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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20

weather is promised but it seems
slow in coming.
Rev. Mr.. Wilson took up his
missionary collection last Sunday
at the close of the sermon prepar-
ing the way for it. The amount
raised Sunday and since to date
amounts to $27S. He will secure
during the week subscriptions to
bring it up to the amount contri-
buted by the congregation last
year, which was $500. The Sun
day School is expected to raise
about as much more.
Joseph R. Jefferson started last
year with eight sows. From these
in pigs and pork at cents a h.,
he realized $780, The corn con
sumed was APO bushels. From the
hogs above named he has reserved
eight young sows for this years
profit. Mr.. jefferson does not sell
any corn; he rather feeds the corn
raised on two farms, thus turning
1t into beef and pork, which he
he is enabled to make enough man
ure to cover his fields to be used
for both wheat and corn.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
Lamb, Robert Moore, Tommy Oil
plant, Francis Sylvester.

Lamb, Robert Moore, Tommy Oil
plant, Francis Sylvester.
Grade To, Miss Start, teacher
Kathryn Badur, Margaret Brown,
Betty Bush, Frances Daniels, Marie
Lister, Elsie Merkel, Winifred
Pearce, Mary Pyle, Maud Scuse,
Yvonne Senger.
Grade rs, Mr.. Doerr, teacher
Robert Badur, Paul Bradley, Fran
els Downs, Richard Handsberry
James Lamb, Arnold Reed, Albert
Regener.
Grade 81, Miss Matthews, teach
er-Ethel Bell, Frances Burris,
Florence Council, Betty Jane Crit
fin, RoSalie Mccain, Carlton
Blendt, Harry Blendt, Gilbert Clam
pitt, Garland Collins, Robert Col
Inns, Richard Elterich, Robert Far
les, William George, Charles Har-
ris, Jackie Horsey, Robert Jones,
Geo. Hutchinson, Glenn Matthews,
Smithers Snow, Eddie Tucker,
George Wright.
Grade 60, Mrs. Smith, teacher
Anna Marie Davidson, Elizabeth
Ann Kirby, John Lovegrove, Thorn
as McNabb, Donald Mood, Leon
Morris, Doris Rowland, Phyllis
Pearce, Jacqueline Potter, Frank
Ryan, Gwen Smith, Betty Jean
Snow, James Sudler, Ruth Nancy
Swarr, Avis Truax, Leroy Wade,
Joyce Wilson.
Grade 81, Miss Evans, teacher
James Buckson, Harvey Carrow
Mabel Badur, Betty Barnes, Betty
Berry, Jean Brown, Marie FAIRIES
Thelma Foxwell, Alice Jane Mat
thews, Constance Burris.
Grade So, Miss Kaufman, teach
Glenn McNatt, Charles Mes
sick, Jimmy Ryan, George Still
Bobby Warner, Margery Lamb
Grace SnOrtS.
Grade Al, Miss Scout, teacher
Audrey Ashton, Mary Alice Blendt
Virginia Burchard, William Buck
son, Carroll Elzey, Stanley Fran
els, Elwood Graham, Earl Harris
VIM. farrell.
Grade AZ, Miss Adkins, teacher
Donald Knots, Russell McNatt
Betty Lovegrove, Lorraine Smith.
Grade 81, Mrs. WEIGH, teacher
Betty Lou Carrow, Betty Clampitt
jeanne Deakyne, Melvin Archer
Wallace Badur, George Bell, Victor
Continued on Page Six)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
OLD DOC. YARRICK
SPEAKS HIS MIND

Men who accuse women of gos-
siping forget their barbershop con
versations.
A man can avoid a bit of
trouble by keeping out of other
peoples affairs.
When you pack your suitcase
put your religion in first.
A good way to prevent becoming
old is to take up something new
Dragging men are like Growing
ROSTERS, they make a lot of noise
and seem well pleased with it.
A discouraged man will absorb
praise as dry soil drinks in the
rain.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
THE DUNNING PENNINGTON
WEDDING

One of the most brilliant we'd
dings that has ever taken place in
Dover was celebrated at the Pres
byterian church there at $50
o'clock Thursday evening. John
Presley Dunning, the young San
Francisco journalist, who became
famous for the story he wrote con-
corning the naval disaster at Sam
GA, was married to Mary Elizabeth,
youngest daughter of Hon. John
3. Pennington, of Dover. The
church was crowded with the elite
of the state. Thomas T. Coward
was groomsman and Misses Ella
Murphy, Annie Cannon, Annie
Hayes and Emma Anderson, brides
maids. The ushers We're Houston
lCulbreth, William Salisbury, Clar-
ence Sypherd, and George Jones
A reception lasting until midnight
at the residence of the brides
father, followed the wedding.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
OBITUARIES

Mrs. Jane Hunter died at her
residence ON upper Commerce
Street, at 6 o'clock this morning,
age about rs years. She has been
a great sufferer for nearly a year
past, first from Bright's disease
and then from dropsy, but had
careful nursing from her daughter,
Mrs. r. S. Marin, and others. She
came from Ireland and settled in
Smyrna over forty years ago, her
husband, David Hunter, having
been dead more than half this time
She was woman of good heart
strong purpose and a warm adher-
ent of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Jane Coverdale, who has
been living in Philadelphia for the
last five years, died on Wednesday
at the residence of Samuel p
Wright, aged 80 years. She was
the widow of Luke Coverdale, who
died in the ALLEY" some 35 years
ago, and mother of Mrs. John r
Wilson Of this town. The remains
were inferred Friday at Blacks
toms Chapel.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
WEST REPORTS
HIGH AUTO TOLL
More Young Men Killed in
Automobile Accidents Than
Die of Disease
EXCESSIVE SPEED CAUSE

CHICAGO.-More young men are
killed in accidents each year than
die as result of disease. according
to the National Safety council
The councils tabulations show
that only four diseases take more
lives among the total population
than do preventable accidents of
which there were over $4,000 last
year. The diseases are cancer,
nephritis. general hemorrhage and
heart disease.
The councils finds show that a
block Of Western states-Montana.
Wyoming, Colorado and New Mex
ico-plus Florida. Ohio and West
Virginia, have the highest accident
rates in the country.
Figured on a basis of deaths per
100000 Wyoming had the highest
rate with 1924, followed by Arizona
with 1925. The Dakotas, adjacent
to the high rate states, were the
safest in the nation, with North Da-
kota having a $50 rate and its sis
ter state 500 accidental deaths per
100, 600 population.
Automobile casualties and falls
are the greatest cause of death, re-
sulting in 62 per cent of the $4,000
toll in 1899. Auto deaths occurred
most frequently over week-ends,
three-eighths of the total motor
deaths taking place on Saturdays
and Sundays.
Driving at excessive speeds and
on the wrong side of the road were
the two greatest causes of fatal
motor accidents, the council found
More than $4,000 of the deaths due
to motor vehicles were pedestrian
fatalities.
In the industrial accident field, the
tobacco industry was found safest.
Most dangerous industries were
found to be numbering. mining and
construction.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
TWO MURDERERs HANGED

TWO MORDE1ttEfSS tiANGED
Jesse H. Proctor and Frederick
Young, both colored, were hanged
at las Friday afternoon. A large
crowd stood around the Jail yard
from o'clock until the bodies
were cut down. The procession
began at 1875. The prisoners walk
ed upon the scaffold with firm
step. They were accompanied by
two colored ministers. Young
seemed more composed and firner
than Proctor. The moose was ad-
justed, the black caps drawn over
the prisoners heads, the signal Civ
en-, Sheriff Cole cut the rope and
the men jerked into the air. There
were some commissions and then
the bodies began to spin around
In four minutes the pulse was
hardly perceptible, two minutes
later it ceased to beat and in four
teen minutes life was declared ex-
tinct. Death resulted in both cas-
es from strangulation.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
ATTENDANCE AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Teachers of Smyrna Schools
Submit Their Honor List
to the Superintendent
HONOR ROLL FOR MONTH

Smyrna Special District Schools,
G. w. Wright, asst. superintendent,
submits the following List of pu-
pills reported by the teachers of the
twelve grades, who were neither
absent nor tardy and are entitled
to go on the perfect attendance
honor roll for the month of Janu-
airy:
Grade II, Mr.. King, teacher
William Bramble, Robert Derrick
son, Willard Passwaters. Ned VIII
son, Betty Ennis, Charlotte Ever
EFT, Ruth Hill, Ruth Rowland, Aud
rey Wooleyhan.
Grade Ill, Mr.. Brown, teacher
L. Conoway, G. Davis, M. Ennis,
F. Heinold, H. Hopkins, R. Jacobs,
D. Badur, S. Blechman, E. Johnson
M Andrew.
Grade 11-2, Mr.. Haggerty, teach
Lillian Craft, Charlotte King,
Esther Lindberg, Frances Naylor,
Mildred Slaughter, Rosie Walla
Mildred Pugh, Harry Beck, Clifton
Bickling, George Wisk.
Grade 1O-1, Mrs. Baldwin, teach
Marie Blendt, Jeanette Burch-
ard, Charles Cole, Betty Ann Den
ney, Peggy Donovan, Henry Dukes
Betty Jane Ennis, Jimmie DeF'ord
Alvin Hill, Jack Mood, William
Palmer, Marie Shelter, Dorothy
Short, Jean Truax, Norman Tush
Audrey Westfall, James Vaughn
Edward Wisk, Buddy Parker.
Grade 1912, Miss Filters, teacher
Dorothy Cook, Ruth Garrett
Margaret Kinsey, Betty Newnum
Doris Palmer, Helen Pleasanton
Mary Rash, Mary Raughley, Phyl-
lis Reed, Kathryn Scotch, Elva
Waters.
Grade 81, Mrs. Harrington
teacher Charles Cahan, Judy Cad.
mus, Dorothy Former, Howell
Kitchens, John Lane, Lloyd Nc.
Matt, Franklin Morris, Charles Pot.
ter, Frank Reichett, Robert Reich.
EFT, Thelma Shane, Noble Slaugh
ter, Georgia Lee Slaughter.
Grade 90, Miss Marshall, teaches
Rachel Burris, Georgimae Fox
Elma Foxwell, Frances George
Edith Hollett, Dorothy Pratt, Mar
jorie Pryor, Dorothy Shahan, Name!
Stats, Frances Walla, Jack CARTS
Preston knight, Karl Merkel.
Grade 9-3, Mrs. Vogel, teacher
Patricia Carter, Betty Cook. Jane
Edmondson, Ray Hudson, Gen,
Kirby, George Long, Billy Pleasan
ton, Lorraine Pleasanton, Jane
Pyle, Modal Rowlinson, Norma
Seward, Leland Shapley, Name.
Wilson.
J Grade 81, Mr.. Ward, teacher
, Benjamin Archer, George Barnes
: Bill Hartnett, Leland Slaughter
Herman Tucker, Eugene Wilson
; Charlotte Brown, Dorothy Green
, Wanda Jenkins, Mabel Mccain
, Gertrude Newnum, Eleanor Now
land, Jean Spence, Margare
Springer, Catherine Tigner, Myrtl
Tuax, Betty Willis.
Grade 80, Mrs. F'earon, teache
Louise Daniels, Mary Heste
Downs, Jack Dukes, Elma Eier
man, Harry Ennis, Charles Cru
well, Richard Hughes, Laura Nc
Matt, Irene Moffitt, George Oil
plant, Richard Vaughn, Sylvi
Harris.
Grade I'll, Mrs. Lambden, teach
. er-Ellener Attix, Kay Boehmlei
! Margaret Deamer, Thelma Dulir
7 Anne Knots. Ruth Edna McNati
Madelyn Nabb, Jane O'Neill, Elean
, or Reimann, Robert Burris, Bobb'
Carrow, william Kenwothy, Jerr
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
MUSKRAT HIDES UP IN PRICE
Trappers Forced to Remain Idle
Due to Heavy Ice on Marshes

With prices for muskrat hides at
their best since the opening of the
season, many trappers in this vi
cinity are restless over inactivity
of the past few weeks, particularly
the trappers of the inland marshes
of embarked meadows who have
been completely stymied because
of the heavy ice that covers all the
marshes. Run-of- the-mine hides
brought $3.50 at the start of the
season and the price is $18O to
$19O per hide. All-black furs are
bringing a little over $3.50 and it
is expected they may go to So be
fore the end of the season.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
MARRIED.

On the evening of February IL
at the residence of the brides
parents, near McDonough, Del
Elder E. Rittenhouse married Mr..
James T. George and Miss Flor
ence, daughter of Eliza and Isaac
M. Green. The Green family form
erly resided near Clayton. The in
vited guests, composed of relatives
and friends of the family, number
ed near one hundred.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
COLORED TEACHERS

The ninth annual meeting of the
Colored Teachers Institute of Del
aware convened in Milford on We'd
nesday. Superintendent of the Pub
lie Schools of New Castle county
Herman Bessey, occupied the
greater part of the afternoon in an
address on Qualifications of
Teachers" The evening session
was of a literary character, con-
sisting of speeches, essays, vocal
and instrumental music. The Rev.
Mr.. Moore, of Lincoln City, deliv-
cred the principal address.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
PERSONAL

Mrs. Rev. G. G. Adams returned
with her mother for a two weeks
visit to relatives in Germantown.
Miss Fannie Higbee, Of Philadel-
phia, is visiting Miss Ella Smithers
and Miss Susie Hudson.
Miss Emma Weldon, who went
to the New York hospital some
weeks ago for instruction, returned
home last week on the score Oh
health.
The following ladies representing
Continued on Page Eight
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
MERCHANTS We Ani
STATE COUy nj n
Sussex Retailers Ala :
ing Delaware Conn.,, y
Retail Merchant,
NAME REPRESENT. rr..

Retail merchants # lo,.
ware met at Midland CIV Hef DsaaI
nesday night February 1 l9 EaI
informing the Delaware 81 - . q
Retail Merchants ADDRESS s,l'- 4
made BY Edwin 4. scott ysrss 's'I
tary Of the mercantile sa... se'''
the Wilmington Chamber 1 i y 1
merce and Pau c. Kan y V9r|
president Of the American p "a
Federation They outlined r. reg
poses Of the organization = gs II
was formed At a meeting II N.Y. ~
last night Representative D .
en- to attend the Dover D. ss''
We're: Georgetown. forme, I psa /
a Jones and Walter virder y, T.,
IN who vas chairman Of tbe 10y.
ing; Bridgville 0. H. Ban1 H. l "a
ford Wilmer Landlord ~, ~ NJ !
Derrickson; Seaford wil, .-.n !
Longendyke, former Rem ,'-- r I
I - 81 s. mliIon Clyde BETH
: Leon Black Laurel. Ceo,,l
Spicer. Sol Pra1inefor5. = '''s
sn3i+b = r aunsle-d; Delma. j
: omith j. Gilbert Green. Le7s,I
Glenh"o2d Harrington; Gal
wood George vi. Hanks W. VT
Meredith.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20

Clifford S. StiIweu saws. 4c,,.
60 Jhat al our social reforms ..
= n '-e any granted the iay
10 e'i'ie "nen we shall inzrs
Cnelr permanent establishment !
what value are thew if fbev f.s !.
the present emergency Tbs ",
for America is being fought at +.
lathe :
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes Of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF FEB. 18TH, 1891

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
ti events Of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-02-20

First Folio Shakespeare
The first folio Shakespeare, 1923,
sold for S4
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-31

He reported that bourbon, rye. gin and scotch are the favorite ,r.nas in Alaska. Guck r has ravzlzd throughout the territory fir SchcnIey since 1883, requic- ins approximately three months 70 make each complete tour
 Having watched the territory graW from land of pion CT out posts to a thriving "forty-ninth s.ase,@ he maintains that Alas ans nowadays live just as com - a5ly as their feI oW Ameri- aas in the States. Airplanes. 5eats and trains are used by Lueker in calling upon his GUS j3mers nowadays, but he recall d that only a few years ago h nd to depend upon more prim- i've types of transportation.
 Tn the early days he said, We used to travel from one own to another by dog ed, stop lss overnight al road hou5
 ,aaed 20 miles apart along the al. Occasionally, when a bliz-
 l blew up unexpectedly, we had to camp out overnight. At hat time I maintained my own .oat to ca on customers along
 se YuA-a r.vlr.n
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-31

TACOMA. Jan. 28 - A $100O reward was offered today 10 spur tAe search for the Army bombing plane that disappeared between Tacoma and Sacramento January IS. McChord Field Command r. Colonel Crom said that the re 2 ard was offered by relatives of ne four commissioner officers aboard the bomber. The big ship, with seven men aboard. presum- ably crash d n the mountains of Washington, Oregon CT Califor- nia.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-31
Alaska UP-To-Date Saws Jack CU elcr, Sc',enley ,an

NEW YORK, Jan. = daar .aesaqe stores and cocktail bar - A aSka. like o.her business es t9bl5shments there, compare faV- orably with those on the United States "maiNland" in the opinion if Jack w. Gucker, Alaskan repnz sentative of Schsnley D:stillers corporation who visited New York recently,
 Glcker, who was born in Seat tle bu, has ived in Alaska since 1915, predicted that current army and navy defense exp ndltur. VII provide an importan. sin. ilus for business in the Terri t5rY Highways, army posts air fields and naval bases are being built throughout the territory, he said and defans fore C approximately 10000 men will eventually be stationed there.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-22
NOT ALL WASTED

Not by any means all Of the money
being poured out for national defense
is being vested Some of it-nobody
knows just how much-is going for
purposes thot will be served otter the
emergency hos passed. For instance,
construction end improvement projects
on 286 oirports scottered over the
United S,otes have just been ANNOUNCE
Cd by the Civil Aeronoutics Admins
trotion. Eighty millions are going into
this, but
When the war is over, there will GER
tointy Be greet increase in civilian
flying. Thousands OF troined pilots in
NFevy major country will seek to use
ll.olr kills n making living. 1t hos
been predicted that the doy is
when every bit of first-closs
1 ~ country will be oir-borne.
~ xnoons oirpoSts, bigger, better,
}seQuenf oiports, Dividend?
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-22
WHEN A MINE DIES

A coal mine is q hole in the ground,
impersonoI, souIIess. Yet if coal
mine dieo Men can mourn its passing
as Sincerely almost as deeply. as the
passing Of q friend.
In MoIenouer, Pa, the other day,
No. 3 mine closed. Its coal was work.
ed out, its life ended. The men of that
mine, many Of whom had worked in
it's passages for 40 years, from the day
it opened until it closed, poroded to it's
mouth in "Iost rites" ceremony. Their
picture, in the Journal Of the United
Mine Workers, shows clearly in the re-
eretfut, sorrowful, almost mournful
faces Of the miners. Their whole lives,
most Of them, had centered around
that bleak shoft. Hard work, danger,
the mine meant those things, but it al
SO meant the means of q living for 40
years, and so it was friend.
Men may be sod, UNDERSTANDABLE
sod, at the death even Of mine, the
closing Of O hole in the ground
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-22
NO GREAT HARDSHIP

No greet hardship is imposed on
motorists in the seventeen eastern seq
board Stotes by the Federal Govern
ment's latest rotioning order-even it
drivers Of pleasure cars must cut con-
sumption 80 or 40 per cent. But it is
hord to see how rotionine can be equit-
obIy carried out without card system,
Rotionine gasoline consumption
means thut insteod Of driving to pic
ture show in the evening once or twice
week, the family will walk to q neigh
borhood movie, or stoy at home. Mo-
Their will do all her grocery buying at
one time and not ask Sister to drive to
the store once or twice for something
she forgot. Fother can leave the cor
in the garage twice week and toke
the street-cor, bus, or train to work.
Junior con forego one or two Of his
lono-distonce "dotes." And Sunday
afternoon rides can be cut short.
With TIE Government cutting eoso-
lire deliveries to filling stations by 10
per cent, it is quite possible that the 7
y. m. curfew period will end shortly
But this will depend upon the effect Of
the new order. Without ration cord
system, stations might remain open
until they have sold their doy's quota.
Motorists west of the AIIeghenies,
served by barge lines and pipelines,
may smile at the Eost's trifIing
troubles, but the oil industry is helpful
~ treating the situation as national
problem and routing all tonk cars thot
can be spared to the East. The wise
know that time is approaching which
will demond real sacrifices of the whole
Noton-ond lovers of liberty will
noke them cheerfuIIy - Christion
Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-22
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

see the new 200-inch telescope
being installed. Mrs. McKenney
said Won Zedtwitz and l should
take an option on the telescope
to help us find justification for
some of our opening bids.
still think l was justified in
opening with one spade on to-
days hand, though admit we
went a little high and l was
fortunate in getting all the
breaks to make the contract.
Dummy played low on the
opening lead, East played the six
and l, sitting South, won with the
queen. I noticed that If East
had put up the ace and returned
a diamond, I would have been
set. led the heart and West
jumped up with the ace-an-
other break, for If she had played
low, I would have had to lose
two clubs and two diamonds.
West led the club and East
took her two tricks. Then came
a diamond, but 1t was too late.
I won, went over to the ace Of
trumps and cashed two hearts
for diamond discards. Then the
king of trumps dropped the other
spade honor. / did not finesse
in spades, because II East held
ell the remaining trumps. she
was bound to make q trump
trick anyway.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-22
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD Aug. 22-Be-
hind the screen: The studios
already are feeling the pinch Of
material shortages, especially in
aluminium for many articles OF
technical equipment, also in
flexible, insulated power cables
and in vacuum tubes for sound
apparatus. They can't get any
more aluminium discs for record
ing purposes, and are expert
menting with glass.
So far, Alexander Korda
hasn't been able to buy enough
brass from which to strike $4,000
golden" coins for Jungle
Book" Wardrobe departments
are worrying about materials
for costumes-such as sequins,
which certainly have no military
value but just aren't coming out
of Europe any more. They're un-
easy about the silk stocking sup
ply and pretty mad at the star
who Is reported to have bought
500 pairs for herself.
But Martin Greene says these
troubles are nothing compared
to the plight of screen heroes
who soon will be going around
in last years toupees.
=
On the Warner junket to San
Diego for the premiere of Dive
Bomber" Phil Silvers decided
he'd like to be in the Navy, but
in only one job-the susceptible
young officer who is amorously
pursued by all the beautiful
spies.
Pause here to drop a tear for
poor Enrol Flynn, whose month
ly living allowance a mean old
Judge cut from a requested S14,-
sos to a measly $4,000. 1t
came up in an action by an agent
to attach his $4,000 weekly
wage. Among the actors neces-
sary expenses were listed $1,000