Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-05
NEWS OF THE DAY
At new CASTLE
St. Peters Lawn Fete Will Open
Tonight and Continue Till
Saturday Night.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

Special Correspondence or Every Evening
New Castle Aug. "a lawn fete under
the auspices of the ladies of the st. Peters
X. G. Church will open this evening on the
Convent lawn, at Fifth and Delaware
streets to continue until Saturday evening.
Every member of the parish is working
hard to make this annual fete n success.
The fancy table will be in charge of Miss
Elizabeth McCue and large number of
fancy pieces will on sale at reasonable
prices. The cake table will be in charge
of Mrs Archibald Watson, and large
supply of home made bread, pies and
cakes will be on hand. The ice cream
table will be in charge OF Mrs Mary Reyn-
olds and Miss Mary Hance. The sale of the
soft drinks will be taken care of by The
young men of the church. Mrs. Hugh
Duffy will have charge of the candy table.
The dolls and aluminium ware will be in
charge of Misses Matilda and Rose Nc
Grory and Miss Greta Hance. Mrs James
d. McPike will have charge of the fish
pond. The country store, which will be
largely stocked with all kinds ofvegetables
fresh fruits of all kinds, ducks, chickens
and pigs will be under the direction of
Rev. Father Dougherty and Archibald
Watson. Jitney rides, covering points OF
interest about the city, will be in charge
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used for repairs To the church.
Mrs J Evans, who resides in the western
part of the city, was injured on Tuesday
while hanging up clothes. She fell over a
wheelbarrow and landed on a pile of
kindling wood, fracturing some ribs. At
tention was given by DIR. III. B. NJ. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wright have
purchased a home on the Strand, which at
the present time is occupied by Il. {.
Hobbs. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright were former
residents of this city and have been re-
siding in Wilmington. Mr.. Wright is a
foreman for the Wilmington Fibre Special
ty Go.
A case of typhoid fever has developed
in the colorcd section Of the Buttonwoods.
which is in the northerly outskirts ofthe
city
MIR. and Mrs James J. Freebury. who
reside on Harmony street between the
Strand and Second, are being congratu-
lated upon the birth of a son, James Joseph
Jr.
MIR and Mrs George W. HeldemeyeI,
married last Thursday. who spent their
honeymoon in the state of New York,
arrived in this city Yesterday and later in
the day occupied their newly furnished
home al Odessa The bride was formerly
MISS tsiiAAsii M 4NlpiltkttiAttNF hhhRfAtt
oF Mr. and Mrs John II. Montgomery of
AZ East Sixth street
Peter Kelly has enlisted IN the Navy as
an electrician and was assigned to Nor
folk. Va He was formerly employed at the
plant of the American Manganese Steel
Co. John Tidwell enlisted in the navy ms a
mouldcr and will be assigned ON the L.
s :. Dixie September / He was formerly
employed by the Deemer Steel Casting
Co,
Complaint has been made TO the mayor
Of dogs barking during the night. Last
evening the police notified the owners that
the annoyance must cease.
Mrs u f. Pinder, who was operated
upon several weeks ago at the Methodist
Hospital Philadelphia has returned home,
greatly improved
Alfred Lofland who has been i'll, shows
great improvement.
Word was received here on Monday
of the death of the father of Michael
Devlin. The deceased was frequent
visitor here and was a resident of High
bridge, \. J.
Mrs John j Black OF the Strand. who
has been Nj for several weeks, is improv-
ing.
Francis Price, who has been i'll for
stNtIdl a!ANsi IL SllUNAllS Improvement
MIR and Mrs George Tobin, Sr., have
been guests of MIR and Mrs. John Tobin
and family of Millington, Md.
John Lenoir and James Hatton of this 7
city motored to Philadelphla yesterday
in Mr.. Hatton car to see the Cincinnati
and Philadelphia ball game
Mrs W. ". Cooper and Mrs II. Barr
are guests of their daughter and niece
Mrs Jennie Cooper Dill OF Ridgelv. Md +
They were accompanied by Mrs Mary
Cooper and two sons, William and Chester +
OF Shroudsburg Md.
Mrs. II. NJ. Faunce and son Lindsay
Of Port Penn returned home Yesterday
after spending few days here as guests I
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Bender.
Miss Ruth Zimmerman is spending a
week with Miss Mary Sterling.
John Wallace is spending week at At +
lantic City.
The Wilmington Gas Co. baseball team