Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

Mr.. James ]. English, retiring post
master of Wilmington. who was sue
ceeded Saturday by Mr.. Leroy w.
Hickman, was a brief visitor to
Smyrna Sunday to see Miss Mary
English and Mrs. John VanGasken.
Saturday. After turning over the af-
fairs of office to his successor, the
one hundred and seventy-five employ
ees in the Federal Building presented
Mr.. English with a white gold dia-
mond and sapphire-set ring as a part
ing gift. The ceremonies were at
tended by Senator Ball and the Gus
tOdian force of the Federal Building,
in addition to the postal employees.
Mr.. English is the second postmaster
of Wilmington to serve more than
nine years. Just what business Mr..
English will engage in, he was not
able to state.
Mrs. ]. Harry HURT, Ridley Park,
Pa; Mrs. John P. LeFevre and Mrs.
Mable Thompson Lafayette, of Dow
er; Mrs. Frank L. Reynolds, Mrs.
! Frank Reynolds, Jr, Mrs. L. Irving
Handy, Miss Laura Bell, Wilmington;
Mrs. H. A. Bounds, Mt. Airy, Pa;
Mrs. Frank S. Busser, Germantown,
Pa, and Miss Bertha L. HOffecker,
Haverford, Pa, were among the
former Smyrnians who attended the
Century Club Birthday luncheon, yes
terday.
Miss Emma Stevenson has return
ed from a weeks visit to Philadelphia.
Mr.. Edward NJ. Boyd, of Rutledge,
Pa, was a visitor to Smyrna Wednes-
day and was given the glad hand by
his old friends. He came down to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. Samuel ].
Reynolds.
Mr.. George w. Turner returned last
week from a three weeks trip to
Florida. He made his headquarters
with Mr.. j. R. Mott at Deland and en-
joyed motor trips to Palm Beach
Miami and other points. Mr.. Mott
will not return to Woodland Beach
until spring. y
Mr.. and Mrs. FarlOw, of Brooklyn
N. Y, who have been visiting theil
! sister, Mrs. S. J. Reynolds, since the
funeral of Mr. Reynolds, returned
Monday. Others from a distance t
/ the funeral last Wednesday were
Mrs. Belle Cooper Farrell and Mrs
, Foley of Philadelphia.
Miss Bertha L. Hoffecker, of Hav
erford, Pa, has been spending severa
days with Mr.. and Mrs. RID. Hoffeck
= ;. er, having come at this time TO at
: tend the Century Club Birthda,
: luncheon.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson of the FrUi
= Growers National Bank, leaves to
morrow for Wilmington enroute for
. three weeks vacation to Fort Pierce
= Florida, where she will visit Mr.. an
- Mrs. 7. Stanley Kirby.
Mrs. George Sharpley, of Salisbury
Md, has returned from a short Wis
~ to Mrs. Bertha Bailey Clifton. Sh
~ was Mrs. CliftOn's guest at the Gu
- Birthday luncheon yesterday.
- Miss Caroline Hance of Philade
y y phia, was a visitor over the week-er
~ to Mr. and Mrs. Walter o. Hoffecke
and stayed over for the Century Gu
- Birthday Luncheon.
~ Representative Harry Slaughter
~ this district, who has been confined {
q his home with pleurisy for sever
days has resumed his duties with Il
legislature at Dover.
el Mrs. W. A. Doggett and Mrs. RO
al ert Mccullough, of Philadelphia, we
'le guests of Mrs. Walter T. Massey ye
IS terday and attended the luncheon
I'M the Twentieth Century Club.
es Mrs. Frank S. Busser, of Germa
X town, Philadelphia, is visiting h
Ills mother, Mrs. Joseph L. Beckett.
at Mrs. L. Irving Handy of Wilmin
'er ton, is visiting Mrs. James P. Hoffec
err er.
Ia Miss Alethia Spruance, of w
no mingtOn, has been visiting Mr.. a
as Mrs. Edgar Spruance.
as Mrs. Eugenia Roberts is spending
lSI visit with Mr.. and Mrs. B. Fra
ro- VanWinkle.
Mr.. Thomas E. Bailey celebrat
his 85th birthday Monday, and duri
AID the" day received the greetings of
number of his friends.