Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-19
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Baseball Club TO Hold
Bake TO Raise
Funds
INTEREST GROWS IN
MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Mar. l9.-Ser-
vices Of more than ordinary interest
we're held in two or three OF the To-
cal churches yesterday. In Emmanuel
r. L. Church a congregation thai at
tested the delight of the people In
good music enjoyed the splendid pro-
gram sung by the church choir aug
mented by a quartet from the choir
OF Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington, consisting OF Miss Jane
Dutton, soprano; Miss Ruth Wilson,
contralto; L. O. Thompson, tenor, and
Frederick c. Wyatt, baritone. The she.
cial numbers were: How Long VI
Thou Forget Me?" "The Twilight
Shadows Fall" God. TO Whom We
Look Up Blindly," the 'Magnihcat."
and the Nun Dimittis." George H.
Madden, the organist directed the
singing.
The Rev. J. II. Beauchamp, pastor
OF Nazareth NJ +. Church. exchanged
pulpits yesterday morning with the
Rev r. L. Thawley, pastor of Leba'
non NJ. r. Church. Red Lion, and the
Nazareth congregation listened 70 a
good sermon from the visiting clergy
man. The speaker al the session Of
the Baraca Glass In the afternoon was
the Rev. George +. Anderson, q for
mer pastor and at present in charge Of
the Harrison st. NJ. % Church OF VIII
mington. The Rev. Mr.. Anderson adj
dressed the class upon Civilization
ia Conflict With Christianity" the
address being In substance a paper
read before the Wilmington Preachers
Association recently and repeated for
the benefit OF the Baraa Glass at the
suggestion OF Rev Mr.. Beauchamp.
do Revivals Serve the Cause Of Re
liglon?" was the theme Of the sermon
az the First Baptist Church last night
The Rev. y. @. Primm demonstrated
that they do.
City Council will cit Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of this week and
again on the same evenings next week
as a board OF registry TO make changes
in the assessment books due to re-
movals from town. etc
Edward Conklin- was struck by an
automobile while crossing the road
lust below Dobbinsville Saturday
morning and knocked down. Conklin
had his head down and his coat col
lar turned up TO protect his face and
neck from the rain and said he did
not hear the automobile coming and
stepped to one side just as IL reached
him and was struck by the fender. The
driver Of the car stopped at once and
getting Conklin into the car started
back to New Castle 70 have a physi-
clan examine the man for injuries,
but when IN front OF DIT. Robert r..
NnNf 20 Iva.
side, declaring he was unhurt, and was
driven TO his home.
A bake and cake sale to help pro-
vide the necessary funds TO equip the
New Castle Baseball Club team with
suits and to defray the expense OF
putting the grounds at Battery Park
IN condition viii be held at the store
OF Mrs. Emma Lawler Friday and Sat
uriay. President Harry @. Hunter re-
ports that the membership list con-
tains the names of a large number OF
men interested I'm baseball and the
success Of the New Castle team, and
that subscriptions are also coming in
at a rate very pleasing to the officers.
but quite a considerable outlay will
be required at the. park to put Il in
a fit condition. The fence will have
to be repaired and the grandstand
and ticket box need attention. Esti-
mates as 10 the cost of the work have
been received which place the amount
10 be expended at from S65 to SIS. AT
one Of the meetings of the club held
recently the remark was made, "Why
not get the women interested in help-
ing US In our campaign to raise funds7,
The suggestion was acted upon and
1t was decided to accept the cffer
made by Mrs. Lawler to manage a
bake and to get the wives. sisters
and mothers of the club members ia
provide the eatables. AS the club Is
a representative New Castle organi
cation. It is expected that the bake
this week will be literally patronized
The members of the New Castle
Century Club announce a dance fol-
Easter Monday night, April 9, from
s to II o'clock in the Opera House.
All that IS left OF tho automobile
delivery car belonging TO Frank Cal
veresse. the New Castle baker, which
was wrecked near Rose Hill last week
still lies in a heap in the ditch wherl
Il was flung when the driver lost con
troll OF the machine. The four tire
have been removed. but everythinf
else seems TO be intact. Nearly every
sutomobilist who passes the spo
stops to view the wrecked car. Cal
veresse VIII have the machine re
moved 10 a repair shop and put IN
running order again as engine and
running gear are apparently little in
iured.
Interest in the forthcoming munich
pal election is growing stronger day
by day. There are 50 many candi.