Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-29
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Announcement Made of the Pro
gram of the Century Club
for Three Months.
star CORRESPONDENCE, Of Every Evening

staT CORRESPONDENCE, of Every Evening
New Castle, March 29.-The announce
ment Of the meetings of the Century Club
for the ensuing three months, made by Mrs
j Ernest Phillips, the chairman for the
club, shows the closing OF the season on
June III with business meeting and
picnic at s u. IN. April |, board meeting;
current events class, Friday afternoons at
80 O'Clock; Thurday, April A. annual
meeting and election of officers, p. M:
Tuesday evening, April O. S o'clock, busi-
ness meeting. installation of officers;
Tuesday, April %, poetry of Walt Whit
man. Prof Dutton, Delaware College;
y. m: Tuesday evening, April 80 social
time at s o clock; Tuesday evening, May
II, s o'clock business mcctmgi tuesday
evening. May ~, 5 o clock, lecture; Tues
day evening, May y, business meeting
5 o'clock; Tuesday evening, June 4, .
o'clock, lecture by Prof. Henry Handy
Hay, Romeo and Juliet.
The members of Troop Mol, Boy Scouts
of America, are vet busy on the sale OF
war stamps and thrift stamps and excellent
progress is shown by several youths.
James Wilson has disposed of ] / war saw
ing stamps and three thrift stamps; John
Barnes six war and Is thrifts; John
Leach. nine thrift; John Wallace, one
war: Samuel Mcknitt, six thrift, Frank
Bacon, four thrift. The youth are now
getting into the work and within few
days the bows will be earnestly engaged
in the contest throughout the city.
Joseph Baldino, employed at one of the
steel plants. had his right foot hurt. The
injury wss dressed by DR.. Booker.
Mrs. Fannie Thomas of the Button
woods went to Delaware City with a
large truck laden with flowers for the
Faster tide and within two hours had
disposed of the entire lot.
4 dance will be held by the members of
the High School on Monday evening IN
the Opera House for the purpose OF obtain
ing funds for the trip TO Washington. A
number of persons from Delaware City and
the surrounding country viii taken an
active part.
The ladies of Red Lion M. z. Church
are earnestly working to prepare the
parsonage OF the church IN shape for
Pastor Thornton and his family. The
preacher is to occupy the pulpit on Sun
day at both the services.
Rev. ]. r. Bicking, the new pastor OF
the Nazareth Nj. +. Church, here, will
conduct services on Sunday and the
church parsonage is being fixed up for
the preacher and his family. lie Is now
the guest of Mr.. and Mrr- James I.
Challenger.
Adelphian Lodge, Knights Of Pythias,
meets this evening in the new quarters
on the third floor of the Opera House,
and members of other lodges from diff
ferent cities now employed st local works
are invited to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Kemp Of Rcd
Lion, who have been residing for some
time in the parsonage of the Lebanon NJ I.
T. Church at that place because Pastor
Thawley did not reside there are moving
into the property OF William i. Silver,
the father of Mrs. Kemp.
Wild ducks were seen by the thousands
on the Red Lion marshes yesterday and
they are now seen there in pientcous
numbers, because there Is no cunning
for them now.
Al Delaware City, yesterday, reports
showed the catches Of herring 10 be the
largest Of the season, 90 being the num-
her They sold at 80 cents per dozen.
No shad have been caught there.
Easter egg dyes, Easter cards, post
cards and dainty perfumes. +. Chal-
lenger & Son, Prescription Pharmacists.
Adv
Chocolate covered cherries, 49c pound
Whitmans confections. zoe to s. so
+. Challenger d Son, Prescription PhaT-
maeists.-Adv
Iost-Bunch Of keys, on Saturday.
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