Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-25
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
City Council Awards Contract for
Repairs to Fire Engine
Houses.
ST aft Correspondence of Every Evening

81 aft Correspondence of Every Evening
New. Castle, Feb. 25-The committee
Of Ci ty Council on reapirs to the Good
Will fire hall, at n meeting on Saturday
evening considered the bids of James
Morrison of this city and William Rey-
bold of Delaware City, and awarded the
contract for repairs to the former New
joists are to be installed, with the raising
of the floors TO proper height, repairs
TO walls, &c. Work will be started on the
repairs at once and hurried to completion.
At the election OF five members OF the
Board of Education on Saturday next
at the office of Mayor Lavender the
election officers will be Charles l.. Lam
caster, inspector; Frank G.. Weggenmann,
Judge, and Charles =. Fleming. clerk.
Many persons express regrets that Alex
ander T.. Goudiss merchant of this city,
| and who was a former member of the
| board, did not permit himself TO become
q candidate for one of the places. He
| devoted much time to the work during
! his term of office and accomplished OK
| cellent work.
Mrs Alexis J. Davis, former resident
| of this city and sister-in-law of Mrs.
William Kelley of North Second street,
| who has been very i'll at her home in
| Wilmington, with double pneumonia
| is now rec overing. For several days the
condition of the sick woman WAS critical
and her ifc dcspaircd of. In this city
| she has many friends, who will he greatly
+ pleased to learn of her improvement
MIR and Mrs. Charles Bryan and Mrs
| Roseby McMulen of Newark have been
! guests of Mrs. Ira Lunt, mother of Mrs
| Bryan.
The members OF the official board of
| Nazareth NJ. L. Church will meet in the
| parlors of the church this evening. when
work pc rtaining to the spr ing and the
| remaining months of the year will be
| taken up for discussion and adjustment
In the main cdlfice of the First Presby-
| terian Church new heating system ls
| being installed.
| Mr. and Mrs Debert Kirk and family
| Of Philadelphia. Pa. have been week end
visitors AZ the homo of Mrs. Thomas
| Kirk and sons Irving and Albert Kirk
| 2ll Chestnut street, for the weekend
Hundreds Of >tarings have invaded
| this city within the past AZ hours until
at some sections they appear more nu-
merous than the English sparrows The
newcomer has never been as plentiful as
at present and they lnfcSt places where
| there appear To be seed among the tall
| grasses that have been covered by the
| deeper SHOWS. that are .Iow uncovered.
The birds are like to a young blackbird
in size and Of pretty plumage. Several
years ago the birds came here in goodly
| numbers and were caught in heavy biz
| zard, which caused the death of a great
| number, because of the intense cold,
the seet and the ice that covered the
ground for several days Since that time
the birds have not been seen in large num-
bers until within the past few days.
Captain Harry Is. Smith of Camp Dix
was a weekend visitor at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Smith.
Sergeant William ;. Weggenmann OF
Captain Smiths company vas visitor
| here on Friday.
AT the present time there is an epidemic
of whooping cough. In one family there
are five children who are thus afflicted.
Measles are also spreading in many fami-
| hes and several of the adults have con-
| tracted the ailment. which lasts but
three or four days. as a rule.
At the plants Of the Whining ton Fibre
| Speciality Go. and the Bethlehem Stec
| ProJectilc Co. several vacancies for women
await applicants. The hours are not long
the work not arduouS. rates good and the
foremcn not hard taskrnasters, while the
work IS Of a pleasant character, are the
statements of several employees of the
| plants