Smyrna times., 1934-05-17
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. r.
F. Corley attended at Newark Sat
urday afternoon the closing page
ant given in connection with the
Centenary celebration at the Uni
yersity of Delaware. DR.. Corley
and Mrs. Corley went to represent
the Governor and Mrs. Buck who
were unable to attend the pageant
and were accorded all the honors
of the state executive, being es-
corted to a private box near the
stage, where they were in the spot
light several minutes before the
curtain was raised.
Judge and Mrs. Joseph B. Handy
of Staten Island, N. r., were visit
ors to Delaware over the weekend
and took in the Centenary pro-
gram at the University of Della
ware, Newark. Their daughter is
attending Women's College and
Judge Handy in addition to taking
in the Centenary pageant renewed
many friendships. He also at
tended the Alumni banquet held
Saturday evening IN Old College
Hall. Judge Handy is brother of
the late L. Irving Handy Of this
town.
Messrs. Walter w. Hynson, r.
D. Hoffecker, Warner w. Price,
Davis H. Bell, DR.. Theodore Hyn-
son, Frank H. Hynson, of this town
John ". Postles, Harry M. Grieves,
of Philadelphia, Pa, formerly of
Smyrna, attended the Alumni din
ner at Old College Hall at Newark,
on Saturday evening held in con
nection with the closing exercises
of the Centenary Celebration of
the University of Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence B. Ray
mond left by motor to-day for Wis
consin Dells, Wisconsin, to spend
the summer at their summer home,
'Wawbeek." Incidentally to-day
marks their 25th wedding anniver-
sary and in reply to some of their
friends as to why they are not
lingering to celebrate it, they said
they were starting off on a trip
to-day as they did twenty-five
years ago
Mr.. George w. Reed Sr., and
daughters of near town, entertain
ed on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Norbeck of Trenton, N. j., Misses
Catherine and Alice Mohr of Phil
adelphia, Miss Mae Norbeck of
Strasburg, Va, Mr.. Earl Short of
Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Reed of Dover, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Reed and son Charles Jr.,
of near town.
Mrs. A. Jefferson Stats, who
has been quite i'll for the past sew
eral months, is slowly improving at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Walter David and Mr.. David. On
Mothers Day, her children, Miss
Florence NJ. Stats of Washington,
d. c., Mr.. Franklin Stats and
Mrs. Harvey L. Jirdin and children
Of Richardson Park, visited her.
DR.. Karl G. Corley, son of Mrs.
Arthur Kidder of Washington, D.
c.. and Miss Isabel Southgate of
Chevy Chase, Md, will be married
on Saturday, May 26, at Washing
ton, D. G. DR. Corley, who is a
nephew of Lieut.. Governor R. F.
Corley of this town, has been a
frequent visitor to Smyrna and is
known in the younger set.
Madame Rene Laurens, of New
York and Shanghai, China, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James
H. Wilson. She will be remember
ed as Miss Margaret Dunn, Of
Smyrna and Peggy Brown, of Hol-
lywood, Calf Madame Laurens
expects soon to sail for Paris.
Mrs. William d. Deakyne, who
suffered a fall last week at her
home on west Commerce Street
breaking her right shoulder and
dislocating it, has returned home
from the Kent General Hospital at
Dover. At this writing she is get
ting along very nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Slaughter
entertained at turkey dinner or
Sunday. Their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. William Broadway, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Kinsey and family
of near Smyrna, and Mrs. Rachel
Gardner of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Truax OF
Philadelphia, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Stevenson, and Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Garland of Wilmington
spent Sunday with Mrs. George M
Stevenson and daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter o. Hoffecker
Mrs. r. D. Hoffecker returned
last night from a weeks visit tc
friends at Summit, N. j., New
York City and other places.
Mrs I. Luther Lapham, who has
been spending the past nine weeks
at Atlanta, Ca, and Lakeland
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