Smyrna times., 1927-12-28
CLAYTON
Budget Of News Gathered Here and
There Of NeighborhOOd Interest

is about competed ana jacob ". f1Ill
the inspector expects it will be opened
for traffic on January IL. The bridge
is to replace one washed away during
a recent rain storm. The structure is
one of the latest designs for bridges
and has twenty feet span in the clear.
The foundations are set in pilings
driven to a depth Of thirty feet. The
bridge is 44 feet inches over all, and
is built Of encased beams with steel
reinforcement in the concrete. Four
inch drain pipes have been placed in
the piers to take care of water and
present washaway and holes have also
been left in the concrete railing to
allow fire apparatus to drop hose to
the water below 50 that it can be
pumped in case Of fire. The bridge
was built under the direction Of Char
les E. Grubb, county engineer for New
Castle county, and James "A. Hirons,
Of Dover, was the contractor.
Mr.. and Mrs. WI T. Hoffceker en-
tertained over the Christmas Holidays
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pennick and son
of Elkton, Md, Mr.. Walter Allen and
SUI I1Eu Ol Nal o4Aotl4lOAA anu 4h4oo
Lottie Rust Of Wilmington.
Miss Addie Harris of Philadelphia,
and Mr.. William Harris Of Camden,
N. j., spent the Christmas Holidays
with their mother, Mrs. John Harris.
Holt Pratt, Floyd Wright and Cliff
ford Hurd of Delaware College, spent
the weekend with their parents.
Sevil Keys Of Washington College,
spent the Christmas Holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Keys.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coverdale and son,
and Mrs. Graham are spending the
winter months with Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford Graham Of New Church, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parker enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Wiess of Pennington.
Mrs. Sadie Wright of Wilmington,
spent Christmas with Mrs. Florence
Harrison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Jones had as
their guests On Christmas, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Y. Boggs Of Wilmington, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Stevens Of Milling
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Pratt and
family Of Smyrna.
Ernest Blackiston, colored, age So,
while driving his automobile from
Smyrna to Clayton early Saturday
morning ran into the north bound
Norfolk Express train, running about
65 miles an hour. Demolished the
automobile, killed the driver and in
the compact Of the accident turned
over the crossing watchman's watch
box, standing on the east side Of the
railroad. The party killed was well
known in this vicinity and was con
sidered a very good and reliable farm
hand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Day entertain
ed on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Day, j., and family and Mr.. Roland
Day, all Of Wilmington.
Owing to the Christmas Holidays
the Tuesday Night Sewing Circle was
postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cummings and
son, Of Camden, spent the weekend
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. ]. s.
Cobb.
Mr.. Willard James Of Wilmington,
Was uOIiC LfEI liiC MGEh-GAA1d
Miss Ruth jenkins Of Washington,
d. c., and her friend Miss Bertha
Song Of Maine, spent Christmas with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George b
Jenkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Davis and
family Of Wilmington, spent Christ
mas with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George B.VJenkins.
A meeting of the Clayton p. f. A.
was held last week. The social hour
was in charge of the fifth grade IN
der the supervision of their teacher,
Mrs. Moore Christmas carols were
sung followed by three playlets,
Health Play" Eating Milk" "The
Greater Force" and "The True Christ
mas Spirit" The speaker for the ev-
ening was Mrs. Cleaver, treasurer Of
the State P. 7. A.
r. w. Slaughter, Clayton's well
known lumber and coal merchant, en-
tertained members Of the building
trade from Delaware and the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and a few others
at dinner held at the Delaware
House, Smyrna, Friday evening. Mrs
Scott, proprietor Of the hotel had dec
Grated the dining room and table and
music was furnished BY a Dover or
chestra. George Carter was toast
master. After few remarks by both
Mr.. Slaughter and the POSTMASTER,
short addresses were made by Form
er State Senator Robert Hollett, G.
w. Hall, freight traffic manager at
Clayton for the Pennsylvania Rail
road; the Rev r. K. Stephenson, pas
tor Of Asbury NJ. E. Church, Smyrna;
Rev. d. j. Givan, William Barnes, B.
w. Duling, a contractor Of Millington,
Maryland. Mr. Slaughter's guests,
in addition to those alreay named,
were: Postmaster Alfred Hudson,
Joseph Collins, Olen Duling, Fletcher
Daniels, John Griffin, former magis-
trate: Frank Green. Howard Green.