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Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
The HON OR ROLL
Those Who Were Studious for the
Past School Month
MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL

The following named pupils of the
Middletown high and grammar schools,
having attained the necessary averages,
are placed on the roll of honor, for the
past twenty days:
HIGH SCHOOL
11th erade-Allen johnson, Shelly
Meyers, Naoma Morgan, Jefferson
Pool, Samuel Berkman.
10th grade Millle Rosenberg, Frances
Cochran, Leone Ladley, Marian Pinder,
William Meyers, Lydia Redgrave, Alma
Whitlock, Letitia Pool.
9th grade-Elva Freeman, Claude
Fouracre, Edna Hufnal, June McWhor-
ter, Ernest Tee.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
9Th grade-Ramona Newman, June
johnson, Fannie Rosenberg, Clara
Brady, Laura Fogel, Marion Armstrong,
Gwendolyn Gary, Harry Hufnal, Hilda
Money, Gilbert Pleasanton, Camella
CHM, Josephine Kohl, Richard Cochran.
9TH grade-Frances Armstrong, Mar
shall Whitlock, Virginia Pearce, Clay
ton Draper, Maxey Bland, Parker Schu-
man.
9Th grade-Percy Donaghay, Walter
Beasten, Harriet Black, Cranston
Bland, Grace Rosenberg, Anna English,
Burton Pearson, Jr.
5th grade-Helen Hates, Stacy Jones,
Jereline McDonagh, John Spicer, Eliza
beth Clayton, Wallace Hufnal, Eliza.
beth Brady, Preston Whitlock, Harris
Mcdowell, William Hall.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
3rd grade-Bertha Chance, Catherine
Hopkins, Walter Taylor, Elizabeth
johnson, Charlotte Donaghay, Horace
Moore, Oakley Banning, Henry Howell,
Harry Deputy, John Voshell, Elsie
Bouchelle, Elizabeth Hufnal, Helen
Fouracre.
4th grade Virginia Johnson, Virginia
Hopkins, Katherine Conley, Linden
Stafford, Mary Steele, Effie Rouchelle,
Samuel McDonagh, Harry Pearce, Viii.
liam Cannon.
1st grade A Division = Gertrude
Bouchelle. B Division-Raymond Du,
hadaway. Dorothy Steele.
End grade-Catherine Carpenter
Joseph Beaston, Catherine Armstrong,
Lewis Stewart, Virginia Brady, Sophia
Vlahos, Glenn Williams, Julian King
Catherine Beaston, John Donohue.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Drawers Church Odessa

Sunday, April 22nd
1890 A NJ Preaching by the pastor.
11.45 A. M. Sunday School session.
700 P. M. Christian endeavor. The
young people are especially invited to
attend this meeting.
730 P. M. Preaching by the pastor.
The Closson sisters will be present at
this service, and will continue with US
for another week. Come and hear these
sweet singers while they are here. A
welcome to everyone
Come to the cottage prayer meetings
held every morning at 10 o'clock. The
place of meeting will be announced at
the revival service.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
OUR BETTER BABIES
Middletown Will Celebrate Baby
Week Beginning May IS
VERY INTERESTING PROGRAM

Every town and city of Importance
has its Baby Week. Baby week in
Middletown starts May 18th. Two days
of this week will be devoted to our
Better Babies Campaign. Who is
interested? Everybody in our town
and vicinity.
Baby Week is entirely public affair
and is to be held in our Public School
Assembly Room Everyone is interest
ed in the babies; we all wish to show
community spirit; if you have not any
baby of your own to bring, you are in
terested in someone else's baby and will
come to learn all you may from the
literature distributed, the talks to be
given by physicians, nurses, dentists
and those interested in securing proper
food for the baby and children of a
larger growth, beside play and songs
wllRh will be given by the Grade pupils
for the entertainment of the mothers
and their babies.
Baby Week was inaugurated by Chi
cago in 1914, and a second Baby Week
was celebrated by New York City in
June of the same year. Following their
lead, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Topeka,
Grand Rapids and few other cities
held similar celebrations, consisting of
a week dedicated to the welfare of
babies.
The Baby Week campaigns, which
are now being held in many cities and
towns, are primarily educational; their
purpose is twofold-f first, to give to the
parents of community the opportunity
of learning the facts with regard to the
care of their babies; second, to make
known to community the Importance
of it's babies, the special facts relating
to the babies of the community, and the
need of permanent work for their well
fare.
These purposes it carries out in vari-
Gus ways. Lectures, exhibits, baby
health conferences, school programs,
plays, the distribution of pamphlets,
leaflets and other printed matter on the
care of the baby, newspaper publicity
and other expedients, wers used to con-
centrate attention for several days on
the baby's needs, with an emphasis cal
culated to inspire a popular response
and result in permanent work for the
reduction of infant mortality, for i'm
provement in conditions affecting the
welfare of babies and young children.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Cow Testing Association

-Four hundred and twenty cows have
been tested for the month ending April
18th. Eight cows were sold, considered
Improbable, grade sires are giving way
to pure bred bulls, two having been
bought to replace grades. Grain has
been a serious matter this last winter,
but the members of the association and
the tester have come to conclusions that
it pays to feed grain to the better cows
at any price. A little grain will have
to be fed during pasture for best results
as this last winter has been very hard
on cattle and most of them are in poor
condition.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
c. AND D. CANAL

Congress is again urged to take over
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
for the government. 1t should be con-
yerted into ship canal. Congressman
j. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia,
one of the most conspicuous leaders i'm
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso-
citation, has presented resolution au-
thorizlng the President to take the
canal for military purposes.
There are both economic and military
reasons why the government should own
the canal. These reasons have been
set forth very frequently, but they are
more pertinent than ever. The country
makes all kinds of preparation. The
canal would be of great advantage from
military and from naval point of
view. If the canal should be taken for
war purposes 1t would be by condemna-
ton proceedings, and compensation
would be provided.
Another bill, authorized by the Allan
tic Deeper Waterways Association, calls
for the purchase of the canal in the
regular way and for condemnation pro-
ceedings. Mr.. Moore should be sup.
ported by the entire delegation of rep
resentatives in Congress and the Senator
from this part of the country. Ger
tainly they are interested in the defense
of their own territory.
If there were such support be
hind the movement Congress would M
doubt act favorably.. Senator Sauls
bury. who has given much thought tt
this matter is also alive to the desira
bility of the government securing th'
canal as soon as possible. Morning Me~s
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21

Evangelistic Services opened in
Drawers Church, Odessa, Sunday
morning, conducted by the Closson Sis
ters, who have been assisting DR.. Gil
fillan during the past two years. A
large chorus is being organized by Miss
Ethel Closson making the music great
feature of the campaign.
The duets rendered by the Sisters are
very effective and attracting many to
the services.
The children are organized into a
Booster Band meeting Tuesdays and
Fridays after school.
Cottage meetings are held four morn
ings week.
Services every night at 7.30 except
Saturday.
Neighboring ministers are assisting
in the services.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
OBITUARY
HARRY M. DANIELS

The remains of MIR. Harry M. Daniels,
who died in Wilmington, Wednesday of
last week, were brought to Niddletown
on the II 26 train Saturday morning last
and interment was made in Forest Gem
etery. Besides a wife the deceased
leaves one daughter, Mrs. Nelson Neff,
of this town, to mourn his death. Mr..
Daniels was a member of Lafayette
Lodge. No. IA, A. F. & A. NJ and a
member of Brandywine Lodge, No. 528.
Railroad Trainmen and number of his
lodge associates attended the services.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
MRs..L, E. BARRETT

Word of the death of Mrs Annie T.,
beloved wife of Rev. DR.. L. E. Barrett,
pastor of the Harrington NJ. E. Church,
was received in Middletown late We'd
nesday evening, and caused much sur
prise, as it was not known she was at
allill Mrs. Barrett was devoted wife,
firm friend, in fact christian in
every sense of the word. Besides her
husband, she leaves one son, DR.. Walter
Barrett, of Milford, to mourn her sud
den DEATH Funeral services were held
in the VI. E. Church, Harrington, Fri
day afternoon, at o'clock; interment
at Milford.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Concert A Grand Success

The concert given by the Delaware
College Mandolin Club, under the aus
p;ces of the Queen Esther Circle last
Tuesday evening was grand success.
About $25 was cleared which will be used
in the charitable work of the circle.
After the show the entertainers were
served with refreshments by the Circle at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A, Truitt.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Century Club Notes

The program for the meeting of the
New Century Club last Tuesday was:
"Nusic as the Expression of the Beau
tiful in Nature" Mrs. E. C. Griffith.
Mrs. Griffith is the State Chairman of
music and gave delightful entertain
ment. Tea and sandwiches were served.
The club members have been invited to
attend the Convention of the Interna-
tional Sunshine Society which meets in
Wilmington in May.
Next Tuesday will be Reciprocity day
with the New Castle Club, when the
visiting club will give the program.
Nominations for next years officers
will be handed in at Tuesdays meeting
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
$23 Melted At Social

The second in the series of church 30
cables, under the auspices of the Mite
Society of Forest Presbyterian Church,
was held at the home of Mrs. A. A..
Green, on Cass street, last Friday even
ing. This social was to have been held
at the home of H. A. Pool, but owing to
sickness in the home of Mr.. Pool, Mrs.
Green kindly opened her home. About
$23 was netted.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Help Our Farmers

All our readers should be sure to note
carefully the article on "Citizen's Aid To
Farmers, and also to read the patriotic
"ad'' of Fogel & Burstan on the same
important subject of coming to the aid
of our farmers in furnishing them plenty
of workers to help plant, till and reap
their increased crops.
Everyone can help the country thus,
the Boy Scouts, the school children.
women, old men and young men. The
Boy Scouts did grown mems duty at
the Eddystone explosion and were of
great public use. So can they be here
in town.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Bethesda Church Notes

Sunday, April 22nd, 1917.
$50 A. NJ Brotherhood Devotional
meeting. Leader, w. T. Pearce.
1890 A. NJ. Preaching by the Pastor.
20OP. NJ. Sunday School session.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Class meeting every Thursday evening
at o'clock
Jr. League every Wednesday after
noon at 4. 10 clock.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
CITIZEN LABOR VOLUNTEERS

Our country is threatened with a
serious shortage of food = all the
experts National and State agree to
this. We have to feed ourselves and
our Allied friends across the water
fighting our battle as well as their own
against the German madness that seeks
to overturn all liberty, ours not less
than Europe's.
The National government and all the
States are warning the peope to in
crease their food output. and President
Wilson has issued strong appeal to all
the citizens of our great Republic to
help the Nation in its need, those who
cannot bear arms and fight, to help
raise crops, ETC., etc.
Our farmers are asked to Increase
their grain acreage, to plant more corn
and vegetables of every kind. But they
reply, 1--WE can't get the labor to reap
the crops if we plant them, thus we
would lose the cost of our increased
seed, as we'll as our labor. Why throw
good money after bad. !"
Last winter, long before this National
emergency had arisen and all the uni
versal appeal for more crops, and the
conscription of labor from every possible
source to help our farmers out, our en-
terprising townsman, Mr.. A. Fogel,
suggested to the Scribe the advisability
of the people of Middletown, Odessa,
| Townsend, ETC., making an organized
effort to raise bodies of volunteers, citi-
zens, young and old, school children,
etc., who would give their services for
so many days to the farmers and help
them cultivate and gather their crops.
So, now, in view of the crisis that
has arisen, The Transcript proposes that
at once steps be taken to raise this Vol
unteer Service army of helpers so that
our farmers who dare not risk planting
bigger acreages of corn, and vegetables,
etc., will be able to do so with the as
surance thus given them by this little
army of workers, that those crops will
be duly planted, cultivated and gathered.
The time is short and action must be
taken at once. The Transcript has
asked the Peach Blossom Grange forth
with to have a meeting, and call for these
volunteers from all quarters to enroll
themselves for this service. The Grange
will appoint all committees necessary to
take the names, ETC., and attend to all
details.
The Transcript will also open a list
for such volunteers. Once this first aid
army to the farmers is formed, any
farmer needing any given number of
helpers, can notify the Grange and one
of the automobiles composing the eau
tomobile Volunteer Aid to the Farmers, -
will carry them out and bring them back.
In this way the farmer can with per-
feet safety buy high priced seed pota,
toes, and plant more corn, more toma'
toes, beans, & etc., for these workers
will help him out, from their planting
to their reaping.
1t means much for the farmers and
for the state and community. The
President especially emphasizes more
potato planting. and with corn S1.54
potatoes, $3.50, and wheat $3.50
bushel, surely any farmer would be
wise in planting every available foot o1
ground when he knows that the big fac
tor of needed labor is certainly provided
for.
Let all citizens rally to this big move
ment and make it a rousing success
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
Dore-Pinder Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Pinder an
nounce the marriage of their eldest
daughter Marguerite to Mr. John H.
Dore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dore,
of Dover. The marriage took place
Wednesday evening, April 11th, and the
Rev. George Williams pastor of NJ. E.
Church, of Smyrna, performed the cere-
mony.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21

Autos have right of way.
Watch out for the spring fever.
The baseball days are here again.
The Delaware City Free Library now
has nearly 700 volumes and 275 members.
This library, which is operated under
the direction of the library committee
of the Delaware City Century Club,
with Mrs. George N. Bright in charge,
is growing rapidly, and may soon need
new quarters.
Farmers are getting behind with their
spring work.
The displaying Of flags in town shows
that our citizens are quite patriotic.
The President and Board of town
Commissioners of Chesapeake City, an
nounce meeting for the citizens OF the
town on Monday, April %, at 7.3O p.
m in the Fire House for.the purpose of
nominating a President and two Com
missioners..
George H. Bradley, below Blackbird,
has been elected Road Supervisor for
Blackbird Hundred by the New Castle
Levy Court. Nathaniel w. Van Horn,
of Townsend was elected road supervisor
on Tuesday for Appoquinimink hundred.
Just as they were making plans to
start boat line between Smyrna and
Philadelphia the first of May, orders
came from U. S. Government authorities
drafting the boat in service for six
weeks up the Delaware River. In
these war times all such boats are sub
| iect to calls and as the ''Clio" is suitable
| for small tributarie and canals, she was
| among the first taken over by the gov
ernment.
The U. T. C. Sewing Circle sent a
pleasant time at the home of Miss Pru-
dence Lewis on South Broad Street
| Wednesday evening.
Burris Garage reports activity in the
sale of cars this spring and in the last
two weeks have delivered Overlands to
the following people: Big4 Touring. Cars
to William Whitten and George Unger;
Small Touring Cars to George Hurd,
Thomas Clark, Samuel Moore and Clar-
ence Clayton; County Club Roadsters to
Vance Mitchell, Irwin Leach and Harry
Salmon, and Hudson Super Six Touring
Cars to Edward Leonard and John B.
Truitt, in addition to several Eords anC
Maxwells.
List of Letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post-office for the week ending
April IA, 1917: Mrs. Cadd Cammile. Mrs
Maggie Tatman, Mrs. Kate Wright
Miss Charlie Ackry, Joseph H. Foard
Leonard Price.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
New Members Added

These are the names Of those who
have Joined the Red Cross Branch since
the last list was printed. More men,
bers are needed. Mrs. Elias Shallcross,
Mrs. George Kohl, Miss Hester Jones,
Miss Anna M. Freeman, Mrs. Anthony
NJ. johnson. Miss Laura E. Willis, Nrs.
N. J. Williams, Miss Eliza Hodge, Mrs.
Malcolm Cochran, Mrs. S H. Duryea,
Mrs. Sewell Green, Miss Mollie Wilson,
Miss Anna N. Denny, Mr.. William
Brockson, Mr.. Robert Douglas, Mrs. c.
j. Freeman.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21

Plants. A. K. HOPKINS.
Apple Trees, Peach Trees. Plant
now. C. R. CLAYTON,
Middletown, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1917-04-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week

IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS
Sunshine.
Honeysuckle.
April showers.
Farmers busy.
Straw hat time.
Roads improving.
Autos have right of way.
Watch out for the spring fever.
The baseball davs are here again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-25
SOLDIERS RECEPTION
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Home Boys Leaving for Camp
Given Rousing Send-OH
on Boardwalk
2 COMPANIES TO SEA GIRT
Annual Benefit Sale for All Saints
Church Promises to BE Usual
Big Success
ATLANTIC CITY. July %.


The Boardwalk last night was given over
to the soldier boys of Atlantic city 1t was
their final opportunity TO see the sights OF
the Great Wooden Way before departing
for camp this morning A khaki uniform
was an open sesame to all the places OF
amusement for the purveyors Of pleasure
were eager to do what they could to make
the city soldiers last night in neir own
home town happy occasion.
The resort is sending two &c npanics to
Sea Girt-Compauy l., Of tn National
Guard. and Battery -. of Field Artillery,
organized by Director Of Public SAFETY
Sooy who has been commissioned captain.
Members Of the Emergency Aid, the Red
Cross, the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. NJ.
e. A. the W 9. r. /. and the Womans
Research club all combined 10 see that no
soldier comforts were lacking
The Boardwalk was virtually deserted
this morning and few went in swimming
bcfcro II o'clock for every one. visitors
and residents alike. wanted to give the
shore soldiers a rousng send-off Company
L left on the o'clock electric train en- route
to Sea Girt. and Battery - departed on the
II O'Clock Reading train.
Mrs william Lanahan, her sister Mrs.
Lulu Carroll Nash, Miss Kate Carroll Nash
and Miss Carroll Harris will motor on Fri
'day to Williams College to visit Mrs. Nash's
SON. Richard Nash, who is in training there.
Mrs r. Baxter Milne and daughter. Agnes
Claire Milne, are spending tho summer here.
Mrs Mines husband, Major Milne, is now
training troops IN England. He was twice
woundcr in France
The annual sale for the benefit of All
Saints Church opened this morning at
KcntOn Half Belmont avenue and the
Beach. Chelsea. A wealth Of useful and
fancy articles, cake, candy, books, etc,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-25
100000 GUARDS ANSWER
NATIONS SECOND CALL
Troops From 20 States Called
Today-Training Camps
Rushed to Completion
WASHINGTON. July 25.

WASlIINGTON, July 20
Nearly 100000 national guardsmen were
called out today for training. They will
be held in home quarters from week to
month because training camps in the
South are still incomplete.
The States responding to tins, the second
guard call. were Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont Massachusetts. Rhode Island.
Connecticut New Jersey Delaware, Mary
land District Of Columbia Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, llli-
nois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, WASH
ington and oregon.
Their training camps will be at Charlotte,
~ c.. Anniston Ala Greenvile, S. c.;
Houston Tex. and Palo Alto, Cal
The exact length of training is not stated,
though the general assumption IL that the
men will be held in camps until early
spring, when they will he available for the
proposcd great drive against the Germans.
The war Department has ordered con
tractors to put extra speed into building
the woodwork of the various camps, and
in several instances added help has been
obtained
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-25

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