Evening journal., 1913-03-26
TOOK SUNDAY
DIP IN CANAL
Special to THE EVENING journal

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, March 20.
Corporal thorn and Private Har-
graves, members of the Forty-ffth
Company, c. A. c., went in bathing i'm
the canal on Sunday afternoon. as the
result o; a wager
Frank Holiday and Ralph J. Multi
gan gave a private dance in assembly
hall on Monday evening. The hall
was beautifully decorated for the oc-.
casion. Music was furnished by the
Fort DUPONT orchestra Those pres
ent we're: Miss Grcta Holiday, Miss
Mary Schuyler, Miss Emma Mulligan,
I Miss Margaret Mulligan. Miss Helen
Vail, Mrs. Frederick Bender. Miss
! Dorothy Metzger. Miss Emma Ralphs,
/ Miss Edith Simons. Miss Bessie
ONeill, Miss Mamie Cook, Miss Ethel
Hagan. Miss Margaret Hagan. Miss
/ Bessie O'Neill, Miss Pauline Tugent
Miss May Patterson. Miss Annie
Downe, Miss Mary Downes. Miss
Eileen Boyd. of Newark. Del: Miss
/ Armstrong. OF St. Georges, Del: Miss
Edith Boyd, Of Newark. Del; Frank
Holiday, Ralph Mulligan, George
Hutchinson, Alexander Holiday. Isaac
J. Wainer. Louis Wainer, John Swan.
Samuel Weaver, Ralph McKean1. An
drew Seagraves, william Lyons. Of
void Carey, Theodore Hatton Frank
Money, Thomas Leonard. of New Cas-
tie, Del; Ralph Watts. of New Castle;
Harvey Newlove, Of New Castle
Vorey Seals, of New Castle: Albert
King, Of New Castle; Albert Kumpel
Of Port Penn, and William Hickman
of Port Penn.
The Easter collection at the M. r
church on Sunday evening amounted
to SS5.5S. The classes OF the Sunday
School for the year collected as fol-
lows The Rev. c. n. Jones class
1895; Mrs. c. W. Blakes class
1892; Mrs. W. P. Stanley's class
S1s6; Miss Anna Hemphill's class
$685.; Mrs Laura Adkins. s4.20; Mrs
Clement Everets class, SOFA; Mrs
S. p. Wingate's class. S915: Miss
Mida Burke's class, $685. primary
room, $3.50.
The singing Of the Mems Bible class
was a feature of the evenins. The
congregation Of the church has in,
vited the Rev. c. n. Jones TO return
for another year
The shad season is now on. Monda,
morning witnessed many boats on tn,
river. The fishermen report small
catches yet, but very good season Il
, expected. The roe shad bring from
SOC to S1.00. while the buck sha,
bring about 45c. The shad are bough
D by dealers here, while some ar
, shipped to Philadelphia and New
York.
, The herring fishermen have starte,
fishing also The herring are no
. plentiful as yet. Hauls are made II
the locks here daily except Sunday
Many thousands of herring are caugh
in this haul seine. The fishing seasoi
b attracts many visitors from Philadel
phia and Wilmington here.
Fishing with hook and line has ais
become very popular again. William
Rout of Wilmington, caught twenty
; eight catfish in the canal on Monda
1 afternoon.
William H. Moore has moved int
tie store adjoining William B. Jes
ter's drug store.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Farmer wer
: taken i'll with ptomaine POISONING
early Monday morning
Frank Money has been spending
. few days here with his mothoT-Wil
liam Hickey, who is employed a
Pope's Greek. spent the weekend wit
his parents.-Miss Sylvia SafraneI
spent the weekend at Fort duPon
with her parents.-Mr. and Mrs
Henry Doyle of Philadelphia, spen
the weekend with friends.-Mrs. vii
p liam 3. Jester entertained Mrs. Alba
! Richey and Miss Richey of New Cas-
: tie on Monday afternoon