Smyrna times., 1931-06-03

Mrs. Hirons and baby left Smyrna
for Bryn Mawr, Pa, where they
will visit the parents of Mrs. Hi
Hirons. Mrs. Hirons will be re-
membered as Miss Jean Martin, a
former member of the faculty of
the Smyrna High School. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hirons will spend the summer
in the north having Philadelphia as
his headquarters.
Rev. DR.. Wilbur F. Corkran, a
former Presiding Elder living in
Smyrna and prominent minister
of the Wilmington Conference now
residing in Seaford and filling Re
lance, was injured in an automo-
bile accident Wednesday night
when a car driven by him and one
driven by Charles w. Hurley,
young Seaford business man, ran
together on the Stein highway, be-
tween Seaford and Reliance. DR..
Corkran received lacerations of the
leg. Hurley received decorations
of the face.
Mr.. Ralph Jefferson, State
Councillor of Delaware Jr. D. u.
A. M, joined a party of national
and state officers of the order on
a pilgrimage to Lexington, N. O.,
over Memorial Day, where the new
unit of the homes for the children
Of the deceased members OF the
order is situated ana represented
Delaware in the exercises held
there. Mrs. Amanda d. Truax,
Mr.. George c. Truax, and Miss
Amanda J. Truax were the guests
of Mrs. Jefferson on Memorial Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Brown
(nee Miss Nora Cotton), Mr.. and
Mrs. Leland Brown of Philadel-
phia, and Mr.. ]. Harry Cotton of
New Brunswick, N. j., were visit
ors in Smyrna on Sunday. Mr..
Cotton, a son of the late James
H. Cotton, spent his boyhood days
in Smyrna and had not been back
for 80 years. He and the Browns,
also former Smyrnians, received a
welcome greeting by their old
friends.
Mrs. George Carter returned
home on Friday from visiting her
son, DR.. Bayard Carter and Mrs.
Carter at their home at Charlottes-
vile, Va. On her way home she
visited her niece, Mrs. Anna Pentz
at Washington, d. G. She was
also an overnight guest of Rev.and
Mrs. E. A. Lemoine at Washington.
Over the weekend Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter had as their guests Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Bayard Briggs of Philadel-
phia.
Mr. V. Lay Phillips, jeweler and
optometrist, is taking post-grad
uate course at the Penn State Col
lege of Optometry in Philadelphia,
Pa. this week. Mr.. Phillips, as will
be noted by his advertisement in
another column, is preparing to re-
furnish his optical department with
all modern instruments and equip
ment and will make optics more
active part of his business.
Mrs. Margaret w. Grimm, who
has been at Virginia Beach, return
ed and opened her house over
Memorial Day and the weekend
and entertained her brother, U. S.
Marshal Clarence G. Smithers and
her son, Mr. Joseph Grimm and
Mrs. Grimm of Haddonfield, N. ].
She expects to return with her
brother, Marshal Smithers, in a
few days.
Mrs. r. F. Corley, who has been
on a weeks visit with Mrs. Karl
Corley at her home at Washington,
D. G., returned to Smyrna on Fri
day Miss Laura Lee Corley of
West Chester, Pa, and Mr.. Charles
Owens Jr., a student at the School
of Finance, Harvard, were guests
on Sunday of Dr. and Mrs. r. F.
Corley.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Draper of
Germantown, Pa, were guests over
the weekend of Mrs. Bertha Bailey
Clifton. On Memorial Day Mrs.
Clifton and her guests and Mr.. and
and Mrs. Harry B. Clark motored
to Ocean City, Md, and spent the
day. They also visited Salisbury,
Maryland.
Miss Florence C. Lurty, of New
York City, has returned home af-
ter a weekend visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Lurty Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Brown and Mrs. Hattie Price of
Church Hill, Md, were the guests
on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Lurty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon w. Nichols,
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Sparks
and son of Glenolden, Pa; DR.. Ba-
con, Miss Elizabeth Bacon, DR.. Ba-
con of Allentown, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs
John X. Haggerty, Miss Margaret
Haggerty, and Mr.. James Carroll
Of Chester, Pa, were guests on
Memorial Day of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Beckett.
Senator Daniel o. Hastings, DR..
and Mrs. Walter o. Stack and Miss