SUPPORT NEWARK'S HAMBER OF COMMERCE ------------------) VOLUME XXVill NEWARK, DELA WARE, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937 NUMBER 14 ANNUAL MART 1 !----.:....:..::..=-==~---11 1 ONE CHANGE QUESTIONS ON "Datea" Prove Disastrous COUNTY HEADS PLANNED FOR IS MADE IN NEW ARK 'STUMP' Following a wild chase from Leak's Garage to the Newark FARM LISTON Country Club shortly after SAT. MAY 15 N. H. S. STAFF SERVICE CLUB midnight Sunday morning, Of­ SOIL PROGRAM ficer LeRoy Hill arrested Fred­ Mrs. Leon H. R;an, General Mrs. Helen Douty Selected Liona. Fail When Confronted die Miller, 20, 112 Logan Street, Worrilow Announcea Acreage Chairman For Affair, To Take Post of Mrs. By Rhodea' List of and Frank Denny, 19, 426 S. Signed Under 1937 Plan Appoints Helpers Francis Haggerty Local Queries Jackson Street, both of Wil­ For Conservation mington, who were rushing to DIRECTED BY P.·A. A. BOARD MET TUESDAY "NATIVE'.S!' ARE FOOLED meet "dates" at the Green Lan­ 5,000 GROWERS ENROLL tern Inn. Funds To Be Used For Bene· Only one change has been made in How much do you know about Stelzer, Educational Leader, the teaching staff of the Newark High Newark? Upon questioning the pair, fit of Athletic Teams; School for next year, it was an- That was the big query which con­ Hill learned that they were op­ Seeks To Alter Preaent Varied Program Made nounced by Superintendent of Newark fronted members of the local Lions erating a cal' which had been Practice of Waste stolen from a taxi driver at Schools Carleton E. Douglass, follow- Club at the Deer Park Hotel Tuesday That Delaware farmers approve of All forms of entertainment will be Seventh and Tatnall Streets, ing a special meeting of the Newark night when Dr. George W. Rhodes, a the 1937 Agricultural Conservation present d at the Newark High School Wilmington. Ma y Mart on Saturday, May 16, on Board of Education, Tuesday night. past president, presented a program Program is indicated by the fact that Mrs. Francis Haggerty, formerly that was both unique and instructive. Magistrate Daniel Thompson the athletic fie ld. This annual event to date more than 6,000 of the State's ig being st.aged by the P.-T. A. for Miss Sara Wyatt, teacher of second Using his fellow members as a pro­ held Miller under $1,000 bail 10,381 farms have been ' signed up the purpose of obtaining funds for and third grades, will be replaced by fessor uses a class of students, Dr. and Denny under $600 for the by their operators, who have agreed Mrs. Helen Douty, of Wilmington. Rhodes "stumped" even the natives Court of General Sessions. the pm'chase and payment of athletic to follow the conservation measures Mrs. Harold Bant, formerly Miss with a list of 48 questions dealing equi pment. ~============!)I outlined in the program. Rebekah Hess, has also resigned. with Newark and its history. A complete list of the committees Topping the State's percentage list Members of the school board are: From the beghming until today, was announced ye sterday by Mrs. of soil-depleting a«reage pledged to Robert S. Gallaher, president; Edward know thy Newark, was the foundation Leon H. Ryan, general chairman of the idea is New Castle County, ac­ L. Richards, vice-president; W. Frank- of Dr. Rhodes' rare scheme. Lions, E 52 PLAY AT cording to Agricul ural Agent George lin Wilson, George B. Pear ~ on, Jr., however, were lacking and, unlike M. Worrilow, who states that 90 per­ Dance Planned . and Carleton E. Douglass, secretary. elephants, in too, too many cases, the cent of such farms under his super­ F'ollowing the afternoon's entertain- Heading the list of distinguished Reappointments Made local service clubmen failed to re- COLLEGE FRI. vision have fallen into line. ment, a dance will be held in the high guests expected here Friday night for Teachers whose reappointments member. The percentage of "failures" school gymnasium. Bud Wilson and the te ti . 1 d' n to be g' en in was high as three out of every four F' N k Tak La In spite of the fact that less than his orchestra will furnish music for honor sofm~::n ~~a;;es A Mc~ue in were made, as announced by MI'. questions brought little better than Ive ewar en e rge half of the farms will come under the the evening event. Old College, Governor McMullen has Douglass are: William K. Gillespie, stumbling responses. Parts In Production; program this year, R. O. Stdzer, ex- Assisting Mrs. Ryan is a general been requested to make a short talk. science and mathematics; Ann M. Test Your Knowledge Mitchell Hall Scene tension economist at the University advi sory board co mposed of: Dr. J. S. Stauter, mathematics; Anna E. Gal- of Delaware, who is in charge of the Gou ld, R. S. Gallaher, Dr. J. Fenton MCCUE SERVES laher, social studies; Oscar R. Suttles Here are a few of the leading ques- ~ive .Newarkers, students at the educational phases of the program, Daugherty, C. E. Douglass, W. K. and Dorothea F. Rothwell, commer· tions on the list: why is Newark pro· Umverslty of ~elaware , will play im: pointed out that more than 70 per Gi ll espi e, W. Frank Wilson, E. L. LENGTHY TERM cial; S. Rebecca Kirk, mathematics; nounced "newark" (and not "nuerk," portant. parts ,~n the E 62 Players cent of the crop land of the state Richards, C. Emerson Johnson, J. M. Margaret Smithers, English; Mrs. as Newark, N. J., is pronounced); produ~;lOn of The .Scho~l for. Hus- would come under the program and Pill ing Wright, Robert T. Jones, Miss Josephine Hancock, home economics; how many voting districts in the bands, tomorrow mght In Mitchell that approximately 91 t f Mary E. Wright, Dr. George W. Elizabeth Deakyne, home economics town; who are the councilmen from Hal~. Included in this . group are: the land upon which s!~r d;;~ti:g Rhodes, J. Franklin Anderson, Richard Dinner In Honor of Veteran and science; Jack H. Mohr, industrial each district; how many years do LOUIse Steel, Harold. TIffa~y, Dor- crops were planted would be affected L. Cooch, Joseph McVey, J . K. John. Dean Scheduled For arts; W. M. Tonge, Jr., music; Eliza- councilmen serve; how old is the town othy Counahan, DoriS Smith and by the conservation program. ston, D. A. McClintock, Robert Levis, Friday Night beth Staton,. ~usic an? social studies; o~ Newark; when was the fh;st charter Howard Dunlap. F' One of the leading singing roles is Igures Reveal Progress A. Franklm Fader and William C. John L. PhilliPS, agriculture and bi- given to Newark and by whom; name Northro p. Thirty years of service to the State ology; Greta McKinsey, social studies; the principal manufacturing plants in taken by Jean Calloway who played A glance at the figures compiled by fay Mart committees were an- of Delaware and its university where Sarah L. Hinkle, Latin and mathe- Newark; when was the first bank four months with the Opera Comi- Setlzer shows that, of the 921,251 nounced by Mrs. Ryan at a meeting Ih e ~a s been .dean of the. School of matlCs ; John A. Munroe, social Iesta blished in Newark? que in New York. Another leading acres of land in Delaware, 583,493 of the P ..T. A. last Thursday as Agriculture smce 1920, Will be cele- studies; Robert E. Kern, French and And to continue: when was the first role is that of Isabelle, played by acres ~re to be brought into the con­ follow s: Mrs. Alex D. Cobb, chairman brated Friday evening, when Dean Latm ; and H. Maurice Overly, mathe- meeting of the board of ,trustees of Catherine Rittenhouse, a senior mu- servatlOn program this year. Of this sic major at the Women's College. area, 580,413 or 63 per cent is crop of amusements; W. D. Holton, hit th ~harles~ . McCue will be accorded matics. IDelaware College held; when was the Other leads al'l) being taken by Thom- land, of which 378,933 acres have cat; Mrs. Joseph McVey and Miss Ihon~rs for his lon~ de~otio~ to loc~1 .others r.eapPoint~d were: Stanley ~omen's College established; what Steele, grab bag; Mrs. Denney agnculture. A testlmomal dmner wllI- Gibbs, SOCial studies and English; signers of the Declaration of Inde­ as Warren, Joseph Scannel, William been entered into the program. Going Marslwi l alitPh. S. 'cilack, fish pond; ~e given by the Delaw ~ " A .. de Cluh Irene M. Wilkinson, English; Eth~1 pendence.,attended the Newark Acad- Whedbee, Louise Steel, Jay O'Connell, farther, 280,117 acres of approxi­ m Old College. IV. Johnson and Ralph A. O'Connell, emy; how many churches in Newark William Everhart and William Noo- mately 48 per cent ' of the crop land According to Jack Lafferty, chair· physical education; Ann W. Chalmers, and what are they; when was Dela· nan. is planted to soil-depleting crops, take mare from the soil than they re­ man of the general committee in English; Jennie L. Morris, mathe- ware College incorporated as the Capable Set Designers charge of the dinner, Governor RiCh-I matics and sCience; Leon D. Buehler, University of Delaware? . tum, and, of these, 266,979 acres or The s.et will be a stre~t scene In more than 90 per cent will be treated E. Kern, dart throw; Stanley Gibbs, ard C. McMullen has been asked to science; Nellie Hill, English and Ii- Collegiates, Attention! the Paris of three centu~les ago.