Smyrna times., 1921-06-15
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
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OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities

been spending the past year with his
sister and other relatives at Dover.
left Tuesday for Los Angeles, Calf,
where he will make his home.
1t is reported that Charles T. Mich
olson, a former Seaford resident. now
sumrnering at Rehoboth with his
family, will build bungalow in West
Seaford, and make this his future
home. He spent many years of his
life In the West after leaving Seaford
and has valuable mining land.
A large number of Dover Shriners
belonging to Union Lodge, No. z, AT.
A. NJ, returned Tuesday from three
days cruise in Delaware bay and
river and to the Breakwater; also a
trip to Philadelphia, where they at
tended the meeting of the Shriners in
that city.
American Legion officers have re-
ceived word from Georgetown stating
that the body of Private Roland Char
les league, who died from pneumonia
IN France, while serving with the A.
L. F., had arrived there. Interment
took place on Sunday. The young
man was member of Company l.,
56th Pioneer Infantry. State officers
of the Legion and down-state posts
had charge of the funeral.
The four prizes, amounting to $50,
d. given by Charles VanLeer, to the
graduates of the Seaford High School
for the best averages, were awarded
as follows: Madeline Marvel, $25;
Marion Moore, SIS; Nellie Fogle, Sc;
Herbert Lank, 81. This made SIS in
prizes given by Mr.. VanLeer this year
to the Seaford public school, he hav-
ing given G25 to the winners Of the
oratorical contest.
Frederick E. Bender, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick d. Bender, of
Delaware City, has been awarded
silver pin for being the best drilled
boy in the Misercordi School, Merton,
Pa, and the prize will be pinned on
him at the exercises by Cardinal
Dougherty. His class was designated
as the best drilled class of the school
and he was the best drilled boy of the
class. Young Bender will arrive
home to spend the vacation months
with his parents.
Leslie Blades, a Seaford messenger
boy while delivering a message, Tues
day afternoon, discovered the barn.
located near ]. B. Robinson's oyster
packing house, to be on fire. By
quick action he succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames. The barn con-
tains lot of road building parapha-
MALTA, and valuable goods. 1t is To-
Gated so near to the oyster packing
house that had the flames got start
ed it would have been difficult TO pre-
vent them from reaching the plant.
The fire is supposed to have Originat-
ed by small boys having a bonfire
near it. The flames were leaping up
the side of the building when young
Blades discovered them.
At meeting of the State Board of
Pardons held at Dover Thursday two
cases were considered by the board,
the first one being that of Joseph
Barino, an Italian, serving a life SEN
tence in the New Castle County Work
house for the alleged murder of an
other Italian some two years ago, dur
ing a free-for-all fight in an Italian
colony in Wilmington. The second
case heard was that of Nick Piero,
alias "Piro" and other aliases, serving
a three years sentence for the larceny
Of vao,.I1, c100 fro,,o Tok, uo,+x,atf ~
Dover. The offense was committed
over a year ago. The Board refused
both applications.
A civil suit was heard before ref
erees in the Office of Magistrate E. F
Wood, Dover last week. 1t was the
case of George Richardson VS.. Irving
S. Lynch. Lynch is keeper of Mahon':
lighthouse on the Delaware Bay. i
was sougth to recover from him fol
lumber alleged to have been taken b!
Lynch, belonging to Richardson ant
Captain Shock. The claim of Lyncl
was to the effect that he found TIN
lumber floating on the water ant
gathered it, not knowing whence
came Upon learning to whom tn
lumber belonged, Lynch is alleged t
have returned it, but the owners stat
ed that in their opinion all had no
been returned. Richardson's clair
was for SIS and Captain Shocks TO
S25. The referees rendered judgmen
for Richardson for $40 and for Shoe
for 500.
Mrs. Rebecca Bouldon Foard, age
72 years, wife of Jefferson B. Foart
formerly Clerk of the Peace of Ne
Castle county, and for many year
active in Democratic politics, die
at his home on Main street, Middle
town, at 4.30 o'clock Thursday mori
ing. Mrs. Foard had been in poo
hnalth fn, several years. She b