Smyrna times., 1935-02-21

ary 18th, Mark Greer, infant son OF
/ George Reed and Lavenia r. Lof-
land, aged months and 20 days.
w. DENNEY HAzELL
CECILTON, MD, ROBBED
w. Denney HAZEL, of Cecilton,
Md, an account of whose loss by
burglars blowing open and taking
the contents of his safe was given
in our last issue, has recovered the
most of the papers, being found in
a field on the road to MiddletoWn
whittier they had been thrown by
the burglars in their flight. The
most of the money obtained, about
$50, was in trade dollars. The
papers, which were of no use to
them, were thrown as far from the
road as possible. Those which were
not found, it is supposed We're
blown away by the high winds.
MIR. AND MRS. E. MARRIOTT
FOWLER HONORED
On the principal that one good
turn deserves another, for Mr.. and
Mrs. E. M. Fowler have been the
participants if not the instigators
of a number of similar occasions,
they had their premises invaded on
Wednesday night last by about
twenty couples of masked ladies
opd cyaptlor,, or, rxrLo tooL y1occaccinr,
Of their house and made the place
ring with mirth and hilarity. A
season of jollity is always incom-
plete without a good provision for
the inward comfort, fact they
had fully discounted, as was shown
by the ample supply of ice cream
and cake they had carried along to
end the feast of fun.
TWO INFANT DEATHS NEAR
SMYRNA
The death last week of j. Frank,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jedediah Gar
rison, just past his third year, and
Mark G., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Reed Lofiand, aged nearly
six months, in contiguous neigh
borhoods, south of the town, called
forth expressions of warm sym
pathy from their friends. It has
been but a few weeks since we
noted the social event that attend
ed the baptism Of the latter at the
home of the parents, neither they
nor their friends having the slight
est idea that a more solemn rite
was so soon to follow. He died with
pneumonia, the first sickness he had
ever had, leaving the parents a
solitary home.
DEATH OF JOHN HAMILTON
John Hamilton, one of our well
known merchants, died at his resi-
dence in this town on Saturday last
in the 59th year of his age. He
was born in Kent county, Mary
land, but came to this town when
a lad and learned blacksmithing at
the carriage factory of the late
John M Denning. Shortly after
serving his apprenticeship he went
south, but returned in a few
months and engaging work at the
carriage works of McMullen &
Shermer, with whom he remained
while they continued in business,
following the works to the present
site now occupied by James c. Las
sell & Co. The anvil he COM
menced to work on after his return
to this town he continued to work
on unterruptedly until disabled by
a severe hemmorrhage last May
a period Of "a years. Such a rec
ord is perhaps not apralled in this
country. His remains were inter-
red at the Episcopal cemetery on
Monday afternoon attended by a
number of his friends.
BIG DANCE AT THE TOWN
HALL
The dance at the Town Hall on
Thursday night last is spoken of
by the participants as one of the
most successful social events of the
kind that has been held in the
town for years. The Hall was
tastefully adorned with evergreen
and small flags and the floor was
almost like a field of ice. Between
fifty and sixty couples participated
in the dancing which began at nine
O'Clock, being a full dress ball some
of the ladies were beautifully and
elaborately attired. About mid
night the ladies and gentlemen
were conveyed in hacks to the din
ing rooms of the Delaware House,
where the proprietor, w. Frank
Jefferson, had a tempting bill of
fare of all the delicacies of the sea
son, after enjoying which, they re-
turned to the hall to complete the
programme that had been laid
down for them.
WOODEN WEDDING
Five years ago DR.. E. M. Cloak
married Miss Lillian H. Speakman
apd I;l>a f,.ro bi,-Jc 1yho hoyo ,,pdar