Smyrna times., 1940-12-19

The children are writing letters
to Kris Kringle.
Samuel G.. Anderson died at
Leipsic last Saturday, aged 50
years.
The deerskin glove and calfskin
boot are now to the front and do
ing good service.
The furious storm and heavy
rain of last night and today is to
be followed by a cold wave.
The Quarterly Communion ser
vice will be observed next Sunday
morning at the Methodist Church.
Prof. John G. Robinson, Of Balti-
more, a well-known dealer in plan
os and organs was in Smyrna yes
terday.
Mrs. Christiana Rice at Ray
mond's Neck, will have a public
sale Of stock and farming utensils,
on Monday, December 22nd.
William China Potts is having a
good two story house built on Mon
rovia Street. The builder, S. G.
Stinson, has it nearly finished.
The School Teachers are off to-
day at the Institute to be held in
Dover, and of course the children
will have a holiday the balance of
the week.
The B. M. S. X. Society of
young ladies intend holding a form
al reception on Monday evening,
29th inst, from to IL o'clock, an
have sent out over hundred invi-
tations.
A Singing School has been or
ganized at Clayton, with J. Ed.
Hoffecker as teacher Prof. Zim-
norman, of Philadelphia has a
singing class of over 20 in this
town, which he meets weekly.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Cats, resid-
ing on the state road near Black
bird, viii have a Miscellaneous
wedding at their residence the day
after Christmas, to which a num-
Der of friends have been invited.
John H. Hoffecker killed on his
ALLEY farm on Saturday, eight
hogs with the following weights:
378, 429, 367, 397, 361, 1858, 327, 367
the whole aggregating 1896 pounds
the average weight being 374 1-2.
George z. Batsford, Of Mclean,
N. Y, timer and roofer, engaged
in the employ of William FAIRIES,
has moved his family to this town,
Delaware Street. He takes the
place of George Bange, who has
gone to Bangor, Pa.
James Y. Stewart, aged so years
died on Monday night in Dover, the
result Of a stroke of paralysis. He
was at one time member of the
firm Of Hoffecker & Stewart, and
William Dyer & Co. Deceased
leaves a wife and three children.
An old Indian weather sign is
that there will be as many SHOWS
as the moon is old, if it SHOWS or
the first of December, and snow il
did on that day, the moon being
twenty days old. Therefore, We
are booked for a heap Of snow
shoveling.
A regular meeting of Smyrna
Conclave, No. 40, 1. o. H., will b.
held tomorrow evening, Thursda.
at 8 o'clock at the store of William
II. Baggs. A full attendance 0
the members is requested, as bus
mess of Importance is to be trans
acted.
On January 5th, proposals viii
be opened for removing the wrecl
of the schooner Mary A. Rhoads
which sank in the Smyrna rive
last fall with cargo of phosphate
On January 18th proposals will al
so be opened for dredging in Apo
quinimink river, Smyrna river, ant
Manokin river, Md.
The Persimmon pond, usually tn
first to close up, had two inches 0
ice on Saturday morning and o
course the boys have been out wit
their skates, though the mild sun
ny days Of Sunday and Monda,
somewhat softened it, and arreste,
what promised to be genera
freeze on the larger ponds.
g. W. Hurd, living near town
knows how to cultivate tomatoe
for profit, the proper soil to select
and the best method of fertilizing
He led the growers last year in thi
vicinity and this year too. Hi
yield this year was 48 1-2 ton
from 3-4 acres, which at S5.75 ;
ton made his returns about $40 al
acre.
The congregation Of the M. e
Church responded literally on Sun
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