Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-12-24

Christmas with her mover, Mrs.
Taylor Albert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard ID. Winder
and son, Master Richard ID. Winder,
Bird, of Greensboro, North Carolina,
are spending the holidays with Mrs.
Winder's parents, Mr. and Mrs. o. NJ.
punell.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert A. Holiness,
Jr, of Norwalk, Conn, came today
to spend Christmas with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Powell
Mrs. Holmes will spend several weeks
here, but Mr.. Holmes will be obliged
to return to South Norwalk the first
of the week on account of important
business engagements.
Mrs. Ralph Wallace and daugh-
ter. Marie. of Salisbury, came home
last Saturday to spend the Christ
mas holidays with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Shockley. of near
Newark. Mr.. Wallace will come to-
day to spend part of the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lee,of Akron,
Ohio. will spend the Christmas holt
days here at the manse with her
father, DR.. W. S. Krcger. Mn Lee.
who is with the Carnegie steel Co.,
has been promoted and will 20 to the
New York office.
Miss Evelyn Shcckloy, who is at
tending the Peabody Conservatory of
Music. Baltimore, came this week to
spend the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles W. Shockley.
MIR. Alexander d. Irwin. of Phil
adelphia. and sister, Miss Mabel
Irwin. are spending Christmas with
their sister. Mrs. Harris s. Corddry.
and husband Mr.. Irwin will return
to Philadelphia the first of the week,
while Miss Irwin will remain for an
indefinite visit.
Professor Reginald Truitt, of
/ Washington. d. c., is home for the
holidays.
Miss Helen Brimer, Of Philadel-
phia, and Mr.. Wallace Primer, of
Baltimore, will come home to spend
the holidays with their mother, Mrs.
/ Meta Brimer.
Miss Grace Hickman. of Phil
adelphia, is spending the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. ).
Hickman.
Miss Leila Vincent, Of Whining
ton. will spend part of the holidays
with her mother. Mrs. William W.
Vincent, and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Whar
ton. of Stockton, have as their house
guests during the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. William Clarke. Mr.. George
4 Clarke and two children, and Miss
Helen Clarke, of New York.
Miss Lotto Fooks came home
from Chatham, Virginia, last Satur-
day night to spend some time with
her mother, Mrs. Emily J. Fooks.
Mrs. Fooks' son, Mr.. Buleigh c.
Fooks. Of Annapolis, will come to-
night to spend pert of the holidays
with them.
MIR. Gustave Trachsler came
home from the Panama Zone last
/ Saturday night, and will reside here
permanently with his family. With
the exception of about five years,
when he resided on a farm near
Nassawango, Mr.. Trachsler has spent
the last sixteen years in the Panama
Zone, where he has been engaged in
house carpcntering for the |. 5. Gov
eminent. He brought his family to
Snow Hill last July from Panama,
but returned in a Jew days to the
Zone to complete the time he obli-
gated to remain there. During the
time he has been in the Zone, he has
worked from north TO south (that is
from Panama to Colon. and is IA
/ miliar with life and conditions in that
part of Uncle Sans domain. Sail
ing from Colon on December 10th, Mr..
+ Trachler's steamer reached New
York December 18th. Off of the
Jersey coast the steamer ran into
+ the destroyer Graham. CONSIDERABLY
damaging it, and resulting in prob
able fatal injuries to a member OF
the destroyer's crew.
MIR. and Mrs. William X. Truitt
will give a reception at their home in
Indiantown next Tuesday evening,
December 9th, beginning at eight
o'clock, in honor of their son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Truitt,
whose marriage took place last week.
The advance guard of students
at various institutions of learning
began to arrive home the first of the
week, and by today the full quota of
abscntees will have arrived to spend
the holidays with their parents. OF
i the number we note the following: