Smyrna times., 1932-03-02
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town

i Townsend, March 1-Mr. Harold
r. Outten, who purchased a small
farm of 80 acres near town has
moved his family and household
effects to his new purchase on
i, Monday. The dwelling vacated by
Mr.. Outten and owned by him has
\ been rented to Mr.. Earl Shahan
who will move here from Middle
town in a few days.
The Rev. c. n. Jones who suffer-
ed an attack of lagrippe and was
given a leave of absence because of
the illness, is now apparently fully
recovered and is welcomed back in
his pulpit.
The Home Demonstration Club
will meet tomorrow, Thursday af-
ternon, March Sd, at 1.3O o'clock
at the home Of Mrs. Oscar Biddle
on South street. Subject, Import
ant Points in Buying Clothing" So
far these meetings have been Of
much interest and are generally
well attended.
Chicken thieves continue as bold
as ever in this locality, the latest
depredations being on the premises
of Mr.. Robert Morgan and Mrs.
Daisy Johnson, where the culprits
worked unmolested, evidently talk
ing advantage of the noise of a
passing train in plundering the
outbuildings. So far over 500 fowls
have been taken by the culprits in
this vicinity during the winter.
At recent meeting of the Town
send Fire Company, the following
officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, 6. Lester Dan
iels; vice president, w. g. Money;
secretary, w. c. Money, Jr.; treas
urer, J. A. Lyman; fire chief, Her
man VanHorn; 1st assistant fire
chief, Thomas Skaggs; I'd assist
ant fire chief, Edgard Slaughter.
Meetings are held the last Monday
in each month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan S. Moffitt
gave a birthday party Friday ev-
ening, February 18th, in honor of
their son Lawson Moffitt. His
classmates Of the fifth and sixth
grades were present, the occasion
being his 18th birthday. Thirty
two guests were present and all
spent an enjoyable evening. He
was the recipient of many nice and
useful gifts. Refreshments consist
ing of ice cream and cake were
served.
Miss Grace Donovan celebrated
her birthday with party which
was an enjoyable event. Those
present were: Misses Anita Mar
vel, Elizabeth Morgan, Pauline
Guessford, Blanche Lee, Mildred
VanHorn. Ruth Daniels, Jannette
Wilson, Dorothy Mattiford, Junior
Hutchinson, Clarence Lurty, Jack
Naylor, Listen Mccain, Clarence
Swatka, George Thomas, David
Buckson, Clyde Shockley. After
different games were played, re-
freshments consisting of ice cream,
cake and candies were served. An
enjoyable time was spent by all
present.
Trappers report a slight improve
ment in the market for muskrat
skins over last year, as the pres
ent season nears its end. The av-
erage price this year is reported
at S1.25 each for the black pelts
and so cents each for the brown
ones. At present the prices are
S1.15 each for the black and 55
cents for the brown. Very few
black pelts have been taken this
year. Most of them have been
mixed. A few trappers have re-
ported catches of from 5000 to
10000 muskrats. The season for
inland marshes ends March 10th,
and for tidewater marshes on
March 20th..
Miss Edna David, of near Smyr-
ma, has been visiting relatives here.
Richard Crosby, of New London,
Pa, paid visit to Townsend last
week.
Mr.. Frank Reynolds, of Whining