Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-01-29
Townsend

Sllll SO4lllAioCO " sweep oOWh Tie
peninsula. Recently a New York
firm rented the building at Ginn's
Corner from Mrs. Bertha Graham
and will open a dress-making
plant there as soon as can be ar
ranged. The plant will give en-
ployment to twenty or thirty
workers and soon be increased to
sixty or seventy. The march of
progress again makes it plain that
there is not likely to be any halt
to industrial progress within the
next few years at least. We hope
the new Corners will find every
thing suitable to give them a fine
degree of success for years to
come.
BY popular request "The Show
of All Shows, which was present
ed in the Townsend School auditor
ium on the evening of January IA
will be repeated Wednesday, Feb
ruary 18th at 8 pm.
George Jensen, who lived here in
1901, says the town has not chang
ed much but the people have. No
doubt of that. The town, however,
has taken on a new look since
lot of changes have been made in
that time with the buildings either
being painted or moved to other
sites. The towns boundary lines
have also been extended.
Baseball to the fore-is the cry
of a few devitees of the national
game. Soon some new pitchers
are to be developed and given a
trial. Many think that the 1858
season will be the best one in the
history of baseball 1t should beat
1852 with its smothered interest
in the game and the matter was
but seldom talked of. We do need
change.
Snappy wisdom-A smile goes a
long way but you are the one who
must start it on its journey.
Edward Baker of Paulsboro, N.
j., was a visitor here on Monday.
Snappy wisdom-An old-timer is
one who can remember when it
seemed funny to call two family.
Edward Marsden of Philadelphia
was visitor here on Saturday.
James Nelson of New Castle
visited here on Monday.
I. K. Monroe of Pocomoke City,
Md, paid a visit to friends here on
Monday.
In the dull days of winter the
farmers are well up with their
work. Some are planning their
spring work and the hiring of
good men is big item. A lot of
the good men who worked on the
farms few years ago are engaged
in other work, still the farm job
will probably pay as well as in the
past. Good help is what the farm
er needs and he must have capable
assistance if he is to grow fine
crops. We hope they find help
aplenty when spring comes around
again.
The home of Mr.. George Bell
near Blackbird that was practical
ly wrecked by hard windstorm a
few months ago, has been COM
pletely demolished and within a
short time it is understood that
Mr.. Bell will build new home on
the same site. Three @r four big
trees were blown over on the house
crushing it beyond repair. His
loss is a heavy one. We hope that
he is soon to have another home
on this farm property.
Some farmers are complaining
about the farm prices which have
gone down six percent, dating back
to September 1852. The farmer
claims that he has to pay a lot for
his supplies and therefore he does
not look on the future with any de-
gree of certainty as to a fair
profit for his yearly labor.
Some of the weather prophets
who forcecasted a severe winter a
few months ago now realize their
mistake. But one forecaster said
the present winter would be mild
one and he seems to have been
correct. He noted the number of
rings the caterpillar had. In the
fall he said the wooly-bear cater
pillars have a brown bond in their
midribbs. If the brown bond is
wide mild winter is Indicated; if
the bond is narrow, it will be a
hard winter. This years bands
according to the naturalists, are
wide. Many will agree that the
present winter so far, has been a
mild one as compared with other
ones.
Whenever snow comes these
days or any other time, it reminds