Smyrna times., 1920-02-18
NEWS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Eleuthere Irenee dupont, II years
old, son of Gen. and Mrs. T. Coleman
dupont, died at Hill School, Potts
town, Pa, where he was student,
late Sunday night, February 8, from
pneumonia His mother and sister,
Mrs. Paul Wilson, were at his bed
side when he died. General DUPONT
had before that gone to Florida on a
business trip, but started for home as
soon as he heard of the serious turn
of affairs. 1t was with a view of
preparing himself for entrance to
Massachusetts Institute of Technolo-
gy that he was enrolled at Hill
! School. He was born during June,
! 1902, when the DUPONT Company eel
ebrated the centenary of its founding,
and he was named in honor of the
founder of the company. Always
cheerful and full of life, and an en-
thusiastic athlete and Boy Scout, he
carried sunshine with him wherever
he went.
Delaware contributed 3O3 casual
ties as its portion to winning the
world war. Official revised figures
for Delaware issued by the War De-
paItment show that of the Delaware
soldiers who went into the war, four
officers were killed in action, one
died of disease, two of accident To-
tai casualties among officers 20. En-
listed men who gave their lives in
defense of American liberty g, in
cluding II killed in action, 13 died
Of wounds, 36 died of disease, four
from accidents, other known causes
six, causes undetermined three. One
presumed dead, 20 slightly wounded,
Is severely wounded, total wounded
200.
James L. Warren, aged 81 years,
a farmer, died at his home near Mt.
Pleasant, Thursday He had lived in
that part of the county all of his life,
and had been i'll for some time. He
was removed to a hospital in Balti-
more in November in the hope that
an operation would be of benefit to |
him, but 1t was found there that the |
disease necrosis had made too much |
progress and he was removed to his
home. Recently he appeared TO be
improving, but caught a severe cold
which hastened his death. He is
survived by his wife, who, prior to
hel marriage was Miss Okla Coch-
ran.
Mrs. Jesse L. Shepherd, of Middle
town, who has been spending some
days at Bethlehem, Pa, had the mis-
fortune on Monday of last week to
slip on the ice and sustain a bad |
break of her ankle, necessitating her
removal to q hospital in that city, |
where she still is. We learn that an
N-ray examination showed that two
fractures of the bones were made. |
Much sympathy is heard from her
many friends in Middletown over the
unfortunate accident.
Miss Clara Farrow and Mrs. Clar-
ence Bradley, both of FELTON,, were
married a the FELTON, NJ. E. parson-
age on Sunday evening, February /,
by Rev. H. S. Dulaney.
Miss Violet Holden and Mr.. Henry |
RhOds were married at the FELTON, NJ
E. parsonage on January 28th, by |
Rev. Dulaney.
Miss Wlnifred Morris and Mrs.
Mcmahon, Of Dover, attended the
Chicago convention of the National |
American Women Suffrage Associa-
tion held in Chicago last week. Mrs
Henry Ridgely, president of the Del
aware Association, was usable to at
tend.
700 pounds of rock, perch asd cat
fish were caught on Wednesday last |
by Charles Hobbs, of Milford, and
his fishing crew. The fish were sent
by express to Philadelphia. The
catch was made in the Mispillion
River near Milford.