Smyrna times., 1941-03-13

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est Cleaned About Neighborhood
Townsend, March 12.-Miss Eliz-
abeth Roe spent Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Mon
ey.
Samuel Slant, of the State Police,
stationed at Georgetown, visited
his parents the past weekend.
The last basketball game for the
M. H. S. squad was played on Tues
day, March 18th, in Middletown
High School.
On Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch
Lurty and daughters Mildred,
Marion and Ruth, of near Middle
town, visited Mr.. and Mrs. N. w.
VanHorn.
The Women's Society of Chris
tan Service held their business and
social meeting Tuesday, March IL,
at the home of Mrs. Handy at the
Parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Reynolds, Jr.,
and his sister, Mrs. Samuel Weigel,
of Kenton, motored to Wilmington
Thursday, visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Layman.
The committee in charge of the
church supper held Friday night
wishes to thank all those who help
ed to make it a success. The
amount of $131 was cleared des-
pite the weather.
Harmonson Lurty and wife Of
Chester, Pa; William Lurty and
wife, of Cherry Hill, Pa; Fred
Summers and wife, of Clifton
Heights, Pa, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. N. w. VanHorn on Sun
day.
District Superintendent Rev. w.
A Hearn was the guest speaker at
Townsend Methodist Church ser
vices on Sunday evening, March 8.
The choirs had special numbers.
Muskrat trappers, delayed in
their work by the big snowstorm,
were able to resume full operations
on Tuesday. The delay was profit
able in a way as they found that
about every trap contained a vic
tim and the total provided a fine
reward in cash for their trouble.
Fishermen are looking for a prof
liable shad season on the Delaware
this year and the usual number will
engage in making hauls when the
proper time arrives Several years
ago these men had to combat any
attempted invasion of the states
shad grounds by Pennsylvania fish
ermen while now the season has no
difficulties of that kind.
The many friends here of Mr..
and Mrs. Winfield /. Cochran are
glad 70 hear that their little daugh-
ter, Ethel Ann, who was taken to
the Doris Memorial Hospital, VIII
mington, Thursday, February goth,
for pneumonia and whooping
cough, has recovered sufficiently
enough to be taken back to her
home in Smyrna.
"A new CluD HdS Deell 1OTHleu Dy
the young men of Townsend, the
formation of which is to promote
good fellowship and craftsmanship
among the citizens of Townsend
and nearby communities. Although
the centre is only two weeks old it
already has membership of over
30 persons. A set of quoits and
quot boards, dart boards, checker
boards, radio and magazines have
been installed, and more games will
be added as soon as the member
ship increases. Softball and the
good old-fashioned horse shoes will
be sponsored as soon as the wealth
er permits. A program which
should be very interesting, has al
ready ben started, namely, a quot
league and dart game made up of
members and competition should
be keen. The officers and mem
bers wish to take this opportunity
to extend an invitation to the peo-
pie of this town to visit them dur
ing the next month and hope they
will be interested enough to join
and help this community project.