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Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

A shirt factory employing con-
tinuously from rs to so operators,
and with a payroll from $3.50 to
5000 a week, will locate in Smyr-
ma if the citizens will raise $500
Every industry we can locate is q
help and in getting new industries
we will have to do as other towns
do in order to accomplish our OBJ
ject. The money is required to
pay the expenses of the locating,
loss of time and material, in
breaking in new hands, and other
expenses contingent to all plants
starting up anew.
William George Truax, AT, of
Clayton, for many years one OF
the best known and prosperous
farmers of Severson's Neck, died
at the Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia last Thursday. He
had been in bad health for several
months. He was the son of the
late James and Mary .Truax of
this town, his mother still living
at the age of SO years.
Samuel A. Fortner, superintend-
ent of the Smyrna Basket Mill,
has moved from Kenton to Smyr-
ma, and assumed charge of the
factosy which is being gotten in
readiness to start up as soon as
tse weather permits, 1t is the in
tention of the Smyrna and Kent
County Manufacturing Company
to start the rejuvenated plant by
the first of the month, but the Sc
we're winter weather has much de-
layed the repair work.
Captain Lewis, who has been
pilot of Steamer G. F. Brady, has
been promoted to master of
Steamer FRANKIE" and is sue
ceeded by William H. Atkins of
Milford.
Miss Emma r. Stevenson of
this town, who has been making
her home with her brother on N.
Main Street, died on Saturday af-
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

Dudley Crossley. Mr.. Carl Cross
ley of Wilmington, spent the week
end with his parents, also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Slaughter,
Mr.. Byron Slaughter and Mr.. By
ron Slaughter, Jr., of Philadel-
phia were Sunday visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Slaughter. Mrs.
Slaughter returned to Philadelphia
with them for a visit.
Mr.. Robert H. Talbot Of Will
mington, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
H. Talbot.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fisher of
Ridley Park, Pa, spent Sunday
with Mrs. James p. Hoffecker.
At the annual Town Election of
the Town of Smyrna held Monday
afternoon Frank c. Armstrong de-
feated Henry ID. Boyer for Alder
man and Collector of Taxes by
So votes. Mr.. Armstrong, who
runs a taxi, made public an
nouncement of his candidacy sew
eral weeks ago.
Mrs. Mary M. Farlow, aged rs,
died Monday at the home of her
son, o. j. Farlow, on the Boule-
ward, following a protracted ILL
ness.
Mrs. Annie E. Poore, aged II,
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

ware was held in the main dining
room of the Hotel Richardson on
Tuesday evening, when a very in
teresting program was presented
by the Smyrna Rotary Club. The
occasion was an inter-city meet
ing in celebration of the annual
"Old Timers Night" to which in
vitations had been extended to all
former members.
The Smyrna Grange celebrated
its thirtieth anniversary Wednes-
day evening with banquet fol-
lowed by a program. An inter-
esting program had been arrang-
ed for the occasion.
Charles r. Massey, age 80, a
retired farmer and business man,
passed away early Monday morn
ing at his home on South Street
after a lingering illness. He at
tended the Middle Alley School
and later went to Philadelphia to
complete his education and ac-
cepted a position with the Adams
Express Company for twenty-five
years. Later he came to Smyrna,
purchased the G. w. and S. Tay-
lor property on Main Street,
where ne engaged In the hardware
and farm implement business.
MIR. Thomas Stayton, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Stayton, of this
town, left last week for Alliance,
Ohio, where he has accepted po-
sition with a firm making Diesel
engines.
Miss Sara Crossley, who attends
the Women's College, University
of Delaware, spent the weekend
With her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

ter a lingering illness in the 61st
year of her age. Deceased was
a daughter of the late Charles E.
and Ann Stevenson. She is sur
vived by two brothers, George d.
Stevenson, with whom she made
her home, and Rev. Thomas Aims
ley Stevenson, rector of a large
Episcopal Church in Elmira, MY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richabel Jones Of
Berwyn, Pa, whose wedding was
recently announced. were guests
over Sunday of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George F. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Tschudy
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Rich In Washington, D. c. Miss
Cora Tschudy, who was also a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich dur
ing the Inaugural Ceremonies Of
President Roosevelt. has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Irving Handy
of Newark spent Sunday in Smyr-
ma, guests of her father, Mr.. Will
liam M. Bell.
Mr.. Charles H. LeFevre attend
ed the Masonic Banquet at Dover
last evening given under the aus
pices of this local lodge.
Mr.. Ansel Hallway of Maine, ma
tional deputy of the National
Grange was in Smyrna Friday ev-
ening and met a number of farm
ers and fruit growers in the Smyr-
ma Opera House with a view of
reorganizing the old Smyrna
Grange, which in its day was an
influential organization in this
part of Kent County. At the bus
mess meeting Friday evening an
organization was effected with 27
members. The organiza-
tion is purely educational and is
intended TO bring farmers, fruit
growers and poultry raisers to-
gether for mutual benefit. Sam
uel Armstrong was elected presi-
dent; William Armstrong, secre-
tary; Horace T. vanDyke. treas
urer.
The annual Town Election came
off Monday afternoon with pract-
ically no contest and all the Coun-
cilmen were reelected for another
term. Ezekial v. Cooper was re-
elected treasurer, and ]. Edwin
Hoffecker was reelected assessor.
A total of Al votes were polled.
Miss Marion Caldwell Rogers,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
L. Rogers of Clayton, and Mr.. G.
Herman Pierce, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. willard G. Pierce of Phila-
delphia, formerly of Smyrna, were
Wednesday at noon in the
First Baptist Church, 18th Street
above Walnut, Philadelphia by the
Rev. Kerr Boyce Tupper.
News of the death of Mrs. Ad-
die Roe, wife of Rev. Robert Roe,
! former pastor of Cheswold and
Bethel Charge, came to this COM
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

Nobody around here can re-
member when Pop Turner wasn't
our towns postman. He musthave
been toting that big, heavy mail
sack since Pony Express days.
That's why it's sometimes a
shock to see him these days pull
ing his mail bag around in a
"caddy cart" a sort of light
wagon that golfers use so they
don't have to carry their clubs.
Folks sometimes holler fore
at me and ask me how my game
is," Pop reports, "but I'm not
ashamed to learn something new.
Just wish I'd thought about these
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

munity last Saturday. Mrs. Roe
is so well and favorably known
here for the ability in which she
cooperated with her husband in
his pastoral and church work.
To make room for his spring
stock, Harvey Jones, the we'll
known painter and paper hanger
of Smyrna, is offering a big re-
duction in wall paper.
Mr.. F. David Davis left yester-
day for Baltimore, Md, where he
has been promoted and transfer
red to the Baltimore Division of
the Northern Central Railroad.
Miss Ida S. George. daughter
of Thomas P. George near Leipsic.
and Mr.. Walter Sapp. son of John
M. Sapp Of Brenford, were mar
ried at the circuit parsonage by
Rev. Albert Chandler last Wed
nesday.
Miss Annie Carey of Milton is
visiting Mrs. w. B. Megear, Mrs.
John Welsh of Milford, who has
been her guest for several days,
has returned.
Miss Helen Jefferson of Chester
town is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Hudson, Jr.
Mrs. Annie Lewis and Mrs.
Robert Lewis, of Dover, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lewis last week.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

of Millington, Nd, mother of
Woody" Davis of Smyrna, died
Wednesday of last week at her
home in that town suddenly of an
acute relapse.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Webb
celebrated their twenty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary last Friday.
Some of their neighbors and
friends gave theb a surprise party
Friday evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Reuben e. Denney
Of Philadelphia, formerly of Smyr-
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

ma, have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss
Frances Holding Denney, to Mr.
Norman Millbury Bankhart.
Miss Mildred Burchard spent
the weekend in Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Frederick williams of the
University of Delaware spent ths
weekend with his mother, Mrs
May Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Hoffecssr
were guests on Sunday OF Hrx
George H. Dick at Audubon, Nh
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
From where | sit =. BY Joe Marsh
Uses His Head
Saves His Feet

golf gadgets years agoi"
From where / sit, it's good to
see someone come up with a new
wrinkle keeps MS from feeling
too regimented. For instance.
perhaps you've always felt that
hot milk is the only thing to
drink at bedtime. Then somedsy
you meet fellow who prefers q
cold glass of beer. Well, that's his
choice = and certainly he's en-
titled to it. We can't expect
everyone to follow our old habits
to the "letter."
&e MA'4s
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
20 Years Ago

One of the most enthusiastic
gatherings of Rotarians and for
mer members of the Dover Rotary
Club ever staged in central Della
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old fles Of
corresponding week. as near
date OF this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column.
now q regular feature OF the
Times. viii call to mind people
and events Of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

Copyright 1855, United States Brewers FOundsfie~-
Smyrna times., 1955-03-10

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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-21

The notes shall be subject to re-
demption in whole or i'm part at any
time upon payment of the principal
and interest accrued to the date OF
payment Principal and interest
thereon shall be payable at The
American Bank, Port Clinton, Ohio.
Said notes shall be signed by the
Mayor and the Auditor and shall
bear the corporate seal.
The mortgage referred to herein
is chattel mortgage upon the
equipment purchased securing the
notes issued hereunder given to the
Treasurer of the City of Port Clin-
ton, Ohio.
Section g. Award Of Notes Said
notes are hereby awarded to the
Treasurer of the City Of Port Clin-
ton, Ohio, in accordance with his
offer to purchase said notes from
the Water Works Fund duly accept
ed by this Council.
Section A. Revenue Fund and
Application thereof. so long as any
notes secured by the mortgage re
main outstanding, all revenues from
the operation of the Garbage Col
lection and Disposal System, as now
constituted or hereafter improved
together with all such revenues on
hand when the notes are delivered
which are not deposited in the
equipment acquisition fund shall be
transferred or deposited to the Gar
bage Collection and Disposal Fund,
which shall be maintained in a bank
deposit separate and distinct from
all other funds of the city. out of
said fund, and after reserVing there
in at all times an adequate sum as
working capital for the utility, the
following payments only shall be
made and in the following order, to
wit:
First. All reasonable and proper
expenses Of operating and maintain
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-21
nth ANNUAL

Section /. Garbage collection
and disposal system a utilty-auth-
orization of $40, 600 of notes and use
of proceeds.
The Council of the City of Port
Clinton hereby finds and determines
that the municipal garbage collect
tion and disposal system shall here
after be operated as a public utility,
including all extensions of and i'm
provements to said system; that
rates and charges for the services
Of said Utility have been determined
and fixed by Ordinance of Council
in an amount sufficient to pay the
costs of operating and maintaining
said Utility and to leave an amount
of revenues adequate for the prin
cipal and interest, debt service re-
serve and replacement requirements
and that IL is necessary forthwith
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-21

to issue and sell the Improvement
notes in principal amount up to
$4,000 and having the terms pro-
vided for herein the proceeds TO be
used for the acquisition of equip
ment to be used by said utility, and
to the extent OF any balance after
paying and providing for said equip
ment for other equipment or for
payment to the debt service reserve.
Section q Terms of Notes.
The First Mortgage Garbage Col
lection Revenue Notes shall be dat
ed Nov 1st, 1855, shall be in the
denomination of 100000 each; shall
be numbered from ! to as set
forth below. The notes shall mature
as set forth below and shall bear
interest payable annually on Janu-
airy first at rate of 80, beginning
on January lst, 1854 until the prin-
cipal sum becomes due and payable,
with interest on any overdue prin-
cipal at the rate of six per cent
per annum.
AI.A
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-21
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 1885

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF $4,000 First Mortgage Garbage
Collection Revenue Notes of the
City of Port Clinton under section
Il, Article XVIII of the COnstitu-
tfon of the State of Ohio for the
purpose of acquiring and institut-
Ing a method of municipal garbage
collection and disposal; to authorize
the execution of n mortgage of
said system and the revenues there
of to secure said notes and to pro-
vide, I'm event of default, for the
nppOintment of n receiver 10 ad-
minister snid system, andstO declare
nm emergency.
Be it ordained by the Council of
the City of Port clinton, state of
Ohio:
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-21

Report of man beating his wife
was made to police at 1880 pm.
Sunday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-21

ing the said Garbage Collection and !
Disposal System and all its appurte-
nances, such expenses to exclude
those of any other utility of the
city.
Second. Annually an amount
equal to the interest payments due
on the next ensuing interest pay ,
ment date and the amount OF the
principal due upon any note matur-
ing in such year, shall be paid into
the debt service fund. The debt
service fund shall be maintained by
the Treasurer of the city and shall
be used solely for the payment of
the principal and interest of the
notes.
Section 5. The proceeds from
the sale of the notes shall be allo-
Gated and are hereby appropriated
to the equipment acquisition fund
of the Garbage Collection and Dis
posal Fund.
Section g. The city shall have
the right from time TO time to issue
| additional notes or bonds for the
purpose of providing additional
funds if necessary, for the compile
tlon Of the Garbage Collection and
| Disposal System, and otherwise for
| the purpose only of making replace
ments, extensions and improvements
| to said system which additional
| from the Debt Service Fund and be
secured by a. lien upon the proper
! ties and revenues of said system.
Section z. In the event of the
| foreclosure of the mortgage, the
purchaser or purchasers at such
| foreclosure sale shall be entitled to
| operate the Utility as improved or
extended under a franchise from the
| City.
Section 8. Emergency Clause.
| This ordinance is hereby declared
| to be an emergency measure neces-
| sary for the immediate preservation
| Of the public peace, health and
safety in said City and for the fur
ther reason that immediate institu
| tion of municipal garbage collec-
| tion and disposal system is neces
| sary to provide for the health and
welfare of the Citizens of the City
| Of Port Clinton and this ordinance
shall become effective Immediately
after its passage and approval.
Passed: Oct II, 1865.
LEROY T. BRACKEN,
President of the Council.
Attest: BOYD MARTIN,
Clerk of the Council.
| Approved: HAROLD G. JEREMY,
362t Mayor.
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
Expulsion of Six
More Missionaries
Reported i'm China

HONG KONG NC) = Six more
foreign missioners - five priests
and Brother-have been expelled
from communist China.
Only IS foreign Catholic mis-
sionaries, including 18 Americans,
are still allowed to remain in the
country. OF the 65, 10 are in Jail.
The six expelled missioners are
the following: Father Mansuetus
Maggini, 0.F.M., SO, of Arezzo,
Italy: Father Johann Fleckner, S.
V.D., 43, of Germany; Father Henri
de Bascher, ST., 81 of Paris,
France; Father Louis Merlet, S.J.,
72, of Vannes, France; Father
Jesus Martinez Balirach, so, of
Noya, Spain; and Brother Xavier
Coupe, SO, of Laval, France.
Father Mansuetus Maggini, who
had spent % years in China, was
expelled after two years in a COM
munist prison. A former rector of
the seminary in Hankow. he had
also worked in Laohokow, Huben
Province.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
St. Agnes p ParishiOners to Attend
Mass in New Building Sunday

Members of st. Agnes par
ish, organized less than year
ago in the Hilltop area of Co
lumbus, will attend Mass in
the new church plant for the
first time Sunday.
Father Robert r. Schmidt,
pastor, announced that the
Masses will be celebrated in the
parish hall, the east unit of the
church plant which is rapidly
nearing completion.
Masses Will be celebrated at z,
$50, 10 and 1870 a. m.-the same
schedule followed during the past
10 months when Sunday Masses
we're celebrated in temporary
quarters at the w. Mound st.
School. In addition, Father Schmidt
said, weekday Mass at $50 a. m.
will begin Monday.
The new parish hall, constructed
by Kent Brothers Co. from plans
drawn by Columbus architects,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
Reds Admit
Priests Custer
Wa Reprisal

WASHINGTON - (NC) -
The, Soviet government has
confirmed that Father Georg-
es Bissonnette, American AS
sumptionist, was ousted from
Moscow in retaliation for AM
erican refusal to extend the
visa of Russian Archbishop
Boris.
The State Department here made
public the note it had received
from the Soviet Union in answer to
its own protest on the custer of
Father Bissonnette.
The Soviets charged that refusal
to extend the 60-day visa of Arch
bishop Boris was violation of the
Roosevelt-Litvinoy agreement, and
therefore ii was impossible" to ex-
tend the stay of Father Bissonnette
in Moscow.
Archbishop Boris had come to
the US. as exarch of the Russian
Orthodox Church of the Aleutian
Islands and North America.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

centrifugal forces which break up
its cohesion, its unity and stability.
The school, the factory, the office,
the community recreation center
have tended to supplant the home
as a center and focus of life and
its activities"
In addition to the changes. the
Archbishop said there has been .
progressive decline of religious in
fluence in the home He added
Whether we realize it or not, all
of us in some measure have be,
come victims of the secularist
viewpoint current in the world
about us. Without denying out.
right the existence of God and His
plan of salvation, society at large
has come to regard religion as ir.
relevant in the practical business
of daily life"
The Cincinnati preIafe said
fhe history of This development
began a century ago when
schools were removed from the
direction and care OF fhe Church
and placed under the patronage
Of fhe State. He said the dis
astrous results" were not appar-
emf immediately but now in the
fifth generation since the change
Continued on Page y
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
Program Arranged
For School Band
Concert Sunday

A diversified program of relig
ious, symphonic and folk music
will be presented by the Catholic
Elementary School Band of Colum
bus at its annual concert at 3 p
m. Sunday in Central High School
Taking part in the concert will
be The First Grade Rhythm Band
from ST. Leo's School, the Cor.
pus Christi Boyehoir, an Accord
on Band and ensemble and the
all-cify elementary school band
and orchestra. The program also
includes novelty numbers by fhe
Maioreffas and piano concerto.
Director Leo F. Hall has selected
for the concert offerings by such
noted composers as TschaikoWsky
Franck, Palestrina, Bizet, Beethov,
en- and Mozart.
Instrumental ssiee ions in
elude the Sleeping Beauty"
"Panis AngeIicus", 20 sanetis-
sima," Comm Round the Noun
TAIN" theme from ,Beefhoven's
Symphony No. 7, and a salute
10 Stephen Foster. The boyehoir
will sing Beautiful Dreamer"
and BELL Polka"
Tickets may be purchased al
Central High School on the after
noon of the concert. Children &C
companied by their parents will bs
admitted free.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18
Bishop to Preside
AT Special Mass on
St. Joseph's Feast

Bishop Ready will preside at a
Solemn Mass, coram episcopo, TO
be offered at 1000 a. m. Saturday
in st. Joseph Cathedral in com
memoration of the Feast of st.
Joseph.
Monsignor Harry S. Connolly,
pastor Of the Cathedral, will be
celebrant and Father George Full
cher, assistant pastor, will preach.
DeaconS of honor to the Bishop
will be Father John Wolf and Fa-
ther George Buchanan. Father
George Schorr, vice-chancellor of
the diocese, and Father James
Geiger, assistant pastor at the Ca
thedral, will be masters of cere-
monies. Father Colby Grimes will
serve as deacon and Father John
O'Rourke, sub-deacon.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

making it impossible to show
within the State of Ohio those pic
lures determined as unfit for dis
tribution or showing"
Two bills, with only minor diff
ferences, have been introduced in
the House of Representatives
where they are headed for hear
ings in the judiciary committee.
The organized independent the
ater owners in Ohio have taken
a stand in opposition to all film
censorship.
Meantime the Toledo Diocesan
Councils of Men and Women are
in correspondence with the Skir-
ball Brothers Theaters, operating
movie houses in about five Ohio
Continued on Page 2
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-03-18

transport Catholic children, the
former justice stated in letter
sent from Florida to Vermont
newspapers:
n believe that for the state 70
give TO children attending Cath
oIie schools in Vermont fhe same
privileges Of free transportation
rs are extended TO those attend
ing the public schools, is only
fair and just, and Is simply Civ.
ins them the privilege which the
Constitution intends them TO en-
ioy."
Mr.. Sturtevant supported the
view of those who contend that the
transportation of a pupil is no part
of the instruction which he receiv.
es upon arriving at school, thus
there is no issue of separation OF
church and state.