Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

ioyabIe time was had All were
ready when the call to refresh
ments was made and consider
able amount of cake, ice-cream and
lemonade was put away The
merry makers started for home
about dark in a happy frame OF
mind and quiet once more reigned
in the grove. The Smyrna Cornet
Band was in attendance and FUR
nished the music.
HERMAN ROE'S HON E
SCHOOL-Our private school,
known thus far as the Smyrna
Home School will close on Friday
of this week, to open again on the
first Monday in September. The
principal, Herman Roe, believes in
holding on to the emo, and is not
very much in favor of frequent
holidays. This new institution, or
ganized the first of last December,
has been a success, though the
number has not been large, owing
to beginning so late in the year,
yet there is every promise that the
school will be well patronized in
the fall, and that it is to be a
fourishing enterprise. There have
been twenty pupils altogether thus
far and every one with their par
ents, express themselves as more
than satisfied with the instruction
the government and the practical
training of the school. The rou-
tine of studies has included all the
ordinary English branches with
bookkeeping, drawing, compost
ton, Latin, German, physiology,
Philosophy, etc. There will be no
public closing exercises at present,
the examinations will be reserved
! for the close of the Fall term. Mr.
Roe has been assisted by his wife,
who is also an experienced teacher
and it is expected that the school
will be sufficiently large in the Fall
to occupy two rooms.
ELECTION OF The
following officers have been elected
by Mcdonnell Encampment, No. 2,
I. o. o. F., Of this town to serve
the ensuing term: Chief Patriarch,
E. @. FAIRIES; High Priest, John A.
Wright; Senior Warden. John r.
Harris; Junior Warden, Il. z. An
thony; Scribe, E. NJ Fowler; Trea-
surer, Abel S. FAIRIES. AT a regu-
lar Communication of Harmony
Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M, of
this town, held on Thursday even
ing, June 10, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Worshipful Master, Gustavus A.
Wick; Senior Warden, James H.
Groves; Junior Warden, William
FAIRIES; Secretary Charles E.Moore;
Treasurer, Thomas B. Megear. The
following are the appointed ofic-
ers: Senior Deacon, L. Irving Han
dy; Junior Deacon, William Ash
craft; Stewards, E. Morris Cloak
and Daniel Wells. The members
of Smyrna Conclave, N. As, I. o.
H., of this town, elected the fol-
lowing officers last Wednesday
evening to serve six months: Arch
on, John Cosgriff; Provost, o. B.
Voshell; Secretary. George M.Stev-
enson; Financier, James ]. Groves;
Treasurer, Jonathan B. Evans;
Prelate. B. v. Weldon; Inspector,
Josiah D. Evans; Warder, William
Walker; Sentinel, Isaac B. Vickers;
Trustees, William H. Baggs, Will
liam E. Hall and Richard M. John
son.
A DELIGHTED NEW JERSEY
VISITOR-Among the visitors to
Smyrna since our last issue was W.
D. Bailey of Matawan, n. J., and
but for the thoughtfulness of one
of our enterprising citizens might
have returned to his home with
only a faint idea of the many
beauties this part of Delaware can
justly boast. A drive of a few
miles. however, did much to fix in
his mind landscape that will
grow brighter as he retraces his
steps toward his own beautiful
home. The faultlessly kept lawn
that surrounds Belmont Hall, the
fertile and we'll titled fields of w
Polk Cummins, James P. Hoffeck-
er, and Walter o. Hoffecker, the
luxuriant orchards of George w.
Cummins bending with their
weight of the soon to be luscious
fruit, while just beyond are the
smaller but attractive farms of
,, Thomas j. Mundy and S. B. briggs
, and others. The waving fields of
wheat rapidly succumbing to its
deadly foe-the binding reap
; er at George Reed Lofland's the
beautiful farms of James and Hen
ry S. Anthony, I. S. Lapham, and
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