Smyrna times., 1918-10-09
y[VS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
,,ov ITEMS GATHERED FROM
arp STATE EXCHANGES

ln'ei,,; nu;nsula About Your Friends
'nE "a NeighbOrs and their DOings'
Tan. F. Vaughn has sold to Frank
,.sartv s% the Joseph c. Cowgirl farm
lanstsj .a1s4aj at Cowgill's corner, which he
s,urrbased very recently
,c.s Florence Unruh, of Townsend,
=, M been appointed teacher of the
D.orn nao Cottage school, near Middle
!.rr and assumed her duties.
corupl H. Derby, of Woodside, has
-" selected as one of the three
O''n ,bors to serve with the District
Exemption Board to advise on agrl-
cultural problems.
Nv Dawlev, who recently located
nOver. has purchased of A. B.
v,cee Esq, the Alloway property
.or1er of Governors avenue and Reed
.t,oot and he will reside there.
Tho Government has desided to
,llow contractors to secure sufficient
..teral for road construction for an
,tber month this year. This will
DIo,p the Dover-Smyrna road in good
shape.
Frank L. Hardesty, of Dover, has
purchased of Edward w. jenkins the
"A acre farm situated at the south
end of State street. Mr.. Hardesty is
recovering from his recent accident
and cOntemplates moving to his farm
in the near future.
Mrs Isaac G. LOhand of Dover, Gel
ebrated her S5th birthday Sunday last
September 29th. She is as active as
ever and a very remarkable woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen K. Belts and
daughter, of Frederick, spent the day
with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry Nc
Kee of near Dover, announce the
marriage of their daughtr, Miss
Bertha Mckee, to Charles Edward
Heditage. The ceremony took place
on Saturday, August 81, at Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
William Jackson, son of Mrs. G. D.
Jackson, was held up one night re-
Gently by two men who demanded his
money. They seemed satisfied when
he turned over 81. 1t is rumored
that two men jumped on the running
board of an automobile near town and
performed the same tactics.
John C. Hayes, of Dover, had a
complete wreckage of his large auto
mobile truck while on a business trip
to Hartly. The accident occurred
through failure to see an approaching
freight train, which struck the Hayes
car. The engine was damaged, but
Mr.. Hayes escaped injury.
Mrs. NJ. Roy Jackson, well known
Dover, died Sunday, Sept. 29, at hel
home, Moylan, near Philadelphia
after a brief illness of pneumonia
Mrs Jackson was Miss Lenore Schoen
daughter Of the late Charles 7. Sheen
millionaire steel man. She is sur
Hved by her mother, Mr.. Jackson ant
TWO children. The funeral was hell
Wednesday and was attended by Mrs
H. D. son,Charles T. and Harr,
Jackson, Mrs. Hiram B. Donoho an
Mrs. ]. Gus Driver.
Complete cooperation has been al
ranged for in the state of Delawar
between the Draft Boards, the U.
employment Service and the Com
ulSOry Work Bureau, the latter bein
state Division of the Council of De
lense' This cooperation has to
wlEh the location and handling of a
,uers or partial idlers in the State G
delaware between the ages of 18 an
20 who may be located by the reprr
sentative Of any of these Federal an
State forces.
large automobile truck owned
Ge0fge 7. Draper, of Milford, an
''en oy John Brady, Jr., a negr
lan over an dinstantly killed Charl,
v, webb, aged Is years, son of OIL
TeOO' Milford, on Monday, Sept. 2
iHe young man while attempting
uOard the truck from the runnir
va u1ard slipped and fell under IL
Sneels' No blame was attached
affair. nv "-'e''e0 u