Smyrna times., 1917-12-26
I{VS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
.swsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
o,,p STATE EXCHANGES

..,i,g Items from all Partsof the
In.',i ';o.uia About Your Friends and
M.,ghbors and Their OOings'
c.uor.l of Dover's citizens are
;toiII, Among them former State
qal'1 gator William NJ. Hazel, Glider D.
Jackson, Louis E. Phillips
,obD Eazel, son of William M.
Hazel, Of Dover, who recently entered
80 aviation corps of the National
,uV INV has been assigned to national
srmv quarters in Texas.
Tho remains of John H. Stewart,
to,mer resident of Dover, who died
. Philadelphia on Tuesday. were
.aLor - TO Dover Friday and interment
node in Lakeside cemetery.
Tho vouner social set of Dover is
.,orCinp for Christmas dance, to
10 Given in the State Armory either
January 1 or 2. OglesDys orchestra
will furnish the music.
The Order of Elks has raised fund
of one million dollars and will build
bosnital where men wounded over
soas will be fitted up for occupatiOnal
ru,suits if not able to return to the
Mmy.
Mrs. +. H. Jester, of Centreville,
Nd on Wednesday sold to B. W.
Townsend, a poultry and live stock
dealer. go pure bred bronze turkeys.
She received an average of $5. 81
each for them. -Centreville Observer.
Governor Townsend on his arrival in
Dover Wednesday, learning of the
death of former Governor Ebe W.
Tunnell. ordered both the State and
national flags on the State House low
cred to half-mast, at which they re-
mained until the funeral.
Fred Bailey, son of the Rev J T.
Bailey, Of Dover, had close call in
an automobile accident last week. The
machine which he was in was struck
BY q moving train and the headlights
of the machine were torn off. All of
the party escaped but were badly
scared
The Kent Club Of Dover, has NOM
mated the following officers: Presi-
dent, the Hon. Harry A. Richardson /;
vice. president, DR.. L. A. H. Bishop /;
board Of governors, Henry l. Beers,
Jr., and William Pennewill; room
manager, W. H. Baker; secretary
and treasurer, Elmer P. Horaey.
Former Postmaster John w. Casson,
of Dover, had the misfortune to fall
on Loockerman street Saturday last
while shopping, and dislocated his hip.
He was stepping from the street to
the pavement when the accident hap
Dened. He is resting easy at his
home on Governors avenue, under the
care of trained nurse.
c. W. Poore, aged 49 years, car
penter for the P. B. &. w Railroad,
residing at Viola, was injured Tues
day at the Sesford freight yards,
while helping unload heavy timbers
from flat car, swinging derrick
striking him to the frozen ground.
His shoulder and back were seriously
bruised.
While working in the rear of hi.
fathers potato house, Tuesday, j.
Carlton Hearn, son of E. John Hearr
Of near Laurel, observed his shepherd
dog barking and scratching around (
pile OF old lumber. He moved thu
lumber and found the den of a larg,
black nuskrat, which he killed. Thi
IS an unusual occurrence as muskrat
almost invariably tuild their den
along the banks of lakes and streams
with the living quarters above tn
nigh water level, with entrances t
their homes under the water.
With the blowing of horns, tn
beating OF tin pans and an old-tim
Oonnre' the student body and other
Of the Wesley Collegiate Institute o
Dover at an early hour Friday morn
ing celebrated the victory of raisin
more than the S21O,O 900 for an endow
ment fund, scheduled by the Geners
conference of the Nj. E. church O
which church the Dover school is a
ADJUNCT. The soliciting of subscrir
uonS ended at midnight Thursda
'lght, but it was not until after
o'clock Friday morning that the exac
auOunt OF the subscriptions wa
Ano"n definitely. The subscription
noo ceacned the surprising sum of $257,
WV with possibility of the amour
gong 70 $275, 600.