Smyrna times., 1933-02-15
AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lester Goldsbor-
ough were given a surprise kitchen
shower by Miss Elizabeth Gibbons
of Townsend, and Mrs. June Mas
sey Brown of Smyrna, at the home
of Mrs. Brown on Tuesday evening,
February 14th. The affair was
carried out as a valentine party,
the decorations being in keeping
with the day. Later in the even
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. Goldsborough
were given two pieces of twine and
told to follow them The tWine led
them to a clothes basket on the
third floor, filled with their gifts.
These were brought down and op-
ened and many useful kitchen uten-
sils were found. At 11.30 the host
ess invited their guests to the din
ing room, where refreshments were
served. About 30 of "the Colds
borough's" friends were present
and a delightful evening was spent
by all.
Rev. Adam Stengle, aged about
SO years, of Wilmington, former
pastor of Asbury M. E. Church of
Smyrna, is one of the few now liv-
ing who saw President Abraham
Lincoln. DR.. Stengle was in the
Civil War and served in number
of battles He entered the service
when eighteen years of age and
while marching with his company
to Alexandria, Va, by way of
Washington, he saw Lincoln stand
ing on the White House lawn wear
ing a "stove-pipe silk hat" Presi-
dent Lincoln lifted his hand and
waved to them. Mr. James Shaw,
now in his nineties, Smyrna's old
est Civil War veteran, was another
who saw President Lincoln. Mr..
Shaw is now feeble and utterly in
capacitated but members Of his
family say he was in Ford Theatre
when Lincoln was assassinated
Mrs. Robert H Denney returned
home on Sunday from visit Of
several days with her daughter,
Mrs. Howard Money and Mr. Money
at their home at Delaware City.
Blaine, the three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Money, was badly
burned on the face and chest by
boiling hot water on Wednesday of
last week. At this writing he is
getting along very nicely. Miss
Louise Denney left TO-DAY to spend
the remainder of the week at Del
aware City with Mr. and Mrs.
Money.
Rev. and Mrs EsselI F. Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs Walter w. Hynson,
Miss Elizabeth Jones, Misses Ethel
David, Rebecca Dempsey, Hilda
Armstrong, Alverna Jones, Mary
Hart Wright, are taking a
course at the Bible School at
Dover of which the Rev Essell P.
Thomas, pastor of Asbury M E.
Church of this town, is the dean.
Glasses meet on Monday evening of
each week for a period of seven
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman johnson
and family who have been residing
in the property of Mrs. Alice Spru-
ance Roberts on Mt. Vernon Street,
moved on Saturday to the property
of Misses Mary and Emily Spru-
ance on Commerce Street Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest johnson of Delaware
City, were visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs
johnson and family over the week
end.
Rt. Rev. Philip Cook, Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of Delaware, left today by the
fastest possible means, the combin-
ed air transport and rail route for
Pebble Beach, California, where he
will attend the funeral services of
his sister, Mrs. H. c. Moore, who
died quite suddenly from a heart
attack
i DR.. and Mrs G. j. Prickett en-
/ tertained at dinner followed by
bridge at their home on Mt Vernon
Street on Saturday evening. Their
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey
P. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Hof-
/ fecker, Mr. and Mrs Edwin G. Nc
Kenzie, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
j. Taylor.
Mrs. F. J. Davidson of Washing
ton, d. c., was the guest of Prof
and Mrs. G. w. w. Schantz over
the weekend. On Saturday even
ing Mr. and Mrs. Schantz enter
tanned twenty-eight guests at a
buffet supper in honor of their
guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon L. Phillips
spent the weekend at Wilmington
visiting their son, Bud" who is a
patient at the Homeopathic Hos
pital He is getting along very
nicely.
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