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Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
Parent-Teachers Name Officers

The last meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of Middletown was
held in the assembly room at the High
School on Friday afternoon, with the
president, Mrs. Emily B. Cleaver pre-
siding. After the opening exercises
with prayer, a class of eleven from
Miss Elsie Jones' room sang "Call me
on the widest Telephone. Miss Louise
Ratledge vice-principal of the school
sang "a Perfect Day., which was fol-
lowed by the election of officers result
ing as follows: President, Mrs. Emily
B. Cleaver; vice-president, Mrs. Alice
M. Jolls; secretary, Mrs. Estella c..
Pearson; treasurer, Miss Ethel W..
Brady; advisory board, Mrs. Emma
Sweetman, Mrs. Mary G. Pool, Mrs.
Alice E. Clayton, Mrs. Katherine v.
Denny, Miss Ida V. Howell, Mrs. Emily
B. Roberts. The Question box" proved
interesting, most of those present tax
ing part in it. These delegates were
named to attend the all-day meeting of
the association in Newark on the last
Wednesday in July. Mrs. P. Maloney,
Nrs. A. Fogel, Mrs. Jolls and Mrs.
Cleaver.
The association will resume its meet
ings on the last Friday in September.
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Bethesda Church Notes

Next Sunday will be observe ed as
Chldren's Day. Fine programs are in
course of preparation for both morning
and evening. At 1890 a. M. there
will be a baptismal service. Parents,
having children whom they desire to
have baptized, are requested to bring
them to this service. This will be fol-
lowed by songs and recitations Of the
primary department of the Sunday
School. The Pastor will preach short
sermon on Christian Education
2 p. nj. Sunday School.
7.30 p. m. The main school will rem
der beautiful program. Those who
have the work in hahd have been pains,
taking in their efforts. The pu bile at
large is invited to attend these eXer-
cises in the interest of youth.
Brotherhood Devotional meeting al
$50 a. m.
Jr. League this afternoon at 3 p. m.
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FINE MISSIONARY ADDRESS

On Sunday morning last the Rev. g.
C. T. Wyatt pastor of the Methodist
Church very chivalrously surrendered
his pulpit to Miss Laura White, for 23
years Missionary in China, who gave
a highly interesting and instructive ad-
dress on that country and her work
there.
The speaker paid a glowing tribute
to the Woman's Board of Foreign M is
sions of the M. E. Church, under whose
auspices she had prosecuted her labors,
as the most efficient Missionary Board
in the world, in any Church-the one
most economically managed, SO per cent
of the money contributed going to the
field. Miss White also spoke of the utter
devotion and sacrifice of the women en-
gagged in the Missionary work. "Metho-
dist women are taking charge of the
work to evangelize the women and
children of the world-women having
entire charge of these responsible
labors".
The speaker described with the great
est enthusiasm the big things Methodist
women, at home and in China, were
doing for that land-the magnificent
Woman's College they have built, the
splendid Hospital they have found ded
and the many schools they have estab-
lished, at Marking etc, How they were
publishing successful Woman's Ma ga
zine-how they had done already big
literary work in translating ten bd doks
into Chinese-all Woman's work. in
Guiding the teaching in the churches as
well as in the schools etc.
And yet that sour old bach, or dis
gruntled widower, (exegetes are not
quite sure which, Paul, of heroic mem
ory, said 81 suffer not a woman to
teach-but to be in silence. LET your
women keep silence in the churches" -;
and then this comic bit, ''if they will
learn anything, let them ask their hus-
bands mt home''I Well, the world has
moved on some since Paul's day!
Miss White told how cheap both food
and wages were in China her ollege
girls living on about one cent m eal-
$40 being their whole years expense.
She said a normal graduate was paid
$4 a month-spoke of the great eager
ness of the Chinese girls to learh-oi
their hard work, paying also very
high compliment to their fine native
ability.
In proof Of this, she read an essay
on the silk worm written in English by
IS year old Chinese girl who had beer
studying that language but six years
which both for the perfection of IT'S die
tion and the depth and originality of it:
thought, would have done credit to any
Harvard or Yale seniorl We hope tt
have the pleasure of later printing thii
truly wonderful composition.
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CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAM

The following Children's Day program
will be rendered tomorrow Sunday
evening at Bethesda NJ. E. Church:
Opening Chorus, Sing Gods Glory. by
School.
Prayer...,............M. B Burris, Supt.
Singing, Oh Golden Days by School.
Address of Welcome 49,. Marion Pinder.
Singing, A Summer Carol,,....By School.
Recitation, Give Little Sunshine.......
Glass of Girls.
Singing The Happy Children's Day. By
School.
Recitation, The Army of the King.
Glass of Boys.
Singing, Well Sing Our Makers Praise
By School.
Recitation, Silver and Gold.,...... Two
Girls.
Offering.
Singing, Calling ..................By School.
Exercise, Drill...............Class of Girls
Remarks by Pastor.
Recitation, What Will You Give. Class
of Girls.
Singing, Listen to His Call...By School
Parting Address. Benjamin Williams
Closing Chorus, We Shall Safe Abide.
By School.
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A Superb Photo Exhibit

Would you see as fine photos as ever
were made, inspect the handsome eX-
hibit of Mr., S. Wilson in one of MIR.
Letherbury' windows,
Our folk should take especial pride in
doing this since Mr.. Wilson was a for
mer resident of the town, son of Mr..
James Wilson.
He says he has worked in the best
studios of New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington, and after
viewing his superb work no one will
doubt it.
His collection Of variously colored
sepias, in the Roman tints, and one in
the warmer style, is very fine; the
definitions are sharp, the toning and
printing perfect, and yet all were taken
within doors, and not by any flash-light
either
His pictures of Children are exquisite
the poses those of Natures own
sweet self
Mr.. Wilson is an artist in the most
absolute sense, His address till june
Ia is Townsend.
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OUR EFFICIENT POLICE

, Middletown was never so well policedl
The proof of this is plain enough in the
absence of rows, fights and noises on
the streets, especially on Saturday
nights when, if the weather, be good,
there is often floating population, in
town, they say, of a thousand or two.
A Differentiated enforcement of the
law as to sidewalk crowding, has re-
suited in less interrupted passage de-
spite this crush, and in fewer kicks
against the law.
Chief Hilyard deserves great credit
for the quiet, but effective manner in
which he conducts his responsible office,
and his able assistants, Lieutenant AL
bert Ripple and Messrs. Ross Ham
burg, Malcolm Croft and FredF Jones,
for the excellent support they give him.
The Chief says the colored officer Fred
Jones, who looks after the colored ar
rests generally, is of great service to
him in keeping good order among the
persons of his own race.
Everyone of these polite and efficient
officers is strictly sober, and shows
great patience and kindness in the use
of his authority, sometimes under very
trying or even dangerous circumstances
One has only to recall some of the
sights one used to see of our tipsy
noisy officers from Wilmington and else
where, to appreciate the gentlemen
now charged with guarding our munici
pality.
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DRAWERS REUNION
This Will Be The 2O4tb Anniver-
sary Of The Old Church
JUDGE CONRAD WILL SPEAK

With good weather conditions, the
number of persons attending the
annual reunion of Old Drawers
Presbyterian Church, near Odessa,
tomorrow, Sunday will probably be
larger than in any recent year.
Each year, interest in the day seems
to extend and in this day of automobiles
it is an easy matter for friends of the
old church to come for a distance of
fifty miles. bring lunch and visit old
friends. The historic old church with
the burying ground in which lie the an
cestors of many of the visitors, will al
ways be an object of interest to many,
both far and near, and each year this
interest seems to become Intensified.
This will be the 204th, anniversary of
the old church an interesting history of
which is given in "Foote's History of
Old Drawers" for sale by Friends of
Old Drawers"
The Friends" each year hold an an
nual meeting when they elect officers.
The present officers are:
President, Daniel w. Corbit, Odessa;
vice president, Thomas ]. Craven,
Salem, N. j.; secretary, Miss S. Cor
n e i e Bowman, O. Wilmington;
treasurer, George Janvier, Middetown;
directors, Miss Dotthy Vandegrift, AL
fred S. Elliott, Wilmington; John v,
Craven, West Chester, Pa; William G.
Janvier, st. Georges; Howard A. Pool,
Middletown; DR.. Walter " Woods,
Odessa; Clarence E. Pool, Isaac Janvier
Woods, McDonough.
>0n Sunday morning, the Rev. Edward
A. McLaurey, pastor of Odessa Preshy-
terian Church, will have charge of the
services and the Rev. U. Franklin
Smiley, pastor of. West Presbyterian
Church, Wilmington, will preach the
sermon. The music will be in charge of
the Odessa chorus choir, probably as
sisted, as usual, by Mrs. Elizabeth Jan
vier Humphrey, of Claymont, whose
father, the late James j. Janvier, was
at one time member of the old church.
The address of the afternoon will by
Judge Henry C. Conrad, of Georgetown.
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Infant SuffOcated in Auto

Minnie Stellar, the S-months-old
daughter of John B. StelIer, store
keeper at Taylor's Bridge, was suffo-
Gated Monday, while riding in an auto
mobile with her father and mother. In
the afternoon the parents started for
an automobile ride, takingthe baby with
them. They bundled her up, so she
would not catch cold When they re-
turned home they found the child dead.
A physician was summoned, and after
an examination he said death was due
to suffocation caused by the child being
wrapped up too tightly. Deputy Coro-
ner Harvey E. Nichols also was notified
and decided that death was accidental
suffoeation.
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Forest Church Note S

Sunday, June 9Th 1915.
On account of the Friends of Old
Drawers Reunion, no service will be
held IN the morning.
1145 a. m. Sunday School session.
The Armstrong Sunday School session
will not be held.
6.45 p. m. Christian Ende eavor SER
vice. Topic, "Body Under, Soul on
Top" Cor. 9,24 q.
7.3O p. m. Evening service with SER
mon,
The Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered on Sunday morn
ing, June 18th, and the Child dren's Day
Services will he held on the evening of
the day,
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St. Anne's Church No les

Sunday, June 9th. The First Sunday
after Trinity,
Divine Seryice' Holy Communion
and Sermon at 1890,
Sunday School session at H. 4b.
Evenson and Sermon at 7.3O.
Week d ay services:- Wednesday,
Evening Prayer at 80.
Friday, st. Barnabas, Apostle, Holy
Communion at 1890.
We hope to see all those Confirmed at
the Bishops last visitation, present on
Sunday and make their Commu union.
We have the promise of Lectures
from three excellent speakers in the
Fall They will probably be given
under the auspieies of the Ladies'
Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary,
Bear in mind the date of the 610th,
Anniversary Service of old St Annes'
the third Sunday in June.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05

The Middletown and Delaware City
New Century Clubs will give minstrel
show in the Opera House of this town,
on the evening of June 21st.
Children's Day services will be held
at Summit NJ. E. Church, on tomorrow,
(Sundsy) evening, at o'clock. A fine
program is being arranged by Miss La
vina Lynch.
Unclaimed T.etters-The following
lists of Letters remaining unclaimed in
tie Post Office for week ending May
27th;- Mrs. Mary Harris, Mary Robin
son, Linden Dale, Bourton Walmor,
William Wright, C. Harper Halfmann,
C. C. Wilpea.
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Wanted-A Weather Cock

Not a prominent weathervane in all
the townl Many people greatly miss
the one that used to crown the stand
pipe. Would it cost much to replace it?
AS for the arrow vane surmounting
the Academy steeple, it has become a
lying prophet, deceptively pointing
due west when the wind really was
blowing north east 1t sticks, and
points one way for several different
winds unless they be strong ones. Could
it not be oiled little?
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StradIey--ROe Wedding

Mr.. V. Howard Stradley, Jr., of Ga
lena, Md, and Miss Carolyn E. Roe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C.
Roe, of Massey, Md, were united in
marriage at S. Clements Rectory, Mas
sey, on Tuesday afternoon last, at 3
O'Clock, Rev. C. R. Birnbach was the
officiating clergyman. Immediately
after tue ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Strad-
ley left for brief trip north They
will be at home after June 5th at Ga
lena, Md.
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OBITUARY
JOHN G, MCCULLOUGH


Ex-Governor John Griffith McCul-
Tough of Vermont, died at his home in
that state Saturday night, aged seventy
nine years, Rorn in Newark, Del, he
went to California because of i'll health,
after being graduated from the law
school of the University of Pennsyl-
vanla in 1853. In the Pacific Coast
State he was elected to the Legislature
Senate and the Attorney Generalship.
He returned East in 1873, going to North
Bennington, VT, where he became in
terested in banking and railroads. From
1902 to 1904 he was Governor of Yer
mont.
He was president of the first Ma
tional Bank of North Bennington, the
Chicago and Erie Railroad and the
Bennington & Rutland Railroad,
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Odessa H. S. Commencement

Commencement exercises of the
Odessa High School were held on Friday
evening, June 4, at 8 o'clock. The
graduates follows;
Helen NJ. Wallace. essay, "The Path
of Civilizationi" Loleta A. Ruckson.
essay, Life of Edgar Allan Poe;"
Isabel Smith, essay, General Charac-
teristics of Delawarean;" Helen W.
Sparks, essay, "Nakers of America. I"
Hon. Levin Irving Handy gave an
address to the graduates. Pools
orchestra furnished the music.
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Death Of Mrs. Bower

Mrs. Margaret Ella Boyer. died at
her residence on Crawford street, at
one o'clock. Friday morning, after a
lingering illness, aged IA years.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral from her laIe resi-
dence on Crawford street, on Sunday
afternoon, June 9Th, 1915, at 2 o'clock.
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MRS. ELIgARETH RATLenGE

Mrs. Elizabeth Ratledge died at the
home of her son Howard D. Ratledge
on the "'Levels" Friday morning, aged
76years. Funsral services will be held
at her sons home Sunday afternoon
8. 80 P NJ. Interment in Forest Cemetry.
Friends and relatives please attend with
out further notice.
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Election Of Officers

At the Annual meeting of Union
Lodge No, 5, A. F. and A. NJ, Tuesday
evening June 1st, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
w. M John J. Jolls; s. M, robert
Douglas; Jr. W., Harry E. Manlove;
Sec, Daniel w. Stevens; Treas, Joseph
L. Gibson, for the 3Sth, time.
After the election, Strawberries, ice
cream, cake, coffee and cigars were
served by the "White Cafe.
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Mill Lane School

The following pupils deserve special
commentator for the month of Nay:
9th grade Elizabeth Shallcross; 4th
grade Annie Hastings; I'd grade
Esther Shallcross, Walter Kronemier;
1st grade-William Taylor, Catharine
Hastings.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05
No More Base Ball BedIam

The Ball Management wish to inform
their patrons justly aggrieved at the
unseemly hedlam noises at last Mon
days games that no more horn blow
ing. footing or other racket of any
sort will be permitted, either in the
grandstand or anywhere on the grounds.
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Mr.. Douglas Promotion?

The many friends of Mr.. Robert
Douglas, of the Peoples Bank, would
be gratiied were the Bank to give an
illustration Of Civil Service Reform by
promoting him to the vacant position of
their Cashier.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05

an ounce of his original steam. Car 'Ow,
the Odessa pitcher also kept his guage
up to about 95 pounds and burned the
home boys pretty badly
The Transcript warns the home
players to keep sharp lookout for
those same Appoquiniminkers, for
they're dangerous, and their braves are
surely wetting their knives afresh to
do later some scalping in these parts
if they can.
They are fine set of players, always
on the square. and it is to be hoped that
only a good-natured, fair rivalry to test
the better team will mark all future
contests
The Transcript wishes to suggest that
the Academy Park management put the
brakes on the small boy 'rooter" who
sometimes in his enthusiasm turned him
self into a ''hooter" and quite inhos-
pitably pelted the Odessa players with
ill-mannered words
While about this matter of manners
in the game, The Transcript also sug-
gests that the tin horn tooters, ''rat-
tiers. ''honk -honkers', etc., and the
ear-splitting hooters and rooters, be
kept out of the grand-stand, as numbers
of complaints have been made that this
pandemonium is not enjoyable for
ladies' and others there, and if the thing
is kept up, numbers of such persons will
stay away, they say.
The score was as follows:
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"A DOUBLE HEADER
MiddletOwn Base Ball Team Divi-
ded HOnOrs With SilverbrOOk
LARGE CROWD WITNESS GAMES

Though Lowell's praise of the perfect
Jnne day could not quite be claimed for
Monday last since it was only May 31st,
yet it was in every respect an ideal one
for baseball, and by LIS P. NJ. the
grandstand was creakiug under its her
ring packed burden of fair ladies'.
placid matrons with even few gentle
old grandmothers, lots of husky men,
young and old, and numerous noisy
''rooters" of every age from small
knee-pants to grey hairs-all having a
thoroughly enjoyable time with the
rest of the six hundre in other places
on the grounds.
1t was Academy Park field day, for
besides the 308 plus a few on the
grand-stand, along the left field ropes,
on benches, and along the fences, were
overfows of spectators to a yet greater
number-a getting a half dollars
worth of fun out of the double
header bill of fare, two fine contests,
each at times furnishing not a few ex-
AibAeAOho VI lllSI IdlG dllllCLICS ~ LIle
bat, in the diamond, and in the outer
fields.
The days games resulted in a swap
of hides between the two nnes, the
Middletowners losing heirs in the first
game to the Silverbrooks to the tune
of II to 2, and then in the second game
returning the compliment by skinning
the Silverbrookers II to 5!
Severl things lost the first game for
our boys. They were facing Mat
thewson, his speed and curves not to
mention his terrifying cleaners" got
on the nerves of our Impractical bat
ters, and they did not pound him very
much-in fact no less than nine struck
out.
Again Richards had not yet gotten
his sore shoulders into its old time
action, and moreover the support given
him in the six innings he pitched was
to quote an old expert, 'just rotten! !!
Two bad fly muffs, two bad passed
short-feld balls aud the lamentable
ishap that put Segelken out for not
touching first after one of his five two
bagger slams over the fence, which
lost two-possibly more runs at that
critical time in the second inning, and
left the home team facing dishearten-
ing ciphers to the visitors runs!
The official score sheet shows the
home team made 8 errors and the visi-
tors and hits to their Is.
The score of the first game follows:
Silverbrook. ..........1 0 2 Oil
Middletown ........ 0 00O1 o 2
The second game was played by our
fellows in much finer fashion, they
making but 3 errors to the visitors
and IA hits to the visitors 4, and though
they did not return all of those ci-
pliers in row, the did add one for
good measure!
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MIDDLETOWN
SCORE nv INNINGS

DVVNE d IININIINNo
Odessa .................0 0 0 0 l 90 0 %
Aiddletown....., 40 0 5000 2X-3
"Messrs. Charles Jones for Middle
town and Lee Pennington for Odeesa un-
pired the game impartially and correct
ly-no easy thing to do.
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MIDDLETOwN DEFEAT ODESSA

On Saturday, after the Wildel game
had been cancelled because of the rain,
game was arranged late in the after
noon when the ground had fairly well
dried, between that fine Odessa team
and our own.
Our good Odessa friends admit they
expected to wipe up the earth with our
boys, and so it was a large number of
gleeful rooters put in appearance here,
each one wearing knowing "Ha Ha 1!
l'm-going- to-see- the-can a r. y-e t n"
look, which look, however, they went
home without, for it began to fade in
the seventh inning when the Middle
town laddies grew tired of the monoton-
GUS six "goosies" and scored l for a
change. Then in the eighth they used
their sticks for two more runs and also
donated the fifth ''goosie" to the visi-
tors, whose 'canary look" was now
quite gone for they found themselves
short on the wrong side of their score
ledger by iust-three to two in favor of
Middetown.
The game was well played and hotly
contested throughout, and showed but
few errors upon either side.
The Juniors who are these days COM
ing in evidence, shared with the Seniors
the honors of the hard-got victory,
their Frank Walker doing shortstop in
IL Il,
that brought in the winning run in the
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n nine down to hits and runs;
Ny /Segelken doubly distinguished
" himself both at the bat and
II behind it. The new come
Ward did well and they say can do ia
mously if allowed to twirl the ball.
Gibbs also kept his credit good, and the
rest showed they can play ball.
The star, all-around. player for the
visitors if not for both teams, and the
surest hitter in the two contests, was
the red-belted little Stetsen of the Sill
verbrooks who struck the ball every
time he came to bat, and with one ex-
ception safely every time! He had bad
luck being forced or left on bases sew
era times.
The Silverbrook players are a gentle
manly set, and though using Wise a
tired pitcher in their second game.
made strong fight against the drub-
bing the Middletowners administered.
The following is the score:
Silverbrook........l 0 0 o 2 002 o. 5
Middletown.........OO O3 3O4O31 XII
There was $131. 65 taken in at the
box Office which means at least 700
present, and this not counting the
ladies' and children fringing the far end
centre fence the small boys perched on
the west fence and the colored lads
roosting in the tree tops, and the many
white teeth one saw cleaning in the
dusk of the small stable windows on
the East line
Messrs. Charles Jones and James
Moore umpired both games and per-
formed their difficult task both fairly
and wisely.
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05

eighth, while their pitcher,
Kirk, whanged the horse-hide
pill over the big home gum.
drop with a variety of curves
for nine innings with never to
the very end any visible loss of
Middletown transcript., 1915-06-05

Newman pitched good
game, holding the Silverbrook
\nine down to 4 hits and 5 runs;
/Segelken doubly distinguished
/ himself both at the bat and
behind it. The new come
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-11-17
Rupture Held

At the invitation Of Gamers drug
store MIR. George u. baltimore. expert
truss filter from Philadelphia, will he
at Hotel Tulsa Thursday, November
Is, Mr.. baltimore will fit the famous
Seeley appliance that is guaranteed to
hold the hernia perfectly affording
immediate and complete relief. Your
special attention is directed 10 the pad
or shield being used. which by it's
scientific construction produces a gen
tie stimulation in the hernial region.
causing the contraction of the hernia
ring. All truss wcarers are invited to
call and see him either at Gamers
drug store or Hotel Tulsa.--Adv.