Smyrna times., 1959-10-15
Clayton
Today's Meditation: The

Today's Meditation: There is
a time in every mans educa.
ton when he arrives at the con-
viction that envy is ignorance,
that imitation is suicide; that he
must take himself for better OF
worse as his portion; that
though the wide universe is full
of good, no kernel of nourish.
ing corn can come to him but
through his toll bestowed or
that plot of ground which is
given to him to till. The power
which resides in him is new ir
nature and none but he knows
what that is which he can do
nor does ne ever know until he
has tried. A man is relieved and
gay when he has put his heart
into his work and done his best
but what ne has said or done
otherwise shall give him nc
peace. Emerson
MIR. and Mrs. Clifton S. Rog-
ers and son, James Allen, have
returned to their home in Los
Angeles, Calf. after a two-week
visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Rogers, and relatives
and friends. Clifton has COM
pleted three years and eight
months service with the us,
Navy and was discharged at
Camp Pendleton, San Diego,
Calf. He is now employed at
the University of California
Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Mrs. Rogers is the former Isa-
belle Hall, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam F. Hall, DelMonte,
Calf.
George w. Smith, local busi-
nessman, is recuperating at his
home after being hospitalized
in Delaware Hospital, Whining
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hasskarl
have purchased the Bernard
Norman home on Clayton Ave.
MIR. and Mrs. Norman have
bought the residence of the late
Mary G. Slaughter on Washing
ton Street.
Mrs. Harvey Hill, Mrs. Mary
Hill, Mrs. Ruth H. Gooding, and
Mrs. w. Lambert Gooding spent
the weekend on a tour of Con-
necticut and visiting places of
historic interest in Boston,
Mass.
Mr.. Charles H. Denney, local
horticulturist, reports the amaz-
ing growth of a tomato plant in
his garden to a height of eleven
feet and still growing.
A fund drive to raise $3.50
for the benefit of Girl Scout
Troop 2ll, and Brownie Troop
34l is being sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Clayton
Fire Company, Clayton Lions
Club, and the Ladies Auxiliary
to the VIEW. This is the first
fund drive in three years for the
organization and everyone is
urged to contribute to this
cause. Mrs. Julia Mast is gen.
eral chairman for the drive. The
local scout organization is affili-
ated with the Wilmington Coun-
Gil of Girl Scouts.
The current drive for funds
by the Clayton Fire Company
has reached a total of $l,025.00
and the interest shown has been
a real morale booster for all the
volunteer members who are
grateful by this response. Rob-
ert E. Berghorn, president, and
Bernard Norman, treasurer, and
William Carrow, finance direc-
tor, are directing the campaign,
and it is believed now that the
goal of $4,000 will be reached
in the near future. Contribu-
tions may be mailed direct, or
left at the Clayton Bank and
Trust Company.
Marshall A. Clough, Lester c.
Smith, and Albert KershaW,
members of the Newnam-Lee-
Urban Post 1901, VIEW, at
tended the dedication ceremon-
les and open house of the
V.F.W. National M m or a !
Building in Washington, DC,
on Sunday.
]. George Knotts, chief of the
Clayton Fire Company, spoke
at the meeting of the Smyrna
Rotary Club during Fire Proven
ton Week. He stressed the fire
protection available through the
mutual aid of the Citizens Hose
Company and the Clayton Fire
Company.