Smyrna times., 1935-03-28


sociable at the Town Hall tonight
The Frank A. Robbins circus ant
museum viii show in this town or
27th of April.
The snow on Sunday which
amounted to less than an inch here
was eight inches deep down in Vir-
ginia.
If our ice men hadn't their ice
houses fifilled they could get a sup
ply of good ice this, the last week
in March.
The Ladies Benevolent Society
will meet at Mrs. DR. w. t. Collins
Tuesday evening, March 31st, at
7.3O O'Clock.
George Jones, son of William S.
Jones from near Kenton and Miss
Anna Lofiand, daughter of I. G.
Lofand of Dover, will be married
this evening.
The toot Of the Maryland fish
horn, suggestive of "yaller neds"
and the first run of herring at this
time Of the Spring not been
heard yet reverberating over the
hills.
A. Wallen, Jr., late of Clayton,
was in town a day or two the past
week getting signatures to petit
ton asking for the position of
postal route agent ON the Delaware
railroad.
The wedding of Miss Jennie
Slaughter and Thomas Davis, of
this town, will take place at the
residence of Henry Slaughter, the
father of the bride, near Leipsic,
this evening.
Solomon ]. Hurd, near Smyrna,
will be married this evening to
Miss Willie Mccall, near Middle
town. They will make a short visit
to Philadelphia, and return to his
home on Saturday.
E. @. Fowler, of Washington,
who has been appointed to act as
Assistant Postmaster-Genera dur
ing the temporary absence of Mr..
Hay in Florida, is brother of E.
M. and A. E. Fowler, of this town
A little daughter Of Joseph l..
Cavender fell down a flight of
stairs several days ago and receiv-
ed a severe wound of the head
which at first was thought pos
sible fracture of the skull. She was
unconscious for some hours.
Rev. DIR. Caldwell will commense
the first duties of his second con
ference year as Presiding Elder on
Saturday next, holding a Quarterly
Conference at Kenton at 10 o'clock
and Friendship in Thoroughfare
Neck at 8 o'clock the same day
The post Office window has con-
tanned during the week past a min
iature steamboat, perfect in model
in all its parts, made by ]. F. Hill,
recently removed from the country
to this town, whose only instru-
ments were a scroll saw and glue
pot.
A public meeting will be held at
the NJ E. Church this evening for
the purpose Of organizing a Good
Templars' Lodge in this town. A
number of persons will be present
from Dover and Prof Webb, of
Wilmington, will also be in attend
ance.
A. L. Hudson, who has kept a
diary of the last two Springs, says
there has been three days during
this March that the thermometer
has not registered freezing wealth
er, while during March Of last
Spring there were but three days
that it froze at all.
On Sunday last as Miss Jennie
Boyer was returning from church,
she slipped on the pavement, and
endeavoring to save herself fell,
catching on her hand, producing a
fracture Of the lower end of the
radius DR.. Moore was called in
and reduced the fracture.
The citizens Of Moorton (now
Cheswold) are desiring for some
reason a change in the name of
their town that of Arlington"
having the largest preference. In
doing it, however, they will have to
get the recognition of both the
railroad and Post Office depart
ment.
The handsome memorial window
in the chancel of st Peters Church
has been put in place during the
week by workmen sent on from
New York by the maker for that
purpose A further description of
this window will be given in con-
nection with the opening exercises
of Easter Sunday.