Evening journal., 1915-11-15
NEW Castle HOME
WEEK DRAWS NEAR
Former Resident Now in the
West, Writes He'll Be
Back Again
NEWS NOTES OF
THE OLD TOWN

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Nov To- Postmaster
john p Murphy. chairman of the Old
Home. Week celebration committee is
already receiving many inquiries about
the program. He and the committee
expect 70 be able 70 announce the full
program at the next meeting. Mr..
Murphy was surprised on Saturday
night when he received letter from a
prominent business man IN the middle
/ west regarding the Old Home Week
celebration. The writer told of leaving
/ New Castle years ago, and that thi
other night when he read in TIE
EN ENING IOl BNAL about Old Home
| Week i'm New Castle he said 10 his wnl
who is a daughter Of former resident
I'VE Must 60 back that week.
$50 we are going TO your old IoRi
Week Celebration This is the wa.
told my wife OF my intentions
Weep no more, my lady
Oh weep no more ! say.
I We re going down 10 yc ancient tOwne,
To the Old Home Week in May.
Tis many a day since I was home
In dear old Delaware;
Out here in the west we both did roam.
And now IL Is only fair
That We go buck-weve got the chink
Cheer the lads on the jump.
On the Delaware brink aud take a drink
From Chaso's dear old pump.
In st. Peters church yesterday morn
ing the Devotion of .hc Forty lIou.
commenced at the 1920 o'cloci, aias
The school children pa rjcipatcd H. a.
procession. Large numbers of the cor
gregation visited the church yesterda
during the exposition of the Blcsse
Sacrament. The masses this mornm
were largely attended
. Last evening the sermon was prcacl
ed hy Father Garner. Father Wall
|, will preach this evening and n
l closing sermon tomorrow evening wi
. be preached by Father Martin +. Rya
Walter Sibley was severely cut abol
/, the hands and bruised in other par
" last evening near Wilmington lie w
returning home from Delaware CIT
7 and in order to avoid collision Wi
= motor cycle he steered his hig aut
:, mobile TO one side and collided with
y tree One of the men who WAS in 4
= car was injured 20 such an extent tn
y, he was sont TO the Delaware Hospiti
New Castle has become the stati
for Wilmington people when they desi
: to 90 on an excursion to New Nor
Such. at least, was the case early "
terday morning. The excursion ira
from Delmar for New York w
scheduled to stop at New Castle. b
A.. not at Wilmington. Consequently
Il number of Wilmington people car
here on the midnight express and wa
ed here until the Delmar express ira
arrived and they joined the eXcursic
n lists.
The electric lights failed to burn !;
evening for a couple of hours and ma
mconveniences were the result.
Nictrolas. Records Bridgewater.a
In the NJ. Z. Sunday school vesterd
at afternoon Mayor James f. Price. of "
r. mingion. addressed the Baraca ella
4 About l25 men were present.
all I'm the han of the Good VIII Fire Co
We pany tomorrow evening the Cent?
ov Club viii give a card party. The me
~ bers of the club and their friends are
- vited oattend.
81 There is a possibility that New Ca.
au may get another new industry. T
no time the plant is a box factory. Ev
ost one interested in the old town sa
iia LET them come.'
ye- The New Castle public schools, wi
las were closed part of last week on acco
'od of the teachers institute, re-or
nv ed today. The New Castle delegs
ali who won the eight prizes for the }
,o,, Castle school and honors for themse
oo- were photographed today. The pici
~ will be published in THE EVEN
~. ~ JOURNAL.
w. Gunners were out in goodly numl
ne this morning after rabbits, which
- reported to he plentiful.
al The Trustees Of the Common
~ meet in adjourned session tomor
1ty evening to rent the Penn farm
lold understood there will be number
nds applicants for the farm.
nix Frank NJ. Beckett former New
out tie boy. was elected president Of
ual Fircmen's Mutual Benevolent Ase'
ked tion Of the state OF New Jersey M
and saic. y. j.. on October p. which is
'on highest 7ilice in the association.
also is the father of the ,wo pla
lbt bill that was approved hy Cove
ta- Fielder. Of New Jersey. on April >.
ito Z which gives the iremen two shift,
- stead Of one. as heretofore Mr.. Re,
" also won for the frcmcn Of Atl
ad- City and Paterson. y. J.. the two
ed, ioon or double shift at tho clcctio
an, November ?, which won out by 3