Smyrna times., 1923-08-29
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS.
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Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities
Public schools will open on Tuesday
September 4th.
Grabbing parties are numerous, and
large catches are reported daily.
Farmers are hauling their sugar
corn to the local canneries and report
the crop as being very small this sea-
son.
H. Clay Phillips & Son are making
repairs to the Foard property on Cass
street, Middletown, which was recent
ly damaged by fire.
Work on the new Dover School
Building is progressing rapidly, and
will soon be entirely enclosed with the
roof.
The concrete foundations for the
addition to Peoples Christian Church
Sunday School Room, Dover, and So
cial Center, were started last week.
The additions to the Dover Opera
House are being pushed rapidly. The
building is now entirely enclosed and
wOrkmen are engaged in laying the
concrete floor in the main auditorium.
Found unconscious from acid poison
in his garage at Massey, Md, Bur-
ton Edwards was hurried to Union
Hospital, ElktOn, Md, where he was
revived and will recover.
Mr.. Harry Salmon, the well-knOwn
merchant of Summit Bridge has been
appointed postmaster at that place,
succeeding Miss Alrich, who resigned
owing to poor health.
Mr.. Joshua z. Grassland moved to
the BrOckson house on East Green
street Middletown Tuesday, and Mr..
c. L. Shivery, of West Grove, Pa,
who recently purchased the Grassland
property moved his family there this
week.
The new Dover Presbyterian
Church located at State and Reed
streets, is now enclosed and workmen
are engaged on the interior work as
well as the belfry, which will face on
Reed street.
Mrs. Lena France, widow of the
late DR.. William France, of Milford
who has been a resident of the Pal
mer Home in Dover, for the past Is
years, celebrated her ninety-third
birthday Monday.
Fourteen arrests for violations of
the State Highway laws were made
by the State Highway Police last
week. AS a result of these arrests,
fines amounting to $685. were collect
ed. This makes the total arrests
forty-six and brings the total of fines
collected up to S1,122.
Harry Cats, of Millington, Md.
formerly of Smyrna, was killed Sun
: day evening when his auto truck was
Struck by a train at the MillingtOr
, station. The truck had several color
: ed men as passengers and was return.
ing from picnic. Cats evidently
\ | did not see the oncOming train as he
f drove on the track in front of it. HI
!. was killed instantly, and several o.
e the men and women in the truck were
e injured. The truck was dragged
a more than 100 feet. Cats is surviv
e ed by his wife, Mrs. Mary f. Cats.
S c. Candy Balderston, a prominen
e educator, died suddenly Monday a
Y the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. B
+ Kimble, at Nottingham, Md, from
e heart trouble. He was 76 years o
e age and for years had been a teache
= in West Chester Normal School AM
il WesttOwn Boarding School. He wa
S greatly interested in the Cecil Farm
/ ers Club and the Nottingham Club
:. He was an active member of the So
!; ciety of Friends and took a deep in
[. terest in all their activities. Severa
Is children survive him.