Evening journal., 1920-08-11
NEWSY DOINGS
OF new Castle
Health Center to Be Form
ally Opened on Next
Monday
NEW OWNER FOR
TOWN DRUG STORE
Special to The Evening Journal

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
, NEW CASTLE. Aug. 1.-The New
Castle Health Center Will be formally
opened at sixth and South streets
next Monday, with Miss Blanche
Lockwood, Of Wilmington. visiting
nurse IN charge The center will be
open every Monday from 10 O'Clock IN
the morning until 4 o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
The inspection held last Monday
was most gratifying to the support
ers and friends Of the center.
The Growing Of the Negro
Queen" Of the Bethany l.. A. NJ. E.
Church which was 10 have taken
place last evening was postponed. be
cause OF the inclemency OF weather,
until next Wednesday evening. The
eight queens. each representing differ
ent nations, are collecting money for
the church debt fund They are al
tempting 10 raise 81 900. The one COL
lecting the largest amount viii be
crowned Queen Of the Church" next
wednesday evening. No one knows
which viii be the fortunate one. as
the moneys collected have not been
turned in. The queens and nations
they represent are: Mrs. Elizabeth
Powell, America. Mrs Lena Guy.
Spain; Mrs. Levina Brown, France
Mrs. Mary Dover, Russia, Mrs. Ar
minta Brown, England; Mrs Anna
Wansley, China; Mrs. Olive Miller.
Italy; Mrs. Martha W Frazier. japan.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bennett and
children Of Seventh and south Sts..
with whom Alexander F. Melvin lived
f0r tne past eleven years. and Mr. and
Mrs. John White n Fourth and Har-
mony streets. attended the funeral Of
Mr.. Melvin, today.
Ice cream. candy, cigars and tobacco
at Givison's, second and Harmony
q streets.-Advt
Baracoa class OF the Methodist sun
day School will hold a festival on the
Baraca Playground, Fifth and Della
ware streets, next Saturday afternoon
and evening. for the benefit Of the
class. which provided the PLAY
grounds and is lookine after the
finances. This ground IS the one
bright spot TO the children Of this
city and especially those living Ia
the immediate vicinity. The class Is
composed Of men and women who
believe In progress. They also have
A baseball diamond. known as Baraca
Diamond. on which most of the small
BOYS play. their games Of baseball
iUose IN cndrge OF the dluerenl
stands will be Mrs Harold Hobbs
Mrs L. o. Wise and Miss Emily Lunt
ice cream. Mrs. Wilbur Meredith and
Mrs. Mary Sheridan. cake The cOun-
try storekeeper and his clerks have
not been selected.
Mrs Hannah Vining. Of Delaware
street. near Fifth street. was take1
suddenly IN last evening
Harry Grimes and son George. N
Philadelphia. spent the weekend witt
Mr. and Mrs Chandler n c. bhaif
Mr.. Grimes, who Is an uncle Of Mrs
Gebhart, was a.former resident Of thi'
city. but has not been here in eighteeI
years.
Mrs. William Denny. of The Strand
is spending the month Of August witt
her mother-in-l7w. Mrs. Joseph Den
ny. IN Port Penn,
Alexander Gallagher. a clerk In IN
local postofilce is on a ten days va
cation.
George w. Brittingham. formerl,
assistant m James T. Challenger. drug
gist, Of this city. and who for m
past year has been connected witt
Smith and Strevig Delaware avenue
Wilmington. druggists, as a phar
macist. has purchased the drug storl
al Second and Delaware streets. o