Smyrna times., 1957-01-03
CLAYTON

sunday. The minister's sermon is
titled, More Than Good Advice" !"
The Sacrament of Infant Bap-
fism will be observed. In the ev-
ening at z, youth IA to 1S VIII
meet in Fellowship Hall, for de-
votions, meditation, and discus
sion.-The Church Calendar lists
the following: Friday, Jan. A, at
nm. the Sunshine Glass will
meet at the home of Mrs. Isaac
KINNEY, Ala West Street. Tues
day, Jan. 8, at 7:30 pm, the
Commission on Membership and
Evangelism will meet in the
Church Parlor. Mrs. Howard Vir-
din is chairman. The Official
Board will meet in the Church
Parlor on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at
8 pm. Mrs. Howard Virdin is
chairman Robert E. Foxwell,
Clayton, and Doris Jean CARRIER,
of Middletown, were married in
the church Saturday, Dec. 29, at
3 p.m.-The Devotional Reading
for Today: Behold, 1 stand at the
door, and knock; if any man hear
my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with mere
velation 3:20.
Items-Mr. and Mrs. c. Ed
ward Pinder celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary at an
open house, from to 8 pm. on
Christmas Eve to Sunday, Dec.
30. They were married December
rs, 1906, at Old Dudley's Chapel,
Sudlersville, Md, by the Rev. w.
o. Bennett. They have six child
rem, 16 grandchildren, and three
ndchildren.-The regular
monthly meeting of the Clayton
Fire Co. will be held in the Fire
Hall, on Tuesday evening, Janu-
ary s, beginning at s p.m.-Fran-
els E. Powell, until recently man.
ager of the Philadelphia Dairy
Products division of Foremost
Dairies, local milk plant, has been
promoted to County Plant Super
visor, with headquarters in Phila-
delphia, effective December 20.
Mr.. Powell has served 18 years
with the company. His successor
at the local plant is Richard
Northam, from Snow Hill, Md,
who will be fieldman-in-charge.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Virdin OBJ
served their seth wedding ami
yersary on Wednesday, December
26. Mr.. virdin is now in his
84th year, and Mrs. Virdin is 83.
They have nine children, 28
grandchildren, and seven great
grandchildren. = Mr.. and Mrs.
David Wright, Wilmington, have
been the recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Virdin.-Pvt. Harold
J. Wiley, Jr., has returned to
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, af-
ter spending a 14-day holiday
leave with his parents. Pvt. Will
ley is attached to Company d,
18th Battalion, 3rd Training Reg
iment, Bird Army.-Shelby Rogers
has returned to Tampa, Florida,
after spending the holidays witr
mis- parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Rogers, S. Rodney Street. Shelby
is employed at the Allray Ven
etian Blind Shoppe, in Tampa
Margaret Ann Sibitsky observed
q birthday anniversary on Decem-
Der 31.-Raymond Hudson is re-
cuperating at his home following
surgery at the Kent General Hos |
pital.-Beautiful, new, and crispy
folding money making its appear
ance among the local shops as an
aftermath for holiday gift-giving.
Jane Neal, nee Burris, over
from Chestertown during the holi-
days for a brief visit, and with
a word of encouragement for our
weekly effort with the news
Miss Helen Cooke, down from
Wilmington, during the holidays,
for a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Cooke, Highland
Avenue. Charles Ford, local law
enforcement officer, is seriously
III in the Delaware Hospital, Will
mington.-Let not the jet-propell-
ed termite set be misguided, be-
cause local law enforcement is
now in the capable hands of Town
Officer James C. Griffith. h.-Br-rrr!
Perhaps the most notable river
freeze in Delaware was in 1852,
when the Wilmington and BaIti-
more r. r. ran trains across the
river on rails laid directly on the
ice, which was eighteen feet thick
and had crushed the trestle that
hitherto served the railroad.
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