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Smyrna times., 1937-09-09

open the Convention proceedings
on Wednesday morning. Mayor ].
Wallace Woodford, of Dover, will
welcome the fire-fighters. When
the election of officers is held on
Wednesday afternoon, it is expect
ed that Howard F. Sheldon, of Tai
leyville, the present vice-president,
will be elected president without
as will also Sam Hear
son, of Dover, the veteran secre-
tary of the association. Mr.. Car
son has filled this Office since the
formation of the association. The
selection of a vice-president will be
be made from Kent county and at
present it is a wide open race
among several aspirants. John T.
Guyer, of Richardson Park, is slat-
ed for reelection as treasurer. The
Past Presidents Association will
hold meeting Wednesday evening
as will the Delaware State Fire
Chiefs Association, which will hear
an address by Sherwood Brockwell,
Fire Marshal of the State of North
Carolina.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09
FOOD STORES TO
BOOST APPLES
Aid Delaware and Other
States With Record
Breaking Crops
GROWERS TO BENEFIT

Apple growers of the Delmarva
Peninsula have received word that
organized food stores will cooper
ate with them in marketing the
record breaking crop of apples
now being harvested in all parts of
the United States, DIR. Manns, As
sistant Director of the Agricultur-
al Experiment Station at the Uni
versity of Delaware, who is head
of the tabilization committee for
the Delmarva area, announced re-
Gently. In response to united ap-
pepal of cooperative associations
from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
the National Association of Food
Chains has signified that five spec
ial drives will be undertaken dur
ing the autumn and winter to dis
pose of the hugh apple crop
through $1,000 chain stores. Other
groups of organized food retailers
and wholesalers have also given
assurance of help in marketing the
crop through similar programs.
The campaign will be prompted by
the joint efforts of the apple grow
ers and the organized grocerymen.
Speaking for the producers of the
Delmarva region, DR.. Manns, said,
What looked like a depressing
surplus a month ago now promises
TO be a boon for apple growers,
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DOVER IN GALA ATTIRE FOR
COMING STATE FIREMEN'S MEET

Dover will be host to volunteer
firemen from several States when
the seventeenth annual convention
of the Delaware Volunteer Fire
mems Association convenes there
on Wednesday and Thursday of
next week. Prominent fire officials
in the Eastern section of the coun-
try will be there to address the
Convention delegates on the tech
niqque of fire fighting, fire control
and fire prevention. The annual
remen's parade, always a leading
feature of these conventions, will
be held on Thursday afternoon.
Eighty-five companies from five
States and about half that number
of bands and musical organizations
are expecxted to be in the line of
march. Smyrna will take a large
delegation. A squadron of the
Wilmington city fire department
will join with the Wilmington Vet
eran Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
tion in heading the parade. Reuben
A. Steward, of Seaford, President
of the Delaware Association, will
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Harry G. Tschudy Died Suddenly
Tuesday Afternoon at His Home

Harry @. Tschudy passed away
suddenly Tuesday afternoon from
cerebrae hemorhage at his home
in Smyrna. He was the son of the
late Captain William Wells and
Henrietta Wilmer Combe Tschudy.
Mr.. Tschudy was born in Smyrna
in the home in which he passed
away. Mr.. Tschudy was educat-
ed in Smyrna Public Schools and
Lehigh University. He was a
member of the Alpha Tou Omega
Fraternity For several years when
a young man he was vice-president
of the National Bank of Smyrna
and in 1918 went to Philadelphia
to become vice-president and later
president of ziegler Brothers Cor
poration, Philadelphia. Later he
was associated with Graham, Par
sons in the bond business and for
ten years he was the head of the
municipal bond department of the
Philadelphia Office of National City
Company. Mr.. Tschudy was a
home loving man, genial, quick
witted and devoted to the culture
of flowers. His yard was one of
the prettiest in Smyrna, and as
late as Saturday had finished
pointing up the walks and flower
beds with meticalous care. Fond
of the refining things of life, he
and his wife loved to plan and for
their home and to travel when the
opportunity afforded, pastime be-
ing the collection of antiques. Mr..
Tschudy married Miss Estelle Wat
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DUAL HIGHWAY
TALK NEWARK
Improved Route From Will
Wilmington to the Col
Iege Town
ALSO GLASGOW-NEWARK

Strong sentiment is being worked
up in upper New Castle county for
a dual highway from Wilmington to
Newark and an improved road
from the concrete road at Glasgow
to Newark. Newark is the seat of
the University of Delaware and
there is much committing between
Wilmington and Newark as well
as down state and Newark, to say
nothing of the number of business
folks who make their residence in
Newark and are employed or have
business in Wilmington. Aside
from this there is a number of
towns and a continuous community
settlement most all the way to
Newark that need and could be
served by a dual boulevard. New
ark has a representative on the
State Highway Commission in A.
r. Fader who already has started
a movement for a survey from
Prices Corner to Newark to de-
termine the feasibility of relocat-
ing sections to provide a four-lane
and a bypass around Marshallton.
If the commission approves the
survey, Mr. Fader said, work will
be completed by next spring. Sur
veys will be made later on the
Newark-Glasgow Road and rights
of-way obtained during the winter
for extensions and survey elimina-
tions, the commissioner said. The
road would be a continuation of
the road thru Middletown and
Glasgow on as straight line as
would possible that would shorten
the route to the college grounds of
Delaware and Woman's Colleges.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09

In organization there have been
a few changes. The incoming sew
enth grade has been divided into
three groups. This division will
make possible more individual in
struction on this level. For the
first time work in the gymnasium
has been extended down through
the fifth and sixth grades. With
the provision of Art, Music, and
PHYSICAL Education throughout the
whole elementary school. A well
rounded program of education will
be given. In order to divide the
Kindergarten of the John Bassett
Moore School into the usual two
groups of Pre-Kindergarten and
kindergarten, Mrs. Patterson, the
teacher, reports it will be neces-
sarv to have a larger enrolment
than the present one. Don't for
get. mothers, that the Pre-Kinder-
garten age minimum is three
years, eight months, and the Kin
dergarten, four years, eight
months. If you haven't already
done so, why not enroll your little
pre-school child to-day and give
him. or her, the advantage of
kindergarten training and the
companionship of other children.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Max Gebhardt of MiddletOwn
Tells Smyrna Rotarians of
Trip to the international
ASSEMBLY ON TUESDAY

In a most interesting manner
Max Gebhardt, former president of
the Middletown Rotary Club, trac-
ed the itinerary of the delegates to
the recent convention at Nice,
France. Leaving New York on the
italian liner Roma over four hun
dred Rotarians, delegates from
every state of the Union, Mexico
and Canada, were treated to some
of the most interesting trips in and
around the Mediterranean; to
Funchal on the Island of Madeira
where one can revel amid semi
tropical vegetation, taste of the
rare wines, and in moments OF ex-
travagance buy laces and linens to
grace the tables at home. To Max,
as to other visitors to this garden
spot, the pebble Slide will long
be a vivid memory. In a basket
like sled, guided skillfully by two
natives, one races down precipitous
hills on pebbles or cobbles worn
smooth by years of use. Briefly
but graphically Rotarian Max took
his listeners in imagination to
French Morocco, Gibraltar, to the
boundary of war-torn Spain, and
thence to that romantic city, AL
giers, home of the Foreign Legion.
In Naples some of Italy's mighty
sea force was seen and in Pompeii
under the threatening shadow of
Vesuvius one caught a glimpse into
the tragic past Of this ancient city.
Nice is an ideal convention city
Primarily a seaside resort it has
adequate accommodations for Wis
itors and its Casino cares for
large convention crowds. It is re-
freshing to note that through all
the conflicting aims and purposes
of nations a group of service clubs
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FARM PRICES OF
GRAIN STEADY
Fruit Prices Also Take a Drop
From July Fifteenth to
August Fifteenth
REPORT ON ECONOMICS

A drop of two points in farm
prices during the past month in a
report made by the Bureau of Eco
nomics was attributed to improved
crop prospects, and an adjustment
of prices toward a new-crop basis.
Farm prices of meat animals and
miscellaneous crop items were up
sharply during the past month,
dairy and poultry products advanc-
ed seasonally, but grains, cotton
and fruit were sharply reduced in
prices. The Bureau said that the
divergent price movements of the
different commodities between July
Is and August Is are indicated by
the following changes: Grain drop
ped 20 points, cotton and cotton
seed were down 16, and fruit lostt
%. Truck crops advanced 8 points
meat animals were up z, dairy pro-
ducts advanced 3, chickens and
eggs were up z, and miscellaneous
products advanced Is points. On
August Is this year the index for
farm prices of grains was 10 points
less than on the corresponding
date last year, cotton and cotton
seed were down 13 points, truck
crops lost 80, dairy products de-
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TO KEEP CAMPS
OF CCC IN STATE
Lewes Camp Will Be the Last
To Go w. S. Corkran
Now Believes
KEEP LEIPSIC-MAGNOLIA

The CCC camp at Lewes. the
first constructed in the state of
Delaware, will be the last to go in
U. S. retrenchment, according to
an announcement Of the Delaware
osquito Control Commission. The
first CCC camp in the country to
be engaged in mosquito control
work, the Lewes camp is being
continued for three more months,
says w S. Corkran, executive Of
ficer. Its elimination would leave
only two units in Delaware, the
Leipsic and Magnolia camps.
The one at Slaughter Beach was
abandoned in March Leipsic and
Magnolia will continue the states
mosquito eradication program be
gun in December, 1888. The rea-
son for the change, as given by w.
S. Corkran executive officer and
engineer of the commission, is that
the Lewes Company, No. 1924, has
more nearly completed their prof
ect of mosquito control in the Sus-
sex County marshes. With the as
sistance Of the Slaughter Beach
camp they have ditched 80 per cent
of the marsh area in the county
The present plans are to keep the
camp intact temporarily, should
there be need later on of reassign-
ing company to that area. The
enrollees of Company 1924 win be
transferred to Leipsic and Mag
nolia. The disposition of the offic-
ers comes under army authorities.
Approximately 10000 acres in Sus-
sex County between Fenwick Isl
and and Broadkill Creek have been
ditched by the mosquito control
units in Sussex since the inspection
of the work, resulting in the first
relief fro mthe mosquito pests that
the section has ever experienced.
The work of the commission has
been to lay a. network of bitches
throughout the marsh areas which
drain off stagnant water, thus pre-
venting mosquito breeding. Pat
rick J. King, special investigator of
the CCC from the Office of Robert
Fechner, director, at Washington,
D. c., has completed an inspection
tour Of the camps. He was inn
pressed with the work being done
and with the morale Of the enroll
ees.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09
HERE
TOGET S6S,542,4S
This Amount Set Aside For
Smyrna Operating Expens-
es, White and COlOred
S4.5OO.75 TO RESTORE PAY

Smyrna Special District Schools,
white and colored, will be appro-
prited the coming school term Of
1937-1938 a sum of $64, ,O41.73 for
operating expenses and S4,500.75 to
restore salaries of Smyrna staff
and teachers a total of $68, ,542.48.
The total for the support Of public
schools for the whole State of Del
aware reaches the total sum Of
$3,855, 900 including funds ear
marked for restoration and in
crease of teachers salaries. The
appropriations to the various
school districts have been made on
the basis of enrolment with S81
being allowed for each high school
student, S7425 for each junior
high school student and S6381 for
each elementary grade student.
The division Of the school funds
was based on a total enrolment Of
44,O7O, Of which 17,124 are in Viii
mington. Of the special districts
throughout the State, Dover will
receive the highest allotment, with
total Of $1O5, 1928 going to that
district. Newark is next highest
on the list, receiving a total Of
SOS, ,O53 go. Alexis I. DUPONT dis
trict, near Wilmington, will receive
the smallest allotment the share
being $50, ,598.75. Besides Smyrna
Schools mentioned above, the divi-
sion of the school appropriation
and the special funds is as follows: !:
Schools under control Of the State
Board Of Education operation, ST.
396, ,021.34. To restore salaries,
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REQUEST TO PALMER HOME
$1,000 Gift Came as Surprise From
Estate of Mrs. Thomas Cook

A surprise gift to the aPlmer
Home for the Aged at Dover of
$1,000 check from the estate of
Mrs. Ida Cook, wife of Thomas
Cook of Dover, who died three
weeks ago, was received Thursday
in a letter by Mrs. John B. Hutton,
treasurer of the Kings Daughters,
who have charge of the home. The
letter was sent by Mrs. Wilkie
Case, a sister of Mrs. Hutton, who
stated in the letter that the gift
was at the request made by Mrs.
Cook before she died that she
wanted some of her money to go
to such a wonderful institution.
The Cooks had been residents of
Dover for many years.
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09
SCHOOL DAYS IN
SMYRNA AGAIN
John Bassett Moore Schools
Open For Fall and Win
ter Term
$50 ENROLL FIRST DAY


School days are here again.
Yesterday many pupils who had
been having a long two months va
cation, reported for enrolment.
The teachers reported for duty the
day before. The John Bassett
Moore School began the official
school year Tuesday, September z
with meeting Of the teachers.
President w. w. Hynson, of the
Smyrna Board of Education ex-
tended the greetings of the Board
and pointed out the tremendous job
that the school has to perform in
the development of character and
good citizenship. The enrolment
for the several grades follows:
Smyrna times., 1937-09-09
FRIENDSHIP CHURCH RALLY
Rev. n. C. Benson, Pastor, An
nounces Services for September 10

UOHnCeS SeTNlCCc lOA oCPpOAAhDOA -
All-day service at Friendship
Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev.
N. G. Benson, pastor, will take
place Sunday, September 19. This
church is situated in Thoroughfare
Neck and is now part of Odessa
Circuit. There will be morning
service beginning at 1920, stand
ard time. The speaker will be
Rev. DR.. w. E. Gunby, Whining
ton. The afternoon service will
begin at 800, standard time, the
speaker, Rev. DR.. Frank Herson of
Milford. There will be good music
at both services. You will not re-
gret coming as both speakers are
brilliant exponents of the scrip
lures and will deliver an address
worth listening to. Meet your
friends there at this all-day meet
ing and church reunion.