Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

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Wheat harvest is near.
Now swat the potato bug too.
Schools days will soon be over.
Curb the weeds in your vacant lot.
Ice cream cones increasing in popu-
larity.
The heavy rains are damaging the
strawberry crop.
A mile minute is pretty good speed,
but a smile a minute gets more action.
George Gibason, Port Penn fisher
man, landed a sturgeon, netting him
about $3.50.
Commencement of the Chesapeake
City High School was held Monday
evening, June 5, in Masonic Hall of
that town.
At a special meeting of the Delaware
City Board of Education it was de-
cided to raise the school tax rate from
$1.65 to 5000.
Mr.. Joshua T. Crosslani has broken
ground for his new home on the lot he
purchased of Mr.. Frederick Brady on
South Broad street.
Three sturgeon were landed by Della
ware City fishermen Thursday, making
eight of the big fish that have been
landed there this week.
Mrs. E. L. Dashiel entertained the U.
T. C. Sewing Circle at her home on
Monday evening. A delightful time
was spent by the members.
Bicycle riding has increased to such
an extent during the past two years
that the prediction of million new
bicycles this season bids fair to come
true.
The Tatman property on North Broad
street, which was purchased last winter
by Mr.. James E. Lewis, has been
greatly frightened by fresh coat of
paint.
A cantata was given by the pupils of
St. Georges public school Tuesday night,
in the Odd Fellows Hall, under the
auspices of the Parent-Teachers' Asso-
citation.
The last regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union for
the summer will be held on Monday
evening, at half past seven O'Clock, at
the home of Mrs. J. F. McWhorter.
Unclaimed Letters. The following
list of letters remain unclaimed in the
post office for the week ending June l:
Mrs. Rachel Downs, Miss Cathryn
Toy, Daniel Wagmon, Samuel Roycroft.
IdIeness never won distinction in the
world, and never will. The world does
not owe US living, but every man owes
the world work. God made man for
employment and We cannot dodge the
issue.
Work is progressing with dredging
the channel of Smyrna River by the
River and Harbor Improvement Co.
They expect to have another dredge on
soon to make the three ''cuts" con-
tracted for.
The Ladies Aid of the M. P. Church,
at Sassafras, Md, will hold straw
berry and ice cream festival, on the
church green, on this Saturday. even
ing. If stormy on the porch of the old
hotel property.
The ladies of Town Point M. E.
Church, will hold strawberry, ice cream
and cake festival, on Tuesday evening,
June 18th, for the benefit of the new
church. All are invited to come and
help good cause.
The dance which was to have been
given by the Port Penn Athletic Asso-
citation, at Augustine Pier, last Thurs
day evening, was postponed until
Thursday evening, June 10Th. Every
one is invited to attend.
According to the old weather signs
this is going to be a dry season. The
crawfish are building their stools un-
usually high, burrOwing deep IN the
earth for water; white top is appearing
abundantly in the meadows and dapde-
lions are more numerous than for years.
Smyrna Chautauqua is now in full
blast at the Smyrna High School
grounds and the big tent is attracting
crowds at every performance with the
usual enthusiasm. This is Smyrna's
fourth Chautauqua, and from reports
the guarantors are coming out better
than anticipated.
The strawberry and ice cream festival
which was held in the lecture room of
Bethesda M. E. Church, last Friday
evening, under the auspices of the Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society,
netted about $42. The members of the
society thank all who contributed in
any way to make it success.