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Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
CCC CAMPS IN DELAWARE
Camps to Enroll One Hundred and
Thirty-One Youths in April

Delaware's three CCC camps
will enroll 131 young men April
and 6, it was announced last week
by Wentworth H. Deverell, who is
in charge of state enrolment.
Ninety-six of the total will be en-
rolled from Wilmington and New
Castle County at Fourth and West
Streets on April 6; IA, at Dover
and 81 at Georgetown, both April
5. The new enrollees will be as
signed to camps at Georgetown
and Wyoming and the Negro camp
at Leipsic. Of the 96 to be en-
rolled in Wilmington, p will be
Negro youths. Preference in the
enrolment was given to youths
who have been on the waiting list
since July and August of last year.
A meeting of enrollees going to
camp and their parents will be ar
ranged by Mr.. Deverell at the old
Friends School gymnasium at
Fourth and West Streets, Viii
mington. CCC activities will be
explained. Approximately 10 per
cent of the youths enrolled will go
to a western camp during April.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
ASSESSMENT
LIST Is READY
Kent County Board Will Have
Copies Posted-Appeal Per-
iod April 18th to 29th
GIVE DATES AND PLACES

The Kent County Board of As
sessment announced last week
that copies of the 1889 assessment
would be posted in each election
district in Kent county on April
10th and would remain posted un-
til after the appeal days are over.
The Assessment Board will devote
the period from April 18th to 10Th
in hearing appeals and during this
period they will visit each election
district for this purpose. Because
this is not general assessment
year and only new construction
work or improvements to present
property are included in the as
sessment, it is not expected that
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the Assessment Board will have
many appeals to act upon this
year. The schedule of visits for
the purpose of hearing appeals
follows: Saturday, April 18th
Town Hall, Smyrna; Monday April
18th, morning, Scotton's Store
Hartly; afternoon, Thomps9n's
Store, Hazlettville.
Tuesday, April 18th, morning
Burke's Store, Camden; afternoon
John II. Browns Office, Wyoming
Wednesday, April 10Th, morning
Clements Store, Clayton. afternoon
Knots Store, Kenton; Thursday
April Goth, morning, Dodd's Store
Willow Grove; afternoon, Min
ner's Store, Mastens Corner.
Friday, April 21st, morning Hop
kins' Store, FELTON,; afternoon
Stevenson's Store, Frederica; Sat.
urday, April 22nd, Fox's Store
Leipsic; Monday, April oath. morn.
ing, H. B. Thaw's Office, Milford
afternoon, Counseman's Store
Houston; Tuesday, April 25th
morning, Taylor's Store, Harring.
ton; afternoon, Langford's Store
Pennington; April 26th, 28th, 28tt
and 10Th, Board of Assessment
Office, Dover
Following completion of hearing
the appeals, the Assessment Boarc
will prepare the final transcript Of
the assessment which will be sub
mitted to the Levy Court and from
which the tax rate will be fixed fol
lowing its approval by the Levy
Court.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
FENCE VIFVH|
ARE APPoIyyITT'
List For Kart :
no, e"' county
Levy Co,
ueSday Of Last wea
, FROM EACH DlsrB,.

co1)util During the meeting Of N
Toanty T,'aIty Levy Court. at t III y;
Faesaay Faeol I y. Of last week, h. ~
+ ence Viewers for ksrt s1t
was compiled. This Tsa' ~.
submitted su9 eti3 to the Superior
tribunal, the appointnsr,,' VI
come effective. Tbrea ~
each of the ten Psn',s. ~
Districts are named :
Viewers for that djstri'.
the exception Of nosss,
names, the list is the sa~!
was previously in effect. n
polntments, as compiled u
Levy Court, are as foJIov,. u
First Representative NJ
Howard Jones, Harry c1.|
Frank Slaughter. ''
Second REPRESENTING n
William B. Harrington. III
ner and Arthur Dawes
Third Representative ri,
Carl Hurd, Charles UriaD III
vey Cole. = i
Fourth Representative nj
William Dodd, Norman WT,
William Rash.
Fifth Representative D1
Thomas Cook, John c. n,
and ]. A. Frear.
Sixth Representative Ds
Frank Jester, John Darling
Milton T. Frasher, Jr.
Seventh Representative d,
Abe Voshell, Arlie Wilcutt,
Hyland Burchenal.
Eighth Representative DID
Cliffordd Milbourne, Elijah \
and George w. Wilcutts.
Ninth Representative Ds
Robert Wyatt, Horace c. :
and Robert Ross.
Tenth Representative Dt
George Hill, John Mills and
ter Davis.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
THE DOG AND AN EXCITING
RUNAWAY

David Stats, residing near Col
Inns Beach, had an incident with
his children Monday morning that
was alarming to the family, and
for the time, exciting to the neigh
borhood. His son nitched up the
horses to take his two sisters to
school. After going short dis
tance it was found the dog was
following them. The brother got
out to drive the dog back, and
while at the rear Of the wagon the
horses started and were soon in
a run. On they went down the
road turning this corner and that
until they had passed four sharp
Continued on Page Six)
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
Girl Scout Meeting

Tuesday afternoon Of last
the second meeting Of the Mi
town Girl Scout Troop was b
the Firehouse, with p girls
ent. Mrs. Charles HollalI
chairman Of the committee
soring the Troop. Other men
are Mrs. Harry Schagrin, Ms
Buckworth, Mrs. Henry Brad
Mrs. Walter Kohl. The i
are Misses Dorothy Boyer, q
line Dunkelberger and Do
Welton.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
BIRD DELAWARE
PARK SEASON
Delaware Steeplechase and
Race Association to Open
Another Event May 80
STAKES CLOSING DATE

Edward Burke, director of Del
aware Park racing, has fixed April
10Th as the date of closing of thir-
teen stakes that will be revived in
the course Of full month of rae
ing that will begin at the new
Stanton course May Both and con-
tinue through July 4th. The COM
ing meeting, the third of the Della
aware Steeplechase and Race As
sociation an organization of
sportsmen and sportsWomen of
this area who are promoting rae
ing in the Belmont Park and Sara
toga manner without consideration
Of profit, but for the improvement
of the breed of horses and the en-
tertainment of sport lovers of Will
mington and the populous and
prosperous country round about
will begin a little earlier and con-
tinue little longer than did either
Of the earlier sessions. Burke
operating staff will be the same as
last years as will, also, the daily
distribution Of money. The min
imum purse will be $1,000.
There has been one change in
the directorate since last season ]
Simpson Dean, of Wilmington, ,hav-
ing succeeded Q. w. Baker as pres
ident and treasurer The vice
presidents are r. r. M. Carpenter
John p. Bowditch and Burke
Bowditch is secretary and Edward
l.. Hobbs, assistant secretary ano
assistant treasurer. John P. Turn.
er will serve as clerk of the course
for fiat racing and do the handi-
I Gaping and Edward ]. Brennan
will fill corresponding posts in the
steeplechasing. There will not be
any steeplechasing until after the
finish of the Belmont Park spring
racing June 7th
The thirteen stakes. presented II
the order in which they will be
run, for which nominations must
be made before midnight, Wednes
day, April 10Th, are:
Wilmington handicap, $4,000
added, three year olds and up, sir
furlongs, to be run May 30th.
Brandywine handicap, $4,000
added, three year olds and up, on,
mile and a sixteenth, to be rur
June 3rd.
Dover stakes, $4,000 added, TIVE
year olds, five furlongs, to be rur
June 3rd.
Newcastle handicap, $4,000 add
ed, mares three years old and up
one mile and a sixteenth, to be rul
June 10th.
Georgetown Steeplechase handi
cap, $4,000 added, four year old
and up, about two miles, to be run
June 14th.
Delaware Oaks, $4,000 added
three year old fillies, one mile an
a furlong, to be run June 18th.
Polly Drummond stakes, S4,O0'
added, two year old fillies, five fur
longs. to be run June 18th.
Indian River Steeplechase, S6,
900 added, four year olds and UP
about two miles and half, to b
run June 21st.
Kent handicap, $4,000 added
three year oTds, one mile and
sixteenth, to be run June oath.
Diamond State stakes, $500
added, three year olds, one mil
and furlong, to be run July 1st
Christiana stakes, $1,000 added
two year old colts and geldings
five and a half furlongs, to be rul
July 1st.
Vicmead lightweight Steeple
chase handicap, $500 added, fou
year olds and up, two miles and !
half over brush. to be run July Bird
i Sussex handicap, $4,000 added
three year olds and up, one mil
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last Friday morning, and to hasten
the repair of the same at the earl
lest practicable period.
Gilbert B. Taylor in purchasing
the lot at a recent Trustees sale
that joined up closely to his dwell
ing, has had a chance to greatly
improve his premises by removing
the half finished stable thereon
that was to long an eyesore, and
turning the front part of the lot,
some seventy feet wide, into a
beautiful grass plot. A neat fence
marks the division lines.
Rev. E. E. White and Rev. R. K.
Stephenson swap residences to-day
moving their effects in wagons.
Mr.. White went to Millington for
his initial work last Sunday, and
met with most cordial reception.
Mr.. Stephenson will enter on his
duties on Smyrna circuit on Sun
day next, and is assured of a warm
greeting, as he was the choice of
the several congregations.
Edward Beck has divided the
Bell farm in Kenton Hundred, pur-
chased several months since, TAX
ing off 25 acres on the eastern side,
on which he has erected a farm
dwelling and out buildings. He
purposes devoting it to small fruits
the culture of which will be under
his immediate supervision. The
evidence of Improvement is very
manifest over the whole tract.
The Odd Fellows Cemetery of
Smyrna is receiving its usual
spring attention, the chief thing
among which at this time is the
cutting down of the high mound
erected at considerable cost to-
ward the rear of the lot, opposite
the main entrance. This is to be
leveled sufficiently to adapt it to a
flower garden which will be an at
tractive feature of the premises.
The lecture which Mrs. Belva
Ann Lockwood will deliver in
Smyrna Opera House on April
18th, is one of the last lectures she
will deliver this season. On the
first of May she expects to sail for
Paris to attend the meeting of the
international Peace Congress to
which she has been sent as a rep
resentative of American peace So
cieties. 1t is hard to keep a de-
termined woman down. Sister
Lockwood failed to get the Presi-
dency, but she did get to Con-
gress, it seems.
Joseph L. Cavender, who moved
from this town to Wilmington over
a year ago, was yesterday appoint
ed by Gov. Biggs Notary Public
for ter moi seven years, to sue
seed Thomas r. Lally. Mr.. Cav
ender is also in the real estate bus
mess in that city. Through all of
the factional fight Mr.. Cavender
was an unwavering supporter Of
the Saulsbury-Biggs party. Joseph
G. Gooden Of Dover, was also re
appointed State Librarian. This
is one of the few if not the only
re-appointment of Gov. Biggs.
The Smyrna Lodge No. 5, Good
Templars, under the lead of DR. Q.
o. Swinney and Herman, Roe had
pleasant time in celebrating
their fourth anniversary on We'd
nesday evening. The orchestra
furnished music and readings were
given by Misses Maggie Siscoe.
Annie Mcdowell, Grace Swinney,
Emma Weldon and T. L. Mason.
Solos were sung by Misses Sisco
and Mcdowell and quartette by
Wallace and John Wood, Miss
Sisco and Miss Carrie Beck, Miss
Nan Hoyle at the organ. This was
followed by a repast. the ice cream
being furnished by Geo. M. Steven
son and cake by the ladies of the
lodge. 1t was an enjoyable time
m +ba y1articipaptS
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL 3RD, 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., 1939-04-06

Territory that now constitutes
the state of Tennessee was ceded
to the United States government
by North Carolina in 1890
Smyrna times., 1939-04-06

German scientists have develop
ed a process of softening leather
by refrigeration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Only Native Sporting Dog

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is
the only native American sporting
dog. His parents sailed from Eng
land, however, and therein lies a
story. More than 100 years ago,
says the American Wildlife Insti-
tute, an English brig was wrecked
off the coast of Maryland. The crew
and cargo and two Newfoundland
puppies, male and female, were
rescued by an American ship. These
dogs proved wonderful retrievers.
They were bred with the Maryland
hounds and, through years of breed
ing and cross breeding, there
emerged what we know as the Ches-
apeake Bay Retriever. By 1885 there
had been developed a type of dog
which often retrieved more than 200
ducks day in the icy, rough wa.
tiers of Chesapeake bay, but that,
of course, was long time ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
ATTRACTIVE BELL SYSTEM EXHIBIT ON
DISPLAY AT GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION
Visitors to Western World Fair" Invited to Inspect
Latest Telephone Devices

mirror" to have their hearing tested,
and also the musical tones Of their
voices. A feature of the exhibit will
be "Pedro, the Voder," a machine that
talks. 1t creates speech when an opera
tor plays its keys, and can say any
thing she wants it to say.
One of the miracles of this western
worlds fair is it's site, which may be
described as the largest man-made
island in history. A new "Pacific"
style Of architecture was evolved for
these buildings, blending ancient
Oriental forms with Magyar, Incan and
Cambodian treatments. An ancient
walled city is the basis Of the exposi-
TONS structural scheme. The main
exhibit group comprises six great
blocks of halls, spaced by broad courts
from the central Court Of Honor, and
providing about one million square
feet of exhibit space.
The demonstration in the Bell Sys-
tenn exhibit ON Treasure Island are
the direct outgrowth of research and
development work of the Bell System,
or are adaptations of equipment and
methods employed in rendering tele-
phone service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Matter" will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon In all Churches OF
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, March
10.
The Golden Text will be from
Elk. 2O:7, "Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain;
for the Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name in
vain.'
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Matt. 1885
"And Jesus went about al the cities
and villages, teaching in their syn
agogues, and preaching the gospel
of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among
the people,"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page ZIG, "If man
is governed by the law Of divine
Mind, his body is in submission to
everlasting Life and Truth and
Love-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
Carlsbad Caverns' Bats
Discovered by a Cowboy

Curiosity of desert cowboy as
to the origin Of what appeared to be
spiral Of dark smoke led to the
discovery in 1901 of the worlds larg-
est caverns, % miles southwest Of
Carlsbad, N. M.
The "smoke spiral' proved to be
formation of bats-millions Of
Homecoming from a natural
arched opening in the earth. The
"bat flight" is one of the spectacles
at Carlsbad Caverns National park,
of which the "Big Room" of stalac-
tites and stalagmites, $50 feet below
the surface is nearly 1000 feet long
and 625 feet wide. It has an arched
ceiling 300 feet at one point from the
floor level.
The extent Of the caverns has new
er been determined. Seven miles OF
corridors and chambers are open to
visitors. Below the 750-foot level
there is another vast apartment at
300 feet and a third at 1890 feet.
Visitors are taken only to the first
level, reached by trail and eleva-
tors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
DON'T NEGLECT THAT COLD

Warning against neglecting what
may seem to be nothing but o cold.
DR.. r. H, Riley, Director of the
Maryland State Department Of
Health said "'Just q cold,' often
opens the way for pneumona. II you
develop cold, don't let 1t run on.
Don't weste time on prescribing for
yourself. See your doctor, or have
him come to see you. And obey his
orders.
Pneumonia" he continued, sis
always matter of special concern
to physicians and health officers dur
ing the colder months. Cases may
develop at any time of the year, but
the fiare-up usually begins in the
fall and the peak comes during the
winter months. The decline begins
in the spring and the disease reaches
it's lowest ebb, for both sickness
and death, during the summer. Very
often a neglected cold or an attack
of grippe or influenza opens the way
for the more serious disease, and
there is always danger of it In con-
nection with measles.
Pneumonia hit hardest at very
young children and at persons from
fifteen years old and, upward, ON
through the older age groups. The
best way to prevent it is through
careful, hygienic living, avoidance
of colds, and the strengthening of
the powers of resistance to disease.
The best way to combat it, Is
through prompt and continuous
medical attention, laboratory tests
to show the type Of the disease,
and careful and efficient nursing.
Laboratory tests show that there
are thirty or more types of germ
which generally causes pneumonia.
lSerums for the treatment of most
of these types are now available,
but laboratory tests of sputum
coughed up by the patient have to
be made to determine the type that
causes each individual case. Special
training is required for making
these tests which have to be done
with the utmost care. The tests used
to take great deal OF time. Now
they can generally be completed
within an hour, while the messenger
waits. 1t is very important that the
|sputum be sent to the laboratory
promptly and in the early stages Of
the disease.
Laboratory service Of this sort is
available, without charge, at all
hours Of day and night, to physic-
ians throughout Maryland, at the
Laboratories of the City and State
Department of Health in Baltimore
City, and at the branch laboratories
of the State Department of Health
in the Counties, to aid them in the
prompt diagnosis Of the disease.
'Serums that are effective for the
treatment of specific types of the
disease, may be obtained from the
State laboratories, at cost, on the
order of the physician in attend
ance."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17

This young lady and her pure-bred
companion were photographed while
attending ground-breaking ceremon-
les for the DAIRY World Of Tomor-
row" on the Worlds Fair grounds at
New York.
The Dairy World of Tomorrow"
is to be one of the striking exhibits
at the 1889 Fair. Here $50 dairy cows,
each queen on the basis of her type
and performance, will be on exhibit.
These cows will be selected by the
Breed Associations representing the
following breeds, Jerseys, Guernseys
Holstein Friesians, Brown Swiss,
and Ayrshires. These cows will be
MIXED three times daily on rotolac-
tor equipped with magnetic mixers
giving the public chance to observe
the most modern methods in handling
milk. In addition to the cows men,
toned, calves and a bull of each breed
will be on display.
The DAIRY World of Tomorrow"
is being staged by the FIVE breed as.
sociations mentioned above in CO.
operation with The Borden Com
pany for the purpose of showing the
place of the pure-bred cow in thu
economics of dairying.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17

When the Golden Gate international
Exposition opens in San Francisco,
February 18, 1889, the Bell System
will have on the first floor Of the
Palace of Electricity and Communities
ton an extensive exhibit of telephone
and related communication displays.
The Bell System exhibit is in the
northeast corner of the Palace Of
Electricity and Communication, where
it occupies about $500 square feet.
This area is enclosed by walls the
exterior surfaces of which are deco
rated with illuminated murals of tele-
phone Significance.
OF first interest to visitors will be
a demonstration showing the routing
of long distance calls. The visitor
may actually make a demonstration
call himself, and while doing SO trace
the route it travels by means of a
large illuminated telephone map of
the United States with fifteen hundred
small lights, representing as many
cities, distributed equally across the
face Of the map.
Visitors to the Bell System exhibit
will also have an opportunity to hear
their voices by means Of a "voice
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
ENCHANTING FOODS FOR
ST. PATRICK'S DAY

31a-ounce can of sardines Cor use
4-ounce can of the skinless,
homeless Variety. Mash and add
to the egg yolk. Pile lightly back
into the egg cups, decorate tops
with capers, slices of stuffed olive
or tiny strips Of green pepper.
Chill thoroughly. Arrange on a
large platter decorated with water
cress. This serves eight persons.
Green Gage Mousse: Remove
the stones from two 8-ounce cans
of green gage plums and press the
plums through sieve. Add one
third cup sugar and one-fourth cup
corn syrup. Boil for about two
minutes. Soften two teaspoons
gelatin in two tablespoons cold
water, and dissolve in the hot
syrup. Cool. Add one-fourth cup
lemon juice, and, when it begins
to set, fold in one and one-half
cups of beaten cream. Tint green.
Pack in a melon mold and freeze
in a mixture of salt and ice. Or
freeze in refrigerator trays. This
serves eight persons.
st. Pdtrick's Cocktail: Combine
the contents Of one No. 2 can of
pineapple juice, one-half cup of
honey and two cups of sweet cider.
Chill we'll. Put a green mint,
cherry in each tall slim glass, fill
with crushed ice and pour in the
cocktail. Top with sprig Of fresh
mint. This fills eight glasses
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17
AROUND THE BEND


Harvard university lists 71,757
alumni in "a countries.
Coffee constitutes more than %
per cent of Brazil's exports.
Man is the only animal that can
be skinned more than once.
Cocktails can be mixed in nearly
1000 different ways, says London
expert.
The British legation in Washing
ton YVES raised to the rank of en-
bassy in 1898.
The first carload of oranges sent
east from southern California was
shipped in 1877.
Americans spend about $l91 ,000,-
900 yearly in tips-mostly to wait
resses and walters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-17

Heavy losses of young chicks have
been the unfortunate experience OF
many poultrymen who started with
good chicks, clean brooder house,
q stove in good working order, cor
rectly balanced feed and an ade-
ouate supply of fresh clean water.
Sudden weather changes are known
to cause such losses as baby chicks
are sensitive to cold and drafts.
In agricultural experiment sta
lions brooder houses are commonly
supplied not only with artificial
heat but also with insulation to re-
tain the heat and maintain tempera-
tires at steady level.
AS shown in the Illustration,
new brooder house is being insu-
lated with cane fibre board to pro-