Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
NEWS Of THE DAY
At new CASTLE
Council Receives Bids for Repairs
to Fire Hall; Personal
and General.

Special Correspondence Of Evcry Evening
New Castle, Sept. I4-The City
Council met last evening in adjourned
session for the purpose of receiving bids Tor
repairs to the fire hall. Bids we're received
from Harry G.. Clark of Delaware City
and Nathanial Watson of this city The
contracts were not awarded as Council
felt that specifications were lnsulllcient'
New bids were asked for and will be
| received at the adjourned meeting OF
Friday evening. Council has not elected
q successor to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Alexander F. Melvin but
will endeavor to elect member at this
| next meeting.
The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Strahorn,
widow of Clinton Sentman, took place
Yesterday afternoon at The Head OF
| Christiana Church near Newark, oil
| which the deceased was a member. The
attendance was over 300, a number going
from this city.
The meeting Of the members d the
Dorcas Society of the Nazareth M. r.
Church will take place in the church
parlors for the purpose of making final
arrangements for the soup sale tomorrow
| The proceeds will be for the benefit OF the
organ fund of the church.
| Four cases Of typhoid fever have de-
veloped in one family, at Buttonwoods,
a suburb within mile of this city among
white family. The persons i'll are two
| children the father and the mother The
| Children have been confined to their
| beds for over a month and the father for
several weeks. The mother, who has been
taking care of the patients, was stricken
several days ago.
Dwvett Morris, the 4-months-old child
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris, OF 10
and Clayton streets, died yesterday at
the home Of the parents. The funeral
will take place today.
Marx Bennett of West Sixth street,
who was injured several days ago at the
plant of the Lobdell Car Wheel Co, was
able to resume his duties yesterday.
A health exhibit was gwen yesterday
afternoon and evening on Delaware
street and Market opposite the town
hall building The exhibit was IN a travel
ling Ford car How 10 handle tuberculosis
and the treating of the disease in man and
beast were gwen The exhibit is under the
auspices of the State Health Committee.
An interesting feature of the exhibit was
miniature house showing the open air
rest treatment Lanterns Slides were shown
! in the evening and large number OF
children, men and women were IN at
tendance.
A meeting of the Peoples Br Line
m the open air opposite the court house
was held last evening andlasted for several
hours. The attendance was large and over
1000 shares of stock at the price OF S3 a
share were subscribed. President Alfred
M. Tonelle stated that for every -, 500.
subscribed the city would be entitled
to the service OF two buses. One business
: man and family after the meeting sub
) scribed for 1000 shares. The purpose Is
rxl.w kxsx.
\ this city and Wilmington.
4 Miss Clara Newlove of Delaware street,
| YESTERDAY afternoon entertained the MEM
i, bers of the St. Andrews Guild OF the lm-
D manuel Church at her home.
Mrs. Wellington Townsend OF Cherry
! street who has been confined to herroom
for several weeks on account Of INJURIES
s sustained from fall is able to walk.
Superintendent Frank L. Derrickson
{ Of the Delaware Water Improvement Co
i win remove to the office Of the New Castle
!, Gss Co, at the corner Of Fourth ano
Delaware streets.
= The children taught by Miss Anna M
If Plau, who has had the school over the
n room of the Old Armory, viii exchang,
rooms with Miss Alice Wise m No.
r building on account OF large enrolment
4, in the grade of Miss Platts-
E. The beautiful flower mounds m ths
ID school green and the Penn Square tina
have been taken care of by Special Parl
re Officer Zachariah Gemmin for severa
rs months, have been partly destroyed b,
small BOYS who have been rum ing throug
De the beds and breaking the blooms from tn
L. stalks. The park officer viii have warrant
issued for the arrest of the offender
er if the mischief Is not stopped.
u John F. y. Clayton has entered th
real estate business and has recentl
bought and disposed of several propertlea
Ks At the present time he Is having unde
construction two bungalows st the Bale
s. ton. The property of William Gillma
he was recently purchased, at the ButtoI
woods, by Mr.. Clayton.
er The employees of the Diamond Stai
ay Telephone Co. are busily engaged !
Ie- removing from the State Road th
Ter ! telephone poles and replacing them te
ge feet farther from the road bed In orde
that the highway construction roaa
MS work will not be interfered with.
TO- James Tobin, son of Police Offic
Matthew Tobin, has purchased q touriI
IT, car and will have the car made INTO
nd racer.
de Mrs. Luella Whiteside, sister of Be
ny janin Silitoe of near Rogers Corne
en- is confined to her home suffering fro
typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Water Lorenz and 81
Willard, of Milwaukee, Wis, are spen
ing several weeks as the guests of Mr. al
me- Mrs. John 7. Stoops, parents of MI
nd Lorenz.
1as Mrs. Minia Mulford of Trenton al
,st Mrs. Ella Hance of near Farnhurst ha
M been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Har
roe Hance of State Road.
70 Miss Florence Appleby, Miss Elizabe
dc Stroud of Wilmington and Mr.. and M
Se Horace L. Deakyne of this city spe