Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Sudden Death of Mrs. Selden ).
Deemer: Personal and Gen
eral Notes of Interest.

Deemer. aged 63. wife of Selden ) Deemer,
of the Deemer Steel Casting Company,
was a great shock 10 her many friends IN
New Castle and vicinity. Mrs. Deemer
had been III poor health for some time,
but was very active and energetC
woman. and was not confined To her bed
until about a week ago, when her condItier
became serious, and since that time she
was under the constant care oi physlciaiiS,
Saturday evening her condition tSoss
sudden turn for the worse. and she dIed
shortly after midnight.
Mrs Deemer was leader III the civic
work of the community and took an active
interest in all movements for the better
ment of New Castle and community.
She was a charter member Oi the New
Century Club. which was organized SIX
wears ago at her home. She took Il great
interest I'm the civic work of the club. and
cspeciallv Interested in the commission
having charge OF the home for the feeble
minded II was largely through her
efforts that funds were collected Tor the
erection Of tho buildings for the home near
Georgetown, IN sussex county she ied
IN the movement that resulted IN the
furnishing Of better milk supply 10 view
Castle she was local chairman oi the 80
cictv for the Prevention al Cruelty to
children. president ct the Daughters {"
the American Revolution. au active mem
bcr of the Episcopal Church and thr
women : auxiliary. chairman ot the local
committee, al tie. Society for the Prcvcn-
tion of Cruelty 80 \uinals She was
active. IN Red ross work during he war
qnd gave prizc~ tn the school shlldren Tor
the collection ui funds lVervt hr~tma~
morning the children of thr city we're
accustomed to gather at The home 81 Mr..
and Mrs Dccmcr where quits were dls-
trIbutcd NIr~ Dccner was loved hN
her ncighhurs aud had = large circles "t
friends here aud IN Wilmington and ~
other parts uf the state
MIR. Dccmcr had made preparation -
take Mrs Deomcr. with nurse tn ke-
hoboth for rccupcratlon. when her con
,lition took turn fer the worse ami her
,lcath followed
Mrs Dccmcr had lvcd ~ New Castle
Tor seventeen wears coming here with
Nr. Dccmcr from Reading In She 4 sur
survived hv hcr husband two half-hr, thcr
Inc and Frank trnsertt OF Blnghampton
\. y two hall sisters MIR Matte SullI-
van of New York ai,d Mis- Bcss " aidrnn
nf Nattapnlsc'i Mass
The funeral -,rvlcc~ will hr hcld to-
morrow afternoon az the r. IdCncc. ! he
body viii bc taken - Bnghampton. } +,
whore ntcrmcnt viii bC made
Great interest wa. shown here Natur-
Law in the Republican Primaries. held n
the five districts of Now Castle Hundred
over $50 votes were pollcd The result
was as follows First or Eastern District.
for delegate. Wallace l.. Cannon defeated
Fllwood simon li6 e. nj. for alternate,
samuel : Harris. go. no opposition
for hundred committee Paul llhbtt 90
A. V. J.. George. 20 George Mchnlti'
205. no opposition. The election officers
we're: Inspector, Rudolph \ Nallette'
Judges, Thomas J. Gravel. timothy
steele, clerks. OzTo ; Iunt, Alll-on irdltt
The second or Northern district: For
delegate. Edward II Naylor.. r. de
feated James " Poster, superintendent
~ the New Castle County Hospital,
iO2 90 50. For alternate, Charles \.
Cook. l0i no opposition, for hundred
committee. the three selected were James
u. Hance lO6: Edward II Naylor Sr.,
l0i: Samuel NcknItt. ~ Other con
testants were James ]. Wright, 90 and
John 4. Foster. $.
The election officers were Inspector,
Charles WhitcsIde; Judges. George
Nantinc and James Gilman 4 Clcrks, arold
Hobbs. Robert :. NantIne. The third or
western district for delegates Thomas
Johnson. (. no opposition: for alternate,
William Nvers defeated George Harris
% I for hundred committee, William J
Etchclls. Charles VI, Applehy, Joseph VIII
hams each receiving votes. no opposl-
iion. The election off Gers were John
4. Gicker. Inspector; William J. f.tchells
and William Myers: Judges. l.. H.
Richards and Charles III Bird. clerks
The fourth or southern district, for dele
II I na,h Iofnof14 Matt hCyE
NIurrav: for alternate Marshall Burns,
no opposition: for hundred committee
the ; selected were Harry +. Holiday,
-: Willard Nurry 6i: William B. Mar
shall 63: other contestants were Mark
Bennett. Samuel Haig The election
officers were John Jester, Inspector; VII
ham Pcdrick and Arth Gibbs judges
Arthur NJ Wise clerk. The fifth district,
held at Bear station. for delegate. Edward
Burris defeated Claud T.. Lester OF 80 to
-: alternate. John Mcdowell defeated
BENJAMIN S,llitoe 80 TO 81 for hundred
committee Wilkinson +. Cranston. Clay
ton Appleby Edward Burris. no opposl-
tion. The election officers were Frances
Mcdowell Inspector; Lee Richards. Vii
ham Warren, judges: Clayton Sterling,
clerk
William Nadsley who resides on Har-
nurlN street, tSiWttn the -JIduu anu
Second. was taken seriously Ill yesterday
morning while on guard dutyat Pigeon
Point in South Wilmington, DIR. Julius
Dodd was summoned and he was ordered
to a Wilmington Hospital for treatment.
Mrs. John f. T. Clay ton, treasurer OF
the New Century Club. will be at the club
parlors on Wednesday afternoon between
the hours of , aud for the purpose of
receiving dues from the members who
are IN arrears.
Deputy Great >achem Howard l..
Wilhelme. assisted by his great chiefs OF
the Seminole Tribe No. % improved
Order Of Red Men. visited the Little Bear
Tribe No 40 Of Bear Station and raised
the following chiefs: Prophet, John W.
Mcdowell: Sachem. Frederick p. Davidson
Senior Sycamore, Alfred T. Davidson,
Junior Sycamore, John ". Burns Chief
Of Records. James Proud; First Sannap,
". Frank Silver: Second Sennap, Horace
T.. Springer: Collector of Wampum,
William r. Silver; Keeper Of Wampum,
Wilkinson i. Cranston; First Warrior,
George r. Harrington; Second Warrior,
Elmer Slack; Third Warrior, Frank
Smith: Fourth Warrior, John r. Hayes
Sr., First Brave. John i. Harper, Jr.;
Second Brave. Clarence j OK; Third Brave,
Clarence Walton; Fourth Brave Harry
Eastburn Guard Of Wigwam, Robert
Moore: Guard Of Forrest, Evan Miller