Smyrna times., 1908-11-18
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA
People You Know and their Doings
in Other Towns and Places,
Gathered During the Week.

ii. u. Learned, OF near CheSW0ld met
with quite a painful accident last
Saturday week while coming to Ches-
void with load of corn. Some corn
fell from the load and Mr.. Learned
got off the wagon. While picking
up the corn under the wagon be-
tween the wheels the horses took
fright and ran off, the back wheel
passing over his left arm at the wrist,
MASKING it badly. The team was
stopped before doing any further
damage and Mr.. Learned was taken
to DIR. Moneys Office and he dressed
the arm.
Gamble Latrobe, who resided in
Dover a short time ago, and who has
been employed as a supervisor in the
department of the maintenance of way
for the P B. & w. railroad, and
later was made assistant engineer of
the Delaware railroad, and more re-
Gently promoted to life position
with headquarters at Baltimore, has
been promoted to the position of
general superintendent of the North
ern Central Railroad and general
agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
at Baltimore. Mr.. Latrobe has been
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany since 1884.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. P.
Moore at Marydel was the scene
of pretty wedding Tuesday evening,
when their eldest daughter, Bert ha
F., was United in marriage to Walter
P. Monroe, of Millsboro. The bride
wore gown of white organdie over
white silk. Miss Pearl Short played
the wedding march. The parlor was
beautifully decorated with holly and
potted plants. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. E. H. Der
rickson, after which refreshm ents
were served. Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe
left for Philadelphia the next morn
ing. They will make their future
home at Millsboro.
One of the prettiest of November
weddings was that at the country
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
| Wolf near Hazelettville, when their
daughter, Gertrude Mary, became the
bride of Marion w. Fields, of Wy
ming. Miss Ethel McFaul, of Wyom-
ing, played the wedding march.
Miss Mary Walls, of Goldsboro, and
Miss Ethel Willis attended the bride,
and Victor Fields and Edward Wolf
were ushers. Rev. D. F. McFaul, of
Wyoming, performed the cermoeny.
A massive arch-bower of lockwood
and cut flowers formed a canopy for
the wedding party. The bride wore
a beautiful directoire gown of white
satin, trimmed in white silk and
carried a shower bouquet of white
chrysanIhemums.
At dinner party given few
evenings ago by Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Graham, of Camden annonce-
ment was made of the engagement of
Miss Clara ]. Graham, of Washing
ton, D. c., and Harry W. Lyndall,
of Wyming. Miss Graham is a
daughter of the late James Graham,
well-known and prominent business
man of Washington, and was visiting
her uncle at the time of the announce
ment. Mr.. Lyndall is a grandson of
the late Col. D. P. Barnard, with
whom be lived in Wilmington few
years ago. Mr.. Lyndall is a Delaware
College graduate in the 1905 class.
Upon the completion of his college
course Mr. Lyndall went to Haiti,
where he has been making wonderful
progress in his profession as a civil
engineer. After spending a vacation
of several weeks duration in his ma
tive state, M. Lyndall has just sailed
once more for the tropics.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Virginia H.
Tate daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hum
phrey D. Tate of Bedford, Pa, to
Judge Edwin R. Cochran of Whining
ton, son of Mrs. Edwin R. Cochran,
formerly of Middletown. The mar
riage will take place the latter part
of next month, the exact date not
having been set as yet, but will
probably be in a few days. The mar
riage ceremony will be performed at
: the home of the BRIDES sister, Mrs.
John McNeal, Jr., at Easton, Pa.
Miss Tate is prominent in social cir.
cles in both Bedford and Bedford
Springs. Her father, Humphrey D.
Tate, is the district attorney of Bed