Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
ITNS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
..ev ITEMS GATHERED FROM
S'" 70 STATE EXCHANGES

5.ninsula About ou'
~.'.hbOrs and Their Ooings'
Romeo Co., canning firm of
rns hos laid the foundation for
power, VEL house. b 40 by 100 feet, ad-
.lo.iuS .'1sins its canning factory.
r Davidson of Magnolia has
'oD. .nnointed Inspector for Kent
assn assuty by By the Compulsory Work Bu-
"spS '.su Of the State Council of Defense
,o.. Bessie Short, of near Dover
n s.on elected teacher of the Third
Do vi nover Public School. She has
us. successful teacher at Little
S,s.s S,ss for the past three years.
vuoone A. Raughley, son of Mr..
1 Mrs, Eugene Raughley of Dover.
~ y. bs, been stationed at Camp john
Wv Florida. has been promoted to
w. w. ieutenant and will be transferred
| 1OswegO, N. y
n, and Mrs. James T. Frazier, of
,.l,or Delaware, announce the mar
l '."s If their daughter, Roselle, to
y. ' william Watkins Flanagan, form
II ..lr ~ Of Charlottesville, Virginia, but
~ .r of Wilmington, Delaware, On
1s in Washington, D. G. Mr..
~ Mrs Flanagan will live in Will
ningtOn.
1osepb B. Reed, of Lebanon, died
an Tuesday morning July 9, shortly
S.fore daylight. MIR. Reed, who was
.usll known and estimable citizen of
nj. county, was born in Md, in 1850.
He is survived by his wife, a son and
4 daughter. Funeral services were
4 bsd at his late home in Lebanon
Wednesday, evening. Interment WAS
made in Silver Brook cemetery, Will
mingtOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison A. Christian,
dPhiladelphia, announce the marriage
d their daughter, Mary Ker, to A,
Irwin Brumbaugh, of Greensboro, Md, (,
on Thursday, July A, at Camp Meade.
Mr. Brumbaugh is a member of the
SlS Infantry. Mr. Christian formerly
publisbed the Greensboro Free Press
bat now is head of the advertising de-
psrtment of large Philadelphia store.
The Delaware Terracotta Company
and James B. Oberly, prominent brick
makers of Wilmington. have received
instructions from Washington tC
furnish l, 900, 600 bricks each to the
! Lynch Construction Company, which
J is erecting 500 houses in Wilmington
] for the Emergency Fleet Corporation
The taking over of this product will
] interfere with other building operations
in Wilmington.
n Miss Hazel Enhcott, daughter o
sclergyman of Centerville, was badl
! injured and three others slightly in
y iutsd Saturday, when two trolley car
on the Rising Sun line collided hea
on along the Brandywine Creek,
j few miles from Wilmington. Tn
collision demolished the fronts of tn
ears and one was almost entirely de'
d trOyed A Mrs. Hellingsworth we
4 thrown through a window.
Customers in q Wilmington restau
ant were thrown almost into a pan
about 8 o'clock Saturday mornir
when two meE left taxicabs and el
q tered the place stating that a lari
D box in the car outside contained nitrt
gIycerine which they were taking
The dupont Powder Company Exper
mental station along the Brandywil
creek. The police found the story
0ea hoax, but the men left the ca
before they arrived. The other dine
had beat hasty retreat.
n On Tuesday evening, June 18t
heV Russell Paynter was ordained
Me Gospel ministry by the Presbyte
West Jersey. and installed over t
pastorate of Woodbury. HeigE
C0urch. Rev. A. B. Collins, D.
@Brdgetcn, Moderator of. the Pr,
|ery' presided and propounded
~nsttutional questions. Mr.. Payn
SanatiVe of Nassau, Delaware,
graduate of Delaware College d
srnceton Theological Seminary I
llled the pulpits of FELTON, and H
lngton Presbyterian Churches. M
rsynter was Miss Ethel Lynch,
FELTON,.
delaware has furnished 1865 r
u' ~ National Army service up to j.
a A record of every man Ia
quo the service under the select
wa' ai' law ls kept by Adjutant Gen'
I# "''Sersham at his headquarters
we State Armory Twelfth and Ora
~ee's, Wilmington. This record
s'p 70 the smallest detail. 1t sh
@a' Wilmington has furnished L
Il '0ung men for the National Ar
IL asl 1oo New Castle County has furnis
Il sos os men, Kent County has furnis