Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-08-06
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians

evening at their nOIle III uoiioi VI
Mr.. Deakyne's brother, Reuben
Deakyne who left early Wednesday
morning for Fort Dix. The group
presented the guest of honor with
a wrist watch, the presentation
speech being made by Mr.. Davis H.
Bell. Others entertaining in honor
of Mr.. Deakyne were, Mr.. Eugene
Goldsborough, Thursday evening;
DR.. and Mrs. w. C. Deakyne, Sat
urday evening, and Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Edwin Wilson, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Lucy Cooper, Mrs. Leota
Deakyne, Mrs. Elizabeth Pleasan-
ton and sons william Jr. and Leon
ard and Mr.. William Collins attend
ed the Bowlsley family reunion
held at the home of Mr.. Stanley
Bowlsley near North East, Nd, on
Saturday, August list. Due to tire
and gas rationing the attendance
fell from the usual $50 to go. Mrs.
Pleasanton's son, Sgt. L. A. Pleas
anton is a great great grandson of
the first Bowlsley to settle in this
country.
Mr.. Victor Boyer, Baltimore, Md;
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer z. Taylor,
East Orange, N. j.; Mrs. James H.
Hayes, Greens Farms, Conn; Mr..
and Mrs. Cove S. Taylor, White
Plains, N. Y; Mr.. Cyrus Taylor,
Winstead, Conn.,, and Mr.. Ivison
Rowland, Montclair, N. j., were
among the relatives from a dis
lance who attended the funeral of
Mrs. Henry D. Boyer, Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Creadick Ennis and daugh-
ter Betty Jane Ennis have gone to
Rehoboth Beach for several weeks.
This week they are having the fol-
lowing guests on a house party
with Mrs. Willard PassWaters as
co-chaperone: Nancy Wilson, Flor
enece Passwaters, Audrey Westfall,
Jean Truax, Frances Ann Davis
and Georgia May Fox.
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Bell and
daughter Mary, have returned to
their home in Williamsport, Pa, af-
ter spending two weeks with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land Bell. Mrs. Roland Bell, who
was taken suddenly i'll on Sunday,
July %, while still confined to her
bed, is improving very much and
her many friends will be glad to
see her out again.
Rev. DR.. James w. Colona and
Mrs. Colona left Tuesday for Lans-
! downe, Pa, where they will be
guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Bennett for the month of August.
Miss Ruth johnson was hostess
at her home to the younger men,
bers of the Smyrna Girl Scouts at
a weinie roast Friday evening.
Anna Mcmahon of New York City,
the Herald Tribune Fresh Air child,
who has spent two weeks in Smyr-
ma, was a guest. Anna left for her
home Wednesday.
Mrs. Hall Ewing, the former Miss
Ann Raughley, was recent Smyr-
ma visitor. Mrs. Ewing left yester-
day for a visit with Sgt. Ewing at
a camp in Georgia and upon her
return will take up her duties as
Librarian at the Brown Vocational
School in Wilmington.
Mrs. James Melvin and Mrs. E.
G. Burris have returned from
Boothwyn, Pa, where they were
guests of Mrs. S. B. Yeager. Miss
Sara Yeager returned with them
for a weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Miller,
Mary Emily Miller and Mrs. ]. w.
Clifton are spending several days
with DR.. and Mrs. Harry Holloway
at their summer cottage at Beth
any Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Fritz of
Detroit, Mich, have been spending
the past week with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P.
Thornley,. Mr.. Fritz is associated
with the DUPONT Co. and has been
transferred to Wilmington.
Miss Mary Emma Bell spent last
week with DR.. and Mrs. George ],
Enders in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman w. Cole
man are spending sometime at Re-
hoboth Beach.
Mrs. Mary Graham and daugh-
ter Desmond, of Harrington, Mrs
Douglas Mcgee and son of New
York, were recent guests of Mr.and
Mrs. Edgar Frazier.
Robert Scorah, who was operated
on last week at Delaware Hospital
in Wilmington, was brought home
in the Smyrna ambulance Monday
Miss Elaine Senger is recovering
from an emergency operation fol
appendicitis at the Kent Genera
Hospital in Dover.
Mrs. William G. Hill is spending
some time at Bethany Beach.
Mrs. Christine H. Lutz of Merton
Pa, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
H. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Cole, Mr.. anl
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