Smyrna times., 1937-11-18

Miss Annie Cunningham's Sun
day School Glass, of the larger
girls, gave her surprise party on
Thursday night last.
Postmaster Bewley sold the last
one Of the old letter stamps yester-
day. New stamps have been sub
stituted in their place.
The Past Grands of the Odd Eel
lows went to Wilmington this
morning to attend the annual ses-
sion Of the Grand Lodge.
Adolph Grewer, administrator,
will sell the personal property of
the late Nicholas Grewer at Smyr-
ma Landing next Saturday.
a. L. Hudson has commenced the
erection on his lot, opposite As
bury M. E. Parsonage, a dwelling
for Mrs. E. Riley. It will have a
double front.
The cost of changing the Town
Hall to an Opera House, erecting
tower on the same, stage, scenery,
piano, seats, etc, viii amount to
about $4,000.
A deer that was formerly a pet
of Mrs. John Farrell of Raymond's
Neck, it is stated, is running at
large, and has been seen by sever
al individuals.
John P. Collins raised on his
farm in Thoroughfare Neck 1120
bushels of corn from 20 acres, 56
bushels per acre. Thus far Mr..
Collins stands ahead in the Neck.
One of our citizens gathered the
last bunch of grapes from his vines
on Saturday, having had contin-
uous succession of grapes from his
garden since the middle of August.
The new school house being
erected in district No. 6, between
Bombay Hook and the intersection
of the roads on the Robinson farm,
will be completed by Thanksgiving
Day.
Forty-five Smyrnians took a
special train for Clayton last night
to attend the festival for the bene-
fit of the Golden Eagles. Another
special train will run again this
evening.
J. Ed. Hoffecker has been engag-
ed to take the leadership of the
Presbyterian Church chair. The
music under the Reorganization
was enjoyed by the congregation
on Sunday.
The protracted meeting which
commenced at Severson's Church
over a week ago, in charge of Rev.
z. e. White, has been growing in
interest, with conversions at nearly
every meeting.
John Bailey, in West Smyrna,
has a cabbage fertilized by A. Sis
cos phosphate which weighs, strip
ped Of leaves and stalk, IL 1-2
pounds. It is on exhibition at the
Smyrna Post Office.
Charles Smith, George M. Stew
enson and Charles G. Boehmler
have bought the ice privilege of
the Smyrna mill pond for the pres
ent season, paying more money for
it than has ever been paid before.
A correspondent sends the fol-
lowing: w. S. Hardcastle on the
Mcdaniel farm near Moortown
(now Cheswold) raised 1890 BUSH
els of corn on 81 acres, nearly 46
bushels per acre. His whole crop
is 2790 bushels.
Alex. Milne, landscape and COM
mercial photographer, of Whining
ton, was in town yesterday taking
business places, the occupants be
ing requested to stand in the fore
ground. He will follow later in the
same route to sell the pictures.
The stone and iron for the bridge
over the stream that divides Kent
and New Castle counties at Duck
Greek is on the ground, but the
work which was expected to have
been well advanced by this time,
has been delayed by the contractor
for the stone work.
The work of re-embanhng Col
tins Beach which has been going
on for the past two years and not
ed from time to time in the Times,
as finally completed and has been
accepted by the Levy Court which
pays $4,000 on the part of the coun-
fy, the consideration for their part
of the work being a public road to
the river. The object of the COM
pany which purchased the over
flown tract Of some 1000 acres was
to reclaim it for rich pasture lands.
A good sized audience enjoyed
the lecture of Rev. William S. Rob
snson at the Opera House on We'd
nesday evening, as they did also
the vocal and instrumental music
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