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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

Funeral services for Robert Gra- ham, former empioye of the Wa terbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Co.,, were held yesterday after noon at the Hotchkiss funeral home, Thomaston, with Rev. Dr. Harry l. Marshall, New York, and Rev. Mill lard Scherich, Thomaston, officiat- ing. Burial was in Hillside cenae- tery there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

GORMAN - Neville J. German died last night at his home, 55 flaw kins street, after a brief illness. He was employed at the Plume 6, At-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

HANSON-Charles Oscar Hanson, 60, died Saturday at the home of his son, Martin Hanson, 53 Stefano ave- nue, after a brief illness. Born in Sweden, he came to this country 30 years ago and had lived in Water bury for the past g years. He was member of the Zion Evangelical Swedish Lutheran church.
 Survivors include two sons, Martin and Adolph of this city; stepson, Carl Johnson; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mildred Shsridans both of Water
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

Funeral services for Mrs Herbert Hughes of 50 Englewood avenue were held today at Il 8. m. at the Alder son funeral home, 70 Central ave- nue, with Rev. Samuel A. Budde, vicar of Christ Chapel officiating. Burial was in old Pine Grove ceme- tery.
 Bearers were James Hartley, Har-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-12
YOU, TOO, may look for these
skin Improvements in IA Days!

This list comes right from the reports Of the
80 examining DOCTORS Their records show
that out of 3 of all the 1895 women who
tested the Palmolive Plan for you got many
OF these improvements in IL days! Now
its your turn! Start this new Prored way
of using PalmoIive Soap tonight. In just II
days, look for lresher, clearer, Iooelier skin!
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
AUCTIONS HIGHEST BIDDERS
WILL BURN "HITLER AND GANG"

The three highest bidders at the
August Bond Drive Auction Sale
next Wednesday night will have
the honor of burning Hitler, Hiro-
hito, and Mussolini at the stake,
Kay Boehmler, Girl Scout chairman
of the auction has announced. The
highest bidder will choose his vic
tim Immediately following the auc-
ton, which will be held August 25
on Market Street Plaza, from 6
p. m. on. Bidders will receive not
only the article bid upon, but the
amount of the bid in war bonds or
stamps. The auction is not for the
benefit of the Girl Scouts, but is or
ganized and run by them in their
effort to stimulate the sale of war
bonds and stamps in Smyrna. In
cluded in the articles to be auction
ed are rs homemade cakes, an
alarm clock that keeps perfect
time and really alarms" groceries.
shampoos, finger waves and mani
cures, 10 gallons of gasoline, lubri-
cation and wash jobs, shoe repairs,
second hand furniture and other
household goods (some new and
some used), antique china, musical
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
CLAYTON MAN
HELDFOR COURT
VIM. H. Moffett Charged With
Manslaughter Following
Collision With Wagon
HARTLY FARMER KILLED

William Henry Moffett, Jr., 80,
OF Clayton, is under $4,000 bail and
is held for the Court of General
Sessions in October on charges of
manslaughter by Magistrate Edgar
Frazier of Smyrna. Moffett was
arrested by state police Saturday
night after his car allegedly struck
the wagon of a Hartly farmer,
Enoch Stevens, 20, near Fords
Corner on the Hartly-Kenton Road.
Moffett drove Stevens to the Kent
General Hospital in Dover, where
Stevens was pronunced dead from
internal injuries. A coroner's jury,
at an inquest held by Coroner w.
Millaway Broadway Sunday after
noon, returned an open verdict,
setting forth that Stevens death
resulted from an impact of an
automobile with his wagon.
Moffett's Story
According to Magistrate Frazier,
Moffett claimed that he swerved
off the concrete to avoid hitting a
dog, when his wheels became en-
tangled with some metal object,
and that he had stopped short
distance away. Another car came
along just then, and Moffett hailed
it, explaining to the driver that he
had felt his car strike something,
and asking if the driver had noticed
anything. The other replied that
he had seen hat on the road,
Moffett claimed, and the two had
walked back to investigate. They
found half of an old farm wagon
on one side of the road, half on the
other, with the wheels, which were
old iron cultivator wheels, close to
the concrete. Stevens body was
found in a ditch near a culyert.
Moffett and the other driver drove
the injured man first to Hartly,
then to the hospital at Dover, where
the examining doctor said Stevens
had been dead for one to one and
onehalf hours. State police arrest
ed Moffett in Dover, then brought
him to Magistrate Frazier's at
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
BROWN RATION STAMPS
Go Into Effect September IL to Re.
place Red Stamps

The brown ration stamps in war
ration book No. will come into
use September II for the purchase
of meats, fats, oils, butter and
cheese, the Office of Price Admin
istration has announced. The
brown stamps will replace the red
ones in war ration book No. 2 as
the latter are used. They will have
the same point value.
Expiration Date
Henceforth, OPA announced also,
the meats-fats ration stamps al
ways will expire on the Saturday
nearest the end of month, with
the new set becoming valid on sue
cessive Sundays. OPA fixed the
validity dates for the last red
stamps in ration book No. p
Stamps x, Y, and 2. These will
expire October 2, and will become
valid as follows: Stamp x, Aug. %;
Stamp Y, Aug. 20; and Stamp z
Sept. 5. Brown stamps A and B,
becoming valid Sept. IL and 10 re-
spectively, both will expire Octo-
Der 2.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
MRS. BELL POSTMASTER
Widow of Davis III. Bell Appointed
Acting Postmaster

Mrs. Davis H. Bell has received
official appointment as acting post
master for Smyrna and is awaiting
the arrival of a government inspec-
tor to be sworn in. Mrs. Bell is
the widow of Davis H. Bell, former
postmaster, who died recently of
Rocky Mountain spotted fever. She
returned Tuesday from Stone Har-
Dor, N. j., where she had gone on
Sunday for a visit with Mrs. Melba
Guthrie of Wilmington at her sum-
mer home. Mrs. Bell has three
children, son Robert, with the U.
S. Army Air Corps, now stationed
in England; daughter, Mary En-
ma, a son George, both in school in
Smyrna. She is active in the civic
and social life of Smyrna, is presi-
dent of the American Legion Allxil-
iary of the David C. Harrison Post,
is co-chairman with Mrs. C. l..
Harmonson of the local Red Cross
Motor Corps, and member of the
Civilian Defense Council.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
G.R.MILLER GETS
DOCTOR DEGREE
Superintendent of Schools
Here for Z Years Awarded
Higher Degree at N.Y.U.
ACTIVE IN SCHOOL WORK

Superintendent George R. Miller
Jr., of the Smyrna Special School
District, has been notified by New
York University of the successful
completion of his work for doc
tors degree. Mr.. Miller has met
all the requirements for the degree
completing the oral examination
Thursday, August 18th. The de.
gree will be formally awarded al
the October convocation of New
York University School of Educa-
ton.
Enters 18th Year Here
DR.. Miller is entering upon his
seventh year as superintendent OF
the Smyrna Special School District
He first came to Delaware in 1890
as County School Supervisor with
the State Department of Public In
Istruction. He has taken a prom
inent part in the educational activ-
titles of the state and the nation
having served as President of the
Delaware State Education Associa-
ton and as a vice-president of the
National Educational Association
He is a member of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa
and Phi Delta Kappa. DR.. Miller
has studied at Harvard, Columbia
and New York Universities.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
G. GARRISON, 88
DIED SUNDAY
Gamaliel Garrison, Politically
Active, and a Civic Leader,
Was Well known
RETIRED FARMER

Funeral services for Gamaliel
Garrison, age So, were held at his
late residence on South Street
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
with Rev. Robert E. Green, pastor
of Asbury Methodist Church in
charge. Interment was in Bethel
Cemetery near Bishops Corner.
Mr.. Garrison passed away at his
home Sunday, August 18th. He
had been in failing health for sew
teral years and because of this he
resigned from the board of direc-
tors of The Fruit Growers Bank,
having been member many years.
He was active politically, having
served the Republican party in the
Legislature, and at one time served
as president of the State College
for Colored Students. He was born
on a farm near Cheswold the son
Iof Ephriam and Mary Denney Gar
rison, and followed farming all his
life near Kenton until about year
ago when he moved to Smyrna. A
civic and business leader in the
community until his health failed,
Mr.. Garrison was we'll known thru
the State. He was leading mem
Der of the Methodist Curch at Ken
ton. He married Miss Clara Good
win who passed away many years
ago. Surviving are the following
children, Mrs. Mary G. Slaughter
of Clayton, Mrs. Elva G. Anderson
of Sudlersville, Md; Mrs. Helen G..
Attix of Smyrna, and a foster son
Frank Delahee of Philadelphia. A
brother, Thomas D. Garrison of
Cheswold, eight grandchildren and
one great grandchild. Two daugh-
tiers and son died in recent years.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene, Rev. j
w. Parkins, pastor, announces the
following services: Prayer meeting
Thursday at 1900 p m; Sunday
services: Sunday School, 9:45 am.
morning worship, 10:45 am; evan
gelistic and praise meeting, 7:3C
p. m. Rev. and Mrs. j. w. Park
ms have returned home after at
tending Assembly and camp meet
ing for the past Is days. Rev
Parkins has been returned for the
7th year.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19

instruments and sheet music.
Uncle SAM" whose real identity is
a secret, will be the auctioneer.
Articles are being donated by mer-
chants and individuals.
Buy Second Jeep
The total amount in war bonds
and stamps sold so far by the
Scouts totaled 1852 at the begin
ming of this week. Their goal was
to sell enough bonds and stamps to
buy one jeep, but since they have
already reached that goal, they are
now trying for the second jeep, for
which they have half the cost al
ready, Jane O'Neill, general chair
man has announced An Army
jeep from the Dover airport will
arrive here next Wednesday
promptly at 2 p. m. to give rides
to bond purchasers. Adults may
allow children to take the rides
they win. In case of rain, Miss
Boehmler announces that the auc-
ton will be held in the old Ameri-
can Store building at the -Four Cor
ners.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
CHANGE IN SHOE
RATION RULES
C. w. Hardesty, State OPA
Director, Warns Loose
Stamps Not Valid
USED FOR MAIL ORDERS

Charles w. Hardesty, District
Director of the Wilmington District
Office of OPA, announced today
that changes in the shoe rationing
regulations which emphasize the
fact that loose shoe stamps detach-
ed from ration books may be used
only to make bona fide mail order
purchases are contained in an
amendment issued today by the Of
fee of Price Administration. In
cases where local rationing Boards
decide that shoe stamps were de-
tached from ration books through
mistake or accident, provision is
made for their exchange for special
shoe stamps.
Limited to Mail Order
OPA explained in issuing the
amendment that the use of detach-
ed shoe stamps has been limited to
mail order purchases since the ra-
ton order became effective. Some
customers and dealers, however,
have assumed that the practice of
selecting shoes at store, and mail
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
PLEASURE BAN
WILL CONTINUE
c. w. Hardesty, State OPA,
Warns Pleasure Driving Ban
Will Be Enforced
NO OFFICIAL LIFTING YET

Pending the official lifting of the
ban on pleasure driving, OPA
agents will continue to enforce the
ban, C. w. Hardesty, OPA admin
istrator for Delaware, has warned.
Until such time as definite instruc-
lions are received involving chang
es in the present regulations. he add
ed, "our enforcement division will
continue to use every available in
ivestigator for the purpose of re-
porting and prosecuting all cases
involving unnecessary driving and
driving in excess of 80 miles per
hour.
Hearing by Boards
Local boards have been request
ed to conduct hearings for this pur-
pose. Hearing officers will be ap-
pointed Immediately for those
boards or panels which express a
desire to be relieved of this respon-
sibility, but it is to be distinctly
understood that no delay will occur
in the strict enforcement of this
phase of the program. The many
confusing reports relative to the
lifting of the non-essential driving
ban have resulted in an apparent
disregard of the rules and regula-
lions pertaining to the use of gaso-
line under wartime restrictions, /"
Mr.. Hardesty said. "The Office of
Price Administration has recently
stated that the present ban may be
lifted by Sept. 1 if current restric-
lions are obeyed and on the condi-
ton that fuel reserves may be pro-
vided in the meantime.
May Lift Ban
"Those persons who are patri-
otically obeying the restrictions
now effective are entitled to the as
sistance of this Office in an attempt
to secure the cooperatin of the pub
lie and, where necessary, the en-
forcement of the regulations. We
are charged with the responsibility
of securing compliance with all
OPA rules and regulations, and it
lis to be regretted that some of our
citizens refuse to accept the SER
iousness of the fuel situation as a
basic fact"
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
STATE LABOR DISPUTES
Cancellation Service Director Re-
ports 25 Cases Settled in Delaware

Cancellation Service Dlrector ne
ports 25 Cases Settled in Delaware
Praising the spirit with which
American Labor and management
as whole have been willing to
settle differences in war time, DR..
John r. Steelman, director of the
Cancellation Service of the U. S.
Department of Labor, today reveal
ed Delaware ranked low in the
number of settlement of labor dis
putes during the year ending June
80. In his report on situations dis
posed of by the Cancellation Ser
vice during the fiscal year, DR..
Steelman said % disputes involving
81 900 workers were settled in Del
aware; three situations other than
disputes, involving only 40 workers,
were handled, making the total %
cases involving 37,139 workers.
Vermont, North and South Dakota
and Nevada were the only states
with lower figures, the report
shows.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
EARLY MORNING
RAID TEST PLAN
Test Will Be Staged Between
Now and Tuesday, Soon
After Dawn
TO TEST VOLUNTEERS

An early morning aid raid test
during the week which started
Tuesday will be called for Della
ware by the State Council of De-
Tense, it was disclosed by Gerrish
Gassaway, executive vice-chairman
of the Council. The drill will be
signalled by the Second Service
Command, with headquarters at
Governors Island, N. Y, at the re-
quest of the council. The time for
the test was not disclosed, but Mr.
Gassaway said that it would come
after dawn. The second of the
states two monthly practices will
be a blackout during the week of
Aug. "a, the defense leader said.
The purpose of the morning test,
which will be the earliest yet held
in Delaware, will be to see if war
ders and other civilian defense per-
sonnet are able to man their posts
at that hour. Mr.. GaSSaWay said
the Second Service Command wish
es to discover the public reaction to
an early test, believing that if there
is raid enemy f1iers will use the
night hours to fly, reaching their
near dawn
To Include Incidents
Delaware has not had an air raid
practice since the last week in July
when blackout was called at
dusk. This test contained numer-
Gus incidents arranged by local de-
tense councils to rehearse their
protective agencies. The approach
ing drills are also expected to in
clude incidents.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
SIXTH TERM AS MAYOR
James A. Downing Returned to Of
flee at RehobOth

James A. Downing was returned
to office unopposed as mayor of Re-
Ihoboth Beach for his sixth success
Isive term at Saturdays municipal
election here. -Four commissioner
Iincumbents and one new candidate
were also elected. The only new
member of the Board of Commits
Isioners is James w. Travis, Reho-
both contractor, who was unoppos-
ed for the one year unexpired term
iof Postmaster Theodore w. Pal
imer, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
NANCY FOX TO WE'D
Leipsic Girl to Marry Pfc. Harold
Haines of Dover

Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Fox OF
Leipsic have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Nancy Elaine Fox, to Pfc. Harold
E. Haines, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold E. Haines of Rodney Road,
Del. Miss Fox is graduate of the
John Bassett Moore High School,
Smyrna, and is an employe of the
Dover district Office of the Office of
Defense Transportation. Private
Haines is a graduate of the Dover
High School and prior to his enlist
ment in the Army, was a student
of music at West Chester State
Teachers College, West Chester,
Pa. He is now serving in North
Africa.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
ELECT HEAD OF
SOIL SERVICE
District Supervisor for Kent
County Will Be Elected
Here September 3rd
FORM DISTRICT BOARD

Following the recent referendum
in which land owners in Kent coun-
ty voted unanimously in favor of
establishing the entire county as a
soil conservation district, the next
procedure in accordance with the
State Soil Conservation District
law is the election of four district
supervisors who will constitute the
soil district board along with the
chairman of the Levy Court and
the county agricultural agent. Land
owners who have been nominated
for district supervisors in Kent
county include Harvey E. Wilson,
Smyrna; Isaac Thomas, Marydel;
Lyndon D. Caulk, Woodside, and c..
Arthur Taylor, Harrington. In
place of any of these names, farm
ers will be given the opportunity to
vote for any other land owners
whom they consider qualified to do
this type of work, but only four
supervisors can be elected.
Election September 3rd
The election will be held on Sep
TENDER 4, between the hours of 8
p. m. and 10 p. m. at the same
places where the referendum was
held, namely, Ennis & Deakyne
Supply Building in Smyrna, Public
School Building in Hartly, Oak
Grove School in East Dover, Tay-
lor,s Hardware Store in Harring-
ton, and Thompson's Store in
Thompsonville. All land owners
are eligible to vote, and the super
visor receiving the highest number
of votes will be elected for four
years, the one receiving the second
highest number for three years, the
third for two years, and the fourth
for one year.
Soil Board viii Meet
After the supervisors have been
elected the county soil district
board will meet to discuss the pro-
cedure to be followed in placing
this law into operation, also to plan
the work of soil cnservatin within
the county. In addition to farm
drainage, which is of vital interest
to large number of farmers, this
soil conservation program includes
many other features such as farm
acreage planning and adjustment
for the more profitable and eco
nomic utilization of land, wind ero-
sion control, and the seeding of
legumes and cover crops for in
creasing and maintaining the fer
tility of the soil.
Polling Place Here
The election of supervisors will
be conducted under the direction of
Ralph w. Wine, Kent county mem
Der of the State Soil Conservation
Commission, and Russell E. Wilson,
county agricultural agent, with the
assistance of farmers who will be
appointed to take charge of each
polling place and to report the re-
suits of the election. The polling
place in Smyrna will be Ennis and
lDeakyne's garage.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Robert e. Green, Pastor, An
nOumces Services For Week

nOunceS services For week
Asbury Methodist Church, Rev.
Robert E. Green, pastor, announces
the following services: Church
School, 10 a. M, Harvey c. Jones,
general superintendent; morning
service, IL a. M, anthem by Senior
Choir, sermon subject: Eternal
Strength for the Hour" Preaching
Mission and Evangelistic services
will be conducted in Asbury Church
beginning Sunday, October 18th
and continue for two weeks. DR..
John W.Troy of Winona Lake, Ind,
will preach each evening during
these special services. Rev. DR..
James w. Colona, former pastor of
Asbury Church will preach the
morning sermon on Sunday, Aug
ust 10Th and September 9TH at As
bury.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
iURGECARE WITH
| OUTDOOR FIRES
State Forester Warns of Dry
Conditions; Lookout Tow
ers Are Manned
1913 RECORD IMPROVED

The drought conditions, which
have prevailed with little abate-
men since the latter part of June
throughout the timbered regions OF
the State, have greatly increased
the danger of forest fires, said
State Forester, w. S. Taber today
in summarizing the forest fire sit
uation in the State. Pointing out
that since normally very few fires
occur in the summer months the
lookout towers are closed during
this period, he stated that all but
two of the forest fire lookout tow
ers have been reopened and man.
ned as an emergency measure. De-
spite this precaution the several
fires, because they occurred in the
growing season, have resulted in
killing all of the trees within reach
of the heat of the fire. All persons
are warned that the ban on night
fires is still in effect and that dur
ing day time extreme caution must
be observed in using gre out-of-
doors to prevent the escape of such
fires:
Annual Statistics
According to Forestry Depart
ment figures compiled on the basis
of the calendar year 1912, there
were 173 forest fires which burned
over an acreage totalling 1885
acres, and caused damages total
ling $17,195. The average acreage
per fire was determined as 10.e
acres and the average damage, in
Guiding improvements, 500. Com
parative total figures for 1941 are
as follows: Number of fires 222;
acres burned 37,737, damage $37,-
1877; average area per fire 1854; and
damage per fire $170. -. -.
1943 Report
Figures for the year 1943 to July
1 are as follows: Number of fires
81; acres burned 1921; damage
caused $9,146; average fire ILL.,
acres; average damage per fire
SOL. These figures are much more
favorable than corresponding data
for the same period in 1912 when
they were as follows: Number of
fires 155; acres burned 1910; dam
age caused $16,655; average area
per fire Ill acres and average
damage per fire $243. No small
amount of credit for the improve
ment in this record may be attri-
buted to funds, forest fire patrol
trucks, and fire fighting equipment
made available to the Department
in cooperation with the U. S. For
est Service through the provisions
fthe Clarke-McNary law and the
9th National Deficiency Act, par
ticularly as pertains the prevention
of forest fires within Kent and Sus-
sex Counties which have been des-
ignated as a part of the critical
area of the Eastern Seaboard.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
CLAYTON BOY ENGAGED
Pfc. John b. Gooding to We'd Miss
Doris Moore, Dover

Announcement has been made by
Mrs. Edith D. Moore of Dover of
the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Doris M. Moore, to Pfc. John
B. Gooding, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William l.. Gooding of Clayton.
Miss Moore, an employee of the Do
yer district office of the Office of
Defense Transportation, is a gradu-
ate of the Dover High School. Pri-
vate Gooding, now stationed at
Fort Fisher, N. c., is graduate of
the John Bassett Moore High
School, Smyrna, and Beacon Bust
ness College. Before his induction
into the Army, he was with the
American Viscose Corporation in
Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
BUDGET FOR CAMPAIGN
100000 Goal in War Fund Cam
paign in October

The preliminary budget for the
October campaign of the United
War Fund of Delaware, Inc, ap-
proved by the corporations execu-
tive committee, was made public
Tuesday. The breakdown of the
100000 which the fund seeks to
raise is divided into three sections,
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1943-08-19
DOVER COUPLE WED
Miss Josephine McVaugh and Mr..
George j. beats Married

The marriage of Miss Josephine
McVaugh,. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. M. McVaugh, and Mr..
George j. beats, son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. beats of Do
yer, took place on July 30 in the
parsonage of the Brack-Ex Meth
odist Church. The Rev. John R.
Jones officiated. Mrs. Robert P.
Davis, sister of the bride, and Mr..
Samuel beats, brother of the BRIDE
groom, were the attendants. Mr..
and Mrs. beats will live in Center
vile, Del