Smyrna times., 1953-02-26
Townsend

looms brighter than ever. Letters
. from friends in different parts of
the country show that vast in
: terest is being taken by those liv-
ing away. A few days ago Mr..
Liston Townsend, who still admires
: our town, writes in the mail II be-
: lieve Townsend can have baseball
team as good as the rest of them,
: or a little better. He further
states that if a meeting is arrang-
: ed, he would like to attend. He
comments might be a good
thing to have all of the old champ
ionship team who are still living
there. 1 was not old enough to
play with them when 1 left Town
send but they cleaned up Laurel,
Dover, New Castle, Bridgeville,
Georgetown, and Elkton, and took
the Maryland championship from
Havre de Grace. If he attends our
: meetings Mr.. Townsend says he
hopes to bring along a Mr.. Bells
who might give very interesting
talk on what should be done. Mr..
Bells, his friend, is a high author
ity on sports matters, and he sent
Curtis Simmons and other great
pitchers to the big leagues. Mr..
Townsend gives some very good
suggestions on the formation of a
club here and we sincerely hope
that his plans will bear fruit.
Too much speed has caused
: many accidents, in fact about all of
8 them. We noticed a few days ago
, that cars which passed Ginn's Cor
ner had speed of 80 or 80 miles
per hour. Probably these drivers
i had no cause for hurry, but just
n had to travel that way in order to
settle their nerves. They certain
ly run great risk by speeding up
3 the boulevard in such a frantic
way. Any car which might hap
pen to be moving across the high
: way there could easily be the tar
! get for a speed-maniac to smack
:, up and kill several persons. And
: yet it is funny thing about the
: speed rules on the highway. While
some of the men in charge of the
highway urge all the speed a per-
son can muster, others of the high
way department are just as vehe-
ment in urging the common run of
I drivers to go slow and never re-
!: sort to speed. Funny isn't it?
J. The weather on Saturday was
;. warm enough to be very unusual.
!. A lot of people thought that spring
: was here and they worked in their
: gardens, or else sharpened up thrie
lawn mowers. And don't look now
I but the robin is back. This bird is
: said to be arriving in gardens, front
yards and taking possession of the
bird houses. They are called the
0 real harbingers of spring and US
ually gladly welcomed because of
the glad note and CHEEKY outlook
:, they spread around before them.
:. Mr.. Stanley Townsend of Odessa,
). spent Sunday with his father, Mr..
Howard Townsend.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Penn Wilson
L entertained at dinner on Sunday
u her sisters, Mrs. Luta Boughman
d of Malvern, Pa, and Miss zeta
Outten of Albuquerque, New Mex
d leo.
|, The Townsend F'iremen held a
S party in the Firehouse on Thurs
;. day evening at which some of the
Ladies Auxiliary attended. Delic-
: ious refreshments were served and
: everyone present had very pleas
e ant time.
d George Cavender, after 40 years
q away, says Townsend does not look
n like itself. Not strange at all
o What else can look like itself after
: adding forty or fifty years to Its
j. appearance. Some believe that
q people usually make a bigger
change than town after going
1t through years with odd notions
s. and freakish weather.
The moon is covered with dust 8
II foot deep says an astronomer
; With nobody but a man there the
n sink is probably stocked full Of
dirty dishes, too.
J. Much sorrow has followed The
Is death of MIR. John C. Bronner who
r. spent his life in running farm il
highly successful maner. Alway.
n kind and sincere he gained many
friends and many gave him a wort
If OF praise because of his fine quail.
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