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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25

OpnotSteTtng
A BETTER Job. pcs. only S35 Free
Ottoman. FIDELITY Uph. OR. OIs0
A FREE upholstered chair with 2-pc. uph.
job al s35. Call Tyler 5-53T5.
a 7-PC suite rebuilt and repaired, SIS
Everest Upholstering. Tyler 5000
A 2-Pc. upholstering special. $3.50; choice
materials. Call Major, TO. $3.50.
ARTISTIC UPHOLsTERTNG
DISTINCTIVE CREATIONS. We. s-s07o
CALL BERK's for quality upholstering.
1896 w. CHICAGO no. 20ss
FINE workmanship need not be explosive.
Call Crane Uph.. ss35 Mack. PL- 217i.
LET Famous restyie ana rebuild your
living room suite. Call TO. $500.
MICH. CUSTOM UPHoL. CO.. 104i7
Fenkell-UN. $4,000
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25
Dancing Instructions

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
20 LESSONS-$2.50
Rhumbs, congs. Tango. Fox Trot. waltz
Lady and gentlemen professional teachers.
ARAGON DANCE STUDIO
4255 WOODWARD TIE. 2-s363
SPECIAL DANCE course, S2,c0. Trianon
School. 37t7 Woodward. TIE. 2-sso0.
sUMMER special dance course, H.5o. Com
plete Course Private Lessons now SIS.
Tree STUDIOS ti0s WOODWARD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25
Vacant Lots for Sale
Real Estate Wonted

BUY STATE owned properties. see you
real estate broker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25
Share Living Quarters

CHICAGO fDexter.Lawton) - Twin beds
business Girl, resticted apartment. Tyler
T-0573.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. colored couple share
broom nat: adults only. Cherry 71s4.
SHARE HoME-Eyerythins furnished I'm.
ployed couple Excellent transportation.
Garage. vInswood 2-4i72
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25

osk-eCHooLCRAFT - Comforta-
bic master bedroom. two gentlemen. Ex-
e.lleut meals Vermont 6-so7t.
ST. JEAN. s0si-Factory district: gentle
men. good meals; home privileges. Olive
o67a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25

Electric Refrigerofors

COPELAND refrigerator. late model
freezes perfectly: sacrificing Tor cas1
Midway, SIPS WOODWARD.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25

Mr.. Harper--Two fiat brick SO; no, All
heat. 2-car garage: reconditoned; l3T
down. long terms
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-25

CANTON Mack 49, Modern. SIS: z garages
$500. 81, 500 down. Peitins PL 1880
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
FARM IMPROVEMENTS

The outbuildings on the farm of
Robt. H. Cummins, of Philadel-
phia, in the tenure of S. p. Truax
in the ALLEY" which were myster-
iously burned in the Fall, have been
replaced by new and better build
ings at a cost of some $4,000,
though those destroyed, when built
a few years ago were considered
among the best in the county. They
are constructed in the form of an
L, or rather a right angle triangle,
out of the best material. One line
is 104 feet long, the other 100, each
"a feet wide. The first named is
used for barrack to house grain
in: the other is divided off into
stables, granary, &c. Mr.. Cummins
has always taken great pride in
this farm. The dwelling, which is
brick of ancient style, he is con-
templating replacing with a new
one in the near future, costing S4,-
900 or $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
COFFEE RATIONS
Family Using Same Coffee to Be
Treated as Single Unit

Members of family living to-
gether and using the same supply
of coffee will be treated as a single
unit when they declare the coffee
thy had on hand on November %,
the Office of Price Administration
has announced. Under the family
unit" rule, a family of three adults,
for example, that had total of
five polnds of coffee on the pantry
shelf on November %, must sur
render two coupons, each represent
ing one pound of coffee, at the
time of registration for War Ra-
ton Book No. 2.
Sugar Stamps Removed
Where consumers are still not
entitled to buy sugar because of
the excess stock they had on hand
at the beginning of sugar ration
ing, local boards will remove all
sugar stamps before issuing the
ration books. This means that for
the time being the books will be
good only for buying coffee. When
the holder of such a book is again
entitled to buy sugar, his local
board will issue him a new War
Rationing Book one, with all ex-
pired sugar stamps removed.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
SOLDIER BALLOTS
Cost $4.15 Each; Total Bill Was
S386.2l For 90 Votes

YooOs~A ~ ~ s0tSo
The cost of voting by Delaware
men in the armed forces at the last
election was $386.21, or SAILS for
each of the SO ballots actually cast,
according to a statement sent by
Secretary of State Earle D. Wiley
to the federal authorities. The ex-
pense of the voting is borne by the
federal government. SECRETARY Will
ley's report shows that there were
1876 applications for ballots, includ-
ing seven received after election
day. The number of ballots sent
applicants was 189, the number of
ballots received back up to 6 p. m.
on election day was 95, with SO of
them distributed among the polling
places and two of them arriving too
late to get to the polls. Twenty
three ballots came in after election
day and three ballots were return
ed unclaimed. The cost of printing
of ballots, envelopes and instruc-
lions was $103; the expense for
other items, including clerical work,
was S63 SIS; the cost of distribution
of ballots from the secretary of
states o;ce to the county elections
departments was S30.66; the ocst of
distribution by the county depart
ments to voting districts, S82.25,
and miscellaneous, Sc, totalling
$386.21. In the distribution of the
ballots, a representative of each of
the two major political parties was
in each automobile.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

sung.
1t is coming, Old Earth, it is
coming tonight;
On the snowfakes which cover
thy sod
And the voice of the Christ child
tells out with delight
That mankind are the children of
God.
On the sad and the lonely, the
wretched and poor,
That voice of the Christ child
shall fall,
And to every blind wanderer open
the door
Of a hope that he dared not to
dream of before,
With a sunshine of welcome for all.
The feet of the humblest may walk
in the field
Where the feet of the hottest
have trod,
This, then is the marvel to mortals
revealed
When the silvery trumpets of
Christmas have pealed
That mankind are the children of
God.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
A HOME SECURED

Mrs. Sarah P. Mason, who had
occupied prominent place in our
town and society for two genera
lions past, and one of our oldest
citizens, was unfrtunate enough a
year or more ago to lose her prop
erty, and near the same time meet
with an accident that disqualified
her from ever getting about again.
Her relatives were all dead, but a
son, to whom she could in no sense
of the word look for help or COM
frt, it devolved upon her friends to
see after her care and sustenance.
After some months it became ap-
parent that she could be better
cared for at an institution, but
there was none in our state that
suited the case, and she could not
be got into the Old Woman's Home
in Philadelphia, because she was
not a resident of Pennsylvania. Her
condition was matter of solicitude
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

to several of our good ladies of the
Benevolent Society, who never
ceased to be on the LOOKOUT for her
benefit, and last week their hearts
were made glad by note from
Rev. VIM. C. Robinson, of Philadel-
phia, who was pastor of the M. E.
Church here SO years ago, saying
that she could get into the Home
for Incurables, by the payment of
500 and giving bond for her care
there.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued from Page Two)

ing Elder Smith preaching at night.
In consequence of the lecture room
being in a torn-up condition for
needed notwithstanding, carpet
ing and new seats-the love feast
that would have been held next
Sunday morning preceding the SER
mon, will take the place of the reg
ular prayer meeting tomorrow
night. The Quarterly Conference
will be held some time next week.
The Sunday School room, or base
ment of the Methodist Church, that
has gone too long in its out-of-date
condition, will be greatly improved
in the changes now taking place.
The painting of the woodwork and
frescoing of the ceiling and walls
is about done, and new Brussels
carpet will be put down this week.
This exhausting nearly the $541
subscribed on Columbus Day, caus-
ed delay in the matter of new sit
tings, but this was decided on Sun
day, 140 seats being subscribed for
by individuals present, making the
debt for the remainder quite FEAST
BILE, and John H. Hoffecker, super
intendent, was directed to 60 to
Philadelphia the next day to con-
tract for as speedily placing as pos
sible, the most approved modern
seats.
The first sleigh of the season was
in town this morning. boy,
mule and a load of Christmas trees.
What promised yesterday to be
nice sleding season for the young
folks developed into sloppy roads
for wheel vehicles.
j. Prescott Eldridge, professor
of hypnotism and mesmerism, will
have the Opera House December
Both, the Dardis Family 28th, and
the young men for hop, January
End.
The usual o'clock Christmas
morning prayer meeting, that has
been observed here at the M. E.
Church from time immemorable, it
seems will go by default this year.
At least there has been no an
Inouncement of it.
When the people arose yesterday
morning it was to look out on trees
and bushes robed in garments or
white and enough snow fallen, had
the precipitation all been the latter,
to have made good sleighing. 1t
was the first time the shovel has
been called in use to clean the
pavement. 1t largely disappeared
under the sun of the afternoon.
The usual Christmas night enter
tainment (the 25th this year fall
ing on Sunday, Monday evening
will be observed) will be the elocu-
tionary declarations of Prof. S. T.
Ford, in the interest of the Christ
ian Endeavor Society. Some years
ago such readings were patronized
better than any other form of en-
tertainment here, and those who
want a good laugh as well as a
good sentiment, will find in Prof.
Ford happy entertainer. Besides,
they will be aiding noble society.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
Malice 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,
1913, between the hours of IL A. M.
and IL Noon.
Harley R. Bodley, President.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
FARM MACHINERY
AND EQUIPMENT

Dearborn Wagon, Farm Wagon
Fodder Shredder, IL Sections Pipe
for inside Silo (Shredder); Z Sec
TOMS Pipe for outside Silo (Shred-
der); Dump Corn Cutter, One-horse
Plow, two-horse Pillow, three-horse
Sulky Plow, John Deere; set OF
Wagon Racks, Mac-Deering Mower,
2 three-horse Trees, Spade, 2 Shov-
els, 4 Forks, Cross-cut Saw, Sledge
Hammer. Farm Roller, set of
Double Trees, John Deere Corn
Planter, Deering Rake, 2 Sulky
Cultivators, Iron Age; Deering
Binder, 2 Single Cultivators,
Platform Wagons, Seed Sewer,
threse-horse Drill, John Deere; large
Double Disk Harrow for tractor;
Tractor Pillow, 3-14", John Deere; 2
sets Wagon Harness, 2 sets of Pillow
Harness, 5 Collars, 5 Brides, Circu-
lar Saw and Bench, 2 Milk Buckets
and Cans, Strainers, set Howe
Platform Scales 5000 lbs.); Manure
Spreader, Lime Drill, Extension
Ladder, Intersection Ladder, &c #.
each); Bag Truck, Hay Fork and
Rope.
Terms: CASH
ESTATE OF HUGH MCKAY
and
FRANK b. THOMPSON
R. w. Slaughter, Auctioneer
Spence and Hall, Clerks.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
KENYON PUPILS
XMAS PAGEANT
CONTINUED From Page OneI

William Clarke, Merritt Husfelt,
Norman Alexander, Robert bigger.
A Mechanical Toy: Toy, William
Wothers; A Brownie, Donald Pin
der.
Ball Bouncing: Brownies: William
Jensen, Robert bigger, Leroy Ever
EFT.
The Toys Come to Life: Soldiers
James Lane, William Jensen, Harry
Graham, Albert Clarke.
Dolls: Shirley Crossley, Carolyn
Carter, Marlyn Attix, Anna zook
Mice in Santa's Shop: Mice: Shirley
Crossley, Daisy Rigby, Florence
Zook, Anna VanPelt, Adele JAN
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
BEING
RATIONED NOW
CONTINUED from Page one)


by any equipment and who have
not disposed of any disable heating
equipment suitable for heating this
space in the sixty (60) days before
application.
C. Persons replacing coal burn
ing equipment which heated essen
tial living or working space and
which is worn out or damaged be-
yond all possible repair.
d. Persons eligible for an aux
iliary fuel oil ration (under Ration
Order No. III of $50 gallons OF
more.
Eligibility Explained
The only persons eligible to buy
new oil-fired heating stoves Cor
space heaters) are those who are
replacing oil-burning equipment
which heated essential living or
working space and which is worn
out or damaged beyond all possible
repair, and who are unable to use
coal burning equipment because:
a. The space to be heated is a
house-trailer, or
b. There is no coal or coal
burning equipment available, or
C. No member of thee household
is physically able to operate coal
burning equipment, or
d. There is no f1ue or chimney
or other provision for venting.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
DIVIDEND NOTICE

The National Bank of Smyrna
Smyrna, Delaware, Dec. oath, 1912.
A Semi-annual Dividend of go
on the Capital Stock of this Bank,
was declared this date, by our
Board of Directors, payable Janu-
airy End, 1913.
EDWARD T. PORTER, Cashier.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

kowiak. Peggy Everett, Christie
zook, An Graham.
Following the program Santa
Claus visited the children and left
a treat for all. School closed for
the holiday yesterday, December
23rd and will reopen on January 4.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
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.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Hudson re-
turned from Millville, N. j., Mon
day, whittier they had been called
by the death of Mrs. Hudson's
mother, Mrs. Newcomb.
Mrs. Thos. Lavender, of near
town, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Thomas Frazier, at New Castle.
Nat. F. Grow, who advertised for
a clerkship in our last issue, has Sc
cured a place with Wood, Brown &
Co., Philadelphia, and will enter the
first of the year.
E. M. Fowler, bookkeeper at the
Fruit Growers Bank, who has been
sick the past two or three weeks,
with facial trouble, involving one
of his eyes, is reported improving,
but still confined to his room.
Herbert Farrell has gone to
Shamokin, Pa, to spend two or
three weeks.
Miss Octavia Scout, who has been
in Philadelphia the past year, TAX
ing lessons in trained nursing, is on
a short visit home.
John M. Morgan, of Newark, N.
j., is visiting his aunts, Mrs. Spru-
ance and Mrs. Mustard.
Miss Theresa Refs is visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
The
What Not Shelf

To all our readers, we extend
best wishes for pleasant holiday,
a tender turkey, pretty tree, and
a satisfactory visit from Santa. To
all of you, health, hope, faith and
joy.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

Anyone who plans TO take train
trip, with eggs as the "hostess
gift, consult Mayor R. F. Corlty.
He is an authority on "How To
Travel With Eggs, or How To Make
Eggs Travel With YOU
We interviewed the Mayor on his
startling discovery, and herewith
give you readers some flint pointers,
CLEANED from the Mayors memoir
able experience.
Say you are travelling to Newark
N. ]. to visit your son and daugh-
ter-in-law. Suppose, since they
can't be with you for Christmas,
you decided to arrive there loaded
with foodstuffs, including a turkey,
several pounds of sausage, and
three dozen eggs. Fine. Now let's
assume that you have gladstone
bag, or a reasonable facsimile. Al
right. You carefully place the
turkey and the sausage in the bag,
wrap each egg separately, and with
loving care, place them in the cram
MES and hooks, the angles and
open spaces. Now you are ready to
travel.
You get an early start in the
morning to avoid crowds (wishful
thinking, and settle yourself for a
pleasant trip. The train, ION the
Mayors authority gets more and
more crowded, so that the aisles
are as crowded as the Ration Board
on Wednesday nights. So as you
near the station, you wedge your
self in the aisle and prepare to life
down your bag of precious cargo.
Now we come to the part that
takes more than ten easy lessons.
According to the Mayor, you grasp
the handle of the bag and pull it
firmly down toward you. When, as
in the Mayors case, the bag opens
and spills the contents among the
crowd, you nonchalantly retrieve
your turkey from the floor quarter
of the way down the car. You
calmly ignore the curses and
threats of egg-spattered travellers,
and you prod aside several pairs of
feet to get back your sausage.
Leave the eggs. This is important.
For the train has since come into
the station, and is in no mood to
wait.
Besides, to escape sudden death
by brutal assassination, as speedy
an exit from the train as you can
manage is strongly recommended.
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Where have you been?
I've been to the Soloman's
To see the Marines.
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
What did you there?
I handed out courage
And faith to share!
- -
Lee Slaughter, whom the army
beckoned for physical examination
last week, passed through the tests
with flying colors. When he re-
turned home, he said to his mother,
with all the fault you find with
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
LOST

Anyone knowing the location of
the sister of Jim Brown, former
Master of Free Mason Lodge, for
merly of Springfield, ILL.,, also the
whereabouts of Nathan White, Co.
lumbia, S. c., please contact
ESTELLE WHITE,
Smyrna, Del.
Found all but one. Please, my fell
lowmen, find the party for me.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
CHICKS

Rock-Red Cross breeds for meat
production. Let us have your Or
der today.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

PRATTS HATCHERY
Phone ia Middletown. Del.
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
CHRISTMAS CAROL

CHRISTMAS CAROL
The earth has grown old with its
burden of care,
But at Christmas it always is
young;
The heart of the jewel burns
lustrious and fair,
And it's soul full of music breaks
forth on the air,
When the song of the angels is
The feet of the Christ child fall
gentle and white,
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

Lee Slaughter, whom the army
beckoned for physical examination
last week, passed through the tests
with flying colors. When he re-
turned home, he said to his mother,
with all the fault you find with
me-and the army thinks Tn per-
fect!"
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
TRACTOR and BELT

John Deere Model D Tractor and
Po1f
Smyrna times., 1942-12-24

Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Where have you been?
I've been to the Soloman's
To see the Marines.
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
What did you there?
1 handed out courage
And faith to share!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28
Bus Service Hit
AT City Council

The South Side, and particularly
South Tacomans working in the
Northern Pacific shops on the
flats, are fed up with standing
on the corner in the morning and
being passed up by busses." State
Senator H. n. Barney Jackson
told the city council members
Tuesday.
Going to the council instead of
the transportation administrator.
Jackson demanded a change in the
bus situation.
The men are five or 10 minutes
late for work in the mornings and
are locked" Jackson said. They
stand 40 minutes waiting for a bus
to go to work. Then they leave
at four o'clock and stand at Path
and Pacific but can't get on be-
cause the buses are full
Some ride uptown to the end of
the line and get on there but Il
costs another fare"
Mayor Cain told jackson his re-
marks were well taken but before
the wrong group. He arranged to
get the complaint TO Transports
ton Administrator Walter Frank
land and his advisory committee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28
City Has Problem
To Replace Men
Taken by Draft

Encroaehment Of the draft fur
rowed the foreheads Of the cts
fathers Tuesday morning for a
while As they considered the
probability that a large proportion
Of TIE men In city employ under
IS years Of age viii not remain
much longer.
Mayor Cain estimated their
chances at about "one chance in
one and 4 half Of not going. He
suggested all departments. IL they
have not done so. to rate their
men according TO necessity to the
operation. so requests for defer
ments can be made in proper
course while new men are trained
Toughest problem. he ventured.
would be IN the police and fire de-
partments. Safety Commissioner
Langseth agreed that the situation
there already is tough. He said he
had written two or three com
munications to Selective Service
Director Walter ]. belong and
had been turned down on all Of
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28
BY SONYA LOFTNEsS
Tacoma Times Staff Writer

II is a strange quirk of fate that
Jan Peerce. today considered
Americas foremost tenor, began
his career as a professional vio-
iinist-strange because he is 80
richly endowed with versatile mu-
steal talent. For whether or not
anyone In last nights audience at
the Civic Music concert had ever
heard Peerce as a violinist, GER
tainly not one of them would to-
day have dreamt Of anything but a
grand tenor voice. mere d b ly
smooth, and absolutely unexcelled
In training.
For n highly sophisticated
New York audience. the selec-
tion Of numbers ON Peerce's
program would have had In
dubltable appeal. but the Ia
coma audience was q little
aghast on first glance Mt the
program, for to most there
were no more than two or
three familiar numbers.
This in no way reflects on the
satisfying artistry and the genuine
ease with which Peerce sang the
strictly classical program, but
talent or no. audience appeal car
ries significant weight. As much
as they have been sung. a program
that greeted the patrons, listing
the opening classical group. but
followed by colorful contrasting
group of. say, one OF the lovely
Tschaikowsky melodies. an Ave
Maria. even stephen Foster num-
Der, would have won more hearts.
A rich resonance distin-
cuisines the leading tencr's
voice, not q voice Of great
volume, hut one Of an exceed
ingiy pleasing quality. Tone
after tone was decisively and
beautifully placed. n produce
tion that could come only with
intensive study along with ma
tive talent. Peerce, too. knows
the power Of restraint-of
leaving the feeling that there
Il more behind the voice than
A. ut the moment revealed
more to come.
Perhaps one of the loveliest
things on the program was the
first OF the German Lieder. to
which Peerce's voice is beautifully
adapted. An Die Letter." a Ger
man love song that flows along
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28
Transfer From Raj
To u. S. Airiorce

LONDoN-Nineteen Royal Air
Force pilots. fighting fit and eager
to get a crack at the Japs, became
the first American volunteers to
transfer from the Royal Air Force
to the u. S. army and navy air
forces.
The youths were sworn in by
Capt. r. B. Kaufman. naval at
tache for air who said that we
expect to gain from the experience
Of these young men,"
Among those commissioned as
ensigns were Buell. 2. Davis. IS,
Greenacres. Wash: and Schreiner
L Amos. Is. wenatchee. Wash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28
Rescue Ladder Not
Sofe. S0ys Suicide

RENO. New. - Police recently
lent aid To q woman who had
enough courage to jump into the
icy waters of the Truckee river
but not enough to jump out. She
remained In the center Of the swirl
ing, Icy torrent and told them that
she was afraid that the ladder
leading to the bridge was too
ahalxy and that she might fall.
They "came and got her."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28
URGE Wave Troininq
At u. of Washington

sEATTLE-Trzining Of Waves
for the navy at the University Of
washington vas urged by Rep.
Warren c. Magnuson. D Wash,
who sad he has made the pro-
posal to the navy department.
Nagnuson said that no training
center for navy women had been
established in the west and that
fhe Seattle campus would be ideal