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Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
SMYRNA FIGHTS
TOWNSEND FIRE
Joins Other Companies at
Darwin r. Beardsley's Place
Early Saturday Morning
CREAMERY AND AUTO GO

Smyrna fire company was called
to the Beardsley farm near Town
send early Saturday morning to
help the Townsend firemen fight a
stubborn re which destroyed the
grainery, a portion of the stable
and an automobile before the
flames were gotten under control.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
1t started in the grainery and so
rapidly did it spread that the build
ings were enveloped in flames be-
fore the fire engines got there. Be
sides Smyrna fire engine, Town
send fire company was assisted by
Middletown and Odessa. Townsend
was handicapped by lack of wat
er supply. When Smyrna and. the
other companies got theres a hose
line was run quarter of a mile
to Barlow's Branch. This was for
tunate and timely for they were
able to save portion of the stable
and other outbuildings. Besides
the automobile destroyed there was
a quantity of grain and other
contents. The loss of the grain
cry and its contents of stored corn,
the automobile and lot of farming
implements fell prey to the
flames. The loss will figure around
5000 which is partly covered by
insurance. Darwin Beardsley, the
owner, lives with his mother on
the farm which is situated about a
mile south of Townsend. They
knew nothing of the fire until
awakened by the barking of his
pet dog and when they saw the re-
Election of the fire from his bed
room window the alarm was quick
ly given.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES
A Day of Prayer Has Been Called
For Saturday, June 26th

Rev. John Compton, pastor of
Jerman Chapel, calls a day of
prayer for Saturday, June 26, at
the Chapel, west Smyrna. All
who believe in the efficacy of pray
er, are invited to come, that we
may humble ourselves before the
Lord, and implore His blessing
upon our community, that the
forces of evil may be checked, that
righteousness may prevail, and the
cause of Christ advanced. The
church will be open at 1890 and
any may come and go at their
pleasure, all day. The revival SER
vices still continue, increasing in
interest, and blessing. The Sum
day School had an increase last
Sunday, and still more are expect
ed next Sunday. Rev. Compton
announces services next Sunday at
2 p. M, for the Sunday School.
Preaching at 2:3O and 7:3O.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Dinner Meet Addressed on
Thursday Night by c. L.
HarmOnson, ESQ.,, Attorney
TALK WELL RECEIVED

The Smyrna Rotary Club at
their meeting last Thursday even
ing had C. Leland Harmonson,
chairman of international Rela-
tions, address the club. Mr.. Har-
monson said in part that the world
has population of two billion peo-
pie, to this vast population there is
one Rotarian to every ten thousand
persons to spread the ethics of Ro-
tary. The Democracies of the
world, the United States of Amer
lea, Central South America, Eng
land, Switzerland, Sweden and
Scandinavia were classed against
those of Italy, Germany, the So
Wet which are ruled by dictator
ship. Free speech is not permit
ted in countries not self governed.
The Press, in countries ruled by
dictatorship, is not a free press.
Democracies have free speech and
freedom of the press, which is the
voice of the people. Rotary, an in
ternationa1 institution and reach
ing all types of countries with a
Code of Ethics that are not always
acceptable to countries not self
governed. The Public School sys-
tenn in the United States, the high
est type of education offered to its
future citizens, in contract to the
suppressed systems prescribed in
lands ruled by relationships, was
given as one of the outstanding
differences of a free country, and
one whose children are taught just
what the government wants them
to know. The Constitution of the
United States of America, given to
the people a free church and the
right to worship as the citizens
choose. In several foreign coun-
tries today have closed the church
es of their people and have estab-
lished government controlled
churches. In conclusion Mr.. Har-
monson urged every member of
Rotary to be charitable in his
thought and action and always
promote neutrality among the peo-
pie of the earth.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
PAST PRESIDENTS MEETING
Legion Auxiliary Officers Met at
Home of Mrs. Geo. ID. Hill, Dover

Home of Mrs. Geo. d. Hill, Dover
About fifty past-presidents of the
american Legion Auxiliary, in
cluding those from Smyrna, at
tended the Past-presidents' Farley
held at the home of Mrs. George D.
Hill, Dover, last Friday. A tea fol-
lowed the business session. Mrs.
John r. Fader, department presi-
dent, announced that the date for
the meeting of the State Execu-
tive staff of officers, chairmen and
unit presidents had been changed
from Saturday to Friday, June %.
This meeting i'll be preceded by a
luncheon at the home of Mrs. Paul
D. Lovett, Newark. at one o'clock.
Daylight Time. The following
members of the Newark Unit will
be hostesses: Mrs. Paul d. Lovett,
Mrs. Francis Lindeil, Mrs. X. D.
Conrad Lewis, Mrs. Harry Gabriel,
Mrs. F. Allyn Cooch, Mrs. Leon
Case, Mrs. Orvile Little and Mrs.
A. e. Tomhave.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
ROTHWELL'S NEW GARAGE
Has just Been Completed on the
Boulevard ana Is Now Occupied

Boulevard ana Is Now Occupied
George c. Rothwell has moved
his garage known as RothwelPs
Garage from their old stand on Mt.
Vernon Street to the beautiful new
garage erected by the Holt Oil
Company on the Boulevard near
the corner of Commerce Street,
Immediately back Of the Wallace
Elterich property. This new con-
crete building 100 by 40 feet, which
he has leased, is one of the pret-
tiest garages in Smyrna, has an
ornamental front, gas filing station
and garage room on each side of
front Office and show room. Soon
another building for storing cars
will be erected in the rear of am
pie capacity to take care of many
automobiles. The garage and work
room has been fitted with the most
modern equipment, oil system,
battery charging unit and every
thing to be found in a first-class
garage Samuel Wallace is man.
ager of Rothwell's Garage and has
force of men assisting him. Mr..
RothweH has taken the agency for
the Dodge and Plymouth line of
cars and expects to make a busy
place of the new garage. Read
their advertisement in another
column and keep in touch with the
announcements they will make
from time to time.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
OF
OLD DRAWERS
Has Backing of Presbytery
and Interest Every Sunday
is Increasing
LOCATED NEAR ODESSA

The Presbytery of New Castle is
taking an active interest in the re-
opening of historic Old Drawers
Church, near Odessa, for religious
services each Sunday afternoon, at
8 o'clock, standard time. The SER
vices will continue until August
20, inclusive, with different
clergyman in charge each week
The preacher last Sunday was the
Rev. DR. Albert H. Kleffman, pas
tor of West Presbyterian Church,
Paul Beuchse, organist and chair
director of First and Central
Church, directed the music at these
meetings. The Presbytery, at its
recent session in Elkton, Md. .,unan-
imously adopted the following res
olution on the subject: THE Pres
bytery of New Castle wishes TO ex-
tend to the Friends Of Old Draw
yers' it's appreciation of the splen-
did service rendered by this asso-
citation during the past half GEN.
tury in the case of the property of
this historic edifice and the pro-
noting of interest in Old Drawers
as shrine of Presbyterianism in
the peninsula. Old Drawers has
become one of the outstanding
events Of each year. We felicitate
the Friends of Old Drawers on
this accomplishment and wish to
express our gratitude for their
hearty cooperation in planning for
the summer services through June,
July and August. We believe that
this will mark forward step"
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
a MEMBERS
liked COURSE
"a Contingent Had Prof
,ue Three Days at Uni
yersity, Newark
Of D. SHORT COURSE

r,tb 1877 registered, the 10Th an
!, n Club Short Course at the
,arsitv of Delaware closed last
,,raay after three days OF class
recreation, demonstrations,
,.lks. The Smyrna contingent
u 4 profitable time spent and
,as sant reunion with All Club
rhers. The Short Course open
(Usdnesday noon on the Univer-
campus and the Al Club
,hers who came from all sec
Of Delaware, spent the first
,noon getting acquainted with
another and with their tempor-
homes in he College dormitor-
Thursday they started inten-
courses in agricultural and
ne economics study under the
Lrction of specialists from the
|E.iversity. the Extension Depart
m and the commercial world.
|ser three days packed with new
periences, the youthful stu
hts" packed their bags aSturday
|sOning and returned to their
ines. Those registered at the
sOrt Course, from this section of
4. state were: Helen Downs, Town
nd; Louise Downs, Townsend;
'argaret Schafer, Townsend; Hor-
II CHM. Middletown; Irwin Pind-
i Middletown; Willard Robinson,
SGdletown; George Grassland,
hddletown; Helen Buckson, Town
|Ed; Edith Bullock, Dover; Stella
Ehall, ,Hartly; Margaret Comegys,
|atly; Mary Louise Deakyne,
|ayrna; Roberta Ennis, Clayton;
|ncy Fox, Leipsic; Grace Hufnal,
liver; Violet Long, Hartly; Flor
|.e Little, Leipsic; Elsie Locker
Hn, Smyrna; Thelma Maclary,
|lpsic; Louise Meredith, Smyrna;
Ezel Meredith, Smyrna; Ruth
ywland, Smyrna; Mabel Simpson,
kpsic; Hazel Slcox, Smyrna; /;
Eabeth Taylor, Dover; Ruth
lhan, Smyrna; Edna Ellis, Clay
un; Doris Price, Dover; James
Archard, Smyrna; George Brad
\, Townsend; Warrington Craig,
1wnsend; Albert Comegys, Hart
y James Cubbage, Clayton; Bobby
)sakyne, Smyrna; Clements Hor-
sth, Marydel; Willard Hickman,
lsyton; Fred Heinold, Townsend;
Iutin Hufnal, Dover; John List,
kydel; Jack Lockerman, Smyr-
\ Steve Vogel, Smyrna; James
lnpler, Hartly; Guy Swan, Hart
Charles Clendaniel, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
aYMENT OF SECURITY TAX
karn Form Must Be Signed by
hner, President, Not by Manager

Mner, President, Not by Manager
Collector of Internal Revenue
Wizard F. Deputy today called at
1lon to the fact that business
cd offile managers of firms or cor
|#1ations are not allowed to sign
fsasury form SSH, which accom-
snes payment of taxes under
@Me VIII of the Social Security
W Only an owner, president,
Tner or firm member may sign
MI form, or one with a properly
secuted power of attorney. Tax
g provisions under Title VIII call
III an income tax on the wages Of
ssry taxable individual and an ex-
% tax on the pay roll of every
lployer Of one or more persons.
lae employer collects the employ
$ss tax when the regular weekly
mi-monthly wages are paid.
"a deductions from the employee
aN be noted by the employer in
Comment separate and apart
m any explanation of any other
sactlons- Treasury form SS-1
'aa be submitted monthly accom-
med by the employee-employer
which is one per cent of the
yes paid and received. Teachers
% students who find occupation
camps and hotels this summer
ae under the taxing provisions
lhe Social Security Act and
.N pay their tax to the Collector
internal Revenue in the district
winch they are employed, Col
.''or willard F. Deputy warned
|y. Ordinarily, persons in the
acning profession are exempt
4Om participation in the tax, but
.uen they engage in private indus
|sy tneir income from that source
'axaole," Mr.. Deputy explained.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

:" Howard Scott, a Princeton
@ad-, Will Preach Next Sunday
]. rev Howard Scott, a graduate
rrlnceton Seminary, will preach
"cn morning and evening ser
.es on Sunday. Sunday School
l, ~ a. M; preaching service at
a. m; evening service at 7:3O
Isr, q. The Ethel Lloyd Auxiliary
'u meet at the home Of Mrs. Har-
!, iaioott on Friday evening, June
= at 7:30. The Sunday School
M mold its annual picnic either
Sesoay or Wednesday OF next
eek. Final plans VIII be an
0'nced on Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
HAS EIGHT GRANDPARENTS
Little Marjorie Virdin Has a Rec.
ord That is Very Rare

Marjorie Virdin, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Virdin, Is months
old, of Market Street, Smyrna, has
eight living grand parents living in
the vicinity Of Smyrna. They are
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blendt, ma
ternal grandparents; Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Virdin, paternal grandpar-
ents; Mr.. and Mrs. William G..
Rose, great grandparents in the
mothers family and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. c. Blendt, great grandparents
in the mothers family. This is an
unusual living record for a family.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
j. Caleb Boggs Graduates

At the commencement exercises
held at Georgetown University in
Washington, D. c., during the past
week, Mr.. ]. Caleb Boggs, received
the degree of Bachelor of Laws. 1t
is understood Mr. Boggs will be as
sociated with the Office of his Pre-
ceptor, Mr.. John B. Hutton, at
torney, of Dover. Mr.. Boggs is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Boggs,
of Cheswold.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
Prof. George R. Miller Moves Her

Prof. George r. Miller, who on
July i enters his duties as Super
intendent of the Smyrna Special
District Schools, has moved from
Frederica to the Enthusiastically
property on north Main Street.
Prof. Miller succeeds to vacancy
made by the death Of Supt. c. w.
w. Schantz.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
Asbury Sunday School on Picnic

Asbury Sunday School took an
outing to Crystal Beach Tuesday
and had a delightful day. The
pastor and wife, superintendent
and wife, and teachers, accompan-
led them.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24

John Dick Gets a Bank Job
John Dick, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
r. Dick of near town, has accepted
a position with the Equitable Trust
Company OF Wilmington and en-
tered upon his duties Tuesday.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
VIM. l. Collins, Native Smyrnian,
Grandson of Late Jacob Leinberger

y
William L. Collins, 81 years old,
a native of Smyrna, who conducted
a retail meat market at Twenty
sixth and Columbia Avenue, Phila-
delphia, for the last 40 years, oied
at his home 1886 West Columbia
Avenue, Monday after an illness of
10 days. He suffered heart trouble
who is a grandson of the late
Jacob Collins and nephew Of Miss
Clara Leinberger Of this town, was
born and raised in Smyrna and is
one of the Smyrna boys who had
made good. A young man of fine
qualities and ambitions he made a
success of the meat store, acquired
property, and was a useful man.
Mr. Collins opened the meat mar
ket shortly after going to Phila-
delphia from Smyrna. He was a
Mason and served as chaplain of
the Philadelphia Retail Meat Deal
ers' Association until his death.
His wife, Anna M. Collins; three
daughters, Mrs. Anna G. !efferis,
1902 N. 21st street; Mrs. Marie C.
Megronigle, Linwood, N. j., and
Mrs. Frances G. Mcleod, 1885 N.
Goth street, and a brother, Jacob,
survive. Interment took place at
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila-
delphia.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
Mrs. James Powell Oron, Dead

Mrs. Lydia Wilson Aron, widow
of James Vowel Aron, a former
recorder of deed for Kent County,
died Friday in Warminister, Pa,
where she was a member of the
teaching staff of Christ's Home for
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
BY Richard w. Emery

HESTER LEROY Gardner
" -"Chetn Gardner now to a
million automobile racing fans
wasn't good enough to be horse
driver. That's why he gave up the
reins. threw away the whip,
climbed from an old creaking
horse-drawn truck in 1918 and
swore by all the bolts in Montana
that he would become an automo-
bile mechanic.
He wasn't good enough to be a
horse driver because he had hurt
his back while he had been trying
to unload a hayrick. A nice,
quiet, peaceful job was what he
needed. the doctors said. So he
got a job driving those fine, big,
windy pleasure cars of 1918, and
between chauffeurings he learned
about gasoline motors.
That's how it is that he holds a
unique position in present automo-
bile racing. In a sport where the
custom is for one man to own a
car, a second man to keep its
mechanism working. and still a
third to drive il in races, Chet
Gardner is a one-man racing out
fit. Owner. mechanic and driver
he's all three. He is a close per-
sonal friend of every bolt, bar,
brace and cotter-key in the ma
chimes ne drives.
Because he knows what his car
is made of and knows how it
works and how to make it go, he
has a high average of finishes. In
the language of the grimy gentle
men who toll in the pit, Chet can
keep a car together" until a race
is over-given fair luck and half
a chance.
He kept his car together long
enough in 1888 to set the worlds
150-mile dirt track record. He
kept together" for those $50
miles at an average speed of
ninety-one miles an hour, while
half of the eighteen cars that had
started were sputtering into the
pit.
Chet Gardner holds few rec
ords, but he's not satisfied. A few
weeks ago at his Winter quarters
he was delving into the myster-
ious gasoline digestive system of
his $4,000 two-seater. Down in the
sooty interior, he said, he thought
he might find an extra mile or
two an hour, to be brought out in
1875 speedway classics. Half
hidden in the motor, he offered a
few pointers on the general mech
anism of a racing car.
Now just take a connecting
rod" Chet said, through cylin-
der.
AN ordinary car has a rod that
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

is lust a piece of junk compared
to one in a racer. Rods for this
engine cost S65 apiece. They're
made out of tubular steel-hol-
low. A tube is stronger than
solid bar the same size.
People don't think of the strain
on a connecting rod. But look
berer' The Observation-Disclosures
thrust a CREASED forehead up into
the outer world. He waved mon
key wrench.
THAT rod has to start and stop
the piston twice for every stroke.
Once at each end of the cylinder,
sec? All right. Now racing en-
e1ne is a lot higher speed engine
than an airplane motor. 1t turns
UP as high as $500 revolutions per
minute. A passenger car won't
turn up more than $500. at the
very top.
roughly, that's ninety revolu-
tions a second in racing engine
at top speed. The connecting rod
has to start and stop the piston
100 times a secondhand still hang
together!
"And realize that the piston
makes a complete stop at each end
of the stroke-a complete stop
and change of direction $50 times
a second"
Chet is very proud of the big
new brakes he recently put on his
two-seater, and while he explored
the motor he said that passenger
automobile drivers who don't keep
their brakes in the best possible
condition should be kept in a
squirrel cage.
TITS lot more important to be
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

second match of the day was for
stock cars only.
Chet entered his racer. 1t was
a regular stock car except for
lightweight pistons that he had
installed. The cars lined up,
started, roared around the oval
and Chet Gardner had won his
first race. He finished first. His
speed was so miles an hour, a
high speed for that early year.
His victory made him thirst for
new conquest. While he worked in
a garage in Denver he built a
racing car of Model T Ford,
with a Raja head but otherwise
just plain Model T, the automobile
which has become part of Amer
ican folklore.
THAT car would do 100 miles
an hour" its driver remembers.
1.-The first race put it in was at
Longman, Colorado, and got a
second place. l raced it in 1926
and 1927 I was leading in the 1926
Colorado championship until I left
the State. In the fall of '26 and
in '27 l drove the Raja Ford in
New Mexico, Okla h 0 m and
Texas.
An owner of racing cars, Clar-
ence Tarbet, heard of driver who
was beating the Tarbet pilots reg
ularly, and he sent for Gardner. In
the Spring of 1928, driving a 1922
cubic inch Miller straight eight,
Chet Gardner made his first tour
of the East. His first race in the
car for Tarbet, however, was at
the Ascot Speedway at Los An
geles, now condemned. He finished
along about third"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

der-two intake and two exhaust.
There are two carburetors, one for
each two cylinders
Now you take a racing car,
continued Chet from his gloomy
sanctuary, "and you'll find that it
has ten times as much space be-
tween pistons and cylinder walls
as a. passenger car motor has.
That's because of the heat at high
speed The expansion from heat
would make the motor freeze
make the pistons stick in the cyl
inders if there weren't plenty of
room"
"A racing car, of course,
has no fan. 1t can't have; the
motor goes too fast. You take an
airplane propeller; it turns only
1900 revolutions or so. If it turns
much faster, it won't pull air. 1t
gets in its own way. So we leave
off the fan. A racing motor turns
over two and half times as fast
as an airplane motor, you see.
And she's all pressure fabricated
except the wrist pins. And she
has a magnetic ignition instead of
a battery"
Gardner was born on a farm
near Ridgeway, Missouri. When
he was his family moved to Col
orado, where he tally
learned that he was not good
enough, as it were, to be a horse
driver. His brother, Ray, four
years older, used to race at the
county fairs at Hugo, Colorado,
and Chet rode with him as
mechanic.
Actually it wasn't so much as
a mechanic as it was something to
keep Ray from being thrown out
by centrif uga force on the
curves" the one-time little broth
er recalls.
Then there came glorious day
in 1928 when Chet was able to
buy his own racer. He entered it
proudly in his first race, at Brigh-
ton, Colorado. The first race of
the day was an open contest
around a half-mile oval. In the
first race he won third prize. The
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No one who saw that race will
ever forget how the car driven by
Keech rocketed down the track
into the guard rail. When his car
spun in a sickening curve, nearly
every other car on the track piled
into it. Keech was killed. Gardner
had been in the race but had
dropped into the pit because of
motor trouble. His car was in the
pit when the crash came.
Racing has taken Chet Gardner
into Al of the As States. He has
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

track after trach through the
East, Gardner strove for wins in
his first Eastern tour. He drove
on the board track at Atlantic
City.
1t was in that period that Chet
Gardner took his fastest ride.
Curiously, in the fastest race he
ever drove, the winner of many
races placed only fourth. 1t was
a 100 mile race. and his average
speed for the 100 miles was 1915
miles per hour.
Ray keech was the winner that
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02
Chet Gardner Wasn't Good Enough To Drive Il Horse

AT Toledo, Ohio, a big crowd
saw Gardner win hard-fought
100 mile race. His car averaged
75 miles per hour.
Around and around, dizzily in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

able to stop a car than 1t is TO be
able to start il" he grumbled.
valves in this engine are oper-
ated by overhead a m h s.
There are four valves per cylin-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

day, with an average speed for
the 100 miles of 131 miles per
hour. Keech drove a few more
races, and then, in the following
year, 1929, drove his last race.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

raced on 65 American tracks,
more than any other racer of
whom he knows. He wears men,
bership pin of a club sometimes
called the worlds most exclusive
society. 1t is the Champion 100
Mile-an-Hour Club, which at re-
cent count had Is members. To
qualify, a man must drive 500
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

miles at Indianapolis, travelling
above 100 miles per hour, without
relief. In the list of members are
the greatest names in modern
American racing.
Gardner makes annual barn.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

storming tours, towing his sing1e-
,eater on a trailer pulled by his
sedan. His annual highway mile
age is around 10000 miles. He has
driven 261 900 miles on the high.
way since 1929-Without acciden
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

These French Pastries are just the thing for
special occasions-and Drifted Snow Home
Perfected" Flour which can't cause failure,
turns out pastries you'll be proud to serve.
That's because Martha Meades recipes and
Drifted Snow Flour are both protested under
kitchen conditions just like your own. Sperry
has staff of III Western homemakers living
in many different cities and towns to do this
testing under all climatic conditions. They
try Martha Meade's recipes to make sure
any woman can use them They bake with
Drifted Snow Flour to make certain it always
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-02

Carnival Cakes-Stylish French
petit fours, made by a simple, easy
recipe. They're correct to serve at
any function. (BeloW)