Smyrna times., 1913-06-25
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
People Who Come and Go
= and their Social Doing

recently pastor of Smyrna Circuit is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. George !
Shorts, near town and renewing old |
friendships. Mr.. Mathews states he
IS pleasantly situated at Magnolia.
and last week his official board gave
him a 5000 raise in salary. His |
daughter. Miss Bessie Matthews. has |
been elected one of the teachers of |
the Magnolia Schools. of which Miss |
Ethel Cooper Rothwell, daughter of !
George c. Rothwell. near town, was
at the same time elected principal.
Mr.. Owen Spruance. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Spruance Of this
town, who recently passed the mental
examination, came up last week for
his physical test which ne passed
successfully. He entered the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md, on Friday as a Midshipman.
He has been the only one of seven
applicants from Delaware who have
thus far passed both mental and
physical requirements and he is re-
ceiving the congratulations and good
wishes of his friends.
Mrs. William Lank, Mrs. Alexand-
er Cooper, Philadelphia: and Mrs.
F. A. DabOll and Mr.. Wendell Walk
er. Llanesch. Pa. are spending the
week with Mrs. Farrell and Mrs.
Read and incidentally taking in the
commencement exercise Of which Miss
Esther Read is the lone member Of
the graduating class. Mr.. Wendell
Walker has just graduated from the
Wenonah Military Academy. Wenonah.
Pa, was salutatorian of his class and
won an honor medal.
Rev. Dirickson Cummins, who left
Smyrna shortly after his ordination
to preach his initial sermon and spend
few days at Bristol. Pa, is now at
Bethlehem, New Hampshire. a noun
tain resort, where he has taken the
rectorship of a church for the sum
mer ana where he will stay until Sep
tember, when he will leave to become
rector of St. Peters Church, Albany
Oregon where he has accepted call
Mr.. Ernest P. Collins, attended th'
quarterly meeting of The Delaware
State Optical and OptOmetrical So
ciety. held at Milford. Tuesday even
: ing. June 18th. The meeting wa
well attended and subjects Of inter
est. to the advancement of the prac
tice Of optometry were discussed b
the members.
DIR. E. S. Dwight who was success
fully operated upon on Saturday, at tn
Presbyterian Hospital. Philadelphia
: for an infection of the nasal passage
= expects 70 be home in about a wee
i or ten days. His many Smyrna friend
; are pleased TO know he has success
2 fully undergone this operation
q Mrs. Dwight, his wife. has been wit
= him all the while.
"a Miss Linda B. Cliff, Washington I
u c. who last year was a member of Il
le Faculty of the Smyrna High School al
left here to take a position as one
the teachers of Woman's Colleg
, Richmond, Va. is visiting Mi
Mary Mentz Burke and incidental
renewing her friendships.
As Mrs. c. E. McIlvaine, Mrs. WI
te liam Tash and Mrs. John L. Trus
ng of Philadelphia have been visitii
ne Mrs. George NJ. Stevenson.
d. MIR. Thomas Hutchinson and Nj
lis Virginia Hutchinson have return
Is from a visit to New York. Norristow
r. and Philadelphia.
Ks Miss Pearl H. Jacobs. Y. w.
H. A. delegate from West Chester Sta
Is Normal School, left today
" Eaglesmere, Pa, to attend their CT
rs vention which is being held there {
Iuy week.
ed' Mr.. Frank Collins, Of White Ri
as Junction, Vt, who was down TO
rs tend the commencement at DELAYS
De College, has been spending a
est days with his mother Mrs. John
.ih Collins.
Us ]. J. English, a native Smy
es' boy. nephew of Miss Mary Engl
a and Mrs. John VanGasken, of
nay town, has been named Postmaster
tne Wilmington to succeed Postmas
'"e Jester.
tne State Senator Edward G. w
ing who for several weeks has been c
any fined to his bed with typhoid FEY
Ihe still continues to improve. much
on the qualification Of his friends.
: Mr.. John Barnes, Of Holmesb'
IL Pa, is visiting his mother,
are William StOkesbury.