Smyrna times., 1953-06-25
CLAYTON

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Ewells-St. Paul Church Notes
The Sunday morning worship SER
vice of Sunday, June 18th will hon.
or the 250th anniversary of the
birth of John Wesley. founder of
Methodism. The sermon theme
will be Personal Religion. THE
evening worship service will be
held at 7:30 in the Sunday School
Assembly room. This will be the
last service until September by
action Of the Official Board A
part of the morning service will
consist of the installation of the
new officers of the Women's So
ciety of Christian Service with the
following officers being installed:
President, Mrs. ]. M. Davis; Vice
President, Mrs. Preston Burris;
Secretary, Mrs. Lester Goldsbor-
ough; Treasurer, Mrs. John Spenc-
er; Secretary of Christian Social
Relations and local church activ-
tiles, Mrs. Bertha Sevil; Secretary
of Missionary Education and Ser
vice, Mrs. Charles Denney; Secre-
tary of Spiritual Life, Mrs. j. M.
Burris; Secretary of Supplies, Mrs.
William Jones; Secretary of Chill
dren's Work, Mrs. William Hitch
ems; Secretary of Youth Work,
Mrs. John Montague; and Secre-
tary of Literature and Publication,
Mrs. Herman Sevil. The Daily Va
cation Church School will complete
a successful two weeks on Friday
morning when parents and friends
of the students will be invited to a
Sharing Party from 9 to IL. The
work of each group will be ex-
anibited and all classes will con-
tribute one feature of their train
ing in a short program. Certif-
Gates for completion of the course
viii be given the students.
". F. w. Post 1901 Notes.-The
Post Softball team came through
with their second win of the season
by beating Wilson Cabinet with a
score of 10 to 4. William Bill
Donavan won his second victory,
and Pete Bickling and Preston
knight were the home run stars
for the evening, with one EACH
The next game will be next Wed
nesday evening, June oath. at 7l
p.m.-With the Post team the only
organized team from Clayton it |
would be well for all baseball fans
TO make these games a must" in
attendance. Tt costs nothing to
watch, and helps build the morale |
of the players if they know the
local townsmen are behind them.
So let's go to the "Old Ball Came"
Items-Mr and Mrs. Medford
Sparks and family are making the
Hotel Commodore their headquart-
ers this week while attending the
67th annual convention of the Del
aware Pharmaceutical Society, at !
Ocean City, Md.-Mr. and Mrs. |
]. Reynolds Pratt, a wedding ami
versary this week.-Mr. and Mrs. |
III. H. Sevil, Wilmington visitors
over the weekend. din the current |
issue of the Pennsy, monthly
issued by the Pennsyl- |
vania Railroad, we find Engineer
w. d. Belts, ]. H. Dunning, (re-
tired, and c. w. Machamer as
Delmarva Division men who have
combined railroading and good cit
izenship by serving as Mayor and
Councilmen on the local town |
board.-With Sunday the longest |
day in the year, about Is hours
long, this daylight-saving time |
business seems sorta silly. - The
annual Tomato Derby Sweepstakes
among the local gardeners seems
to have been won this year by Le-
roy Waters, local contractor, who
picked the first ripe tomato on June
18th. The loser was Wilson Turn
er, with two red, ripe beauties, al
ready to pick, SO what happened? ? !
Somebody Borrowed 'em.
The weakly wit - The present
generation was brought up on the
wrong side of the Tax.