Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-24
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Funeral of John S. King to BE
Held Tomorrow
Afternoon.
Stan Corrcspondcnce Of Every Ev ening

Stan Correspondence OF Every Ev ening
New Castle. June "a John ). King,
aged 50 years, who died on FRIDAY even
inr last, shortly after O'Clock, after
lingering illness, Mt his home, IL west
EotIr,b street. will he buried tomorrow
afternoon. services from his residence, NJ
?. 30 o clock Intcrment will he IN the
Nazareth Methodist Episcopal church
ward He was n member of the church ior
many vcms joining about the same lime
as Rev. James NJ Wise of tins clty. ihcy
were the two oldest members oi the con.
yrogntiop Mr. King held the position OF
sccton of the church for long period,
but several years ago was compelled 10
give up these duties on h'cou''' W VIC
failing health
Mr. King was the son of the late John
King and Mary s King. lie was born
N.y Is. 1870. nj New Castle desccn-
dnnt of ono Of the oldest families m the
plocc IIs grandfathcrs both bought IN
The Revolutionary War. and hls grand
father kinp ran the first ferry from New
castle 10 Salem, y J He served rs
machinist with the New Castle Manu-
featuring Company and helped build some
of the first locomotives here lie a'So
hclpcd build and install the hrst steamboat
engine al New Castle and ran the engine
to Milford. Del. In 1850 he entered tho
cmploy Of the old Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore railroad Afterwards
he worked with Willinm Lea and Son, MS
engineer for - years
MIR klng will bc missed by the cnirr
ronm,nit, lie IS survived by three
children. John G. hing. William Il king
and Mrs Edward Eagle. one grandchld,
Mrs III Cummings. and two greatRrand
children
Tomorrow evening the Board oi fdHca-
| ton IN regular session Will take up me
matter of filling vacancies. caused hN nc
| rcsIpnations uf Professor Henry !. ~naV1N
Miss katharine II Dashcr and Miss Maud
II Dcakync NJ the recent session 81 me
| hoard The present corps was reelected bn'
acrcptanccs have not been coming IN last
and The board hopes that the remaining
| teachers will send ~ thelr replies very
| soon
The members Of the Women hrs
| tian Temperance mon will vlsit Delaware
| CIty on Thursday for the annual session
az he New Castle county convention 81
| tho " G T /. which vii hc bcid IN the
| Methodist Church AZ Delaware 'ltN.
(;corpc I'ngcr. Charles Nipi, George
Ford and Wilhan Wcggcnmann. on Satur-
/ day had a pleasing automobile tour over
| 300 miles. visiting Reading Norristown
! Sinking Springs and Pottsvillc The mcm-
| brrS ot the party were the guests oi reia-
| tlyrs az MIR niger " hlc visiting Rcad-
| mo they saw James Qmmhv who recently
! resided here. holding tho posltIon ot lore
1 man of the moulding department oi the
| Rrylcon Steel Casting which Is now Plant
! & of the American Manganese Steel TO.
/ who wished 10 be remembered 10 hr New
| Castle friends
Rev John II Ricking of NAZARETH NJ.
! 4 Church and sixteen members of the
| iunIor Bov Scouts Of America had an
experience on FRIDAY they long will re
| member The, hlked to the farm oi Ihom-
as Slack. near Newport, pitched their
| tents, and were caught IN tcrrlhc wind
and RAIN storm II blew one Of the tents
| down. bui after a hard struggle they man
| aged "a place IL N position again and by
d1ing thI> received drenching The
! scouts say that the next time they go on a
hike they viii take with them more than
three tents as they find that they require
more room.
The SO gold piece contested for on
| saturday evening by the members Of the
| New Castle Reserves base ball team was
won tv Mrs Maglirc Of Delaware City
The regular monthly meeting OF the
official board Of Nazareth NJ j.. Church
I will bc held this evening al o'clock.
The electro lighting uf the auditorium
| Of Nazareth NJ T. Church will he done by
! Contractor George l. Inger Thomas },
| BIscoc and Co of Wilmington, has been
awarded the contract by the board. Ia
| install a steam heating plant. thus CHM
| mating the hot air system.
Nllham II Schater was one oi the
| first 10 cut his wheat from he fields of the
| Rodney farm today. Other farmers are
| expected to begin within few days
Henry Padberg, formerly resident Of
this citv. spent Saturday and Sunday a.
| the guest OF Mr and Mrs John II. Ham
mcrs.
The semi-annual meeting Of the New
Castle High School Alumni Association
was held Saturday night at the parish
! house. Letters were received from George
| Madden and Edward Gormcy, now sta
/ toned at Camp Johnston, lorlda, express
ing regret at not being present. The fol
/ lowing officers we're elected for the ensu-
ing term Miss Reda Stoops president
| Edward NavloT. vice president, Miss
Estclla Siblev, secretary Miss Kate
! Mahoncv, treasurer Refreshments were
served Il was decided to hold the next
meeting at the home OF Mss Ruth
| steward
Mrs i. IaWlcr has been confined 10 her
home for several days suffering With an
attack of qlnnsy
| ] Tobiu G. Thorn, G HalIman. II
Reynolds. Truitt II Rhodes Sgi~
sullivan. Miller, and McGor> Were week
end visitors from amp DiA
Harry Cummings, formerly OF New
Castle. is visiting this family here
Mrs Carrie Rice. Of Bethlehem, Pa.
is visiting her brother G II Clcwell
Miss Margaret Wall Is visiting friends
in Philadelphia
Tsc it today and bc happier tomorrow
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B Mendlocrz, who was recently struck
over the head by a Negro, Is again able tc
be about
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