Middletown transcript., 1917-05-12


the late spring.
Organized one week, so women in Ne
work have joined the branch of the Del
aware Red Cross.
The State Highway Commission, re-
Gently appointed by the Governor, met
at Dover, Thursday, to organize.
Members of the Dover Gun Club have
started active target practice on their
grounds back of the Dover garage.
A new auditorium to occupy all the
vacant space on top of the Hotel dupont
will be built for the Wilmington City
Club.
The United States will be called upon
to finance the Allies to the extent of at
least S4OO, OO0, 900 and possibly $500, ,0O0,-
900 a month.
Greenwood Civic Club has provided a
free library for the town. open three
days each week, with Mrs. Isabel Pretty
man as librarian.
Miss Car lie Robelen, of Wilmingt
Red Cross contingent
that sailed from Philadelphia to es abli~h
a base hospital in France
The contract for dredging portion
of Elk River has been awarded the w.
H French Dredging Company, Nor-
folk, Va, at 25 cents cubic yard.
For the first time in the history of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad soil
train of 36 cars arrived in B .ltino
from the west loaded with onions l..
week.
Miss Louise Miller, daughter of the
late, ex-Judge, Thomas s. Her, If
near Elkton, eXpec f. al f. Fra
within the mex 10 dav; % taka ~ r..
Cross work
Rridg vile berry growers are askin.:
'or 1900 strawberry plckers for the last
Of this mon h. when the biggest crop #
berries ever gathered in Delaware vii
be ready for market.
Some unknown person entered tn.
garage of the Georgetown Auto Com
pany last Sunday night and stole about
$50 from the safe, which is supposed t.
have been left unlocked.
The U. S. Government will build ont,
thousand wooden ships at cost O
S225, 600, 900, with which to smash t.,
the German submarine block AIDES and
save our allies from starvation.
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Com
oany, Newark, has announced that 25
per cent. of the profits of the Stree
Carnival, to be held July 2S to Angus
/, will be given to the Red Cross.
Wore than 100 taxpayers Of Newark,
nave petitioned the Board of Education
10 retain the commercial course in The
high school, which the Board some
weeks ago decided to discontinue.
In accordance with the request of the
Wilmington Committee on National De
;ense, the Board of Education has
ordered that the "Star Spangled Ban
,er'' be sung in all the public schools
very day.
The Court of Common Pleas created
or New Castle County by act of the
asst Legislature, was formally opened
onday at Wilmington, with Justice
oennewill presiding and Ralph E. White
erving as clerk.
Professor Frederick J. Pohl, instruc-
or in English at Delaware College, and
rving Reynolds, senior, have written
| play, "Honor," which was presented
n the Newark Opera House. Friday
light, by the Dramatic Club.
The strawberry crop on this PENN
ula will be ready to harvest within the
lext two weeks. Prospects are bright
or large crop, but the growers are
,erpexe6 over being able to procure
help. Women and children
will render valuable aid.
The schooner Judge Boyce," owned
in Laurel, has been sold t.
lew York parties for considerably more
han it cost when built, about eigh
ears ago. Since then it has more THAI
aid for itself in dividends. The vesse'
made two trips to Africa last year.
The United States Government,
through the Navy Department will take
yer all shipyards on the Delaware River
nd all other important shipyards |
the country. The eastern
abroad lines will cut down passenger
ervice and use locomotives for freight
An auto bus on the Chestertown-Elk-l
on line in making its first trip out
Wednesday morning to Elkton in cross
1g the railroad tracks at Kennedyville,
,as struck by train and several pas
engers in the bus were injured The
lachine was completely demolished.
The National Defense Organization of |
lover has named committee on Do
1estic Economy. This committee are
lerely recruiting officers to try to in
crest every patriotic woman aud girl |
! Dover and surrounding country and |
rye them to enlist in this branch of |
he National Army.
Philadelphia Society of the Sons of |
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