Smyrna times., 1918-06-05
iINS Of THE DELAWARE
- MARYLAND PENINSULA
.v ITEMS GATHERED FROM
S' ,o STATE EXCHANGES

OUR STATE
,.enos from all Partsof the
Iai'fssI Ia's.aIs About Your Friends and
P'n" ..,sbbors and Their DOings.
, Miriam Sheppard Davidson
.!narlv m,,. Of Dover, has removed from
tofnsI,s .a,town, VI to Betterton, Md, where
4s !. directing choral society
,,out weighing over seven and
..,t 'l nonnds. caught in the Della
'ns.np. pag was presented to John. c.
SMS TaD,iDs % Kent cOunty's surveyor by
friend.
u,;ls the rest of Delaware sent
.',.I hundred men to the training
S'' 'n. saturday, Sussex county sent
''.p .a because its list of Glass ! A
Dsn nSr'' is about exhausted The State
] U U'.rd has placed almost every man IN
/ Ss SS',t draft age in some deferred classi-
h istiOn.
v.ke,s of the State met in Dover
/ ANN ButE. Tuesday, and decided
,s.t an and after June l. the price OF
I0.f Of bread should be 10 cents,
:. increase Of two cents loaf. Rolls
= -.,s advanced from 16 to 20 cents
/ =, dozen, and pies from seven to eight
i cents EACH
n, Caleb R. Layton, of George
,,vu a resident of Dover while Sec
..,.rv of State, left Sunday for Indian
gs.d on the Potomac River, where
10 will be stationed during the sum-
nsr as attending physician for the
limited States Government, and also
hr the DUPONT munition plants which
,,e being built there. Mrs. Layton
4 will iOin him in few days.
Delswsre's State Highway Depart
meut is losing valuable member Of
that department by the enlistment in
the aviation corps of the United States
Service of George W. Hutchinson,
who bas bad charge of all materials
and was to have had charge of road
obstruction. Mr.. Hutchinson mas
left for Texas, where he will enter
The aviation corps for training.
The pupils of the Cheswold High
School should be congratulated upor
their success in helping the Red Cross
drive. Although it came at a time
when a number were absent and wher
practically all were busy with farm
work, they let nothing conflict will
this patriotic work. Those deserving
i special credit are Townsend Vaughn
j Paul Unruh and Raymond Massey.
] Henry K. Greene, of Dover but fo
several years trust officer of the Sus
sex Trust Company, Laurel, left las
Z week for New York, where he vii
sttend school for a month and com
llete the preliminary course in aero
nsutics, after which he will be sen
to the Cornell Training Camp to com
I plete bis training for the Aviatio
Corps of the United States Army.
I A bunch of violets has been re
esiVed by the mother of Privat
Eugene c. Wonder, U. S. Marin
Corps, living near Wyoming, Ker
county. They were picked somewhel
ID France on mo mans land. " Th
uolets resemble the native flower, e1
sept that the blossoms are muC
srger. They were received in exec
Tent condition, considering the twent,
SIX days they were on their way ov,
. this country. Private Wonder el
hsted last spring and as the first bC
nom Kent county to land in Franc,
having been sent across in January.
u As has been their custom for Il
past two years, the members of Dow
Nest Order Of Owls. on Monday eve
lng delightfully."- entertained the O.
l0lkS at the Palmer home. The mel
GERS Of the Order visited the home
'O0dy and rendered a splendid pr
gam' served refreshments that tn
Ma provided. John D. Hawkins pr
aoeo and announced the progral
", cach included prayer by Rev. ].
U0lOna' solos by Mrs. Frank H
Da'ls' accompanied by Charles Lor
s'ltstlOns by Mrs. G. Herbert Smit
4 n0lln selections by Mrs. ]. H
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