Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-03-27

Girls Dress Shop, The Fish and
! Poultry Markets, DeFord's Dress
Shop, Handloff's Economy Shoppe,
and Five to Dollar Store. The lat
ter is no doubt the most successful.
| 1t has developed from a small Five
and Ten with about four or five
counters to as large as any store
of it's kind in our state capitol. The
Economy Shoppe was opened four
or five years ago and does a bust
ness in the cheaper stock of dresses
and shoes than do the other ladies'
shops in town.
On Commerce Street on the right
going west, next to the Pharmacy,
there is the Style Shop, and the
News Stand where the men of the
town go to talk over the affairs of
the country in the afternoon. On
the same street there is Holden S
Beauty Shop, Norris Hardware
Store, Wroten's Insurance Agency,
two other pharmacies, several gro
Gerry stores, an electrical shop, a
furniture store, and the local paper
office. Each week there is publish
ed a paper dealing with the hap
lpenings, social and otherwise, in
and about Smyrna. Most everyone
/ in town subscribes to the Times
and has found it satisfactory.
j Speaking of businesses and or
CARNATIONS we mustn't forget to
take note of the two theatres The
Roxy Theatre on Main Street and
the Strand Theatre on Commerce
where current films of the day
are shown. The Volunteer Fire
Company, made up of the various
men of the town, house their or
ganization in the brick building on
Commerce Street across from the
Strand Theatre. On cloudy or
rainy afternoons you can always
find a few of the men in the up
stairs of the Fire House either
playing cards, reading, or playing
pool. The members Of the Wom-
ems Century Club meet once a
week across the street in what is
known as the Club House.
For a small town we have a good
many churches. There is the Pres
byterian on Commerce Street, the
Episcopal or Union, the Methodist
on Mt. Vernon, and the Church of
the Nazarene on Frazier Street
Besides these there is the Peoples
Methodist Church in the western
section of Smyrna named Spru-
ance City, and the Catholic Church
only two miles further in Clayton
Then, of course, there are the three
negro churches located in the var,
ious negro sections of our town.
AS yet 1 have said nothing about
our school-John BaSsett Moore
High School 1t is known all over
the state for it's thorough teach
. ings and is rated as one of the best
schools in the state. There is ar
enrolment each year of about si2
! or seven hundred pupils. We have
the grammar school first to sixth
, grades), the junior high schoo
: Seventh and eighth grades), anC
: the senior high school ninth t.
twelfth grades. Each term oul
basketball and baseball teams en-
gage in friendly rivalry with othel
school teams in nearby cities anC
Z towns For the first time in tht
; history of our state, our school ha;
offered it's students a course il
dramatics with credit. Seeing how
successful it has been here, thi:
, course will probably continue il
; this school and others Throughout
. Delaware. John Bassett Moore
, High students have access to 9
} we'll equipped library. gymnasium
! and laboratory. Our school has
classroom radio system connected
with the office. This is a handy
! way of making announcements tt
J the student body. Each week we
hold assemblies in the auditorium
, Before games during the basket
ball season, we sometimes hold pei
/. rallies there so we can become
more acquainted with the schoo
! songs and cheers.
. On the southern end of our towr
you will spy Lake Como. Last
summer the town built new BATH
|. houses, a lighthouse, pavilions, anc
boardwalks for the convenience OF
the swimmers. In the fall-Labol
Day, to be exact-we had heavy
rain and the two bridges on the
highway were washed out, taking
the lake with them; but they are
almost finished reconstruction now
and the lake will be ready for the
coming summer.
On the DUPONT Boulevard there
are many garages, filling stations
all night eating houses, tourist
homes, and diners. The most fam
Gus eating houses in the vicinity Of
Smyrna are the Wagon Wheel, the
Wayside Inn, Georges Place
( Checker Inn, and the Hi-Way Din
er. All of these, except the Way
side Inn, are open all night. They
do a big business asneciaIlV wit h