Evening journal., 1917-05-14
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Clean Up Week Being
Generally Observed
Here Today
WATER CONFERENCE
is ON TONIGHT

real tidying-up period, the local
residents arc obeying the request of
the City Council and the ciyics de-
partment OF the New Castle Century
Club. While the entire week has been
designated as Cleanup Week house
holders were asked to set good ex-
amples to their neighbors by getting
started on their yard cleaning ac-
tiyities today. and the request was
complied with in many instances. All
over the town men and women, boys
and girls we're busy today with rake,
broom. shovel and wheelbarrOw, rid
ding rear and side yards OF the win
ter's accumulation OF rubbish. Spe-
cial attention was directed toward
tin cans in instructions issued, as
many yards were found to contain
goodly piles Of these. To insure the
collection and removal Of the accumu-
lation of tin cans the civics com
mittee has offered cents for every
100 cans brought TO 1t today and
Thursday. Many nickels have already
been paid out today in fulflment of
this OFFER, and many more will be
handed over before dark and again
on Thursday. The cans are buried in
vacant lot so as to preclude all pos
sibility OF their figuring more than
once in the cash transaction.
At the meeting of members of City
Council as a Board Of Health tonight
the officials of the Delaware Water
Improvement Company from Reading.
al aTsnanfnH IN, hn. in no
ply to the notice to attend the meet
ing served upon them last week
through the telegraph. The water
company officials will be requested TO
remedy the conditions of the city's
water supply as revealed in the report
from the State laboratory analysist
submitted to City Council last week.
What else will be done by the Board
of Health will be contingent upon the
action the water company officials
will take.
The annual strawberry festival OF
the Young Mems Bible Glass OF Inn
manuel p. b. Church will be held
Thursday evening OF next week.
u is expected that Adjutant Louis
BOSS, OF the Volunteers of America,
viii conduct an open-air religious
meeting, one of a series to be held
semi-monthly, at Sixth and Clymer
streets tonight.
Members of Boy Scouts. Troop No,
/. OF this city. will open campaign
to raise money for the purchase Of
equipment The effort will begin next
Monday The Boy Scouts here desire
TO secure registry at national head
quarters. One method to be pursued
in the campaign will be to install
contribution boxes in many OF the
stores, permission TO do so having
been granted the boys almost every
where they have asked IT,
The local branch OF tho Red Cross
now has over so members. The SOW
ing class will meet this afternoon
and be directed by Mrs. Julius Dodd
in certain work the members will un-
derlakc Miss Esther Cross will in
augurate home nursing class to-
night at the New Castle Century Club
Both the Red Cross and the home
nursing class, although organized
under the auspices of the Century
Club. are open to others beside club
members, even men being invited TO
join
The two silk flags presented to I'M
manuel =. 5E. Church by J. Rogers
Holcomb were formally received yes
terday at the morning service. bless
ed by the rector, the Rev. Addison A.
Ewing and placed in position within
the chancel. Presentation of the
flags was made by former Mayor
Richard S. Rodney one Of the vestry-
men, and received by the rector who
preached an appropriate sermon en-
titled. christian Patriotism"
Childrens Day will be observed by
the Sunday schools here Sunday,
June 3.
The Sunday school OF Emmanuel p.
p Church changed its time for meet
ing yesterday from 2.30 o'clock in the
afternoon to $50 o'clock Sunday
morning TO continue until fall.
Accepting the invitation OF the pas
tor. the Rev. E. c. Primm. to attend d.
vine worship in a body yesterday
morning in the First Baptist Church,
a large representation from the men,
bership OF Seminal Lodge OF Red Men
heard a special sermon on Human
Interdependence, the occasion being
St Tamina Day. The lodgemen march
ed TO church in a body and occupied
seats together in the front part Of the
auditorium. Mothers Day" was OBJ
served in the evening the pastors
sermon being can Appreciation OF
Mothers"
The city flag was raised Saturday
Afternoon with appropriate exercises.
The program included a selection by
the New Castle Band, America" and
singing by the public school children
and those from St. Peters Parochial
School Chief OF Police Matthew
Tobin had the honor of pulling the
flag to the top OF the pole. after which
Mayor Lavender introduced the orator
OF the day, Alexander B. Cooper. who
delivered an address on "The Flag"
As the children sang THE Star /
Spangled Banner" the flag was un- /
furled by Mayor Lavender.
A feature of the raising was the 1
scramble of the boys and girls for
pennies and nickels thrown TO the
winds by Selden S. Deemer, a menu /
Der of the City Council
In the scramble several persons lost
rings. and weIc bruised. One woman
in scrambling for pennis forgot her
baby. and later it was held upon the
ratings for The parent to claim
The flag raising was witnessed by
a large crowd. many OF whom were