Smyrna times., 1938-01-20
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS BUDGET
Personal Items and Social
Mention About Dover Folks
and Their D0ings
PARTIES OF THE WEEK

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Dover, Jan. 2O-The Dover Gar
den Club have arranged a meeting
and tea for to-day Thursday
January 20, at the Presbyterian
parish house. Mr.. Charles Craw-
ford Gorst of Massachusetts,, the
speaker, will be introduced by Mrs.
William D. Denney. His subject
will be Birds and Bird Songs" ill
ustrating his talk with pictures of
bird life and initiating the songs
and call notes of birds. Mrs. Ralph
C. Wilson is chairman of the tea
committee assisted by Mrs. Harold
w. Horsey, Mrs. G. Raymond Sum-
minis, Mrs. L. Dreher Shank, Jr.,
Mrs. James B. Bice, Jr., Mrs. Har-
ry Mcdaniel, Jr., Mrs. G. Burton
Sypherd, Mrs. Ralph Lord, and
Mrs. John B. Smitheman. Among
those receiving will be: Mrs. Alden
B. Richardson, Mrs. Josiah o. VOL
colt, Mrs. George E. Dawson, Mrs.
William D. Denney, Mrs. Winifred
M. McCosh, Mrs w. Watson Har-
rington, Mrs. Frank S. Hall, Mrs.
Henry Ridgely, Mrs. c. Raymond
Cummins, Mrs. Walker L. Mifflin,
Mrs Cahall Sipple, Mrs. George
Ehinger, Mrs. James B. Bice, Jr.,
and Mrs. Harry Mcdaniel, Jr. Mr..
Gorst also will speak in the morn
ing in the school auditorium, under
the auspices of the Junior Garden
Club, with Mrs. Ehinger as the
chairman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Attix of
Dover, formerly of Kenton, went to
Wilmington Friday to spend the
weekend with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Thomas Attix. Friday marked the
SIND wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Attix, Sr., which was
celebrated by a family dinner. Two
daughters, Mrs Mark o. Davis and
DR.. Davis of Washington, and Mrs.
Stuart Thomson and Mr.. Thomson
of Wynnewood, also were week
end guests at the Attix home
Mr.. Benjamin F. Johnson has re-
turned from Miami where he has
been attending a conference of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Mrs. Mabel Lafayette of New
RoseIle, N. J., a former resident, is
the guest of friends in town.
Mrs. William D. Denney was
hostess to the duplicate bridge club
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ridgely Har-
rington have had as their guests
for several days their daughter
Mrs. Thomas L. F'rymire and small
daughter of Baltimore. Mr.. Fry
mire, who accompanied them over
last weekend, returned for them
Thursday.
Mrs. James M. Satterield was
hostess at luncheon and bridge
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Sites Mcdaniel
Jr., of Philadelphia, spent the week
end with the latter's mother, Mrs
! Henry P. Jones.
Mrs. Frank Hall Davis and Mrs
William J. Storey attended the par
ty given by Mrs. Joseph Diver OF
Wilmington, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin H. Bender ot
Wilmington are receiving congrat-
ulations upon the birth of a son
/ David Warren Bender on Thursday
morning. Mrs. Bender before her
marriage was Miss Florence War
ren.
Miss Kate McClafferty will con-
duct the second of her series of
dances Saturday in the high school
gymnasium.
Mrs. Kathryn Trent will repre-
sent the National Federation of
Business and Professional Wo-
mems Clubs, Inc, at the confer
ence on better care for mothers
and babies to be held Monday and
Tuesday in Washington. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Gordon Cockburn were
host and hostess to their bridge
club Friday evening.
Mr. William Smith and daughter
Aileen, visited Mrs. Smith, a pa
tient at Jefferson Hospital in Phil
adelphia Saturday.
The home and discussion group
held their monthly meeting Mon
day night, January 18th, in the
school building. James M. Tunnell
of Georgetown, was the speaker
Mrs. William ]. Story conducted
classes for adult education at Fred