Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-07
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Good Will Fire Company Hears
Reports of Committees; High
School TO Give Pinylet.


Francis Reynolds, reported that the APP
priation Of $500 was granted TO the Com
pany b,enniallv 10y the state IN accord
nnce with the bill that was introduced by
Representative Edward r megRinson, Tor
fire protection 10 the Delaware state
IIoapital for the insane at Farnhurst the
Van Dyke Armory and the state Rifle
Range several miles below this city. The
company extended n vote oi thanks 10 the
committee and to the representative.
The committee rendered report rela-
tive to the passage Of Senate bill. requiring
per cent of the premiums paid by IN
snrcd persons 20 fire insurance companies
10 be turned over 10 the city fire com
panlca, and stated that the bill WAS de-
| fcated Fire recorder Iamca y Campbell
| reported onc fire during the month OF
! March, one of the properties owned by the
! Leonard estate The damage vas slight.
~ the meeting of the Board of Educa
| ton last evening the board granted permls-
| SION 10 the members II the junior ard
senior cIassoe of the high school to hold
pIavlet ~ tho Opera HOUSE April IL err
titled at Martin Country store The
| proceeds will be for expenses Of tho Wash
iugton trip IN May Miss Lena Ruth
| Mcssick aud Miss Marion + swan we're
appointed chaperonca for the trip with the
approval uf the board Permission was
! granted superintendent II j. Snaveiy ~
| attend nm educatlnnal meeting to be held
nj the University Of PcnusYlvania. II vas
! elccidcd that nil colorcd schools within
the cltv were 10 teach eight grades in
atcad of the former method pf part gram
mar grade work. without any increase ot
teaching force The sentiment u the
board was that there would not be any
tuition pad by the local board for pupils
af the CITY who attended outside of thc
eitY schools 4 letter wae received from
/ & Gordon chief examiner of naturallza-
floD of the : Department of Labor,
which stated that hc lad investigated thc
work performed by the different American
,zaflnr committees throughout Pennsvl-
yanfa Ncw Jersey and Delaware and he
was pleased - note that Ncw Castle stood
first IN average Attendance upon the
hmcricarizatlon elasses blight members
~ the local classeg we're candidates for
citizenship and al E.,ssed a rigid cxamina-
ton whom appearing before the court Tor
tbelr fir4l papers Tho writer fclt gtlrp that
with tic increased appropriation gwen
by tho legislature for the ensuing two
vcars for the ArnerIcarlzatIon work the
ror4tIutcel rcsnlts would continue he
following IS tho statistical report for the
north If Ianuary
Nhlfr schools total enrolment n
9th 10th lfh ard l2th grades, 81
average porcertage ~ 24 Elementary IN
town total enrolment 10 grades from first
10 9Th inclusive ri, average percentage
s. - Building No. Z, total enrolment
first to fourth grade, 80. average percent
agc II Colored schools William street
building. total enrolment first to fifth
grades inclusive. -. average percentage
! 4al 4-r.tf
rncnt first to fifth grades inclusive. r.
average percentage Sc Total whIfa
f64 average percentage - ! Total
coIored 81 average percentage $50.
Coach Jimmy McDevltt. 0t the Ne5s
| Castle High school base ball team, held 4
practice of his team on the battery dIa-
rnond Yesterday afternoon The opening
game Will be PLAYED Friday afternoon
: with the dli Port High school team
The nIavers selected for tho team are +
, Earle Weggpnmann and Paul ~tnmpie
pltchers. Carlisle Tobin catcher. Charie:
King first base. Samuel McknItt, seconc
base John Leach short stop. Merton
White third base; Douglas Proud. LEFT
field John Fay right field. Victor Davl:
= and James Wilson center field
Thirteen shad were caught YESTERDAY
by local fishermen As follows Marshal
!, R,,rrls and James Smith. Jr, ); MoultcI
c Rogers and Harry Munson, 3: Rober
and William Newlove, ;; George PtIstIl
7 and James Smith, ST, 3 The tsh ar
being sold at p cents per pound 70
: milts and 80 cents for rOes.
I The funeral OF William Hurt, who die
suddenly on Tuesday morning, viii TAX
nlacp tomorrow afternoon at the pariors O
q Undertaken Chandler II Gebhart at 39
Z o'clock in charge of Rev J. R. BickIng
e pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal Churcl
Interrnent will be in Glebe cemetery.
: The Young Mems Bible Class OF tm
: manuel Church. taught by Mrs h. I
Il Efason. met at the home of the teache
last evening. when the following officer
were elected. President John Beale
secretary and treasurer. Norman banks
entertainment committee Marx ClSnfei
I Harley Scale and William :. W Weggenmanu
All Young men are invited TO attend IN
class meeting on Sunday afternoon AZ
? clock
{ Arrangements have been completed fu
y the banquet this evening at Hotel Louis
I bv the members of the High School j
> honor of the varsity basketball team.
s Seminole Tribe, Improved Order OF Re
Men. tomorrow evening will visit tn
}, Hisvratha tribe and Deputy Great SacheI
u u Edward H. Naylor, Jr., and his staff WI
raise the chiefs
Ie The Methodist Choir viii hold n
% hearsal tomorrow evening at 0 clock.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Smith, who haV
been guests of their son, Captain Harr
r. Smith at Columbus, Ohio and VII
afterwards spent one week as the CUES
: of MIR. and Mrs. William R King,
=, Toledo. Ohio, who were former residen
of this city have returned home.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Cannon and
John Cannon, who have been living
Milwaukee for the past two years are he
for several weeks vacation. Thom,
Cannon has been IN the employee of the NJ
vvaukee Steel Co. as superintendent ar
Iohn Cannon has had charge Of tn
n electrical furnace department. The form
viii 20 to Mexico City, where he has a
cepted position and the latter viii les,
for Denver to accept a position Wi
lie O,,een City Foundry Co
L Warren Vauarsdalen of Chicago
lie snandinc his vacation with his uncle al
e aunt MIR. and Mrs. s. Hickman Hewitt
Ut His parents, MIR and Mrs Irving Vanar
is dalen who have been residing In Chicag
ms will take up their residence In Wihningto
en- Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burris and 81
ne Eugene of Wilmington and Mrs. Edwa
Rurris and son Howard, of near Christian
a were yesterday guests OF Mr.. and MI
-iy Walter S. Burrls of Bear Station
st. The Tank Corps IS making arrang
rd ments for a dance TO be gwen Ii the Vi