Evening journal., 1917-03-12
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT new Castle
DR.. Robert Watt at Nazareth
M. E. Church Yester-
day Morning
SOME DISTRESS
AMONG THE POOR

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NEW CASTLE. Del. March r.
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
McCaughn who died Friday. will be
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in
Emmanuel p. E. Church. with the rec
tor the Rev. Addison A. Ewing in
charge. Intorment will be made IN
the churchyard adjoining. beside her
husband. under direction or Charles
IT. Clewell. The pail bearers will
be Rendell Perrin. Fred Platt John
Duncan. Frank McCallan. James King
and Edward W. Eagle
Miss Mildred Stoops and Miss Marie
| Smith will have charge OF the musi-
| cal program to be presented az the
meeting Of the New Casle Century
| Club tomorrow night following tho
business meeting. which is called for
8 o'clock. A pleasing program has
been arranged
! An Interesting program has been
prepared by the members OF the Penn
Literary Society of the local High
School for the entertainment they
will give in the High School audi
torium Thursday evening in the in
terests of the fund TO pay for the
trip to Washingtongton in May of the
Junior and senior classes. Among
those who will take part are Miss
! Alice Wise. Miss Helen Davidson,
Miss Edna Cranston. Miss Henrietta
| Dorne Miss Josephine Weer, Miss
Elizabeth Madden, Miss Miriam Boyd,
| Miss Mary Gilman. Miss Regina Roth
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Vining. Miss Bertha McCallister, Miss
Bertha Boyd Brokaw Sentman. John
Leach and Joseph Rothrock.
Chief-of-P Police Tobin arrested
Charles Mccoy, Friday night. for be-
ing drunk and disorderly and on
Saturday. Mayor Rodney sentenced
him to pay fine Of So and costs.
Miss Viola Marker. of LOrewood
Grove, is visiting at the home OF her
d aunt. Mrs John b. Montgomery, oil
Sixth street
The Rev. DR.. Robert Watt. presid-
ing elder of the Wilmington district
Of the NJ. e. Church. preached IN Naz-
areth NJ. r. Church yesterday morn
ing. The Rev. David ID. Forsythe ad-
, dressed the members of the Baraca
Glass at o'clock. and in the even
ing a missionary anniversary service
was held under the direction OF Mrs
- John z. Manlove. the chorister
r Members of several of the Sunda!
= School classes took part
City Council will sit as a board o
registry Tuesday and Wednesda
evenings, March 20 and 81 and tn
following Tuesday and Wednesda
evenings. March p and IS. 70 max
- cont HNN w
r / properties have changed hands, thei
} have been removals from town ana
these meetings Of city Council an ol
portunity will be offered taXablos
ne have their names and holdings prol
TO orly set forth ON the assessmei
,i- books
in Postmaster John =. Murphy. wh
'n has been confined to his home by
he severe cold. was able TO be out agai
NJ yesterday.
10 Edward Noble has enlisted in th
~ United States Navy at the Philade
NJ phia recruiting station and has bee
Sc sent to Norfolk. Va.
o. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Young an
e. entertaining Mr.. Young's brOthe
Of William p Young. OF Baltimore.
he Despite the abundance of work
igl be had in New Castles industrii
plants there is considerable sufferin
rt among the poor. it is said. due
r. the high cost Of living. While tn
big wages paid munition workers an
e. others partly make up to the:
bel classes for the advance in the cost
food. etc. there arc many famili'
whose earnings are no larger than
normal times. and these feel Il
r. pinch of poverty keenly and are III
10 able to make their slender earning
go as far as they could a year or tv
25 ago.
te James p. Ely employed in one
u the steel plants. was sent to his hon
is in Georgetown Saturday sufferil
a with pneumonia which followed I
IS. attack of the grip.
.e. George w. Eckles has announce
n. his candidacy for city assessor,
&c ceiver of taxes and clerk. He is