Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-06-11
annual observance
OF Children DAY
PreSbyterianS and Method
lists Will Present Elaborate
Programs on Sunday
SHAD SEASON
OVER FOR YEAR

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, June 11-Chil-
dren's Day services will be held in
the Presbyterian and Methodist
Churches next Sunday evening and
In the First Baptist Church on the
following Sunday.
One hundred new singing books
have been secured for the Baptist
Church and new Estey organ has
been installed.
The current events class of the
New Century Club held an interest
Ing meeting yesterday morning. Miss
Mamma DUNCAN graphically told of
Alaska and the conditions in that
distant section. Miss Reba Holcomb
read the tributes paid to the patriots
whose names are on the roll of honor
in the Mexican war.
The marriage of Miss Josephine
Benezet Richey, daughter of the Rev.
and Mrs. Alban Rchey, and the Rev.
Floyd Williams Tomkins, Jr., took
place at o'clock yesterday after
noon in Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
The father of the bridegroom, the
Rev. DR.. Floyd w. Tomkins, rector
OF the Church of the Holy Trinity,
conducted the services, assisted by
Doctor Richey. The bride was given
IN marriage by her uncle. Judge Sam
uel Seabury of New York. Her sis
ter. Miss Marion Richey, attended as
maid of honor and the bridesmaids
were Miss Margaret Richey, Miss
Frances Northrope. Miss Helen Wal
bridge and Miss Jeanette K Tom
kins.
Floyd Tomkins Gibson, a nephew
of the bridegroom, and Thomas
Richey, the BRIDES brother, were the
ribbon bearers The Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan was best man. and the ush-
ers were Kenneth Durant and Edwin
I. Alice, Jr., of this city; Donald
souder, of Germantown; Leslie Cush-
man. of New York; George Redwood,
of Baltimore, and Francis Buck, of
New Castle
A small reception at the rectory
followed the ceremony. The Rev. and
Mrs Tomkins will live in Vale
Crucis, n. c. after a short wedding
trip. Many of the out-of-town guests
were entertained last evening by
Mr.. and Mrs. +. de Haas Janvier.
Dr. Wagner. State commissioner of
education, will address the New Cen
fury Club this evening.
Miss Rena Hurd, of this CITY, and
Albert Moreland, of Wilmington
we're married recently by the Rev.
George T. Anderson at the parsonage
of Harrison Street NJ. r. Church
Many persons from here attended
the festival given last night by the
Rose Hill Grange The tables were
tastefully arranged and the analr
was a genuine success. Those who
assisted in making the festival sue
cess were:t Mrs. Charles Williams
Mrs. James. FIilvington. Mrs. Charles
e. Megginson, Miss Mary Toulson
Mrs. Frank Megginson, Miss George
Sutton, Miss Grace ThielmaD. Mrs
Sarah Simon, Mrs. George Burris
Mrs. Harry Dolson. Miss Marian Meg
ginson. Miss Lizzie Emmons, Miss
Clara Sutton. George Burris and
Harry Dolson were earnest workers
ut the festival. and political candi-
dates helped to eat ice cream, cakes
strawberries and to drink Lemonade
as we'll as smoke with the grangers
The shad fishing season in the Del.
hware Bay and River officially ended
Yesterday, although most OF the
crews stopped fishing a week OF
more ago because of the poor run
of fish. Because of the losses sus'
famed by the majority of the fisher
men this year demands are to b'
made for more practical assistance
from the Federal and State govern
ments in protecting and promotini
the shad fishing industry.
ONLY the unusually high prices
which prevailed throughout the sea
son kept it from being a disastrous
failure to all of the crews. Because
nf the big prices, with shad selling
nv the wholesale from S45 TO $50 ;
hundred, a few of the crews managed
10 get by on short profits. The ma
iority lost money.
Fishing boat captains and shippers
as we'll as the independent gill ne
fishermen. are worried over the pos
sibilities of the continued poor run
of shad, pointing to the ultimate de
struction Of the industry in the Dela
ware Bay and River. While the flsl
have been running larger in size thal
n decade ago, they are much fewer Il
numbers. 81,
Pollution of the water by waste oil
and acids from the numerous fac
tories and mills along the tributarie
of the Delaware at Philadelphia
Camden and other manufacturer
cities I'D the river is blamed by tn
fishermen for the falling OFF in tn
number of shad
New Castle young men played
great game of baseball yesterday a
Aueustine Beach and whitewashe
Division No 9, of Wilmington.