Smyrna times., 1924-06-25
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

Miss Ida Downes, of Philadelphia.
formerly of Kenton, spent Monday
evening with Mrs. Bertha Bailey Cliff
ton. Miss Downes leaves tomorrow,
Thursday, to spend four years in
Pekin, China. She will teach English
at the Pekin University and incident
ally tour the orient. Miss Downs has
not only been in hospital work as a
registered nurse since she left Ken
ton, but for the past two years has
been teaching and studying at Column
bia University, New York. She feels
there is an opportunity for her in
China and having met some influential |
friends who are doing work in Pekin, |
she decided to join them. There is
quite a colony of Americans in China
and her stay there promises to be
pleasant and interesting. A number
of Smyrna and Kenton friends called
to extend farewell greetings.
Miss Bertha Doak, daughter of Mrs.
Hattie Armitage Doak, of Greenville,
Tennessee, will be married to Mr..
George M. Sipple, son of William V.
Sipple, Sr., of Milford, at o'clock
this Wednesday evening, in Greenville.
Mr.. Sipple is a graduate Of the Uni
versity of Delaware, class of 1921 and
a member of the Kappa Alpha fra
ternity. Following this graduation he
went to North Carolina as an engin-
eer for the North Carolina State
Highway Commission. Later he en-
tered the mining bushes in that state
and is now half owner in a large
mica mine there. Mr.. Sipple has many
friends throughout the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ayres J. Stockly and
son, of Wilmington, were visitors to
their mother, Mrs. John c. Stockly
last week. Thursday afternoon at
the Stockly home, the Rev. Thomas
Getz Hill, rector of st. Peters Church
baptised the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ayres Stoclly. The little fellow
was christened Charles Wilson Stock
ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Spruance, Jr,
and daughter; Mrs. w. E. Spruance,
Sr., and Mrs. Nan Spruance Jones of
Philadelphia, were motor visitors to
Smyrna over the weekend, guests of
Mrs. George Reed LOhand and Miss
Edith Collins. Mrs. Jones has just
returned from a trip to California
where she visited her daughter.
Mr.. w. o. Hoffecker left Monday
for Chicago, ILL.,, to attend a commit
tee meeting on World Wide Service to
which he was appointed by the Gener-
al Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church which met recently in
Springfield, Mass. He will be gone
about a week.
! DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Hoffecker Ca
hOon, Of New York City; Mr.. and Mrs
/ E.P. Brown, Philadelphia, and Mrs.Lida
Cahoon TenEyck, Springfield, Mass.
were motor visitors to Smyrna friends
q and relatives on Friday. They haC
: been touring the Delaware Maryland
q Peninsula.
: Miss Thelma A. Robinson spent TIT
a weekend in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Bailey of Will
: mington; Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bailey ant
: son, Bobby, of Philadelphia, spent th'
i weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. JOsepl
r Lowe.
. Miss Catharyn Denney left MOnda!
: for the session Of Summer School a
d Newark.
- Mr.. Merrill HutchisOn, of YOrklyn
h Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Williams, of Sea
f ford; Russell HutchisOn, Lewes; Spru
70 ance Hutchison, of Easton, Md, Ed
" ward Hutchison, of Salisbury, Md
% spent the weekend with Mrs. job
n Hutehison.
f Mr.. and Mrs. Garder w. Beckett
70 who are now residing in Florida, ar
20 receiving congratulations on the al
M rival early yesterday of fine bah
boy, Gardner w. Beckett, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Turner an
~ Mrs. CastiHa Winford, of Wimlingto
n motored down in their new car Mol
n day and spent the day greeting the
he Smyrna friends.
H. Postmaster F. ]. Dodson is spen'
IL ing few days in New York, n. I.
os Mr.. and Mrs. William I. Bryan,
an Winnefield, Pa, stopped Saturday
ds Postmaster and Mrs. F. j. Dodson
70 on their way to their summer hon
10 at HowelPs Point, Md, where thu
of will spend the summer.
;e Miss Roberta Denney has return'
nd from Georgetown, where she joined
icb house party of Tome Institute girls
Ia the home of Miss Nancy Valiant.
nv Miss ]. Agnes Cummins left la
tv- week for Bar Harbor, Maine, whe
T she will be the guest of her sist'
TN Mrs. Henry B. McMichael, and Jud
M McAIichael, Philadelphia, who have
ing cottage there. =.
Miss Catherine Denney is attendil
ess the summer school at the Universl
our of Delaware, Newark.
inn Mr.. Cornelius Tilghman is after
sed ing the military training camp
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