Smyrna times., 1906-05-02
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
People Who Come and Go
- and their Social Doings

Durg Is SetGlnB DeIIer anu hopes TO De |
able to get home in a short while. Mr.. |
Taylor had mounted ladder to adjust |
belt on a pulley. when he slipped, |
lost his balance and fell on a machine,
dislocating and fracturing his hip. He |
was taken Immediately to the General |
Hospital at McKees Rocks, just out
side of Pittsburg, where he has been un-
der careful medical attention for the
past five weeks. There are grave fears
that he will be lame for life.
Miss Nora Wills of Stanhope, n. j.,
former school friend, who has been
visiting Mrs. Hervey P. Hall, has been
delightfully."- entertained the past week.
A card party was given by the Misses
Tschudy; Thursday evening Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Hoffecker entertained
a company at give Hundred" for
her; Monday evening Miss Esther Me-
gear entertained at cards for her; yes
terday afternoon Miss Laura Bell gave
a tea; and this afternoon Mrs. Walter
o. Hoffecker will give a tea. Miss
Wills expects to return tomorrow.
Mr.. Gardner M. Beckett, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph l.. Beckett, who has
been holding a fine position in the
Wall Paper Department of Strawbridge
& Clothier, Philadelphia, has resigned
his position to become the manager of
the large retail store of Collins H.
Freeman at Nashville, Tenn. Mr..
Beckett learned the business under
, bis uncle, the late J. G.. Mariner, and
has given his time closely to the study
t of the wall paper business in all its
phases. His selection as manager of
the Nashville enterprise is a compli-
nent to one of his years andhis friends
predict for him a successful future.
. A May-day dance has been arranged
= by the young men of Dover to be held
this evening in the Century Club
> drawing room. About fifty couples will
participate and the decorations will be
very pretty and seasonable. The
: Smyrna Orchestra will play. A num-
s Der of SmyrnIans are expected to par
: ticipate.
/ Miss julia Weldon, daughter of Mr.
v and Mrs. Benton V. Weldon, who left
0 recently for visit to her brother Will
lizard F. Weldon, of New York, has de
cided to make her home there. Sh,
+ has accepted nice position in the pri
,r vate office of the assistant superintend d
e ent of the New York and New Jerse!
% Telephone Company.
> The Presbyterian Christian Endeavol
! Society held delightful sociable at th,
A. home of Mrs. Fl. d. Boyer Monda.
"A evening at which an interesting musi
>. cal and literary program was rendered
n to large company of invited guests
DIR. and Mrs. John Dawson, of Mil
ford. have been spending several day
with his mother, Mrs. Smithers.
0r Mr.. and Mrs. W. o. Hoffecker spen
ST Sunday in Philadelphia.
y Mrs. John H. Hoffecker has gone t
= Brooklyn, N. Y, to visit her sistel
NC Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, and her nice
a Mrs. Faun Freeborn.
~ Mr.. A. Homer Smith of Philadelphia
was home over Sunday
'es Miss Ebs Wilds, who after attendin
III the d. A. r. Congress at Washington
on d. c.. continued her journey to Port
an mouth, Va, has returned from a Wis
ne to Mr.. and Mrs. Roland W. Bell.
Mrs. j. Talley Smith and son of Wi
mington, are visiting her aunt Mi
IS. Lizzie Savin..
Miss Juliet Polk Lea, of New Yorl
ss- n. Y, has been visiting her aun
n' Miss Agnes Cummins,
lie. Rev. Alex. G. Cumimns, of Pong
tai keepsie, N. Y, has been spending
at few days home.
a Mrs. M. W. Orme, of Wayne, Pi
am has returned from a visit to the fami
lat Of her uncle, Mr.. r. d. Hoffecker.
IN. Miss Beulah Hazell of Philadelphi
Sc. was home over Sunday.
re- Announcement was made Mond
ttv of the coming marriage of Henry
mt. Jones, of Dover of the firm of T K Jon
.ltz & Bro. Co., to Miss Clara Hammond
mic Berlin, Nd, at the home of the brio
tile on June 9th next.
the Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Riggs
ht" Lakewood, N. j., we're home oy
ena Sunday.
ka" Mrs. M. e. Smithers, who has be
ale; spending the winter at Collingswoc
on; N. J., has returned home. Her sc
rgh Mr.. Clarence Smithers ofCape Char
les; Va, is now visiting her.
Viii Miss Lillian Speakman, Miss Ed
ok" Armstrong, Miss Eva Foxwell, M
cess May York, Mr.. Ayres Stockly and
The Cummins e. Speakman attended
Gill Friday night dance in Caskey Hi
urly Newark, given by the Kappa ALI
IS of Fraternity.
-zo" Mr.. Gilbert s. FAIRIES was in Phi
ella delphia over Sunday where he was