Smyrna times., 1935-06-20

Cherries are ripe but the straw,
berries are on the wane.
The heavy peach drop has not
been desirable news to the basket
manufacturers.
r. NJ. Cooper estimates the peach
crop at from one-fourth to one
third of full yield.
William P. Legg had new pota-
toes from his garden a week ago,
the size of hen eggs.
George w. Gooden has purchased
of Mrs. Catherine Douglass a lot
on Glenwood Avenue.
Our merchants say the strawber-
ry picking this year, or rather the
results of it "ain't what is used to
be-"
There has been a great deal of
road mending this year but in
many places the mending has been
left uncompleted.
Samuel A. Armstrong and Thorn
as Middleton, on the State road
above Smyrna, have each excellent
fields Of wheat
The Salvation Army - Scout
Flanner and his wife-are still here
holding meetings nightly and at
tracing. the curious.
One of our oldest practitioners
says he has not known SO little
sickness in this community as at
this time for twenty years.
Postmaster Baggs, Of this town,
received last week instructions as
to the new postal regulations which
go into effect the first Of July
Prof. Roe's Home School," Of
this town, made an excursion to the
Geological Gardens, Philadelphia,
last Monday, via Steamer Tygert.
The construction Of the new
bridge on the Fraland road near
Woodland Beach, is il process and
will be completed, it is expected, by
July.
The berry shipments from the
Delaware Peninsula by rail up to
Monday evening aggregated for the
season, 1044 carloads This is in
excess Of any previous year.
The bridge over the public road
leading from Walkers school house \
to Eagle Nest Landing is now I'M
dergoing repairs necessitating the
suspension of travel for the time.
The Green Spring School, Miss
McIllvaine teacher, had a picnic on
Saturday afternoon and the occa-
sion was a very enjoyable one to
the large number who participated
Anna McClintock, q graduate Of
the Pennsylvania Institute for the
Blind, gave an entertainment in the
M. E. Church on Friday evening on
the method Of instructing the blind.
John G. Stockley's strawberry
patch is pronounced the best in the
vicinity. Curtis & CO., Of Boston.
yesterday sold his Sharpless for 35
and Cumberland for 20 cents per
quart.
Samuel A. Buchanan, of this
town, was one of the sixteen con-
testants for the Alumni prize of
$50, on Friday evening at Delaware
College. His subject was THE (,
Ghost"
Charles Daley, of the firm of
Daley & Son, carpet weavers, of
this town, wove 30 yards in 16
hours one day last week He chal-
lenges any weaver in the State to
beat this.
At the Commencement of New I
Windsor College, June 11th, the
honorary degree of Doctor of Di-
vinity was conferred on Rev. ]. T.
Umstel, pastof of the Presbyterian
Church, of Smyrna.
Summer did not strike us in
earnest until Sunday, sending the
thermometer up into the nineties
where it remained until last night.
The shower and cool breezes of to-
day have been refreshing.
William NJ. Bell has sold to w. T.
Johnson the three building lots on ,
South street, near Delaware. These
are among the choicest lots in town
and desirably located property of
this kind is becoming scarce.
o. 3. Voshell, teller of the Ma
tional Bank Of Smyrna, rode to !
Milford with his family in a car
riage on Saturday intending to re-
turn early Monday morning, but
was taken sick and unable to get .
back.
"A marty communicate m e Z