Smyrna times., 1902-01-01
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL,
People Who Come and Go
= and their Social Doings.

afternoon tea" at her home on South
street Monday, in honor of her guest
Miss Florence Wells of PHILADELPHIA.
She was assisted by Mrs. Robert H.
Denney and Miss Elizabeth Counsel
man. Tea was served from three tn
hve O'Clock and over thirty guests were
invited. The occasion was one of the
pleasant social events of Christmastide
Mrs. POtfenberger, wife of the Rev.
NJ. l.. Poffenberger of Newark. form
erly rector of St. Peters Church of
this town, is making a visit among her
Smyrna friends.
Elder E. Rittenhouse. pastor of Mt
Zion Baptist Church near Kenton. is
lying very low with paralysis at his
home at State Road and has not been
able to attend to his duties for some
months. Elder RIttenhOuse is one of
old landmarks of Delaware and has
been IN active service for many wears.
lie is over 80 years of age. His friends
IN this section will hope for his re-
covery.
] Miss Beulah Jefferson left yesterday
! for Rutledge, Pa, to be the guests of
Mrs. Edward NJ. Boyd.
Miss Bertha Stengle of Georgetown,
daughter of the Rev. Adam Stengle
formerly of this town, met with quite an
unpleasant experience recently Incident
to her attendance upon the wedding of
her brother, Editor George E. NJ.
Stengle at SeafOrd. She was selected
as maid of honor, and to make sure
OF having her gown reach her home in
time, she had her trunk expressed in
stead of checked from Woman's Col
lege, Baltimore, where she is attend
ing school. On account of the large
amount of Christmas traffic. it was de-
layed and did not reached d her home
until after the wedding, much to her
disappointment
DR.. Charles NJ. Wharton. the we'll
known University of PENNSYLVANIA
football player, formerly of SMYRNA.
arrived at Dover Saturday night ac
companied by his patient, Mr.. Fox.
wealthy gentleman of Philadelphia.
who has been an invalid for several
years. They are quartered at the
handsome home of George A. Milling
the near Dover, where they will likely
spend the winter instead of going to
Asheville, n. c., as in former years.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Harry Bootes. nee
Miss Florence HAZEL, who since their
marriage year ago has been stationed
at Fort KeOugh, Montana, ar
rived home to-day on visit to
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. HAZEL.
Lieut. Bootes has been transferred TO
Washington, d. c., where they will
make their home in the future.
Mrs. w. E. Waters and daughter
Miss Helen, left yesterday for an ex-
tended visit to Mrs. Carroll H. Sudler
in Chicago, Ill.
Miss Helen V. McCaulley and Miss
May Harris Cam of Wilmington, are
being entertained by Miss Bertha L.
HOffecker.
Mrs. J. Gardner Mariner of Phila-
delphia, has returned from a visit 20
the family of Joseph l.. Beckett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Register
are visiting the family of her brother,
Mr.. Samuel H. Baynard, in Whining
ton.
Messrs. Charles Stockly and Cum
minis Speakman attended the Milford
dance last Friday evening, after which
they jOinedsthe house party at Seaford
given by Miss Lucille Ross. Miss Eba
Wllds was also member of the party.
Mr.. Ersa Diller, a cadet at West
Point Academy, U. S. A., was a guest
over Christmas of the family of W. D. |
LeFevre.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Rich of Wash
ingtOn, d. c., spent their Christmas
with her mother, Mrs. H. W. Tschudy. |
Mrs. Rich remained on visit.
Miss Alice johnson of Philadelphia,
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Amanda Spruance. Before coming to
Smyrna, she had been on a visit to
Norfolk, Va, where she was maid of |
honor at the wedding of Miss Hattie
McWhorter, well-known in this town,
to Mr.. Trotter of Portsmouth, Va.
Miss Edith Tolson of Baltimore, is
being entertained by Miss Arie Hyn-
son.
Miss Sallie D. Pratt of Philadelphia,
has been entertained by Miss Lida
Lord.
Mr.. Thomas Jones left yesterday for
Wilmington, where he has accepted a
position in Bancrofts Mills, in the fibre |
work department
Mr.. John W. Stephenson and daugh-
ter of Chesterville, Md, were guests |