Smyrna times., 1909-07-21
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
People Who Come and Go
y and their Social Doing

Prof. and Mrs. Burdette who as an
nounced last week will take CHARGE
OF the Anne Arundel Academy at Mil
lersvllle, Md, to which position
Prof. Burdette was recently elected
principal, have broken up house,
Keeping in Smyrna and shipped their
goods to their new home. Mrs. Rur-
dette and children left Saturday for a
snort visit to relatives in Georgetown.
DEL, and Mr.. Burdette went on 70
Mlllersville. AS the school is a board
ing school which prepares young men
and young ladies for college, Prof.
Burdette will interest himself in
travelling around and about that Sec
tlon during the summer months, seek
ing students to matriculate at his in
stltution. They left Smyrnaewith the
regret but best wishes of a large
number of citizens.
Mrs. J. Harvey Speakman, Miss
Lillian Speakman, Mrs. Lillian Cloak
OF this town and w. H. Stayton ESQ.,,
OF New York City, formed a Jolly
automobile party Saturday and Sun
day IN the fine Packard touring car of
Mr.. Stayton. The Smyrna party
went to Philadelphia Saturday and
after an elaborate luncheon at the
Bellevue-Stratford, were driven to
Smyrna in the fine machine. The
next day Sunday, they went to Dover
where they took lunch at the Hotel
Richardson, returning to Smyrna in
the early part of the afternoon.
That evening they left in the tour
ing car for Philadelphia where thew
left Mr.. Stayton and returned on the
express for Smyrna.
DR.. and Mrs. A. Duncan Yocum of
Chester, Pa. were called to SMYRNA
last week by the serious illness of
his mother, Mrs. Laura Yocum who
for several day lowered near deaths
door. DR.. Maddax of Chester. was
in consultation with DIR. Roth of this
town. Mrs. Yocum rallied and while
very weak, is better than she was.
Miss Sarah Yocum, her daughter, has
also been very i'll but is slightly i'm
proved at this writing. They have
the good wishes of large circle of
friends for their speedy recovery.
Miss Mae Simpson of Washington,
D. c. has Returned from a weeks
visit to Rev. and Mrs. Charles H.
Holmead at the Rectory.
Miss Clara Spruance, of Philadel-
Dhia, is home for a four weeks vaca-
lion with her father, Mr.. James w.
Spruance.
Miss Mamie Collins of Wilmington,
and Miss Katie McCawley of Balti-
more, have returned from a visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. McCawley.
Misses Bertha and Margaret NAL
,om and Mr.. Frank Keen of Whining
ton, have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank S. Malcom.
Mrs. Sarah M. Farrell, Miss Esther
Read and Master Wendell Walker
have been sojourning at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter o. Hoffecker
are sojourning at Atlantic City at the
cottage of Mrs. Hoffecker's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Hance.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Hoffecker
have returned from a few days visit
to Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs Cummins E. Speak
man left Monday in company with
Miss Katharine Stayton, whom they
had been entertaining, for Oxford,
Md, and are spending the week at
the Stayton Cottage along the beauti-
full river at that place.
DR.. Oscar Click and family of
Philadelphia, are being entertained
by Mr.. ard Mrs. John Mannering.
Miss Bertha Hoffecker will leave
Friday for Philadelphia and Wayne,
Pa, enroute for North Windham,
Vermont, where she will spend the
rest of the summer with her aunt,
Mrs. Samuel Mansfield.
Mrs. Harry C. Tschudy will leave
tomorrow for a sojourn among the
Pocono Mountains of Penn sylvania.
Mr.. John H. Gearhart, who has
been visiting his mother Mrs. Alex
ander FAIRIES, left last Friday for a
four weeks outing on Lake Cham
plain, N. Y.
Miss Julia Weldon of Brooklyn, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs B.
V. Weldon.
Mrs. James r. Hoffecker is sojourn-
ing at "The Waverly" at Ocean Grove,