Smyrna times., 1919-08-13
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA

Gamers are offering as much as
S1.1O per basket for the coming Keif-
fer pear crop. The crop is reported |
as very small although some growers
have promise for fairly good crop. |
William C. Josting, of Philadelphia,
has sold his dwelling on Governors
avenue, Dover, to Joseph M. Fedde- |
man, of ChincOteague, for $1,000. Mr.. !
Feddeman is retiring from the U. S. |
Coast Guards and will move to Dover
to occupy this property.
Professor Harry V. Holloway coun-
ty superintendent of public schools of |
Kent county, has purchased of Mrs.
Sallie Holmes the dwelling on Kings |
Highway, now occupied by Judge w.
A. Powell. Consideration $500. DR..
Holloway will occupy the property
after December 81.
l. I. Salisbury, Jr., of Ridgely, Md,
who spent eighteen months as a SER
geant in the United States army in
France has sailed from New York for
France, where he will marry young
woman whose acquaintance he made
while. in service. He expects to re-
turn with his wife in month.
Miss Margaret E. Cole, of Dover,
has resigned the position, which she
has held in the office of the Secretary
of the State Highway Department,
and has accepted position as private
secretary to Assistant Manager Ag-
new, of the Western Union Telegraph,
Co., Philadelphia.
Miss Dorothy Abbott, Miss Helen
Startling, Miss Louise Morris and Miss
Salome Downes, of Dover, and Miss
Grace Durant, of Boston, Mass, left
last Saturday morning for RehOboth
Beach, where they will enjoy ten
day outing. They will be guests at
the Hotel Henlopen while at the re-
sort.
Contract for rebuilding Fleming's
Landing Bridge, over Blackbird River,
has been awarded by the Levy Court
to James A. Hirons, of Dover, for
S7,551.62. Kent county is to pay half
the cost of the work and Levy Court
of that county has already taken ac-
ion approving the letting of the con-
tract. It stipulated that traffic
shall not be obsructed while the work
is being done.
The contractors who are building
the remaining stretch at the dupont
Road from Lincoln to Milford COM
menced on the Milford end of the road
last Thursday. The road has been COM
pleted from the Maryland line as fal
north as Lincoln, and the short stretch
from Milford south to Lincoln is all
; that remains to complete. Should
nothing unforeseen occur to hold uE
the work the concrete will be poured
about October 1st and the road should
be opened to travel about the middle
or latter part of November.
Friends of DR.. J. Bradley Grier
formerly of Frederick, Del, who has
been physician for he Pennsylvania
Railroad for number of years, will
be pleased to learn of his promotion
| effective August 1st, to Chief Sur
geon, for the Washington Termina
| | Railroad which comprises all steam
railroads entering the District of Co
lumbia. Dr. Grier has a well-equippeC
! suite of offices, complete hospital ac
commodation located in Union Sta
| ton, with two assistant surgeons anC
graduate nurse to aid in the care
| of the disabled employees and passen
| gers. DIR. Grier, at one time, wa
| physician for the Pennsylvania R. R
Delaware Division, with office a
| Clayton, and is well known.
| Rev. w. S. Skinner, pastor of tn
First Baptist Church, of Dover, re
turned Thursday from Norfolk, Va
when he visited his son, Byron +
Skinner who recently met with seri
Gus accident. April last Byron en-
listed in the U. S. Navy and late
went to the Electrical School at tn
Base at Hampton Roads. About 81
weeks ago while returning to tn
Naval Base from Norfolk he alighte
from a trolley car and was struck b
a passing automobile without light
His left leg sustained a cOmpoun
fracture, two ribs were broken an
I. he was horribly mangled. His lie
has been set twice since the accider
and he was fixed up in such
manner that upon the first visit til