Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-30

OIL scholars Oh the SCHOOLS, anu OtneTS
interested in educational work attend.
An event oi interest tomorrow evening
in the First Presbyterian Church lecture
! room will be the address of Rev. X. II.
Evans Of the West Africa Missions,
who is making tour Of the Delaware
Peninsula, under the auspices Of the
Foreign Mission Society. He is an
interesting and pleasing speaker. The
meeting begins at 7.30 o'clock and every
body is invited There is no charge for
admission and no collection will be taken.
At the Lunt homestead, northeast
corner of Third and Chestnut streets,
yesterday, handsome American flag
was flown in honor of Mckinley Day.
The day also marked the birthday ami
versary of Mrs. Ira Lunt. who was born
81 years ago dinner marked the
event at which Mr.. and Mrs. Ozro s.
Lunt, who reside at the homestead, Mrs.
and Mrs S. Hickman Hewitt, Mrs. David
F. McCallister, Mrs. Harry Holiday and
Miss Emily F. Lunt, n granddaughter,
participated The ccleIrant of the occa-
sion is enjoying good health, although her
cyesi int is failing. She spends most OF
her time knitting and does excellent work.
Mrs Lunt was one of the founders of
the First Baptist Church here and in good
friends called upon the aged woman and
wished her many returns of the day.
Many persons were heard list evening
discussing the Smileage proposition for
the entertainment of the soldier boys, and
the promise of large attendance at the
card party at the Century Club is assured,
tomorrow night. The proceeds are TO be
used in purchasing tickets for the use OF
soldiers at the cantonments
Postmaster John r. Murphy announces
the following unclaimed letters at the
postoffice yesterday: Miss Gertrude
Bowen; Mrs Admiral Blackson, G. ].
Clayton, Miss Dorothy Dale (3); Keith
w. Davis Curtis Delaney, Earl W. Ford,
Saturo Feriozzi. Miss Laura Hall; A. G. |
jackson, Frank Karl; Capt. Charles |
Littlcford, Arthur Nisther; Capt. b. c. |
Matthews, (2l; Miss Lizzie Russell, ID. J. |
Reed, Stopl ana Mfg. Co, Mrs. Mary |
Sutton.
On Friday afternoon in the Century |
Club, at go o'clock, the literary class of
Prof Henry Handy Hay will attract a
number of persons. The subject taken
prove of much value and interest and |
a good attendance is TO be expected.
The freight car of the local trolley lines |
and Delaware City was in service yester- |
day, practically on schedule time and in |
the afternoon nearly every shipper of |
milk had supplies for Wilmington mar |
kets at the customary shipping points. |
A valuable young rabbit hound was |
struck by car of the local trolley line, |
northbound. at 1905 clock yesterday |
morning. near Second and Chestnut |
streets, and so badly crippled that David |
Miller dispatched it with a gun.
At the regular session of the Board |
Of Education. last evening, the annual |
election was discussed II will be held |
on Saturday, March -. There will be five |
Harry IL Holiday, DR.. julius
Dodd, who is filling the vacancy created !
by the resignation OF J. Ernest Phillips; |
William Il. Rothwell, filing the vacancy |
caused by the death of William j. Ferris; |
Jesse A. Mckay and Harry j. Rothrock. |
During the evening Superintendent of |
Schools Henry Z. Snavely outlined TO the |
board a valuable change applied in the !
grammar and high School, |
in "the lessons in community and ma
tional life" as gotten up by the United |
States Department of Educatioon, which I
will prove shortly Of great value to the /
schools.
The following scholars of the public /
schools were commended for department
and progress:
First grade (A)-Weston Bender, Wes-
lev Shaw, Violet Sakers, Willard McFar-
in. Lille Abbott, Martha Shaw, Davis
Pinder, Alice Clayton, Zelda Walls, Ellis
Sarah Ramsey.
First grade (B)-Cleora McNally,
Robert McCarter, Elizabeth Cramer,
George Stevenson, Eleanor Kern, Viii
lam Moore.
Second grade-Marie Cavender, Catha-
-ine Tindal, Francis Gebhart, Chester
Howard Miller, Archie Rennie
Third grade-Nellie Seward, Herbert
Barnes, Arthur Heather, Ethel Marsh,
Harold Hobbs, Clara keimon, King Nc
Nally, Richard Georgeas, Gladys Clymer,
Frank Carrow, Sophie Janvier, Jessie Nc
carter, Gertrude Miller.
Fourth grade-Carrie Atkinson, VIII
lam Gebhart, Frances Rees, Dallas Alb
1ott, Lila johnson, Martha Rossell, Rus
,ell Ayres, Harry Long, Margaret Snayely,
Mary Burris, Vivian Moyle, William
Stevenson.
Fifth grade-Brownie Subocz, Fritz
pfrommer Elizabeth Jones, Antoinette
Alice Loveless, Carlisle Tobin, Bennie
Leach, Mary Miller, John Lennox. Ar
.adia Smith, Margaret Janvier.
Sixth grade, for November and Deem
oer-Leah Glandon, James Wilson (2),
Mary Davis o., Elizabeth Milligan (2),
Elizabeth Cannon (2), Richard Watts (2),
Harry Ahern (2), Ruth Zimmerman (2),
Oakley Eslridge, John Cannon.
Seventh grade-Rosie Seymour, Martha
Shaw, Harold Bannar, Edward Challenger
Paul Strimple, Edward Truitt, Frank
Kern.
Eighth grade Charles King, Esther
Berry, Robert Seward, Elizabeth Mckay,
Earl Weggenmann, Gertrude Ratledge,
Charles Cannon
First and Second grades, No. School
elizabeth Megginson, William Loveless,
Richard Davis, Arthur Jones.
Third and ourth grades Robert Dun
ing, Rose McGrory, Charles Jones
theodore Megginson, Miohael S boo
Hearn, John Cole.
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