Evening journal., 1920-09-02
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Only Few Gunners Go After
"Reedies" on Opening
Day of Season
ELECT TEACHERS
FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
SOLE . Tha EyanIng journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
NEW CASTLE. sept 2-With shells
costing an almost prohibitive price
many eunners Of former years fore
went The pleasures OF the opening OF
the reed bird season yesterday Even
those who went to the marshes sur
rounding the town were rewarded
With few birds The highest number
killed BY any one gunner in this lo-
eaiiiy was three dozen. Among those
known to have been out for the day s
sport were Chandler H. Gebhart, Geo,
Irons, Joseph Cannon, James HattOn,
REhard Brown, William Hust and At
N0nd Eyerson. II was reported that
several gunners from Pennsylvania
enjoyed The opening day here, with
ogit a license There were more out
side gunners than those from this VI
entity
Word was received here last even
ng pf The death OF Isaac Walton, ie
years old Of Chfistiana, a young man
we'll known in this community, being
member OF The Red Men OF Bears
Stallion. and a frequent visitor here.
lie was the son Of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
S0rn Walton, Of Christiana, and died
9t The home OF his parents, following
short illness. The funeral services
VIII be held at his home next Satur-
day, iniefment Ia White Clay Creek
Cemetery The Bear Station lodge OF
Red Men Will attend the funeral in a
body.
FranL Beck. former local police
officer, caught another COW III his gar
den last evening and impounded her
IN MS private stable. demanding sic
damages Ha said, the cow had de-
stroyed almost his entire crop Of cab
Daee and trampled down considerable
0f bis vegetables a few weeks ago
Mr.. Beck caught the cow ia his gar
len and impounded her in the Jeffer-
son House stables He failed TO lock
the door and when he went 10 get her
n the morning she was gone.
a. special meeting Of the Board Of
Education was held in the Office at
The high school building last evening.
when Mrs. Margaret Thornton, nee
Nalzl was elected TO teach the fourth
srade in No. building Mrs Thorn
ton has taught school for several
terms and last year taught the Rose
Hill School. She is a graduate OF the
local High Sdlool Miss Marjorie
Poviham was elected TO teach the
third and fourth grades in No 3
building She has had several years
experience as a teacher. Her home Is
in Delaware City There are other
positions To be llled in the grammar
and high schools No one has been
employed 10 teach the commercial
class for this term. Bills were ordered
paid and other routine business trans
acted
John Thomas, an emplove OF the
Anlerican Manganese steel plant, was
treated by Dr. Lewis Booker last
evening for Injuries 10 the second fin
ger OF his right hand.
Ray Clark. a farmer living IN Rivei
Road. IS suffering with an Infection
following the extraction OF tooth
ne Is being treated by Or. b. NJ
Allen.
FOR sALE-7 room, new frame
house facing river; x acre OF ground.
w NJ Dalhv New Castle nsl.-Adv
John y. 2. Clayton chairman OF
The executive committee Of the Zeb-
lcsf Family reunion, held annually
on Labor Day at the Bethel Church,
RoolhlVn. Pa, last evening announced
theofellowing program Announce
mn 7' d'1ner By q hugle mess can ~
i3l o'clock; opening prayer by the
tI't 'i~'flN. Il NNNN nFANlEN NHlllFFN
sineipr by the assembly, Has. the
Rev. Fills of SLOAN Church will I'M
woke thc blessing at 70 O'Clock, fol-
lowed hv dinner. lhs bus moss session
VIII he hold az 4 o'clock, when the
report 0i lnf bog aphical ssart .ary
will be read; The Rev. Robert Zebleyl
of Camden, will make the principal
address supper az o'clock Game.
ana sp0rls will be enjoyed hy those
attend ng There are several nnrsnn.
living hero who are members OF thl
family ard VIII 10 By automobile oi
Telley; leaving here about 1915
Several OF the bah players or the
Manganese baseball team. who went
q nlay q game Of baseball at New
Port against The Krebs team yester-
day afternoon when returning got a
ducking IN the Christiana creek James
llancc and Walter Kern, neither OF
whom can swim experienced consider
able difiiculiy IN gait nr ashore The
bridge az Newport being up the play-
ers and fans were required 10 cross
the creek in small boats. One Of the
ho1ts leaked and Fank Manager Ed
Nerd Mcnan'sl was n water III tn his
neok and had difficulty IN getting
James Hance out OF the creek
THE boys quit the game IN the Sec
ord lDuing with ihe score 0 q o ow-
ingAto the rough house tactics or
spectators and players. One umpire
was forced to quit, and the second
was 80 roughly handled by the crowd
The New Castle boys threw up the
sponge.
Edward Mcdaniel manager OF the
Manganese bunch offers TO play the
same lineup Of Kreb players for a
LOO side wager. FIe promises to place
The same team, he had on the field
Yesterday, against them. He viii he
wiling 70 play the game on any neu-
lfal lnelosed grounds with am umpire
ohosen by any daily newspaper. But
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