Smyrna times., 1955-01-27
Townsend
Mrs. Marie Frank is on a visit
% ,alot;vas in PhiIadeInhia

10 relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Albert E. CHM has return
ed home from a visit to his wife
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stockton Town
send of New York City, spent the
weekend with her father. Mr..
Howard Townsend of near town.
The Rev. Frank G. Buckley
preached a very interesting SER
mon at Emmanuel Church on Sun
day morning. He choose for his
remarks a text from the third
chapter of st. James, last verse.
He referred to the demon of war
and said it was very hard to
keep the world in place as many
people still don't believe in God.
New and modern homes are be-
ing constructed on level ground or
on a hillside, but anywhere they
are built they are sure to add
scenic beauty to any given spot
or locality. Spotted on hill or in
a valley the new homes attract
much attention and give one a de-
sire to I've there. The building
boom is here to stay as many
think, and so the desire to have a
new home grows as the days go
by. All through the country sec
ton, the desire for new home
increases and then gives the con-
struction men plenty to do and so
nowadays work is about as plenti-
full in winter as in summer, and
so we hear no more crying about
the hard times.
The public highways have been
improved so much that only 2 or
8 of them remain untouched so
far. One road near Colt is still
in the old dirt condition, while in
the eastern part of the Hundred
also remains in the early day con-
dition. Since the highway to Har-
man pond was built anew, the
traffic on that thoroughfare has
increased five or six fold. This
highway used to be called the
Governors highway on account of
so many Governors going down it
to reach the Harman pond for a
days fishing.
George Jones of Wilmington has
not been here for several months,
but when here the last time he
was amazed by the big change in
the town and the local faces. He
also said a look at the improved
town showed it was clearly out of
this world.
How far will a hunting dog go
when in pursuit of a rabbit, was
the question discussed by three or
four sportsmen the other evening.
The longest distance recorded was
that of dog which pursued a
rabbit for three miles before the
cottontail returned to it's original
place of abode. This dog and
rabbit had gone on a 3-mile
chase. A fox usually goes in a
circle about six miles long and
never follows his previous course
in going away or coming. One
day a fox ran through Townsend,
and some people mistook it for a
dog. Out of town it passed down
the Odessa road.
The light snowfall on Saturday
morning brought reminders OF
what winters of years, past did to
snarl traffic although it was most
ly horse and buggy traffic. Back
in 1890 heavy snow perhaps 2
to 8 feet in depth remained on
the ground for the rest of the
winter, and this afforded skating
at the ponds and plenty of sled
ding. 1t was the first time that
sleds were put into use that win
ter. The winter of 1926-27 was
also a hard one. That winter
Joseph Peacock of Colts, Md, fiad
six horses and two mules gearec
to farm wagon that had boxes
and barracks hooked to 1t, ano
this outfit cleverly opened the
road from Colt to Townsend. Upon
his arrival in Townsend a crowd
of residents greeted him, ant
some of them gave him fine
dinner, also fed his horses anc
mules.