Middletown transcript., 1905-01-21
cHEsAkEAkE CRY ITEMS

cHEsAkEAkE CITY ITEMS
Miss Belle NJ. Joyce spent Friday III
Wilmington.
Miss Helen Clayton has been visiting
Miss Florence Egee.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hemphill and
children are visiting his mother.
Miss Elsie Karsner gave dinner to 9
few friends last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Rees will enter
tain the Euchre Club next Friday EVEN
ing.
Mrs. Althea Price, OF Philadelphia,
has been spending few days with her
parents.
Mrs. Alexander Evans, OF Elkton has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. NJ. e.
Howard.
Bohemia Lodge, l. o. 0. F., attended
service in the Presbyterian Church Sun
day morning.
The Daughters Of the Confederacy will
celebrate Robert Z. Lees birthday next
Thursday evening.
Mrs. John McCloskey and sister, Of
Philadelphia, have been spending q
week at their cottage at RandaIis.
Mr.. and Mrs, Frank Goodnow, of Will
mington, spent several days Of this week
with her mother, Mrs. Andrew Ross.
Mrs. James S. Hopper entertained a
few friends last Wednesday evening, in
honor OF her guests the Misses Woodall.
Reuben Hevelow has bought the house
owned by George Stevens at the ). Z.
corner OF George and Fourth street. He
will move there on the 25th of March.
There have been more barges towed
through the Canal in the past two weeks
than at any time during the past few
years, the cause no doubt being the in
suring of barges against ice.
The Euchre Club was entertained by
Misses Harriet Morgan and Lionne Beas-
ton at the home Of Miss Morgan last
Thursday evening. The prizes were won
by Miss Florence Egee, Mrs. Ralph Rees,
Mrs. Bennett Steele and Mr.. Frank
Howard.
Henry Jones met with quite painful
accident last Thursday from the effects Of
which he is still confined to his bed. He
was helping put trunk on the stage
when he slipped on piece Of ice, fell and
struck his head on the step, rendering
him unconscious. At this writing lie is
improving.
The funeral of Salle Foster, one Of the
victims Of the drowning accident, which
occurred here last Tuesday afternoon,
was held in the Methodist Episcopal
Church on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the Rev. E. H. Dashiell officiating. Sal
lie was a member of the Church and
Sunday School, the class consisting Of
eight girls to which she belonged, preced-
ed the casket, each carrying some floral
emblem which had been given by the
following:-The Public School children
and teachers gave pillow, Jr. 0. U. A.
Mechanics a pillow of carnations, the
Daughters of America broken link, the
International Sunshine Society bouquet,
the High School wreath. The bearers
were Bennett Savin, Nathan Carter,
Miller Lum, Leroy Allen, Harry Heve-
low.
Mrs. Comarford was married to Charles
F. Burton, of Cecilton, at seven O'Clock
on Tuesday evening of last week, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. R.
K. Stephenson pastor of Scott NJ. E.
Church, Wilmington, at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. Frank Goodnow. Just after
the ceremony telegram was received
announcing the drowning Of their niece,
Edith Tumey, aged Is. The wedding
party were at dinner when the news was
received. Their merry laughter was at
once turned to tears, the plans Of the
bride and groom to spend week in that
city were thus rudely shattered. In
stead Of pleasant honeymoon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burton and Mr.. and Mrs. Goodnow
came to attend the funeral.
John McCloskey gave dance in Ma
sonic Hall last Friday evening to his
numerous friends in this vicinity.
Bouchelle's Orchestra furnished the
music. Those enjoying the evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Rees, Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius Clayton, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Manlove, Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett Steele,
Mrs. Dorsey Dunlap, Mrs. Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. Byron n. Bouchelle, Misses
Elsie Karsner, Fannie and Sallie Woodall,
Sallie, Ida and Minnie Bouchele, Bessie
Barwick, Minnie Reed, Florence Egee,
Dora Steele, Alice and Marion Boulden,
Mary Steele, Evelyn Kibler, Hattie Nor.
gan. Lionne Beaston, Edith Willis,
Florence Boulden, Regina McCloskey;
Messrs. William Hyland, Galena; James
Woodall, Georgetown; Henry Mitchell,
Oldham Davis, George Lockwood, Elk.
ton; Harry Kibler, Lindell Beaston,
Frank and Harry Howard, Hugh Cald.
well, Groome and Harold Steele, ]. M.
Reed, Jr., Leroy Bloomer, DR.. Delmal
| Smithers.
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