Smyrna times., 1936-02-06
nEATH RECORD OF WEEK
,cor+inued from fage One)

1tt pleasant, Cecil county, mary
1ard where he served from 1890 to
1909 when he went to Wilmington,
whore he was pastor of Harrison
street Church from 1892 until
1907 From 1897 until 1902 he
los nastor of Epworth Church,
wilmington. He served as secre-
+arv Of the Y. M G. a. during 1902.
n 1908 he transferred to the
I0raoon Conference, where he be-
come the yice-chancellor of the
University of the Pacific at Forest
Grove Ore, where he remained I'M
n 1904. when he became pastor of
the Portland Church. In 1907 ne
went to Salt Lake City, where he
WAS located until 1913. He then
went to Spokane, Wash, where he
remained until 1918, when he re-
turned to the East and was affiliat-
ed with the Philadelphia Confer
ence being transferred to the Will
nington Conference in 1928. He
served as secretary and lecturer Of
the Board of Temperance, Prohi-
bition and Public Morals since that
time. DR.. Short was a forceful
sneaker and preached in almost
every church in the Wilmington M.
E. Conference in recent years and
also at many public meetings. A
Republican, he was also an ardent
advocate of prohibition and four
wears ago was candidate for Con-
gress on the Prohibition ticket and,
although defeated received large
vote. Upon returning to the East
DR.. Short was associated for ten
wears with the j. C. Penney Com
pany, of New York. He was a past
potentate of FL Katif Temple, A. F.
and A. M, of Spokane, Wash. He
was a prolific writer and lecturer
on religious and travel topics, and
recently returned from trip
around the world, in which he Wis
tied the Holy Land and other plac-
es Of religious history, of which he
spoke in many of his lectures in
this State and vicinity. Several
months ago DR.. Short was not in
health, and spent several weeks in
a Philadelphia hospital. During the
past several weeks he had retired
from all activities, but his condi-
ton was not considered serious.
Death of Miss Estelle Armstrong
Miss Estelle Armstrong, aged So,
was suddenly stricken with appro-
plexy about $50 Tuesday evening
and passed away at one o'clock
Wednesday morning. She was
leaving the school house with sew
eral friends after having spent the
evening with the class in Art
Weaving, and was in a jolly mood
all evening, when suddenly she was
noticed as falling. Help was sum-
moned and she was first taken to
the home of her brother, Mr.. Frank
Armstrong and then removed by
ambulance to the Kent General
Hospital in Dover, where she died
without regaining consciousness
She was the daughter of the late
Samuel A.and Anna A. (Buchanan)
Armstrong. Following the death
of her mother she made her home
with Miss Susie Hudson and aside
from extended visits to Phiadel-
phia, spent her entire life in Smyr-
ma and vicinity She is survived by
four sisters and two brothers as
follows: Mrs. John E. Wilson
Smyrna; Mrs. Anna May Startling
Dover; Mrs. Elva A. Truax, Phila-
delphia; Mr.. John H. Armstrong
Philadelphia; Mr.. Frank c. Arm
strong, Smyrna. Funeral services
will take place from the residence
Of her sister, Mrs. John E. Wilson,
East Commerce Street, Saturday
afternoon at 1:3O o'clock. Rev.
John L. Johnson will officiate. Bur
ial will be in the family plot in Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth ThOmas-Keith, Dover
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