Evening journal., 1918-08-28
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT new CASTLE
School Board Has Hard
Problem in Finding Suit
able Principal
ELECT MISS GABEL
SCIENCE TEACHERS
Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Il Castle public schools VIII open o.
4 September 0, this year. The openln
G date is later than in past years, whe
G Tuesday after Labor Day was usuall
the day. September . has been sci
!. In accordance with a ruling Of th
|. State Board OF Education. The New
!, Castle schools are az yet without
r principal for the coming year. Their
; are several men under consideration
; all from outside Of the State, and thl
= election Of principal Will be the mali
= business to come up at a special meet
! Ing OF the Board Of Education, to b'
= held next Tuesday night. The election
was not held last night because OF th,
. absence from town Of four members Of
the board. President Harry Holiday
John b. Manloye and William Rothwel
are on vacation trip to ocean Grove
Dr. Julius Dodd is enjoying a short
| vacation In Pennsylvania.
At the meeting OF the school board
last night Neil b. Sentman presided
: and Jacob l.. Spelcher was secretary
pro TEN. Harry J. Rothrock, George
Tobln. Jr., and John T. 2. Clayton,
were the other members present.
The following three teachers were
elected TO grade positions, but their
classes have not yet been assigned /;
Miss Emily f. Lunt, Miss Marion
Bacon, OF New Castle and Miss Irma
n. Jaquette, OF Newark. Miss Jaquette
! has attended the WOm0n's College and
has taught for two years In the rural
schools Of New Castle county. Miss
Edith Gabel Of Rlchlandtown, Pa, is
/ graduate OF Bucknell University, Lew
! isburg, Pa, was elected as science
! teacher. Miss Gabel has specialized
I'm scientific course and is well
equipped TO teach botany, zoology and
chemistry.
The board accepted the resignation
Of ]. w. Bucher, who had been elected
to the prlncipalship Of the schools.
Mr.. Bucher Is 80 years old which will
bring him within the new draft age.
He has decided, therefore, to enlist In
stead OF waiting for a draft call The
resignation OF Miss Josephine ClOthierI
was also accepted She VIII take a
position with the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
The Board OF Education is between
two problems IN selecting a principal
Untenanted houses are so scare In
New Castle that Il is hard to find sat
lsfaetory dwelling place for the fam
lily OF a married man, while, on the
other hand, a single man will be liza
BILE to the draft.
Curtis ]. Lewis, who has had a long
supervising experience In the schools
OF Pennsylvania and New Jersey, ap-
peared before the board as a probable
applicant for the principalship Of the
uah lQ a
state Normal school at Milford, Pa. Mr..
Lewis is a strong advocate OF the teach
ing Of current events, nature study,
music, and daily settlng-up exercises
I'm the schools. In explaining the studies
taken up in the local high school. Mr..
RothrOck said French would be sub
stituted for German. this year.
Lydia f. Ryan was employed as the
ianitress for No. 3 school this year.
The board allowed bills incurred by the
textbook committee as follows: MIL
ton Bradley Company, Si62.34; Amer |
lean Book Company. si0I6S; A. Flana-
gan and Company, $500; Scott, Fores-
man and Company, S602O; Mckinley |
Publishing Company, s22.96; Phono-
graphic Institute Company, $3.50; Row,
Peterson and Company. Si5t6; ]. b. |
Llpplncott Company. S2.26.
Miss Lillian Daley. OF Highbridge, n.
a., is the guest Of Mrs. John Kelly on
Sixth street.
Benjamin G. Lockerman, Jr, broth |
er Of Mrs. William Leach, is now work.
ing at the Sun Shipbuilding Plant, In |
Chester, and has moved with his wife
and child TO Chester. from Florida. He
Is a foreman Of the erectOrs. Mr.. Lock- /
erman was formerly employed at the |
Merrill-Stevens Company Shipyards. in
Fla Before that, he had |
lived in Wilmington, working at the
Harlan plant.
The W. C. T. L. OF Nazareth NJ e.
Church, will hold the first meeting after
the summer vacation next Wednesday /
night, at the home Of Mrs. Sarah At
klnson
The New Castle boy scouts are en-
joylng the camping season at Lorewood |
Grove, taking turns at joining the camp
for week. The local scouts at the
camp this week are Edward NaylOr, Jr.,
and George and Carl TObin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Holiday are at
Ocean Grove, N. J.
The Nazareth NJ. f. Church is having
a new heating and lighting system in
stalled. Electric lights will replace the
old gas lights and radiators will give
more warmth and comfort TO the con-
gregation than the registers OF former
times. The interior Of the church viii
be re-painted and the building will pre-
sent a handsome appearance.
This Is carnival season In New Cas-
tie. After the concert given by the car
nival band downtown last night, goOO
share OF the town followed the band
to the show grounds.
New Castle women are in the midst |
OF canning. hurrying to get the putting
up" job done before autumn brings a
resumption Of Red Cross. New Century
Club, and church activities.
e. Ross Farrs, chief inspector OF the
Work Bureau OF the State
Council OF Defense. visited New Castle ,
last night and rounded up an alleged
young work Stacker. Mayor Theodore
w. Cavender gave the young man
hearing, but found he told rather i'm
possible tale about the various places
he was working. The mayor held him
under $500 bail for hearing on Friday
night.
Harry Montgomery and James Toman
have been recalled TO make another ap-
pearance before the draft board at
Newark next week.
The Urquhart brothers, who trimmed
New Castle trees last spring, have en-
listed in the army.
FUNERAL OF MRS. LORE.
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