Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
i[NS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
,.ev ITEMS GATHERED FROM
N'" oYp STATE EXCHANGES
.,,, Items from all Partsof the
Intere''s InIa About Your Friends and
NsIghbors and Their O0'"FS'


NsghbOrs and Their D0'nES'
.rarted fires which did 81
ooo OV 200 damage and killed three men
oVV,Or N,osfolk. A German attempt to
il 1..syoT So1l'th. the great American naval
bsse was charged.
.,oDcsment is made of the en-
n.oDt Al cf Miss Nellie NJ. Lynch
sas1i sas George E. Walls, both of George
sno MI Miss Lynch is the daughter
.gTI y Mrs. Amy V. Lynch and a sister
q u Mis-. MISS Margaret E. Lynch of Dover
O-irste ~ secretary to Governor Town
send.
1.cob Prettyman and Miss Ethel
:, Stevens. both of Lewes, Del,
-r.,a =. married at the District Parson-
W. in Dover, Thursday morning,
Ss,' os,omber 9th, by Rev. William R.
yowbrav. District Superintendent of
nover District. Mr.. Prettyman is
assistant superintendent of the Lewes
Fisheries.
Governor Townsend has appointed
tho following Commission of five
mombers one from each county and
tvo at large to make survey OF the
rrblic schools of the State, both white
and eolored: L. Scott Townsend,
Caleb Burchenal, John Mnllin, all of
wilmington; State Senator Joseph
Erazier. of Frederlcs, Kent county
and Frank L. Grier, Sussex county.
Kenneth T. Meredith, of Dover,
and Miss Margaret TarburtOn, daugh-
ter of Representative John W. Tarbur-
ton and wife. of near Dover, were
ouietly married at the Methodist Pro-
testant parsonage at Dover by Rev.
1T. Bailey. They will reside near
town. succeeding Mr.. Caulk at the
Rev. John W. G. Fast farm at
MOOre's Mill.
Albert F. Dillahay. of Dover. end
Miss Bertha Ellis, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. John Allan Ellis, we're mar
rled at the home of the brides par
ents at Laurel on Thursday afternoon
BY the Rev. Frank f. Carpenter. pas
tor of Centenary NJ. E. Church, in the
presence of few friends and relatives.
After the wedding, supper was served
by Mrs. Ellis.
Miss Emma Hepburn Blackiston,
one Of Middletown's most highly
esteemed aged maiden ladies, died last
week, after long illness, aged rs
years. Funeral services was held al
the residence Of her niece, Mrs. Elias
N. Shallcross, on Green street, Sat
urday afternoon, at two O'Clock, with
interment at St. Anne's cemetery,
near MiddletOwn. Relatives anC
friends were invited to attend without
further notice.
Cecil c. Fulton, Jr., of Greenville
n. C., who has been visiting his par
ents in Dover, has decided not to re
turn to North Carolina, where he hell
State Highway position as engineer
owing to the shortage of material ant
labor for road construction, the Fed
eFal Government having taken thei,
material. The State has plenty o
money available for road construction
and wants to co it. In the meantime
Nj. Fulton has accepted a position
with the dupont Company in Will
nngton.
Register of Wills Ernest B. Raugh
icy mas issued the following letter
curing the past week: Letters tes
@mentary on the estate of Glider D
jackson; letters of administration O
.ne estate of William H. Wallace t
howard W. Hilyard and on thee stat
Of Jacob r. Killen tn Edith K. Hurd
e''ers OF administration, c. t. a., o
ae estate Of J. Wallace Reynolds t
Asud A. Reynolds, and letters of &C
uHuIstratlon, d. d. m, c. t. a., O
NE estate Of David Angstadt to Clii
iord M. Simpler.
MT. AMI Mrs. Thomas Augustir
# NcnafcsOn, of Atlanta. Ga, have al
4ouncea the marriage IF their daugl
T' Miss Frances Augustine.
Lieutenant Richard Thompson Cam
~ y. s. Reserve Corps, on Decen
vet . IN Atlanta. Lieutenant Willia
Oaln' u 5. R., now stationed at Al
-''.On' Ala. on General Barber
~ 1,al' was best man for his brothe
p: .' groom Is the son of Mr.. and Mr.
S. sna'o I. Cam, of Kirkwood, wi
,ons. ' 'Oree sons now serving the
T; T.u.ry; Lieutenant Richard T. Can
1enant 1'~nt William F. Cam, al
N.e "'ence b. Cam, enlisted in Il
Naval Reserve.
hoIa a. 'ne annual meeting Of the stoc
ns's fous' I Of the New Castle County N