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Smyrna times., 1942-12-17

Mrs. Frank Carpenter and daugh-
ter of Milford.
Mrs. Mary Bowen of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. ]. Lafferty and family.
Private Samuel Rich of Fort
Monmouth, N. j., was a recent
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Rich and brother, Earle.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Legar and
Mrs. Clifford Anderson were Will
mington visitors on Friday.
Mrs. j. N. Emory and daughter
Miss Barbara Jane, left on Tuesday
for Milan, Tenn, where she will
join her husband, j. N. Emory.
Mrs. Fred Williams of Rehoboth,
is visiting Mrs. Lille NJ. Cooper.
Mr.. Louis Harrington was pain
fully injued recently when he was
knocked down and mauled by a
young bull. He suffered two brok-
en- ribs and many bruises. He is in
Kent General Hospital and doing
as well as can be expected.
Mr.. Lester Layer and mother
Mrs. Mary Layer, Miss Clara B.
Rash and Miss Villa Marie LAYER
spent Saturday in Wilmington.
Mr.. Howard Rash and sister
Miss Clara B. Rash, entertained
Mr.. Herbert Mastin and Mr.. James
Niblett recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harvey and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Harvey
have moved to theri new home they
bought recently.
Miss Rhoda Mastin, who has been
on the sick list, has recovered and
resumed her teaching here.
Mrs. Cora McCrystal of Pearsons
spent recent visit with her cousin
Mrs. Alice Ennis, in Wyoming
Mrs. Ennis is on the sick list.
Mrs. Mary E. Hutchins entertain
ed her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Hutchins. for din
ner Sunday, at Pearsons.
Mrs. Emily Rash was thee dinner
guest Tuesday of Miss Clara B.
Rash.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
!WPB ASKS FARMERS
TO BRING IN SCRAP
Nelson Telegram Points Out
Need For Heavy Farm Metal

U.S.D.A. War Board Chairmen.
County Agents, and Community Lead
erS, who have been among the most
active IN farm scrap collection in the
past, are in position to give impor-
tant aid, and will be called upon to
take leading part.
Conservation Department officials
point out that in many sections of
the country this drive will be a race
against the weather, and that no
time should be lost in getting started.
Winter weather will be handicap,
but unless transportation is COM
pletely paralyzed, the work of collec-
ton, 1t is believed will be prosecuted
with the utmost vigor. "SnoW, ice,
rain and mud, will not stop our men
on the fighting. 'front.'" said Eric H.
Marks, Chief of the Farm Scrap Sec
ton, land we know it will not stop
the army of farmers and volunteer
workers in this drive for heavy farm
scrap"
Reports coming in from every Sec
ton of the country indicate that the
amount of iron and steel scrap still
remaining on American farms far ex-
SSSsto 0AlS eOAllldSC 81 Lar GurIleQ Ill.
In fact, it is evident that the sur
face has hardly been scratched, and
it is for this reason that great hopes
are held out for smashing success
in the current effort.
A word of caution is voiced by the
Department of Agriculture to all who
participate in this drive, not to over
look the fact that disable parts should
be removed from old machines and
salvaged for future use. This is be-
cause farm machinery is now being
rationed, and all existing farm ma
chimes must be kept In operating con-
dition. Save the disable parts; repair
every machine that can be used; scrap
the rest.
Already there are signs that this !
will prove to be one of the most popu- |
lar of civilian war efforts. Farmers
know of the records set up in city |
drives for household scrap, and they |
do not intend to be beaten by their !
city cousins. They kncw that mere
farm scrap is what Uncle Sam wars,
and they are going to see that he
gets it.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
by Dorothy Greig

IN old B. V. (Before Vitamins)
4 days we did weird things to vege-
tables-such as soaking before cook
ing. boiling long and hard in deep
water, peeling skins in thick rib
bons. After all that drubbing the
poor vegetables arrived on the table
looking dejected-and tasting that
way, too.
Now we know better. We bake
and boil vegetables in their skins
where possible. We're stingy with
water, very stingy. We keep them
tightly covered and never stir them.
We cook them quickly, eat imme-
diately. And have discovered that
vegetables treated thus not only are
better for us-but have lovely fresh
flavor. They're fun to eati
Having mastered the new tech
nique We can go on from there to
add few flourishes. For instance,
the humble little onion fixed this
way has new zest and spirit.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17

suddenly called to Millville, N. j.,
yesterday, occasioned by the death
of Mrs. Hudson's mother.
Harry l.. Douglass, of the Pen
sion Bureau Washington, came
home" day or two ago to spend
the holidays with his mother.
William F. Buchanan, recently
merchandising here, left yesterday
for Erie, Pa, to resume his occupa-
tion as printer.
Misses Julia and Belle Todd, of
Dover, were the guests of Miss
Laura Bell Sunday.
Samuel G. Pratt, of Pittsburg, is
home for the holidays.
Mrs. Mary K. Eldridge has gone
to Baltimore to see her brother-in-
law, F. w. hewitt, who has been in
ill health for some time, off to Colo
RADIO.
Miss Sallie Ransom is visiting
friends in Wilmington.
Mrs. w. D. Hudson has returned
from visit to her father, DR.. Daw-
son in Washington.
B. V. Weldon and G.. V. Scout
are applicants for tax collector of
this hundred.
Miss Ida Dale, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs.L. R. Chance
has returned to her home near
Edesville, Md.
The following persons were in
Smyrna on Saturday from dis
lance to attend the funeral of w.
c. Mitchell: James w. Mitchell and
wife, VIM. C. Mitchell, Jr., and wife.
Capt. VIM. NJ Lark and wife, Miss
Alice Mitchell of Philadelphia; John
A. Mitchell and wife, Geo. D. Lopez
and wife, Alvan Allen, Wilmington;
Chancellor Wolcott, Frank Temple,
Dover; A. Naudain Bell and Miss
Lou Bell of Salem, N. ].
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
OAKHILL COMMUNITY

Delaney's, Dec. 16-Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Paynter entertained last Fri
day evening in honor of the birth
days of their son Bobby, and their
granddaughter Doris Walton. Quite
a number of their school mates
from Massey, Md, and young
friends from Clayton and Delaney's
were present. Games were played,
numerous gifts viewed, refresh
ments served consisting of ice
cream, cake, nuts and candy. Door
prizes were given out. Parents
were present. All having spent a
very enjoyable evening they de-
parted wishing the recipients many
more happy birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Denney
of New Caste, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Walton.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

A Christmas message, with spec
ial music by both choirs, will be
given Sunday morning at st. Paul
Methodist Church, Clayton. In the
evening, a dramatic Candle Light
ing Service entitled: THE Greatest
Gift" will be presented. On We'd
nesday evening, Dec. 23rd the Sun
day School will give its Christmas
program.
Mrs. Alice P. Coverdale of Clay
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. William Sommers
and Miss Virginia Zimmerman of
State Road, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thomas last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Link and Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Thomas of Marydel,
were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thomas last Sunday.
Trinity Church, Clayton, Rev.
Frederick Marx Barton announces
the service on Sunday next will be
evening prayer and sermon at 8
d. M, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Keys.
Mrs. John Hopkins, Miss Flor
ence Hopkins and Miss Theodosia
Hopkins spent Wednesday in Phil
adelphia.
Gene Spencer of the U. S. Navy,
is spending his leave with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Spencer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Montague and
family spent Sunday in Dover visit
ing Mrs. Montague's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman T. Lynch.
Mrs. Richard Comegys and chill
dren spent Saturday in Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Charles Stewart spent
Thursday in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Shane and
Miss Thelma Shane spent Saturday
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Preston Burris, Miss Marie
Burris and Miss Kitty Burris were
Wilmington visitors on Friday.
Mrs. Earl Ely, Miss Mary Louise
Ely, Mrs. Charles Denney and Miss
Betsy Ann Denney spent Friday in
Wilmington.
Mrs. William T. Hollett spent
Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Jack Montague, Master
Jack Montague, Mrs. Howard
Wright and Master Howard Wright
spent Saturday visiting in Whining
ton.
Mrs. Earl Ely and Miss Mary
Louise Ely visited Mrs. Elys par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pardee of Viola
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Denney anC
Miss Betsy Ann Denney visited il
Milford on Sunday.
Mr.. Lewis Conway of Whining
ton, spent several days with hi!
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Coma
way, ST., last week.
Miss Margaret Harrington O.
Wilmington spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Clifford Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17

WASHINGTON - The Nations
farmers will take the pole position in
the stretch drive for heavy iron and
steel scrap during the closing weeks
of 1912, according to telegram from
WPB Chairman Donald Nelson to the
editors of more than 10000 weekly
newspapers and farm publications.
Emphasizing the need for heavy
scrap to strengthen the greater album
dance of lighter household scrap,
which flooded the countrys scrap
yards as result of the recent news
paper campaign, Mr.. Rosenwald called
attention to the fact that, next to In
dustry, the agricultural areas are the
best source of heavy scrap.
Already in the spotlight because
OF his extra efforts to increase crop
production in the face of serious war
time shortages of manpoWer and ma
chinery, the farmer thus assumes the
added burden of supplying war ma
terlals needed in the production of
ships, tanks, guns, aircraft and all
kinds of mechanical equipment.
Despite the difficulties of crop pro-
duction, however, farmers have taken
an active part in scrap collection from
the beginning, and have already
made good showing. But now that
their harvests have been completed
and they are free to devote large
share of their time to other activities,
the Government is asking them to
make an about effort to collect and
turn in every pound of idle scrap still
remaining on almost every farm, dur
ing the next few weeks.
All of the manpower and transport
tation facilities of local salvage COM
mittees in the rural areas will be
thrown into this year-end effort of
1912, Mr.. Rosenwald said. The press
has been asked to give widespread
publicity to the drive and to use their
influence to coordinate the activities
of all cooperating groups, such as the
American Farm Bureau, the National
Grange, the Farmers Union, the
Fourth Clubs, the Future Farmers of
America, the Boy Scouts, the REA
CooperativeS, the WPA, State and
County Highway Departments, the
Farm Equipment Dealers, the Auto
motive Safety Foundation, local civic
and business organizations, and many
others.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
French StvIe Onions

FRENCH Style Unions
8 cups small silver skinned onions
! can condensed consomme
Pinch of pepper
tablespoons grated cheese (sharp)
Heat the consomme to boiling,
add onions and cook until tender,
about 40 minutes. Then add pepper
and grated cheese just before serv-
ing. Serves 5.
And celery-it's another prosaic
every day vegetable-but in this
cream tomato sauce you'd never
guess it:
Celery in Tomato Sauce
cups celery. cut in pieces about
l inch long and Is inch wide
Cook the celery in water until
tender. Then drain.
Tomato Cream Sauce:
can condensed tomato soup
2 tablespoons cream (heavy)
Add the cream to the tomato soup
and heat. Pour sauce over the
cooked celery. Season, If necessary.
Serves 6. !
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
CHESWOLD

Items of Personal anu Social In
est Gleanea Ahont Neighbcr hood
Cheswod, Dec. 16-Mrs. Rebecca
Morris spent recent visit as guest
of Mrs. Mary Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tubbs and
son Charles, of Laurel, were week.
end guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. R. Sampson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Baker spent
the weekend with his father, Mr..
George Baker, and daughter Nellie,
of Hebron, Md. Enroute home they
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE o.
charge by calling DOVER 749 ;
10. No animals removed unless ca,
Is made Immediately and nc al
imals dying from contagious Dis
ease will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued from Page Three)

Sunday last, on divisions in church
es, pride, why there wasn't a re-
vival, etc., and as many of the con-
gregation thought, threw bricks"
out into his audience in forceful
scatteration. He gave some min
isterial experiences in settling diff
ferences, and instanced case
where he resolved to keep silent
not take sides, the result being that
by his keeping silent, the difficulty
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17

War Bonds give a worker and his
family a backlog against the time
when the nation will be readjusting
itself from war to peace.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
PERSONALS

Miss M. Lou Bell of Saleml, N. j.,
is the guest of Miss Laura A. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Hudson were
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
Clayton
School Notes

A movie entitled whats Your
Birthday" featuring Joe E. Brown
was enjoyed by the entire school
Monday, Dec. 7th.
An assembly program was also
given in commemoration of Della
ware Day. The program was
opened with the singing of "The
Star Spangled Banner. Following
this Marie Churchman read the
Governors Proclamation. Amer
lea" was then sung by the entire
group. Theodosia Hopkins read
brief account Of the History Of Del
aware following which new Della
ware song entitled Our Heritage"
was sung. Mr.. Mick, principal,
gave a talk stressing the import
ance of good health and physical
fitness in relation to carrying on
the, schools war program; also the
necessity for each pupil to take ad-
vantage of the educational oppor-
tunities provided for him by the
state of Delaware. The meeting
was brought to close by singing
"Our Delaware"
A basket ball game was played
at Clayton School Monday night,
Dec. z by group of visiting boys
from Smyrna School, and a group
of boys from Clayton School. The
final score of which was 17-16 in
favor of the Clayton boys. The
teams line up were as folls:
CLAYTON SMYRNA
CALVIN Boyd, G Walker, F
Murphy Aiosa, G Glatts, F
Robert Short, c Deakyne, C
Ned Horn, F Edmondson, G
Francis, Kitchens, F CARTS, G
Hartnett, G
Another game was played Mon
day, Dec. z by group of Smyrna
and Clayton boys. The final score
was 1858 in favor of Smyrna. The
lineup was:
CLAYTON SMYRNA
Horn, F Edmondson, G.
knight, G Griffin, F
Kitchens, F CARTS, F
Bailey, F Cole, G
Firpo, F Hartnett. f
Murphy, C Glatts, c
Shorts C. Doolyx,,,a n
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17

Another game was played Mon
day, Dec. z by a group of Smyrna
and Clayton boys. The final score
was 26-33 in favor of Smyrna. The
Smyrna times., 1942-12-17
.t.it. STRAIGHT FROM
i&A,.. NEW YORK
JUNE IN
JANUARY

1t may still be &
winter, but I'M D
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coats these gay, h
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rage. This New b
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navy ground. 1t N
is cunningly cut IL
and draped to n
fiatter the figure.
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FOR PARENTS ONLY

Kathleen Norris adUice, this
time, is for the parents instead
OF their erring and tUayroard chill
dren. Here is q case tUhere an
apparently blameless child has
been denied the Ioue and secur-
ity she needs by the seIfshness
of her parents. Un,oanted ,Uhen
she tOas grotUing up, she is no1O
claimed by both parents for the
sake of the money she inherited
from her grandmother. But she
is in love with her fathers chaut-
teur and wants to marry him.
And, surprising as it may be to
some, Kathleen Norris advises
her to do just that. She may be
embarrassed by Tony's limita-
tons, and she will not haze the
Injuries she has always kno,0n,
but she will haze Ioue and a
family bound together by sim
pie good-heartedness. Her par
ents, divorced for many years,
cannot euen offer her home,
and in return for the nothing
they can giue her, they would
probably expect to claim all her
time, attention-and money.
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Irish Potatoes

The ordinary white potato is
called the Irish potato because it
is the favorite food of Ireland. In
troduced into that country by
Raleigh in 1910, the potato became
the national food of the Irish with
in 20 years. Its sudden popu-
larity there has been ascribed
largely to the fact that it was one
edible which could not easily be
either destroyed or carried away
by the marauding armies of that
period. The tubers were simply
left in the ground until needed.
A frost which penetrated deep
enough to spoil the country's I'M
stored and never-harvested potato
crops, caused the great Irish
famine of 1889.
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which the father, daughters and
another son manage.
"They are uneducated people, !
suppose, talking very little English,
and living a very natural home life,
with babies, dogs, old grandparents,
plenty of good food and good wine,
and plenty of love.
"Tony and love each other. We
are happy together. My father prob
ably would want to kill him if he
knew this, and I know my mother
would be crushed.
eff we married I would take what
money / have and invest it in a ga
rage, which Tony has long wanted
to buy. We could 60 along for a
few years comfortably on what was
left, until he began to make money.
We both want children, for all the
Benitos love them, and I could new
er be happy without them.
"Shall I refuse Tony and ask Dad
to let him 60, join my mother and
become nurse to my little half
brother, whom I would come to
adore, I know, or make this mar
riage? Please help me-"
Parents Want Her Now.
Now, you parents who submit low
ing sensitive small girls to the mis-
cries of your own marital failures
and the wretchedness of partings
and changes among those who seem
to them faultless, what do you think
of the father and mother who showed
Linda about without any considera-
ton for her loving little heart, her
child's love of stability and security,
and her child's confidence in her own
family?
Now that she is no longer a re-
sponsibility and bother they want
her. Now that she is an heiress both
father and mother could use her
money. And now she has sought
companionship and love in strange
places and is likely to go out of
their lives forever.
My advice to her is to marry
Tony. She will be many times en-
barrassed by his limitations; she
may have to apologize for him and
for her family.
But she will have love; a real
mother and real sisters and broth
ers, amusement, distraction, COM
partnership, and probably alteration
from her husband. She will have
children; good strong children born
of peasant stock, and she will build
a home around them, and have the
picnics and trips and birthdays and
mothering that her own childhood
was denied.
What is the alternative for Linda?
Once married, and the happy mis-
tress of her own home, Linda can
call on her mother, be a real friend
to the crippled little brother. Just
because she has found a life of her
own, rather than the sighted and
lonely life they offered her does not
mean that she need quarrel with
them. If they refuse to be friends
she must leave the situation to si-
lence and time. Life with Tony at
least offers her realities; her father
and mother had nothing for her but
husks. She should most certainly
marry Tony.
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NSTALLMENT SIXTEEN

TINE STORY so FAR: Karen Water
son, believing herself to be the heir to
Alakoa, the island estate of her grand
father, finds herself no heiress at all,
when the old gentleman, Garrett Water
son, turns up after a long disappear
anee. Meantime she and her lawyer
have been engaged in a dispute over
the rights to the property with the Wayne
family who have been in possession since
the cid man left, many years before.
Richard (Tonga Dick) Wayne has fallen
IN love with Karen, as has also the
lawyer, John Colt. After she quarrels
with Dick, Karen decides to leave Ala
koa with Colt. Old Garrett Waterson
has arrived at Alakoa and is very i'll
with fever but expresses a wish to see
Karen. As Tonga Dick goes to find her
he sees that she and Colt have put out
TO sea. He is determined to bring Karen
back 10 see her grandfather.
Now continue with the story.
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{E$zqE3e
STAGE ScREEN RADIO
By VIRGINIA VALE

released by Western Newspaper UnionJ
GARY GRANT, just finishing
~ arsenic and Old Lace" on
the Warner lot at Burbank,
Calf, is expected to apply for
his final American citizenship
papers any day now. He was
preparing to complete his Amer
termination when England de-
clared war on Germany, and
stopped, figuring it as a slack
er act. When he informed the
British authorities that he was ready
for any task they might assign him
to, they told him to remain in Holly
wood. So he began dividing his earn
ings between the needy here and in
England; they got the 500, 900 which
he received for '"The Philadelphia
Story" and he's donating 100000
of his arsenic" earnings; all the
money must be spent here.
Loretta Young finally revenged
her screen sisters who have had
to take slaps in the face and we'll
aimed blows in the name of their
art. She caught Frederic March
bent over with laughter during a
scene in Columbia's Bedtime Sto-
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By KATHLEEN NORRIS


young girl that might
l. l. m a Ike some m o tn r
thoughtful. Linda sends me her
picture with her letter, and it is
the picture of a sweet, sensible,
pretty creature. She makes no
complaint; she only wants some
advice. But ! think she has
been badly treated, and that it
is the fault of a selfish father
and mother.
''When I was quite little,
mother and dad made much of
me; I felt that they loved me-"
writes Linda. "But when I was 10
another man appeared in the fam
lily, was there continually, taking
mother to lunch or dinner or dane
ing; I didn't like him very much,
and neither did dad. Soon mother
explained to me that dad was 60
ing away; it made me feel strange
and lonely, but of course I was only
a child, and when mother married
the man I will call Van she ex-
planned to me that it only meant
that had two homes now and three
persons to love me instead of two.
For a year dad and I and my
nurse lived together. Nanny and
I did the cooking and we were all
very happy. But then dad married,
and although Elise was kind to me
and gave me presents, she talked
about my mothers treatment of my
father, said she had been cruel to
him and worried me so that ! was
really i'll. Mother was expecting
baby then and could not have me
so I went to hospital and from
there for years to boarding-school.
"My father has always been care
less about money, and every quar-
ter I would have to write and re-
mind him to pay my bills, which I
think accounts for the fact that I
am pretty shy to this day. I hoped
to be with my mother in vacations,
but instead they arranged for me to
go to camp every year.
Inherited Money.
"Please don't think I am COM
planning" the letter goes on, "but
I loved my parents and my home
and I used to feel very lonely. My
father was divorced again last year;
and as I pleaded to be able to be
with him and make home for him
he agreed. At ID / came into some
money my grandmother left me;
that meant that he and I need have
no money troubles. I came home
Christmas year ago and for a
few weeks I was completely happy,
going downtown independently, hav-
ing my own car, and feeling free.
But my father has changed, is rare
ly at home, and so see little of
him.
''But my mother was very much
annoyed at this arrangement; she
said that having sacrificed me all
these years for my education she
felt that / should be with her, and
help out with the family finances.
My little half-brother was strong,
beautiful baby, but he got infantile
paralysis, and will always need
care.
Evan, my stepfather, is not much
of a success in business, and my
mother misses the luxuries to which
she had been accustomed. Altogeth-
er she is in a nervous state, and
yet she cannot get another divorce
because she would get no alirnony
this time.
Love Comes to Linda.
Snow here is my question: My
father for several years has had
chauffeur named Tony Benito; he
is a simple man who has a wonder
full mother and family. He was
married, widowed 10 years ago.
have been to his mothers home sew
eral times. They have restaurant