Smyrna times., 1922-10-11
CLAYTON

There will be Church School at
Trinity Church on Sunday at half-past
two o'clock, and Evensong with SER
mon at half past three. Trinity Guild
will hold its regular monthly meeting
on Tuesday night next. There will be
important subjects to be discussed and
it is hoped that every member will be
present.
Clayton and vicinity was visited by
a down-pour of rain Saturday noon,
and the long protracted drought brok-
eng Farmers were getting alarmed
over seeding their wheat as the
ground was so dry and powdery it
was impossible to turn furrow. To
Clayton it came as a welcome relief
in allaying the dust on the streets and
country roads.
The Woman's Democratic Club of
Clayton held fine mass meeting last
Friday, October 9th at the Athletic
field at 8 o'clock. The speakers were
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, candidate
for U. S. Senator, and Miss Ellen
Samworth, of Wilmington organiza-
ton of Women's Democratic Club.
The attendance was large and enthus-
astic.
Hog cholera is becoming an cpl
demic west of Clayton over near Mas
sey and the Maryland line. The dis
ease is raging near Galena. DR.. G.
Allan Jarman, Maryland authority,
attributes the spread of the disease to
carelessness. Many carcasses are left
in fields until eaten by buzzards and
dogs, or if buried they are placed in
the ground only deep enough to cover
the bodies.
Elisha Staats, aged 80 years, ma
tive of Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Rees, died Monday, at the
New Castle County Hospital. The de-
ceased was a resident of Delaware un-
til about II years ago and was born
at Clayton. He had been in poor
health for several years. He was in
jured several years ago while employ
ed as an electrical engineer with the
New York Rapid Transit Company.
Farmers who joined the co-opera-
tive cannery enterprise fostered by
the Clayton-Smyrna Farm Bureau, are
delighted with the first years effort
The canning season which came to a
close last week revealed the fact that
the cooperative cannery packed 49,
900 cases, three times as much as the
highest pack reported in any local
canning house. Farmers who stuck
by the enterprise, it is said, will re.
ceive considerably more for their to-
matOes than the market or contract
price and John L. Graham, the enter.
prising Gamer, who turned over hi:
plant to the cooperative plan will, il
is thought, have one of the most sue
cessful seasons he has ever had.
Mr.. F.-A~ Marker, Sr., celebrated
his Seth birthday last Thursday, Oct
Ober 5th. He received a shower o.
postal cards and some useful presents
At 6 o'clock p. m, dinner was serveC
to those present. The dinning room
was prettily decorated, the colo
scheme being purple and gold. Thos
present were: Miss Florence A. Mar
ker, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Marker, Nh
and Mrs. F. A. Marker, Jr., Mr. an
Mrs. Walter L. Marker, Mrs. r.
Barnes and daughter, Mabel, o
Queen Anne, Md, Mr.. and Mrs. Car
roll B. Brown and son, Carroll, Mis-
Melfa Morker, of Carmichael, Nd
Mrs. Edwin L. McCausland and chill
dren, of Lansdowne, Pa, Mr.. Ray
mond Wright and Walter Marker, Jr.
The young folks of Clayton CAV
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carey a miscel
laneOus shower last Monday night q
their home. The following people al
tended; Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Hall, Nj
and Mrs. William Johnson, Mr.. an
Mrs. |. L. Lapham, Mr.. and Mrs. ,
w. Hawkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
Savins, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Sevi
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stevens, Mr.. an
Mrs Howell Sevil, and Frances an
Louise Sevil, Mr.. and Mrsc. ]. v
Ford, Rev. and Mrs. Claude Clarl
Mr.. and Mrs. Creadick Ennis, Mr.an
Mrs. Lee Deakyne, Mrs. Eugenia A
len, Mrs. Richard Warren, Mrs. Ann
Allen, Mrs. Ella Montague, Miss Els
Allen, Miss Ella Hawkins, Miss Emm
Blades, Miss Viola Purnell, Mr.. ar
Mrs. Willis P. Scott and Mrs. N. {
Severson and Miss Mary Johnso
A very pleasant evening was pent
all. Refreshments were served.
Personals.-Mrs. John Robbins ar
little daughter, Florence, of Millin,
ton, Md, spent a few days the pa
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