Evening journal., 1913-03-28
MIDDLETOWN
NEWS HAPPENINGS

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Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Del, March Is
The session of the New Century Club
on Tuesday afternoon was in charge
of Miss Leonne Beaston. chairman,
assisted by Miss Agnes Crowley. The
day was Maryland Day and the pro-
gram was given to Maryland history.
The following was the program. Bio
graphical sketch. by mrs. Mabel p.
Schroeder; song, MY Maryland by
club: Sketch OF Lie OF Edgar Allen
Poe" Miss Agnes Crowley; music,
Miss Lydia Cochran; sketch of Cecil
Calvert Miss Bessie Anderson; mu-
sic. Mrs Schroeder. The program
for next Tuesday will be a musicale,
Mrs Howard A. Pool. chairman.
A meeting of the corn growers of
the neighborhood was held recently.
Harold Baker, of Aberdeen, Md, pro-
prietor OF the Baker cannery met
with them and contracted for four
hundred acres of corn of $3.50 Tor
Country Gentleman and $1,000 for
Shoe-peg.
A pretty Easter dance was given
In the Opera House on Tuesday even
ing by the young men OF the town.
More than a hundred persons. were
present The gowns were exceedingly
pretty and the room was prettily
decorated with green and ionquis,
with japanese lanterns hung from
the center of 40 ceiling 10 each cor
ner OF the room. The patronesses
we're. Mrs. Henry S Brady. Mrs.
elias Moore Shallcross MIS- George
v beverley. Mrs. Willard 3. Biggs,
Mrs James E. Woodall. Mrs Julian
Il Foard. Mrs. John Cochran Green,
Mrs Howard A Pool and Mrs viii
liam Burton Wilson.
The committee on arrangement
we're Julian H. Foard, w Taylor Bar
nett. Elias NJ. Shallcross, Eugene
Shallcross, Wallace Daniels. Ben
Gibbs. Ralph Shallcross Kendall Nc
Dowell. Joseph Griffith and George
Lockwood.
Some of those present were: Mr..
and Mrs Elias Moore Shallcross. Mr.
and Mrs. Henry S. Brady. Mr.. and
Mrs. William B. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs
Julian II Foard. Mr. and Mrs How
ard A. Pool. Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
3 Biggs. AIR. and Mrs Frank j. Pen
nington Mr. and Mrs Julian Cochran
Mr. and Mrs William r Connellee
Mrs. George v beverley Mr. G..
Lindsey Cochran. Mrs John c. Green
Miss Charlotte beverley. Miss Helen
Biggs Miss Blanche Deakyne Miss
Mabel Lockwood. Miss Laura Connel-
lee. Miss Nellie Janvier Miss Naomi
Keith, Miss Helen Myers. Miss Elma
Deakyne, Miss Estelle Beaston, Miss
Madeline Pennington. Miss Elizabeth
Gibbs Miss Helen Mcdowell Mis- Ils.
Their Shallcross. Emory W Hukil
Lloyd Bragdon. BENJAMIN Gibbs
Georg Janvicr, Joseph Griffith. ALFRED
G. Connellee Kendall Mcdowell. Tay
Tor Barnett. Eugene Shallcross. Wal
lace Daniels and Ralph Shallcross
OF Mic ,etown: Miss Madge Corkran
Of Centervllle, Nd; Miss Mildred Al
len, Georg Lockwood. Miss McCau
ley. Mr. Simpson. Mr.. and Mrs Kirby
Mr. and Mrs Joseph p. COmcgys. o
Philadelphia: Mrs. Francis b. Wat
kns. Miss RebecCa Watkins, Mis-
Helen Townsend. Mailley Davis. o
Odessa; Miss Helen Grant OF Wyom
ing: Mr.. and MS G. Cuthbert Pever
leg and Sidney Poverty, of St Mary
county. Maryland; Mrs Charles Eli
son MS. julius Clayton and Mis-
Adelaide Clayton, of Chesapeak
City, Md; Miss Clendaniel. Mis-
Comcgys. SIS Montgomery MI
Bush. Of Wilmington. Miss Babcocs
Of New Iork.-Dr and Mrs J
Niles. Miss RatleGge. Miss Lattomus
of Townsend.-The Misses Kenner
ley. Of Harrington. Isaac Gibbs, Jos
oph Gibbs. of Chestertown. Md.
Houston Naudain, of Baltimore, Md.
Miss Dunn. Mr. Kieta Of Smyrna
Miss WoodaE, Mr.. and Mrs James I
Woodall. of Georgetown. Md. Mr.. an
Mrs. Mansell. of Kenneth Square Pa
Houston Naudain, OF Baltimore
spent Easter Sunday at the home @
his aunt Mrs. J Moody Rothwell. o.
Cass street-Miss Bernice d. Mette
has been in Wilmington for a visi
with her brother William F. Met
ten and wife.-Mr. and Mrs Waite
Nansant and children. of Philadel
phia were visitors this week wit
Mrs Vansant's parents Mr.. and Mr.,
George Echenhoffer-Mis Helen Nc
Dowell has returned to West Cheste
Normal School after a visit with he
parents near here.-Mr and Mrs Jos
eph p. Comcgys visited their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Comcgy
this week and attended the Easte
dance-Miss Laura Belle Kennerle.
of Harrington visited Misses Emm
and Madeline Pennington this wee
Miss Mildred Allen. OF Philadelphia
was the guest of MasS Estelle Beai
ton on Tuesday MIR and Mrs GeOrs
Cathcart beverley and Sydney Peve
ley. OF St Marv's County. Md. an
Miss Charlotte beverley OF Burlin'
ton. \. J.. were over Easter visitor
at the home of their parents, Mr. az
Mrs George V Peverley.-Miss MAIDS
Corkrau. of Centerville. Md. visitC
Miss Helen Biggs.-Mr and Mrs
NJ. Shallcross entertained Mr.. an
Mrs. Mansell of Kennett SQUARE. p;
and Mr.. Simpson. Of Philadelphi
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