Middletown transcript., 1922-09-16
I TOWNSEND

and Friday in Philadelphia.
Paul Kite, of Westport, Conn.,, spent
Sunday with friends in town.
Mrs. James Stubbles, of st. Georges,
is visiting Mrs. E. c. Reynolds.
Miss Maude Castle, of Philadelphia,
is visiting Miss Ethelwyn Maloney.
James Mannering, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with w. A. Scott.
H. B. Anderson, of Philadelphia,
paid visit to Townsend friends Mon
day.
Mrs. w. A. Scott spent Friday as
guest Of Mrs. L. c. Scott, in Middle
town.
Mrs. Jennie Bell, of Taylors Bridge,
spent Saturday as guest of Mrs. Edna
Wiggin.
R. X. Donovan, of Aberdeen, Md,
Is visiting his parents. NJ. b. Donovan
: and wife.
Miss Naomi Barton, of Centrevile.
Nd. is the guest of Raymond &. Jones
and wife.
Miss Elizabeth Maloney spent several
days in Wilmington as guest of Miss
Florence Martin.
Mrs. George Wiggin and daughter,
Miss Georgia, were Philadelphia vis-
itors on Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Bramble is spending two
weeks with her mother. Mrs. Joseph
Moore, at Smyrna.
DR.. McConaghby, wife and son. OF
Camden, N. j., visited G. H. Wiggin
and family on Thursday.
Mrs. Annie Othoson and son Earl, of
Sassafras, Md, spent Sunday with j.
Claranca HutchiSOn and wife
Mrs. Matte Rems and Mrs. Edith
Anthony, of Philadelphia. spent Satur-
day with Ernest Weldon and wife.
Burton Mannering, of Chester, Pa,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
parents, Joseph Mannering and wife.
Miss Anna Sharpless, of Landenburg,
Pa, and Mrs. Reuben " arren, of Clay
ton, have been visiting Mrs. w. A
Scott.
Miss Ethel Rothwell and sister, Mis-!
India, of Smyrna, returned home OF
Tuesday after few days visit witt
their aunt Miss India Rothwell.
Mrs Anna Richardson, of Smyrna
Heston Hanna and wife, Miss Eiizabeti
Richardson and Ralph Christy, of Ches
ter, Pa, were Sunday visitors here
Miss Annie Matthew, of near Cecl!
ton, Md, has returned home, afte
spending the summer with her aunt
Mrs. w. H. Merritt, near Townsend.
Spencer Goldsborough and family, o
Lancaster Pa, have returned home
after spending two weeks with hi
mother Mrs. ", H. Merritt, nea
town.
Harry Hinger snd wife of Whining
ton. and Benjamin Hinger and wife, G
nf /
Reynolds and wife, near here o
Monday.
Mrs Lotte Wells has returned frol
three months visit to her daughte
Mrs. Earl Shockley, at Newfoundland
N. j., and was accompanied home
Mrs. Shockley, who will remain in tn
section for two weeks.
On account of the demand for wot
in this section prices have scared du
ing the past two weeks. Delivered
the town slab wood is costing the res
dents 50 per cord. Wood that a sho
time ago was selling at the sawmi
for So so per cord is now bringing "a.
John Townsend and wife entertain
on Sunday Aaron Reynolds and wifi
Jackson Reynolds and wife, Jam
Sudler and wife, of Camden. N. J
Burt Carpenter and wife, of Philad'
phia: Mr.. Jones and wife, of Smyrn
and Garrett Othoson and wife, of Mi
dletown.
Mrs. R. R. Reynolds and daught
Ethel. returned on Monday, aft
spending Saturday and Sunday
guests of Eugene Hart and wife,
Wilmington, who they accompanied
an auto trip to Valley Forge, ste
ping over at Malvern, Pa, to visit
f. Boehlmer and wife. during the tr
Miss Mary Smith, of Cleveland, Oh
who is spending several weeks amo
her Delaware relatives, is now visit
her uncle, David P. Hutchinson, a
other relatives in this locality. M
Smith who is enroute to her home, b
lust returned from Seaford, where s
spent two weeks with her uncle, Re
Frank Carpenter and wife.
Like the peach and apple crops
this section, the pear yield is in prop
ton. There seems to be no end
them and the fruit is all that could
desired. Housekeepers claim that
old keiffer pear makes the best syr
fer buckwheat cakes and as this can
made from the peelings and cores af
canning, it is the cheapest spread.
Charles M Watts and wife have
turned from a weeks trip to Niagf
Falls. also visiting Buffalo, and maxi
a trip across the border into Cana
while on the sightseeing tour. III
: left town on Friday and reached N
CARA Falls early the next morning g
spent the week in visiting northt
New York. They report very pie
ant trip.
The tomato earning factories
busy places at this season. The vel
table Ia in fine condition and lal
mack will be made. The prices
tomatoes on the market ranged from
cents to so cents basket in varit
parts of the county during the p
week but next week it is believed :
prices will 90 lower than 20 Ger
Canneries. are of the opinion that
season will be over by October 9th.
otbo Marvel and wife. and Mrs. Gil
Knotts attended the anniversary
Bethel M. e. Church. which is loca
between Smyrna and Cheswold, on S
day. Mr.. Marvel having spent his b
hood days in the neighborhood. he
naturally much interested III the chu
and its environments. He met seve
who were then children, but v
since he left the neighborhood, h;
grown up as sturdy citizens OF the
cality.
The Ladies Aid Society held
regular monthly meeting at the ho
OF John ID. Reynolds and wife,. n
town. on Tuesday evening, and the