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commissioned officers and a band.
This is new Camp, only about one
year old, and the chances of ad-
vancement are plentiful. Van Dorm
is an Infantry Division camp. 1t has
the Signal Corps and other parts of
the armed service.
Today a Lieutenant is showing
us how to salute an officer. He is
really nice fellow, age about 40
years. 1 am making out alright
down here. We wear leggings
which lace up the side. Our basic
training period is thirteen weeks.
When this is completed, l can get
furlough to come home and see
you and my other friends. In order
to do this, I will likely have to go
into Baton Rouge and take plane
up. This will save lot of travel
time.
Please send down some cookies,
cakes and candy. Go to the A. &
P. store and get me a carton of
chewing gum. Candy is scarce here
at Camp Van Dorm. When they
have any at all, you can only get
two pieces. Along with this,
would like to have some Woodbury.
facial soap and some extra white
underwear. A small radio and a
fountain pen would be a nice addi-
ton if they can be secured, and a
few coat hangers, since we must
keep our clothes both neat and
clean.
They have now separated us
Smyrna boys. We are all in diff
ferent Infantry and Engineer Com
panies. I saw Bill Minner and
Kenneth Smith yesterday. We
have Service Club here and all Of
us boys go there. 1t really is nice
inside. They have ping-pong tables
and other games, nice soft comfort
able chairs and everything to make
us feel more at ease.
Be sure to send The Smyrns
Times as 1 want to keep in touch
with my old Home Town and its
people.
With love,
Pvt. Russell G.. Moore
A. S. N. 32956500
Co. I, 255th Infantry
A. P. o. No. 40
Camp Van Dorm, Mississippi
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addresses in your change of address
column.
John is at present stationed with
the U. S. Army outside the United
States. but he is not in the Euro
pean area, nor is he in the Pacific
area. In the letters he sends back
home, he tells us that he is getting
along fine. Johns address is as
follows: Pvt. John T. Johnson, AS.
N. 324s524O. Hdq. and Hdq. Com
pany. 5Oth Signal Battalion, A. P.
o. No. $50, Postmaster, New
York City, New York.
James has recovered from an at
tack of rheumatic fever, and has
been transferred to Atlantic City
New Jersey for further training
Here is his address: James NJ
johnson, A. s., U. S. N. R.-Bar-
racks No. 8, U. S. Naval Air Sta
ton. Atlantic City. New Jersey.
Thank you,
Mrs. Anna Johnson
1t was indeed a most friendly
act to write in and give us the in
formation about your two sons
Mrs. Johnson. We trust that you
will continue to do this whenever
you have any news about ethel
James or John that you would like
to have published. If they are re
ceiving The Smyrna Times, rs
doubt they will read this item, anc
we know that they will be pleased
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The Smyrna Times
Phone 1921 SMYRNA DELAWARE

Published Every Thursday Morning by
s. 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-
err, Jr., from February 10, 1907 to Deem
Der "a, 1889.
ADVERTISEMENTS = The Smyrna Times
Is the business medium not only for the
town It represents, but fer the outlying
district of which il 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
ine one inch space or less, minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. In
nemoriam articles, 10 cents per line per
issua. i'--F
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
1t represents and the State of which 1t
Is 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. $3.50 per year. strictly
in advance.
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81 Head of Cattle
This Herd is T. b. Tested

Consisting of 10 Mich Cows,
Guernseys and Holsteins, some
fresh and some close springers.
Have raised the most of these cows
and they are an exceptional herd.
Ten Heifers, coming 2 years old,
some bred. This is a real bunch of
Heifers. Better see them. One
Bull, years old, Guernsey, weighs
1000 lbs; Bull, year old, Guern-
sey.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &c.
One MISUNDERSTANDING tractor,
Model H, years old. No one has
used this tractor but myself, and is
in excellent condition, with rubber
tires; tractor plows, 12-in. bottom,
practically new; tractor cultivator,
good as new; tractor disc harrow,
"a plate, good shape; tractor cult
packer, large size, splendid shape;
z farm wagons, good shape; 2 hay
higgins, good as new; New Idea
manure spreader, good as new;
Deering binder, SIT. cut, good
shape; 11-hoe Ontario grain drill,
next to new; 2 corn planters, one
John Deere, only planted about 100
acres corn, fertilizer attachment,
one Case planter, in good shape;
MISUNDERSTANDING mower, good
running order; Intersection spring
tooth harrow, in good shape; rs
tooth spike harrow, practically
new; 2 Buckeye wheel cultivators,
good shape; 2 No. 43 Oliver riding
Iplows, good; 2 No. 90 Oliver walk
ing plows, good; sand roller, wood,
good shape; 2 walking cultivators,
hay rake, board drag, hay fork and
$50 fit. of rope, nearly new; wood
saw and bench, brooder house, size
10 x II it., wood floor, good roof
and good; brooder house, size 10
x 16 it,, food floor, good roof and
in very good shape; Grum or 80
gallons motor oil, never been open
led; set platform scales, 1, 2, 8, 4,
and 5-hrse trees, and a lot of them
all good; grindstone, anvil, forge,
splendid large vice, 8 heavy log
chains, hoes, forks, shovels, corn
knives, and lot of small things
not mentioned; 2 corn boxes, pea
and beam, farm bell and pole.
HARNESS Two double sets of
wagon harness, practically new; 6
sets pillow harness, good; 10 good
collars, mostly rubber faced; 6
brides.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT = Wilson
ice box, three-can container; EN-
|pire milking machine, two single
units; 80-lb. milk cans, good
condition; 8 buckets and 2 strain
Iers, all good.
HOGS-Three Brood Sows, some
will have Pigs by day of sale; 5
IShoats, weigh 70 lbs. apiece.
Terms of Sale-CASH
HARRY f. NABB
Eugene Racine, Auctioneer
Chas. S. Ellison, Jr., Outside Clerk
w. G. Money, Inside Clerk
The Ladies' Aid of Summit Bridge
will serve lunch
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Smyrna. Delaware

smyrna. delaware
Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Sir:
I am sending you my sons ad-
dress in reply to your request print
ed last week in your column. Cleo's
new address is as follows: Pvt. Cleo
L. VanArsdale, A. S. N. 20257292,
Bly, A, 102nd Sep. Bn. G. A. (A.A.J,
A. P. o. No. SOB, Postmaster,
San Francisco, California.
At present my son is on active
duty in the South Pacific where
much of the fighting is now going
on.
Yours,
Mrs Edith Van A rcda1 Ia
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twenty years ago book like this could
have had only very limited audience.
Today it is offered by the Book-of-the-
Month Club to its more than 100000
members as a dividend" book, and the
book store sales will no doubt be consid-
cradle. The reason for the enormously in
creased demand for book like 1.-THE Music
Lovers Handbook" can be written in one
workable.
Radio has brought the musical mountain
to Mohammed. 1t used to be that only
kings could have command performances
of great music. Today the humblest citi-
49, 80. L~;no .La cra,-ae+ orcbaetr,e and
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D RIBBLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service

David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Smyrna, Delaware
Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find copy of a
letter I received this week from my
son Russell and would appreciate
having his address listed in your
Service column.
I sometimes wonder if the faith
ers and mothers of our local Ser
vicemen appreciate that which
Dribbles is doing for the morale of
our Boys, and if they realize the
many hours devoted to this work
by the editor? I know of no other
person in this locality who could,
and would, contribute his time, en-
ergy and ability anonymously to
service the public and his comrades
in arms.
Yours sincerely,
l.. Rollin Moore
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Thank you Mrs. Grier for send
ing in your sons addresses. They
will appear in the changes that are
being published this week. Drib-
bles notices that Bernie is still re-
naming in striking distance of
home, which is most fortunate for
all concerned. Ronnie, on the other
hand. seems to keep as far away
as possible, without leaving the
States entirely. Where fate is most
kind in one instance, it almost re-
verses itself in the other. Long
time no hear from the Texas boy
Hope that he is doing nicely with
his chosen type of work in the u
S. Army Air Corps. The editor has
the opportunity of talking with
your son Bernie, at times when he
is home on short trips. Since Ron
ME cannot put in a personal ap-
pearance, the next best would be
letter from him. No doubt many
of his friends in this community
and in other branches of the Ser.
vice, would be very glad to heal
from him. How about it SON
don't you have a bit of spare time
on your hands for that very pur-
pose?
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to learn that mother was standing
up there pinch hitting for them
while they are away. On the other
hand boys, mother should not do all
the batting. How about little
news direct? Write in and tell
your friends how you are getting
along in your different branches of
the armed forces. They will be
glad to hear from you all through
your term of service. How about
it's it a deal? If so, let's go.
Mrs. Johnson, your sons addresses
were published in The Smyrna
Times under the date of September
80, 1943.
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Sir:
1 am writing to inform you of the
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Yours sincerely,
l.. Rollin Moore

Camp Van Dorm, Mississippi
Dear Pop and Nom:
Army life at Camp Dix was moi
bad. The food was good. We
worked at K. P. duties last Sunday
and had very good dinner anG
supper consisting of roast veal, po
fatoes, macaroni, cake and many
other things. Working in the
Kitchen was not bad. Bill Minnel
and / washed pots and pans. The
K. P. pusher (the one who tries to
keep us busy said that we had
done an excellent job in cleaning
up the sink.
Monday night the shipping LIST
was posted and the names of all
four of us Smyrna boys appeared
on it. Tuesday we pulled out of
Camp Dix at 4:30 p. m. Before we
left, the Captain told us not to
mail letters home while on our way
because our destination was con-
lsidered military secret. This was
the first time we had put on our
summer uniforms and helmets.
When we left Philadelphia we
changed into our fatigue clothing
which really means overalls.
When we stopped between Phil
adelphia and Harrisburg, we saw a
Pullman train pull along side of
our train. A colored man left one
of the Pullman cars and tried to
open one of the doors on our coach.
When he finally accomplished this,
he gave us all packs of ice cream
and maybe we didn't appreciate it.
From this point, we passed over
the mountains in Pennsylvania, but
it was most too dark for us to see
much of their beauty. People all
along the line of travel waved at
us. There were about sixty of us
boys to each car.
After we left Harrisburg, we
came to Pittsburgh with her vast
iron mills. From there we travel
ed on to the large cities of Column
bus and Dayton, Ohio Then we
struck Indiana. We managed to
get newspapers at Indianapolis and
they had the comic feature Major
Hoople, which looked very famil-
lar. We did not go through st.
Louis, but turned off at a small
junction town before reaching
there, and headed due South. At
this stage of the journey we went
to sleep and did not see anything
of Tennessee except Memphis, and
none of Kentucky.
At all train stops kids came to
the cars selling candy and soft
drinks at a profit of nickle each.
During all this time, we were not
aware of our final destination but
guessed that it would be some
where in Mississippi. When we
awoke Thursday morning, i found
myself way down South in the
land of cotton" All that we had
seen while passing through Indiana
had been vast fields of corn, now in
Mississippi it was all cotton. We
did not see many white people
travelling through the South, but
plenty of cotton cotton mills, color
ed people and jackasses. When we
reached Vicksburg we were told
that it would be the last city of
$4,000 inhabitants or more we
would see before reaching Camp.
Finally we arrived at Camp Van
Dorm about one o'clock Thursday
and were met by quite number Of
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virtuo into his home with of the dial And the musical audi
ence in America must be eckoned in the many millions
Whether you devoe of Mozart George Gershwn Tosca
mini Louis Armstrong; you'll find something The Music Lovers
Handbook your You'll find articles by composers like
Stravny and Shoakovc by noted critics. like Deems Taylor DIN
Downes and Lawrence Gilman This book tells you how music
made and introduces you the leading composers of time
It's wonderful book to have handy your radio.
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SMYRNA. Delaware

Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Sir.
Will you please print my sons
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Sat-, Oct. %, 1913

At TEN O'clock A. nj.
At her late residence, corner of
Main and Frazier streets in Smyr-
ma, Delaware, the personal property
of said deceased consisting of a big
variety of
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Thanks lot, Mr.. Rollin Moore,
for sending in copy of Russell's
letter. 1t arrived too late for us
to do anything more than put his
address in the Honor Roll last
week. We know that you will I'M
derstand that we try to give prefer
ence to addresses over everything.
This is done so that the Boys in
the Service, and our other readers,
will know Immediately where to
write if they wish to correspond
with one of our Service folk. Drib-
bles just can't stress this point too
strongly. The public may become
a bit weary reading our various
comments on letter writing to Our
Boys and Girls in the Service, but
we know that this is one of the
greatest morale builders that can
be offered to those who are away
from home in the armed forces of
our Country.
Russell's letter was very descrip-
tive of his journey into the Far
South. As)we read this, one could
almost imagine that they could
smell the train smoke coming from
the stack of the engine that was
hauling these Boys further and
further away from their former
homes. Let us all pray to God
that the same sort of an engine will
be bringing all of Our Boys and
Girls back to us when this war is
over, and may that day be at the
earliest date possible.
The next time you and Mrs.
Moore drop Russell line, Dribbles
would thank you to pass the word
along to him that he has been in
vited to join in with the rest of the
Boys and Girls who contribute di-
rectly to this column. The same
goes for all Our Boys down there
at Camp Van Dorm. Dribbles sends
his very best wishes to them and
wants them to know that he will
be cheering for them all through
their thirteen weeks of training. If
the work seems hard at times, be
of good cheer. 1t will Tighten the
burden of the work that lies ahead.
The rigid training which our troops
must go through before entering
into combat service, is making it
possible for more of them to sur
vive. 1t also accounts for the fact
that we have the best fighting men
in this entire world, no nation ex-
cepted. God bless them, one and
all.
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Smyrna, Delaware

Smyrna, Delaware
Editor of Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Sir:
Here is new address for Bernie
which you may print in your
change of address column, also a
slight change of Ronald's. Bernie
Grier, Musician &c, Naval Mine
Warfaret School, P. o. Box No.
'913, Yorktown, Virginia. AS Ron
aid A. Grier, A. S. N. 20257260,
Flight H, Squadron 107, AAFCC-
.SAACC. San Antonio, Texas.
Thank you,
Mrs. Helen Grier
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Live Stock
81 Head of Cattle

Is Milk Cows, ! Heifers
Coming fresh in spring. Holstein
bull, Is months old.
Two Brood Sows with Pigs.
Young Boar, Pigs, 10 weeks old
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &c.
Mccormick Deering Tractor,
Model H, used very little; tractor
plows, notwithstanding Guilt
packer, Oliver double disc harrow,
3-section spring-tooth harrow, Nc
Cormick-Deering hay rake, Deering
moker, Black Hawk manure spread
er, Black Hawk corn Planter, Iron
Age cultivator, 60-tooth drag, On
tario grain drill, good farm wagon,
built in Milford; feed grinder, set
Fairbanks scales, barn trucks,
grain fan, 2-horse pillow, 1-horse
pillow, single cultivator, land roller,
hay rack, lot pillow harness, wagon
harness, collars, brides, forks,
shovels, Wilson ice box, buckets,
Istrainers, milk cans.
About SIX TONS OF HAY.
Some Household Goods
Terms of Sale Cash
HARRY T. SMITH
Chas. w. Carroll Auctioneer
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Executors Sale
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

BY virtue of the power and au-
thority in me vested by the last
will and testament of SARAH T..
M. FARRELL, deceased, late of
the city of Smyrna, Kent County
and State of Delaware, the under
signed Executor will offer for sale
and sell at public auction Oh
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Valuable Furniture

and HOUSE FURNISHINGS
Enough to equip large house o
eight or more rooms.
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READING & WRITING
BY 6m Sswp AND RMmM7Emu
I

TWENTY years ago book like 1.-THE Music Lovers Hand
book edited by Ellie Sgmester and containing articles classical
and modern music by many the noted and critics
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Spurs. Thanks young lady for
your continued helpfulness. Until
next time.
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Once more we have you to thank
Miss Ethel for keeping us informed
lof CAROLS movements. Dribbles
is mighty sorry to hear about your
brothers trip to the hospital, but I
am also equally as glad to know
that he has recovered and back on
the job again. The next time Car
roll tries out Jeep, tell him to use
a Spanish Curved Bit on his bride,
and not to forget a pair Of Mexican
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Many Beautiful MAHOGANY
Antique Pieces

Four-post bed, boat bed, gate
leg, tilt-top, wall and other tables
high-boy, mirrors, bureaus, side
boards, sofa, rocking chairs, parlol
chairs, cane-seated and other
chairs, pictures, statuary and brio
a-brac.
I Upright piano (Knabe), daven-
port, many electric lamps with fix
lures, dining room table and six
chairs, serving tables, china ware
glass ware, dishes, large punch
bowl and glasses.
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Kenton, Delaware

AShkOtit h@SAoWe NA Y
Dribbles
Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Dribbles:
After having been discharged
from the hospital, where he was re-
covering from a sprained back, re-
ceived when a Jeep which he was
driving turned over, my brother
Carroll was transferred back to
Tennessee again. His new address
is as follows: Pfc. Carroll F. Van
Pelt, A. S. N. 32485218, 469th Ser
vice Squadron, 50th Service Group,
Army Air Base, Llyersburg, Ten
Inessee.
Please print this in your change
of address column.
Yours sincerely.
Ethel Van Pelt
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Lament of an air recruit whose girl
hasn't been writing frequently as quoted
in "Spin In, Dumbwhacks" by Lieuten-
ant Richard N. Ryan:
''Ain't you got no paper?
Amt you got no penn
Amt you got no envelope
To put my letter in3"
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which the Chinese relate about Con-
fucius tells of the time he was called
upon by visitor he disliked. The great
sage sent out word that he was too ill to
see visitors. Then, before the caller was
out of earshot, he picked up his lutte
and played and sang Justify to show that
he was in the best of health. 1t seems he
wanted to indicate his thorough dis
approval to his visitor, and did it in
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7 Horses and Colts

No. /. NELLIE, gray mare, II
years old, weighs 1850 lbs, good
brood mare, work any place.
No. 2. BLANCHE, gray mare,
10 years old, weighs 1900 lbs, good
brood mare, wrk any place.
No. 8. BILL, bay horse, 8 years
old, weighs 14OO lbs. good any place
you hook him.
No. 4. JIM, gray mare, 6 years
old, weighs 1900 lbs. Nos. 4 and
4 make an excellent team.
No. 5. GEORGE, sorrel horse,
years old, weighs 1900 lbs, splen-
did horse and a good worker.
Nos. 6 and 7. Yearling Mare
Colts, by Company Horse, of Town
send, Del.
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this way effectively than would have been possible By any rud
verbal message
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sci nnt
and letters regular after that
In his book 1.-THE Chinese Are Like That Carl advises how
rid Of unwaned guestsbu definitely One of the many stories
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Yours,
Mrs. Edith VanArsdale
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ELECTROLUX REFRIGERATOR
QUALITY GAS RANGE,
G. e. VACUUM CLEANER

Many cooking utensils, pots,
pans, skillets, aluminium and tin
ware, stone crooks, kitchen tables;
five beds, bed linen, blankets, bu-
reaus, rugs and draperies, clocks,
vases, candle-sticks, book cases, w
& w sewing machine, wicker porch
furniture, and many other articles
too numerous to mention.
TERMS-Cash Day of Sale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-06

walked because l could not find taxi
Finally. I gave UP the search and settled down
in a hotel lobby 70 await check out. Eventu-
ally, l got room.
The next afternoon I learned my luggage
had not arrived II had gone astray and
with it all my gowns / telephoned up and
down the line. but for three days it was lost.
After going to the Red Cross Bank TO
donate some blood, borrowed some gowns
from a friend one glimpse of myself in the
borrowed garb and l wanted TO race back 10
the bank and collect the blood I'd donated
really thought was going 10 need it."
Miss Corio is willing, as are all the girls, to
do without things.
But in something only a shade louder than
a whisper she says she will be nightly pleased
if she can be assured Of bobby pins and her
lipstick.
L can get along If I've got those two
things she said. If can just have those,
much of the rest doesn't matter After all /
can slice BIZ Off the stage curtain drape il
around me and still 60 on with my act,
can't l p"
And the audiences which have approved
Miss Corio's appearances IN the past probably
would not object to that