Middletown transcript., 1916-06-24
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Blackberries next.
Rosebugs are numerous.
Fourth of July next holiday.
Tennis courts are doing service.
A mile minute is pretty good speed,
but a smile minute gets more action.
Vacation days are here; so is swim
min time, and the green apples are
gettin' greener and bigger every day.
Ladies of Kirkwood NJ. E. Church
will hold a strawberry and ice cream
festival on today Saturday.. June "a.
A successful lawn festival was held at
Delaware City for the benefit of the
frescoing fund of St. Pauls R. c.
| Church.
David Money, Delaware City, has ac-
cepted position as laboratory assistant
in the Public Health Service at New
Haven.
Delaware farmers and truckers are
experiencing much trouble with the
squash bug on their cantalOupe, cucum-
ber and squash plants.
A number of automobilists were fined
at Delaware City Sunday for failing to
observe the speed limit, for failure to
blow their horns at crossings.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Elizabeth ]. Pennington, late of this
town, have been granted to Annie G.
Pennington, by Register of Wills Brown.
The dates for the registration of vot-
ers are as follows: Saturday, July Is,
August and IL, September 16, Octo-
Der 21, and it behooves all good citizens
to register the first day.
Mrs. T. S. Fouracre entertained the
members of the U. r. C. Sewing Circle
at her home on South Broad street, on
Wednesday evening, and pleasant
time was spent by all present.
The total revenue of the Chesapeake
& Delaware Canal for it's fiscal year
was $191, $40 and the operating expenses
$72, ,944. The receipts showed a net in
crease of Sc, ,256 over those of 1915.
The work of clearing the ground of
buildings for the enlarged athletic field
of the Smyrna Public School is progress
ing. All the property has been acquired
except the Hutchinson property which
is under way.
Anniversary service will be held in
St. Augustine Church, Bohemia Manor,
on Sunday, June rs, at 4 p. m. The
Rev. William Schouler, Elkton, Md, and
Percy L. Donaghay, Middletown, Del,
will officiate.
Thirty five automobile owners have
been notified by Officer Hilyard to ap-
pear before Magistrate Cox or send
check for $5 and costs for exceeding the
speed limit in going through Middle
town on Sunday.
A movement is on foot to have the
basement of the new schoolhouse at
! Townsend equipped with a modern
gymnasium. The plan, however, is
being opposed by several of the tax
PAYERS of the town.
Alfalfa and all hay and grass crops
are paying crop in this section this
year and we believe our farmers would
do we'll to plant more hay crops. They
require less work and are subject to the
inroads of fewer insects.
Cherries ripe, strawberries nearly
gone, soft crabs getting plentiful and
new peas in our market. What more
could we ask, with bumper wheat crop
in prospect and fine weather for young
tomato plants. It's enough to cause the
Bentztown Bard to call for more mint
julep to quell his anxiety to get to the
Eastern Show.
At meeting of the directors of the
Kent County Light, Heat and Power
Corporation last Wednesday afternoon,
Albert D. Quinn, of Philadelphia, was
elected secretary, treasurer and man.
ager to succeed c. W. Heyd, of Harris
burg, Pa, who resigned. The corpora
ton recently took over the Smyrna Gas
Works owned by Joseph Smithers.