Evening journal., 1917-11-01
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Camouflaged Man Wins Hal
Iowe'en Prize for Being
Best Dressed Woman
DR.. ROTH CALLED
TO ARMY SERVICE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del. Nov. i.-Dr.
Robert r. Roth. OF New Castle. who
a month ago received commits
sion as flrst lieutenant in the Medical
Reserve Corps of the United states
Army. yesterday was ordered TO report
for duty at Camp Meade. Admiral
Md. DR.. Roth expects TO leave for Camp
Meade on Saturday. Mrs. Roth ond her
son viii 90 10 Philadelphia to live for
the present. Or. Roth and his family
viii be greatly missed in New Castle,
where they are very popular.
Halloween passed Off merrily. The
chief event was the masquerade dance
given by the New Century Club at the
opera House, attended by more than
200 persons. The costumes ran the
scale from handsome TO ridiculous.
Miss Pauline Wilhelme received the
woman's first prize for the prettlost
fancy costume. A funny gingham-
aproned character won the prize for
the most comcally dressed woman. To
the amusement Of everyone, this
woman turned out 90 be a man, VIII
liam Hurt. The mems prizes were
awarded TO Edward Naylor who as an
Indian. was considered the handsomest
man present. Leslie Walls, as a
clown. was declared the winner Of the
prize for the funniest masculine cos
tume. The affair was a great sue
cess and nettcd a good sum for the
club treasury. Mrs John NJ. Wilson,
Miss Mary White and John r. Lambson
were Judges. and Edward J. Mcdaniel
was the floor manager.
The city streets were filled with mas
uueraders all the evening, In every
camounage imaginable, but the crowd
wns orderly The police did not ma
anyone who had celebrated by Decom-
ing intoxicated.
The meeting TO elect a trustee Of the
Market Square, to succeed the late VIII
liam ]. Ferris, was postponed until this
afternoon, owing TO its being Hal
owe'en.
About twenty-five automobiles lined
nm i'm New Castle this morning on a
"dry" tour through the county. Ihey
went TO Delaware City and ST. Georges,
coming back by Middlctown ana New
ark. short addrcs ses were made along
the route by different members OF the
anti-liccnse committee.
Mrs. n. Coleman dupont Will be the
guest OF honor and principal speaker
at the meeting Of the Current Events
Glass OF the New Century Club, at
o'clock on Friday afternoon. She will
tell OF y. w. C.. A. work at the arm,
eamps. Mrs. Peter b. Lightner vii
give the current events, and Mrs. Mar
Duggln gill give "reminiscences Of Call
fornia.
The High School young people ar
hard at work on spelling tests, Il
preparation for the coming state con
test Or. +. l.. Cross Is furnishing tn
test words.
The Devotion Of Forty Hours vii
open on Sunday morning at the II
O'Clock mass at 81. Peters Church
The feast Of All Saints was celebrated
today. Tomorrow there Will be masses
for All Souls Day at 6.3O, 7 and
o'clock.
The Home-School Association will
meet tomorrow night.
Herbert II. Ward, Jr, OF Whining
ton and James S. Glassmoyer, OF
Reading have been appointed as tenn
porary receivers for the Delaware
Water Improvement Company, which
furnishes New Castle with water. The
grounds on which the application
was made is that the company is Sc
pressed by floating Indebtedness tha
Il Is unable to apply the proceeds o
rentals to the operations Of the plant
and that IL the court would TAX
charge the company could apply tn
rentals and give the people of New
Castle the service It contracted L
give.
Chancellor Curtis took the matte
as one OF public interest," and grant
ed the application on this ground
rather than on any ground Of insolv
ency.
Andrew c. Gray represented tn
company.