Smyrna times., 1929-11-13
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
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Brief News Items of People We
Know In and Around the Larg-
er Peninsula Towns
Swepson Earle, State Conserva-
tive Commissioner, has urged the
Eastern Shore Of Maryland to have
a chemical analysis made of the
vegetables and seafood produced
on the Peninsula to determine their
iodine content.
Work is expected to start in a
few days on the construction of a
new hotel at Crisfield, Nd, which
is to cost $143,OOO. The structure
will be four stories in height, with
forty-three rooms, ballroom, grill
elevators and private baths.
Maryland State Motor Commits
sioner E. Austin Baughman, last
week, issued statement that
automobile licenses will, in other
years, be issued from the Balti-
more office, instead of establishing
branch offices through the State.
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Elizabeth r. Courtney and
Watson j. Galloway, both of Mil
ford, has been made. The wedd-
ing took place Friday night, Nov.
1st, the Rev. Frank Herson, pastor
of the Milford M E. Church, per-
forming the ceremony.
Representatives from the differ
ent camps throughout the State
affiliated with the Patriotic Order
Sons of America are expected to
attend a Statewide meeting at
Woodside on Thursday night, No
vember 21. The occasion will be
the anniversary of Camp No. "a
and a visitation from Past Nation
al Masters of Forras Neil Jamison,
who has charge of the organiza-
tion work throughout most of New
Jersey. A district meeting has al
so been planned for the evening.
The Peninsula Horticultural So
ciety, which will hold its annual
meeting at Easton, Md, on Decem-
ber and 6, has announced the list
of premiums to be awarded in con
nection with the exhibit held at
that time. The officers of the So
ciety are: President, w. Mason
Shahan, Easton, Md; vice-presi-
dent, H. G. Baker Bridgeville;
treasurer, w. Lee Allen, Salisbury,
Md; secretary, DR.. j. F. Adams,
of the Delaware State Board of
Agriculture.
Mrs. Elizabeth A.Wack, 80 years
old, died last Monday night in Do
yer General Hospital from injuries
received when she was struck by
an automobile taking part in a pol
itical demonstration. The aged
woman was on her way to
church meeting near her home in
Ledgewood. Witnesses said she
from the curb and in front
of the automobile of Vincent Cor
coran of Mine Hill. The impact
fractured her skull and broke her
left ankle.
The condition of the stock mar
ket was blamed for the apathetic /
attitude of lovers of antique furni-
ture, by John S. Mcdaniel, of Eas-
ton, Nd, whose collection apprais- I
ed by dealers at $4,000, was sold
by the Anderson Galleries, Inc, in
New York recently for S35,750 I
Estimates of the value of the col |
lection, one of the largest in Mary
land, had been as high as S15O,000. /
Smaller pieces sold at prices above /
the appraised value, but the large
pieces of the early eighteenth CEN
tury found little demand.
As an expression of appreciation
of the faithfulness of Lieutenant /
Governor ]. Henry Hazel, one of
the official members of Peoples I
Christian Church, in acting as
treasurer of the church building
fund, which fund was entirely paid
off some three weeks ago at Sun
day service Of Peoples Christian
Church, DR.. R. G. Helfenstein, pas
tor of Peoples Church, Friday
evening presented Mr.. Hazel with
a platinum faced special resigned
diamond stick pin, the gift of the
pastor and member of the church
Mr.. Hazel also did much work in
making the collections of the final
amount needed.