been
suggested. The following is an ac-
count Of what is being attempted
ID another community in a new
venture: a meeting Of the farmers
in the vicinity Of Middletown was
held last week to hear what a Mr.
Spur had to say about starting a
creamery. He is from Cochran
vile, Pa, small village five miles
from a railroad station, where he
is superintendent Of a creamery.
Mr.. Spur said that at the present
prices of butter and cheese farmers
could make more from stock and
milk than from any other crop.
The price of milk varies, and is
governed by the price of butter,
but according to his experience
would average the producer IL
cents per gallon. He said it was
q CNtA LcAA A4ACA hesh
a great interest in. 1t would bring
cash into the community every
month. He paid out over $4,000 for
August at Cochranville. Trade
would improve in consequence,
dealing a death blow to the credit
system; and that dairy farms, or
farms located near dairy were
always considered more valuable
than others. After some more talk
Spur said they had the following
proposition to make: If the farm
ers and people of Middletown
would form stock company to
put up creamery such as they de-
sire, with approved appartus cost
ing some $4,000, they would agree
to take $1,000 worth of the stock
and rent the plant at per cent in
terest.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
WINS ELKTON FAIR PRIZES

At the Elkton Fair Miss K. L.
Storm took first premium on tile
etching, 1st on crayon portrait, 1st
on butterfly and cocoon in water
colors from nature. Miss Minnie
Clement, 1st on embroidered towel,
1st on splasher, 1st on painted tam
BOURNE, first on autumn leaves
from nature in water colors, End on
plaque in oil from nature, End on
crayon. Miss Clement took six first
and six second premiums also at
the Dover Fair.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
RENEW OLD BRIDGE NEAR
KENTON

The old bridge of the olden style,
which has spanned the streams at
Parsons Hill on the Kenton road,
has been taken up and new
bridge of heavy stone abutments
and projecting wings, is to take its
place. The cost of the new bridge
will be between $500 and $500.
Johnson Willard is doing the
mason work.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
Z. of ID. Football Game

The University of Delaware foot
ball team will play the first home
game on Frazer Field, Newark,
Saturday with Lebanon Valley as
opponents.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
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Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF OCT. 18TH, 1887

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
CTIESTNUTING TIME ARRIVES

CHESTNUTING TIME ARRIVES
Now is the time when the Bud
die Boy" Of the family starts out
to hunt work on Saturdays and
succeeds in getting after an infin-
lite amount of labor a salt sack
half full of wormy chestnuts, worth
about three cents. This three cents
as, with much more, absorbed a few
days after in buying solutions of
sugar of lead to reduce his poison
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
WOMEN MEET AT
ARDEN TO TALK
Discuss "Our Towns Busi.
ness" In a TWO-Day
Conference
KENT WOMEN ATTEND

Our Towns Business" the sub
ject Of the 1878 program of the
National Federation of Business
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
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NEW IRON BRIDGE AT DUCK
CREEK

CREEK
A. r. Morrison, of New Castle,
who was awarded the contract for
the masonery work for building
the bridge over Duck Creek which
divides the two counties, expects
to have it completed some time
next month. The work will be
done by the King Iron and Bridge
Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. The
bridge will have span of 81 feet
and II feet wide.
Smyrna times., 1937-10-14
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
.LITH SPEEDDOYS IN HOOP DEBUT
 SATURDAY NIGHT
Liths in First Home Game Against BrOcktOn To.
 morrow Night

The Knights of Lithuania Speed- boys will stage their home court debut at St. Joseph's hall at 9 o'clock Saturday night with the Brockton, Mass, Krueger Brewers providing the opposition.
 Tn playing the first game of an ambitious home schedule, the Liths will be running up against a worthy opponent. The Brockton team has on its roster many of the outstand- ing Bay State high school stars of recent years and confidently ex- poets to have one of the best semi- pro records in New England when the final returns come drifting in next March.
 Classy
 The team has 10 men on It's roster and all can play at any position with equal brilliance to further en- nance their value. They can put on the floor quintet averaging 6 feet 3 inches to further complicate mat ters for the opposition.
 Coach skiddo Dumschott has not yet decided on Q definite starting Knight lineup, but Joe Joyce and Freddie Ferrie will probably start at forward, with Joe Swasey at cen. ter, Harry Huey and Joe Boley ct guard and Bubbles and Johnny Ballnsky and Frank Saldukas In re. serve, St. Joseph's Holy Name Ave will be fetaured in the 7:30 prelim- mary, with John A. Cluney referee Ing the feature contest. The prob- able starting lineups:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

Today's Sport
 Parade
By HENRY McLEMORE
 IunsseO Prsm stan CswssUondsnU

Hollywood, Dec. S.-(UP)-If you were riding through the Sahara desert, seated between the aft and stern humps of Q camel, and sud- denly came upon world series game between the Yankees and Giants, you'd be surprised, wouldn't you?
 Or, If you rode the same camel around the loop in Chicago, the people of Chicago would be sur- prised, wouldn't they?
 All right, now add your surprise to their surprise and you get my surprise of today when I rounded Q certain corner on the movie lot of the brothers Warner. Just before I rounded that corner would have sworn that nothing short of the sight of human being making tree would surprise me. Because in the walk around the studio of the Brothers Warner (Tom, Dick and Harry, I believe are their nalnes). l had seen some amazing sights.
 Errol Flynn, in the green tights and chin beard of Robin Hood lighting Q cigarette for Carole Lom- bard, in modern evening dress.
 Wayne Morris leaning out of Q roadster to talk with Bette Davis dressed in the crinoline of 0 day when the horse was there to stay.
 George Brent, in riding britches and Q dressing gown, practising Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
BrOcktOr
BOSTON'S BRUINS
 LOSE FIRST GAME
By UNITED PRESS

The Boston Bruins maintained their long lead In tho American division of tho National Hockey league today, but they no longer boasted an undefeated record.
 The Bruins who won their first six games, were blanked 20 by Montreals Canadiens last night. The Boston forwards couldn't get the puck past doalie wifi Cude. Babe Siebert scored in the first period and Clif doupillo counted near the end of the third stanza for the flying Trenchmen. The win elevated CAnadienS into Q three way tic for second place in the Canadian division.
 The Chicago Biackhawks took over second place In tho American division.
 The Chicago Biackhawks took over second place in the American division, noSing out the New York Rangers, 2-i, on Qottselig's last period tally New York got away to q lead when Nell Colville scored in the first period, but Thompson's counter in the second squared 1t.
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