Smyrna times., 1936-06-18

ceived the past week a new dress
ing of paint and paper.
The Walkers public school, T. l..
Mason, teacher, will have an en-
6oyable picnic on Saturday.
The steamer Tygert now stops
regularly at Port Penn and is TAX
ing on considerable freight, largely
in live stock.
The windows of the M. E. Sun
day School room have been greatly
improved by the addition of inside
venitian shutters.
Sheriff Robinson on Wednesday
last sold the hotel in Kenton, of
George Unruh to Terrence Carvin,
the tenant, for S2,050.
The two river excursion steam
ers Thomas Clyde and John A.
Warner each came to Woodland
Beach on Sunday with large part
les of excursionists.
The town lot, (including the
Water Works. has been enclosed
with a neat picket fence in the
front and a substantial post and
rail fence in the rear.
The social event of Raymond 8
Neck this evening will be the we'd
ding of Miss Ida Disch, and John
c.. Meredith, at the residence of
the brides father, Jos. E., Disch.
st. Peters Sunday School viii
hold another exhibition on Thurs
day evening of next week. The ex-
ercises will be of a character to
interest the people. A small ad
mission fee will be charged.
The shipments of Strawberries
this week has been only half a car
a day and will probably end to-
morrow. The quantity shipped
from this station has been between
twenty-five and thirty cars.
The friends of Temperance in
Blackbird Hundred met on Satur-
day and appointed John A. Latta
and T. L. Mason delegated to the
State Convention, and George W..
Mattiford and Thomas Kirkley al
ternated.
Sixteen couple of our young
ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a
hop at Woodland Beach, on Thurs
day night last. The regular season
will open on the 27th inst, and the
first party on Wednesday evening,
Both inst.
The robins are having a rich
harvest of it this year in the i'm
mense cherry cop. But then they
amply repay in their sweet songs
for all the cherries they take as
their own as the natural inheritors
of the fruits of the soil.
j. B. Mifflin has bought of j. H.
Jefferson lot on South street ad-
joining that of j. d. Boyer, and
the latter has bought the lot adj
joining his on Delaware street.
The cost of the first-named was
$500 and the last $3.50.
Report comes from White Hall
Neck of an invasion of the army
worm. The chief destruction thus
far seems to have been in the fine
wheat fields of Henry Slaughter,
who estimates the quantity of
wheat cut off in his fields at 500
bushels.
Owing to a rush of passengers
this morning the Philadelphia &
Smyrna Transportation Company
were obliged to run three extra
hacks and carriages to their
steamer. About forty alone from
Smyrna and about ten from Dover
and vicinity.
Some of our growers are begin
ming to inquire of the growing po-
tato crop as to its prospect by
lingering among the young tubers
and find them quite a good size
ready for the table in a week OF
two. The rain on Monday was
just what they needed.
Yesterday afternoon during the
temporary absence of Herman Roe
and family a boy who is known fol-
his proclivity for bird stealing
stealthily entered the premises ant
stole from the cage a highly prizec
canary bird. Mr.. Roe went to ths
home Of the boy who could not bt
found but who returned the bird Il
its home when he found Mr.. Ros
had gone to the magistrates Office
The butter question Is always 9
troublesome one in the month OF
June to our mercahnts but rarel,
30 much SO as this season. They
do not know what to do with 1t, a
they have more on hand all ths
time than there is any demand for
and yet they do not like to refus<
It from their good customers. Thu
result has been that they havs
been glad to and customefs At II
ceuts = pound. The harvest 80