Smyrna times., 1941-09-25
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social Inter.
est Cleaned About Neighborhood

Mrs. George NdnttOrn anu ldillliy
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ford at Clayton.
Mrs. Helen Austin, Mrs. Eliza
beth Taylor and Mrs. Susan Austin
spent Tuesday in Wilmington.
Miss Hilda Stevens, of Whining
ton, was a weekend visitor at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Eva Latto-
mus.
Miss Rose Jean Guessford is now
attending Arlington Hall in Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. Paul Hodgson who has been
ill for several days, is now much
improved.
Mrs. Laura Slaughter is spend
ing two weeks with her daughter
) Mrs. Horace David, at Bayview
Beach.
Mrs. Elwood David has returned
home after several days visit with
relatives.
Mr.. Calvin Outten has returned
home after a three days visit at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Clyde
Shockley and Mr.. Shockley, of
Easton, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Taylor
and son, Mrs. Nina Maloney and
Miss Ethelwyn Maloney were week
end guests at Haddon Hall, Allan
tic City, N. ].
Mrs. Winfield 1. Cochran and
daughter, Ethel Ann, have been
visitors here during the past week
at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Roland R. Reynolds.
Mr.. John Guessford and daugh-
ters, Rose Jean and Louise, Miss
Edna Conner and Mr.. Woodall
Cochran spent Sunday in Airing
ton, Va, visiting Mr.. and Mrs,
Arno Loessner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Slaughter
had as guests on Sunday Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Slaughter, Jr., and
daughter, Loretta, also Mr.. and
Mrs. William Ford and family, of
st. Georges; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Caldwell and son, and Miss Frances
Carr, of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lippincott
entertained some friends and rela-
tives recently and attended servic-
es at Old Union Church. Those
present were: Rev. and Mrs. w. A
Hearne, of Dover; Rev. and Mrs
j. C. Handy, of Townsend; Rev
and Mrs. Darcy A. Littleton anc
Mrs. Anna Littleton, of Edgewoo6
Arsenal, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Brown and son, Leighton and Ken
meth, of Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Hobbs, of New Castle; Mr.
. and Mrs. Hutton, Miss Dorothy
Mousely Mr.. and Mrs. E. T
Burge, of Boothwyn, Pa; Mrs
Bernice Craig, of Townsend, ano
: Mr.. George c. Burge, of Middle
town.
The corn canning plant here
made a good run, having operated
for a month and hummed with al
unusual demand based on the pros
pect of the products being founs
] a necessity, while the threatening
war conditions confront the natio1
and might possibly bring the con
flict to our shores. The plan, mod
ern in every way, was able to han
die remarkable supply of corn il
brief time and when operated
part of the night, kept up with tn,
heavy deliveries from the growers
: yet the trucks kept running at al
hours. The plant is said to hav,
canned the product at the rate O
> one ton every five minutes.
The Daughters of America hell
J. a bingo party at the fire house OF
: Monday evening and a large at
tendance was on hand. 1t was tn
50th anniversary of the Nationa
l Council, and the event that nigh
!. was highly successful Those at
: tending, about 80 of them, wer
from all the surrounding towns
I and some even attended from sec
! tions beyond the nearby places
:. There was door prize which wa
!, won by Mrs. George Slant, Jr. I
:, was especially interesting becaus
: everybody was awarded some
thing in the contests. For year
d the bingo pastime has been popu
d lar and therefore never fails to vii
: a successful result. The receipt
: amounted to S23.65.
y Much interest has been shown il
the case of John c. Carter, for
: mer resident, who moved from
/ Townsend to Montchanin abou
1915 after serving as farm han,
: on different local farms for Is o
i 20 years. Mr.. Carter died on Sep
tember 18th, 1882 after long i'll
: ness. He left no will and appar
i emily no heirs to claim what pos
: sessions he had at the time of hi
Z death. After futile efforts of tn
u law forces to locate any heirs tha
/ might be found some place, tn
u Court at Wilmington held al
escheat proceeding a few days ag
i to start the final chapter in tn
case. 1t developed that after al
1 expenses were deducted, tn
: amount of S2,677.38 still remain