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Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

Town Council was then empowered
to select an experienced profession
al manager for maintaining full eff
ficiency in the management of all
town business affairs. Dover and
Milford had, before this time,
demonstrated in their employment
of town manager, the value of
an experienced man who will de-
vote all his time to town business.
His appointment is for an indefin-
ite term, removable by the Mayor
and Council as provided by the
town charter. All subordinate
employees are appointed by the
Mayor and Council, but are under
the supervision of the town man.
ager. Following his appointment
he became Clerk of Council and
the office of Town Collector was
abolished at the end of the term of
the Collector
The next step was for the Town
Council itself to appoint a man to
carry out this plan. At their
meeting on May 90, 1945, Stanford
C. Marvel of Dover was appointed.
He assumed his duties June Is.
Since the time he assumed his
duties, he twice authorized the re-
payment of part of our bonded
Indebtedness, reducing the balance
to $4,000 and managed to keep
tax rates down, while at the same
time increasing the efficiency with
which the citizens are served by
the town government and the town
employees.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

Affairs in the town went along
reasonably peaceably, except for
the excitement caused by the lay
ing of brick roads early in the Gen.
tury and several other minor mat
ters, until 1885 when there was
quite a protest over the proposed
amendments to the Smyrna Town
Charter The opposition was caus-
ed by the proposed division of the
dual offices of Alderman and Tax
Collector and the election of
Mayor by Council instead of by
direct vote of the people. The div
iding of the Alderman-Collector
offices was a matter of expediency
and was thought best for the town.
Dover and Middletown elect their
mayor by popular vote, why not
Smyrna, was the cry. 1t was felt
that if our town was to have so
exalted an official the people by
direct vote should have voice. 1t
was proposed that he be elected for
two or four years and be elected
every year to preside over the de-
liberations of Council with a vote
only in case of a tie. Four Coun-
cilmen were to be elected, two
every two years and one of them
to be chosen President Pro-Tem to
preside in the absence of the May
or The bill was not passed be-
cause of the opposition of some of
the townspeople.
Ten years later a bill was pre-
sented to the General Assembly
called the Substitute House Bill
and concerning a Town Manager
for Smyrna to be appointed by the
Mayor and Council to be the chief
administrative officer, responsible
to the Mayor and Council.
A referendum was then held at
which time the citizens voted 181
to 8 for Town Manager. The
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23
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an unwise move and renewed their
efforts for a charter and pressed a
bill whereby the town was gerry
wandered to make a Democratic
majority of the Commissioners a
sure thing. 1t passed the Senate,
receiving all votes but two. This
bill had the town divided into six
districts, requiring six ballot boxes
for elections, the voter being re-
stricted in his choice to the COM
missioner from his own district or
ward.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

quired of him and presiding over
the sessions of the Council.
1t is expected that he will
be professionally trained and that
municipal government service will
become a lifelong career. One
Town Manager of Smyrna, as
stated in the Substitute House Bill,
is appointed by Mayor and Council
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

active member of the Council, with
all of the rights, privileges and
duties enjoyed by the other mem
bers. He is also the ceremonial
head of the town, performing such
duties in this line as may be re-
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

The necessity of water supply
was for many years keenly felt by
the citizens of Smyrna. In 1885
the Legislature was petitioned for
an act authorizing the town to
borrow twenty thousand dollars
with which to provide suitable
supply. The act passed and placed
the matter once more in the hands
of the tax payers of the town. A
vote was taken the same year
which resulted in favor of water.
After examining the methods for
obtaining it in use in the neighbor-
ing town, it was decided to dig a
well and erect standpipe.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

On January 20, 1917, The Legis-
lature passed bill entitled can
Act To Survey, Regulate and Lay
Out the Streets of Smyrna and For
Other Purposes" This was not
an act of incorporation but by the
act, James Mcdowell, Thomas
Mayberry and Henry Draper were
appointed commissioners to hold an
election for three commissioners, a
treasurer and an assessor They
attended to their duties at the
house of Mrs. Comfort Lockwood
on Monday, June 2, 1917, at which
time the following were appointed
to serve until 1925: James Nc
Dowell, Robert Patterson, William
Kennedy were appointed to serve
as commissioners and George
Walker was appointed to serve as
treasurer and Presley Spruance as
assessor. At the same time, Hen
ry M. Ridgely, William Hall, Jacob
Stout, Jonathan Jenkins and Alex
ander McClyment were appointed
commissioners to survey, lay out
and regulate the streets. They
selected Nehemiah Clark as sur
veyor and proceeded with their
task the same year. The valuation
of the real estate in 1918 as re-
turned by the assessor was one
hundred and fifty-nine thousand,
six hundred dollars. The growth
of the town was steady, and for
many years large quantities of
grain were purchased by the mer-
chants of the town and stored in
the granaries at the landing for
shipment. The construction of the
railroad, however, reduced the
grain purchases in the area.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

ma, taking cue from the act of
the Legislature Incorporating that
town and vesting it with local
authority, gained the right through
Legislative enactment, to elect a
board of town commissioners, with
power to levy taxes and make i'm
provements. In this way, the in
terests of the town were advanced,
improvements were made, streets
opened, foot pavements laid, and
street lamps lighted by gas, though
it was considered by some of the
townspeople as unreasonable to
tax them as much as the unheard
of sum of fifty cents year for the
privilege of voting at the town
elections. This act of 1859 was
the original act of incorporation of
the town and is the date which the
Seal of the Town of Smyrna now
carries. The bill however, was al
most lost in the Assembly, accord
ing to an account in the Times.
The thanks of the citizens of Smyr-
ma were due, says the editor, the
members of the House from Mil
ford and Dover for their attention
to the wants of this town. The bill,
called the Supplement to the Town
Laws, which was defeated through
the instrumentality of a Milford
Representative on the ground that
the State would be at the expense
of printing it and that the Clerk
could not enroll it. This reason
was Immediately overcome by sew
eral residents of Dover, who on
hearing this announcement, i'm
mediately volunteered to do the
job themselves and several Smyrna
citizens who happened to be pres
ent, collected $500 from their own
pockets and paid this amount in
advance towards the printing ex-
penses. On reconsideration, the
gentleman from Milford, not talk
ing into account the fact that the
bill had been stripped of every OBJ
lection, called for the yeas and
nays in the hope of killing it eff
fectually, but on finding that no
other member stood with him,
against the town, he, according to
the editor, with a want of manly
firmness, actually voted in the
affirmative, and then congratulate
ed one of our townsmen on its
passage. 1t is recorded that the
member from Milford and his col
league from the same town, op-
posed everything in relation to
Smyrna because the Senator from
Leipsic, Mr. Cannon, voted against
the charter for their lottery bank.
This, it was believed was the cause
of new alignment in the legisla-
tive body.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

In 1897, politics reared its head
in town affairs and certain parties
made an effort to get new chart
er for Smyrna, notwithstanding
the protests against a change; a
protest representing about 100
people and some half million dol
lars. Because of the protest, the
bill was delayed several months
and the regular Town Election was
held under the old charter, which
caused quite stir among the citi-
zens. 1t appears that the Republi-
cans of the town banded together
Grew up partisan ticket and
elected it. The opposition regard
ed the election of a partisan ticket
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

Smyrna was named, in 1906, for
the chief seaport of Turkish Asia
Minor. Why the name was chosen
is hard to tell beyond the fact that
commerce on the creek was boom
ing and Smyrna was a good Bibli-
cal name.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

In 1854 (according to an old
Smyrnian), the town, as far as i'm
provements were concerned, was
dependent upon individual enter
prise. There were no active town
commissioners, no town taxes, no
local assessments. Property with
in its limits was assessed for pub
lie revenue the same as other prop
erty in the hundred, or county road
adm poor taxes were paid by all
white male adults, whether free
holders or not.
At that time there was no rail-
road outlet for passengers or pro-
ducts, nor inlet for visitors or mer-
chandise. The public channel for
such purposese was by water via
Bombay Hook, to and from which
there was slow transit by ram
shackled hacks and old horses, over
corduroy roads, which proved quite
an uncomfortable combination to
the unfortunate travellers. Not in
frequently, the numbering stage
was stalled in mud or snow, MAX
ing the nine miles more like twen-
ty. The regular communication
with the outside world depended
upon. the stage coaches which ran
entirely through this state and into
Virginia, delivering mails and pass
engers once a week. Their driv-
ers made their home, when in
Smyrna at the hotel of Tommy
Temple, notorious for its good
cheer and social popularity. 1t was
said that with the cracker of the
long lashed stage whip the land
lord could, rod away, kill horse
fly without touching the horse.
The mail continued to be carried
by stage until 1855. In 1888 came
the steamboats, "Kent" and "zeph-
yr", owned and operated by the
Smyrna Steamboat Company, op-
Grating between Smyrna and Phil
adelphia. This enterprise was a
great boon and became of vast
benefit to our town and the whole
country round, and eventually led
to the construction of the Delaware
Railroad 1t also stopped at Dona
Landing in Dover. For better con-
nection with Dona Landing and to
shorten the stage route for pass
engers to Philadelphia, short
horse car railroad track between
Dover and Dona Landing was pro-
jected and the road bed was graded
when it was expanded into a plan
for railroad throughout the state.
Thus in 1855 came the Delaware
Railroad, but it missed the centre
of the town which it had been
meant to serve. Why? The ex-
cuse was that the owner of Font
Hill' threatened heavy damages
and the railroad was shifted. Our
citizens offered quite liberal stock
subscriptions, but Dover had two
very influential directors.
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

In 1857, two years before the
original act of Incorporation, the
town limits were extended one
fourth mile in every direction max
ing Smyrna one mile square in
stead of a half mile as it had been
heretofore. The town was then
quite progressive, containing IL
dry-goods and grocery stores, A
clothing stores, 1 china store,
jewelry stores, 3 foundries, 8
coach-shops, 2 machine-shops, G
blacksmith shops, harness shops,
4 wheel wright shops, 4 boot and
shoe shops, basket factories, !
tannery with a capital of eighty
thousand dollars, 2 hotels, 8
churches, 2 stove and tinware
manufactures, 1 marble yard, 1
gun and locksmith shop, l select
and several district schools, 3 ale
and oyster saloons, 6 physicians, a
barber shop and about eighteen
hundred inhabitants.
But for the Crimean War, it is
believed that "Cantwell's Bridge,
neighboring town would not have
been named Odessa Odessa in
Russia being quite prominent at
that time in the public mind. Smyr-
Smyrna times., 1947-01-23

In 1892, the Legislature met
here. and at that time, thought of
making it the capital of the State.
This was the one moment of ofici-
al glory and suspense for the early
village. The reason for this sud-
den change of heart by the legisla-
tive body has been left unclarified,
but according to reliable account,
the general assembly was turned
out of the Courthouse at Dover by
an irritated sheriff, while repairs
to the building were being made.
An equally irate assembly adjourn
ed and came Immediately to Duck
Creek Cross Roads and at the tav-
ern of Thomas Haley openly re-
solved to make the village the
State Capital. At the end of the
session a calmer legislature repeal
ed the resolution.
Evening star., 1947-10-13

Richberg says, that any power to
create a civil right, unless specifi-
cally delegated to the United States
by the Constitution, has been re-
served to the separate States"
Finally, Mr.. Richberg asserts that
legislation of the sort proposed is
right up the Communist alley.
"At the root of Communist ideol-
ogy is the delusion of 'discrimina-
tion,'" he, says. "a lot of people are
miserable they are told, not be-
cause Of their own inherited or culti-
waited weaknesses, but because other
men use their inherited or acquired
power to oppress them. The remedy
(they are told) is to have the State
"a deceptive name for a tyrannical
ruling class) control all power and
divide up the proceeds of State en-
terprise without discrimination.
In footnote, Mr.. Richberg says
he has not been employed or paid
by anyone, directly or indirectly. to
oppose 'anti-discrimination' legisla-
ton" He recalls that he represent
ed for many years all of the railway
labor organizations, was principal
author of the Railway Labor Act and
a co-author Of the Norris Guar
dia Act and the National Recovery
Act" His father. he says, was a
Lutheran, born in Germany" and
his mother IAN intensely religious
Vermonter of pure English ances-
try"
Evening star., 1947-10-13

from asked by three leading Independent research
the cigarette they smoked doctors named Camel an other brandt
Evening star., 1947-10-13

Black Valentines. 5.oo-6o; lew best. 4ttes' 4 %.
Lima Beans-Maryland and virginia
| quality, 4.00-25.
Broccoli-PennsyIvania New Jersey and
MARYLAND, crates 12s, 326-5O; IS, $50
Carrots-Topped, washed. New York and
Ne" jersey oushel baskets, Few 2.25.
-Greens-Maryland. busheI basket, kale
fMrnin s1-1 ~ iort sroSo, n5o; rape, So cents;
Mushrooms t s-,Maryland, Pennsylvania
few best, 1 .5o-e0: pints, 20-25 cents.
Parsley-curly. New Jersey bushel bas-
Parsnips--Nearby and Pennsylvania "a
6ushel na baskets, topped, washed, mostly
Peppers--:Bushel baskets. mixed type
MARYLAND, New Jersey and Virginia, 1.5O-
2.25 Wonders, 2.503 SO: few higher.
Pumpkins-nearby. per bushel, rs cents
Radishes-Reds, nearby. per bunch,
spinach-,,savoy; bushel baskets, Mary.
a.bushel hampers. mostly rs cents
Tomatoes-Nearby h-bushel hampers,
ripss and turning. few sales, 1902 90.
bushe hsmpsrsp oSssafd' penassyaaMls asassE Ia
and Maryland. bushel baskets, 29O-3 90.
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry-Practically no receipts. some
carried. Practically no demand, too few
sales to establish values.
Butter and Eggs.
Eggs, market firm: demand moderate;
receipts light light IN wholesale selling prices;
ees medu@ ssss cents arss sr;.
60-62 cents; pullets, $3.50 cents: cur
rent receipts, ungraded, $3.50 cents.
Evening star., 1947-10-13

s.. Apples.MaEket about steady, bnshell
Sunless otherwise stated: Maryland
Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia
demand light. offerings liberal ungraded
stock ss% Ok! Deliri0us dr,%.. s-ineh Yp
up, 2.5D-3 90; Jonathans 2A-inch up
2:75;, 2asinch; 2;75; Mcintosh 2h-inch
2ls-ineh up, 2.75-3.00; staymans 2a-inch
up: 800; Rhode Island screenings, g.
ordinary q quality, some no size or grade
PoTAToEs--M.rket about steady; 100
pound sacks, U. s. No; l (unless other
2.e5-75; used sacks. 2:55-65; few a.75:
Sebagos, 2.75; New Jersey Katahdins,
SWEET PoTAToEs-Market dull: few
sales; Eastern Shore, Maryland and Vir-
ginia bushel baskets, Goldens q. S. No. i,
washed, lI5o2.90; unwashed.- 1850:
1;76,2 90; few higher fair quality. j 1l.50;
nearby half bushel hampers Goldens,
mostly n 70 cents; Puerto Rician, few
Snap Bean Quotations.
Snap Beans-Bushel hampers and bas-
Evening star., 1947-10-13
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. =*A-13
Council Luncheon Planned

The Washington Chapter of the
Producers Council, Inc, will hold
its next monthly luncheon meeting
at the Sheraton Hotel at 1915 pm,
Thursday, November 13. The meet
ings Will continue to be held on the
second Thursday for those asso-
ciated with the building industry.
Evening star., 1947-10-13
Receipts e days), butter, 25,775,
pounds; eggs. 1880 cases.
Livestock Market

neCeiptS u days., butter, 25,775
pounds; eggs, 1880 cases.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 3.100; 400 holdover; total. $500.
targey steer and COW run; general mar.
Ket SLOW: slaughter steers rs cents lower
tnan close last week: heifers scarce, little
cnange: cows 80 cents lower; bulls scarce,
steady: StockeTs and feeders fairly active
steady; loads top GOOD grass fat steers
GROUND 1915 and 1925 pounds, ~ .OO-5O,
nlatter Price early top; bulk average good
medium and low GOOD diiihts; isht weiahts 1899; g.
23 09; medium and good grassy heifers,
y aad 5o;S2 90; GOOD beef cows. Ie.oo-i7 50.
1133.eeoo-1I5sQ: 3 GO I:: Gamers and cutters il. 3D.
200: f;0s good beef bulls. is 0o-So, 90; med a.
lhS;5o, lm vs,ob,y moSty ls % deWn; nsht and med;
good stoskeIs and feeders from ST $50 pounds aaS
down; lS.50.24 90; common. 14.OO-IS 90.
Calves. 700: ,yea1ers active. steady with
ctose last week; mixed. lots good and
choice 15Q-220 pounds, 2LOO-25 90,
f1r1c'iy um sdSies s6 60 6H0eoo ,,,' common and med
weighty slaughter calves slow, steady:
good 27b-35Q pounds. 16.O0-lS.OO; steer
calyes to feeder buyers to 20 90.
=, HOGS. 1,2O0; active. 25 cents higher than
close last week on all classes; practical
Top. 1925: aood and choice barrows and
gilts from 12O-140 pounds, 27.5O-75;
140-16O pounds, 2S.75-2DO 90; iSC-IS0
Evening star., 1947-10-13

gsSounds; gsou ia sse. s2e.75;sooo:: lso.25o pounds
ss5soo Sounas 1923 aBsogssSs oo 2s6Seas s6Sas
pounds. 27.25-2s.25; $50 pounds up
26, 75-27.25; good and choice sows under
pounds. 24.25 down.
Sheep. $50; fat lambs active. steady
with close last week: mixed lots good and
choice wooled lambs. 23.50-24.b0: mixed
lots medium and good, 16.5O-22.5O Gull
and common, l1.50-13 so; SLAUGHTER ewes
active, steady: good and choice wooded and
ium. 3.50-6.50.
Evening star., 1947-10-13
Produce Markets

The Star has enlarsed its coyerage
OF fruit and vegetable prices on the
Baltimore market as q substitute for
similar Washington quotations re-
Gently discontinued by the Agriculture
Department. The department reports
the Baltimore quotations supplied be-
low determine prices paid on the
Washington market.
Evening star., 1947-10-13
corns Sleep
Then Shed Off

Apply Magic-like E-z KoRN REMOVER
to the hardest corns and after . few
applications. these painful corns she'd
on. E-Z Korn Remover helps relieve
corn pains-softens dead skin. paving
the way for the removal OF the corn.
Try this easy-to-use. quick action E-Z
KoRN REMOVER today. 35c at drug
stores.
Evening star., 1947-10-13

Eighty per cent of all activities
are guided by the eyes.
Evening star., 1947-10-13
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Eyes-LavoptIk

Stop little local eye troubles before they get
big. Use soothing, pleasant Lavoptik, so
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Praised BY thousands Get Lavoptik To-.
day. tEye-cup included) At all druggists.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
III Newsmen 10 Attend
Press Institute al
Columbia Next Week
By the Assoeiofsd Pres.

NEW YORK, Oct. pa three
week seminar for study of Sunday
newspapers and feature pages will
begin next Monday at the American
Press Institute at Columbia Univer-
sity with II newspapermen taking
the course.
The institute announced today
that among the topics would be an
analysis of Sunday leadership sur
veys, background and interpretative
articles, special interests of women,
illustrations, news summaries, re-
ligious news, comics, newspaper
magazines and special editions.
Discussion leaders will include
Everett Stone of Metropolitan Sun
day Newspapers, Inc: Lester Markell
Sunday editor of the New York
Times; Roscoe Drummond, chief OF
the Washington Bureau of the Christ
ian Science Monitor; Stanley E.
Kalish, picture editor of the Mil
waukee Journal; Marcus Duffield. of
the New York Herald Tribune: Will
liam I. Nichols, editor of This Week,
and John Crosby, radio columnist
for the New York Herald.
The IT Sunday and feature edi-
tors who will attend the seminar
are: J. Thomas Barber, editor, Sun
day News, Lancaster, Pa; George
H. Beebe, Sunday Editor, Miami
Fla, Herald; Garrett D. Byrnes
Sunday editor, Providence, r. L.
Journal; Dean Collins, Oregon
Journal, Portland, Ore; Arthur C
Deck, managing editor, Salt Lake
City. Utah, Telegram; Lawrence
Field, acting Sunday editor, Wor-
cester, Mass, Telegram; Frank H
Gray, managing editor, Louisville
KY, Defender; John H. Griffin
Sunday editor, Boston, Mass, Post
and Charles E. Honce, assistant
general manager, Associated Press
New York.
Also Stanley B. Horstman, assist
ant managing editor, This Week
New York; Max Kohnop, Sunday
editor, Dayton, Ohio, Daily News;
Daniel D. MacMasters, Watertown
N. Y, Daily Times; Joe R. Mills
feature editor, Columbus, Ohio
Evening star., 1947-10-24

Maryland will fly to Fanilton,
Bermuda. tomorrow to institute a
chapter of the order there. They
will go by British Overseas Air
ways.
The ceremony will take place on
Wednesday and will be conducted by
officers of Calvin A. Lloyd Chapter
of Quantico, Va, assisted by other
members in the group.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
P. Lucius Pryor, 68, Dies;
Concert Agency Owner
BY the Associated Press

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Oct. "a.
p. Lucius Pryor, SO, owner of the
Pryor Concert Service here and in
New York, died of a heart ailment
yesterday after short illness.
Active until recently, Mr.. Pryor
during the last 40 years had booked
Midwest concert tours for such
Evening star., 1947-10-24

Star; Cabell Phillips, Washington
Bureau, New York Times; Kenneth
D. Rhone. feature editor, Grit, Will
Transport, Pa; Charles Schneider,
promotion editor, Cleveland, Ohio,
Press; and E. ]. Strong, Sunday edi-
tor, Los Angeles, Calf, Times.
Evening star., 1947-10-24

prominent musicians as Violinist
Fritz Kreisler and the late John
Philip Sousa, band leader. Each
year he granted several scholarships
to outstanding young artists.
Survivors include his widow, three
daughters and two sons.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
40 OES Members to FIy
To Bermuda to Open Unit

A group of 40 members of the
Order Of the Eastern Star from
Washington, nearby Virginia and
Evening star., 1947-10-24

Portugal seeks to compel all for
eign aircraft passing over, to stop
at Lisbon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26

fortune of falling into the bay?
 I have lived in Alaska all my life and this is the first town I've seen. or ever heard of, which has not some kind of equipment to help in such cases.
 I put one year Gin the servieel in Sea and Rescue. l am will to teacn chose who are willing to learn, all I know about artificial respiration aod different types of resnseita- tion. l say this because when this boy was taken from the bay pao- pie wanted to help but didn't know how. If they ever get pulmoIor ol heat bag, which is needed very Daoly in this town, I will be more than glad to tell the people al I know about it and it's operation.
 This town needs these things and I hope this letter will not be ig- nored.
 RICHARD CLARK
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26

RICHARD CLARK
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-09-26

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