Smyrna times., 1911-02-08
DELAWARE AND
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Counties of Delaware About Your
Friends and Neighbors.
Edward C. Scott, of Camden, has
sailed from New York for Trinidad.
Mr.. Scott has secured a position with
an asphalt company and expects to
be gone for two years.
Rev. E. H. Derrickson, pastor of
the Church Hill, M. E. Church, Md,
had charge of the funeral service
over the remains of Levin Bennett
at Ocean View, Del, last week.
Bancroft & Jones, of White Hall
Md, are. endeavoring to interest the
business men of Ridgely in the es-
tablishment of a modern creamery |
at that place.
The official board of the Sudlers-
Vile Methodist Episcopal Church
has extended unanimous invitation
to their pator, Rev. W. o. Bennett,
to return to that charge for the
ninth consecutive year.
Mrs. Josephine Barnett, widow of
Captain Barnett, of Little Creek,
died at Leipsic. Funeral services
were held Monday of last week, with
interment in Leipsic M. E. Cemetery.
DR.. ]. G. Sharpe, proprietor of
the Hotel Rict ardson, Dover, has
been presented with black thorn
cane and a genuine shillalah by Will
liam Ellison, of Camden, who got
the souvenirs while on a tour of Ire
land during the last summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Collins, of
Dover, were called to Wilmington,
to attend the funeral of Howard D.
Mackenzie, superintendent of the
Harris Feldspar Mills, in Edgemont
township, near Media, who was killed
at the plant.
Members of the choir of Dover
Presbyterian Church are engaged in
a movement to provide a modern
pipe organ for that edifice during the
coming spring or summer and have
received the consent of Mr.. Carnegie
to subscribe half the sum needed.
1t is rumored throughout Kent
county, Md, that the Pennsy lvania
Railroad Company will extend its
line now running to Fairlee through
to Rock Hall. If this is done it
will mean great things to that town
in the future.
Mr.. John C. Bosley of the Queens
town Love Point transportation and
Development Company was in Queens
town recently with view to having
the channel at that place dredgec
deep enough to enable a steamer t.
DIV in the waters there next summer
Mrs. Louis A. Drexler, of Bethan!
Beach, wife of the State Senate
from Sussex, has removed to Dove
for the remainder of the winter, &C
companied by their two sons, Loui
and Clay. Mr.. and Mrs. Drexle
have apartments at the Hotel Rich
ardson.
George Bauer and Edward Brill
two boys who were found in Dove
apparently lost and almost perishe
with exposure and cold, and wer
taken in by Wilbur Hoffecker an
Messrs. Gray & Son of the Capit'
Hotel, Dover, have reached the
homes in Brooklyn and have sent
letter of thanks and an offer to rein
burse their benefactors.
Louisa James Howell, BARTON
and Nina Prettyman Howell, wolf
iste. formery of Dover, who ba'
spent several years studying in hig
er musical circles in this countr
gave a recital in Witherspoon Hal
Philadelphia, Thursday evening, viii
was their farewell in this countr
both having engaged to take 10
course in finished music in Ital
The Peoples Church Chorus Choi
of Dover, will give its first big &C
cert in the new church on the eve
ing of Washington's Birthday, We
nesday, February %. The chorus
being trained in some fine classic
productions and a number of we
known soloists of Philadelphia
well as Dover will be heard.
proceeds will go for musical
penses of the organization.
The winners in the Eveni
Journals $40, 900 popularity cont
we're announced Tuesday. TIL
who were awarded prizes in K
county we're: Miss Ida M. Hew
of Harrington, 5000 diamond Ri
Miss Eva Hazel, of Dover,
symphony grand graphaphone; M
N. M. Russell, Pennington,