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Evening star., 1950-08-06
DOME Give Up

If YOU get one in the calf of your
leg, pinch it between your thumbs
and fingers. If it's in your toes,
squeeze with both hands. If stom-
ach cramps attack you, stretch
out as far as you can and swim
breast stroke or back stroke to
shore. But you must not give up
and swim madly because you think
you're a guest for Davy Jones's
locker"
The paths of safety are marked
with deceptive detours which have
led thousands into fatal quick
sands. 1t is the earnest hope of the
country's safety experts that you
will ignore these treacherous old
signposts and follow the roads to
survival. The End
Evening star., 1950-08-06

Immediately for bites about the
neck or head"
Similarly, according to DR..
Dudley Jackson, of San Antonio,
Texas, one of the foremost au-
thorities on frst-aid treatment for
snakebite, you are in no imme-
diate danger from dying if you
have been bitten by a poisonous
rattlesnake.
Whisky Il No Cure
l HERE is no desperate hurry"
says DR.. Jackson. The victim will
not be in serious danger for six
hours or more unless the bite is on
face or chest. The main thing is to
keep calm and not walk or run.
And remember that whisky not
only is no cure for snakebite; it
should not be given at all"
For years outdoor experts have
warned victims of snakebite not
to suck the poison out of a wound
in the belief the venom might
enter the system via a scratch or
blister on the lips.
This is false, says Dr.. Jackson,
who is author of a treatise on the
subject for the Boy Scouts. The
victim already has the poison in
his bloodstream, thus there is no
further danger from the venom
even if he has bad teeth or
swallows the poison.
Panic, based on the false no
ton that cramps incurred while
swimming are fatal, is responsible
for scores of drownings every
year." says Fred c. Mills, the
Boy Scouts former safety expert.
Cramps are no fun. They're pain
full" he says. but always remem-
Der they're not serious unless a
swimmer gets scared.
Evening star., 1950-08-06
"SAFETY RULES" THAT CAN KILL you

ties discourage their use. More
people have been lost from a tour
niquet applied poorly or LETT on
too long than from not having one
applied" reports Fred c. Mills,
the former National Director of
the Health and Safety Service Divi-
sion of the Boy Scouts of America.
Pressure on the spot will stop
almost any bleeding. The most
severe bleeding can often be ar
rested by a large compress -
handkerchief or a piece of shirt -
held firmly in place until the blood
clots and the wound can be band
aged. But never exert pressure on
a head wound. You may force
pieces of a fractured skull into the
brain"
Lights That Mean Death
To CONTINUE our education for
survival, take traffic lights. The
city of Wilmington, Del, recently
made a study that embraced Is
years and 1,6O6 intersections. The
findings proved that the danger
ratio at light-controlled crossings,
in terms of deaths, was 8.65 times
higher than at unmarked crossings
in that city. A similar study made
as a check in Philadelphia re-
vealed that the death ratio at
signall-controlled crossings was
even higher than Wilmington's.
Controls don't end danger,
says E. F. koester, Wilmington's
chief safety engineer. They pro-
claim it."
Too many parents think their
children will be safe If they
'wait for the green light" This
creates false security that makes
the child the easy victim of the
first motorist who ignores the red
light. Actually. green lights mean
danger; they do not guarantee
your safety:
Cold Facts
Would you know how to save
yourself if you were caught in a
blizzard2 Every winter dozens of
hunters, sportsmen and vacation
'ers die of exhaustion and exposure
because of the belief, fostered in
adventure novels, that to survive
you must keep moving"
tho Sx~o.k
Evening star., 1950-08-06
Sulphur Does Il

--e -
ACTUALLY, the blackening of sill
yer by mushrooms is wholly due
to the sulphur they contain. Many
edible mushrooms are rich in
sulphur and will blacken a spoon
almost at once, while some of the
toxic varieties are low in sulphur
and have slight effect"
Unnecessary panic or hysteria
makes hundreds of us candidates
for an early grave. A few months
ago. in Los Angeles. when a man
was bitten in the leg by a mad
dog, he darted into his car and
raced frantically for the nearest
hospital to secure immediate treat
ment for hydrophobia. He was so
terrified that on the way he lost
control of his vehicle and was
killed in crash with another car.
This man would be alive today if
he had not suffered from the popu-
lar belief that hydrophobia must
be treated Immediately.
Don't lose your head if bitten
by a dog suspected of rabies"
warns the Red Cross. Rabies de-
velops in dogs within ten days,
but requires longer in humans. so
there is reasonable time to take
the Pasteur treatment if the dog
has rabies. Exception: The Pas
teur treatment should be given
Evening star., 1950-08-06
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Don't pinch and punch your
self to keep conscious. BY forcing
yourself to keep awake, you use up
energy that is needed to keep you
warm. Through exercise and
through panic your sweat glands
start working, and perspiration
makes your clothing wet. When
you are so worn out that you cam
not keep awake any longer, ex-
hausted and wet, you drop in your
tracks and then you may never
wake again."
Last year, u. S. coroners re-
ported 2l deaths from mush-
room poisoning. In several of
these cases, the victims died be-
cause they had tested" wild
mushrooms they had picked with
the "silver spoon method"
According to DR.. William F.
Boos, perhaps the most famous
poison expert of our time and
author of the book, The Poison
Trail" The popular test of the
silver spoon is a dangerous fraud.
For hundreds of years mushroom
gatherers have been taught that
if a silver spoon is placed in con-
tact with a harmful mushroom it
will turn black.
Evening star., 1950-08-06
FEARFUL
at 8 months!

When baby is fearful because
of Childhood Constipation"
give Fletcher's Castoria. The
mildyetthorough laxative that's
made especially for his delicate
system. Fletcher's Castoria does
not contain a single harsh drug.
So gentle, it cannot cause grip
ing, diarrhea or discomfort. So
pleasant tasting, even very
young babies take it willingly.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
MAN TAKES LIFE
In JAIL HERE
Harry Cloud, so, Found Dead
by Policeman Early Yes
terday Morning
FUNERAL ON SATURDAY

Harry Cloud, so, who was being
held by local police for questioning,
was found hanged in his cell in
town Jail early yesterday morning.
Sgt. Harry Robinson, member of
the local police force, discovered
the body at 6:10 am. while making
a check of the quarters. A shoe
string was tied about Clouds neck,
he said, and fastened to bunk.
He had been placed in the cell at
Z pm. Tuesday. DR.. Richard w.
Comegys, Clayton, pronounced him
dead and Coroner John Rogers, of
Frederick, has reported the case as
suicide by strangling. Funeral SER
vices will be held Saturday, March
25 from the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel
with the Rev. o. C. Jones, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
in charge and interment will be in
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
COUNTY COMMUNITY LECTURE
GROUP TO END SERIES MARCH 2S

The last lecture in the Kent
County Community Lecture Series
will be held on Tuesday, March 2S
instead of on Thursday, March 80
as originally announced. II will be
held in the auditorium of the Caes-
ar Rodney High School in Wyom-
ing at s o'clock. The lecturer will
be DR.. A1niya Chakravarty of the
faculty of the University of CAL
cutta, India. DIR. Chakravarty was
a close friend and counsellor of Ma
hatma Ghandi and associated as a
writer with DR.. Ratindranath Ia
gore. He is spending a year in
America as a visiting professor at
Yale University and other univer-
sites. He believes the task of inter-
preting Indian and Asian democra-
cy to the West to be an urgent
one, for only by an understanding
of this kind can a real plan for the
working together of democracies
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
MUSICAL SHOW
AT CLAYTON
Bible Class of Church to Give
Benefit Musical on Satur-
day, March 25
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

A program of sacred, classical,
semi-classical, and band music will
be sponsored by the Friendly Eel
lows Bible Class of Ewell's-St. Paul
Methodist Church, Clayton, on Sat
urday, March 25 at 8 pm, at the
auditorium of the Clayton School.
The program is being given as a
benefit for the church building
fund. Each member of the Bible
Glass will work on project for
the fund and this one is in charge
of Wilbur E. Clark, assisted by
members of the class. Robert
Douglas is ticket chairman and his
aides are p. r. Smith, Roland Mills,
Dudley Crossley, w. e. Clark,
Charles Pryor, Harry Amos w. S.
Collision, James Donaway, and
Reynolds Pratt. Tickets for the af-
fair are moving well; the price is
rs cents for adults and so cents for
children. Anyone not solicited may
call any member of the committee
and tickets will be delivered. The
proposed new building will be To-
Gated at the corner of Clayton Ave.
and West Street and it is expected
that work will begin next summer.
A campaign for funds by contribu-
tion will be started soon under the
direction of the pastor, the Rev. C.
E. Leister. The new church was
merged by the last conference and
is the result of the recognition by
the two congregations of the
growth, particularly in the Sunday
Schools, and of the need for expan-
sion. The proposed building, esti-
mated to cost $4,000 will include
the sanctuary, and a modern edu-
cational building; in the large base
ment there will be facilities for
recreation, the social activities of
the church, as well as meeting
place for various organizations.
There will be an up-to-date kitch-
en-, and it is contemplated to have
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Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
TALK ON
CAMP BARNES
Rotary Members Hear Talk by
Lieut.. William Short of
State Police
SHOW PICTURES OF CAMP

Lieut.. William Short, Delaware
State Police, representing the Del
aware State Chiefs of Police Asso-
citation, gave a talk on Camp
Barnes at the Smyrna Rotary Club
Thursday night on program ar
ranged by Mayor Albert A. New
comb, Sr. The response was made
by Willard Rutter. Mr.. Short told
of the circumstances leading up to
the creation of Camp Barnes which
is used by under privileged boys
throughout the state, and told of
the current financial campaign to
cover this years expenses, with the
$4,000 mark rapidly being reach
ed. Pictures were shown of the
camp which is being enlarged tc
accommodate 400 boys this year
Reynolds Pratt presided and Mr.
Rutter led group singing. There
were vocal solos appropriate to st
Patrick's Day sung by Mayor New
comb. Q. Yost was a visiting Ro
tartan from Dover, and Charles P
Thornley, was the guest of William
T. Potter
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
CENTURY CLUB
OPEN MEETING
Norman G. Wilder, WildIife
Technician to Give Address
at Open Meeting
TOMORROW EVENING

The Twentieth Century Club
will open its meeting to the gener-
al public at 8 pm. on Friday even-
ing, March "a when program fea-
turing National Conservation of
Wildlife Week will be presented.
Norman G. Wilder, wildlife techni
clan for the State Board of Game
and Fish Commissioners, will be
the speaker. Mr.. Wilder was re-
Gently honored by his selection as
chairman of the Northeast Section
of the National Wildlife Society at
meeting held in Syracuse, N. Y.
He will speak on Conservation of
Natural Resources AS it Affects
Our Own Community, and will il
lustrate his halk with pictures TAX
en- in our own locality of stream
pollution and soil erosion and other
conservation problems. Group sing
ing will be led by Mrs. Carl Wright,
who will also sing group of songs
with Mrs. Harper Jones as accom-
panist. Troop.1 Senior Girl Scouts
will present a one-act play, Gift
Horse, based on the sixth law of
scouting. "A Girl Scout is a Friend
to Animals" The characters will
be portrayed by Barbara Wallace,
Diane Shortt, Patsy Beck, Nancy
Knots, Patty Middleton, Marjorie
Johnson, Barbara Parry, and Alice
Mood. The committee in charge of
the ''horse" includes June Colder,
Veronica Burke, and Patsy Ryan.
The program has been arranged by
Mrs. Thomas Russell, conservation
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Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
JUNIOR PLAY
PROMISES HIT
"A Case of Springtime" Prom
ises a Full Evening of Ac-
tiOn, Humor, Excitement
NEXT WEDNESDAY EVE

Judging from previews, this
years Junior Play, "a Case of
Springtime" by Lee Sherman,
promises to be a hilarious smash
hit, a full evening of action, humor
and excitement that will entertain
the whole family from the opening
of the curtain in the school audi
torium here at s o'clock on March
20 to the final closing two hours
later. The ticket committee has
established the lowest possible tax
included prices SO that every friend
and patron of the school will find
it possible to bring the entire fam
lily to join in the fun. "A. large cast
of IS is now busily engaged in put
ting the finishing touches on this
fast-moving story of Bob, the high
school boy with many a genius for
being in hot water all of the time.
The big question of what happened
to Bob's magic show will be ans
wered next Wednesday evening,
March 20, at 8 o'clock. Student
price and children's tickets are 40
cents; adults, so cents. The cast is
as follows:
CAST OF CHARACTERS
David Jacobs as Bob Parker,
who is on a spot
William Marsh as Mr.. Parker, Bobs father
Mary Vaughn as Mrs. Parker, Bob's mother
Anna Knots as Betty Parker Bobs sister
Gene Short as Dickie Parker,
!. the kid brother
Sara Jane Sparks as Gwen Anderson,
Dickie's flame"
Ruth KINNEY as Joan Abernacker,
the principals daughter
Walter Beckwith as Eddie Joan's brother
Dolores David as Louella, the Parker,s maid
Bob Bamberger as Mr.. Abernacker,
the high school principal
Shirley Smith as Mrs. Brunswick
of the P. T. A.
Doris Slaughter as Mrs. James
Joyce McNatt as Mrs. Hill. of the P.T.A.
Clarence Scuse as Plainclothes Man.
June Cook as Miss Bright. =. from the zoo
Place: The living room of the Parker home
Time: The present. Early Spring.
Synopsis
Act One. Morning-Just before school
Act Two: Early evening-Several days later
Act Three: A little later the same evening.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
CANCER DRIVE
DURING APRIL
Local Contributions Used for
Cancer Education, Needy
Patients in Delaware
MANY LIVES SAVED

The annual Cancer Crusade will
be conducted in Smyrna during the
month of April, with Mrs. w. ]. M.
Wroten as chairman, assisted by
Mrs. Glenn S. King, Mrs. Harold
Smith, Mrs. Richard Price and Mrs.
Clarence Scuse as co-chairmen.
Volunteers for soliciting are need
ed, the chairman announced today,
and interested persons may con-
tact Mrs. Wroten or any of the
above co-chairmen. The national
Office of the American Cancer Soci-
ETY., Inc. hopes to make this 1850
Crusade the most powerful ever
conducted, so that their program
can continue to grow. The aim of
the Cancer Society is to obtain the
greatest possible use of present
knowledge on the control of cancer
and at the same time constantly
seek to increase that knowledge.
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Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
AID IN MOVING
VA PATIENTS
Two Ambulances of Legion
Post Here Used in Trans
fer of 125 Patients
MOVED TO NEW HOSPITAL

On Tuesday morning, March 21,
the David C. Harrison Post No. IA,
American Legion of Smyrna, loan
ed the services of their two ambu-
lances to assist in the movement of
patients from the old Veterans
Administration Hospital, located at
the New Castle County Airport, to
the new Veterans Administration
Hospital at Brack-Ex, Delaware.
Out of total of 125 patients in
volved in this transfer, only twen-
ty-five were in the class known as
litter cases. OF these, the local am
bulance service handled eight per-
sons. The drivers who rendered
this aid were Beverly T. Gaulke
and Grant G.. Garis. One hundred
twenty-five miles were travelled by
each of the ambulances in service.
Although the movement of patients
into the new Veterans Administra-
tion Hospital has been completed,
the actual dedication ceremonies
will not take place nutil April g.
At that time the hospital will be
open for public inspection.
"Clif" Jones in Hospital
Clifton ]. Jones, past Command
er of the David c. Harrison Post
No. IA, is still confined at the st.
Francis Hospital, Wilmington,
where he underwent an operation
recently. The latest report states
that elf" Jones is improving. All
of Cliffs" friends wish him a
speedy recovery. At the present
time, the Post Ambulance Commit
tee is inquiring into the matter of
purchasing an oxygen mask, tank
and such other equipment as may
be deemed necessary for the i'm
provement of the present ambu-
lance service. The Post ambulance,
Grant G. Garis driver, carried Will
liam Butcher to the Memorial Hos
Ipital, Wilmington, last Saturday,
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23

be evolved to confront divisionisr
powers. The subject of DR.. Cha
kravarty's lecture will be India To-
day. He is qualified to deal with
this subject for his experience is
wide and varied. He was a repre-
sentative for India at the All-India
Oriental Conference and the Asian
Relations Conference. The last lee
ture in the State College Commun-
ity Lecture Series will be held on
Monday, March 27 at s:15 pm. in
the auditorium of State College.
DR.. Herbert Dorm of the faculty of
the University of Delaware will be
the lecturer. He will deal with the
topic Americas Role in the World
Today" DIR. Dorm is a writer and
lecturer on international affairs.
He was active in the League of Ma
tions and in other international
councils between World War I and
World War II.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
Death of Mrs. B. L. Cooper

Mrs. Ray Lank Cooper died in
Washington, D. c. on March %.
She was the daughter of Capt. Will
liam A. Lank and Hester Mitchell
Lank. Funeral services will be held
Friday, March "a at Washington,
d. c. with the Rev. Donald Par
sons, rector of st. Peters Episcop-
al Church, Smyrna, officiating. In
terment will be in st. Peters Gem
etery, Smyrna, at 1 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, March 25. She was
the widow of the late Alexander
Cooper
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
AUCTION SALE AT CLAYTON
To Be Held Saturday, April 1 For
Benefit of Church Building Fund

To Be Held Saturday, April 1 For
Benefit of Church Building Fund
The Contact Club of Ewelrs-St.
Paul Methodist Church will spon-
sor large public auction sale on
Saturday, April 1 for the benefit
of the building fund of the church.
Starting at 1 pm, it will be held
at the empty parsonage on Rodney
Street, with Allan Moffitt, licensed
auctioneer, conducting the sale. A
large collection of glassware and
dishes has been assembled from the
attics of residents in and near
Clayton, and enough furniture to
fill box-car has been collected.
The women of the church will have
lunch counter where homemade
cakes and pies will be for sale, as
well as hot coffee and hot dogs.
Don't forget to spend April Fools
Day in Clayton attending the sale.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23

Death of Mrs. Guy EdmondsOn, Sr.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebec-
ca Reed Edmondson, who died at
her late residence here, March 1S,
were held Tuesday, March 81 from
the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel, with
the Rev. Donald Parsons, rector of
st. Peters Episcopal Church, Off
ciating. She was the daughter OF
Alfred H. Reed and Eta Bradberry
Reed. She is survived by her hus-
band, Guy M. Edmondson, Sr.; sew
en- children: Mrs. w. w. Whitaker,
Guy M. Edmondson, Jr., Mrs. Ger
trude Birmingham, James M. Ed
mondson, all of Smyrna; Mrs.
George Metz, Lincoln, Del; Mrs.
Warren Smith, Wilmington; VIII
liam Edmondson, Bethlehem, Pa;
seven brothers and sisters: Mrs.
John Walsh, Mrs. Dean Kerr, Mrs.
Edward Lee, Thomas B. Reed, all
of Erie, Pa; Alfred Reed, Renova,
Pa; Mrs. Charles Aumiller, Lewis
burg, Pa; Mrs. E. Foster DeFord,
Atlantic City, N. j.; and five
grandchildren.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
ENTERTAINMENT AT HOME
Residents of State Welfare Home
to See Part of Antics of 1850


to See Part of Antics of 1850
The residents of the State We'll
fare Home will see part of the re-
vue, Antics of 1850, Sunday even
ing, under the direction of Jack
Simpson, producer. AS much of the
extravaganza will be presented as
facilities at the home will allow.
On Sunday afternoon the choir of
Ewells-St. Paul Church, Clayton,
will sing at the service at the
Home and the following Sunday
afternoon music will be provided
by Union Methodist Church, Will
mington. On Easter Sunday after
noon the choir of st. Peters
Church, Smyrna, will sing during
the service for the patients at the
Home. On April 13 a show by the
Greensboro, Md. Lions Club is
scheduled. These services and en-
tertainments are arranged by the
recreational therapy department,
under the direction of Miss Emma
Payne, of the staff.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
Winners of Gift Certificates

The winners of the $3.50 merch-
andise gift certificates at the An
tics of 1850 were as follows: Fri
day night, Bertha Graham. Town
send, the winning number drawn
by Governor Ebert N. Carvel; Sat-
urday night, Horace Walls, Kenton,
the winning number selected by U.
S. Representative ]. Caleb Boggs.
The highly successful show drew
capacity audiences both nights.
Members of the cast presented
Jack Simpson, producer-dir ector, a
brief case, to show their appreci-
alton of his efforts. A more COM
prehensive account of the affair
will be given later, following a
meeting of the board of directors
of the Smyrna Lions Club tonight.
Smyrna times., 1950-03-23
HEAR TALK ON
HOOVER PLAN
William Duffy, Wilmington
Attorney, Addressed Mem
bers of Lions Club
RECOMMENDATIONS

A clarifying talk on the recon-
mendations of the Hoover Report
was given by William Duffy, Will
mington attorney and chairman of
the Speakers Bureau of the Della
ware Citizens Committee, at the
dinner meeting of the Smyrna
Lions Club Monday night at The
Colonial Hotel. Prefacing his re-
marks on the report itself, he gave
the background of the cost and
economy OF the federal govern
ment, saying that it is the biggest
business on earth," but for which
there is no central inventory. Trac-
ing the growth in the functions of
government, which 20 years ago
spent four billion dollars and now
spends forty-two billion dollars and
has two million employees, he stated
that since Theodore Roosevelt all
presidents have recognized the
problem and have been aware of
the intolerable burden, and every
executive has attempted to re-or-
ganize. President Truman and the
Congress saw the need to do some-
thing, and created commission to
study and bring in recommends
tions. The commission was bi-par-
tisan and non-political the speaker
stressed. Herbert Hoover was a
member and Truman insisted that
Hoover head it. For IA months
"a task forces appointed by the
commission labored on the task,
which was concerned with admin
istration, a management survey,
to show how government could be
administered more efficiently and
economically. He gave detailed
figures on overlapping agencies.
The recommendations, all admins
trative, the speaker listed as fol-
lows: the establishment of clear
chain of command from the Presi-
dent down; that persons with re-
sponsibility will have adequate
staff assistance, fixed by statute; a
recommendation designed to in
crease business-like application of
budgeting and accounting proce-
dure. Mr.. Duffy said that some
recommendations have been adopt
ed this year, also, that Truman has
gone as far as he can under exist
ing laws. Twenty-Five per cent of
total recommendations have been
enacted, he continued, and legisIa-
tion on the remainder will be tough
due to the attitude of groups that
they favor all changes except
where it affects them. If recon-
mendations benefit all they should
be enacted regardless of how some
will be affected, the speaker stated.
Answering the question, what
can we do?", Mr.. Duffy said that
responsibility goes with the privi-
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