Smyrna times., 1935-10-17

Preparations are being made by
the managers for the opening of
the Rink shortly.
Henry S. Anthony moves to town
to-day from his farm near Clayton.
He will stay in Smyrna until the
next berry season.
Fred Wands, formerly of this
town, but now with ]. E. Tygert
& Co., of Philadelphia, will marry
a lady of Camden, N. j., to-day.
The walls of the new brick school
house at Kenton, have got beyond
the first floor. William B. Pretty
man, of Dover, is the contractor.
The Smyrna Cornet Band has
been engaged to make the music
for a political meeting at Denton,
in Caroline county, Md, next Tues
day.
There are a number of applicants
for the position of Engineer of the
water works who are on the anx-
ious seat waiting the decision of
the Town Commissioners.
John Anthony, who bought the
John E. Tygert house at the corner
of South and Union streets, prior
to moving in, is carrying it through
a course of improvements.
Some beautiful strawberries of
Fall growth have been passing
around, and as they are choice
morsels from their scarcity, they of
course, find their way to the ladies,
who know how to appropriate good
things.
E. H. Beck, real estate broker,
has sold the farm belonging to
William M. Bell near Blackstone
Cross Roads to John Pratt, of near
Millington. Mr.. Beck also sold the
James W. Anthony farm to Robert
Rawley.
John H. Hoffecker received at
his cannery on Thursday from
Kennedyville, Md, over half a car
load of Bilyeus October peaches
which were evaporated, making
the best yield of any variety used
this summer.
The heavy storm of wind and
rain that commenced on Monday
evening and ragged with fury all
night came up the coast, having
originated in the gulf, and was the
heaviest in Florida, where the rain
fall was immense.
The Royal Lyceum Comedy Com
pany will appear in this town on
Monday, October Goth, and con-
tinue for one week. They will play
"The Shadows of a City" and other
dramas, the star artist being Miss
Lillian Westbrooke.
Saturday was not only a beauti-
full day but an especially beautiful
day for chestnutting, and the
school boys and girls improved the
time in the diligent manner that
might be expected when nuts were
substituted for lessons.
Among the chestnutters on Sat
urday was a bakers dozen Of six
teen or seventeen-year old misses
who were the guests of Miss May
Armstrong, near town, for the day,
to whom the wagon ride and the
nutting was an occasion Of more
than usual delight.
j. v. Smith has erected in front
OF his jewelry store a substantial
post from which hangs the sign of
a large watch. He also procured
and put in place last week new
and large regulator for keeping
correct time, that is one Of the
handsomest in the State.
James VanWinkle, who sold his
dwelling on Methodist street a
week or so ago to the Misses
Knots, has purchased a lot near
the depot of the Mcdowell heirs,
and intends to erect on it a dwell
ing similar in style to that of
George d. Collins, adjoining the
Presbyterian Church.
The two young men who were
endeavoring to secure John B.
Cough to lecture in this town,
found his time already engaged
continuously until next February,
which delay, coupled with the
terms on which he could be secur-
ed, $3.50 for night, has caused
them to defer to the project for the
present.
DEATHS
iBewley - September 29th, Mrs
Elizabeth ID. Bewley, daughter of
the late James DuHamel.
Blackiston-In Millington, Md.
October 4th, Samuel L. Blackiston
aged 81 years, leaving widow and
one daughter. He was one of the
oldest and valued members of the
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