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Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
DECADE UNDER
CITY CHARTER
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new incinerator plant has been
erected and the sewage system ex-
tended to every section of the city
with a new system Of main sewers
being installed. A large amount
Of new equipment has been placed
in the water and light plant and
many miles Of water mains have
been replaced with new and larger
pipes. The police force has been
practically doubled in size and the
efficiency of the fire department
has ben increased through the pur-
hase of new apparatus. The city
owns and operates its own muni-
cipal water and light plant and in
addition to providing these utilities
at low rates, the operation of these
departments provides an annual
revenue that supplies funds for a
large portion of the city's annual
expenditures. Although the valu-
alton Of the property within the
city limits has been practically
doubled during the past decade,
and now totals about twenty mil
lion dollars, only one-fourth of this
valuation is subject to city assess
ment for tax purposes. All of the
property owned by the state, county
and Federal Government is exempt
from city taxation as is likewise
the property owned by the various
churches and other institutions.
Ten years ago the city tax rate
was S1.15 on the hundred dollars of
assessed valuation. A systematic
reduction of the tax rate was
placed in effect with the result that
the present tax is 80 cents. AL
though no city bonds have been is
sued since the present form of gov
eminent went into effect, there was
an outstanding bond issue, issued
some years before the present form
of government became effective. A
refunding issue for these bonds was
authorized at a low rate of inter-
est, and provision has been made
for the retirement of a certain
number of these bonds. They paid
little heed to the strong opposition
that was given to their plans and
instead forged ahead until the city
began to function along the new
lines when the sentiment swung
into line for the changed condi-
tions.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
AAA A CHECKS
SEED PROGRAM
CONTINUED From Rage Une)

1t was required also that each ap-
plication be signed by at least one
member of the county committee
and by County Agent Russell E.
Wilson for certification before it
could be forwarded to the seed
dealer, who then released this seed
to the farmer free of charge. The
closing date for accepting these ap-
plications was last September %,
and this project resulted in the dis
tribution of 1926 pounds of med
ium red clover, 80 pounds of man.
moth red clover, PA pounds of
sweet clover, 528 pounds of alfalfa,
1921 pounds of alsike, 1929 pounds
of crimson clover, 2,303 pounds of
vetch, 1924 pounds of timothy and
479 pounds of redtop, making a to-
tai of 81 1,294 pounds of clover and
grass seed distributed to 394 land
lords and tenants.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Grammar School in New
York Is IT'S Years Old

NEW YORK. = Columbia gram
mar school is celebrating its 175th
birthday as the oldest non-sectarian
school in the United States.
The school, founded in 1764 as a
preparatory institute for Kings col
lege, now Columbia university,
opened with q scholars, each of
whom was required to provide lone
load of nut wood for the use of the
school, as part of his annual tuition
fee.
In 1776 the school went out of ex-
istence for eight years when it was
seized for military purposes during
the Revolution. 1t re-opened in 1874
with William Cochran, of Trinity COL
lege, Dublin, as headmaster.
With the exception of Franklin's
academy in Philadelphia, Columbia
grammar school was the first school
devoted exclusively to general rath-
er than religious training.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
New Cycles in
Sunspots Found
Scientist Believes Rhythm
of Eruptions Has Now
Been Discovered.

WASHINGTON.-A new way to
clock sunspots was revealed with
announcement Smithsonian institu-
tion mathematician had discov-
cred a new fundamental time divi-
sion.
The discovery was called the
1895 year sunspot cycle" by its dis
coverer. H. Glenn Clayton.
Clayton, in a mathematical anal
ysis of solar activity, said that by
means of the new time division he
can make fairly accurate predic-
tions not only of the times of re-
currence of maximum and mini
mum sunspots in the suns atmos-
phere, but also their amplitude at
different occasions.
Split Into Eight.
The mathematician said the
great time cycle of 1896 years is
split into eight component cycles.
He said:
These might be likened to eight
seasons on the sun. due to some un-
known factors in its own physical
constitution.
He also explained that sunspots
are attracting more and more atten-
tion because of their known and sus-
pected correla ton with conditions
on earth.
Hitherto, it had been believed SUM-
spots occurred in approximate IL
year cycles and it also had been
impossible to predict very accurate
ly the amplitude of either minima
or maxima.
Prediction Difficult.
Nobody has been able to predict
with any confidence when cycle
would repeat itself, according to
Clayton.
He hoped his new fundamental
time division would allow definite
predictions. Pouring over yearly
sunspot data since 1893, Clayton
evolved the 1896 year cycle.
The eight cycles or seasons within
the master cycle occur at 11.17, $50,
8.12, 8.94, 9.93, lila, 14.89 and 1896
year intervals. He said:
1T is all convincing evidence, that
these solar tempests cannot be con-
sidered as irregular explosions in
the sun occurring with a random
ness which cannot be predicted but
that their frequency is governed by
definite laws, however complex
these may be-"
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES
1889 Motor Vehicle License Plates
Good Until April 1, 1910


All Delaware 1889 motor vehicle
license plates were extended by act
of legislature to expire March 81,
1910. 1940-41 license plates must
be on vehicles after mid-nite of
March 81. They may be used on
and after March Is. 1910 regis
tration forms will be mailed out by
the Motor Vehicle Department at
Dover on February Is, and license
will be issued beginning March L.
Applications should be complete
before being presented. No appli-
cation will be accepted unless the
county in which the applicant re-
sides is shown in the space provid-
ed. Do not send cash thru the
mail. All payments should be
made by check or postofice money
order payable to Motor Vehicle De-
partment. Operators and chauf-
feurs licenses issued to expire Feb
ruary %, 1910 have been extended
to expire May 81, 1910. New Ii
censes will be good for one year
from that date and will be issued
beginning May 1st, the fee for
which will be S1.0O instead of S1.50
as formerly
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28

family. He remained over to at
tend the funeral of Victor David
which took place yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. Margaret w. Grimm, who
has returned to Smyrna for a few
days, is staying at the Colonial
Hotel.
Among those who attended the
Middletown dance Christmas night
were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shapley,
Miss Ann Fulton, and Mr.. Warner
Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hanratty
spent Christmas day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Ferguson of Black
bird
Miss Mary Maude Kelley of York,
and the Misses Edith and Esther
Kelley are spending the Christmas
holidays with their mother, Mrs.
Ann Kelley of North Main Street.
Mr.. Henry G. Thompson of
Washington, D. c., was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Slaughter
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. Price
on Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bell and
infant daughter of Williamsport,
Pa, were Christmas guests of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Bell.
DR.. and Mrs. William Thompson
of Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Pyle and son FAIRIES, and Mr.and
Mrs. Calvin Boggs, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wells FAIRIES on
Christmas Day.
Mr.. Horace Tilghman has return
ed home after a visit to Asbury
Park, N. ].
Mr.. Frank M. Ross of Univer-
sity of Delaware, is home on a va
cation.
Mr.. James w. Anthony of Roose-
velt Flying School, Mineola, New
York, spent the Christmas holiday
with his father, William G. An
thony and aunt, Miss Eunice An
thony, at Bannister Hall near
Smyrna.
Mr.. Howard Johnson of Pitts
burgh, spent Christmas with his
friend, Mr.. John P Hudson at the
Delaware House.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Bryan
Of Philadelphia, spent Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey G.
Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nichols Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Still
over the holidays.
Miss Mary White Of Richardson
Park was the Christmas guest of
Miss Elizabeth F. Phillips.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Elixir Long Sought

Elixir was a substance sought by
medieval alchemists which they be-
lieved would prolong life and make
possibl. eternal youth.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Former Lighthouse Keeper Dead

irwin Lynch, SO years old, retired
last July after 36 years continuous
service as lighthouse keeper, died
Friday, December Is at his home
IN Port Mahon, near Dover. The
funeral was held the following
Monday at 1 p. m. from the Tor
bert funeral parlors with interment
In the Methodist cemetery at Lew
es. He had one of the longest rec
ords of service for lighthouse keep
ers on the Delaware coast. His first
Job was operating the light at the
Fourteen Foot Bank near Lewes.
1912 he took charge of the Port
Mahon light and served there until
ms retirement. Isolated from the
mainland for many years, Mr..
Lynch saw his dream of a State
highway to Port Mahon come true
last year. He is survived by his
wife, seven children, and 18 grand
children.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

The annual meeting of the share
holders of The Fruit Growers Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company of
Smyrna, for the election of direc-
tors and for the transaction of any
other business that may lawfully
come before it, will be held at the
Office of the Company in Smyrna,
Delaware, Tuesday, January 9.
1910, between the hours of IL AM.
and II noon.
H. R. BODLEY, Cashier.
1877 St
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
COUNTY CENSUS APPLICANTS
Continued From Page One)

ceived from Kent County. Sue
cessful applicants must have COM
pleted high school education; be
able to write legibly; conduct can
vass regardless of weather condi-
tions; be willing to work at night
when necessary. Experience in
canvassing is desir-
able, Mr.. Cooch said. To be ap-
pointed the applicants must be cit
izens Of the United States, must
devote their entire time to the
work while employed; must be resi-
dents Of the district in which en-
ployment is sought; and must COM
plete the courses of instruction and
pass tests.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Washington Is
Growing Fast
Capital Will Spend Fifty
Million Dollars for
New Buildings.

WASHINGTON. = Washington is
Americas fastest growing city.
Planners and builders are clear
ing the way to add $4,000, 900 worth
of new buildings to 1.-The world S
most beautiful capital"
They will inaugurate new era in
the development of the land set
aside on the banks of the Potomac
nearly century and half ago for
the nations central government.
New workshops will spring up to
house the army of government
workers.
Construction will start this sum-
mer on $10,815, 900 initial section
of new war department building.
Projected for the future is an ad-
joining structure four times as
large.
Half again as much will be ex-
pended soon on homes for the social
security and railroad retirement
boards.
The navy is arranging for a
$1,000, 600 medical center at nearby
Bethesda. Md.
Memorial to Jefferson.
Behind high board fences, work
men have started the S3,000,000 me-
mortal to Thomas Jefferson down on
the shores of the tidal basin.
Along the south margin of the
Mall-the great open parkway ex-
tending from the Lincoln memorial
to the national Capitol-a new In
dependence avenue is in the making
to match Constitution avenue on the
north.
Beyond the Capitol, the $40, 900, 900
modernistic annex to the classic Lii
brary of Congress nears completion.
More than S18,000.000 Of public
works funds are financing a start on
a new District Of Columbia munich
pal center, libraries. schools, stadia
and other city structures.
Congress provided the actual
funds for the big new federal build
ings. Work is continuing on various
other structures, notably the S10,-
000,000 national art museum donat-
ed by the late Andrew Mellon.
Capital Being Remade.
Altogether, the national capital is
being further remade in almost as
spectacular a fashion as the recent
construction of the half-mile long
federal triangle block of buildings
along historic Pennsylvania avenue.
The remodeling is costing lot of
money. Since 1926, when congress
authorized long-term development
program, upwards of 5000, ZOO, 900
has been spent on major structures.
Officials of such agencies as the
National Capital parks and planning
commission and the treasury pro-
curement division are convinced
the results have justified the outlay.
Even with the projected buildings.
they say, there will be insufficient
office space for the swarm of gov
ernment workers. Latest records
list lib buildings in the District of
Columbia as rented in part or whole
by the federal government, and 120
as government owned.
Functions of the war department
alone are scattered in 10 buildings
in the district and nearby Virginia
and Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Employee Keeps Busy
Breaking Beaver Dams

HANCOCK. MASS.-Because of
about rs beavers. Ernest Hay
ward, a highway department EN-.
ployee. is assured Of steady
job.
Each night the beavers build
dams in the rivers in the Berk.
shires-and each morning Hay.
ward goes around destroying the
dams.
The beavers ere protected by
law. but If their work was al
lowed to remain untouched roads
might be washed out and cu]-
verts would be impossible.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Half of Masked Couple
Strikes During Holdup

PHILADELPHIA. Declaring,
I'm not going to have anything
to do with this" bandit pulled a
mask from his face and deserted
his companion = also masked - in
the midst of holdup Of Daniel Be
l!nslSy's grocery store. His compan.
ion proceeded with the holdup ana
searea VIA S52.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Deer Obliges Hunter

POLLOCK. CALIF.-An obIiginr
deer made the supreme sacrifice"
here to relieve the chagrin OF a
luckless hunter who had made sew
eral deer hunting trips this year
without success. The deer walked
into the residential premises of Jim
Davis and waited until Davis got
his gun and brought down his first
buck of the season.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
Typical Physical Model
Is Declared Nonexistent

CLEVELAND.-W w. Beat
ty, director of education for the
United States office of Indian affairs,
said here that health charts have
been discredited by doctors because
there is no normal" pattern that
can be used on age and height.
People are as the Lord made
them," he said, land no amount of
stuffing or starving is going to
change them if they're built that
way"
The changing world. he said, has
made it dangerous to say one thing
is good and another bad. He pointed
to the once prevalent belief that good
teeth were dependent upon regular
brushing and said the Eskimos, who
have excellent teeth, will lose them
If they eat the white mans candy,
no matter how much they brush
them.
Beatty, speaking before 500 men,
bers Of the Child Health association.
urged educators and doctors to rec
ognize the wide range of what is
normal.
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
The National Bank of Smyrna

Smyrna, Del, Dec. 21st, 1889
A semi-annual dividend of 2t on
the capital stock of this bank was
declared to-day, payable January 2,
1910.
EDW. T. PORTER, Cashier
1928 1t
Smyrna times., 1939-12-28
IN MEMORIAM

Sacred to the memory of Mrs.
Jennie Pryor Reihm who passed
away December 80, '37.
Sadly missed by
Children and grandchildren.
Evening star., 1939-10-08

He had seen her at her table and had sat
down. 1t had been as simple as that He had
asked her no questions They were married
three days later.
I'm thirty-six and you're twenty-five,
Sally" he had said as they left the magis-
trate's office IF you come to think better OF
it, | won't hold YOU to it. You're free to 60
any time - even now
She had tried to tell him that she wasn't
free. but she had felt that she could not
make him believe that love could come like
that. She could hardly believe it, herself.
She had replied shyly: II guess it's the sea
that keeps you so young-looking. Peter
She closed her eyes and tried to 60 to Sleep
so that when he came in he would undress
quietly without lighting the lamp. In that
borderland between waking and sleeping her
senses would be blurred, her pain less poignant.
You are free to 60 away any time"
Eight little words strung into thought that
made her heart 20 dead As if it were that
simple! As if he had not opened weed
choked gate to her and led her into an
enchanted garden. -.
When he had taken the charter to this
island he had said jokingly: I've an old
sweetheart in Tara. Resident Agents sister.
You'll like Flo - her names Florence
She had told him that she would like any
one he liked. She had been so sure that
nothing could come between them. The girl
had come aboard with her brother before the
schooner had tied up Only she was woman,
not girl. A woman nearer Peters age, and
she had kissed him before he could stop her,
and had kept her poise when Peter said:
This is Sally, my wife
Imagine your being married. and Sally
could have added for her: TO anyone but me.
After a round of drinks her brother had
Evening star., 1939-10-08

gone ashore to attend to his duties, but the
woman had stayed While Sally got lunch,
Peter and Florence reminisced. 1t was the
first time she had seen Peter really excited.
1t was: Flo, dyou remember?' and Flo's:
Will ever forget?'
Even when Sally dropped cup and broke
it they paid no attention. so delighted and
absorbed were they in their reunion. They
didn't even know that they were excluding
her from the conversation She had never seen
this side of Peter - light and carefree. She
realized poignantly that she had not evoked
these qualities in him, and felt deep sense of
failure.
When Florence rose to 60 she said to
Sally, but looking at Peter: IN invite the
Sandersons down from the plantation and
we'll have get-together when the men are
through talking business. Bill has half case
of champagne that needs opening"
IN put on clean shirt and walk back to
the bungalow with you, Peter told Florence.
Bills anxious to close the deal for the ore
people"
That had been yesterday morning Sally
had not heard from him in thirty-six hours.
No message of any kind. Not that there had
been need of message. She understood. He
had married her because he had been sorry
for her, with pity born of his own need for
woman to share his loneliness.
Loneliness makes one do strange things.
She knew how bitter it could be- If she hadn't
been in such desperate straits she would have
known that the time would come when she
would have to face pity worn thin. Her own
feelings for Peter at their first meeting should
have warned her. There had been none of that
ecstatic flare, that primordial urge she had
read about. She had slipped into his arms for
shelter because he had been kind when she
was discouraged and tired out. In her weak
Evening star., 1939-10-08

ness she had allowed him to sell his birthright
for mess of pottage.
The fact that she had been good wife to
him was neither here nor there. That she had
built around them certain calm sufflcency
which in her had grown insensibly into love.
was her misfortune. This woman called
Florence, of whom she had never even heard
until few weeks ago, had with few words
made his eyes sparkle. Their fund of common
memories had excluded her completely.
From the gin mills at the foot of the pier
came the sound of string music and singing.
The crew was making the most of Peters
She must have dropped off to sleep. for
she didn't hear his step on the companion
ladder. He had removed his shoes and was
walking about the cabin on tiptoe without
lighting the lamp. She strained her eyes, fol-
lowing his dark figure, listened with beating
heart to the sound of his rough fingers
'fumbling at the silken knot of his tie, heard
him at the wardrobe cropping for his pajamas.
She lay still, waiting for him to get in the
bunk beside her. hardly breathing, until the
small cabin became still as the grave.
She saw the faint flare of a match through
the crack of the messroom door, as ne lit
his pipe - got flash of him stretched on the
wooden bench, tucking his bathrobe about
him. They had never slept apart before. So
he was ashamed of what he had done! He had
told her what it meant to him to lie with
her after a hard day with the sails. battling
a storm Her sense of failure was deepened
by the knowledge that he was ashamed and
unhappy. after giving her whole year out OF
his crowded and adventurous life.
She lay watching the faint glow OF his pipe
making an aureole on the low ceiling of the
messroom, and presently she heard him set
it softly on the table and adjust his body to
the hard wooden bench. She knew that all she
(Continvsd on poos -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02
April Fool:
Husbands Picket Bridge Luncheon
As Unfair TO Organized MenfoIks'

Three worms" turned in FL Cen
tro Saturday, and for once three
husbands drew more attention than
100 wives.
At 1:08 pm. in the main dining
room of the Barbara Worth hotel
several score women chatted hap
PLY as guests of Mrs. Bert Lemons,
Mrs. Robert Moore and Mrs. Percie
Thacker at a bridge luncheon. In
the space of three seconds, the
cacophony of chat turned to SYM
phony of gasps. 1t took three sec
onds for three husbands, Bert Lem
ons, Robert Moore and Percie
Thacker to enter the room.
Solemn faced, wearing slouch
hats and sandwich boards, the three
men stalked into the room with
Thacker in the front line position.
On the sandwich board over Thack-
er's chest were these words
I'VE HUSBANDS PAY AND
PAY!' Behind was: THIS LUNCH
EON UNFAIR TO HUSBANDS!'
On Moore's board was: DOWN
WITH WINE, WOMEN AND
BRIDGET" and on Lemons
BRIDGE LUNCHEONS BREAK
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02

Resolutions passed at a directors
meeting and later approved by the
group as a whole provided:
Authorizing Earl Cavanah, asso-
ciated president, to name a COM
mittee of Charles Nice, Fern Young
and H r. Anderson to request the
county supervisors to seek a hear
ing on the schedule question be-
fore the state railroad commission.
Authorizing a committee to wait
the Santa Fe company and sug-
gest a bus line service to the valley
The associated chambers stand
followed negotiations with South
ern Pacific for several weeks re-
garding a proposed change which
the company declared was neces-
sary because of monetary loss un-
der the present schedule. Despite
previous protests, the company
planned to put the new schedule
into effect Monday, which provides
later arrival times for the morning
train ON Los Angeles and earlier
departure times for the evening
train to Los Angeles.
Another resolution approved call
ed for asking Imperial Valley rep
Continued on Page 8, Col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-02

against a proposal to make public
all financial transactions by public
officers, the United Press said.
Speaking on bill introduced by
Sen. Kenny, Law declared the
measure proposes "publicizing fin
ancial transactions of 90 honest
legislators to catch one dishonest
one"
Specifically, the bill to which Law
objected proposes to make it COM
pulsory for all public officers to
file complete property statements
before and after serving their
terms.
The measure, other opponents
charged, would furnish purely pol
itical ammunition to opponents OF
incumbent officers during an cleo
ton year, even though gains in
property might be made by virtue
Of personal business success.