Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
NEWS OF THE DAY
AT NEW CASTLE
Old School Board is Reelected; /;
Childrcn's Day Services; Per
sonal Notes.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening


New Castle, June 21.-Ihe county |
school election Saturday afternoon was |
very quiet. The number OF votes poled
was 100 which was small A large number |
voted for only one candidate. The colored |
vote numbered 25 Women property |
| owners did not take mn active part IN the |
! election Only two voted. The old school |
board was reelected, Jacob II. Speicher |
receiving 81, George I. Tobin, Jr. "a, and
! Harry +. Holiday so John q. King the
| fourth candidate received So votes. The
members of the board arc elected for three
| two and one year respectively 1t ts CON
| tended bv some citizens that the cleo
| ton was illegal on account of being held
| on advanced time in place OF standard
| time, and il was stated, that contest
will be filed
Childrens Day service was held in
| the Sunday school room of the First
| Presbyterian Church last evening Mt $50
o'clock the speaker for the occasion was
Lawrence A. Davis of Wilmington, edn
catonal director of the Young Men
| Christian Association. Music was iurn-
/ ished by Miss Ella Brown, organist; Miss
Jeanette Wyle pianist and Charles :.
| Fleming. violin. The morning sessions OF
! the Sunday school will begin next Sun
| dav and continue to the second Sunday
! in September
A bake was held Saturday morning by
| the Order of the Eastern Star Cgsar
| Rodney chapter No. 8.
The Women's Home Missionary So-
ciety of Nazareth Nj L Church will meet
tomorrow evening at o clock ut the
| parsonage.
This afternoon n tennis match will be
played on the grounds of the Young
| Mems Association If the First Presby
terian Church in the rear of the Sunday
school, between Oscar knauss and Joseph
Rothrock, both members OF the orGanl-
| zatlon.
The Young Peoples Branch of the
| Women's Christian Temperance Union
Wednesday evening will have straw
ride.
Miss | Pearl Grier teacher in the high
school. and Vaughan Lancaster were
married Saturday afternoon IN Iikton by
Rev. Moon The bride 3 the daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs Jesse Grler Of Sewrll, y J.
and the groom is the son Of Mr. and Mrs
Charles T. Lancaster.
Frank smith and fvc children who live
on the River road farm several miles
south of this city. had narrow escape
Yesterday morning while en- route t.
church. between the hours 0f 2 ard 10
O clock, on the River roadway just below
the Leonard Hote!. in the western part
Of the city The steering rod on Mr..
Smith car broke and caused the machine
70 run into n telegraph pole tearing the
two front wheels completely of The axle
Of the car wns almost bent double. None
of the occupants was injured. but oil were
shaken up
4 fire broke out nj the home Of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward W Richards Of Gray street,
last evening. shortly after q clock. An
/ 10 hn Il rTr
, | amounted 10 $40 The Good Will Fire
Co. extinguishcd the fire.
The AlI-Star baseball team went u
Fort du Pont Yesterday afternoon and
, defeated that team by the score of l9tn =
The first shoot Of the New Castie Gun
, Club. was held on Saturday afternoon
on the grounds of the Gas Co. Six mem
bers took part with the following scores.
Chandler H Gebhart, 10; Frank Allfree,
Is: William Hurt i6. A. Palmer. ID.
Harold X Hobbs, H. William Greer 13,
The second shoot Will be held next Satur-
) day
Miss Edith Bruce, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs John Bruce of Cherry street and
: John f. Whiteside, were married yester-
dav morning at 9 o'clock. The ceremony
was performed bv Rev John r. Bicking
The groom Of the Merchant Marine. has
/ been on several days furlough and last
evening left to board the Steamship
e LandsdoWnc, al New York, where he Will
! sail for England within a few days
DIR B. NJ Allen, has purchased r new
Ford enclosed car.
Efforts were made yesterday to raise
the sunken Eagle boat but the hausers
: parted several times Two tugs have been
2 stationed alongside OF the boat and to-
! morrow the men Will receive new CON
: signment Of rope and they Will endeavor
to raise the boat
e The awarding Of the medals to the eS-
service men will take place tomorrow
G evening IN the Opera House at 5 o'clock
| under the auspices OF the American
: Legion. All ex-service men whose names
did not appear in the printed list several
:, DAYS ago will be IN line for one Of the medals
! and can procure one il he will get IN com
4 munication with Major Jesse \ Mckay
or Francis de ii Janvier After the
!, ava ding OF the medals dance will take
/, place.
Y Samuel s Harris vice president Of the
t Rachlin Clothing store of 4l0 Market
street, Wilmington viii be married on
r july to Miss Blanche Leila Beck, daughter
y of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel ] Beck Il SIS
r Jefferson street Of Wilmington
5 The Baptist Children day exercises
a were held last evening IN the church begin
| ming at 7.30. The following program vas
Y rendered Singing, % Church Awake. :.
school, prayer singing Gloria PatrI;
i responsive reading; singing by the school,
c welcome address, Leslie Walls. recitation,
c Miss Mabel DAVIS, recitation, Miss Elsie
Stidham: solo. Miss Ruth FARRELL reeita-
ton, Miss Jennie Mcgglnson. recitation,
Miss Norma Leib. recitation. Miss Vera
Ieh. recitation Miss Anne Williams
e singing, My God Shall Supply Your
d Need recitation Miss katherine Davis.
Il recitation, Miss Ruth DAVIS: recitation,
:, Miss Edna FARRELL, duct and chorus. hK
: Miss Elsie Stidham Miss Catherine DAVIS
s Miss Mabel Davis; recitation. Miss Eih-
It abeth Megglnson; recitation, Walter slb-
: lev: offering: address ny the pastor; song,
THE Church leads America benediction