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Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
HUM LEINBERGER
NUPTIALS

Joseph B. HUM, who has been
engaged in the tonsorial business
in Smyrna for some years led to
the marriage altar on Thanksgiv-
ing night, Miss Emma, daughter of
Jacob Leinberger, the ceremony
being performed at the brides
home by the Rev.George w. Dame,
rector Of st. Peters Episcopal
Church, using the full ring cere-
mony. There were no formal in
vitations but the friends Of the
bride and groom who wished to see
the crowning act of happiness con-
summated, quite filed the rooms,
and were hearty in their congratu-
lations at its close. The bride was
clothed in cream cashmere. The
Opera House Orchestra was pres
ent and gave some Of their best
music. The ceremonies were fol-
lowed by a bountiful collation.. The
happy couple have gone to house
keeping on Mt. Vernon street.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08

until 1913 when the present regis
tration law was passed. An in
creasing number of activities 1e-
quire proof Of date, place and pa,-
entage of ones birth, and the ex-
perience of the would-be state b.
licemen, in having to dig through
dusty tones and forgotten trunks
was merely group manifestatio-
of what might well occur to anv
Delawarean suddenly faced with
the necessity of proving facts con
cerning his birth. Adults. part.c-
ularly those born between 1863
and 1881, when no Delaware births
were registered. regularly ask the
Division of Vital Statistics to tel
them how they may obtain Ger
tificates of their birth.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
BIRTH RECORDS
IN DELAWARE
State Highway Police the
First Organization to At
tain 100 Per Cent
REGISTRATION MADE

The Delaware State Police may
become the first body of men in
this state to have attained 100 per
cent birth registration, OF those
born here, according to the plans
of Superintendent John R. Fader
and Capt. H. c. Ray A recent
letter from Capt. Ray to the Divi-
sion of Vital Statistics of the State
Board of Health enclosed a. list of
the members of the State Police
force. and requested to know which
of them had had their births reg
istered. The interest Of the State
Police Department was aroused
when, during the last school for
candidates for appointment to the
force, the requirement of proving
birth dates resulted, partially, in
the presentation of a wide variety
of baptismal certificates, old fam
lily bibles and church records. At
ter the aspiring sleuths had gath
cred this information concerning
their own births, the police depart
ment insisted that they have it
registered in the Division of Vital
Statistics of the State Board of
Health. The difficulty some of the
candidates experienced in finding
satisfactory proof of their date of
birth, awakened police officials to
the fact that many of their own
births were probably not register
ed. Inquiry showed that several
of their men thought their births
probably had not been registered,
and as a result the State Board of
Health was requested to check on
the matter. The State Board of
Health has been making a con-
certed drive to interest Delaware
ans, over twenty-four years of age,
in making sure that their births
are registered. The registration
of births, which started in Della
ware in 1881, functioned poorly
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
MAPPING DRIVER IN RIVER
Reading, Pa. Man Fined After Mis-
hap at MispiIIion DraMbridee

Mapping at the wheel came near
costing George w. Scott Of ReaG-
ing, Pa, his life when his machine.
out of control, struck the guard
rail at the Mispillion River draw
bridge on the Rehoboth cutoff and
plunged into the riger, one day re-
Gently. His injuries were slight.
The front wheels of Scots car
were submerged into the water af-
ter all of the heavy wire straE IS
had been stripped from the guard
rails. However, the car was pre-
vented from going further into the
river by a ledge of the steep EN-
bankment The automobile was
damaged to the extent of about
S40O Scott, when arraigned be
fore Justice of the Peace, David
Clements of Milford. admitted that
he had only fallen asleep for a sec
ond when the accident occurred
He was fined $40 and cost on a
charge of reckless driving.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08

markable one for cold and wet.
There has been nearly seven inches
excess of rainfall over the average.
Only three years since 1870 shows
nearly SO much. Up to october 16
there were Ill days that rain fell
and only So clear days and 133 fair
days. Up to the same day there
was a deficiency of ass degrees of
heat or nearly two degrees a day.
Where all this heat has gone and
whether we shall get it back, as to
bring up the average, nobody
knows. But if there is anything
in average, we ought to have
warm dry winter.
Prof. H. ]. Albeit and his son,
Master Eddie, gave performance
here last night. The programme
was well selected and consisted of
mysteries which were well up in
the art and strictly first class in
every particular. The Prof. is an
adept in magic, and his exposition
of spiritualism cannot be excelled.
The Prof. is also a first class Psy-
chologist, and the antics perform
ed by the young men whom he
mesmerised brought down the
house. The greatest of all illu-
sions that we have ever seen, or in
fact ever heard tell of, was crema-
tion. A handsome casket was
brought on the statge, and after a
committee from the audience had
examined it, the Professor assisted
his daughter into it and immed-
lately run three swords entirely
through it, and then raised the lid
and set fire to the inside, and to all
appearance the young lady was
consumed. Then after showing the
audience the ashes taken from the
casket, said that as nothing was
with a magician, he
would proceed to restore his
daughter to life, and raising the lid
of the casket the young lady step
ped out uninjured. And Master
Eddie, only six years old, is simply
immense as he appears on the
stage in full dress. He is said to
be the youngest magician in the
world.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
SALE OF SMYRNA
REAL, ESTATE

Willard G. Pierce has bought of
Mrs. John G. Bailey the property
corner Main and Mt. Vernon
streets (the residence during his
life of DR.. William Cummins) pay
ing therefor the sum of $4,000. E.
H. Beck who negotiated the above
has also sold a lot corner North
and Delaware streets, 115 by 264
feet to the Creamery Association
for S400. The erection of build
ing for the creamery is to be com
menced at once. The real estate Of
the late John Wright, Of Clayton,
was sold at public sale in this town
on Saturday. Farm No. contain
ing 100 acres, sold for S2,4S5; No.
2, 100 acres, for S4,OO5, and No. 8,
X so acres, for $1,000. They were all
knocked off to James d. Wright, Of
Kenton, one of the heirs.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday


First Churcn of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. m, Sunday School IL a. m,
evening service 500 p m, Wed
nesday evening service at 8 p. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meeting at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m, also meets on first
month at 8 p. m. Subject for Sum-
day, December IL: God the Pre-
server of Man" Golden Text:
Psalms 4O:11. Withhold not thou
thy tender mercies from me, o
Lord: let thy loving kindness and
thy truth continually preserve me.
A bible citation from the lesson
sermon: Ps. 91:2. l viii say of the
Lord, He is my refuge and my
fortress: my God; in him will I
trust. Correlative from the Text
book, Science and Health with
Key to the Scripture" by Mary
Baker Eddy: God is one God, in
finite and perfect, and cannot be-
come finite and imperfect. The
relations of God and man, divine
Principle and idea, are indestruc-
tible in Science; and Science knows
no lapse from nor return to har-
mony, but holds the divine order or
spiritual law, in which God and all
that He creates are perfect and
eternal, to have remained unchang
ed in its eternal history"
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
DEATH OF NOBLE T. JERMAl

DEATH OF NOBLE T. JERMAN
Noble T. Jerman, one of our old
est and best known citizens, died
on Sunday afternoon, from some
thing like congestion of the lungs
in the Seth year of his age. He
had taken a severe cold some ten
days previous but had not been
confined to his bed for a week.
Weakness incident to old age as
well as a naturally delicate con-
stitution made him a ready victim
for disease to prey upon, requiring
on his part the greatest caution in
caring for his health which doubt
less was the means of prolonging
his life beyond the age of four
Continued on Page Six)
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08

1886. He served as an attorney
for the State Senate during the
last session of the General Assem-
bly,. James is a member of the
law firm of Herring, Morris, James
and Kitchens, Wilmington. He is
a graduate of Dickinson College
Law School, and was admitted to
the bar in 1929. He was elected
president of the Wilmington City
Council in 1885 and was reelected
in 1887.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
LISTS
STAFF OF FIVE
AttOrney-G General Elect Nam
es Clair ]. Killoran, Will
mington, Chief Deputy
w. ]. STOREY FOR KENT

Attorney-General-elect James r.
Morford has announced the ap-
pointment of Clair J. Killoran, Will
mington, as his chief deputy and of
four other deputies who will serve
under him when he takes Office
January 3. The other deputies
are: Thomas Herhhy, Jr., 1405
Grant Avenue, for New Castle
County. William j. Storey Of Do
yer, for Kent County; Daniel J.
Layton, Jr., Of Georgetown, for
Sussex County; Albert w. James,
29O8 Harrison Street, Wilmington,
for the State Tax Department.
Herlihy, present first assistant
city solicitor, Of the City of Will
mington, will take Killorans place
as reputy attorney general for
New Castle County. Storey will
succeed himself in Kent County.
Layton will succeed Deputy Atty
Gen. Caleb Wright in Sussex Coun-
ty. James, president of City Coun-
Gil, will take the place of George
C. Herring, Jr., in handling legal
matters for the State Tax Depart
ment.
Killoran is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Idaho and of the law
school of Georgetown University.
He has been practicing law in Will
mington since March, 1888, and is
a member of the law firm of Mel
son and Killoran. He is vice
chairman of the Delaware junior
bar conference of the American
Bar Association and is also a mem
Der Of the District of Columbia
Bar He is married and lives at
1900 North Broom Street, Will
mington.
Herlihy was appointed assistant
Wilmington city solicitor in City
Court by Mayor Walter w. Bacon
in July, 1895, and first assistant
city solicitor in July, 1887. He was
graduated from Wilmington High
School in 1922 and from Dart
mouth College in 1926. He was
admitted to the Massachusetts, bar
in 1880 and to the Delaware bar in
1892. He is city chairman of the
Wilmington Young Republican Or
gaization.
Storey was first appointed dep
uty attorney general for Kent
County in July, 1888. He was ed
ucated in the Caesar Rodney High
School at Camden-Wyoming, Bea-
com Business College, and Nation
al University, Washington. He
has held a number of offices in the
Department of Justice in Wash
ington and was secretary to the
late u. S. Senator Coleman DUPONT
from November, 1925, until De-
cember, 1928. He was secretary
to former u. S. Senator Daniel o.
Hastings from December, 1926, un-
til March, 1929. He has served as
president of the State Board of
Accountancy, clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for Kent County
and as a member of the staff of
former Gov. c. Douglass Buck. He
was secretary of the Republican
State Committee from 1882 until
1884.
Layton attended Georgetown
public schools, Phillips Andover
Academy and Princeton Prepara-
tory School, from which he was
graduated in 1929. He was grad
uated in 1888 from Lehigh Uni
versity, where he was member of
the varsity baseball team. He en-
tered the University of Pennsyl-
vania Law Skchool in 1888 where
he studied law for two years, fol-
lowed by the study of law another
year in the Office Of his father,
Chief Justice Daniel ]. Layton. He
was admitted to the bar in october
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
Attending Road Builders Parley

W. w. Mack, chief engineer Of
the State Highway Department
and Allen Wilson, head of the test
ing laboratory Of the department
attended last week the twenty
fourth annual convention Of the
American Association of State
Highway Officials at Dallas, Texas
Mr.. Mack is expected to return
December 18TH
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
DEATH OF R. H. ARMSTRONG
TAYLOR'S BRIDGE

Richardson H. Armstrong, one of
the most widely known citizens of
Thoroughfare Neck died suddenly
at his residence near Taylor's
Bridge last night, aged 66 years.
He was in his usual health when
he went to bed, and had been about
during the week attending to his
business as was his custom. He,
however, has been for two years
subject to attacks of something
like spasms which came on him at
intervals of several weeks, and it
was apprehended by his friends, as
it resulted, that they may some
time prove fatal. 1t has just been
six months since he lost his wife,
making this year one of special
and sore affliction to his family.
Mr.. Armstrong was a good citizen
and progressive farmer, having in
his possession two valuable farms.
He will be missed by the commun-
ity. The funeral services will be
held on Friday, to meet at the
house at 1 o'clock; interment at
Union Church.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
To Observe Delaware Day

Delaware Day was observed as
partial holiday yesterday. Wednes-
day when most of the county offic-
es at Dover and some other places
were closed for the day. It has
only been in recent years that the
date of Delaware's ratification of
the Federal Constitution has been
observed as a holiday in this State
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
Engagement Announced

The engagement of Miss Madlyn
Wilmington, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Wilmington, of Mid
dletown, to Mr.. Enrol Johnson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Johnson,
also of Middletown, was announced
at a dinner on Thanksgiving Day
at the home of her parents. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-08
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF DEC. 5TH, 1883

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
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
HARTFORD TOSWIM LOCAL Y .MERMEN
Meet Heads Activities This Week-JuniOr Leaders
 Meet Wednesday

Naugatuck, Feb. 21-The Nauga- tuck "Y" Junior Leaders corps Wednesday night, the Senior Col lege league Friday, and Naugatuck "Y" swimming teams meet with Hartford Thursday night are the high lights of the gym schedule this week which follows:
 Today
 10 U 11:30 a. m.-Women's bad hinton and swim.
 3:10 to D. m.-Younger girls gym class and swim.
 5 to 6:30 p. m.-Evening Badmin- ton.
 6:30 to D. m.-Older girls gym class and swim.
 8 to 9:3O p. m.-Ladies' gym class and swim. Wednesday g a. m. to 2 D. m-Open. 2to 4 p. m.-Junior gym class and swim.
 3:30 to p. m.-Midgets' gym class and swim.
 5 to 6:30 p. m-Evening badmin- ton class.S
 6:30 to 9:30 p. m.-Junior Leaders Corps.
 Thursday
 ga. m. to 2 p. m.-Open. 2:30 to 4:45 p. m.-High school practice.
 5 to 6:45 p. m.-Volleyball team practice.
 6:45 to :5O-Intermediate gym class.
 8 p. m.-Naugatuck swimming team vs Hartford. 7:50 to g D. m.-Senior gym class. g to 9:45 p. m.-Chemical bad hinton.
 10 to F a. ln.-Morning badmin- ton class.
 12 to 3 p. m.-Open.
 2:l5 to 3 p. m.-Pappies ys. Li'l Abners./ to 3:45 p. m.-Daisy Macs vs. Hairless Joe's. 5.SO to 4.3u D. m.-GeneraI SWlm- ming for boys.
 3:45 to 5 D. m Corrective class. 500 to 6:l5 D. m.-Evening bad hinton class.
 7:30 tc 8:10 p. m.-Stanford vs. Santa Clara.
 8:10 to $50 p. m.-Princeton vs. Notre Dame.
 $50 to 9:30 p. m.-Manhattan vs. N. Y. U.
 Saturday
 to Il a. m.-Midgets' gym class and swim.
 10:30 to 11:15 a. my" Flashes vs. Waterbury Crusaders. 11:15 to F my" Cubs game. 12 m. to 1:30 p. m.-U. s. Rubber practice.
 1:30 to 3 p. m.-Apparatus. 3 to 4 D. m.-Chemical badminton. to 5 p. m.-Naugatuck "" bad hinton team practice.
 5:30 to 6:15 p. m.-' Killers game. 6:15 to ' p. m.-Chuck's Service Five vs. Waterbury Press club. 7p. m.-Harding of Bridgeport vs. Naugatuck high school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

smash his rattle to pieces and see what makes 1t work. But a box cam. era will do the work pretty we'll if you are careful to watch for momen- tary pauses in the action. Even the most industrious baby comes to a brief halt now and then.
 During the winter months, most of your "off-guard" baby pictures will be taken indoors. and many of them at night. Amateur photo bulbs sup. ply enough light for the night snap shots. and your film dealer will have booklets or leaflets showing how to arrange them. With lights arranged properly. the night snaps are almost as simple as those outdoors in sun- shine.
 In shooting the off-guard baby pic. lures. watch for expressive gestures and f1eeting expressions, and train yourself to catch them instantly. Snap tears as we'll as smiles, for they will help you remember your baby as he is now. And, whenever you put picture in your special al bum, write under it the day and year when it was taken. That will help make the book . day-by-day biography which grows in value as the years roll by.
 John van Guilder
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

HAVE you ever thought of taking a series of "candid" or "off- guard" pictures of the baby in his lighter or more active moments, and saving them in special album entitled we Knew Him When?
 Any parent who owns a camera can build up splendid collection of pictures such as this, and, if your baby is like most babies, the same pose or expression will never pop up twice.
 A small baby is probably the worlds ideal subject for "offguard" pictures, because he is altogether lacking in camera consciousness. Once he learns that you won't let him chew the corners of the in- teresting black gadget, or pull the shiny piece of glass out of the front, he dismisses the matter and pro- ceeds to more important things. Thereafter, you can shoot away to your hearts content.
 You don't need a high-speed mini ature camera to take "candid' pie lures of this sort. A speedy lens is helpful, because then you can use higher shutter speeds and catch the youngster when he Is trying his skill at somersaults or endeayoring to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Lone Survivor of Crusading Group That Gave Birth to W.C.T.U.
Rv NEA Service

By NEA Service
 Hillsboro, O., Feb. 22-On the day before Christmas, 1873, 70 women met in church here. They read the 1S2nd Palm and sang hymns.
 Then they did something ex- tremely unusual for women of their day-they launched movement.
 This was the Women's Temper ance Crusade, reorganized 10 years later by Frances Willard to become the Women's Christian Temperance Union which has spread all over the world.
 Today, more than 65 years after the little meeting in the Hillsboro church, only one of the original 70 founders is still alive.
 She is Mrs. Jennie Duffy, 82 years old, who still lives in Hillsboro. Pic tured at right, Mrs. Duffy is in good health, does some travelling and till is intensely interested in current af- fairs and particularly in the temper ance movement.
 Two other Hillsboro women, Mrs. Elizabeth Leslie and Mrs. Elizabeth Harsha, who attended the original meeting, are still alive. They were just children, however, when the
 meeting was held.
 The w. c. T. U. is still strong in Hillsboro with 115 members. One of it's leaders, Miss Mary Bowman feels certain that the nation one day will have absolute prohibition again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

InfOrmality is the keynote in the
 Speyer Schools system of educa- tion for its brilliant charges. This young man, in his close attention to the discussion going on in the
 classroom, assumes somewhat unconventional method of listen
 ing.
 average of three books a week be- sides his regular school texts and the volumes run the gamut, from novels to scientific works.
 The children speak French, play chess, find errors in standard en- cyclopedies and do hard work like wiring school-room, cook ing and woodwork. Their I. Q.'s range from 13O to 200 and they come from families in all eco homie groups.
 A New Kind of School
 Are they prodigies? No" say Professor Leta Hollingworth, ot Columbia Teachers College, and Dr Benjamin B. Greenberg of the Board of Education.
 They are rapid learners" 50 of the close to 100000 children in the U. s. A. who are capable of unlimited education. Until very recently public school systems which Wrestled with the problem of backward children did prac- tically nothing for the superior child. The Speyer experiment Is the first attempt by a publicly financed school system to develop a long-range program for the ed ucation of the exceptional child. The fifty youngsters are the hap py and brilliant subjects of an experiment, conducted by Col umbia Teachers College and the Board of Education, that is de- signed to revolutionize the coun- try's educational system.
 The experiment began in Feb ruary, 1886. The children were selected from among 600 appli- ca1ts and represented every sec
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
"Reminiscences" "
Fans Letter on Polo Grounds Contains Tribute to Roger Connor-Out Easter Recalls Story of
 Famous John L.'s Visit to Waterbury.

seems to be some doubt just now of it's boundary. This writer refers to Roger. Here is what he said in his letter to the paper:
 '"As a lifetime resident of Harlem, I would like to state that the old Polo Grounds ran from 10th to Hath streets and from Fifth to Sixth (now Lenox) avenues Ss~ ts
 Most of the fans came by the "L". which had 8 station at 106th street and Third avenue, from where cabs took them to the grounds. The Giants played there until 1887, when they tenn porarily moved to Staten Island. q T lived on 120th street and, as boy, it was often my privi- lege to carry Johnny Wards bat-bag. He and Roger Connor were practically next door 1leighbors of mine, living on that street also.
 Only Player
 "Connor was the only player ever to hit a ball over any fence in the old Polo Grounds. I re- member this distinctly as you had to go to Clapp and Lynch's saloon at 109th street and Third avenue to get scores and, on the way there, would pass several saloons which displayed balls, claiming them to be the lone" that Connor blasted out of the park.
 There can be no question as to the exact location of the old Polo Grounds. All the old real estate atlasses show 1t. The property was owned by Mary G. Pinckney. RobertS'S Road House, located on the northeast corner of 10th street and Sixth
 Lenox) avenue, was part of the grounds.
 Alexander Henschel. New York,
 February IT, 193S".