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Smyrna times., 1947-06-12
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

Rev. H. MT hurlow of Clayton
and Rev. A. Stengle of this town
changed pulpits on Sunday morn
ing.
Mrs. Wiltbank, widow of the
late John H. Wiltbank of Milton is
visiting her brother, A. L. Hudson.
Rev. l.. w. Layfield will preach
at the reopening of the church at
Hartly on Sunday next.
Miss Ella F. Swinney, M. D., is
expected home tomorrow after a
few weeks rest among the hills of
New York visiting her oldest
brothhr, Rev. L. R. Swinney of De-
Reyter, N. Y.
Misses Catherine and Margaret
Lowe, of Little Creek, are the
guests of Miss Beth Denney.
Mrs. Annie B. Long and daugh-
ter Mary, are visiting the family
of Frank Wright.
Mrs. Mary Week of Philadelphia
and Mrs. Sarah Rook of Kirkwood
are the guests of Charles Better.
c. B. Sperry and wife of Can
uart, Ohio, are guests of j. c. Biz
zard.
Clifton Collins is home from
Philadelphia on his vacation.
Miss Alice Cheyney of West
Chester, Penna., Miss Helen Nc
Caulley, Miss Mary E. Gillespie
and Miss Claire Cooper of VIII
mington have been guests of Miss
Bertha Hoffecker this week.
Miss Blanche Crow of Whining
ton is visiting Miss Beulah Jeffer-
son.
Miss Florence HAZEL has return
ed home from Clearfield, Pa, for
the summer.
Walter Rash and wife of Phila-
delphia are visiting relations here.
Miss Bertha Smithers is visiting
in Philadelphia.
George H. Raymond, John C.
Stockley, Charles Stockley and
Crawford Stevens are in attend
ance at the commencement exer-
cises at Delaware College today.
Miss Wilson of Philadelphia is
a guest of Mrs. Speakman at Bel
mont.
Mrs. Helen Oakley comes today
on visit to Smyrna friends.
Miss Florence Hall left this
morning for a visit to Kembles-
willie, Pa.
Mrs James Garman and Mrs.
Shultz of st. Georges are the
guests of Mrs. S. B. Garman.
Sixteen unmuzzled dogs, some of
them apparently without owners,
have been shot by the police, as
per the town ordinance.
Singers wantedi Not children
are needed to make the singing on
the Fourth of July a success. We
want every person who can sing to
help make the rendering Of patri-
otto airs one of the features of the
day.
The people of Clayton are still
unsettled over the Postofice ques-
tion. They still say that there
were only two Republicans of the
town on the new appointee's ap-
plication and that his backing is
from the opposite party.
At meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil. Abel Taylor one of our trusted
engineers, protested against the
pronered salary Of Supt. F. l.,
Wright Of $35 a month. Edward
g. Walls was present and spoke in
the interest Of bicyclists who were
endeavering to get q bicycle path
between Smyrna and Clayton. He
asked for the privilege Of building
Smyrna times., 1947-06-12
The Smyrna Times
eNons 52,1 SMYRNA. DELAWARE

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Smyrna times., 1947-06-12

all narts of the principal objcives Rotary
the tenaonalthe advancement
United international understanding
ikingy of the will and peace
Smyrna times., 1947-06-12
NOTICE

In pursuance of an order of Elwood
Kemp. Register of Wills, in and for Kent
County. Delaware dated June 3rd A. d.
1947 notice is hereby given of the granting
Letters of Administration on the estate of
Enoch F. Davis on the 3rd day of June
A. D. 1947. All persons having claims
against the said Enoch F. Davis are re-
quired to exhibit the same to such Admin
istrator within one year after the date of
the granting of such Letters, or abide by
the law in that behalf. which provides that
such claims against the said estate not so
exhibited shall be forever barred.
AUGUSTUS DAVIS,
Administrator of
Enoch f. Davis, deceased
Signed: Elwood Kemp,
Register of Willis
Smyrna times., 1947-06-12
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
$4,000 Members Attend the Con
vention in West

With an attendance of more
than $4,000 Rotarians and MEM
bers of their families from 70 dir
ferent countries of Europe, Asia,
Africa, the Islands of the Pacific
and North and South America, the
38th annual convention of Rotary
International convened in San
Francisco Sunday. Opening the
conventiont program, DR.. Robert
Gordon Sproul, president of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

A gap reaching well over a
thousand miles separates the two
Moslem segments which make
up the new state of Pakistan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

Colorado and Wyoming, there
is a brown phase which is
known as the cinnamon bear.
In some places of that region,
this brown phase is as common
as the black, and cubs of both
colors are found following the
same mother.
In a very limited region near
the corner where Alaska, the
Yukon and British Columbia
meet, there is occasionally
found a bear of a blush gray
color. This is known as the blue
or glacier bear and Is now be-
|lieved to be a color phase of
the black, for black and blue
cubs have been found in the
same litter. This is a rare form.
You probably know what an
albino is - a plant or animal
which lacks the coloring that
ordinary members of its kind
have. A bear which by some
is believed to be an albinistic
form of the black bear is the
inland white or Kermcde's
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

The average human being
takes into his body about ~
gallons Of water every year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
Investigation Again
Postponed In Hickory
ABC Election Voting

HICKORY, Sept. ia special
investigation called by the city
council into alleged voting ir-
regularities in the ABC liquor
store election held here Monday
has been postponed from Satur-
day to next Tuesday.
Official returns showed that
the drys defeated the proposal
for the stores by IS votes. But
the council has refused to certify
the results until reports of il
legal voting by persons living
outside the city limits are check
ed.
tt. council postponed the in
vestigation on the advice of City
Attorney Bailey Patrick, who
said both sides in the election
should be given more time to as
semble data.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
The Book OF knowledge

These bears are found in parts
Of British Columbia. Very little
is known about this rare ami
nal.
Throughout its entire range,
the black bear is an inotfensive
animal, feeding chiefly on
roots, berries, fruits, nuts, ants
and other insects, also %carrion,
fish and flesh. 1t is exceedingly
fond of acorns and beechnuts
and at times will kill sheep,
calves and pigs. It is also fond
of robbing bees nests of their
honey and grubs. Black bears
are expert climbers.
The Asiatic black bear is
about the size of a North Amer.
lean black bear, but has a
squattier appearance and larg.
er head and a white crescent
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
Department:
ANIMAL LIFE)
THE BLACK A

The North American black
bear at one time ranged
throughout most of North
from the Arctic Cir
Gle to central Mexico. It has
been exterminated in many
parts of the United States but
may be found in extensively
wooded regions in many Of the
eastern states, and is still COM
mon throughout the wooded dis
tricts of Canada, Alaska. and
the Rocky Mountain region of
the United States.
It is common in some of the
western states, where it be-
comes very tame, but in other
sections of the country, where
it is hunted, it is one of the
shyest Of animals. The black
bear is smaller than a grizzly
usually weighing less than 300
pounds.
In color this bear is general
ly black, with brown about the
nose, but a number of color
phases are quite well known. In
the neighborhood OF Montana,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
TW0 CAMP LEJEUNEI
MARINES KILLED.
Two Others Injured When
The Four Contact High
Voltage Wire

JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 10 -
sa-Two Camp Lejeune marines
.xsrs electrocuted today and two
..bers seriously injured when the
.raue they were using to unload
..sted refrigerators came in con-
.sct with a high tension wire.
Killed were Pfc. J. L.. Nc
narn,ott and rs J. H. Henley.
1ri,Ired were PFC. Fremont E.
n;ckernan, Jr., and Pfc. Walter
; Davis. No addresses were
Investigating officers said the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

N)-The disposition of the pres
ent campus of Wake Forest Col
lege was discussed today in a
meeting on the campus.
The committee of Is, charged
by the Baptist State convention
of North Carolina to make re-
commentators concerning the
disposal of the present campus,
met with representatives from a
committee of the Southern Bap-
fist Convention on Theological
Education, which is studying the
needs for a new Southern Bap-
fist seminary in the southeastern
area of the United States.
After considerable discussion,
all pointing to the need for a
southeastern seminary, the COM
mittee of Is unanimously adopt
ed a resolution calling for the
Southern committee to recon-
mend the establishment of a new
seminary.
StrOns Plea
The Rev. w. Perry Crouch, of
Asheville, made a strong plea
that the present site of Wake
Forest college, soon to be vaca-
ted when the college moves to
Winston-Salem, be carefully con-
sidered by the southern COM
mittee as the site for a south
eastern seminary.
He pointed out that the Wake
Forest campus is in a strategic
that the present plant offers adj
equate physical equipment for a
seminary, led to another reso-
luton unanimously passed by
the committee of Is that the COM
mittee recommend to the meet
ing of the Baptist State Conven-
ton on North Carolina in its 1947
meeting that the Wake Forest
campus be placed officially be-
fore the Southern Baptist con-
vention as a desirable site for q
southeastern seminary.
The meeting was presided over
by DR.. Ralph A. Fearing of
Winston-Salem, chairman of the
committee of Is
The Committee .
The committee consists of
these members: J. Clyde Turner,
Greensboro, Zene Wall, Shelby,
F. Orion Nixon, Raleigh, S. Lew
is Morgan, Jr., Dunn, H. c..
Hammett, Durham, Clyde E.
Baucom, Wilson, B. E. Morris,
Durham, E.. N. Gardner, Hen
derson, W. Perry Crouch, Ashe-
vile, James B. Turner, Laurin-
burg, W. H. Weatherspoon, Ra-
leigh, Ronald E. Wall, Elizabeth
City, r. Knolan Benfield, Hick-
DRY, and Edwin F. Perry, Rock
ingham.
The representatives Of the
Southern Baptist Convention
committee on Theological Edu-
cation were DR.. Burke Mccall,
executive secretary, Southern
Baptist convention, Nashville,
Tenn, DR.. John H. Buchanan
place to serve the educational
needs for at least one third of
the churches and members of
the Southern Baptist convention.
His address also suggested that
inasmuch as Wake Forest college
had been significant in Baptist
history for more than 100 years
it was the logical place for a
new seminary.
Second Resolution
These considerations, along
with a statement setting forth
Birmingham, and DR.. Wade H
Bryant, Roanoke, Va.
In commenting on the signi-
ficance of the meeting, the, Rev.
Clyde A.. Baucom, president o:
the general board of the North
Car01ina convention poinfed Oi1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

bear. It is a small white .hese
with buff on head and back
on its chest. Some American
black bears also have this
white marking.
The Asiatic black bear =
found in Kashmir, Baluchistan,
North China, Manchuria, Amur.
land, Formosa and south
through Burma, Indo-C hina. snd
Thailand (Siam). The animal
lives in wooded districts.
feeds chiefly on plant ife-~and
at times raids the cultivated
fields of natives.
copyright, 1946, BY The
Grolier Society Inc, based
upon The Book OF knowledge
distributed BY United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Thought.
Beading by Cards.
The United States uses about
half the timber harvested in the
world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
Baptist Sem;naryM May Be
Located At Wake Forest

that the action of the group
meeting today was in terms of
exploring possibilities and in de-
termining recommendations for
final action by the state conven-
tim
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19
HOLIEST SABBATH
OF YEAR TO BE
CELEBRATED TODAY

Rabbi Pier w. Jacobs said
last night that the historical sig
nificance of the sabbath of Re-
pentance" would be explained
as the basis of his sermon-sub-
ject at Temple Israel tonight.
The service, Rabbi Jacobs said,
would be held at the usual hour
Of eight o'clock.
He pointed out that today was
the hottest Sabbath in the Jew
ish year and falls between the
two periods celebrated each year
in the Hebrew calendar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

The name of Pakistan, given
he new Moslem country carved
out of India, is taken from the
names of the territories within
the area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

A public accountant in North Carolina must be
registered with the State Board of Accountancy,
60
and must hold a card signed by officers of that
board. Any person who is p~racticing as a public
accountant within the State of North Carolina with.
out such card is doing so in violation of the North
Carolina law. Criminal penalties are imposed by the,
act for violations of this law. Inquiries should be
addressed to Secretary of North Carolina State
Board of Accountancy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
-r
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

men were trying to loop the crane
cable around a large crate when
the cable came in contact with the
wire.
Quick-actins buddies applied
artificial respiration and saved
Dickerman and Davis. ALI were
rushed to a hospital. Witnesses
said two of the marines had their
hand on the cable while the 9TH
er had their hands neal it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-19

The "cuatro-ojo," or flour
eye,' is a South American fish
with eyes divided horizontally,
the upper half for seeing in air,
the lower half for water.
Evening star., 1947-07-13

times have great value. A few years ago
twelve 40-foot logs of mahogany, axe
squared to two-foot thickness, piled up on
the sands near Daytona Beach - from
where, nobody knew. The lucky finder sold
them, and today they panel several Daytona
Beach mansions.
One family summering at the shore
awakened one morning to find enough lum-
Der beating in the surf at their front door
to put them into the wholesale business.
huge drydock being towed from New York
to South America had been sundered by
storm. The beached section was too badly
damaged to be saved by salvage experts
and it reverted to the finders.
Ruxn Runners Wrecked
Kun runners still operate between the
Caribbean islands and the mainland, dodg-
ing the liquor tax, and some time ago the
Coast Guard ran one boat onto a Jagged
reef She broke up, and ESQ casks of rum
drifted shoreward. Few of these casks we're
afterward found" but rum was the staple
drink in that vicinity for months afterward
But certain Mrs. Minnie Bruner, an
ardent beachcomber for years, has the
distinction of finding perhaps the most
unusual bit of fotsam to come ashore
i'm recent times. During the months when
Nazi submarines sank ships off the East
coast. Mrs. Bruner used to take stroll up
the beach every morning to see what the
waves had deposited overnight. One day
she came on an old water soaked bag half
buried in the sand. She got help, had the bag
carried up to her cottage When it was cut
open, out poured a sodden mass of maps,
letters, and wax-sealed documents.
Coast Guardsmen were called in 1t
proved to be a diplomatic pouch containing
personal letters and highly strategic docu
ments being sent by Queen Wilhelmina of
the Netherlands to Prime Minister Winston
Churchill!
1t was glamorous, but not very profit
able catch.
II never even got no thanks for savin'
them," Mrs. Bruner says. But Pm glad
l did it anyway"
Evening star., 1947-07-13
TIDAL TREASURES
by John Maloney

Next time you 60 swimming,
try a little beachcombing.
You might pick up a fortune
DEcENTlY l6-year old James Mahan was
IL strolling along the beach at Sanibel
Island, where he was vacationing with his
family, when he kicked up two cone-shaped
shells that had an unusual look about them.
That night he happened to show them to
the manager of his hotel.
'You have small fortune in your hand"
the manager exclaimed. Those are perfect
specimens of Flamed Terebra, one of the
rarest shells. You can get lot of money
for them"
He was right Young Mahan actually re-
ceived $500 for those two shells.
You might have such luck, too, if you
turned beachcomber. The waves bring in
strange things After storm or high tide
you can find anything from horseshoe crab
skeleton to an undamaged luxury motor
ldOtAN1I, do OllC Ildll hlIOW Ill., I1C lOullu IL
humping gently against his dock one morn
ing after gale.
The launch, we'll -provisioned and we'll
fueled, drifted in near Clearwater, Fla, its
sleek mahogany hull unscratched, but with
smear of blood in the cockpit. Prolonged
investigation by the Coast Guard failed to
unravel the mystery. 1t was custom-built
hull and the British-made motor could not
be identified by manufacturers records. The
finder finally was allowed to sell it for S., 500.
The Pink wPebble"
ONE of the luckiest beachcombers was
young lady from East Orange, N. j., who
one afternoon on her vacation picked up
small round pink pebble" That pebble"
was perfect pink pearl from conch shell
one of the rarest and most valuable Jewels
known to collectors. A London jeweler re-
Gently paid $4,000 for one of similar size
and New York jeweler will put this par
ticular find up for auction when the market
is right"
Lumber and logs that wash ashore some
Evening star., 1947-02-21
Prices Climb Slowly
lin Sluggish Trading
On Stock Exchange
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-Stocks re-
sumed their slow-going recovery in
today'S market, with favorites adding
fractions to around 2 points.
! From the start the ticker tape
idled frequently. but gains were well
maintained in most cases near the
fourth hour.
Buying, still largely of profess
sional nature, was based partly on
the thought that the market was in
better technical condition as a re-
suit of its recent decline. A few is
sues responded to pleasing dividends,
although others were Indifferent and
this tended to accentuate specula-
tive and investment caution. The
foreign picture again tended to cool
enthusiasm
Better performers included Inter-
national Harvester Gin the wake OF
an increased quarterly payment
Union Carbide. United States Steel,
Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler, Cen
eral Motors, Goodyear, American
Can, Du Pont, Allied Chemical,
ohns-Manville, Eastman Kodak,
Southern Pacific and Norfolk g.
Western,
Evening star., 1947-02-21
S in Armed Forces
OF j. ). Are Awarded
Canadian Decorations
BY the Associated Press

OTTAWA, Feb. 2l.-The Cana
dian government announced today
the award of decorations to SIS Off.
GERS and noncommissioned officer:
of the United States armed forces
for war services deemed "of direct
value to Canada"
The wards and accompanying ci.
tations were recommended BY
Brooke Claxton, Canadian Minister
of Defense, and approved by King
George VI of England. The deco.
rations were given in many cases
for exceptionally meritorius serv.
ice" in combined American Cana
dian land, air and naval operations
in the Atlantic and Pacific, and par.
ticularly in Alaska and the Aleu-
tians.
The list follows:
Military Companions of the Orde,
of the Bath-Vice Admiral R. M
Brainard, 1t. Gen. S. D. Embice
Vice Admiral F. j. Fletcher, Vice
Admiral A. w. Johnson, Vice Admi-
raj A. w. Radford, Vice Admiral F.
P. Sherman. Maj. Gen. j. B. Brooks
Rear Admiral J. H. Sassady, Maj
Gen. M. c. Cramer, Vice Admiral H
w. Hill, Maj. Gen. w. M. Hoge and
Rear Admiral M. K. Metcalf.
Honorary commanders of the
Military Division of the Order OF
the British Empire-Maj. Gen. (now
Brig. GEM w. E. Lynd, Rear Admi-
raj o. M. Read. Rear Admiral E. T
Woodbridge, Brig. Gen. B. M. Bryan
Brig. Gen. D. V. Gaffney, Brig. Gen
(now Col0 D. F. Johns, Brig. Gen
H. A. Kroner, Brig. Gen. (now COLI
w. r. McReynolds, Brig. Gen. (noW
COLI w. M. Morrissey, Brig. Gen
(now Maj) E. L. Munson, Brig. Gen
j. A. O'Connor. Brig. Gen. A. B
Quinton, Brig. Gen. j. w. N. Schultz
Brig. Gen. L. D. Worsham and Capt
H. C. Fitz.
Honorary officers, Military Divi-
sion of the Order of the British
Empire-Col. H. G. Armstrong, Col
C. M. Clifford, Col. C. H. Deerwester
Col. M. H. Dixon, Col. S. E. Faine,
Col. K. J. H. Harrington. Col. H
w. Holden, Brig. Gen. (then Coll
A. D. Smith, Col H. H. Waller
Col. (then 1t. COLI w. T. Bird, 1t
Col. F. H. Colby. Col. (then 1t. COLI
A. A. Fickel, Rear Admiral (then
Comdr.) S. H. Ingersoll, Comdr. F
G. POLAND and Comdr. M. N
Stanley.
Honorary members. Military Divi-
sion of the Order of the British En-
pire-Col. (then Maj) R. w. Finn
1t. Col. (then MajD j. P. Healy
Maj. A. M. Jenkins, Comdr. (ther
1t. Comdr.) G. C. Kinnear, Maj
(now 1t. COLI P. Siple, Maj. r. Var
Tuyle, Capt. G. H. Allison and 1t. o
Benesh.
British Empire Medal (military
vision)-S/Sergt. T. w. Dugan
lMiSergt. c. j. Liguori, MiSergt. c
B. Watts and Yeoman 1/c D.
Lebeau.
Evening star., 1947-02-21

Americans will earn more than
S167 ,000, 100000 this year. That is
$4,000, ,000, 900 more than enough to
buy all consumer goods that can be
manufactured now. These excess
earnings should be laid aside in saw
ings for the time when they will be
needed by consumers and producers.
Put as much as you can in United
States Savings Bonds.
Evening star., 1947-02-21
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Feb. q (P.-Foreign
exchange rates follow Great Brit
ain in dollars, others in cene):
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 411/16 per cent discount or
95.31A United States cents, un-
changed.
Europe: Great Britain $4.02 1915,
down 1/16 of a cent; France Cfranc)
.841s, down Is of cent; Sweden
(krona) 2785, unchanged; Switzer-
land franc) Comb 2340, un-
changed.
Latin America: Argentina free,
24.4S, unchanged; Brazil free, $50
unchanged; Mexico, 2o.64, un-
changed.