Smyrna times., 1920-03-03
NEWS OF THE OiLtWARE
MAaYLANO PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Z S VII FOSCOlllCe Will become the ac- |
counting department for all post
offices in the State.
DIR. F. S. Farrah of Philadelnbia
has purchased the Townsend Hotel at |
Rehoboth Beach from Mrs. D. S.
Townsend, for $4,000.
State Commissioner of Education
A. r. Spaid and Superintendent of
Kent County Schools H. V. Holloway
attended meeting of the National
Education Association last week at
Cleveland, Ohio.
A petition has been circulated bv
the ladies of the New Century Club
of Milford requesting the State High
way Commission to build the Milford
Rehoboth highway through Milton.
With the opening of the creeks
along the Delaware Bay large guam
titles of oysters are being caught
by Milton oystermen and are bring
ing 81 a bushel.
Marvil Wilson of Georgetown, grad
uate of Delaware Agricultural Col j.
leeg, has been elected teacher in agri-
culture in the Selbyville and Frank
ford high schools.
George w. Drumheller of Whining
ton has completed a survey of Sea-
ford, establishing grades for street
improvements and the sewer system
which the town cOntemplates putting
in.
Rehoboth Beach citizens are asking
fCt towns in lower Delaware to ap-
point committees to go before the
next session of the General Assembly
and ask State aid in making the
beach safer from storms.
Saturday, February 22nd, was the
60th birthday of Mr.. Spencer S. Hol-
ten, of Middletown, and the event
= was quietly celebrated at his hnme on
Cass street by his family. A num-
ber of his friends sent congratulations
through the mails.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Frank Wilds of
Dover celebrated their fifty-second
wedding anniversary Wednesday and
had for their guests: Mrs. Garrett
PlOughman and Miss Josephine
Floughman Of Ridley Park, Pa,
daughter and granddaughter of the
happy couple.
hT;eD;ll;o,, ,-;,.o,. 6el,o,.,,,,,, quo ,,ooi,
ing some very good catches. Ring
and white perch are running excep-
tionally large and are bringing good
prices when shipped to Wilmington.
The fishermen are also having the
best of luck in their catch of catfish.
They are the largest that have ever
been known here.
Mrs. E. B. LouderbOugh of Dover
4 was delightfully."- surprised at her
4 home on Bradford street, February
Il q, by the arrival of nephew and
nieces from Philadelphia, Mrs. Albert
4 T.. Bowers, Mrs. ]. Vance Paul and
I Mr.. and Mrs. Marion A. Greene. The
4 occasion was Mrs. LouderbOugh's 77th
/ birthday anniversary.
I For the first time in many years
1 the thriving town of Lewes, reputeo
4 to be one of the oldest in the United
States, is without hotel for the ac-
commodation of the travelling public
The Hotel Rodney, one of the land
b of
town, has been closed to the public
for several weeks and it seems that
no one can be induced to take charge
of it.
The three year old son of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Harry Scotten of near Contra
! Church, west of Dover, fell intot a tul
of hot lard Saturday, February 18th
4 and was terribly scalded. The LITTLE
fellows mother had placed the larC
out on the porch to cool and while
about other duties he slipped outdoors
unnoticed and was sweeping when h
= fell backwards into the hot liquid
The child is somewhat improved a
present and some hope is entertained
fer his recovery.
y J. Hall Anderson, president of thu
Dover Board of Education, has re
turned from an extended trip inspect
1r ing modern school buildings in New
b. jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
a. He was accompanied by Mr.. w. H
r Thompson, architect for the Dove
= public school building. Many new
- and valuable ideas were obtained il
~ the inspection trip which will great!
H. aid the board in reaching intelligen
conclusions in dealing with eonstruc
ton and equipment.
- Mr.. J. f. Lewis, proprietor of tn
X Middletown Opera House, has jus
arrived home from an eight-day jour
pev-a husiness trip-tO Oklahoma