Evening journal., 1917-11-10
NEWS HAPPENINGS
AEOUT new Castle
DR.. Roth Writes from Camp
Meade That There is
Plenty of Work
XMAS PACKAGES
GO TO SOLDIERS

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Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Del. Nov. iO.-THE
EVENING JOURNAL is in receipt OF
pleasant note from First Lieutenant
robert r. Roth, NJ. h. c., now station
cd at Camp Meade, Md. The doctor
saws: Il arrived here November b, ana
am assigned to the 3iith Infantry
/ Reglmental Hospital, Block Ell.
Plenty to eat. plenty Of heat, ana
plenty Of work" New Castle irlenuS
are pleased to hear that the doctor Is
agreeably situated at the camp, ana
wish him success.
Rodney Willis, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Willis, Of this city, and now
at the military school, Charlotte Hail.
St. Marys county. Md, has written
song dedicated TO the soldiers at Camp !
Mcclellan. r. Leslie Carpenter, the /
director OF Trinity p. Z. choir, VIII
mington, has composed the music
Both Mr.. Ca penter and Professor
Handy Hay. have compilmenteo the
Young poet very highly on the produo-
ton. Rodney Willis. who is fifteen
years Of age, has written number OF
poems which his teachers have de-
lclared show promise Of a literary fu-
ture. The poem, entitled, In Camp,
is as follows:
Way down In Alabama
Where the hills are hig hand wide,
Some mothers boy is thinking
OF those he left behind.
He's thinking Of the loved ones
In that home he would defend,
In the Cagip in Alabama
lie wonders how twill end.
In the Camp in Alabama
Where he stands a silent watch,
lie tries to read his future
VIII It say that he'll come backY
VIII il read. he died a hero?
His country to defend2
In that camp In Alabama
He wonders how twill end.
IN the Gimp in Alabama.
In the still hours Of the night,
, lie hears agein the promise
! That she'll be true for life.
He feels again her presence
And the love he would defend,
In the Camp in Alabama,
4 He wonders how twill end
There will be no school here next
= week In the public white schools, as
the teachers Will be in attendance at
the annual institute Of the New Castle
!. County Teachers Association, in VII
mlngton. A number Of the members
OF the Parent-Ttachers' Association
will attend the open sessions on Thurs
5. dav. in the Wilmington High School
auditorium
8. Henry II. Anderson, Negro, aged So
died on Wednesday at his home, NO
d al Townsend street, South Whining
i ton. He will be buried from Union
Church, this town. tomorrow AFTER
d noon. -,
Today the Christmas packages will
ID be sent 10 the boys in France. Ihe
Red Cross Society members were very
81 busy yesterday packing them. they
contained dates, figs, game, raisln'
10 and other good things. The womer
b raised $50 for the Christmas packages
The members OF the Ladies' Aid So
OIL ciety OF Nazareth NJ. z. Church, are
asked TO remember the meeting OF
III Monday night.
Three OF the local hotels, the on'
u az Dobbinsville, the Gilpin House an'
star Hotel will soon have an election
problem to solve. Their licenses eX
plre in a month or so, and the ques
ton OF renewal under the dry" Law
now in force win be one for the court
10 decide. 70 is thought probable IN
proprietors will be granted fractional
"a licenses until July. The price OF drink
in New Castle have gone up since cleo
10 tion The cheapest whiskey is nov
-. nft.r oonfe n hnlf-niuf
Friends OF a prominent dry New
Castle woman are enjoying a joke a
h her expense. She Is an earnest SUI
fragIst. but had always refused to 1oi
in a parade for that or any othe
cause. She objected strongly
a. parades. But when the county wen
dry" she forgot her objections, an
b. Joined a parade which went clear on
to Shawtown.
Mayor Lavender tried a number {
es. cases in which the gentle sex figure
Yesterday. The sex had proved vi
nd gentle. calling each other names, II
Ell dulging I'm a hair-pulllng contest, an
other anti-social events. On complain
Dol made by Annie Pance, Sophie Kimmis
was fined s. and costs, for assault an
mo battery. Annie Lambert Maggie Pei
-, nington, Edith Roy and May LAIN, wei
ooi each fned a dollar for disorderly col
I'D duct.
,nu Samuel p. Conway was brought l
on a charge OF intoxication, but q
~, Gaze was dismissed.
0'' Great interest is being shown by q
nd participants in the entertainment to
given by the young people Of II
ool manuel Episcopal Church. on ne
wednesday evening under the dire
ton OF Mrs Frances Dell. JAMIE
who. with her worthy corps OF q
ert. sistants, is doing good work 10 ma
rel the playlet a success Among tho
who will do solo work are Miss Ire
Truitt. who will sing "Gluwurmche
by Paul Sincke. Others who viii "a
for part IN the musicale are Miss Ma
am Elkinton. sololst, and Miss Mary FL
dice son, accomnsnist.
Miss Truitt will accompany J.
ward Trutt, Jr, who viii play
= 'NIarseillaise" and other patriotic a
on the violin.
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