Smyrna times., 1956-04-12
CLAYTON

worship service at eleven the
guest speaker will be Mr.. Albert
NJ. Lebo, of the Delaware Society
of Gideons.@The Sacrament of In
fant Baptism will be Observed
In the evening at $780, the Latex
Community Chorus will present a
concert of sacred music in the
Sanctuary. The public is invited. A
reception will be held for all in
Fellowship Hall Immediately TO-
owing the concert. - The Church
Calendar lists the following; Mon
day. April 16. at 7:45 pm. The
Contact Glass will meet in Fellow
ship Hall. Tuesday, April II, at
7:30 pm, the Commission on Ed
ucation will meet in the Church
Parlor. The Devotional Reading
for today: Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afaird.
John IL :27.
Itens-The Clayton Home DEM
onstration Club will meet tomor-
row afternoon, Friday, April 13,
at 1:3O at the home of Mrs. Daisy
Davis, 519 Main Street. The
club leaders will be Mrs. Pearl
Schlettler and Mrs. Louise Hud-
son. The topic will be Quick and
Easy Sandwiches. = Mrs. Helen
Goldsborough, in the real estate
and insurance Office of R. w.
Slaughter, has been named a No
tary Public.-Town officer Charles
H. Ford has returned to his regu-
lar duties after a long illness that
included being patient at the
Kent General Hospital. = Local
politicos James Rowlinson, Will
liam ]. Hollett. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Blendt, John Loder, Robert
Everett, Thomas Gooding, Manuel
Alvarado, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land Mills attended the meeting of
the Delaware Federation of DEM
ocratic Clubs, IN Dover, on Satur-
day.-Mr. Jack Jackson, a visitor
in town on Saturday. Mr.. Jackson
served here four year ago as En-
ginehouse foreman with the PRR
and was transferred to Grand
Rapids, Michigan, He has now
received another promotionI and
reported for duty at Philadelphia.
With the possibility of two va
cancies on the Town Board for the
coming election in May several
names are being mentioned as
would-be requirements, but up to
this writing nothing definite can
be learned. - Mr.. Lester Russell
has returned home after being a
patient at the Kent General Hos
pital.-Mr. George Murphy, from
Houston, Texas, has arrived ir
town for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Murphy. Smyrna Avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Conaway OBJ
served their 44th wedding ami
versary on Saturday, April T.
Local firemen were kept busy
Thursday last with two fires, but
at widely separated interval. The
first alarm was sounded at 11:55
am. for a field fire, two acre in
extent, at the farm of Oscar
Spears, on Route 481. a quarter.
mile east of Blodgett's Corner. In
judicious use of matches by chill.
dren was reported as the cause OF
the fire. ]. George Knotts, Chief
and eleven men responded to this
alarm. At 7:50 pm, the alarm
was sounded again for a fire al
the home of c. Edward Osterling
Kenton, where a kerosene stove
flooded. The situation was well.
in-hand upon the arrival of the
firemen and no damage resulted
Milton Voshell, Chief Driver, was
in charge and twelve men re,
sponded. = The following cases
were heard before Justice of the
Peace w. Frank Fleming, Jr., over
the weekend: Jeanne Flossie Lew.
ison, Lister Ave, Newark, M.
rs m.p.h. in a So m.p.h. zone
$4,000 and cost. Raymond j. Bow.
ers, Franklin, w. Va, rs m.p.h. ir
55 m.p.h. zone, $4,000 and cost
Alexander H. Steinkoler, 1905 st
Nichols Ave, N.Y.C., 70 m.p,h
zone, $500 and cost. Stanley w
Olenicki, Lorraine St., Plainfeld
N. j., Ga m.p.h., in so mile zone
$25.00 and cost. Mary c. Har
rington, Richmond, VT, 62 m.ph.
in so mile zone, $500 and cost
George L. Bailey, AL Claytor
Road, Smyrna, 65 m.p.h. inn 2I
mile zone, $4,000 and cost.
The weakly wit: A local motor
ist annoyed by his neighbors
shiny new cars, hung sign OF
his vintage chariot: Out of Date