Evening journal., 1916-10-26
news Happenings
ABOUT NEW CASTLE
School Board Ends Year
With Balance in the
Treasury
AUTOISTS COMPLAIN
OF ROUGH ROADS
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Oct. 2G-Hueh =.
Duffy, city treasurer. has ISSUED tine
annual report OF the receipts and eN-
pcnditures OF the Board of Education.
The receipts included s6I7S0 from out
side pupils. $685. State appropriation
and s6,099.5l taxes The disbursements
Included. Salaries, 81. lls' substitutes,
90; institute expenses for teachers
SlOl.25; text books. S44d.45. supplies,
s443.l5 coal. S45225; repairs, 500 .6li
miscellaneous. S2H29, making total
Of s0.67SlS
The New Castle schools have eleven
teachers in addition to the principal and
assistant principal. and an instructor IN
drawing. One OF the teachers is n
charge OF The commercial department,
and about $50 pupils are IN attendance.
There are about 500 children in St.
Peters parochial school, while others
are attending Delaware College. Fri nds
School and Wilmington High school
There are Others taking business courses
In the Wilmington commercial colleges.
The New Castle schools will be repre-
-ented in the spelling contest at the
Teachers Institute i'm Wilmington next
month. One Of New Castles pupils
won set Of Shakespeare last year,
and ID was the starting of school
library which now contains hundreds Of
volumes The High School pupils ex-
pect 10 make a hard fight 10 get the
spelling trophy away from Newark.
New Cnstlc hundred farmers have
considerable wheat on hand Some have
been selling recently at $3.50 q bushcl.
loim Lester sold 1000 bushels at that
pricc.
IN the parish building this evening
the Junior Auxiliary viii give a dance.
Beginning tomorrow afternoon the
women OF ST Peters Church will hold
bake at the stone of Mrs. y. s. Law
Ter. High cost of living is TO disappear
when the women place on sale the good
things mother used 90 lake.
The bake will be continued on Sat
urday
Bridgewater. the Jeweler.--Adv.
Hubert A. Lawler defeated William
II Davis In a 500 point pool match
here last night The men are anxious I
TO get matches and will meet all .
corners.
Mrs. Honeycutt and Mr.. and Mrs B. +. /
Landau went to Delaware City last
evening, in which place Mrs Honey
cuti sang and Mr.. Landau accom-
panied her on the piano.
The New Castle Democratic Club
held a meeting last night at Delaware
street wharf building
New machinery is being installed
in the plant OF the Deemer Steel Com
pany.
Owners OF automobiles are com
planning about the condition Of some
o. the State roads near here. The
roads have been spiked and the loose
stone covers the roads. This work
was done to resurlace the roads. What
the complaints are about is that one
piece Of road is not completed before
another is started
Piles OF stone have been placed
along the Wilmington avenue but no
effort is being made by the city to
resurface the road.
There is a good story going the
rounds about two young married men.
One Of them had been TO Stanton and
saw a big tree full of crab apples.
He invited Tom to accompany him on
his next trip here Tom went and
so did two empty bags When the
pair drove from Ogletown toward .
Stanton they came TO the tree and be-
Ing a good climber Tom took the bags
and went aloft He lost no time in
filling the bags They came home in .
great glee.
"Oh. wife. look at these bags Of crab .
apples" cried Tom. She looked at
The crab apples and then al Tom and
after having a good laugh said; The
idea. Tom, OF two men going to Stan. I
ton 10 get such a lot OF half ripe per. /
simmons" The crab apples" went
to a herd OF hogs owned by a nearby |
farmer