Smyrna times., 1932-05-11
Personal and Social
People Who Come and Go
and Their Social Doings

Rev. Adam Stengle OF Whining
ton. retired minister of Whining
ton Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence and former pastor Of AS
bury M. E. Church, Smyrna, cele-
brated, with his wife, on Thursday
at their home 407 West 21st street,
their fifty-frst wedding annivers-
airy. They were entertained at
dinner by their son-in-law and
daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. ]. w.
Colona, at the parsonage of the
Harrison street NJ E. Church. Mr..
Stengle, who is 81 years old, is in
health and attended the annual
meeting of the G. A. r. last week.
He enlisted in PurnelPs Legion of
the Union Army at the age of II
and saw action in several battles.
He is the oldest living member o!
the Wilmington M. E. Conference
both in years and in membership
having joined the conference two
years after its formation as sep
arate unit following the separation
from the Philadelphia Conference
in 1869. He was the first preach
er to have charge on Chinco-
league Island, Va, and served as
superintendent of the Salisbury
district from 1908 to 1908. He re-
tired in 1915.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar T. Heinold,
Mr.. Clifford Heinold, Miss Virginia
Heinold, Miss Hilda Lockerman,
Mr.. Paul Nowland, Miss Elsie Now
land. Mrs. w. J. Nowland, Miss
Dorothy Riggs, and Mr.. S. Allan
Moffitt attended last night the
commencement exercises at the
Homeopathic Hospital Training
School for nurses, held at Hanover
Presbyterian Church at Whining
ton. Miss Marion T. Heinold, form
erly of this town and a graduate Of
the Smyrna High School, was
among the graduates. Miss Helm
old was also president of her class.
The diplomas were presented by
R. R. M. Carpenter, president of
the hospital board of directors,
who also presented each graduate
with a bouquet of roses. U. S.
Senator Daniel Q. Hastings made
the address on Patience"
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lees and
granddaughter, Miss Nancy Lees,
and Mr.. Hoyle Lees Of Baltimore,
Md, were the guests over the week
end Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Carter
at Cedar Brook Farm, near Smyr-
na. On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence J. Pyle, Mr.. Clement ".
Hallam, Miss Anna Young, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arnold Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Gropp and son, Miss Scott,
Misses Emily, Edna, and Elizabeth
Bullock, Mr.. Ray Conley, Mr.. Ed
gar F. Bullock, Jr., all of Will
mington. On Monday Mr.. Henri
1. Hazelton and Mr.. Bruce of
Fruitland, Md, were visitors.
Mrs. Gordon Edwards Of Phila-
delphia, who spent last week in
Smyrna visiting her father, Mr.. e.
Frank Gootee and Mrs. Gootee,
was the guest of honor at a pro
gressive dinner party last Thurs
day evening. The first course was
served by Mrs. Ralph G. FAIRIES and
Mrs. Olive Hirons Shallcross at the
home Of Mrs. FAIRIES; second course
by Mrs. George w. Boehmler;
third course by Mrs. Thomas H.
Coverdale and Mrs. Ernest p. Col
lins at the home of Mrs. Coverdale,
and fourth, by Mrs.G. Davis Brown
and Mrs. Henry G. Webb at the
Delaware House. Bridge followed
at Mrs. Browns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence 3. Ray
mond, Mrs. Harry G. Tschudy, Miss
Cora Tschudy, Miss J. Agnes Cum
Minis, Mrs. Edward S. Dwight, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward G. Walls, Mrs.
William George Hill, Misses Mary
and Emily Spruance, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank H. Hynson and daughter
Miss Mary e. Hynson, Miss Anna
B. Beckett, Miss Eunice Low
master, Mrs. Margaret w. Grimm,
and Mrs. John w. Clifton were
among those from Smyrna to at
tend the celebration at Lewes on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin G. McKen-
zie who since moving to Smyrna
from Wilmington have been occu-
pying a portion of the residence of
Mrs. J. z. DeFord on Commerce
Street, have rented from Miss Lii
lian Wright her property long
known as the Gootee property on
the corner of Market and Mt. Yer
non Street. They will take pos
session next month.
Messrs. G. Medford Sparks, En-
gene Porter, B. Franklin Middle
ton, Lester Goldsborough, William
Ellison, Leonard A. Collins, Jr.,
Carl Bartlett, Frank P. McCawley,
Stout Bickling, and VIM. Hamburg
motored to Cape Charles, Va, to-
day to attend the Delmarva Vol
unteer Firemen's Association con-
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