Evening journal., 1916-03-18
OLD GRIST MILL
swept BY Flames
]. Sherman Dayett Suffers
$4,000 Loss When Yeat-
man Property Burns
MAIL DELIVERY
SOON FOR NEWARK

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK. March 1S.-The grist
and saw mills Of J. sherman Dayett,
at Yeatman's Station, on the Newark
and Pomeroy Railroad. six miles
north of Newark were destroyed by
fire early last night, A sudden change
of the wind is all that saved the
home of Mr. Dayett. which is close
TO the mill. The roof Of the dwell
ing was on fire when the wind chang
cd blowing the flames away from the
house. The loss is about $4,000
covered by insurance.
In trying TO save some articles in
the mills several persons were badly
burned. Mr.. Dayott was painfully
burned about the face and William
Moody. a boy who lives with the
Dayetts was burned on the arm. On
account of the condition Of the roads
IL was impossible to get fire engines
% the scene of the fire and II is not
likely that they could have done
much good as the building was all
ahame few minutes after the fire
was discovered. Several firemen from
Newark went to Yeatman in automo-
biles but the mills were destroyed
when they arrived.
The fire evidently started from a
stove in the office. The office is be-
tween the grist and saw mills. On
account of the blaze spreading so
rapidly. il was the opinion OF those
al the fire that there was an explo-
sion i'm the stove. A daughter OF Mr..
Dayett was the first to discover the
Gre.
Mr. Dayett is a son of John W.
Dayett, formerly president OF the
New Castle County Levy Court. and
who operates a -four mill near Glas-
gov. While the mill at Yeatman Is
an old one Mr.. Dayett has been there
but about Eve years.
Mrs. +. NancOurt Vaughn gave q
ST. Patrick's tea to number of
friends at her home on Delaware
avenue yesterday afternoon. The
color scheme was green and white
and there was some Irish music ap-
propriate for the occasion. A feature
was a program in which each guest
had a part, giving some Irish legend
Or relating some Irish story OF wit.
Her guests were: Mrs. Samuel c.
Mitchell, Mrs. Harry Hayward, Dean
Winifred j. Robinson. Miss Mary f.
Rich. Mrs. William HOlton. Mrs
Mrs. A. L. Grantham, Mrs ". c. Pei
ton Of Georgetown. Mrs. c. A. Short
Mrs. Clinton o. Houghton. Mrs
Charles L. Penny. Miss Grof. Miss
ElinOr Harter, Mrs. II. L. Bonham
Mrs Samuel j. Wright. Mrs Freder
ick Ritz. Miss Marie Ritz. Miss Eliza
beth Smithson. Mrs. Raymond C
Reed. Mrs. George Brown, and Mrs
=. r. Roberts.
TT. Wilson Price. OF near Glasgow
gave party on Thursday evening il
honor of his twenty-first birthday
The evening was devoted TO music ant
dancing The guests were: Miss &c
ueva Burnite, Miss Martha Short, Mis-.
Leila Herbner. Miss Edna Chalmers
Miss Mabel Short. Miss Margare
Whiteman, Mrs. y. Herbner. Lee
Lewis, Irwin Grow. George Short
Harry Herbner and wilkins Davis. o
Newark: Miss Sarah Slack. OF Phila
delphia; Miss Erna Crompton, Of Por
'er's: Miss Edna Price and Miss Ciar;
Price. Of Warwick: Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Price. Miss Catharine Price. Mr.
and Mrs. j. l.. Slack. Miss Jennil
Slack, Miss Hettie Slack. Miss Heller
Slack and Mrs. Annie Slack. OF Irol
Hill; Miss Florence Dayett. Mis-
Edna Cannon. j. Lee Cannon. II. vii
son Price. Samuel Slack and j. Leslie
Ford. Of Glasgow; Irwin Clay and Ern
est Schoder. of Summit Bridge: Harr,
Cleaves. of Elkton: Lewis Ash an,
Joseph Slack, of Iron Hill.
Postal Inspector Plummer has abou
completed arrangements for free maj
delivery in Newark. II has not beel
announced just when the service will
be started but It will probably b
within a short time. as all the pre-
liminary details that remain to b
done is the numbering Of houses an,
placing signs at the intersection o
streets, which will be done by Tow
Council. At the start one carrier viii
make two deliveries and two collec