Middletown transcript., 1911-11-18
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF THE PENINSULA

The women Of the Red Lion Methods
Church cleared $l39. As from recent sup
per.
The annual Kent county Sunday schoo
convention was held in Galena Methodist
Church Sunday.
The Junior Mechanics and Red Men oil
EIkton attended the funeral of John r.
Walters Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bevan, of Port De-
post, celebrated their silver wedding an
niversary Saturday night.
The fair and bazaar held by the women
of Havre de Grace for the benefit of the
new hospital netted $I725.
Rev. Cha les H. Hastings, OF Union
Bridge, Md, began revival services in
Red Lion Methodist Church.
The annual "Harvest Home'' services
of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist congrega'
ton Colora, were held Sunday.
A ''home coming day" was celebrated
at BurrsvilIe Methodist Church in which
several former pastors took part.
CLAIMS are go plentiful just off Lewes
Beach that several schooners dredging
for them are making big hauIs.
The Mayor and Council of Lonacon-
ing have granted franchise to the Gar
ret County Telephone Company.
The post Office in the old Court House
in New Castle will be moved to one OF the
large stores almost directly opposite.
Cumberland Daughters of the American
Revolution are arranging to place a boul
der on the si!e of Old Fort Cumberland.
George II. Huber, on his farm near
Newark, has grown turnip that weighs
10 pounds and is 80 inches in circumfer'
enee.
Manager Holgate, of the Windsor soccer
eleven, of Wilmington, broke hip in
game with the Irish-American team at
Shellpot.
The Chestertown Modern Woodmen of
America haze issued invitations for their
eleventh anniversary celebration Thurs
day night,
The work Of dredging the canal from
Bethany Beach to the Indian River has
been completed, and the waterway is now
open for traffic.
Company E.of Newark Of the Delaware
Militia, has elected First Sergeant Frank
Clark, as second lieutenant, to succeed
Lieutenant Corkron.
A smokestack 100 feet high and 48 in
,hes in diameter has been erected al the
Newark plant of the American Vulvaniz'
I'd Fibre Company.
ElWood Virgins negro, % years old,
serving life sentence at the New Castle
County Workhouse died OF tuberculosis
after serving three years.
Jesse Maddox, aged Is yeara, runa- |
way boy from KennedyviIIe. Md; was
taken in charge in Wilmington by Agent
Stout, of the S. P. G. G.
Frank D. Chase and Bertha Joseph, OF
Rehoboth Beach, caught 800 pounds OF
sea trout with hook and line in three /
hours fishing off Rehoboth.
The Benson Improvement Association |
held large mass.meeting Saturday night
to start a movement to improve the read
between Benson and Reckord.
Dr. P. A. Baker national president OF
the Anti Saloon League accompanied by
eight of bis co-workers held field day in
Sunday, 10 services being
held.
As a result OF heated alienation be-
tween Charles Smith, colored, and Rich
ard silverton, white, both men are at
their homes in Love Point peppered
with bird shot.
An effort made by citizens of the Sixth |
district OF Sussex county to get an appro'
priation OF $1,000 for the improvement OF
Forty foot road was refused by Levy |
Court OF Georgetown.
Postmaster Jester, of Wilmington, has
been asked by relatives to find the daugh-
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