Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

Ward u. WallS, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert H. Denney, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur L. Leader, Mr.. and Mrs. v.
Lay Phillips, Mrs. Henry c. Webb,
were among those from Smyrna
who attended Ladies' Night" of
the Georgetown Rotary Club ON
Monday evening. The guest
speaker was Lowell Thomas, world
traveller, lecturer, and radio speak
er, who was the guest of the
Georgetown Rotary Club in the
Jones Memorial Hall of the Wesley
M. E. Church of that town. The
banquet was served by the women
of the church and was interspers-
ed by musical selections and group
singing. Mr.. Arthur Leader of
this town, sang a solo accompan-
led by Mrs. Webb. Mr.. Thomas
arrived from Washington Monday
in an autogiro plane and landed on
the school grounds where a large
group of persons cheered him as
the plane landed. Yesterday morn
ing, a plane flew over Smyrna, and
it is thought to be that of Thorn
ass, he supposed to have returned
to Washington yesterday morning,
and his intentions being to fly over
as many Delaware towns as pos
sible.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Spruance,
Mr.. Harry Spruance, Mrs. Nan
Spruance Jones of Philadelphia,
Pa, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. War
rington, Mrs. Katherine B. Truax,
Miss Sarah Truax, Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis Truax, Miss Amanda Truax
Misses Katherine and Mary Truax,
Mrs. Cora B. Bartlett, Miss Eliza
beth Connen, Mrs. E. M. Shoot,
Mrs. Esther Epperson, Miss Agnes
M. Stephenson, all of Wilmington,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Ram of
Dover, were among those from a
distance who attended the funeral
services of James t. Truax held
from his late home on the boule-
ward on Saturday afternoon.
Miss Sarah Dawkins of Easton,
Md, was the guest several days
last week of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
r. Dawkins. Miss Dawkins ac-
companied her brother, Mr.. Edward
R. Dawkins as far as Carbondale,
Pa, on Sunday when Mr.. Dawkins
left by motor for Binghamton, N.
Y, where he has accepted a posi-
tion as manager of the meat de-
partment of one of the Grand
Union Stores Company of Bing-
hamton. Mrs. Dawkins and baby
daughter, Fay, will join her hus-
band within a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Money of
Delaware City, Mr.. and Mrs. Yer
non Clark of Wilmington, Mrs.
Raymond Hudson of Clayton, Mrs.
Minerva Pleasanton of Blackbird,
Mr.. George Sterrett of Philadel-
phia, Mr.. and Mrs. Millaway
Broadway, Messrs. Edward Rick
ards, Leslie Moore, Gilbert Lurty,
and Misses Hilda Deakyne, Helen
Scout and Ruth Jones attended the
Reunion Of their class, the Smyrna
High School class of 1924, on Sat
urday evening held at Woodland
Beach.
Miss Laura A. Bell has closed
her home on Union Street and left
last week for Rehoboth for an in
definite stay. Her sister, Mrs. L.
Irving Handy, who has been stay
ing with her daughter, DR.. Mar
garet Handy, at Wilmington, re
covering from injuries sustained in
an automobile accident, has also
gone to Rehoboth at her cottage
there.
Mrs. Ernest P. Collins and
daughters, Misses Margaret and
Roberta Collins of this town, and
Miss Marie Louise Darrah of Clay
ton, attended the wedding of Miss
Frances Millar and Mr.. Samuel
Mcconnell last evening. The we'd
ding ceremony was performed at
Overlook, Philadelphia, Pa.
DIR. Theodore Hynson, an inferno
in the Pennsylvania Hospital, is
spending a weeks vacation home.
He and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter w. Hynson have been en-
joying an outing at Chesapeake
Haven on the Chesapeake Bay.
DIR. and Mrs. c. ]. Prickett spent
Sunday with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Williams
of st. Michaels, Md, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. James
S. Truax and family. Mrs. Will
liams will be remembered as Miss
Gladys Truax.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Mathewson
and daughter Dorothy, of Audu-
bon, N. j., and Mr.. and Mrs. George