Smyrna times., 1920-12-29
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS :
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NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities

Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Prettyman
of Milford, are receiving congratula-
Ulons upon the birth of a daughter at
their home in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis R. Grier, of
South Milford, announce the birth of
a daughter on Saturday last, who has
been named Miss Gene Shattuck
Grier.
In response to an appeal from Rev.
DR.. Turner, post chaplain at Lewes,
the Guild of Christ Church packed a
large box of candy, books, cakes and
other gifts which was distributed at
Christmas to the boys on the light
ships and at the Lewes Naval Base.
Rev. Roy C. Helfenstein, was in
stalled Tuesday evening as pastor of
the Peoples Christian Church, Dover.
The installation sermon was preached |
by Rev. Chas. R. Brown, dean of Yale |
Divinity School; installing prayer, |
Rev. Warren H. Denison, Dayton,
Ohio, superintendent of Forward
Movement of the Christian Church;
charge to the pastor, Rev. ]. o. Atkin-
son, Elon, N. c., secretary Mission
Board of Southern Christian Conven-
ton; charge to the church, Rev. L. E.
Smith, pastor, of Third Christian
Church, Norfolk, Va, Rev. J. w. Co.
Iona, pastor of Wesley M. E. Church,
Dover, read the Scripture lesson and
Rev. R. S. Stephens offered the invo-
cation. Rev. o. Grey Hutchinson,
pastor of Dover First Baptist Church.
extended the right hand of fellowship.
Sheriff Cook, of Kent County, was
summoned late Tuesday evening of
last week to the farm of E. R. Long
necker, near FELTON,, where it was re-
ported Longnecker's daughter Annie,
aged Is, had been assaulted by Bayard
Sweetman, a tenant on the farm. The
girl had been sent to gather eggs,
when she alleges she was caught by
Sweetman, who was working in the
barn on an automobile, dragged up
stairs and assaulted. After the as
sault, she ran to the house and in
formed her father. The early arrival
of Sheriff Cook, evidently prevented a
further tragedy as Longnecker had a
gun ready for Sweetman. Sweetman
denies the assault. Longnecker. who
-ormerly lived in Maryland, moved t.
| Delaware last year and purchased The
Hartman farm, called one of the fines
farms in Kent County.
III Guineas are more plentiful abou
Blackbird than for many years. Som
| farmers have from one hundred t.
two hundred guineas running wild lik
y quail and sometimes they have to b
shot when wanted. They are too vii
\ to come around the farm buildings.
Z Work has been started on the bridg
I over Stony Brook, below Blackbird, b
: the Keystone State CONSTRUCTION Con
I pany. Freezing weather will not pei
I NIT the laying cf concrete, but pile
are being driven and preparation
I made for pushing operations in tt
: spring.
I The new highway north of Blacl
I bird is being graded, ditched and fen
/ ed, and those in charge say the wol
I will continue during the winter if IL
I weather permits.
1 Thieves visited the farm of Welfol
( Carter, near Elkton, Nd, few nigh
3 ago and carried off his entire flock
4 turkey. The ..neves used truck
I carting tire poultry away.
The school commissioners for Ce,
I county have ordered the schools
I close on Wednesday for tie Christm
holidays to reopen on January 8.
Posing as business man lookil
for a good location to place his b
foctory, which would give employme
to many people, man giving !
name as James w. Haning, New Yo
City, was arrested at an entertai
ment given by pupils of the Ellend,
public school as he was concluding
speech. He was charged with forgi
checks and evading hotel bills.
had been well received by the Ellt
dale people.
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A. Johnson, who resides on a ia
near the Kent County Almshouse,
Wyoming, reported to the local
x thorities on Thursday that he I
I eight turkeys stolen from shed
- his farm between midnight and
o'clock Thursday morning. The t
- keys were dressed and had been 81
ID Mr. Johnson intended delivering tn
t is to the purchasers on Thursday.
'our
and H. E. Ireland, Galena, Md, has b
appointed temporary cashier of
the Chesapeake City National Bank, S
,hv- ceeding the late Richard S. Wal
as who died last week.
tive The postoffice at Galena. Md