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Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
FIND $500 IN LOST WALLET
1. G. Purse, Former Clayton Man,
Gets Thanks Only

1. C. Purse of Carney's Point,
N. J., formerly of Clayton, found
a wallet containing $500 in cash on
the ferry boat Cincinnati Thursday
but he is not one cent richer. Purse
said that when he returned the
wallet to the owner, a Fort Worth,
Tex, man, he received profuse
thanks and an invitation to "look
him up" if he ever came to Fort
Worth. Purse, who was en- route
from Pennsville to New Castle on
the 2.30 o'clock boat, said he saw
the wallet drop to the floor as the
man got out of his car and went to
another part of thte boat. When
the owner came back to the ma
chine Purse returned the wallet,
which also contained valuable per-
sonal papers.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
|NYA GIRLS GET
RADIO TRAINING
Girls Now Assigned to Radio
Projects; Opportunity to
''Learn as They Earn"
OFFER PRACTICAL WORK

The National Youth Administra-
tion office at Dover announced
Monday that girls, as well as boys,
who are radio minded" are now
being assigned to the Dover NYA
radio project in Loockerman
Street. Recognizing that women
are being employed more exten-
sively in the field of commercial
radio, the NYA, it was explained,
has extended to all young women
between II and "a years of age the
opportunity to learn as they
earn" The radio project is classi-
fed as a defense project with
youth radio enrollees receiving $24
month for SO hours work. Ac-
cording to Fred Erdle, NYA radio
supervisor at Dover, women in the
commercial radio field are en-
ployed in factories on wiring and
assembling of sets, in stock rooms
where knowledge of radio parts
is essential, and in radio supply
house offices where stenographic
ability must be coupled with
knowledge of radio terms. The
Dover two-way fire alarm system
which will be installed by the NYA
for the Robbins Hose Company will
give opportunity to boys and girls
on the radio project to gain prac-
tical experience in the wiring, as
Isembling, and installation of radio
equipment. The system will re-
quire the installation of 40 indi-
vidual receivers in firemen's homes,
one fixed station of transmitter
and receiver in the firehouse, and
two mobile stations on fire trucks.
Young men and women interested
in being assigned to the Dover
NYA radio project should apply at
the NYA Office in the Parke Build
ing, South State Street, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18

A campaign to stop speeding and
reckless driving within Smyrna is
being conducted by town police,
Chief j. w. Jacobs announced yes
terday. Nine people in Smyrna
were arrested and fined during the
weekend, on charges of reckless
driving and passing stop signals.
Local officers have given many
warnings, and had hoped, by this
means, to win the cooperation of
the people, said Chief Jacobs. The
only way to prevent a serious ac-
cident, he continued, is to arrest
and fine every offender. There has
been a growing disregard for speed
limits here, and despite warnings
and polite entreaties, the condition
grows steadily worse, Jacobs stat
ed. The streets here are narrow,
and cars park on either side and
the business section is heavy with
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
Spectacular Fire Last Night

Flames destroyed large barn
on the farm of Richard Armstrong
on the Duck Creek road last night.
One of the most spectacular fires
ever witnessed here, the leaping
flames drew hundreds of spectators.
An almost dry well, and shortage
of water made it necessary to form
a bucket brigade, men and boys of
this town assisting the firemen.
The blaze was out of control, and
firemen concentrated on making
safe the surrounding buildings and
the house. Sparks and live en-
bers flew to spots hundreds of feet
away. At the time this paper went
to press, the cause and the dam
age suffered were not known.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
CROPS HURT BY
DRY WEATHER
Worst Dry Spell Since '33
Damages Crops, Reduces
Water Supply
FIRE HAZARDS GREAT

A dry spell comparable to the
late summer drought of 1888 is
damaging crops, greatly reducing
water supplies and creating a SER
ious fire hazard in the states for
ests. No relief is in sight. Water
in wells throughout the state is
lower than in several years, well
diggers reporting that in many in
stances there are only two or three
feet of water where there are US
ually six to eight feet. In Will
mington one driller has been call
ed to find water for a family of
eight whose well is dry. Lawns
are parched in towns and districts
mot well supplied with water. Ken
meth w. Baker, extension farm
management specialist of the Uni
versity of Delaware, said that some
sections of the state had not hao
any rain for go days. This alb
normal condition, he declared, had
affected the ripening of crops
Fastening some, harming others.
Milk Supply Smaller
Pastures are seriously affected
he said, as is late planting of grass
alfalfa, and clover. Downstate pas
turelands have been badly hit be-
cause of the light soils, Mr.. Baker
said. One effect of this has been
a smaller milk supply. The lima
bean crop, an important money
item for Delaware farmers, is not
up to normal quality, Mr.. Baker
declared. The grading is not good
AS the beans are canned they are
taking up the liquor and Gamers
are thereby forced to use only II
ounces of limas in a 20-ounce can
The hay crop, according to Mr.
Baker, is also suffering and many
farmers will have to depend on
grain and bald feeding or plant a
short, quick feed crop in the early
spring. Corn is another staple to
feel the drought, with farmers
forced to cut early and quality i'm
paired.
New Grass Burned Up
In some districts the fast ripen-
ing of fruits and vegetables has
forced farmers to pick what they
could and sell it while leaving some
of their crops on vine and in the
ground. Late crops will be affect
ed becaue the dry spell interferes
with pollination, Mr.. Baker believ-
ed. He added that much of the
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Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
BIBLE CLASS MEETING
Plan For w. c. Il. u. Convention
To Hold Election of Officers

The Willing Workers Bible Glass
of the Asbury Church appointed
Mrs. George Robinson and Mrs.
Frank McCauley to take charge of
meals which will be served to the
w. c. T. U. convention, October s.
9, and 10. A nominating commit
tee to present names at the octo-
ber meeting for election of officers
includes Mrs. Clifford Jones, Mrs
Kennard Price and Mrs. Fred Har-
ris. Mrs. Norman Short was pro-
gram chairman, and music was
provided by Miss Mary Louise
Porter, and Mrs. William Wroten
soloist, and Stimson Carrow, plan.
ist.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES

Rev. L. f. Uhlendorff, Pastor, An
nOunces Services for the Week
Jerman Chapel, Rev. t. F. Uhl-
endorff, pastor, announces the fol-
lowing services: Wednesday night,
prayer meeting at 7.30 o'clock;
Sunday School on Sunday at 2
o'clock, followed by preaching at
8 o'clock; Z o'clock Young Peoples
meeting; 7.30, song and evangel-
istic service. Beginning Septem-
ber % and continuing through Oc-
tober 5 there will be a Rev. and
Mrs. B. o. Grove of Fairmount,
Indiana to hold an old fashioned
revival meeting.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
Homemalxers Hold Meeting

Mrs. Harry Johnson, with Mrs.
Harold Senger as co-hostess, will
entertain the members of the
Homemakers Club at her home on
Main Street, today at o'clock
when demonstration of rug MAX
ing will be given by Mrs. Roland
Ford and Miss Elva Griffin.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
CLODHOPPER All CLUB
See Motion Picture Showing Pro-
gress of Lumber Making

At a meeting of the Clayton
Clodhopper All Club Monday night
it was decided that radio be
chanced off in order to raise money
for the uniforms for the basketball
team which begins practice the
first Monday night in October and
every Monday night thereafter.
The next meeting will be on Octo-
ber 20 at which time all projects
must be handed in and new officers
elected. A very interesting motion
picture was shown depicting the
process of lumber making from the
time the tree is planted to the fin
ished schools, homes, and church
es, etc. The visitors were Miss
Comstock, county agent; Miss Yet
ter, Mildred Passwaters, and Alvin
Nickerson.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
w. w. PRICE JR., HONORED
Elected President of w. w. Price
Company at Directors Meeting

The directors of Warner w.
Price Company, Inc, announced
this week that on September 4,
1941, Warner w. Price, Jr., was
elected president of the company
which is continuing the business
that was established in 1884 by his
grandfather, L. M. Price, and
was headed in the past by his faith
er, Warner w. Price. All of the
former associates will remain with
Warner w. Price Company, Inc, it
was announced.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
Asbury Choir Elects Head

At the recent meeting of the In
termediate Choir of Asbury Church
Robert Deakyne, was elected presi-
dent, to replace his brother, How
ard, who enlisted in the us. Army
Air Corps, and Miss Callie Dia-
cumakos was reelected secretary.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
BLACKISTON'S CHURCH FETE
Anniversary Program on Septem-
ber 21st With Speaker and Music

Anniversary Program on Septem-
ber 21st With Speaker and Music
The anniversary of Blackiston's
Methodist Church will be held
Sunday, September FL, at two
thirty o'clock DIST. Rev. Walter
A. Hearn, Superintendent of the
Dover District, will be the speak
er. Special music will be furnish
ed by Mrs. William Wroten, of
Smyrna, the Sudlersville Quartette,
and Mr.. c. w. Hall, of Clayton.
The public is invited to attend.
Rev. j. c. B. Hopkins, pastor of
st. Pauls Church, Clayton, is in
charge.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
Harold Senger Buys Property

Harold Senger has purchased a
lot belonging to Mrs. Lille c..
Barnes on the corner of Glenwood
Avenue and Pearl Street, where he
will build a garage Town Council
has agreed to run sewer and water
lines to this place.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
MAKE ARRESTN
LIQUOR PURGE
John Shepherd, Colored, Is
Charged With Purchasing
Liquor for Minors
TO STOP PRACTICE HERE

The first arrest in a surprise
liquor purge was made by town
police and State Liquor Commits
sion Inspector Richard Long on
Tuesday night, when John Shep-
herd, colored, was charged with
purchasing for and giving to a
minor alcoholic liquor. This act is
a serious violation of the Liquor
Control Act, explained Mr.. Long,
and is subject to 500 maximum
fine or 80 days in prison. Shepherd
is being held under S100 bail for
the October session of the Court
of General Sessions in Dover. Ac-
cording to police, they watched two
fifteen-year-old boys stop a colored
man, later identified as Shepherd,
across from a liquor store. The
man entered the store, then soon
returned to the young boys across
the street, handing them a pack
age. The State Liquor Commits
sion was advised, and with the help
of town police, Shepherd was ar
rested.
A Serious Offense
There is too much of this sort of
thing going on in the small towns
of this vicinity, Mr.. Long said
The Commission has asked the CO.
operation of the Smyrna police
and will prosecute without hesita-
tion and to the fullest extent any
person found guilty of purchasing
liquor for minor, or for giving
liquor to a minor. Boys from IL
to 20 years old bribe friends who
are of age to purchase the liquor
for them, Mr.. Long said, and both
parties are seriously violating the
law. There is too much of this
situation in Smyrna, and town po-
lice will be particularly vigilant
he warned.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. j. w. Parkins, Pastor, An.
nounces Services for tbe Weelx

nOunces Services for the Week
Church of the Nazarene, Rev. j..
w. Parkins, pastor, announces SER
vices as follows: Prayer meeting
Thursday at pm; Sunday School
on Sunday at 9.45 a. m; morning
worship at 10.45 a. M; N. Y. P. S.,
7.15 p. M; evangelistic service at
8 d. m.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
ASK FOR BLOOD
DONORS HERE
Local Red Cross Asking For
Volunteers to Add to Plas-
ma Storage for Defense
SEPTEMBER 80 DAY SET

The local Red Cross Chapter is
making an appeal here for volun-
teer blood donations for the U. S.
Army and Navy Plasma Bank, part
of the National Defense. Septem-
ber 30th has been the day set aside
for Smyrna volunteer donors, who
are asked to make an appointment
with Miss Anna B. Beckett, local
chairman, for that day. Donations
will be taken at the Red Cross
Headquarters in Wilmington. A
physician, two trained nurses, and
technician are in charge to in
sure proper methods and proceed
ure. Volunteers are requested not
to eat a meal within four hours be-
fore donating, as this makes the
plasma fatty. They should drink
from 8 to 5 glasses of water. Cen
orally from one-half to one pint of
blood is taken, depending on the
willingness of the donor. 1t takes
approximately fifteen minutes, and
after a rest of ten to fifteen min
utes, donors may go about their
business as usual.
Vital to Defense
The storage of Blood Plasma is
a vital part of the program for Ma
tional Defnese, and should be com.
pleted as soon as possible. The
Army and Navy must have a re-
serve supply of liquid or dry plas-
ma to be used in connection with
shock and hemorrhage. Plasma is
the clear liquid portion of the blood
without the red corpuscles. Frozen
or dried, it may be kept for long
periods of time, and used without
typing by adding sterile water.
Men and women between the ages
of Approximately eighteen and six
| ty years may give blood donations.
Person under twenty-one years of
age must have a release signed by
their parents or guardian. There
is relatively little discomfort in the
blood taking, and the Red Cross
will give each donor button, to
be worn as recognition of this SER
vice. Appointments for Smyrna
people will be made between and
g p. m. by Miss Beckett.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

heV. ,. d. In2ckaDerry, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week
Presbyterian Church, Rev. S. ].
Thackaberry, pastor, announces
services the same as usual on Sum
day morning at IL, and Sunday
evening at 8. Sunday School at 10
a. m. Mid-week meeting Wednes-
day at 8 p. m.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
For BEAUTY's SAKE
- RELAX!

The procedure is to work on one
group of muscles at time. Devote
several practice periods to that one
group. then progress until you have
made the muscular rounds. Then you
60 into your whole routine.
To ready yourself for practice, you
lie stretched out at ease on your back
with your arms out beside you on a
bed or couch. Have your room as
free of disturbing light, noise and
family invasion, as possible.
Then you tackle your arms and
legs first, beginning, say, with the
right arm. and going progressively to
the other arm and then your two
legs. Begin now by lifting the limb
about twelve inches from the bed.
For the first movement, you stiffen
it and let it 60. repeating the move
ment many times. Next, stiffen and
relax the individual parts of the limb.
For the arm, bend at the elbow, force
the hand forward at the wrist, and
stretch your fingers apart. For the
leg, bend at the knee, force the foot
forward at the ankle, and stretch the
Evening star., 1941-12-14
Nloi~ FsIfsn

toes apart. Complete the movement
of tensing and untensing many times.
The next region you tackle - say
at the beginning of the third week -
is the trunk. Use the same technique
of tensing and untensing muscles and
do one completed movement repeat
edly before going to to the next:
O Draw in the abdominal muscles;
(2) Bend upward and forward at the
waist; (0 Arch your back; (4) Inhale
deeply. When you have control over
this new portion of your body, spend
another week of practice on the trunk
in addition to arms and legs.
Shoulder Exercises
lHEN it's time to go on to the
shoulders. The movements here are
as follows: Q Swing right arm to the
opposite side of your body, stiffen it
and release it; (2) Do the same thing
with the left arm; (3) Hunch shoul-
dSlo III Wdto dItl "
(4) Shrug or hike shoulders, and re-
turn to position.
Spend a week on the shoulder
region, all the time continuing prac-
tice on the other muscular groups.
Then, you tackle the neck-area.
Incline the head in three directions:
U) to the left and back to position;
(2) to the right, and back to position;
(3) forward, and back to position.
Specialize for another week on the
neck muscles, while you keep up
practice on all other muscular groups:
BY this time you are almost a pro-
ficient, for you have come to the last
of your muscular rounds. You are
going to concentrate now on the
smaller muscles of the head. You To-
cate these and are able to control the
creating and releasing of tension in
them by: O squirting your eyes:
(2) barring your teeth; (0 gripping
your jaws; (4) curling your tongue
and rolling it back; (5) swallowing
deliberately; (6) wiggling your ears -
if you can.
From now on you can 60 through
the whole routine and relax those 400
muscles you didn't even know you
had. As you become the master Of
your nerves and muscles, relaxa-
ton becomes as involuntary as the
action of the muscles of your hands
and feet when you drive a car.
Evening star., 1941-12-14

wv "oiiy' Le' s'eai'i OUT oI your
w emotional valves? Strain
that bit of acid out of your DISPOSE
ton? Danish vague muscular aches
and pains? Face the world with more
cocksure aplomb?
Then, let 60 and relax. But you
don't relax by tying on a dressing
gown and stretching out on lounge.
You have to work to relax - that is,
to chase tension out of your muscles.
People who have to rescue them
selves from tension - and that in
cludes just about all of us - have a
choice of two methods, says Norman
Dine, relaxation expert. One method
makes you relax without effort on
your part. and is for the man or
Evening star., 1941-12-14

woman who wants instant, if only
temporary relief. The other method
is for the more persevering, who will
take the time and pains to cultivate
the ability to relax at will. When you
master that. you master a skill, like
fencing, boxing or playing a good
game of golf.
Quickest and best way of the tenn
porary muscle-relaxers is exercise -
especially walking. But you must
really walk, not dawdle. Cover enough
miles to give you work out, Next,
try stretching: lock your toes under
the footboard of the bed and pull
toward the headboard with your
hands. Do it again and again until
you feel the tautness easing out and
sensation of opiate bliss sneaking in.
Shaking - the way dog does to
put himself in fine fettle - is trick
any tense person can use to advantage.
To do as good job of it as your pooch
does. stand up, bend over, drop your
arms Imply. and swing into motion.
If you can't or simply won't do
these things, the hest substitute is
massage, either the persuasive gallops
of an experts hands or the soothing
whirr of vibrating cup, electrically
plugged in and self-applied. Tempo
rarily helpful is heat therapy, such
as a prolonged soaking in warm tub.
or a quick sun bath in your altogether
under an ultraviolet lamp.
Stick To II!
AND now for the second and more
loudly cheered method of muscular
control. You have to make up your
mind to practice few minutes every
day for weeks. perhaps months to
train all the muscles of your body to
operate as an harmonious whole.
In order to master this art, you
must get acquainted with your mus
cles and be able to track down tense
ness wherever it exists. Learn how to
flex and unflex all your voluntary
muscles - about 400 of them - and
find out where the tension is. Once
you know, you can ease it out, as a
violinist releases tautness from his
fiddle strings OF course, you can't
get to all of1the 400 muscles directly,
but you can reach the major ones,
and thus get sympathetic response
from the little. of-the-way ones.
Evening star., 1941-12-14
You'll love this easy
Ivory Flakes way to longer wear!
Want to make your
precious pairs seem like more?

Then follow the lead Of these happy ladies
only two of hundreds who've taken
Ivory Flakes "one-pair tests" Tests they
were thrilled to make! Tests millions of
women are happy to read about! Who
wouldn't want to learn this simple way to
longer stocking wear!
GUARD YOUR STOCKING BEAUTIEsl Wash
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You'll find it pays, and that it's easy, too.
With the new Double Quick Ivory Flakes
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warm water-a pair Of stockings can be
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GET YOUR IVORY FLAKES TODAY! And if
you want to help your stockings keep
their looks, their fit, their color, through
long, useful life-remember: Give them
this gentle Ivory Flakes care after every
wearing!
Evening star., 1941-12-14
NERS WERE STILL GOOD
AFTER 375 HOURS WEARl

=. And Mrs. Magill's busy lady
with her family, housework, club ac-
tivities. IT'S a happy life and a busy
one. So l was amazed at my Ivory
Flakes stocking test. After 375 hours
daily wear this one pair was still
going beautifully. OF course, Ill keep
right on washing my stockings each
night with Ivory Flakes. / want my
precious pairs to kasf"
Evening star., 1941-12-14
II will help nerves.
mind and looks but
il takes real effort
%%Atss !8%Me

z 4 YANT to snap your fingers at
" worry? Let steam out of your
emotional valves? Strain
Evening star., 1941-12-14
For YOU! & Helpful Hints to
help stockings 60 further

j. Wash your stockings
with pure Ivory Flakes
Immediately after every
wearing. Get rid of per-
spiration and soil that
weaken the fibers.
4. Use lukewarm Ivory
Flakes suds. (Strong soaps
and hot water Can cause
fading.)
,. Don't rub. Gently
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Catholic Evidence Guild
To Conduct ; Forums

The Washington Catholic Evil
dence Guild will conduct three OPEN
air religious forums in Washington
parks tomorrow.
Charles E. Ferry will be chairman
of the meeting in Franklin Park,
from 3 to pm. His subject will be
Confession" Miss Helen Connolly
will speak on The Sacramento
System; C. G. Klimowicz, Mira
cles," and Miss Catherine Jarboe,
THE Church a Supernatural Fact" :"
Francis Thornton, who will be
chairman at the same time in Lin
coin Park, will speak on THE Re-
demption" Mrs. Agnes Stewart will
present The Church's Position on
Matrimony";; Miss M E. Dashiell.
The Marks of the Church., and
Miss Ora Marchino, Bible Reading
in the Church"
In Franklin Park. from 7:30 to 8
pm, c. j. Poiesz will speak on In
difference" Speaking at this meet
ing will be Miss Alice Hill on Christ
Founded a Visible Church; Jerome
Ledvina on The Existence of Cod;
Miss Edith Jarboe, why We Should
Read the Bible" and Miss Elizabeth
Raney on The Divinity Of Christ"
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Rev. J. Harold Mumper
To Get D. D. Degree

The Rev. j. Harold Mumper, pas
tor of Keller Memorial Lutheran
Church, will receive the degree of
doctor of divinity at the Gettysburg
College commencement Monday.
He was graduated from Gettys-
burg College in 1921 with the degree
of bachelor of science in engineer
ing After year at the MaSSachu-
setts Institute of Technology, spe-
cializing in plant management, he
entered the Divinity School in
Gettysburg, from which he was
graduated three years later. In 1929
he received the degree of bachelor
of divinity at Gettysburg and in
1882 the degree of master of sacred
theology from the Graduate School
of Theology in Mount Airy, Phila-
delphia. He later studied at Co
lumbia University
Keller Memorial is his third pas
torate. Before coming to WASH
ington he served as home mission
ary in the st. Johns parish, West
vile, N. j., for six years and as pas
tor of st. Pauls Church, Ltitz. Pa,
for six years. He has been pastor
here nearly four years.
The services tomorrow will center
around the festival of Pentecost. The
pastor will preach at the morning
service on Our Church at Work. :"
The service in the evening will be
in charge of the assistant pastor,
the Rev. Cedric w. Tilberg, who
will preach on The Experience at
Pentecost."