Smyrna times., 1955-12-01

meet at the home of Mrs. Herman
Sevil, AIT West st. The Willing
Workers will meet the same even
ing at the home of Mrs. JACK FL
hngsworth, near Delaneys.-Tues-
day. December 6, at 7:30 pm, the
Finance Commission will hold a
meeting in the Church Parlor.-
The Devotional Reading for Today
I delight to do thy will, o my
God: yea, thy law is within my
heart. Psalm 40:S.
Items-Mr. and Mrs. Frank D.
Savins entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph M. Savins, Middletown, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell H. Sevil and
children 'Bucky' and Sandra, at a
turkey dinner on Thanksgiving
Day.-Pfc. and Mrs. Thomas Kelly
are the parents of William Thom-
as, 91a lb. baby boy, born on
Thanksgiving Day at the Kent
General Hospital. Mrs. Kelly is
the former Verma Doris Naylor.-
Mrs. Margaret Daley of Whining
ton, spent the holiday with her
mother, Mrs. Name Shockley and
sister, Mrs. James Clark. - Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Hurd, of Villa
Monterey, Wilmington, were the
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis D. Hurd. - Mrs. Herman
Sevil observed birthday on Sun
day last.-A campaign for funds
to be used for the erection of a
Sunday School room at Delaney's
Church is being made during the
Yuletide season. Mrs. Connie
Mitchell is the solicitor for this
area. A bit of the history of this
little country church is mentioned
in Conrad's History of the State
of Delaware, which mentions that
'The greater part of the land in
the northwest section of Hundred
(Blackbird) was granted TO Will
liam Dulany, and formed "Du-
lany's Manor" There is a small
Methodist Church in the south
west corner of the Hundred called
Dulany's Chapel. > Birthday con-
gratulations to Margaret Anne
Mast, Monday last, and to Mrs.
Elizabeth L. Cole, yesterday
Walter Moffitt, left-end for Smyr-
ma Highs football team, is hos
pitalized at Wilmington General
Hospital, with a knee injury
Piccadilly Speedways' score up-to-
date: three dead, three injured.
The latest occurred Saturday ev-
ening when an automobile skidded
on a curve about a mile west of
town and struck a utility pole.
Occupats of the car were: Eugene
D. Carathers, 26, who suffered a
lacerated chin, broken nose, and
head injuries; Harry Ammon, 18,
two teeth knocked out, lacera-
tions of the lip and chin, and Rob-
ert Swick, 10, lacerations of the
head and chin. They were taken
to the Kent General Hospital, and
later removed to the Dover Air
Base In6rmary. All were men,
bers of the 16O7th Food Service
Squadron at the base.-The Clay
ton Bank and Trust Co. has sent
checks to the 210 members of the
Christmas Savings Club. The to-
tai amounted to better than sew
enteen thousand dollars, with an
increase of over $1,000 for the
year 1854. - Jimmie Roth, home
from st. Joseph's College, Phila-
delphia, for the Thanksgiving hol-
iday.-Mary Ann Norman, in from
Valparaiso (Indiana) University
Miss Sue Burris, from Memphis,
Tennessee, a recent guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Norman and
family. = Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Clayville and son, Baltimore, Md,
were the Thanksgiving guests of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
c. Clayville.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Shortall cele-
brated their 48th wedding ami
versary Sunday, November 9th.
Their son Major ]. L. Shortall,
Jr., his wife and three children
came from Nixon, N. j., and spent
the day with them.
The weakly wit: The motorist
and his wife hadn't spoken for
miles, following an argument, and
neither would bulge. Suddenly the
man pointed to mule in a pas
ture. Relative of yours" he ask
ed. "Yes," she replied, "by mar
riage!"