Smyrna times., 1932-06-15
NEWS BUDGETS FROM
NEARBY TOWNS
CLAYTON
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est Cleaned About Neighborhood

sylvania Railroad freight flagman,
residing in Clayton, was killed by a
freight train enroute to Delmar or
which he was working about 1.30
Saturday morning. The first news
of the accident came about when
Conductor Charles Neugebauer
heard the cries of Mr.. Jones. He
and other trainmen reaching the
rear of the train found Mr.. Jones
diving and his left arm and leg ter
ribly mangled. DR.. Joseph Bring
hurst of FELTON,, railroad physician,
was summoned and pronounced the
man dead The body was removed
to Clayton where an inquest was
held on Saturday afternoon. Test
imony at the inquest disclosed the
train had stopped at Harrington
and was getting several cars out of
a siding at the time of the acci-
dent. The jury rendered a verdict
that death was due to railroad
accident, the cause of which was
unknown. The deceased was the
son of the late Edward F. Jones
and Martha (Lofand) Jones. He
and his family have been residing
in Clayton for the past % years
and was always an employee of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
He was a member of the knights
of Pythias, the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, and of St.Paul
NJ. E. Church. One held in high
esteem by all who knew him, his
death is deeply mourned. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Sally
(Reese) Jones, one daughter, Miss
Virginia Jones, both of Clayton,
and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Kerr
of Pittsburgh, Pa, and Mrs. Will
liam Slaughter of Dover. Funeral
services were held at his late resi-
dence at Clayton on Monday at IL
o'clock and interment was made at
Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. G.
w. Spry officiated.
Some local changes were made in
Railroad on Sunday. The only
main line change was the advanc-
ing of leaving time of train 45S.
Under the new schedule it will
leave Delmar at 700 a. m, instead
of 7.10 a. m, and the time at var
ious stations between Delmar and
Wilmington were changed accord
ingly. Train 4770, on the D. M. &
v. branch, will leave Franklin City,
at 500 a. m, as formerly, but will
arrive at Harrington five minutes
earlier. A ten minute earlier leav-
ing time from Oxford is shown for
train AGO, the new schedule being
at 6.25 a. m, and the time of ar
rival at Clayton has also been ad-
vanced ten minutes. There will be
a similar advance of schedule for
train 400, on the Centreville
branch; the leaving time from Cen
treville being at 7.20 a. m. Ches-
tertown branch train 4710, which
formerly left at 7.3S a. M, will
leave Chestertown at 7.2S am.
Trinity Episcopal Church, at
Clayton, Rev Frederick Marx Bar
ton, minister in charge, announces
the services on Sunday next will be
held at 7.30 p. m, consisting of ev-
ening prayer and sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Jones of
Delmar, were weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Collision.
Mrs. n. G. Severson spent the
weekend with relatives in Atlantic
City, New Jersey
Mr.. Nat Boggs and Mr.. William
Ely spent Friday in Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul George of Do
yer, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Georgianna LeCompte.
Mr.. Thomas Fluharty visited his
sister, Mrs. Florence Harrison on
Monday who was operated on
Thursday at the jefferson Hospital
in Philadelphia.
Miss Margaret Burke of this
ADWHs dl SAdl ACS
Commercial School in Oakview,
Pa, on Sunday, June 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson and
family of Cordova, Nd, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Boggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Donoway
and children John, Dorothy and
James, Mrs. King and Mr.. Lee Le-
Gates, spent Saturday in Whining
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burke and
family and Miss Margaret New
nam, attended the Graduation ex-
ercises at st. Charles School in
Oakview, Pa, on Sunday at 1920
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seville Keys, Mrs.
Walter r. Keys and Mrs. Frank
Savin, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Sevil in Jacksonville, Florida.
Miss Evelyn M. Hoffecker spent
the weekend with Mrs. Anna
Cnit1pooIo opd con Mr. Uarnnp