Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

John Hagar, of Chesapeake City, has
been appointed to the Naval Academy
by Senator Blair Lee.
That dollar you are carrying around
in your pocket looks mighty big to US
if it is due on subscription.
Mr.. Frederick Brady has purchased
OF Mr.. E. M. Shallcross a large seven
passenger Oakland touring car.
Ordinance Sergeant Joseph D. Synek
of the Coast Artillery Corps has been
placed on the retired list after 80 years.
Fishermen of Delaware CRY are busy
getting their boats and nets ready for
the fishing season, which open next
month.
After being closed for the past two
weeks owing to an epidemic of scarlet
fever, the Middletown Public school
were opened on Monday.
A pleasant time was spent by the U.
T. C. Sewing Circle, on Wednesday
evening, at the home of Mrs. ]. q.
Grassland, on South Broad street.
The Ladies Aid of Bethel M. E.
Church were quite successful at the
sale of Mr.. John McCool, Thursday,
where they served dinner, realizing
about $50.
Frank D. Yearsley has purchased, at
executors sale, the property of the
late William Glberson, consisting of a
brick house at Port Penn. The purchase
price was $81O.
Word has been received at Della ware
City, of the death of DIR. J. l.. Rus
bridge, a former pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, in Atlantic City,
N. j., last week.
Rev. ]. H. Wilson, pastor of Bethel
and Summit M. E. Church. has been in
vited by his congregation to return to
his charge there after conference. All
are ardently hoping he will return.
Several of out enterprising business
men have started movement to have
Clean -Up-Week", for Middletown,
in the early spring, the time for which
has not been decided on at this writing.
Unclaimed Letters. The following
list of letters remaining unclaimed in
the post-of1ce, for the week ending
March 2: Miss Mary Woods, Willie
Ward, DR.. E. ]. Rawlins, j. R. Reed,
John Green.
Messrs. w. S. Letherbury and James
Redgrave were reelected as Town
Commissioners, and John S. Crouch anG
Alfred G. Cox as Town Treasurer and
Alderman respectfully, at the annual
town election held on Monday, March 6.
The annual report of Middletown's
town government shows receipts for the
year of 81, ,184.58. The police expenses
were $1,171.5O this year aims
81, 1876. so last year but this years fines
totalled $84O.25 against S67215 last
year.
Mr.. George DeValinger who has been
running the National Hotel in this town
for the past four years, has transferred |
the license to his brother Mr. Charles
DeValinger, who took possession on
Tuesday. Mr.. George DeValinger with
his family will remove to Wilmington. |
County Agent Levi H. Cooch is ar
ranging to close the contest between
the members of the Boys and Girls Pig /
Club the last of the month The club
was organized last fall with SO members !
of this county, and is expected to revive
much interest among farmers of the
county in the raising of hogs.
Captain Samuel H. Denny, of Penn's
Grove, N. j., who has operated boat
line from the Ray to the Philadelphia
market for so years, has announced he
will not run this season. The captain
has carried millions of shad in these
years for the fishermen in the bay and
river, and says he is retiring because of
the poor fishing in the last few years
There is an old saying that eff you
want to hear all the good you ever did:
if you want to hear all the bad you ever
did, just get married " This may be
by having it, eff you want to
hear all the bad other men thought you
did, get an appointment to a public
Office" Keep both eyes on the man who
advertises. His goods are worth adver-
tising, and hence worth buying.
About fifty members of the Home
Missionary Society. Foreign Missionary
Society and Queen Esther Circle of Be- !
thesda N. E. Church met Monday night
in joint meeting at the home of Mrs.
J. Clarence Scott. Mrs. Vaughan 81
Collins, who was delegate to the
national convention of the Forei h
Missionary Society, which met recentk
at Los Angeles, CAL, gave an account
of her trip, and also read report of tEa
convention. Refreshments were serve
by the young ladies of the Queen Esthe.
Circle.