Smyrna times., 1911-06-21
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
People " no Come and Go
y and their Social Doinss


is visiting his wife and mother at
the home farm near the Big Oak. |
This is his first visit home in over
four years. Mr.. Turner is employed |
in erecting mining machinery and
has worked in the mining camps all
over the country, being considered
an expert in his line. Among the
curios brought home by Mr.. Turner
is large size photograph of the old
U. S. Batleship Maine, which he
bought at Havana, showing the work
of pumping the water out of the
cofferdam erected around the wreck.
This photograph is on exhibition in
! the office window of Ernest P. Collins.
Rev. W. D. Parry, Messrs. Ed
ward G. Walls, L. M. Price and H.
B. Grieves motored to Newark last
Sunday afternoon t" hear the bac-
calaureate sermon given by Bishop
Andrews to the Graduating Class of
1911 of Delaware College. The
Bishop is personal friend of Rev.
Parry and the meeting was cordial
and pleasant. Rev. W. E. Mat
thews, pastor of Smyrna Circuit. had
charge of the twilight service at
Asbury in Pastor Psrry's absence.
Miss Eliza Short, second daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Stanley
Short, of South Walnut Street, Mil
ford, well-krown in Smyrna, was
given "linen shower" by her young
friends on Friday evening last. The
wedding of Miss Short and Mr..
John Munson, of Western Pennsyl-
vania, is to take place on Wednes-
day, June 28th, at the home of the
BRIDES parents.
Mr.. w. M. Bell and Miss Laura
Bell left this moring for Rehoboth
to open their cottage for the summer.
Miss Laura Bell will keep open house
for the State Federation of Women S
Clubs which meets there tomorrow
, and Friday. She will entertain Mrs.
F. E. Postles, Mrs. John A. Hoffecker
and Mrs. E. S. Dwight.
Mr.. Frank Collins, of White River
, Junction, VT, is paying his annual
visit to his mother, Mrs. John P.
Collins, and incidentally attending
the commencement of Delaware Col
lege, of which institution he is ar
alumnus.
" Mrs. Mollie Chandler left las
week for visit to her daughter
a Mrs. John H. Gearhart, at New
# York. Miss Emma F. Stevenson
|, who has been visiting there has re
' turned.
J. Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, Mis-
70 Lydia Porter and Mrs. Emma Jer
lie man attended the funeral of Mrs
|, j. W. Aydon the mother-in-law o
in DR.. Harvey Spruance, the pas
1T week.
70 Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bailey an
in son, of Hoboken, N. j., and MIR. W
IS A. Cummins, of Philadelphia, ar
IN visiting Mrs. Margaret Bailey.
,k Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mariner Beckett
Is and children of Woodbury. Height:
e. N. j., have been visiting Mr.. an
ne Mrs. Joseph L. Beckett and Mi:
he Anna Bell Beckett.
n Miss Earla Stephenson of nes
ut Smyrna, entertained few of he
ed friends on Saturday afternoon
Ily honor of her fifteenth birthday.
DR.. Henry R. Spruance and wifi
of Wilmington, left Saturday Fl
California for ten days to attend
meeting of the American Medic
Association as Delaware delegat
Mr.. Clayton Buttery, of Corne
M. University, Ithaca, N. Y, has r
M. turned home for his summer vacatio
ar Mr.. Floyd Franklin, of Princet
gh University, has returned for the SUI
IN. mer vacation.
H. MIR. and Mrs. John S. Anthony
To- Chester, Pa, spent Sunday wi
Dr.. Magistrate and Mrs. Henry
is, Anthony.
ne Mrs. W. D. Parry and son, W
RS; liam, are sojourning at Atlant
ers City.
ons Miss Ethel Lee, of Townser
re: spent Saturday and Sunday with M
In Anita Jones near town.
;" Mrs. Reynolds Clough and childr
the of Dover, have returned from vi
gs, to her mother, Mrs. William Rigs
,es- Mrs. Mary Register has return
W from visit to Dover.
'ine They expect to return for
E1os.