Smyrna times., 1954-07-29

bard dress covers everything and
touches nothing. Something like
politicians speech.
Don't make any vacation plans
that you can't carry into effect,
such as planning to spend less
money this year than you did
last.
Experts say the milky way is
undergoing a marked change. 1t
just indicates our local universe
has begun to curdle, we're not
greatly surprised.
Some politicians are quite liber-
al toward the Eisenhower admin
istration. They say that it is the
only administration we have, and
we ought to cooperate with it.
Mr.. Stanley Townsend of Odessa
paid a visit to his father, Mr..
Howard Townsend on Sunday.
Mrs. Alma Joiner, who has
been quite sick the past two
weeks with high blood pressure,
is now much improved at This
time.
Last Sunday, Mrs. Elsie Howell
and daughter, Edna, and friends
motored to Betterton, Md, where
they spent the day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore of Brook
side near Newark visited here on
Tuesday evening, and she attend
ed the lawn party at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Neal, that
was given in honor of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Fire Company
and the firemen.
George Mifflin of Andover, Pa,
visited here on Monday.
Mrs. Jean Singletary and two
little daughters, Joanne 5, and
Jude 3, also her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Martha Mearses, visited
their uncle and aunt, MIR. and
Mrs. w. p Wilson recently.
An odd accident happened near
Blackbird recently. A large truck
was near Point Breeze, BlacKbird,
when a wheel rolled off the
machine and it went right
through house doing a lot of
damage. A little girl living next
door saw the wheel going toward
her and thinking quick, he fell
flat to the ground and thus bare
ly escaped the fast rolling wheel
as it passed over her. The wheel
ripped a mammouth hole into the
house, and destroyed much furni-
ture. The driver was unaware of
the accident until he had stopped
down the road. He was unwilling
to believe the wheel was missing
until he went back to see for
himself. He was completely sur
prised on seeing what had hap
pened to his truck. The truck
was from Virginia.
The first early tomato was seen
here on July 1, but it is probably
that some growers had ripe ones
on or before June "a. All the
growers have tried to be the first
lucky one to show his ability as
keen tomato grower. Last year
three of the growers produced
nice. ripe specimens at about the
same time and so the contest was
called a tie. The First sugar corn
was shown us by George Davis of
Blackbird. 1t was of the Country
Gentleman variety and was well
developed and looked tempting
good. Next year an effort will be
made to have so or 100 growers
join in these contests, and thus
make the affair of greater inter-
est than ever before. Two men
this year who started in this con-
test had to quit, an account of
having been called into army SER
vice. We wish them better luck as
growers the next time.
George Jones of Wilmington
while on a visit to friends here
recently said he thought Townsend
would be better off if the town
limits were extended to Ginn's
Corner. Other folks, too, have ex-
pressed the same idea, and the
matter has been generally agita-
ted but no real action has been
taken to combine the two units.
Both places give promise to
greater days and buster range
of business than is now the rule.
ALI through Delaware a business
boom is likewise spreading and
giving promise of reaching a
heavier population in a few vaars