Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23

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will meet January 81 at the resi-
dence of Mrs. T. B. Megear.
Cheswold will ask the Legisla-
ture to amend her charter by
changing time and manner of hold
ing town election.
The Steamer Ella found the river
sufficiently clear of ice to make a
trip to Philadelphia Monday and
will return today.
The Young Peoples Society of
the Presbyterian Church will meet
this evening at the residence of
Mrs. S. ]. Reynolds.
Today is the goth anniversary of
the residence of George M. Steven
son in Smyrna and the 10th of his
wedding and of course he is happy.
A number of people from this
as well as other parts of the state
attended the Inauguration of Gov
ernor Reynolds at Dover, yester-
day.
Miss Elva t. Jester has been APP
pointed to assist the postmaster in
the place of Charles A. Beck, who
has taken a position in Camden,
New Jersey.
Mrs. John Winford moved her
store on Monday from the house Of
Misses Hurlock to the opposite side
of Commerce Street.-The house of
MIR. Cummins.
b. B. Allen, who had a strong
backing for the place of State
Auditor, was one of the many turn
ed down by the Caucus Monday
night, losing it by only one vote.
Mrs. Charles H. Registers win
dow of rich blooming plants chal-
lenges the admiration of most every
paSser-by. A look at it is a sud-
den transition from winter to sum
mer.
Parties who have hunted for
them in the mud from which the
water escaped in the Garrison mill
pond, have had rich finds of skill
pot terrapins and swapping turtles,
catching them, it is said by the
hundred.
Walkers Literary Society which
fiourished last winter is still -four
ishing. The crowded house on
Wednesday evenings, the good or
der, shows that interest is steadily
increasing. The programmes have
been excellent and weH-rendered.
Joseph Wright and son have
commenced the construction Of
what is to be neat and commodi-
Gus Office for William G. Hill, deal
er in grain, fruit, &c. at Clayton.
1t will occupy the site of that so
long Of the late Col. George III.
Douglass.
The farmers seem to have been
very fortunate this year in getting
ice. In addition to those already
named in this vicinity, were Theo.
F. johnson, George Reed Lofiand,
and in the ALLEY" William A.
Stevens, Stephen MINER, George
III. Thomas, James G. LeCompt and
William A. Davis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smithers, widow
of the late William P. Smithers,
met with a serious accident on Fri
day morning, resulting in the frac-
tUre of bone just above the ankle.
The rain that had fallen in the
night had frozen on the steps in
the back yard, Of which she was
unaware, and in descending which
she slipped and fell with the above
result.
The rain that fell here on Satur-
day making sleet only on the pave
ments Of that which fell when ii
first began was mostly snow and
sleet to the north Of us. The dam
age in Pennsylvania and New York
to the telegraph and telephone
wires and trees in breaking them
by the weight Of the ice, was i'm
mense. Even so near to us as
Middletown it is stated peach and
other trees were broken by the
weight of the sleet.
On Sunday afternoon at the con-
clusion Of the lesson in the Metho-
dist Sunday School, just as they
were about to commence a short
service of song as is the custom,
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, in behalf of the
officers and teachers of the school
presented the chorister, Walter o.
Hoffecker, with a baton as a token
of regard for his long and faithful
services in this capacity. Mr.. H.
was taken entirely by surprise, but
in few felicitous remarks ac-
knowledged the compliment. The
baton Is of ebony mounted in ivory,
the ends set with pearls and is a
handsome and well merited testi-
monial.