Smyrna times., 1952-04-24
CLAYTON

The w. S. C. S. OF Delaney's
Church will hold Sock Social at
Oak Hill School on Friday evening,
April 25th, beginning at 8 pm. In
addition there will be a sake booth,
flower booth, and fancy work table.
Refreshments will be available, and
a one-act comedy play will be
given.
A bake sponsored by the 8th
grade of Clayton School to help fl
nance the annual trip will be held
in the Bake Shop on Main Street,
this Saturday, April 26th, starting
at 10 am.
Daylight saving time will be OBJ
served in this community begin
ming Sunday, April 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis c. Conaway,
Sr., celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary on Easter Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Moffett
have returned from a wedding trip
along the Skyline Drive and have
occupied their home in the Mrs.
Ernest Davis Apartment on Main
Street.
Mr.. Dudley Crossley, Mr.. Rynear
Slaughter, Mr. Charles Pryor, Mr..
Roland Mills, Mr.. William Mabrey,
and Mr.. Ford Stats, were among
those from Clayton who attended
the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner
of Delaware Democrats on Satur-
day evening. Vice-President Bark
ley was the principle speaker
Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Smith left on
Tuesday for an extended visit with
Mrs. Anna Rash at Pine Orchard,
near New Haven, Connecticut.
AIRS. Carrie M. Davie and Mrs.
Leila Bedwell, of Cedar Lake, NJ. J.,
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
p. r. Smith. y
Mrs. Bertha sevil is quite i'll at
her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones and
Mrs. Jones mother, Mrs. Leola
johnson, celebrated a triple birth
day anniversary on Monday, April
22nd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wiley and
children, with Mr.. Nancy Young,
were Sunday visitors at Kent ISL
and. Love Point, and viewed the
new Matapeake Bridge now under
construction.
Mrs. Josephine Gaul and children
of Beechhurst, Long Island, N. Y,
are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard E. Pinder.
The Clayton Firemen were kept
busy on Tuesday with two fires,
one at the Mills farm, nine miles
west of Clayton, a tractor, and i'm
plement shed were involved; with
an estimated $1700 damage. The
other, woods fire near Vandyke's
Station, and threatening farm
buildings nearby.
p. II. II. Women's Aid
MIR. M. H. Lingenfelter, Superin-
tendent of the Women's Aid of the
Pennsylvania Railroad has an
nounced that their Delmarva Divi-
sion organization will no doubt be
the winner on the Eastern Region
and System for the 1852 Member
ship Campaign. This drive, which
gums from February 1st to March
18th of each year, has been con-
cluded with division record of
469 percent, which is an all-time
high score on the division with a
total of 6525 memberships SUBJ
scribed. Both Mr.. ana Mrs. Ling
enfelter, in their congratulatory
notice to all employees, extended
concentrations to each one person.
ally for this remarkable achieve
ment; also stressed the fact that it
was an outstanding example of
what can be accomplished by COM
plete willingness, close cooperation
and real team work. The Women's
Aid has had very busy and pro-
ductive program during 1851 and
thus far in 1852. Since January
1851, a total of $2234.91 has been
spent for aid to Ga Delmarva Divi-
sion families, composed of 122
adults and 60 children; also, large
quantities of clothing have been
furnished wherever needed. Such
results are conclusive evidence that
the employees and their families are
vitally concerned with this welfare
activity.