Smyrna times., 1936-05-21

party to the members of the grad
uating class. Wednesday, June 8
has ben set ascide as Glass Night
The class has chosen three-ac
play, Tommy Tomorrow, fol
presentation at that time. The an
nual commencement will be held il
the school auditorium on Friday
evening, June 5. The scene will bt
laid on board the good ship CLAY
ton." A feature of this year:
commencement will be the wear
ing of caps and gowns by the
graduates. This eliminates petty
jealousies and tends to place ths
program on a more dignified level
1t also spurs the children to a de-
sire to attend the High School
The caps and gowns will be scar.
let and white, the national colors
for the eighth grede. Further de-
tails will be given in a later issue
of this paper.
st. PauI's Nj. e. Church to Re-
ceive a Valuable Work of Art
On next Sunday, May "a, at IL
a. m, unveiling exercises will be
conducted in st. Paul Methodist
Episcopal Church, Clayton, of a
beautiful painting of Jesus in
Gethsemane, sc II inches, and
will be hung back of the pulpit.
1t is presented to the church by
two of her members who prefer to
have their names withheld. The
artist is the Rev. Clark Marshall,
who is a retired minister of the
Protestant Church now
living in Clayton, taking the world
famous painting of the subject by
Hoffman as his model. DR.. Mar
shall has nevertheless put into
this painting much of his own tai
ent and genius. The pastor, the
Rev. Tilghman Smith, invites the
public to see the painting at the
earliest opportunity, preferably at
the unveiling, and promises that
all who do so will feel abundantly
repaid. The Rev. Mr.. Marshall
was an artist before he entered the
having a studio in Balti-
more for over 20 years. His work
has been exhibited in many of the
best art galleries of the country,
and many Of his collections are
owned by art collectors
the country. {.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton, Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
minister in charge, announces the
service on Sunday next will be at
7:30 p. NJ, in the church.
The Third, Fourth and Fifth
Grades of the local school visited
Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on
Saturday. The trip was made by
train. They arrived home at $50,
tired and hungry but all reported
a very enjoyable time.
Mrs Julius Hawkins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Shockley and Mrs
John Montague were in Philadel-
phia with the Clayton School stu
dents on Saturday.
Our town has been greatly sad
dened the past week. On Friday
morning word was received that
Mr.. Eugene Meredith, a former
resident of our town had passed
away. The news saddened the
hearts of everyone. To his family
we offer sympathy beyond words
in this great loss of a valuable
member. He was buried on Sun
day at the st. Peters Cemetery in
Smyrna.
On Saturday afternoon James
Bailey was rushed to Kent General
Hospital and an emergency opera
ton for appendicitis was performed.
He is doing fine and resting easy
at this writing.
On Sunday evening another great
shock was delivered to our town
when Mr.. F. Charles LeCompte
passed on. Mr.. LeCompte had only
been sick a short time and his
passing left everyone spell-bound.
TO Mrs. LeCompte and family
words cannot express the SYM
pathy of our community in this
great loss. Mr.. LeCompte was a
very active man in our commun-
Ity, recently being reelected as a
member of Town Council.
Mrs. Julius Hawkins, Mrs. John
Ford and Mrs. William Hollett at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Fauc-
mott on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. James Boggs has returned
home after spending several days
with her daughter, Mrs. Harry At
kinson of Cape Charles, Va.
Several of our local railroaders
have been called back to active
duty the past week.
Mr.. George Deats of Whining
ton visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bush
on Sunday.
Mr.. Clarence Marker Jr., met
with a very painful accident last
week when he scalded his foot very
badly while working in the local
cannery. He is improving at this
uyr-itiuo