Smyrna times., 1917-06-06
NFWS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
uEwsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

,,tsresting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
Nughbors and Their Doings.
Lawrence R. Witsel, a member of
.Ep class of 1918 of Delaware College
has accepted a position as shell in
spector in the government arsenal at
Philadelphia.
Miss Margaret Alice Hoey, daugh.
ter of Mrs. Alice C. Hoey. of Dover,
and Mr. Albert Claughton Fox, of
New York City, were married Satur-
dsv. June the second, at the Ridgely
House, on Dover Green.
The State Commission for the Fee.
ble-minded, appointed several weeks
ago by Governor Townsend, has or
ospized by the election of Mrs. S. S.
Deemer of New Castle, as president;
John B. Hutton, of Dover, secretary,
and W. K. Morgan, of Seaford, trea-
surer.
The United States is making every
effort to stop booze making in order
N save the grain for food. England
and France are still permitting the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors and they ought to be called
down hard before we do much to help
them in their struggle.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Dill, of Will
low Grove, have announced the COM
ing marriage of their daughter, Miss
Inogene Dill, to Mr.. James w. Old
ham, of Elkton. Md. The wedding
will take place at the home of the
brides parents Thursday evening,
June the fourteenth.
The State Board of Agriculture has
decided to offer an additional prize to
encourage farmers to grow bigger
crops of corn this year and will make
the 6rst $50, instead of $50, for the
highest yield on one acre, provided
that this yield exceeds the yield of
last year which was 116 bushels and
SO pounds.
The Commencement exercises of the
Middletown High School will be held
at the New Club House on Friday
evening, June 22nd. Hon. Josiah
Marvel, of Wilmington, will make
the address to the graduates, who are
Naomi Morgan, Of Odessa; Jefferson
Pool, of McDonough; Samuel Berk-
man. Allen Johnson and Shelley
Meyers. The Class day exercises will
be held on Thursday evening, June
21st, at the Club house.
An auto truck owned by McMahor
Brothers of Wilmington overturned
about one mile north of Delaware
City Wednesday, throwing the occu
pants of the car ont. The machine
ran over a small embankment. There
we're four persons in the automobile
and all we're badly bruised, one hav
ing his nose broken and another hi
leg injured. The car was slight.
damaged. After setting the car righ
side up the men motored to the offic
ot Dr.. Walter w. Ellis, who treate
their wounds.
Captain w. W. Griffith, a residen
Of Seaford, who is commander of tn
schooner Victor c. Records, has cable
home that be had managed to reac
the port of Nueva Gerome, on tn
Isle of Pines. The captain report
that while off the coast of Cuba, hi
vessel collided with a large ocea
steamer and was considerably dan
sged. By skillful work he and b
crew managed to put the vessel in'
port, where il is undergoing repairs
kr. Griffith sailed from Moss Poin'
Mss, on April 5 for Cienfuego
Cuba, and was on his return vnyae
When the collision happened.
Cottage cheese is one Of the impo
'ant meat substitutes. say specials
Of the United States Department
agriculture 1t contains a larg
percentage ofsprotein (the chief m
'srlal for body building) than mo
meats and furnishes this material
lower cost. In every pound of CO
age cheese there is about one-ht
O pound of protein, nearly all
which is digestible. Meats, On t
other hand, usu ally contain le
Protein and besides have a certs
waste, such as bone and other inedit
material. A pound of cottage chez
O'lly would supply all the protein
s0ifed by the ordinary adult engae
" sedentary occupation.