Smyrna times., 1917-05-16
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

W. Sherman Corkran, son of Rev.
DR.. W. F. Corkran. of Wilmington
M. E. Conference, formerly of Smyrna,
now stationed at Wilmington. left
for Washington last week to accept a
commission as first lieutenant in the
engineer officers reserve corps. MIR.
Corkran did not know whether he
would be assigned to Fort Myer, Va,
or Fort Oglethorpep Ga. Until Sat-
urday he was in charge of Maryland,
District of Columbia and Virginia ter
ritory as consulting field engineer
for the Portland Cement Manufactur-
ers Association. MIR. Corkran gradu- !
ated in the civil engineering course at
Delaware College in 1910, and during
his senior year was major Of the cadet
corps. He enlisted in the Delaware
militia in 1906 as private and re-
signed as a first lieutenant in 1911
when business took him out of the
United States. He was for four years
in the engineering department of the
DUPONT Powder Company and for two
years on the foreign engineering staff
of the Standard Oil Company. Since
his return TO the United States last
summer he has been connected with
the cement association.
Mr.. j. E. DeFoTd has come into
the line of auto owners sgain and is
sporting a six;cylinder, wire wheeled
touring car of classy design.
Mr.. ]. Newell Lloyd, who recently
underwent a serious operation at the
Hahneman Hospital in Philadelphia,
is recovering nicely and expects to
come home tomorrow. Mrs. Lloyd,
who has been almost constantly with
him, will return at the same time.
Rev. ]. M. L. Eckard, pastor of
the Smyrna Presbyterian Church, who
was elected one of the delegates to
the General Assembly which meets at
Dallas, Texas, on Friday of this
! week, left Monday to join the other
. delegates enroute for the south. Aside
p from the big Presbyterian Assembly
which promises to be interesting, Mr..
< Eckard rontemplates enjoying some
aide trips and may return by way OF
New Orleans.
Mr.. Clayton F. Sitaats, oldest sor
IS of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph E. Stats, oi
e this town, has enlisted in the Marine
e Corps of the United States Navy a
o an electrician and has been ordered t.
IS Fort Royal, South Carolina.
le Mrs. Herman P Hazell, who ha
ie been spending the winter in Phlla
delpbia. has returned and opened ne
house on Delaware street.
e. Miss June Massey spent the week
le and with Miss Elizabeth Scotton a
re Hartley.
ne Mrs Amos Blake, of Philadelphia
II is visiting Mrs. Mollir johnson an
III Miss Alice Spruance.
is Mr. and Mrs. ]. Fl. Atwell an
family. of Wilmington. spent Satur
dov and Sunday with her parents, MI
.m and Mrs. II. M. Smith. Also MI
~ ond Mrs. T. j. Hodgson and SON.
.nent Saturday evening with fhem'
: being the 37th birthday annlVersai
X of MIR. Atwell.
r Mrs Homer D. Hudson and Sol
= wbo have been residing in Smyri
=; ~ while Mr.. Hudson has been traVe
y u ,;no for the Dupont Powder Co., ha'
u I'D Is +o worcester, Mass. where th'
are occupying a flat. He Will
roarer his work residing in Worceste
Id Mr and Mrs. Howard Josephs'
OF ph;ladelphia. MIR. and Mrs. George
Draper, Jr., of Milford, and MI. !. =
ate NJ wrs Cummins E. speskman and fai
ISIS ;Iv were at Belmont Hall over % @
dsv Mr.. and Mrs. JOsephs are pC
-, ting their residence on Commet s,
rne street in readiness for summer OCT
ere -'rees -
the M M. V. Ford who has been &C
ett sred 10 his home for over q we
the , nth stomach trouble is slightly ?
.ne ter although he has been qui'e : >
'ne man. His many friends nope ~
80 him out soon. -, % N
'm' Miss Edith r. Marvel u =
pc smyrna, returned home Ffloss .sn :,
has : ak weeks visit IN Wilmington
'nO' philadelphia