Smyrna times., 1938-06-09

glnla, Will occupy the pulplL at oI.
Peters Church on Sunday next.
William Rowland, living on the
State Road leading to Blackbird,
lost two horses with the pink
eye"
The Odd Fellows of Middletown
will visit the Morning Star Lodge,
No. 6, of Smyrna about the 18th of
June.
William H. Ford, near Severson's
Church, has recently had erected
large building on his farm for cow
shed, storing hay, &c.
The meek" roads below the
steamboat landing are being put in
excellent condition by the aid of
the pillow and large road scraper.
The blackberry patches in their
array of white blossoms indicate
that the black berry crop in addi-
ton to other fruits, will be prolific.
The Citizens Hose Company of
Smyrna has had their hose car
riage tastefully painted. 1t was
done at the carriage shops of ]. c.
Lassen & Co.
Eugene r. Farrow, of Leipsic,
has been preparing himself in the
studies of the diseases of horses
and cattle and has issued cards as
a veterinary surgeon.
The Diocese of Delaware will
meet in Dover to-day to select a
successor to the late Bishop Lee.
The Diocese has been without an
Episcopal head for nearly a year
Next Sunday will be generally
observed in the churches through
out the Conference as Children's
Day, and the demand for roses on
Saturday for decorative purposes
will be immense.
June came in beautifully after
the rainy, depressing weather
which characterized May, but up
It'll yesterday with so low a tenn
perature as to make fire necessary
in dwellings for comfort.
a large black climber snake,
length about feet IL inches
was killed on Pearl Street, last
evening by Benjamin o. Jacobs.
1t was discovered by the children
who were playing near it.
1t is estimated that the health Of
a section demands that one-fourth
to one-third of its area should be
in forest or woodlands If so,
neither the Eastern Shore, nor Del
aware has as a whole, any lands
to clear.
The season for picnics has arriv-
ed. Two were held on Saturday
in Mudge's woods the children Of
the Nelson and Poplar Grove
schools. The children Of the new
district near Blackstone Church
will have one next Saturday.
A gentleman who was out riding
a day or two ago pronounces the
strip Of country between Moore's
Corner and Kenton, in its comfort
able dwellings, shady lawns and
fine wheat fields, superior to any
part of the road between Smyrna
and Dover.
The graduates Of the Smyrna
High School will not read the es-
says on the night of the com
mencement entertainment There
will be seven graduates, but Prin-
cipal w G. Lake intends that only
the three highest in their studies
shall be read before the public.
The gray caterpillar has made
an unusually early appearance, and
If you would save your fruit and
foliage trees, destroy the nests at
once. The pest did much harm
last year, and will do much more
this year unless effective measures
are made to destroy their nests
and contents.
Last Sunday was Children's Day
at Union Church near Blackbird.
The floral decoration was very
fine, and the occasion one of decid-
ed interest in the neighborhood.
The church was crowded, and
about 200 people outside who could
not gain admittance. Next Sun
day will be Children's Day at
Friendship.
The peaches now as large or
larger than cherries are standing
as thick on the trees of all grades,
both old and young, as is usual
with a full crop Of plums. And,
what is more, they look healthy
and very little as If they would be
much thinned by the June Drop"
The immensely, if it continues, will
be very much against large realiza-
tons
Thomas Mallalieu, president Of
the Conference Missionary Society,