Smyrna times., 1942-12-24
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

Capt. and Mrs. A. Lee Clifton of
Norfolk Naval Base, arrived yes
terday to spend Christmas with
Captain Cliftons mother, Mrs. ].
Lewis, granddaughter of Mrs. ]. w.
Clifton, has returned to Smyrna
after a visit with Lieut.. Lewis's
parents at Culpepper, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Leland
Harmonson of Greybox, will be Eat
home" Christmas afternoon after 5
o'clock.
Mrs. George Scout, Miss Helen
Scout and Miss Ruth Jones attend
ed the performance of Here We
Co." the revue presented by the
soldiers from Fort Miles in Dover.
Mrs. Hervey P. Hall, who has
been spending several days at The
Wayside Inn, returned on Tuesday
toRidley Park, Pa, where she will
spend the winter.
Among the college students home
for the Christmas and New Year
holidays are Estelle Edmondson,
Manfred Ennis, Lloyd Jones and
Bill Bodley, of University of Della
ware; Betty Jones, Mary Washing
ton College, Fredericksburg, Va;
Marion Pratt, 9 Edgewood Park,
Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.
Miss Mary Holland of West Ches-
ter, Pa, is spending the holidays
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam j. Holland.
Miss Anna B. Beckett left yes
terday to spend several days with
her sister, Mrs. j. Herbert Sitter
at Germantown, Pa.
Mrs. Lorette Niles, who has been
a patient at Delaware Hospital in
Wilmington for several weeks has
returned home.
Miss Harriet Hutchinson, a grad
uate nurse at Delaawre Hospital in
Wilmington, is spending the holi-
day season with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gar Frazier.
Mrs. Edward M. Boyd of Swarth-
more, Pa, is spending several
weeks at The Wayside Inn.
Mr.. Clifton Still, who has joined
the U. S. Navy and expects to
leave soon, is spending Christmas
with his sister, Mrs. Edward VOL
ford and Mr.. Wolford at Rochester,
N. Y.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Harry Thompson
of San Antonio, Texas arrived in
Smyrna Monday evening to visit
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Thompson and Mrs. John Ora
ham. Lieut.. Thompson has been in
the hospital at Randolph Field,
Texas for several weeks and is now
Miss Edna F. Ennis, student
nurse at Wilmington General Hos
pital, has recovered enough from an
operation which confined her to the
hospital for ten weeks, to return to
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward ]. Ennis near town
where she will GONZALES until Sep
TENDER when she will again resume
her studies.
Mrs. Charles Owens and daugh-
ter Lee, of Lansdowne, Pa, arrived
yesterday to spend the Christmas
holidays with her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. R. F. Corley. Mr.. Owens
will join them for Christmas.
on 30-day furlough.
Lee Slaughter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Slaughter will leave
Saturday morning for Fort Dix,
N. ].
Miss Mary Emma Bell Mr.. Davis
H. Bell and George R. Bell were
recent guests of DR.. and Mrs.
George j. Enders in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Davis H. Bell, who had been
spending week with DR.. and Mrs.
Enders returned home with them.
Petty Officer LIST Glass William F.
Melvin of Quincy, Mass.,is spending
a furlough with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin.
Midshipman George A. Hamilton
U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Md, is spending Christmas with
Smyrna friends.
Mr.. Ellery ]. Ward is spending
the Christmas holidays with his
mother at Cumberland, Md.