Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-02
NEWS Of THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Effort Being Made to Have Road
Work Halted Until Material
is in Sight.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

Special Correspondence or Every Evening
New Castle July $50 many complaint
have been made To the officials of the coun-
" and the city because OF the tearing up
OF the State Road north of State Road
station by the contractors before the mate
rial for construction Is received and there
by nconvenicncing the autolsts using the
road. that efforts are being made TO stop
the construction until the material ar
rives or is on its way A communication
has been received by the president of the
City Council from Charles G.. Guyer,
secretary of the Delaware Automobile
Association. in which he states that every
possible effort is being made on the part
of the association to bring pressure on
the State Highway Commission to have
this method of procedure stopped. He has
been assured by Engineer Grubb that they
will do their best 20 get the contractors
a. he rs consldcrate of the public as pos
sible.
A perlimnarv meeting was held in the
Opera House last evening to discuss the
possibilities of forming a y. Nj. Z. A.
Five men of the Newark branch were pres
ent To aid in the meeting and to see the
sentiment of the people toward this move
ment. There we're ten of New Castles
men present. 4 massmeeting viii be held
stAttAiiAit ASAOft July 10 anu iAttlt VIII bt
men present TO give report as TO whether
New Castle shall have a branch.
The Eagle Boat No. 25 which sunk off
New Castle during gale will be towed
Co New Castle this afternoon to have the
water pumped out and to make a search
for the remaining bodies which the divers
reported were IN the hull of the boat.
Compressed air was pumped into the hull
To make her rise.
One of the divers who has been working
on the sunken Eagle boat, dove down in
front of the Delaware street wharf and
fastened a cable around the end pilings
which had been broken and the derrick
hustler pulled them up on the wharf.
Mrs. Edward MAYORS Sunday school
class held a picnic at Coheld' 5, below the
Bethlehem Steel Go.
The Dorcas Society will hold festival
tonight in the Sunday School rooms OF the
NJ. l.. Church for the organ fund. There
viii be home made cakes, candy and ice
cream.
MIR and Mrs James Biggs and party
Of friends motorcd TO Augustine Beach
yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. II. Barr of Philadelphia is
spending the summer with MIR and Mrs
William Cooper Of +. Sixth street
Mrs. X. +. Pinder passed through
successful operation at the Methodist
Hospital OF Philadelphia Rev J. r.
Mcking and DIR. julius Dodd were at the |
hospital.
Theodore r. Rogers while driving his |
car through DobbInsvIlle in an effort to |
pass another automobile standing on the |
side Of the road, collided with trolley car |
Yesterday afternoon, breaking one of the /
wheels and otherwise damaging the car.
Rev. and Mrs. G. T. Street are spend |
ing ten DAYS at Wildwood in their cottage |
Beach parties are becoming popular /
among the younger set here. Two coves |
along the beach have been chosen as the |
most pleasing and Appropriate spots for /
such parties The first is that opposite |
Battery Park and the other the cove near /
Tasker's wharf. There were two parties /
last evening. One was given by Misses /
Elizabeth Shearer and Mary Wright, I
which went 10 the first cove after the, /
young people had enjoyed swim in the I
river Misses Estella Sible~ and Marion
Bacon entertained at the second cove. A
large bonfire added to the sport of the
occasion and marshmallows and frank
iurters were toasted. Those present were
Anna Bryson, May Bacon, Alice Wise.
lydia Powell, Miss Hollingsworth. Grace
Estella Sibley, Marion Ba-
ron, Jennie Gross, Miss Demorie, Ira
Wallace Martindale, Harvey
Gross, James Calhoune. George Cal
houne, of Wilmington. and Walter o.
Rourke of High Bridge, " j.
Cards have been received by several
young people in this city from MIR and
Mrs Morrial Thornton, who are spending
their honeymoon II North Carolina and
Virginia.
Miss Florence Z. Schrack, Coastsville.
Pa, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Briggs, at Hotel Louise
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar ID. Ridings, Holly
Oak. were visitors, with relatives here
yesterday.
Miss Helen Hayes. of Bear, was
risitor. with friends here yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias CLAYTON. formerly
Il thi. city, but now of Chester, spent
with friends here
The baseball game last evening between
he Penn Seaboard and All Stars ended
q the close of the seventh inning with a
core Of TO 4. The game was exciting as
he two teams are striving for supremacy
n the Industrial Twilight League.
Are YOU ready for the 4th, Paper Nap
.ins, Ginger Ale, Grape Juice, Witman's
nd Samoset Chocolates, Cameras and
films. Z. Challenger and Son, Perscrlp-
ION Pharmacists?
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