Evening journal., 1918-05-25
MANY At FUNERAL
OF N. B. FLEMING
Services Were Conducted
This Afternoon by the
Rev. S. B. Wylie
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
FIRE ENGINE BIDS
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

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NEW CASTLE, Del. May e5.--Thl
funeral OF Moses B. Fleming, for q
lyesrs a newspaper reporter and cor
! respondent. was held this Afternoon
from his late home. There were numer
Gus beautiful floral tributes. The Rev
Is B. Wylle, Of the Presbyterian
Church, had charge OF the services
which were largely attended man,
! Wilmingtonians being present Tit
pallbearers were John Wise. Leslie
Walls, Irwin Jones, Vance Mitchell
Marshall keegan, and Robert H. Har-
rington, Sr
The Town Council is considering
bids for combination fire engine. one
company offers a combination pump
OF four cylinders with a capacity OF
from 100 10 $50 gallons per minute, and
a pump OF six cylinders with a capacity
Of from 80 10 800 gallons. For the
former sii 600 and for the latter sii,-
400 are asked The company announces
these prices only for the rest OF the
month with an increase OF 500 after
June T. This company will not guar
sntee the delivery Of the engine for
$50 or 200 days. Al OF the bids were
referred 10 the committee with inslruc-
tions 10 report al the meeting on Tues
day evening.
Miss Estella Sibley. an alumna Of the
| High School has recently written war
song entitled Then I'll Come Home
Again" The music was arranged by
Charles IT. Edwards Of Wilmington,
who IL a composer OF a hundred or
more well known selections. Mr.. Ed
wards was formerly a New Castle resi-
dent and has many friends here.
The many friends OF Mrs. John NJ.
Wilson will be glad to know that she
is improved.
The Red Gross committees Of women
are making a house 20 house canvas
for funds.
The women In charge Of Red Gross
sewing desire TO change the time OF
their sewing from the afternoon TO the
morning from . o'clock 10 ~ o'clock.
This change Will take place beginning
with next Monday.
Mr.. Murphy, postmaster has been
appointed recruiting ofiicer for the Y. :
navy. All young men, American born
or naturslized, who can read and write
are eligible.
The New Castle High School closed
us work with an interesting program
under the auspices OF the Penn Liter
airy Society. One Of the features OF
/ the program was a debate on the ques-
ton, Resolved. That julius Caesar did
more TO help civilization than Alexsn-
der the Great Evelyn Bannar and
Zelms Matthews presented the afirm-
ative side while Merton White and
May Jones defended the negative side.
The Judges, Bertha McCalllster, James
Loveless and Edna Crsnston decided In
favor OF the negative side. Besides
the debate, the following program was
given: Select reading by Mildred Berry
current events, by George Tobin; reel
tation, by Dorothy Miller; reading, by
blanche Slbley; three songs by the so
ciety.
! The following is the schedule for the
services at the Metho odlst Church for
next Sunday: $50 O'Clock. class; 1890
o'clock. Evan S. Thomas Post. g. A. r.,
will attend services in a body They
will be accompanied by the Jr order
American Mechanics and the Boy
Scouts The pastors subject for the
morning sermon viii be; "A Good Sol
der" 9 O'Clock. Baracs Class and Sun.
day school; $50 O'clock. ohildrens
meeting; an illustrated stalk viii be
given by the pastor on, God Seeing
Human Need;' O'Clock. Epworth
League; 730 o'clock, Salvation Army
night in connection with anniversary |
services held in Wilmington Adju-
tant Msnss OF Philadelphia will preach |
and Ensign Taylor will sing.
Mr.. Williams. grocer on Third street.
corrects the item OF yesterday which
said that he has tomato vines in bios
som. lie beats this by exhibiting vines
that have tomatoes as large as quail's
eggs Who can beat thls7
The men who have been trimming
Trees for the Town Council were work
ing today on the large sims 70 is said
hat these trees have never been trim
med before in the memory OF any one
now living In New Castle II is said /
mat the men who took the contract to
Trim these splendid trees are two OF
the best foresters OF America. They
are doing their work so we'll that II
will be a long time before these trees
will require like attention again. The
story OF the planting and early care
and growth OF these trees would be
very Interesting The elm tree is one
OF comparatively slow growth, hence
these trees must have been planted
many years ago by the early residents
Of New Castle. Some Of the people
who were interested in their planting
and early care are sleeping beneath the /
late and early shadows Of these trees 4
without doubt.
Mrs. A. J. Brown. Of Delaware City,
is visiting Mrs. Bennett Lancaster on
Delaware avenue