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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-04-20

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KEEPING STEP WITH THE LEGION
Tolerance in Legion Greed
"A message from the National Commander Stephen F.
"The World first-hand lesson in the
virtue tolerance" Stephen F. Chadwick. national
commander Of the American Legion. asserted In his
broadcast celebrating the goth anniversary Of the
Legion.
I'VE could see and appreciate In all who
spotted the liberties which had been for them by
the sacrifices Of their fathers, values which are
sometimes overlooked and only be appreciated
when two strong meet face to face or move into
common Danger side by side"
The Legi on. he said, Is at last mans organ
izati many Of vigorous strength lie ahead
Of In these days we should develop a nat1ona
establi shment which will each year and every
day be at peak of efficiency"
Eohoing this sentiment Philip W. Collins, execu
tive vioe-president Of the Legion 1889 conventio
Corporation, asserted the Chicago convention in
September will be spectacle to impress the
public great democratic forces that have built
America end made 1t free country that we are all
able to enjoy today.
Past Matt onal Commander, Frank N. Pe1grano, Jr.,
so stetes: Another mi lestone markes the continued
Of the American Legion dedicated to the
service Of God and country. Animated by spirit Of
tolerance it's members continue spread gospel
Of Ameri cani foster the ideals Of Justice.
Freedom. Democracy end Loyalty. and today they
stand out the guardians of our constitutional
Of government. the only remaining hope Of all
peoples that this civilization shall survive.
"God bless the American Legion and ever keep 1t
faithful TO its principles and idea1sJ"
So speak officials and past officials Of the A.
merican Legion. We ask all veterans eligible to
join our and make the organi cation part Of
the community.
Leon G. Benefie1, Adjutant
PARTY FOR MRS. JACOBSEN
Mrs. Hortman Bamberger Of l-E Gardenway Road en-
aSnhh ~ Mrs at a
on Wednes day April 5th. Mrs. Jacobsen present.
ed with lovely silk nightgom.
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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-04-20
GARDEN CLUB NOTES

Where is spot Of earth supr emely best,
dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
COP. CONTROL
MANY OFFICES
Most of New Castle and Sus.
sex Officers Goes TO
Republicans
ASSEMBLY MAJORI11 \

Republicans took control Tues
dayof two State offices and a ma
jority Of Sussex and New Castle
county posts lost to Democrats
two years ago. Two other Stale
offices and some county positions
are already in Republican hands
The Legislature, also organized
Tuesday, is held completely by the
G. o. r., for in November it re-
gained control of the House, won
by the Democrats in 1886. And a
Republican, George S. Williams, o.
Millsboro, goes to Congress, sue
ceeding Representative William F.
Allen, Democrat, of Seaford. Re
placing Democrats in State offices
is Fagan H. Simmonton of Will
mington, succeeding State Treas
urer Ernest c. Blackstone of Mills
boro, and Benjamin I. Shaw Of
Harrington, succeeding State Aud
itor James w. Wise, of Dover
James R. Morford takes the place
of Attorney General P. Warren
Green, and William j. Swain of
Bridgeville, will succeed James
Postles Hammond, of Milford as
State Insurance Commissioner All
are Republicans.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
James III. Crompton

James Harry Crompton, retired
Pennsylvania Railroad agent died
on his birthday Saturday, Decem-
ber "a, at his home at Mt. Pleas
ant, aged 70 years. Born near
New Castle, Mr.. Crompton started
his service with the railroad COM
pany as telegrapher in 1881. He
later was made agent at Porters
and in 1921 was transferred to the
agency at Mt. Pleasant. He re
tired in 1929. In addition to oper-
ating a general store at Porters he
served as postmaster of the town
from 1891 to 1913. He was a
Democrat and a member of Jack
son Lodge, No. 10, A. F. and A. M,
Delaware City Surviving are:
four children, James j. Jr., Of
Glenside, Pa; Thomas M and
Frank B., Of Wilmington, and Mrs.
James L. Webber, of Mt. Pleasant.
Funeral services were held from
his late home Tuesday afternoon
of last week with interment in St.
Georges Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
COMING CHURCH.
WORKERS MEET
InterdenOminatiOnal Body to
Meet at Peoples Church
Dover, January 9th
COURSES ARE OFFERED

A series of conferences for
church workers will be held on six
consecutive Monday evenings be-
ginning January 9th, at the Peo-
pies Christian Congregational
Church, Dover, Del. These confer
ences are being held under the aus
pices of the following: The Del
marva Commission of Christian
Education, The Kent County
Council Churches, The Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference,
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Delaware and Kent
County, and the Dover Ministerial
Association. The conferences are
planned for people of all denom-
nations interested in church work
Every endeavor has been made to
provide needed and practical
courses with well qualified instruc-
tors. The following courses will
be offered: THE New Testament;
It's Content and Value, Instruc-
tor, Prof. W. H. Jump; The Chris
tian Message for Our Present-day
World" Instructor, DR. Frank Her
son, pastor, M. E. Church, Mil
ford; Guidance in Christian
Home-Making, Instructor, Mr.
James H. Bishop, Dover; The Use
of Dramatics in Christian Educa-
tion," Instructor, Dr. Elliot Field,
pastor Presbyterian Church, Do
yer; Primary Methods and Mater
ials," instructor, Mrs. H. A. Beth
ards, Wilmington; Alcohol Edu-
cation" instructor, Rev.J. 3. Dick
erson, Conference Councillor Will
mington Conference; Building
and Administering a Total Youth
Program" instructor, Prof. j. o.
Messner, Supt. Of Schools, Harri
Messner, Superintendent of Schools,
Harrington; THE Book of Revela-
tions," instructor, Rev.R. E.Green,
pastor M E. Church, Harrington
DR.. John Shilling, Supervisor Of
the Delaware High Schools, is
dean. Please register early for
one Of these courses. Send your
registration to Miss Mary Scot
ton, Dover, Del. Further informa-
ton may be secured from the Rev.
L. M. Shockley, Hazel Road, Do
yer, Del, or the Rev. G. fiji. Turner,
Harrington, Del
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Mrs. Annie f. Deputy

Mrs. Annie E. Deputy, wife of
Walter Deputy, died suddenly at
her home at Mt. Pleasant, Tuesday
morning, December 27, aged n
years. Mrs. Deputy had been in
poor health for sometime, and her
death was caused from a heart
condition Deceased had lived in
the Middletown and Mt. Pleasant
sections practically all Of her life.
She was born in Delaware City,
and was the daughter Of the late
James and Annie Padley. She
leaves to mourn her death her hus-
band, two sons, Messrs. Clifton
Peputy, Of near st. Georges, and
Harry Deputy, Of Bear, and one
brother, James Padley, Of New
Castle. Funeral services were
held at the home Of her son, Mr.
Clifton Deputy. near st. Georges,
Friday afternoon, at 1.3O o'clock,
and interment made in st. Georges
cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Mrs. Helen 5. REYNOLDS

Mrs. Helen S. Reynolds, wife Of
William H. Reynoldsfi died in Del
aware Hospital, Wilmington, Sat
urday, December "a, aged AZ years.
Mrs. Reynolds had been in poor
health for several years, and two
weeks ago underwent serious op-
GRAFTON, and gradually grew worse
until the end She was the daugh-
ter Of the late Edward and Rachel
Johnson Stradley, and was born
and raised near Sassafras, Md. De-
ceased leaves to mourn her death
her husband, one daughter, two
years old; and one brother, Ed
ward B. Stradley, of near War
wick. Md Funeral services were
hel dat her brothers home, near
Warwick, Tuesday morning of last
week Interment was made in
Sassafras cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

First Churcn of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
II a. M, Sunday School IL a. M,
evening service 500 p. M, Wed
nesday evening service at 8 p. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meeting at Grange Hall: Morning
service II a. M, also meets on first
Wednesday evening of each
month at p. M First Church of
Christ, Scientist of Wilmington,
announces a free lecture on Chris
tian Science, to be delivered in the
Church edifice on Friday, January
13 at SIS p. M, by DR.. Jan de
Lange, SOB. Subject for Sun
day, January s: Sacrament. "
Golden Text: John 6:33. The bread
of God is he which cometh down
from heaven, and giveth life unto
the world. A bible citation from
the lesson-sermon: Revelation 3:2O
Behold, 1 stand at the door, and
knock: if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will come to
him, and will sup with him, and he
with me. Correlative from the
Textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by
Mary Baker Eddy: "As aforetime,
the spirit of the Christ, which TAX
eth away the ceremonies and doc
trines of men, is not accepted un-
til the hearts of men are made
ready for it"
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Dream House for Quints
To House Whole Family

NORTH BAY, ONT. : Attorney
General Gordon Conant and other
Ontario government officials have
arranged plans with guardians of
the Dionne quintuplets for new
home for the famous little girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dionne and their
seven other children all will live
together in the new domlcile, thus
ending one of the main points Of con-
tention between the parents and gov
ernment authorities regulating the
lives of the quintuplets as wards
of the king.
Two locations for the new dream
home" were mentioned. One was
a site on Trout lake, less than
mile north Of the Dionne homestead,
where the Quints were born four
years ago A second possible site
was understood to be south Of Dafoe
nursery, the home erected at Cal
lender for the quints soon after their
birth.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
DEATHS RECORDED UP STATE
III. X. Armstrong, James Crompton
and Mrs. William Reynolds

The funeral of Harry K. Arm
strong, IA years old, of Doyles-
town, Pa, a former resident of the
Middletown section, took place
Monday afternon of last week.
Services were held at the Tobin
Funeral Home, Middletown, at two
o'clock. The Rev. Robert H. Ora
ham, pastor of the Grace Presby-
terian Church at Middletown, Of
ficiated. Interment was made in
Forest cemetery. Mr.. Armstrong,
a retired farmer, died Thursday
afternoon, December %, from a
heart attack he suffered while
walking on a street in Doylestown
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs
Minnie Armstrong; two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph d. Mclaughlin, Will
mington, and Mrs. S. L. Cunning
ham. of Farnhurst; a son, Edgar
N. Armstrong, Doylestown; two
brothers, B. Vance Armstrong, of
near town, and William H Arm
strong, of Chester Springs, Pa,
and a granddaughter.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Good Advice To Motorists
and Others on Care and
Caution on Highways
IN INTEREST OF SAFETY

Mr.. and Mrs. Motorist:
Right now is a good time to
breach a little matter of civic
pride we have been wanting to dis
cuss with you. You have recently
obtained a brand new license, SYM
bolic of a brand new year that
stretches out before US. Will it be
a wear free from accidents or will
some of us meet with serious, per
haps fatal injury?
We have just finished hanging
up a new motor vehicle fatality
record. Many people were killed
and countless others injured, and
it has been proved again, that
careless drivers are responsible for
the majority of the killings.
If you are one of those careless
drivers, it is about time for you to
do a right about face. Make this
year a no-accident year by chang
ing your driving habits. You have
a responsibility for the safety of
others. The most careful driver
and the most careful pedestrian, is
unsafe when he is in the neighbor-
hood of a reckless driver.
If every driver of an automobile
will give this accident problem a
little serious thought right now,
we will be able to tourn the tide
in the other direction. Unless our
motorists do think and realize
their heavy individual responsible
ity when they are driving, the
numbers killed every year in these
accidents will mount to catostro-
phic proportions.
Sincerely yours,
Delaware Safety Council.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Store in Dixie Same as.
In 1866: Same Owner

BLACK HAWK, MISS. - James
Brooks Streator, ninety-three, has
operated the same general store
here for the last 72 years.
Residents Of this little community
"a bustling town when the stage
coach ran from Natchez to Nash
ville-believe that Streater is the
Oldest merchant in the United States
who has operated continuously un-
der the same roof
His store is a picture out of the
past. With the exception of two
gasoline pumps under shed, it
looks as it did when Streater was
a young man just back from the
Civil war.
Patent medicine, chewing tobacco
and snuff signs plaster the walls.
Plow lines, buckets and tubs are
hung over pegs for the most advan-
tageous display. The dry goods de-
partment contains some of every
thing wearable.
Streater came from North Caro-
lima in 1849. When he was twenty
he joined a Mississippi regiment to
fight in the Civil war. In 1864 his
rifle was shot out of his hands as
he aimed at a Union soldier at
Franklin, Tenn. He stayed in a
hospital with shattered arm until
the end of the war.
He returned to Black Hawk and
opened his store September /, 1866.
Streater has operated since under
the Biblical injunction: What shall
it profit a man if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his soul?''
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
hbt Wedding at Dover

|sB. Hley pastor Of the
Baptist Church, Dover, of-
Pa 4 double wedding on
|a Day at the parsonage
|la State street, when Miss
fa1ia Cohee daughter Of
r Nis Elmer 2. Cohee, of
became the bride Of
n Huge, son Of Mrs. Tai
Aa, of Dover, and Miss
l'inette Dawson, daugh-
[E and Mrs. w. o. Dawson
vas married to Del
2ty son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aty Of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Guards To Resume Drills

Drills viii be resumed by units
of the 198th Coast Artillery, A. A.,
Delaware National Guard, during
the week of January 9. The in
spection board headed by Col.
George j. Schulz, of Hartly, COM
manding officers, will soon make a
report on the standings of the
units in the regimental command
er's inspection and mobilization,
recently completed.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Pipeline 100 Years Old
Is Made of Hollow Logs

CHARDON, OHIO.-A pipeline of
followed logs 1000 feet long, thought
to be a part of a plumbing system
installed about 100 years ago, has
been uncovered by D. o. Root on
farm near here.
Holes had been bored through the
middle of the logs and the end of
each log was sharpened to join the
next.
In one of the logs below the spring
was a cutoff. A hole had been
bored and a plug inserted When
water was required the plug was
raised. 1t still will operate.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Samuel L. Coverdale, Jr.

Samuel L. Coverdale, Jr., s.
months ?old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel L. Coverdale, Sr., died in
Union Hospital, Elkton, Md, Sun
day, December 25th Funeral SER
vices were held at the home of its
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Coverdale near Middletown,
Wednesday afternoon of last week.
Interment in Townsend cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Wary Gumshoe Foils
'Em With Safety Pin

PEORIA, ILL.-City Detective
William Kunst, an expert in spot
ting pickpockets, believes in TAX
ing no chances. He wears a big
safety pin on his wallet pocket
as guard against raids of the
soft fingered gentry"
During recent years Kunst has
acquired national and interna-
tional attention as detector Of
pickpockcts.
Many city police forces have
borrowed him on occasions of
local expositions or celebrations
to watch for pickpoche.s. He was
once assigned to a Canadian city
where an exposition was in prog
ress.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Dover Young Man To Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Miller, of
Unionville, Pa, have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Winona M. Miller, of Viii
mington, to Edward ID. Abbott, of
Dover. No date has been set for
the wedding. Miss Miller IS a
nurse at Brandywine Sanatorium.
Mr.. Abbott is associated with w.
a. Torbert, funeral director, Of
Dover.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Old Log Cabin shingled

SELINSGROVE. PA. = Lyman
Baker shingled his l20-year-old log
cabin here with the stats from 300
lettuce crates. He nailed the slats
over the logs and finished the re
modelling with coat of paint.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Thief Takes Canary
Along With Valuables

OMAHA. - The burglar who
broke into roofing company Of
fee apparently either had mu-
sical turn Of mind or a love for
birds.
When clerks arrived to open up
in the morning, the thief had
stolen the secretary's canary be-
sides other loot.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
If11 cANcER Nc; R.
NH i DELAWARE
p,s Made .. ;,,r.ss. : nrsn''-
|, RI. . Per Cent mt Increase
) B.. Since 1881
|1'S .,nurM LOANS
p.pIUM LOANS

....,-e deaths from can
p ircrsased by 27 per
on the state Board OF
i'Yr' Make every effort to
!. ! york Of the National
y ,i,.itrte. Y. which recently
q bat it will consider tne fne
Y. q applications Il, IoI
~, to hospitals. Ihe
q cancer Institute mas
IAN whereby amounts
.ssll be placed on loan
y ..,,itaI Of a state which
4, he loans. Qualit1ca-
atsinsd Oy na'lns ~ er,,in-
!: 70 make it possible
,.'r,rs hospitals 70 secure
n. that the state Board
n /, taking action in this
To rave the way fer
Il rsdium to hospitals
7lts, copies Of regulations
rsrh they will be MADE
II applications for loans,
4, .srt TO a number Of
IN b the state. A number
,al, have signifed their H.
tse matter and from
,,'r:es il is considered by
ntbonties as extremely
1, ast a very distinct addi-
bs made to the facilities
NM tor cancer control.
rdsrt." stated Or. a. Q.
m-Itive secretary Of the
sgrd Of Health, in an
Tie projected step
he fight against the dis
Delaware, that the num-
isths reported as due to
! / apiily increasing in the
n 1880, 246 deaths were
N ID Delaware as having
sasi BY cancer; in 1887,
a.ts were attributed there
Fa.sTer the cause and ir-
a ot whether Or not popu-
alrgss and better diagnos-
y attributed to the increase
zts obvious that some
aep must be taken by
HLth authorities. Treat
frequently too expensive
: ntFdual to undertake un-
ts extremely doubtful,
ETs 1 The increase in cancer
ss1Its in Delaware have
pc With the growing rate"
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05
Deaf, He Becomes Scout Chief

DtaI, ne btCUHIts otUut OHIcI
Deaf Smith, Texas county, was
named after Erasmus Smith, who
served as scout and spy in the
Texas war for independence. He
was deaf and had failing eyesight
but performed his duties SO well he
was made chief Of scouts.
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05

: tie people Of Del,v,-..
put through $1,000. 600 B
''1s callsl 0'0''OO
|'~'Sig order. To fII il r..
'aa,, 'ad women, telephones
~ Machines and money.
N.T,s' Il 'nd "onenl Expert
y nh an average Of more
ssi'. Il, ! telephone work. Led
y Women Who have learned j ned
4. T'.i ,s.i JOBS By serving ii
s,,I ne people have al
.s,s,v' ABOUT s780, 900.
~, 'ie.'.-43,OOOoftbem, ie'
\. n n 'ith each other l'lll III
~ ~ 100000 Other ,eT
\ \ over the world, ut
= motor vehicle.
sI,al ,al'iul drivers. T~sn.+, ..,ss'
a@5,''I' Y in Delaware baye
n IS p safe driving to
NV. money. More than
r,'''sd in telephone
j, I.l'' Where does -tI,e ~
I'd, ,o@f ~@i Nearly three.
SNd NJ. ion people have
Ss,rr,i,'il 'l'ir savings IN BeII 4
eaa.',',,ss' Right here ii
%d II 4. l'7SO people wbo
&l.I.''.u.s U American TeIe.
tsO.Iss'l,,.P.h Company. And And
~. 'I1s'a, Ts. own Bell Tele.
%Csaa,.aas, ,as Diamond State
Smyrna times., 1939-01-05

stead the corresponding times at
Greenwich, England, on the earth's
zero meridian"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-18

Anne Firemen's Annual Carnival last
week, it was believed by many, that
due to several days of rainy weather
and the unavoidably heavy expenses
that the Firemen would net only a
very small profit, if they did not ac-
tually suffer financial loss on the
venture.
The carnival committee, consisting
of Chief Raymond M. Carey, Walter
Mcdowell and Leonard Mcintyre, was
a trio of very discouraged gentlemen
as they prepared to balance the carni-
val books.
However, with all the accounts
Strengthened out everybody was de-
lighted to find that the ledger show
ed clear profit of nearly $3.50.
Never before in the history of Prin-
cess Anne's carnivals, it is said has
there been larger attendance than
on the last night of this years mardi-
gras. It was the fine spirit of the
public's cooperation which put the
1889 carnival finally across, and the
Fire Company extends it's sincere
thanks to all who helped to make their
success possible.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-18
STORY so FAR

Drawn together as they aid accl-
dent victim atop Titan Tower, new
skyscraper, Nurse Linda Morton and
DR.. Bill Blaine sense mutual affec-
ton. With memories of her love for
late Airman Mike Morton still warm,
however, Linda feels very mixed emo
tions as she day-dreams of possible
romance with the debOnair young
medic. After her narrowing rOof-tOp
experience, Linda returns home, un-
nerved. Her mind goes back to that
tragic night when Mike was killed In
q crash. After his death, no word OF
sympathy came for Linda from Mixes
wealthy parents who disapproved OF
her marriage. So, when Mickey was
born, she did not let them know. Lin
da's reverie is interrupted by the ar
rival of her friends, naive Janice Mar
berry. and. sophisticated. Josephine
Monroe. Speaking of the accident,
Linda asks if they know DIR. Blaine.
she lG6TIlS 1IOM JO AC 40 AAh WIZ S~~~s'-
Register and his father owns Titan
Tower. The matchmaking 10 detects
that Linda is more than professionally
interested in Bill and urges her to
"play single. Menflike Bill Blaine are
interested in GIRLS, not mothers" 3.
Linda says she will never deny Mickey
but, later that night, she is torn be-
tween love for her son and a young
woman's yearning for romance. Next
day at lunchtime, Linda goes up to the
roof garden hoping to meet Bill. He
is not there but pleasant-faced Steve
Hubbard is. Steve is wearing white
smock so Linda asks if he is doctor.
'You might say Pm sort of special
list. I have the biggest practice In
Titan Tower and the biggest patients
variety of complaints from bad
pumps to leaking valves" Next day,
Linda meets Bill on the roof by ap-
pointment.