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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
These Qa:zashio7ed Corn Meal Eyorites!

You'll find there's wealth Of energy and
flavor in these economical corn meal fovorites!
And you'll discover your meals ore tostier,
thriftier more heoIthfvI if you follow these
wortime menu-pIonning rules: I'll Buy what is
plentiful. ~ Buy what is fresh. 81 Buy Victory
Food Specials. 4 Don't hoard or waste food.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Tell him he should come down here
where we can soon tell the men
from the boys.
If you can get me a good foun-
tain pen, and can send it to me, 1
surely would appreciate it. We
can't get these kind of writing sup
plies here in this part of the world.
Mine went the same place Betty
James beads did. You can imag-
ne? That's right.
I'm still only allowed one page
of writing. That's the limit. How
do you like the paper? 1t was the
largest piece I could find. Oh, yes.
1 have been given a new rating
Petty officer 3rd class. I'm feeling
pretty good now, but Big Bad Bill,
is only Little Willie now. Guess
you know what / mean.
Tell Dribbles 1 would write to
their column, but censorship is toe
tough to make it worth while. If
it were approved, 1 could tell lot
of things, but under the circum-
stances, it just can't be done. Uncle
says don't do it." so that's that.
The bananas are not doing SC
good. We had a big crop of CO.
coanuts, but something got into
them, Hai Hal
I'm glad to hear that Vic is get
ting along o. K, and l hope hi
makes the grade from now on.
can see them every day, and fol
my money, they are TOPS" Too
bad he didn't go for the Navy in
stead of the Army.
You had better change my ad
dress in The Smyrna Times again
as I don't receive it very often.
Write me some more and tell m,
all the news. Take good care o
yourself and give my regards t.
everybody.
Your loving brother Bill, VIII,
is a "Sea Bee" in the Navy
Some kid-eh?
Willard S. Deakyne, C. M. 8,
Willard S. Deakyne, C.M.-3c
u. S. N. R.
C Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21
The Smyrna Times
Phone 1921 SMYRNA. DELAWARE
Phone 5221

Published Every Thursday Morning by
E. d. HOFFECKER. Owner and Propri-
etor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July s.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10, 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert d. Hoffeck-
er, Jr.. from February 10. 1907 to Decem-
ber "a, 1889.
ADVERTISEMENTS - The Smyrna Times
is the business medium not only for the
town 1t represents. but fer the outlying
district of which 1t is the center. EN-
bracing the towns of Clayton, Kenton.
Cheswold. Townsend, Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charged
for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale. For Rent,
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
inc one inch space or less. q minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. In
nemoriam articles, 10 cents per line per
issuA. i4zia
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which 1t
Is q part. 1t also gives the items of
Importance of the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware. as Second Class matter.
Subscription price. s1.50 per year. strictly
In advance.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Maybe that's why Brooklynites feeI 50
strongly about their home town. Here is
Betty Smith, for instance, the author of
one of the years most highly praised first
novels-"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
Brooklyn is not city," Miss Smith says.
''It is faith. You cannot become Brook
Ignite. You have to be born one."
The Brooklyn Betty Smith writes about
in her novel is that of the period between
1907 and the end of the last war, and tho
scene is the teeming, tumultuous tenement
district just across the river from lower
Manhattan.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

The letter that appears above
was written to Bills sister, Mrs. S.
Creadick Ennis, Smyrna, Delaware.
She has been kind enough to share
this bit of word from her brother
with our readers, for which we are
most thankful. 1t has been long
time snce Dribbles has heard from
this hard workin See Bee. Judg-
ing from the tone of his letter, it
would appear that this good sailor
is located on some tiny pin point
of an island in the Pacific Area
(and there are many just like that
where life is bit on the solid side.
AS one might say excellent con-
duct is not exactly a virtue; it is
a forced necessity. How about it
sailor? What do you say you take
one of those crossed hatchets off of
your left arm and start out on the
war path. You might last long
enough to get at least two scalps
before overtaken and thrown in the
brig. Of course, Little Willie would
not do a thing like that, but we're
laying odds that Big Bad Bill would.
Course, you could spend your time
up your constitution for
the net liberty, salty sailor. You
might need it under certain cir
Could be. Best of
luck to you William Bill Willie.
Drop us a line when you have time.
Dribbles is quite sure the U. S.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Naval censors will not prevent you
from telling friends back home
what a heavenly paradise can be
found in those South Sea Islands.
1t is only case of repeating what
the Cooks Tours used to picture
for us prior to the Jap Rats sneak
at Pearl Harbor. You know-the
full low moon-soft string music
the gentle winds carrying the new
er-to-be-forgotten scent of wild
flowers on the warm nights air
beautiful ladies-Utopian enchant-
ment. And to think, your present
extended excursion has been fully
paid for, without costing you sin
gle dollar of your own money. 'Tis
a grand, good Uncle you have
sailor boy.
Anyone wishing the full address
es of names listed in the Dribbles
column, wherein the person whom
you wish to write to is serving
overseas in the U. S. Army, or the
u. S. Navy, same can be had by
making personal contact with the
editor of this service. All names
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21
Pacific Area

Paclhc Area
Dear Sister:
Your letter of August 18th just
arrived, and as usual 1 was very
glad to hear that you are o. K.
You asked me if I wanted any,
thing. "And how" The best gift
would be to hear that we were
slated for return voyage to the
good old u. S. A. However, that
is perhaps more than 1 would have
the right to expect with this war
moving on as it seems to be right
now. I surely will be glad when
we rate rest period. Down this
way, we don't see anything; we
don't hear anything, and I've only
had one-half days liberty in ten
Pretty good, Ell?
So Doc Jones is a Captain now.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Our Boys, or Girls, now giving both
their time and effort towards win
ming this war. In fact, that is the
sole purpose of having this column
printed from week to week.
If you have not kept a record of
it, we have the information of your
husbands name as being entered in
this column under the date of Sep
tember 18th, 1912; now over one
year ago. At that time he was
serving in Company D of the list
Prov. M. P. outfit, at Fort Ontario,
New York. Since that time your
husband has been transferred both
in respect to his type of work, and
in his location. We hope that he
will someday write this column a
letter, so that his friends in this
community will know how things
are going with him over there on
the other side. Please send him
Dribbles' best wishes the very next
time you write to him. Tell Joe
we're roofing for him all the way
through this mans war.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

have been working to improve
things in this Country ever since
the close of World War 1. To say
that they have not accomplished a
lot would be wrong, but to say that
they have accomplished their final
goal, would be just as wrong also.
"Pud," there is much to be done
after this war is over, as we'll as
now. As one of the soldiers of
World War II, you will perhaps un-
derstand better than most civilians
would. 1t seems that going through
a war makes men think a bit diff
Iferently, and so it should, when
they are up there willing to sacri-
flee their lives in order that their
Country, and its way of life, might
survive. How different from the
mind that thinks only of financial
gain, through the suffering of 9TH
ers that are fighting their battles
for them. 'sPud," and all the rest
of you Boys and Girls in the Ser
vice knows just what 1 mean. And
you will know just as well, how
much there will remain to be done
here in America, even years after
the final shot of World War II has
been fired. Frankly, none of you
can afford to consider yourselves
ex-service for as long as you shall
live. When you come back from
this war, resume your place in youl
many communities and fight on fol-
better and better America. And
since we're only human after all
there will always be room for i'm
provement. Gosh, son I've really
pulled the trigger without realizing
it. Here I've written about five
times that which I intended wher
I started, but as Dribbles, I wantet
you to know exactly how fell
about this Honorable Discharge
business. I hope that I have made
myself clear. Next to a pas:
through the Pearly Gates, or {
good wife and kiddies, an Honor.
able Discharge from the service Of
ones Country is to be listed among
all true Americans most valued
possessions.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Word has been received from
Sgt. Michael S. Biddle, whose ad-
dress will be found in this weeks
Change of Address Column, that
his outfit has been moved within
striking distance of Los Angeles,
California. Thanks for the post
card Sergeant, and here's hoping
that you'll keep in touch with Drib-
bles throughout your hitch in the
U. S. Army. Please try and keep
in mnd that letter back here in
this direction will always be in or
der. So here's wishing you the
best kind of a future. May good
luck follow you all the way.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21
DRIBBLES )
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David c. Harrison Post, No. Ia,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Clayton Delaware

Clayton Delaware
Editor of Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Dribbles:
Will you please print my hus-
bands new address in your service
column? 1t is Cpl. Clifford D. Nor
ris, A. S. N. 2O257275, Bty B, E. c..
p, Camp Ham, California.
AS you may remember, Clifford
was with the 1998th Coast Artil-
lery. He recently returned to the
States after serving twenty months
in the Pacific area. Due to Cliff
ford's long absence in foreign SER
vice he has lost track of many of
his former friends in the armed
forces. Therefore, if you will be
kind enough to print his new ad-
dress in your column, maybe some
of these boys will see it and write
to him.
Thank you very much,
Louise Morris
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

address since he was stationed at
Tulsa, Oklahoma. If someone will
kindly send in the addresses that
will fill in the blank spaces from
Tulsa on, it will be very much ap-
preciated This will allow Dribbles
to complete his records, at the
same time give Harry's friends his
present address which was not in
cluded in the information published
above. Good luck to you Sergeant
Thompson. May you have a safe
and successful career in the u. S.
Army Air Force.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21
READING &WRITING
BY 6Mm Ssmva AND RMmM7Iwu


DROOKLYN is probably of the best known and least
understood in the USA 1t large enough be leading
metropolis right and yet because of its proximity New
York, il usually thought of of backyard big city
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Aviation Student John B. Mood,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Mood, Frazier Street, Smyrna, has
CONTINUED on Page rour)
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

of service men stationed in the
United States, with few exceptions,
will be printed in full. Your Gov
ernment's Censorship Bureau has
asked, and will receive, our full CO
operation in this respect.
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

The principal character Fance Nolan and the story follows her
through childhood adolescence and young womanhood tells of her
friends and her usty family whose vitality and for living could
be qunchd by poverty hardship Those who read "a Tree
Grows Brooklyn will discover that after all Bookyn
different from the the world There good and bad people
Betty Smiths story happy and ridiculous and pfu and
those who, like the heroine, have stardus in their eyes,
Christopher Morley says "A Tree Grows Brooklyn story
that merits and will great honor 1t bought by Twentieth
CentuyFox several months before publication and looks if
may be of the popular novels of the early Fall
Some months ohn Maauand author of the September
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Mrs. Walter Downes, our reply to
Mrs. Morris Letter, printed above,
must be repeated in part to express
our wish to serve you and your
soldier husband. If you will pardon
the idea of repetition, Dribbles
wants to remind you that it is al
ways a pleasure to serve any Of
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

ford's long absence in foreign SER
vice he has lost track of many of
his former friends in the armed
forces. Therefore, if you will be
kind enough to print his new ad-
dress in your column, maybe some
of these boys will see it and write
to him.
Thank you very much,
Louise Morris
Mrs. Louise Morris, it is indeed a
pleasue to serve both you and your
husband, Corp. Clifford D. Morris
through this column. AS former
member of the 198th, your soldier
husband has had his address on file
with Dribbles since July 23rd, 1912.
At this time he was serving his
Country overseas, along with many
other Delaware men. Since the
date mentioned, some of Our Boys
have returned, whereas others have
remained with original outfit. But,
i'm either case they still hold our
everlasting feeling of gratitude,
and it will always be considered an
opportunity to serve them when
ever, and wherever we can. If
Clifford will drop us a line, giving
Dribbles the names of those he
most wishes to contact in the Ser
vice, we will do our very best to
see that he is supplied with the
necessary addresses. Meanwhile,
we will use this medium to pass
the word along to his former
friends, that letter from them
would be very much in order at
this time. 1t is to be hoped that
your husband will soon be on the
receiving end of the U. S. Mails as
the result of this appeal. Please
keep Dribbles advised of any
change in your husbands address
and tell him for us, that he is cor
daily invited to join in with the
rest of Our Boys and Girls in the
Service who make the continuation
of this column possible.
Word has been received from the
Public Relations Office of Chanute
Field, Illinois, that Pfc. Raymond
Biddle, son of Mrs. Mary E. Biddle
living on North Delaware Street,
Smyrna, Delaware, has completed
his training course and has been
graduated from school of the Army
Air Forces Training Command.
While attending this school, Pfc.
Biddle received instructions Special
Purpose Motor Vehicle Course, and
in various technical operations vital
to the maintenance of the Coun-
try's fighting planes.
Strangely enough the above in
formation arrived before Dribbles
received Pfc. Raymond Biddle's
name for listing in the Service col
umn. He would therefore appre-
ciate it very much if someone
would send in Raymond's complete
address, with Army Serial Number
included to be printed in the next
issue of The Smyrna Times.
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Dribbles:
Please enter my husbands new
address in your Change of Address
column: Pfc. Joseph w. Downes, A.
S. N. 3236O077, A. P. o. No. 1926,
Postmaster New York City,
New York.
Thank you,
Mrs. Walter Downes
Mrs. Walter Downes, our reply to
Mrs. Morris Letter, printed above,
must be repeated in part to express
our wish to serve you and your
soldier husband. If you will pardon
the idea of repetition, Dribbles
wants to remind you that it Is al
ways a pleasure to serve any Of
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

This is indeed very good news.
Dribbles has not had the Sergeant's
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21

Some months ago, John P. Marquand,
book-of -the-month $50 Little Time," de-
rided to take up farming in earnest on his
place at Newburyport. He employed res
ident farmer to help him raise, among 9TH
sr things, chickens, ducks and pigs. Re-
ports Farmer Marquand ruefully: I'VE
bought the pigs so they could eat up all
The garbage, only to find out that they eat
'nly very special kinds of garbage. And
how, together with the chickens, they are
lnrne'
Smyrna times., 1943-10-21
Smyrna, Delaware

HyIIId, DeIdWdTe
Dear Dribbles:
Please enter my husbands new
address in your Change of Address
column: Pfc. Joseph w. Downes, A.
S. N. 32360077, A. P. o. No. 1926,
o Postmaster New York City,
New York.
Thank you,
Mrs. Walter Downes
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
HOWARD JAMES SKIDMORE

HOWARD JAMES SKIDMORE
Howard james Skidmore, Friends
Vile, was just recently awarded the
rank of Eagle Scout, the first one Of
the Friendsvillc Scout troop to
achieve this honor.
Presentation was made at special
ceremonies in the Methodist church
at Frendsville about two weeks ago.
Skidmore, a son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard A. Skidmore, is in his third
year at Western Maryland College,
Westminster, and has been a scout for
seven years. He is now nineteen years
old.
To reach the rank Of Eagle he had
to pass twenty-one merit badges after
becoming a first class scout, among
them being life saving, personal
health, first aid, cooking, camping,
civics, bird study, pathfinding, pio-
neering, safety and athletics. He is
the fifteenth Eagle Scout officially
registered from Garrett county in
the Potomac Council. Other Eagle
Scouts being from Oakland troop.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
Charles A. Fleegle
Dies Suddenly Friday
Baltimore and Ohio Station
Agent Is Victim of Heart Attack

Charles Allen Fleegle, So Balti-
more and Ohio Station agent here
dropped dead Of a heart attack last
Friday morning about 1880, while at
work in the ticket office.
I Mr.. Fleegle was in the act of sell
ing a ticket to a soldier when he was
called to the phone and became sud
denly i'll while talking there.
4 native of Terra Alta, w. Va. he
was son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ZachaIiah
and Anna FleegIe. and was born Oc-
tober u, 1888. He started to work
for the B. and Q. forty-two years ago
at the age of seventeen and had been
station agent in Oakland for the past
fourteen years. Previously he was sta
ton agent at Hancock. Berkeley
Springs, Terra Alta, Rowlcsburg, and
Tunnelton
He was a member of the Brother
hood photographers, the Oakland Ro-
tary club and Knights of Pythias
here; the Masonic fraternity of New
burg. W. Va; Scottish Rite and
Shrine, Wheeling, w. Va; and the
Order Of Eastern Star, Kingwood,
West Va.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lena
May Brown Fleegle, step-daughter,
Mrs. Lyle Wilson, Keyser, w. Va,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
Knitters Are Active Here

Red Cross knitting activities con-
tinued this week Mrs. j NJ. Falken-
stein handed in three army helmets
while Mrs. S. H. jackson, Mrs. George
yelling, Mrs. H. A. Loraditch, Mrs.
Frederick Thayer, Mrs. Foster Bittle,
Mrs. Harold Harmed, Mrs. Arthur
Naylor and Mrs. Clarence Spear all
completed helmets; Mrs. w. R. Offutt,
sea boots; Misses Floss Shaffer, Ann
Dilgard, Catherine Baker, Mrs. Ar
thur Naylor, Mrs. Clarence Spear,
Mrs Harry Stemple, Mrs. Thomas
Currie, Mrs. Charles Reckard, Miss
Martha Schlossnagle, Oakland; Mrs.
Dan limbaugh and Miss Elena
Pendergast, Deer Park, sweaters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04

Howard Skidmore and son Gene
were Uniontown visitors on Friday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Chisholm and
son Billy Heven, Spamows Point,
were weekend guests Of their moth
ers. Mrs. Effie Chisholm and Mrs.
Henrietta Lininger
Emert Shoemaker, Johnstown, Pa"
spent Saturday night and Sunday in
Friendsville with his family.
Ralph Lawson, Fairmont, w. Va,
was here over the weekend with Mrs.
Lawson and their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. HeIbig, Oakland,
were guests on Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. RIO. Mccullough.
Mrs. J. W. Friend was a Sunday
afternoon guest Of Mrs. George W.
Durham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank HENDERSON
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. limbaugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lyle and son
Paul spent Saturday in Uniontown
and McClellandtown, Pa, with Mr..
and Mrs. J. f. burst.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Friend are in
Baltimore for a visit with relatives.
Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
KemptOn Homemakers See
Series OF Moving Picture

Moving pictures on five subjects,
Goods for Good Nutrition" "Your
Teeth and Your Health" Cooking
Meat According to the Cut" "How to
Control the Fly" and Consider the
Children in the Home" were shown
last Thursday evening by Miss Mari
anna Lee Long, home demonstration
agent, at a meeting Of the Kempton
Homemakers and the All club of
that community.
The Homemakers contributed $500
to the Red Cross fund A benefit
games party is planned for March 4.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
Mine Operator Is
Seriously Injured
In Highway Crash

Three persons were injured Satur-
day night about 10 o'clock when a
car in which they were riding crashed
into the rear of a truck trailer parked
along the highway near Gormania,
w. Va.
T. R. Craig, who operates a mine
near Mt. Storm, w Va. was serious
ly injured. He was the driver of the
machine and was admitted to Potomac
Valley hospital, Keyser, W. Va, suf-
fering from a fractured right hip,
fractured right ankle and left knee,
and numerous decorations about the
face and body. He was unconscious
when admitted to the hospital, but is
now improved. Bolden's ambulance
was called to take Craig.
Miss Florena Evans, "a, of Laurel
Dale, W. Va, who teaches school in
Gormania, was admitted to Memorial
hospital, Cumberland, for treatment.
Hospital attaches said she received
treatment from a physician at Cor
mania and came there to have glass
splinters removed from her face She
struck the windshield when the crash
occurred.
Another passenger in the car, Mrs,
Halle Head, of Mt. Storm. was badly
injured and was removed to Kings
Clinic in Petersburg, W. Va. Miss
Evans told hospital attaches the
truck-trailer was parked along the
highway without lights and no flares
were visible. West Virginia State
police are investigating.
-V--
Moves are on foot to end absentee
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
MRS. ELIZABETH NJ. GARLITZ

Mrs. Elizabeth Mckenzie Garltz, 80
widow Of /. F. Garlitz, died last Satur-
day morning at the home of her son
Orvillc Garlitz, Avilton She was q
member of st. AIMS Catholic church,
Avilton.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs
George Winner, Mrs. John MCGOWAN
both of Midland; Mrs. Lille Newman
Everett, Wash. three sons, Lawrence
Of Everett; Clarence and WiIfred
both Of Avilton.
Requiem mass for Mrs Garlitz was
celebrated at St. AIMS Catholic
Church, Avilton, on Monday by the
pastor, assisted by Rev. FIR. Miller
who sang mass, and Rev. FIR Alban
who delivered the sermon. Interment
was in St. AIMS cemetery. Avilton.