Smyrna times., 1899-06-07
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tens OF Interest Cleaned From the DOings
in and About Town.
Sunday School at Downs Chapel
next Sunday at 8 a. m.
Children's Day service will be held
at Downs Chapel Sunday afternoon,
June 18th.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Ewell's |
M. p. Church will meet next Tuesday |
night at Mrs. Collins.
There will be preaching at Bethesda
NJ. P. Church next Sunday at p. m.
Sunday School 2 p. III.
For throwing a ball in the street,
against the ordnance of the town,
Richard Venn was fined $3.50.
The Stewards and Trustees of
Eyelrs NJ. p. Church will meet next
Saturday night at the parsonage.
During the summer months Trinity
Church will do away with the regular
evening service and in instead hold
short vesper services.
Miss Eva Manning, teacher of the
Middle Alley Public Schools, gave her
scholars a very delightful picnic last
Saturday afternoon in Mudges Woods.
Past Grand Officers, Messrs. J. G.
Longfellow, and o. S. Leathers are at
tending the Supreme Lodge of the
Shields of Honor, now in annual ses-
sion at Atlantic City, \. J.
Kenton hundred has taken the initi
atory steps towards their semi-annual
Sunday School Convention, and it will
be held at Downs Chapel in the near
future, the date not yet being def
nitely settled.
Out of respect for the late president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Frank
Thompson, whose death occurred
Monday, the Superintendent's office at
this place is draped in morning and
the flag placed at half mast.
Rev. J. E. Nicholson will preach in
Ewell's NJ. P. Church next Sunday
morning; subject, "Christ Risen. >
Children's Day service will be held al
night. Sunday School p. m.
Prayermeeting Wednesday night.
Trinity Sunday School will hold {
Basket Social in the woods at Greer
Spring on Saturday next for the bene
fit of the children. This will not in
terfere with the regular Sunday SchOO
picnic which will come off later in tn
season.
Miss Bessie Skinner wishes to an
nounce her splendid assortment O
Summer Millinery. She has a selecte'
stock of the latest importations. Sc
her new sailor hats and get the frs
pick when they arrive Saturday. The
are beauties.
At the Diamond Anniversary of th
American Sunday School Union hel
in the Academy of Music, Philade
phia, recently, Aubrey Vandever {
this town, and Mrs. and Mrs. W. Il
Crosby, and Prof. H. S. Goldey {
Wilmington, represented Delaware.
An early closing movement is bein
agitated among the Clayton me
chants. Many would like to be r.
lieved of the long ccnfning hours, an
are advocating system such as is no
in vogue in SIN yrna and other towns
1t is to be hoped that it can be brougl
to a successful issue.
The Epworth League Supper al
Festival which is to be held in the o
"Call Building" Thursday, Frids
and Saturday of this week promises
be pleasant affair, and the ladies a
hoping for a good patronage on IL
part of the people. A good supper W
be served for 25 cents.
For disoheying the peremptOry orde
of Detective Hutchins of the p w.
B. Railroad one day last week, a tran