Smyrna times., 1940-02-29
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social Inter.
est Cleaned About Neighborhood

Items of Personal and Social Inter
est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Townsend, Feb. 29-Mr. and Mrs
Emil Hughes and children, Jimmie
and George, spent a past weekend
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield
l. Cochran of Smyrna. They also
had as Sunday guests recently, Mr.
w. P. Wilson and daughter, Miss
Jeanette Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Mannerine
of Chester, Pa, visited his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Mannering re.
Gently.
Mrs. Miriam Douglas, member
of the faculty of the Townsend
Grammar School, is confined to hel
bed with lagrippe. Mrs. John j
Jolls, of Middletown, is substituting
for her.
| Mr.. Joseph G. Hutchison was q
! Wilmington visitor recently.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Reynolds
Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Brown
attended dual birthday celebra-
tion at the home of Mrs. Brown re-
Gently. The occasion was in honor
of the birthdays of Mrs. Reynolds
and Mrs. Brown, the latter residing
near Wilmington, was much enjoy
ed. An oyster supper was served
and other features marked the very
/ pleasant occasion.
Mrs. Bessie Reynolds spent last
week as guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Reynolds Hodgson, of Mansfield
Ohio.
Paul Insolo, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Insolo, went to the Della
ware Hospital, Wilmington, for an
operation from which it is hoped he
will soon recover.
]. D. Medders, of Baltimore, Md,
was business visitor here one day
recently.
Mrs. Elizabeth Collins and Mrs.
Edna Marvel are recovering from a
severe attack of la grippe.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cannon, of ODESSA want to
congratulate them on the great oc-
casion of their Goth wedding ami
versary and hope they may have
many more years of happy welded
life. Mrs. Cannon has been con-
fined to her home since last De
cember. She has the best wishes
of her many friends.
The relatives and friends here
were much surprised when they
heard of the marriage of Miss Zeta
o. Barham, of Dover, to Mr. Ralph
T. Bradley, of FELTON,, on Monday,
February 10th, at Elkton, Md. The
bride being born here and the
youngest and sixth daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. George M. Out
ten, also her father being a former
school teacher in the State is from
a well-known family and has many
friends who wish her and her hus-
band much happiness.
The demand for farms of moder-
ate size and of good location is seen
as increasing, probably due to a
better outlook in this type of liveli-
hood. Years ago the seekers for
farms went west, but here of late
the movement of farm seekers has
been to the East. One can notice
a prospective farm buyer in about
every section these days.
James Lewis, a highly respected
colored man, died at the Delaware
Wilmington, on February
II. During the extreme cold of
January he was found in a crude
old building here with feet badly
frozen and succumbed from the
after being under care at
the hospital for several days. His
age was estimated as "a years.
"Jim," as he was familiarly called,
had some odd traits, to amuse
hose who knew him. He found
delight in being very polite in his
iaily travels, and another idea ad-
1ered to strongly was to carry an
UMBRELLA slung across his back
whether the day was clear or
threatened rain and when asked |
lbout the odd stunt would smiling /
v reply, THE weather is as
'hangeable as mankind, so I wont |
,e caught mapping" He had lots
# friends here and elsewhere.