Smyrna times., 1926-12-15
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
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In and Around the Larger PENN
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Miss Mildred Ellis, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Slemons Ellis, of Delmar,
and John D. McHugh, of Salisbury,
have announced their marriage which
took place in ElktOn Thanksgiving
Day.
About 400 representatives from all
sections of the State of Maryland at
tended the two-day session of Mary
land Grangers being held at the Vic
omico Hotel in Salisbury, December
1st and End.
Muskrat trappers are preparing for
the opening of the season on January
/. Much activity is found in the
Counties of Maryland along the
Chesapeake Bay where this industry
has become very extensive and re-
munerative.
John H. Chambers of E'Bloomfeld"
farm, near Centreville, captured the
first place in the corn growing con
test, sponsored this year by the firm
of E. S. Valiant & Son, with pro
duction record of 113 bushels of yell
low dent per acre.
With the completion of the schedule
for the Eastern Shore Transit Com
pany, Inc, running bus line twice
daily from Cape Charles to Salisbury
and return, the Peninsula is well serv-
ed by bus lines from the nothern end
to the southern end.
According to plans now being made,
E E. Walton who recently purchased
property on the Chesapeake Bay side
Of Love Point has formally named the
location "Walton Beach" and is plan
ming the opening of new resort by
next season.
Clerk Of the Peace E. E. Clements,
of Dover, who retires from office the
first Of January, has purchased the
Price farm, just east of Dover, for
$4,000. 1t contains 100 acres. Mr..
Clements formerly owned this farm,
selling it to Mr.. Price some five or
six years ago.
The State of Delaware has conclud-
ed its road building for this year.
Ninety-four miles of road were built.
The years work includes SO miles of
concrete, five miles of sand asphalt,
19 miles Of Stag road, 101a miles of
road widening, and an eighth of
mile of amiesite.
Ocean City will have a modern
ocean pier next season with a front
portion Of the pier containing thea
tire and bowling alley. This section
of the pier will seat 1000 people The
pier will extend 750 feet into the
ocean, the whole project costing ap-
proximately $15O,OOO.
A new $4,000 armory will be form
ally opened in Centreville on the even
ing of December % by Company "K",
First Infantry Maryland National
Guard. This opening will be marked
with a large Christmas-Military Ball.
Governor Albert G. Ritchie, all State
Officials, and National Guard Officers,
and others Of prominence have been
invited.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
has three trains leaving Norfolk each
DAY for the south, connecting with its
main line at Rocky Mount, North
Carolina, with through line sleeping
cars from Norfolk. The Pennsyl
vania Railroad places two trains at
Cape Charles which connect with the
Atlantic Coast Line at Norfolk: The
Del-Mar-Va Express arriving in Nor
folk at 7.20 P. NJ for departure at
a. m. the following morning; the
Norfolk express arriving at $50 a. m.
for departure on the Coast Line eth
er at 11.50 a. m. or 6 p. m. of the
same day. These connections are made
for the use of people in the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula who travel southwark,
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