Smyrna times., 1902-08-27
=, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
People Who Come and Go
- and their Social Doings

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friends here who are pleased at the sue
cess he is making in the educational
world. As Superintendent of the Eliza
beth School and Superintendent of the
County Schools he is drawing a salary
of $54OO annually. He is still pushing
his famous system of grading. Re-
Gently the Philadelphia Schools agreed
to introduce his system and with the
beginning of the school year said sys-
tenn will be adopted by the schools
throughout the City. The Shearer
System of grading is used and becom-
ing popular in many States and the
publishers of his text book are busy |
with orders.
Mr.. George Turner of Philadelphia,
son of Mrs. Mary Turner of the |
briggs Farm" near town, is home |
i'll with typhoid fever. Mr.. Turner is
holding fine position at the Cramps
Shipyard and has been working on the
new battleship Maine, which just
tested has made the best speed of any
war shipin the Navy.
Postmaster Thomas B. Megear and
DR.. David T. Smithers have returned
from a pleasant sojourn to Ocean
Grove, n. j.
Mrs. Lillian RObelen and daughter
Miss Daisy of Wilmington are being
entertained by Miss Clara Bewley.
Mrs. J. L. Estlin left last week for
Atlantic City, N. j., where she joined
: her husband the Rev. J. l.. Estlin for
a short sojourn. They will return this
week that Rev. Estlin may be in his
pulpit Sunday.
Mr.. Ezekiel w. Dawson of Newark
! spent Sunday in town the guest of his
> mother, Mrs Elizabeth Smithers.
: Mr.. and Mrs. J. Edwin Hoffecker
are being entertained at the cottage of
W. NJ. Bell at Rehoboth.
q Mrs. John Truax of Wilmington is
d visiting Mrs. Daniel G. Bailey.
h Miss Katherine Campbell of Balti-
a more and Miss Hettie Fraley of Cam
4 den, N. j., were guests Sunday Of
o Miss Alice Beck.
II Mr.. William Brant of Philadelphia
has joined his wife here on visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Edward DeFord..
~ Miss Katherine Parker of Philadel
N phia is being entertained by Mrs
p William G. Roe.
" Mrs. Mary Stern of Philadelphia
A. was a visitor to her sister Mrs. Thomas
no G. Moore the past week.
10 Mrs. Frank Roop Smith of Whining
e. ton is being entertained by Mrs
y Caroline J. Williams.
.ol Mr.. Walter LeFevre of Philadelphi
was a guest of the family of W. d
LeFevre the past week. Prof. Charlie
of LeFevre who has been rusticatin
an among the Bear Mountains of Pennsy
,,l vania is home for a few days. He wi
ob leave to morrow for Cambridge, Md
10 to be in readiness for the opening {
no. the school.
vas Prof. and Mrs. John P. Burdeti
vi. who have been spending the summ'
no at Monrovia, Md, and Georgetown
Del, are expected home this weel
Prof. and Mrs. A. S. Griffith wi
IN have been spending a month at Il
Delaware Water Gap have returne
and all is in readiness for the openiI
of another school year.
-. Mrs. John Ross and daughters al
80 Miss Helen Carpenter are visiting t
l-. - family Of J. Townsend Warren.
HP' Miss Lille Farrell and Mr.. Geor
W. Robinson, both of Smyrna, We
-" married Wednesday evening by t
Rev. w. F. Corkran at the Dlstr
Parsonage.
W." Mrs. Armstrong Colvert of Atti
U"S Indiana, is on visit to her paren
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred L. Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard F. Weldon
80. - New York City are visiting his pare
'va ".. Mr.. and Mrs. Benton ". Weld,
Ci'y Miss Julia Weldon who has been '
iting there has returned.
ntee Mrs. Howard Forrest (nee Miss Sa
ted SMITH and son Rodney and N
! ba Edith Tolson of Baltimore are be
4 in entertained by Miss Arie Hynson.
City Mr. ana MRS. Jonn " "a'.,ioto :,
the Boston are visiting Mr. and N
Hill. George W. Mattiiord.
lwav Miss Addie V. Cook of Philadelr
! use formerly of this town is being en-
Kent tanned by Miss Sue R. Colt.
lwav Miss Ollie Wilson daughter Of
leoa- and Mrs. R. o. P. Wilson, forI
esent residents of Dover, and DR.. FIJI
in r. BARN, OF Washington, u. W are t'
the married Thursday evening n
light. August 2s. The wedding will
He place at the home Of the brides
citing ents on farm near Lelpslc.