Middletown transcript., 1898-12-31
PERSONALITIES
itt ie Lines About Men and Women
md What They Are Doing.

itt ie Lines About Men and womei
md What Thev Are Doing.
Perhaps The cutest Christmas tree i
Middletomn was tile one IN honor of Mis-
Barnard, the six months daughter Of Dl
and Mrs. w. e. Barnard. 1t was prettil.
trimmed and pleased the young lady ex
actIy. The score or more of presents wer
appropriate and all to her liking, she no
having expresse the least disappointment
in any of them-not even privately to tht
the family. Monday being the birthda,
anniversary of her mother, in answer tt
| inquiries she chose her name. it not having
been previously decided upon and only hel
/ parents knowing what it might be. A few
| friends were invited in and Miss Barnard
became Miss Helen CoYington Barnard, the
name of her maternal grandmother. After
the ceremony the little lady held her most
| forceful argument with the bald-headed
| lawyer and came off the winner On
Thursday afternoon another Middletown
young lady who counts her months back
g.
ing party at St.Anne's Church, MISS Mildred
Vaughan, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. Horace
Vaughan.
AT the Milford dance on Monday night
MiddletoWn was represented by Mr.. w.
Reese Parker and Miss Susie Parker At
Smyrna on Tuesday evening Miss Elizabeth
Del IL Sc 4, IF frsn de-
was Middletown's representative, On
Thursday evening at Dover were Misses
Helen and Daisy Naudain, Miss Susie
Parker and her friend, Miss Weylor, Mr..
W. Reese Parker and Mr.. Fred. S. Crouch.
Misses Grace and Mabel Houston, of
Trenton, N. j., are guests of Miss Viola
Ennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward D. Hearn spent
Christmas with Mrs. Hearn's mother, Mrs
Manlove Wilson. Miss Mollie Wilson re-
turned with her sister to Georgetown on
Thursday.
Mr. John +. Hofecker was the guest of
his father, Mr.. James R. Hoffecker, during
the Holidays.
The Misses Parker are entertaining
Miss Ida Weylor. Miss Ray Lank, Mr.. Fred
W. Anconey, of Pottstown, Pa.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Reynolds dined
with their daughter. Mrs. D. V. Barnard
in Wilmington, on Christmas Day.
Mrs. Purnell, of Snow Hill, Nd, sister
of Mr.. Jas. B. Messick, is the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Messick at the Middle
town Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Evans spent Christ
mas in his old home at Dover with friends.
Mr.. Evans speaks in praise of the great
improvements at the capital.
Mrs. P. L. McWhorter has entertained
burning the Holidays her mother Mrs.
Boggs, and her brother, Mr.. Alex. Walms-
ley, of Philadelphia.
Miss Blanche Cochran has been quite
i'll with the grippe.
Mr.. Fred s. Crouch, of Atlantic City,
spent the Holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. s. Crouch.
Miss Sadie BurgesI of Still Pond, Md,
was a Christmas visito.' at the home of DR..
and Mrs. W. E. Barnard.
-Messrs. George and Fred. Echenhofer,
of Philadelphia, have been Holiday visitors
with their sister, Mrs. Albert Price.
Mr.. Robert G. Cannon, of Norfolk, Va,
has been guest at the National Hotel this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. ]. H. Lingo, of Phila-
delphia, and Mr.. J. C. Stats, of Fairlee,
Nd, spent Christmas with Mrs. Catherine
Merritt.
Rev. W. E. Wright. spent the Holidays
with his mother and sister, Mrs. Wright
and Mrs. NJ. B. Burrls. The latter had also
as her guests at Christmas her sister, Mrs.
J. NJ. Authors, and family, of Kenton.
Mrs. v. /. Culbertson, of Wilmington,
is visiting with MiddIetown friends.
Mrs. NeheIn ian Burrls IS entertaining
her sister, Miss Elizabeth Jones, on Craw-
ford street.
Mr.. J. Edgar Clayton is quite ill at the
present with grip at his home near Mt. |
Pleasant. His church wedding is announced |
for next week and he is now improving
Master Paul Messick is visiting relatives
in Dover.