Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
EXPLANATION of What Was Sup
posed to be Malicious Breaking
of Arc Light Globes.
s,sc, ,ospopdencc o. Every Evening

Now Castle, March 1a.-Much com
nlaint has been heard from tune to time
relative tn the breaking oi electric light
Globes in various parts of the city, and the
presumed vandalism has been charged to
,ouths But there are other causes as
was learned by accident, when the globe
al the intersection of Third and Chestnut
streets. Friday morning, was broken.
About 20 o'clock, a large moving van
coming south supposedly from Whining
ton. went under the arc light and the
light was struck and extinguishcd The
light hangs low ut this point and appears
~ be IN the direct way of vehicles or vans
ol the type mentioned. This causes the
trouble
in interesting program has been pre-
pared for the entertainment TO be given
o., the members of the ST. Peters L. 4. u.
~pcIctv IN the basement Of the church,
Thursday evening
William MCGrory chairman OF the
committee, announces among other
features music hy an orchestra and The
members of the parochIal school soprano,
,olo Miss Rose AlrNaughan; violin solo
I,av Wilkinson; sketches by O'Connor and
Rodgers OF Nilmngt on; quartet under the
direction of Sergeant Graham of Fort
la pont; song. X Patterson; quartet from
tho Wilmington Pioneers, directed by
John \. Sullivan
The members of the Citizens Building
and | .oan lsSoClatiun have rCarhed the
.auh anniversary of the association series.
and Will open IN April the 3lst wear ot
the organization The conditions arc ideal
and the results pleasing. The annual
statements will he furnished the mem
bcrs and their friends
The officers elected last evening wcrC:
Patrick NcGrorv. president; g Alien
Smith. yIcc-prcsidcnt, Nril B Scntman,
secretary. William +. Rothwcll, treasurer
Directors. Joseph \ Carlln. Moses IS
Fleming. John II lIancc g Thomas
Hewlett. John II I.ambson James Nc
lvor. & Elmer NcVginson. Edward IL
Naylor. John ! sheridan
The following students uf the Red Cross |
nursing class have received their diplomas |
md number ol the members passed over |
no ap average mark NJ the examination. |
Nlrs 4 Erncst Phillips. Miss Mabel |
Clcvcll.' Mr. lo>cph \ Carhn Mrs
Nlnn,c TAYLOR Rcnmc, Mrs Bessie Anger,
Nirs Charles Willis Miss AnncI DUNCAN,
Nit~. Mary DUNCAN. Miss Carrie GCmmIll,
Miss Pauline Nllhclmc Miss Grcta Toner,
Mis-, Ruth stewart Miss Anne NJ New
love
The members VIII now tahca course in
IN, rur,lnG and later course IN Della
a., college - III them for full work N |
.t-c - need
captain Harrc Burgio smith aud
,url1. with Mr. l. 6 GamhrIll. have
ken NJ quarters IN the thall, niger home
-tcad. and have hCcu warmly welcomed
~ many friends who rcIoIce al their re-
f.
Because nf the entertainment OF The
- Peters Total abstinence Beneficial
society, THURSDAY cv, nlng. the members
81 the committee q. the Century Club, !
comprising Miss Rrcda NJ Stoops, Miss
NIahrl Clcwcl and Miss Margaret Viii
hclmc, having in charge the card party
Ia behalf Vt the building fund OF the club, |
last evening, met and decided To hold the
.,Tair tomorrow evening \ general IN
,ltatlon i extended ~ tnends as we'll a.
mcml crS oi the organization
Tho members of the Junior AUXILIARY
~. tho Imnanuci Episcopal parish Will
hold a dance IN tho parish hulldlng FRIDAY
evening. kpul -. under The direction ~
,hc prcsidcut. Mrs Francis II Buck and
"a SIcciai committee.
SATURDAY. afternoon At 30 o'clock, IN |
No 3 public school building. the scholars,
under the direction OF Misses Maud
ncak,nc and Emily Pcdrlck. viii conduct
i parcel post sale. 10 obtain certain sup
,,lle- Tor thc u>c Of tho school
Tho members of Cepha, Dramatic Club
vIll mccf =. 30 O clock thi- evening IN
thr basement of ~ Peter Church and
good attendance i hoped ior
The members OF Troop No. ]. Boy
scouts Of Amcrica. will meet on Tuesday
evening OF next week, IN place OF Monday
evening. because of the absence OF the
master and assistants ~ meeting on
Monday evening al the ! VI. { \. head
quarters IN Wilmington. The election OF
officers Of the scouts OF tins city VIII be
held on Monday evening April |. The
sroutS special committee on equipment
j. now engaged IN making repairs and re-
modelling the equipment OF the organl-
zatIuu. IN preparation tnr an emergency
MANY reports Of damage by the
cyclonic winds of riday night and SUNDAY
arc coming IN from several parts OF the
city and the surrounding country Many
trees have been broken aud roofs damaged.
While on the John Johns farm near State
Road one Of the outbuildlngs was blown
down
Pressley Ball a blacksmith helper at
the Harlan 4 Hollngsworth plant of the
bethlehem Steel Co who had been con
fined 10 ms home for the past week with
serious attack of grip, has reported for
dui,
Mr. lsnc 1ohin WIic OF Gcorgc T.
ohm "a ho haS been suffering from car
huncc on the back of her neck for several
week D. improving. although II Yet
cause much pam
Furnished room, Is strand Mrs.
Locke ADV