Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
CLAYTON.
The Unlucky Number and Three Bachelors
DR.. W. Reynolds Removed
Local Mention.

Getting full-our ice-houses.
Andrew Seemans IS enlarging his at
tractive property on Main ST.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs
ii. Z. Mearns this afternoon.
The stewards of Ewells NJ. P. church
will meet next Monday night at the
parsonage.
r. L. Warren, late clerk in the
Stoeckle House, has decided not to To-
cate in FELTON, as intended.
From fall on the ice Sunday, Peter
Walker, son of Vincent Walker, near
town, sustained broken collar bone.
Rev. w. w. White will preach at
Salem next Sunday, Jan. 9th, at 2. 45
P. NJ. Subject, "The Coming Relig-
ion" All cordially invited.
Rev. RObt. H. Conley, of the Con.
ference Academy, filled pulpit of St.
Paul NJ. E. church last Sunday morn
ing and evening in a very acceptable
manner.
Our public schools opened Monday
morning with an additional teacher in
the person of CHARLES Burris, formerly Y
of smyrna This is a step in the right
direction and meets the approval of our
tax payers.
There will be a teachers and mem
ber's meeting at Ewell's NJ. p. church
next Saturday at 40 P. NJ. for the pur-
pose of electing Sunday School
Superintendent. The church trustees
will meet at the same time.
During the absence of the pastor.
Rev. J. E. Nicholson in PHILADELPHIA.
the pulpit of Ewell's NJ. p. church was
very ably filled Sunday week, Rev. E.
Shaw in the morning, and Rev. I. J.
Seamans, of Kansas, at night.
The Whist Club met this week with
Mrs. w. H. Lodge. The evening was
most pleasantly enjoyed and the con
test in whist interesting. Mrs. Frank
Reynolds won first ladies' prize. Mrs.
G. G. MahOney second, and Mrs. E.
r. Sipple "booby" Mr.. J. B. Book
won first sentleman's prize, Mr.. w.
5. Colpitts, second and DR.. j. S.
Cobb, BOBBY"
On New Years Eve, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Shaw entertained a number of
friends in honor of the Sunday School
class taught by their daughter, Miss
Sadie. The evening was spent in
music and pastimes, and Watching the
going out of the old year. Those
assisting in rendering the selections
were Miss Elsie Purse, of FELTON,.
Misses Sadie and Elizabeth Wright
and Messrs. Frank Lord and G. B.
EllegoOd. Refreshments were served
later in the evening.
Dir. W. B. Reynolds, Medical Exam
iner on the Delaware Division Of the
z. W. ~ b. r. R., who has been loca-
ted here since 1890, has been transfer
red to Elmira, n. Y, where he has a
larger field to look after. During his
stay among us he has by his courteous
and gentlemanly manner won the affec
tion and good will of the community.
and who now are lOath to part with him.
Perhaps those to feel his loss the keen
est will be the congregation of Trinity
z. (. church, of which he was a con-
sistent member and regular attendant
upon all services. For a number Of
years he has been vestryman and was
Junior Warden at the last election. He
will be succeeded here by DR.. Ickes,
of Harrisburg, who arrived here and
reported for duty Monday.
That unlucky number 13. Pass on,
take up the 3 and omit the 1. Equally
as bad. Unluckyl Well, we'll explain.
For several months past the Rectory of
Trinity P E. church of this town has
been occupied by three bachelors.
Rev. f. L. Wells, rector of Trinity P.
Z. church, F. D. Strickland, train dis
spatcher and Jno G. Smith, Supervisor
of the road south of Clayton. They
take their meals at the Hotel Stoeckle.
but through with their meals, there
was no place like home. Everything
went on lovely until the cold weather
came, or something or other. But
resolution was passed to disband and
last Thursday through the rain they
carted each others belongings to as
many separate homes. They may at
tribute their failure in successful
housekeeping to the unlucky number
3, but our advice to the boys is to get
different combination next time.
Thirteen is looked upon bymany as an
unlucky number Some of our people
think the three of 13 itself, to say
nothing of the one, is equally as un-
luckey.
PERSONAL Rev. H. NJ. Thurlow and
wife and children returned home from
Baltimore yesterday. Murphy,
one of Newark, n. J. s most popular
teachers, spent the Christmas holidays
with Mrs. Reynolds, also has as her
guest this week, her brother, Mr.. Rob
ert Odell from South Orange, n. J.-l
Miss Jennie Wilbert spent New Years
day and the Sunday following with
Mrs. L. D. White Miss Wilbert is |
employed in the Office of The La
dies Home JourndJ in Philadelphia. -
Mrs w. II. Tunis is entertaining her
sister, Miss Gibson, of Wilmington. 80
Rev. f. L. Wells is spending few
days this week in New England, at his
fathers home in Bridgeport Conn
Miss Ella Clark has returned from
Centreville. Miss Edith Hardcastle is
being entertained by the Misses Short
Mrs. Joseph Baynard and daughter,
Miss Sue, have returned from Oxford. |
Miss Elsie Purse, of FELTON,, is visiting
Miss Bertha Wright. Mrs. Bergman
and daughter, Miss Maud, of Oxford,
Md, spent the latter part of last week
with her cousin, Mr.. James LeCompt.
The DeGatCarean expresses surprise |
that several cotemporaries favor the |