Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-11
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Red Cross Holds Annual Meeting,
Elects Officers and Makes a
Fine Report for the Year.
Stan Correspondence OF Every Evening

TOOTH vi tnG tfFtitFtlfIh Hhttt bph't
fire, and the aid of nearly all the employees
of the plant at that time had To be sum
moned in order To get the fire under
| control The New Castle Fire Co, after
| learning that tho fire was under control
did not make the run out to the plant.
| The damage was slight.
The Dorcas Society ended the year
with s775 collected; expenses $500;
| balance, $40. Arrangements have been
made to hold strawberry festival on the
| first Friday in June.
The funeral of Sexto Mboro, y years
| old who was killed at one of the steel
| plants Wednesday, will take place this
afternoon at clock. Rev. } Il. Biokng
| will ofCate Intcrment will be made ut
| Glevo cemetery.
| The Red Cross held n meeting last
| Thursday evening and elected the FOL
| lowing officers for the ensuing year: Mrs.
| II. ID. Cavanaugh, chairman; Mrs John
| Wilson, reelected secretary, Miss Reda
| Stoops. reelected treasurer; Miss Carrie
| Gcnmill. chairman Of surgical dressing;
| Mira. Andrew t,liason, knitting; Mrs. J.
| +. Stoops. sewing. The following report
| from the treasurer Of the New Castle
| branch OF the Red Cross for the year
| lqI7-IgIS was submitted Receipts
received from dues. sS2S, received from
| donations and benefits, $3.50 ", total,
! 81, 1856 "a: disbursements paid tn Henry
| W. Candy, State treasurer Tor dues,
| SS2S; comfort bags for Go. II, tl2li
| Christmas boxes, sos 40: sewing machine,
| S25 6S. knitting machine, % o0 comfort
| bags textral, SO %, cleaning and paint
| inv Red Cross rooms, s32 70; miscellane-
Gus, s33. SIS. total. 81, 1874 81, balance on
hand May |, 1915 s22l e5.
Sewing Sheets, Is; towels, la; pa
| jamas, l47 pairs; bed sheets, %, night
shirts, 30; hospital shirts, "a comfort
bags for Co II, l3l sweaters, 20; wrist
let's, 9 pairs, helmets. 80, scarfs, 10;
stockings. 30 aviation socks, 2
Surgical dressing class had 10 graduates
homo nursing class, IA,
/ Allan Mcdonald, recently Of New
| Castle now at Camp Meade, was made
| first sergeant.
Thus coming Thursday luncheon is 70
he served at tho Century Club parlora at
IN m. to all members who care to come
| II they wish to bring q guest they must
notify the chairman, Mrs fhilllps, before
the end of the week Entertainment will
| follow the luncheon. In the evening there
will TIC dancing and cards. Zach member
| may bring a male guest. !,
Miss Anna Connolly Of New Castle
graduated from the Beacon BunneFs
College She has taken a position with
the Wilmington Trust 20.
John Logan. formerly Of New Castle,
has hcen commissioned AZ second heutcn-
ant and Is to be stationed at Camp Jack
sun
John Carhn has taken position with
the Harlan plant and Is going to play haii
in thc ship league.
Miss II Kelly of Philadelphia is visiting
Mrs Nelly Of this City
George PuStll and William duncan
| Yesterday caught ono Of tho largest stur
| gron that has boon nettCi here thus year
| The fish weighed over 200 pounds. and
when stunned and dressed weighed "
pounds II was shipped to Wilmington,
The festival If The Dorcas Society Of
the Nazareth NJ + Church will be held
| Al the home If MIR and Mrs James Craig
on the outskirts Of this city
The arc light NJ Second and Chestnut
streets that has been out Of service for
for several nights IS badly needed and
SupcrIntcndcut Eagle has been notified
The sltnccwav composed OF several
thousand feet Of lumber caught adrlft IN
the DeIaw arc river of thus city several
DAYS ago and made fast nj one OF the
| local wharvcs by George Irons and Harry
Brown. will il is understood, be claimed
bv the owners who had the sericc IN tow
when 1t broke the hawser IN two parts
| during hcav storm.
Mother Day will be big affair at the
| Nazareth Nj. L. Church tomorrow with
services morning and afternoon by the
! Barara Glass, the members Of which will
| usher and provide flowers The subject
| Of the preacher will be Our Mothers.
| In the afternoon the Dorcas Society will
| prove a big factor In the evening the
| women and the preacher, Rev. J. h.
| Blcking. will have music that will be pro-
| vidcd for the occasion, also provide the
women with white carnations.
Delaware City ear service was put out
| az commission for short time yester-
day, caused by the high tide over the Red
| Lion bank Service was resumed later.
James c. sheppard, aged Is years, died
Thursday night at the home Of his step
father. Maroellus Sheppard OF South
Fifth street, this city. He had been
confined 10 his home for more than two
wears with tuberculosis, and for the past
two months had been at Hope Farm Tor
tuhcrular patients The funeral will be
held at the house at o'clock on Monday
with iptcrrnent in the Glebe cemtery.
The following injured persons Were at
tended bv Dr. Booker yesterday: John
Humphreys. overcome by fumes OF paint
at the bethlehem steel plant; W. j. Petty
John, toe broken in one of the steel plants
Oscar Freeman, colored, left thumb
broken by being caught in chain at The
Baldt plant of Penn-Seaboard Steel Co
So far as the catch is concerned the
shad fishermen are not doing much bust
ness This mornings haul for six boats
was Just three fish But what the meI
lose in numbers they pretty nearly OF
quite make up in cash, since they can get
ST each for their fish, whereas formerly
they sold them for few cents each
Yesterday the catch was about IL or IL
to the tide
Mr.. and Mrs Selden S. Deemer have
gone to their Rehoboth cottage for the
summer They were accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs o. u. Ort. Mr.. Deemer vii
use his automobile to and from Rehobott
and New Castle.
Alexander Perry, the colored man who
died few days ago, here, was buried or
Thursday in Mt Salem cemetery. There
were two preachers, Rev. b. +. johnson
and Rev Warren Clark, present. The
funeral was q large one.
The Women's Auxiliary of Emmanuel
P, T. Church is making preparation for .
birthday party on the evening OF May %
fine entertainment is planned and 0
good time is promised.
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