Smyrna times., 1929-08-14
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned AbOut Town

Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town
Townsend, Aug. 13-New Castle
County road engineers are giving
some attention to the roads in the
lower part of the County below
Townsend. One of these is the
job of laying a macadam base
with tar top on the Taylors Bridge
road toward Deakyneville, a dis
tance of one and one-half miles
This work is being done under the
direction of Mr.. John Tanning, of
Marshallton. So far the work has
been pushed rapidly owing to the
favorable weather and the work is
about three-fourths completed.
Recently Mr.. Tanning changed his
base of operations from Townsend
to Smyrna after having had base
here for four weeks or more. Other
contracts held by Mr.. Tanning are
the stretches of highway from
Stump Corner toward Fieldsboro,
to be laid a distance of one and
one-half miles, also another stretch
/ of the same distance near Taylor's
Bridge. During the past week
/ surveyors have been engaged in
preparing to improve the highway
from McDonough to Bayview, a
distance of three miles.
The Justright Canning Company
who have plants located at Town
send, VanDyke and Blackbird, have
decided to put their VanDyke
plant in condition to can tomatoes
for the coming season. Mr.. w. Q.
Money, the general manager, stat
es that they will be in the market
for a large quantity of tomatoes
provided the supply can be purch-
ased in the local market at a rea-
sonable price.
| Mrs. Edward Hart has been
spending several days with her
daughter, Mrs. Clarkson Taylor, in
Rehoboth.
Miss Helen Reynolds of Will
mington, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Scarbor-
ough, of Wilmington, spent Sun
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
D. B. Jones.
Mrs. Clayton Johnson and daugh-
ters, of Galena, spent a visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Reynolds.
Mrs. Richard Hodgson and Mrs
ndrew Reynolds have been spend
ing two weeks visit in New York
and Ohio.
Mrs. Fannie Daniels and grand
son of Wilmington, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Daniels and family.
Mr.. j. Pierson and Miss Minnie
Allen, of Philadelphia, were recent
visitors at the home of Miss Es-
tella VanDyke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton MacSorley
and family, of Cambridge, Md,
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Hodgson.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Garrett and
Miss Dorothy Mattiford and Mr..
and Mrs. William Wells were rec
ent visitors at Rehoboth Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Hutchison,
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Reynolds,
also Mr.. and Mrs. Horace VanHorn
Jr., have returned from Atlantic
City.
Mr. and Mrs Osborne Banning,
of Coatesville, Pa, spent a visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs M.
Banning, and other relatives here
recently.
Mrs. L. l.. Maloney entertained
one day last week: Mrs. Joseph
Martin and daughter, Mrs. John
Farnce and Mrs. Franklin Taylor,
of Wilmington.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hutchison
of Wilmington, spent brief visit
recently with his father and sister,
Mr.. David Hutchison and Mrs.
Margaret Buckson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hochwald
and daughter, Miss Beatrice, and
son, Albert; also John Patton, all
of Philadelphia, have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs ]. H. w. Naylor.
Mr.. and Mrs M. Banning, Mr..
and Mrs. Baynard Marvel and
daughters, Anita and Mary, also
Margaret McClain, have returned
from a week at Slaughter Beach,
having returned on Sunday.
KENTON