Smyrna times., 1937-09-23
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL


a Supervisors meeting at the Com
modore MacDonough School on
Tuesday of last week. Clayton
school is now in the Eastern New
Castle Supervisory District. Miss
Ella TIolley is our new supervisor.
The enrolment in the grades is ap-
proximately the same as last year.
The enrolment is as follows:
Grade !, % pupils; grade 2, 80 pu-
pills; grade 8, 81 pupils; grade 4,
rs pulls; grade 5, % pupils; grade
6, 81 pupils; grade Z, % pupils,
and grade s, % pupils. Mrs.
Kocner, our new Art Supervisor,
visited our classes Thursday. She
seems a very capable and efficient
teacher. The boys and girls inter
scholastic schedules are being com
pleted and will be published soon.
At a meeting of the boys soccer
team, Francis Hawke was elected
captain for this year. They hope
to equal the record of last years
team, who were undefeated in eight
games. Clubs were formed in the
upper grades last week Our clubs
this year are Health, afety, School
Betterment, and Social. Assem-
blies will be held on Wednesdays
at IL a. M, and are open to the
public. All patrons of Clayton
School who are interested in a
Parent-Teacher Association for the
school year 1878, are requested
to meet at the school Monday ev-
ening, September 27, at 1880 p. m.
Only by your attendance at that
meeting can we tell whether you
are interested. You are urged to
attend at that time.
Miss Esthel Shortall, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Shortall, be
came the bride Of Mr.. James Orvis
of Rising Sun, on SEPTEMBER 18th,
at the Rectory of st. Joseph's
Church. The bride and groom have
returned from their wedding trip
and are at home in Clayton. Mrs.
Orvis will continue to operate her
business in Clayton.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Clay
ton, Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
minister in charge, announces the
service on Sunday next will be at
7:3O p. M, evening prayer and ser
mon, followed by parish meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Mills and
son Junior spent Sunday at Rob-
erts, Md.
Mrs. ]. S. Cobb and Mrs. Henry
Cummins of Dover, spent Wednes-
day in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Cochburn
and son Gordy, of Dover, spent
Sunday in town.
Mrs. Ruth Foxwen and son Bob
by, are spending this week in Ches-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Mills enter
tanned at dinner on Wednesday in
honor of their son Roland, Jr.'s
eighth birthday. Their guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Walton
and Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Fluharty.
Jimmy and Jackie Montague
spent the weekend at Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Coverdale
spent Wednesday in Wilmington
and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Sevil and
Miss Hilda Stevens of Wilmington,
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Stevens on Sunday.
The occasion was Mr.. Stevens
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Maloney, Miss
Ethel Barnes and Mrs. Harry
Walker spent Monday in Whining
ton.
Miss Marion Dulin of Dover,
spent the weekend with her aunt
Mrs. Edison Collins.
Mr.. James LeCompte left on
Saturday to attend school in New
Jersey.
Mrs. Ruth Parkey and Mrs.
James Montague spent Thursday
In Wilmington with Mrs. George
Evans.
Mrs. Hubbard Brinsfeld and son
Raymond, of Crumpton, Md, visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Boggs on
Sunday.
Mr.. Willard Hickman spent the
weekend at Roberts, Md.
Mrs. Dicie Kitchens of Fruitland,
Md, spent Wednesday with her
mother, RMS. Howell Sevil
Miss Alice Ennis and Mrs. Zoa
Knots spent the weekend at
Rock Hall, Md.
Mrs. Jack Montague and daugh-
ter Joyce, spent Sunday at Dover
Mr.. Wood Ennis, Mr.. Henry En-
mis-, Mr.. Ed. Ennis and Mr.. Malcolm
Burris attended the fair at Read
Ding, Pa, last Thursday.
Miss Ella Harris of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with her moth
er, Mrs. John Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. James q. Walton
and children Russell, Doris anC
Jean, spent the weekend with Mr.
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