Smyrna times., 1941-07-17

tat tADSt ~ e'N y vans - =
off to Woodland Beach today.
]. E. Carter is giving his dwell
ing bright new coat of paint.
]. Henry Jefferson had green
corn yesterday for dinner, picked
from his own patch.
The Clayton M. P. and the Leip-
sic M. P. and M. E. Churches will
picnic at Woodland Beach today.
The Delaware City nine, and the
Woodland Beach nine, will cross
bats next Wednesday at Woodland
Beach.
Edward Farrell had lima beans
from his garden last week, and ex-
poets to have sugar corn on his
table in few weeks.
Corn has had warmer and much
better growing weather since the
heavy rainfall of week ago, and
is now doing much better.
The Peninsula Editorial Associa-
tion will take its annual outing.
Niagara Falls has been decided as
the place for the annual meeting.
Peaches have been on the market
the past week, but they hadn't the
plump, rosy, luscious look, of the
peach twenty or thirty years ago.
Yesterday and Monday each,
there were two excursions to
Woodland Beach, three are booked
each for today, and five for Friday.
Prof. Yocum's summer school
started yesterday under favorable
circumstances, with some twenty
scholars on the list, and others ex-
pected.
Harry Wilson, who has been with
Michael Riley for the past few
weeks, has reopened the we'll
known Wilson meat shambles op-
posite the Smyrna House.
The Trustees of Delaney's Chap
el, in consequence of their old
house being too small for the grow
ing congregation, have decided to
build large house at once.
Commercial men who have occa-
sion to hire horses, say that they
pay fifty per cent more for a team
in Smyrna, than they do any where
else, but get no better livery SER
vice.
Paul B. Jefferson who is home
spending his vacation was boating
on Lake Como yesterday and shot
a crane that measured 6 ft. Az
inches from tip to tip of wings and
5 fit. inches from tip of bill to
feet.
Samuel Beck residing near De-
laneys Chapel, has the finest field
of wheat between that point and
Smyrna. In fact there is an evil
dence of thrift on both the farms
of Mr.. Beck occupied by himself
and his son.
We have a letter from DR.. Ella
F. Swinney, of China, giving an ac-
count of the outrages that the for
eigners and missionaries have been
subject to, as indicated in the for
eign news, and will be published
next week.
Mrs. Eva K. Boehmler, widow of
the late c. G. Boehmler, received
through DR.. T. c. Moore last week,
the sum of $500 in payment in
full of his insurance policy in the
Northwestern Mutual Masonic Aid
Association of Chicago.
The horses of John M. Ford,
which were left standing in front
of Boyer's store, unhitched, took
fright and were not taken up until
they had gotten over into New
Castle County. The milk cans were
scattered along the road, but no
material damage done otherwise.
The Office of Lewes and Co. was
enlarged this week, to double the
size, and the inside given a tint OF
blue, with other improvements tc
add to its appearance. Mr.. Var
Buskurk, we'll known in the phos.
phate business, has been engaged
by the firm for the summer.
The Sunday Schools of both the
Presbyterian and Epis copa
Churches spent a pleasant day al
Woodland Beach on Thursday last
The Sunday School of the Method
ist Church, including the connect
ing schools of the Landing anC
Jerman Chapel, it is now expected
will picnic next week at the same
place.
A son of John M. Jerman founS
in a field where there had been {
peach orchard twenty or NOR,
years ago a stone, very much th,
shape of a peach, and very heavy
1t was taken to David Stevenson
a stonecutter, who halved it will
q chisel, the stone giving every ap
pearance of a peach. 1t is fiinty
and bears a beautiful polish.
A lot of poultry which was ship
ped to George M. Stevenson by hi.