Smyrna times., 1926-10-13
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

Mr.. G.. Herman Pierce of Kansas
City, Mo-, has been visiting his moth
er, Mrs. Willard G. Pierce and renew
ing old Smyrna friendships. Mrs.
Pierce had been at Asbury Park, Nj,
and when she received word her son
was coming, she arranged to meet
him in Philadelphia and come on home
with him. Mr.. Pierce is connected
with the Kansas City Gas Company
and though successful in the west, he
longs for the time when he can come
back east and settle in Philadelphia.
This he contemplates when his daugh-
ter now in the Kansas City High
School, graduates. His wife, who was
formerly Miss Marion Rogers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. i. Rogers of
this town, did not accompany him on
this trip. He returns home this week.
Mrs. Ernest Slaughter entertained
"Club Party" at her home near town
yesterday afternoon at which a de-
lightful time was had. Those present
were: Mrs. Margaret Grimm, Mrs. A.
d. Cole, Miss Laura Bell, Miss Rena
Williams, Mrs. Norman w. Coleman,
Mrs. J. Newell Lloyd, Mrs. Norris
Truax, Mrs. Howard R. Jones, Mrs.
Fl. H. Kenyon, Mrs. Walter Hynson,
Mrs. F. E. Postles, Mrs. ]. Frank
Webb.
Mrs. Harold Whittle, (nee Miss
Doris Nichols), of Punta Gordan,
Florida, is spending a few days with
Miss Helen Shapley. Mrs. Whittle
came up from Florida just before the
Hurricane disaster, and has been Wis
iting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Ran
som P Nichols at Easton, Md, form
erly of Smyrna. She will visit Dow
err and Pocomoke City before her re-
turn.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson S. Gearhart
and daughter Mary Alice, and also
Mrs. Forman, Mrs. Gearhart's mother
all of Brooklyn, N. Y, motored down
to Smyrna on Saturday to spend the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der FAIRIES. Mrs. Forman and Mary
Alice will spend few days at At
lantic City before returning home.
Miss Maria Cristina Barreras of
Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland
and Miss Aurea Noya, Of Porto Rica,
were weekend guests of Miss Cooper,
of of our school teachers at Miss
Edith Hazell's. Miss Cooper was
former student at Goucher College
and the meeting was reunion Of
chums.
Mr.. Roy r. Tucker Of Beverley
Hills, California, is visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Tucker.
He hastened home as soon as he
heard Of the critical illness of his
daughter Miss Martha Grace Tucker
at Dover. He arrived a few hours af-
ter her death.
Miss Clara West HAZEL who has
been spending the summer with Rev.
and Mrs. G. ". Gilreath at Garden
City, N. ", returned yesterday and is
preparing to break up her home here,
sell her household goods and residence
and move to Garden City, n. Y.
Mr. William P. Reynolds Of Town
send, is visiting at the home of his
daughter Mrs. James Wilson at Smyr-
ma. Mr.. Reynolds was 81 years old \
on September I'd, and this was his
first motor trip for sometime, he hav-
ing had a slight accident few
months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Edwards, with
their friends Mrs. Ethel Burtis and
Mr.. Gruber of Philadelphia, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Frank
Gootee on Sunday.
Miss Cynthia Baines of Pocomoke
City, Nd, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J.
E. Wilson Jr., on the Boulevard.
Mrs. w. V. Messick, son James and
little Billy Roe, took in the Sesqqui
Centennial yesterday.
Miss Helen Kay spent the weekend
in Philadelphia with friends. She
witnessed the Penn-Swarthmore gan
on Saturday.
Miss Mabel Wheatman who has
been visiting in Buffalo, N. Y, and
Philadelphia, for several months, has
to Smyrna for the winter.
DR.. and Mrs. E. s.. Dwight are
spending few days in Philadelphia
where DR.. Dwight is receiving treat
ment for sinus trouble.
Mrs. Harry S. Anthony, Of Dover,
was a recent visitor at the home of
Mrs. Rebecca FAIRIES.
Mrs. Arthur Stotesbury and chill
dren who have spent the summer at
their cottage at Bowers Beach have
returned home.
Mr.. Harvey Price, wife and daugh-
ter of Philadelphia, Miss Florence G.
Lulty of Camden, N. j., spent the
with Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Lurty.