Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-29
NEWS Of THE DAY
At new CASTLE
School Boards New Budget Will
Reduce Taxes 20 Cents
on Dollar.
spocial Correspondents OF Every Evening

New Castle, juno 29.--The members
of tho School Board met last evening IN
the annex of No. /, school building and
revised tho school budget. The school
bill recently passed lowers the school funds
about $5 900 and the members will appear
before Levy Court withdrawing the old
budget and presenting the new budget
Of Sl7,9S9, which will lower the tax rate
from 96c to 76c.
Ladies night will be observed in st.
Johns Lodge No. 2, A. +. and A. M. to-
morrow evening In the Masonic Temple.
The committee Of arrangements are
preparing an interesting program. This
will mark the closing of activities until
fall when meetings will he resumed IN
September.
The Sunday school classes taught by
Mrs. William O. Denny and Mrs. Mary
Sheridan went on a straw ride last night
to Shellpot Park.
One of tho first machine plows to be
used in this locality was placed in service
yesterday when Wallace l.. Cannon, OF
Second street plowed his lot on Chestnut
street between Second and Third street.
Several city officials conferred last
evening over a sewer throwout and bond
ing the city with long time bonds TO
pay for il.
May Jones, daughter of Joseph Jones
of Cherry street near Sixth, is suffering
from gathered thumb.
Theodore Is. Rogers, met with an
accident last night VIXEN rounding a
curve in his auto near the store of Il.
Challenger d Son. The car became un-
manageable and ran onto the pavement
breaking a bench. This is the third
accident he has had within two months.
Members of the Police Department,
at the next meeting of City Council next
Tuesday, will ask for an increase in
salary. The police arc patrolmg the
city for IL hours per day for seven days
in the week and are receiving 500 per
month, or less than 2S cents per hour.
The policemen contend they are unable
10 live on this amount.
r.. b. Grottglnger an electrical engineer
whose home is in Pittsburg, who is en-
gagged in placing new structural sheet
iron work at the Baldt plant of the Penn
Seaboard Steel Corporation, met with a
when he had his left foot badly cut and
mashed. The cash required several
stitches to close it. The accident WAS
caused by tho falling of heavy plate
of steel The injury was treated at the
injured man was taken TO Wilmington
hospital for treatment.
The Essex touring car that was partly
consumed by fire last week on the New
Castle roadway several miles north of
this city and which was towed by Andrew
Mitchell & Son 20 their garage, is
still IN their possession. The car Is the
property of Joseph H. Marvil of Laurel,
Del.
Samuel A. Mcdaniel former sheriff
of this city and candidate for the same
Office was visitor In this city last evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler H. Gebhart,
entertained on Sunday Emma Gebhart,
Mrs. +. A. Weatherby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Pagan and Mr.. and Mrs. c. T..
Lindel of Wilmington.
large number of members of the
Caesar Rodney Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, attended the closing session
of the Julian Story Chapter No 3, at
their lodge rooms last evening.
Lost on Sunday evening a Cameo
Breast Pin, set with pearls, reward if
returned 20 Mrs. r. White Jr., 81 West
3rd street.-Adv.
Victrolas and Observation-Disclosures s