Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-06
NEWS OF A DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Fire in Garage at the SeIden S.
Oeemer Home; Personal
Notes of Interest.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle. May 6.--Yesterday after
noon shortly after tho dinner hour, tho
Good VIII Fire Company responded to
an alarm OF n fire in the garage of
Selden =. Deemer, at Sixth and South
streets. II was stated that repairs were
being made to Packard limousine
when nm electric light globe of an ex-
tension light was broken and the wires
became crossed. which made a short
circuit and caused a flame that ignited
| n piece OF oily waste, setting fire and
| damaging the parts of the engine. BY
quick action OF the fire department
little damage was done to the body of
the car and building. Both the car
and the building were covered by in
suranee.
Last evening. because Of the inciem-
| ent weather. the attendance at the
Home and School Association monthly
| meeting in the assembly room of the
/ high school was small. The address
given by Prof. Henry r. Snavely on
| The Present Educational Situation In
| Our City and State" was impressive.
| The speaker referred 10 the high cost
| Of maintaining the present high school
| course requiring n number of teachers,
| and the failure Of a large number Of
| tho boys and girls OF the high school
! age 10 attend In one instance he said
| only two pupils required the attention
| Of a teacher In one subject and at least
! 90 pupils could be taken care of at the
same period As tho State allows 800
per year per pupil. in this case It
| would mean a loss OF 81 500 because of
| the failure to attend When the ques-
| tiou was asked by one, in attendance.
| What was the reason for the pupils
| falling 10 attend?" il was said that this
| city was an Industrial town and many
pupils were employed I'm the mills and
| that many attended school out of town.
| James Taylor. former clerk at the
Hotel Louise. has accepted the position
| of rural mail carrier In place Of Preston
! n. Kemp. Of Red Lion. who has been
! substituting for Orvii Walton, who re-
| signed several months ago. The new
carrier is being instructed in his duties
/ and has been for several days going
/ over the route with postmaster John +.
| Murphy.
| The first issuance Of bills was made
Yesterday by Secretary Edward W
| Eagle. OF tho New Castle Water and
! Electric Light Co. since the recent ac-
| quiriug OF the plants The remaining
| bills will be gotten out in few days.
Nayor w. Leslie Cramer has instruct
ed the police TO request all OF the bust
ness men 10 have at least one hght
burning in their stores during the
/ night, SO that when making their ROUNDS
they would be able to keep a close
watch on the places OF business
The funeral Of Vincent Muiln. who
/ died on Monday evening took place
this morning at sac O'Clock from his
late residence, Second street with
reouiern mass in st. Peters Roman
| Catholic Church. Interment was IN the
adjoining cemetery.
| The Dorcas Society OF the Methodist
Fntscopal Church met yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Harold Hobbs. who was
| elected president AZ the annual meeting
/ last month, rendered her resignation and
/ the vacancy was filled by the election
| of Mrs. Mary McCauliey. Mrs. Wilbert
| Meredith was chosen vice president in
place Of Mrs Edward w. Eagle. who
| rendered her resignation. Arrange
rnents were made for strawberry fess-
| tival To be held June 3. and Mrs. Ed
ward IL. Naylor was selected the chair
man.
DR.. r. NJ. Allen, recently installed an
x-ray machine and has made some ex-
cellent photographs. The most recent
one is a photo Of the foot Of Herman
Homie. who was injured al the plant
OF the Wilmington Malleab!e iron
| Works last week.
valuable horse belonging 10 George
Rossen Of Sixth and Cherry street died
! yesterday.
Mrs. Harold Hobbs was chosen chair
man to secure as emblems small flags
| 10 be worn by those who attend the
mothers day services in the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Mr., and Mrs. Albert Press have rented
the property Of Mrs. William Hurt Of
Sixth street, who has moved 20 the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs. r. E
Pinder, of Sixth and Delaware streets
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carlin. who have
been spending several months as the
guests of relatives and friends here have
left for Hamilton. Canada. where Mr.
Carlin will enter the Canadian baseball
league as short stop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred J. MCGUIRE OF
Wilmington. spent yesterday as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William Wegg-
enlnann, of East Fifth street.
This afternoon at 2.30 o'clock the
final meeting until the fall opening OF
the Womens Home Missionary Society
OF the First Presbyterian Church VIII
take place on the second floor of the
Marble Hall building at Fifth and Del
| aware streets.
A shipment Of baggage was received
in this city yesterday from Charles
ClewelI, who has been spending the
winter in Florida. Mr.. Clewen is ex-
pected to arrive within several days.
Mrs. Arthur Heathers Of Harmony
T,zn pnrlfS nc fn "a
home for several months with Illness
is improving.
The following statistical report OF the
students Of the local school was sub
mitted by Professor Henry Snavely
for the month of March:
White scho0ls-High-E Enrolment 7si
average attendance, 1924 per cent. Ele-
mentary-enroIlment 321; average at
tendance 87.106. Building No. S-En-
rollment So; average attendance 1873.
Coiored schools-Williams street
ing-Enrollmeut A; average at
tendance 8I.8 per cent. Buttonwood
school, enrolment 81; average attend
ance S1.15 per cent.
Total white-attendance 457; colored
rs; grand total 532. Average white at
tendance S412 per cent. Average cox
ored attendance S1.4S. Grand average
S2.S per cent.
millions now living shall never die
is the subject Of W. II. Dickerson o.
! s1rT4r E~a.