Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

Mr.. George Slant, Jr., and FAM
lily of Annapolis, Md, have been
spending sometime with his moth
er, Mrs. Essie Slant.
Mrs. Homer Reihm had as
luncheon guests on Saturday in
honor of Mrs. Douglas birthday
her sisters, Mrs. Walter Lee, Mrs.
G. Lester Daniels of Middletown,
Mrs. Miriam Douglas, Mrs. Dor
othy Hawkins of this town, and
Miss Ruth Hutchison of Whining
ton.
/ Harry Kilmer of Port Deposit,
Md, spent Saturday with friends
here.
The local baseball club may be
weak otherwise but it is especial
ly weak at batting and pitching.
In the pinches it is supremely
weak and often loses on these two
points. A good build-up would
undoubtedly prove a good bracer
for the future playing of the
team. We hope it will eventually
overcome the faulty playing of
the team against their clever op-
| ponents.
The good old days-when baby
sitters were called mother.
A solution to end accidents
Lock up the good drivers and let
the careless drivers fight it out.
Most of us can find something
to do when we want to, particul-
arly if somebody strenuously OBJ
jects to our doing it.
Ed Loder of Elkton was a
visitor here on Saturday.
Our recent visit and stay at Re-
hoboth will leave sweet memories
that Will linger for years to come.
Arriving at that fine resort we
found a royal welcome so heartily
extended to all guests, the care
taker, Mrs. Neol Marvel, being
very thoughtful and kind towards
all going there. They found the
home ideal for a stay whether
short or long. Mrs. Marvel is a
kindly person and ready to give
aid to make all guests feel at
home as soon as they arrive at
the Home. In fact it was nice to
hear SO many guests praise her
for her splendid attention to all
on a vacation or otherwise. This
appreciation leads to the hope
that Mrs. Marvel will be in charge
there for next year and for years
to come as well.
Selling dogs is the business of
one man who finds the work very
profitable. He gathers all the
dogs he can and then sells them
to buyers in every part of the
country. Last week he sent three
dogs to New Jersey and this week
will send four of them to Ohio.
Any kind of dog seems to be in
demand and apparently he reaps
a harvest from the idea. If the
dog proves a failure he says the
disappointed buyer never sends it
back, but rather keeps it to use
for other purposes around his
home. He thinks if dog is no
good for one thing he will be good
for something else, so no COM
plants are heard. He develops
his own business so it works even
better than he first thought it
would.
The summer now passing has
been prolific one from every
angle. All kinds of wild crops
have helped the gatherers to earn
some extra cash and most people
have taken advantage of what
they called a golden opportunity
to refill their pockets. Even the
small boy or girl had a chance to
get some cash by this method and
they were seen out in the fields,
gathering what berries or fruits
they could find. They were happy
over the results they obtained in
the daily pickings they had.
In the old days baseball used
to draw big crowds at every
game. We recall that the days of
the Old Mutuals, a club at Mid
dletown, drew vast crowds on the
lot where the carnival people hold
forth now. The Mutuals, it seems,
could defeat any club and their
record shows that they never felt
the sting of defeat. That season
they played 10 games and had a
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