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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
POSTWAR PIPE DREAM

Washington = Additional sew
erage or sewage treatment is
needed at 1895 of the Is, 752
communities of all sizes in the
United States, according to a ma
tional survey by the sanitary en-
gineers division of the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service. Estimated
total cost of the entire program,
which includes new sewer sys-
TENS, sewage treatment plants,
and sewer extensions, amounts
to $2,255, $780, 900.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Varied. Interests
In Annab0lis

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. 23.--Mrs
Morrow Decker, wife Of 1t. Decker,
and their daughter, Dianne, have
gone to California for a visit Of sew
eral months. Their two sons are
the guests in Philadelphia of Capt.
and Mrs. w. Taylor Smith.
Mrs. Nathan Evans of Newport
News is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Arthur st. Clair Smith.
Mrs. Arthur M. w. Allen, wife of
Capt. Allen, was hostess at lunch
con and bridge party Wednesday.
Mrs. George w. Simpson, Miss
Louise Simpson and Mrs, William r.
Sayles left Monday for vacation
at Cascade, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Magruder
of San Antonio are visiting Mr..
Magruder's parents, the Rev. DR..
and Mrs. James M. Magruder.
Flight Officer Thomas Thompson
has arrived from Mariana, Fla,
and is spending his leave with his
mother, Mrs. Edna Thompson.
1t. r. c. Lamb, jr., has returned
after two years of duty overseas and
is with his parents.
MIR. and Mrs. G. A. Mattson of St
Paul are the guests of 1t. and Mrs.
r, A, Lejonhud.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Guests Entertained
In Manassas

MANASSAS, Va, Sept. 23.-Sergt
Edward Kite Roseberry, who has
been overseas since last october, has
arrived to spend a furlough with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H
Roseberry.
Mr.. and Mrs A. l.. Pence have as
guests Mrs. B. E. Frady of Rocky
Mount, N. c., and Miss Camille Long
Of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith have
visiting them Mrs. Blanche Day OF
Washington.
Mrs. A. O. Weldon entertained at
luncheon Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Maggard
have as their guest for the week end
the formers sister, Miss Nell Mag
gard of Baltimore.
DR.. William Lipscomb Jamison OF
Washington is spending the week
end with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Lipscomb Jamison, at Wind Ridge.
Mrs. Charles Mcguire of WASH
ington is at Robnel Farm for an in
definite stay.
Mrs. Charles Gaunt of Washing
ton is the guest Of her cousin, Mrs
w. S. Athey.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
.NeuS of Society
In W0rreutOn

WARRENTON, Va, Sept. 23.-
Mrs. Frederick S. Greene, Mrs.
Francis T. Greene and her two
children have returned to Warren
ton from Rensselaerville. N. Y,
where they spent the summer.
Mrs. Taylor Keith and her sons,
Taylor and Langhorne Keith, ar
rived this week to spend the winter
with Mrs. John A. c. Keith.
Mrs. Peyton Woodzelf is visiting
her husband who is based at the
naval station in Jacksonville.
Miss Agnes Blackwell Is spending
week in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sloane have
returned from Quebec.
Mrs. Crosby Hornblow of New
York has arrived to spend two
weeks with her father, Mr.. Oscar
Terry Crosby, at View Tree Hall
Miss Emile Nelson is visiting
friends in San Antonio.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Lees are
spending some time in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Harrison Of
Chevy Chase have as their guests
their son, Mr.. Lloyd Harrison, jr.,
of the University of Virginia; Mr.
Frank Smith of Easey, S. c., and
Mr.. Max Coll-Pardo of Miami.
Corpl. Richard Hedges is home
on furlough from his base at Fort
Dix, N. j., and is with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hedges Of
Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1944-09-24

Bank, N. j., son Of Mr.. Lawrence
A. Carton and the late Mrs. Carton.
Miss O'Meara attended New York
University School Of Music Educa-
ton and Is . professional organist.
Mr.. Carton Is graduate OF st.
Johns University. He is member
Evening star., 1944-09-24
n Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. william J. OMeara
Of New York City announce the en-
gagement OF their daughter, Miss
Anita Marie OMeara to Mr.. Arthur
B. Carton OF Brooklyn and Red
Evening star., 1944-09-24

OF the District Of Columbia and New
York Bar. He now ID with the Ma
tional War Labor legal division IN
Washington.
The wedding VIII take place in
the fall.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
IN BACK RAYON CREPE

-Outftters to GentleUon1en Since 1903
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
SCHOOLS AID COLLECTION
Statewide Collection of NIill1weed,
Need For War

Plans for statewide school
milkweed collection campaign have
been completed under the direction
of Paul NJ. Hodgson, acting state
supervisor of vocational agricul-
ture and state advisor of the Flu
ture Farmers of America. Mr..
Hodgson, who has submitted the
plans for the program to school SUI
perintendents and principals to
guide them and their schools in
their participation, urged that
other individuals and organizations
assist. He suggested that they
may gather the weed themselves
and turn it in or notify the schools
of their districts as to where any is
found growing A maximum har-
vest of pods from wild milkweed
plants this fall is necessary to
meet essential war requirements
for milkweed floss as a substitute
for Java Kapok in life jackets, life
belts, and similar equipment for
the armed forces, the War Food
Administration advised in seeking
Delaware's cooperation.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
GUY EDMONDSON PROMOTED
Made Technical Sergeant at Eng
land Bomber Station

Guy M. Edmondson, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Edmondson, ST., Mt.
Vernon Street, has been promoted
from staff to technical sergeant it
was announced recently by Maj
Gen. James P. Hodges, command
ing Liberator Bomber division at
an Eighth Air Force Liberator Sta
ton in England. Sergeant Ed
mondson is a radio operator gum
ner with B-24 Liberator heavy
bomber group commanded by Col.
Arthur j. Pierce of Massachusetts,.
This group received official COM
mendation from Lieut.-Gen. James
H. Doolittle, commanding Eighth
Air Force, for combat achievement
on their first mission which was an
attack against Berlin. 1t was the
longest initial assault ever flown by
any unit in the history of the Euro
pean theatre and one of the heav-
lest daylight bombardments of the
German capital on record. Ser
geant Edmondson has been over
seas since March, 1914.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
UNION CHURCH
MARK 155 YEAR
Anniversary Services at His
tOric Methodist Church
Next Sunday
DIR. HEARN TO SPEAK

The one hundred and fifty-fifth
anniversary of the historic Old
Union Church, on the dual highway
just north of Blackbird, will be
held Sunday, September 10th, with
services both morning and after
noon, Tilghman Smith, the pastor,
has announced. An "old-fashioned
love feast" will be held at 10 a. m.
DR.. Walter A. Hearn, of Dover, SUI
perintendent of the Dover District,
will be guest speaker at the IL
o'clock service.
Wilmington Man to Speak
An address will be given by John
G. Leach, vice-president of Beacon
College, Wilmington, and life
member of the Union Church AS
sociation, at the afternoon service
beginning at 2:30. Special music
will be rendered by the Townsend
and Blackbird Church choirs.
Ralph L. Brown will take part in
the love feast and the music.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
EVANGELIST TO
PREACH HERE
Services at Asbury Church
Sept. Ills With DR.. Har-
ry Denman Speaker
SCHOOL AT DOVER

Each evening during the Meth
odist School of Evangelism to be
held in Dover next week, there will
be preaching in the churches of the
vicinity of Dover by Gospel Teams
sent out by the school. DR.. Harry
Denman, executive secretary of
General Board of Evangelism of
Methodist Church, Nashville will be
the evening speaker at Asbury
Church, from Sept. Ills. Service
will be held each evening at 1880
o'clock and the public is invited to
attend.
Rev. Green Secretary of Board
The school is being sponsored by
the Peninsula Conference Board of
Evangelism with the following
committees: Executive, DR.. w. A.
Hearn, Rev. R. E. Green, Rev. ]. A
Trader, DR.. A. ]. Jackson, Rev. j
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
SERVICE MEN AT ROTARY
Local Men, Home ON Leave, De-
scribe Army, Navy Life


Three men of the armed forces
who are guests of their families in
Smyrna talked at the last meeting
of the Smyrna Rotary Club. John
Garis, A. S. 4c, U. S. Navy, who
has just completed his boot train
ing at the Naval Training Center,
Sampson, N. Y, described the
training. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant CARTS. Corp. Ellery j.
Ward, U. S. Army Air Forces, at
home on furlough from Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio, told of his
part in the physical training pro-
gram for officers, preparing them
for combat service Corporal Ward
flew east to Dover Army Air Field
in an Army bomber.
Tells of South America
Lieut.. John G. Cowden, U. S.
Army Air Force, gave an account
of his service in Trinidad and
South America. He said that the
standard of living was much lower
there than in North America, with
the daily wage average at SO cents
per day. The entrance of North
Americans changed this condition,
with increase in wages and better
working conditions. DR.. V. Lay
Phillips was chairman of the pro-
gram; the Rev. Robert E. Green,
vice-president, presided in the alb
sence of President Harry Bostick,
who is recovering from a serious
illness.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
EACH SCHOOL CHILD WILL BE
EXAMINED DAILY FOR POLIO

ence. Ruth Webb of Milford, who
was graduated from the Women's
College, University of Delaware, in
1914, will teach English. Jane
Rupert of Kennett Square, Pa, who
was graduated from the West
Chester State Teachers College,
was appointed teacher of social
studies. She is the daughter of
the superintendent of schools at
Kenneth Square and her teaching
experience includes Avondale, Pa.
Rachel Burris, a member of the
June class at the John Bassett
Moore School, will be the office as
sistant with Mrs. Lillian Billeb,
secretary.
List of Faculty
Other faculty members include:
Glenn S. King, Margaret Dam, Mar
garet O'Neill, Mildred H. Harring-
ton, Gwendolyn Marshall, Viola
Filters, Frank Hynson, Virginia
Smith, Doris S. Fearon, Ruth Bas-
sett, Helen P.Start, Grace Collision,
Helen Scout, Florence Klinger, Bar
bara Gordy, Pauline S. Hovis, Ethel
Powell, Pauline Matthews, Lulu
Ricards, Mildred King, Caroline
Stats, Elizabeth Knots. Vivian
Beltz is the school nurse and Ben
jamin Scorah, the custodian. The
faculty of the Negro school in
cludes: Samuel S. Dodson, Harley
Taylor, Sarah Wright, I. Inez Bur-
ton, Katherine Bessellieu, Lorraine
Jackson, Emma Milby, with John
Richardson and James Blackshire
as janitors.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07

Each school child will be under
strict surveillance by the school
nurse, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by members
of the Smyrna School Board, in
cooperation with the local Board
of Health, in an effort to check any
possible outbreak of infantile par
alysis here. The school nurse will
examine each and every school
child daily, until cold weather re-
moves the danger of the disease
spreading. The decision for open
ing the school at the scheduled
time this year was reached by the
School Board after careful consid-
Grafton and checking with health
authorities throughout the state, a
spokesman said.
Children Safer In School
The School Board feels, it was
reported, that children would be
safer in school because they would
be under constant and close exam
nation. Any evidence of polio
would be reported Immediately by
Mrs. Vivian Beltz, the school nurse.
Schools here opened yesterday,
with full sessions set for today
and tomorrow. George w. Wright,
superintendent, addressed faculty
members at a meeting of that
group Tuesday morning.
8 New Teachers Here
There are three new faculty
members. Evelyn Smith of North
East, Md, a University of Mary
land graduate, who formerly taught
at Rising Sun, Md, will teach sci
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
WHOLE NO. 1852
SCOUTS END
PAPER DRIVE
Girls Collected 5O,697 Pounds
of Paper, Give 500 Hours
To Collection
FINAL PROMOTIONS

Girl Scouts have completed their
paper salvage drive which they
have conducted throughout the
summer. The grand total report is
800 hours spent, 3,107 calls made,
and 50,697 pounds of paper col
lected. AT the beginning of the
drive six girls were appointed as
Leaders of the Paper Troopers
with the rank of first lieutenant.
Six Others were appointed assist
ant leaders with the rank of second
lieutenant. All others started as
privates. Promotions were given
on the basis of number of hours
spent.
Final Promotions
| The final standings are as fol-
lows: Beginning as first lieuten-
ants: 4 star generals, Jane O'Neill,
Ruth Gooden; Brigadier generals,
Jacquie Potter, Irene Moffitt, La
Velle Markley; Colonel: Jeanne
Goldsborough. Beginning as Sec
ond lieutenants: Lieut.. Col. Sally
Bodley; Major, Muriel Beltz, Ruth
Johnson, Mary Keck, Alice Jane
Matthews; Captain, Marie FAIRIES.
Beginning as privates. Master Ser
geant, Jean Snow; Staff Sergeant,
Helen Burge; Sergeant, Patty Mid
dleton, Bernice Burris, Matilda
Robinson, Peggy Clark, Ann
Knots; Corporal, Ellener Attix,
jeanne Deakyne, Ella Mae Gard
ner, Josephine Budd, Charlyn Mis-
sinner, Evelyn Heinold, Ruth Keck,
Mary Easley; Private first class:l
Betty Jean Lovegrove, Thelma
Dulin, Kay Boehmler, Mary Ever
EFT, Margery Lamb, Bunny Senger,
Leota Hadley, Lorraine Stats,
Audrey Ashton.
Pinafore Dance
rs the climax of the summer &C
tivities of the scouts, they held a
Pinafore Dance at the Century
Club, amid garden setting with
flowers, lawn chairs, japanese LIANT
ems, and a real victory garden
transplanted there. Mrs. William
E. Matthews, Jr., headed the dec
orations committee, and her aides
were Miss Dorothy Burge, Miss
Peggy Clark, Miss Marie FAIRIES,
and Miss Alice Jane Matthews.
The general chairman is Mrs. Cliff
ford Burge. Music was furnished
by Walter Adams, Lorraine Dono-
van, and Jack Griffin. In. charge
of refreshments were Mrs. Harry
Johnson, Mrs. George Clark, and
Mrs. Clarence Bodley. Scout MEM
bers who arranged the program
were Miss Sally Bodley, Miss Mar
gerry Lamb, Miss Mary Keck, and
Miss Ruth Johnson.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
THREE NEW TEACHERS HERE
Out of Town Faculty Members,
Settled i'm Homes

The three new members of the
faculty of the John Bassett Moore
School will live in the following
homes: Miss Evelyn Smith, in the
home of Mrs. Elwood Barlet; Miss
Ruth Webb, with Mrs. William
Tomlinson; Miss Jane Rupert in
Miss Anne Beckett's. Miss Flor
ence Klinger has returned to the
home of Mrs. R. D. Hoffecker;
Ruth Bassett, to Mrs. Robert Den
ney; Mrs. John Fearon, of the mu-
sic department will live with Mrs.
L. M. Miles; Virginia Smith has re-
turned to Miss Beckett's home, and
Mrs. Pauline Hovis, Miss Viola
Filters and Miss Gwndolyn Mar
shall have returned to Mrs. Lillian
SWANS.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
CHURCH YOUTH
PLAN PROGRAM
To Start Season With Cover
ed Dish Supper To-
morrow Night
MEET TWICE MONTHLY

The Methodist Youth Fellowship
of the Asbury Church will inaugur-
ate its program for the coming
year with a covered dish supper at
$50 tomorrow evening. This will
be the first of a series of sixteen
meetings which have been planned
around the theme Lights Around
the World" There will be two
meetings each month on the first
Friday and the fourth Sunday.
Friday evenings will be devoted to
business, a worship service and a
recreational program. Sunday ev-
enings the program will be pre-
scented at the regular hour of pub
lie worship.
To Outline Years Theme
On Friday evening, Mrs. Henry
Price, director of young peoples
work, will present the following
outline of the years theme: Sep
TENDER: Sparks Glow in Indian
Campfires;" October: Lights
Clean in the Caribbean; Novem-
Der: Lamps Shine Along Country
Roadsides"; December: Candle
Light Service for Former Youth
Leaders now in our Countrys Ser
vice.; January: Light Shines from
a Tall Spire in Smyrna; Febru-
airy: Candles Beam Under the
Southern Cross; March: Chinese
Lanterns Travel; April: One-act
play, "a Light in the Window" ;
May: Torches Flare West of the
Date Line"
Committee in Charge
The committee in charge of the
program Friday evening is Mrs.
Robert Green, counsellor; Ruth
Gooden, Jean Snow, Alice Jane
Matthews, Bobby FAIRIES and Ed
ward Melvin. Mrs. Raymond Snow
is chairman of the committee serv-
ing the supper assisted by Mrs.
! Harry Johnson, Mrs. Lee Gooden,
Mrs. Harvey Wright, Miss Eliza
beth Jones, Mrs. Leroy Piper, Mrs.
John Griffin.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
FARM LOAN IN STATE
S1S,182 To Be Loaned by FSA
Next Year

Farm ownership loans aggregat-
ing S18,1S2 will be made in Della
ware by the Farm Security Admin
istration in the coming IL months,
State Director John D. Leather
man has announced. The sum will
probably not cover more than three
loans, he said, and represents re-
duction from S36,365 in the proceed
ing fiscal year. The loans will be
made from the backlog of applica-
lions held over from the preceding
year when applications ran about
20 times the number of loans avail
able, according to Leatherman. The
FSA Director reported increasing
difficulty in finding family type
farms at reasonable prices. He
said present price levels were rang
ing we'll above the earning power
of the farm computed on longtime
average prices.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
Trains BOmbardiers
CLAYTON BOY HONORED
Solitary F. Bush Wears DIE
Three Oak Leaf Clusters

Staff Sergeant Harry F. Bush,
21-year-old flying gunner of Clay
ton, is the veteran of many air as
saults against industrial and mil
itary targets in Nazi held coun-
tries and the Reich. Stationed at
an Eighth Air Force Bomber Sta
ton in England, Sgt. Bush holds
the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters, as we'll as the Distin-
guished Flying Cross, awarded for
bravery, unselfishness and devo-
ton to duty" Sergeant Bush is
the son of Mrs. James M. Bush of
Clayton. His wife, Mrs. Elaine
Bush, resides at 4408 Marx Av-
enue, in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior
to his entering the Army Air
Forces in July of 1912 he was an
aircraft mechanic at the Glenn l..
Martin factory in Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
EXHIBITS FOR
GARDEN SHOW
Chairman Announces Classifi-
cations For Entries in
Asbury Show
HELD SEPTEMBER 22ND

Mrs. Clifford Jones, chairman of
exhibits, announces the following
classifcations which have been
made for exhibits of flowers, veget-
ables and canned goods, at the Vic
tory Garden Show on Friday, Sep
TENDER %. Division 1. Best speci-
man blooms. These exhibits should
be in plain glass containers such as
fruit jars and jelly glasses. The
number following the class means
the number of stems to be entered:
1 Giant zinnia, 8; 2, Lilliput zennia,
6; 8. African Marigolds, 3; A..
French Marigolds, 6; 5. Cosmos, g.;
6. Hydrangeas, 3; Z. Gladioli 8; 8.
Single Petunia, 6; 9. Double Pc
tuna, 3; 10. Snap Dragons, 3; IL.
Phlox, 3; II. Scarlet Sage, 3; 10.
Scabiosa, 6; IA. Garllaidia, 6; 10.
Cactus Dahlia, one color, 3; 16.
Decorative Dahlia, one color, 8; II.
Pompon Dahlias, 6; Is. Single As
tiers, 6; 10. Double Asters, 3; 20.
Roses, 8; 81. Nasturtians, 6; %.
Chrysanthemums, 6.
Flower Arrangements
Division II: Best flower arrange
ments: %. Table arrangement suit
able for church supper (center
piece and candles); "a. Arrange
ment in old-fashioned dish; %.
Mixed flowers in a basket; &c. Mix
ed flowers in a vase; 27, Mixed
flowers in a bowl; %, Arrangement
suitable for a hall; 20, suitable for
a porch; 30. winter bouquet, any
container; 81. bowl of ivy; 80. zin-
MAS, any container; 33. asters, any
container; "a. petunias, any con-
tainer; 30. marigolds, any contain
err; SO. best fiat arrangement for
table; 81. wild flowers, any con.
tainer; 80. most unusual arrange
ment; SO. miniature, not over g.
inch, 40 childrens arrangements.
Vegetable Display
Division III: Vegetable display:
Al. Best arrangement of vegetables
for center piece; AZ. Best arrange
ment of fruit and vegetables for
center piece; 43. Arrangement of
gourds; Al. Best tomatoes, 6; As.
white potatoes, 6; 46. sweet pota-
toes; AZ. lima beans (pt0; 48.
string beans, (pt.); 40. sweet pep
pers, 3; so. onions, 6; 81. Eggplant,
Q; 81, best pumpkin. /.
Canned Goods Exhibit
Division ": Canned vegetables
and fruit: Best 1 quart: tomatoes;
"a. string beans; So. lima beans;
Sc. corn; 81. beets; SO. soup mix
ture; SO. greens; go. 8 jars of pick
les; 81. jars jelly. First and Sec
ond class awards will be made for
each class. Sweevpstake prizes
will be given to the person who re-
ceives the highest number of
awards in each decision and to the
one receiving highest number of
awards in all divisions.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
"PAT" MURRAY
.DIEDLABOR
JanitOr of School For Nearly
80 Years Found UncOn-
scious in Town Office
FUNERAL TOMORROW

John Francis Murray, known
Familiarity as pat" to thousands of
school children during nearly 80
years when he was school janitor,
died at the Kent General Hospital
at Dover Monday night. Mr.. Muir
ray, who was 70 years old, was
found unconscious in a rest room
at the Town Office, where he had
been custodian for many years.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Burris Muir
ray, asked for help in searching
for her husband when he did not
return home on Labor Day. John
c. Mannering, member of town
council who had a pass key, and
Temple Heinold, of the town police
force, found Mr.. Murray in the
locked rest room, where it is as
sumed he had been all day, follow
ing a stroke while cleaning the
room.
Taken To Hospital
Mr.. Murray was taken to the
Dover hospital in the ambulance of
the David C. Harrison Post, No. IA
by Temple Heinold. He died
around midnight. Mr.. Murray had
worked for the Pennsylvania Rail
road prior to his position as school
janitor here, from which job he re-
signed in 1885 due to ill health.
He was the son of Frank and Mary
Murray, both of Ireland. Funeral
services will be held Friday after
noon, September Sth at 2 o'clock,
with the Rev. F. M. Barton officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery. Besides his wife,
Mr.. Murray is survived by one sis
ter, Mrs. William Givison, of New
Castle, Del.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
1T. VIM. BODLEY
ENDS TRAINING
Graduates From B-24 Liber
atOr Bomber Co-PilOt
School, Keesler Field
TECHNICAL TRAINING

End 1t. William B. Bodley, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence E. Bod
ley, was graduated Saturday from
the AAF Training Command S
B-24 Liberator bomber co-pilot
school at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mis-
sissippi, after completing an inten-
sive five-weeks course in four-en-
CINE aircraft flying and technical
training. 1t. Bodley was gradual
ed from the advance school of
aviation at Ellington Field, Texas,
and received his commission on
June 9th. He is graduate of the
John Bassett Moore High School.
Technical knowledge
The Keesler co-pilot school rep
resents new phase of training
within the Army Air Forces, where
in the men who will fly heavy
bombardment aircraft have been
given technical knowledge of the
plane and practice in emergency
procedures along with their flying
training. Accompanying him on
his flying training missions were
students of the B-24 Liberator
bomber mechanics course, who
were taken into the air to practice
the duties of the aerial engineer, a
phase of training in the Flight
Procedures branch.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
John X. Conard, 10, Dies at Home
of Son Near Dover

John r. Conard, age 70, died at
the residence of his son, William
L. Conard near Dover, Tuesday,
September 9Th. He was a son of
Isaac and Sara Robinson Conard.
Funeral services will be held at
FAIRIES Funeral Chapel today
Thursday at l p. M, with Rev.
R. E. Green officiating. Burial will
be in Odd Fellows Cemetery. The
following children survive: John
R. Conard of Dover, James Conard
and Mrs. Maggie Emert, both of
Smyrna; Mrs. Annie E. Voss of
Townsend, William L. Conard of
Dover, and Isaac w. Conard of
Boothwyn, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1944-09-07
Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene, Rev. ],
w. Parkins, pastor, makes the fol-
lowing announcements: Prayer
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. M
Sunday services: Sunday School
9:45 a. M; morning worship, 1O:45
a. M; evangelistic and praise meet
ing, 1880 p. m.