Smyrna times., 1953-11-12
Townsend

for most farmers to get out of
their homes. Banked with the
white mantle, the farmers found a
barrier that kept them from leav-
ing home for two or three days.
Help went to them on Sunday and
they could get to town on Monday,
also have their supply of milk de-
livered to the proper places.
Others tied up were all of the oil
and coal men from Clayton and
Middletown. The snow in some
lanes was seven feet deep and
frozen as hard as cement. The
trains and buses too, were off
schedule and the hap-hazard style
of running a system of cars or
trains was at its worst. This storm
reminded the writer of George
Clark who started to walk from
Delaney's to Townsend back in
1910. He pulled through snow 1S
inches deep for two miles, then
hailed truck clearing off the
highways. For the last mile, from
Taylor's Corner to Townsend, he
moped along and upon reaching
town, he sat beside a store stove
and remarked to others there that
what his country needs is a
snowless winter and a good FIVE
cent cigar"
George zebley of Wilmington,
was a visitor here no Monday.
Everything was at a standstill
on Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
On Tuesday traffic began to spring
up again and it was soon as busy
as ever. An oil truck stuck in the
snow at Ginn's Corner was finally
released on Monday and then plod-
ded along on its way. Mail car
riers could go as far as Ginn's
Corner and then return to the local
post office. The storm reminded a
lot of oldsters of the blizzard of 8s
when the whole peninsula was at q
standstill for seven days. The var
ious towns were isolated from the
other parts of the world. Not 6
train moved on the Delaware rail.
roads for a period of seven days
and for that time only a few man
aged to get away from theil
homes. 1t was a period of great
suffering and the exposure killed
several people in the Delaware
area. The sudden snow fall Oh
Friday and Friday night proved {
stunning surprise to all opening
their eyes at arising time on tha
morning. The snow fell to tn,
depth of seven or eight inches anC
completely tied up traffic for sew
eral hours. At Cattail Hill ant
Sam Lambs Hill cars and genera
traffic could not climb the hill AM
consequently they were snarled il
the traffic at the bottom of thes
hills. The dull spectacle of snov
also had a bright side. Farmer
and others who thought of wildlif
carried corn, bread crumbs AM
cabbage leaves to the woods an,
fields for the birds, rabbits AM
such, probably suffering from hun
ger. One farmer who got caugh
in town spent the night with tow
friends. He said he found tn
drifts too heavy to go through
just east of Dogtown. Othe
folks also had a worrysome tim
in trying to get back home in tn
country.
It doesn't matter how mucl
money you have, everyone has t.
buy wisdom on the installmen
plan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Mannerinj
and two children of Boothwyn,P Pa
spent Sunday with his parents, MI
and Mrs. Burton Mannering, Sr
and his brother, Mr.. Burton Man
nering, Jr., and children.
When your ship comes in thes
days it's docked by the govern
ment.
When a person says he is GO
ing to call spade a spade, he
getting ready to dig up some dirt
A psychologist says there is n
such thing as pain. What is
that some people give us?
George Nelson came back her
to see how the old town locke
after an absence of twenty-tw
years. He was once newsbo
here, also sold pins and needles t
the public.
The beautiful act of the Goo
Samariton was presented the cour
tryside by some thoughtful an
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