Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

DIR. A. Lee Clifton, U. S. N, son
of DIR. and Mrs. ]. w. Clifton, of this
town, was operated upon last Thurs
day, in the Lakanaw Hospital, in
Philadelphia, by DIR. John B. Deaver,
for appendicitis. At this writing he
is recovering nicely and hopes to be
out soon. His mother, Mrs. J. w.
Clifton, of this town, has been close
by him during and since his opera
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummins E. Speak
man, of Belmont Hall, who have been
receiving the congratulations of their
friends en- the arrival of a new son
and heir, arrived home from a hos
pital in Wilmington last week, where
the little fellow was born on April II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard R. Jones
were Philadelphia visitors last week.
Their little daughter, Anna Roberts
Jones, went on to Stone Harbor, N.
j., to visit her aunt, Miss Fannie
Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Sands (nee
Miss Helen Lewis), of Wilmington,
formerly of Smyrna, have the SYM
pathy of their friends in the death
last week of their infant daughter.
The little girls was about ten days
old.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Hirons and
daughter, Mrs. Oliver Hirons Shall
cross, were recent visitors to Leslie
Hirons, of the Battleship Delaware,
at the New York Navy Yard.
Miss Jeanette J. Watkins, daugh-
ter of Mr.. John w. Watkins, of
Odessa, formerly of Smyrna, who has
been a nurse in the Red Cross divis-
ion overseas, has returned to her
home. Her sister, Mrs. Norman w.
Wright, of Cape May, N. j., has been
visiting her since her return, joined
over the weekend by Mrs. Wright's
= husband, Ensign Wright.
Mrs. Hilda Wells Thompson, OF
Philadelphia, is visiting her sister
Mrs. Harvey w. FAIRIES.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rambo, of Merchant.
vile, N. j., are visiting Mrs. Wilhel
mino Higgins and Mrs. Charles B
Swain.
f Mr.. and Mrs. J. Mariner Beckett
e and children, of Woodbury. Heights
; N. J., spent the weekend with hi!
). mother, Mrs. Joseph L. Beckett.
n DIR. and Mrs. Horace Evans Spru
l. ance were weekend visitors of hi
l. parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Spru
2 ance. It was DR.. Spruance's first Wis
? it home since he returned from over
seas, and being a surgeon in tn
Navy, he has some interesting exper
t. iences to relate. He was given cor
1t dial welcome by his old friends AM
n says he saw no place that looked a
p, good to him as Smyrna.
G. Mrs.Lee, of New York, is visiting
le her sister, Miss ]. Agnes Cummins.
e. Mrs. Wilmer L. Porter, of Haddt
al Heights, N. j., and Mrs. Sarah POI
De ter, of Wilmington, are visiting Nj
v. and Mrs. Edward T. Porter.
Rev. Carl Grammar, of Philadel
:, phia, native of Smyrna, born whe
III his father was rector of st. Peter
Ve Church, Smyrna, stopped over
Il Smyrna last Friday on his way frol
= home near Salisbury, Nd, and re
NC ceived a cordial greeting from his ol
IL friends. DIR. Grammar had not bee
g in Smyrna for number of years an
L he saw many changes in the tow
NJ which he noted with much admir-;
- miration.
l Miss May Draper, of Camden,
rs visiting Miss Anna Belle Beckett.
~ Messrs. L. M. Price and Cummins
Speakman left Tuesday for Portlan
Maine, to witness the launching
the steam trawler "Pelican," and tai
a trip on "The Sea-Bird," the newe
cb boat of the East Coast Fisheries c
Mr.. Speakman is this company's re
49, resentative in this locality. The
~ trawlers catch cod and haddock
70 great quantities for the New Yo1
&c and Boston markets.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Tschu'
have returned to Smyrna from Phil
,or delphia.