Smyrna times., 1896-03-04
Personal.

The following persons have been
designated to attend the State Sunday
School Convention which will be held
in Milford tomorrow and Friday;
Presbyterian Church, Rev. j. S. Est
lin, G. B. Taylor, Mrs Mary B. An
thOny and Mrs. s. r. Reynolds; AL
fred E. Fowler. Mrs. Thos. Price and
Miss Lizzie Jones, of Jerman Chapel:
Mrs. L. H. Haynes, one of the dele
gates of the NJ. E. Sunday School as
also her Alternate, Mrs. w. O. Hof-
fecker, are prevented from going because
of sickness, and Mrs. Stengle and her
alternate Miss Annie Sutton NAV DOS
sibly not be able to go, leaving pos
sibly John H. HOffecker the only one
of the school to attend.
Saturday, 29th February, was the
birthday of Mrs. B. V. Weldon, and it
was the intention of the parents to
observe it quietly in the family but the
children intended it different, and his
sons, John B. Weldon and family, and
Willard Weldon, came on from Brook
lyn to celebrate the event and have a
few days rest. 1t will be eight years
before Mrs. Weldon will have a birth
day again to celebrate.
Miss BERTHE Hand, of GOldey's Com
mercial College, Wilmington, has been
on a visit to Miss Emma Weldon.
Mrs. H.G. Budd, went to Elkton,
Md, last week where her daughter
Mary is sick with typhoid fever at the
residence of Mrs. Budd's sister Mrs.
George Biddle
Mrs. Mary r. Bramble, of Fairlee,
was the guest of Mrs. VIM. P. Legg
last week.
Walter Rich, Harry Pyle, Ernest
Haynes, Frank Startling and Davis
Grier were guests of Smyrna friends
Sunday
Mrs. John Stephenson, of Chester
vile, Md, is the guest of her sister.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Stevenson.
Mrs. Annie Cummins has returned
from a visit to Washington friends.
Miss Annie Lambdin returned last
week from prOtracted visit to Phila-
delphia
Mrs. Mary Davis and her daughter
Mrs. Thos. Mccoy, have returned from
a visit to their former home, Philadel-
phia.
Miss Mary Denney Hazell gave
party to her young friends Monday
night IN cOmmemOratiOn of her tenth
birthday.
Clinton Shain and Miss Marion
Shaln, of Chester, were guests of Miss
Annie Legg, on Sunday. Miss Shain.
sang a solo in the Methodist Church
on Sunday evening with a soft and
sweet voice
Ephram Lower, near Brenford. gave
an evening party and supper to the
people of the vicinity Thursday even
ing which was enjoyed by about ninety
guests. Games, dancing, singing etc.
occupied the attention of the guests
until eleven o'clock, when they were
invited out to a rich repast of oysters
IN all styles, ham, tongue, biscuit, rolls,
coffee etc.
Joseph FAIRIES, of Philadelphia. who
has been spending several davs with
his father E. G. FAIRIES, was called
home yesterday.
Thirty-tive or forty persons in con-
nectiOn with Church Aid Society of
Severson's Church, had pleasant So
oiai ut the Circuit parsonage one even
ing last week,
Miss Estelle Waters has gone ON an
extended visit to Philadelphia.
Last Sunday night, Just before the
church bells pealed torch their invita-
ton, Frank Boyer and Miss Ida Webb.
both of this town, strolled quietly to
the Circuit parsonage and in short
ceremony, Oficiated by Rev. w. r.
Mowbray, were made man and wife.
They took their honeymoon to the
Methodist Church and stayed through
out the evangelistic services. The
marriage was a great surprise to their
friends.
Samuel NJ. Hoffecker, left on Mon
day to take health trip by sea sailing
yesterday on the Clyde liner Comanche'
from New York to Jacksonville, Fla.