Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Peninsula About Your Friends and
Neighbors and Their Doings.
Miss Mabel Price OF Middletown
has been appointed vice-principaI Of
the High School at Nuhrgton, Md.
She has been teaching in Maryland for
some years
a large raft of logs passed out of
the canal Wednesday, tor Ph.laiel-
phia II takes about twelve hours
for one Of the rafts to pass through
the canal. This one was about a
quarter mile in length.
The anniversary of Barratt's Chapel
will be held this year ON Sunday, Sep
tember p. at , 30 p. m. Rev. Leo
Ian Jackson. the pastor, has secured ,
the services Of Rev. T. Howard Jones /
of Little Falls. y. Y. as the preacher /
Of the day.
The improvements at Wesley N. E. |
Church Sunday school room. Dover.
are about completed and the reopening
will take place September oath.
Rally Day will be observed October
first. a new piano has Just been
purchased for the Sunday school room.
Leonard Sincox and Miss Frances
7. Triol, both of Media, Pe.. were
married at Wesley parsonage. Monday
evening. September 1lth. by Rev.
W. f. Gunby. The newly married
couple have been visiting friends in
/ Dover and viii reside at Media. Pa.
Miss Louisa a. Nelson. living near
/ Harrington. but a member of the Sen
ior class of the Milford High School,
has h,en awarded the $500 prize for
the best essay from a member of any
Senior class in the high schools and
colleges of the State, on the single
tax question.
DR. George W. Klump. of Williams
port Pa. dieA Tuesday september
18th. aged 70 years. He is a brother
Of Mr.. John A. Klump. of Williams
port and Miss Lottie E. Klump, of
Dover Deceased is also survived by
widow and a son. Mr. George y.
Kump, also Of Williamsport.
II. c. Helm, Of Philadelphia. has
purchased of f. II. Atkinson the drug
business on Loockerman street. Dover
Mr. Helm and brother have taken
charge Of the business. The Messrs.
Helm are natives of Sussex county.
but have been engaged in the drug
business for the past nine years at
$500 Woodland avenue. Philadelphia.
Lieutenant william +. Hoey. wife
and son, who have been stationed at
Nogales Arizona. arrived in Dover last
week and are the guests Of Mrs. Alice
Hoey. Lieutenant Hoey was recently
assigned TO Delaware College as Mill
tary Instructor Mrs. Hoey also has
her other son. Ensign G. Benjamin
Hoey, home with her for a visit.
A. W. Bernhardt. now of Will
mington. has been appointed instruc-
I IOT IN AuGIAlldl NJ GNAu " aAN NtOAAN ~
and will essume his duties at the open
ing of the college this week. Mr..
Bernhardt. is a graduate Of Cornell
College, Ia. and also took graduate
work at the University Of Pennsyl
vania. He taught the subject TIVE
years at Cornell, Iowa and Yate
School. Lancaster, Pa.
When Wallace Kennedy was ridini
in his automobile between Greenwood
and Bridge, lille he saw another machin
standing by the side Of the road. H
stopped to see if he could be of an
assistance. when two negroes sppeare
and demanded his money. kenned
taken by surprise. put his foot on tn
accelerator of his machine. The resul
was a report like pistol shot. Tn
two negroes then ran into the bushes
1t was not related what became q
v their machine.
- Eunity Grace Virdin, eldest daugt
ter of MIR. and Mrs. Harry Virdin, {
W est DONtEs ulGN AuAA o1agt oNhNGA
~ Der Z, after a brief illness aged
j. years. The untimely death of tn
big sister" of household of elevt
no children was a great shock to al
10 The funeral was held the Sundl
morning following. from the home
the parents at the Hour Glass. wit
services al Bethesda Church al
. interment at Odd Fellows Cemeter
Camden.
Mrs. James NJ. Ross. of OceI
Grove, New Jersey formerly Miss
Emma Terry arranged for We
pleasant social event at Magnoli
when she extended an invitation to {
descendants Of the late Timothy a
Elizabeth Terry for a two weeks T
union at her home, and it proved
be one of the happiest affairs in [