Smyrna times., 1895-03-06
Cheswold.
ANNUAL MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY
MOVING AND PERSONAL.

ANNUAL MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY
MOVING AND PERSONAL.
Special Correspondence to Smyrna Times.
The Annual Missionary Anniversary
of Cheswold NJ. E. Sunday School,
held Sunday evening last, proved very
entertaining as well as successful.
The exercises consisted chiefly of songs
and recitations. The children have
the thanks of pastor, superintendent
and teachers of the school as well as
praise of the audience for the hand
some manner in which they accepted
and rendered the work assigned to
them. Appropriate recitations were
delivered by Leslie Stout, Madge
Moore, w. Denney Hoffecker, Edgar
Boggs, Mary Denney, Winford Phil
lips and Mary Boggs, ranging in ages
from to IA years; also, by Miss Lille
Bishop, in an earnest, pathetic and
very impressive style, a plea for Mis-
siOns. THE Seeds Complaint" in
eight different stages, was represented
by Clara Savin, Ada Dresher, Bertha
Sapp, Annie Sapp, Hattie Denney,
Venie Lord, Lottie Shahan and Lima
Colt.
The music of the evening, other than
the chorus pieces by the school, were
solos by Miss Gertie Vandyke, enti-
tied "Out in the Byways," also, a solo
Scattering Seeds" bv little Ethel.
(six years old daughter of w. s..
Hardcastle, in notes remarkably clear
and sweet for one of her age; a song
by Edith Newton, Clara Taylor, Ethel
Thompson, Ethel Hardcastle, Mary
Anderson, and Mary Denney; a class
from the Infant Room; a duett "Song
of the Reapers," Misses Lima Colt and
Ada Dresher, and dialogue in song
by Mrs. A. 7. HOffeckeI aud her little
son Norman, OF five years. Miss Kate
Boggs presided at the organ for the
school.
The exercises opened with an an
them, 1.-The Beautiful Golden Gate"
supported by Mrs. w. +. Collins, So
prano; Mrs. A. Q. Disch, alto; T. +.
Moore, tenor, and Lewis Bernard,
basso, with Miss Anna Bernard at the
organ, which was very fine. This was
followed by prayer by Superintendent
J. H. Anderson. The school had col
nearly $50, which was soon raised to
$75 by the audience. The school has
a missionary banner which the class
that raises the largest amount of
money for missions holds for the wear
Mrs. b. F Smiths class of ten bovs
captured the prize, having raised $l7 so
The boys and their teacher have
worked quietly but diligently the
whole year for their reward. The
school raised $75 last year for the same
cause.
Owing to various "red tape. regnla-
tiOns which will permit a dead 6oSy
to pass through the city of New Yort
W. w. Jarvis, who died Monday &c
last week and was buried on T'ono
Island, remained in his home hers
until arrangements for removal were
made for Friday and then again mill
saturday because of the bad roads the
uhdertaker failing to arrive at the
hour appointed. Much sympathv baS
gone out for the bereaved widoy los log
friends north who We're thus held IN
suspense "eiu in
W. L. Ford has moved in h;s n
house on Main street. He ha;no no"
ceeded by Rev. Il. r. VandvIa sue
1y L: >. Stockwell, of Kenton. James
a. carson moves in the house that
was was occupied by Mrs. Hannah Shahan
9ne succeeds James A. Pearson. .ohn
SeWeil moved in his new house on New
street w. L. Denney moves 10 the
to Dover. QUO soing
PERSONAL: d. G.. Moore is visiting
IA Philadelphia. - Miss Matte Scott
oI greenwood, Is visiting her sister
~. MRS. John Dannenhauer.-Mrs. JF
oeanan and brother, George Dobson'
VI newark, Del, are visiting Mrs. Han,
nan shahan Hinslev. of
wyoming, has been visiting friends IN
town.--Mrs. P. l.. Barcus has in her
possession an old silver coin bearing
sns marks very distinctly of CarInns ri
lte9. tt has been in the famiIv over
sixty years andis very highly esteemed.
Chss'OOid, DEL, March 8, 1896.