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NOTICE RELATING TO PRINTING
OF BALLOTS FOR
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
NOVEMRER . IQAQ

In accordance with the Statutes of the
State of Delaware, the Levy Court of Kent
County is interested in receiving bids for
the printing of ballots for Kent County
for the 1948 General Election to be held
on November 2. 1948.
Specifications for said ballots, giving
grade of paper, date of delivery
and other matters pertaining thereto, may
be had from John R. Leverage, Clerk of
the Peace for Kent County.
Bids will be opened publicly at the Office
of the Kent County Levy Court, in the
Court House at Dover on August "a, 194S
at IL o'clock A. M. and award will be
made by the Levy Court to the lowest re-
bidder. complying with the law
and the specifications.
w. MILLAWAY BROADWAY,
President Kent County Levy Court
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FIELD DAY
To Attract Public Attention
To Conserving Natural
Resources
TO BE HELD AUGUST Is

In addition to attracting increas-
ID public attention to the import
Smyrna times., 1948-08-12
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., 1948-08-12

leaving for there yesterday.
Clarence B. Raymond and Hirons
Denney left this morning for a
short sojourn to Rehoboth and will
register at the Henlopen House.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-12
SMYRNA AND VICINITY
War News

Our arm is making rapid pro-
gress in overrunning Porto Rico
and concentrating on San Juan.
The reports from there show that
ninety per cent of the population
are eager for annexation. When
our troops approach new town
they see the stripes waving proud
ly over it-many towns send in
their submission before our forces
reach them. Our army is in good
health and the sanitary work is
excellent.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18
Montsarada Grange
Confers Degrees

At the regular meeting of the
Montsarada Grange, held on No
vember 9, the third and fourth de-
grees were conferred on a class of
candidates.
Members taking part in the table
aux were: Mrs. Lillian Baker, Mrs
Mildred Hebb, Mrs. Cecil Poffenber-
ger, Miss Viola Line and Miss Stella
Byers, and they were directed by
Mrs. Margaret Starliper.
During the business session, the
committee for the Christmas Party
gave favorable report, the place
and date TO be announced later.
Plans were completed for the festival
at the Fairplay School tomorrow
(Friday).
Highlights of the program were
talks given by Mr.. William British and
Mr.. James Wilson, after which re-
freshments in keeping with the Hal
lowe'en motif were served
A large class is expected to take
the fifth degree at the Leitersburg
Grange Hall on November 26.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

canal is on the Virginia side of the
river.
Another feature of the early plan
was that most of the boats, especial
ly the "gondolas" of flat bottom or
scow construction, did not attempt
to return up the river, but were
sold at Georgetown for lumber.
These boats drew only one foot of
water, and loaded far up the river, to
float down with the current.
But the Potomac Company repre-
sents a very small part of the work
that built the great canal. The
story of the canal, as we know it,
will be continued in this column
next week.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

he made many trips along the Po-
tomac, many of them extensive and
strenuous, and appeared more than
once in Hagerstown and Williams
port.
In February of 1862, the MARY
land Gazette" carried this notice,
entered by Washington:
ITO the public
'The opening of the River Po-
towmack and making it passable
for small craft, from Fort Cumber-
land at Wills Creek to the Great
Falls, will be of the greatest adj
vantage to Virginia and Maryland
by facilitating commerce with the
back inhabitants, who will not then
have more than 20 miles land car
riage to harbour, where ships of
great burthen load annually, where
as at present many have $50; and
what will perhaps be considered of
still greater importance, is the easy
communication it will afford with
the waters of the Ohio"
The notice continued with a plea
for subscriptions to fund to begin
work on the proposed canal project,
and the popularity that this work
had with the public is shown by
another note in the same paper four
months later, June 10:
''The managers have now the
pleasure to inform the public that
subscriptions are filling very fast,
and that people in general, but more
especially in back countries, and
those bordering on the Potowmack,
discover so much alacrity in pro-
noting the affairs, that there is not
the least doubt the sum will be
raised, sufficient to carry on the
work"
The first legislation passed for the
project was in 1772, in the Virginia
House of Burgesses. This was an
act empowering trustees to raise
money by various means such as
subscriptions and lottery for the
canal About the same time a sim
iliar act was introduced in the Mary
land Assembly but the Baltimore
traders defeated it, but several years
later, it passed.
Then two years after the close of
the Revolution, Washington began
working harder than ever. First
he spent six weeks travelling along
the Potomac, covering $50 miles,
trying to locate the best route for the
waterway. When he returned, he
wrote a letter to the Governor of
Virginia, which has been called the
first outline of system of public
improvements in our history. In a
short time he was able to secure the
organization of the Potomac Com
pany."
While Washington was on this trip,
he watched Rumsey's demonstration
of his steamboat, and had deep dis
cussions with him about steam
power for the great waterway.
When the Potomac Company was
formally chartered, Washington was
elected first president, and Rumsey
was first chief engineer.
AS already mentioned, the plan of
the Potomac Company was to use the
River bed where possible. So a
large part of their work was the re-
moval of rocks and sand-bars from
the channel. A number of short
canals were constructed around the
worse places, and some of these can
still be seen today Perhaps the
most outstanding of these was the
one around the Great Falls, not the
longest, but cut through deep rocks.
An interesting fact here is that this
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18
HORSE AND
BUGGY DAYS
by
Ida 10 Martin

Everyone of the older Washing
ton Countians well remembers the
old barges on the narrow strip of
water along the Potomac-the fam
Gus and historic old Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal. What a familiar sight
was the coal boat, moving heavily at
a speed of not over five miles an
hour, the plodding mule, the cap
tain and his family or hired hands
''topside"; and then the sudden ac-
tivity as they neared lock. The
last of this was seen only twenty
four years ago, in 1924.
Everyone in Washington County,
and all of Maryland, as well as
many visitors from all over the
world, are familiar with the sight
of the canal bed, now grown up with
trees; the tow-path, still a fine path
for those who like to walk along the
waters of the Potomac; and the
great stone dams, favorite haunts
for fisherman. The construction of
these dams and locks, and viaducts
and underpasses, has caused every
visitor to stop in wonder and amaze
ment at the greatness of the task
and the labor and the skill that has
produced something that can never
be entirely destroyed. When we
see the huge stones, tier upon tier,
forming a massive but beautiful
wall or dam; the miles and miles
of canal and tow path; the tunnel
beneath mountain and viaducts
over rivers; all done in what was
practically a wilderness and with
out machinery, we can then begin to
realize the size of the job that pro-
duced the canal.
It is interesting to note that the
Potomac transportation system is
older than both Washington Coun-
ty and Hagerstown. Indeed, George
Washington as youth, when there
were only very few settlers in
this valley, came through this area
surveying, and recognizing the needs
of the communities that should some
day grow up both here and farther
west, dreamed of waterway along
the Potomac to connect the new set
Elements, and to promote both the
settling and the building of trade
between them and the older settle
ments on the coast. And he i'm
mediately set out to get backing for
such a project. His plan was to
use the stream bed where possible,
to construct short canals around the
falls and worst rapids, removing the
rocks from most of them; and then
to connect the western end of this
natural waterway by road to the
headwaters of the Ohio. And as
we shall see, the greater part of this
was accomplished at quite an early
date.
The first record of the white mans
using the Potomac was in 1749, al
most two hundred years ago, by the
Ohio Company, Five years later,
George Washington wrote a letter
which is still readable, describing
the difficulties to be overcome in
carrying out his plan to make the
Potomac navigible And in this
same year General Braddock met
disaster at the hands of the Indians,
some believe because he had been
persuader to use the Potomac route
to the west instead of the better
settled route farther north.
Washington began to try and get
a company organized, but was cut
short of this by the Revolutionary
War. At the close of the War Wash
ington turned again to the working
out of his vision. From this time on
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

construction contract-$14, 1923, 600
for a permanent cancer clinic at St
Athens, Long Island, N. Y. The new
clinic will include an underground
therapy building to house the big
gest betatron ever built for cancer
treatment. The project will take
two and one-half years to complete.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

that factory workers earned money
at record rate in mid-September.
The pay average was placed at $1.36
an hour.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

Acceptance Rate High
All but five out Of every 100 APP
plicants for life insurance were ac-
cepted last year, the Institute of
Life Insurance reports.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

New Cancer Clinic Planned
The Navy has announced award
of its largest lump-sum hospital
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-11-18

Average Pay S1.S6 An Hour
The Labor Department reveals
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-31
Funeral Services
On Sunday For
Mrs. Lottie Frdzure

/ Mrs. Lottie Dora Frazure, age
S., died at her home on Near
thur street on Thursday evening,
December %, after an illness of
two weeks.
She has made her home in Pas
cagoula for some time moving
here from Belzoni. She was a
member of the Baptist church.
She is survived by her husband,
j. M. Frazure; three daughters,
Mrs. callie Ray and Mrs. Cath
crime Breeland, both of Pascagoula
and Mrs. Laral Mcleod of Sand
Hill; and three sons, Percy and
Calvin, both of Belzoni, and Jim
of Pascagoula.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home on Sunday after
noon at 2:30 and from Stokes
Funeral Chapel at 3 p. m. with
the Rev. L. E. Green officiating
Interment was in the Griffin
Cemetery.
Pail bearers were j. R. Nicely
F. v. CAVITY, Walter Trehern.
David McClamroch, l.. Ross and
Calvin Bolding. Honorary pal
bearers were Robert Lynn and
H. B. Harris.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-31

A white Christmas" play was
given at the Escatawpa Baptist
church Christmas Eve. The cast
included James Greencugh, WV
ian Bennett, Patsy Robinson,
Dale Jackson, Lavelle Cunning
ham, Ralph Young, Winston Lo-
PEE, and Mrs. Clyde Cunningham.
AT the close of the program. the
church presented a gift to the
Rev. and Mrs. D.. M. Campbell,
who leave this week for South
Carolina where Mr.. Campbell has
accepted a position as pastor of
a church.
Miss Clyte Olsen of Vancleave
spent a few days this week Wis
iting her grandmother, Mrs. S. L.
Golf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Fields and
baby and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Fields
and baby of Oxford spent the
holidays at home. Jack and jim
my are students at the Universe
ty of Mississippi.
The Women's department of
the Reorganized Latter Day
Saints met Monday morning for
a regular meeting. Mrs. Myrtle
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News From Escdtowpo :.
Churches Present Christmas Plays;
Guests Enliven Season For Many

Livaudais was in charge. Those
on the program were Mrs. F. B
Smith, Mrs. Erie Golf and Mrs
Dorothy Griffin.
Guests of the Rev. and Mrs
M. z. Hubert, ST., during the
Christmas holidays were John B
Hubert of Kansas City, Mo-, Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Mason of Esca-
tawpa, Mrs. Annie Graham, MIR
and Mrs. Robert Graham ano
son, DR.. and Mrs. James Grims-
ley of Pascagoula. For Mr.. HUI
bert his trip was a return to his
old home.
Mrs. E. H. Crop and son and
Mrs. D. L. Smith of Mobile WIS.,
tied MI. and Mrs. F. B. Smith
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Moody,
Mary Helen and Jane Carol
Moody of Hattiesburg spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Megehee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denize West of
La Moni, Iowa, are spending the
holidays with Mrs. Vests parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Williams,
Mr.. West is a student at Grace
land college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duck Bowman
and Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Childress of Greenville, Tenn,
spent the Christmas holidays
with Mrs. Elsie Ware.
Visitors of Mrs. F. G. Bennett
Sunday were Mrs. w. E. Howard,
children, Mrs. P. E. Pierce and
daughter and w. G.. Laakso from
near Franklin Creek and Mrs. L
l.. Logan and baby of Hatties-
burg.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. Hildred Thomas
and children of Mobile spent
Christmas Day with Mrs. Elsie
Ware.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Davis oil
Jackson spent the holidays visit.
ing relatives in Escatawpa ano
Helena.
Vivian Stringfellow returned
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NEWS r o
Fort Bayou

Mr.. and Mrs. Luther FURRY and
Mrs. Leo Byrd of Pascagoula Wis
tied their sister, Mrs. Raymond
Mallette and family last Satur.
day.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Wardror
and family were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Jennings
Of Evergreen last Sunday.
We are sorry to learn that Jim
Martin has been i'll at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. c. P. Ma
quin, of Pascagoula. Mrs. Martin
is with her husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack White Of
Hattiesburg spent the Christina.
holidays with Mrs. Wites' par
ests, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Ram.
say.
S-Sgt. Clyde Adams, formerly
of Norfolk, Va, has re-enlistec
in the army and is now stationed
at Keesler Field.
Clarence Tough, who has beer
i'll for some time, remains in {
very serious condition.
Alton Delaney of Kreole spen'
the weekend with his parents
Mr., and Mrs. Walter Delaney.
The Fort Bayou Baptist church
gave a Christmas program las
Wednesday evening when thu
Rev. Brian Broadus, pastor, reac
the Christmas story and told o.
the ways in which different coun'
tries observe the birth of Christ
Mrs. Oakland Walker, Mrs
Charles Wardrop and Mrs. o. E
Atwell attended the Christine!
program at the Vancleave schoo
last Friday.
Mrs. Raymond Mallette. Mis-
Phyllis Mallette. Mrs. Hintor
Farley and Miss Geraldine At
we'll were Biloxi visitors las
Wednesday.
M-Sgt. and Mrs. Roy Phillips o.
KeesIer Field are spending sew.
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Wedding Event
OF December 26

Sundays social calendar was
marked by a very beautiful we'd
ding at Calvary Baptist church al
5 pm. when Miss Doris Oneada
Hamilton, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. James Gordon Hamilton be-
came the bride of Thomas Boyd
Haney, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Haney of Paseagoula.
The choir and altar of the
church were handsomely decorat-
ed with Southern smilax and
palms which formed a back
ground for baskets of white glad
ioli and TERED candelabra holding
lighted white candles.
Prior to the entry of the bridal
party, Miss Dora Nell Lowe, ac-
companied by her sister, Miss
| Charlotte Lowe at the organ,
-ang Because" and 20, Promise
| Me-" after which the latter play
ed the Lohengrin march as a
professional.
The bride was attended by her
sister, Mrs. w. G.. Chuites of Sis
bee, Texas as matron of honor,
and the groom by Bernard H.
Krebs of Pascagoula as best man.
His brother, Robert Edward
Haney served as usher. The
brides brother, John Myles
Hamilton gave her in marriage
as the double ring ceremony was
conducted by the Reverend w.
w. Kyzar of Columbia, Miss.
The bride was lovely in a suit
of light gray gabardine with
which she wore gray and black
accessories. She carried a white
Bible topped with an orchid from
which fell streamers of matching
ribbons knotted with carnations
The matron of honor wore {
suit of dark gray gabardine with
black accessories and a corsags
of dark red rosebuds.
Mrs. Hamilton, mother of the
bride was in gray and her flow.
ers were yellow daisies in cor
sage arrangement. Mrs. Hane,
was attired in an aqua suit anc
wore a corsage of pink carnations
For their short honeymoon tril
to an unrevealed destination, Mr.
Haney wore a gray suit will
black accessories. Her corsag'
was the orchid from her Bible
On their return home Januar.
/, Mr.. and Mrs. Haney will re
side at 1I08 18th street. MI
Haney is employed at Ingalls,.
Out of town guests were thu
brides brother, James Gordon
Hamilton and family of Chicka
saw, Ala, and Mrs. Chuites anC
her son Joseph Gordon, of Sis
bee.
The wedding was preceded by
a number of pre-nuptial parties
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-31

eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. Ern-
est Mallette and the Charles War
drops. Sgt. and Mrs. Phillips have
just returned from a trip to Flo
rida where they visited Miami,
Tallahassee, Auburndale, the
Lakes section, citrus orchards and
the famed Silver Springs, includ-
ing a tour in a glass bottom boat
to view the wonders of the ma
rine life.
Miss Doris Mallette spent the
Christmas holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Nal
lette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Higgin-
botham of Biloxi were Sunday
guests at the o. e. Atweli home.
Mr.. Clara Cicoria and Raymond
Mallette were among Gulfport
visitors during the week.
The condition of George Nal
lette is reported to be still quite
critical.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-31

Friday from a visit of a few day:
in Semmes, Ala.
Daniel Mcqueen, a student a
Graceland College, La Moni
Iowa, is spending the Christina
holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Mcqueen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Irving O
New Orleans spent Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Green.
ough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gill anc
Betty Sue of Tulsa, Okla, arr
spending the holidays visiting
their parents and other relatives
and friends.
Houseguests of Mr.. and Mrs
John Sherman during the Christ.
mas holidays were Frank Acker.
man and daughter. Miss Eileer
Alderman, of Marrero, La.
Mrs. Neva Frost and Mrs. Jam.
es Taylor and Miss Aline Frost
of Mobile were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Oliver during the
holidays.
The WSCS of the Methodist
church held their annual Christ
mas party at the home of Mrs.
Lester Mack last Monday. After
exchanging gifts, refreshments OF
cocoa and cake were served to
Mesdames Norma Walker, Ernest
Graham, James Williamson,
Hugh Hanna, Richard Stringfel-
low, Joe Bevill, Jack Mack, Rob-
bic Garfield, Oredus Flanagan,
Vincent Walker, Maxwell Green
ough, Ernie Golf and Nita Ehlers
and children and Nell Greenough
The Rev. and Mrs. James Viii.
Hanson and baby left Monday
for a few days visit with rela.
tives in Philadelphia, Miss.
MIR. and Mrs. Victor Murray
and baby of Jackson spent a few
days visiting Mrs. Murray's para
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Jesse Lennep
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Brewer o.
Leakesville spent Christmas will
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clark.
A Christmas program was pre-,
sented at the Reorganized Latter
Day Saints church Thursda,
night of last week. The children
presented "The Living Picture,
of Christ" The young people,
choir presented a Christmas can
tata with the solo part by Mrs
Leroy Barnes. "The Candle il
the Window" was also presented
by the young people.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Waites an,
children of Biloxi were visitor
of Mrs. S. L. Golf during tn
ohlidays.
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Miss Emma Rae Cole
Hostess Honoring
Miss Doris Humilton

Among last weeks social events
vas a shower at which Miss En-
ma Rae Cole was hostess at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. N. Cole, 1903 Harrison
avenue, honoring Miss Doris
Hamilton a bride-elect of late
December.
Miss Coles hospitality took the
form of a gift shower in which
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-31

II is estimated 20 million me-
teors enter the atmosphere of the
earth daily.
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green's and berries in a Santa
Boot" in combination with Grim
son candles in crystal holders,
while holly and mistletoe were
used in the remainder of the
house.
Covers were laid for the hon.
oree and Janice Nelson, Jeannine
Hilbun, Pat Colmer, Suejo Bard
well and Ruby Wood, and Mary
Helen Moody of Hattiesburg.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-31

Stainless steel contains about
Is per cent chromium.
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Miss Hamilton was the recipient
of a number of lovely presents.
These were piled on a table gay
with Christmas decorations, and
were opened by the honoree who
was seated in a beautifully orna-
mented chair.
Games we're a pleasant part of
the party and after these had
been enjoyed Miss Cole was as
sisted by her mother in serving
a party plate.
There were sixteen guests in
attendance.
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Mrs. E. A. Corlew
Honors Niece At
Luncheon Thursday

On December %, Mrs. E. A.
Corlew was hostess at a beauti-
fully appointed luncheon at her
home on 947 Cherubusco street
honoring her niece. Patricia
Averitt of Nashville. Tenn. who
is her guest.
The table was lovely with a
central arrangement of Christmas
Evening star., 1948-05-09

Prices may vary slightly In Maryisnd and virEinis
SteYeo On 4 few items which under state Con.
tract Laws Right reserved 70 limit susnhtiess