Smyrna times., 1941-07-03
The Smyrna Times
Phone 1921 SMYRNA, DELAWARE
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

True summer weather has again
descended upon us, and brought the
heat along with it.
Home grown tomatoes will soon
, be in our markets. Some of our
farmers hope to have their toma-
toes in the Smyrna market this
week.
Marsh fires have again given
considerable trouble to the Fores-
try Department and a number of
these fires have done considerable
damage after getting out of con-
troll, according to Forestry officials.
Waterfowl and marsh birds suffer
severely from these fires during the
Spring season.
Reports from the fisherman give
us encouraging prospects for party
boat and surf fishing. Five of our
Smyrna fishermen, after hearing of
the above, arose Friday morning
travelled to Lewes, and returned in
the afternoon with three fish.
The prolonged Spring drought
made ideal conditions for raising
upland game and this trend is be-
ginning to show up, particularly in
northern New Castle County, where
rabbits have become exceedingly
abundant. A number of complaints
have been made, regarding trapp-
ing relieve garden devastation by
cottontail rabbits.
Information concerning the sum-
mer camps in Delaware show that
nature study has become an i'm
portant part in the camp program
for the majority of the boys and
girls in camp, and competent ma
ture study teachers are now being
hired to teach the Delaware young
folks in the fascinations of the
great out-of-doors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest P. Collins
have given their house a new coat
of white paint, while Mrs. Archie
McClain, next door, is now doing
likewise.
George R. Stevenson had quite a
shock the other day, when upon en-
tering a local store and starting to
pay for the goods which he had
purchased, he found that his wallet
was missing. Hurrying home, he
quickly searched among his other
trousers but to no avail. When his
family returned home, they also
took up the search for the missing
wallet. After an unsuccessful
search in the house and the garden,
they gave up the hunt. Finally,
MIR. Stevenson's son Freddy, found
the wallet under the bed in Mr.
Stevenson's room, where it un-
doubtedly had fallen while Mr.Stev-
enson was dressing.
Little Anna VanPelt, S-year-old
Ndaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Van
Pelt of Cheswold, had narrow es-
cape on Saturday night when car
knocked her down, and narrowly
missed killing her, had it not been
for the remarkable handling of the
car by Miss Jenve Orzolek of
Townsend. When Miss Orzolek
tried to turn from Main Street
ito South Street, so that she
might get to the Boulevard, the
lights of another car blinded her,
making it impossible to see the
child crossing in front of her. If
we had more drivers like Miss
Orzolek, possibly there would be
less automobile accidents.
Howard Deakyne, one of our
local boys who recently took the
examination for entrance in the
u. S. Army Air Corps, has been
accepted, and will leave for Skies
ton, Mo-, on July Ia, where he will
take up his duties. We are glad to
see that one of the Smyrna boys
has been given this opportunity,
but are sorry to see Howard leave.
The house which Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Bodley are building along
the shore of Lake Como is pro-
crossing quite nicely. The Bodleys
will have pleasant view of the
water. 1t is too bad that they can
not enjoy the summer breezes at
the Lake during this hot weather.
The E. I. DUPONT de Nemours
Company Experimental Station is
carrying on extensive experiments
with products for the fight against
Japanese beetles in the orchards of
E. R. Dick. A certain group of the
materials were tried out last year
in the orchards of Mr.. Dick and
have proven so effective that they
are now recommended for the pro-
Iecli0n of all kinds of plants
against this destructive beetle and
can be obtained through the trade.
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