Smyrna times., 1935-06-27

Smyrna frequently when young
lady and was the daughter OF Eben
Holding, a former Smyrnian.
Next Sunday will also be the sec
ond quarterly visitation of Dr.Cald-
we'll to the M. E. Church, of this
town. Love feast will be held at 8
o'clock, followed at 1870 o'clock by
a sermon from DR. Caldwell, who
will preach in the morning instead
Of in the evening. The Quarterly
Conference will be held on Thurs
day evening.
The corner stone of Hawkins M
E. Church at Hartley, will be laid,
d. ", next Saturday. Rev. Will
liam R. McFarlane, of Roxanna,
Del, and Rev. t. o. Ayres, Of Den
ton, Md, win be present. The old
church was built in 1910 by A.
Smithers, now postmaster of Do
yer. The new building will be rails
ed on Thursday.
The following officers of Har-
mony Lodge No. 13, A. F. and
A. M. were installed asst evening:
w. M, William A. FAIRIES; S. W.,
DR.. William Ashcraft; ]. W., Char
les E. Moore; Secretary, Richard
M. Johnson; Treasurer, Thomas B.
Megear; S. D., N. F. Wilds; j. d.,
l. H FAIRIES; Stewards, George M.
Stevenson and E. c. FAIRIES
MARRIAGES
Henry -Clark-At the Dover M
E. Parsonage, June 9th, by the
Rev. T. E. Martindale, William V.
Henry and Miss Louisa Clark, both
of Dover.
LeviS-Cannon- Dover, June
10th, at the residence of the brides
parents, by the Rev. t. E. Martin
dale, r. G. Lewis, of Elkton, Md,
and Miss Hattie Cannon.
Mannon-Byrn- 10th, in the
M. E. Parsonage, Cecilton, Md, by
the Rev ]. T. VanVurkalow, AL
fred T. Mannon, of Cecil County,
Nd, and Miss Gertie Byrn, of Dor
chester county, Md.
Moses Price caught one day last
week while fishing in the bay off
Ship John Lighthouse for drum
fish, rare specimen of fish called
the Orange File, so designated
from its color and the peculiar
roughness of its skin. 1t is not Of
ten seen, and then in the ocean,
and is therefore a curiosity both
from its bridght color and variety
1t is about foot long and some
what the shape of a founder The
fishermen here know of but one
other case of one being caught,
John F. Goldsborough, which was
sent by William M Bell, to the
Smithsonian Institute.
OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL
The Smyrna Home School will
close on Friday next, to reopen on
the 7th of September. This school,
under the direction of Herman Roe
has put in a year of solid work,
pursuing the tenor of its way in a
practical and earnest manner.
Forty pupils have been enrolled, all
of whom have made satisfactory
progress, proportionate to the time
they have attended. In this, as in
any school regular attendance is
essential to improvement. The
school altogether, has had very
successful year, and we bespeak for
it favorable opening in the Fall
The pupils standing first in attend
ance and average of studies are: Q.
Virgil Gordon, Charles T. Mundy
Viola Ennis, Mary Clark, Lille J.
Reynolds, Eunice B. Anthony,
George M.Roe, Walter Clark, Edith
Beck, Florence HAZEL, and Mary
Bradley. In department all are
good, those standing first are Lille
J. Reynolds, Florence Cavender,
May Cavender, c. Virgil Gordon
Samuel Brockson, Clarence Brock
son, Eunice B. Anthony, Mary
Clark, Anna Murphey and Edith
Beck. For next year a system of
quarterly examinations and a grad
ating schedule will be arranged.
DEATH OF MRS. DAVID L.
SPRUANCE
Mrs. Harriet NJ Spruance, wife
of David L. Spruance, died at their
home in Middle Alley yesterday af-
ter a sudden illness, in the 49th
year of her age They were both
in this town on Monday afternoon
and the day passed as usual until
about o'clock that evening, when
peculiar noise she made attract
ed the attention Of the family and
she was found to be helpless; by
the time she was conveyed to her
room she had lost consciousness
which never returned to her, dying
near noon the following day. The
doctor pronounced the disease par
alysis of the brain. Mrs. Spruance
/ had been in impaired health for q