Smyrna times., 1956-01-12
Townsend


Mr.. Edward Ratledge, a young
farmer of near town, who has
been in the hospital for several
weeks, is somewhat improved. His
friends wish him speedy recov-
cry.
Mr.. N. w. Van Horn, who has
had eye trouble, is planning to go
to the hospital for further treat
ment in a few days. So far he
has improved, and all wish him
a full recovery.
The deer hunting season of two
or three days duration called out
a large force of hunters. Three
carloads of gunners were seen
cruising around in the vicinity of
the Outten and Wilson farms on
the Blackbird- Townsend road on
Saturday afternoon. They We're
said to be following lone deer
seen in that section several times
before, but we never heard of what
success they had.
The holidays hurt the broiler
price quite lot. Prices took a
slight drop through the week, fall
ing to an average of 10 cents per
pound. The price the previous
week was 1913 cents. The penin-
sula marketed 1,958,000 birds last
week, 21 per cent under the previ-
GUS week. The slump was due
mainly to the Christmas turkey
trade.
The lighted church steeple in
our town is a fitting beacon to
guide all pilgrims down the heav-
enly path. The beaming loveliness
sends rays of joy and contentment
to cover the whole area and is
seen for a long distance. Those
coming to town at night from all
directions see it as a faultless
guide and makes them think of
the Star of the East. 1t is a
beautiful array of illumination,
serving to advance the Kingdom
of God.
If snow comes, the event will
remind us of tough trip that
George Mitchell had back in 1910.
He wanted to see the doctor here
and said he was bound to do it,
regardless of the obstacles in the
way. He left his home at Delan-
eys with 14-inches of snow on the
ground. He walked a mile, was
exhausted, and then borrowed a
mule to push onward. He got an
other mile of the trip and then
begged a farmer to get out his
farm wagon to help him along.
He finally made his destination and
then took a seat beside stove in
local store. AS he sat down he
breathed a sigh of relief and said
to another fellow around the
stove. What this country needs
is less snow and a good five cent
cigar"
Good pitchers with something
on the ball used to be hard to get
for the local ball team, but it
remained for Manager L. L. Ma
loney to get the services of one
who was exceptionally good in the
box and who was deadly to GER
tain clubs as they treveled from
post to post. One day in 1926,
Manager Maloney hired a pithcer
named Frank Willis of Dover to
be in the lineup of the local team.
The local team was billed to play
Chestertown that day and as the
visitors walked upon the field they
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fry to play. They were big, husky
fellows and looked formidable as
they appeared to play. But no
sooner had the game begun than
they realized that Willis was their
old conqueror and he had them
guessing all along. The score was
to 0 and they looked sad, de-
jected as they left the grounds
with a shutout hanging around
their necks.
The first automobile to appear
in this section was owned and op-
Grated by Mr.. Leonard B. Shock
ley a local jeweler. Probably it
was in 1907 that Mr.. Shockley
had it on view on Main Street.
1t was a Rambler and had to be
cranked from one side. The mach
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