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Smyrna times., 1939-04-27
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters Of Interest
Of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL "a, 1889

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
tion.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-27
DEATHS

Lurty-n Wilmington, April 20,
of pneumonia, Harry Lurty (for-
merly of Smyrna) aged 16 years.
nterment oMnday at Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-27
BOYS ''STATE"
HEADS CHOSEN
Governor Invited to Speak
Before Legislators" at
Dover Session" May 5
SMYRNA'S DELEGATES

Senators, representatives, anC
attaches who will serve at the
Legislative" sessions at Dover dur
ing the Boys State, May and 6
have been elected from schools
throughout Delaware. The Am
erican Legion is sponsoring the af-
fair. The elected boys will per-
form their legislative duties, !
tour the offices of department
heads, and hear short talks on the
work of the bureaus. Emil Ebert
and Rhesa Walton will represent
John Bassett Moore School, Smyr-
ma. Governor Richard G. McMul-
len has been invited to speak al
the opening session at 10 a. m
May 5. The Legislator" and theit
schools follow:
Senators
Dan Conley, H. Fletcher Brown
Vocational High School; Donald
Harting, Tower Hill School; John
j. Hannigan, Salesianum High
School; Paul Dolan, Alexis l. du-
Pont High School; Rodney Jones
Henry G. Conrad High School;
Herman From, New Castle High
School; William Geoghegan, Della
ware City High School; Emil Eb-
ert, Smyrna High; Vance Morris
Dover High; Arley Golden, Caesar
Rodney High Of Camden and Wy
oming; Louis Price, Harrington
High; Louis Schwindt, FELTON, High
Charles Elliott, Greenwood High;
Paul Baskette, Seaford High: Pau
Hamblin, Millsboro High; Warren
Rogers, Selbyville High, and Har-
old Birmingham, Lewes High.
Representatives
William Rogers, Pierre S. dupont
High; Francis Gibson, Salesianun
High; Samuel Frankel, Wilmington
High; Stanley Damiecki, H.Fletch-
er Brown Vocational High; Johr
McCune, Friends School; Robert
Russell, Sunny Hills School; Rob
ert Ewing, Henry G. Conrad High
Felix Flanagan, Alexis I. dupont
High; John Dawson, Archmert
School for Boys; Fred Moore, Clay
mont High; Robert Stewart, New.
ark High; Joseph DiFeterict, New
Castle High; Ralph Malin, Della
ware City High; William Boyer
Middletown High; Joseph Harri
son, Caesar Rodney High; Thomas
Palmer and Joseph Griffith, Mil
ford High; Rhesa Walton, Smyrna
High; Elbert Massey, Dover High
Gus Raughley, Harrington High
Lister Hall, FELTON, High. Penni
well Isaacs, Greenwood High; Viii
liam Hastings, Bridgeville High
Jack Rawlins, Seaford High; Lei
Cordrey, Laurel High; ByarC
Brumbley, Delmar High; Carol
Farlow, Selbyville High; Donald
Long, John M. Clayton High TO
Dagsboro and Frankford; james
Short, Millsboro High; William
Kitchens, Georgetown High; Free
Reed, Milton High; Stewart LIE
Cate, Rehoboth High; Thornton
Shipley, Lewes High; and Irvil
Bennett, Lord Baltimore High o
Ocean View and Millville.
| Attaches
Leo Marchlewiez, Joseph Muir
phey and Wilson zebley, H. Fletcn
er Brown Vocational High; Johl
Horlick, Carroll Poole, Tower Hill
School; Thomas ]. Reese, Frank J
ODonnell, Robert Hare. Salesian
um High; Creighton Miller, Jane
Sterner, Elexis 1. dupont; William
Tobin, Jack Taylor, Steven Topo
vich, Henry G. Conrad High; Ar
thur Heinel, John Davis, William
Proud, New Castle High; William
X. Murphy, Stanley Zeuris, VIII
liam Bailey, Delaware City High
Smyrna times., 1939-04-27
DROPS $4,000 OVERHEARD


Reynolds B. Kerbin of Lewes,
had been at the Breakwater spend
ing a week during the late storm
trying to get to Wilmington on a
tug boat, but started ashore
Thursday on the tug Protector,
which is towing the stone barges
that are filling up the gapway of
the breakwater. The Protector
landed him on the government
pier, and while he was getting off
the tug he dropped a bundle con-
tanning $4,000 overheard, $3.50 OF
it in specie and the rest in United
States government bonds. He at
once secured John Ross, a diver
from the Somers' oPint wrecking
Tamesi, who went in search of the
lost treasure. Ross said it was
like going to look for the lost
man-of-war DeBraak off the capes
of the Delaware. Ross went down
however, and in few minutes hao
found the lost money and Kerbir
went on his way rejoicing with his
| treasure under his arm.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-27
Taxi Politeuess Decreed

SALINAS, CALF. - Politeness
from taxicab drivers or revocation
of license, is the edict of the city
council here.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

as he said, I've never been so scared.
l couldn't have opened it. l was so
sure what was in it."
She turned, looked up at his eyes.
and they were grave not with dejec-
ton but with chastened hopefulness
that was all in her. He said. You
wouldn't've come back if l hadn't
been licked"
She bit the inside of her lip and
shook her head.
''Do you remember me telling you
once l wasn't ever licked if you were
with me?" he said.
Sylvia nodded.
ITS awful true" he said gravely.
Then. "D'you care?"
She thought she could only nod
again, but she made herself say, "You
don't ever need to be licked" and she
clung to him very hard.
The End
Evening star., 1939-09-17
RUNAWAY
Continued from pose three

the fearless, compelling enterprise
which such passing misfortune should
never touch.
She got her hat, coat and handbag
on the way to the door, was still
managing them when the elevator
came. Pray dear God she could get
there before he found her note; pray
God the dinner'd been late and he'd
stayed the night and there'd be taxi
waiting now at the door and - There
was taxi, with a driver who believed
she was in a hurry. She had a mad
idea that her front-door key mightn't
work, but it did, and when she all but
fell into the hall, there was the note
still propped against the telephone.
She snatched it up, tore it across
and across until the pieces we're too
thick to tear again. Then his arms
came round her from behind and the
pieces made brief shower from her
hand. His voice had special quiet in it
Evening star., 1939-09-17

She was awake long before her call,
and she was dressed when the break
fast wagon came in; she gave mirth-
less laugh over the slip with the
compliments of the management"
tipped to the newspaper with its
sprawled headlines of election returns.
Then a subhead started up into
definition and held her as if it had
spoken: Upset in State Senate Race
Governors Favorite, David Cleeves,
Beaten in Own District"
His name came through her lips in
cry that had compassion and fear in it,
both. She watched the words a frozen
instant as if they might shift or van
ish, but they didn't. Beaten, when
he'd been so sure he'd won. Dear
David overtaken again by the gloom
and bitterness of their losing the
corporation case, and this time with
no one there to wait for his finding
himself, to help him back toward all
Evening star., 1939-09-17

In perfect English the other said:
But for you, fear, it is not good
afternoon?"
well, er-I-"
You are, think, in trouble, Mon
sieur? Can l be of any assistance to
your"
"Oh, no thanks, no thanks! Just
blowing off steam, you know"
But l think you know that / could
help you. l am correct, am l not, in
connecting your troubles with two
ladies who were sitting on the terrace
just now?"
do you know anything about
them? Who are you, anyway"
As though confessing to royal birth
the little man said modestly: II am
Hercule Poirot Shall we walk little
way into the wood while you tell me
your story? AS say. think | can aid
YOU
To this day Harold is not certain
what made him suddenly pour out the
whole story to man to whom he had
spoken only few minutes before.
Perhaps it was overstrain.
Poirot listened in silence. Once or
twice he nodded his head gravely.
When Harold came to stop the other
spoke dreamily:
The Stymphalian Birds, with iron
beaks, that feed on human flesh and
dwell by the Stymphalian Lake. Yes,
it accords very we'll"
81 beg your pardon" said Harold,
staring.
Hercule Poirot smiled II reflect,
that is all. l have, you understand,
my own way of looking at things.
Now as to this business of yours. You
are very unpleasantly placed"
Il don't need you to tell me that!'
Poirot went on: 1T is serious
business - blackmail. These harpies
will force you to pay y and pay
and pay again! And if you defy them,
well, what happens?"
The whole thing comes out. My
careers ruined and a wretched girl
who's never done anyone any harm
will be put through hell. God knows
what the end of it all will ber'
Therefore," said Hercule Poirot,
something must be done!
"What?" Poirot leaned back, half
Evening star., 1939-09-17
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
THE VULTURE WOMEN
Continued from poge twelve

Continued from poge twelve
closing his eyes, 1T is the moment for
the castanets of bronze"
Harold said "Are you quite mad?"
"MaiS non! l strive only to follow
the example of my great predecessor,
the hero Hercules. Have few hours
patience. my friend. By tomorrow |
may be able to deliver you from your
prosecutors"
Harold came down the following
morning to find Poirot sitting alone on
the terrace. In spite of himself Harold
had been impressed by Poirot's prom
ises. He came up to him now and
asked anxiously: "Well?"
Poirot beamed on him. 1T is we'll.
Everything has settled itself salts
factorily."
But what has happened"
II have employed the castanets of
bronze. Or, in modern parlance, have
caused metal wires to hum - in short
l have employed the telegraph! Your
Stymphalian Birds, Monsieur, have
been removed to where they will be un-
able to exercise their ingenuity for
some time to come"
They were wanted by the police?"
Precisely"
Harold drew deep breath. "How
marvellous! never thought of that"
He rose. Il must find Mrs. Rice and
Elsie and tell them"
They know"
"Oh, good" Harold sat down again.
Tell me just what -" He broke off.
Coming up the path were two figures
with Tapping cloaks and profiles like
birds.
Harold exclaimed: 81 thought you
said they had been taken away!'
Hercule Poirot followed his glance:
"Oh, those ladies? They are very
harmless Polish ladies of good family,
as the porter told you. Their appear
ance is, perhaps, not very pleasing, but
that is all"
But don't understand"
mo, you do not understand! 1t is
the other ladies who were wanted by
the the resourceful Mrs Rice
and the lachrymose Mrs. Clayton!
1t is they who are well-known birds of
prey. Those two, they make their liv-
ing by blackmail, mon ami"
Evening star., 1939-09-17
SOMETHING
TO CHEW ON

SALT pork was the first preserved
meat. The pork was buried in tidal
sands, where it was salted by the
ocean itself.
lHE most luxurious chicken COOP"
in the world is in Miami, Florida 1t
was originally planned as sumptuous
hotel, at cost of more than a million
dollars, and was just about completed
when the 1929 stock-market crash
occurred. Pretentious, even though its
window frames lack glass, it's only
guests" for many years have been
thousands of scientihcally-raised white
leghorn chickens.
4HE seeds of just one apple, brought
from London by Captain Simpson.
one-time member of the Hudson's Bay
Company, were the nucleus of all the
famous Washington state apples. One
ofthe trees, in Vancouver. Washington,
though now 113 years old. still bears
luscious fruit. -EMlLIE FOLnkG
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Harold felt the world spinning
round him. He said family: And the
man who was killed."
mo one was killed. There was no
man.
But l sdo him!'
'Oh, no. The tall deep voiced Mrs.
Rice is very successful male i'm
personator. 1t was she who played the
part of the husband - without her
gray wig and suitably made up for the
part" He leaned forward and tapped
the other on the knee. "You must not
be too credulous, my friend. The
police of a country are not so easily
bribed - they are probably not to be
bribed at all - certainly not when
it is any question of murder!
These women trade on the average
Englishnian's ignorance Of foreign lam
guages. It's Mrs. Rice who interviews
the manager; the police arrive and 60
to her room. But what actually passes?
You do not know. Perhaps she has lost
a brooch - something of that kind
Any excuse to arrange for the police
to come so that you shall see them.
For the rest, what actually hap
pens? You wire for money, a lot of
money, and you hand it over to Mrs.
Rice, who is in charge of all the
negotiations! And that is that
But they are greedy. these birds of
prey. They have seen that you have
taken an unreasonable aversion to
these two unfortunate Polish ladies.
The ladies in question come and hold
perfectly innocent conversation with
Mrs. Rice and she cannot resist
repeating the game. She knows you
cannot understand what is being said.
So you will have to send for more
money, which Mrs. Rice will dis
tribute to fresh set of people"
Harold drew deep breath. And
Elsie - ?"
Poirot averted his eyes, "She played
her part very well. She always does
Everything is very pure - very inno-
cent She appeals, not to sex, but to
chivalry."
He added dreamily: That is always
successful with Englishmen."
The End
Next week. Another adventure
of the amazing He1cuie Poirot
Evening star., 1939-09-17
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Evening star., 1939-09-17

Ifgums are tender and bleed when
you brush your teeth-watch out!
1t may he Cingivitis-a gum in
hammation where gums meet the
teeth-very common BUT. if neg
lecied, may often he a forerunner
of dreaded Pyorrhea (which only
your dentist can help).
Evening star., 1939-09-17
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-28
HoWurd's
Nurse
By RUBY DOUGLAS
e Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.

EVER since Howard Norton had
- been laid up with a broken arm,
he had found himself to be more
popular than he had ever dreamed
he was before.
He was in too much pain to care
much about anything but his own
ease, and he called for the night
nurse.
''You go to bed, DEAR" he said to
his wife
Mrs. Norton knew that her hus-
band was to be put under an anaes-
thetic to have the elbow bones ad-
Justed again and she was reluctant
to leave him even in the hands of
so competent a person as the nurse
they had secured for night duty
Miss Allen.
Miss Allen had been on duty since
z o'clock, but she had not been
needed until now. Instead, she had
been sitting in the comfortable Ii
brary waiting to be called and every
man who had been up to see the
patient seemed to find it necessary
to inquire of her, on leaving, just
how she thought Howard was.
you've had quite a reception this
evening, Mr.. Norton" she said
cheerily as she approached the bed.
81 should say I had. Some of
those chaps have been awfully good.
They come every night"
MISS ALLEN agreed and then
A'A proceeded to make her patient
as comfortable as possible for the
night.
you'll not be riding to the hounds
again for many month";" suggest
ed Miss Allen after a particularly
painful effort at making him com
Portable.
I'D hate to say that-but I sup
pose I must" Howard admitted.
''Do all your friends rider" she
asked.
He explained that he was the only
one who cared for jumping, but that
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-28

Hello folks the melancholy days
are here the saddest of the year
49,. as Nature sheds her foliage .
and | weep in my beer . it is with
heavy heart that | chronicle the col
Ii~ion of "Astra" my trusty vehicle
which prominently figured in lasweex
Journey 49,. we were rolling homeward
Saturday evening along Charles Street
coming into the rotary traffic circle
III West Boston bridge :. the twilight
was descending as | sped along the
concourse and then it happened
500 automobile stopped up ahead caus-
ue the cars behind to jam on their
brakes and do likewise -. all except
nae and A,tra who climbed up the back
o She car in front and rGbounded to
rHr broad highway where | scrambled
ro my feet and tenderly lifted the
twisted frame Of Astra to an upright
no~ition. the force of the impact had
bent the wishbone back against the
.~mo and Astra will ride no more
until extensive repairs are made
fortunately, escaped personal injuries
M rendered what first aid to my
bicycle | could and sadly proceeded to
Du~. he wheel along the Esplanade
somewhat in funeral mood Judging
t1om fine sympathetic olances of pas
,o7-5E all the way to the Fenway and
thence to tie JaXon Home for Aged
Bicycles where it is receiving proper
rrc during conVaIescence I'M
damtod. however, like an aviator in
Il ship crash, | arose early Sunday
morning, filed the inner tubes of As
na'~ sister bike the Dion Through
the courtesy of LiIlybelle) and bravely
mounting the wheel l once more ped
allied out into the murky mists of early
morning through the Blue Hills into
lIou-hton Pond as the sun rose high
d.. and was welI-rewarded for
the sum -laotjug through the lush foil
age OF the trees on the lofty slopes
portrayed % Nrrltable fairyland of cold.
red, russell, yellow, brown, green and
purple cooring, all woven into a mas
'rrplcce Of natural loneliness which was
GREATNESS IN its enchanting beauty
and one Of my fair readers inspired by
.as"eeN journey writes a legend of the
leaves which bears remembering
thank Won. Princess Redwing for the
following: Il study the leaves in com
pam~on with our own lives first
they are Just bud as we are an en-
hlyo 49,. after the gradual warmth and
ourlum9 OF the sun they burst and
take form and We see a tiny leaf
IT Is soft and pale green as it
GROWS large and a deeper green
when we are born into this world we
are immature we know nothing
about life and until we have expert
rnce we are referred to as green" g..
the buds sometimes die before maturity
Inc same as we do in the middle of
me summer season the leaves begin to
lake ON more dull and heavier green
as we in middle age become heavier
-ahq with service grow larger in mind
ana stature . if we examine the
leaves IN natures universe we will find
no two alike there are different
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-28
Locked Out
By JANE OSBORN
g Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
NJ ARCIssA FENwICK was a per-

~ ARCISSA FENWICK was a per-
son of rare enthusiasms. She
had been keen about wide variety
OF things. Once it was thorough
pred dogs with strong emphasis on
police dogs-though the only dog
she had ever owned was a monde
script, dun-colored canine that had
attached himself to their rambling
old suburban house. She became a
devotee of the art of Velasquez at
one time, though all she could see
OF his work was from the imperfect
reproductions in a few books from
the circulating library. Now she
was enthusiastic about the short
stories of Morgan Dare.
One morning at breakfast her old
er brother, Edward, happened to be
drinking his coffee and eating his
buttered toast at the same time that
Narcissa was.
Hello, Cis," commented the eld-
er brother, ct met that Dare fellow
last night-guest of honor at the
club = ladies' night" Edward
paused to drink coffee, and con-
tlnued: "Odd having him come on
ladies' night, too, because the ladies
never read him. Fine chap, though"
"You mean Morgan Dare" Mar
cissa had been saying, and her blue
eyes became almost black with en-
ergetic disappointment. ''Why, I
perfectly adore him. l eat him
allve-I think you were contempti-
BILE not to ask me. And it was ladies'
night, and you knew how enthusiast
tic 1 am about Morgan Dare"
weren't any children there"
commented Edward and then
grinned while Narcissa reminded
him haughtily that she was twenty.
why, I mightn't ever have another
chance to see him." she said.
NJ ARCISSA'S eyes snapped fire.
Edward knew the depth of her
disappointment, though he perhaps
did not count on the possibilities of
her resentment.
The FenWick household had been
considerably depleted. Two of the
brothers, an uncle and an older sis
ter were away from home. Aunt
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-10-28

cOlOred and shaped leaves in the fruit
orchards, leaves in the forest and other
leaves on shrubs, flowers and even
vegetables q. there are multitudes be-
longing to the same specie or family,
yet they, like us, have no two alike
each has its little niche and each its
work to do the leaves do their
work in various ways the leaves
of some trees lend shade from the heat
of the sun for man and animals ..
the leaves give shelter for the birds who
build their nests among the boughs
they winnow the breeze and send a
reviving breath to the weary traveller
and then when all their work is done
they take on their varied colors and
silently return to Mother Earth
some drop Immediately and lie for
ever still while others fly gaily away to
fields, meadows, valleys and high
WAYS.
Just so with weak humanity . q. . each
has his niche to fill none are too
weak or weary . to try to do Gods
will" when we have found our
inches and have done Gods will we
find that at the end of our season so
journ, we too, like the leaves, have
added many a hue and taken on our
color that distinguish us from other
leaves . another thought I gathered
from the falling leaves is that some of
them lie flat upon the ground and
remain in one place while others seem
to wait for the wind to take on new life
and strength after which they soar
gaiIy or majestically away some
times we also drop either from the
weight of care, burdens, sickness, dis
appointment or unhappiness when we
should have scared on to greater
heights had we but strengthened our
selves by the mighty wind of prayer"
E. most encouraging personal letter
accompanied the foregoing message
whose contents | sincerely trust will be
a source of inspiration for any and all
of YOU who might need a pat on the
back e.. Madame Lillybelle and Uncle
Paul wish to thank our many friends
and acquaintance for their kind re
membranes on our recent wedding
anniversary which we thoroughly en-
.jOyed with dinner at Estelle's and
floor show at the Little Dixie the
chicken at Estelle's is better than ever
with each luscious golden brown
Southern fried morsel succulently
served under the world renowned
Johnny Wyche secret recipe which ac-
counts for the great popularity of their
cuisine . and genial Freddy Wheel
ock is still senior mixologist behind the
alcoholic rOstlUm where he offciates
with both dignity and acumen
thence to applaud another Red Graves
production of hilarious floor show at
the Little Dixie featuring Tip Hender-
son, one girl chorus line who makes
up for all the others in pep and per-
sonality Snowfall, the bounding
dynamo Of rhythm who sings, dances
and emcees =. glorious Frances Gate
wood and her haunting melodies more
thrilling than ever g.. the two Giants
Of Rhythm, a dancing duo who dress
on down in the grand manner and 90
to town on huge dice cubes and
cole Dady River" our own Angie
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