Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13
NEWS OF THE DAY
At new CASTLE
Much Damage Done by the Storm
and High Tides of the
Past Few Days.
stufY Correspondence of Every Evening

| earnest ana hts tncinc Will Dc siio h'.'
enth Commandment, Love. In the
evening at 7.30 o'clock District super
intendent Watt will preach and Rev.
Bicking will preach at Union church.
| Wilmington. :,
In the afternoon at o'clock at the
| session of the Baraca Class the preacher
will address the class, with an illustrated
| talk on IA Bad Bargain. At $50 a. IN.
| the class for men will be conducted by
! John Hendrix. At y. IN. the Sunday
school will bc conducted by George /.
/ Tobn. Jr. and nj g y. m. the Young
| Peoples Society will last hall an hour'
| Excellent music is being arranged Tor the
services by Chorister James I. ehalienger.
In the First Presbyterian Church To-
morrow morning the pastor, heV. -
! Bcattie Wylie. will conduct the communion
service at 1890 O'Clock and the Sunuhy
| school will meet at the close ol the service.
| The afternoon meeting VIII bc he'o AT
| 1 q clock.
! In the First Baptist Church, the GUS
toInary services will Toe held tomorrow
/ with the morning Bible class Tor men AT
/ 10 a. m, and Sunday shooi at the same
hour; preaching by Rev John o"nurh' oi
Crozer Theological Seminary. at n IN.
/ and Z 30 u. m The Christian fndeaVor
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In the Emmanuel Episcopal hurch
! tomorrow evening Mt 80 q clock the
! preacher will bc RI Rev Rsi y Frederick
+. J kinSnan Rector Addison A. Ewing
announces the change of the afternoon to
the evening service, the holy communion
service in the morning Mt 30 clock :
Sunday school at Q 30 a. N. and coininuil-
| ion with sermon at 1890 a IN.
| Az tho session of the Home and School
! Association last evening, II WAS announced
! that the next meeting will be held on Thurs
| day afternoon May >, at = 80 O'Clock,
| when Miss Mcdill Of Newark. Miss
! Goodpasturc, Professor Martin ot lpeia,
ware College will take active parts and
! deliver short addresses Hence the change
! IN the time to Accommodate the teachers
| who live ont OF the CITY. -,
The mcmbcr, of the eighth gradc viii
| give demonstration IN home economies
on this occasion.
The reports showed membership IN
the Junior Red Cross of l27 anon the
scholars, SCI - in Red Cross work and
the sum of between 1888 20n and 81 OO
n War Savings stamps. Thrift Saving
stanps with tho bonds of the first and
second liberty loan issues among the
students
| Of the American Manganese steel Co,
here about q o'clock yesterday morning.
caused a number Of persons 10 fear that
firc had occurred and outside help was
needed The people rested more easily
when they learned that the morse WAS due
70 a fire test 60 teach the usc oi Tic hose
and the protcctIon Of property.
Tickets for tho entertainment OF the
- Peters Dramatic Club on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings are gong with a
rush and from present indications there
Will hc great throngs attending each
evening
The bursting Of the banks near Dohbins-
Vile and 1t other points, including
| Hamburg farm, has caused the cutting oil
of the trolley line below Dothinsvllc
and the road is ovcrtiowcd n various
points, that caused the Bethlehem Stee
Co. to announce yesterday before noon
the closing Of the plant until Tuesday al
least, If the waters Will suhSlde by thai
time to permit Of the men travelling TO anc
from the works The water IS all arouno
, the plant, reaches up over the tour too
fence on the causeway south OF Dobbins
vile hack of the farm Of Dr John J
Black estate, occupied by John Walker
and back az the inShorc lighthouse tenant
ed BY Captain George Duncan and family
Water covers part Of the yard propcrt,
, OF the Bethlehem Steel Co. and guard
wore hip boots to move around on thcl
beats or patrols.
Reports show broken banks south 4
Delaware CITY, Beck's, Port Penn
Dutch Neck Road and II It Georges
Interesting post cards are beng re
ceived here from Alfred Mcclure, at am
DIX who IS we'll pleased with the officer
and the men with whom he has come Il
contact
When John Battle awakened at hi
home at The Buttonw0od, he notlcc'
what appeared TO him to clock NOV
ing and when he put his feet out OF the bee
) on the bungalow he stepped INTO water
on the floor of the bungalow. Ih
hour Was 3 o clock lie got out his COW
but the pigs and chickens perlshed
| The oycrfOwjng waters from the Della
ware river that burst the banks on tn
- farm Of Mrs. Louisa II Holcomb, drownc
{ the stock Boys Of the family OF Z. W
. | Guilty. in the Battle property and those G
. Mr. Brown were rescued from the water
The water was ovcrfiowIng numerou
! nroperties in the section of the Countr
Z at high water again yesterday aiternoo
= about 3 o clock
ne reception Dy IuCulDcI5 81 III
| Nazareth NJ. i Church to the me-
: pastor, Rev. and Mrs J r. Bicking an
/ family, asst evening, was thorough
enioved The supply OF cakes, ic
! cream and other eatables more than me
the demands and cakes were sold at tn
} close of the affair and ice cream sent To tn
5 sick and others The party started froi
the parsonage led by the Boy Scout
! followed by DR. and Mrs. Julius Dodd tn
: pastor, wife. two boys, parents, brothe
] ln-law and sister-in-law OF the preache
and Mr.. and Mrs John + y. Clayton 4
: the committee Of escort. The orchcstT
e plaved several selections. The addre;
e Of welcome was made by DR.. Dodd, (
which Pastor Bicking responded Mi
r Emily r. Lunt, Albert Clayton, Nj:
E Lillian Montgomery, Mrs. Julius Dode
p George T. Tobn, superintendent of Il
] SUNDAY school: Miss Mildred Hollida,
D Mrs. James II Tilney, Mrs. Bickin
] Mrs Beulah Megginson, Frances Sher
dan Elizabeth Milligan and Mrs. WilllaI
] G. Dcnney made short addresses an
Z participated in the musical number
c Robert Seward, Douglass Proud, JaC
/. Davidson, George T. Tobin Sd, Pa
/ Kern. Carlisle Tobin, Harry y. Aher
D Jr.. Elizabeth Milligan and Virgin
Newlove sang Keep the Home Fir
{ Burning.
e AT the home Of Miss Elizabeth Mcha
c last evening, birthday party was give
in her honor at which she received prett
gifts. The Youngsters were RECALLED wit
aaLra in F.Iar,ttF Tho.