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Smyrna times., 1941-09-04
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Dunning
have returned home from their trip
through the South. They took in
the Skyline Drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hudson
and family spent the weekend Wis
iting in Georgetown.
Mrs. Richard Comegys has been
visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Mrs. Bertha Sevil had as her
weekend guests Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Walmsley, Jr., and Sr., and their
daughter Betty, all of Philadelphia.
Donald Ennis is spending two
weeks with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Ennis. He is Quarter
master on the u. S. S. Texas now
stationed at Portsmouth, Va.
Bill Carrow, who is stationed at
Mitchell Field, N. Y, was home
visiting his parents over the holi-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Collision en-
tertained their daughter and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Crozier
of Philadelphia over the weekend.
Mrs. Herman Sevil is mourning
the death of her brother, Mr.. Dan
iel Shortt of near Brenford, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Roth and Miss
Louise Bennett toured the Skyline
Drive during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Orvis and
Mrs. John Shortall drove Cadet
John Shortall back to West Point
after spending his vacation of two
months with his parents.
The Lions Club held their meet
ing Tuesday evening and had as
their guest speaker Mr.. Harvey c..
Jones, president of the Smyrna Ro-
tary Club.
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SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThOrOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, Sept. 3 = Miss
Minnie Spitsnagel is visiting in
Bridgeton, N. ].
Mrs. William Daniels spent last
week with relatives in Philadelphia
Mrs. william Shetzelr and family
spent three weeks in Wildwood
N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samul Forsythe of
Upland, Pa, spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Ella Nc
Claim.
Miss Harriet Bennett of Bridge
ton, N. j., ppent the weekend with
Miss Martha Steller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds OF
Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Woodkeeper and Miss Wee Smith
of Blackbird, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Johnson and son Vernon, and
Mrs. Wilson David were Sunday
visitors with Mrs. Fannie Francis
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Elliott and
sons, of Milford, spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Spitsnagel
of Millville, N. j., spent several
days last week with Mr.. John Stel-
Ter and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purnell Shockley
and family of Elkton, Md, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Steller en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. William R. Alfree, Sr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Liston McClain, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Alfree, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jehu Alfree and family, Mr.,
and Mrs. William R. Alfree, Jr., of
near Middletown, and Mr.. and Mrs
Lee w. David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Appleget and
daughters, of Heightstown, N. j.,
spent several days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser.
Misses Virginia and Elsie Shock
ley spent last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Wheeler and family
near Wilmington.
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STATE CAPITAL
NEWS BUDGET
Personal Items and Social
Mention About Dover Folks
and Their DOings
PARTIES OF THE WEEK

Dover, Sept. 3 = Mrs. Josiah o
Wolcott and her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. N. Maxsor
Terry and son, Max, Jr., are occu-
pying a cottage at Rehoboth Beach
for September.
Mrs. E. Hall Downes and son
Hall, Jr., left Monday for Washing
ton, where they have taken an
apartment, joining Lieutenant
Downes, who is stationed there.
Mrs. Walker L. Mifflin, and her
sister, Miss Laura Richards OF
Georgetown, were joint hostesses
at luncheon last week, at the Reho-
both-Indian Beach Club, with
bridge afterward at 'Longview,' -
the summer home of the Mifflins.
u. S. Senator and Mrs. James H
Hughes entertained informally at
their summer home in Rehoboth
Beach recently in honor of their
daughter, Mrs. w. Oakman Hay
Jr., Mr.. Hay of Ridgewood, N. j.,
and their son and daughter-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Hughes III,
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The reported sale of kits Ham
mock is not confirmed by the part
les interested who have not been
notified of the fact.
Thomas F. Dunn, a Dover journ-
alist, will become assistant business
manager of the New Haven, Conn.,,
Palladium.
Wilson l.. Cannon, and wife, of
Dover, have presented to the Meth
odist Church in Leipsic a lot, or
parcel of ground for the new
church.
The marriage of Edward S. Bes-
wick of Milford, and Miss Harriet
E. Jackson of Wilmington, will be
solemnized on September 8th, in
Calvary Church.
The fastest basket maker in Do
yer is Robert Carly, former
Smyrna boy, about 1S years of age,
who makes about 800 baskets a
day, not counting night work.
Because he took refuge in a
peach car, during a shower at Do
yer, a well-dressed stranger was
arrested for vagrancy by Pennsyl-
vania Railroad officer Kinnamon
and fined So by magistrate. Cit
izens paid the fine and berated the
officer and magistrate.
The Middletown shirt factory is
expected to be in operation by Oc-
tober 1. The new building will be
40 by 100 feet in dimensions. And
will accommodate $50 women work
ers, and expert shirt makers are to
be sent to Middletown to teach the
applicants for work at the new fac
tory.
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OAKHILL COMMUNITY
Some Items of Personal Mention
Cleaned from the Vicinity

Delaney's, Sept. 3-Miss Geneva
Pryor has returned to her home af-
ter spending a week at Ocean City,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmonson Robin
son, Miss Gladys Robinson and FL
wood Robinson visited Mr.. James
R. Pryor and Mrs. Frances Lorah
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Smith and
family, of Norristown, Pa, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter B.
Fretz over the weekend.
Private Walter Saltlelr of Camp
Croft, South Carolina, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Sal
ter over the weekend
The work on the Oak Hill Com
munity Hall, has been completed
and the hall is now open for the
use of the community. A small
party was held last week for the
members of the community who
helped in cleaning up the place to
be ready for opening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kurt S. zippe re-
Gently entertained party of
friends at hot dog roast.
Miss Edith Zippe was entertain
ed at a party in honor of her birth
day recently at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. G. E. zippe.
Miss Betty Lou Yarnell, who has
been visiting her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Zippe, has returned
to her home in Reading, Pa.
Pvt. Edward Everhart of Fort
Dix, N. j., visited his home over
the weekend.
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CHESWOLD
Items of Personal anu Social In

Items of Personal anG Social In
est Gleanea Ahnnt NeighbcI hood
Cheswold, Sept. 3-Rev. and Mrs
w. l.. McClintock are spending
their vacation in New Jersey visit
ing relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Carton
and Miss Virginia Schefer, of Pitts
burg, have returned to theri home
after vacationing with friends here
and at Kits Hammock.
Mr.. Gamaliel Garrison II, visited
his parent, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Garrison, near Dover, last week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Layer, Miss
Clara B. Rash, Miss Villa Marie
Layer, Mr.. Gamaliel Garrison and
Mr.. Howard Rash were guests last
Thursday of Mr.. and Mrs. Carton,
and Miss Virginia Schefer, at Kits
Hammock.
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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
CONTINUED from Page Two)

Miss Ida Smith of near Chestnut
Hill, Pa, is visiting Miss Lizzie
Heinold, near town.
DR.. ]. E. Clawson of Philadel-
phia, visited Smyrna last week.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. R. McCausland
recently of Elmira, Pa, are visiting
her father, Captain Smith.
Frank Startling has returned to
Baltimore to attend the college of
pharmacy.
Miss Elva Wilson, who spent the
most of her vacation at Atlantic
City, returned to Salem, New Jer-
sey, to resume teaching.
Rev. DR.. S. L. Baldwin, general
secretary of the missions of the M
E. Church of New York. was the
guest last week of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Hoffecker.
! COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Odessa wants peach basket
factory.
Senator Higgins is expected to
arrive from Europe next week.
Mail carrier ]. S. Goodwin, of Do
yer, has a five-months-old three
legged cow.
The Odessa Creamery Company
are making 5000 pounds of butter
week.
Captain Joseph Bonsall has pur-
chased the Guion Farm, IL miles
east of Dover, for $1,250.
Wells, Herring and Company, of
Middletown, are canning 10000
cans of tomatoes a day.
Piling is being driven at the
mouth of the st. Jones Creek, for
the protection of vessels during
easterly storms.
Cochran, Taboo & Co., propri-
etors of the Midlletown Creamery
are making 5000 pounds of butter
week.
William F. Reynolds and George
w. Mattiford, of Blackbird Hun
ldred were drawn for the jury Sep
tember 21st.
Messrs. Richardson and Robbins
have disposed of their pack Of
Bartlett pears over 5000 baskets
to London parties.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-04
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, Sept. 8 Mr.
Herbert Thomas and Miss Mar.
garet Newnum of Clayton, spent
Sunday with her sister, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Harvey McNatt.
Bobby and Bud Piechelt have re-
turned home after visiting relative:
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd of Pittsburg
Mr.. and Mrs. William Folder ano
children, of Wilmington, were Sat.
urday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Har.
vey McNatt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton McAfee
Mr.. Joseph Schnappe of Philadel
phia, visited with Mrs. Margaret
Stanley at Little Creek, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Jacobs
of near Salem, N. j., were visitor:
of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Jacobs
Sr., and visited the Smyrna Fail
on parade night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thomas ano
sons Jackie and Jimmie, and Miss
Gloria Jacobs of Salem, N. j., Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. John w
Jacobs, Sr. Mrs. Thomas and Miss
Jacobs are granddaughters and
Jackie and Jimmie are great
Igrandsons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel c. Jacobs
of Smyrna, visited with their par.
ents on Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Reed and children
Mrs. Margaret Murker, Mr.. anc
Mrs. James Gaulke, of Marcus
Hook, Mr.. and Mrs. George anC
children, of Wilmington, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Milton Slaughter and sor
Bunny, of Middletown, were Labor
Day visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Gaulke.
Mr.. Joseph schnappe and Mr.
and Mrs. Clifton McAfee visitec
with Mrs. Thomas Burris and sor
Joe, at Blacksiton's, Labor Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Underwood
of Wilmington, Mr.. George Under
wood of Chicago, visited with theil
father, Mr.. George Underwood
Sr., who is spending awhile with
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Jackson.
Mrs. Emma Davis celebrated an
other birthday Sunday. Her son
Mr.. Andrew Davis and sonny, Of
Talleyville, Miss Mildred Davis, Mr.
Ed. Morris of Philadelphia, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Boyles of Smyrna
were Sunday visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reed anC
sons, of Walkers, Mrs. Ellsworth
Walker of Wilmington, Mrs. Walk.
er Warner of Deakyneville, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Winner Ford of Dover were
recent visitors of Mrs. Thomas
Wrench.
Mrs. Dolores Tribbitt of Leipsic
spent a visit with her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Truax Monday ant
spent the evening at Smyrna car.
nival.
Mr.. Mark Scout, who has beer
spending most of the summer al
Bowers Beach, has returned home
Mrs. James Virlin, anil sons
Glenn, Bobby, and Ronald, Of
Smyrna, spent Friday with Mrs
Clifton McAfee, and Mrs. Court
land Gaulke.
Mr.. Harold Jackson of Whining
ton, spent Sunday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Jackson.
Mrs. Herbert Wilson and Miss
Annie Gaulke of Columbus, S. c..
have been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Francis and Junior Jackson
great grandchildren of Mrs. 1. E
Voss who have been visiting her
have returned to their home al
Staten Island, N. Y.
Mrs. Elmer Pritchett of Town.
send. sDent a visit with her mother
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KENTON NEWS
NOTES OF WEEK
Personal Mention and Social
Items and Other Parties
Reported About Town
COMMUNITY INTEREST

Kenton, Sept. 3--Mr. and Mrs. S.
G. Walker and Rev. and Mrs. R. G..
Conner spent the weekend and
holiday at Atlantic City, Ocean
City and Ocean Grove, N. j.
The Philathea and Baraca Class
es will meet in basement of the
Church on Wednesday evening,
September 10th.
Mrs. John Numbers has been Wis
iting her son, Mr.. John Numbers
and family.
Mr.. Henry Clayton of Bryn
Mawr, Pa, and friend Miss Man.
ming of Philadelphia, spent Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Addie G. Ar
thurs and Mrs. j. D. Crossley.
Mrs. Katherine Everett spent
Monday with her son, Mr.. James
Everett and family.
Mr.. Benjamin Wheatman of Phil
adelphia, is visiting his sister, Mrs.
G. w. Prettyman.
Mrs. Alice Foraker and Mrs.
Sarah Walker of Wilmington, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S. G Walker.
Miss Catherine Smith left on
Tuesday for Richardson Park to
resume her duties in the school.
Miss Kathryn Clifton left on
Tuesday to resume her duties in
Lord Baltimore School near Ocean
View.
Mr.. John Jacobs has returned
after spending two weeks at Reho-
both with his son and daughter-in-
law, Rev. and Mrs. D. w. Jacobs II
their cottage.
Kenton School opened on We'd
nesday, September 3rd with teach
ers as follows: First and Second
Grades, Mrs. Irene Bickling; Third
and Fourth grades, Mrs. Mary Jar
rell; Fifth and Sixth grades, Mrs
Kathleen Pollitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Syfrit and Mr.
Fred Wallace motored to Wood
land Beach on Labor Day.
Mrs. Alice Coverdale spent Mon
day in Clayton.
Miss Ethel Geiser and Mr.. Will
liam McGowen of Philadelphia,
spent the holiday ith Mr.. and Mrs.
H. c. Clark.
Private Stanley Graham of Camp
Lee, Va. spent the weekend and
Labor Day with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles w. Graham.
Private Roland Faulkner Of
Camp Dix, N. j., spent the week
end and holiday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Faulkner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slower are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. Eugene Attix.
Miss Ethel Carey of Wilmington,
spent the weekend home.
Betty Pinder has been spending
two weeks in Wilmington and Bet
terton, Md.
Carolyn Crossley and Agnes
Faulkner have been spending a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Burrows at Woodland Beach.
Mr.. Allen Alexander of Whining
ton, spent last Thursday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Alex
ander.
Mr.. Davis Numbers has been on
visit to Warren, Pa, with his
aunt, Mrs. Emma Davis. They took
trip to Niagara Falls and places
of interest in Canada.
Mrs. Minnie V. Cook and daugh-
ter Bessie, and Mrs. Elva AttiS
spent last week at South Bowers
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Hilyaro
spent Sunday with their son, Mr.
Harold Hilyard and wife in theil
new home near Earlville, Md.
Mrs. Ella Carey, who has been ir
Kent General Hospital, Dover, fol
an operation, has returned. Hell
many friends are glad she is able
to be home.
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of this city. Senator and Mrs.
Hughes were host and hostess at a
similar affair yesterday.
Mrs. William K. Patton and sons,
William and Fred, have returned
from a summers stay near Port
Jarvis, N. Y.
Chancellor and Mrs. w. Watson
Harrington had the formers sister,
Miss Jessie Harrington, as their
guest several days last week at
their summer home, REST Con-
tent" Rehoboth Beach.
Mrs. Samuel M. HUM and chill
dren, Frances Eleanor, and Samuel,
Jr., left Sunday to make their
home in Williamsburg, Va, joining
Lieutenant HUM, who is stationed
at Fort Eustis. Mrs. HUM and
children have been spending sever
al months with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank A. Danner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry A. Richard
son III, and daughters, Miss Pris-
ella and Miss Dorothy, returned
yesterday from spending the sum-
mer at their cottage at Rehoboth
Beach.
Mrs. Arthur B. Edgeworth and
children, Salome and Anthony, have
returned from spending two weeks
in the mountains in New York.
Mrs. Richard N. Knight of Glen
laurel" Bryn Mawr, was an over
night guest Saturday of her moth
er, Mrs. G. D. Jackson.
Miss Elsie Bishop and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Witherington returned to
New York City yesterday after a
summers visit with the formers
father and sister, DR.. L. A. H.
Bishop, and Mrs. Helen B. Hughes.
They spent part of their stay at
the Hughes cottage at Bethany
Beach.
Mr.. G. Gordon Cockburn has left
to take government position in
Greenland. Mrs. Cockburn and
children are remaining in Dover.
Miss Anna B. Hayes and her
newhew and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Hayes Wilson, Jr., spent the week
end and holiday at Rehoboth Beach
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. Hayes Will
son. Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Jack
son were their dinner guests on
Sunday. Mrs. Wilson entertained
at luncheon and bridge at her cot
tage yesterday, with Mrs. Ralph
C. Wilson, Mrs. R. Lindale Frazier
Mrs. G. Burton Sypherd, Mrs.Ralph
Lord, Mrs. Harry Mcdaniel, Jr.,
Mrs. John B. Smitheman, and Mrs
Harry v. Taylor as her guests.
Mrs. j. Wallace Woodford and
Miss Mary Raymond went to At
lantic City yesterday to spend q
week at the Hotel Traymore.
Mrs. Ritter Regis (Polly Petitt)
of New York City has been the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Carrie
Ritter of "Chescent Farm" Mrs.
Regis spent several days last week
at Kits Hammock with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank R. Hayes.
Miss Isabella Ward has returned
from a visit in Brooklyn with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Sommerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w. Rash
had Mr.. and Mrs. George Bapcock
of Rochester, N. Y, as their week
end and holiday guests. Mrs. Bah
cock is the former Miss Frances
Dewitt of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas M. Gooden,
Jr., and son, Thomas III, left
Tuesday on a several days motor
trip to Williamsburg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Dobberstein
and Mr.. and Mrs. Karl D. DorzbaclS
were resort visitors for the week.
end and holiday, occupying one of
the "Beachomes" at the Rehoboth-
Indian Beach Club.
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ton, Md.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler of Virginia,
is spending this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Williams.
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TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhoOd

est Gleaned ABOUT NelgnDOrn0Od
Townsend, Sept. 3-Mrs. Bertha
Daniels has retured home after
spending about one month in At
lantic City, N. j.
Mrs. Evans Moffitt was visited
by her niece, Mrs. Patricia Clay, of
Tulleytown, over the weekend.
Mr.. Samuel H. P. Slant, of
Georgetown, visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George 7. Slant, recently,
Mrs. John Guessford and daugh-
ter Louise, Rose Jean and Woodall
Cochran spent Sunday at Reho-
both.
Miss Louise Guessford spent
Monday with Mrs. Jean Hawkins
at Mrs. Esther Reihms, near Mid
dletown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland R. Rey-
nolds, Jr., and Roland III, are home
from Philadelphia, Pa, until after
Labor Day.
Mrs. Walter Lee who is sojourn-
ing at Rehoboth for several weeks,
was home for a brief stay during
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Haegele, of
Philadelphia, Pa, are SPEEDING this
week with her sister, Mrs. Harvey
Naylor.
Mrs, Arie Lattomus and Miss
Ethelwyn Maloney have returned
from Ocean Grove, N. j., where
they spent several days.
Miss Mary Guuessford is spend
ing this week in Arlington, Va, as
a guest of her sister, Mrs. George
Arno Loessner adm Mr.. Loessner.
Mr.. George N. Slant and family
and Mrs. West visited Annapolis,
Md, and Washington, D. c., last
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weigel and son
Charles, Mrs. Nina Maloney, Mrs.
Franklin Taylor and son Frank,
spent last week at Ocean City, M.
Mr.. and Mrs. Junior Hutchison
and son Carey, Mr.. and Mrs. Bayn-
ard Marvel motored to Atlantic
City, N. j., where they spent the
weekend.
Miss Mary Geffer, an employee
at the Phillips Canning Co., has
been under the care of the doctor
the past two weeks, but is much
improved.
Stockton Townsend, of Philadel-
phia, visited his father, Howard
Townsend, sister, Mrs. Anna Gill,
and brother, Stanley Townsend, of
Odessa, over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lurty of
Sharon Hill, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Lurty and son, of Warwick
Md, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. N. w. VanHorn.
Miss Name Townsend has re-
turned home to Philadelphia, Pa.
after spending week with her
sister, Mrs. Anna Gill, brother, Mr.
Howard Townsend, and nephew
Mr.. Stanley Townsend, of Odessa.
Miss Jeanette MacSorley of Cam
bridge, Nd, has been visiting hel
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Hodgson, and part of this
week is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Jam.
es Wilson at Smyrna.
Mrs. Ruth Woolvern, of Chestnut
Hill, was a guest at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Huey Graham during
the past week. They also have as
guest the son of Mrs. Graham
Mr.. Austin Mcclure, of Fort Dix
N. j.
Herbert Nichols who has been an
instructor at the Townsend Gram
mar School for the past three
years, has resigned and Pennsyl-
vania man has been named to fill
the position. Mr.. Nichols has &C.
cepted similar position at the
Milford High School,
Smyrna times., 1941-09-04

The people who sit glumly
around a railroad station for an
hour before the train arrives sud-
denly go into excited verbal action
just as the train begins to move.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-01
PETAIN MEETING MARSHAL COERINC
Important Conference Held in France; Hitler Wants
 to Use French Fleet
tBy United Press)

Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, aged head of the French State, con. ferred today with Reichsmarshal William Goering, the No. 2 man in the government of his country's conqueror, and 1t was believed that he was agreeing to details of Frances entrance into the Naz's new order"
 It was the continuation of a Wo- lent campaign of segments of the Vichy government, of the German controlled Paris Press, and of pro- German F'renchmen in Paris ex- tending over a year for full Franco German collaboration"
 The government in Vichy an- nounced this morning that Petain, accompanied by Vice-Premier Ad- miral Jean Francois Darlan had met this morning with Goering and it was understood in Vichy that they would confer all day.
 Hitler Not Mentioned
 Reports emanating from Europe by private means had suggested that Adolf Hitler himself was one of the conferees. The Vichy announce ment made no mention of Hitler. It (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-01
Auto Industry May Get More Curtailing With Orders From Defense Officials

stance. under the plan, could con- tinue making the heavy Bucks and Cadillacs as well as light Chevro- lets. Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles but would have only two models in each line.
 Elimination of double-bar bump- CTS and bumper guards.
 Substitution of cotton or other substitute materials for wool up- holstery.
 Elimination of wool and rubber floor mats in favor of imitation leather and other substitutes.
 Substitution of steel for copper in radiators.
 Elimination Of ell such accessories as clocks, cigar hgls5ers, radios, dual tail lights and extra horns.
 Reduction in the number Of coiors and the number Of coats of enamel on each car. These were some of the bMeGea- tons recently given the industry for @gtndy' by the OPAl-chiefly on aise recommendation cf the 0slee ~ Fssee AdnininfleN consumer ct.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-01
Vincent Perrella Is
 Hurt In ExchangePl Place
Struck as He Was Crossing Street on Way to Work This Morning; Was Rushed to St. Mary's
 Hospital Immediately

IA .s .ss
 vincent TEetTSlla. 4S. ot S4l con- gross avenue, was admitted early this morning to st. Mary,s hospital with serious injuries, suffered when he was struck in Exchange Place while crossing North Main street,
 Hospital authorities reported Per- rella suffered a possible skull frae. tllre and A fracture of the nose but that his name was not on the dan- ges list,
 The driver Of the car, Motor pa- trolman John Deeley said, which struck perrella as he was on his way to work at the Chase Metal Works, was Frank Martinella, 26, of sA Barnes street who was travelling south when the accident occurred, MNrtinella was arrested by Officer Deeley on c charge of reckless drlv- ing. Martinella told tho officer he d,d not see PerrelA crossing in front Of his car but did see four other pee destrians running for Q bus in Ex- change Place,
 The accident occurred ct 6;i6 O. clock this morning when the in- jured man attempted to cross from the east side of Exchange Place to Baubys corner. Otilcer Deeley said Perrella was struck about % feet on the croSswalk from the west side of Exchange Place,