Smyrna times., 1942-05-07
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhoOd


New York, are spending sometime
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Guessford.
Mr.. Frank H. Naylor and family,
of Boothwyn, Pa, spent Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. E. c. Lurty
and Mr.. Lurty and family.
Mrs. Name Chadwick spent
Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Pearce, of Knoxen-
town.
Miss Mary Guessford of Memoir
ial Hospital, Wilmington, visited
her parents here on Saturday.
Mrs. Bessie Reynolds had as Wis
itors on Sunday her son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Reynolds and daugh-
ter Joan( from Christine.
$3.50 was realized from the sale
of a rug donated by Mrs. Julia
Todd to the A. R. G.
The Home Demonstration Club
met Friday, May LIST, at the home
of Mrs. Willard Robinson.
Mrs. James Wilson of Smyrna,
and Mrs. Reynolds Wilson, of Har-
rington, were visitors here recent
ly.
Mr.. Carl SchWatka of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Schwatka, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lawson
were dinner guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodall Cochran, of
st. Andrews School, on Sunday.
Mr.. Robert Murphy who has been
stationed at Fort Dupont as a Pri-
vate for over a year, has been pro-
NOTED to Corporal. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Murphy, of
this town.
Mrs. Walter Harpell and daugh-
ter, Mrs. David Burchard and son
David, Mrs. Alex Lelockner, of
Branchville, N. j., spent several
days with ME-. c. Lurty and fam
lily, returning home on Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon, Janet
Stats fell from her bicycle on a
broken milk bottle, cutting her
right arm severely. Stitches were
required to close the cut. Her play
mates were glad she received no
other injuries.
Mrs. James Conner spent her
77th birthday at her home on April
25th. During the Winter she spent
sometime with her daughter and
son-in-law, John w. Guessford. She
enjoys fairly good health and is
still quite active.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Reynolds
We're visited by their daughter,
Mrs. Samuel Weigel, of Kenton, on
Tuesday and Wednesday. They
also had at home the past week
end Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Reynolds,
Jr., and little Roland III, from
Gladiolies Place, Stansbury Estate,
Middle River.
A fine spirit of co-ooperation is
going to be shown by the women OF
the rural communities should the
demand for extra help call for farm
aid from them. The labor shortage
is likely to call for help from not
only the women, but from the stu
dents of the various schools in each
district.
Woods fires have been so otter
and serious as to keep the firemer
on the run fro one hour to another
A few days ago when the local fire
men returned from a serious grass
fire, they had the next call await
ing their return and so the alarms
were evident that a big loss in the
timberlands was to be felt by the
owners, and that affecting the gen
eral public.
The Townsend Branch of Della
ware Chapter American Red eros.
has had rs workers during the
month of April, who finished artic
les as follows: Five children:
sweaters, two women's dresses, si1
girls dresses, 26 bathrobes, si1
pairs rompers, nine pairs socks, on,
muffler, five pairs pajamas, eigh
snow suits, two bed jackets, on,
beanie, making 591 hours.
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