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Milford chronicle., 1940-12-20
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Purcell and
son have been recent Wilmington
visitors
w. A. Dearman spent last week
as the guest of Mrs 2. l.. Kratz.
e. L. Kratz spent last week near
Cammal, Pa, on a deer hunt
MIR. and Mrs. w. ]. Mills enter
tanned guests to a o'clock dinner
last Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Zott stopped in
Dover last Friday.
Miss Helen Tatman and sister Of
Milford called on Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Elwell last week.
Mrs. Richard Allen spent the week
end with her husband in Salisbury.
Mrs. Laura Prettyman has been a
recent dinner guest Of her daughter
and sOn-in-law, MIR. and Mrs. J. Roy
Barwick and son Ralph.
Horace Edgell visited his sister
and brother-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. S.
F. Collision last Sunday morning.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-20

Mrs. Maggie Kitchens OF Omar
called on Mrs Sadie Williams on
Saturday.
Mrs l. r. Wiley and Mrs. Emmons
Phillips Of town, Mrs Vernon Nc
Cabe Of Ocean View, accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul McCabe and Mrs.
Ralph Belts of Clarksville to Will
mingson on Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-20
OUT THE NETV DRIVES

Oldsmobile's mo clutch" Hydra
Matte Drive has proved such a
sensational success that mauy
manufacturers have brought out
new devices for io41-with SIM
liar sounding names and with
claims to similar advantages.
There are new kinds Of shifts,
new kinds of transmissions, new
clutch systems, new controls,
new drives" What these de-
vices really do, in comparison
with Hydra Matte Drive, is
shown in the chart below. Check
their accomplishments carefully.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-20

Names Of the devices compared
with Hydra-Matic Drive in the
chart below will be furnished
upon request
Evening star., 1940-07-18
Man at 100 Still Tends
Garden, Roises Poultry

By the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Born 100 years
ago in Williamson, N. c., Joe Hoggs
still tends his own vegetable garden
and raises poultry.
Joe and Mrs. Hoggs have been
married 68 years-"with never q
cross word" he adds. And he boasts:
"1've never smoked nor drank,
chewed tobacco, dipped snuf1, cussed
or got convicted in q court Of law"
Evening star., 1940-07-18
POINTS FOR PARENTS
By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE

Both dogs and children need con-
sastent teaching 1T they are to un-
derstand aDhat is allowed and ,uhat
is not.
Evening star., 1940-07-18
Not This

Mother: Make Jip get off the
couch"
Son: "You let her sleep there yes
terday."
Mother: "She looked so peaceful
I couldn't bear to disturb her, but
she mustn't do it any more"
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
TEACH CURRENT
WORLD HISTORY
Study of Background of Pres
ent World Events and Prob
lens; Panel Discussions
ADULT EDUCATION

The citizens of Smyrna and vi
cinity will be given an opportunity
of enrolling in course in Current
World History, which will be
among those offered in the adult
education curriculum scheduled to
get under way after January L,
1941. The course will be designed
to develop a better background
through which to view the cata-
cysmic events now shaking the
very roots of present civilization.
Although the causes of these
events reach back, in some cases,
for hundreds of years, the course
will deal more specifically with
what has taken place since the
fateful Treaty of Versailles. The
class will attempt to trace to their
sources and then evaluate the sew
eral politico-economic systems now
battling for supremacy. The course
will be presented in the form of
lectures, reports and panel discus
sions of the Town Hall" type, and
should prove to be quite helpful to
those seeking a clearer view of
modern world problems.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThorOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, Nov. 6 - Mrs
William Shetzler spent last week
visiting relatives in Philadelphia
The Taylor's Bridge P. T. A. will
have its November meeting in the
school house Friday night.
Friendly Neighbors Home Dem
.onstration Club will meet Tuesday
afternoon, November 18th with
Mrs. Earl Bradley at 1.3O o'clock
Subject, Home baked bread and
rolls add interest and economy to
the diet"
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. David spent
Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. Will
liam Fortner at Blackbird.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta anc
daughters of Marshallton, spent
Saturday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Latta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Shockley
and daughters, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Ebling at Ridge
ly. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Sinex and
daughter, of Middletown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Johnson, and Mrs.
Fannie Francis spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wearm of
Aberdeen, Md, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Latta.
Miss Margaret Lewis has return
ed home from spending the past
week in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Steller and
son Lewis, spent Saturday in Will
mington.
Mr. Edward Keiser of Whining
ton, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser.
Mr.. Walter Steller of Essington,
Pa, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John D. Steller.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Nov. g. Miss
Virginia Mae Warner of New York,
Mr.. Ellsworth Walker of Whining
ton, were Saturday visitors of her
grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mrs. Annie Revell and daughter
Miss Florence, son Raymond of
Seaford, visited with her daughter
Marie, Sunday, who is at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Wrench and has
been i'll for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis of
the State Hospital, were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Nc
Afee Thursday.
Mrs. Emma Davis and grand
daughter Phyllis Petts, spent the
weekend with her daughter, Mr..
and Mrs Harold Warner at Bel
fonte, Wilmington.
Mr.. Hazel Scout of Rohway, N.
j., spent the weekend with his
father, Mr. Mark Scout.
Mr. George D. McNatt of Will
mington, was a recent visitor Of his
aunt, Mrs. Clifton McAfee.
Mr.. Alvin Gaulke of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with his
mother, Mrs. Alice Gaulke.
Mrs. Clifton McAfee and daugh-
ter, Mrs. CORTLAND Gaulke, spent
Friday in Dover.
Mrs. Earl Scott and sister, Miss
Mildred Davis, spent Monday in
Wilmington with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Ford, of
Dover, Mrs. Willis Sanner and
daughter Nancy, of Cheswold. Mrs.
Horace Warrell and children, of
Lepsic, Mrs. Walker Warner of
Deakyneville, were recent visitors
of Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mr.. Joseph Shnappe of Philadel-
phia, who came down to vote Tues
day, spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton McAfee.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
OF
BIRD REFUGE
Bombay HI Ook Migratory
Waterfowl Refuge Making
Some improvements
EARLY CENSUS TAKEN

Progress at the Bombay Hook
Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is be
ing made, according to Refuge
Manager John Herholdt, in many
fields of endeavor. A 30x60 boat
house is now under construction
at Whitehall Landing. A dixie has
been extended to impound fresh
water pools. The construction of
a barge and dredge has held up
progress on the impoundment
work during the summer months.
The National Youth Administra-
ton gave assistance to the refuge
program by maintenance of nur-
series, planting of trees, preparing
and planting game food strips and
other improvement work on the re-
fuge.
During the planting season Is
acres of scattered food strips of
approximately II plots composed
of varying mixtures of soybeans.
cowpeas, sudan grass, kafficorn,
neld corn, m1llet, and maize were
planted. Mr.. Herholdt reports
good results from food strips of
millet, soybeans, and kafficorn
showing best results.
The fall census of upland game
and waterfowl has not been COM
pleted but it is found that spring
and summer checks indicate that
pheasant conditions are normal on
the $4,000 acre refuge Cock
pheasants are more plentiful than
hens. Quail are very abundant as
well as cottontail rebbit. First
observations of beaver on the Fed
eral land was made in January
1910 in Finis Swamp. The musk
rat take for 1939-4O trapping sea-
son Is estimated by refugees obser-
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal anu Social In.

Items of Personal anu Social In
est Gleancd About Neighbcr hood
Cheswold, Nov. 6-Miss Victorine
n. Lafferty, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. ]. Lafferty, of near town,
was married to Mr. Homer Hop
kins, of Frederick at Barratt's
Chapel on Saturday morning at
ten O'Clock by Rev. w. L. McClin-
took, of Cheswold. Their attend
ants were Miss Mary Salmons, of
Dover and Mr.. Charles Brown, of
Wyoming. Only the immediate
families were present
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Carrow, of
Wilmington, were Sunday guests
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
7 Carrow.
Funeral services for Mr.. Harry
/ F. Urian, who died suddenly on
October %, were held at his late
home on Saturday, October 26 at
I 2 o'clock, with Rev. w. L. McClin-
took, pastor of Cheswold Methodist
Church officiating. Interment was
made in Odd Fellows Cemetery at
Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Powell and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Cal
houn, of Canterbury, were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Powell and
family on Sunday.
Mrs. Abram Vaughn and son,
Donald, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Curry
of Bridgeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Cirrijoine
were guests Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Cirrijoine, of Hartly
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Scarborough
held family reunion on Sunday,
October 27, in honor of their 45th
wedding anniversary. The house
was beautifully decorated with
autumn leaves and chrysanthe-
NUNS. A delightful turkey dinner
was served. Among those present
we're: Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Scar
borough, Of Bethlehem, Pa; Mrs.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wright of
Philadelphia, formerly Of Clayton,
are being congratulated on the
birth of daughter, Judith Ann,
on October 81. Mr.. Wright is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Wright.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton, Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
minister in charge, announces the
service on Sunday next will be at
s p. M, evening prayer and SER
mon.
Mr.. Clifford Hurd and Miss Mar
garet Harrington motored from
Wilmington Saturday and spent
the weekend in town.
The Lions Club sponsored barn
dance in the auditorium at st.
Joseph's Friday evening. The
committee was composed Of DR..
Richard Comegys, III. H. Sevil, c.
b. Brown and w. Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Wheatley
spent four days in New York City
the past week and attended the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Ford has re
turned home after spending week
with their daughter in Pleasant
vile, New Jersey.
The Clayton Home Demonstra-
tion Club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Thomas Mills on Friday,
November 8th at 1.30 p. m. The
program will be in charge of the
members.
Mrs. J. Green of Wilmington,
president of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs, was the guest
speaker of the Clayton Century
Club on Thursday. Tea was serv-
ed and the committee in charge,
comprised Mrs. G. H. Neugebauer
and Mrs. Richard Comegys.
The following members of the
Clayton Lions Club attended the
district banquet held in Chester
town, Md, on Monday: R. T. Horn,
w. S. Keys, G. H. Brown, J. H.
Dunning, Raymond Mabrey.
c. B. Brown, Jr., and Paul Cow
erdale entered the Halloween cele-
bration sponsored by the Business
Association of Smyrna and won
third prize under group persona
tions.
DR.. and Mrs. Richard Comegys
of Clayton, entertained before the
dance for the benefit of the Kent
General Hospital in Dover. Their
guests were: DR.. and Mrs. Harold
Mercer, Dover; DR.. and Mrs. w. G..
Deakyne, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Dunning, Mr. and Mrs. Seville
Keys, Miss Marie Louise Darrah
and Cummins Speakman, Jr.
Mr.. Donald Ennis, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ennis, who re-
Gently joined the u. S. Navy, is
spending sometime with his fam
lily.
Mrs. Howell Sevil has returned
home after spending some time
with her parents in Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07

vers as 4435 rats. Trapping rights
on the refuge have greatly de-
creased the otter population and at
least 5 of these rare animals were
trapped last winter.
An interesting survey of the re-
tails in snow geese census durino
the past 5 years is indicated on Mr.
Herholdt's records. In 1886, spring
surveys by local people indicated
thousands present in that area
A fall check revealed 5000 snow
geese. In 1887, spring 1000 fail
5000; 1910, spring 20 snow
geese observered.
The waterfowl nesting census re-
cords for the spring 1910 over
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhood

Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Townsend, Nov. 6-The supper
held for the benefit of the Town
send Methodist Church netted the
sum of s166.23.
Mrs. Mary ". Heather is visiting
her niece, Mrs. Gertrude Moore, of
Betterton, Md.
Mrs. Matte B. Devereaux, of
Pocomoke City, Md, has come to
spend the winter with Mrs. ]. M.
Graves.
The Rally Day service was held
last Sunday night and those pupils
that graduated We're: Betty Sha-
han, Jimmie Sinex, Barbara Watts,
Jean Hart and Bernice Outten.
October 29th seemed to be an
important day for two residents in
our town. Mr. William Penn Will
son and Miss Rose Jean Guessford
celebrated their birthdays and both
had a very wonderful time.
The Young Peoples organization
of this division is going to be held
in the Townsend Church, Novem-
ber 18th. This division includes all
churches from Odessa to Kenton
We hope all the members Of the or
ganization will be present.
Many cords Of wood are being
hauled from the wooded sections
to be stored in the nearby towns
for winter use. This affords work
for many workmen and it follows
the usual plan of having enough
firewood available for all demands.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Kee and sons,
Herbert, Walter and George, Of
New Castle, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lippincott,
also Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Burge, of
Boothwyn, Pa, and Mr.. Irwin
Oesterle and Miss Norma Lippin-
colt, of Wilmington.
The Republicans and Indepen-
dents of Appojuinimink Hundred
held a Willkie and Bacon mass
meeting in the school auditorium
at Townsend on Friday evening,
November 1st. The speakers were
John Leach and others from Will
mington and elsewhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lippincott
entertained the following guests at
their home, near town, one even
ing last week: Mr.. and Mrs. John
VanDyke, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hutton, Miss
Dorothy Mousely, Miss Kathryn
Townsend, Mr.. Joseph Roberts, Afr.
Leighton Brown, Mr.. Kenneth
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
BLACKBIRD
Items OF Personal and Social In
tereet Cleaned From the Vicinity

Items OF Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Blackbird, Nov. 6 - The Misses
Norma and Lucy Smith of New
ark, N. j., spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Wood
keeper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kohl OF
Middletown, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Kohl on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spear, of Florida,
Mrs. Charles Insolol of Chesapeake
City, and Mrs. Eva Tush of Mid
dletown, visited Mrs. William Fort
ner on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Culley and
daughters of Hamilton Park, visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. George Burris on
Sunday.
Major and Mrs. Compton of
Fort DUPONT visited Mrs. Mary E.
Tharp on Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley
visited Wilmington Friday.
Mrs. Harry Buzby and Mrs. w.
T. Pearce were callers at the home
of Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt on Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit McGinnis
and Miss Jeanette Boondis visited
Washington and the Skyline Drive
in Virginia over the weekend
Mrs. w. G. Roosevelt spent Fri
day in Haddon Heights, N. J.,with
Mrs. B. B. Ferguson.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
MARYLAND ITEMS

The United States Express Com
pany now operates on the new Bal
timore and Eastern Shore Rail-
road.
A. H. Reynolds, who has been
foreman of the Wing Office for sew
eral weeks left Elkton last week.
Chicago was his destination it is
said.
Edgar H. Strong, a Kent county,
Md, farmer, has become rich by
suddenly finding an inexhaustible
supply of fine molding sand on his
homestead.
The law firm of Bryand & Fish
er, of Denton, has been dissolved
by mutual consent. Mr.. Fisher will
continue to practice in Denton.
William Hudson, brought to
Chestertown a peach basket of
Burbank's Irish potatoes, ten of
them filing the basket. the largest
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07
DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO

CONTINUED From Page Seven)
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07

itical foeman can well afford to
shake hands after the smoke of
battle clears away.
A. Donovan, of Franklin City,
succeeds M. o. Benjamin as ticket
agent at the Dover railroad depot
and has moved his family there.
DR.. Erkin F. Smith has complet-
ed for this year the examination of
the peach orchards in Delaware
and Maryland with which he is ex-
perimenting to discover if possible
the cause of peach yellows and a
remedy for that disease. His ex-
aminations shows that the disease
is increasing as rapidly this year
as last. He was visited by L. H.
Bailey. of Cornell University who
was surprised at the extent of fruit
growing on this Peninsula.
The pumpkin season has been a
very good one, and the farmer this
year found an excellent market for
their crop. Instead of being COM
PEELED to cut up for feed all ex-
cept few retailed in the market,
the Gamers took all the farmers
brought and paid fair prices. At
the canneries the tomatoes were
pared, cut up and canned in which
shade they will be sent away to
form the luscious pumpkins for
the entire civilized world.
For an exciting political cam
paign in which so many issues are
involved, both parties in this state
have deported themselves in a very
commendable manner. This cleo
tion will determine the complete
control of the State Government
for at least four years, and that
means great deal to the victor
ious party. There have been the
usual quantity of campaign sland-
ers, but there has been less person
ality than usual, and the pending
issues, both local and national, have
been discussed more thoroughly
than ever before. In fact it has
been a genuine educational cam
paign. Sunday Star.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07

w. F. Scarborough and daughter,
Ann, of Ridley Park; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. S. Scarborough and son, of Will
mington; Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Scar
borough and daughter, Jean, Mr..
and Mrs. George Scarborough and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Scarborough
and Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Scarborough
and family, all of Dover; Mr.. and
Mrs. N. L. Remley, and daughter,
Marjorie, of town and son, Harold,
of Ridley Park.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07

one weighing two pounps ana ten
ounces.
Sweet potatoes are being ship
ped all along the line of the d. M.
& V. railroad in carload lots. The
yield was never before anything in
comparison with this season.
George Jackson, aged 36 years,
who lived near Vienna, Md, was
struck by a Baltimore and Eastern
Shore Railroad train last Wednes-
day near his home and instantly
killed.
Presiding Elder France has ap-
pointed Rev. R. Irving Watkins, of
/ Townsend, Del, to take charge of
Chestertown M. E. Church until
Conference and he preached there
Sunday.
J. r. Stavely, of Still Pond, has
grown white potato of the Bur
bank variety which weighs three
pounds. It has several prongs but
the body is perhaps the heaviest
part. Who can beat it?
j. F. Goodwin, of Church Hill.
has been elected a director in the
Centreville National Bank, vice
William E. Temple, resigned and
John Emory has been elected a di-
rector in the Queen Anne's Nation
al Bank, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of George DeRoch-
burne.
Mr.. George Stradley died sud
denly on Tuesday morning at his
residence in the village of Still
Pond The deceased for a number
of years followed the occupation of
threshing grain and was conse-
quently well known to the agricul-
tural community. He was about
48 years old, and leaves wife, the
daughter of the late Benedict Har-
ris, but no children.
1t is said that heirs of John Paul
Heath, who founded Warwick, in
the first district Of Cecil county,
and died in 1875, intend instituting
legal proceedings on a claim
against most of the real estate on
which Warwick is built and other
real estate The claimants, who
are known as the Bordley heirs,
formerly resided on Wye Island,
Queen Anne's county, and now live
in Baltimore.
Mrs. Strummel, wife of Eli Stru-
mmel, chief engineer of the McCul-
Tough Iron Works, Northeast, Md,
was killed in Elkton Thursday.
The deceased in company with her
brother-in-law John Alexander,
and her infant, were thrown out,
and her infant, were returning
from a drive when the horse took
fright and ran. Mrs. Strummel
was thrown out, dashing her
against a tree, crushing her skull.
She died instantly. She was 38
years old and leaves seven chill
dren.
About the 1st of September,
Miss Mary Haurand, through her
lattorney, Albert Constable, brought
suit against John c. Hindman,
well-known auctioneer and ex-post-
master of Rising Sun, Cecil county
for breach of promise, and asked
$4,000 damages. 1t was expected
that the case would come UP for
trial at the December term of
court and it would have created
much interest. 1t was given out
that the plaintiff had SO letters
be read in court. The case, how
ever, will never come to trail, and
has been removed from the docket
by order of the plaintiffs attorney.
On Monday a marriage license was
issued by the clerk of the Cecil
county court, and Miss Haurand
and Mr.. Hindman were married by
the Rev. S. A. Gayley., pastor of
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church. Mr.. Hindman is "A years
old and Miss Haurand 80. Mr..
Hindman is said to have paid the
costs of the suit.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07

767 nests of black st MAJ mash nd.
Of blue wing tes1 al ~, uueks 557
lets, and A sbova,l. 90 nests d
an Increase Of l9 Tier.
ler ducks over 194o 1ssls ot j
nesting records W.T. records /
gfe0e I5 wood-duck. eo,I pisd
KING and Virginia rsi1 root q
galln'lles spotted ..na .rlis =
ilts peer American and IT,. p.Pt'
llttle 5lue heron. turEa,. Isa3 .
rea-tailed and red, s5a9is. n1
plafsa hawks bald eag1s I
great horned barred 4
sh0't-eared owls. and ',,a y
Smyrna times., 1940-11-07

Brown, of Wilmington; RevA and
Mrs. j. C. Handy and daughter
Betty, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Hutchi-
son and Mrs. Ruth Daniels, of
Townsend.