Smyrna times., 1912-12-25
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Interesting Items from all Parts of the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
NeIghbors and their Ooings.


Edgar B. Riley, former business
man of Wilmington, died suddenly at
Rehohoth Beach on Wednesday.
Grover C. Dill and Miss Emma
Creadick, both of FELTON,, were mar
ried at Wesley M. E. Parsonage on
Tuesday afternoon, bv Rev. William
L. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aida B. Powell an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Mary West Powell, to M
Wallace Dunham, Wednesday, De-
cember eleventh, New York City.
Jason B. Simmons, aged Is years,
postmaster at Pennington and Civil
War veteran, died at his home at
Pennington, Wednesday evening after
an attack of acute indigestion.
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Tarburton
have issued invitations for the mar
riage of their daughter, Emma M, to
Thomas Denney Harrington. The
wedding will take place on Saturday,
evening, December 28th. at 8 O'Clock,
at the Dover residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Moore, on King street.
The State Executive Committee,
P. o. S. of A., instituted Washing
ton Camp, No. 26, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, at Greenwood, Sus-
sex Counyt, Wednesday evening. The
new camp has 40 members and will
meet Friday evenings. A class of Is
more candidates will be initiated
next Friday evening.
Wallace L. Sipple and Miss Maud
Rash, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Rash, were married Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. T. ]. Sarde, pastor
of Armory M. E. Church. The groom
is son Of Robert Sipple. of near
Dover. They left on the express for
wedding trip and upon their return
they will reside on the Holcomb farm
in St. Jones.
Miss Joanna Hirons, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Hirons, of
Dover, and Frederick A. Abbott, of
Wilmington, were married last week
at the parsonage of Silverbrook M. E.
Church, Wilmington, by Rev. w. E.
Greenfield. Miss Hirons is trained
nurse in the Philadelphia Hospital
and is 10 years of age. Mr.. Abbott
is "a years of age and is a carpenter.
They will reside in Wilmington.
The produce handled by the Eastern
Shore Produce Exchange this season
was sold for about $4,000, 900 and
the commissions due the exchange,
after the payment of expenses and a
dividend of 10 per cent. to stockhold-
ers was $4,000. Of this amount
half will be passed to the surplus and
the other half will be distributed
among the shippers through the
change.
At the third quarterly conference o1
Bethesda M. E. Church, Middletown,
the official board extended a unani
nous invitation to the pastor, Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins, to return for an
other year. DIR. Collins is complet
ing his fourth year as pastor of thu
church, and during that time has mad,
hosts of friends both in the churcl
and the community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Oliver Cul
yer have issued invitations to tn,
marriage of their daughter, Mar,
Alma, to Frederick D. Anderson
Esq. Wednesday, January 1st, at L:
O'Clock noon, at Fort Collins, Colo
RADIO. Mr.. Anderson is young at
torney at law in Denver, the son o
DR.. ]. Wylie Anderons, formerly o
Dover, and a nephew of DR.. E. S
Anderson, of Dover. They will re
side in Denver, where Mr.. Anderson
will practice his profession.
Mr.. and Mrs. K Lockwood Cowgirl
rendered to the members of the Cow
gill family on Sunday an elaborat
turkey dinner at their home nea
Dover, when those present were: Mrs
Elwood Evans, Haddonfield, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Cowgirl, Will
mington; Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Wills
Smyrna; Mr.. and Mrs. John Barnar
and daughter, Elizabeth, and Maste
Arnold Barnard, Magnolia; L. P
Cowgirl, Miss Alice Cowgirl, Josep
P. Cowgirl, Miss Camilla Cowgirl
Mrs. Lavinia C. Eager, Miss Ange
lica Cowgirl, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L
Gafford, Evertson Gafford, Mrs
Martha Cowgirl, all of Dover.