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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-18

Next Tuesday will be busy day
among the regulators" in the
House of Representatives. Senate
Bill rs, the now famous Sandy Gra-
ham price fixing act" and the Park
Hatch, Wallace bills prohibiting the
State engaging in business in COM
petition with private interests, are
both set as special orders for that
day
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-18

Whatever else may be charged
against Senator Ralph Gardner in
connection with his fight for reten-
ton of the absentee ballot in all gen.
eral and primary elections, he can
not be accused of inconsistency. He
even wanted an absent member of
the committee to be allowed to vote
by proxy. Gardner had just finished
a strong appeal for his amendment
when he said, "Now, Mr.. Chairman,
I don't knkow just what the pro-
cedure is, but Senator Fred Folger
told me yesterday that he could not
be here today, but that he wanted to
vote for my amendment. would like
to have it counted" Such consistency
deserved reward. It was rewarded.
Senator Ben Prince, said: ''Mr Chair
man, in order to let the vote be count
ed I'll announce "a pair with Senator
Folger."
Speaking of Sherill, recalls that
the girls in his S. ard w. Cafeteria
here dress UP in costume for every
holiday. Today, for instance, they are
all wearing kippy green hat effects,
while harps and clay pipes (made
of paper) adorn the walls.
"You know, some ground hog day,
l expect to come in here and see the
girls popping up out of holes to bark
at me-" said a regular patron.
The ultimate in regulatory legis-
lation has been reached. Yesterday
a bill was introduced in the Senate
to regulate and control the sale of
canned dog food.
You are given just one guess to
tell how many members of the Cen
eral Assembly have read, or will
read, the 5O-page City of Charlotte
charter bill introduced day or so
ago by the Mecklenburg delegation.
"I've been getting SO many letters
with conflicting requests about the
personnel of county boards of edu-
cation, that it is impossible to ans
wer all of them," said Representa-
tive Burgin, chairman of the educa-
ton subcommittee making up the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-18

the gentleman from Duplin, if they
hadn't walked out on him. s'Well,"
said Quinn, II had this list and I
was going to read it."
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
John G. Hustled, Smyrnian, Long
With Pullman Car Co., Dead

John G. Hustled, aged SO, a ma
tive Smyrnian, died Thursday, Au-
gust 81 at the Delaware State Hos
pital. He had been broken down
in health for sometime. Mr..
Hustled was a son of the late Smith
B. and Elizabeth (Riley) Hustled
and was born and spent his early
life in Smyrna He was a printer
compositor for a while but later
became associated with the Pull
man Car Company and rose to be-
come a conductor, one of the best
in the service. After years Of SER
vice his health broke down and he
became incapacitated for further
service and was retired on a
pension. He moved back to Smyr-
ma and stayed here, until he went
in the State Hospital He was, all
his life, fond of baseball and fol-
lowed the National League games
with intense interest. Even after
he was afflicted he tried to organ
ize baseball teams in Smyrna. He
was alone in the world, his father
and mother passing on some years
ago. His aunt, Mrs. Taylor, died sew
eraI years ago. Funeral services
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Smyrna times., 1939-09-07

More than 90 ministers and lay
men of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and the Methodist
Protestant Church of the Delmarva
Peninsula will meet at 10 o'clock
standard time in the Wesley M. e.
Church, Dover, on Friday, Septem-
ber Is, to work our preliminary
plans for the merger of the three
branches into one Methodist
Church. The announcement of the
meeting was made Tuesday by the
Rev. DR.. Walter E. Gunby, district
superintendent of the Wilmington
M. E. Conference, who said he was
sending notices to all members of
the 16 different committees of his
church. He said the other two
churches have 16 committees each
which will be represented at Dover.
After the meeting of the general
committee over
which it is hoped that the Rev.
Edward H. Hughes, bishop Of the
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
METHODIST GROUP TO MEET AT
DOVER SEPT. Is TO TALK MERGER

Methodist Episcopal Church, will
preside, the various subcommittee
will meet to discuss their individ-
ual problems. This the first joint
meeting of the various committees
of the three branches of the Meth
odist Church which voted to unite
last Spring. 1t is hoped that the
major problems in connection with
such a merger may be ironed out
at that time. Work of the various
committees of the different branch
es of Methodism is in preparation
for the general conference to be
held in Salisbury, October 81, when
the Wilmington M. E. Conference
will meet in special session to dis
solve. After the dissolution of that
conference general conference to
comprise all three branches of
Methodism will be organized. DR..
Gunby said the personnel of the
various committees was made up
equally of ministers and laymen in
the various districts.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
SUSSEX FOLKS
URGE DREDGING
BrOadkill River and LeweS-
RehobOth Canal Are
Being Discussed
INLAND WATERWAYS

Delaware's two senators and u.
IS. representative united with bust
ness and civic leaders of lower Del
aware Friday in urging a three
point program of dredging projects
to assist the development of this
section at hearing before Maj. C.
w. Burlin, chief of the district u.
S. engineers. Arguments were pre-
sented for a 12-foot channel in the
Broadkill River from Milton to
Delaware Bay, dredging of the
Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. and a 12-
foot channel from the head of Re
hooboth Bay to Indian River Inlet.
u. S. Senator John G.. Townsend,
Jr., said that all of the money pre-
viously spent on these three prof.
ects would be lost unless the devel-
is continud. He pointed
out that not only would commerce
ial interests be aided by the pro-
posed improvements, but there also
woul d be increased recreational
facilities. U. S. Senator James H.
and u. S. Representative
George S. Williams also pledged
their support. The Milton delega-
ton was headed by Whistler Jeffer-
son, president of the Chamber of
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
OUT WHERE BIG
CORN IS GROWN
Thomas r. Moffitt and Party
Enjoy Trip to Daven-
port and Chicago
IOWA CORN 22 FT. TALL

Thomas r. Moffett, prominent
Smyrna farmer, who accompanied
DR.. and Mrs. Charles w. Holden
(nee Miss Rose Moffett) and Miss
Catherine Moffett of Wilmington,
recently returned from trip to
Davenport, Iowa. DR.. Holden,
Mr.. Moffett's son-in-law, took a
postgraduate course at the Pal
mer School Of Chiropractice. On
the way home they stopped in Chi
cago for two days on sightseeing
tour. Mr. Moffett, while in Iowa,
was deeply interested in the large
corn that is raised in that state.
While he was in Davenport there
was an exciting contest at which
prizes were given. Farmers, ac-
cording to clipping from the
Daily Times he gave US, "challeng-
ed all corners to defend Iowa's title
as the state where the tall corn
grows. Three prizewinners exhib-
tied corn stalks topping the 20-foot
mark in the Iowa Daily Press as
sociation's tall corn contest. First
prize of SIS was awarded to Don
Radda of Washington, Ia, who ex-
hibited a stalk % feet, 10 inches
tall. Second and third places, with
prizes of SIS and $40, respectively,
went to Doris Ridenour of West
Libert, Ia, with a 22-foot, Pinch
stalk, and D. D. Hill of Batavia,
Ia, whose entry measured 20 feet,
2 3-4 inches. Although the world
record for tall corn stalks is about
as official" as the worlds heavy
weight wrestling championship, all
three entries were entitled to con-
sideration, according to the best
available tatistics. In 1887 George
Osborne of Arkansas walked off
with what was claimed as
worlds record when he exhibited
a mere 18-foot, 9 5-8 inch plant.
One condition of that contest, how
ever, was that each stalk must dis
play one ear of corn. Gov. George
A. Wilson, in an address for deliv-
ery at the presentation of awards,
commended the wholesome and
useful rivalry between the farmers
in different parts of the state for
credit of having raised the tallest
corn. with the restriction of the
market for corn, as a food" the
governor said, there must come,
and will come, a greatly enlarged
market for corn production in the
arts and industries. The genius of
America will solve this problem
and solve it in favor of the Amer
lean farm"
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
KENT FARMERS
MEETING SETUP
Scheduled To Be Held in
Smyrna and Other Places
This Month
ASSEMBLE HERE SEPT. IL

Smyrna has been selected as one
of the towns in Kent County where
community meeting will be held
for the purpose of explaining
the 1910 wheat acreage allotment
and the provisions included in the
crop insurance program with refer
ence to the 1910 wheat crop. Meet
ings of wheat farmers will be held
throughout Kent county during the
next two weeks, according to an an
nouncement issued recently by
County Agent Russell E. Wilson,
secretary of the Kent County Agri-
cultural Conservation Association.
Arrangements for these education
al meetings were made by R. Har-
ry Wilson, H Clifford Clark and
Laurence E. Cain, members of the
county agricultural conservation
committee, in cooperation with G.
Arthur Taylor, chairman Of the
state committee, and Kenneth T.
Meredith, state supervisor. All
wheat growers are invited to at
tend and hear these programs dis
cussed, as the wheat seeding period
soon will be here and farmers will
be planning their wheat acreage.
Each meeting will be held at s
o'clock in the evening at the fol-
lowing places in the county: Sep
tember IL, Smyrna school build
ing; September II, Kenton school
building; September 13, First Ma
tional Bank building in Harring-
ton; September IA, Oak Grove
school house east of Dover; Sep
tember Is, Trophy Grange Hall in
FELTON,; September IS, Hartly
school building; September 19,
Hughes filing station in Hollands
vile; September 20, Wildwood COM
munity hall near Milford; Septem-
Der 81, Freedrica school building;
%, Lodge Hall in Leip-
sic. Within the past few weeks
wheat growers in Kent county re-
ceived fro mthe county Office no
tices concerning their acreage al
lotments for the 1910 wheat crop,
and the facts which determined the
for each commercial
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Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
BOARD OF STATE PARDONS
Meet at Dover Next Monday To
Take Up Several Cases

Due to the regular meeting date
of next Tuesday falling on Della
ware Day at the New York
Worlds Fair, the State Board of
Pardons will meet Monday. The
following applications are listed for
consideration: John Wales, conspir-
ing to break and enter; Samuel w.
Elliott, Jr., manslaughter; Daniel
Jones, highway robbery; Samuel
Travers, murder; Stephen Kerry,
escape; Charles Williams, Joseph
Martin, Albert Brown, statuatory
offense. The Kent County Levy
Court at its meeting Tuesday
elected Everett V. James of Dover
as constable, succeeding Walter S.
Cubbage. Cubbage has been con-
firmed as a justice of the peace.
The court authorized the sheriff to
appoint two extra guards at the
county Jail in an effort to curb at
tempts to escape. Last week Rob-
ert Hammond succeeded in fleeing
firm the jail, but was halted by a
bullet wound in the shoulder a
short distance from the Jail.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
SMYRNA GUN CLUB SHOOT
Held Saturday Afternoon Before a
Large Crowd-Nat. Robinson High

The Smyrna Gun Club held their
monthly shoot Saturday afternoon
with the largest crowd of the sea-
son attending. Nathaniel Robinson
of Dover, won the special 25 target
event by shattering 25 straight. w.
Henry Ennis of Clayton was second
with %. Cash, shells and grocer
les were awarded as prizes by the
Lewis Glass system. The follow
ing shooters won prizes: Gilbert
Hoffecker, W. E. Matthews, Jr.,
Grover Frear, G. Deitrich, w. Hen
ry Ennis, c. Kilman, F. Nicely
ment, L. Conner, Harry B. Clark,
Nathaniel Robinson, N Hicks, Will
liam Y. Ellison, Ernest S. Matti-
ford, o. ]. Farlow, George w. Rob
inson, Harry E. Manlove.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
District Rotary Governor w.
E. Matthews Gives Ac-
count of Convention
BUSINESS TRANSACTED

The Smyrna Rotary Club at
their meeting last Thursday even
ing again greeted Governor Will
liam E. Matthews, Jr., who spoke
on the Thirtieth Annual Conven-
tion Of Rotary International re-
Gently held in Cleveland, Ohio. Ex-
periences with many members
from foreign lands were related.
Prior to the international meeting,
Governor Matthews attended the
Assembly for District Governors at
White Sulphur Springs, W. Vir-
ginia. The spirit of fellowship was
outstanding among the II different
nationalities present. Paul Har-
ris, originator of Rotary in a per
sonal conference with Governor
Bill related his personal inspiration
for laying the foundation of Ro-
tary. Rotary now encircles the
globe in its thirty years of exis-
tence. H. Q. Jones responded and
vote Of thanks was rendered Dis
trict Governor Matthews for his
address u the spirit Of fellowship
at Rotary International Charles
w. Hall, president of the club pre-
sided. George r. Miller was chair
man Of the evening program. Wal
ter w. Hynson directed the sing
ing. The Smyrna Club voted their
request to Rotary International
that the 184th District remain in
tact and continue to be a part of
Zone No. 5. Visitors: Walter H.
Warrington, Dover, Del; John w.
Vane, Dover; J. Rogers Holcomb,
New Castle, Del.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
BETROTHAL OF INTEREST
engagement of Miss Charlotte
fastorfeld and Warner w. Price

VI - N '1ihti w. ITlCe
MIS-. ". Carroll Pastorfeld of
"A aShington, D. C., has announced
~ engagement of her daughter
saiSs Charlotte Anne Pastorfeld TO
" warner Wilds Price, Jr., son of
fs. Warner Wilds Price and the
te ". W. Price of this own. The
erHe-to-be is a former resident of
enton, Md. With her mother and
'er' Miss Elizabeth Pastorfeld,
I. Il + living in Washington where
attended the Marjorie Webster
Snool' Mr.. Price is a graduate
me John Bassett Moore School
smyrna and attended the Uni
eislty Of Virginia where he was a
moer Of the Delta Phi Fratern-
ne is now associated in his
= fathers fertilizer business in
syfna. Last Saturday Mr.. and
4 = Cecil c. Fulton, Jr., and Miss
ane E. Fulton of New York Citv
H.. ,eftained at their summer homo
"nite Cap" at Rehoboth Beach in
Price. '0iieiu ana Mr.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
DAY IN
SMYRNA QUIET
Stores, Banks and Business
Places Closed and HOli-
day Pleasant
TRAFFIC VERY HEAVY

Labor Day holiday in Smyrna
was as usual, quiet. The day was
warm and pleasant and many took
advantage of it to visit Rehoboth
Bethany Beach and Ocean City,
Nd, or motor trips to the Jersey
Shore and other places. Stores and
banks and business places were
closed except drugstores and eat
ing places. The traffic on the
roads were heavier than usual but
to the credit of Delaware there
was no fatal road accident report
ed. Although 195 persons lost
their lives in traffic accidents thru
out the nation, Delaware went
through the three-day holiday
weekend with no fatalities report
ed and only a few minor accidents.
There were 317 deaths from all
causes in the United States.
Reaching its maximum Monday
the homeward bound
Labor Day traffic passed safely
over highways of the state by the
thousands. For the "a hours clos
ing at Monday midnight, 82,391
automobiles passed the intersection
of the Glasgow Road and Dupont
$500 more than passed
the intersection in the same period
last year. Highway department
said traffic attained its
peak at about 6 o'clock, when cars
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Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
SCHOOLS OPEN
ANOTHER TERM
Vacation Over and Pupils Re-
turn To Take Up Their
Various Studies
ACTIVITY FIRST DAY

Vacation is over for school chill
dren and yesterday morning there
was treck to the John Bassett
Moore Schools of Smyrna. With
the school grounds and building
looking sphinx and span and a de-
lightful cool day for the reopening
day, pupils greeted teachers in
preparation for close cooperation
for the fall and winter term. Supt.
C. r. Miller and Assistant Super
intendent George w. Wright were
busy all morning assigning new
teachers and seeing that pupils
were properly placed in their var
ious grade departments. A check
up yesterday afternoon showed
total enrolment the first day was
661 with many more to come in
when the canneries are closed and
farm work has been gotten IN
shape. The new teachers reported
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
morning. Miss Mary Evans Of
Cheswold to succeed Miss VanPelt
will commute for the present. Miss
Martha Neese, who is taking the
place of Miss Mildred Burchard for
a year is boarding with Miss Anna
Beckett. Robert NJ. Brown, who
takes the science position held by
Mrs. Thelma Rogers Lamb, has
taken quarters at Prof and Mrs.
Glen S. King.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
THREE KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
When Car and Track Come
Together on BasOn Road
South of Wilmington
ONE A GERMAN SURGEON

Delaware had its 62nd highway
fatality Tuesday morning when
three were killed near New Castle.
Returning from visit to his son in
Range, Va, DR.. Max Halle. 55,
once one of Berlin's foremost plas-
tic surgeons, and two other Ger
man exiles were instantly killed
near New Castle Tuesday when
their automobile collided with a
truck. The truck was almost
broken in two by the impact of the
crash on Basin road, near the du-
Pont highway. The two men kill
ed with DIR. Halle were Harry
Continued on Page FYve)
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
WORK ON CANAL
BRIDGE PLANS
Engineers Are Getting Plans
and Specifications To
gether For Bids
ACTUAL WORK BY JAN.

Work on construction of a A.
500-foot high-level bridge over the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at
st. Georges is expected to start
"about the first Of next year." ac-
cording to Major c. w. Burlin, dis
trict engineer of the United States
Engineers Office at Philadelphia.
Major Burlin, who is in charge of
the departments activities in this
district, declared the cost of the
bridge would be about S2,400, 600.
Congress recently authorized con-
struction of a bridge at St.Georges
to replace the one wrecked in a
freak accident last January, but
failed to authorize appropriations
Of funds for the job. However,
Major Burlin declared he was pro-
ceeding with plans for the bridge
and would soon contact designer
for complete plans. Preliminary
borings at the site of construction
will begin within very short
time" Major Burlin declared. Ask
ed if these plans could be taken as
definite, Major Burlin said, 81 think
So" Money for the bridge, he
said, would probably be derived
from Federal funds allotted to the
War Department. The bridge, he
said, would have no draw. 1t will
be high-level affair with an over
all length of about 4,5O0 feet. 1t
will be high enough to permit any
ships plying the canal to go under
meath. He also said that he ex-
poets the design of the bridge to be
completed in about three months.
and work will begin shortly there
Continued on Pare FYvel
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
1910 AUTO TAGS
BY COUNTIES
= ont Will Have a *" With
Number; New Castle an
INC" and So On
coTORs BLUE AND GOLD

naIaware's own colors-blue and
h Goodwill reappear on the l94O
Sotor vehicle license plates, and
nIeasrre car tags will be designat-
J y Nv counties with alphabetical
srronoement to include numbers in
saries from 10 to 999, according to
= announcement Tuesday by Mo
.or Vehicle Commissioner Zack W.
wells Orders for over 81 1000 Of
tbe new plates have been placed:
pleasure cars for Wilmington Will
contain the initial wv" and the
arst series will appear as WA"
from 10 to 999. After that series
,ba next will be "W-B" containing
he same numbers, followed by
'W-Co with a similar arrangement
N numbers. The alphabetically
designed tags will continue as far
as necessary to take care Of pleas
,,re cars in the city. For New
Castle County the initials will be
INC with the letters and numer-
.als from 10 to 999 for the "A's"
|and with the following letters TAX
&ing 10 to 999 series Of numbers.
Kent County tags will have the
better TX" and Sussex County will
be designated by IS" with the let
ters and numbers in series. This
inovation will be confined to pleas
ure cars as the number of COM
nercial cars in the state is not
barge enough to require such an
arrangement. Mr.. Wells said that
the plan not to issue tags of more
than three digits was adopted for
several reasons. He pointed out
that the low numbers will be read
more easily and that more persons
gll be satisfied with plates under
1000. The time honored provision
for special or repeat" numbers is
thing Of the past. The only per-
sons to whom the same numbers
wll be issued, he said, are the gov
ernor, ieutenant-governor, the ju-
Iiciary, members Of the legislature,
and similar officials. Mr.. Wells be-
iieves that the new type tag will
aid the police, particularly in Will
nington. He said that many per-
Sons going to Wilmington from
pther parts Of the state are not
aamiliar with city's traffic regula-
tions and the new license plate will
prove Of assistance to police in
handling unintentional violations.
ktate-owned cars will be marked
State" and exempt cars will bear
the letter e" Dealers cars, trail
trs, tractors, and hearses will be
so marked according to their clas-
elheations and commercial tags
Wlll bear the abbreviation, Com"
lhe new color scheme will contain
4 gold Or buff background with the
'etters Of blue. Highly embossed
enamel will be used. There are ap-
lroximately 10000 registered mo
lof vehicles in the state. Under
fecent legislation 1899 tags will be
used until March 81, 1910, with the
~ tags 70 De used for the year
startlng April /, next.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. s. j. Thaclxaberry, Pustor, An
nomces Services For the Week

The Presbyterian Churtch OF
smvrna. Rev. S. J. Thackaberry,
pastor, announces services as usual
for next Sunday morning and even
ing: Preaching service at II and
7.3O D. M; the young peoples meet
ing at Gas p. m. Midweek meet
ing at 7.3O p. M, Wednesday. The
Missionary Society will have food
sale at the Hervey p. Hall office,
g a. M, Saturday. The Mite So
ciety will meet with Mrs. Mary B..
Evans at the home of Mrs. Norris
Truax to-day, Thursday, s p. m.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
CUNNING FOR REED BIRDS
Shooting Reported as Fairly Good
at Delaware City and Woodland

Many parties from this section
were out in the marshes early Mon
day for rail birds, and it was re-
ported the shooting was fairly good
in the afternoon. The high tide
enabled the gunners to push their
skiffs well back into the marshes
and scare up the birds feeding on
the reed seeds. Harry P. Scott and
Sidney Scott were out in the Red
Lion Creek and river marshes,
Among the other parties out was
that of Ralph Cannon and Henry
Torbert. Numerous gunners were
out in the Port Penn, TayIor's
Bridge and Woodland Beach-Leip-
sic section
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
L. c. MESSICK'S NEW POST
Former Employe Board of Health
Goes to Stockley For Job

Laurence c. Messick has assum-
ed duties as business manager of
the Delaware Colony at Stockley,
in charge of maintenance, purchas-
ing, and accounting. A graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Messick until last June 80 was
director of public health education
for the State Board of Health, and
for two years before that was act
ing procurement officer, emergency
conservation work, in the State
Forestry Department.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
SUBMARINE SCARE AT LEWES
Reported Seen Off Delaware Capes
But 1t Was Not Verified

A report that two submarines
were lying lust outside the Della
ware Breakwater," supposedly for
convoy duty of Allied mercahnt
craft. spread rapidly along the
waterfront and in shipping circles.
A check of all sources in the Della
ware Bay region, including the
Coast Guard station at Lewes, the
Pilots Association and commercial
shipping representatives, was un-
able to verify the rumor
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
A $4,000 Robbery at "Shaps''

Sometime Saturday night or
early Sunday morning thieves
broke into "Shaps" and robbed the
till of $4,000. Henry Shapley, who
always takes all his money home
with him, had left his store before
closing at IL o'clock and came
back at one to find the cash regis
ter empty.