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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-07
SUBSCRIPTIONS At
HALF Way STATION
|OfiCial Figures Unavailable But
Mark Is Thought Reached
IT'S ELECTION DAY IN TOWN

To Drink. or Not to Drink, That Is
Big Question of the Day-PrO-
hibitionists Expect Voters Will See
Their Side of Argument.
With the Victory Loan subscrip-
tions to Saturday morning totalled up
to $34,50O and subscriptions coming
in so fast since Saturday that the
loan committee for the town has been
unable to give out final figures for
the weekend as yet, it is certain that
Aat least one-half of the quota for this
@fown has been subscribed. The town S
Souota has been set at $4,000 and the
subscriptions of the first week in
Acldding the weekend subscriptions
IRE believed to have passed the half
Way mark of $38,500
But a small part of the factory re-
burns have been made and as these
subscriptions have been important fac
TORS in the oversubscribing of previous
loans it is expected that their returns
will push the amount close to the
quota.
Elections Today.
Town officers are being voted upon
today in Berlin and Kensington as is
the question of further sale of liquor
within the town limits of Berlin.
I While the liquor question is somewhat
of a puzzle to the minds of the voters,
the prohibition party of the town,
which has become considerably
stronger during the past year, is fully
4 confident that the town will go dry.
The advocates of dry town have
n been conducting a campaign during
the past few weeks to suspend the
Il 1iuuor business in Berlin.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-07

M. J. Kenney, appraiser of the es-
tate of the late NTihat Canacl1eda, has
filed inventory placing the total value
at $634.75.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-07

100000. Many of the canvassers
have concluded their work, but others
still have some territory to cover.
License Chief Issue.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-07
Liberty Lotn Now $122,700

Substantial advances were made by
the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaigners
during the Weekend with the result
that the total of subscriptions today
amounted to $122,700. 1t is the hope
of those in charge of the campaign
to clean up by tomorrow night and
report "a complete subscription of
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-07

although PIalnVlIIe IS naturally III
tensely interested in other matters of
great importance, it is not ignoring
the annual town meeting, being held
today. Little interest is being shown
in the contests for office but this is
not true concerning the contest be-
tween the 'wets'' and the "drys." The
"wets' are confident they will be able
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
JUNIOR RED
CROSS FORMED
1wenty-nine Children 0
Honor Roll

A Junior Red Cross has been or
ganized in the Newark Grammar
School, with membership of
sixty. Teachers are working to in
crease the enrolment to one hum
dred in the near future. Members
are knitting enthusiastically on
sweaters, stockings, wash cloths,
and scarfs.
Those who earned their fee-25
cents-are listed on the honor roll
as follows:
Elsie Hubert, Arthur Robinson,
Loring Cordrey, Almeda McCully,
Anna Anderson, Francis Ander-
son, Gladys Rose, Lille Willis, Ida
Leak, Bertha Love, Edna Holton,
Marion Roberts, Charlotte Rohrer,
Mararet Langhorn, Rebecca Cam,
Alice Williamson, Edward Conrad,
Mary Rose, Kathryn Hubert, Sara
Durnall, Evelyn Shew, Bessie
Shew, Harold Grant, Mary Atkin-
son, Marion Durnall, John McCue,
Alma Johnson, Jessie Kinch, Hat
tie Lewis.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
DRAFT MEN MAY RE-
CElVE TRAINING HERE
Plan To Use Delaware COLLEGE
Considered

1t is possible that from 100 to
800 conscripts will be trained at
Delaware College, this summer, in
electrical and mechanical engi-
neerlng and automobile engine
work. To carry on this work if it
is definitely decided on, it may be
necessary to put up temporary
buildings on the college property.
Captain Moore and Captain
Adolph Shane, formerly dean of
engineering at Des Moines Col
lege, Iowa, were in Newark last
Saturday in conference with Dean
A. R. Cullimore and other officials
of the Delaware College Engineer
ing Department on the subject.
They represent the committee of
special training of the War De.
partment and Dean Cullimore went
to Washington on Tuesday to talk
over final plans for the work.
The object is to train conscript-
ed men for war service along me-
chanical lines. The college has Of
fered to place all it's resources to
the government for the carrying
out of the work.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
NEW MODER-
ATOR NAMEED
At Meeting Of New Castle
County Presbytery

The Rev. Thomas Kerr, pastor of
Greenhill Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington, was elected as mod
orator for the coming year, at the
ninety-sixth stated meeting of
Presbytery of New Castle, at Eel
ton on Monday. Mr.. Kerr succeeds
the Rev. Henry Cunningham, who
has left Eastlake Church, Will
mington, and the Presbytery of
New Castle, to become Y. M. &.
A. naval secretary, with headquar-
ters ait St. George, L. |.
At the afternoon session, the
Rev. R. A. Brotemarkle, of Sails
bury, Nd, was ordained. He W'll
become United States Army
chaplain
The feature of the opening ses-
sion of Presbytery was a condem-
nation of the Maryland marriage
laws through resolutions introduc.
ed by Henry NJ. Mccullough, OF
Elkton. Similar sentiments were
expressed by the Wilmington
Methodist Conference at Dover
last month, in resolutions intro
duced by the Rev. G. P. jones' Oh
FlktOn.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Shacks Destroyed
BY Fire
Raier Factory Sustai,s Loss
Approximatirg $500
Contrary TO Reports, None
Injured

Nine shacks, where Italian en-
ployees of the j. P. Ritter Company
were quartered, were burned on
Tuesday, the fire originating from
the cook stove in one of the build
lngs. Fortunately the shacks were
we'll removed from the factory, and
a prompt response on the part of
local firemen confined the blaze to
the original group of buildings.
One family lost all their clothinr.
and the Company some baskets,
and machinery stored there. The
loss is estimated at $500. No
one, contrary to report, was in
jured.
The employees were quartered
last evening in a second group of
buildings on the north side of the
property.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
NEW COUNCIL,
ORGANIZES
Committees Named And
Board Of Health Ap-
pointed

Newark Town Council met on
tuesday evening and organized for
Ihe year. The new members of
council are T. j. Willis and Robert
Morrison, while Mayor E. B. Fra
ger and Daniel Thompson were re-
elected. The hold-over members
are William H. Barton, E. Clifford
wilson, and Jonathan Johnson.
Officers were elected on Tuesday
as follows: S. B. Herdman; secre-
tary and treasurer; Charles B.
Evans, attorney; Leonard w. Low
EFT, alderman; Andrew L. Fisher,
assessor. Other officers will hold
over until reelected or until their
successors are chosen.
Members Of the Board of Health
were reelected as follows: Profes-
sor Charles Penny; DR.. Charles H.
blake; Louis L. Curtis; Robert T.
Jones; and Orlando Strahorn,
Committees were named as fol
lows: Street-Messrs. Thompson.
Willis, and Morrison; Light and
Water-Wilson, Barton, and John
son; House-Barton, Wilson, and
Johnson.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Liberty Loan Driue On
Subscriptions in Hundred
near Se0enty Thousand
Workers Strive to Exceed
Quota of $4,000

Subscriptions from White Clay
Greek Hundred, reported locally,
IN the third Liberty Loan cam
paign, totaled at noon today $685.
3jO or slightly over one-third the
ouota for the hundred. Solicitors
have in a number Of instances lit
tie more than touched their respec-
tive districts, and plans are under
way for more intensive work in the
remaining weeks. The amount re-
ported to date includes $34,60O
from the Mems Committee; S14,-
7S0 from the Women's Committee,
and $4,000, not officially desig-
mated The reports by districts
will be given in next weeks issue
If the Post.
Arrangements are being made
for a FLYING Squadron to cover
hte farming districts, during the
latter part Of the campaign.
Bidgevtlle in Sussex and Fred
erica in Kent, have already won
honor flags, and three other Della
ware towns are unoficially report
ed to have gone 'over the top" in
he first ten days of the campaign.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Belgian Refugee Speaks Here

Madam Chalfonte, a Belgium re-
fugee, made an iteresting address
at the Women's College at noon
yesterday and early in the after
noon made the same address in
Wolf Hall before the pupils of the
Newark High and grammar
schools. The speaker told of her
PERSONAL experience in Belgium
when the Germans made their
drive through that country. Her
husband and child were killed
and she does not know the fate of
her father and mother, not having
heard from them since the Ger
mans started through Belgium and
demolished their home.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
GOVERNOR NAMES
DEFENSE COUNCIL
Following Signing Of Bill On
Monday

Governor Townsend on Monday
signed the bill authorizing the
creation of a State Council of De-
Tense, and early in the afternoon
announced the appointemnt of the
following to be members of the
State Council of Defense:
New Castle County
John ]. Raskob, vice-president of
the DUPONT Company.
David Snellenburg, merchant of
Wilmington.
William r. Seward, president of
the Central Labor Union of Will
nington.
Merrill Tilghman, conductor on
Delaware Railroad.
Mrs. Charles r. Miller, chairman
Of the Women's State Defense
Council.
Senator Frank R. Pool, farmer,
of near Odessa.
Frederick Brady, dairy interests
and banker, of MiddletOWn.
Kent County
Arley B. Magee, lawyer and
Mayor of Dover.
Edwin Hoffecker, business man,
Of Smyrna.
Sussex County
|. Dolphus Short, lumber dealer
of Milford.
DR.. Rowland G. Paynter, physi-
clan, of Georgetown.
The Council is understood, al
though politics was not considered
is divided about evenly politically
Governor Townsend, under the
bill, is to be member of the Coun.
Gil.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
DEAN CULLIMORE RE-
LEASED BY DELAWARE
To Take Up Rehabilitation
Work

Dean Allan R. Cullimore of the
Engineering Department of Della
ware College, has accepted the
position of the chief educational
officer in charge of rehabilitation
work at the Walter Reed Hospital,
Washington, D. C. He has been
granted a leave of absence by
Delaware College until his work in
this field is completed, and will
take up his new duties in about ten
days. The Walter Reed Hospital
is base hospital, and Dean Culli-
more's work will be the training of
the returned wounded men from
the battle front for industrial
work.
Dean Cullimore is especially ad-
apted to this work. He is afflicted
himself, having but one arm, but
this affiiction he has over come and
hopes to teach others who may
come under his direction similarly
afflicted, to make their own way in
the world, Notwithstanding their
deprivation.
Dean Cullimore has been ax-
anined for a commission and it .is
possible he will be commissioned
in a short time. His appointment
was made by Surgeon-General
Gorgas. For several months he
has been closely connected with
vocational and trade school work
in the Wilmington shipyards, and
has been highly commended for his
efficient work in that connection.
He has also been in charge of the
radio classes in Wilmington and
Newark, which now have an en-
rollment Of about 125 and have al
ready sent some men to the service.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
PRIZES AWARDED
IN ESSAY CONTEST
Over One Hundred Students
Compete

More than one hundred students
Of Delaware College and the Wo-
mems College Of Delaware sub
mitted essays on the subject "Why
I Should Buy Liberty Bond" in
the competition for prizes Of $40,
SlE. and $40 offered through Mr..
Dnbell Of the dupont Company,
The iudges-Professors Sypherd,
Clark. Greenfield, Vaughn, Moore,
Foster, and Dutton-after care
fully considering the essays
awarded prizes as follows:
Delaware College-E. W. Hen
Wis first prize; w. A. Wise, Sc
cond: H. B. Alexander, third; ".
n. Brouphall, Charles Carswell and
7. II. Fairbanks, honorable men
ton.
Wornen's College-Dora Mctl-
vain. first prize; Emily Mundy,
second: Annie Scott, third; honor
able mention, Catherine Fletcher,
Alice Roop, and Hilda Stevens.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
WORK ROOM TO
BE OPENED
Second Group Soon To Or
ganlZe

In view of the ever increasing
demand for surgical dressings an
open work room is being fitted up
in the Elliot building, Red Cross
headquarters, in Newark. The
room is being made thoroughly
sanitary and equipped according to
regulation. A group has already
been working for several weeks at
the New Century Club building
where Mrs. deArmand and Miss
Livingston Of Wilmington, have
been conducting classes for the
last six weeks.
About 800 dressings, represent
ing largely class work, have been
made to date. With the battles
raging in Picardy, however, thou
sands of extra dressings are asked
for from this district.
Women Of the community are
urged to join one of the groups,
and help with this urgent work. In
structors will be present, and all
helpers welcomed.
Next Monday is open night at
the New Century Club building.
Rooms open at seven-thirty. The
room at the Red Cross headquar-
ters will open for workers in the
near future.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
PREMIUM FOR
PERCHERON HORSES
To Be Awarded At Delaware
State Fair

Mr.. VIM. DUPONT has offered a
special premium of $4,000 for
Percheron Horses to be shown in
the 1918 Delaware State Fair. This
special offer. together with the Am
erican Percheron Society's spe-
cials, will be printed in detail in
the 1918 Premium List which is
now in. the hands of the printer
and will be ready within week
for distribution.
There is much of interest in this
1918 Book and altho the mailing
list is very large, there may be
some one omitted and a postcard
application sent to the Secretary
of the Fair at Wilmington, will
bring one in the next mail.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
COURSE IN
MARINE TRANSPORTA-
TION ANNOUNCED
Delaware College Seeks To
Serve The Nation

Circulars are being distributed
this week announcing a Course in
Marine Transportation to be offer
ed at Delaware College in Septem-
ber, 1918, the college acting in CO.
operation with the ship-building
corporations of Wilmington. The
course places emphasis upon the
fundamentals of engineering and
at the same time provides instruc-
tion in subjects relating specific
ally to shipbuilding and marine
transportation. Students are re-
quired, in addition to their techni-
cal training to spend three sum-
mers in the shipyard.
Delaware College has a splen-
did opportunity" the bulletin
states, ''to be of very great i'm
mediate and future service to our
country. Cooperating with the
shipbuilding corporations of Will
mington, the Engineering Depart
ment of the college can be vital
factor in the training of shipbuild-
ers. America must today provide
ships for the world. We must have
ships; to build these ships we must
have skilled shipbuilders. Some
one must train the men to build the
ships. We cannot win this war
without ships; we cannot win the
commercial war after the war
without ships. We must have skill
ed men to build the ships, to man
the ships - men who know in
theory and practice how to build
hulls and engines; men who know
how to navigate ships; men who
know the business of shipping. In
a word, we must have men who are
training in shipping in all phases
in design, in costs, in naviga-
ton, in maintenance; men who are
trained to be leaders in trade and
commerce. The need is great,
growing greater every moment.
The opportunities are greater than
ever before.
"The colleges Of engineering
must train these men. To Della
ware College the need and the op-
portunity present themselves with
great force. Located as it is so
near the shipyards of Wilming gton
the college can cooperate with the
shiDyaras there, and by basing it's
courses on the actual needs of the
situation can give the kind of
training which in the judgment Of
shipbuilding experts will fit its
graduates for the greatest immed-
late usefulness"
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
ppFsS ASSOCIATION
TO MEET HERE.
Cuest Of College Next Satur-
day

plans for the meeting OF the Der
Mar-yia Press Association a.
nelaware 1 College on Saturday
h bnriI %, have been completed. The ne
members Of the AssoclaIIoH Tsl, On
81, 1--WE in Newark about ll'oo
o'clock. :, After taking luncheon IN
Old : m College and listening to snort !
sneeches by President Mitehell anu =
op op5ers, they will be shown through ,,a
tsn poi.' bniIdings of Delaware College
sr5 and iii viii also visit the College E Ex-
neriment Farm. 1t is expected that a.
+bare 1,s will be a good attendance a.
the meeting.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
SYLVIA A SPLEN-
DID SUCCESS
One Hundred Seventy Five
Dollars Realized

Sylvia, the two-act operetta
given in the Opera House last Fri
oay evening, measured up to the
expectations Of the audience that
crowded the Opera House. The
performance was presented with a
smOOthnesS and finish that showed
little suggestion Of an amateur
Production. The music was bright
and catchy, the choruses pleasing,
and the acting a credit to those
VINO had coached the players.
The leading roles of Sylvia"
and Betty" were charmingly in
'efpreted by Misses Marie and
anna Ritz. Earl Ewing as Sylvia's
poet lover, G. F. NAPLES, Betty's
swain, and Jefferson Poole as the
prince, won repeated applause. Es-
PeclalIy pleasing were the songs
" Ladies Arabella and Araminta,
MISSES Bessie Whittingham and
Ad'Aer!ne Bowen. One hundred
seventy five dollars has been add
~ as a result of the performance,
y the building fund of the New
century Club,
Inc play was given under the
.Iectlon Of Mrs. Anna Armstrong,
oS'1Sred . 1Sred by Mr.. John Jex. Mrs. H,
~ tyson superintended the make
:, o1 the ladies'; Mr.. Jex of the
nSa, U Miss Nellie Wilson presided
y :. 'ae piano during the perform
sase' n A pleasing concert was
s sne4 previous to the curtain by
y. y, delaware College Orchestra,
sna w.. an exhibition Of modern dance
g' Mps' during intermission, by
rsa rSses Cornelia Pilling, Edythe
cunningham, and Edith Spencer;
g g9ss,fs Robert Sumwalt, Knowles
''.ea' and Allen Lauritsen.
dance at the New Century
.00 followed the performance.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Progressive Euchre
And Dance

A progressive .euchre and dance
tor the benefit of the New Century
Club building fund, will be given
under the direction of Mrs. H. R.
tyson on Friday evening, May
10Th, at the Clubhouse. Arrange
ments are being made for the en-
tertainment of large crowd, and
number ofnice prizes have been
donated. Further details will be
announced in later issue.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Red Cross Day At Clubrooms

Last Monday was observed as
Red Cross Day at the New Century
Club. A pleasing musical pro-
gram was rendered, and light re-
treshments served. The gift of s25
from A. c. Whittier, in memory of
his wife, was announced at the
meeting.
Next Monday Mrs. Fred Clark
will discuss Library Work"
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
SCHOOL ELECTION
ON April, 9th
Candidates File Names With
Secretary

George l.. Townsend, Jr and
uflahdo X. Strahorn have filed
tneir names as candidates for cleo
Iion TO the Newark Board of Edu-
cation. The election will be held
M IN the Academy building on April
afth at two o'clock, one. director to
De elected, According to the law
an candidates must announce
themselves ten days before the
election.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Sermon Subject Announced

The Eternal Security of the Be-
lever or Knowing Positively that
we are Saved, will be the subject
OF the sermon at the Head of
Christiana Church next Sunday
morning, Rev. Walter Clyde, pas
tor.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Cornpletes Work In Theology

Rev. Walter Clyde, pastor in
charge of the Head of Christiana
and Christiana churches. has com
pleted. h1 work in Theology, hay-
ing last week, successfully passed
the Board Of Examiners Of the
Chester Presbytery.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
'Amlngton Boys Visit Farm

ni,,o gof.een boys from the Will
s,5s. ss.o9 High School, under the
N MFsaip ~ Of Mr.. Watson, Of the
d., =. A. spent today at the
.,,am @mSre College farm. The boys,
Eos,a..e aeo in the United States
sp,isa,Ag Reserve, for farm work
gt.t;s 'he summer. came at the in
.''oa Of Dean Hayward.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Improvement Association
To Be ORGANIZED

A meeting for the purpose of or
ganlzlng an Improvement Associa-
ton has been called for next Tues
day evening, April 23rd, in the
Christiana Presbyterian Church.
W. A. Singles has been appointed
temporary secretary.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Necktie Social At Salem

A Necktie Social will be held at
Salem School, near Salem Church.
on Saturday evening, April goth.
Cake, candy, and ice cream will be
for Gale. Ladies are requested to
bring neckties.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
AGAIN URGES NO CLUT
IN CHICKEN MARKET I
Farmers Should Sell Gradually

Farmers Should Sell Gradually
The United States Department
2f Agriculture again advises farm
ers to sell their hens gradually and
not to glut the market Immediately
after April 20, when the restriction
against sale of hens is removed.
Hens should be sold gradually.
This will stabilize the market and
bring better prices for them. It
also will mean more eggs. Every
laying hen at this season produces
eggs at far less cost for feed than
during the winter.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
PROFESSOR SPIKER
In Y. M. G.. A. WORK
Expects To Sail Late In Nav

Claude c. Spiker, assistant pro-
fessor in modern languages at
Delaware College, has been grant
ed a leave of absence by the col
lege to enter Y. NJ. c. A. work in
connection with the army in
France. Professor Spiker will
leave the college May IS, and
probably will sail for France the
latter part of that month.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
OBITUARY
Walter p. Mannon

Walter P. Mannon, aged 80
years, died on Sunday, April 18th.
Funeral services were held from
the residence of John Scott, 'Barks-
dale, Md, on Tuesday morning,
April 10th, at ten-thirty. Inter
ment in the Head of Christiana
Cemetery.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Robert B. Masten

Robert B., infant son of Robert
j. and Nancy E. Masten (nee Greg
SOM died Sunday, April 14th.
Funeral services were held from
the home Of Howard w. Almsley,
near Newark, on Tuesday after
noon. Interment in Newark NJ. E.
Cemetery.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Maria Roberts

Maria Roberts, aged 81 years,
died On Saturday. April 18th, after
an illness of eight years. Funeral
services were held today from the
residence Of her brother-in-law,
John Gregg, Main Street. Inter
ment in NJ. E. Cemetery. One sis
ter, Mrs. John Gregg, survives.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-04-17
Jane Z. Neville

Jane E. Neville, aged 86 years,
died at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. Josephine Shurod, in Will
mington on Wednesday, April
10th, Of chronic myocarditis. Fun
eral services were held on Sunday;
lnterment at st. Georges. Eight
children, thirty-one grandchildren,
and thirty-seven great granchil-
dren survive. Mrs. David Chal-
mers, Mrs. Randolph Lindell, and
Mrs. Oscar Williams of Newark.
are grand daughters of the de-
ceased.