Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Working Hard on Roads to
Open Them Up After
Snowfall.
StafY Correspondence of Every Evening


| New Castle, Feb. l.--Georgc Burris
started work on the State Road today fol
the purpose of providing clear driveway
between farnhurst and Tybout's Cross
ing and thence on the cross roads &c
Bear Station. On the former road the snow
is solidly packed to depth of is inches and
the hauling OF the road scraper is 0
severe task for IL heavy draft horses.
The smaller scraper is dragged by 5
horses and there are about 20 men assist
ing with shoves in digging out banks that
are to q feet deep, between State Road
and Bear Station.
Tomorrow it is hoped to dig out the
River Road from the Bethlehem Steel
works to the Red Lion Bridge.
The Sanders avenue or Stoeckle's Lane
between the causeway and Farnhurst
is filed with snow more than > feet in
depth and will require much work before
it will be tit for travel.
Yesterday the men and horses were not
in service because they had been working
from Z a. m to $50 p. M, in bres king
roadways to the munitions works as
directed by the National Defense Depart
ment of the government.
It was planned to open today The River
Road, southwark from the Bethlehem
works but later the schedule was changed
TO the State Road.
An inspection of the roadways in this
hundred was made by Levy Court Com
missioner Shaw and Road Commissioner
BurrIs yesterday afternoon.
An interesting meeting yesterday after
noon was held at the Century Club by the
members Of the local club with the Young
nf III
mington, In relation TO the housing prob
lem for women who are employed or who
come here for employment at the lodal
plants.
In this affair the employer and the
War Council of the Y " G. A. with the
War Council OF the Defense League are
taking great interest As result Mrs.
julius Dodd was selected as the person 10
whom notice can be given of rooms where
the young women can be housed and
properly cared for II is hoped TO fonn in
the near future, a Y W G. 4. In this city,
similar 10 that in Wilmington
Among those in the conference yester-
day were: Mrs Charles Wo laston. Mrs
J. Ernest Smith, Secretary Osborne. Vii
mlngton \. ". c. A, and Mrs H. Tatnall
with General Manager Percy T. Paris Of
the Bethlehem Steel works, south Of this
city, Mrs. Lewis f. Fllason. chairman;
with Mrs. J. Ernest Phillips. Mrs. Julius
Dodd. Mrs, John NJ Wilson Of the New
Castle Defense League
Mrs John Dorne who has been III for
several weeks and WAS for some DAYS in
the Delaware Hospital for treatment, hiss
recovered sufficiently to return home Her
daughter, Miss Gertrude Dome, who has
been lndisposed, is also recovering.
At the session of the Baraca Class Of
Nazareth NJ. T.. Church at , O'Clock on
Sunday afternoon, the speaker will be
Captain Holz, of the Wilmington branch
Of the Salvation Amy. He is an interest
ing talker and q graduate Of Wesleyan
University. He will be accompanied By
several members OF the army
In fight at the shack where several
Greeks reside, near Plant c, OF the Ameri-
can Manganese Steel Co, yesterday. one
of the number. known as Jackson" but
whose real name IS Peter Zografos. was
hit on the left arm by an iron bar in the
hands of q companion, and the bone
fractured. Or. Booker dressed the injury
At the card party OF the Century Club
on Tuesday. gwen 10 the Young people
OF the organization without charge, each
member is entitled 70 bring one com
panion. There are 70 be other gsunes for
those who do not play cards and splendid
social affair Is being arranged for
The card party given in the Century
Club Ia I evening under the direction OF
the Sinlieage committee OF this city was
2 we'll arranged and attended affair and
q neat sum viii be realized Edward V
Platt. Prof. Elmer Cross, Misses Mary
II. White, Mabel Clewell, Anna Lancaster
and Clara Newlove, the principals, feel
we'll repaid for their work and interest in
the affair. Ten tables were in use during
the evening.
Miss Anna J. DUNCAN will be the chair
man OF the current events class of the
Century Club during the month of Feb
ruary.
Robert Tingle and Alfred White, en-
ployes OF local steel plants in this c,tv,
suffered confused wounds OF their hands
and fingers at the works yesterday.
William b. kee mas purchased a new
automobile of the Overland type from
William BurrIs OF the Burrls Garage.
The members of New Castle Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, failed on Wednes-
day evening TO hold the proposed meeting
for the purpose of elecfing officers and
reorganizing because of the snow storm
The Ladies Aid Society of the Lebanon
NJ. r. Church, at Red Lion, failed to meet
at the home Of Mir and Mrs. CLAYTON D.
Appleby at Bear Station this week be
cause Of the storm
The scholars Of the New Castle schools
are now. resuming their places in the
schools after q delay OF several days.
The dance on FRIDAY night Of next week
in the interest of Red Cross funds promises
TO be big event.