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AuroMosIIfs FOR SALE

PLYMouTH 1887 and 1895 4-dr. u. sedsns.
hfnsnes Co. Sand and n sts NV. Met.
PLYMOUTH 1885 De luxe sport coupe with
rumble seat, heater; oil de luxe equipment;
q sporty little Job that's easy on gas; drive
1t. then compare; $295. Toms Auto Serv-
ice. lst and n. Z. ave. ne. Met 91O1.
heer aren ony 1sSSt ssPS5 ss sHsDs Just 'd F:
new throughout; black finish: rumble seat;
$Sa45; Ss.;o Poha1ka Service. 1926 goth st. NV.
PLYMOUTH 1887 4-door trunk sedan,
owned and carefully driven by physician.
as q pin inside; S4a5. Pohanka service,
l126 10th st. NV. District 9141
PLYMOUTH. 1888 2-dr. trunk sedan. Lock
AZ al three" and you'll buy a Plymouth
every, time! This one is an all dc luxe
model. finished in gun-metal and equipped
with radio and heater. Our mechanics
nave conditioned 1t to perfection and we
f.lly 1,sns sIarantee il. Use your car down
rs Mot, speesi.ily Iaa priced at s43s. The Trew
PLYMOUTH 1887 business coupe. P-4;
BLACK paint clean upholstery: all good tires.
and splendid motor; S435. c. C. C. Guar.
anty. Capitol Cadillac Co 122a 22nd st,
NV. Natl. $500. Open Sun. snd eve
PLYMOUTH business coupe. PC model;
low mileage; like new; new tires: sacrifice,
S145. Line. 4242-J
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

WILLYS 1897 4-eylinder de luxe tport
coupe: economical motor. hne rubber:
Truly a fine car for only S347. Lee D.
Butler. Inc. 11%1 2Ist NV. District 1918
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALT.

PACKARD 1888 5:pass. convertible sedan.
model 1909: excellent gray paint disc
sss'|S {sssf 5:S!s ss5s s;
Natl $500 5p open IS sun. h and na exe: s'' NV.
PACKARD 1895 7;psss, limousine model
spotess uDholstery: sSA radio % This T ne ness Dis
eondson nSsss sa ssssG' g In c.n
:as $500 onen SUI Sun. @ and ao st. NV, N-"
P5IERcE-ARRoW 1874 ,7-pass limousine
ruE oEins 4sss sDoe.s hosk Dnp sf ss
car had remarkable care. Surely 1t is real
oaaist SslHf sa saSo ausTsnS Nat, csg'5S ssaS
oper Sun and eve. ..,.'', y, NV, ~. 49,,
PLYMOUTH 1898 dc luxe 4-door sedan;
cley. s40l.
PLYMOUTH 1887. de luxe coupe, $42s;
sse deaer i NJ fOod eae S0f 4f saH ts
Clev. S401.
PLYMOUTH 1887 de luxe 4-door trunk
sedan: excellent throughout. guaranteed.
Aane S be se 4ft r 'Ge Se..r ne
pLaYMoTTH Eaasn! 1889 go de luxe 4-door trunk
sale. S695. Col. 61s6-M: dealer welcome
PLYMOUTH 1888 de luxe sedan, finished in
pluei TINS little car has radio and really
Co. 1855 Il St. GS ne. ATS Htlsnsic Il oses $500 M0'0f
PLYMOUTH 1884 de luxe sedan, finished in
biack, o. tires finish, upholstery in perfect
eSndi1iSn Con ta@f PTTics Ssa5. Dy.e otey Motor
ak bSg s. 1889 q Ts tn hea II
gua1antee, will sacrifiee for s4s5. 'Iuf Dufs
q q ,fit 0tey soS6 Motor Co, 1865 st. ne. At
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

TERRAPLANE 1885 sedan; had one owner;
SO clean you won't believe IT'S 1885 car:
guaranteed. Nick Bombard's Inc 1424
Fia. aye. ne. De Soto-Plymouth dealer.
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W1LLYS 1887 4-door sedan: &3p5: perfect,
See dealer. Mr.. Flood, 1921 Conn. Clev.
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WILLYS 1895 "77'' sedan, 4-cyl.; econom.
Fla. ave. NV. Dec, O369 70
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DODGE 1896 4-door touring sedan radio
and heater: excellent f1oa ting power engine.
hydraulic brakes, safety glass and many
other nne Dodee features Butler Bonded.
S467. Lee D. Butler, Inc, ll2l 2lst st.
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FORD 1886 de luxe Tudor sedan with
neater: excellent condition; $3.50. Cali
lueninns after h. Adams OoH4.
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DODGE 1897 4-door touring sedan. radio
equipped. low mileage. one owner; new
car appearance; $3.50. Also 1885 2-door
touring sedan, $3.50. and 1884 de luxe
sedan, S215 SchleRel & Golden. Dodge
Plymouth dealers 1893 Carroll ST. >Takoma.
n e Georgia 1850
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FORD 1894 Tudor, original black finish
g Just like new, cream wire wheels, fne
:ires, clean inside. runs perfectly; lar
senuice 11oR oOth st NV. DlStrlct l4l.
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ind tires and it runs perfectly; bargain
II this price, S175. Pohanka Service. ll26
trin
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FORD 1885 sport de luxe phaeton; finished
in let black with red stripe and wheels: a
very smart looking and performing car:
butler. Inc. 11"1 21st W. District l2lS.
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FORD 1897 2-door de luxe touring sedan;
radio and heater; fine motor; very 5000
rubber: spotless interior; a dandy FORD.
S43T. Your 1885 Ford. and SlS,15 per
month will buy this fine car. Butler
Bonded, Lee D. Butler, Inc. 112l 21st
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rORDS at Arcade Pontiac, 1419 IRVING st.
NV; 1887 Tudor de luxe. S435: 1885 sport
coupe. S349: 1885 Tudor. S235; 1888 Tu-
dor, S1s9; truly barga:ns at these prices; T s.
every Ford in fine condition and ready to
20 Arcade Pontiac. 1419 Irving st. NV.
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FORD 1898 2-door sedan: built-ip trunk
radio; thorouehly reconditioned; fine rub
winter driving. S251 Lee D. Butler. Inc.
ll21 2lst NV District 1918
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FORD 1895 coupe, blue; S3l5 cash., Good
condition: low mileage Owner leaving
city. No trades Columbia OBI
FORD 1885 de luxe 4-dr. tr. sedan. Like
new, $500 Low down payment Finance
Co o2nd and N sts NV Met. 0400.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
DELAWARE HAS 1881 FARMS
AVERAGE VALUE OF S4,959 EACH

900 and the average debt per farm,
1856. The study also revealed
that truck farming has suffered
more from changing conditions
than any other type of farm activ-
ity. Maryland, Delaware, and New
Jersey for years enjoyed the ad-
vantage of nearness to the New
York market, the survey report
said. But transportation develop
ments in recent years shifted ad-
vantages of the "early market"
gradually down the Atlantic coast
to Florida. The result: 1.-THE south
ern truck crops coming on the
market in quantity before crops in
the northeastern area are ready for
market has resulted in the loss of
the good market advantage. Con-
ditions can be alleviated to a GER
tain extent through better market
ing facilities, perhaps the develop
ment of cooperative distribution"
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
KENT W.C.T.U. IN
SMYRNA TO-DAY
51st Annual Convention Con-
vening Here in An ALL
Day Session
PROGRAM AND SPEAKER

The Kent County w. c. T. U.
will hold an "All-Day" meeting in
Asbury Church, Smyrna, to-day,
Thursday, their 51st annual con-
vention. The morning session will
begin promptly at 10 o'clock. A
box luncheon will be served at
noon. Mrs. Elizabeth Bringhurst
of FELTON,, the president, will pre-
side and Miss Mary E. Grinnett of
Tennessee, will be the guest speak
er. The following is the program
to be rendered: Morning session, 10
o'clock Convention called to order
by the president, Mrs. Bringhurst;
devotions, Mrs. Ella d. Cordray;
welcome, Mrs. A. D. Cole, president
Smyrna Union; greetings by pas
tors; greetings by State officers;
response to welcome by president
of Clayton Union; minutes of last
convention, read by Mrs. H. C.
Kitchens, secretary; treasurer's
report, Mrs. Sallie Spencer; audit
or's report; two minute reports by
presidents of local Unions; vocal
selections by Rev. and Mrs. Her
bert Green; annual message of
county president, Mrs. Bringhurst.
Departmental reports 1.-TWO min
utes EACH -Evangelistic, Mrs. Ella
d. Cordray; medal contest, Mrs
Lulu Anderson; motion pictures,
Mrs. M. Evelyn Killen; member
ship, Mrs. Bertha J. Coursey; Union
Signal and Young Crusader, Mrs.
Pearl Townsend. Election of offic-
ers for the year will take place at
eleven o'clock, followed by noon
tide prayer, voiced by Mrs. Minnie
Holmes. During the noon hour
hour recess a box lunch will be en-
joyed. The afternoon session will
open at LIS o'clock with a song
and prayer service, conducted by
Mrs Bertha Colona; report on
Loyal Temperance Legion work by
Mrs. Name Register; address by
Mrs. Anna Lee Waller, State presi-
dent; Building Bridges" Miss
Caroline Morse; offering; solo Mrs.
Garrison; address, Miss Mary E.
Grinnett of Tennessee: benediction.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

COMING MEET
Delaware To Join Maryland
at Their State Meeting
at Ocean City
DATE FIXED JULY 27-2S

An invitation to the poultrymen
of Delaware has been received by
Frank B. Austin, president of the
Delaware State Poultry Associa-
ton, from John w. Snoddy, presi-
dent of the Maryland State Poul-
try Council, to join in with the
Maryland poultry raisers at their
summer meeting and worlds poul-
try congress rally which will be
held July 81 and % at Ocean City,
Maryland. This announcement was
made recently by H. L. Richardson,
extension poultry specialist of the
University of Delaware, and acting
secretary for the Delaware State
Poultry Association, and is being
released to the newspapers of the
state through the office of Kent
County Agent Russell E. Wilson,
who is state director of publicity
in connection with this seventh
worlds poultry congress mad expo
sition to be held in Cleveland, Ohio,
next summer during the period
from July % to August Z. The
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Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
DIAL PHONES IN
USE In SMYRNA
Change Over From Magnetic
Hand Generator System
Was Made Sunday
WITHOUT INTERRUPTION

Telephone calls in Smyrna are
being made over the new dial sys-
tenn which was placed in service
last Sunday. The transition from
the magnetic hand-generator sys-
tenn to dial service was completed
in less than a minute and without
the interruption of a single calT',
said c. Burton Sypherd, manager
for the Diamond State Telephone
Company. Four former operators
here have accepted positions in
nearby Bell telephone offices and
Miss Elva Griffin, Operator in
Charge, will retire on pension af-
ter nearly thirty-fve years of SER
vice in the telephone business.
She began her career in 1903 when
there were only fifty telephones in
Smyrna. Development in the com
munity has brought the number to
almost 600 today. Mrs. AIva w.
Mills and Miss Mary Robinson are
now operators at Dover while Elva
F. Griffin is at Milford and John S.
Griffin becomes night operator at
Middletown. Mr.. Sypherd remind
ed telephone users that all tele-
phone numbers have been changed
and he urged them to consult the
new directory for the correct list
ing before diaIing a call.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

Delaware has 1881 farms with
a population of 48,558, the Farm
Security Administration in Wash
iington announced last week after
an economic study of agricultural
conditions in the northeastern
states. The survey shows the av-
erage number of persons on each
farm is 468. The average value of
each farm is S4,959 with an aver
age acreage value of S55.88. AL
most 20 per cent or 1895 of the
farms in Delaware are mortgaged.
The total farm debt in the state is
$40, 452, 900, while the average farm
debt is $3,489. In Maryland, the
average number of persons on the
44.412 farms is 5.44. The average
value per farm in Maryland is S.
465 and the average acreage value,
S55. 81. Maryland has 13,908 farms
mortgaged or 31.2 per cent. The
farm debt in that state Is S46,678,-
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
REV. DR.. FIELD INSTALLED
Becomes Official Pastor of Presby.
terrain Church of Dover

The Rev. DR.. Elliott Field, mod
orator of the Presbytery of New
Castle, was installed as pastor Of
the First Presbyterian Church
Sunday night. The former moder-
ator, the Rev. H. Everett Hallman
of the Newark Church, presided.
The Rev DR. Thomas A. Williams
of Salisbury. Md, gave the charge
to the people and the Rev. Dr.WiI-
liam Gibson of New Castle gave
the charge of the pastor The Rev
John Jackson Brown, Jr., of Mil
ford made the installation prayer.
DR.. Field is great-grandson of
the Rev. DR.. Thomas Read, builder
of Old Drawers Church, signer of
the Declaration of independence,
and organizer of the first Presby-
terian General Assembly in the
United States.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
ENTERTAINS BIBLE CLASS
Willing Workers Group of Asbury
Church Hosts to Party

Last Thursday evening the mem
hers of the Willing Workers Bible
Class entertained the Mems Bible
class in the Sunday School room of
Asbury Church. The room was
very prettily decorated with bas-
kets of cut flowers, by the commit
tee. Mrs. Frank McCawley, Mrs.
Andrew d. Cole, Miss Laura Bell
and Mrs. Ralph Jefferson. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, Mrs. Ernest Mattiford,
Who welcomed the guests. After
the business meeting musical
program in charge Of Mrs. Ethel
Magill followed: Solo, Miss Mary
Louise Porter, accompanied by
Miss Betty Jones; violin solo, Mr..
George Miller; solo, Mr. Henry En-
mis-; solo, Mrs. Ethel Magill, with
Miss Mary Hynson at the piano;
reading, Husbands, by Mrs. Jam
es w. Colona. The Glee Club sang
two selections, accompanied by
Mrs. Henry Webb. Games under
the direction Of Mrs. Thomas Rus
sell, Mrs. Harold Carrow and Mrs.
Harry Johnson, were enjoyed by
all
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
KENT COP. IN
HARMONY MEET
Elect ID. ID. Wharton of Do.
yer, Chairman and w. ].
Storey, Secretary
NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE

Former State Detective D. D.
Wharton of Dover, was unanimous
ly elected chairman of the Kent
County Republican Committee at
Dover, Monday night as the com
mittee carried forward the recent
harmony pact between the regular
Republicans and the Independent
Republicans. Former Gov. William
D. Denney, also of Dover, was
elected treasurer to succeed Mr..
Wharton in that post. Mrs. Frank
Hall Davis, vice-chairman and
acting chairman since the resigna-
ton of ]. Henry Hazel as chair
man.. presided. Col William J.
Storey continues as secretary.
Twenty-Five members of the com
mittee attended. A resolution
adopted by the committee set forth
that "a harmony program" has
been agreed upon by the regular
Republicans and the Independent
Republicans of the county for the
conduct of the 1888 election cam
paign and that 'it is desirable and
necessary to put the program into
effect" The resolution provides
for the abolition of the executive
committee of the county commit
tee as heretofore constituted and
creation in its place of "a new ex-
ecutive committee to consist of D.
D. Wharton, William D. Denney,
and William j. Storey, chairman,
treasurer, and secretary, respec-
lively, of the Kent County Com
mittee, to cooperate and work with
a like committee of the Independ-
ent Republican Committee. The
like committee" of the Independ-
ent Republican County Committee
is to consist of James F. Alice, Jr.,
j. Morris Harrington,
treasurer and Elmer E. Benson,
secretary, the resolution specified.
The six officers of the two county
will form war
board" in conformity with a
"hatchet-burying' pact recently
agreed upon by the two factions in
a united effort to secure election of
nominees in November.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
CENTURY CLUB
TAKES RECESS
InstalIs Newly-Elect Officers
and Adjourns Until Month
of October
FINISHES BANNER YEAR

The Twentieth Century Club
closed a banner pear at the meet
ing on Friday afternoon. The pres
ident, Mrs. Ennis, presided and all
business was cleared up and the
term came to an end with record
of many things accomplished and
the treasury in fine condition.
Among other business items, the
club voted to go on record as ad-
vocating the ownership of Lake
Como and properties, by the town
of Smyrna, when said property is
sold After saying the club Col
lect in Unison, Mrs. Ennis thanked
the members for their loyalty and
cooperation during her pleasant
term of office. She then asked the
Marshal, Mrs. A. D. Cole, to con
duct the newly elected officers to
be installed and Mrs. Thomas Rus
sell was made president, Miss Anna
B. Beckett, first vice-president;
Mrs. George Short, second vice
president; Recording Secretary,
Mrs. Grant CARTS; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. Glenn King; Treas
urer, Mrs. Kennard Price. Mrs.
Russell responded with words Of
appreciation of the honor conferred
on her by the club and then in
stalled the chairmen: American
Citizenship, Mrs. Smithers Snow;
American Homes, Mrs. w. G. Dea-
kyne; International Relations, Mrs
Theodore Ferguson; Music, Mrs.
Theodore Hynson; Education, Mrs.
L. M. Price; Public Welfare, Mrs
William Woods; Public Safety,
Mrs. George Scout; Motion Pic
lures, Mrs. G. Harvey Wright;
Program, Mrs. C. r. Miller. Mrs.
Ennis was installed Director by
Miss Laura Bell The delegates to
the Federation in Rehoboth in June
are Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Glenn King,
Mrs. Grant CARTS, Mrs. H. P. Jones,
Mrs AID. Cole, Miss Anna Beckett
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
DELAWARE AND
EARLY SWEDES
Pupils of John Bassett Moore
High School of Smyrna
Learn History
PAGEANT BY THE PUPILS

The papers, the news reels, the
public speeches, the publicity
tricks of all trades have this year
been focused upon the Tercenten-
airy celebrations to take place in
June of this year in Wilmington.
People have suddenly learned more
Delaware history than ever before.
The Delaware Dramatic Organiza-
lions too are doing their part. In
"a dramatic center, newly organ
lied, with its headquarters in the
University of Delaware, the spring
festival of dramatics is to be an
elaborate production of the page
ant New Sweden" It will be pre-
sented Saturday night at $50
DIST, in Mitchell Hall, free of ad-
mission charges, and because of
the wide group of dramatic clubs
taking part should be of interest
to everyone in the state Several
high schools, All clubs, church
clubs, in addition to the University
group are preparing scenes, all di-
lected by Carl Bleiberg, formerly
Of the University and more recent
ly of Yale. New Sweden" is a
play presented in much the same
manner as is the March Of Time
over the radio. It consists of 40
scenes for which the curtain is
never pulled. One character,
known as the Voice of Adventure,
tells the story from beginning to
end, and the scenes are picked up
by spotlights on an otherwise dark
and plain stage. Two other char
acters, two boys, are the assistants
in working out a continuity be-
tween the scenes. Many people
from Smyrna and neighboring com
munities will participate, and the
production should Therefore be of
interest to many people. The
Voice of Adventure will be played
by Armstrong Hamilton Of the
Smyrna Junior Radio Club, and the
other two boys will be played, by
two other members of the club,
Donald Ennis and Layton Mabrey.
Smyrna Defeats Chestertown
Smyrna's Track Team made its
debut Friday against Chestertown
High School, Maryland The final
score of the meet was Smyrna,
80 IL; Chestertown, SO IL. The
track team composed of seven boys
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Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
Smyrna Defeats Chestertown
w. f. M. S. HOLDS MEETING
Met at Home of Mrs. Norman
Coleman Monday Evening

The Women's Foreign Mission
airy Society met at the home of
Mrs. Norman w. Coleman Monday
evening at 73O o'clock. The presi-
dent, Mrs. L. NJ. Price, had charge
of the meeting. The Group Lead
ers for the evening were Mrs. Nor
man w. Coleman, Mrs. Walter w.
Hynson, and Mrs. Ralph Jefferson.
The meeting opened by short pray
ers from several of the members,
followed by song. Minutes of
last meeting read and approved.
Reports from officers. Mrs. Theo-
dore Ferguson made her report as
Commissioner of the SEVENTEEN
Anniversary, and named her com
mittees as follows: Mrs. j. w.
Colona, program chairman; Mrs.
Andrew D. Cole, stewardship sec
rotary; Miss Helen Mcdowell,
treasurer, and Miss Cora E. Ford,
literature secretary. Mrs. Price
named her nominating committee
for next year as follows: Miss
Laura Bell, Mrs. Norman Coleman,
and Mrs. Frank Hynson. A beau
tiful article was read by Mrs. L.
M. Price on Christian Steward
ship" written by the conference
secretary. Then followed the Mite
Box Opening. Mrs. j. w. Colona
had charge of the devotional exer-
cises, her theme GO Ye and
Preach" The study work, New
Roads of Ancient Iran" read by
Mrs. Walter w. Hynson. Reading
by Mrs. Ralph Jefferson entitled
christian Citizenship" and an
other read by Mrs. Ernest Matti-
ford, Church and State" and a
reading by Miss Julia Griffith, Us
the United Safe" Mrs. Charles
Handy read an article on peace. ,
After the meeting adjourned, a So
cial time was spent with refresh
ments served.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Legionaire James Knapp, 9
War Veteran of Expert
ence Addresses Club
IN ITALIAN SQUADRON

Men who have served in the
World War with distinction are not
accustomed to talk very much
about their experiences. Yet there
are occasions when revelation of
the horrors Of war make for world
peace. Legionaires 90 a real SER
wee toward humanity when they
bring home to all of us the futility
OF 1t all. Rotarians had an oppor-
UNITY to hear a message of real
worth from Legionaire James
Knapp who served as Flight Com
mander of the italian Squadron.
he is credited with having shot
Gown thirteen German planes, and
eight days before the signing of
the Armistice was himself shot
down. He injected into his talk
poth humor and pathos. Rotarians
stand four-square for the brother
MOOD of man and can be of real
service in spreading the gospel of
peace. Allen Frear 70 the Dover
Club, and Charles Owens, son-in-
law Of Rotarian Dick Corley, were
guests.
Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
DIR. Thos. r. Brown, Former Presi-
dent State Board of Education

DR.. Thomas Ross Brown, of Wy
oming, 81, former president of the
State Board of Education, and
prominent in Masonic circles, died
Monday at the Homeopathic Hos
pital, Wilmington, after a brief i'll
ness. He was a former director of
the Ohio State Board of Health
hygienic laboratories. Thursday
night DIR. Brown was installed as
junior warden of st. Johns Com
mandery, No. /, Knights Templar.
From 1920 to 1925 he headed the
State Board Of Education. From
1915 to 1928 he was president of
the Caesar Rodney School Board
of Education. DR.. Brown came to
Delaware, after studying at Johns
Hopkins University, in 1903 as an
employee of the State Board of
Health. Later he went to Germany
and graduated in 1907 from the
University of Berlin, with the de-
gree of doctor of medicine. In
1912 he accepted the Ohio post,
returning to Delaware in 1915 to
open his own laboratories in Will
mington. Ten years later he went
to Wyoming and engaged in the
retail lumber business which he
conducted until his death. Dr..
Brown was a former president of
the Dover Rotary Club and a mem
Der of the board of governors of
the Kent County Hospital, Dover,
the American Chemical Society,
the American Public Health Asso-
citation, and the American Bacter-
iologist Society. He is survived by
his wife, the former Alice Ener-
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Smyrna times., 1938-05-19
STATE TROOPER IN CRASH
Howard S. Birmingham Connected
With Georgetown Station. Killed

With Georgetown Station, Killed
Private Howard S. Birmingham,
rs, of the Georgetown Station of
the state police was fatally injured
Sunday morning when he appar-
emily fell asleep and lost control of
his automobile about a mile south
of Millsboro on the DUPONT Boule-
ward. The auto ran off the road
and struck four trees throwing
Birmingham into the road. The
car which remained upright was
wrecked. Private Edgar Isaacs of
the Georgetown station, VINO was
patrolling, arrived at the scene a
few minutes after the accident
Birmingham died en- route to the
Milford Hospital in the Frankfort
ambulance. He had suffered a
fractured skull, a broken neck, and
severe decorations of the face. His
death was the twentieth in Della
wares highway toll this year. The
state policeman was off duty and
had been visiting at Bishopville,
Md. Birmingham was a son of
David Birmingham Of Lewes, was
appointed to the state police in
May, 1886. Besides his father he
is survived by his brother, Herald
Birmingham, sister, Mrs. Harold
Briggs of Philadelphia, a step
brother, William Mai, student at
the University of Delaware; two
step-sisters, Miss Marie Mai, a
student nurse at the Beebe Hos
pital in Lewes, and Miss Gladys
Mai, student in the Lewes High
School.