Smyrna times., 1926-05-19
CLAYTON
Budget of News Gathered Here and
There of NeighbOrhOod Interest


Walter r. Keys, Clayton has sold to
Herman N. Sevil, Clayton, a property
at West and High Streets, Clayton.
Alfred Willyham and family of Mil
lington, Nd, have moved into their
new home on Smyrna avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Budd Pleasanton are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of a daughter, born Monday, May 10,
1926.
Miss Margaret Newman is re-
covering from injuries received re
Gently when struck by a car near
>Gayton.
Because of an accident which is
alleged to have caused the death of
his son, Merritt COLLISION, last July,
when an automobile which the young
man was driving wasstruck by a pas
-senger train on the Massey & Chester
town branch of the Pennsylvania Rail
road at crossing near Still Pond sta
ion, Francis A. COLLISION, father of the
dead boy, through his attorneys, John
w. Barroll and Morris K. Barroll, of
Chestertown, has filed a suit for $780,
D00 damages against the Pennsylvania
Company in the Baltimore City court.
The case has been docketed for trial
this month. Young COLLISION was killed
almost instantly when the locomotive
struck the large bread truck he was
driving. COLLISION was employed by
Chance & Kirby, bakers, of Chester
town, Md, at the time Of the accident.
While attempting to cross the street
near the four corners at Warwick, Md.
Clark George, age six years, was
struck by a passing automobile, sus-
tanning broken leg and other painful
injuries. The motorist, M. ]. Nc
Ginnis, of Crumpton, Md, took the
boy to the Office of DR.. Niles for at
tention.
Rain Of Saturday night and Sunday
has been worth thousands of dollars
tothe people in this part of the
State. There had been drought for
three weeks and all kinds of vegeta-
tion was in danger Of burning up
when the rain arrived. Strawberries
scarlet clover and all kinds of vege-
tables have been benefited and the
crops have been saved.
Trinity Church School will meet on
Sunday next at 2.45 p. m. This will
be Whitsunday, the Birthday of the
church and it is expected that every
one will make their own Birthday Of
fering at this time. There will be
EvensOng with sermon at $50 p. m.
At the 39th Annual Convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union which was held in the NJ. E.
Church, Magnolia, Wednesday, May
IL, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
Ella D. Cordray, Harrington; Vice
president, Mrs. Mary Herring, FELTON,;
Corresponding Secetary, Mrs. Ethel
M. Collins, Magnolia; Recording Sec
retary, Mrs. Alice F. Sinex, Clayton;
Treasurer, Mrs. Lucy M. Conwell, Do
yer. Hon. Michael J. Tanning, of
Philadelphia, Pa, was the speaker of
the afternoon. His stirring address,
prohibition Has Made Good" was
very encouraging and was enjoyed by
all.
Miss Melita Ellingsworth of Clay
ton, and George w. Knots, Jr., Of
Kepton, slipped away quietly, it is re-
ported, on Friday, May IA, and were
married. The bride is well known
here. It is said they will reside in
Kenton.
Arthur J. Smith, blacksmith in the
car shop at Delmar, on the Delaware
road, assisted by mis- helper, @. H.
Marvel, has designed and built from
scrap material an Open-end box type
chuck for retaining old bolts. 1t
will take bolt dies from one-half inch
to one and three eights inches. Dies
are easily removed or replaced by tax
ing out two inside cotter pins. The
contrivance is driven by a reversible
air-driven boring machine. During
March 2200 old bolts were rethreaded
and used in various repair jobs around
the car shop. With this machine these
two men can rethread ten old bolts in
the same time as one man can re-
thread one bolt with the conventional
stock and die operated by hand. To
facilitate the operation of the device,
1t has been suspended from the roof
beams by chains. At present these
men are working on another chuck
which will take dies of larger size