Evening journal., 1920-09-01
news GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Professional Men to Play
Baseball for Benefit of
Health Centre
START MOVEMENT
TO ORGANIZE BAND
specIaI % DC EyenIng journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. Sept. i.-physiclans
and business men OF this city have
become intensely Interested in the
New Castle Health Center. and have
promised il their strongest support.
II was decided last evening 10 stage
a baseball game Labor Day morning,
al 10 O'Clock, between the profession
al men OF this city and a picked team
under the management OF John Nc
Dewitt, an ardent baseball fan. The
professional mems team viii be pick
ed from the following list: B. NJ.
Allen, Brice :. Nallelt. Lewis Booker.
Julius nodd, physicians; James 7.
Challenger and George Brittinghouse.
druggists; Frank Long John ID. Cloud
and John ManlOve. bankers. joe
Rothrock and Francis Farmer. local
High School graduates and studen's
at Delaware College. who expo. 10
take a medical course, Will do the
pitching and catching respectively
for the professional men McDevilt.
was surprised at the strength OF The
professional mems team and was
kept busy all last evening securing
the town for players for a team
strong enough 10 COMPETE The re-
ceinis will go for the benefit Of the
AA|MNNNl NlfNNNAH NNLENNAN Isl NNANrANNM OF
Sixth and South streets. Mayor
George W. Ecklcs and Professor II. r.
Snavely, superintendent Of local
schools will be requested TO do the
umpiring and CHIEF OF Police Alex
ander McCaughan 10 do the scoring.
There Will be dclicatcssen and
green grocery sale next Saturday I'M
der the arch Of the old Court House
by the Health Cenier committee. OF
which Mrs Lewis Booker is chair
man Many mothers arc weekly seek
ing The advice OF Miss Blanche Lock
wood from 10 o'clock In The morning
until Z o'clock In the afternoon.
Many residents. OF this city. VINO
have been enjoying a blackbird menu
for their dinners. will now begin tc
feast on another Of the aerial feather,
tribe. reed birds. Many local Sports
men shouldercd their guns and hlkeC
10 the marshes this morning Deior'
dayhrcak. and enjoyed The first IA,
OF the reed bird season.
After many efforts during the pas
six months the hopes OF the music
loving populace Of this city 10 nave
an up-to-daie brass band, is ABOUT I,
ho real zcd There will be a mt"lni
or number N local musicians IL
the mayors Oillce next Friday eve
ning when an effort Will be made u
orranize a new band A new name
will be chosen and a director anl
officers selected. 90,
Tho missing sewing machine. whicf
was thought 10 have been borrow
from the New Castle Century DluI
rooms on Delaware street. was 10
caiod I'm the closet on the rear porci
of Inc building. by Mrs A. 2. Goudlss
A. ihe meeiinr OF the local Rec
Gross committee held last MONDAY
,vening AT the home OF Mrs. JONI
Rodney. II was decided TO have sew
oral weekly sewing bees. The place
and time 20 hold them was left Ia,
,ommiiice appointed yesterday p
Mrs r. Il. NaVlor. chairman. Iher
will be q meeting. as soon as the ma
te~ial arrives, TO announce the scheu
Ice cream. candy. cigars and to
hacco ai Givison's. Second and Har
mony slrccis.-Adv. a.,
Thfra will be- q bake. held ny IN
committee in charge Of the Healu
Centre. on Saturday, October ,, IN
place of holding the bake viii b
announced later.
There are several holes in the con
. sreie road bed Of the streets or m
citv caused by leaks In The waie
mains. The water companies haN
been notified 20 have them fixed, an
IN moi repaired within a week In
council will have the work done an
deduct sane from The city waller rcl
Friends Of the Health Centre hav
decided 10 start a travling baske
containing articles for sale. The per
son purchasing any article from IN