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ship church is increasing in inter
est and in good results following.
Up to date, twenty have professed
conversion.
The Presbyterian Christian En-
deavor Society elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing six
months: Edw. M. Boyd, president;
Mrs. NJ. L. Adams, organist; Rob-
ert H. Denney, recording secretary;
Miss Marion Stevens, Chorister;
Elizabeth Denney, treasurer.
Thanksgiving Day = President
Cleveland has issued the customary
proclamation appointing Thursday
Nov. 30th as a day for national
Thanksgiving.
Smyrna was represented at the
annual Christian Endeavor meeting
in Wilmington by the following
delegates from the Presbyterian
Church: Edward M. Boyd, Miss
Mary Ransom, Frank McCawley
Jacob Stein, Edward Stevens and
Rev. c. C. Adams.
Sixty years ago today, Nov. Sth
1888, the creeks and rivrs froze up
and navigation did not open unit
in the spring. Salt and store goods
had to be brought by wagon from
Philadelphia.
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DR.. ]. S. Cobb, the new doctor of
Clayton, weds Miss Beatrice Broom
today at Upper Marlborough,
Prince George, County, Nd.
Mrs. Nathan MARBLE, Richard
Trimble, and Miss Enice Trimble,
of Germantown, attended the De-
Ford-Beck wedding last week.
Clarncre Hopkins of Dover, and
William Hopkins, of Baltimore,
were guests of Miss Tllie Forman
last Sunday.
Mrs. c. o. Swinney returned
home last night after an absence of
six weeks under treatment by a
Philadelphia physician, greatly ben
efitted by the operation.
DR.. Ella F. Swinney is expected
to be in Smyrna in about two
weeks for a few days only, prior to
her starting in December for her
medicine mission work in China.
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SMYRNA AND VICINITY

The Town Commissioners have
the subject of rates = commercial
and for family use-for the use OF
electric light under consideration
but have not definitely settled
thereon, but expect to do so this
week.
The Excelsior Band of Smyrna
had a call to Denton Thursday to
make music for a Democratic pro-
cession and meeting. Thy got home
about 1 o'clock Friday morning
after a ride of nearly 100 miles.
A large company of Gypsies
passed through town yesterday
with wagons, horses,etc., and prob
ably encamped down the State
Road. There were from Is to 20
men, and the Importance of the
company was further enhanced by
their having the Gypsy Queen with
them.
Miss Arie Hynson, daughter of
Rev. E. H. Hynson, one of the ap-
plicants for the position of organ
iist, played the instrument at the
Methodist Church for the services
throughout the day Sunday. It
was her first attempt at a public
effort on pipe-organ, and as such,
won commentators on all sides. 1t
is probable that a selection will be
made this week.
Mr.. Jacob Leinberger mas made
an improvement that will be an i'm
portant feature to the lower part
of Commerce street. He has here
tofore had flower garden at the
upper end of his dwelling, but it
has been cut off from view by a
high fence. This has been rmoved,
and the garden has been enlarged
to cover a space about 40 feet
square, and instead of the high
board fence, it is now enclosed with
one of Lewis & Wheatman's wire
fences, which presents no obstruc-
ton to the sight.
John H. Hoffecker is having a
new and brighter coat of paint add
ed to his dwelling.
Eggs are on the upward grade to
meet the holidays from % to 25
cents per dozen.
The Young Mems Christian As
sociation room is nicely warmed
and lighted every evening and thus
enjoyed by those who frequent it..
Butchers are paying 7 cents per
hundred for fat hogs. There is a
heavy demand for this kind of
meat, with the advance of cold
weather.
Starts news stand is being wired
this morning for electric lights, to
connect with the Commerce street
wire when it is strung. The Fruit
Growers Bank and several dwell
ings have also wired up in advance.
The revival services conducted
by Rev. E. H. Hynson at Friend
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RANIA,S
LEGAL NOTICE
re- STATE OF DELAWARE

THE STATE OF DELAWARE
To the Sheriff of Kent County, Greeting !:
Kent County SIS.
We Command You. that youf summon
John Clarence Dulin late of Kent County.
Delaware if he be found within your baiIi-
wick, SO that he be and appear before our
there to be held on MONDAY, the Twenty
first day of February next, to answer to
Catherine B. Dulin of plea Alias Divorci
a Vinculo Matramonii and have you then
there this writ.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE DANIEL
]. LAYTON, our Chief Justice. at Dover
the Eighteenth day of October in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
forty-three.
Issued. 10-19-43.
w. MARIAN STEVENSON,
Prothonotary
Ernest v. Keith. Esq, Attorney
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PERSONALS

Misses Susie and Emma Hudson,
who went to Chicago and other
points west the last day of July on
a visit to friends, returned home on
Friday.
Mrs. Rev. S. M. Perry, of Chesa-
peake City, Md, is visiting her
father, Capt. John Mustard.
The B. M. S. K. met at Miss Liz
zie Halls Monday evening.
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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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
tion.
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BACON BACKS
FOOD PROGRAM
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CONTINUED from Page One)
by 130,000,000, this American cit
izen can always become mighty
force in making flood fight for
freedom
Appeals To Each Citizen
"For the seventh consecutive
year, American farmers are setting
new food production record. De-
spite this, we have been warned
that there is not enough food to
satisfy all of the demands and that
there are definite shortages of a
number of our favorite foods. AS
Governor of the state of Delaware,
I call upon every citizen to do all
in his power to carry out the ap-
peal for action: Produce and Con-
serve! Share and Play Square!
Make Food Fight for Freedomp "
TIL Delaware Health Council is the
sponsoring agency for Delaware's
part in the vast Food Fights for
Freedom" campaign and made
plans at a meeting this week. 1t
is hoped to have women's clubs,
schools, oranges, and other organi-
cations take part in the program,
Miss Emily King, chairman of the
health council, said.
Kent Chairman Not Named
Mayor Edward c. Evans of Mil
ford is chairman for Sussex County
and Mrs. William S. Dutton for
New Castle County. A chairman
for Kent County will be appointed.
Miss Eleanor Wilkinson is chair
man of the nutrition committee of
the health council which will aid in
the campaign. Serving on the COM
mittee with Miss Wilkinson are
Miss Pearl Macdonald, nutritionist
of the extension service of the Uni
versity of Delaware; Mrs. Marian
McCaughan, supervisor of home
economics in Wilmington schools;
Mrs. G. Preston Hoff, Red Cross
nutrition chairman, and Miss Mar
garet Jeffreys, director of oral hy-
giene of the State Board of Health.
Basic Seven Charts
The government food charts called
"The Basic Seven are being dis
tributed to schools, restaurants,
stores, and other public places.
These charts emphasize that for
health every person should eat
some foods from each group daily.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
following bond of the Smyrna Spec
nal School District will be redeem
ed on the fifteenth (15) day of De-
cember, 1943, at the Farmers
Bank, Dover, Delaware, viz: Re
funding Bonds, Series of 1941;
Bond No. in the sum of 81 ,250.00.
The interest on the said bond will
cease to accrue after December Is,
1943.
Board of Education
Smyrna Special School District
by: George w. Wright, Asst. Supt.
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IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of my dear daughter
Laura Clarice Emerson, who passed away
five years ago today. November IL, 1888.
Heartaches that no one can heal
Memories that no one can steal,
Some may forget her now that she is gone
l will remember, no matter how long.
Sadly missed by mother,
Rebecca Emerson
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WANTED

Tenant for 175-acre farm on Dual
Highway near Odessa. Land and
buildings in good order with facil-
tiles for good dairy herd. Electric.
Opportunity for good tenant.
j. A. FINLEY,
Odessa, Del.
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FOOD SALE

The choir organization of the
First Presbyterian Church will hold
a food sale Saturday, November 13,
beginning at $50 a. m. in the Den
Iney Office.
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Set aside your War Bond pur-
chases in an envelope really labell-
ed: For Use When the War Is
Over"
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JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES

Rev. L. #. Uhlendorf, Pastor, An
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, 7 to 7.30; evan
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gelistic service at 7.30 o'clock.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
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The
What Not Shelf
By Louise Hoffecker Burslem

John R. Francis-or should we
now say Lieut.. Francis-is more
pleased with his old home town
than ever before. The other day
he told us that after travelling in
almost every state in the country,
he had never seen so many beauti-
full girls in one spot as there are in
Smyrna! Perk up your ears and
preen, Smyrna gals.
Jack and Vic Ennis, also brand
new Lieut., have enjoyed quite a
Homecoming after nearly year
away from home. Both boys look
disgustingly healthy, and both have
assumed a dignity and bearing
"befitting an officer and gentle
man." Jack reported that a GER
tain old pal of his, buck private
also home on leave, approached him
at party with vehement if not
original suggestions about where
John R could and probably would
go-explaining that he had always
wanted to tell off an officer, and
that it was such a relief to get it
off his chest. And at another
party, we saw Vic being given
smart salutes-wherein the nose
was involved!
But with all the joking-their
friends are proud as peacocks, and
would give each one the Congress
sional Medal of Honor just for be-
ing swell kids.
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Only two more weeks before
Thanksgiving - which means only
IL more days to get your name on
the Entertain a Soldier For Dinner
list at the Smyrna Times Office,
What's the matter with all you
mothers who have boys in service !?
YOUR boy for good, home-cooked
YOUR boy for a god, home-cooked
dinner in friendly home. Think
what it would mean to him to see
a table cloth and maybe flowers
to eat off plates that are not thick
and white, to taste food that is
different, to sit around after dinner
in comfortable chair see a rug on
the floor and curtains at the win
dow. Think what this means to
your boy-particularly on a holi-
day, when he knows the family
back home are all together. Can
you, thinking of your boy, let some
other homesick soldier eat his
Thanksgiving dinner in a mess
hall? :;,----Well, then-phone or
stop at The Smyrna Times office
and sign up for one or more sold
ier guests.
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EI Salvador, like its. neighborinu
Middle American republics, is
supplying its vital share of stra-
tegic war crops to the United
Nations war effort. To its plen-
tiful and choice coffee crop it
has added henequen and sisal
(for twine), kapok, castor oil,
Balsam of Peru, and, experiment.
tally, rubber, all important war
materials. Ell Salvador's produc-
tion of tropical crops is primary
evidence of the interdependence
between the United States and
Middle America. After the war,
that interdependence will con-
tinue to be the cornerstone of
hemisphere solidarity.
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Ernest ". Keith. Esq. Attorney
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slDEl.lnEs

UNIQUE. The House of Representatives
has new kind of Congressman this ses-
sion. His name is DR.. Walter H. Judd. He's
never held public Office, never been in
Washington before. He was doctor in
Minnesota, then he went to China as a
medical missionary. He left, convinced
that China was fighting Dem6uacy's war.
Back home, he told everybody he could
about the war against Fascism and the
part we must play in it. He made little
impression until Pearl Harbor. Then the
whole state listened.
Last fall a committee called on Dr.. Judd,
announced that his fellow citizens had de-
cided he had awakened Minnesota. They
wanted him to 90 to Washington and
awaken Congress. He refused, said he knew
nothing about politics. They told him that
was why they wanted him to 60 to Con-
gress He relented.
DR.. Judd, elected by an overwhelming
majority, took his seat in the House. The
nation can use more men like him.
APOLOGY. You've probably noticed
Tom Henry's Quiz EN-" features in
THIS WEEK Magazine. Tom has been
offering So for every question and answer
used His mail now averages over 1000
questions day. That's lot of quiz ems,
so, in all fairness to those who have
already submitted questions. Tom is tenn
porarily discontinuing his So offer. He asks
us to thank you for him. You'll find him
at work this week on Page 10.
HEAT WAVE. A pretty girl dashed
breathlessly into a Chicago meat store
please - please" she gasped, lock me
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cline of quality, quantity and variety in
the fare. think l shall never forget that
there was day in American history when
there were no eggs for breakfast in the
station eating place at - of all places -
Madison, Wisconsin. The waitress said
they hadn't had any for days.
] HEARD some Grabbing in the dining cars.
One morning man weighing 300 pounds
if he weighed an ounce became incensed
when he could not get ham - only bacon
- with his eggs. He continued his fierce
and bitter complaint to the rest of us at
the table The other two were couple of
lean, sunburned Marine Corps sergeants
One had D.SM ribbon, and l imagine
both were coming from the South Pacific,
possibly Guadalcanal. Neither made any
response But such grabbing is relatively
rare The great majority of travellers take
the discomforts and the inconvenience in
their stride.
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and a USO man worked long and
hard on a young soldier who had
taken more drinks than he could
handle. When they got him in good
enough shape for him to remember
where he was going, they put him
on his train.
like good food, and in the dining
cars and station restaurants l
couldn't help noticing the sharp de-
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By prewar standards of travel comfort
in America, this last journey of mine was
uncomfortable and strenuous. But it was
also the most interesting journey | ever
made 1t made me interesting to myself.
1t documented the fact that had become
soft and spoiled, a willing victim of hands
ready or eager to do things for me for fee
Redcaps are scarce everywhere. often
found myself getting off near the tail end
of long train, which is to say practically
in the yards That meant that had to
lug a big suitcase, two heavy brief cases
and a typewriter for perhaps quarter
of mile.
Before this used to buy lower berth
for night journeys. Now even an upper
was hard to get. Twice sat on my suit
case most of the night at the end of the
aisle in overcrowded coaches. Once |
shared the suitcase - stout affair -
with young lieutenant colonel of the Air
Force, while couple of dozen privates and
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aboard, the conductors weary re-
mark that it was exactly "a hours
behind schedule served to restore
MY normal sense of the country,
which, in a nutshell, is this: every
thing is more or less askew, dislo-
Gated, unbalanced and abnormal.
but this is just as it ought to be.
considering Pearl Harbor and the
,recedino and subsequent events
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Railroad stations fascinated me most.
They are more alive than ever before,
exciting, colorful places. Waiting-room
benches are filled. Often half the occupants
are asleep or doing on each others Shout
ders or on their bags Soldiers and sailors
sleep on piles of barrack bags and rolled-up
hammocks. Or they sit on them or lean
against walls, writing letters or thinking
or just staring.
As arriving passengers pour from trains,
someone behind the ropes always cries
out: There he ISL - some serviceman
is coming home on a furlough.
] HERE is much fearful leave-taking;
much unashamed love-making. At eight
o'clock one evening. in the middle Of the
beautiful Union Depot in Cincinnati.
l passed handsome young aviator saying
good-by to his pretty girl. Only neither
was really saying anything. They gazed at
each other as though they were completely
alone in the world, and that was sad and
beautiful thing; then they kissed briefly
once every minute or so. passed them
again at 8:45, then once more at $50,
and they we're still at it.
Sitting or walking about these enor-
nous rooms, I developed curious but
very pleasant feeling. They are the par
lors of wartime America, and with every
body else felt at home in them.
Living has become public thing, but
not blatant. Hardly anyone is inquisitive;
no one needs to be. Everyone in these vast
parlors is essentially in the same situation.
Some arrive, others depart. When you see
soldiers and sailors coming home on
visit, you feel glad for them and their rela-
tives. When you see them go away, you
feel sorry for them and their families and
girls. The going and coming varies for in
dividuals, but you get the impression that
the same hope and purpose are in every
mind.
Trains are late, and there is much wait
ing They are late so that America -
which is going places will be on time.
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up in your meat refrigerator - just for
FIVE minutes
The butcher thought the best approach
was calm and quiet:
ANY special reason?" he asked softly.
oh, yes!" she said. I'm taking tests
to become WAVE - and they told me
l have two degrees of temperature. And
l know it's just because I'm so excited.
So please lock me up and cool me off,
The butcher calamity opened his ice
box. After five minutes, she left happily.
But he's still bit frustrated he never
did learn whether she passed or not. M.
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corporals, who had got on before us, were
catching up on their sleep in the seats.
1t did not even occur to the colonel to dis
lodge one of them.
Being an ex-soldier of the First World
War, was thrilled and little surprised
to see such indications of democracy in
our armed forces Nowadays there is no
absurd swapping to attention and endless
saluting in depots and trains. Officers
really act like superior men, demanding
and expecting no advantages, and declin-
ing those offered them. Some 60 out of
their way to be helpful to erring enlisted
men. Late one night, in corner of Chi
cago's magnificent Union Station, a major
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- EcENTLY was obliged to travel some
5000 miles. mostly zigzagging
. = through the Middle West, eastern
Pennsylvania and New England. visited
forty-odd cities and towns, rarely staying
anywhere longer than a day, often only
a few hours. Two-thirds of the time l
spent en- route and waiting at depots.
The train is late =. . two =. three -.
five hours late"
By-and-by it began to seem strange
when a train was on time. One evening
about the middle of my tour, felt quite
out of character when Chicago-bound
train from the Pacific Coast was exactly
on schedule in St. Louis. But, as | got
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Your Tram Is LATE?

Many are, nowadays. you're delayed, how do you
react? noted writer tells how he feels about il
by Louis Adal,aic
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Tie asd dsfons Of oil ekorosrs fke spesa In sbesf
storss. sssisis osd ss~stes articles In THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
wholly ffhess. Any Of which koppsn to b the
ssthot vas dsed entirely ee"eids"e
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Allison, Pa, spent the weekend at
Mrs McCuen's fathers, W. W. Saw
age Little Eddie Rose remained here
for weeks visit.
Corp Richard Bond, Georgia, is
spending a l4-day furlough at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Bond
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rumbaugh,
Brownfield, Pa, were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Friend.
Mrs Byard Liston, Confluence, Pa;
Mrs. VIM, Rose and daughter, Ellen,
and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Friend and
son Jack, spent Friday shopping in
Uniontown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Succop, Pitts
burgh, Pa, were weekend guests of
Miss Cecil Frazee, Selbysport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lowdermilk
attended the funeral of Howard r.
Ringer, at Addison Pa, Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen HENDERSON and Mrs.
Orpha Frazee, Selbysport, were call
ers here, Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Fike and
children were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Frazee, at Selbys-
port.
Lewis Ross is spending few days
in Baltimore, on business.
Miss Jean Rush, Cumberland, was a
weekend guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs O. G. Rush.
Dorothy Ann Grove, small daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grove,
of Selbysport, has returned to her
home after Spending two weeks in a
hospital in Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Fike, of Con-
fluence, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Col
flesh and sons, Of Halnedsville, Pa.
were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs
Jonas Bittner
John Riley, of Selbysport, attended
the funeral Of his brother-in-law, Joe
Reckley, at McKeesport, Pa, Thurs
day.
Mrs. Lucy Vetter, of Moorefield
Pa, is spending this week with heI
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs Marvin Netter.
Mrs. Pearl Shultz, of Somerfield
Pa; Mrs. W. T. Wade and Mrs H. L.
Shoemaker motored to Clarksburg
W. Va, on Thursday. Mrs. Wade re-
manned there for few days visit,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Warthen and
Eleanor Daley motored to Oakland
ond Saturday, where they met Mrs
W. f. Daley, Of Terra Alta, who re-
turned here with them to visit fol
several days.
Mrs, Ford Friend and son spent
Thursday with Mrs. Evelyn Friend
Blooming Rose.
Sgt. John T. Savage, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Savage, who had been sta
toned at Fort Benning, Ga, has
been transferred to Fort Meade, Md
Mrs. SiIas Savage and Edward C
Lancaster spent Sunday with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Willis Green, near SOmerfield
Pa. Mrs. Lancaster and daughter, who
had visited at the Green home, re-
turned to their home here with them
, Mr. and Mrs. H, A. Skidmore were
in UniontoWn shopping on Tuesday
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crusher, near Hoyes. He was taken
to an Oakland doctor. His injuries
were to his ear and head He is i'm
proving at his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Grove and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Wilhelm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Croft and chill
dren, of Frostburg, spent a day at
the Fike home, recently.
Arvella Broadwater spent the week
end with Vera Default
Mrs. Rena Walker and son, Sam
my, spent Sunday with 0. 8. Fike
There will be preaching at Cherry
Grove church Sunday morning at II
o'clock by Rev. John Grimm, of Frost
burg.
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Wilt and Porter Broadwater.
The guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Broadwater and family, Mr..
and Mrs. George Wilt and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Wilt and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Hartman Wilt and family,
Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Harris, Mrs Joseph Faulkner