Smyrna times., 1935-04-11

Sunday morning TO see that bril-
liant luminary go through its feats
of rejoicing. This tendency to a
belief in the marvellous is on a par
with the faith more prevalent
formerly than nov that the hop
vines came up and the cows went
down on their knees on old Christ
mas night.
EASTER SUNDAY
a large congregation assembled
at the M. E. Church on Sunday
morning. There was a modest but
tasteful display of plants and flow
ers-a collection Of geraniums, cal
la lilies, begonias, etc., in front of
the pulpit, handsome flower stands
at either end of the chancel and
hanging baskets suspended from
the gas brackets. Rev. j. B. Quigg
preached from 1--WE are witnesses"
taking Peter as the greatest ex-
ample in portraying the christian
life, whose character in its several
phases were set forth. The Pres
byterian Church as usual, had no
floral decorations for the Easter
occasion, but the pastor, Rev. ]. T..
Umsted preached a learned dis
course on the Resurrection, dwell
ing mainly ON the soul-its habili-
ment in the intermediate state.
HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
The joint meeting of the Board
of Health and the Town Commits
sioners, to which reference was
made last week, was held on Mon
day night in the Alerman's office
DR.. w. t. Collins and John c.
Stockley stated fully and clearly
the views of the Board of Health
on the sanitary precautions, regu-
lations necessary for the coming
Summer, and John B. Cooper spoke
for the Commissioners. Besides,
there was a free conversation
touching the various subjects un-
der consideration, the chief of
which were the slaughter houses
and pig-pens, and there seemed to
be unanimity of feeling that the
latter must 60" The Board of
Health has the power to remove all
declared to be a nuisance, but the
Commissioners have the power to
make clean sweep by issuing an
ordinance.
REOPENING OF ST. PETERS
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
On Easter morning the St. Pet
ers Episcopal Church celebrated
its reopening after having been
closed for repairs for the past six
months. AIT 1890 every seat was
filled and benches had to be
brought in from the chapel to fill
up the vacant spaces. The services
commenced with an Anthem from
the choir, Christ Being Risen
From the Dead" which was well
rendered, the new organ, at which
Mrs. Elva D. Brown presided. At
the conclusion of the Anthem, the
rector, Rev. William B. Gordon,
preached an able sermon appropri-
ate to Easter. Rev. B. G. Doug
lass, of Philadelphia, assisted the
rector in conducting the morning
and evening services. Among the
improvements of the church were
a wide, open chancel, a bright,
semi-transparents, many colored
background through which rays of
light of every hue met and blended
in an affusion remarkable for its
richness. The organ, a new one,
was first used on Easter Sunday,
its tones being ricn, deep and full.
The walls have been finished in
French gray, while the ceiling is
tastefully tinted in delicate blue.
Another change or addition was
the memorial window in memory of
John and Susan Cummins, which
stood as the chief attraction.
SCHOOL ELECTIONS
At the annual school election on
Saturday Of the voters of the Unit
ed School Districts, of this town, H.
G. Budd was called to the chair
and w. D. Holding appointed secre-
tary. The treasurer's report, to
audit which Senator Cavender and
Edwin Mcdowell were appointed,
was reported to be entirely salts
factory, showing balance in hand
Of S548.23. The principals report
was read, after which a ballot was
taken for two commissioners, re
sulting in the reelection of Will
liam M. Bell and John H. Hoffeck-
er for a term of three years. Sen
ator Cavender stated that he de-
sired to call the attention to every
one interested in our towns school;
the unequal distribution of the
public school fund. L. Irving Han
dy approved Senator Cavender's