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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
EWELL CHURCH
DEDICATE FLAG
Three Flags Dedicated at
Clayton Church Aug. Sth;
Special Program
GUEST SPEAKER

A ceremony for the dedication OF
three flags will take place this
Sunday, August 9Th, at the Ewell
Methodist Church in Clayton. Ded-
Iicated will be the flag of the United
States of America, the Church Flag
and a Service Flag honoring the
members of the church who are
serving with the armed forces. The
Rev. o. A. BARLEY, president of
Wesley Junior College at Dover,
will be the guest speaker. Mem
bers of the David G Harrison Post
No. IA, American Legion, will at
tend the services and assist with
the dedications. The Rev. Robert
e. Green, pastor of the Asbury
Methodist Church at Smyrna, and
Mrs. Green will be among the SOLO
lists of the special music program
that is being planned.
st. Paul's Church to Assist
The Rev. Ohio C. Brewer, pastor
of st. Paul's Church, Clayton, and
members of that church, will at
tend the services and take part in
the program. The services will
begin at 1880 p. M, and the Rev.
Hugh B. Kelso, pastor, has extend
ed general invitation to the cit
liens of Smyrna and Clayton to at
tend.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Robert e. Green, Pastor, An
noumces Services For Week

nounCcS StTVlceS fOr week
Asbury Methodist Church, Rev.
Robert E. Green, pastor, announces
the following services: Church
School, 10 am; Harvey Jones, gen.
eral superintendent. Much moral
delinquency is committed to-day by
those who never attended a Sunday
School and learned the great prin-
ciples taught by Jesus. Christ is
saying to parents thru the Church
school today: Suffer the little
children to come unto me and for
bid them not" and to those of ma
turity: eff We continue in my word
We shall know the truth and the
truth shall make you free" free
from the habits which drag the
soul and personality to utter de-
spair. Helpful sessions are planned
for each department of the school
this Sunday with classes for every
age group. Morning service, IL a.
M; Anthem by Senior Choir; SER
mon subject: Hope Thou in Cod"
Prayer service Wednesday evening,
7:30 p. m. Continued study in the
Book of Acts for present day liv-
ing. II will lift up my eyes unto
the hills whence cometh my help?
My help cometh from the Lord"
Divine help and strength flow from
the heart of God to the soul of man
thru prayer. We welcome you to
enter Our Fathers House with a
prayer and leave with a blessing.
Thursday, 1880 p. M, August 5,
Game fest and Singalee for the
Junior and intermediate Depart
ments of the Church School will be
held at the church. Refreshments
will be served Choir rehearsal
Saturday evening, 7:30.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
DROUGHT CAUSE
OF CROP LOSS
Heavy Loss to String Bean
Crop, 25 Per Cent i'm Kent
County; Other Crops
GREATLY REDUCE YIELD

Damage running into thousands
of dollars" has already been caused
to crops in Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties as a result of the drought,
farmers and Gamers of lower Della
ware estimate. One large Gamer
in the Bridgeville section said the
string bean crop has been cut 65
per cent and at the present time
it is completely burned out. Some
farmers were forced to pillow under
the late crop of string BEANS" he
added. This crop would normally
last until the middle of this month.
Another estimate was that only 10
per cent of the string bean crop in
Sussex County and rs per cent in
Kent County could be picked.
Rain May Help Some
Soy beans, corn, and lima beans
have been damaged but a rain in
the near future would help to sal
wage some of these, it was stated.
The hot dry weather caused many
blossoms to fall off the lima bean
vines and as a result the yield will
be smaller than usual. Corn, while
greatly retarded and probably DAM
aged to some extent, would stage a
comeback with wet weather, grow
ers said. SO far the tomato crop
has not been greatly damaged al
though somewhat smaller fruit has
resulted. The quality of tomatoes
was described as good at the pres
ent time but farmers warned that
a few more dry days and this crop
would be among the drought cas-
Iualties. The cantaloupe crop is
maturing faster than usual because
of the dry weather but farmers are
,unfilling to estimate the damage
continued dry weather may cause.
Potatoes Escape Damage
Early potatoes have apparently
escaped amage from the dry
weather and farmers say it is too
early to determine if there will be
damage to the late crops. APP
Iproximately 100000 pounds of po-
tatoes have been sold to the feder-
al government by Sussex County
farmers so far in the government
program of potato purchasing thru
out the country, it was announced
by Wilmer T. Derickson, chief of
the Bureau of Markets of the State
Board of Agriculture. No potatoes
have been offered to the govern
ment in Kent and New Castle
Counties.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
VOTE KENT A
SOIL DISTRICT
Farm Owners Vote to Make
Entire County a Con-
seryatiOn District
ELECT SUPERVISORS

Land owners in Kent County at
ia referendum held recently voted
unanimously in favor of establish
ing the entire county as a soil con-
.servation district, and upon notifi-
cation to the State Soil Conserva-
ton Commission regarding the re-
suit of this referendum the Com
mission shall at once declare Kent
County to be established as a soil
conservation district in accordance
with the State law governing this
project.
Elect -Four Supervisors
Following this favorable refer
endum vote, the next step in the
procedure for the operation of the
soil conservation district in Kent
County will include the election of
district supervisors, of which four
are to be elected. These supervis-
ors must be land owners residing
within the district, and these four
farmers in addition to the chair
man of the Kent County Levy
Court and the county Agricultural
Agent shall constitute the soil dis
trict board in the county.
Kent Committee
By authorization of the State
Soil Conservation Commission this
referendum was planned by and
conducted under the supervision of
Ralph w. Wine, Kent county men,
Der of the Commission, with the as
sistance of County Agent Russell
E. Wilson, and Lyndon D. Caulk,
who was appointed as a resident
land owner to serve on this county
committee. This committee has
been instructed to arrange also and
to serve as nominating body to
receive the names of farmers who
will qualify as supervisors.
ALL hclcItIiuHIn
There were five places in Kent
County designated for holding the
referendum, and farmers who as
sisted in conducting this referen-
dunn included Harvey E. Wilson,
Ernest V. Blendt, Isaac Thomas,
Frank Attix, c. Arthur Taylor,
Herman Longfellow, Clarence E.
Jester, ]. S. Willis, Ralph C. Will
son, and Arthur F. Dawes. Very
shortly after the passage of this
soil conservation district act by the
State Legislature action, was start
ed in Kent county by number of
interested farmerss in cooperation
with the Agricultural Extension
Service and the Soil Conservation
Service to secure signers of land
owners on a petition to establish a
proposed soil district. This pro-
cedure resulted in securing the sig
natures of 143 land owners, and the
taking of other steps leading up to
the referendum which clearly indi-
Gates the desire of the farmers for
the establishment of this project in
Kent County.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
MOLLY PITCHER
TAG DAY PLANS
Legion Auxiliary, Girl Scouts,
to Sell Bonds, Stamps,
Give Out Tags
CLAYTON YOUTH HELP

Molly Pitcher Day will be OBJ
served in Smyrna and Clayton this
Saturday, August 7th, when special
tags will be given to purchasers of
war bonds or stamps. Chairman
of the drive. in Smyrna is Mrs.
George R. Miller, the David C. Har-
rison Post Auxiliary chairman of
Americanism, and aiding her will
be Jacquie Potter Ann Knots,
Jean Snow, Ruth Gooden, Alice
Jane Matthews, Dorothy Burge and
Muriel Beltz. Mrs. Malcolm Burris
is chairman of the Clayton drive,
and will be aided by school children
of the town, who will be at the
stores and business places. BUY
war bonds and stamps from our
girls to buy bombs and bullets for
our boys" Mrs. Burris asks the
Clayton residents.
Symbol of Freedom
Molly Pitcher Day honors Mary
Hayes, known in Revolutionary
times as Moll o the Pitcher, for her
bravery in bringing water to the
soldiers. At the battle of Mon
mouth, when her husband was kill
ed, she took his place at the can
non. In later years, as Molly
Pitcher, she became a symbol
among women that our country
shall always be free. For every
stamp and bond sold, a tag will be
given with a picture of Molly's
pitcher the chairmen said.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
STATE BOARD LABORATORY
1887 Analytical Tests Made; Past
Year Was Busiest

! eAA' WIS DuSlSoD
! Because of the work being done
in the laboratory of the State
Board of Health in Dover Della
ware is a healthier place in which
, to live, according to officials of the
board. While the public at large
is unaware of the drama and i'm
portance of the analysis performed
there Rowland D. Herdman and a
staff of 10 assistants are working
constantly to aid physicians in the
diagnosis of disease and to check
on the purity of the milk and water
consumed by the residents of Della
ware. The past year has been the
busiest in the history of the State
Board laboratory, 1887 specimens
having been examined during the
fiscal year which ended June 303.
This is an increase of 14,458 tests,
or more than % per cent over the
preceding year when 65,136 tests
were made.
Many Tests Made
The greatest number of analysis
done were the Wasserman and
Kahn tests for the detection of
syphilis which were performed for
the draft boards on the blood speci-
mems of the prospective draftees as
well as for the private patients of
physicians and for the patients in
the State Board of Health's ven
ereal disease clinics. Wasserman
and Kahn tests performed in the
state laboratory during the year
totaled 66,501. 1t was found that
11.45 per cent of the draftees ex-
amined had syphilis.
Milk Analysis
The laboratory made a creditable
showing in the recent survey of all
state laboratories doing bacteria
logical analysis of milk, having
been placed 18th from the top of
the list by the U. S. Public Health
Service, which checked methods of
procedure and equipment. There
were 4,002 samples of milk tested
by the laboratory during the past
fiscal year. The milk of every
dealer in the state outside of the
city of Wilmington is examined by
the boards laboratory. This in
cludes the milk of the states 20
pasteurizing plants, of $50 diaries
delivering milk to customers, and
of 1858 milk producers delivering
milk to the pasteurizing plants.
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
NEED WOMEN FOR SEWING
Smyrna Women Needed to Sew
Russian Blouses by September LIST

obi ihb (WHICH ANtttth w SOW
Russian Blouses by September LIST
Response to last weeks plea for
women volunteers to sew 200 Rus
sian Blouses for the Red Cross met
with such little success that an
urgent appeal is again being made
this week by Miss Anna B. Beckett,
local Red Gross chairman. The fol-
lowing statement was made by
Miss Beckett: 1.-THE Red Cross is in
urgent need of many more work
ers to make blouses for Russian
women. We are asked to have our
quota, 200, finished by the first
week in September. Russia con-
tinues to help us nightly. Let us
show our appreciation now. Please
contact Mrs. Charles P. Thornley,
or Mrs. Frederick Harris in regard
to this work. The Red Cross Cen
ter, the Legion Room, is open each
Tuesday from 1 to 4 p. M"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Services Announced for Next SUM-
day Morning and Evening

God Shows His People The
Way is the topic of our Sunday
School lesson next Sunday. The
morning worship service will be
held at II with the sermon entitled
Freedom By The Truth" delivered
by Mr.. Dam. DR.. John Thomas of
Middletown will perform the sacred
rite Of baptism for several. There
will be no evening worship service
for the month of August. The Mite
Society will meet at the home of
Miss Birdie Ransom Thursday ev-
ening at 500. The choir will re-
hearse Friday evening at 500 at
the church.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
Women Can Help

The crisis is further intensified
by the fact that harvesting seasons
are short, and the food crops are
perishable. A large number of
workers will be needed over short
period. women can be of special
help" Mr.. Russell said, because
they are Americas champion can
ners already" Any person inter-
ested in a job in afood processing
plant should come to the local
USES Office, or notify them by mail
or phone that they are available to
help.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
st. Peters Closed for August

st. Peters P. E. Church will hold
no services during the month of
August. The Rev. F. M. Barton,
pastor, left yesterday for a week in
Pennsylvania, following which he
will spend three weeks in Winches-
ter, Va.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
Hosts at Lawn PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis M. Price
were hosts to the Beginners and
Primary Glasses and their friends
of Asbury Methodist Sunday School
at a lawn party at their home last
Thursday evening.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
SUSSEX CHICKEN LOSS
Hundreds of Young Chicks Die
During Electrical Storm

Broiler raisers on the western
side of Sussex County report the
loss of hundreds of young chickens
as result of the electrical storm
the chicks becoming frightened at
the vivid lightning, heavy peals OF
thunder and noise of the falling
hail stones, crowded together in the
broiler houses and smothered to
death.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
WESLEY TO ADD
NIGHT CLASSES
College English, Mathematics,
Psychology, Tipping, Short
hand, Bookkeeping Taught
SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. "a

A plan to augment the educa-
tional facilities of Wesley Junior
College with a night school and adj
dition of 500 volumes to the college
library were announced by the Rev.
o. A. BARLEY, president. The SUBJ
Ijects proposed to be taught at the
might classes are college English,
mathematics, psychology, tipping,
shorthand, and bookkeeping. The
new library books have been made
possible through the Patrons and
Founders Association, BARLEY said.
The college will open this year on
Sept. "a, starting freshmen week.
end" with upper classmen report
ing on Sept. 26 for the start of
classes on the following day. Bart
ley anticipated an enrolment of be-
tween 40 and so students, all girls.
ioFurteen of them will comprise the
sophomore class. All boys enrolled
in the last college year were lost
before the end of the year by the
call to war and no boys are expect
ed to enroll this year.
One Faculty Change
The only change in the faculty
will be in the secretarial science
department in which Miss Kath-
leen Powell, Sudlersville, Nd, a
graduate of Washington College,
st. Mary's Junior College, and Bea-
CONS Business College, will sue
coed Miss Elizabeth l.. Schwalm.
French, which will be taught by
Miss Powell, is the only new sub
ject to be added to the curriculum
aside from elementary theory, a
survey course, and Interpretation
and appreciation of the opera plan
ned in the music department, head
ed by Mrs. William J. Storey. Bart
ley announced that the college is
now open to receive registrations
and information concerning the in
stitution and its courses may be OBJ
tanned from the college.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES
Rev. L. F. Uhlendorff, 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 8 o'clock; evening service by
the young people, Z to 7.30; evan
gelistic service at 7.3O o'clock.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
Urged to Apply
Il. V. KEITH NAMED JUDGE
Dover Attorney Appointed to Kent
Common Pleas Bench

Ernest V. Keith, Dover attorney
and former state senator, has
been appointed by Gov. Walter w
Bacon as judge of the Kent County
Court of Common Pleas for a term
of four years, starting yesterday
Under the law creating the Court
of Common Pleas, he also will
serve as Juvenile Court judge for
Kent and Sussex Counties. Judge
Keith will succeed Judge John P,
LeeFvre and will be the third JUS
tice to preside over the court which
was created in 1881. U. S. Rep
Earl D. Wiley served two terms of
four years each by appointment of
former Gov. C. Douglass Buck.
Judge LeeFvre was named four
years ago by former-Gov. Richard
C. McMullen.
Assisted Law Passage
A coincidence is that Judge
Keith, as member of the State
Senate in 1881, was instrumental
in securing the passage of the law
creating the court to which he now
has been appointed as judge II
years after it's establishment. Born
in Dover on Feb. "a, 1908, son of
City Councilman and Mrs. Thomas
v. Keith, Judge Keith has lived at
Dover all his life. After gradu-
alton from the former Wesley Col
legiate institute in 1920 and private
tutoring, he passed the preliminary
law student examinations and reg
istered with Attorney John B. Hut
ton as a student. He pursued his
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
ASK WOMEN TO
TAKE WAR JOBS
Local Women Needed For
Kent County Industries;
Critical Shortage
INTERVIEWS TOMORROW

A representative of the United
States Employment Service will be
at the Smyrna Town Hall, Friday
morning from 9 to IL to interview
residents of this locality who will
accept a war job in Kent County
industries. A critical shortage of
women workers exists in vital war
industries located in Kent County,
according to Thomas Russell, man
ager of the United States Employ
ment Service for Southern Della
ware. Manufacturers are request
ing the Employment Service to
help them locate workers. In many
instances these jobs will continue
after the war.
Urged to Apply
Women who do not normally en-
ter the labor market and who have
no economic necessity for taking a
job are urged to apply for war
work. Every person who usually
seeks employment is working full
time now. If the contracts allot-
ted to Kent County manufacturers
are to be completed on time, it will
be necessary for several hundred
women to take these jobs.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
STATE LEGION
MEET AUGUST IA
22nd Annual Convention at
Wilmington; Joint Lunch
con at Hotel
LEADERS TO SPEAK

The 25th annual convention of
The American Legion Department
of Delaware and the 22nd annual
convention of its Auxiliary will be
held at the Hotel DUPONT, Whining
ton, Saturday, August IA. A group
of Legionnaires and Auxiliary
members of the David c. Harrison
Post, No. IA, will attend. Regis
tration will start at a. m. -Four
national leaders of the Legion will
attend its convention. These are
Warren H. Atherton of Stockton,
California, Chairman of the Ma
tional Defense Committee, and who,
it is generally believed, will be the
Legion's next National Command
er; Fred G. Fraser of Washington,
Eastern National Vice-Command-
er; Joe E. Rabinovich of Indianap-
oils headquarters, National Super
visor of The Sons of The American
Legion, and Lee R. Pennington, an
inspector of the Washington office
of the eFderal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, who is a prominent Legion
naire. The chief guests of the
Auxiliary will be Mrs. Russell B.
Howell of New Jersey, Eastern Ma
tional Vice-President, and Mrs.
Mary Francis Hill of Philadelphia,
National President of American
Gold Star Mothers, Inc.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-08-05
Joint Luncheon

There will be joint luncheon of
the Legion and Auxiliary in the
Gold Ballroom of the Hotel DUPONT
at 1890 the day of the convention
on which occasion an address will
be delivered by Mr.. Anterior which
will be broadcast over radio station
WDEL from 1:30 to 2 p. m. The
luncheon is open to all Legion
naires, Auxiliary members, and to
members of service clubs, both
mems and women's. Invitations
to the luncheon have been extended
to Governor Bacon, Senators Tun-
nell and Buck, Representative Will
ley, Mayor James of Wilmington,
and to the ranking officers of mil
itary establishments in Delaware.
An informal reception for the
guests of the Legion and Auxiliary
conventions will be held at the
home of Delaware Post No. 1, 2103
Lancaster Avenue, Wilmington, at
8 p. M, the night of the conven-
tons. All Legionnaires and men,
bers of the Auxiliary are invited to
attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-23
Real Estate For Sale
Real Estate Agents

DUE TO AGE-Would like to sell
property and restaurant business.
Beer license. 1449 South Main St.
and two-family house at 237 Pied
mont st. Phone 3-9847.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-23
80 Feed and Fuel

GROWING HAY-For sale on the
Lawrence. Atchison farm in Mid
dlepury. If interested, please COM
municate with Lawrence L. Lewis,
Executor. Estate Of Lawrence j.
Atchinson. deceased. Ill West Main
ST., Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-23
Dancing 1eschers
Merchandise

WE HAVE SCALES-Old and new:
slicing machines, old and new. All
types of counters and meat bench.
What's your price? 1895.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-23
Houses For Sale

THOMASTON
Six rooms and shower. Toilet and
lavatory. Fireplace; hot water heat.
Delco lighting system. Radio; q
car garage. 10 acres, partly open.
Hotchkiss Real Estate
5000 PART CASH
Thomaston, Conn. Tel 6l-2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-23
NOTICE

DISTRICT of WATERBURY, SIS.
PROBATE COURT, June 23rd, A.
d. 1913. ESTATE of ANN NJ.
BROPHY, aka. ANNA BROPHY,
late of the Town of Waterbury, in
said District, deceased.
The. Administrators, having ex
hibited her account with said estate
to this Court for allowance, and
made application for an order of
distribution of said estate. 1t is
ORDERED, That the 28th day of
June, A. d. 1943. at 800 o'clock, in
the forenoon, eastern War Time).
at the Probate Office in Waterbury.
be and the same is. assigned for a
hearing on the allowance of said
account. and application and the
Court directs ADMINISTRATIVE, to give
notice thereof, by publishing this
order in some newspaper having a
circulation in said District, at least
three days before said day of hear
ing.
Attest:
MARGUERITE NJ. FAHY.
6-2S-1t Asst. Clerk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Ethel Barrymore Returns Here

Ethel Barrymore returned to
the Cass stage last night in The
Corn Is Green" the charmingly
human vehicle in which she has
played continuously since 1910
The drama Of the English school
teacher and the young Welsh
miner has lost none of its fresh
ness and. affords a welcome relief
from escapist musicals and grim
dramas of timely import.
The story tells of the efforts of
a Miss Moffett TO bring educa-
tional enlightenment to a Welsh
mining village and her discovery
of young Morgan Evans. played
by Tom +. Williams, whose genius
induces her 10 set up her school
regardless of the obstacles.
Evans IS almost ruined by a
whining little housekeeper's
daughter, but finds the way 10
accept an oxford scholarship
when Miss Moffett intervenes.
Tom Williams, who is new 10
this city as Evans, is excellent in
his portrayal Of the strong minded
boy who is grateful for his chance,
but disdainS the patrOniZing air