Smyrna times., 1940-05-23
Bob Bells Newsy News


at the Lotus Gardens Saturday
mite and from then on-shhh!-
Shut up /!
A popular young alumnus should
get his two gals names straighten-
ed out and not call one by the
others name when asking her what
refreshments she will have at
Shap's.-Both their first initials
are with E
The column wishes to correct an
error from last week. We said
that Lee Slaughter's Ford vs. was
1886 model.-That's a drastic
mistake. It's a '35. Pawdon US,
and stuff
Here's hoping that two of Smyr-
mas cowboys" had a nice trip to
Wilmington after the Junior Prom
last Saturday dawning!-One of
the lads dumped" his date early
and picked up another.
Leon Pierce, the Frear milkman,
had a personal interview with Reg
istrar of Drexel u. last week and
was accepted to enter in Septem-
Der without entrance exams.
Wilma Blendt seen eyeing slug
ger Brant King of Dover baseball
group at the Dover-Smyrna plow-
under
The reason former 1st baseman
Ray Smith, resigned from the
Smyrna nine was to devote more
time to his scholarship activities.
Roach Records is brushing him up
on football tactics, SO 1 hear.
Don't let it surprise Snaps gang
if Ham Hamilton enters the village
for short stay anytime now.
At the Prom:
Crickie Diacumakos wore a
"strapless" gown at the J. and S.
Prom. So what $50 at the end
of the dance she discovered that
her wrap was missing and it was
slightly chilly out in the open air.
Anyway she retrieved it later.
1t was mistaken by another girl as
her own.-Ned Wilson escorted
Jean Clements from Dover but
outsiders would have thought that
she was with Lee Slaughter
Bernie Grier and Lee Paige came
in about 1890 and got a line on
the band. They had just finished
playing at Harrington Several OF
the "prominents" arrived back late
after intermission Some failed to
get back at all.-''Pleasant Hill'
saw some of the group at the half
way mark.-Ray Smith entertain
ed few at his home during time
Outl-Don't tease Nelson Slaugh-
ter about this but his gas tank
went dry after the dance when he
was taking Betty Phillips home.
They were going home the long
way, aussi Charlie Poore attend
ed the shindig with Milly Edwards
the second best looking girl in
Millington, Md.
Bernie Grier and Mary L. Por-
ter are still casting glances, and
stuff. - Where there's smoke
there's fire. Where there's Porter
there's Grier.
A certain Maryland lady won't
like this item if she reads it but it
certainly looks like Clinton Wool
eyhan is getting confused over
Milly Tigner, a down-the-roader!
He carries a "glamour-gal-posed"
picture in his wallet.-A good
locker, sez wel
4 Russell "Snooks" Moore and
Holman Tucker out rowing with
young gals of the Christian En-
deavor get-together.
Wagon Wheel has added a spec
ial-officer" to their working staff
In other words a bouncer, so
don't any of the rowdies start any
thing.-Seei
Is it true that Bill Bramble's s
heart is set into action by Nancy
Fox Of Leipsic?
4 Dave Hughes denies it but some
folks think that he'll enter Tower
Hill school next year.
Ye Students Remember!
J. When, back in the winter OF
1885, Lloyd Jones, then an 8th
grader, started his pencil showing
career by getting "short-story'
published in the Spy Glass" p
The Seniors of the Class of '4O
were 7th graders and Alverna
Jones, '35, was Editor-in-Chief OF
the Glass" That's the year that
they sold sandwiches and candy in
the hall because the new building
mad not yet been completed
sally Jones and Junior Sevil were
"going-strong'' and Miss Skrivan
was the Home Ec teacher. Boy,
now she had to-day's Seniors
oluffed? - When c. Wooleyhan
tainted in study hall following a
vaccination and Pete Pollock car
ried him to the nurse when
Smyrna High School was S. H. S.
and not j. B. M.-The winning
baseball teams and losing basket
ball teams.-When Smyrna High
had the Bunny Lawton, Stanley
Boyd, Ronald Grier out-field that