Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-28
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
More Babies Weighed and Meas
ured at Century Clubs
Quarters.
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New Castle, June % Babies, babies
and still (meaning more not quiet }
babies. That's what the welfare cam
paign committee encountered yesterday
at the Century Clubs quarters at the
second of its baby weighing and baby
measuring meetings, under the chairman
ship of Mrs Francis DE II. Janvicr
No less than thirty babies were weighed
and measured Virtually all OF the chil-
drcn were healthy and normal. The
number weighed and measured at the
first meeting last week WAS S5. The
examining physician was Or Lewis Book
or and the weighing and mcasuring g was in
charge of Mrs. Booker. assisted by Mrs.
julius Dodd. Miss Kate Mahoney and
Mrs. Joseph A. Carlin. The clerks were
Miss Rcoda NJ Stoops, Miss Mary
Eliason and Miss Ruth Stewart.
The third meeting will be held next
Friday morning between the hours of 10
and u o'clock in the morning at Dob
binsvie. The station selected will be
announced later The committee an
nounccs that parents are not to bring
their babies to the stations If they have
any contagious disease, As the physician
will not permit them 20 bc examined.
4. Corlctto. of Wilmington, the Italian
speaker at the opcn-air meeting ON We'd
ncsday evening at Ninth and Clayton
streets. IL much pleased over the WAY
the Italian residents came across in
plcdglng themselves to buy the War
Savings Stamps The amount pledged
was 81, 200 comprising rs subscribers ~
follows one 500 subscription, five Sl00
subscriptions and twenty $50 subscriptions
Several members Of the War Savings Stamp
committee were IN attendance and con
graduated the speaker
This evening at $ o'clock IN the High
School building a meeting Will be held for
tho purpose of securing subscriptions for
War Savings Stamps, the meeting will be
called to order nv President HOLIDAY,
who will bc asslsted by Treasurer John u.
Nanlovc and Secretary George A Brown.
If the school board Everybody is invited
In attend thus meeting, get a pledge card
and fill II in.
Mrs Francis dc H. Janvier, chairman
Of the Womens National Defense Com
mittee Of New Castle hundred. announces
that a demonstration of canning will be
in thus city within a short time The
date and place will be announced later
The River Road between Armstrong; 4
Creek and the Betheh Steel Company.
about one and one-half miles south of this
city is almost impaSsablc because Of the
high tides forced IN by northeast winds
The water is MP to hubs Of automobiles
that travel between these points Govern
mcnt officials are contemplating remedy
ing the trouble by having the marsh
opposite the point filed IN by a mud
blower
James Walls contractor. has completed
rc-shingiIng the roof Of the house occupied
by loue Sam. laundryman. on Delaware
street. near Second
While riding bicycle on Delaware
street last evening, Frank Beckett. son of
former Policeman Frank Beckett. and
James Tobin. son Of former Policeman
Matthew Tobin. colllded with each other
The bicycle ridden hv Beckett was wrecked,
but the boys were uninlured.
John NJ Foreacre. who lived at
boarding house at Seventh and CLARK
streets. was before Mayor Cavender.
charged with the larceny of the articles
from the various boarierS. including a
sweater from John Duffy. two pairs of
pliers and a suit case from Frank Nc
Grory and razor from John Brown
The prisoner pleaded guilty 10 the thefts
rd sand Mat he was intoNicatcd at the