Smyrna times., 1961-02-16
20 YEARS AGO

fldIlS are DelnS mdQe 10 OF
ganiZe a Junior Red Cross un-
der the direction of Mrs. Mar
garet McVaughn, director of
branches and Junior Red Cross,
and Miss Anna B. Beckett, local
chairman. The following school
children from the sixth to the
twelfth grades, have been elect
ed to form the council: Ruth
Hill, Jimmy Turner, Robert
Lower, Carlene Jones, Mildred
Slaughter, Rodney Schuman,
Henry Dukes, Marie Blendt,
Elva Waters, Doris Palmer,
Lloyd McNatt, Thelma Shane,
Edith Hollett, Jack Garis, Wal
ter c. Deakyne, Patsy Carter,
Margaret Springer, Eleanor Now
land, Frances Bell, Richard
Hughes, William Kenworthy,
Margaret Deamer, Mary Emma
Bell, Paul Bradley, Robert Far
les, Ethel Bell, Frank Ryan,
Elizabeth Ann Kirby. In the
Negro school the following were
elected: Martha a Milbrourne,
Henry Davis, Vivian Evans,
Charles Bessellien. An organ
izer is expected here soon, at
which time activities of the
group will be discussed.
Thru the efforts of the WPA,
the Smyrna Municipal Bathing
Beach at Lake Como is being
regarded. In the spring approxi-
mately 100 loads of beach sand
will be hauled to the lake shore
for this purpose.
Tickets for the Wilmington
Drama League benefit presenta-
ton, "The Late Christopher
Bean," to be given at the Field
House, Dover school, this Sat
urday, will be on sale at the
Smyrna Times Office and the
home of Mrs. Glenn S. King.
Tickets are fifty cents. The
proceeds will 60 to the Chill
dren's Theatre Group. The pro-
gram starts at BIS p. m.
A class will be organized for
farm boys as a part of the Ma
tional defense program. The
purpose of the course is to
teach these bows that, in case
they are drafted for service,
they will be able to do some
thing besides carry arms, ac-
cording to G. R. Miller, super
intendent of John Bassett Moore
School. Any boy between the
ages of II and 25 wishing to
take advantage of this course,
may contact the John Bassett
Moore School office, said MIR.
Miller. The type of course will
be decided later, he said.
/ The Boy Scout annual financ-
ial campaign began Monday,
February 10, 1864. The Rotari-
ans, who sponsor the local
troop, have been divided into
five teams of three members
each for soliciting the towns
people. The teams are as fol-
lows: Team Harvey Clones,
Captain, Harry P. Jones, George
Scout; Team 2-Rynear Slaugh-
ter, Captain, Charles w. Hall,
Harry Bostick; Team 3-Erwin
R. Dick, Captain, Elmer Pratt,
Charles King; Team 4-George
R. Miller, Jr., Captain, DR.. c. ].
Prickett, George w. Wright;
Team 5rDavis H. Bell, Captain,
Carol Stats, Alexander Hand
loft; William E. Matthews, Trea-
surer and Chairman special con-
tributions. Elmer P. Corrie,
Chairman finance committee.
! Funeral services for Mark K.
Irons, IA, lifelong resident of
Woodland Beach, who died early
Sunday morning after a short
illness in the Kent General Hos
lpital at Dover, were held from
the FAIRIES Undertaking Parlors
at ii a. M, on Monday. Inter-
ment was in Odd Fellows Gem
etery. For many years, Irons
made his home with the late
Lucius P. Campbell. After MIR.
Campbell's death, he lived with
the late James P. Campbell on
Bombay Hook Island. Enlisting
with the First Delaware Infan-
try at Middletown in 1913, he
became an aide to the late Capt.
E. E. Rodgers and Major c. p
Holcomb of New Castle. Friends
of Mr.. Irons can recall ballad
he composed years ago, which
was sung to the Delaware
troops as remembrance to
Delaware towns. Surviving him
lis one son, Mark K. Irons, Jr.,
, of Railway, N. ].