Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-06

While the number of charters
filed for the month of December
has not been compiled, it is thought
that they will equal if not surpass
any other month of last year. The
largest number filed during the
. year was in March, with 426. The
smallest number filed during the
year was in September, with 282.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle r. Bishop,
of 'tKinderhook," near Centreville,
Md, have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Mabelle
Jeanette, to John Howard Dukes,
of Ingleside. No date has been
set for the wedding Mr. Dukes
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
L. Dukes, and is engaged in bust
ness in Ingleside.
Columbus F. Dunn, II, of near
Laurel, died Thursday at the Bee
be Hospital, Lewes, following an
illness caused by an infected leg,
and an attack of Bright's disease.
The funeral was held from the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Sidney
Holland, near Laurel, Saturday, at
1880, with the Rev. ]. Earl Cum
mings officiating. He is survived
by several children.
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Lurena Steelman, daugh-
ter of Roy Steelman, Dagsboro Dis
trict and Charles Dorman, son of
Ernest Dorman, Of Angola, has
been made The wedding took
place Saturday, December &c, at
Snow Hill, Md, the Rev. Howard
L. Schlincke, pastor of the Snow
Hill NJ. P. Church performing the
ceremony.
Franklin Harrington, IL years
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Harrington of Milton, was instant
" killed Thursday afternoon while
playing in a lumber yard. The
boy, with six others, was swinging
on a pile loading outfit when a big
iron ring gave way and fell. Har-
rington was struck on the head
and killed. Physicians were call
ed, but the boy was dead when
they reached him.
They're picking ripe tomatoes
off the vines in Sussex county as
all records for mild weather are
broken. According to those who
keep records, December 1881 will
/ be recorded as one winter month
when the ground has not been COW
cred with snow. The season has
been SO open that in many sections
grass has taken on green APP
pearance and fruit buds have
started out again.
| Announcements were received in
Centreville, Thursday Of the mar
riage Monday afternoon in Wash
ington, Of Miss Anne Fallowfield
Coursey, of Price, and Mr.. William
Holden, of Dover The bride who
is the teacher of the Templeville
School, is a graduate of Sudlers-
vile High School and Maryland
State Normal School. She is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred N.
Coursey of Price Mr.. Holden is
an automobile salesman and is To-
Gated in Dover. They will reside
/ in Dover.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage, Saturday, at The
Little Church Around the Corner,
in New York City, of Miss Theo-
dora Odon Thomson, daughter of
Mrs. Harris Hamilton Thomson, of
Philadelphia, to Paul Lockwood
Townsend, son of United States
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., of
Delaware. Mr.. and Mrs. Town
send sailed Saturday night on the
Oceanic" for a two weeks trip to
Havana, Bermuda and Nassau. On
their return they will reside in
| Washington, where Mr.. Townsend
! is serving as secretary to Senator
| Townsend.
John Carroll Shortall tainted and
fell to the floor as he was being
married at Easton, Md, but was
revived and completed the cere-
mony. When the Rev. Joseph Ir-
win, in st. Peter and Paul's Cath
olic Church, asked Shortall if he
would love, honor and cherish
Miss Pauline Francis Holden" the
young man collapsed. He was
carried to an anteroom, revived
and the ceremony was completed.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. |
William Shortall, of Easton, and
the bride is the daughter of Mr..