Smyrna times., 1925-08-12
CLAYTON

at Clayton.
EwelIs NJ. P. Sunday School is tax
ing picnic at Colchester Beach to-
day.
Hog cholera is reported on the
premises of Charles H. Crawford,
over near Sassafras, Nd.
The local grape crop promises to
prove one of the best grown in sew
eral years.
The Clayton Carnival opened Fri
dty night and as usual it was the
mecca for old and young. The town
folks are getting in back of their vol
unteer fire fighters and giving them a
whole hearted support.
The directors of the Community
Fire Company, Millington, Md, have
selected Wednesday evening, August
26, for dedcating their new irehouse.
Mrs. Anna L. Donovan has sold her
residence on West street to Frank
Pratt The terms of the sale were
not made known.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hammond
are being congratulated on the arrival
at Miss Markers Sanitarium, July Is,
of a fine 13-pound baby boy.
The popularity of the RehObOth,
Del, and Ocean City, Md, excursions
was manifested at the recent excur-
sion to Ocean City, when more than
one hundred purchased tickets from
Clayton station. This included pa
irons from Smyrna, Clayton and sur
rounding country. The two Clayton
boys, Preston Poore and Elmer Van
SAINT who missed their train on return
from Ocean City were driven to an
other town where they caught later
train home.
Wyoming and Dover, Delaware, and
QueponOco, Md, farmers are exceed
ing those Of other sections of the Pen
insula in shipping peaches over the
Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. According to reports COM
ing from the Wilmington Office of the
company, more than 1900 baskets of
the fruit have been shipped this sea-
son, while last year the total ship
ment at the same period was a little
over 5000 baskets. Friday 2400 baS
kets were shipped from Wyoming and
668 from Dover. The shipment on
Wednesday was 600 from Wyoming
and 5O4 from Queponoco Only eight
baskets OF pears were shipped We'd
nesdav over the division. Thus far
this year, % baskets have been ship
ped, while in 1924 on the same date
the produce consignment included
three baskets of pears, the total then
being 1876 baskets. Increases are be-
ing noted in the tomato shipments.
There were II baskets shipped on
Wednesday in comparison with the 29
baskets shipped on the same date last
year. The total for this year amounts
to 6567, while in 1924 the total on the
same date was only 467 baskets. The
cantaloupe crop on the Peninsula this
year is a bumper one, according TO the
shipment reports. On Wednesday
1919 carriers were sent from all
parts of Delaware and the Easter
Shore, which is 13,340 carriers more
than were shipped last year at the
same date. The grape shipments be-
gan Wednesday with promises of {
successful season. There were 69t
pounds shipped At this time las
year the grape consignments had no
begun.
Personals.-Mr. and Mrs H. Carey
of Frederica, and Mr.. and Mrs. Kohl
er, of Philadelphia, are visiting at thu
Carey Cottage at Woodland Beach
Mr.. Carey, Mrs. Naylor, Miss Na
loney and Miss Barnes, of Clayton
have been visitors at the Carey cot
tage.-Mrs. I'D. Horn and Miss Cath
crime Horn, of Clayton, are guests o
Mrs. Hodgkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Coverdale, of Clayton, who have bee
visiting Mrs. Hodgkins, have returne
home.-Miss Betty Carey. and Mr.;
George Penglast, of Philadelphia, an
John Ennis, of Odessa, have been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Tunis a
"Nunlylit" cottage at WOOdlan
Beach. last week-Miss Ethel Care
has been entertaining a house part
at the Carey cottage at WOoldan
Beach.-Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Tuni
Jr., have returned from Philadelphi;
Mr.. and Mrs. H. +. Huff and Mr.
J. NJ Huff and daughter, Elizabetl
of Wilmington, have been guests {
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Tunis, Jr., {
Clayton, in their Woodland Beach co
tage-Miss Isabel Horn, Of Clayto
is spending several weeks at "Map
Cottage" with Mrs. Hodgkins.-M
and Mrs. f. B. Jones, Of Clayton, hay
been guests at Maple Cottage.-Mr
John Coppage has returned home a
ter spending two weeks with h
daughter, Mrs. Lillian Oak, at Marcl
Hook-Mrs. Shoester, Of Wilmingto
spent the weekend with her siste
Mrs. Bertha Graham.-Mrs. Myrt
Pennock, of ElktOn, Md, is visitir
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William