Smyrna times., 1904-03-16
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
People Who Come and Go
u and their Social Doings

CLOCK tomorrow evening at her home
on Main street to Mr.. S.Gilbert Wilds
cashier of the Fruit Growers National
Bank. Owing to the recent death of
the brides mother, the ceremony will
be quiet with only the near relatives
of the family present. Rev. Charles
A. Hill, of Salisbury, formerly pastor
of Asbury NJ. E. Church this town,
will perform the ceremony.
Rev. Vaughan S. Collins and Pre-
siding Elder Rooms left yesterday for
Dover to be present at the opening of
the annual session of the Wilmington
Conference. Last Sunday morning
the sacrament of the Lords Supper
was celebrated at Asbury NJ. E. Church
and was a meeting largely attended
and full of deep spiritual interest.
During his three years pastorate in
Smyrna Mr.. Collins has won many
warm personal friends who will hope
to see him returned to Smyrna. He
has been officially invited by the Board
OF Asbury Church. There is more or
less talk of Pastor Collins being made
Presiding Elder over one of the dis
tricts and that Rev. Robert Watt will
be sent to Smyrna. AS an organizer
Mr.. Collins has no superior in the
Conference and would make a good
Presiding Elder, but with all this his
Smyrna friends will anxiously await
the decision of the Bishop.
A Social in honor of Mrs. r. H.
Matlack, Conference Secretary of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society,
was held at the home of Mrs. Joseph
Smithers last evening. The guests
were the members of the Auxiliary of
the Asbury NJ. E. Church and they
were much interested in Mrs. Mat
lacks report of the Christmas box
sent by the Societies of the Conference
to an orphanage in India last Septem-
Der. Refreshments were served by
the daughters of the hostess, and the
guests appreciated the opportunity
afforded them of pleasant evening
with Mrs. Matlack.
Miss Daisy Sutton celebrated her
birthday anniversary on Saturday, and
Friday evening a company of her
friends gathered at her home on Union
street extended their compliments and
best wishes and made the event an
enjoyable one. "Flinch," "Bourse"
and other pastimes were INDUCED in.
Mrs. S. E. Mariner and daughter,
Mrs. Joseph L. Beckett, left Thurs
day last for several weeks visit to
Philadelphia.
Miss May Draper, of Camden, is be-
ing entertained by Miss Anna B. Beck
EFT. Monday evening, she entertained
a company of friends in her honor at
which "Flinch" was the principal
pastime
Miss Marion Rogers, of Whining
ton, was home over Sunday.
Miss Margaret Denney, it is repor-
ted, has rented the Pratt property on
west Commerce street, and will move
there shortly.
Miss Lydia Porter is visiting Mrs.
j. r. Price at Warwick, Md.
Mr.. Clifton Collins, of Wilmington,
was home oyer Sunday.
DIR. and Mrs. Edward S. Dwight
were suddenly called to Virginia Sun
day by the illness of Mrs. Dwight's
youngest brother, who is critically i'll
with double pneumonia. They left on
the midnight train Sunday. DIR.
Dwight returned last evening, leaving
Mrs. Dwight for an indefinite stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Jefferson, of
Salem, N. j., have returned from a
visit to their daughter, Mrs. Andrew
Cole.
Rev. Howard G. England, of Sea-
ford, was guest at the Rectory last
night, and preached an acceptable SER
mon at st. Peters Church service last
evening. The Rev. VIM. J. Hamil-
ton, of Delaware City will preach next
Tuesday evening and Friday evening
March 25th, Bishop Coleman will
honor the church with a special visit
a1d deliver the sermon.
DR.. Charles M. Wharton has de-
cided to close his home in Dover since
the death of his patient, DIR. Fox, and
is now packing up and making prepa-
rations to leave the Eccles property
next Wednesday. He will go to At
lantic City to take a rest aud Miss
Paige will, after making a visit with
Mrs. Latrobe in Baltimore, make her
home with her brother IN Washington
Mr.. j. B. Clark of Easton, Md. who
recently moved his family to Smyrna
has accepted position in the lumber
business of South Carolina and will
leave for the South this week. His
family will stay in Smyrna.