Evening journal., 1915-11-29
Three DAYS LYCEUM
!. ON At NEW Castle
Noted Educators TO be Heard
in Lecture Course Which
Opens Today
NEWS GOSSIP
FROM RIVER TOWN

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Nov. 29.-- Beginning
tomorrow afternoon in the Opera
House. the Lyceum Festival will be
held for three days with performances
afternoon and evening each day. More
than 800 season tickets have been
sold assuring success for the fes
tival. Miss Mary Agnes Doyle will
present peg o. My Heart" and this
'harming comedy is sure to delight
those who will attend.
Dr. ]. Alvadore Downey Is to be
the afternoon lecturer. Or. Downey
has had abundant experience in the
various phases of his work. being
thoroughly acquainted with all of the
details. attention to which is neces-
sary for the best success of a Ly-
ceum Festival.
One of the most interesting features
of the week will be his afternoon lee
lures on the general theme, THE Cul-
ture Epochs Theory" DR.. Downey is
man of scholarly attainments. who
has been most profusely interested
along the lines upon which he will
speak to you. so that his messages will
carry with them all the weight Of the
best authority.
DR.. A. e. Turner will deliver his
lecture on Watch Your Step"
Victrolas, Records.-B -Bridgewater.f
st. Peters r. A. B. Society at its
meeting yesterday nominated the fol-
blowing officers: President, James p.
McGrory; vice-president. Jas. Kee-
nan; treasurer. Edward Gormley;
recording secretary. Hugh E. Duffy;
financial secretary, James F. MclvOr;
marshal. jeremiah Tobin; sergeant
alarms. August Blumberg; librarian,
A. NJ. Hizer.
This society was organized twenty
six years ago and some of the charter
members are the active workers to-
day. While the society pays sick and
death benefits its main object Is to
abstain from the use Of Intoxicating
liquors.
William r. Kee has had much trou-
BILE for months with boys jumping on
his automobile truck. He had con-
> tinually warned Samuel Rankin and
on Saturday the boy rode on the
truck again. When Kee went into the
fibre plant the boy jumped off the
truck and was considerably injured
about the legs and sides. DR.. Dodd
sent the injured boy to the home Of
his foster parents. About that time
a report was circulated that a man
had been found drowned on the
marsh near Dobbinsville Officer
" Tobin and Dr.. Dodd went to the
scene and found that Jake Saber-
iski, who is subject to fits had beer
~a,.fa uH oil in, Ia a.
removed TO his home.
The bake by the parochial schoo
children held at Mrs. Lawless' store
. on Friday and Saturday. netted $45
In Emmanuel Episcopal Churcl
last evening a special sermon was
preached TO the Mems Club by th'
Rev. E. NJ. Jefferys, of Philadelphia.
The Daughters of Liberty ATTENDED
the evening services in the Methods
Church. The Rev. John l.. johnson
preached a special sermon on "Powei
of Womanhood."
The Board of Education will mee
in monthly session tomorrow evening
and a number of interesting matters
will be discussed.
Francis H. Hoffecker, a member o
the Wilmington bar, addressed tn
Baraca Glass of the NJ. +. Sunda,
school yesterday afternoon. His sub
ject was paul Before Agrippa."
James p. McGrory has been nance
by St. Peters T. A. B. Society
member of the general committee II
charge Of Old Home Week to be he'll
the last week of May. The committe
will meet on Thursday evening in tn
Good viii engine house to plan tn
arrangements.
Mayor Richard S. Rodney fine
James Thorp, colored, $40 and cost
for assaulting George Coleman.
Five colored men who trespasse
on the George TObin farm. nea
Christiana we're arrested by Constabl
Taylor yesterday.