Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-14
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Pastor Beauchamp'S Prompt
Action to Provide Home
in Wilmington
BIDS ASKED FOR
CARRYING MAIL

special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, April l4.-The Rev.
John II. Beauchamp retiring pastor OF
Nazareth NJ. T. Church, will take up his
residence in Wilmington next week. lie
has been appointed secretary of the
Wilmington Home Mission and Church
Extension Society, and finding that the
society had no home for its secretary
and knowing the difficulty of renting
house in that city, he proposed that the
society purchase one, and started cam
paign to raise the necessary funds. In
an appeal to members OF Nazareth
Church last Sunday night, Dr. Beau
champ secured pledges amounting to
$500 for the new house, twenty subscrip-
tions of S25 each, and al IN ten nm
utes. The new home has been selected
and a first payment made on 1t, and
Dr. Beauchamp expects TO move IN next
week. The house is located in that sec
ton OF the city of Wilmington north
of the Brandywine, not far from the
McCabe Memorial Church.
The new pastor, the Rev. j. H. Bick-
ford. who has been staying at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Challenger as
a guest has rented a room in the home
of Dr. Robert Roth, temporarily, and IS
taking his meals at the home OF Mrs.
Swan. on Fifth street, until he can
bring his family here from Frostburg,
Md. his former charge. When the new
pastor and family are located in New
Castle the members of Nazareth Church
and congregation will give the pastor
a reception.
Bids for carrying the mail between
the postofiice and the railroad station
are being asked for again by the gov
eminent. The vacancy Is caused by the
death several weeks ago OF the mail
messenger. Bids were asked for some
time ago. but those turned in were not
satisfactory to the government. and so
additional ones are requested. lhey
must be in bv April "a. While no inti-
nation is gwen in the advertisement as
to what sum the government will play,
the notice states that only reasonable
compensation will be allowed.
Charles II. Clewell was in Philadel-
phia yesterday.
A bake will be held at No. school
house next Saturday to raise money TO
buy records for the Nictrola recently
purchased by the pupils of that school.
Complaint has been made that ru-
mors are being circulated around con-
tinually of blow ups that are to &C.
cur at the various munitions plants
hereabouts on certain days, the re
suits Of which have been to restrain
men and women from working, and
they have lost considerable time.
MANY of the munitions workers OF
this section are nervous over the pos
sibility of explosions and are inclined
TO heed the warnings" given in this
secret manner. II is charged tina;
these reports have come from for
mer employees who have been dis
charged.
Shad fishermen reported small
catches Yesterday and the day before
The shad brought so cents a hundred
pounds wholesale, but those that were
disposed of to private families here
brought as high as S1.60 and SIZE
each for roes and Go cents TO dollar
for milts. The catches averaged ten
TO a tide. it was said. Some herring
are being caught and find a ready
market at 80 cents a dozen. The port
and river regulations have in.erfered
with the shad fishermen this year
as formerly they always fished the
tides. They cannot do so this year.
Harry c. Hunter, president Of this
New Castle Baseball Club, is seri-
ously i'll at his home. He went oui
TO erect a monument the day before
Easter and got wet and allowed his
clothing to dry upon him As a re-
suit he took a heavy cold and his ply
stefan says it will be a week before he
will be able to get out.
Joseph Weir, who has been under
going treatment for an old trouble
in a Philadelphia hospital, returned
to his home yesterday greatly inn
proved.