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FOR RENT-Room for two young men. Home conveniences. Call at 146 Willoughby Ave.
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Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
OYSTER SEASON
OPENS MONDAY
September 1st Will Be First
Day of Oyster Season-Del-
marva Peninsula Prepares
EXPECT GOOD SEASON

It's the season for getting the
tabasco sauce and horse radish and
crackers ready, for next Monday
will mark the official opening of the
oyster season. September will be
with us again, and this, the first
month of the "R's" since last
spring when the season closed, will
usher in the bivalve season. Res
taurants and cafes throughout the
Delmarva Peninsula are redecorat-
ing their signs and preparing for
the season. 1t will be September,
the month of the "R's." So far as
can be learned there are no definite
reports as to the seasons prospects
from Bivalve, N. j., where the fam
Gus Maurice River Cove oysters are
taken, nor from the tributary wat
ers of the Chesapeake Bay, includ-
ing Tangier Sound, the Great Chop
tank and Patuxent River, in Mary
land. Prospects for good season
are reported favorably throughout
lower Delaware at Broadkiln,
Continued on Page Nve)
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
RETRIEVING DOG AT MEET
Boy Scouts Watch Trained Dog;
Puppy Put Thru Performance

The Kent County Scouts enjoyed
a swimming meet last Saturday at
Halls beach in Dover. The meet
was part of the Summer Program
of the District designed to keep
Scout troops active and ready to
render service to the community
and nation such as they did in the
National Aluminium Campaign re-
Gently. Highlight of the afternoon
was retrieving demonstration put
on by William Holden with his
Chesapeake big Chief" Eastern
Shore retrieving champion. The
Scouts were greatly thrilled as
they watched this grand dog work
and heard Mr.. Holden explain how
he had been trained. Mr.. Holden
also had a six months old puppy
that performed-even though it
was hardly big enough to hold a
duck" in its mouth. The climax
of the meet was reached with the
canoe race and the scramble for a
CREASED watermelon in the lake.
Later watermelon was served to all
present.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

ing to Mr.. Miller, seventh and
eighth graders will report to the
library for their class assignments,
while grades 2 to will meet in
the auditorium. All new entrants,
except those to grade / will report
at the Teachers Room, and all chill
dren entering grade 1 will report
Immediately to Miss Caroline
Stats. No child will be admitted
to grade l without satisfactory
proof of age. Several members of
the faculty have been attending
summer school during the vacation
months, working toward higher
degree. 1t is believed that several
Masters Degrees were received by
faculty members. Miss julia Grif-
fifth recently donated number of
books to the school library. One
of these was a valedictory prize
given Miss Griffith by Mr.. George
Henry Raymond, father of Mr..
Clarence Raymond. The inscrip-
tion is dated June 25th, 1890.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
N.Y.A. WING FOR
NEGRO SCHOOL
Ground Broken at Smyrna
COlOred School for Farm
Shops; Plan New Courses
USE N. Y. A. LABOR

Ground has been broken by Ma
tional Youth Administration stu
dent workers for farm shop
building at the Negro school here,
State Administrator Clarence E.
Keyes has announced. Two sites in
the state were selected by DR.. H.
V. Holloway, state superintendent
of public instruction, and other ad-
ministrative heads of the State
Board of Education in cooperation
with district school board officials.
The other site selected for farm
shop was Harrington. The build
ing at Smyrna will be a brick wing,
constructed under the direction of
Albert w. Joseph. A separate
brick building is to be constructed
at Harrington, Mr.. Keyes said. The
farm shops will be used to train
students in vocational agriculture.
Various courses in farming and
farm machinery will be given.
Completion of the projects is ex-
pected during the next school term.
National Youth Administration
labor, except where skilled crafts
men are required, will be used. Al
though NYA funds are being furn-
ished to meet the bulk of the costs,
both of the individual school dis
tricts are furnishing some material
to the projects, Mr.. Keyes said.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
GOVERNMENT BUYS PEACHES
20 to 25 Carloads Have Been Pur-
chased i'm Kent County

With the start of government
buying of Delaware peaches, be-
tween 200 and 25 carloads already
are booked for shipment, Wilmer
T. Derickson, director of the Bu-
reau of Markets, State Board of
Agriculture, has announced. The
price is 81 bushel, F. o. B., for
Elbertas, u. S. No. 1, two inches
and up. The purchasing arrange
ments, which became effective
Monday and will continue through
Wednesday, require that the peach
es be loaded in cars and that they
meet government requirements as
to grade and size. Mr.. Derickson
announced that any grower desir-
ing to sell should contact him or
Mr.. Horabin, government represen-
tative with an Office in the State
Agriculture Building at Dover. The
peaches must be inspected and cer-
titled as to grade.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
SUMMER VACATION ENDS NEXT
WEEK; SCHOOL DAYS HERE AGAIN

"Readin' an Ritin' and Rithme-
tic"-everything but the hickory
stick! In less than a week, sum-
mer vacation will be over, and
school days will be here again. Mr..
George R. Miller, Superintendent,
has announced that the school is in
readiness for the return of students
and teachers next Wednesday, Sep
tember 3nd. 1t is impossible, he
said, to state the anticipated en-
rollment, except to say the general
decline in the elementary school
population is expected to continue.
Repairs and redecoration of both
the white and negro schools have
been in progress throughout the
summer months. New furniture,
Mr.. Miller said, is being purchased
as rapidly as funds will permit,
since it is the intention of the
School Board to continually make
improvements, that the John Bas-
sett Moore School be as attractive
and up to date as possible. Accord
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
TORNADO HITS
UP STATE AREA
Wilmington and Northern
Section of State Hit by
Severe Storm
REPORT MUCH DAMAGE

Several hundred thousand dollars
damage was caused Monday by
tornado which, in 'hop-skip" fash
ion, roared across northern Della
ware at a speed of 80 miles an
hour. Unroofing and otherwise
damaging houses, uprooting trees
and poles to choke highways and
streets in its wake the storm whip
ped into Delaware from Kembles-
vile, Pa, shortly after noon.
Cracking down upon the DUPONT
Airfield, it hoped to the Rockford
Park area, Alapocas Woods, and
then to Holly Oak in the Philadel-
phia Pike section before hitting
Swedesboro, N. j., where a man
was killed and several others hurt.
The wind followed a gentle rain
that fell throughout the morning.
Skies darkened toward noon and
the velocity of the gale increased.
A downpour and heavy lightning
and thunder accompanied the blow.
At Porter's Reservoir ~ inch of
rain was registered. When the
tornadoliterally blew 200-year-
old stone barn to pieces at Friends
School, three women and one
year-old child miraculously escaped
serious injury. When the storm
broke, the four had gained what
they thought was safety from the
storm when thtey pulled into the
barn-garage at the school. The
northwest wall gave way, dropping
the floor, the automobile, and its
occupants beneath the tumbling
boulders and falling roof. Firemen
from Talleyville, Claymont, and
Wilmington worked with a detail
of State Police to clear the wreck
age. A second emergency call
brought the rescue squad of the
Wilmington Fire Department with
an acetylene torch, which was used
to free the occupants. Wreckage
and debris from the barn, whipped
$50 yards through the air like
match sticks, smashed huge win
dows in the northwest side of the
four-year-old gymnasium. The gale,
finding entrance to the building,
scattered contents and ripped off
half the slate roof. Pieces of states
were scattered all over the campus,
but the main school building suf-
fered little damage outside of few
broken windows. The force of the
storm swept down corridors of the
main building to blow desks and
chairs around the central office.
The schools bus was upset and a
workman's automobile was smash
ed in the lower level lof the barn.
A 12-foot length of timber, mea-
CONTINUED on Page Fve)
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
STATE GUARD
ELECT OFFICERS
r. A. Kneeshaw Elected LIST
Lieut.. and Rev. Walden Pell
ii as End Lieutenant
OUTFIT PRAISED

The members of Company B, the
Dover unit of the State Guard,
Tueday night elected Rae A. Knee
shaw as first lieutenant. and the
Rev. DR.. Walden Pell II, headmas-
ter of st. Andrews School, Middle
town, as second lieutenant. Lieu
tenant Kneeshaw is project engin-
eer at the CCC camp project at
Leipsic and is a former marine.
Ray Clark was elected platoon
leader of the unit, of which Capt.
James Dewey Quillen is the COM
manding officer. Appointment of
some non-commissioned officers will
be made by the three commission
ed officers on Monday night, Sep
tember 8. The members of the
unit were administered their oath
by Capt. William A. McWilliams,
Dover, a training officer of the Del
aware National Guard, 198th Coast
Artillery, A. A., now in federal SER
vice. Captain McWilliams COM
mended the unit on the progress it
has made in drill and in building
up it's strength. He said the men
"are following in the footsteps as
well trained and drilled men in ac-
cordance with the tradition of Do
yer military men," Plans have
been completed by the unit for par
ticipation in the firemen's parade in
Smyrna tonight. The unit, which
will have all members in line, will
head the parade.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
SEED PROGRAM
FOR FARMERS
State Board of Agriculture
Offers Farmers Certifica-
tiOn Service
BOARD MEMBERS NAMED

The State Board of Agriculture
in cooperation with the Delaware
Agricultural Experimental Station
will offer to the farmers of Della
ware Seed Certification Service.
Seed certification in this State will
be a voluntary service maintained
by the farmers. That is, any farm
er in the State may grow seed for
certification and make application
for inspection providing he is will
ing to pay the cost of the service.
The Seed Certifcation Board will
consist of representatives of the
State Board of Agriculture, Della
ware Agricultural Experimental
Station, and the Crop Improvement
Association. 1t will be comprised
of the following members: Mr.. John
L. Clough, Seed Analyst; DR.. X. j.
Kadow, Plant Pathologist; Dr.Jam-
es Watkins, Agronomist of the
University of Delaware; Mr.. C. E.
McCauley, Secretary of the Crop
Improvement Association. The
Board will have the power to for
mulate rules and regulations for
the various crops to be inspected,
and shall have the power to change
these rules and regulations as nec-
essary for the success of this pro-
gram. Qualifications of inspectors
will also be examined and passed
upon by this Committee. For the
first year, seed certification will be
confined to small grains. The elig-
ible varieties for certification will
be: Nittany (Penna. 44) and Leaps
Prolific Wheat; Abruzzi rye; Ten
nessee Winter. Marnobarb, and
Kentucky No. 1 barley. Further
information concerning the rules
and regulations of this seed certifi-
cation program, and approved
sources of certified seed may be OBJ
tanned upon request from the Seed
Certification Board, State Board of
Agriculture, at Dover.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
CAMP RODNEY ENDS SEASON
Total of 800 Scouts Camped There;
Filled to Capacity

The 1941 summer camping sea-
son at the Rodney Scout Camps,
Chesapeake Bay, near Betterton,
Md, closed Sunday night. Total
of 300 Scouts spent week or more
there, Winslow F. Alder, assistant
executive of the Del-Mar-Va Scout
Council and camp director, said.
The camp was filled to capacity for
the entire eight weeks. The scout
campers left Sunday afternoon and
the staff Sunday night. Monday
morning 20 Sea Scouts weighed
anchor at the Rodney Camps on
their annual cruise of the Chesa-
peake on Capt. Edward Kellys
three-masted schooner, William ].
Stanford" Except for week-ends,
the scout camps are now in the
care of Jesse Howell, resident man.
ager.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
BOY CLUB WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
SOftball Season Closes With
Victorious PlayOff With
Clayton Team
MISSIMER WAS MANAGER

The Boys Club Softball Team
came out the victors in the final
tussle of the Smyrna League last
week. The playoff between the
Clayton team and the Roxy team
resulted in the Claytonians win
ming the series for the second half.
The championship playoff, between
the Clayton team and the Boys
Club, winners of the first half of
the season, took place in three
games, the Boys Club winning two
out of thhree. Charles Missimer is
manager of the team which in
cludes Joe Parker, Robert Jacobs,
Robert Lower, Bill Bodley, Leland
Slaughter, James Truax, Alden
Robinson, George Wright, Kenny
Smith, and Nelson Slaughter.
Playing on the Clayton team were
Duke VanDyke, Preston Knight,
Richard Hopkins, John Shortall,
Harold Hopkins, Bill Carson, Jack
Gooding, Stanley Boyd, Pete Bick-
ling and Hink Thompson. The Soft
ball League is sponsored by the
Smyrna Athletic Association, and
has just completed its third sue
cessive season. officers of the AS
sociation this season were Presi-
dent, Ellery ]. Ward; Vice Presi-
dent, Charles Missimer, and Secre-
tary-Treasurer, Kenny Smith.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
WOODFORD AT
ROTARY CLUB
Mayor of Dover Addresses
Rotary Club on Topic "Se-
lective Draft"
COOPERATION PRAISED

"Selective Draft" the system
used by the government to select
young men for the building of the
United States Army, was the sub
ject discussed by Wallace Wood
ford, Mayor of Dover, before the
Smyrna Rotary. Club last Thursday
evening. The spirit of the young
draftees was especially commended
by Mayor Woodford in his address.
The organizations comprising the
Draft Board and the Medical Board
were explained, and the coopera-
tion between the two was praised.
Classifications, it was explained,
are given by the local board ac-
cording to occupation and physical
fitness of the selectee. The speak
er commented on the frequent ap-
pearance of conscientious objectors
in the various groups called. Phys
ical disability, he said, has been
the biggest cause for deferment of
the registrants. Mayor Woodford,
praised the morale of the selectees
sent from this area. The speaker
concluded by urging the club to
help the selectees in maintaining
this high morale. William E. Mat
thews, Jr., was chairman of the
program and President Harvey c.
Jones, presided. DR.. Ralph B.
Jones was admitted to membership
in the Club. Rotary Kits are being
sent to interned Rotarians in Brit
ain. Visitors included Ivan Finsen,
H. H. Hansen, w. P. Morris, Ed
ward Haman. w. w. Hynson was
guest.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
OUT Of STATE COUPLES
Many Couples From Other States
Come Here to Be Married

Many out-of-state couples are
coming to Delaware to be married
to avoid Pennsylvania blood test
statutes. This, along with the draft,
have more than doubled the num-
ber of marriages in the state dur
ing the last seven months compar-
ed with the same months of 1910.
Prospective brides and bride
grooms, from the neighboring stat
es, in some cases, complain of ex-
cessive doctors fees sometimes
twenty dollars a couple, they re-
port are being asked by some ply
sicians for blood tests. Most of
this increase is in New Castle
County, just across the line, but a
substantial increase is also shown
in Kent and Sussex Counties.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
ANNUAL HORSE SHOW
To be Held Labor Day at Salisbury,
Maryland Benefit of Church

The second annual Salisbury,
Md, horse show for the benefit of
old Green Hill P. E. Church will be
held at Willowbrook Farms, near
the church, on Labor Day. Six
teen events are listed and three
trophies are at stake. The trophies
include a championship cup, to be
won three times by the same own
er for permanent possession; the
saddle horse challenge trophy, also
a three-leg cup, and a children's
horsemanship trophy. Proceeds of
the show are devoted to the restor-
alton of the historic old brick
church, erected on the banks of the
Wicomico River in 1873. Funds
last year were devoted to preserva-
tion of the old wood panelling in
the church and repairs to it's brick
work. Miss Helen Phillips, Sails
bury, is entries chairman and en-
tries may be addressed to her.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
SMYRNA MAN EXONERATED
Freed in Automobile Death of Mrs.
Jane Cotton, by Coroner's Jury

Wilfred ]. Edwards, Smyrna, was
exonerated of blame by a coroner's
jury Monday night for the death of
Mrs. Jane Coltlon, 70, widow of
Thomas L. Cotton, who was struck
by an automobile driven by Ed
wards on Governors Avenue in Do
yer, Saturday. Mrs. Cotton died
of her injuries Sunday night in the
Kent General Hospital. The jury
gave a verdict that Mrs. Cotton
came to her death from decorations
and shock received from walking
in the path" of the car operated by
Edwards and added that it held
Edwards blameless. The inquest
was conducted Monday night by
Coroner William M. Chambers at
the Ferguson and Hayes Funeral
Home, Dover. Earlier in the day
Magistrate Walter S. Cubbage had
held Edwards in $4,000 bail for
action of the grand jury on a tech
nical charge of manslaughter.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
MEETINGS RESUMED
4 Date of First Fall
Meeting; Weiner Roast Held

Mrs. Howard c. Deakyne was
hostess to the Smyrna Grange last
Thursday night at a weiner roast.
The regular weekly meetings will
start with the next meeting on
September 4th, at which time Har-
ry Cloud will give his report on
and show a movie of the 18th an
nual Lecturers Conference held
this year at the University of
Maryland, College Park, Md. A
good attendance is expected, this
being the beginning of the fall
work. A full program has been
planned.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Now
land announce the engagement of
their daughter Ruth Elma> to JOS
eph Walter Downes son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph M. Downes of near
Smyrna. Miss Nowland was May
Queen at the John Bassett Moore
High School and a member of the
June graduating class. Mr.. Downes
was also a graduate of the class of
al at the John Bassett Moore High
School and is now associated with
his father in farming. The we'd
ding will take place in October.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
GOOD WILL TOUR SEPT. 9TH
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Plan Annual Down-State Tour

The staff of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce is arrang-
ing details for the annual Good
Will Tour of the Chamber on Tues
day, September 8. The tour will
be conducted on a special, air-con-
ditioned train on the Pennsylvania
railroad, leaving Wilmington at
$50 o'clock (DST), in the morn
ing. Short stops will be made at
Dover, Harrington, Milford and
Georgetown before proceeding to
Rehoboth, the end of the tour.
Luncheon will be served at Milford,
and dinner at the Rehoboth Beach
Country Club. Guests of the
Chamber will include the mayors
of various towns in the State, pres
idents of chambers of commerce,
editors of newspapers and public
officials.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
EXPECT LARGE
PARADE TONITE
Firemen's Parade to Start at
500 P. M. Tonight; Ex-
pect 20 Companies
FAIR PROVES POPULAR

The Firemen's Parade, which
will start tonight at 500 p. m. day.
light time, will take the following
route: starting at the Stand Pipe
on West Commerce Street, the par
ade will continue east on Com
merce to Market street, north on
Market to Mt. Vernon street, east
on Mt. Vernon to Main, south on
Main to South, then west on South
to the Fair grounds. Among the
companies who have sent in replies
that they will be present are: Do
ver, Clayton, MiddletoWn, Ches-
wold, Elkton, Chesapeake City,
Millington, Sudlersville, Easton,
Cecilton, The National Guard, un-
der the direction of Capt. Dewey
Quillen, and the Talleyville Drum
and Bugle Corps. The following
prizes are offered: $40, best band;
$40, second best band; SIS, best
bugle and drum corps; $40, Com
pany travelling longest distance
with 10 or more men; $40, best ap-
pearance with 10 or more men;
$40, best appearing Ladies' Auxil-
iary. Judges will be George Scout,
Charles King and Harley Bodley.
Fair Success
Members of the committee in
charge of the Smyrna Fair have
expressed great satisfaction at the
popularity and financial success of
the affair. Held for the benefit of
the Citizens Hose Company, resi-
dents of the town and vicinity have
cooperated with and supported the
Fair better than had been expect
ed, committee members said, in an
nouncing that $1181 was taken in
Saturday night alone. The exhibit
of the State Game and Fish Com
mission, with several wild animals
and a variety of living fish on dis
play, has attracted more attention
than any other exhibit at the Fair.
A different variety of animals are
constantly being substituted to
maintain this interest.
Commercial Parade Prizes
Prizes awarded at the CONNER
cial parade last Thursday were as
follows: Floats-1st prize, $40, to
Robinson's Furniture Store; End
prize, SIS, John Still. Decorated
Automobiles-1st prize, $5, Victor
Ennis; End prize, $3.50, Ennis and
Deakyne. Organizations LIST prize,
$40, Girl Scouts; End prize, $5, Boy
Scouts. Judges were Charles King,
Harvey Pollen, and Glenn S. King.