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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
DECKER BRUCE

Nashua - Dan Bruce and Mary
Decker of Wagner were married in
Malta. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ereaux
of Wagner wer attendants. Mr..
Bruce joined the Valley county
selectee group Monday. He recently
returned from Seattle where he had
been employed. Mrs. Bruce was
the assistant with the hot lunch
program here last year.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
30 Enrolled i'm
Wheeler Schools
By Courier Correspondent

by CUuTTtr
WHEELER-The Wheeler schools
have an attendance OF SO pupils.
More are expected later. The
teachers are Mrs. Elva D. PETERSON,
and Mrs. Marie Ross. o. H. Bay
lor is janitor again this year. Mrs.
Ruth Putt is teaching the west
Galpin school this year.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
MRS. GASPAR HONORED

HINSDALE - Mrs. Bernard Cas-
par was honored Friday afternoon
at a shower party given at the
Frank Gaspar home by Mrs. James
Rookie and Mrs. Lloyd Schultz.
More than 60 spent a social after
noon, followed by a lunch. Mrs.
Gaspar received many gifts.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
C~ablegram Assures
Parents Of Sons
Safety in Forces

MI. and Mrs. Charles E. Rice re-
port the receipt of a cablegram
from their son Clair which he re-
ports he is safe and we'll. He is a
technician and when last heard
from by letter was serving in Aus
tralia. No place of origin was stated
IN the cablegram.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
HONADEL is VISITOR

itor for the state board of equaliz-
alton, was in Glasgow Monday
checking with officials of the
Glasgow Farmers Union Oil comp
any on gasoline and refund records
lost in the fire last week.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
BECKER is

"LLAHASS E, Fla.-Harris
Becker, serving in the air force at
Dale Mabry field here, has been
promoted to corporal. He is a sen
of George H. Becker Sr. of Opheim.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
HONORED ON

HINSDALE - Miss Carol Nelson
was honored Friday evening at a
party given in honor of her fiji
teenth birthday by her mother,
Mrs. R. P. Nelson, and her sister
Joan. The evening was spent play =
ing Monopoly" and GO TO the
Head of the Class" followed by a
lunch. Carol received many gifts.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17

Farmersl It's your auction sale,
with no fees. Bring in your saleable
items for the big, free auction in
GLASGOW, Oct. 3.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-09-17
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our thanks to
the many kind friends who gave us
assistance and sympathy following
the death of Mr.. Dan Martin.
Mrs. Dan Martin ST..
MI. and Mrs. Daniel Martin
and family.
Ito Mrs. Il. N. Galway
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
PAGEANT AT PRESBYTERIAN
s'G00d Will Toward Men" to Be
Presented December goth at ] pm.

Presented December Goth at pm.
A Christmas pagt 1t bearing the
title Good Will i ard Men, will
be presented at tue flrst Presby-
terrain Church of Smyrna at 700
p. M, December Goth. This is a
stirring pageant particularly fitting
for a world at war. First we
glimpse the shepherds of olden
times on the hills of Bethlehem and
then the scene shifts to a group of
American soldiers, who, on Christ
mas Eve, 1912 are on duty in these
same hills and are thinking of the
Christmas tree and loved ones at
home in America. We also por-
tray the traditional manger scene
with Mary, the baby, shepherds and
wise men. Interspersed through
out, we have Christmas music by
the choir and also special effects
by the choric group, which is a
verse-speaking choir in something
very new with antiphonal effect.
The special Christmas songs in
clude: "While the Shepherds Watch
Their Folcks BY Night" 20 Little
Town of Bethlehem" Silent
Night" 10Y To the World" and a
solo by Mary singing to the baby
Jesus.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
TWO SHOCKS JAR SMYRNA
Rumblings, Buildings Shake and
Windows Ratified


Residents of Smyrna and sur
rounding four-state area were
startled by two sharp shocks late
Friday afternoon. Cause of the
shocks remains undetermined. APP
parently centering somewhere near
here, the shocks, accompanied by
rumblings, were noted within a few
seconds of each other at 4:35 pm.
Buildings throughout the town and
the surrounding area for miles
aroud were shakene. No damage
was reported. The shocks were
felt as far away as Plainfield, NJ.
There, as in this region, it was as
sumed at first that the cause was
an explosion. Nearby Maryland
and Pennsylvania points also no.
ticed the shocks. Houses were
shaken and windows ratified. The
effect, to most persons who felt
them, was that of blast not very
far away. Union Hospital at Elk
ton rocked with the shocks, and
preparations were begun to take
care of victims of an explosion.
Homes in Newark vibrated, and
residents of suburbs north and west
of Wilmington reported the shock
as very noticeable. An Elmhurst
man was awakened as the house
shook with each tremor.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

Last week, when they were hav-
ing such blizzard weather in the
far west, blocking up railroads in
snow drifts, and causing coal fam
ines, we were enjoying weather
like October, and so it has con-
tinued.
They are still telling us of the
wonders of electricity, but it does
MT seem to be utilized as quickly
as the inventors would have us be-
lieve, when the secret is first dis
covered. What seems to be needed
now more than anything else in an
electrical way, is a storage battery
that will give out the energy just
as it is needed-no more, no less
and when it is at rest, one that will
have the power of retaining the
articlel until it is wanted, and not
letting it get away as leaky YES
sci does any liquid. When that
time comes, in many cases, the
days of the horse as a beast of
burden, will be numbered.
Our Country Cousin Company
will be at the Opera House tomor-
row night.
The man who drinks to drown his
sorrow seems to forget that the
sorrow is not in his feet.
Leap year is on the jump: only
IL days (and nights) left. An6
the deirable young men are begin.
ming to feel out of danger.
One of the most enjoyable events
of the holidays, with the young
ladies and gentlemen, will be the
annual reception of the B. M. S. K
The Christian Endeavor Societies
of the Presbyterian and Methodist
Societies of this town, and the M
P. Church of Clayton, had theil
quarterly union meeting at the
first named church Monday night
and was an interesting occasion tc
the members in attendance.
| Charles Smith, who has been af.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. j. w. C0lona, Pastor, An
noumces Services for the Week

nomces Services for the Week
The services at Asbury Method
list Church next Sunday, December
Doth, will be as follows: the Church
School will convene promptly at 10
o'clock with H. G. Jones, general
superintendent, in charge; the
morning worship service and SER
mon at IL; this is our annual
Christmas service and the three
Choirs will render special Christ
mas music, and at the close of the
service the Senior Choir will sing
"'The Halleuljah Chorus" from "The
Messiah" AT 7.30 p. m. the Senior
Choir will render their annual
Christmas concert. Prayer service
Wednesday evening at 7.30.
Thursday evening, December oath,
at 11.30, a Christmas Eve Candle
light service will be conducted by
the young people, and at the close
of the service at IL o'clock the
young people will go from the
church to sing Christmas Carols to
the sick and shut-ins. They will
return to the church for refresh
ments.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
FARMERS MEAT
BY OPA RULE

quarter-are limited in their civil
ian deliveries to the following per-
centages of the kinds of meat COW
cred that they delivered to civilians
in the corresponding quarter of
1941.-Beef, 20, Work, rs, Lamb
and Mutton, rs, Veal, 100. The
other slaughterers, including every
one else are limited to no more
than the same amount of each of
the kinds of meat that they
slaughtered and delivered to others
in the corresponding quarter of
1941. Cutter and Gamer grades of
beef are defined as a special kind,
and here to, "non-quota" slaught-
erers may not deliver more of this
kind than they did in the same
quarter of 1941.
Enough For Soldiers
In issuing the statement, the Of
flee of Price Administration en-
phasized the main purpose of the
Meat Restriction Order which is to
insure that enough meat is avail
able for the fighting forces. Until
meat rationing is started, the equit-
able distribution of the share that
is allotted to civilians is in the
hands of the meat industry Itself,
which is making every effort to live
up to this responsibility.
Violations Serious
Violations of the order by even
the smallest "non-quota" slaught-
erers will have a serious effect
first of all on the supplies for the
Armed Forces, and are an interfer-
ence with the war program that
will not be tolerated, the OPA said.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
PJIRTIC SALE

BY virtue of certain provisions of
the Uniform Conditional Sales Act
of the State of Delaware, the I'M
dersigned Kent County Motor Com
pany, will sell at public auction on
the premises of said Kent County
Motor Company, on Wednesday, the
twenty-third day of December at
1890 A. M. the following described
property:
One 1912 Buick Sedanet
Motor No. 4459731-A
Serial NO. 34264374
The aforesaid automobile was re-
taken by the undersigned from
Harry w. Jester, Jr., by reason of
a default in a certain Conditional
Sales Contract.
KENT COUNTY MOTOR COMP
Kent County Motor Company
Terms of Sale-Cash
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Notice to Shareholders

The annual meeting of the share
holders of The Fruit Growers Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company of
Smyrna, for the election of direc-
tors and for the transaction of any
other business that may lawfully
come before it, will be held at the
Office of the Company in Smyrna,
Delaware, Tuesday, January IL,
1943, between the hours of IL A. M.
and IL Noon.
Harley R. Bodley, President
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AAA PROGRAM
FOR 1913 GOAL
Continued From Page One)
peas and white potatoes.
War Crop Acreage

War Crop Acreage
After farmers first meet their 80
per cent special war crop acreage
requirements, they may take any
special war crop acreage above this
figure and substitute it acre-for-
acre for allotment crops to meet
the 80 per cent allotment crop pro-
vision. Delaware farmers may also
earn production payments by fol-
lowing out certain agricultural
practices which improve the soil,
help prevent erosion, and increase
yields of needed war crops.
To Announce Rates
Since rates for these conserva-
ton payments vary by regions and
states, they will be announced by
the State AAA committees. The
Delaware AAA Committee reports
that tn rates for conservation pay
ments in the State will be announ-
ced in few days.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

Mrs. Homer D. Hudson, Mrs.
Warner w. Price, ST., Mrs. Howard
r. Jones and Miss Bertha Smithers
were those from Smyrna who were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel E.
Jones of Wilmington, at a supper
party on Sunday.
Miss Marianne Webb, a member
of the faculty of st. Mary's School,
Sewanee, Tenn, arrived home Tues
day evening to spend the holiday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
c. Webb.
Mrs. Fred Williams of Rehoboth,
has been spending the past week
with her sister, Miss Ella Harris of
Clayton and her son, Mr.. Fred Will
liams and family of Smyrna.
Pvt. Raymond Rash of Macon,
Ca, retured yesterday to camp af-
ter spending a 12-day furlough with
his parents.
Manfred Ennis, a student at Uni
versity of Delaware, spent several
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Ennis.
Stimson Carrow of Mt. Airy, Pa,
spent the weekend in Smyrna and
on Sunday played his own compost
ton TN Excelsis Dec" at Asbury
Methodist Church.
Corp. George Thawley spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Thawley. Corp.
Thawley has finished a special
course at Washington, D. c., and
tomorrow will return to camp at
Bar Harbor, Maine.
Miss Marion Pra, 4 student at
Edgewood Park, Bria Cliff Manor,
N. Y, arrived home yesterday to
spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Pratt.
Miss Betty Jones, who is attend
ing Martha Washington College,
has arrived home to spend the holt
days with her parents, Mr.and Mrs.
Harvey C. Jones.
Mrs. Henry Webb was a guest
over the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin Henderer of Wayne. Pa.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
GIVE FACTS OF
POINT RATION
CONTINUED From Page OneI

.(6) The third important differ
ence is this-the various rationed
items within one group will have
different point values. For exam
pie, tenderloin steak, being rela-
lively scarcer, might have a high
point value and require a larger
number of coupons, while hamburg
er, being available in greater guam
titles, would have a lower point
value. Thus, in exchange for ra-
ton coupon worth eight points,
the housewife might be able to
obtain one pound of tenderloin
steak or four pounds of hamburger,
point values have not been set
yet, values used here are for ill
ustration only.
To Issue List
CD The government will set the
point value of each itetm within
the group of rationed products and
issue an official list. Point values
will be based on available supplies
and will vary as supplies of par
ticular items increase or decrease
(8) War ration book two will
have four pages of blue stamps and
four pages of red stamps. The blue
stamps will be used for the first
group of goods to be rationed by
points. The red stamps will be
used for the second group of point
rationed goods.
(9) The number on each stamp
tells how many points the stamp is
worth. The letter on each STAMP
tells what period it is good in. The
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
TIMES. MORNING,

fected for several years with rheu-
matte troubles, was in a dangerous
condition for a time on Saturday
evening, from a severe attack of
the pericardium, but the admins
trations of DR.. Dwight brought the
desired relief, and he was quite
easy in a comparatively short time.
The attack was so severe that a
report got out in circulation during
the evening, that he was dead,
which fortunately was not true.
The comedy-drama of "Old Dave
Hoskins" was well enjoyed on
Wednesday night last, by a good
sized audience. 1t was arranged
and put on the stage by w. d.
Jefferson, and besides his profess
sional companion, John DeCoursey,
the cast of characters was made
up entirely by local talent, as given
in our last issue. 1t was generally
considered the plot was well
brought out and presented. Mr..
Jefferson will give the same play
in Middletown with amateurs of
that place, on the night of the 26th.
Every Friday afternoon at 800
o'clock there are literary exercises
in the High School, which are of
course always open to the public.
Mr.. Yocum was determined, how
ever, to give once a month special
Invitation to the friends of the
school to be present at these exer-
cises, and has asked us to announce
that such invitation is given for
next Friday. 1t is hoped that the
parents and friends of the pupils
will give them encouragement by
their presence.
The following persons have been
lected by Smyrna Conclave, Mr.. 45,
I. o. H., to serve the ensuing year:
Archon, VIM. E. Hall; Provost,
Robt. D. Hoffecker; Prelate, VIM.
Ashcraft, M. D.; Sentry, Geo. M.
Stevenson; Financier, VIM. H.
Baggs; Treasurer, VIM. B. Start;
Inspector, Jos. B. Hum; Warden,
D. T. Smithers; Sentinel, John A.
Hoffecker; Medical Examiners, VIM.
Ashcraft and G. o. Swinney; Rep
resentatives to Supreme Conclave,
VIM. H. Bags; Alternate, DR.. c..
o. Swinney. The Heptasophs had
no assessment for December, and
the membership is increasing.
From a pond about an acre in
size, which VIM. A. Cummins
made by embanking on his meadow
on the head waters of Smyrna riv-
er, halfway to Duck Creek, he
gathed a good many tons of ice
last winter. This fall he has en-
larged it to a space of some four
acres, and it is filing up with pure
streams of water from the hillside.
If there should be a good freeze in
January, flee to 10 inches, he
will be abel to supply from this
pond nearly enough ice to fill the
houses of the town. An additional
advantage will be that the ice will
be put direct from the pond to the
wagon, without handling, with no
steep hill to climb.
VIM. H. Blackiston of Whining
ton, of whom the Philadelphia and
other papers had so much to say
last week about triplets being born
in his family, came down on Mon
day evening with the corpse of one
of them, which was inferred yes
terday morning in the BURIAL lot of
Mrs. Mary Roberts, mother of Mrs.
Blackiston, in Glenwood Cemetery.
Seeing on the fourth day that it
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
WOMEN's SOCIETY MEETING
Church Women Hear Talk
by Mrs. C0l0na

The regular meeting of the Wo-
mems Society of Christian Service
was held in Asbury Methodist
Church Tuesday evening, December
Is. The president, Mrs. Ernest S.
Mattiford, presided. Devotions were
in charge of Miss Julia Griffith, as
sisted by Mrs. l.. M. Price. Mrs.
James w. Colona gave a talk link
ing the devotions with the program
for the evening. The program was
in charge of Mrs. A. D. Cole, as
sisted by Mrs. Kennard Price, Mrs.
Roscoe Campbell, Mrs. Fred Har-
ris, Mrs. William r. Stats. The
business meeting was in charge of
the president.
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was likely to die, the parents
tenderly had the baptismal rite adj
ministered, the name given being
o. Lee Blackiston. The two re-
manning ones are healthy, promis-
ing children, likely to live to bless
their parents.
I Pastor Wilson discoursed on
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
DEPUTIES APPOINTED
Atty General KilIOran Names H.
! j. RiGgely For Kent County

. Deputy Atty.-Gen. Thomas Her
lihy, Jr., Wilmington, will become
chief deputy attorney general for
Delaware on Jan. 1, it was an
nounced by Atty. -Gen.-elect Clair
u. Killoran. Other deputies whose
appointments were announced by
Mr.. Killoran are: David F. Ander-
son, Westhaven, resident deputy for
New Castle County; Henry j..
Ridgely, of Camden, resident dep
uty for Kent County; Daniel j.
Layton, Jr., Georgetown, resident
deputy for Sussex County; Philip
Cohen, Wilmington, and William H.
Bennethum, Marshallton, deputies
in the State Tax Department.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Herman Dam of Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary to Preach Sunday

Services at the First Presbyter-
ian Church on Sunday; Sunday
School opens promptly at 10 a. m.
next Sunday, December goth, to
study 1.-THE Birth of Jesus" Morn
ing worship service will begin at
II with the sermon christmas" de-
livered by Mr.. Herman Dam of the
Princeton Theological Seminary,
At $50 p. m. the Christian En-
deavor meets in the Sunday School
rooms and at z p. m. will be pre-
'sented the Christmas pageant
Good VIII Toward Men" in a war
torn world. g This will be candle
light service.
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Stockholders Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of The National Bank of
Smyrna, for the election of Direc-
tors and the transaction of any
other business that may come be-
fore the meeting, will be held at
the Bank, on Tuesday the twelfth
day of January 1943, at eleven
o'clock.
Edw. T. Porter, Cashier.
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smyrna Church of the Nazarene

Smyrna Church of the Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene, Rev. j.
w. Parkins, pastor, announces SER
vices as follows: Sunday School on
Sunday at 9.45 a. m; morning wor-
ship, 10.45 a. m; N. Y. p. S., 800
p. m. A Christmas program will
be rendered at 7.30 in the evening.
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JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES
Rev. l.. f. Uhlendorff, Pastor, An
nounces Services for the Week

htN. Il. r. OnitnuoTI, fdStoI, All
nounces Services for the Week
Rev. L. F. Uhlendorff, pastor of
Jerman Chapel, announces services
for the week beginning on Sunday:
Sunday School at 2 p. M; preach
ing at 3 o'clock; evening service by
the young people, z to 7.30; evan
gelistic service at 7.30 o'clock.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
On Tuesday, December % the Sum-
day School of Jerman Chapel will
hold their Christmas entertainment.
A pageant by the senior boys and
girls, Sweetest Story Ever Told"
will be presented. Younger chill
dren will also be given part in the
program.
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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF DEC. 18th, 1892

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
and events of the older genera
ton.
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CHICKS

Rock-Red Cross breeds for meat
production. Let us have your or
der today.
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NOTICE

Will those who so kindly gave
pies for the Thanksgiving dinner
at the Club House please call or
send to Mrs. l.. F. Uhlendorff for
their pie tins.
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government viii announce these
periods in advance.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-12-17

PRATTS HATCHERY
Phone ia Middletown. Del.
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rest of Our Boys In The Service
who may happene to read this.
Meanwhile, son, Dribbels wants
you to know that he now considers
you right up front among the reg
ulars who aree writing in to this
column. 1t is Our Boys like your
self, and a few loyal ones around
this community, that makes the
continuance of this column posi-
BILE. Glad to know that your leg
is getting better, and that condi-
lions over there with you are not
so bad.
Unfortunately, war is rather
tough issue to face for all of us,
Some more than others. Those of
you In The Service are confronted
by many problems, and have many
types of danger to face. But back
of it all, Dribbles feels confident
that each and every one of you
young men are determined to see
this through to the successful end
ing, with a complete and crushing
Victory for our side. This is the
only ending that can be possible il
freedom of this world is to be
achieved. America has but one
purpose, and that is to rid this
earth, for once and for all, of the
forces of brutality and evil-so that
all those who wish it may enjoy the
great blessing of liberty. Millions
of Americans, both in uniforms and
in civilian dress, are putting in
their best ticks right now to make
all this possible. So long, son,
Write soon again. Always glad to
hear from you.