Smyrna times., 1939-08-17


Bridge, came near losing his hand
last week from the bursting of a
gun.
Joseph Evans is making some
important changes in the dwelling
and outbuildings of E. Lower near
Brenford.
Peaches are being shipped from
Clayton at the rate of half car
day. The promise in May was
fro mten to fifteen cars a day.
The District Lodge of God Temp
lars to the number of about TWEEN
ty, met in Smyrna on Saturday to
discuss matters for the good of the
order.
This will be full day at Wood
land Beach. Notwithstanding the
threatening weather, teams have
been passing through the town
since sunrise.
A company of about ten couples,
mostly from the Neck, two or three
from this town, left on Monday for
a cruise down the bay on Capt.
Tarbutton's yacht.
Walter 0. Hoffecker surveyed
and laid out the corporate limits of
Cheswold on Monday, in accord
ance with the charter granted by
the Legislature last winter.
Ten or twelve couples Of young
people had straw ride on Monday
evening, taking up at the residence
of Thomas A. Reese in the ALLEY"
where they spent some time.
A game of baseball between the
home players of Townsend and
Smyrna on the grounds of the lat
ter, Saturday, resulted in victory
for the home team Of IL to 10.
Tomorrow will be Collins Beach
first big Thursday. Mr.. Roth
well proposes to make it as attrac-
tive as possible. He has number
of boarders engaged, and to-mor-
row about all Thoroughfare Neck
will be there, as well as a number
from this town.
B. F. G. Rothwell has taken Bay
Head or Collins Beach, as success
sor to G. O. Armstrong, and will
run it the rest Of the season. Mr..
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old time popularity and offers
special inducements to camping
parties and those wishing to spend
the day.
John H. Hoffecker will start his
canning factory in few days. The
first ripening of tomatoes are a
week or ten days earlier than US
ual, but there is likely to be fall
ing off in the yield the last of this
month for week or two, owing to
the washing off of the blossoms in
the heavy rains in July.
Henry D. Webster has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Clayton to
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took the oath and bonded on Mon
day, and will receive his commits
sion in a few days. He will take
for his Office the room recently oc-
cupied by Squire Book, adjoining
the store of William S. Reynolds.
George Reed Lofand on Col.
IYiIIsz ssn;oY haar,
shipping pears in good numbers
and at good prices and will have
between 2500 and 5000 baskets.
This is one of the several farms of
that neighborhood that has peach
es this year, which shipped in car
rfiers have sold for nearly So per
basket
Supt. Handy's Summer School
will finish its session with this
week. The school, we are told, has
been a successful one. Good work
has been done, and some of the
pupils at least. value what instruc-
tion they have received very high
ly. We could only wish that its
duration ran into months instead
of weeks.
Messrs. FAIRIES & Orrell shipped
from Brenford 121 baskets of
peaches lin carriers holding gallon
baskets) which netted them clear
of expenses s2s0-85, which would
be the rate Of s2.34 per basket. |
They were mostly Mountain Rose. /
Saturdays sales not included in |
the above, 10 1-2 baskets of Reeves
netted s29.65, or s2.s2 per basket. |
Can any one beat this?
A. l.. Hudson has established a
race course on his farm occupied |
by his son, A. L. Hudson, Jr., a |
mile or more out Of town, in the
field opposite "Jim Town" and ad-
joining that Of James w. Anthony.
1t Is a half mile track, the services
of a surveyor, w. o. Hoffecker, be-
ing engaged for accuracy. 1t was
laid out yesterday, and will be
graded as soon as practicable for