Smyrna times., 1932-05-04
NEWS BUDGETS FROM
NEARBY TOWNS
CLAYTON
items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Cavf,.rxy CR,.F npnbon,, n,a &c

of the year was the annual clu
luncheon of the Clayton Centur
Club, Friday, April Goth, at 12.a
p. m. The club room was beaut
fully decorated with cut flower
potted plants and candles. Th
color scheme being pink and whitt
which blended with the ping an
white lights made very pleasin
effect. "A very attractive and ap
petizing menu was served: chicke
salad, Delaware baked ham, po
tato chips, stuffed olives, sWee
gherkins, Maryland biscuits, ic
cream, angel food cake, mints an
coffee. After this short talks wer
given by DR.. Dalema Draper o
Milford; Mrs. William Beacon, o
Wilmington; Mrs. William Covey
of Seaford; Mrs. r. E. Lewis, Do
yer; Mrs. S. p. Rolph and Mrs. F
z. Booth Of Wilmington. Then fol
lowed a program of piano solo
MrsWilliam Mabrey; reading, Mrs
johnson; vocal solo, Mrs. Mabrey;
singing, The Junior Glee Club OF
Clayton. Mrs. w. r. Keys, the
president, was then presented with
a beautiful basket of flowers by
the club members, who greatly ap-
preciate her loyalty and untiring
efforts during the past two years.
Club members and guests present
were: DR.. Dalema Draper, Mrs. w.
Barrett, Milford; Mrs. ]. F. Hud-
son, Rehoboth; Mrs. w. o. Covey,
Mrs. E. ]. Hardesty, Seaford; Mrs.
A. L. Sipple, FELTON,; Mrs. R. But
Ter, Houston; Mrs. R. B. Hopkins,
Milton; Mrs E. Anderson, Bridge
vile; Mrs. S. L. Adams, George
town; Mrs. Edgar Townsend, Eel
ton; Mrs. Howard Pool, Middle
town; Mrs. R. E. Lewis, Mrs. w.
A. Powell, Dover; Mrs. w. II.
Beacon, Mrs. F. E. Booth, Mrs. S.
P. Rolph, Mrs. w. c. Oesterle, Mrs
Frank Reynolds, Mrs. H. Taylor,
Mrs. Frances Scout, Wilmington;
Mrs. George Carter, Mrs. Harvey
Jones, Mrs. Ralph Jefferson, Mrs.
Frank Gootee, Mrs. Helen Attix,
Smyrna; Miss Mary Ross, Mrs.
Merrill Boggs, Mrs. Louise Hudson,
Mrs. William Mabrey, Mrs. Her
man Sevil, Mrs. E. Meredith, Miss
Florence Marker, Mrs. Dudley
Crossley, Mrs. S. Jones, Mrs.Frank
Savin, Mrs. ]. w. Ford. Mrs. Alice
Walker, Mrs. Charles Stewart, Mrs
Elizabeth Stevens, Mrs. William
Wroten, Mrs. William Reihms, Mrs
Pearl Boggs, Mrs. William Hollett,
Mrs. R.W. Slaughter, Mrs.R.H. Hol-
lett, Mrs. w. L. Gooding, Mrs. E.
Potter, Mrs Neva Johnson, Mrs.
Ed. Wright, Mrs. Elva Gooding,
Miss Annette Gooding, Mrs. Howell
Seyil, Mrs. j. w. Hawkins, Mrs. J.
Thompson, Mrs. 9. w. Spry, Miss
S. Walker, Mrs. w. H. Tunis, Jr.,
of Clayton.
Funeral services were held for
Mr.. John a. McLoraine, secretary
of st. Joseph's School, Clayton,
Saturday, April 18th. Mr.. Nc
Lorraine died the Thursday before
after an illness of four days dura-
ton caused by a stroke of apo
plexy Ten priests attended the
obsequies. Rev. Francis ]. Tobin,
S. S. j., secretary to the Superior
General, officiated at the mass.
Rev. Daniel ]. Rice, Rector of st.
Peters Claver's Church, Baltimore,
was deacon, Rev. Charles r. I'm
cles of Epiphany College, New
burgh, N. Y, was subdeacon. Seat
ed in the sanctuary were: Revs.
Joseph P. Hanley, Rector, Doctor
Joseph A. Lee of Dover; Conrad F.
Wilmington, Del, Joseph
NJ Walsh of Middletown, Del, Pet
er P. Arms of Elkton, Md, and
Herman Tosic of Cambridge, Md.
Father Tobin performed the abso-
luton as the choir chanted the |
Libera Me Domino. The Rev. Hugh |
J. Duffy, assistant Rector, deliver
I'd a beautiful discourse, eulogizing |
The unassuming and devoted life of /
Mr. McLoraine. The pallbearers
we're John L. Shortall, Frank
John Houtman, Samuel
Frederick Burke, and
Donnelly. Interment was
It st. Joseph's Cemetery. Rev.
Joseph P. Hanley, Rector, per-
ormed the final absolution.
John L. Bradley, freight brake
nan on the Delmarva Division of
he Pennsylvania Railroad, was re-
ieved from active duty on May j,
ind his name placed upon the pen
non roll of the railroad after a
service Of 33 years and months.
ie started his railroad career on
he former Delaware Division as a
reight brakeman on August 8,
1895, but left the service on Octo-
Der Of the same year. Re-empIoy-
d on February 13, 1899, in the
'ame capacity, he was promoted to
iagman on January 81, 1902, and
% freight conductor two years