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1893 COLUMBIA RD. NV, Apt. ss;
twin-bed room. MI: 1854. SO
1919 G ST. N.W.-GirI to share apt
with another girl: $50 mo. Me
$500 Ext. s13, after 5. 30
TWO GOVERNMENT GIRLS will share
apt. with l other. 18th and Columbia
rd. Call DU. 5a46, --19
CONGENIAL GIRL, in eos, to share
washer, etc. LU. I-2614. 11s
ONE or two girls to share furn., f.
rm; and bath apt. Sc. section. Call
90. 10. 2-S25I. -24
DUPONT CIRCLE. Lge. cool apt. with
all cows. to share with 2 other
girls. To Sept. 1. DU. 1872 aft. g.
GIRL, under 30, to share apt; new
BLDG: excellent location: S45. HO.
AsmMEAD PL. N.w.-spacs for o. 8
girls July J. in large house with 3
others; completely furnished. Cal
DE 1857. after D pm. -23
SCOTT CIRCLE-Share cool, 1-bedrm
apt. with young profess. woman. DE
NICE APT. TO SHARE with l girl;
yersity. NE. O33s. 80
YOUNG MAN to share modern apt
with another; ideal location: share
expenses. JA.- 1914.
AVAIL IMMEDIATELY-1o or 2 ladies
wanted to share 2-bedrm. apt. with
! other: reas. rent. OV. 075S. 40
YOUNG CHRISTIAN COUPLE with 2
babies desire 2-bedrm., unfurn apt.
pref. NV. Ii. 4-6257. --21
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ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Lumber -millwork business,
active, prosperous business,
doing 6-figure volume and net
ting in excess Of 14Sc on in
vesment. Health forcing re-
tirement, as volume reaches
ever increasing peak. S-acres
ground included to care for
expansion of facilities. Fast
srowing section Fairfax County,
adjacent TO Alexandria,
HICKS REALTY co.
Alex. 1900
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CATHFnP AT, AREA

CATHEDRAL AREA
Newark ST.. Just on Wis. ave. semidet.
home with rear garden; unusually
large liv room, full dining room.
modern electric kitchen, 3 good bed
rooms finished rec. room in bsmt.
Vacant. Call Mr.. Watts. ewes. OR.
516l. DRURY REALTY CORP.
MI 1000. .
CONN. AVE. AND LEGATION ST:
Three -bedrm. detached brick; lst n.
powder rm., ultramodern kit. rec.
room and maids rm. in basement.
HO. 677S RA 0g30
IL
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ROOMS FURNIsHED-s.E.-S.W.

A ST. Sc. 710-Capitol Hill area.
Nicely furn. lge front rm., End a.
Twin beds. Cool. AID. 3163.
eis7 ALABAMA AVE. s.E.-Lge. front
rm.. double bed. next to bath. Conv.
sEIIARGE FRONT ROOM for o;
honey atmosphere in modern Colo
NAL home: So vk. each; LU. 4-637S.
1907 MINI. AVE. s.E.-Frt. nm; or
refined gentlemen; next bath; pvt.
home, LU ABBA 10
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ROOMS FURNISHED-N.E.

1Of VICTOR ST. N.E.-Single room,
new furniture, new home; good
tranSp.; gentleman, sober: $50 mo.
TaN TIA S2E5 go
Single: all furnished. all privileges,
1.49-A 18th 81. ne 2le
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home, S1l5.
VA. FOREST. Attractive 2-bedrm.,
S135.
RAVENwOOD, 4-bedrms.. 3 baths.
JOSEPH W. sEAY CO.
Realtors. IA. 262o
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COLORED-LARGK FRONT ROOM
1-O514 --19
COLORED-LARGE FRONT RIM. all
privileges; couple or single person;
conv. tranSp. Ii. 6-9779. 20
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IMMEDIATE POsSESSION-Five-rm
furn. house in Silver Spring; large
rms, full bsmt., fenced-in yard; very
veil turn. c. R. GRAHAM Co.
cHEvS Hi; Solei CHASE, Md. mr.. circle
Comfortable, spacious home: ?
baths, fenced garden, gar: TV;
adults only: middle of July to middle
OF October; rent reasonable. WI.
3169. -21
BETHESDA, MD.-FAIRFIELD DR..
near schools. public and parochial;
also naval and public health center;
3 bedrooms. bath on 1st f.. large
bedroom on End d.; garage, elec.
washer. Lot i00x1oo overlooking
Columbia Country Club links. ideal
FOR CHILDREN. Available July 90
at S165 per mo Call WO. $500 to
see this and other houses, furnished
and unfurnished.
EDW. H. JONES g. CO.. INC.
30
EAST FALLS CHURCH-Four- -bedrm.
home; mos, starting July l; 5000.
FALLS CHURCH
Three bedrms., recr. rm., den; many
extras: to September /. 5000.
VIENNA-Three bedrms., lovely. lge
yard: available now. Sl60.
JOSEPH w. SEAY CO.
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1908 9th ST. S.W.
Two rms. kit. and bath; $50 per
mo. FLOYD E. DAVIS CO., 1928
e st u W Ma noE.,
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ON CAPITOL HILL

A1h-COND1l 1ON6D AFIs
The Congressional Apts., 2I5 Con-
stitution ave. ne, has a large,
beautifully furn. efficiency apt. avail.
now. See RES. MGR. ON premises.
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NEWSSTAND

Owner quotes $1,000 wk. plus income
from machines, Located in the
heart of downtown. Price So. .0On
includes $4,000 stock. A truly
money-making bargain. GASTON
CO.. sol woodward Bldg. DI. 17G5.
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1900 SHEPHERD ST. NE.
'aris7 usiis'. s79'ss per mo. III inquire it
FLoYfs E DAVIS CO., 1929 K st.
NV. A. os52.
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CONTINUED on Next 30
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ROOMS WANTED
ROOMS AND APIS. TO SHARE

WANTED-Furnishe Housekeeping
cs1E fo1m tor 7de5 fetlned eatsy widow in p c.
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CONN. AND KALORAMA RID
LONGCOPE GUESTHOUSE
Sgie. and dble. rooms, maid service
"No1 KaloramA I'd. HO. S61R %
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$55-Heart of downtown bus. section
2 rms, kit. and bath; heat; Vene-
tian blinds. gas stove. S15 Eye st
1A12 II st nI 1877 -21
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GEORGETOWN-Now through Sep
tember; cool. high ceiling. beauti-
lge. liv. rms. kit. double bedrm.,
bath. pvt. walled garden; $500. AID.
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TAKOMA PARK, Md, 6s01 Red Top
rd.; apt. in garden-type bldg. Liv.
rm., dinette, bedrm., bath, kit: all
utils. furn.; pvt. parking, nr. transp.
$3.50 mo. SH. 1915. days; ST..
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NAYLOR GARDEN
18th ST. NV.

One bedrm.. liy. rm.. dinette. kitchen
and bath; elev. bldg; secretarial
service; Sl35 per month immed oc-
cupancy. Call BOSS 81 PHELPS,
INC, MA Q3OO "a
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CHEVY CHASE. D.C.-Detached brick
with first-f1oor bedroom and bath; 4
bedrooms, nursery and 9 baths ON
second floor; finished room on third:
only So 900 down and easy monthly
payments; will consider equity in
with DRURY REALTY CORP, MI.
1000; ewes, LII 1-r06q
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JEFFERSON Hotel
18th & M SITS. NV.
SUMMER RATES
EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS
AND SUITES
DI. 4704
ia
COLORED-ROOM for couple or 2
men; all privileges. Call after pm
lazy Newton St NV. Apt. 2S. 80
COL0RED-LARGE elaborate front
room. single or double. MI. 4037.
COLORED-SGLE. AND DBLE. rm
for ladies; twin beds: mr.: 14th st
earlins; privileges; Tu 5266. 23'
beds: for employed men 14th and
Meridian pl. NV. TU. 3S4S. 30
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5000 BLK. OF 23rd ST. S.E.-At-
tractive and 2-bedrm. apts..
Lge closets; imm. occup. LEO NJ
BERNSTEIN & CO., 1415 K st. NV
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Continued From Page CLAD
nual event that draws college boys
and girls frcm some so universe
ties, usually is held the first week
in April. Players from Yale, Har-
ward, Princeton, Dartmouth and
Cornell are among the teams bat
] tling one another and Bermuda
teams for the championship.
/ Racing at CALIFORNIA; Santa
Anita Park begins December 26
Racing in Florida moves from
Tropical Park to Hialeah on Janu-
ary 16.
A Christmas tree, decorated in
the Victorian manner with witch
balls" strings of popcorn and
gingerbread boys with raisin eyes
and buttons. is on display at the
Valentine Wickham house, in
Richmond. The display will con-
tinue through January 4.
Pan American World Airways
will operate Douglas Superb
Clippers between New York and
Buenos Aires, starting January l..
The 325- 5-mile-per- hour sky giants
| will complete each run in about
% hours, including three stops
en- route-Port of Spain, Trinidad: /:
Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo.
This replacement of the double
deck Boeing Stratocruisers is to
begin with four trips weekly in
each direction. The "Strato" Clip
pers will be transferred to Pam
AIMS s-Atlantic and trans
Pacific routes.
Moore cCormack Lines. fol-
lowing practice started before
World War II, will operate two
ships on a schedule that puts
them in port at Rio for the famed
carnival. The Brazil will sail
January %. the Uruguay on Feb
ruary 4. Both liners will serve
their passengers as hotels during
the carnival, which in 1853 starts
February IA and continues until
midnight February II, the eve of
Ash Wednesday.
IVisos Waived
American Export Lines has an
nounced that II Mediterranean
countries have waived visa re-
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Travellers $ Notebook

quirements for United States citi-
zens making the full 1858 Medi-
terranean cruise aboard the liner
Constitution. The countries are:
Portugal, Spain, France. Italy
Greece. Turkey, Lebanon, Israel,
Egypt, Algeria. French Morocco
and islands under their control
| A clue to dates of the slack
season in Switzerland comes il
the form of a decision by one o1
the hotels to reduce tariffs uI
to 20 per cent for two winter peri
ods. Suvretta House, in st. MoritZ
took the lead by offering the dis
counts from January is to 81 and
from February S to March Is
Swiss hostelries, like other resorts
holding to distinct seasons, are
plagued by high peaks which over
tax facilities and the stats, and
periods when few guests are regis
tered.
From Guayaquil to Quito,
Ecuador. is so miles by train. In
that interval, the train climbs
0,0O0 feet. crosses 88 bridges and
passes through three tunnels.
Running time: II hours.
Christmas and New Year cruises
have become known for such ship
board fun that they usually sell
out early. Now comes a train
board holiday party, which will
launch the Chicago & North
Westerns winter sports programs.
A special ski train will leave Chi
cago early in the evening, of De-
cember 81. bound for Northern
Holiday Lodge at Marensco, Mich.
Ahead of the snow lovers will be
"a f1ve-day vacation on the shores
Iof Lakes Superior and Gogebic
But before that comes the cele-
bratiOn of New Years. The rail-
road will add two special cars
a "backwoods bar" car and a
ballroom" car, with facilities for
dancing. Music by an orchestra,
favors, an entertainment program
and a midnight buffet supper will
lhighlight the trip. The five-day
Iiunket has been "packaged" under
an overall charge of $65.10 from
IChicago.
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To Skip Around
Within Florida
Motoring From Washington:

tile Farm and the Circus Winter
Quarters.
Bradenton, to the north of
Sarasota. has the Royal Palm
Nurseries, South Florida Museum
and the De Soto National
Memorial.
Fort Myers is worth visiting if
only for the generous display of
royal palms and the fresh shrimp.
which appear on the dining tables
of its restaurants and hotels. It
is also the home of the Florida
Marine Museum.
At Key West, southernmost city
in the United States, Bayview
Park. the Key West Lighthouse,
the Martello Towers and the San
Carlos Institute are interesting
spots for brief visits.
Greet Fresh Water Loke
Lake Oheechobee, north of Lake
Harbor and northeast of Wnidden.
is the second largest fresh water
lake in the United States. The
southern part of the lake now
forms part of the South Florida
Cross-State Canal. Bird life is at
its best here.
West Palm Beach, reached over
U. S. AL from Lake Okeechobee,
is far-famed Winter resort and
important trading center. Many
of its roads are bordered by stately
royal and coconut palms, as we'll
as colorful hibiscus, oleanders and
other tropical plants. Located
there is the Norton Gallery and
School of Art-which accounts
for many of the palm tree paint
ings finding stheir way out of
Florida.
Stuart, on the st. Lucie River,
has a waterways connection with
Lake Okeechobee. but from it's
Atlantic side it offers some of the
finest salt water fishing in the
State.
Vero Beach, on the mainland,
west of the Indian River. is just
north of the Mckee Jungle
Gardens and a pleasant town for
as extended holiday.
Daytona Beach, astride the
Halifax River on the Atlantic
Ocean, was once an automobile
speed testing center when the AAA
ran fast cars along its wide, solid
sandy beach, a course % miles
long. 1t has several yacht basins.
clubs and splendid hotels.
Last, but not least in this hop,
skip and a jump" survey of the
major attractions of the Sunshine
State, is St. Augustine, the States
most historic city. 1t was founded
in 1865. BY all means see the
Castillo de San Marcos National
Monument and the Old Salve
Market.
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fright.
st. Petersburg, at the southern
end of the Pinellas Peninsula, has
80 miles of shoreline and is bor-
dered on three sides by salt water.
Mirror Lake drive and Recreation
Park are worthy of attention, as
are the Sunken Gardens.
Nearby Tampa, third largest
city in the State. is on Hills
borough River. Lowry Park and
the Municipal Museum are worth
a look see"
Scenic ToIIohossee
Tallahassee. capital of Florida,
lies in the northwestern section in
a scenic region Of rolling hills,
rivers, lakes and crystal-clear
springs. The State Capitol is noted
for its columned porticos and mas
sive dome and for its interior of
classic simplicity.
Sarasota. on the bay of the same
name. is separated from the Gulf
of Mexico by a chain of sandy
keys. It is an art. circus and re-
sort center, and the locale of the
Sarasota Jungle Gardens, the
Ringing Museums, Sarasota Rep
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Lotin Quarter Origin

PARASITIC Sorbonne is the
popular name for the University
of Paris, founded by Robert de
Sorbon in the Middle Ages. It's
early students spoke Latin. and
thus the surrounding district came
to be known as the Latin Quarter.
The main courtyard and the gall
leries of the Sorbonne may be
visited any week day.
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By WoIter w. Hubbard
American Automobile Association.

In previous articles In this
series, six different motor routes
to and from the Sunshine State
have been discussed. This time
attention is directed to Florida S
major highways which run north
and south and, roughly, east and
west, across a State which has
a population Of nearly 100000
and a land area of we'll over So
600 square miles.
Also known as the Land of
Flowers" Florida has come into
/ One Of series on Florido motor travel.
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its own the past decade as an all
year-'round vacation resort. with
just about every form of sport
and recreation being available
save skiing and mountain climb
ing.
Motorists should be told that
the maximum speed permitted, in
open country. is go miles per hour
during the daylight hours and SO
at night.
Florida's State parks and his
torical memorials have an area
of over 1000 acres, including
Myakka River State Park. II miles
east of Sarasota. 1t is the largest
in Florida. Visitors will find that
it's Everglades National Park is
the only tropical area in CONT
mental United States. AS shown
on the American Automobile AS
lsociation's map. it includes Cape
Sable, the southern extremity OF
the peninsula.
Primitive to Sophisticotion
1t is not far from the Everglades
to the thriving area comprised by
Miami and Miami Beach tourist
center of South Florida.
Miami's metropolitan area in
cludes Coral Gables, Miami Beach,
Hialeah, Miami Springs, Opa
Locka and South Miami. The
areas highlights include Tropical
Hobbyland. Crabtree Museum,
Bayfront Park, Monkey Jungle,
Fort Dallas. Crandon Park, Dinner
Key, Miami international Airport
and the Fairchild Tropical Gar
dens. The AAA's office is at Bis
cayne Boulevard and Twenty
ninth street, Miami.
Jacksonville, on the st. Johns
River, is Florida's second largest
IT'D AVET
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MarydeI

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Luton of
Aeadon, Pa, have purchased the
home of Mr.. Albert Lambert and
are now living there. We welcome
them to Marydel.
Miss Wanda Wentrovich has
been admitted as patient to the
Kent General Hospital, Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Tenant
and children of Clinton, Oklahoma,
were recent visitors in the home or
M-Sgt. and Mrs. Lee Grayson.
Two bolts of lightning struck
the home of Mr.. Ted Cartes at LOO
am. last Monday morning, COM
pletely destroying the meter box,
blowing out fuses, knocking down
plaster from the second floor cell
ing as well as almost completely
melting an electric light fixture in
the ceiling. The television set also
was greatly damaged.
Mrs. Harry Downs and son, Ell
lott, of Rio de Janario, Brazil, are
spending the summer months visit
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
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Leon Koncus of near Marydel.
The two young sons Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles L. Turner, Jr., were
baptized at IL am. by Father Ru-
dolph Miller at the Immaculate
Conception Church on Saturday
morning, August 10th. They were
baptized Charles Leonard, III and
Machael Lee. Mr.. Turner, at pres
ent, is home on furlough from
Newport, R. l., where he is serving
as member of the u. S. Navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Luton over the
weekend had as house guests Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Luton and chill
dren of Collingdale, Pa, and Miss
es June Gordon and Susan Homa of
Yeadon, Pa.
Mrs. Max Albert of Allentown,
Pa, is spending a week visiting
with her niece and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. H. Collision.
Corporal Harry Starky has re-
turned to Fort Meade, Md, after a
3O-day leave of absence, having
served on the Korean front for the
past year.
Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
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Serving in Korea

William H. Foraker. son of Mrs.
Jennie M. Foraker father deceas-
ed), who lives on Main street,
Townsend, was recently promoted
to corporal while serving with the
44Oth Infantry Division on the ac-
tive central front in oKrea. De-
spite the summer rain season
which has made the frontlines a
quagmire of mud, the central sec
tor has been the scene of a recent
fiare-up of Communist attacks and
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phia is being entertained by Mrs.
James d. Wilds.
20 Years Ago

The Schools located in the Smyr-
ma Special School District will open
on Wednesday, September Z. The
buildings have been thoroughly
cleaned and renovated. Only one
change has been made in the
teaching staff.
Saturday noon, a fire-mile sec
ton of the dual highway, from
Drawers Greek to Fieldsboro was
opened for traffic. On September
1, an additional five-mile stretch
of the dual highway, from Fields
boro to Reynolds Corner, south of
Blackbird, will be opened.
Miss Melvina Lewis and Miss
Helen Lewis spent several days
last week at Harrington as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Kam-
mer and son, Daniel Hammer, Of
Baltimore, Md, were the guests
over the weekend of DR.. and Mrs.
C. ]. Prickett.
Miss Claire Hoffecker of Ches-
terfield, N. H., is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert D. Hoffecker and
daughter, Miss F. Louise HoffecK-
er..
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Frazier and
Mr.. William Hutchison spent Sun
day at Delmar. Miss Harriet
Hutchinson returned home with
them where she had been spending
the past week.
Miss Mary Eta West has re-
turned home after visit with her
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam H. West at Hartly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ]. Lower and
children are spending several days
at Rehoboth.
Mr.. Warner w. Price, Jr., re-
turned home yesterday from Camp
Greenbriar at Anderson, West Vir-
ginia, where he has been spending
the past two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Webb and
daughter, Mary Anne, are visiting
friends at Allentown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Garis and
children, motored to Bangor, Pa,
and Portland, Pa.,on Sunday where
they visited relatives.
Mrs. James S. Turner is making
a visit of several weeks with her
sister, Miss Belle Longshore at
Newtown, Pa.
Miss Elva Griffin spent last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Roe at
Oak Orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay Mcfarland
of Philadelphia, were the guests
over the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Lassell.
Smyrna times., 1952-08-21

Charles Saatman were Mrs. R.
Brinkman of Willison Park, NY,
Mrs. A. Ulbirch of Lynbrook, NY,
Mrs. Edwin Won label of Mineola,
N. Y, and grandchildren. Priscilla,
Grace, and Edwin, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs, H. X. Shultz and
son, Johnny. on Sunday attended
the jackson reunion near Sudlers-
vile.
Mr.. Steve Cheshaek on August
9, 10, and IL visited Miss Melvena
Bonds of Kannapolis, North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. Left Larsen of Larvick, Nor
way, spent several days with his
brother, Mr.. Carl Larsen of near
Marydel.
MaryDel Firemen will hold their
Smyrna times., 1952-08-21

The reopening of the recently
renovated Bethel M. E. Church, sit
uated on the State Road near this
place, was an occasion of much in
terest to large number of people.
The Counselman Canning Fac
tory which passed recently into the
hands of the c. H. Pearson Pack
ing Company of Baltimore, Md,
one of the largest canning concerns
of the world, is about ready to
start up under most fiattering con-
ditions and will be TO Smyrna
Landing a permanent institution
employing labor the whole year
around.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Clifton, Mr.
A. Lee Clifton, Mrs. Laura Tenn
pie, Miss Clara ]. Bewley, Mrs. w.
d. Hudson, Mrs. Levi E. Anthony,
and Mrs. w. F. Dunn of this town
were among those who attended
the funeral of Mrs. M. ]. Clifton at
FELTON, last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Tilghman of
Crisfield, Md, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Tilghman.
Mr.. Curmmins Speakman and Mr.
Charles D. Stockly spent Sunday
at Odessa. Mr.. Speakman left to-
day to join the College Outing Club
at Rehoboth.
Miss Ethel Solely of Philadelphia
is visiting Miss Katherine Beckett
Mr.. Fred Kaxanaugh is also spend
ing few days in town.
Mrs. Mary Paxon of Philadelphia
has returned from a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Anthony.
Miss Florence Townsend of Jem-
blesville, Pa, is being entertained
by Miss Clara West Hazel.
Miss Clara Spruance has return
ed from two weeks visit to Bala
Pa, and Atlantic City, N. ].
Mr.. William Diehl, Philadelphia,
DR.. A. Homer Smith, Wayne, Pa.
and Mr.. Herman Pierce, Philadel-
phia, are enjoying a vacation home
Miss Mamie O'DonneH of Ches.
ter is being entertained by the
family of ]. Wesley Start.
Mrs. Emma Mustard of Philadel.
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First Presbyterian Church

Services at First Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. o. c. Jones, min
lister, for Sunday, August "a win be
Morning worship, IL am; sermon:
Moments of Silence" Sunday
School, 9:45 am; subject: David
Becomes King" Parents are in
vited to send their children each
Sunday morning. Glasses are ar
ranged for all ages.
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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, win call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
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patrol skirmishes. Foraker, whose
wife, Esther, is currently living at
SO Penn ave-, Chester, Pa, is a
machine gunner in @ Company of
the 40th's 223rd Infantry Regi-
ment. He entered the Army in
January 1851.
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Manner, not gold, is woman's
best adornment. -Menander
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Manners breed morals. George
Bagby
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annual carnival beginning August
9th and continuing the 2sth, 29th
and Both. and ending Sept. 1st.
Everybody welcome. Begins each
night at 7:3O pm.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-08-01

close to Coney island. The crowds
were disappointing and the pro-
moters were bounded by agents of
the humane societies and process
servers. Many of the cowboys who
paid their way to participate were
left stranded and were obliged to
pawn their equipment in order to
raise fare to return home. The prob
lem of transporting rodeo stock was
difficult, and city police forces We're
not easily convinced that herds of
wild horses and cattle could be
driven through IA or Is miles of
city streets.
1t was not until Mrs. William Ran
dolph Hearst sponsored the first
shows in old Madison Square gar
den. in New York, with the pro-
ceeds going to milk fund for under
nourished children, that real prog
ress was made in rodeo promotion
in that city. The success attained
gave the game momentum which
carried it across in other metropoli-
tan areas. Today the rodeo plays to
crowds for full month in New York
city-and shows are staged in every
community in the country, many of
them far from cattle country.
Rode for Entertainment
While there may be some who will
not agree with the contention that
oldtime riders were more colorful
and better showmen than riders to-
day, nevertheless those in early
shows rode more to entertain the
audience than for purses, which in
those days were penny ante COM
pared to some of the large sums
which are offered at today's exhibi-
tons.
It was not uncommon to find that