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Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
90 TURN OIITFQR.
CLAYTON CLASS
About to Learn First Aid;
So Many From Kenton, Unit
Has Been Started There
CLASS MOVES TO SCHOOL

"They were coming through the
doors, they were coming through
the windows" ninety strong and
all out for the Clayton First Aid
instruction under Thomas Russell
at the first meeting Monday even
ing, January 5th. 1t was great
turnout and everyone was ready to
stay to the end. Ages ranged from
IA who aspired to be messenger
boys to women of some years who
aspire to serve in any way they
can. Approximately twenty women
came from Downs Chapel and Ken
ton and it was suggested that
separate class be initiated in Ken
ton, both to save them unnecessary
travel and to relieve the size of the
class, but such a splendid show OF
genuine interest and cooperation is
indeed gratifying.
To Meet at School
Due to the size of the class the
place of instruction will be moved
from the fire house to the auditor
ium of the Clayton School. The
next meeting will be held on Mon
day, January 18th, at 7.30 p. m.
Mr.. Russell outlined the general
course and urged that those who
are planning to take the course TO
determine to complete it or with
draw Immediately. The course will
extend through nine to ten weeks.
DR.. Marian Whalin of Smyrna, will
instruct the Kent First Aid Glass
at Kenton and will begin on We'd
nesday, January 18th, at 7.30 pm.
in the basement of the Methodist
Church.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
DAIRY LETTER SERIES
Presents Timely Topics; VIII Be
Mailed to Dairy Farmers

Presents Timely Topics; win Be
Mailed to Dairy Farmers
Again this year as a part of the
Delaware Dairy Feeding and Home
Food Production Program, Della
ware dairymen will receive series
of timely dairy service information
letters. This series of letters pre-
pared by K. w. Baker, farm man
agement specialist for the Della
ware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, covers timely dairy farm man.
Iagement topics and will be mailed
just before the time that farm
work being discussed in the letters
lis actually underway on dairy
farms. The first illustrated letter
of this dairy management series
titled Feeding Dairy Calves and
Heifers," will be issued soon by
Delaware county agricultural
agents-George Worrilow, Newark;
Russell Wilson, Dover, and c. R.
Snyder and J.Frank Gordy George
town. Dairymen who are cooper
ating on the dairy farm program
include: Charles Rausch, Town
send; Dudley Crossley, Clayton; Ell
mer Pratt, Smyrna; w. Smithers
Snow, Smyrna; N. w. Taylor, Do
ver; Lyndon d. Caulk, Woodside,
and Douglas Fry, Milford.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08

accepted. Receptacles will be plac-
ed in several points throughout the
communities and the local COM
munities of Smyrna and Clayton,
and the local committees will col
lect the books and end them to Do
yer. Roland ell, director Of the
Smyrna drive, and Mrs. R.W. Com
eggs, director of Clayton, will be
assisted by Civic Clubs, Boy and
Girl Scouts, and the Clayton Rec
reation Club. Anyone having books
they wish to give may place them
in the receptacles or call upon the
committee to have them collected.
The Junior Red Cross and All Club
will serve as collectors in Clayton.
No funds only books will be So
licited, the directors pointed out.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
VICTORY BOOK DRIVE FOR ARMY
AND NAVY POST STARTS JAN. u

A National Drive for collecting
books to be placed in army camps,
the navy, the American Merchant
Marine Library Association, and
'USO recreation centers will be be-
gun on January 18th and carried
through to April 1t. Each COM
munity of 500 or over is being or
ganized into working unit with a
director who will serve under Mrs.
B. w. Hammond of Dover, Kent
County Chairman. The executive
committee has set a quota of 10000
volumes for Delaware. The books
will be contributed from homes and
will include mostly non-iction (his-
tory, mathematics, etc. and some
fiction, travel, and biography. The
fields of interest are unlimited and
old, but not worthless, books will be
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
Entertained Orchestra Members

George R. Miller, chairman on
arrangements for the WPA SYM
phony Orchestra Concert held here
Tuesday night, has announced that
appreciation is due the following
who provided dinners for the music
ians: Mrs. G. j. Prickett, Mrs. Will
liam Wroten, Mrs. Theodore Hyn-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. William Taylor,
Mrs. w. c. Deakyne, Mrs. Henry
Webb, Mrs. Louise Burslem, Mrs.
R. D. Hoffecker, Mrs. j. Edwin
Wilson, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Moll, Mrs. James Colona, Mrs. Will
liam Norris, Rev. F. M. Barton,
Miss Elizabeth Thornley,, Mrs. Har-
vey Wright, Mr.. Lewis M. Price,
and DR.. E. P. Collins. Transporta-
tion funds were donated by the Ro-
tary Club, the Smyrna Business
Association, and the David c. Har-
rison Post. The Smyrna School
Board donated the use of the audi
torium.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
TRANSPORTATION PLANS
Chief Transportation Officer j.
Wells FAIRIES Announces Plans

Chief Transportation Officer j.
Wells FAIRIES Announces Plans
Following is the schedule for en-
ergency transportation for the
Smyrna Air Raid District:
Chief Transportation Officer, j
Wells FAIRIES, Phone 5161.
Deputy Chief, John Mood, Phone
3697.
Clayton Deputy Chief, R. w
Slaughter, Phone 3101 or 4271.
Control Center (at Fire House,
Phone 2811.
Clayton Center, R. w. Slaugh-
ter's Office, Phone 3101.
Ambulance Chief, Grant Garis
Phone 2151..
Volunteer Motor Corps
Smyrna-John Mood, Grant Gar.
is, State Welfare Home Il station
wagon, truck, 1 carr.
Horace David, Sr., e trucks)
Smyrna School (6 busses- subject
to school priority.
Private cars (5).
Clayton-R. w. Slaughter, q
school busses, trucks and private
cars). Need more volunteers).
The above should be clipped anc
saved in an available place for EN-
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
TIRE RATIONING
GROUP NAMED
Richard Long, Harley Bodley
and Andrew Cole are on
Committee Here
II TIRES THIS MONTH

Mayor R. F. Corley, local defense
director, has announced the follow
ing men who will serve on the
Smyrna Tire Rationing Commit
tee: Richard Long, Harley Bodley,
and Andrew D. Cole. The commit
tee has announced that for the
month of January, Smyrna has
been allotted three tires and three
tubes for passenger cars and light
trucks, and nine tires and seven
tubes for busses and heavy trucks.
The Tire Rationing Committee for
Clayton includes Mayor Carl A..
Hurd, Carroll B, Brown and Her
man N. Cevil. Clayton has been
allotted during January two tires
and two tubes for light vehicles,
and seven tires and six tubes for
trucks and busses. Following is a
list received from the state COM
mittee, giving information as to
what persons and businesses may
receive tires.
Tire Inspectors Named
James Clark and Lee Deakyne
and w. T. Doughten are those who
have been named by the Smyrna
Tire Rationing Committee as tire
inspectors for this area. People
within the proper classifications
may apply at the control center in
the fire house for a form to fill out,
after which they will have their
tires inspected by either of the
above men, then return the form to
the center. The committee will
meet weekly on Wednesday nights
to act on applications. If any case
is rejected, that person is privileg-
ed to appear before the committee
at the meeting following the rejec-
ton. Persons not within the prop
er classiications are asked to re-
frain from making applications, the
committee announced.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
TO SOLICIT FOR
WAR FUND HERE
Red Cross Chapter Headed by
George Wright, Campaign
for Special Funds
ALL-OUT HELP ASKED

Soliciting for contributions to
the War Fund will be started in
Smyrna tomorrow (Friday) by the
local Red Cross Chapter, according
to George w. Wright, Chairman of
the War Fund Drive here. Both
town and rural areas have been al
lotted to solicitor, who will make
a door to door canvass. Any con-
tributions sent direct should be ad-
dressed to Mr.. George Boehmler,
Treasurer. Another meeting of Of
ficers and solicitors will be held
Monday, January 10Th, Mr.. Wright
announced. Containers for contri-
buttons will be placed in stores
throughout the town, so that Gus
toners may deposit their small
change for the War Fund. Town
Council has consented to hang two
large Red Cross flags and a clock
to designate the progress of the
drive, at the Four Corners. Fol-
lowing is a list of the solicitors and
the territories they will cover:
North Main Street, Mrs. H. p. Jones.
South Main Street, from Frazier Street,
Mrs. Davis H. Bell.
West Commerce Street, Mrs. Glenn
Martin.
South Street, Mrs. Walter David.
Frazier Street, Miss Elizabeth F. Jones.
Rural duck Creek, Mrs. Ernest Slaugh-
ter, Mrs. Richard c. Price.
Mt. Vernon Street, Mrs. Allen Moffitt.
South Main Street, as far as Frazier
Street. Mrs. w. E. Matthews. Jr. Also
Market Street.
East Commerce Street, Mrs. Alfred Thigh
man.
Delaware Street, Mrs. Harry J. Lower.
Mrs. James v. Wright.
Union Street and Mt. Vernon Street, Mrs.
E. Kennard Price.
Snow, Mrs. William George, Mrs. Ernest
Mattiford.
! Brenford Community. Mrs. Ernest P. Col
Inns, Miss Anna Beckett.
| Boulevard, out to Bartletts, Mrs. w. j.
! Wroten.
Spruance City. Harry Cloud.
West Commece Street, beyond standpipe,
Mrs Lee c. Gooden.
| Business places in town. Mrs. Joseph En-
mis-. Mrs. Clifford Jones.
| Business places on Boulevard, Mrs. Lee
H. Deakyne Mrs. Ralph Jones.
First Aid Courses
| In order to determine if a suf-
ficient number of persons here are
-ers\eted in FirSt Aid or Home
Soursks, the local Red Cross Chap
ter is asking that interested per-
sons sign a list at the Smyrna
Times office. A certain number is
needed in order to secure the SER
vices of an instructor, Miss Beckett
said, and cooperation of all those
interested, both men and women,
by signing at the Times Office,
would greatly aid the local chap
! ter in making future arrangements
There is a great need for this kind
of work here, Miss Beckett said,
and asked all who could to sign for
one of these courses.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
2 SPIES SEIZED
AT FORT MILES
Map of Lewes Fort, Secret
Radio Found, Truck
Drivers Arrested
CONTROL BAY ENTRANCE

Two civilian truck drivers en-
ployed on construction at Fort
Miles, main defense of the lower
Delaware, were arrested last week
on suspision of espionage. The
men, whose names were not dis
closed, were said to have had crude
maps of the S20,000,000 fortifica-
tions project in their possession and
to have had a radio secreted in a
shack near their dwelling.
Woman Makes Complaint
They were arrested when a Lew
es woman from whom they rented
the dwelling complained to State
police that they threw out some of
her belongings. The Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation repeatedly
was summoned when the spy angle
developed. Engineers on the forti-
fications project, which is under
supervision of the U. S. Army Dis
trict Engineers Office at Philadel-
phia, said the truck drivers did not
require maps to find their way
about the level, 1500-acre reserva-
ton and that none were issued to
them.
Controls Bay Entrance
Fort Miles sits on sandspit two
miles east of Lewes. The Atlantic
and the Delaware surround it on
three sides. It's position is such
that its long-range guns can fire
virtually the entire distance across
to Cape May, N. j., and command
the entrance to Delaware bay and
river. On December 1, week be-
fore war began, the Government
barred all civilians except project
workers from the area. Later,
Christmas leaves for the coast ar
tillerymen and others garrisoning
the cape fort were cancelled. More
than 600 men have been employed
since last summer rebuilding the
Spanish-American war
Continued on Page Fve)
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
DOROTHY COOPER ENGAGED
To We'd Private Donald p. Lynch
of Wilmington

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Cooper,
of Smyrna, announce the betrothal
of their daughter, Miss Dorothy
Louise Cooper, to Private Donald
Paul Lynch, son of Mrs. Edna S.
Bowdle, of Brandywine Boulevard,
Edgewood Hills and the late Mr..
George N. Lynch. Miss Cooper is
a graduate of the John Bassett
Moore School and Beacon College.
Private Lynch is a graduate of
Salesianum School and attended
the University of Pennsylvania.
Before his enlistment in the Army
Air Corps at Wichita Falls, Tex, he
was employed by the DUPONT Com
pany.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
P. E. AUXILIARY
MEETING HERE
State Episcopal Church Wo-
men Having Epiphany Meet
ing at st. Peters Today
TWO BISHOPS TO SPEAK

The Women's Auxiliary of ST..
Peters Church here are entertain
ing the Women's Auxiliary of the
Diocese of Delaware at the Epiph-
any meeting today at the st. Pet
er's P. E. Church. From one hun
dred and fifty to two hundred aux
iliary members and Episcopal
Church women are expected to at
tend. The local unit is in charge
of all arrangements for the pro-
gram and entertainment. The
meeting begins at 2 o'clock this af-
ternoon, with the Right Rev. John
Boyd Bentley, D. D., suffragan
bishop of Alaska as principal
speaker. There will also be a brief
address by the Right Rev. Arthur
R. McKinstry, bishop of Delaware.
Presiding at the meeting will be
Miss Mary Morris Littell, diocesan
president.
To Serve Tea After Meeting
Following the meeting, tea will
be served to the group in the Twen-
tieth Century Club House, with
Mrs. George Boehmler heading the
committee, in charge of arrange
iaents. bishop Bentley and Bishop
McKinstry will attend luncheon
of the Diocesan Auxiliary Execu-
tive Board proceeding the luncheon.
Miss Littell will take charge of the
business meeting of this group.
Mrs. Henry c. Webb, president of
the st. Peters branch, and the Rev.
Frederick Marx Barton, rector of
the church, will give welcoming ad-
dresses. All women of Episcopal
Churches in the state have been in
vited to attend. The Epiphany
meeting last year was held at Hill
crest, near Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
HONIEMAKERS CLUB
Xmas Party at Home of Mrs. f.
O'Nen; Club Luncheon January Is

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O'Nen; Club Luncheon January Is
The annual Christmas party of
the Homemakers Club was held at
the home of Mrs. Francis O'Neil,
assisted by Mrs. Joseh Ennis, Mrs.
Kennard Price and Mrs. George
Boehmler. After a short business
meeting, very interesting Christ
mas program was given by some
members. There was a Christmas
tree and an exchange of small
gifts. Each member took a gift
for the Stockley Colony. This was
followed by refreshments of ice
cream and Christmas cookies. The
annual club luncheon will be held
at the Wayside Inn on Thursday,
January Is, at II o'clock noon. All
members are urged to make their
reservations to Mrs. Mildred Snow
and Mrs. Margaret O'Neil, by Mon
day, January IL.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
Town Employs Two Women

Mrs. Bertha B. Clifton and Miss
"Rie-Rie" FAIRIES have been en-
ployed by the town for permanent
defense work at the control center
in the fire house, Council has an
Each woman will be on
3 u hour duty, so that the defense
center will have someone on duty
at all hours.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
Fire Bell Puzzled Many

The ringing of the fire bell in
stead of the siren was necessary
yesterday morning, due to short
circuit in the town wires. Firemen
extinguished chimney fire at the
home of Miss Ida Armstrong, near
Walkers school. Tuesday after
noon, the firemen were called to ex-
tinguish what was thought to be
a fire caused when two trucks col
lided on the highway. The smoke,
however, turned out to be steam.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
Dover Soldiers Reported Safe

Privates Amour G. Tunell and
Kenneth H. Pleasanton, Dover,
members of air corps at Hickam
Field, Hawaii, escaped injury in the
Japanese attack of December z,
they have advised their parents.
Tunell is the son of Mrs. Martha
Tunell and Pleasanton is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Pleasan-
ton. The two soldiers were CO.
captains of the 1889 Dover High
School football team.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
FARM MACHINE
REPAIR CLASS
Farmers Asked to Attend to
Plan For Starting Group
Instructions
CLASS WOULD BE FREE

The farm shops of the Caesar
Rodney School, Camden-Wyoming,
will be the first to lend its facilities
in cooperation with the care, re-
pair, and operation of farm ma
chinery phase of the seven-point
farm defense program, it was an
nounced by Paul M. Hodgson, act
ing state supervisor of vocational
agriculture. He said the plan will
have its first trial at the Camden
Wyoming institution Friday night
with farmers and other interested
persons of the area asked to attend
to make preparations for starting
group instruction to farmers who
now or later will need machinery
repairs.
Free instruction Given
Under the plan the farmers
would bring their machinery to the
school shops and, under expert su-
pervision, learn how to make re-
pairs without cost, excepting that
for requirements. The farm de-
Tense program, of which the en-
phasis on care, repair, and opera
ton of farm machinery is a major
part, is the plan which Hodgson
had made some time ago and which
was adopted at recent meeting of
vocational agriculture teachers of
the six states of the East Central
division of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture Defense Board. Will
liam B. Simpson, superintendent of
the Caesar Rodney School, has an
nounced that he will make the
school shops available for the farm
groups. If the demand warrants,
day groups could be accommodated.
Notice of the school meeting will be
sent by former shop students and
by County Agent Russell E. Wilson
to others who might be interested.
Hodgson stressed, however, that
formal invitation to attend is not
necessary; that all are welcome.
Different Study Groups
There are three different groups
-s~sFsssa sa'.ts4 tion9l griculture
shop study: The regular school
classes, the adult groups after
school hours, and the national de-
fense classes for out-of-school
youths between IL and 25 years of
age. The farm defense program
as originated by Hodgson and
adopted at the regional meeting
follows: Promote increased produc-
tion of farm defense commodities,
assist farmers in making sound ad-
justments on their farm to meet
defense needs, encourage produc-
tion of adequate food for every
farm family, including a good home
garden; increase emphasis on care,
repair, and operation of farm ma
chinery; teach the wise use of
credit and principles of sound in
vestment, help with farm labor
problems, and emphasize import
ance of the conservation of scrap
metals and material not needed on
the farm which can be used in de-
fense industries.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
JUNIOR RED CROSS MEETING
Held at the Residence of Stimson
Carrow on Delaware Street


The first meeting of the Ameri-
can Junior Red Cross was held last
night at the residence of Stimson
Carrow. Mrs. Edwin Vogel, who is
the teacher-sponsor for Smyrna,
presided at the meeting and was
assisted by Miss Callie Diacuma-
kos. Plans for the coming year
were discussed and Miss Diacuma-
kos was appointed to bring work
from the Wilmington Office of the
Red Cross for the members to do.
This was the first active meeting
of the Junior Red Cross in Smyrna
which was organized in the John
Bassett Moore High School last
year. Place of the next meeting
will be announced later.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08

Adult Education Courses will be
curtailed this year, due to exigen-
cies. Persons who are interested
in any particular subject or activ-
ity are asked to indicate their wish
es at the school Office. Because of
all-out war efforts, a small fee will
be required of all persons who en-
roll in adult education classes. Re-
plies are asked to be at the school
office no later than January 22nd.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
-FOUR SMYRNA BOYS ENLIST
George Thawley, Howard Nowland,
Robert Bell and Raw Smith Enlist

George Thawley, Howard Now
land and Robert Bell, all of Smyr-
ma, have enlisted in the U. S. Army
Air Corps. Ray Smith enlisted in
the U. S. Marine Corps and left on
Tuesday for the U. S. Marine Base,
Paris Islands C. Bell has been
sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mis-
souri,.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
CLAYTON CENTURY CLUB
Two State Club Officers to Speak
at Meeting This Afternoon

The Clayton Century Club will
entertain and have as speakers to-
day (Thursday), two State officers:
Mrs. Charles Sipple of FELTON,, State
Chairman of Legislation, and Mrs.
]. A. Frear of Dover, Vice-Presi-
dent of Kent County. Mrs. William
Hollett will be chairman for the
day. On January 22nd at 2.3O p.m.,
Mrs. W. L. Gooding will present a
program on Safety. Mrs. Walter
Barrett has been asked to speak.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
Care In Parking

The local Defense Board has
urged that all persons use care in
parking in the vicinity of the fire
house, and that on all streets, it is
important to leave the fire plugs
free.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
DONOVAN TO WED
Engagement to e. p. X. Meredith
Announced by Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. Dono-
van, of Dover, have announced the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Margaret Esther Donovan, to Ed
win P. X. Meredith, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John G. Meredith, Wyoming.
Miss Donovan is president of the
Dover Business and Professional
Women's Club of the Y. w. c. A..
Mr.. Meredith is Kent county super
visor of the NYA.
Smyrna times., 1942-01-08
PROPERTIES CHANGE HANDS
Walker House in Clayton Sold to
Norman Shorts; Lurty Barn Sold

Norman Shorts; Lurty Barn Sold
G. Harvey Wright. real estate
agent, has sold the following prop
critics: for Mrs. Lewis Walker, a
house and two lots in Clayton to
Norman R. Shorts of near Massey's
Mill; for Miss Scotton of Dover, a
60-acre farm near Woodland Beach
to Willard A. Smith of Newark,
Del; for William H. Lurty, a barn
and garage off north Union street
to Vernon Westfall of Smyrna.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-07

FIVE CENTS eacn. paid for used yunny sacks at Coal Bunkers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-07
Scandinavia People Rise
 ForFreedorl1
Growing Tide of Revolt Noted in Recent
 Uprisings

LONDON, Oct. "A rising tide of revolt of the once-free men of Scan dinavia against the Nazi overlord- ship is reported in news dispatches and broadcasts telling of state of civil emergency in the important Norwegian coastal district of Trond- helm, further evidence of struggles to escape total ergulfment by the Reich.
 These reports, and recent hints of peace feelers from Finland, along with German dissatisfaction of the political course of events in Sweden, projected a broad picture of the weakening German grip in the north.
 At least a part of the rising op- position stemmed apparently from the scheme under which Hitler is reported to be planning to proclaim a Greater Germany" to include Holland, Denmark, Norway and the Free Danish Council.
 London declared that Denmark all ready has received and rejected a demand for voluntary incorpora- ton" into the bloc of model states as a showpiece of Hitler's new order.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-07
AWVS DANCE IS
 SET SATURDAY NIGHT IN ELKS

The next dance of the Ameri- can Women's Voluntary Services for service men, will be held this Saturday night, October 10, Mrs. Ernest Gruening announced today.
 Women who act as senior host esses and sponsors will not meet this week preceding the dance, she said.
 The USO has presented ban- her to the AWVS which will be used for the dances in the future, Mrs. Gruening said. Through the added sponsorship of the USO, the Army has now given permission to use an Army band at the dances and it is hoped that one from the post near Juneau will be able to play.
 Plans also include the use of a band from Sitka in the near fu- ture when transportation is avail able.