Smyrna times., 1937-03-18


on Tuesday, March 22nd.
The hand fire engine purchaSet
by Delaware City of Smyrna wa
given a trial on Saturday, by it
citizens, and proved entirely salts
factory, throwing two streams z;
feet high.
Mrs. j. K. Barney, of Rhode
Island. one of the National Super
intendents of the Department OF
the Women's Christian Temper.
ance Union, will speak in the M
E. Church on Sunday next, both
morning and evening.
The members of the Smyrna
Lodge of Good Templars intend to
give banquet at the Town Hall
on Thursday evening, the oath inst
to which they have invited the
members of the order of the lodges
of the adjoining towns.
Some Wilmington shad and her
ring fishermen left that city on
Monday for Bombay Hook to pre-
pare for the fishing season which
nominally commences tomorrow,
but they evidently hadn't taken the
present cold snap into account.
The Young Mems Christian As
sociation has been organized by
the election of ]. Ed. DeFord, Pres
ident; Eugene Vandever, Secre-
tary; E. G. Walls, Treasurer. Their
religious meetings are held Sunday
evenings at six o'clock and are
largely attended.
March has given US in last week
and this more blustery, cold wealth
er than was experienced in Febru-
ary, but most any change was pre-
ferable to that wet, sloppy, muddy
condition of things which prevailed
so long. The same change that
gave us a high cold wind gave the
people of Michigan foot of snow,
with heavy embankments.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance
Company, of Wilmington, have
through w. T. Cavender, the pi-
rector of the company for this
place presented the Citizens Hose
Company. with $50. The Kent
County Mutual giving 500, and
SGo E,r~r,ar. N,,t,,o1 having &c
sponded with the above amount,
why should the promise of Mr..
Mifflin's companies be further de-
fayed?
The go-as-you-please walking
match at the Rink on Thursday
night was entered by five young
-Carrow, Messick, Wood,
Reedy. Armstrong, the first nam
ed winning. making seventeen
miles and twelve laps in the three
hours; Messick coming in only
twelve laps behind him. Carrow
went on a steady dog trot for two
hours and half. The race was
Tor the gate recelptS.
James w. Carsons and F. p.
Smith of Carsons Run, Hartford
county, Md, have leased of Hon.
T. F. Bayard through his agent j.
w. Spruance a building on Smyrna
avenue at Clayton 80 by 40 feet to
which additional sheds are to be
erected, the lessees intending to
use it as a canning establishment
for putting up tomatoes exclusive
ly. They have contracted with the
farmers for about so acres of to-
matoes.
The recently elected board of
Town Commissioners have organ
ized as follows: President, John H.
Hoffecker; Secretary, John b.
Cooper; A.. Tayolr was continued
as engineer of the waterworks.
John c. Bailey, who was elected
against his protest that he would
not serve if other men from his
part of the town could be induced
to take the place, refused to quail
ify. The Board have the author
ity to fill the place.
On Thursday night last a train
of ten cars loaded with shad from
Southern waters passed over the
Delaware road from Charles City.
1t had the right of way, all pas
senger trains being switched off to
give it an unobstructed and speedy
way to New York for early distri-
button from this point to Boston
and other places. AS the train
passed Clayton one of the oper-
ators remarked "ain't she burning
the track" and she was, making
the time of nearly mile minute.
l.. p. Campbell has leased the
Woodland Beach Hotel of Mr.. Rey-
bold, and this property is now in
his possession. Mr.. Campbell was
the proprietor until two years ago
when he was succeeded by Mr..
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