Smyrna times., 1917-12-19
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y MARYLAND PENINSULA
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Me- ,,o STATE EXCHANGES

OUR STATE t%CF7ANo
.,;Dg Items from all Partsof the
I'I',sI ',0.,Ia About Your Friends and
P'1a "",sbbors and Their 0Oings'
n.,,b Cameron of ElktOn has en-
10 Ns'f n the United States Marine
o'.aa l,'.ra and N been sent to the Navy Yard
At Norfolk, Va.
. o..,,o 70 a scarcity of coal the
c..;I GTl1S County School Board. in session
Gse,, G'Sanssdsv, SS' ordered all schools closed
.,om Friday until January q
..,orrcement is made Of the en-
aamsnt Ann of Miss Emily Jones OF
gngd sg'.itord, DEL, and Dudley Frazer Ct
ElktOn.
c.rorsl Alden R. Benson and wife,
wrs Carrie Ritter, of Dover, left
'lI ~. week for Florida, where they will
.,ood the winter on Cne EasC OOos' III
'Ss % vicinity of Palm Beach.
u,s Jobn A. Downham, of Wyom-
- ornoupces the marriage of her
a.ngbter lIS' Miss Edith DOwnham, to
H. Jobn Olin Raughley, Wednesday,
december the twelfth.
Middletown, it has been learned,
,,ronstrated its patriotism during
tbo recent Y. NJ. C. A. war fund
s.mnsign. when its people gave be-
tween $3.50 and $500.
Mrs Elizabeth A. Castle, Mrs.
Eleanor }. Moore, Miss Mary Taylor
and Miss Anna Murray, Cecil county
school teachers, have rendered their
,asiOnations to the school board.
A special train of Is cars arrived
AZ Milford last week, loaded with
materials for Fort Salisbury. Work
st the fort is delayed on account Of
tbe extreme cold weather during the
mast week, and lack of materials.
Mrs Julia A. Short, after spending
several weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. Steele of Philadelphia, has re-
turned to the new home of her son,
I'D. Short, in Milford which he re-
Gently purchased from C. M. Ham
mond, on South Walnut street.
Commissioners for Cecil county
have appointed Thomas Tyson OF
North East the Republican member o1
the Board of Poor and Insane for Ceci
county, succeeding Thomas Warbur-
ton, who had held the office for the
past 20 years.
Mr.. Willard S. Carson, North Brad
ford street merchant, announces the
marriage of his daughter, Miss MauC
Hafgadne Carson to Mr.. Denney
COwdright, Saturday, December th'
eighth. They will be at home sftel
January first, near Wyoming. Della
ware.
Miss Mary W. Hammond. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wilbur Hammond
Of Milford, and Harrison E. Baldwin
Of Philadelphia were married at tn
nsnse of the Tabernacle Presbyterian
Church, Thirty-sixth and Walnu
streets, Philadelphia, Tuesday even
ing at Z o'clock, by the pastor, Rev
u Dr. Allen Blair.
The Sons of Delaware gave a wa
smoker Friday night in the Widene
Building, Philadelphia, taking tn
place Of the annual banquet. The fo
lowing officers were erected: Merit
n Willis, Jr., president; Alexande
Williams and George P. Wells. vice
Presidents; L. C. Gill, treasurer
Martin Lee, secretary, and JOB
Brown, historian.
q While playing about the3 house
tuesday, Davis, the nine-month's O
child Of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell
residing on North Bedford street,
georgetown, severely burned his lie
uand when, in attempting to get l
Ol the tioor, its hand came in conta
' WIN red hot stove. Several lar
Olsters were burned on the phalang
'na IN the palm of the hand. D
'oan Il. Hammond rendered medic
attan+;on