Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

nave Deen pldCSQ Oh Lie SHELVES
during the past few weeks, and a
larger selection of other new pub
Ilications is soon to be made.
MARRIAGES
Bryan-Attix-At the residence of
the brides father, near Kenton, De-
cember 3Oth by the Rev. c. M.
Thompson, William Bryan, from
near Clayton and Miss Lizzie At
Tx, daughter of Thomas Attix.
Farson-Alexander the resi-
dence of the brides father, Decem-
ber 30th, by the Rev. c. S. Arnold,
H. M. Farson, of Brenford, Del,
and Miss Mollie E. Alexander, of
Oxford, Chester county, Pa.
Reynolds s-Odell-At the residence
of the brides father, in Bridgeville,
December 29th, by the Rev. E.
Davis, w. Scott Reynolds, of Clay
ton and Miss Minnie Odell, daugh-
ter of John T. Odeu.
DEATH OF JOHN CULLEN
John Quillen died at his home,
five miles of Milford. Although
Mr.. Quillen was aged IA years, he
was hale and active man until a
few months since he became affict-
ed. Mr. Quillen was justly entitled
to the grand old name of gentle
men," He was widely known and
generally respected, both for his
high moral sense and intelligence
For neary fifty years he cultivated
his ancestral acres and brought his
farms to a high state of cultiva-
tion. Mr.. Quillen moved to Smyr-
ma from his farm several years ago,
for the purpose of giving his chill
dren better educational facilities,
returning again to his home near
Milford about the time the war be-
gan. The Smyrna Seminary, the
Old Quaker Meeting House, was
then under the care of Mr.. Bass
and his wife. Mr.. Quillen and his
family were much thought of dur
ing their stay here.
ELECTION OF LOCAL BANK
DIRECTORS
The Banks of our town held their
election for directors yesterday, as
follows: The Fruit Growers Nation
al Bank-George H.Raymond, John
H. Hoffecker, R. C.Johnson, Thorn
as James, Samuel Roberts, William
Ellison, A. L. Hudson, F. H. Harp
er, N. F. Wilds. officers of the
Bank-George H. Raymond, presi-
dent; N. G. Wilds, cashier; S. G.
Wilds, teller; E. M. Fowler, book
keeper.
The National Banw of Smyrna
D. j. Cummins, ]. E. Collins, ]. C.
Bailey, ]. M. Voshell, w. George
Hill, William Hutchinson, A. E.
Sudler, ], B. Connor, w. c. Satter-
field, ]. F. Denney, A. B. Roe, Hen
ry Lea. This is the old board re-
elected Henry Lea, of Wilmington,
who takes the place of ]. E. Ty-
gert, resigned. Officers of the
Bank-D. ]. Cummins, president;
w. H. Janney, cashier; o. B Vosh-
ell, teller; Eugene Davis, bookkeep-
er.
Both boards dined at the Della
ware House.
A NIGHT M r,IIE, cNrOW DPTE~TC
The daily papers of the past
week have been full of incidents in
relation to the great storm that
started in the Rocky Mountains the
first of last week and reached here
on Friday night last. The follow
ing, written by the Rev. ]. Y.
Smith, who was accompanying his
daughter to Centreville, on Satur-
day night, will give some idea Of
what it is to be blockaded on the
road in a snow drift in a bowling
storm and nearly zero tempera-
ture: I thought it night be of some
interest to give your many readers
some idea of the worst storm that
railroading has ever met in this
part of the country: The violence
of the storm increased as night
came on and at Clayton all train:
were late. When about three
quarters of a mile below Massey:
we ran into a snow bank about
four or five feet deep on the one
side, which increased in depth al
night When we could proceed M
further, the conductor, Mr.. Covel
and the telegraph operator, Mr.. F
Numbers, left the train and bravet
the bowling storm back to Mas
sey's to telegraph and in anothe
hour were back with another en-
gine, but both engines were unabl
to move us back or forth, thus w
remained the night. The stoves Il
the passenger cars seemed entirel.
insufficient at this point to preven
suffering the cold. We occupie'
the highest ground in Kent count
and nothing to break the force G
the blizzard; it rocked the cars a
a crale while it swept across tn
hroad acrec of Col Johnson Afte-