Middletown transcript., 1916-05-13
HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Time for May parties.
Everybody's farming now.
Our Advertisements get results.
Straw hats have made their appear
ance.
Awnings and porch screens are being
put up.
Delaware City fishermen are over
coming the high cost of gasoline by using
coaloil to run their boats.
William Miller, of Delaware City, had
to have a finger amputated from his
right hand, when mangled in a machine
Misses Viola and Lena Weber de-
lightfully entertained the U. T. C.
sewing circle at their home last evening.
Sugar is steadily advancing in price.
Retail buyers will probably be compelled
to pay cents a pound for it before
long.
There were only seven clear days in
April. Just half of the days Is, were
cloudy, and 8 partly cloudy, while on 12
days rain fell.
Every indication now point to large
crop of Elberta peaches. All other
varieties were greatly injured by the
extreme cold weather of last winter.
The new communion service set pre-
sented to the M E. Church, of Town
send, by Thomas Maloney, was dedicated
Sunday with the Rev. w. R. Burr in
charge.
1t has been decided to hold the dance |
in the assembly room of the Townsend |
High School, Friday night, June 9, under
the management of the young people of |
the town.
Harvest by June 20 is the expectation
of some farmers in this section. They
report the wheat and grass as present
ing fine appearance and advanced far
ahead last of year.
Harry C. Nickle landed the first stur-
geon of the season at Delaware City
Saturday morning, netting him II
pounds of caviar, for which dealers are
paying ST. pound.
The last meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the Mt. Pleasant
and Jamison Corner schools for this
term was held in the Jamison Corner
School, Friday evening, May IL, at 79O.
Mrs. Cuthbert S. Green entertained
the members of the Bridge Club, at her
home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs
Harris B. Mcdowell won first prize and
Mrs. W. T. Connellee, the second prize.
George w. Padley, William E. Taylor,
E. S. Short, John Anderson and D. E. '
Smith were elected town commissioners {
at the annual election held at Cecilton.
Joseph Short was reelected town {
oailiff
Now that warmer weather is at hand,
and the farmers wives are busy coax
ng little chickens to frying size, it is a
safe bet that the preachers will soon q
begin their visits among the country n
members. II
The town election was held at Town !
end, Saturday. W. H Reynolds, j ames 9
Hart and Walter Gill were the new :
elected. Officer W. H. .
)uhadaway was re-appointed town h
'ailiff, for another term.
st. Augustine Piers will open on C
Memorial Day with every thing in C
eadiness, and several new summer t.
leasures will be in use. New bath
ouses are being built, and a force of
fficers will be on duty to keep order.
John Heldmyer, Jr., real estate =,
roker, has sold the farm of Mr.. Henry
'leaver, administrator, on the road D
rom Boyds' Corner to Mt. Pleasant,
152 acres, to Robert H. Nor
an, of Kennedyville, Md. Price, SIS, 900. b,
The graduating class of the Townsend
Iigh School has completed arrange
lents for class day exercises and COM tn
The gradugtes are: Leola 81
.atledge, Helen Reynolds, Miriam m
Reba Rittenhouse, Virgil In
tant and Dollie Hammond. he
Unclaimed Letters. s.-The following
st of letters remain unclaimed in the re
1st-office for the week ending May 40
III: Mrs. Laro Walker, Mrs. Ida NJ.
oberts, Mrs. Ella Tiller, John Queen,
ames F. Wood, William Wright, Wes-
y Price, Warner Price, John Daisy,
ruad Johnson.
The regular monthly meeting of the
t. Pleasant W. C. T. u, was held at N M'
e home of Mrs. E. R. Marker, of ~
orewood Grove, on Friday afternoon, To
2 o'clock. There were twelve men, do
RS present Business of Importance
as transacted. The meeting then ad- '''~
urned to the social hour, and an de-
ious luncheon was served by the
stess.
The Hebrew Charity Association and -
e Hebrew War Relief Society held a clu
int meeting Sunday evening at the ba.
me of their president, Joseph Berk- u
an. Among those present were: 81.
seph BerAman, Abram Fogel, Solo w,