Evening journal., 1920-04-07
NEWSY GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Council Orders Water Com
pany to Keep Plant In
Operation
REPUBLICANS
NAME DELEGATES
speeIaI Do Ths EyenIng Journ.l,

Special TO The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, April i.-At the meet
Ing OF City Council last night the clerk
was ordered TO notify the New Castle
Water Company 10 keep the pumping
station supplied with fuel. President
Stoops said several times recently the
water supply has been inadequate be-
GAUGE OF the lack OF ruel.
II was decided 10 ask for bids on the
$4,000 long term bonds for water pur-
poses. Six carloads OF stone were or
dered for repairs OF the streets. All
residents whose pavemguts are not IN
good condition, were ordered TO remedy
tho defects Immediately.
NJ. J. Reed, the general utility man
employed by Council, was given an In
crease OF salary. He will now receive
500 a month.
The report OF the committee IN charge
OF the influenza hospital during the
epidemic OF 1918, was made at last
nights meeting 70 showed an itemized
expenditure Of si.o97.97.
No action was taken on the day
light" saving ordinance.
William L. White, who served with
the United states Army In France, was
refunded taxes paid by him.
10 was decided by Council that no
donations would be made 10 the base
ball fund as the Council intended 70
spend considerable money on Battery
Park 20 prepare It for a recreation cen
ter In making these improvements Il
was thought by the members present
that they would assist In erecting the
fence or a building that would benefit
tho ball team.
AT the Republican delegate nomina-
lion conventions Of the first and sec
ond districts OF New Castle hundred.
held in the Coyrt House last night, the
following nominees, 10 be voted Tor
saturday, April a., were made
First tdistrict-Delegates Wallace Can
non snd Elwood Simons, lone TO be
elscted) alternate, Samuel :. tarrlsi
county committeeman, George W. MO
Nit. A. V. L. George. Paul TibDit and
William Beck, % TO be elected). A. v:
J.. GeorEe was temporary chairman and
Harry Husheback, secretary.
second district-Delegates, J. w. fos-
ter and Edward II. Naylor, Sr., zone 70
Be elected alternate. Charles a. Cook
county committeeman, Edward n Nay
lor sr.. James Foster, Samuel McNitt,
lanes Hance and James Wright, % TO
Edward II. Naylor was chairman and
pohert :. Vantine, secretary OF the
meeting. -,
Wanted-Girls and boys for clean
light machine work. Apply Whining
ton Fibre Speciality Co., New Castle'
Del.-Adv. ..,,
church will meet In the church parlors
tomorrow afternoon, when onicers Mlu
he elected and arrangements mace tor
the annual reception OF the pastor:
Fresh garden and flower seeds, rakes'
hoes and spades; wall paper stoops'
The card party announced TO be held
tomorrow in the New Castle Century
club rooms, has been postponed out OF
resnect 10 Mrs Elizabeth Nesbit, whose
snneral takes place tomorrow. Mrs.
Nesblt was one OF the charter members
- Seminole Tribe No. 40, I. o. r. NJ, Of
fhis city. defeated Hopokohacking NO.
a. ~ Wilmington, last night, by taking
two o,tt Of three games Of quoits. The
scores were 2i 70 IS; q 70 i6, and IA
20 2i.
A. the county defamation contest TO
30 held IN the dupont school, near
ynmineton. next Friday evening, each |
scbooI win be allowed three contest
onts Instead of one as at first arranged. !
dupont, Middletown and New
Castle schools VIII compete. New Caslle
viii be Miss Elsie Walls'
charles King and Earl Weggemann.
The juniors and sophomores dance |
last niuht in the opera House was
weIi attended and the pupils cleared
burroughs Adding Machine has
been placed IN the city clerks ofiice
for trial :,
The regular meeting OF the Jr. o. U.
a NJ. was held last night.
The p " {. Society OF the 81.
peters r. C. Church viii give sup
ner IN the basement OF the church To-
morrow evening
professor Rainbow, OF Wilmington,
win give an illustrated recital in I'M
manuel parish house, tomorrow eve
ming
Tbe current events class will be adj
dressed on Friday afternoon by Mrs.
A. D. Warner, OF Wilmington, presi-
dent OF the state Federation OF Wom-
ems Clubs OF Delaware. and Mrs. Ber-
lin, Of Wilmington.
. The Rev. Joseph II. carp left yes
terday on a speaking tour OF George
town. Dover and Elkton, Md, in the
interest Of the Inter-Church World
The Rev. J. r. Bicking will visit
Centreville and Queen