Middletown transcript., 1918-08-24
STATE AND PENISNULA

| The Milford Fire Department will
hold its annual carnival the last of thi
month.
Louis L. Curtis. secretary of tn
i Newark Board OF Health, has volunteer
ed for Y. M. e. A. work in France.
Captain James C. Conwell and Jos
eph M. Lank have been elected direc
tors Of the Sussex Trust Company a
Milton.
J. w. Suddard, of Pencader, ha!
announced that he will be a candidate
for the Levy Court on the Republican
ticket from the Sixth district.
The retail liquor Dealers Association
has advised Food Administrator Mltche
that its members will reduce their ICE
consumption so per. cent next week.
George W. Griffin, Newark con-
! tractor, has announced his candidacy or
the Democratic ticket for the Legisla
ture from White Clay Creek hundred
An attempt was made to break into
the post office in Georgetown, two mer
being discovered by Dick Gormley, 9
travelling salesman, who called the
police.
Professor George S. Counts. fol
several years head of the department
of Education at Delaware College, has
resigned to accept a similar position in
St. Louis.
The Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce will send delegates to the an
nual convention of the Atlantic Deep
er Water Ways Association in Boston
next month.
E. D. Prince for 18 years Dover
manager of the Bell Telephone Com
pany, has resigned to accept position
with the Sun Shipbuilding Company of
Chester, Pa.
Edgar M. Hoops, Jr., former city
engineer of Wilmington, who resigned
to enlist in the service, was presented
with wrist watch by his former fel-
loW-workers.
Commissioners for Cecil county. Md,
have decided to build an improved
road from Big Elk school house. in the
Fourth district, to the Delaware line, a
distance of nearly two miles
On Thursday, August 1st new mileage
books were placed on sale the country
over. A rate Of three cents mile will
be charged for these books and each
will call for |, 200 miles of travel.
On account of increasing business
and to accommodate its patrons, the
Milton Sussex County Trust Company
will hereafter uutil further notice re-
main open on Saturday evenings until
1OP. NJ.
Chautauqua will 1e held at George
town this year from September 8 to 13.
This form of amusement and instruc-
tion has been held each year for the
past few years, Georgetown being
the first Chautauqua town in the
State.
$1,000 barrels of menhaden fish were
brought into Lewes last Friday night
by the fishing steamers. the largest
catch made this year. Each barrel was
worth $500 and one vessel unloaded and
was back Saturday morning with 2700
more barrels caught.
Miss Bessie Leftwich, who Last year
was connected with the nome economics
departments of the Women's College
at Newark, has resigned to become
head of the department of home eco
nomics and normal training at the
Georgia State College.
A farmers field meeting will be held
at the dupont headquarters in George
town next Tuesday under the auspices
of the State Board of Agriculture.
Governor Townsend, Secretary of State
Johnson and Director Hayward of the
State Agricultural College, will speak.
1t became known last Thursday
that the Government Railroad Admin
istration intends shortly to take over
the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia
and the Baltimore, Chesapeake |
and Atlantic wa ter lines. The exact |
time Of the formal transfer has not |
been decided upon, it is understood.
Thirty more universities and colleges |
were added this week to the list of |
institutions qualifying for special army
training camp units, emitting them |
to uniforms and rifles and army in
structors. Included in the list are:
Maryland State College, Rutgers
College, Delaware College, Newark |
Del.
To save space in baggage cars for
the army, the conservation division of |
the War Industries Board has advised |
that trunks should not |
exceed 40 inches in height or length,
and that travelling bags and suit cases
should be restricted to sizes from ID to |
28 inches with all partitions. sections,
false bottoms ETC., eliminated.
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