Smyrna times., 1941-02-13

The Tuesday Club will discontin-
he their meetings during Lent;
likewise the Shakespeare Club.
The Smyrna Creamery made
2,811 pounds of butter during the
past month from 27,s79 quarts of
milk.
If you have the money, now is
the time to buy yourself a home.
We believe real estate will not be
so cheap for the next ten years.
If there was train for every
hour for Philadelphia there would
be passengers for each, and a good
ly number would be of the femin-
inc gender.
William H Duker and his Cen
tennial singers are starring it;
they went over to Wilmington last
week and go to Middletown to-
morrow night.
Miss M. L. Allen has bought of
Abel S. FAIRIES the Rink property
on Commerce street. 1t was used
last year as a room for agricultur-
al implements.
The Loyal Legion is preparing
for an entertainment at the Opera
House the last Friday in the month
and the boys and girls are being
drilled for this purpose.
February treats the days of the
week impartially this year. There
will be four and no more of each
in this the shortest of months
an unusually square" arrange
ment.
A large quantity of calves were
shipped on the Steamer Ella, yes
terday, to Philadelphia. AS part
of the cargo, was a shipment of
some twenty hogs by Joseph R.
Jefferson.
Broiled potatoes are very nice.
Slice cold boiled potatoes about half
an inch thick, brol in a wire grid
iron, browning both sides. When
done season with salt, pepper, and
butter. Serve hot.
James Moran, a resident of West
Smyrna, has room now to him
self in the large public house at
Dover kept by Sheriff Cole, for the
pleasure of whipping his wife. He
changed lodgings last Friday.
Our merchants are handling a
great many dozen eggs just now,
but the prices keep up. They got
down to Is cents per dozen last
week, but advanced to from 20 to
% cents on the approach of Lent.
Rev. James Peyton, pastor of
Bethel A M. E. Church, is having
a successful protracted meeting,
which has been running over a
month. Over thirty persons have
professed conversion. the larger
part heads of families.
This week was ushered in with
quinquagesima Sunday, followed
by "Collop Monday" Shrove Tues
day or Pancake day" and today
is Ash Wednesday, the day that
Lent begins and continues to Eas-
ter Sunday, March 18th.
Alec Clifton, while playing with
a pistol on Monday, which he found
in the colored servants trunk, shot
himself, the ball entering just
above the knee and lodging a little
way below it. 1t was extracted by
his father, DR.. Clifton, and he is
doing we'll
Walter D. Hoffecker last week
bought out j. 3. Miflin's Insurance
business. Mr. Ioffecker is agent
for several Of the companies form
erly represented by Mr.. Mifflin and
can therefore renew without
change of companies the policies
of Mr.. Mifflin'S former patrons.
John w. Tucker, who has been in
the employ of Samuel Taylor the
past year, has taken the dwelling
of Mr.. Hirnheimer, and will also
have charge Of the Clothing store,
Mr.. Hirnheimer, mother and sis
tiers changing their residence to
Philadelphia. George FAIRIES takes
the place Of Tucker at Mr.. Tay-
lor's.
We've had all kinds of weather
during the past week. Mild,
warm, rainy, muddy, freely, and
very cold - Thursday night the
coolest of the winter, the thermom-
eter dropping to IS degrees. The
warm sunshine that followed the
clear up on Sunday made one fee
musical with the early notes of the
frogs.
Edward Streets bought a horse
at the vendue sale Of A. L. Hud.
son, Jr. which took fright in this
town on Saturday and was not
stopped until it had reached its Ole
home on the farm. The harness
and carriage were broken and the
animal injured from the SHARP