Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-04
CHURCH MEN ON
FISHING TRIP
DOveriteS Have Day Of Real
Sport Aboard Police Boat
PenneWiII
MIX PLEASURE WITH
BAY INSPECTION TRIP

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Ang. 4.-The 10
square miles Of oyster beds and plan
tations belonging to the State but
leased to oyster planting companies
and individuals, was inspected yes
terday by State Revenue Collector J.
Burton Wharton, and the State official
took with his on the trip
on the States new police boat,
the tight schooner S. S. Pennewill-
the entire Brotherhood of ST. Paul of
the Peoples Church. numbering fifty
men.
The party, after a good start soon
after sunrise on the bay, made a
stop at the fishing banks, point
about six miles off shore, and there
| the Pennewill's power boat and a
sculling yawl were kept busy taking
out fishing parties and bringing back
the fish they hauled in-large trout,
crocus, perch and dog sharks. The
fish were piled up on the Pennewil's
deck and we're scaled and cleaned
! by the members aboard while the
others fished, and Steward e. d.
Payne prepared a fish dinner such as
few Delawareans have ever enjoy
ed.
The fishing was greatly enjoyed
! by the party, but the men became EN-
| barassed when a small boy, Ben Ma
gee, pulled up the biggest fish of the
day and came near going over the
gunwale in the struggle. After the
sumptuous dinner at sea, with the
! top of the forecastde as an immense
dining table, Captain Jonathan Mum
cy and Mate Howard Buckson put
the vessel under her immense canvas
for a sail along the channel borders
of the oyster plantations. The wind
was blowing small gale and the Pen
newill rode up and down, with a re-
sounding swish, and soon brave men
of the party were rolling over the
forecastle and down into the cabin.
sea-sick, and caring little for this
life with its round of pleasures. Moth
ing could restore the rolling, gagging
men, but the majority held their sea-
legs and rode on i'm peace.
Closed Season for Clustering.
This is the closed season in the
oyster industry, but everywhere there
are signs of life. Large grounds and
more of them werc being cultivated
as it were, and on both sides of the
bay were numerous sails or pungies
or schooners hustling about under sail
or being propelled by their nap
thas.
The party on the Pennewill got
/ happy greetings from the passing
craft, particularly as the Pennewill
had a mems choir aboard members
of the Brotherhood. Toward evening,
when anchored in the offing at Port
Mahon, the Pennewill party prepared
for another feast and topped of with
ice cream, made out of real Delaware
Jersey cream.
On board were men Of every walk of
life, from the retired seniors who are
entering the evening time of life, to
the young students Photographers
Stillman A. Darrell, of Philadelphia,
and George II. Ennis, of Williams
port, Pa, accompanied the Dover
tourists.
Others on board were:
Former Court officer James w.
Wise, William +. Smith, Former May
or William G.. Postles, Magistrate
John B. Wharton, Former State Lii
brarian John c. Gooden, Former As
semblymen Frank Prettyman, of Far
mington, and II. c. Taylor, of Dover;
/ Recorder J. P. Aron, Patrolman New
ton B. Taylor, of Chester, Pa; H. H.
Prettyman, of Wilmington; F. L.
Ridley, Edgar E. Clements, Collector
Frank +. MalOney, J. A. McGOnigal,
Dr.. A. W. Lightbourne, James Light
bourne, of Wilmington; John w.
Foreaker, Theodore Cooke, Jr., Har-
RE F. Goodwin, William J. ShOckley.
w. Penn Shockley, John B. Hutton,
John d. Hawkins, Lieutenant H. NJ.
Jones, William Dewitt, John S. Col
Inns, J. ID. Satterield. J. A. South
comb, Superintendent of Free Schools
j. Z. Carroll, Professor Wesley Webb,
Clifford ID. Coverdale. William A.
Wise. G. 3. Thompson, William L.
Pritchett, G. d. Hurley, John c. Hop
kins, Charles Morris. Gilden d. Jack
son, r. o. Raymond, G. Melvin,
Harry Martiudale, Denny Collins,
James S. Goodwin, David Clayton and
Ben Magee.