Smyrna times., 1932-01-27
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town


Townsend, Jan. &c. = The Rev.
Clarence N. Jones, pastor of EN-
manuel M. E. Church of Town
send, has been granted a vacation
of three weeks by the Official
Board. Mr.. Jones recently con-
Quoted two very successful revival
meetings, one at Blackbird, and
the other at Townsend. He will
spend his vacation visiting friends
in Wilmington, Harrington, st.
Michaels, and Ocean City. He will
return to fill his regular appoint
ments the first Sunday in Febru-
airy. The Rev. Ray Kirman, of
Cheswold, will fill the pulpit at
Townsend on Sunday morning.
Last Sunday Major c. A. Short, of
Wesley Collegiate Institute of Do
yer, spoke at the morning service
There was a good attendance.
The trapping season for musk
rats has been fairly successful, al
though no catches of a surprising
nature have been made. The trap
pers are diligently pursuing their
work and making fairly good in
come from the catches each day,
selling the carcasses at the various
stores, while holding the pelts for
better market prices. At sale of
200 pelts three weeks ago a New
York buyer, who visits the trap
pers from time to time, secured
the lot at so cents apiece, but he
later predicted that the furs would
go higher before the first of Feb
ruary probably reaching the dollar
mark, as the market is showing an
upward trend since first Of year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Layman. of
Wilmington, were recent visitors
whit relatives here.
J. B. Hudson, a well-known bus
mess man Of Cambridge, Md. was
a visitor here last week.
H. M. Hanson, of Kenneth
Square, Pa, visited relatives and
friends in this locality last week.
Mrs. T.. L. Maloney of Will
mington, spent a few days visit
ing with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William a. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Scarbor-
ough were recent visitors with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. 3. Jones
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Davis and
Mrs. Bessie Campbell, of Whining
ton, have been visiting with Mrs
Annie M. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Baldwin
and family, Of Kenneth Square,
Pa; Miss Florence Appleby and
Mrs. Elizabeth Maclary and chill
dren, and Mrs. Laura Jones, of
Wilmington, were recent guests
with Mr.. and Mrs. Q. P. Donovan.
Mrs. Annie NJ Allen entertained
the local chapter w. Q. 7. u, on
Wednesday, January 18th, at her
home. It being the regular month
ly meeting Of the union it was
largely attended. Following the
business routine an enjoyable so
cial hour was spent.
"A elias in handicraft has been
started under the direction of Miss
Barbara Miller. A large number
of ladies have enrolled already and
much interest was shown in the
making of rugs and table mats.
The next class met Friday, Janu-
airy 22d, in the art room in the
school basement.
The spring-like weather that
has been keenly noticeable during
this mid-winter season, has been
accredited with causing some
patches to come into
bloom, something that has not
happened in this section within
the memory of the oldest inhabit
ant, for this time of year. An
other remarkable incident reported
BY a farmer was that he found a
snake moving around in a swamp
On his farm, the reptile evidently
feeling that summer had come
again to bestir it's natural haunts.