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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-02-01
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The Collins Youth Fraternity
Prince Hall Afiliation met in reg
ular meeting Saturday. Jan. Is and
had as their guest Mrs. NJ. Collins,
the grand supervisor, who was ac-
companled by Miss Jeneva Rhodes,
Miss Jeneva Reese and John Brown,
West Side Youth fraternity.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
u. FOOTBALL
GAME
Hens in Top Shape For Open.
ing Game With West Ches-
ter at Frazier Field
GAME STARTS AT 2:15

With nearly four weeks of pre-
season training behind them, the
University of Delaware football
team is in top shape for its opening
conflict on Saturday when West
Chester State Teachers College
will invade Frazer Field. The kick
off is slated for 2:15 o'clock. Ex-
pected to give the Hens plenty of
trouble in making their debut, the
Teachers replaced Juniata College
on the Delaware schedule after the
Indians were forced to cancel their
first two games due to the infantile
paralysis epidemic. Although Coach
Bill Murroy was not entirely pleas
ed with the final scrimmage work
out on Saturday, this week has
been devoted to ironing out flaws
in the Blue and Gold running at
took and the former Duke star ex-
poets to field smooth-working
eleven for the debut. All the nee
essary elements, speed, deception
and power, are embodied in the
Hens backfield which will again
be led by Bill (Red) Hogan, out
standing Duquesne, Pa. ball car
rier, who was the cardinal factor
Continued on Page Hve)
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
HOME CANNING OF FOOD
Rising Food Prices, Shortage, Call
For Home Preservation

Mounting costs for the foods
that homemakers buy on the mar
ket have focused attention on in
creased home preservation of
foods. Miss Pearl Macdonald, nu-
tritionist for the Delaware Agri-
cultural Extension Service, claims
this is the year to heed the say
ing-"Waste makes want" cal
most every day." states Miss Mac
Donald, I'VE hear reports of short
ages of processed foods. SO we
are urging homemakers to can any
perishable foods that are still avail
able = tomatoes, fruits, string
beans, lima beans and corn. And
the drop in vegetable production
from late gardens, caused by dry
weather, is even more reason for
saving whatever might be left OF
the summer crop" Suggestions
for preserving fruits and veget-
ables, may be obtained from Miss
Florence Yetter, Kent County home
demonstration agent, or from Miss
Macdonald at the University Of
Delaware, Newark.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Edward Burris, 81, Died Suddenly
in Doctors Office i'm Odessa

Edward Burris, age 81, died sud-
denly at the Office of DR.. C. H.
Keith of Odessa Friday, September
19 following an acute heart at
tack. He had gone to consult the
doctor and had an attack while
there. Mr.. Burris lived at the
Black Diamond filling station near
Smyrna. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lizzie Biddle Burris and
the following children, Mrs. Delsey
Reed, DaSota City, Florida; Mrs.
Maude Laberta, Chester; John Bur-
ris, Smyrna; Collins Burris, Will
mington; Leon Burris, Odessa;
Mcguire Burris, Wilmington, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Marker, Wyoming
The following brothers and sister
also survive, Malcom Burris, Clay
ton; Olin Burris, Hartly; William
Burris, Sudlersville, Md; James
Burris, Bowers Beach, and Mrs.
Florence Duhadaway of Cheswold.
Funeral services were held at Far
les Funeral Chapel, Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock with Rev. j. c.
Handy of Townsend, officiating. In
terment was at Sudlersville Gem
etery, Sudlersville, Md.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25

approximately that age, since state
officials say only one bell was u.s.
ually purchased for any country
school, as these bell were so sturdy
and durable. Walkers school, like
any other small country school,
had one teacher, and averaged from
is to 20 pupils, all taught in the
same room. Many in this vicinity
received their early schooling there,
and to many others, it was the only
school they ever attended. One Of
fetal said that comparison of the
alumni of the little country school,
and the present Smyrna school
would be interesting, and offered a
guess that the country, one-room
schools in this vicinity had produc-
ed, in proportion to size, more doc
tors, lawyers and men of promin-
ence than the present school. At
any rate, Walkers School is gone,
and all that is left is the bel, which,
said Mr.. Wright, had called a good
many children to school in it's time.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
WASHINGTON COLLEGE OPENS
Chestertoun College Begins 160th
Year With 1O7 Freshmen

Washington College pegan its
one hundred and sixtieth year Mon
day following the close of Fresh
man Week exercises Sunday night,
with a total enrolment of LOT new
students in the freshman class and
a number of transfer students from
other schools who will enter the
higher classes. Thirty-five of the
new freshmen come from Chester
town and the Eastern Shore coun-
ties,' Is are from Baltimore, while
the remainder come from other
sections of Maryland and from sew
eral states, including the following
from sections of Delaware: Warren
IS. Elliott, Charles A. Goberman,
Albert w. Nowak, Robert W.Pierce
all of Wilmington; James B. Caine,
Delaware City; Randolph t. Faulk-
ner, Kenton; Theodore ]. Hazlett
and Miss Jean A. Graber register
ed from Kennett Square and Ches-
ter; Pa, respectively The enroll
ment is expected to reach if not
exceed last years total enrolment
of $50.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
OLD WALKERS SCHOOL BELL
SAVED AS RELIC OF THE PAST

All that is left of old Walkers
School is the bell, used by the
"marm" to call countless children
to classes for ITO years, and now,
polished and engraved, in the mu-
scum of the John Bassett Moore
School. When the attendance at
Walkers School, No. 68, on the
Thoroughfare Neck Road became
so low that it was closed, and the
building sold, Mr.. George Wright,
assistant superintendent of the
Smyrna schools, looked around for
some token of remembrance for the
many people in this vicinity who
had attended the school and cher
ished fond memories. He found
the old hand bell, he said, and sent
it to jeweler to be polished and
engraved, $50 that all those who
went to Walkers would have some
part of the school to see and re-
member" The school is ITO years
old, having been started in 1880,
and it is assumed that the bell is
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
LITTLE THEATRE MEETING
Revise Bylaws; New Set of Of
ficers to Be Elected Next Monday

Revise Bylaws; New Set of Of
ficers to Be Elected Next Monday
Members of the Little Theatre
met at the Century Club Monday
night, and revised the Bylaws of
the group, to include the election
of a President, Vice-President Sec
retary, Treasurer, Director and
Production Manager. This group
will comprise the Executive Com
mittee, and the Director and Pro-
duction Manager will appoint
chairmen of various committees
such as Makeup, Properties, Pub
licity, Costumes, Stage Manager
etc. The selection, casting and di-
recting of a play will be the re-
sponsibilities of the Director, while
the Production Manager will be in
charge of all groups assisting in
the production of play A nom-
mating committee was appointed
to submit names for the election
next Monday night at the Club
House. Mrs. H. c. Webb is chair
man of the committee, assisted by
Mrs. Glenn King and Miss A.
Louise Denney.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
START POULTRY PASTURES
Growers to Demonstrate Growing
of Feed ON Pastures

Several Delaware farmers in
scattered poultry-producing Sec
tions are starting poultry pastures
this fall for the first time. Still
others who have used the pastures
during the past couple of seasons
with marked success are planning
to continue the planting of pas
lures especially for poultry focks.
The poultry growers are enrolled in
a series of demonstrations on the
preparation of poultry pastures and
the production of healthful green
poultry feed on the pastures. Co.
operating with Harry L. Richard
son. poultry specialist for the Uni
versity of Delaware Agricultural
Extension Service, and DR.. James
M. Watkins of the Delaware Agri-
cultural Experiment Stations ag-
ronomy department, on the pasture
demonstrations are poultrymen w.
j. MacLucas, Smyrna; c. Fred
Fifer and Harry Meredith, Wyom-
ing; E. c. Barnard, Woodside, A.
B. Cote, Cheswold; Harold Short,
Milford; Lee Carey and Fred See
ley, Greenwood; ]. Edward Nc
Ilvaine and Charles Lane, George
town; George Metz and Walter
Conaway, Lincoln; Robert Naylor,
Taylor Vaughnand Frank 'Chaloup-
/ ka, Milton; Granville Bryan and
Joe McIlvaine, Lewes; John Stew
enson, Harbeson; Herman and Ed
ward Ockels, Seaford, and James
Ralph, Delmar.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
CHURCH VITAL
TO DEFENSE
Rev. S. ]. Thackaberry Tells
Club a New World Order
is Certain Thru Religion
FOLLOWERS ARE NEEDED

The greatest need for National
Defense is the church." stated the
Rev. Samuel ]. Thackaberry, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church, be-
fore the Smyrna Rotary Club last
week. That this country still needs
implements of war, and manpower
to control these implements of war,
was admitted by the speaker, but
the churches of the United States,
he continued, need followers who
will be taught spiritual defense.
The speaker cited the need of
christian character in the defense
industry, in the army and navy,
and in national labor. The Church
of England is helping to keep up
the morale of the English people,
supplying the heart and courage to
withstand the ravages of war, stat
ed the speaker. "The strength of the
nation depends on the character of
the people, the freedom of speech,
right living, universal democracy,
and freedom of religion" Mr..
Thackaberry told the club. A new
order of the world is certain if the
world leaders follow the teachings
of God, he prophesied. The Rev.
Frederick Marx Barton responded
to the address. V. Lay Phillips
was chairman of the program, and
Harvey c. Jones presided. George
R. Miller lead the group in several
songs. A. A. Hearn was a visitor
from the Dover Rotary Club.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
FIELD TRIALS
AT LAKE COMO
Several Hundred Watch Ches-
Del Retriever Club Work
Dogs at Lake
ANOTHER MEET SUNDAY

Several hundred spectators at
tended the field trials sponsored by
the Ches-Del Retriever Club of Do
yer Sunday at Lake Como. There
were puppies and 13 all-age dogs
entered in the classes from Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Newark, Clay
ton, Dover, and Smyrna. Tony
owned by William Holden of Do
yer, placed first in the puppy stalk
es. Second honors went to Nipper
owned by DR.. w. L. Parrott, Do
yer, while R. S. McNeiPs Rex was
third. In the all-age class Happy
owned by DR.. Parrott was first
while Del, owned by John Hopkins
Newark, placed second. Chief, own
ed by William Holden, Dover, was
third. The judges were Harry L
Jackson, Dover, and George Robin
son, Smyrna. DR.. Richard Com
eggs, Clayton, and Lester and JOS
eph Goldsborough, Smyrna, COM
prised arrangement committee.
Trial at VOshelPs
This meet was one of series to
be held throughout the next few
weeks. The next trials will be held
next Sunday, September 2Sth, at
Voshells Pond, Camden, Delaware.
The program will be the same,
with land trials in the morning and
water trials in the afternoon. These
trials are in preparation for the
finals, to be held at Woodland
Beach on November 1st and End,
at which time dogs from Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New
York, including the Long Island
group, will be present. These trials
in November are sanctioned by the
American Kennels Club.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
H0memalxers Club Meeting

The Homemakers Club met at
the home of Mrs. Harry Johnson
last Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Harold Senger as co-hostess. Af-
ter a short business meeting, Miss
Elva Griffin gave a demonstration
of rug making. Mrs. Elmer Corrie
gave a report of the proceeds from
the second birthday group. Mrs.
Kennard Price won a lovely cake
which was given by the birthday
group. The October meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Elwood
Kemp, when flower show and
prizes will be given.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
w. C.. T. u. PLAN
CONVENTION
62nd Annual State Convention
To Be Held Here on Oc-
tOber s, 8, and 10
YOUTH NIGHT PROGRAM

The 62nd annual convention of
the State Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union will be at the AS
bury Church on October 8th, 9th,
and 10th. Mrs. Andrew D. Cole,
president of the local organization,
and the committee in charge of ar
rangements are starting a canvass
to secure homes where delegates to
the convention may be entertained
during their stay. Miss Flora
Stout, a missionary recently re-
turned from South Africa will be
the guest speaker Wednesday, the
opening night. This time has also
been set aside as Youth Night,
when all the young people of the
town are invited to hear Miss
Stout's address. The following
evening, Thursday, the Reverend E.
E. Jackson, pastor of the Market
Square Presbyterian Church, Ger
mantown, Pa, will be the guest
speaker. Each morning will be
given over to business and reports
of various chairmen, stated Mrs.
Cole, and afternoon programs, with
speakers and music, will be pre-
sented in addition to the evening
programs. Soloists, and the choirs
of several churches will furnish the
music, and all the town ministers
will be invited to take part in the
programs. An election of officers
will take place on Friday. Several
hundred people are expected to at
tend this meeting. The last time
the w. G. T. U. convention was
held here was in 1882. The COM
plete program will be announced
next week.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
GRAVE DANGER
OF FOREST FIRE
State Forestry Department,
Due to Drought, Opens
A Lookout Towers
REPEATS APPEAL

The State Forestry Department
today announced that due to the
severe drought conditions prevail
ing throughout the State rendering
the forests and fields highly in
flammable, 4 of the States 6 for
est fire lookout towers have been
placed in service. The 4 towers
opened are near Laurel, near FL
lendale, near Dagsboro, and near
Viola. The opening of the towers
at this time is about one month in
advance of the usual fall opening
date. The appropriation made to
the Department for forest fire con-
troll was reduced over the previous
years appropriation and no provi-
sion made for emergency funds for
such situations as this despite
pleas for increased appropriation
in this fund made to the State
Budget and Legislative appropria-
tion bodies by the State Forestry
Commission. A bill introduced in
the last session of the General As
sembly authorizing an emergency
forest fire control fund of $500 to
be used only when the regular ap-
preparation was exhausted was not
reported out of committee. The
Department is, therefore, placed in
the position of having to operate
its forest protection service until
such time as it's funds are exhaust
ed and then 'let the forest burn"
The Forestry Department repeats
its appeal to the public to use
every precaution to prevent the oc-
currence of forest fires and to aid
the towermen and forest fire ward
ems in combating those fires that
occur. At times of extreme haz-
ard like these the usual natural
barriers to the spread of fire such
as roads, wide streams, and
swamps are of little aid in fire con-
troll.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
DOVER SPEAKER
ADVISES FAITH
DR.. Stanley Jones Told Audi
ence at Dover That "FOr-
giveness Is in the Blood
PLEADS FORGIVENESS

The Rev. DR.. E. Stanley Jones,
noted Methodist missionary to In
dia, author, and lecturer, admon-
ished the young people of today
that "the faith of our fathers is
living STILL" in an address before
an audience of 1,20O in the field
house of the Dover Community
School last Friday. forgiveness
is in the blood" he declared. God
will give forgiveness. A sinner is
one who becomes a problem to him
self. He does not know how to get
along with himself because he can
not get along with God" Most ills
of today, he said to his audience,
require God more than medicine.
Inward guilt, hurting conscience
bring on mental and physical ds-
/ iturbances, he said.
Raps the lf-Centered
He advised the self-centered to
become interested in something
other than himself( and declared
| that the church is the most health
giving institution on earth "be-
cause it gives you something apart
from yourself to think about and
care for" DR.. Jones told of num-
erous incidents where a persons
losing himself beyond himself"
had cured a self-centered disposi-
! tion, and where functional ailments
had disappeared with the exercis-
ing of control over hate, anger,
fear, and other poisoning emotions.
Gives Postwar Suggestions
DR.. Jones in his afternoon ad-
dress before clergymen and church
leaders of the Peninsula Methodist
Conference in Wesley Church spoke
more specifically about world af-
fairs of today and the future, de-
claring that "gods of destruction"
must not be tolerated and that we
must act now in the present world
crisis for if we shut our eyes now
we will not be equal to the task of
the future. Some of his sugges-
tions as to post war settlements he
outlined before the ministers as
follows: Equal distribution of the
raw materials, redistribution of
land, return to Germany of its COL
onies, permit every subject people
to decide its own destiny, free op-
portunity to trade, use the gold
which this country has stored away
to rehabilitate the weaker nations,
cancellation of debts owed us, and
formation of a federal union of the
nations of the world
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
TRUCK OWNERS
RECEIVE CARDS
1900 Questionnaires Sent to
Truck and Bus Owners
For Inventory
TO AID DEFENSE

1900 QUESTIONABLE cards have
been addressed to truck and bus
owners of this state and will go in
the mail today, announced George
S. Williams, Delaware Commission
er of Motor Vehicles. Mr.. Williams
seconded the recent proclamation
by Governor Walter w. Bacon re-
garding the national defense truck
and bus inventory. With Az mil
lion trucks in this country today
compared with about " million
during the first World War, the
United States need not experience
again transportation paralysis
like that of 1917" the Commission
er emphasized. "The truck and
bus inventory will provide informa-
tion for Federal officials in plan
ming improved highway transporta-
ton facilities for national defense"
Truck Owners Help Defense
The inventory offers an oppor-
tunity for truck and bus owners to
make contribution to the defense
of the nation, the Commissioner
said. With complete returns from
the survey, it will be possible to
make detailed records of all avail.
able highway transportation facil-
tiles by regions and on a central
basis. With such records, the
country can be organized to meet
any transportation emergency. Two
units of the Federal Works Agency
will conduct the inventory in co.
operation with the State. The
Public Roads Administration will
direct the inventory and the WPA
will analyze and list the returns
Trucks and busses are already per.
forming a great service, the Com.
missioner explained. On ton.
mile basis, trucks haul about six,
tn as much freight as the railroads
and taking into account distances
Travelled, passenger travel is about
the same on buses and railroads
These highway facilities also afford
a great unused capacity thai
should be available in the event Of
national emergency. The 5 by
questionable card each truck anC
bus owner will receive specifically
requests information regarding
the season of the year when ht
most urgently needs the vehicle il
his own business and whether il
an emergency he would be willing
to hire or lease the vehicle to {
Government agency. All informa
tion on individual cards will b,
treated as confidential, and will bt
used only for defense purposes
"The inventory represents an i'm
portant act of national defense be
fore a crisis" the Commissionel
emphasized, "and is strikingly il
contrast with England's truck anc
bus inventory which was forced
upon her in the midst of war"
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25

LIE Moine and Mrs. LIE Moine was
given at s pm. Monday in the par
ish hall by the vestry and congre-
cation. Today the pastor and his
wife will leave for the West to
visit their son Roy, who is chap
lain in the Navy and is expected to
arrive in San Francisco in October.
The Washington residence of MIR.
and Mrs. LIE Moine will be occupied
by their son George, at Glib Thir-
ty-second street N. W., where the
minister will devote a portion of
his time to literary work. He ex-
poets to publish late this fall a
book of humorous and satirical es-
says, and later theological work
on which he has been working for
several years, and which is a Sc
quel to his earlier book, Christ
and Human Needs"
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
RED CROSS HOLDS ELECTION
Miss Elizabeth Thornley, Elected
Vice Chairman of Local Chapter

Miss Elizabeth Thornley, was
elected vice-chairman of the local
Red Cross and the following offic-
ers We're reelected at a meeting
Monday night: Chairman, Miss
Anna B. Beckett; junior chairman,
Callie Diacumakos; secretary, Mrs.
H. c. Webb; treasurer, George
Boehmler; home service, Mrs. Lee
Deakyne; production, Mrs. George
Robinson. Requests for volunteers
as blood donors are being made by
the officers. Volunteers will pre-
sent themselves at Red Gross head
quarters, Wilmington, on Septem-
Der 80 between the hours of 2 and
s p. m. Appointments will be made
by Miss Beckett.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
Fined $50 for Reckless Driving

Lee Slaughter was arrested for
reckless driving by town police, and
given a fine by Magistrate Edgar
Frazier amounting to $50 and
costs, for a second offense. Will
liam Powell of Wyoming was COM
mitted to Kent County Jail, Dover,
in default of fine and costs on a
charge of driving under the influ-
ence of liquor. William L. Messick
of Baltimore, was fined $40 and
costs on a charge of driving more
than 20 miles an hour.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
Firemen Net $4,309.41

Net proceeds from the Smyrna
Fair, held the last of August for
the benefit of the Citizens Hose
Company, amounted to $4,309.41,
it was announced yesterday. Ofic-
ials stated that the company is ''in
better shape" than it has been for
many years, and that the bonded
debt would be cleared with a sur
plus to spare. The building on
Cummins Street which has for
some time been used as store
room, was purchased from the
Richardson estate, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Roland E. Garrison
of Dover, announce the engage
ment of their daughter Miss Mary
Louise Garrison to Mr.. Joseph A.
Wilson, son of Mrs. Eva Frear Will
son of Dover. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES

Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week
st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor, makes the following announce
ment for the Sixteenth Sunday af-
ter Trinity: 7.30 a. M, celebration
of the Holy Communion; 10 a. M,
Church School; IL a. M, morning
prayer and sermon upon "The
Great Prophet"