Smyrna times., 1957-01-03
This Week. S
Social and
Personal
Events

MISS. spent the Christmas holl-
days with her father, Mr.. Earl
Ford and family, and grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ford.
The son born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George D. Wright at 1920 pm.
on Christmas Day has been nam
ed Bryan Harvey. He is their
first son and second child, and is
the grandson of Mrs. G. Harvey
Wright and the late Mr.. Wright,
and of Mrs. Carroll F. Norris, of
Leipsic, and the late Mr. Norris.
A progressive dinner was held
by members of the younger mar
ried set in celebration of New
Years Eve, starting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis O'Neill,
Jr.. for cocktails. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph G. FAIRIES, Jr. were host
and hostess for the dinner course,
and dessert and coffee were serv-
ed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William E. Jones, Cottage Dale
Acres. The party following dinner
was held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Harris, Jr. There were
fifteen couples participating in
the affair which is becoming ira
ditional for the younger group.
Much sympathy is being ex-
pressed in the loss of the infant
son of Edwin P. and Gloria
Wright Covington of Boothwyn,
Pa. He was born at Riverside
Hospital Christmas Day He is
survived by besides his parents
a sister Karen Marie, one year
old his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry r. Covington, Booth
wyn Pa; and Mrs. Raymond l..
Wright, of near Clayton. Burial
services were held Wednesday,
Dec. 26 with interment in Glen
wood Memorial Gardens, Broom
al, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Owens
entertained at their home on
South Street at a New Years
Eve party which was attended by
thirty-six persons.
Among the young people at
home from schools and colleges
for the Christmas-New Years
holidays are Miss Tarun Come
gys, a student at Hood College,
Frederick, Md, and Mr.. Richard
W. Comegys, a senior at Harvard
University, guests of their par
ents, DR.. and Mrs Richard w.
Comegys, Sr.
Mrs, o. E. Denney has as her
guest during the holidays her
daughter Miss Beth Denney, who
attends the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital School of Nursing, Balti-
more.
Spending the holidays at their
homes are the following students
at the University of Delaware:
Henry T. Price, Jr,, Matthew
Fischer, Isabel zippe, Eleanor
Phillips, G. Richard Price, Karl
Gebhart, Robert Saatman, Char
lotte Pryor, John Clark, Kay Bull
ger, and Shirley Darrell.
The Rev. and Mrs. F. S. Ban
croft have had with them their
daughter, Anne, a student at the
University of Chicago, and their
son, Frank, who attends General
Theological Seminary, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Money
of Delaware City, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon c. Clark of Wilmington,
Miss Janet LaVerne Clarke, also
of Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine Money and daughter, ia
anne, of Chestnut Hills, near
Newark, were Christmas dinner
guests of Mrs. R. H. Denney and
daughters.
Mrs. Ralph Jones and daugh-
ters of Chester, Pa. were visitors
of Mrs. R. H. Denney on Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Webo
were recent guests at dinner of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dickerson
at their home in Wilmington.
Mrs. Dickerson is the former Miss
Eleanor Robinson, of Smyrna.
Among the former members of
the Smyrna Lions Club and their
wives who attended the annual
dance of the club were Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Poore, Wilmington;