Evening journal., 1917-09-14
NEWS HAPPENINGS
about new Castle
Mayor and Mrs. Cavender
Entertain Formers Brother
From the West
SCHOOL BOARD
NAMES SECRETARY

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL. !
NEW CASTLE. Del, Sept a. /
Denney Lavender. a brother of Mayor /
Cavender. IS the guest OF Mr.. and /
Mrs. Theodore W. Cavender. at their /
home on Delaware and Fifth streets. /
Mr. Lavender has been a resident Of /
Arizona for the past year and a half, /
going 10 that State in search of inn /
proved health. He has been sue
cessful in obtaining better health, and ,
has prospered In Arizona. The /
Mayors household received a pleas |
ant surprise when Mr.. Cavender I
came TO them yesterday, as he had /
not tod them Of his intended visit |
He will rdnain until the middle of
October
At a special meeting OF the Board
Of Public Education last evening
George Brown, a graduate OF the
New Castle High School. Glass Cf
'9S. was unanimously elected secre-
tary. 10 All the vacancy caused by
The s'gnation OF Charles Fleming
a committee OF three. n. B. Sent
man, Captain j. A. Mckay and J. b.
.Manlove, we're appointed TO draw ap
resolutions upon the death OF William
J. Ferris.
books paid on approval Of the COM
mittee. President II u. Holiday
presided at the meeting. with the
following members present: IT, y.
Miligan, n. 3. Seminar. H. ]. Roth
rock. Captain j. A. Mckay and J. II.
Speicher.
Oresies Bustelia, an italian work.
man. WAS badly injured early yesier-
day afternoon while engaged i'm cut
ting limbs from a tree on Sixth
street He slipped and fell. and the
falling tree branch swung over and
struck his left leg. MASKING Il and
causing a bad fracture. After treat
ment by Dr Lewis Booker, he was
removed to tho Delaware Hospital IN
Wifnileton.
The six-year-old son OF John Roy
nolds had a remarkable escape from
possible death on Wednesday even
ing. when 10 ran IN front of an an'o-
mobile belonging TO Ezekiel Cooper,
driven by Mr. Cooper's son, VIII oh
was passing a'ong Fifth street The
driver made every effort 20 turn
aside. but the little fellow ran into
the path. Fortunately the car vas
going very slowly. as It was being
tested and the blow it struck the
child's head was slight The blow
threw tho child squarely between
the wheel and the machine pass
cd over him without injuring
him. All who witnessed the acci-
dent ran forward expecting to find
the boy a mangled mass but he
picked himself up, frightened. but
good as new DR.. Julius Dodd was
called 10 examine the child for pos
"a. l...N
none.
The Youny Mems Association Of
the Presbyterian Church me- in the
manse last evening TO complete ar
rangomcnts for week s tenni;
tournament, which will begin on
Saturday Among the contes ants
will be william Leach Joseph Roth
rock Gorge McIntire Henry Taylor
Charles Ferris Edward Naylor and
Messrs Fields. Cram and Wycah
Others will be added TO this list. Il
ffere is suficient interest and com
petition in the tournament. the as
foc'ation may award gold medals "a
the winner. With tho bringing oi
many newcomers 10 New Castle tc
work IN the industrial plants. num-
ber of good tennis players have ap-
peared on local courts i'm addition Il
those already well known
Captain Jesse A. McKav stated las
night thai the Company II field mee'
will be held on Sunday, unless some
thing unforeseen happens. The whole
regiment will go 10 the Rife Range
on Saturday but as thorough prepar
ations had been made for the meet
the plans arc 10 so ahead with II
holding Il iu some other part OF tn
field. n nothing interferes.
Samuel f. Allen. colored. aged &
years dic1 on Wednesday afternoon
OF tuberculosis 10 was a worker
IN the iron mills The funeral viii
be held tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock with interment IN Mt. Olive
Cem1ery. Wilmington.
The New Castle Construction Com
pany has closed its plant. havinl
completa1 the Russian order fol
shells Shells were assembled Il
rhls plant fer fuses made by the
ARTILLERY Fuse Company OF Whining
ton. The Artillery Fuse Cdnpan.
IS keeping their plant open awaitlnl
government order
The women Of Nazareth N.
Church will hold their annual carni
val on October 26 and q in the Oper
House An oyster supper will b
served each evening. The Women
Foreign Missionary Society OF IN
Nazareth NJ f. Church met last ever
ing.
Charles Lord. Milford soldie
came up yesterday morning, seekln
we.ter land and found IT, As
result he was brought before Mayo
Cavender. who turned him over
Colonel Reed. in Wilmington
William Gary was fined S. an
costs last ght by the Mayor. al
two other cases OF drunkenness r
ceived fines of 81 and costs.
The colored children OF New Cast
are beginning to lay in tables al
pencils in anticipation Of the opei
ing of their school the first OF o