Middletown transcript., 1922-06-03
ODESSA

10Y oe 1SoisStOWH.
Miss Lane, of Cheswold, visited Miss
May G. Enos last week
Mrs. Holsten, of Newark, is the
guest of Mrs. John Butler.
Rev. E. H. Derrickson preached at
Church Hill, Md, on Sunday last.
Mrs. Lille Craig and Miss Mary Craig
were Wilmington visitors on Friday.
Miss Hodgson, of FELTON,. visited her
brother, Rev. Robert Hodgson, last
week.
Miss Ethel Carey, of Smyrna, was
the guest of Miss Madeline Hurd last
week.
Mrs. Richard Ford. of East Orange,
N: j., is visiting her brother, F. B.
Watkins.
James Hurd and wife, of Whining
ton, visited George Hurd and wife on
Sunday.
Mrs. Heston Atwell and children, of
Delmar, visited Mrs. Frank Webb on
Sunday.
Jacob Muhlberger has accepted po-
sition with the Purity Baking Co., at
Smyrna.
John Stewart and son, Stanley, of
Chester, Pa, were visitors in town on
Tuesday.
David Thornton and family spent
Sunday with Marshall Thornton at
Marcus Hook.
John Churchman and wife. of Will
-mington, were guests of Mrs. John But
ler on Sunday.
j. A. Finley and family, of Media,
Pa, were guests of l.. V. Aspril and
family on Sunday.
Miss Lucy &. Rhodes. of Washing
ton, d. G visited her cousin, Miss Ella
Rhodes on Tuesday.
F. A. Reynolds and family and Mrs.
Harry Packard and grandson spent Sun
day at New London. Pa.
Sylvester Townsend, wife and son, of
Wilmington, visited his mother, Mrs
Cornela Townsend, on Sunday.
Mrs. j. B. Clothier and daughter
Alice, of Wilmington, spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. A. Lee Orrell.
Miss Maud Lodge, of Newark, and
Miss Clara Boyd, of Wilmington, were
guests of Mrs. Robert Hodgson Sunday
The local base ball team played the
score beng 10 to in favor ofthe locals
A beautiful individual Communion
set has been presented to st. Paul's M.
E. Church by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Cannon.
Delaware City base ball team played
the Odessa team on Memorial Day, the
score being % to 3 in favor of the
Odessa team
st. Pau's NJ. E. Church has been
presented with a beautiful pulpit Bible
by .. &. Stevens and wife in memory
OF their parents.
The annual Children's Day service
will be held at st. Pau's M. E. Church
Sunday evening, June 11th, to which
everyone is invited
Miss Lillian Aker and Miss A la M.
Scott. of Middletown, attended din
ner party on Monday evening, at Will
mlngton, in honor of the supervisors.
Chaplain Ramsey, of Fort dupont,
preached at Drawers Presby yterian
Church on Sunday last and Chaplain
Summerly from overseas made an ad-
dress.
Mark Townsend, wife and daughter,
James Hevelow and family, and Chas
HeveloW, wife and son. of Phiadel-
nhia. We're Sunday guests of Mrs Will
liam Smith.
Rev. w. A. Wise, of Middletown.
preached at st. Pauls N L. Church on
Sunday morning last. There will be no
service on the coming sunday, owing to
the Reunion at Old Drawer
J. B. Montgomery and wife, Mrs.
Julia Walls and Mrs. Anna Wallace, of
New Castle, Miss Georgiane Hickman,
E. Mcdowell, and w. 7. Mearns, of
Wilmington, were week k-end guests of
Mrs. George Heldmyer.
The Reunion of Old Drawers will be
held on Sunday next, June 4th. Rev
Dr. Kerr, of the Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington. will preach at 10. 80 and
John. P. Nields, also of Wilmington,
will deliver historical address, at z
p. NJ. Music will be furnished by the
Dover Glee Club.
The eighth grade of Odessa Public
School will hold their Honor Promotion
Exercises Wednesday evening, June
7th, at 8. P. M, in the Town Hall.
The ones promoted are Agnes Ennis,
Joseph Armstrong, Martin CHM, Pres.
ton Morris, Erwin Spicer, Frank Roe
mer, William Phillips, Carlton Price,
Carl Webb. and Donald Quigley.
Odessa Public School was the recipi-
ent of nice American flag presented
by Mr.. A. P. Corbit, president of the
School Board. Memorial services were
held at'the school on Tuesday at IL A.
u. and excellent addresses made by
Rev. DIR. Little and Rev. Robert Hodg-
son. The children of the school marched
to the cemetery and strewed flowers on
the soldiers graves.
The Gasoline Freighter Helen Steele
from Havre-de-Grace, Md, loaded with
$50 tons of stone for road construction
at Odessa caught fire in the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal, near St. Georges,
on Friday of last week and was badly
damaged. The crew of six men ea-
capped without injury. The boat is own
ed by J. Groome Steele, of Chesapeake
City, Md, and valued at $4,000.
The grammar grades accompanied by
Miss Aker, attended the field meet at
Newark last Friday and the following
were the ones receiving prizes: The
bronze badge, Carlton Price, Preston
Morris, Carl Webb, Erwin Spicer,
Harry Gibbs, Norman Reynolds; silver
badge, Earle Baker, Donald Quigley;
first in base ball throw, Donald Quig-
ley; second in relay, Erwin Spicer;
third in hop, skip and jump, Joseph
Armstrong, Erwin Spicer and Donald
Quigley.