Smyrna times., 1937-12-30

The steamer John E. Tygert will
in all probability omit her trips for
the first two weeks in January.
The Rosa Rand Company, which
plays at the Opera House tonight
was in Dover last night and Mon
day night.
The Smyrna Home School, Her
man Roe, closed with very inter
esting exercises last Thursday af-
ternoon, and will reopen Monday,
January End.
Leonard Revis has about 1000
young chickens in his hatchery at
Duck Creek and his incubators are
doing their best in bringing others
on as fast as possible.
George M. Stevenson had at his
establishment a design Of Santa
Claus coming out of a chimney
with a well dressed tree, that at
tracted considerable attention.
The evergreen with which the
Episcopal church was SO tastefully
trimmed holly, cedar and crows
foot-was presented by Superin-
tendent I. N. Mills, of Clayton.
The large swinging doll candy
that attracted SO much attention
in the Candy Kitchen, and weigh
ing forty pounds, was awarded to
Miss Lizzie Dunlap, Of Kenton. Her
number was 377.
H. j. Luce, agent for Edison
Brothers, Philadelphia, bought be-
tween forty and fifty barrels Of
poultry, mostly turkeys at our de-
pot, and would have liked to have
had few more Of the same sort.
One of our music teachers has
in a young scholar living some
three miles east of the town-Miss
Marion Stevens pupil Of unus-
ual promise as a pianist, if her
same brilliant touch continues with
the increase of years.
The week of Prayer" will be
observed at the Presbyterian
church next week, commencing
with next Sunday. 1t is expected
that the Rev. Mr.. Handy, Of Vir-
ginia, father of Superintendent L.
I. Handy, will have charge of the
services.
Ex-Sheriff James G. Robinson
moved up yesterday from Dover
and took possession of his house
recently purchased Of Jos. Fl. Prim-
rose, on upper Commerce street.
Mr.. Primrose goes to the house re-
Gently vacated by Presiding Elder
France, on Delaware street.
The usual watch meeting will be
held at the NJ. E. Church, on Sat
urday night next, commencing at
eleven O'Clock. The morning six
o'clock Christmas prayer meeting
was dispensed with on Sunday be-
cause of the usual religious ser
vices so soon to follow.
One of our young men received
six nicely dressed "colored" babies.
He must have been very popular to
have received so many tokens of
one kind, not to say anything of
the numerous others. Some of our
young men were favored with wish
bones, nicely ribboned, but not in
such profusion.
Rev Howard T. Quigg, Of Wayn-
esboro, Pa, has been SO unfortun-
ate as to lose his wife (well known
to many of our people from her
visits to the M. E. parsonage dur
ing its occupancy by Rev. ]. B.
Quigg) and the remains were car
ried to Middletown yesterday for
burial. She was a sister of Jeffer-
son Ford of that place.
An incident of the season was
the presentation to Mrs. Lydia Ca
hoon Cotton by her class Of ten
young men Of the M. E. Sunday
school, Of their pictures in a group
"a Christmas present, surprise
as it was, of especial pleasure. Be
cause of the inexorable laws of
business pursuits, they may before
dong be widely scattered and for
this reason was a token Of value
The group was taken by ]. M.
South Of the Smyrna photograph
gallery, and is well executed.
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