Smyrna times., 1924-04-16
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

the Education Executive Conference.
This year it will meet in Boston, the
first five days of May. These Confer
ences have to do with shaping the
whole policy and program of the
Church in the field of education, and
are very important. The last one held
in Omaha, last April, made some dis
tinct contributions to the work of re-
! ligiOus education not only in the Epis-
copal Church, but in all the churches.
Immediately preceding the confer
ence, there will be held, also in Boston
the fftieth annual session of the Gen
eral Church Congress; and it is the
hope of Mr.. Hill to be able to attend .
some of the session of the Congress /
also.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lurty, of st.
Georges, well-known to this vicinity,
announce the marriage of their daugh !
ter, Elma Mae, to Walter w. McElwee |
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McElwee /
of Newport. The marriage took place I
at Snow Hill, Md, February %, by
Rev. Elwood Jones. Mr.. and Mrs.
McElwee will make their home at
Newport.
DIR. A. Lee Clifton, U. S. Navy, sta
toned at Annapolis, Md, has been
here visiting his parents, DR.. and Mrs.
John W. Clifton several days. DIR. ].
w. Clifton was taken critically i'll Fri
day night and his son was immediate
ly sent for. He has been staying with
his father until he was out of danger
Mr.. Howard D. Nendenhall, of
Media, Pa, has been visiting his son,
Mr.. Joseph Mendenhall and family at
their home near Smyrna. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mendenhall and two children re-
turned with him, Saturday afternoon
and attended family dinner on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Covey
(nee Miss Mary Cooper, of Wood
bury, N. J., are visiting Mrs. Covey's
mother, Mrs. S. Brady Cooper. The
latter has but recently returned from
n an extended visit to Chester, Pa,
Providence Rhode Island and Boston,
v Mass.
Mrs. Alexine Thompson and Mrs.
e Mable Thompson Lafayette, of Do
: yer have been spending several days
= in Smyrna visiting Miss Mary Eng
S 1ish and Mrs. Rachel VanGasken. To-
|. day is Miss Mary English's 84th
birthday and they are helping her to
celebrate the occasion quietly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis H. Bell and son
9 Robert, motored to Philadelphia Sun
7 II day on a visit to DR.. and Mrs. George
l. J. Enders. Mr. Bell returned home
d yesterday and Mrs. Bell and Robert
j stayed for a longer visit.
Il Mrs. William George Hill, of Ro-
. land Park, Maryland, is spending a
Is few days at the Colonial Inn. Her
D son, George, motored over for hel
I, Sunday, and they returned home on
u Monday.
Mrs. Annie Bernard Cunningham
i'll was called to SwarthmOre, Pa, last
Sc week by the illness and death of hel
ne brother, Mr. Allan Cunningham. She
DO remained over for the funeral.
mt Mrs. Elwood Miller and daughter
i'll Blanch, of Lock Haven, Pa, are Wis
tz, iting Mr.. and Mrs. J. Frank Webb
its Mrs. Miller is a sister of Mrs. Webb.
on Mrs. Mary Chandler, who has bee
of visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Gear
he hart and Mrs. Walter Chandler i
Brooklyn, N. Y, is now visiting he
son, Mr.. Earl Chandler and his famil
M for a short visit before going to he
~ home at Crumpton, Md.
IL h. Lar
as spending the winter in Philadelphi;
len has returned home.
lg. Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Hoffecker an
rye Miss Louise Hoffecker spent the weei
ere end at Audubon, N. j.
-rs. Mr. and Mrs. c. Leland HarmonsC
vn, and Mr.. and Mrs. Warner w. Pri'
at spent the weekend and Palm Sunds
'ch, at Atlantic City, N. j. Mrs. HarmO
lat son has been sojourning there for Il
lzel benefit of her health.
ron Miss Margaret Hance, of Philadt
of phia, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Walt
lro- o. Hoffecker.
5ter DR.. and Mrs. John G. Sharp al
Isle Mrs. Lee Hirsch, of Milford, we
lsin motor visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. L
Nc ther Lapham on Sunday at tn'
and country home, Chestnut Borders
all near Smyrna.
the Mr.. John V. Postles, of Philadelpf
The spent the weekend with his paren
repe Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Postles.
and Miss Kate Mannering, of Dover,
iged visiting among her Smyrna friends
bou- Mr.. and Mrs. f. B. Emory, of c.
val terville, Md, were visitors of Mr..
onOr Mrs. Cummins E. Speakman, at "B
with mont Hail." for the weekend.
She Mrs. Elva D. Brown of Philadelph
sons. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tho
ored as.
the Former Sheriff G.. w. Graham
onor. Kenton, now of Dover, visited
peas friends in Smyrna and over in Ken