From The Smyrna Times,
Jan. 17, 1935
Col. William C. Spruance dies
Col. William Corbit Spruance, a vice-president and director of E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, died Wednesday night at his residence, 2507 West Seventeenth Street, Wilmington, after a brief illness with pneumonia.
Mr. Spruance, who held the rank of colonel in the Ordinance Reserve Corps of the United States Army during the World War, was 62 years old.
Col. Spruance was a son of the late Judge William C. Spruance who was of the Spruance family in Smyrna, his grandfather being of the firm of P. & E. Spruance, prominent in the early life of Smyrna. His mother was Mrs. Marie Louise Spotswood Spruance.
He is survived by his wife, the former Alice Moore Lea, a daughter of the late Preston Lea, and three children, Preston Lea Spruance of Buffalo, N.Y., Miss Louisa Spotswood Spruance and William Willing Spruance, both of Wilmington. A brother, John S. Spruance of 2210 Gilpin Avenue, and a sister, Miss Edith Spruance, of 2427 West Sixteenth Street, also survive.
Col. Spruance had a distinguished career in business and in the service of his country. He was born September 26, 1873, in Wilmington and was educated at Princeton University. He was for a time a shop student at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. He then became assistant engineer for the Wilmington City Electric Company, manager of the Cellulose Products Company, and a construction engineer of Wilmington.
He entered the employ of E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company in 1903 and was identified with the Explosives Department for many years….
Clayton School Herald
By Leslie Silpath,
Associate Editor
Well, readers and friends, soccer is over and our interest has now turned to basketball. Although our boys are small this year we have shown great interest and skill at this sport.
The team that was chosen to represent our school is speedy and passes quite well. To keep them in practice and give the rest of the boys a chance, a second team has been picked. The varsity is better but the scrubs don’t lose by much.
Rhesa Walton, William Hutchison, Frank Cole, Charles Stewart, and Leonard Reed are on the first team. Our second team is composed of Leslie Pryor, Leslie Silpath, Delmar Christopher, Layton Mabrey, and John Donnaway.
After much practice, a game was scheduled with Commodore MacDonough School at St. Georges…
At the end of the first quarter, we trailed 4-0. We came back in the second quarter to score a field goal, but we scored no more during the quarter. In the third quarter, they scored twice in succession, making the score 8-2. The last quarter proved better, and “Hutch” scored 3 times to bring our score up to 8. While this was happening they brought their score up to 16. The game ended with this score, but we have made up our minds to beat them for sure next time.
We play Delaware City next Friday….
Strand Theatre, Smyrna, Del. (advertisement)
Thursday, January 17, Mae West stars in “Belle of the Nineties.”
Friday-Saturday, January 18-19, “Murder in the Private Car,” with Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, and Mary Carlisle.
Wednesday-Thursday, January 23-24, Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, and Shirley Temple star in “Now and Forever.” Star light, star bright, shining joyously in this heart-reaching drama of two people who found a new love thru the eyes of a child!
