Middletown transcript., 1922-08-19
TOWNSEND

end at Betterton, Md.
Miss Edna Reynolds spent the week.
end at Rehoboth Beach.
Miss Grace Money is spending severa
days with Wilmington friends.
John Rash. of New Mexico, visited
J. o. Foraker and wife Sunday.
W. Harman Reynolds and family
spent the weekend at Rehoboth.
Otho Marvel and wife and Mrs. Clara
Knots spent Sunday at Wyoming.
Mrs. Ernest Weldon is spending the
week with relatives in Philadelphia.
Miss Rebecca Bramble has returned
frsm visit to the camp at Denton,
Md.
Miss Anna VanDyke has returned
from weeks sojourn at Atlantic City,
N. j.
DR.. Boyer. wife and family, of Phla-
delphia, spent the week with DR.. j. d.
Niles and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warren, of
Wilmington, spent the weekend with
Mr.. John P. Collins.
Mrs. Georgia Finn, of Centrevlle,
Md, has been visiting her brother,
Harry Nabb and wife.
Charles H. Jacobs and wife, of Aber-
deem, Md, are spending week with
Z. A. Greenwood and wife.
Earl Jacobs, wife ard little daughter,
of Aberdeen, Md, have been visiting
c. A. Greenwood and wife.
w. Mortimer Skaggs, of Phiadel-
phia, paid visit to his brother, Thomas
Skaggs and family, on Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Wheeler has returned to
Baltimore, Md, after spending some
time with Mrs. Clinton Norman
Mrs. Joseph Mannering arrived home
on Friday. accompanied by her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Burton Mannering.
Mrs. Anna Short and Mrs. VanDyke,
of Cecilton, Md, visited her brother,
j. o. Foraker and wife, on Sunday.
Frank C. Hutchinson and wife, of Viii.
mington, were recent visitors at the
home of y. P. Hutchinson and Leon
Buckson and wife.
Mrs. L. H. Mccall, of Wilmington,
is-sPending week with her brother. c.
~C. Severson and wife. Mrs. Mccall is
accompanied by her daughter, Miss
Catherine.
Irving Hart has been appointed as
sistant cashier of the local bank and as.
sumed his new duties on Monday morn
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Hart have taken up
their residence in the home vacated by
Mrs. Russell Townsend.
Mrs. John Townsend was called to
Wilmington few days ago by the i'll
ness of her brother Daniel Collins.
Taken i'll suddenly at his home he rap
idly grew worse and his condition was
serious at last reports.
Miss Elizabeth Maloney and Wilson
Lattomus were visitors at Camp Re-
covery," near Centreville, Md, on Mon
day and Tuesday. having called as
guests of Raymond c. Jones and wife,
who were camping there.
Earl Yokum, who was so seriously in
jured in an automobile accident four
weeks ago, that his life was despared
of for several days, is now much i'm
'proved and was able to come home on
Monday, but is still very weak
Raymond C. Jones and wife have re-
turned from Camp Recovery" near
Centreville, Md. This camp which is
located on the Chester river, is an ideal
place for boating, Grabbing and fishing
and the party of 16 had most enjoy
able time.
The Ushers Union will 90 on the an
nual picnic of the association to Tol-
chester Beach on Thursday, Aug. Oath,
leaving town at, 20 A. M. The party
will take along basket lunch. Every
body is invited to join them. Come
and have joyful day on real picnic.
Reports from the Anderson Hospital,
Philadelphia, are to the effect that
Clarence Pierson, well-known young
man of Townsend, is slowly improving,
but it will require several weeks before
he will be strong enough to come home.
His many friends hope that he will soon
be recovered.
One of the most successful growers
of cantaloupes in this locality is Will
liam Heverin, who resides near town.
Mr.. Heverin few days ago brought q
number of this product to town to go
on sale and they averaged from nine to
ten pounds each. He grew five hum
dred of the muskmelons of mammoth
size this year.
On a motor trip through New Eng
land, and their objective point being
Camden, Me-, where they will spend a
week with friends, Miss Corrnne Out
ten, of this town, and party visited
Boston, Mass, on Tuesday, and after
a sightseeing tour of the city resum-
ed their journey to Maine, and expect
ed to reach Camden Wednesday after
noon.
Harry Isaacs has returned home from
an extended visit to Green River, Utah,
having been much benefited in health by
resting and working at intervals at the
Western mining camp, he having gone
West to recuperate, after being unwell
for several weeks. At this camp they
had large force of men digging silver
and copper and Mr.. Isaacs has many
novel experiences to relate to- his
friends of his sojourn in the West.
Camping with party of friends at
Chesapeake Haven, Md, are Clarence
L. Butler and wife, and that the loca-
tion of their tent is extremely suitable
for an enjoyable outing of this kind is
best attested by some of their friends
of the locality in which they reside
Their tent is pitched where it is noted
for excellent fishing, grabbing and boat
ing, and several friends have Joined
them in these enjoy ments at different
times.
Instead of an ordinary crop farmers
are finding that both the sugar corn
and tomato crops are going to exceed
their expectations as to both size and
quality and the gathering of these
bumper crops bids fair tcA tax their
powers to get their products to the
canneries or loaded on the cars. The
local corn cannery is the centre of the
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