Smyrna times., 1931-06-03
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
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Brief News Items of People We
Know In and Around the Larg-
er Peninsula Towns
Revocations of automobile oper
ator's licenses during the month of
May have been "a, of which II
were from Delaware; IL from
Pennsylvania; 4 from Maryland
and l from Virginia.
The Board of Education for Cecil
county, Md, has set Thursday,
June 11th, as the date for holding
the commandments at the various
high schools in that county. There
are 181 tentative graduates this
year, representing an increase OF
SO over last year.
Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Guy c. White, of Fed
eralsburg, Md, of the coming mar
riage of their daughter to Lester
F. Baylis, both of Wilmington. The
wedding will take place at the
home of the parents of the bride
to-be at fredericksburg, Md, on June
6. Following a wedding trip Mr..
Baylis and his bride will reside at
1905 West ST., Wilmington.
The Caesar Rodney Alumni AS
sociation will hold its annual ban
quet on Saturday evening, June 6,
in the Round Table Club House,
Wyoming. Judge Richard S. Rod
ney is expected to be present and
make the address. Floyd's Orch
estra of Wilmington will furnish
music for the occasion. Attorney
Jasper Story is president of the
Alumni Association.
The Dover Parent Teacher Asso-
citation has elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, the Rev. Milton B. Andrews;
vice-president, Prof. George Hen
ry; secretary, Mrs. Alfred S.Biggs;
treasurer, John Tarbutton; pro-
gram chairman, Mrs. Myrtle Cub
bage; membership chairman, Mrs.
Robert E. Lewis; publicity chair
man, Mrs. Jacob Erlich; hospitality
chairman, Mrs. John Shilling.
The Chestertown Volunteer Fire
Company has elected the following
delegates and alternates to the
annual meeting of the States Fire
mems Association at Ocean City,
Md, July s to IL: Delegates H.
Thompson, Simmons Locates, c.
A Bacon, George G. Pc nnington,
E. Scott Thompson. Alternates-
j E. Blackway, Robert Loud, Will
lard H. Thawley, Graham Nelson,
Ernest Leverage.
4 Miss Eda Othella Bailey, young
est daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Bailey, of Queens
town, Md, and Francis Edwin
Shortall, of Centreville, Md, were
quietly married at the rectory of
Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church
Centreville, last week The Rev.
Eugene J. Kraemer performed the
ceremony Mr. Shortall is employ
ed at Pioneer Point Farms. He is
the grandson of Mrs. Thomas F.
Shortall, Centreville.
The marriage of Miss Kathryne
Elizabeth Bishop, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earle r. Bishop,
of "Kinderhook, near Centreville,
Md. and Charles Harrington Knots
of Sudlersville, Md, took place at
the home of the brides parents
this afternoon. Mr.. Knots is the
youngest son of County Commits
sioner and Mrs. James t. Knots,
of Sudlersville, and is associated
with his father in the mercantile
business.
Following custom inaugurated
several years ago the Dover Ro-
tary Club at the weekly meeting
Wednesday evening, had as guests,
veterans of the Civil War. The
survivors present at Wednesday
nights meeting were Augustus
Gan, Gustavus A. Miller, John Rob
inson and Thomas Hammond, who
were introduced by Prof. Clarence
A. Short. The address was given
by the Rev. James H. Bishop, di-
rector of religious education of the
Wilmington M. E. Conference.
Mrs. Margaret ]. Hudson, daugh-
/ ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore NJ
Jarvis, of Harbeson, six miles east
of Georgetown, and Howard Sab
bott, son of the late Rufus Abbott
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