Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-20
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

4 Mrs. Bessie M. fkODlQSOn enter
tanned at dinner on Sunday in hon
or of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank E. Jones of Dover. The af-
fair was a surprise, the occasion
being in celebration of the fifty
fourth wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Jones. The guests were
Miss Susan Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ridgely Jones and son Russell, Mr..
and Mrs. Foster Jones, Mr.. Frank
lin Jones, Mr.. Homer Jones, Miss
Edna Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rothwell and daughters, Pauline
and Marian, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Jones, Mrs. Gilbert Downs and
daughter Mary Hester, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ford Stats, Mr.. Clifford
Heinold, Mr.. Frank Robinson, and
Miss Lydia Robinson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones were the recipients Of
many gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward NJ Boyd
and Miss Nellie Collins Of Swarth-
more, Pa, greeted their relatives
and friends in Smyrna on Monday.
Miss Collins spent the day with
Mrs. James P. Hoffecker and Miss
Anna D. Hough. The Boyd's took
Mr. Boyd's mother, Mrs. Mary L.
Boyd, home with them to spend
Christmas and the balance Of the
winter.
/ Rev and Mrs. r. K. Stephenson
have closed their residence here
and left on Monday for Whining
ton to make their home. Rev.
and Mrs. Stephenson were to have
gone last Thursday but on account
Of DR.. Stephenson suffering an
other heart attack during Thurs
day afternoon they were unable to
make the trip.
DR.. G. Gray Carter Of Green
wich, Connecticut, has been MAX
ing a short visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carter near
Smyrna. From here he went to
Washington and from Washington
to Durham, ~ O., to visit his
brother, DR.. S. Bayard Carter, who
is member Of the faculty Of Duke
University
Rev and Mrs. Frederick Marx
Barton Of st. Peters Church will
be guests at a large family dinner
on Christmas night given by Mr..
and Mrs. Robert A. Bowman at
their home in Harrisburg, Pa, in
honor of their son Alexander
Sharp Bowman, who is a student
at the University of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Heston Gray, son Of the late
w. H. Gray and Mrs. M. S. Gray
of Camden, N. J., is attending
Guilford College, North Carolina,
and returned home today for the
Christmas holidays.
Miss Margaret Collins of South
ern College, Petersburg, Va, is
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest P. Collins.
Mr.. James Messick, student at
Duke University, Durham, N. c.,
is spending the Christmas holidays
with his mother, Mrs. Blanche
Messick.
| Miss Bertha Smithers of Balti-
more, Md, will arrive in Smyrna
tomorrow to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam ]. Taylor at the Wayside Inn.
DR.. and Mrs. w. c. Deakyne and
son Buzzy, spent Sunday at Bet
terton, Md, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Lowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay c. Davis and
family are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Peters at Newton, N. ].
| DR.. and Mrs. F. A. Mantz of
Philadelphia, were guests of DR..
and Mrs. G. ]. Prickett on Sunday.
Miss Mary Spruance will spend
the Christmas holidays in New
York City, with relatives.
Mrs. Lena Pusey of Laurel is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Horace
q. Clifton and Mr.. Clifton.