Evening journal., 1917-04-04
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
City Council TO Erect
Pole and Fly
Flag
CONSTABLE Winnings
BOND ACCEPTED

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
/ NEW CASTLE, Del, April 4.-Old
Glory is to fly from a flag pole in
front of The mayors Office as soon as
committee to be appointed by Presi-
dent Theodore w. Lavender of City
Council. can procure the pole and
/ flag and have the fiagpole set. Favor
able action on letter from Chauncey
p. Holcomb, suggesting that the city
show its patriotism in that way, was
taken at the meeting of City Council
last night. and upon motion Of Coun-
Gilman Whalen a committee VIII be
appointed to secure the necessary
permission from the trustees of the
Court House green TO erect the pole
and then to proceed to secure pole
and flag. The resolution was passed
unanimously.
Councilman Andrew Gallagher, for
the light and water committee, re-
ported that he had been informed that
there was a law on the statute books
under which city like New Castle
could proceed to borrow money to
erect It's water and lis ting plant, but
no. action in the matter was taken by
H.
forth by criticism of the water ser
vice on the part OF certain residents.
Councilman Gallagher said he hoped
the people knew that the Delaware
Water Improvement Company was
not being paid in full for water SER
vice where some was not satisfactor-
lily rendered.
President Lavender. for the commit
tee on streets. reported that his com
mittee had been endavOring to get
certain holes in the improved streets
repaired. and that if the work could
be finished before the biennial cleo
tion April 10, he would have it done
The treasurer's report showed a
balance OF SS0127. A bill for $500
for repairing the town pumps. called
into almost universal use by the re-
cent fire. which wrecked the pumping
station, was ordered paid. An error
list on the 1916 tax accounts amount
!. ing to s461 AS. was allowed
/. This was the final session OF th6
present City Council. The new COun
Gil will be composed of five members
/. instead of nine
81 A short session of the Trustees o
10 the Commons was held last night
6 Selden S. Deemer presided in the alb
z sence of the president. Treasurer
Patrick McGrOry reported that he ha'
5 DELAYED making up his annual repor
n until the middle Of this month so a.
to include the receipts of rents from
.si three tenants who had not paid Marc
IA 81. but who had promised TO do so b
April IS. Mr.. McGrory has told thes
tenants that he will credit them a
:. having paid March 81 II they do a
~ they have agreed to do. No repol
Ia from the public building COMMITTEE
IL which was to submit bids on paintin
N the interior of the City Hall. wa
DO made. The report Will be looked Il
"a at the May meeting
-ol Funeral services FOR Samuel
10 Toppin, who died Monday. will be hel
s2 at 2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon Z
81 the home, No. 40 East Third stree
80 in charge of the Rev. John II. Beat
Al champ pastor Of Nazareth NJ
~ Church. Interment will be made
40 the Glebe Cemetery
1li Mrs. Edith Kayler and son. Jane
IA Kayler, and Miss Mabel Kayler.
- Reading. Pa. are spending the wee
10 with Mrs. Kayler's parents, Mr.. an
- Mrs. James Quinby.
IOl Tickets for the Easter dance OF n
81 New Century Club. TO be given MOI
: day night in the Opera House, are o
& sale at the Hotel Louise, McCallin
q store and Goudis' store.
DR.. and Mrs. Julian Dodd left tow
2yesterday on a pleasure trip to la
> two weeks
, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cummings al
. the proud parents of a baby girl, boz
> yesterday in the Homeopathic Ho
al pital. Wilmington. Both mother ar
A. daughter are doing we'll
a. A meeting of the New Castle Bas
a. ball Club will be held at o'clock
VI morrow night in the mayors Ofiic
Contractor John NJ. Hance, who HI
49, been given the contract to make 7
30 pairs to the baseball grounds at BS
90 terry Park. expects to have the wol
W finished by Saturday so that the fir
80 game of the season, between the Ne
20 Castle Club and the New Castle r
- serves can be played that afternoO
10 according to schedule. The fir
ST league game is set for April 81. r
pairs are being made to the fence 81
- rounding the park as well as to Il
'OO grandstand. the ticket booth. e.
~ Plans to bring in funds will be d
900 cussed at the meeting tomorrow n'gl
go The Red Lion Campfire Girls la
- decided to hold their annual outil
.23 this year in July and August, at
.4G camp to be established in the countl
A camp was conducted last SUNNI
for the first time ana proved so 81
cessful that il was voted to repeat
this year on a larger scale.
hit The conflict in dates for the seri
NV OF evangelistic meetings arranged
,et THE members of Nazareth NJ. +. Chur
as and the First Baptist Church is
his pected to be settled by one of t
in churches changing the date The b;
MS lists expect to open a series of ne
at ings Monday night to continue T.
ng weeks. Arrangements for SINH
IN series of meetings were made by
he Methodists last October. but the fl