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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
COFFEES, TEA, Etc.

See W D. Cunningham for Kennys
Coffees; As hours from the roast
er. q East Franklin Street. Tele-
phone 4S8.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05

You may deceive all the people
part Of the time. and part Of the
people all the time, but not all
the people all the tine.-Lincoln.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
FRUITS, VEGETABLES

Fruits, vegetables and all kinds OF
green groceries, etc. E. E. Cronice
81 West Franklin Street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05

Another ad for the joys Of life
in the new Germany. Grover
veiaDd Barg1oll yearns for an
American prison.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
DRUGS, ETC.

Warren Pharmacy. Drugs, Pre-
scrlptions. Cosmetics. Magazines,
Candy, Cigarettes. 24O Jefferson
St. Phone your order, 927
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05

7aace at any price is out, says
Neville al long last. From here
on. the sole significance of that
umbrella will be an April shower.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
TYPEWRITERS, ADDING
MACHINES

Underwood Elliott-Fisher Co., new
and rebuilt typewriters and add
tng machines. F. w. Edwards, 81
North Jonathan street. Adv.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05

Nothing is so hard. but search
will find it out. Herrick.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
MARK is

Sec Abe Martin Tor The best IN
Meats, Groceries, Vegetables. IL
Public Square, HagerstOwn. Tele.
phones ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
LAWN MoWERs-BIcYcLEs

Rocket power and hand lawn
movers. New and secondhand
bicvcles. Lawn mower and bicycle
repairing. Hagerstown Cycle Co.
% Wayside avenue.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE
LOANS

Real Estate and Fire Insurance.
Money at 5 per cent loaned on
first mortgage. Brewer and Lind
sew. 214 Second National Bank
Bldg. Phone 2481.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
AUTO SERVICE, USED CARS

Diamond Tt Motor Truck Sales
and Service-Poe's Garage, rear
of 115 E. Franklin st. HagerstoWn
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
TEACHER OF MUSIC

Samuel Strine teacher guitar
mandolin, banjo, xylophone, estab-
lished teacher. Studio, SGT West
Franklin ST.; phone 1928.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05

GLOBE ADS pAv DTVIDENDS!!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-05-05
ICE CREAM

Mains Ice Cream for Quality. A
your merchants.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE
Will Hold a Meeting at Hartly on
Wednesday Next, August 80

Livestock feeders are invited by
the Eastern States Farmers Ex-
change to attend meeting in the
Fire HAIL, Hartly, Delaware at
730 p. M, standard time, Wednes-
day, August 80. John K. West
berg, of Springfield, Mass, head of
the Exchange Cooperative Feed
Service will peak on the subject
How to Feed Your Poultry, Dairy
and Other Livestock for Better
Growth and Production" The To-
cal committee assisting with plans
for the meeting is composed of
Anton Vodvarka, Hugo Kuntze,
Frank Sydel. and Erich Lasch, aall
of Hartly; William j. Cook, Ken
ton; Lemuel c. Covington and F.
Ralston Benn of Dover; T. Harry
Cough, Henderson; Charles L. Sip
Pile, FELTON,; Cloid Fry, Harrington,
and William H George, Smyrna
According to H. Wallace Cook,
Field Representative for the Ex-
change in this area, this meeting
is one of a series being held to dis
cuss with members the details of
their feeding program which start
ed in 1918 and last year supplied
425, ,951 tons of feed from the Co
operatives mill in Buffalo.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
SMYRNA SEEKS
1910 FIRE MEET
Harrington Firemen After
State Meet Withdraw Bid
in Favor of Smyrna.
GREETED BY MAYOR

The Citizens Hose Company Of
Smyrna at the Kent County Fire
mems meeting here Thursday
night announced they would like
to invite the Delaware state fire.
men to Smyrna in 1910 for the an
nual state convention which is due
to be entertained in Kent County.
The Harringto delegatio who came
to the meeting in Smyrna to press
their bid, promptly withdrew their
invitation in favor of Smyrna. The
monthly meeting of the Kent
County Firemen's Association was
held here Thursday night in the
Fire Hall directly after the parade.
Despite the heat, the meeting was
attended by over so f1remen, all
companies reporting except Fred
erica. President Jones opened the
business session in the Hose House
following dinner at Daughters
Diner Caleb w Johnson offered
the invocation at the dinner. May
or w. E. Matthews Jr., welcomed
the firemen. Chief Thomas Baker
of Dover responded. County Fire
Recorder Baker reviewed the re-
ports of the companies State
Secretary w. w. Pettijohn said
plans for the state convention were
about complete. The fireworks bill
again came in for discussion and
according to the firemen, with
some unfavorable remarks about
politicians. The secretary was di-
rected to send letter of sympathy
to Joseph Loffland of Milford on
the recent death of his daughter.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
REHOBOTH FINDS OLD ROAD
Road Which Served Resort in Old
Days Now Eds at Canal Edge

Re-discovery of a road that was
the entrance to Rehoboth Beach
in the horse and buggy days
marked Thursdays survey OF a oo
foot road to be laid out from the
main concrete road into the three
acre tract whichh Rehoboth Beach
is turning over to the Pennsylvania
Railroad outside the resort limits
for a freight and railroad terminal.
The old road was used until the
federal canal was cut through and
a bridge built below it. The road
runs mast Mt. Pleasant Church and
today ends at the canal. The new
road will be wide enough for trucks
to 90 in and out of the triangular
piece of land laying between the
two railroad tracks. State En-
eineer John r. Kitchens, Rehoboth
Reach Commissioner John NJ. Le-
Cato, City Surveyor Clarence Lank'
and a railroad supervisor, H L.
Lipman, of Cape Charles, Va, were
present and agreed upon the loca-
ton of the road. Mr.. Lipman SAID
a freight platform and small OF
fee would be rected there with
plenty of room for siding. Tracks
within the resort will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24

Smyrna Firemen'S Carnival came
to a close at Market Street plaza
Monday evening after nine nights
of happy gathering. 1t was voted
one of the best of any ever held.
There was a big crowd at the
closing hours, much exciting inter
est being had over the award OF
the automobile, and other prizes
that had been scheduled for the
closing night. The winner OF the
automobile "a choice between a
1889 Ford and a 1880 Chevrolet i,
fell to the happy lot of E. H. En-
mis-, a store clerk at Ocean CITY,
Md. who bought a ticket from a
Smyrna solicitor while at Ocean
CITY. He chose a Chevrolet which
was delivered to him Tuesday. The
horse for the first time offered at a
Smyrna carnival, went to Howard
Hopkins of Hebron, Md. A radio
went to Mrs. Wells FAIRIES, Smyr-
ma; a bicycle to Miss Vesta Reed,
CLAYTON; another bicycle to Miss
Alice Slaughter, Middletown; a
square rug to Clarence P. Ely, and
a rag rug to Miss Anna M. Logan.
and another radio to Mayor Will
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
ASSEMBLY TO
MEET TO-DAY
Governors Veto of Highway
Act and Repassage Is
Expected
SABBATH LAW PLANS

The General Assembly when it
reconvenes to-day at IL o'clock is
expected to pass a joint resolution
appointing President Protein D.
Wilmer Steel of the Senate and
Speaker Frank r. Zebley of the
House as two of a seven-member
commission to make a thorough
study of the blue laws of the state.
The commission would make rec
concentrations to the 1941 legisla-
ture for changes in these laws to
meet present conditions. This plan
was disclosed Tuesday by Ebe H.
Chandler, Republican state chair
man, during visit to Wilmington.
If the resolution passes, the other
five members of the commission
will be selected by Senator Steele
and Speaker Zebley and will repre-
sent the clergy and lay members Of
the various religious denominations
in the state. Mr.. Chandler said he
felt that ultimately statute would
be decided on that would eliminate
many of the present restrictions
and permit certain amusements
and necessary business on Sunday
and that other worldly labors"
would be prohibited. The Legisla-
ture will be in session at least
three days, starting to-day, Mr..
Chandler said. Gov. Richard z.
McMullen's veto of the State High
way Department reorganization
bill which passed at the adjourned
session August IA, Senate 10 to
8 and House 21 to IL, will be taken
up and repassed over his veto.
Under the law, however, no action
can be taken on it until tomorrow.
One house is expected to repass 1t
Friday and the other house on
Monday. Other than the matter
of the highway bill, no other leg
islation will be considered, Mr..
Chandler predicted.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
FIREMEN'S CARNIVAL CAME TO
CLOSE HERE MONDAY NIGHT

liam E. Matthews, Jr. There was
no ground prize Monday night but
taking up the list where the Times
left off last week, the ground prize
on Wednesday night, the $500
cash prize went to Wells FAIRIES
and the radio to Mrs. Hilda New
man. Thursday night the ground
prize to Mrs. Helen Grier and the
Radio to r. K. Leonard, Middle
town; Friday night: ground prize
to Carlton Blendt; no radio was
awarded; Saturday night, Ramona
Moore won the ground prize and
Mrs. Effie Wilkinson the radio.
The gross receipts of the car
nival amounted to about S4, 200
which was better than last year
by upwards of S700 gain. What
our firemen will clear out of this
will not be known until all bills
are in and paid. Good weather
marked all carnival nights and
much credit is due the Carnival
Committee, ]. Fletcher Truax,
chairman, John w. Jacobs, Jr.,
John Mood, and Carl A. Bartlett,
for the able and enterprizing man.
ner in which it was conducted.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
EIGHT HURT IN
CAR SMASHUP
Station Wagon Climbs Bank
at Frederica After Spring
Fouls Steering Gear
ON WAY TO OCEAN CITY

Eight men were injured late Fri
day afternoon when station Wag-
on in which they were riding on
the Dupont Boulevard three miles
south of Frederick, ra off the road,
up a four-foot embankment, and
turned over The injured, all TAX
en- to the Milford Memorial Hos
pital, are: Harry Kullman, 81, New
York city, bruises of the head and
a possible fracture of the skull;
William c. Blelock, 48, Montague,
Mass, fractured ribs and bruises;
]. c. Williams, SO, Princeton, NJ,
Iaceratios of the head; Charles
Jaeckles, 81, New York city, bruis-
es and shock; Robert Mcneil, 81,
Trenton, N. j., driver of the car,
shock; Sewell Dunton, A, Green
field, Mass, bruies and shock; r.
]. Johnson, SO, 1347 Nble Street,
Philadelphia, bruises and shock;
and Edward w Simon, 64, New
York city, bruises of the body.
Only four of the men, Mcneil, Kull-
man, Blelock, and Williams, were
held in the hospital after treatmet.
Their coditios were reported as not
dangerous. According to Private
Edward D. Gebhart, who investi-
gated, the car was travelling south
at 40 miles an hour when front
spring broke. The broken spring
jammed the steering gear, forcing
the car toward the side Of the road.
The injured men were taken to the
hospital by passing motorists. The
group were on their way to Ocean
City, Md, for a weekend of marlin
fishing. Police said technical
charge of assault and battery by
automobile will be placed againt
Mcneil when he is released from
the hospital.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
2O6TH ANNIVERSARY SHRINE
Bishop McClelland to Preach at st.
Bartholomew p. E. Church

Bishop William McClelland OF
the Diocese of Easton will preach
the special sermon to-day, Thurs
day. at the annual pilgrimage to
the 206-year-old st. Bartholomew's
Church Green Hill on the East
ern Shore of Maryland. To-day
being st. Bartholomew's Day, Holy
Communion will be at IL a. m.
Bishop McClelland, who will be the
celebrant at the service. will be as
sisted by the Rev. Alber H. Frost
of Salisbury and the Rev. ]. Ran
dolph Field of Princess Anne.
Bishop McClellandh sheen invited
to preach by the rector of the
Stephney and Spring Hill parishes,
the Rev. Herbert Jukes. st. Bar
tholomew Church edifce was built
in 1888 and this service will be the
first visitation of the new bishop
to old Green Hill as head of the
diocese. A feature of the viitation
will be the inspection of the recent
ly completed wall of aid concrete
rubble placed along the Wicomico
River bank, which bank is but 80
feet from the church. Erosion has
been rapidly wearing away the
bank of late. Through the gener-
osity of Phillips Brothers Construc-
tion Company who gave the rubble.
and large contributions through
the efforts of Miss Ann Roberts of
Quantico and the Baltimore branch
of the Eastern Shore Society, the
erosion of the river bank has been
checked. Special offerings at the
annual service will help pay for the
balance.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
CHURCH CLOCK
AT MIDDLETOWN
City Council has no Authority
to Repair Time Piece Atop
Presbyterian Church
BELONGS TO CHURCH

The big town clock atop the For
est Prebyterian Church, which re
Gently completed 33 years of ser
vice, is in need of repair, according
to petition signed by many Mid
dletown people which was present
ed to Mayor and Council recently
However, research by special
committee indicated that the town
would be unable to undertake the
expense of repairing the clock
since it is private property and
town funds could not be spent in
that manner. Other means are
being sought to save the clock.
Bought in 1906 by Mrs. Frances
Cochran Comegys as memorial to
her parents, Robert A. Cochran
and Mary Rouse Cochran, the
clock was presented to the church,
but the care and attention of wind
ing and regulating the clock has
been undertaken by Superintend-
ent c. Douglas Appleby in recent
years. Built by the E. Howard
Clock Company of Boston, it has
but one lighted face due to the
prohibitive cost of electricity at the
time it was constructed. This face
is on Main Street, while the others
are not lighted. It is operated by
balance weights very much in the
manner of grandfather clocks. Ap-
proxicately 200 turns are necessary
to raise the striking mechanism
pully, while 80 are necessary to
raise the other pulley which con-
trolls the hands. Superintendent
Appleby winds the clock each
week by means of a large crank.
Sudden changes of temperature,
oiling, and many other things af-
feet the clock and constant super
vision is necessary to keep it abso-
lutely accurate. 1t is built on the
top f the church building replacing
the steeple which would ordinarily
occupy the front.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
PLAN INTERIM
span AT CANAL
Engineers Chief, Moved By
Added Appeals, To Hold
New Conference
ASKS COMPLETE STUDY

Maj.-Gen. Julian L. Schley, chief
of army engineers, agreed Monday
to a further conference on the
once rejected proposal for a tenn
porary bridge over the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal at st. Georges
and ordered that the plan be given
an entirely new and thorough
study. His action, following in
sistent appeals by the Delaware
Congressional delegation and the
Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce, revived hope that the town
at the intersection of the canal and
the states preeminent transporta-
ton artery-the DUPONT Boulevard
will not continue to be bisected
during the months that perman-
ent bridge is building to replace
one wrecked by a freight vessel.
General Schley agreed to meet
with U. S. Senators John G. Town
send, Jr., and James H. Hughes,
Rep. George S. Williams, and 9TH
ers for a further discussion of the
propoal. The engineers chief al
ready has expressed opposition to
to the temporary crossing plan.
His arguments have been attacked
by Gerrish Gassaway, manager OF
the Chamber of Commerce, who
urged that the states COMPRESSION
al delegation renew the requet
General Schley wrote Monday to
Senator Townsend and Representa-
tive Williams declaring he would
be pleased to meet them and others
on the matter. In addition, ne
wrote that the letter which Mr.
Gassaway had written in support
of the temporary crossing had been
sent to the North Atlantic division
engineer for study and full consic-
Grafton. Congress, at its recent
session, passed and sent to the
White House a bill authorizing the
War Department to construct q
fixed high level four-lane bridge
across the canal at st. Georges.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
BUYS BATTERY
AT NEW CASTLE
City Council Takes Over IL
Acre Area From Com
mons For Park
PLAN TO RESTORE 1T

The Battery at New Castle on
Monday became the property of
the city of New Castle. Judge
Ricvhard S. Rodney, acting for the
Trustees of tn Common, and offic-
ers of the Delaware-New Jersey
Ferry Company consummated the
deal that afternoon. In a effort
to regain the 17-acre area south
from the Strand for the use of the
town, the trustees agreed to under
write its purchase some time ago.
A bill was introduced in the pres
ent session of the State Legislature
which would have enabled the city
to float a loan to cover the pur-
chase price. However, the bill was
pigeon-holed and it was necessary
to secure the funds elsewhere until
such time as the city is empower
ed to float loan The Trustees
of the Common will pay all inter
est charges and retire a $1,000
bond each year until the indebted
ness is met. In former years the
Battery provided recreational
place for the entire community and
it is planned to restore it to its
former use as well as to provide a
playground for the children. A
committee has been appointed to
supervise the work. The origin of
the name dates to the Dutch period
in the history of the community.
It is expected that various civic
organizations of the town will as
sist in Nhe restoration of the land
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
SMYRNA FIREMEN'S PARADE
Nineteen Visiting Fire Companies
Here Making a Fine Showing

The highlight of carnival week
was the Firemen's Night parade
when nineteen visiting fire COM
panies were in line which, with
Smyrna, made twenty. The Sing
erly Fire Company of Elkton and
the Ladies Auxiliary of Elkton,
received $1,000 each for making
the best appearance. The Chesa-
peace City Ladies Firemen's Auxh-
iary received a prize of $1,000 for
second best appearance. The Del
aware First Girls Bugle and Drum
Corps of Talleyville received a
prize of $500 for the best drum
corps in Inc. The Volunteer Hose
Company of Middletown received
a prize of $4,000 for the best band
in line and the Milford Boys Band
$1,000 for the second best band in
line. The Rehoboth Fire Company
received $1,000 for the Company
coming the longest distance and
the Singerly Fire Company OF
Elkton, Md, for having the most
men in line. Besides the above,
other companies in line were: Clay
ton, Dover, Bowers Beach, Milton,
Harrington, Cheswold, Christiana,
Camden, Talleyville, Sudlersville,
Md, Millington, Md, North East,
Md, and others. The parade
formed on west Commerce Street
and with five or six bands and
drum corps and attractively uni
formed men and women with color
ed lights and fanfare made one of
the best parades Smyrna has had.
It was witnessed by a crowd OF
5000 people. Thomas Jefferson
aged 90, of Smyrna, Oldest active
fireman in the state, was Parade
Marshall and had the honor seat on
Smyrna's Fire Truck as it lead the
parade.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
TO DEDICATE
OCEAN ROAD
Highway Officials of Both
States Fix on Friday,
September 1st
PLANNING BIG EVENT

The new 28-mile ocean highway
between Rehoboth Beach and
Ocean City, Md, said to be the
longest single highway bordering
the ocean in the United States, will
be dedicated Friday, September L,
with chief executives from both
Delaware and Maryland taking
part. City Manager R. G. Hill of
Rehoboth Bech completed final ar
rangements Thursday after both
Gov. Richard c. McMullen of Della
ware and Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor
of Maryland, agreed to the dedica-
tion date. The Mayors of both Re-
hoboth Beach and Ocean City will
participate in the ceremonies. Sen
ator Harold w. t. Purnell will be
master of ceremonies. Two ver-
sions of the dedication ceremonies
existed Thursday as a result of
plons announced by City Manager
Hill and Ezra B. Whitman, chair
man of the Maryland Roads Com
mission. According to Delaware
plans the Maryland delegation will
meet the group from Delaware at
the Rehoboth Beach fire hall at 3
o'clock in the afternoon for an in
spectin of roads including the In
dian River Inlet to the Delaware
MARYLAND line at F'enwick Island.
At 4.3O o'clock the Governors and
Mayors will participate in the rib
bo cuttig at this point One half
Of the ribbon will be plated with
the colors of Delaware and the
other half with Maryland's state
colors. Two young ladies both
from Fenwick Island, one from the
Maryland side and the other from
Delaware, will hold the ribbon.
Later the official parties will drive
to Ocean City for banquet. Mary
land Commissioner Whitman, how
ever, contends the highways as
phalt surface will be too soft by
that time and consequently the
first part of the ceremonies will be
held at Rehoboth at the north end
of the highway after which the Of
fetal party will make nonstop"
trip over the highway to Ocean
City where the ceremonies will be
concluded. Whitman claims the
newly laid asphalt will not get hard
for about seven or eight months
and that cars will have to move IN
the sand or keep moving on the
asphalt surface or they might get
stuck. To keep motorists from
parking on the road, he said, the
commission will put up signs read
ing, "Do not stop on soft surface" "
At intervals along the route, how
ever, the commission has con-
structed parking areas, consisting
of gravel and clay, for the use OF
bathers and fishermen (and those
unfortunate motorists with car
trouble.) Nathan L. Smith, chief
engineer of the Maryland Highway
Commission, said the road had
been built of asphalt and sand be-
cause such a road is three or four
times cheaper than concrete"
Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
EIGHT INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
Two Autos in Collision at
South State and Pine
Streets in Dover
SEAFORD WOMAN HURT

Eight persons were cut and
bruised in an auto collision at the
intersection of South State and
Pine Streets, Dover, Sunday night.
The cars were driven by Ralph Tue
of Dover and Elmer Seward of Ar
lington, Md. In the Tue car were
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Nissen of Do
yer. Passengers in the Seward
machine were Mrs. Mildred Sew
ard, George Seward, Mrs. Samuel
Bull, and Jane Crist, all of Airing
ton. They were treated at Kent
General Hospital. Mrs. Kenton
Mayer of Seaford received treat
ment at the Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, for injuries received
received in a three-car collision
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Smyrna times., 1939-08-24
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
VIM. w. Wharton, Former Smyr-
nian, Brother of DIR. Wharton, Dead

William w. wharton, aged ", a
former Smyrna boy, brother of DR..
Chharles NJ. Wharton of Dover,
now executive director of the Della
ware Unemployment Commission,
died last Saturday in the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, of peritonitis follow
ing a stomach ulcer infection. Mr..
Wharton's home was in Lans-
downe, a suburb of Philadelphia,
Pa. His death was received by his
old Smyrna and Dover friends with
sorrow. Mr.. Wharton was son
of the late William ]. and Mrs.
Amanda (Layton) Wharton of
Magnolia. His father died when
he was a small boy. His mother
later married DR.. Ashhcraft of
Smyrna. This brought the Whar-
ton boys, Will and Charles, to
Smyrna where they received their
early education, both leaving for
college after their public and pri-
vate schooling had been completed
William at Lafayette, and Charles
to the University of Pennsylvania
Charles was active in athletics and
as Buck" Wharton became a fam
Gus football star. Later he became
an instructor in physical education
at the University of Pennsylvania
which position he held until he
came to the University of Della
ware. William Wharton entered
the insurance field after his college
education and had met with sue
cess. He married in early life Miss
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