Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Monthly Meeting of the Dorcas
Society of Nazareth Church
Scheduled for Thursday.
STAFF Correspondence OF Every Evening

| STAFF Correspondence OF Every Evening
New Castle, Feb. 5-The monthly
! meeting of the members of the Dorcas
F, Society Cf Nazareth NJ. L. Church Will
! be held on Thurs lay afternoon at the home
i of Mrs. James Tilney, the chairman OF
| the occasion She will be assisted by
| seven members. The customary luncheon
will be served. A provision for the
! Armenian relief fund will not be drawn
upon the Dorcas Society, but from con-
| tingent fund.
There were a number of scholars absent
| from the pul lie schools yesterday due to
residing in the country and the failure OF
, the trolley cars to run from shortly after
a. m until about 2 p. m. During last
week several scholars of near State Road
and Boar st ,tion travelled in trairs that
were an hour or more late, while the
trolley cars were practically ON schedule
time. Therefore, some tried the latter
cars yesterday with the results stated.
Thus it is hard to tell what to do for tn
best TO secure an education for the country
scholar One boy, after walking a distance
Of more than one and a suarter miles to
the trolley line vest rday suffered greatly
from the Geld, and it was feared that his
feet were frosted and he did not reach the
school Thus il IS shown that the country
student dearly earns his or her education
at all times, and especially at this time Of
the yesr.
The high westerly winds of yesterday
opened great channel way on the western
side of the Delaware river that permitted
Of the passage of the ordinary sized
freight steamers, inbound or outbound.
without much interference by the ice
packs that arei5 TO 20 feet high in many
places, due TO one cake or foe plling on
top of another.
Miss Mary NJ. White, chairman of the
High School Alumni Association dance
TO be held on Friday evening in the Opera
House in the interest Of Red Cross funds.
apnounces having secured the Coney
Orchestra OF Fort du Pont for the occasion,
and excellent music Is assured.
On Friday morning at the home OF Mrs.
Richmon Reed, on the State highway
near Federal School lane. sale Of the
stock, farming implements and house hold
goods will take nlece The property has
been purchased by McMahon Bros within
a short period and the proposition Is to
remodel II and prepare hne residence
there.
The scholars Of the public schools here
are distressed over the recent accident
that befeIl Miss Agnes Medill'of Newark,
s visitor here on a number Of occasions,
ami who hAs made many friends in this
locality.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet at 2 O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Sara
Atkinson.
The broken water main on North Third
street, near the home of Weldon ) Nining,
has caused a skating park as far north as
the Sixth street extension and makes that
portion OF the causeway rather dangerous.
Because Of grounded trolley current
wires Yesterday cars were delayed from S
q. m until p. m, and the freight car
reached Delaware City more, than an
hour late On the return trip because OF
the loss Of current, the car was more than
three hours late reaching the car barn.
Troop No. |, Boy Scouts Of America, Of
this city, had a big meeting last evening
despite the cold. Joseph II. Rothrock
hiss had ten applicants to become mem
bers OF the first aid corps. II IS now ex-
pected to secure enough members to form
the second troop.
The Thermometer at z o'clock this
morning marked II degrees below zero,
thus showing the lowest temperature in
many wears in this city. In some psrts of
the city the thermometer is said TO have
recorded Il degrees below the zero mark.