Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
vFWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
sewsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
oue STATE EXCHANGES

Ms,ghbors and Their Oolngs'
1o.o Wednesday afternoon fire of
l~own origin destroyed the barn on
uli, %n form Of John Shindle, near Glas-
ow snI The Aetna Fire Company. of
Newark. answered the call but could
not save the building.
c;vteen trained nurses of Delaware
,.no formed the Delaware Division of
.bo Red Cross Nursing Service and
hove been ordered by the Government
- hold themselves in readiness to go
~ france within a short time.
Lewis Powell, aged 13 years, of
Chesapeake City, while cunning was
accidentally shot by the discharge of
bic own weapon while climbing over
clump Of bushes The injured lad
wos taken to a Wilmington hospital.
The engagement of Miss Lillian
octayia Everett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. BENJAMIN Everett of Middletown,
70 George Houston litter, son of B.
y litter. of Chestertown, Md, has
beep announced. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Magistrate John B. Wharton, of
Dover. has issued the following mar
risge licenses during the past week:
George Hinkle Bullock and Miss Leila
Cole Short both of St. Jones' Neck;
lake L. Beilbone of Dover, and Miss
CYNTHIA T. Woodall of Leipsic.
National Guard troops from Della
ware and New Jersey, now at An
niston, Ala according to Washing
ton dispatch, have been rearranged
and will form with National Guard
troops from Maryland and Virginia
the twenty.ninth division of the army.
Miss Mary C. Kinder, daughter of
the late MIR. and Mrs. Samuel w.
Kinder, Of Milford, was married
Saturday to Frederick Blake, of
Chicago, at the home of the bride S
uncle, William P Richards, formerly
of Milford in Washington, D. 9.
very quiet wedding took place at
high noon on Saturday, November II,
at the home of the bride in Leipsic
when Mrs. Cynthia Woodall was
united in marrige to Jacob Viburn.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Chas. Atkins. The parents of the
groom witnessed the ceremony.
"The farmer who was late in seed
ing wheat and husking corn,'' says
the Dover Index, ''has certainly had
the help of fine weather recently.
Say what you please about Delaware
winters, springs and summers, our
falls are about as fine as can be found
On any spot of the earth. Altogether,
taken all in all, this old Peninsula is
hard to heat. -
Mrs. Sallie c. Thompson, widow of
Jeffrey Thompson, died at the Palmer
Home for Old Folks, Friday, Novem-
Der 10Th, aged 72 years. The fun
eral was conducted at the home Mon
day morning bV Rev. Thomas Pardee
and interment was made at Bethel
Cemetery. Deceased has been a resi-
dent Of the home for the past two
years. She formerly lived in the
vicinity of Kenton.
Mrs. Herbert M. Jones and son NeC
Jones of Dover, left home for An.
nltSon, Ala. where they will joir
captain Herbert M. Jones Of the Del.
aware militia, who is with the UniteC
States troops at that place Mrs. Johr
T. LeFevre, wife of Captain LeFevre
also Of Dover, left few days ago t.
JOIN her husband, also at Admission.
David Miller and Simon Miller,
neads of two Dunkard families tha
nave lived west of Dover for the pas
rev years, have sold their persona
property ard left for Montana, thei
former home. At the sale of the tw,
brothers, hay brought $29 per ton
hogs, S18 each on foot, and all use
machinery sold for more than it cos
year ago.
Letters of administration have beel
granted by Register of Wills Ernes
B. Raughley on the following estates
Margaret S. Bryan to Agnes S. Har
IT'S; DR.. William E Wolfe to Mar
). Wolfe and Minnie w. Horsey: Dr
H. A. Nickerson to Clara C. Nicker
son; Lindley H. Frankhouser to Ell
M Frankhouser; Silas Thompson
81, to Silas Thompson, Jr.; Joh
r Collins to Frank Collins.
DR.. James A. Draper, Jr., of Wi
mlngton. who has just been commits
stoned first lieutenant in the Med
cal Reserve Corps, United State
army has been assigned as aide {
Governor Townsend in the executio
u the military draft law. DR.. Drapt
Will be medical assistant to the Dis