Smyrna times., 1944-12-28
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES


Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Scout and
daughter Elizabeth Ann of Balti-
more, and Mr.. and Mrs. George T.
Scout, Sgt. Ray Smith, U. S. Ma
rines, Mrs. George Smith and
daughter of Buffalo, N. Y, were
guests on Christmas of Mr.. Glen
Scout and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford E. Burge
entertained their family at dinner
on Sunday following the christen-
ing of their grandson. S. George
Grassland, Jr. The guests includ-
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Howard V. Cross
land, Middletown; Sgt. and Mrs. S.
George Grassland, Shreveport, La;
Cadet Dolores Wheeler, Cadet Mar
garet j. Burge, and Mrs. James A.
Reed, Wilmington, and Mr.. Robert
Everett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Gears, Jr.,
of Wilmington are receiving con-
gratulations upon the birth of a
son, Charles Cyrus Gears, born
Dec. 23 in the Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington. Mr.. and Mrs. Gears
are former residents of this vicin-
ity. Mother and son are doing
very well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Money and
son Blaine, of Delaware City, Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon C. Clark and
daughter Janet, of Wilmington,
were guests over Christmas with
Mrs. Robert Denney and daughters.
Pvt. Robert Lower, U. S. Army,
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa,
spent Christmas with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Slaughter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Slaughter of
Cynwyd Pa, were guests on Christ
was of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Slaugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Long are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of daughter, Donna Rae, on
Monday, Deeump3Ge5th at. Kent
General Hospits~ iny Dover.
Mrs. Lorette files has been
spending the past week and the
Christmas holiday with the family
of DR.. Norbert Rock at Pittsburgh,
Pa.
: DR.. Horace Evans Spruance, who
suffered a stroke about November
1st is slowly improving at his
home in California. DR.. Spruance
is a native of Smyrna and an ex-
Navy Surgeon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Burris, Pvt.
Eddie Burris, Jr. and Mrs. Kath-
leen Burris Melvin were dinner
guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry D. McGonigal and Miss Bet
ty McGonigal at Camden, N. ].
Lieut.. John B. Mood, Jr, U. S.
Air Service, langley Field, Va,
spent Christmas with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Mood Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Jones and Miss
Harriet Jones of Wilmington were
/, guests on Christmas of Mrs. War
\, ner w. Price, Sr.
Mrs. Harry Pyle, Mrs. w. F.
Pyle of Wilmington and Lex Far
les, U. s.. Navy, Sampson, N. T.,
were guests over Christmas with
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Wells FAIRIES.
Mrs. Howard R. Jones spent
Sunday with her daughters, Mrs
4 John Mcdonald and Mrs. Hayes
Wilson. Jr., of Dover.
Bernie Grier, Musician &c, OF
Yorktown, Va, and Lieut.. Ronald
Grier, Army Air Base, Sioux City
Iowa, spent Christmas with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Grier
:. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lebel are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son, Noel c. Lebel, Mon
day, December 25th.
Lieut.. Mildred Taub of Brooklyn
N. Y, spent the Christmas holiday
with her mother, Mrs. Harry Sher-
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Bryan
of Germantown, spent several days
over the Christmas season with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Harvey Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Porter o1
Wilmington, were guests of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
ward T. Porter on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Swair
and son, G. B., spent the weekend
and Christmas with Mrs. Charles
B. Swain, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Corley Of
East Orange, N. j., were guests
over Christmas with DIR. and Mrs
R. F. Corley.
DR.. and Mrs. Ernest P. Collin:
spent the Christmas holiday will
their daughters, Mrs. William Egar
and Mrs. Earl Poole at Lewes.
Pvt. Eddie G. Burris has return
ed to Camp Croft, S. c., after
spending a fourteen-day furlougl
with his parents.
Miss Marianne Webb, member
of the faculty of the Hewlett
School, East Islip, Long Island, il
spending the holiday vacation will
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Henr,
C. Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Deakyne helt