Evening journal., 1916-12-18
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Town New Century Club
Announces It's Winter
Social Program
FULL ASSESSMENT
Is OFFICIALS AIM

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Del. Dec iS.--Alrs.
a. II. Wilson president OF the Cen
tnry Club. announces the following in
toreedng proeram for the coming sea-
son:
Current events. Friday afternoons,
234; chairman, Mrs. Julius Dodd.
Tuesday. January 10, o'clock,
business meeting, music
Tuesday. January %. s p. m, "Our
Poets Miss Pauline II. Rogers.
Tuesday. January 30. p. m- read
lnee, Elizabethian plays, the Rev. Adj
dison Ewing
TUESDAY. February 10. s p. M, busi-
ness meeting. travelogues by Mrs.
Ellason.
Tuesday February %. s. p m, Edu-
cation. Mrs i. l.. Cross.
Tuesday. March l2, p. M. business
meeting. musical. Mrs. Harry C..
Hunter. Miss Mildred Stoops. Miss
Marie Smith
Tuesday. March q, p NJ, short
stories. Mrs. Henry RI. Hay.
Mrs. Hay has 2 delightful collection
OF short stories and Is such 2 pleasing
ialker that full attendance Of mem-
bers and friends is sure to be present
ihat night
The Century Club viii hold open
house on New Years Day. Tho oii-
GERS and 'he members Will have a busy
week preparing for the community
-frec celebration on next sunday even
ing. The towering tree viii be erect
IA on The school groen. and the school
rhildren and tho several church choirs
Niil SING the carols. Rohearsals are
noU being held and on Thursday
oveninc. in the New Century Club
building, james T. Challenger will
hold q general rehearsal, at which all
Who are 20 take part on Sunday even
ing are requested 20 be present
Xmas Jewellery -Bridgewater.--Adv
John LAWYER. the f0-months-old sen
" Mr.. and Mrs. William Lawler, died
yesterday morning
Two mon who became disorderly Ia
the Louise restaurant were arrestel
on Saturday night and yesterday
mornine were fined 81 and costs each
Postmaster John =. Murphy said
that the Christmas rush is tax ng the
on e force to keep up the work. The
parcel post mail IS four times
great as last year and Of course there
is no sign OF e let-up for the present
Much confusion e caused daily on ac
count Of the people disregarding III
Instructions as 10 ma ling the pack
ages
Aouilla NJ Hizcr Is seriously ill AZ
his home on South Fourth street Can
tam H'zer has been confined 10 his
room for three months.
Postmaster John p. Murphy reports
the following letters remaining un-
cia med at tho postofhco' Mrs. Mary
Brady, Miss May Butler Jack Cleve-
land. Miss Mary Clarke. Domenico
Cell. Stanley Ciomo, mrs. J. W. Davis
Mrs. Ida Dickerson William Dorsey,
Giac'nf Di Frah Charles Gallagher
Mrs T. Huber Edwin A. Jackson. ia
. Vid s. Long. n. r. Mellon Henri
Powell Al Parma. G.. Patsy. l.. G Rob-
erts. David Segars, Herman Swain. "
@. SpraRue. Albert W. Samucison,
. George W Scott. William Tamlin. Mrs
Margie Watson. Arthur Wilmar. Rov
. Watson.
Assessor McFarlin cXpects 10 make
as careful an assessment as ia pos
sible, whether the property ownerr
give valuation 70 him or rot. All tha'
Is wanted from the property ownor "
cooperation IN the matter. One county
assessor who visited one commercial
plant noted en- increase in valuation
of S200O00
Assessor James Watson OF Brandy
wine hundred. told other assessors on
Saturday that a property be had as
sessed OF little over 500 600 last
year viii be assessed this year az
200 per cent higher. The same as
SCISSOR expects 20 have q number oi
other property owners who will as
Sist With the work. Assessor McFar-
Tin says the law is plain and that he
will make tho assessment to the besl
OF his ability In this hundred there
arc Industrial concerns which were
given the bcnent OF the special law
and were not assessed for ten years
The committee in charge Of The
High school Alumni social and dance
on the evening OF December 90 COM
pleted its arrangements al a meeting