Middletown transcript., 1916-08-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

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Farmers are busy.
Tomatoes looking good
Excursion and picnic weather
August is warming to her work.
E. C. Derrickson, who lives near
Townsend, has strawberry vines that are
producing fine strawberries at the pres
ent time.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the post-ofice for the week ending
Aug. 10th: Mrs. 3. C. Brown, Mrs. Ed
ward Cammile, Miss Evaline Rose, W.
R. Winder.
Cornelins Mundy, Wilmington busi-
ness man, has purchased the farm of
Thomas jefferson, situated on the st.
Georges road, near Delaware City,
known as the Crank Reybold' farm.
The gun cotton traffic through the
canal at Delaware City has increased
considerably lately after there had been
noticeable falling off in this traffic
through the canal, on account of the
increased production at the Carney
Point plant.
The annual services at Old Union M.
E. Church, near Townsend, will be held
on Sunday, September Sd. Prof. Will
liam Hutchinson, of Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa, will be the speaker at
10. 80 a, m as yet the program for the
afternoon services is not completed.
Richard Ross, colored, suffered a
stroke of paralysis at his home at Ham
town on Saturday. For a time the
physicians feared that infantile paral-
ysis had appeared here, but afterward
decided not. Ross was unable to speak
at first, but has since recovered his
speech.
Between 40 and so couples enjoyed
the second dance given by the Pool Or
chestra in the New Century Club Build
ing, last Tuesday evening. The hos
tesses were: Mrs. NJ. N. Willis, Mrs.
W T. Connellee, Mrs. A. M. Chamber
laine, Mrs. Lester NAylor, Mrs. j. E.
Walls and Miss Mary Lewis.
The farmers are surely coming to
their own. And when the farmer is
prosperous and gets good prices it
means all classes will be benefited.
The wheat market has been soaring this
past week. On Wednesday the report
of giant crop losses in the United States
and Canada sent the price skyward.
The Middletown High School will re-
sumo it's sessions on Monday, Septem-
ber 11th, with the same staff of teachers
with the exception of Miss Frances
Davis, who was appointed teacher at
Laurel, and who will be succeeded by
Miss Helen Mcdowell, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. H. B. Mcdowell, of near
town.
Miss Rose Evans at her home at
''Noxontown Mills" on Monday evening,
delightfully."- entertained about twenty
five guests in honor of Miss Isabelle
Rudisill, of Hanover, Pa. The event
was ''corn and marshmallow roast,
and was very cleverly carried out in
every detail, affording much amusement
to all. 1t was held on the bank of the
pond.
The corn cannery, of Raker Bros,
started operations on Friday last with
large force of Bohemians from Balti
more and other cities. The prospects,
for a large pack, we are informed, is
very bright, the corn being of good
quality and the yield large. Prepara-
tions are being made for an early start
of the tomato cannery by Mr.. Harry
T. Preston.
The public schools, of Delaware City,
will open term on Monday, September
II. The following teachers have been
appointed: High School, Moody Robin
son, principal; Miss Ella Cleaver, assist
ant principal; grammar school, Miss
Ona Singles, fifth and sixth grades;
Miss Mildred Davidson, fourth grade;
Miss Margaret Mulligan, second and
third gradesi Miss Greta Holiday. pri-
mary and first grades
While assisting his two men to load a
car with wheat on Monday, in order to
relieve the rush of teams that was wait
ing at the car to be unloaded, James
A. Hart. a young grain merchant of
Townsend had the misfortune to either
strain or break the igaments in his leg
and since then he has been confined to
his home, with the badly swollen men,
Der. Mr.. Hart is the eldest son of the
late State Senator, George NJ. D. Hart.
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