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Smyrna times., 1946-06-20
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date Of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1946-06-20
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Questions and
Answers
On Items of Interet to
the Veteran

COT
Q-Are veterans of World War
I eligible for benefits under the
Servicemen's Readjustment Act
(G.I. Bill
A-No. Its benefits are for
World War II veterans only.
Q-Can a VA guaranty be OBJ
tanned if the loan is to be used by
a minor or a person under legal
disability
A-No. However, it may be
noted that nearly 80 states have
passed laws emancipating minor
veterans and their minor spouses
with respect to CT. loan transac-
tions.
Q-Are lenders required to get
prior approval from Veterans Ad-
Smyrna times., 1946-06-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. John H. HOffeck-
er left on Monday for Boston, to
attend the Eighth Triennial Sum
day School Convention. They will
be gone about a week. They were
Joined at Wilmington by Mrs. John
HI. Huntingdon and Miss Mary E.
Savin.
Thomas w. Eliason, Jr., and
wife, of Chestertown, Md, were in
Smyrna Monday to attend the fun
eral of his aunt, Miss Mary A.
Walker.
Rev. H. E. Gilroy who was the
successor of Rev. DR.. John A.
Roche in the pastorate of the M.
E. Church of this town-1851 and
1s52-died on Saturday, in Ches-
ter, Pa.
Miss May Stubs of Philadelphia
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. William
FAIRIES.
Miss Virginia Roberts, of Dover,
and Miss Maggie Bishop, of Ches-
void, are being entertained by
Mrs. H. B. Grieves.
Mrs. John Heitshu, of Dover
was in town Monday in attendance
to the funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann
Walker.
Miss Edith Cahoon, of Dover, is
making Miss Nellie Brown a visit
during the commencement exer-
cises.
MISS Lulu Forbes, of Dover, is
the guest of Miss Margaret Robin
son.
Mrs. Carrie Lassel left yester-
Gay to visit her daughter, Mrs. w.
J. Shearer at Elizabeth, N. J.
Miss Margaret McColley,, of
Philadelphia, is the guest of Miss
Beulah Jefferson.
Miss Helen McCaulley, of Will
mhngton, is the guest of Miss Ber-
tina Hoffecker.
Miss Ella Smithers has returned
from a visit to Germantown. Pa.
VIM. R. Cahoon and family of
Dover, spent Sunday with his sis
ter, Mrs. L. A. Gotten.
Mrs. L. o. Waller is making a
visit to relatives in Philadelphia.
Miss Allie Gale, of Chestertown.
Nd, is being entertained by her
cousin, Miss Annie Gale.
MIR. and Mrs. l.. Irving HANDY
and children of Newark, are visit
ing her mother, Mrs. w. M. Bell.
Miss Nellie Ozier, of Baltimore. |
was the guest yesterday of Miss
Bessie Counselman.
Samuel M. Hoffecker, with Wan
amaker & Brown, Philadelphia. is
home for a time.
Miss Lottie Smith is home from,
the Hannah Moore College, Refs
tertown College, Nd, for the vaca-
ton.
Jack Constable, of Elkton is
spending a few days in town. He
Us one of the Engineering Corps of
the United States Coast Survey.
Rev. j. d. Riggs, of Chester, Pa.
made his Smyrna friends a visit |
yesterday.
Ralph Staats, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday in town.
Rev. Stanley l.. Krebs, who gave
the annual address Monday even
ing was the guest of his cousin
Principal c. H. LeFevre. He left
yesterday afternoon, much pleased !
with his trip to our town.
The Sunday School of Wesley
M. E. Church, Dover, will go on an
excursion to Woodland Beach on
Tuesday week, June 80.
DR. Charles A. Ritchie, of, Mid
dletown, and Miss Jennie Shipley,
Of Philadelphia, were married at
the home of the brides parents,
Smyrna times., 1946-06-20
BEE KEEPERS TO MEET

Beekeepers Association
to Meet Near Wilmington
Members of the Delaware Bee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-26
GRINDING and POLISHING HEADS

Model 400 is similar to Model 100 in every detail ex- cept size and price. Also available in either alumi. mum, bronze or cast iron. It is especially built for use with wood, metal, plastic or any other material requiring grinding, buflng, drilling or polishing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-26

Model 100 is cast in alu- minum, bronze and iron. 1A" fianges hold standard size wheels of 1" face and 19" more. v-belt pulley drive and "Oilite" bronze bear ings. Model 200 cast in bronze only, is equipped with Torrington needle bear ings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-26

12" tilting arbor saw machined from heavy grey iron. Steel base. No die castings. Maxi mum depth of cut 41s". Table size with exten. sions 42" by 32". Fence has accurate adjust ment with patented lock in rear. Guide bar calibrated in 18th of an inch for precise meas uring. Cost amazingly low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-26

Double end bail bearing mandrel also comes with M inch shaft 12 inches long, Arbor on either end for circular saws grinding wheels having N" bore. @' V-bet pulley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-26
The "HOMEMASTER"
BALL BEARING BENCH GRINDER

ball bearing bench grinder The Senior cast from sKF Red Seal ball bearing equipped vbe drive The 1 fngeS designed to hold standard diameter with N bore and from N to sl" face Tool rests and shields furnished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-26
Saw MandreIs- Jack Shafts

Ball bearing single end saw mandrel with M inch shaft 121 inches long, H inch arbor op one end, 2vV.belt pulley other end.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-17
II 9 4 OUTLOOK

WI, does the future hold in store Tor US or
where do we go from here, and how long w'ii i
take, These are burning questions at the Desih-
ming Of 1916.
/. MIGHT be appropriate to take q resume OF
VIVA, has been accomplished in the last few years
,,aer The New Deal, and what we should do to
s,feqnard the accomplishments achieved, and
what new legislation should be enacted TO keep
m our progress toward better living conditohs
fo- evervon. regardless Of his station in lite
President Roosevelt found thousands OF banks
,lased and our entire banking system threatened
with bankruptcy. He courageously took charge
oe the situation, restored confidence, and within
three months after Inauguration had the Ilass-
steacall bank act enacted, including a provision
Tor the guaranty of bank deposits. his act com
nle,elv restored public confidence in our banks
and ended the panicky withdrawal OF deposits
with the consequent closing OF the bank, entaillns
enormous losses to deposits. Both banks ana
the public should be grateful for this legislation.
Prior to its enactment there had been a panic
every II years. but since its enactment there mas
been no panics and practically no bank closings
nor loss to depositors.
The security and exchange act protects the
investor from fake and worthless stocks such as
insult used to fleece the public out OF billions OF
dollars. Wilson had given the country the ted
eral trade commission which ended unfair business
practices.
Wilson gave US the federal land banks &c
make loans to the farmers for long terms at small
Montana labor news., 1946-01-17
OPA NEWS ON
RATION BOOKS

since ~. recent announcement that
Nith lie end oi rationine (cNccpt
sugar. tie il uance II rcw ration books
and requirements Ior mutilatcd ones
would he iron the district 2ii'cc y
price administration il Helena, that
Office is receiving, ior exchange, books
Whieh already con'a'u all spares which
would be in the rei,sucd booN.
The district oiiic, consequently o.
icr, tie following additional iniorma-
ton Tor the guidance 81 those ration
book holders il doubt about the validity
ui the stamps in their present Book
Four ration books.
The replacement "book' now beng
issued by the OpA is a small slcc.
about the size OF A dollar bill and called
Sugar Ration Book issued instead OF
identical stamps in War Ration Book
Four. On il are printed 10 coupons,
namely. SO sugar. and the following
spares, 40. 81, s., S. 3, T., II, 10 and
9, in that order.
Now that you ration book is just a
souvenir" except Tor the above nuin-
hercd sugar stamps. a check Will prob
ahly reveal these stamps intact and the
book complete Tor all future uses, re-
gardless OF its condition Keep th'
sheets on which these numbers appear
and destroy all rcd, blue and greet
pages Of stamps for your convenience
II desired.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-17
WHAT TO TELL YOUR
CONGRESSMAN

NEW YORK. - (FPl- Snare Your
congressman before he returns 70
Washington and make him promise to
sign discharge petition l. 10 abolish
lie House committee on un-.American
activities. the National Federation tor
Constitutional Liberties urged It's mem
bers January 9.
Pointing out that the committee 5
1915 program calls for a witch hunt
against a number Of progressive organ
i~yations and liberal radio commentators,
The federation warned that The congress
s.ol.al group increasingly reflects the
anti SeIaitic. anti-Ncgro and anti-laboI
~prcjldiccs oi Representative John Kan
kin. who dominates il severy act
About 50 signatures have been collected
out o ithc llS needed to get the pcti'
ion on the floor Of the House.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-17
CM STRIKE HAS
RUBBER LINING

DI.TROlT.-tP)-Onc advantage oi
The prolonged General Motors. strike
and the failure 81 other auto makers
- come anywhere near their produc-
iian schedules was the larger volume Of
passenger car tires available 70 motor
.st, when tire %rationing ended January
Each unmade car meant tour new
tres on the open market.
The United Auto Workers tOlOl
strike marked time in Detroit pending
recommendations Of the TACT finding
a,oard 10 President Truman. y rumor
tina, between - cents and II cents
would be recommended and that ON
might settle Tor II cents, equal 70 Just
over a Is per cent increase, was dis
cussed during the week among JAW
uncn'Dcrs who were specu|atlycly IN
slined.
Company attempts to get inJunctions
on the charge OF unlawful picketing III
various GIN towns failed Of important
results as the union ironcd out mis-
understandings
Montana labor news., 1946-01-17

r,,.. of interest. The New Deal amplif'ed the
land hank and also has enacted in the interest OF
Il. xu.rs The production credit and farm Sc
curity administration, and in the interest ! "e
home owner the II. O. c. c. and +. n. A. ihese
services cut the rate of interest in halt and
Granted longtime payment.
To add to the comfort of the people. the New
Deal had enacted social security, old-ase assist
ance. help for the blind and Tor dependent moth
80 and children. The IVA with its full develop
men, Of the Tennessee valley has added many
comforts of life and prosperity to It's people, by
the production Of cheap electricity, cheap iert'-
~, wonderful fishing and land Improvement.
soil conservation. besides building up the SOIL
have bailt thousands Of reservoirs with windmllls
10 provide water for cattle and sheep over Tor
merly arid areas.
From the financial standpoint, in spite OF a ma
.;onI debt Of 276 billions, which we could pay
from profits and savings made, our nation is
ii 4 harpy and solvent condition. Governor
Hunt Of Wyoming said recently over the radio
that the public has saved 200 billion dollars IN
he past five years. Corporations have made
~ billions, ilaAinS d to'A . C'D/Z "
which is 4315 billions over our national debt.
Life magazine (Dec. 10 says Of our s. million
homes. eight million are beyond repairing, leav-
mo 3 million homes. and we need 10 million
new ones. Private industry says it can build
o,ly half million a wear. which will be financed
90 per cent BY private money, according to = ,.
news. We also need new schoolhouses, business
houses. civic centers, post Offices, Office buildings
livestock sale pavilions. city parks, and various
other buildings. Also a large road building and
rcpairinu plan. electric power development, RE-A
power lines and all kinds Of manufactured goods
From the above it is apparent that we should
enjoy many years OF prosperity his matefa
prosperity is not enough; the happiness OF the
people is just as important. We should sxparo
our social security law to provide tor medical
dental and hospital care for those in need. w
are in this field many years behind every othe'
civilized nation. We need peace between capita
and labor, with fair wages and reasonable profits
full employment, and continuation OF r t
prevent initiation, and an MVA with cheap powe
to develop our wonderful resources and furnis!
employment to many thousands.
We were fortunate in having a great humanl
tartan. Franklin Roosevelt to promulgate thes
measures. and a worthy successor in Harry lrr
man to carry them on to full fruition. The grea
est need is to prod Congress to abandon its lett
argy and enact necessary legislation.
The Yellowstone.
Montana labor news., 1946-01-17
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Evening star., 1946-12-15
Prince Georges Group
Nominaies Officers

Charles r. Hartley. president oi
the Independent Trade Association
of Prince Georges County, has beer
renominated for another term. MIL
ton M. Mister Of Mount Rainier
also has been nominated for the
post.
Other nominees are:
For vice president. Thomas M
Hoffmeister; secretary, Leonard
Rochlin; treasurer, Russell Travers
William L. Harrell, Otis q. Dudrow;
directors for two years, Thomas E
Freeman, Paul A. Sellers, r. =
Amiss, Harry H. McFarlin, H. Payne
Slinkman and Cliff Piercy: directors
for one year, Bert Friedman. James
Temple, Marvin s. Baltimore, James
r. Casbarian, George M. Jones and
Julius Akman.
Officers and directors will be
elected at the January meeting.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Symphony to Present Concert
7 ornorrow in Chevy Chase

Thes National Symphony Orches-
ira, back from Its successful 1ive-
State tour, will give the second OF
the neighborhood concerts sponsored
by The Evening Star at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow at Leland Junior High
School in Chevy Chase. Md.
The concerts are intended to take
the orchestra into various sections
Of the city and the suburban areas
to give more residents q frst-hand
acquaintance with its music.
AS in the case Of the first concert
at Roosevelt High School last month,
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor, will be
on the podium tomorrow night.
DR.. Kinder has selected Mozart's
Symphony No. 20 in A major for
the principal number.
The program opens with Fresco-
baldis Toccata which will be fol-
lowed by Bach's chorale prelude
Wachet auf.
Following a brief intermission the
symphony will play Moussorgsky's Z
Chant Russo, and the Introduction
to Act and the Drunks at the
Wedding, from Shostakovich's Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk. !.
Sibelius' Finlandia will be the
finale.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Maryland Income Taxes
IMuy Go Back to Al Rate
By tho Assoeiotsd Press


FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 1.-THE
so per cent credit allowed against
State income taxes paid by indi-
viduals for the last several years
has not been authorized for taxes
which become due next April Is,
State Senator John B. Funk said
today.
Mr.. Funk, who did not run for
reelection to the State Senate, said
that unless Governor William
Preston Lane or the new legislature
convening January l, take some
action, individual income rates will
return to the 194l rate. That rate
called for per cent on ordinary
income and per cent on invest
ment income.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
4-H Group Elects.

Charles County's older youth
All Club has elected the following
Officers: William Blackhall, Faux
ner, president; James Rollins,
Dentsville, vice president: Helen
Ann Norris. La Plata, secretary, and
Betty Linton, Nanjemoy. treasurer.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

The Toccata and Chant Russo
have been recorded by the National
symphony.
Tomorrow nights program, like
the others in the series, is to be
broadcast by Station WMAL, requir-
ing that the guests be in their seats
by 8:15 in order to have the audi.
torium quiet when the program goes
on the air.
Invitations for the concert arr
being distributed through Montgom-
cry Blair High School, Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School and
Leland Junior High School. A sup
ply made available In the lobby Of
The Evening Star Building last
Monday was exhausted within few
hours.
The next concert will be at Arm.
strong High School on Monday
January Z.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

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Evening star., 1946-12-15
1Three-Counfy Group
Seeks Improvement
|0f La PLATA Road
spseieI pispo,eh 10 The s,o,

I LAPLATA, Nd. Dec. 14-South-
ern Maryland's Special Highway
Committee, seeking early improve
ment of Route S from Washington
to Lyons Corner, near here, has
scheduled q meeting Wednesday
night at Hughesville High School
state legislators representing
Prince Georges. st. Marys and
Charles Counties have been asked
| to attend.
Committee members have re.
ported that State Roads Commits
sion Chairman Robert M. Reindol-
lar has agreed some action should
be taken, but advised that "the vol
ume and type Of trafiic using Route
| 5 should require construction Of q
dual highway similar to the Ritchie
Boulevard between Annapolis and
Baltimore"
In earlier correspondence, the
Commission had indicated that road
plans for the next two years did
not include Route 5, and that funds
for such construction are not avail
able at present.
James B. Monroe, Charles County
State senator elect, has announced
intention to introduce q resolution
in the 1947 legislature urging early
construction Of q dual highway from
Lyons Corner. through Waldorf, to
Washington, toll bridge across the
Patuxent River at Benedict and inn
.provements to the Rock Point New
burg road.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Fire at Maryland Home
Kills z Women and Mon
BY shs As.oeio.sd Press

EBBVALE, Md, Dec. l4.-Three
persons were burned to death today
when fire Of undetermined origin
swept through their home.
The dead are Mrs. Grace Weaver
about go; her father -in-law, Edward
Weaver, SO, and Mrs Florence
Wilhelm, about 80. Mrs. Weayer's
husband, Samuel. escaped injury
Firemen said the position Of the
bodies and q pail found upstairs
in the house indicated the occu-
pants had attempted to put out che
fire themselves.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Aid Security Applicants.

James D. Moore, social security
field representative, has announced
that an agency official will visit La
Plata one day each month to assist
applicants for social security num-
bers and persons entitled to old-age
and survivors insurance.
The agency's ofiice will be located
in the local flrehouse. Mr.. Moore
said the service would begin Janu-
ary IA,
Evening star., 1946-12-15
FBi Agent to Speak

G. I. Jones, q Federal Bureau OF
Investigation agent, will speak on
THE FBI In War and Peace" at 8
pm. uesday at the A. M. e. Zion
Church, South Glebe road, Airing
ton, under the sponsorship OF unit
of the Veterans Memorial Young
Mems Christian Association.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Fairfax Supervisors
To Hear 10 Rezoninq
| Requests This Week

Hearings on 10 irezoning applica-
tions will be held before the Fair
fax County Board OF Supervisors at
10 am. Wednesday In the board
room at Fairfax. Petitioners are:
Marshall j. Waple, to have re-
zoned from suburban residence to
rural business a tract lin Falls
Church district, to erect a shopping
center, filling station and grocery
store.
Rey H. Carson. to have rezoned
from agricultural to rural business
la tract in Lee district, to erect
grocery store.
Benjamin Cohen. to have rezoned
from suburban residence to rural
business tract in Mount Vernon
district, to erect . shopping center.
Thomas L. Baber, to have rezoned
from suburban residence to rural
business q tract In Providence dis
trict, to erect a filing station and
frozen food locker.
Gilbert L. King, to have rezoned
from rural residence to rural bust.
ness tracts in Centerville district, to
erect filling station.
John and Stuart Abraham and o.
l.. Shockleford, to have rezoned from
suburban residence to rural business
tract in Mount Vernon district,
to erect in shopping center.
James E. Callahan, to have re-
zoned from agricultural to rural
business a tract in Mount Vernon
district, to erect grocery store.
N. c. Hines, to have rezoned from
agricultural to rural business q tract
in Centerville district, to erect a
filling station.
H. w. Rose and Herman Grena-
dier, to have rezoned from rural resi-
dence to suburban residence . tract
in Mount Vernon district. to erect
single family dwellings.
The County Board, on its own ap-
phcation to have rezoned from ur-
ban residence to rural business
tracts now owned by william and
r. M. Hardbower In Mount Vernon
district. aft
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Heads Red Cross Drive.

Mrs. William H. Lloyd, Charles
County Red Cross chapter chair
man, today announced that Jeffer-
son D. Robertson will head the
agency's annual fund drive to begin
in March.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Plan Tree Ceremony.

Plans for Charles Countyis first
community Christmas tree celehra-
ton since the war were announced
today.
Ofiicers of the county's home
makers clubs, volunteer fire depart
ments and other organizations said
the celebration will be staged on the
courthouse lawn the evening Of
December "a.
Tentative program plans include
choral selections by La Plata's three
church choirs, carols sung by stu
dents and recorded music.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Arrangements are being completed
to collect contributions for Christ
mas baskets to be delivered to needy
families of Fairfax County, accord
ing to Miss T. Mary Beachar1, su-
perintendent of the Welfare Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
SALESMAN WITH CAR

for Maryland, Delaways and
pessibly Virginia.
Sell ladies' nsekwear. seorfs, hand
kerehiefs for Fslisbis New York
fisn. Only those knowing the line
considered. Following necessary.
Boz 36j.A. Star