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The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Special Naval Cachets

Special naval cachetS will honor
Lincoln and washington on their
birthdays. The Lincoln cachetS
will be sent from the U. S. S. Lex
ington, Bridge, Thuxtun, Trever
and Tracy.
Washington cachets will be
mailed from the U. S. S. Cuttlefish,
Dolphin, Narwhal, Nautilus and
Cacholot.
Send five prepared covers for
each event together with one-cent
forwarding charge for each cover
to Myron r. McCamley, 5526 N.
Delaware Ave, Portland, Ore, be.
fore February 5.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

mess meetlng at 10 a. M, during
which the election of officers and
their installation will take place.
There will be a luncheon and
fashion show at 2:S0 p. m. with
the members modelling gowns
from Lansburgh's.
Presiding will be Miss Peggy
Connors, Epsilon Province preSi.
dent. Miss Katherine Hill, Of
Lancaster, Ohio, international
editor of "Brddie" official maga-
zine Of the sorority. will speak at
the banquet and will install the
new officers.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

A lovely tea is being given this
afternoon at the Woman'S Ma
tional Democratic Club in honor
of the wives of the newly elected
Democratic Senators. This event
and last nights dinner in honor
of the Minister of the Union Of
South Africa and Mrs. Ralph Will
liam Close bring to close an ex-
citing program of varied events
staged by the Democratic women
during January.
Representative Wesley E. Dis
ney, Of Oklahoma, will speak be-
fore the club at the forum lunch
con, Monday at 12:45 p. m. in the
clubhouse, 1926 New Hampshire
Ave. N. w.
The Department Of the Po-
tomac, Ladies of the Grand Army
of the Potomac, opened its annual
convention today at 1:30 p. m.
a. the Washington Hotel. Ses-
Sions will continue tonight and to.
morrow.
hecepL1On tomorrow
Tomorrow night there will be a
reception at the Raleigh Hotel in
honor Of the Commander-in-C CHIEF
of the G. A. r., c. H. William
Ruhe, and the national president
of the Ladies of the G. A. r., Mrs
frances M. Kuhns. The recep
ton will be from 6 to o'clock
after which the newly elected
local officers will be installed by
the national president.
Invitations have been extended
to the Women's Relief Corps
Daughters Of Union Veterans o1
the Civil War, Sons Of Union Vet
Grams and its auxiliary to attenc
the reception.
Outstanding among the week!
activities will be the dime
party by the Washington Sorop
timist Club in honor of DR.. Magds
de Spur, president Of the Buda
pest, Hungary. SoroptimiSt Club
which will take place Wednesda!
evening at Z O'Clock at the W1uar'
Hotel.
Soroptimist clubs Of Baltimore
Alexandria, Montgomery county
members Of the Venture Club o1
Washington, and women's service
clubs such as Zonta Quota anc
the Business and Professiona
Women have been asked to joir
in the celebration.
DR.. de Spur is a celebrated lee
turer. She will talk to Soroptimist
clubs throughout the Un1tec
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

Elaborate preparations are be-
ing made for the first annual con-
vention Of Epsilon Province Of
Sigma Phi Gamma, international
non-academic sorority, to take
place Saturday and Sunday, Febru-
ary 8 and z at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Epsilon Province was recently
organized from the seven Wash
ington chapters. Approximately
100 girls will attend the conven-
ton.
Mrs. Lucille Conway, president
of Gamma Rho Chapter, which
will be the hostess group, is general
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

stamp are the words Three
Cents" in white Roman. On either
side of this inscription are small
white five-pointed stars.
Stamp collectors desiring first
day cancellations of the new
stamps on February 18 may Seno
a limited number of addressed
covers not in excess Of ten QO)
for the Army stamp and a like
number for the Navy stamp to
the Postmaster. Washington, D.
c., with a cash or postal order
remittance to cover only the cost
of the stamps required for az
fixing,
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
National Convention

The American Philateic Society
will hold its 1887 convention in
Detroit from August 81 to Sep
tember 3, at the Hotel Statler. It
will be under the auspices Of the
Michigan Stamp Club and there
will be the usual convention ex-
hibition and bourSe.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Epsilon Province Plans Meeting

chairman Of arrangements for the
convention. Five committees are
working on plans for the meet
ing, the chairmen of which are
Miss Lila Sari, financial commit
tee; Mrs. Jessie Bigeley, registra-
ton committee; Miss Leila David
son, decorations committee; Miss
Margaret Wall. publicity, and Miss
Rina Sari, entertainment.
Saturdays program will in
clude registration from to 6
p. M; the banquet from 1880 to
9 with only members present, and
a formal dance and floor show
following.
Sunday there will be a buSi-
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Coronation Stamps

According to gossip" in Eng
land, the George VI coronation
stamps which will appear several
weeks in advance Of the ceremony
which has been set for May IL,
more ornate designs foreshadows
the new reign.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Buyers Enjoy bargains
At Stamp Auction

At the weekly meeting Of Washington Philatec Society
Wednesday the Carlton Hotel the third public auction sale
United States and foreign stamps and was staged by
J. Harry Jenkins. J. R. Ewen was the auctioneer.
Fairly good prices realized the 476 lots with early
United States on off and commemorative coming in
for most Of the bidding by the 100 that attended the session
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

THE UNION OF SOUTH
AFRICA has just released
this new 11a-penny air mail,
in olive green and gold. The
design is believed to be a gold
mine refinery. AS shown the
stamps are in bilingual pairs,
with wording in English and
Dutch, respectively. Courtesy
Of Cullen's.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Coronation Issues

According to information re-
ceived from London, there will be
43 special sets for the 43 crown
colonies for the George VI coro-
nation. Each set will have three
stamps with a total face value Of
6d
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
Farragut and Porter
HonOred in Issue

Postmaster General James Farley has announced that
the Scent stamps of the Army Navy heroes series will be
placed sale for the first time at the Washington d. C)
post office Thursday February 49, and at post offices
throughout the country the following day soon Thereafter
distribution will permit
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Democratic GroupHonors
Wives of Senators;
SOrOptin1ist Party
Rv MARY PADGETT

The present week has been filled with activities Of import
and interest many organizations entertaining ouoown dele
gates the 80 patriotic organizations who attended the Womens
Patriotic National Defense is wonder
that the usually active wheels the womens clubs Of the Capt.
tai have slowed up somewhat for the coming week.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Name Is Chanoed

The name of The Stamp Shop,
929 G st. N. W., has been changed
to Cullen's Stamp Shop. The shop
is to be incorporated in the near
future.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
New Foreign Stamps Are
On Sale Here

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA-New air mails have just been
received featuring bingual types There is just the single
value 1d which olive green and gold The design
illustration gold refinery. bingual pair Of this
air mail is uictured elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
REE-C ARNQYNAVY HERO STAMPS ON SALE HERE FEB Il
Capital Precancel Club
To Affiliate With
National Society

The Capital Precance Club has filed application with the
Precancel Stamp Society," the national precance collecting
organization for branch membership it has been announced
BY Rolston Lyon president Of the local club
Evening star., 1937-11-09
Winning Contract
~ TUE norm a~~s

by THE FOUR ACES,
David Durnstine, Merwin d. Mailer,
Oswald Jacoby.. Howard Sohenken. world 3
leading team-of-four. inventors Of the sys-
tenn that has beaten every other system
in exiStence.)
Evening star., 1937-11-09

The hands were quite similar in one
respect-North held the ace Of the op-
ponents' suit and singleton club. He
should undoubtedly have doubled five
hearts, and the opening lead OF his
singleton club would have defeated
that contract one trick. Sir Samuel.
who also held the opponents ace Of
ttumps and . singleton, doubled i've
spades, and opened the seven Of dia-
monds. This was covered by dummy's
eight and dec1arer, captured East's
king and played the king Of spades.
After winning with the ace, Sir
Samuel considered the situation. From
the opening lead he could So that
any diamond hon6rs tn hiS p<ftners
hand would be trapped. In addition,
he was certain that declarer held .
singleton heart. Hence, only one hope
remained. While declarer might be
given an overtrick, the gamble was
worth while, and Sir Samuel underled
his ace Of clubs In m effort to ret his
partner ON lead. This fine play was
well rewarded, Is East was then en-
abied to give Sir Samuel 1 ruiz, and
the contract was set.
(CoD7Y1sht, 1ee7)
Evening star., 1937-10-24
AUTU00n'S 00AGIC

The brown background of dead leaves and
bushes makes it extremely difficult to see
deer if it is standing still. During the summer
when the bucks are weakened by their grow
ing antlers and the does are lying close with
their fawns the animals move about COM
paratively little. Then they are protected by
the thick screen of leaves and bushes But in
the autumn they are continually on the move
and the leaves and underbrush are gone Nature
comes to their rescue and gives them coat
that blends with the autumn scene.
No bird shows autumn coloration more per-
fectly than the male ring pheasant, yet
this glorious bird is as brilliant in the spring
as in the fall. He undergoes no change of color
with the seasons
Living in tall grass and underground, he
depends largely upon physical screen for his
protection. Still it is amazing how perfectly
he will blend into the grass and bushes at any
time of the year. But catch him feeding on a
meadow in the early morning or evening and
he stands out like the Statue of Liberty
Evening star., 1937-10-24
AN ANDREWS
scum Of Natural History
October ~, 1887

toilet and ultraviolet rays are what do the
rick, and they are Indispensable
Put an apple in the dark and it will soften,
nut remain green. Subject even small part of
:. however, to violet or ultraviolet rays and
he living cells just beneath the skin are imme-
lately affected. Intricate patterns can be
raced on the fruit by the direction of these re-
1arkable rays. But there seems to be no SUBJ
titute for sunlight, if the flavor is to be OBJ
aimed
Some animals like the deer, the ptarmigan,
ne snowshoe rabbit and the ermine, initiate
ne autumn foliage and change their color
nth the coming of fall
The change of color in deer from the bright
ellow-red of summer to the russell brown of
utumn is, of course, moult and not change
the hair itself. 1t is matter of protective
oloration.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
SMYRNA 10Th
CENTURY CLUB
Wyoming Round Table Club
Make Reciprocity Visit
to Smyrna Club
SMYRNA ENTERTAINS

One of the largest attended
meetings of the year was held last
Friday. Reciprocity day was OBJ
served the Wyoming Round Table
Club being the guests. Mrs. Louis
A. Drexler, State President, was
present. Following short bust
ness meeting Miss Laura Bell pre-
sided and presented very inter
esting program. Duet, Miss Mary
Hynson and Mrs. Frank Hynson;
reading, Mrs. Edward S. Dwight,
New Years Festival; piano solo,
Voices of Spring." Mrs. Thomas
Coverdale; monologue, In a Mil
linery Shop" Mrs. Glenn King;
Current Events, Miss Anna B.
Beckett; vocal solo, The Home on
the Heart of the HILL" by Miss
Mary Hynson, accompanied by Mrs
Thomas Coverdale. The program
for January 18th is in charge of
Mrs. Harry ]. Lower, chairman of
fine arts. The club is very fortun-
ate in having as the guest speak
er Mrs. Sallie Sharp Messick, for
merly of the Sallie Sharpe School
of Expression in Wilmington and
a very popular Elocutionist in the
East. Preceding the meeting a
chicken patty luncheon will be
served to which the public is invit-
ed. Serving will commence at 1
O'Clock. An art exhibit is being
planned as part of the afternoons
program. Anyone having any
pieces of art which they would like
displayed please bring them to the
Club Friday morning.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
SMYRNA TROOP
OF BOY SCOUTS
ScOutmaster Foster is Inter-
ested in Winter Activities
For the Boys
SCOUT WEEK FEB. z TO IA

The Smyrna Troop Of Boy Scouts
have held no meetings the past
two Monday evenings because of
the illness of their Scoutmaster,
Mr.. James w. Foster. The troop
is due for a full week of activities
during their 9th anniversary week
from February seventh to four
teenth. The program is not COM
pleted but will take in the follow
ing activities, Scout Church ser
vice, a party, a night with the Ro-
tary Club, the troop sponsoring in
stitution, bake and troop hike
under the Scoutmaster's supervi-
sion. There will also be a window
display during the week. This will
include various types of Scoutcraft.
President Roosevelt will address
the Scouts of the Nation on a Ma
tional broadcast on Monday even
ing and it is hoped that a radio can
be secured SO that the Smyrna
Scouts can participate in the
broadcast. Scouting has proven it
self to be a worthwhile organiza-
tion for the betterment of boyhood
in many instances and it has reach
ed far across the seas to countries
that need an organization which is
not based on militaristic ideas.
Scouting is an organization which
stands out for peace and this will
be seen in the National Jamboree
at Washington where Scouts from
all over the world will come and
join together in the principles of
better boyhood. Your boy can get
out of scouting and its many sub
jects of study only what he puts
into it. If he takes an interest in
the program as laid out by the
Handbook for Boys" he will make
a good scout and the people of the
community will De able to look up
to him as good boy and a willing
"OAhSA- ~NO Oi4N w ants q S1Ill hOA
around, one who is in just for a
good time. The program of scout
ing calls for intelligent study, just
as at school, but it is a much diff
ferent study because some of
the study is done on hikes and
in an informal get-together at a
troop meeting. If your son is a
Scout, see to it that he is a Scout.
The Scoutmaster, meeting with
him only once week, cannot make
a true Scout out of him. He must
have the full cooperation of each
and every parent and unless par
ents cooperate along with him and
show their interest by attending
troop meetings and other public
scouting events your troop as a
scout unit is liable to fail.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
JOHN BASSETT
MOORE SCHOOLS
Physical Education Club Was
Program Sponsor at the
Weekly Assembly
BASKETBALL TEAM WINS

!, The weekly assembly on Tues
day was sponsored by the Physical
Education Club under the super
vision of Mr.. Pearl, instructor in
Physical Education. After the
regular scripture reading, prayer,
and salute to the flag, an exhibi-
ton, with suitable explanatory re-
marks, was given of the popular
game, badminton. Karl Vogel made
the explanatory remarks. The
game was then demonstrated by
actual playing. Players were:
Wildcats: Parker and Thawley VS..
Pussycats: S. Vogel and Whayland.
A brief pep meeting was held in
preparation for the basketball
games with Dover and Conrad.
James LeCompte, the popular and
active cheer leader, conducted the
cheering. Florence Jacobs, the
able song leader, conducted the
singing, after which an original
song written by Miss Breme, in
structor in English and Social Sci
ence, was practiced and was very
favorably and enthusiastically re-
ceived. The assembly for next
week will be sponsored by the Lit
erary Cub, under the supervision
of Miss Raughley. Being National
Thrift Week, appropriate recogni-
ton will be given concerning the
same. The outstanding feature of
next weeks assembly program,
however, will be an Illustration by
the artists who painted the murals,
now displayed in the library. Mr..
Good, Mr.. Grant and Mr.. Pyle will
show their original sketches, and
Continued On Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
DANGER TO STATE SCHOOL FUND
STRESSED BY WALTER d. SMITH

the belief that the adjustment of
the franchise tax law would be the
best remedy for the situation Mr..
Smith listed other possible means
of raising revenues including tax
on real estate for school purposes
amounting, it is estimated, to an
average increase of 40 cents per
500 on real estate to produce the
81 100000 needed; capitation of
$12 on each citizen over 81 years
old; a sales tax amounting to at
least two cents per dollar on all
sales; an income of 250 per cent in
present income tax rates; or a
bond issue. He pointed out the
fallacies in each of these plans
and stressed a change in the
franchise tax law is the only
feasible way of meeting the sit
uation.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
CROP ACREAGE
AND LIVESTOCK
Some Outstanding Recon-
mendations by Kent Com
mittee's Planning Board
LESS PRODUCTION URGED

Within the past year consider
able attention has been given by
the agricultural program planning
committee in Kent county to the
possible readjustment of crop acre
age with a view to balancing pro-
duction and maintaining the fer
tility of the soil in an effort to place
farming practices upon a more Sc
cure basis, and certain definite rec
concentrations have been made
which coordinated with the soil
conservation program as announc-
ed by the Federal government last
spring. In discussing this pro-
gram in the 1886 annual report,
County Agent Russell E. Wilson
stated that this county planning
committee recommended a reduc-
tion from 1,417 to 40,425 acres in
the small grain crops, with the
greatest reduction in the wheat
acreage from 36,340 to 31,899
acres. If adjustments are to be
made in crop acreages to maintain
and increase soil fertility, the corn
acreage in Kent county should be
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Clyde S. Holland, Son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Holland, Dies Suddenly

Clyde S. Holland, Son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Holland, Dies Suddenly
Clyde S. Holland, aged 40, for
mer Smyrna boy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Holland of Delaware
Street, this town, died at Chardon,
Ohio, late Wednesday afternoon
following an acute heart attack
suffered that morning. Having
suffered the attack about three
o'clock in the morning he was re-
moved to the hospital where he
died. Clyde grew up in Smyrna,
was graduated from the Smyrna
High School and also the Univer-
sity of Delaware at Newark. For
a number of years he was con-
nected with the Ohio State Univer-
sity Extension work and then be-
came manager of large fruit or
ganization in Chardon. Besides his
parents he is survived by his wife
and one daughter, two brothers,
John Rich Holland of Baltimore,
and Wilmer Holland, a representa-
tive of the DUPONT Company at
Columbia, South America, and one
sister, Miss Mary Holland, teacher
at the Teachers College, West
Chester, Pa. After funeral servic-
es in Chardon, his body was
brought to Smyrna and inferred on
Saturday afternoon in the family
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
STATE SCHOOL BOARD MEETS
Takes Up Requests of Schools
Thru State For New Buildings

An appropriation of 100000 for
the construction of a polytechnic
school in Wilmington was included
among the requests presented to
the State Board of Education at
Dover Friday. John B. Jessup,
vice-president of the board, who
presided, said the schol building
funds will be limited but that the
requests would be taken into con-
sideration in the boards report to
the Legislature. Other requests
were: Middletown, five classrooms,
cafeteria, and gymnasium; New
Castle, gymnasium. cafeteria and
seven classrooms; Richardson Park
a Junior high school; Alexis I. du-
Pont School, six class rooms and a
gymnasium; Dover, high school
building; Henry c. Conrad School,
an auditorium and two or three
classrooms; Clayton, an auditor
ium and gymnasium; FELTON,, a
cafeteria and six classrooms; Har-
rington, cafeteria and eight class
rooms; Harrington CNegro) one
class room; Milford Elementary
School, auditorium, safeteria, and
gymnasium: Laurel, equipment for
agricultural department and music
department, four classrooms; Lew
es, safeteria; Seaford, six class
rooms; Seaford (Negro) three class
rooms; Cheswold, new two-room
school; Rehoboth, new school, type
to be determined later; Smyrna,
separate building for home eco
nomic department of Negro school.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
ROTARY HOST
TO THE LADIES
Smyrna Club Give Their An
nual Mid-Winter Social
Last Week
INTERESTING PROGRAM

The Smyrna Rotary Club last
Thursday evening observed Mid
Winter Ladies' Night. George o.
Fearon, president of the club, pre-
sided and welcomed the guests.
The program committee, of which
Erwin r. Dick is chairman, pre-
sented some very novel features
for this entertainment. Henry r.
Shapley, the well-known owner of
Snaps, the only bachelor mem
ber of the club was sacrificed on
the auction block, directed by Ry-
near Slaughter, for his prolonged
single blessedness. The highest
bidder was Miss Louise Denney.
Another event was the balloon con-
test, which created a vast amount
of hilarity. Miss Denney and Rev.
Colona were the winners of the
prizes. The soloists of the evening
were Miss Doris Shatz, who sang
most charmingly The Second
Minuet," by Besley, and Cherry
Rite" by Horn, and gave a master
ly rendition Of ''Mauve" by Durand
and "Postillion" by GODDARD, and
Mr.. Edward Everhart sang two
popular songs "One Alone" and
Would Wou." very beautifully w.
E. Nowlan, song leader, directed
the community singing, accompan-
led by Miss Mary Hynson, club
pianist. Guests: Mrs. E. r. Dick,
Mrs. r. H. Denney, Mrs. H. P.
Hall, Mrs. w. w. Price, Mrs. d. H.
Bell, Mrs. w. G. Pfohl, Mrs. w. E.
Matthews, Jr, Mrs. j. w. Colona,
Mrs. H. P. Jones, Mrs. G. w. w.
Schantz, Mrs. C. w. Hall, Mrs. r.
F. Corley, Mrs. c. j. Prickett, Mrs.
r. w. Slaughter, Miss Henrietta
Denney, Miss Doris Shatz, Miss
Mary Ellen Jones, Miss Florence
Corrie, Miss Phyllis Nowlan, Miss
Louise Denney; Mr.. w. w. Hyn-
son. Mr.. G. ]. Prickett, Mr.. P. J..
O'Connell and Mr.. E. B. Everhart.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14

Unless the present session of the
General Assembly makes some ad-
justment of the franchise tax law
along the lines suggested by the
State Tax Department the state
school fund will be exhausted by
April, 1888, Secretary of State
Walter Dent Smith told representa-
tives of 33 women's clubs compris-
ing the women's joint Legislative
committee at meeting Tuesday
in the Wesley M. E. Church in Do
yer. All of the funds with the ex-
ception of the school fund are in
good condition with an income that
will balance expenditures at the
current levels of operation, Mr..
Smith said. He showed the de-
crease of franchise tax revenues
from A,521 200 in 1881, to s2.-
716, 900 in 1886. While expressing
Smyrna times., 1937-01-14
"WHO'S WILDE" REHEARSALS
Mrs. III. j. Wheeler Arrived We'd
nesday to Take Charge of Play

Rehearsals are TO start this week
on Smyrna's big local show Who's
Wilde" which is to be presented in
the new High School Auditorium
on January % and 20, under the
auspices of the Smyrna Twentieth
Century Club. Mrs. H. j. Wheeler
arrived Wednesday to take charge
of and drill the home-talent of
Smyrna. Who's Wilde, one of
the lates musical comedy success
es, is to be staged by those well
known producers, the Wheeler Pro-
ducing Company, who have pre-
sented several very successful
shows in Smyrna in past years,
and our people will welcome them
back for another of their artistic
and worthwhile entertainments.
The cast will number around $50 of
Smyrna's best talent, including
large number of kiddies, who will
take part in beautifully costumed
pageant as an added attraction.
Mrs. Wheeler is to personally con-
duct the rehearsals.