Middletown transcript., 1916-06-17
STATE AND PENINSULA

rooDed the Laurel tailoring establish
ment of Grover Hearn, Saturday night.
The annual reunion of the Newark
High School Alumni was held Saturday
evening, at the Hotel dupont, Whining
ton.
Lou w. Clifton has been awarded the
contract for the renodeling of the f1ont
of the Dover postofice, at bid of
$3.50
Judge Rice has appointed William H.
Gibbons, a Democrat, and David Hille-
gas, a Republican, to audit the books of
New Ca tie county
The clock and bell donated to Will
mington in 1893, and which were used in
the old city Hall tower, have been given
to the State Archives Commission by
Council.
The new $1,000 high school in Ches-
tertown was dedicated Tuesday. DR.. NJ.
Bates Stephens, State Superintendent
of Education delivering the dedicatory
address.
Edward j. Cattell, city statistician Of
Philadelphia, was the speaker Tuesday
at the MONDAY luncheon of the Will
mington Chamber of Commerce, the
last of the season.
w. Hance Chambers, of Lewes, has
been chosen president and William
Lo1gendyke, of Sraford, second vice
president of the Delaware Pharmaceu-
tical Society of Delaware.
A large barn on the farm of Charles
Lord, near Seaford, was burned last
sunday night, together with over a
thousand dollars worth of wheat and a
large lot of farm utensils.
Wilmington's Street and Sewer De-
partment has asked for a bond issue Of
100000 for street paving to be done
this summer, and has estimated the
cost of paving Market street for II
blocks at $780,
Donald P. Horsey, of Dover, who re-
Gently received an appointment at West
Point, on the recommendation of Sena-
tor Henry A. DUPONT, received word on
last Monday, to report to Washington
for Dbvsical examination.
While driving wagon belonging to j.
Irwin Dayett, of Cooch's Bridge, across
tn railroad at Cooch, last Wednesday,
George White was struck by Delaware
Division freight train and badly cut up.
The wagon was also badly damaged.
Five cars of freight train were de-
rallied north of the passenger station,
at BridgeviIle Tuesday night, on ac-
count of the defective brake rigging.
The train was loaded with eighty cars
of lumber and tr4f; was held up Tor
I five hours.
A special election was held Saturday,
at Harrington, by the Democrats, who
are patrons of the Harrington postoffice
within radius of several miles, for the
purpose of selecting postmaster, to be
recommended by United States Senator
Willard Salisbury
The basement of Fred Burford's store
in Laurel having been robbed four
times recently, Burford set a gun.
Sunday afternoon the gun went off, and
Willard Hobbs and Isaac Williams, l2-
| year-old boys, rushed from the cellar.
Williams was shot in one leg
| Professor George S. Messersmith,
former supervising principal of Dover
Public Schools, and for the past two
years United States Consul at Fort
Erie, Ontario, left Fort Erie June l,
and was sent to the [sle-of- -Curasio,
South America, possession of Holland.
Easton Emergency Hospital Tuesday
graduated Nora V. Collision, Nary E.
] Forma and Leva Collision, of Easton;
Malvina C. Dove, Annapolis; Iva D.
Townsend, Amy Carroll and Mary
E.andgraff, Trappe; and Naomi B.
Adams and Lucy M. Dean, Cordova, as
nurses.
The first matinee race of the season
will take place at the Georgetown Driv-
ing Park today, Saturday June 18th.
Trotters and PAGERS from Milford,
Bridgeville, Laurel, Greenwood, Sea.
ford, Milton, Lewes and Rehoboth have
entered. The track is being put in ex'
cellent shape for the event.
A small colored boy from near Holly.
vile, Indian River hundred, who is pick
ing berries for Capt. John R. Daisey, al
Ocean View, on Monday picked 28t
quarts, and had, he said, berries beer
plentiful in the afternoon, he woulC
have picked many more. At two cent:
quart, this boy received $5.70 for hi:
days work. He is IS years old.
Members of the Georgetown Parent
Teachers Association, accompanied b!
members of the County School Commits
sion and faculty of the local schools
took trip by automobile to Ridgely
Nd, last week, for the purpose of max
ing an inspection of the Agriculture
College in that town, and to attend tn
exhibition that was given by that school
Work of building a handsome new