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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1920-10-16
Vaudeville at the Opera House
next Thursday evening.
Larqe 1920 Corn Crop

WASHINGTON, D. C. OCr. S-The 1920
corn crop promises to be the largest in
the history of the country by more
than 80, 600. 900 bushels.
A yield of 3.216, 1872, 600 bushels, com
pared with the previous record produc-
ton of 1874, TAG, 900 bushels in 1912.
was forecast to-day by the Department
Of Agriculture from conditions October
l. The yield would exceed that of last
year by practically 300. O.0O0, 900 bushels.
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri will
contribute practically all of the in
crease.
Warm and dry September weather,
free from widespread killing frosts,
aided the maturing of the late crops and
during the month the prospects for this
year were increased by $4,000, 900
bushels.
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ODESSA

Mr.. George Davis visited friends at
Aberdeen, Nd, this week.
Mr.. Clem Davidson who has been
very i'll. is reported improving.
Mr.. William Pierson visited relatives
near Atlantic City, N. j., this week.
Mrs. Frank Reynolds visited relatives
in Wilmington and Philadelphia this
week.
Mrs. Sarah Vandegrift and daughter
visited relatives near Summit Bridge on
Sunday.
Mrs. Margaret CHM, of Townsend.
visited her daughter, Mrs. I. G. Webb
this week.
Mr.. Charles DuHamel and family are
moving to the residence owned by Mr..
F. Dugan.
Mr.. Harry Rose and daughter, Of
Delaware City. visited relatives in town
on Sunday.
Miss Tilghman, of Baltimore, Md, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. H.
Derrickson.
Mrs. Henry Kronemier visited her
daughter, Mrs. George Nelson, near
Wilmington, over Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Hoffecker, Mrs. A. Lee
Orrell and Mr.. Leslie Morgan were
Wilmington visitors last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rhodes, Miss
Ella Rhodes and Miss Mary Lightcap
visited relatives in Wilmington on Sum-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wallace and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sudler Wallace visited
MIR. and Mrs. Dutton, near Salisbury,
last week.
Rev. Arthur J. Tippett, of Camp Dix,
the new pastor for Drawers Presby-
terian Church, is moving into the
manse this week.
Mr.. Alma Heller. wife and sister,
Mr.. Ralph Heller and wife, and Mrs.
Ida Heller, of Wilmington, were guests
of Mr.. Henry Heller on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Zastrow, of
Md; Mrs. Robert Moffett
and Mrs. George McWhorter, of Ches-
tertown, Md, were guests of Miss
Mollie Rose this week.
The remains of Stacy Shockley,
young colored man who was in the SER
vice and who died in a hospital in
France from the flu, were brought to
bis home in Odessa and inferred last
Saturday.
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Chief HiIyard Resigned

Harry H. Hilyard, who has served
Middletown for eleven years as chief of
police, resigned last week end has taken
a position as night attendant in Burris'
Garage. Mr.. Hilyard in the II years
he served the town made more than
5000 arrests and collected more than
81, 500 in fines, making his Office almost
self-supporting. Since the advent of
prohibition there has been very little
police work to be done here, having
been but two or three arrests during
1920, as against from rs to so month
before that. For the present no one
will be appointed in place of HiIyard,
but it is the intention of the town
board to employ man in the near fu-
ture to clean the streets and do police
work.
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ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES
EPISCOPAL

EPISCOPAL
Sunday, October 18th, 1920. The goth
Sunday after Trinity.
Services: 10. 80. Morning prayer and
sermon.
11.45. Sunday School.
7.3O. Evening prayer and address.
MEETING OF THE DIOCESAN BRANCH OF
THE WoMAN's AUXILIARY
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Diocese of Delaware,
will be held in Emmanuel Church, Will
mington, DEL, on Thursday, October
21st, at 1890 A. M. The Rt. Rev
Philip Cook, d. D., the new Bishop of
Delaware will be IN charge and open
the service of Holy Communion. A
large attendance is expected from all
the parishes in the Diocese. Officers
for the ensuing year will be elected at
this meeting.
October 18th is st. Luke's Day.
Luke, the beloved physician. Col.
lV:14.
St. Luke was born in Antioch, a city
famous for learning and wealth, but
more honored for the fact that here the
disciples of Jesus were first called
Christians. St. Luke's peculiar profess
sion was that of physician. but it is
said that he was also skilfull in paint
ing, and it is said there are pictures
still in existence that some claim TO
have been drawn by him. He was
probably converted by St. Paul, during
his abode at Antioch; for after his con-
version, he became St. Paul's insep-
arabic companion, sharing his labors,
and all his dangers, even when others
forsook him, and never leaving him TIL
his death. He wrote the Gospel which
bears his name during his travels with
St. Paul in Achaia, and his history of
the Acts of the Apostles during St.
Paul's two years of Imprisonment. 1t
is not certainly known where or how he
died, though some historians affirm that
he preached the Gospel successfully in
Egypt and Greece, until party of in
fidels, getting him into their power,
hanged him upon an olive tree. He is
the only E Evangelist who gives US the
Gospel Hymns, the "Benedictus." the
"Magnifcat, the ''Nunc Dimittis,
and the "Gloria in excelsis."
How you can help your Parish by at
tending at least one service (better,
both services) each Sunday. and by ask
ing some one who is not in the habit of
attending service to come to church
with you. 1t may do that stranger
good, it will be benefit to our church,
and we are confident it will mean a
blessing to you too.
Please do not forget that we are still
receiving contributions to the Improve
ment Funds of 'Bishopstead' and st.
Anne's Rectory.
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new CENTURY CLUB
First Meeting will Be Held Tues.
day, October 10
FINE CALENDAR ARRANGED

The first meeting Of the New Gen.
tury Club of Middletown, will be held
Tuesday afternoon, October 18th, at 8
o'clock. An interesting calendar has
been arranged for October, November
and December as follows:
Tuesday, October 10. 3P. NJ. recep-
tion by Executive Board to all club
members. Music. Story of the Golden
Prairie Biennial, Mrs. Clarence E. Pool.
Refreshments.
Tuesday. October rs. sP. NJ, Musi-
Gale. Wilmington talent. Open meet
ing. Mrs. Robert Gabriel, Chairman.
- Tuesday, November 2. 2P. NJ, Ex-
ecutive Board meeting. 2.3O P. NJ.
Business meeting. Report of State
Federation, Mrs. Robert Gabriel.
Music. Mrs. Howard Pool, Chairman.
Tuesday, November 9. 230 P. NJ,
School Days. Miss Ethel Brady, Chair
man.
Tuesday, November 16. 23O P. NJ,
Current events. Mrs. F. B. Watkins,
Chairman.
Tuesday, November %. 2.3O P. M,
Literature. Music. Mrs. Charles Der
rickson, Chairman.
Tuesday, November 80. 2.3OP. NJ,
Civic and Community Service. Speaker
to be announced. Tea. Mrs. A. M.
Chamberlain, Chairman.
Tuesday, December 2P. NJ, Ex-
ecutive Board meeting. 2.30 P. NJ,
Business meeting. Mrs. J. B. Cleaver,
Chairman.
Tuesday, December IA. 2.30 P. M,
Cornet and vocal music. Mrs. Edward
P. Burnham. Tea. Mrs. Lee Penning-
ton, Chairman.
Tuesday, December 21. Meeting
omitted.
Tuesday, December %. Children's
party. Mrs. W. K. Belts, Chairman.
Mrs. Lester NJ. Naylor, Chairman Of
Program.
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DRAW JURORS

Jurors for the November term of Su-
perior Court, the Court of General Ses-
sions, have been impaneled as follows:
First Representative district-James
K. Lyle, Andrew Murine. Preston
johnson and Hugh Duffy.
Second-Mel C. Smith, John T.
Layfield, Francis J. Collins and Joseph
Baker.
Third-John H. Vetter, Frank
Wright, Daniel B. Farra and Ephraim
Bailey.
Fourth-Michael F. Doordan, George
C. Stradley, John E. Haley and Clinton
Jamison.
Fifth-Walter S. Brown. James r.
Thompson, Edward S. McIntire and
Bryon S. Biscoe.
Sixth-George C. Hutton and Robert
Miller.
Seventh-John Frederick and George
p. Frederick.
Eighth-Enoch Gaynor and John F.
Brackin.
Ninth George Casho and Robert COL
bert.
Tenth-George M. Kern and Frank
Biddle.
Eleventh-Daniel Thornton and
James Sartain.
Twelfth-Benjamin dunlap and Will
liam Gibson.
Thirteenth-Robert H. George and
Frank J. Pennington.
Fourteenth-James Lee and William
H. Reardon.
Fifteenth-John Wright and John
Feinaner.
ADDITIONAL JURORS
First Representative district-Frank
Farmar; Second-Leon Walker: Third
Rupert D. Brinton; Fourth-C Charles NJ.
Anderson; Fifth-James L. McDer-
mott; Sixth-Thomas Passmore; Sew
enth-Samuel Beatty: Eighth William
Naudain; Ninth-Francis L. Hawthorn;
Tenth-John T. Boys; Eleventh-Fred
Mcintyre; Twelfth-Francis Holiday;
Thirteenth Walter Crompton; Four
teenth-Richard Hodgson: Fifteenth
Edward Latta.
Court of Oyer and Terminer jurors
follow:
First Representative district
Michael Donovan; Second Howard
Welch and Frank E. Bossert; Third
Joseph Bancroft and John ]. Dough-
erty; Fourth-WilliamE. Virden; Fifth.
Sylvester Haley and Edward s. Nc
Ateer; Sixth Samuel Irwin and Harry
r. Clark; William F. Wilkin
son and Harry T. Conner; Eighth-Ed-
win A. Thompson; Ninth-Oliver C.
Lyman, Jr., and William J. Barnard;
Tenth-Lucin C. Chase and George T.
Cotton, Jr.; Eleventh-John ". Hall:
Twelfth-John W. Carroll and William
X. Pennington; Thirteenth-John B.
Cleaver and Francis ". Hukill; Four
teenth-John Alfree; Fifteenth-How-
ard Deakyne.
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WARWICK

Rally Day Services have been post.
poned until Sunday evening, October 21.
Miss Clara Blackburn, of Whining.
ton. has been visiting relatives in and
near town.
Miss Nan Davies, of Philadelphia,
spent part of last week with Mrs. M.
A. Lofland.
Sunday School, Sunday morning at
$50. Christian Endeavor, z P. NJ.
Everybody invited.
Mr.. Alday Bishop, of Wilmington.
spent the weekend at the home of his
mother. Mrs. Cora Bishop.
Mrs. Charles J. Stearns and daughter
Gladys, visited relatives near Milling-
ton, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Vinyard. of Middle
town, spent several days of this week
with her sister, Mrs. B. S. Hall.
MIR. and Mrs. D. Canon, of Philadel-
phia, have been spending several days
with her mother, Mrs. M. A. Lof1snd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cole had as
visitors Sunday, his mother, Mrs. Cole,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace. of Massey
Mr.. Jesse Vinyard and family, of
Carney's Point, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Vinyard.
Mr.. J. r. H. Price and family had as
their guests Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Caulk and Miss Clara Black
burn, of Wilmington; Mr.. Caulk, of
Pittsburg; Miss Bessie Gunkel. and Mr..
A. C. Reynolds.
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Will Sell Government Plant

Byron E. Veatch, Trustee, will sell at
public auction, on Thursday. October
2lst, at Marlin Rockwell Park, near
Port Penn, the entire equipment of the
government loading plant. The prop
erty to be offered consists of lumber.
hardware. furniture. tools, etc. The
sale will start promptly at 10 o'clock.
and anyone desiring to inspect any Of
the articles being offered can do so any
day previous to the sale. Read the
large ad. on another page of The Tran
script.
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MEETING AT TOWNSEND

The Citizenship school held in Town
send by the Delaware League of Women
Voters was a splendid success. and all
that could be desired in every way.
, Mrs. Harman Reynolds, as chairman.
had aroused the interest of the women
by her efficient publicity. She presided
at the meetings and gave frequent talks
which greatly encouraged the new citi-
zens in their efforts to understand the
true meaning of citizenship.
Mrs. Oliver 7. johnson, of St. Louis,
a National Director of Citizenship
schools, conducted the classes and IN
lectures explained the Constitutional
History and the Functions of the Ma
tional Government and of Delaware.
Her lectures were enjoyed, as they
were easily understood, and Mrs. john
sons pleasing delivery and personality
added to the enjoyment of the classes.
The women are indebted to the U. S.
Senator's Josiah O. Wolcott and L. H.
Ball for the splendid handling of the
issue of the League of Nations, !"
from the two major parties viewpoints.
The fine presentation of this subject
by these two foremost citizens of Della
ware, was most educational and enjoy
able. The women are also indebted to
Attorney Harry Hoch, for most ex-
cellent and lucid presentation of the
most intricate of Federal Governmental
functions, The Judiciary. He impress
ed the new citizens with the great dig
nifty and stability of this branch Of our
government and made a lasting and
splendid impression upon the women.
The school closed with voting dem
onstration and the women citizens feel
we'll repaid for their part in the Citizen
ship school and thank Mrs. Reynolds
for having brought it to Townsend.
The attendance of women through
out was large and testified to the
won m g interest in the work. But the
women were not the only ones who
manifested a great interest, for at the
night sessions there was large pro-
portion of men of this community, and
the women heartily thank them for the
encouragement they have given them
and the interest they have manifested.
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Win Unveil Memorial

The soldiers memorial will be un-
yelled on Armistice Day, November
llth. A meeting will be held in Mr..
d. w. Stevens Office, Wednesday
evening, October 10th, at O'Clock, to
arrange for the ceremonies to take
place during the unveiling. Anyone
interested and desiring to assist please
meet on the above date.
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Delaware College Growing

A summary for 2l0 colleges and uni
versities in the United States, which
shows for the third year before the war,
the third year after, and the year 1917,
the number of students in college and
professional courses, excluding summer
and extension courses, issued by the In
stitute for Public Service in New York
City, Saturday, shows that Delaware
College is among the institutions which
have shown phenomenal growth and
is among the % which have more than
doubled in percentage of increased en-
rollment during the period covered.
Sweet Brier led with 334 per cent; Bos-
ton University came next with 1888;
Union, 324: College of the City of New
York. 293; University of Arizona, 242,
and Delaware College, sixth, with 1888
per cent.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

In l1lO AMI NEANDl IO1N10
County Engineer Grubb is advertising
for bids for constructing water-bound
macadam streets for Odessa.
A masquerade and social will be held
this evening for the benefit of Christ
P. E. Church, Delaware City.
Chautauqua at Chesapeake City
opens Monday, October 18th. and will
continue for three enjoyable days.
The completion of the street work
gives Middletown the distinction of
having the finest streets of any town
in the state.
Halloween, October 81, falls on Sum
day this year, and the small boy will
probably celebrate Saturday, Sunday
and Monday nights.
The Middletown Light & Water Com
mission has decided to raise the rate
for electric lighting from l6c to 24c the
kilowatt hour, the second raise in six
months.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety will give ''Bake" this (Satur-
day. morning, October 10th, at the
office of Jesse L. Shepherd. Lots of
good things will be for sale.
Local business people together with
householders are interested in the an
nouncement with regard to the raising
of telephone rates by the Diamond
State Telephone Company, on Decem-
ber l.
The forty-first annual convention of
the delaware Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union convention convened at
the Harrison Street NJ. E. Church, Will
mington, Wednesday morning and con-
tinued for three days.
Raymond w. Kirkbride, director of
Extension at Delaware College, has an
nounced the courses to be given at the
Wilmington Y. NJ. C. A. They include
Business Administration, Accounting
and Finance by Professor R. B. Harris,
B. S., the new head of the Department
of Business Administration at Delaware
College.
Freshmen at Delaware College, at
Newark. Monday night, stole cow,
conducted her to College Hall, took her
inside, MIXED her, left note insulting
to Sophomores by her side, and painted
''24" on the cows side. Then they
stole away. The COW, which was left
in the lobby, wandered around College
Hall all night.
Governor Townsend has announced
the appointment of the following dele
gates to the fortieth annual session of
the Farmers Congress to be held at
Columbus, Ohio, November 1919: New
Castle county, Harry DUPONT. Eugene
Shallcross, Horace Dilworth; Kent
county, A. R. Benson, A. B. Feet,
Samuel H. Derby; Sussex county.
George A. Hill, Shirley Staples, John
Houston.
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Townsend-Pine Tree Road

The keystone Construction Company
under contract for building the road
from Townsend to Pine Trse has com-
menced putting in the cement. The
Company has the largest cement ma
chine in the United States and expect
to be eble to lay 600 ft. day. At
Ginn's Corner temporary bridge spans
the road and Sunday when auto traffic
was ut its height the narrow gauge
passage was watched by many pedes-
trians.
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OBITUARY
Wilson I. Green

After an illness of many months
Wilson T. Green, one Of the most high
ly respected and prosperous colored
farmers of lower New Castle County,
died at his home near Port Penn, Sun
day evening, aged 88 years. Deceased
had spent his long life on the farm and
had accumulated considerable property
which he leaves to his six children.
Funeral services we're held Thursday
afternoon and interment was made in
Zion cemetery.
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l92ONOIPROFlTABLE|
The Farmers Have Produced Abun-
dant Crops
BUT The PRICES ARE LOW

The 1921 wheat crop is now being
seeded here, and within few days will
be finished. Then, with the husking Of
the corn crop, the years work for the
farmer will be at an end. The general
report for the year is that it has not
been profitable for the farmers.
Of every crop there was an abundant
yield, but the high prices Of labor have
eaten into the profits until there is
nothing left. In this one of the finest
farming sections of the United States,
many of the best farmers are facing
deficit as the year ends.
There never was better yield OF
wheat in this section. which is known
as the wheat belt" of Delaware.
Many of the farmers on the best farms
secured more than 30 bushels to the
acre, and less than one-half of them
were able to take advantage of the
high prices and sell their wheat when
the price was at its highest. Some sold
for $500 a bushel, others at $3.50. but
owing to the difficulty in securing
threshing machines have still their crop
in the stack or barn and the price
about 81. 2.OO bushel.
The corn crop promises to equal the
wheat crop in yield, but the bottom has
dropped out of the market and no offer
at all is being made for new corn, 1t
being quoted in the option markets for
December at IS cents bushel. At this
price the Delaware farmer will 60 In
debt raising corn. Labor prices have
doubled in the past two years until now
the negroes who come here from Vir-
ginia to cut corn made as high as $l2
day. They have now put the price OF
husking at eight cents a basket and re-
fuse to husk it for less. With these
prices the renting farmer with small
yield will make nothing.
Tomatoes were total failure as far
as money making crop went. There
never was as many known, and there
was a large acreage, but in many of the
best patches not a basket was picked,
the farmers refusing to pick them at
20 cents a basket. Thet were plowed
under by the hundreds of tons which
means another big loss.
There is very little encouragement to
them in sowing the 1927 wheat crop. 1t
will be the most expensive crop ever
sown here. Fertilizers of the very low
est quality sold for $40 ton higher
than last year; seed wheat is higher,
and the prospects for prices are worse
than last year There will be many
changes on the farms here during the
coming year. Many of the better class
of the farmers are talking of quitting,
and within the past few days several
good farms have been given up by the
tenants, who think they will have a
better chance in other businesses.
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TO WOMEN VOTERS

All women in Delaware have the
right to vote who are native or natural
lied American citizens, or foreign born
and married to native born or natural
ized American citizens. They must be
twenty-one years of age or over.
Every person having attained the age
of 81 years after January l. 1900, must
be able to read the English language
and write her name as requirement
for registering.
In order to vote, women must regis
ter. They must have lived one year or
more in the State, three months in the
county, and 80 days in the voting dis
trict. They must have reached the age
of twenty-one years on or before the
day of election.
Your last chance is to-day, October
16. Registration places in each district
will be open between the hours of 8
and IL, and l and z.
Go as early as possible to the place of
registration, or arrange schedule with
the women of your district SO that every
woman will be registered at some tine
during the day without crowding or
long waiting. Remember that the
Registrars have hard days work 50
be patient and helpful.
Your registration is legal record Of
your right to vote.
By the time election day comes you
may be eager to vote on the right side.
You cannot vote if you do not regis
ter.
WHAT YOU WILL BE ASKED AT THE
REGISTRATION BOOTH
Your name.
Your birthplace.
Whether you are over 21.
Whether you have lived in the State
more than a year. in the County more
than three months. in your Election
District more than thirty (20) days.
You do not have to say anything ex-
cept the answers to those questions.
You do not have to write anything.
You do not have to tell what party
you belong to:
Whether woman is registered or
not has nothing to do with jury service.
You do not have to pay anything to
register.
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One Of the best pictures ever
filmed "The Soul Of YOUTH" at the
movies next Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings.
Bethesda Church Notes

Sunday. October 18th, 1920.
$50 A. NJ. Sunday morning devotion
al service in charge OF the Brotherhood.
1890 A. NJ. Morning worship with
sermon by the Pastor.
11.45 A. M. Sunday School session.
700 P. NJ. Junior League meeting.
Let every member be present.
7.30 P. M. Evening worship with
sermon by the Pastor.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
You are very cordially invited to all
of these services.
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Forest Church Notes

There will be services in Forest
Church, Sunday, both morning and
evening.
Wednesday evening, at 7.30 o'clock,
prayer meeting will be held and will be
conducted by the ladies of the church.
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Time to Retire. Buy Fisk Tires.
SHALLCROSS GARAGE.
Naturalization Wedding

Mr.. Philip J. Vinyard, of Wilmington,
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Vinyard, Of this
town, and Mrs. Agnes M. Bratton, of
Newport, were quietly married in New
York City. by the Rev. w. D. Jones,
Saturday, October I'd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinyard will reside in
Newport,
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Read FogeP. ad. telling how we
can sell goods at RETAIL for same
prices others bought WHOLESALE.
ENGAGEMENT Announced

Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Mary M. Griffith,
daughter of Mr.. Harry Griffith, of near
Sassafras, Md, to Mr.. Olin S. Davis,
of Galena.