Middletown transcript., 1907-04-20
CHESAPEAKE CRY ITEMS


Edward Carter, Of Elkton, spent Sum
day with bis parents.
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Willis and dau-
glitter, OF Baltimore, were the guest OF his
mother, Mrs NJ. Z. Willis, on Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Kibler is visiting in Phila-
delphia.
II. w. Sherman was Philadelphia
visitor last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Woolley Fpent
Thursday in Philadelphia.
Mir. and Mrs. John Pierce and children
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lum, near Cayots.
DR.. C. C. Laws was Baltimore visitor
last week.
John M. Brown is spending few days
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Lnpfer and son have been
VISITING irlenus I'D Eikton'
Miss Elizabeth Hudson, Of st. Angus
tine, visited friends in town last week.
Mrs. George Houck and children are
visiting in Philadelphia.
Mrs. James S. Hooper was the delegate
from the Presbyterian Church to the
Annual Missionary Convention, which
was held last week at Princess Anne, Md.
Mrs. S. NJ. verdier and daughter, OF
Norfolk, Va, are the guests Of Mrs Z. Il.
Banks.
Misses Ida and Mary Bouchelle visited
Mrs. Fl. w. Kibler several days last week.
Superintendent George Biddle, of Elk
ton, visited the High and public schools
last Monday.
A concert will be given in the Masonic
Hall, on Wednesday evening by Prof. W.
T. T. Harrington, assisted by Miss Louise
Elder. Miss Margaret Virginia Jones,
Wilmington's finest dramatic and hum
orous reader will also be present. For
the past week Prof. Harrington and Miss
Elder have had singing class, with
good attendance, in the Presbyterian lee
ture room. The admission for the con-
cert is Is and 25 cents.
A "Mum Social will be held at the
home of Mr.. John McKeown, on Friday
evening, April Goth, for the benefit OF
Back Creek Neck Sunday School.
The Daughters of America, held soci.
able at the home of Mrs. Edward Bell one
evening last week.
In honor of his eighty-ffth birthday
Mr.. Stephen Hayes received quite num-
Der of post cards from his friends. Mr..
Hayes enjoys the best of health.
Arbor day was appropriately celebrated
on Friday afternoon in our schools.
The first game Of base ball was played
on Saturday afternoon between the Ches-
apeake City High School and the Middle
town team. The score being 6 to in
favor of "our boys" 1t was an eleven
inning contest.
The annual town election will be held
on May 9th, between the hours of one
and seven.
The monthly meeting of the Home and
Foreign Missionary Society will be held
at the home of Mrs. J. P. Steele on Friday
afternoon.
The regular meeting of the Town Board
was held last Monday evening, April 8th.
A town meeting will be held, probably
in the Masonic Hall, on Monday evening
April 22i, for the purpose OF nominating
candidates for Town Commissioners and
Bailiff.
The present Board Of Town Commits
sioners, M ssrs. Caldwell, Schaefer, Pager,
Steele and Cooling, have reduced T Q
bonded debt of Chesapeake City from
81, 600 to S., ,O0O The second bond OF $500
was paid April Sth. This will make a
saving to the town of $50 interest for the
coming year and this $50 can be used for
permanent Improvements. Eight bonds
of $500 each yet remain to be paid and
the citizens of Chesapeake City should see
that one is paid annually. On these eight
remaining bonds, 5000 must be paid in
interest annually to the Chesapeake City
National Bank.