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Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
CRUSADE SAVES
SLED RIDERS
Children Taught to Keep Off
the Streets With Their
Sleds
ONE-WOMAN CRUSADE

SYRACUSE.-A one-woman cru
sade to reduce the toll Of young
lives taken by automobiles every
winter as children play in streets
with their sleds may become effec-
tive over the nation in cities where
snow falls.
This is the opinion Of accident pre-
vention bureau experts here, who
first became acquainted with the
move when they saw in local papers
this ad:
II will give free every day two
hours of my time and 60 to the park
with children under y who want to
sled ride. if they Will not play in the
streets with sleds. Mrs. Sankey,
phone $685."
Investigating, bureau officials
found the advertiser to be Mrs.
Leslie E. Sankey, a former nurse
and mother Of an 8-year-old son and
a 12-year-old daughter.
II saw young boy coast down a
hill into the path Of an automo-
bile" she explained. 1T was awful,
and decided to see what I could do
to prevent such accidents. So
formed a sled club"
Mrs. Sankey's method is simple.
She agrees to give two hours of her
time each day to take children to a
park for Shedding. In return, the
children sign a simple pledge, read
ing:
THE undersigned promises not to
play in streets with sleds."
Safety experts were enthusiastic
and asked what they could do to
help. Mrs. Sankey thought that per-
haps the pledge would be more eff
fective if penalty was imposed for
violation.
As result, every club member
must agree to forfeit his sled to the
police if he or she should forget"
and use it in a street. So far, no
sleds have been impounded.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
NEW ELECTION
LAWS ARE SEEN
Two Bills Await Hearing
That May Affect the
Whole State
WILL MAKE CHANGES

A new election law for New
Castle county and perhaps for the
whole state seems almost certain
70 be adopted by the General As
sembly at its present session. At
Ieast two and perhaps three pro
posed bills are being drawn. One
o1 these is for a statewide depart
ment Of elections, while another
proposes the enlargement of the
present city department of cleo
uons and making its jurisdiction
county wide. This bill would re-
tam the present membership of the
department of Elections but add
at least two members, at least one
II whom would come from below
lhe canal. The new members and
dll the present members will be
named in the bill. The enlarged
department in addition to conrroll-
ing city elections would take over
the duties now performed in gen
eral elections by the clerk of the
peace and the sheriff. In addition
i would have the power to lay out
ana establish boundaries for new
election districts in the county just
Is the present election department
mas for the city. For a long time
mere has been a crying need for
more voting places in those sec
IONS Of the county which have be-
come thickly settled. In some coun-
" election districts there are as
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
$1,000 900 MORE FOR ROADS
Maryland's Cancellation of Gas
Tax Diversion Seen as Benefit

Cancellation of gasoline tax di-
versions and increased revenues
from the gas and motor vehicles
taxes will enable the Maryland
state Roads Commission, Balti-
more and the counties to spend ap-
proximately S7,OOO,OOO more for
road purposes under the new 1870
Ill budget as compared to the pres
ent one, it was learned last week.
The extra funds, which will be
available through reforms in the
fiscal affairs of the roads body, do
not include federal aid allotted to
the commission. Under the budget
provisions no funds from the gaso-
line and motor vehicles taxes will
be used for debt service on state
obligations, for which S1,932,000
was allocated this fiscal year, or
for diversions for general fund
purposes. which will amount to
81, ,786, 900 at the end of the cur
rent fiscal year. This fiscal year
SO, ,857 900 will be available to
the roads commission, the city of
Baltimore and the counties, while
in 1910 they will have S14,287, ,831
and in 1941 there will be S14 ,515,-
900 Among the positions which
would be abolished under the new
budget are those of the personnel
director, a position now held by
Delaney SERVER, and of the treas
urer, position occupied by Eric
Curry, who recently passed a mer-
it system examination for the of
fee. The treasurer apparently
would be replaced by cashier, a
new post created by the budget.
Mr.. Curry now is paid S3,240 per
year, while the cashier would bet
$4,000 a year. For the first time
in a roads budget in Maryland,
provision was made for general
administrative costs, with S548, 900
being set up for this purpose in
1910. Heretofore, such administra-
tive costs were listed as overhead
and were deducted proportionate-
Iy from the various fund accounts,
it was explained
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

4.025 birds and 19 farm flock own
ers. During the past year 20
poultry meetings were attended by
293 poultry raisers for the purpose
Of discussing various phases Of the
poultry industry pertaining to the
county and state. Cost Of produc-
tion records on tomatoes were OBJ
tanned On eleven farms in the
southern part of Kent county in
cooperation with the Libby, Nc
Neiu and Libby Company showing
an average cost of S53.04 per acre
with an average yield Of 3.4 tons.
Other work in connection with
truck crops consisted in mailing
four editions of timely spray notes
to all truck and vegetable growers
in the county. With reference to
fruit crops, eleven editions Of
spray notes prepared by the de-
partments Of plant pathology and
entomology of the University Of
Delaware were sent to all orchard
lists and grape growers regarding
timely information on disease and
insect control In conducting these
projects, along with many others,
the county agent received 1858 Of
fee and telephone calls, wrote p
1893 personal letters, mailed 1891
copies of circular letters, visited
303 farms, Travelled 8,256 miles on
official business, prepared 102 news
articles for the county papers, and
arranged 79 meetings on different
agricultural subjects with total
attendance of 35O9 farmers.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

many as 100 registered voters
and often some Of them cannot
vote, even after waiting hours, be-
cause of the congestion. Some of
these very thickly populated dis
tricts, which should be divided
into two or more districts, are the
fifth of Brandywine hundred; the
second of Christiana hundred,
where there are 100 voters; the
first of Christiana; the sixth of
Christiana Richardson Park !;
the seventh of Christiana els
mere), and the fourth of Brandy
wine hundred.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
YOUTH AND AGE
ERR AS DRIVERS
Aged Persons Are
Most Reliable at Wheel,
Yale Expert Finds
RESEARCH PROGRAM

NEW HAVEN.-Dr. Harry r. De-
Silva. conducting program Of driv-
er research at Yale's Institute of HUI
man Relations, Classics youthful
and elderly drivers as the most
unreliable on the highways.
Most Of our elderly motorists,
he said. learned to drive relatively
late in life when their habits were
rather inf1exible. Elderly persons
learn more slowly and when they
have attained a minimum standard
Of skill are more likely to be salts
fed than youngsters. Many have
never pushed on to the higher level
of skill reached by present-day
young people, so many of whom re-
ceive vigorous training followed by
an examination.
add to this fact that elderly per-
sons learned with old, noisy, slow
cars with high seats and correspond
ingly easy visibility on uncongested
highways, and one sees a reason for
present-day Embellishments among
our 'old-timers.'
Youth Lacks Restraint.
Youths in their teens and early
twenties, he finds, while more skill
full, have the greatest accident in
cidence."
They drive more rapidly and
travel farther than older drivers.
Having less experience and respon-
sibilities (there are fewer car own
ers and fewer married men in the
younger age group they undoubt-
edly drive with less restraint and
are more interested in getting places
in hurry. They have less insight
into their own faults and into the
possible defects Of their cars. Since
they are continually exploring new
and unfamiliar roads they are less
acquainted with the dangers that
may confront them on the highway.
Their ability to respond to COM
plex situations and emergencies is
not as good as it will be in later
years. The chief redeeming virtue
Of young people is that they have
keener ears, quicker reactions and
a better coordination.
Drivers Past 80 Safer.
The middle-aged drivers, between
the ages Of 80 and so, he said.
have more experience and more
responsibilities and have better
accident rate despite the fact that
they drive almost as fast and as
far as the younger group. An out
standing paradox Of middle-aged
drivers is that during the period Of
fewest accidents (40-50 miles an
hour there is the greatest incidence
Of alcoholic drivers"
DR.. DeSilva suggested driver
clinic" for elderly motorists.
Drivers, like sick men, can be
cured best by helping themselves, "
he said. when faced by objective
facts old persons can carry out just
as successful a self-improvement
campaign as young persons.
Although they may not them
selves get into SO many accidents,
on account Of their slower speeds,
more leisurely habits of turning cor
ners and more cautious operations
at intersections, they may, by him
dering the steady flow of traffic,
cause others to have accidents" /"
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
CORRESPONDENCE
CONTINUED From Page Eight

week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Roberts
Miss May Enos and Mrs. George
Whittock, Rev. Norman Benson
represented Odessa at the Friend
ship turkey supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halford Frant
Mr.. Elmer Shatton, Mr.. and Mrs
William Morris and son, of Penns
Grove, N. j., have been recent Wis
itors with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Nor
ris and Mr.. Howard Morris.
Mrs. Bertha Nelson is spending
some time in Virginia.
Mrs. George Davis and Miss May
Enos visited Dover last week
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

Miss Mary Bender has been vls-
iting her parents in Port Penn.
Mr.. Delaware Lightcap of Viii
mington, visited Odessa relatives
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. w. Mailly Davis
entertained a number of friends at
dinner party last week.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

Named Manager of A. & p. Store
Francis Yeates, who has been
assistant manager in the A. & P.
Store here has been promoted to
manager of the A. & P. Store at
Denton, Md
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all
persons owing notes or book ac-
counts to w. w. & j. v. Wright,
who on December 1, 1888 discon-
tinued business, that all unpaid
notes and book accounts must be
paid promptly to the undersigned
WILLARD w. WRIGHT,
Administrator
Surviving partner of
w. w. & ]. V. Wright
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Continued From Page One)

ceived in a fall. a daughter Of
the late James and Rebecca Can
non Prettyman, she is survived by
three brothers, Charles B. and Ed
win Prettyman, Wilmington, and
Clarence Prettyman, Milwaukee,
and two sisters, Mrs. Horace
Brown and Miss Elizabeth ]. Pret-
lyman, Wilmington. She was born
in Bridgeville, and had lived IN
Wilmington 35 years.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Continued from Page Onel

adults at the Smyrna High School
each Wednesday night. Miss Dor
othy Shorts, guest Of Harvey G.
Jones, gave several vocal solos.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
NOTICE

Inpursuance of an order of the Register.
in and for Kent County. Delaware, dated
January 18th A D. 1899 notice is hereby
given of the granting Letters of Testa-
mentary on the estate of John W. Tucker
on the 18th day of January A. D. 1899.
All persons having calms against the said
John w. Tucker are required to exhibit the
same to such Executor within one year
after the date of the granting of such Let
ters or abide by the law in that behalf.
which provides that such claims against
the said estate not SO exhibited shall be
forever barred.
THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
Smyrna, Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
MEMORIALS
CHARACTER and DISTINCTION
ELMER p. CORRIE
DUPONT Boulevard
Phone 2O46 SMYRNA, DEL.

FOR RENT
An Eight-room House on Main
Street, now in tenure of Mr.. Rob
ert Love, containing s rooms with
all modern conveniences and large
garden, hen house and poultry
yard. House in good condition.
Price $1,000 per month.
JOHN p. HUDSON,
No. 20 N. North Carolina Ave,
1-26 If Atlantic City, N. ].
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
OVAL AND
|IAL ITEMS
\ Come and Go,
|hOur Community
|rner Smyrnians
.CLUBPARTIES

y Lewis NJ. Price
r By motor for Bal
+ they boarded a
L Hy Of the Chesa-
Fad ocean route to
| i'1dar from where
II 70 Fsrt Lauder
L t' remain the bal
1ter.
r Earl Grant and
4 aaFs arrived ii
II Dadan Georgia.
II PRESENT stay with :
y Ms. May Long
n ND a home. Mr..
iad many years
I automobile IN
y, a'''iated with En-
lP'ansylvania Hos- g
.9aia for appen-
Z cooperating gYea Il
IT. ! parents, Mr.. : and
\, DaVls q, near Clay
NV. WI soon return
.,.i..' s.'''S Publishing
|. Gorge R. TrimDIe
Vt, and Miss
y. Assistant su-
'%lics y in the Chi
t Detroit, Mich Gcl1--
The week WITH
\ M nd Mrs. George 1s,s
Laia Street.
! aaltchison left
4 Sr.aa' ,a' nurses train :
isssssre s,a.sr'e Hospital.
r,siaay ~,ia.y afternoon
.Ir.eftained y at taa
NJ .astcAison y At her 5er
Ia3a \. Street. Asi
j., ,sssorta ,. Burslem
%,at .si The weekend -,sllI
y. s.s Parents, Mr. Mr.
t'r ! visit WITS, MIfb
Nd N \. Thomas of
NJ Weekend
q = and Mrs.
sas's.' Of Jack
Nh zen spend
alst, ala sister.
.s While on a
Nssuav :
svrsI y Who has
i ! 'i''aedi' d'to e Ae' s'
| H. Ssa',a;s 5 B. Ray.
1StsS,, {. Tschudy
d II, '.fa ior a trip i t
@taOps ~ Weeks
has "a.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
And 'Oit'i0.

I IN VICINITY
uome Missionary
~ III nitb Mrs. Char
H''' n Thursday
u .,.-v Wv 2, at 2.So
l. George s. 5, WI 4
-1.rsrs. has been ssnnaT. aSz
..,,rding to an an-
! + tie House Repu0-
Eip
,.+Y. ". c. A. al tne u,
!. n conjunction Win
n md Fish commi5-
.,,riSg a state wide
~ what the people
.'ars as their state
rs ]. Clements Bow, ~.
,r,hassd from the
Loan Corporation
I -. ot the corner
= and Delaware av-
!, n after repairing it
g there
tsn Legion Auxiliary
/ tie home Of Mrs.
d Monday evening
It 5 o'clock. MIS-.
L. Of Americanism
4 Defense. will have
i program.
nngent from Smyrna
DIVER Friday night TO
soni preentation of
lucrative Concert AS
Ne featured artists
"a Singers, an enjoy
4 3t artists.
-;.rs Of obtaining a
m Elkton, Nd, were
Entity at a joint dinner
irtars directors and
1 Union Hospital, at
Hotel. Abel G. Cam
East, Nd, president
Ii 5oard, presided.
3 29gers Fouracre Of
/ City High School,
b William Glass as
/! tie school activities
Benjamin PoWnall,
lis Mildred Cooper,
q Paul KEEPER as a
b committee which
age Of all activities
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

turned from a weeks visit to Bal
tirlore, Md.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

ed by three daughters, Mrs. Frank
Hall Davis, of Dover, and Misses
Leah and Bobbie Gilbride, Will
mington; two sons, John r. Gil
bride, who is under treatment at
the U. S. Navy Hospital in Phil
adelphia, and Joseph E. Gilbride,
Wilmington; two grandchildren,
John Davis and Frank Hall Davis,
Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret T.
Gallagher, of Saranac Lake, N. Y,
and Mrs. John G. Craven, of Cor
neys Point, N. j., and one brother,
Thomas Crumlish, Wilmington.
Two Deaths in One Family
Death struck twice in the family
of Arthur j. Truitt of Sudlersville,
Md, within a period of one week.
His two brothers, Edwin w. Truitt
of Glenburnie, Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, 48 years old, died on Tuesday
of last week, and another brother,
Avery D. Truitt of Salisbury, As
years old, died on Saturday. They
were the sons of Mrs. Florence
Truitt of Salisbury, Md, and the
late James r. Truitt.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
REGISTERS ORDER
REGISTERS s OFFICE

Kent County. Delaware, January L. 1889.
Upon application of The Fruit Growers
National Bank & Trust Co. of Smyrna
Executor of John w. Tucker. late of Duck
Creek Hundred in said County. deceased,
it is ordered and directed by the Register
that the said The Fruit Growers National
Bank and Trust Co. Smyrna, Del. who on
the 18th day of January A. D. 1899 was
appointed Executor as aforesaid. give no
tice of the granting Of such Letters and
the date thereof. by advertisements to be
posted in the County Court House. in and
for Kent County aforesaid. and in at least
two other public places in said County.
and published in The Smyrna Times, a
newspaper published in Smyrna, Delaware
in said County. at least once week for
period of three weeks. rquiring all per-
sons having claims against the said John
w. Tucker TO exhibit the same to such Ex-
ecutor or abide BY the law in this behalf.
Given under my hand and seal of Office,
at Dover, in said Kent County, the day and
year above written.
JONATHAN L. HOPKINS.
Register.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
R. E. WILSON
MAKES REPORT

Continued From Page One)
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Lieut.. william Roscoe Treaster

Lieut.. William Roscoe Treaster.
aged SO, Of the Delaware Guard
Q98th Coast Guard Artillery
died in the Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Tuesday. Lieut.. Treaster
was known in Smyrna as the hus-
band of the former Miss Lillian
Cummins, daughter of the late
Joseph Cummins of Smyrna. He
was a Lieutenant in the Delaware
National Guard and made Dover
his home. His duties in service
was architectural engineering, a
post he has held for the past 10
years. He was a native Of Penn
sylvania, the son of William ]. and
Cora (Gearhart) Treaster. Fun
eral services will take place Friday
from his late residence in Dover
and interment will be in Odd Eel
lows cemetery, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

Death of Mrs. Mary T.. Giibride
Mrs. Mary e. Gilbride, 65, wife
Of John j. Gilbride, died suddenly
Monday, January %, at her home
in Wilmington of a heart attack.
Besides her husband. she is surviv-
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

IN. ". c. A., at the
/, n 4 conjunction with
y. . md Fish Commis-
- ! state wide
i.' =. 'vhat the people
~. I their state
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

| ~+rgent from Smyrna
| Drsr Friday night to
| soli preentation of
lucrative Concert AS
Ne featured artists
|an Singers, an enjoy
t artists.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

clements Bow
y, .s..sd = from the
u Ioan Corporation,
home at the corner
:. and Delaware av-
|. M stter repairing #
h there
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

! sse,saes B. Raw
IS%ta,' Tschauadyvy taa
'A ,ss. so' a trip to
~'''' has s'sss: Ks.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

Ian Legion Auxiliary
h -,e home Of Mrs.
| u Monday evening
It 5 o'clock. Mrs.
IL, If Americanism
!, n,sorsa will have
| = pT0gram.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-09
STATE TO GRADUATE
ITS LARGEST CLASS
331 Degrees to Be Awarded
at Commencement Ex-
ercises on June 5

Raleigh, May 9.-Regisrar w. l..
Mayer announced today that cam
didates for degrees at State Colleges
commencement June numbered
331, exceeding last years record
breaking number by 26.
Mr.. Mayer also announced de-
parture in the designation of degrees
awarded to students graduating in
the School of Engineering Instead
of receiving a Bachelor of Science
degree, as in the past, the engineer
ing senior will receive bachelors
degree in whatever course he has
majored in. Thus, a graduate in the
Department of Electrical Engineer
ing will receive a Bachelor Of Elec-
trical Engineering degree. The same
change applies to the masters de-
gree.
Seniors in the School of Agricul-
ture and the Textile School will con-
tinue to receive the Bachelor OF
Science and Master Of Science de-
grees, Mr.. Mayer said.
Candidates for the masters degree
this year number 80. There were IL
last year. The number of candidates
for the bachelors degree is 295, an
increase of four, and four students
are candidates for professional de-
grees, as compared with three last
year.
The number of candidates for
engineering degrees in the bachelors
classification has increased from 81
last year to 1875 at the present. Other
schools and their numbers of can
didates are: Agriculture, II; educa-
ton 81; science and business, four;
and textile, So.
Degrees will be awarded in twi-
light graduating exercises June 5.
The baccalaureate speaker will be
DR.. Francis Pendleton Gaines, presi-
dent of Washington and Lee Uni
versity and former president of Wake
Forest College.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-09
Absent Land
Owners Share
AAAPa Payments

College Station, Raleigh, May O.
Absentee landlords, as we'll as their
tenants, have a stake in the 1889 AAA
farm program, it was pointed out
today by E. Y. Floyd, State Triple
A executive officer Of State College.
1.-THE landlord who lives at a dis
lance from his land may share IN
the assistance provided in the pro-
gram for carrying out soil-building
and soil-conserving practices, in ag-
ricultural conservation payments on
farm products, and in price ADJUST
ment payments on wheat, corn and
cotton. He may be eligible for gov
eminent loans on farm products, Tor
crop insurance on his wheat, and for
other price protection features OF the
program" Floyd stated.
SIN general the landlord shares In
AAA payments according to what
his share will be in the 1889 crops
on the farm at the time OF harvest
Payments made for carrying out soil
building and soil conserving practices
on the farm are made to the party
CARRYING out the practices. If the
landlord and the tenant share equal
ly in the expense Of performing the
practices, they share alike in the
payments. Such practices might in
clude the application of lime and
superphosphate, seeding legumes,
blowing under green manure crops,
planting trees, and certain approved
practices.
Floyd explained that landlord
who rents a farm for cash, or for
fixed commodity rental, will share
only in the soil-building practice
payments for his farm. provided he
participates in carrying out the prac-
tees.
An absentee landlord can get in
formation about the program by
writing to the AAA committee OF the
county in which his farm is located,
the executive officer advised.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-09
Parole Idea Outgrowth
Of New Society
Continued From Page One)

went and for those who sent, he
said, 'but today we cannot send a
man west, for the west is filled up.
And we cannot send man to the
New World, for even the icy stretches
of the North are no longer new. In
fact, there are few places on this
earth that are not organized into
communities.
"It is into such a world that pa
role comes. An old idea is seeking a
new manner of expression through
us. With our penal institutions over
flowing and with new ones being
built and with thousand Of persons
returning yearly to live in some COM
.munity, it becomes imperative that
the old, carefree ways be supplanted
by we'll planned, systematic ma
chinery that will attempt to find a
definite place and status for the re-
turning prisoner"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-09
DESIGNER LAYS OUT
SUPERSEDED ROAD
National System To Permit 100
Miles An Hour Urged By
Norman Bel GeddeS

New York, May 9.-(AP)-A ma
tie~al highway system of 1860 which
would permit 1O0-mile-an hour
speeds, turns at so miles an hour,
and eliminate the menace of blow
outs, collisions, DRINKS and road
hogs was envisioned today by de-
signer Norman Bel Geddes.
Geddes disclosed his plan in out
line after five years of study and
recent talks with President Roose-
welt and congressional highway Of
ficials.
The fundamentals of the plan are:
An integrated national highway
system under one central authority
instead Of the present mass of roads
under federal, state and local au-
thorities
Complete segregation of traffic in
to individual lanes, separated by
barriers, preventing head on COLI
sions and cars out of control from
leaving the road;
Three required speeds-5O, IS and
100 miles an hour;
Geddes designed intersections,
liking up no more room than the
81 esent clOverleaf, but allowing left
turns at SO instead of 10 miles an
hour.
Inclines only half as steep as now.
There is nothing morally wrong
with an automobile being able to
travel at the rate of IS miles an
hour" Geddes said, land yet the fact
is that road building in general is
designed to prevent travelling over
40 miles an hour
"As mattre of fact, roads can be
designed and built, at practically no
extra cost, that will permit auto
mobiles to W driven over them
safely at speed of 100 miles an
hour"
His fundamental concept is build
ing roads not just "from here to
there" but in accord with all the
varied modern sociological require
mentS