Smyrna times., 1936-06-04

pheasant ramble on Friday after
noon for botanizing flowers.
The blackberry vines are unus-
ually full of blossoms, promising a
good yield of this excellent fruit.
1856 cars of perishable freight
mainly berries, passed over the
Delaware Division on Monday, and
173 yesterday.
The steamer Tygert took up on
Monday more Strawberries than
she has probably carried at any
one time in previous seasons.
Bethel and Severson's churches
will observe next Sabbath as Chill
dren's Day, and Kenton and Cen
tral churches will follow the sue
ceeding Sabbath.
MIR. McConaughy, is improving
his store house in Clayton, occu-
pied by George Brockson, by add
ing to its length, and putting a
grocery room in the rear.
The continued damp weather is
as prolific of immense mosquito
crops as it is of grass and wheat,
and the little blood suckers are
said to be having things their own
way down the Neck.
A little boy named James
Gahagan, living with William
Walker, fell from the doorstep on
Sunday evening and broke his arm
just above the elbow. Dr. Clifton
reduced the fracture.
There are number of fine
strawberry patches in this vicinity
but none perhaps surpass those of
James w. Anthony and Henry P.
Massey for quality of vine and
berry, as well as extent of acres.
The cold, wet weather, while it
has tended to make the strawber-
ries large has not added to their
sweetness. DR.. E. M. Cloak plants
glucose with his vines, and as a
consequence can eat his berries
without any further sweetening.
The Presbyterian choir is to be
enlarged we understand by the ad-
dition of new voices, made up of
the singing talent of the Sunday
school. This will be useful and
beneficial to the participants while
it will give an attraction to the
church.
Strawberries were in the market
pretty freely on Saturday, selling
mostly at 10 cents per quart. The
general picking commenced Mon
day, and the common grade have
got down to the glut price, four for
quarter. A first-class berry will
always sell for a third TO d half
more.
Johnson Willard has moved
from his farm to Clayton for the
purpose of taking up his former
trade, masonry, plastering. &c. He
has just completed the masonry of
the Church Branch bridge and has
been engaged to do the work for
the bridge at Casperson's Mill and
Parsons Hill.
What is called Children's Day
(the time for which is selected
when there is the greatest abund-
ance of flowers, especially roses)
will be observed by Asbury M. E.
Sunday School of this town on
Sunday next. The DAY will be de-
voted entirely to the interests of
the children.
Decoration Day - Monday-was
rainy, which greatly interfered
with memorial exercises in the
towns where public demonstra-
tions were arranged for. The dec
orations here were entirely individ-
ual and fe win number. At Bryn-
zion Baptist Church, near Ken
ton, there was a single grave, a
lady, not soldier, to whose mem
ory floral tribute bore evidence of
affectionate regard.
David Reese, on the Middle AL
ley road, is erecting a new dwell
ing on his farm 3S feet front and
% feet deep, the main building:
the back building, IS by 20 feet
and to the rear of this a cook
room. 1t will be a ten-room house
with an "a" window front. The
work is being done by Buckmaster
& Moore. The old house which Is
nearly a half mile from the road,
will remain as it is. The location
of the new dwelling is about 800
yards from the road, and will be
quite an addition to the neighbor-
hood
This season has been especially
adapted to the Sharpless, our Iarg-
est and best variety Of the straw
berry. Willard f. Weldon and r.
d. Hoffecker Sr., have both grown
the min their gardens very recent
ly weighing an ounce each, meas
uring from 5h to inches around
them, 16 to Is filing a quart box.