Smyrna times., 1926-06-09
CLAYTON
Budget of News Gathered Here and
There of NeighbOrhOod Interest


Trinity Church School will meet on
Sunday next at 2.45 P. NJ, and there
will be Evensong with sermon at $50
p. M.
The Board of Trustees of the Clay
ton Schools have reelected the entire
teaching staff for the ensuing year
1926-27 as follows: Principal Clarence
f. Wharton, TIT Monroe street, Will
mington; grades and 8, Mrs. Bertha
C. Jefferson, Crumpton, Md; grade
Miss Ruth Dobson, Millsboro; grade 5
Miss Edith Quillen, Sudlersville, Md;
grade a, Mrs. Blanche Smith, Clayton;
grade 8, Miss Margaret w. Jones,
Clayton; grade 2, Miss Virginia E.
Jones, Clayton; grade 1, Miss Jennie
Richards, POI Maryland avenue, Rich
ardson Park. All teachers accepted
the positions to which they were elect
ed except Mrs. Jefferson and Miss
Richards who wished to get located
nearer their homes. Mrs. Viola P.
Robinson, Marydel, Md, accepted the
position in the seventh and eighth
grades, and Mrs. Roland Mills, Clay
ton, accepted the position in the first.
Fire caused by lightning destroyed
a large barn, COW shed and pound shed
on the farm of Harry Clark, in upper
Kent County, Md, late Friday after
noon. When Chestertown firemen
arrived they found a horse and dog
dead from lightning in a remote cor
ner of the barn which was not afame
The fire had started on the opposite
side of the structure. The dwelling
was saved. A violent hail and rain
downpour accompanied the storm,
which swept the upper Eastern Shore.
Lower New Castle county and parts
of Kent county had hail storm Mon
day afternoon that damaged growing
crops. In the vicinity of Leipsic the
wheat was torn by the hail, and dam
age also was reported in the vicinity
of Blackbird. The hailstones were
small and fell for several minutes.
Among the recent Kent County real
estate transfers of interest to Clayton
are: Abel Sevil, Clayton, to Howell H.
Sevil, Clayton, two lots on Wilson
avenue, Clayton; Abel Sevil, Clayton,
TO Edna R. Savin, Clayton, two lots on
Wilson avenue, Clayton; Abel Sevil,
Clayton, to Herman N. Sevil, Clayton,
two lots on Wilson avenue, Clayton;
Abel Sevil, Clayton, to Walter S. Keys
Clayton, two lots on Wilson avenue,
Clayton; Abel Sevil, Clayton, to Rob
ert L. Sevil, Clayton, two lots on Viii
son avenue, Clayton.
The Clayton Grammar School held
its commencement exercises on Friday
evening, in the Clayton M. p Church.
The class this year is composed of the
following members: Louise Bennett,
Ellen Shortall, Agnes Conway, Mar
garet Stark, Catherine Spencer, Mary
Hutchinson, Arabella Langrell, Eliza
beth Crossley, Mary Stark, John Pratt
William Moffett, Arthur Coverdale,
Thayer Swain, Wyatt Nickerson, Clay
mon Griffin and Marshall Crossley.
The class motto "Climb, Though the
Rocks Be Rugged" and the class col
ors gold and white, were promin-.
emily displayed. The program was:
March song, Coronation" by the
audience; invocation, the Rev. G. w.
Mumford; song, america the Beauti-
full" BY the audience; salutatory,
''Class Declaration Of independence"
William Moffett; class history, Ellen
Shortall; class motto, Climb, Though
the Rocks be Rugged" "a poem), Ar
thur Coverdale; class song, ''The Call
to Action" class; essay, safety First
Mary Hutchinson; essay, Thrift, the
Nations Need" Arabella Langrell;
Langrell; class colors, "Gold and
White" "a poem), Elizabeth Crossley;
selection, mixed quartet; essay,
"Amusements," Catherine Spencer;
class flower, Daisy, Thayer Swain;
class prophecy, Agnes Conwell and
John Pratt; class will, Wyatt Nicker-
son; acceptance, president of the sew
enth grade; valedictory, "Class Greed"
Margaret Stark; awarding Of certii-
Gates, J. r. Clements; solo, Mrs. Fran
ces Kitchens; remarks by the Rev.
Thomas Getz Hill; address, Judge