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Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
TEST TUBE FASHIONS"

TER dress made from wood pulp,
l colored with coal tar. its slide
fastener from cotton-these are but
part of the story of Miss Chemis-
try" shown here.
From head to toe she is dressed
in materials that had their origin
in the test-tube.
Coal, air, and water-plus years
of research-are responsible for
her gossamer nylon stockings and
satiny pearl jewelry of 'Lucite"
methyl methacrylate plastic, both
du Pont products.
A different type of plastic, this
one coming from cellulose which is
the fibrous or woody material found
in all plant life, makes the heels
scufless, on her chemically-tan
white kid shoes. Heels like this,
which have become a stock feature
of the wardrobe for well groomed
women, are made by covering a
wooden heel with a sheet of plastic
embossed to look just like kid, alli-
gator, or other shoe leather. This
material is so tough that one of
these heels, mailed around the
world tagged but unwrapped, came
back unmarried.
Another cellulose material, rayon.
makes both dress and gloves for
Miss Chemistry" while a sister
product, cellulose film, is seen as
braid in her summery hat and in
her handbag as decorative threads.
Viscose process rayon and Cello
phane" cellulose film are close-kin
products, for they are chemically
identical. When the viscose is hard
ened In the form of filaments.
which combine to make yarn, 1t
becomes rayon; when it Is made
solid in the form OF sheets, thin
and transparent, it becomes Cello
phane."
Miss Chemistry" is more than
just girl and costume, for chemi-
cal wardrobes have long since come
out of the laboratory stage to clothe
the woman of today.
There is more than enough rayon
made in this country, were 1t all
used for this purpose, to make
seven dresses year for every
woman over the age Of fifteen.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

Peter Hyatt was great-great-
grandfather of John Price Hyatt
and father of Lieut.. John Vance
Hyatt, Continental Army, an or
iginal member of the Delaware
State Society of the Cincinnati.
With the Macdonough burial
plot in proper condition due to age
the brick wall surrounding it is
partially demolished and small
trees are growing over the graves
it will be one of the historical
landmarks of Delaware. The re-
storation can be done, it is stated
at a reasonable cost. Therefore
only a comparatively small appro-
priation by the Legislature win be
necessary.
In a recent letter to friend
here, Judge John Bassett Moore
authority on international law and
native Of Smyrna, said he re-
garded the victory of Commodore
Macdonough on Lake ChamDlajn
IN 1914 as the greatest event in
the naval history of the United
States, or possibly in the world.
It is probable that exercises win
be held at the burial plot, when
the work is completed, with Pudge
Moore as the principal speaker.
Vance's Neck, just north Of
Odessa, derives its title from the
family of that name It is but a
short distance from Macdonough
where the commodore was born
his birthplace practically adjoins
the burial plot.
The establishment of the Mac
donough burial place was concur
rent with the erection Of Ola
Drawers Church, nearby, in 1773.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

rains were, but not one of them
was a circumstance to a Western
"cloud burst" Rev. w. S. Robin
son had an experience with one of
these last week, after starting
East. They were overtaken about
4 o'clock in the afternoon by
cloud that in less than half hour
changed the wheat and corn fields
into vast lake, the cattle, after
reaching the most elevated
grounds, were standing with their
heads only above the water, and
much of the stock doubtless
drowned. The cars had to stop,
the waves beating against their
sides from the force of the wind
like the splashes against the boat
in the bay. Later on, after the
water had largely disappeared, in
attempting to pursue their journey
they were only space of less than
twenty feet from plunge of some
thirty feet through a washed away
bridge by the timely waving of a
lantern by a man who had Just
discovered it. An advance train
had passed over it safely but few
minutes before.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
THE ROANOKE BOOM

We gave the names in our last
issue of six of our citizens who
went on a prospecting tour to
Roanoke, South Western Virginia
They returned after an absence of
four days evidently strongly i'm
pressed with their trip. They were
treated with distinguished consid-
Grafton and very thing done that
could be to impress them. Every
one Of them returned home with a
great big boom buzzing in his
head-such a buzz in fact that
they have hardly been able to get
the needed sleep. Everything since
has been Roanoke" and others
have caught the fever. They found
the speculator there with lots to
sell anyone of which would realize
the purchaser a fortune. r. III.
Beck was a purchaser of one of
these lots. willard F. Weldon and
Marion Wood, carpenters, will ac-
company Mr.. Beck when he re-
turns next week, also James t.
White and w. z. G. Bell, bricklay-
ers. Henry S. Anthony also in
tends returning, and J. X. Evans
later If not next week. ]. p. Hud-
son is also put down in the same
list as prospector.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
MAY RESTORE
BURIAL PLOTS
To Urge Restoration of Mac
donough Cemetery at Next
Session of Legislature
]. p. HYATT DESCENDANT

Restoration of the burial place
of the Macdonough family at Mac
donough will be urged at the next
session of the Legislature, John
Price Hyatt, of Wilmington, for
merly of Smyrna, descendant of
the Macdonoughs, and, for a num-
Der of years, a member of the Pub
lie Archives Commission, said re
Gently. Because of the historical
significance of the improvement.
Mr.. Hyatt said, the matter will
very likely be in charge of DR..
George H. Ryden, state archivist,
and professor of history and politi-
cal economy at the University of
Delaware.
DR.. Thomas Macdonough and
wife, and other members Of the
family, are buried in the enclosure
now in need of repair. They were
the parents of Commodore Thomas
Macdonough, naval hero of the
War of 1872" who is buried at
Middletown, Conn. the home of his
wife.
DR.. Macdonough and his broth
er-in-law, Peter Hyatt We're mem
bers of the Council of Delaware
State (the first State Senate) and
the Assembly (original House of
Representatives, successfully, in
Revolutionary days.
They married Mary Vance and
Martha Vance, respectively, sis
ters.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

racy is not present, Hollywood mail
swells, but not with fan mail.
The exact dimensions of a pre-
historic brontosaurus, photographs
of non-existent hospital airship,
buildings that burned down fifty
years ago are all grist to the movie
research mill, according to Mary
Hamman who conducts the Movie
Forum in Good House
keeping. Says Miss Hamman:
ITO please the public, the movies
have to be all kinds of specialists
at once. They have to know more
than any one person can know, or
else get mailbags full of blasts
and headaches, because we all sit
there with our special interest,
ready to shout: college girls don't
smoke in their rooms You don't
jounce a baby up and down right
after feeding The magazine edi-
tors l know don't spend their lives
In NIGHT clubs"
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
PERSONALS

Mrs. Gracey bade adiew to her
mother and sisters yesterday
morning and with her children left
for Ocean Grove to join her hus-
band, DR.. Gracey, from which
place after a brief rest, they will
start for China. She was accom-
panied by her sister. Mrs. Ella
Griffith, and Julia and Maynard.
Miss Annie Doughten and moth
er have gone to West Philadelphia
to spend the summer.
Misses Minnie Clement and K. r..
Storm left yesterday for a months
sojourn in Pennsylvania.
Miss Nan Hoyle, who was very
i'll last week, is very much improv-
ed.
Miss Lizzie Fell has been absent
two or three weeks visiting friends
in Georgetown.
Clarence T. FAIRIES, who has been
in attendance on Eastman Com
mercial College, Poughkeepsie, N.
", graduated last week and re-
turned home.
Miss Mabel Thompson left today
for a visit of several weeks to
school friend, Miss Virgie Shupe.
Pittsburg, who spent several
weeks in Smyrna last summer.
Miss Lizzie Maloy, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting Miss Lizzie Hall.
Mrs. Robert Hill and Mrs. N. F.
Wilds will leave in day or two
for the Delaware Water Gap.
Mrs. DR.. Anderson of Colorado,
who has been visiting her father,
G. H. Register for the past two or
three weeks, intends spending a
month at Ocean Grove.
F. E. Postles and wife, DR.. Fan
ME VanGasken, Miss Watson, DR..
Joseph VanGasken and ]. E. Hof-
fecker and wife are camping at
Woodland Beach for two weeks.
Frank Evans and wife attended
the wedding of Miss Mary A. Klein
and George Q. Sheppard in Potts
town, Pa, last Thursday.
DR.. ]. G. Swinney and wife re-
turned home this morning after a
weeks visit with friends and rela-
tives in Smyrna.
DR.. E. j. Wisherd and wife are
visiting her aunt, Mrs. ]. S. Gear
hart before their return to London,
England.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
NEW INDUSTRY
STARTS HERE
Delmarva Smoked Poultry
Corporation Launching New
Enterprise at BrenfOrd
TO BENEFIT FARMERS

When President and Mrs. Roose-
velt entertained the King and
Queen of England on their recent
American visit, their Majesties
We're treated to a delicacy, truly
delicious and markedly American
This dish was Smoked Turkey
and its novel, palate-tickling de-
Iliciousness was remarked upon
most pointedly and the press of
the world called attention to this
novel method of preparation and
service Of that grand American
Bird.
However, centuries ago, the
smoking of Turkeys for serving at
the tables Of royalty was a Gus
tomary treat on celebrate occa-
sions.
Now, here in Delaware at a plant
being acquired near Smyrna, the
Delmarva Smoked Poultry Corpo-
ration, is launching a sizeable en-
terprise for the smoking of Turk
eys, Chickens, Ducks, Geese, GUM
cas- and Squads.
BY a secret process of prepara-
ton prior to the actual smoking,
Delmarva Smoked Turkey is said
to be very distinctive and different
This process was originally known
to a few of the Seminole Indians
and was handed down from one
generation to the next and, in re-
turn for signal favors, was given
to one of the members of the Del
marva Corporation last winter,
during a visit to the Everglades in
Florida.
This process results in impreg-
mating the poultry with delicate
and piquant flavor of certain
blended herbs. This flavor is
brought out in the finished bird by
smoking with the citrus woods
such as the Orange and Lime
blended with Sweet Myrtle, Pal
metto roots and haywood. These
woods are especially cut in Florida
and shipped to the smoking plant
Consequently the produce will
be known as the Delmarva brand
of CITRUS Smoked Poultry.
Delmarva Brand Citrus Smoked
Poultry will be sold by several
hundred exclusive agents in as
many cities throughout the coun-
try. These agents merely take
orders, transmit them to the plant
and the freshly smoked product is
shipped direct to the buyer by mail
or express.
Delmarva Brand Citrus Smoked
Poultry may be served cold, as re-
ceived and may be cooked-many,
novel recipes being furnished each
buyer.
A signal benefit to this area is
promised, as the management is
planning to contract the output of
local farmers for their production
of Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guineas
and SQUAD. In cases where farm
ers and their families would like to
earn steady cash, weekly income
the company plans to assist them
In increasing their flocks and in di-
recting efforts to raise superior
quality birds through scientific
methods of propagation and hus-
bandry.
The production, estimated at 90
600 to 10000 pounds weekly, indi-
Gates requirements for, from $500
to 10000 birds a week. This pro-
duction will therefore require that
birds be brought to maturities
each week to fill a continuing
weekly demand rather than the
heretofore seasonal demand that Is
not always so profitable to the
farmer or his family.
Top prices will be paid on con-
tract for such year in and year out
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
BEETLES NM
wv MA ARPI
Predict japanese B.,
Do Greatest Dan's, Dss's I
tween Middleton rs ,O.
SPRAY PROrEcrs pr,]

After close to 4 :,
grubs undergroUrSa n ! ysaF 20 ]
les are this Week nss5 aapaaes i
nuai appearance in rslag nals ID !
beetles nave been Seen laTas
entomologists expast essa ! g Il
iat!on d this rscn,.l g., la'ggs Il
pest. John N. Ana. +. y. g II
coI1@r.9 loRo,ogiIt ST foF the Dsls9.,. ss..
that damage from jay JsDas. 9.,s
les Is likely to Be mo,a s@ne't
me area between NidT &'a |
u Dover The abundance i w. w.
sss S+.tL N the northern portta y !.
a,5le n,ta, particularly aropm
n ir,'g,on g,o5.. Is expected to b +.
4 previous years. IncI15.s \
diet Of japanese beet1s. Ell. -ass
mental trees and shrub, y g
fruits and corn. For -. a'
q plants against Js5a =. a.ss
les suggests Mr.. Amo. -sse y
ess8ry to make the + !
ton Of spray chemiesI. : !. :. y
the beetles appear. 4 :. 49,, =
plieation should follow ,ss.. s,,,a
days later and a THU h. !.
helght Of the beetle sea,m 4,
and aluminium sulfate d a.
q lead and wheat -four an =,
the cheaper spray mater.,,
but they leave a heayv r.,;.
the sprayer plants. 4 ,,- e,-s
ton Of derris and rosin rss3-.
the Dupont Japanese Bests !,
with rosin residue will gjv. y,
ton and does not leave a1
slightly residue. VALUABLE i
mental plans can be protects
enclosing them in cheesssH,
fore the beetles appear 81
corn in the home garden s Il
protected by busting tie m
soon as they appear with nj
lime. Two or three appLeatn
the lime are needed a day q
apart to produce good can
corn. Further informatm !
cerning sprays and maters, D
for japanese beetles can Be drs
ed by writing Mr.. Amos At
University of Delaware. Yeni
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF JULY 2ND, 1890

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., 1940-07-04
Public Wants Pictures
Accurate in Details

"TO err is human" but not for
i the moving pictures. Audi
ences all over the United States are
self-appointed board to see to it
that accuracy is observed in every
film that is made. And when accu-
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

The public fountain has been
surmounted by gas lamp.
George c. Rothwen is booked for
the sheriffalty contest of 1892.
The population of Leipsic is an
nounced at 355 and Cowgills Cor
ner at 43.
J. V. Malcom at the Central Mill
near Brenford, had the first grist
of new wheat on Monday.
The new boat, "B.D.C.W." the
letters standing for the respective
owners William M. Bell, ]. w.
Denney, w. H. Carr and S. Wheat
man, was launched on the waters
of the Smyrna River on FRAY for
a days sport at fishing.
L. P. Campbell, of Woodland
Beach, has leased the woods near
that place, from the Philadelphia
owner so that he can control it.
The bad use made of it by the
parties who went there Sunday
week with liquors for a carousal,
has led to this result.
For the first time in the history
of the M. E. Church of this town
there We're females in the Quarter
ly Conference held on Thursday
night two ladies having been ap-
pointed class leaders at the revival
during the winter, thus having an
equal possibility with the other
members Of the official board.
w. G. Lake resigned his position
on Saturday as Principal of our
public schools, having received the
day before notice of appointments
as instructor in Dickinson College
in physiology, anatomy and by
giene. This, with the resignation
of Miss Storm, will leave two va
cancies for the directors to fill.
The work Of our enumerators
has been completed and the papers
sent on to supervisor Wiley. The
exact figures of Smyrna are not
known, that information being Civ
en- after proper classification, but
it is known that there has been an
increase in population since the
last census though not very large.
The only liquor saloon that was
ever opened in Moore's Hill, Ind,
was knit out" by the temperance
women of the place. You see it
was this way" citizen says.
when the saloon was started the
women formed in relays and went
and took their knitting to the
saloon. OF course that knocked
the business higher than a kite 1t
was not long before that saloon
had to be closed, and since that
time no man has ever had the
nerve to start another.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
MARRIAGES

Nowell-Bailey - On the 9th
ult. by Rev. r. X. Stephenson, $.
Wharton NOVEL; and Miss Sallie E.
Bailey, both Of Kenton Hundred.
Rulon-Francis-I Trenton, Nj,
on June Both, 1890 by the Rev. 3.
V. Steele, Harry Rulon Of Cross
wicks, N. j., to Miss Lizzie M.
Francis of Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
DEATHS

Scowdrick- the oath inst, in
Clayton, Mary Scowdrick, widow
of the late John Scowdrick, in her
83rd year.
Morrison the 1st inst, at Clay
ton, Cornelia Norris, infant daugh-
ter of Ernest Norris, aged 3
months.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

A WESTERN EXPERIENCE
The west with its expansiveness
is the place for big things. We
thought during the three or four
years past that we knew what big
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

Nylon stockings, sheer. strong.
beautiful, and made from thread
more elastic than any natural
fibre, have now become part of the
American wardrobe. Plastics in the
forms of slide fasteners, costume
jewelry, scuffless heels. handbag
frames, buttons. and novelties, are
everyday realities. Dyes from coal
tar give color to garments OF every
type. Crease-resistant and water
repellent fabrics are Other of the
chemists contributions.
In fact, just about every item in
every woman's wardrobe of today,
owes something OF its origin or
better looks or better variability
to the chemist and his work.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
MARYLAND ITEMS

A colored girl named Annie. it is
stated, shot James c. Jones, white,
CONTINUED on Page Six)
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

Deer Wears SeasODabIp Cds
A deer changes color VIII L.
.hange of the season.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
CHESWOLD ITEMS

A Mr.. Pratt of Easton, Md, has
rented the James S. Moore prop
erty, and will open a new store
consisting of general merchandise
this week.
The Public Schools of Cheswold
have vacated for the summer.
Traffic on the Delaware r. R.,
has so increased, that the com
pany has found it necessary to put
a night operator at Cheswold
The dry spell has so reduced the
quantity of water, ]. H. Anderson
of the Garrison Roller Mill has
been compelled to resort to steam
power.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Middletown has an epidemic Of
maddogs.
A live turtle with 1871 inscribed
under its shell has been found near
Magnolia.
The census enumerators report
a decrease of about 800 in the pop
ulation of Dover within the last
FIVE years. The population now is
about 5000.
The Episcopal congregation at
Clayton have commenced the
building Of beautiful chapel on
Clayton avenue. The chapel is de-
signed in a very simple style of
what may be called gothic form
with boarded sides and shingle
roofing with a low belfry on the
front.
Three weeks ago James ]. Hos
ton, living l IL miles south of Mil
ford, sent his sixteen year old son,
Charlie to Milford for some grist.
The lad arrived at the mill safely,
but the grist not being done, told
the miller that he would return for
it in about an hour. He then left
and has not been seen nor heard
from since. 1t is feared he fell
into the river and was drowned.
Recently, Harry Edwards, of
Wilmington, lost his hat from a
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore Railroad train near Chester
Pa, and it lodged near where q
man was subsequently killed. The
hat was found, and Edwards name
being in it he was believed to have
been the victim. After consider
able trouble Edwards was found
and he has returned home and dis
PEELED, personally the ugly rumor
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

The public fountain has been
surmounted by gas lamp.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-20

The Blazers and Alaskans and the Married Women & the High School girls teams tangle at the school gym tonight in the last in door baseball games of the win ter season.
 Tonight is also the night when the Grant Jackson trophy will be awarded to the mems champions the Commercial team the only team to win it twice in success sion. Members of the other three teams are requested by the base ball management to appear in uniform and take part in the pre- sentation ceremonies. Individual trophies will be awarded and the teams and officials will vote who is the most valuable player.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-20
Wien AirIines
 Activities

March i9-Pilot Frank Whaley made a flight to Dime Landing and Koyuk. While at Dime Land ing a trip was made to Golovin for freight. Norvin Lewis and Dorothy Nelson were round trip passengers.
 March 20-John Olsen and Jim Katerinas were passengers to Ser pentine Springs. Glenn Madden was returning passengers.
 A trip is scheduled for this af- ternoon to Serpentine Springs, Fox Bar and Pilgrim Springs with freight and express.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-20
Three Men Out Z Days In Storms Of Last Week

Eating six-months-old bread and cake, spending two days and nights holed up in their sleep ing-bags in snow drifts and run ming out of diesel fuel, was the fate of an overland hauling crew composed of Donald Stewart, Her bert Turner and Verne Davies, according to the story related by them on their arrival here late Monday night.
 The third member, Verne Dav- ies suffered severely frozen feet and hands and is recovering in the hospital now.
 The crew started out with two tractors, an International and a Caterpillar from Monument Cr., with load of freight for Beav- CT Creek where MT. Stewards dredge on Monument is to be moved to. They left Monument a week ago Monday and when they did not show up here by Monday morning a plane was sent out to look for them, discovering they were preparing to get started again just beyond Osborne Creek The plane dropped food to them and then returned to Nome.
 Across country in the neighbor hood of the Fl Dorado River, they ran out of fuel oil and de- cided to walk to Osborne Creek where they knew of a storage cache. Enroute they were caught in the high winds and blizzards of last week and had to roll up in their sleeping bags in snow drifts until the blizzards were over-narrowly escaping freezing to death.
 When they got to Osborne they were out of food and found some Six-monthS-old bread and cake and a few cans of frozen fruit which they ate. The party then had to place one of the trac tors on their drag and tow it into Nome where they arrived about 11:30 pm. Monday. The trips are being made along the route to Beaver Creek preparatory to the big job of hauling the dredge ov erland by pieces to it's new loca- tion. The outfit is leaving for Monument Creek again today.