Smyrna times., 1937-04-15

The wheat field of ]. P. Dickson
at Brenford is especially noticeable
for excellence.
The farmers are taking advant-
age of the good plowing weather
to prepapre their fields for corn
pplanting.
The residence of William H. Sith-
ems on west Commerce street has
been improved by neat porch
covering the front.
William H. Baggs has removed
the enclosure in the front of his
residence and instead of a fence,
he will have an open sodded yard.
What are called by the boys
bay-horses mullets, from the bay,
are ascending to the head waters
of the creeks and afford the boys
fine fishing.
Spring is putting in its best
work, and Mrs. ]. T. Umstead's
window showed weeks before
better array of beautiful flowers
than Spring has or will for some
time produce.
A square marble piece, having
very near shoe cut in it, also bear
ing the name of the proprietor, has
been inserted in the pavement i'm
mediately in front of the door of
T. d. Pierce's shoe store.
Richard A. Langford of Norris
town, Pa, moved to this town last
week, corner of South and Della
ware streets. He is engaged in the
insurance business, agent for the
Prudential Insurance Company of
America.
The time of the full blossoming
Of the peach tree as per record for
the past fifteen years has been be-
tween the 9th and the 29th of
April, with one exception, 1875,
the year Of the full crop. when the
date was May 5th.
Cards are out for the marriage
of William S. Hardcastle Of Moor
ton, (Cheswold) and Miss Mollie |
Jones, daughter of William Stones
residing near Kenton, on Thursday !
evening, April 21st, at the resi- /
dence Of the brides parents.
Trailing Arbutus parties have
ben out only to find a modest bios
som here and there, and the pull
ing Of a number Of buds that might
have made beautiful flowers. The
warm weather of this week is
bringing them out in perfection.
A. Lee Cummins, in addition TO
other improvements about his
home is putting up a new iron
fence covering the whole front of
his property of a corresponding
pattern to that enclosing the
yard Immediately fronting the
dwelling.
The following vestrymen for st.
ePter's Church were elected at the
annual meeting on Monday: Senior
Warden, George w. Cummins;
Junior Warden, E. A. Evans; Yes
trymen, William Polk Cummins,
Joseph Kennedy, w. F. Dunn, r. L.
Cummins, Edgar Spruance.
Some one who has taken the
trouble to go over the fields says
that in Smyrna and the immediate
neighborhood that there are one
hundred and nine persons over sew
enty-five years of age, and about
one hundred and fifty above the ,
age Of seventy, a remarkable num-
ber of aged people.
S. G. Wilds is having the new {
house which he erected on his farm
near Brenford last Spring, repaint- {
ed, the lower part red, above the
doors dark drab, gables canary, I
trimmings for all black. The out i
buildings are also being painted a I
dark drab, with red roofs, ]. E.
Carter, our well known painter, is
doing the work.
Rev. George W.Kennedy, of Mid I.
dletown, died on April 4th, aged 80
years. The deceased had been
minister of the Presbyterian !.
Church and was well known |,
throughout the Peninsula, where /,
he preached many times. He was
pastor of the Presbyterian Church
Of Smyrna for two years. between
twenty-five and thirty years ago /
A committee of the Local /,
Preachers and Exhorters Associa- ]
tion of the Wilmington Conference {
consisting of Thomas Mallalieu, a
President; Rev. J. r. Dill, Secre- {
tary; John Hutton and Revs. ]. V. r
Smith and Herman Roe met in this t
town on Friday and prepared a Z
srtong address which will be print h
ed and sent to the local preachers r
and exhorters of he Conference a
urging them to greater interest b
and attendance on tn Association c