Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-03
NEWS OF A DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Death of Vincent Mullin, Son OF
Michael J. Mullin After
Long Illness.
special Corrcspondencc OF Every Igvenir


New Castle. May 3.--Vincent Mullin,
aged 10 years. son OF Michael !. Mullin. ..
died last evening Mt his home 134 East
Second street. He had been i'll for sew
eraI months and was confined To his bed
for the last three months. Before his
illness he was timekeeper at the plant
of the Pusey & Jones Co. Wilmington.
He was n graduate of the ST. Peters
Parochial School. this city. and was
born In Glen Gardner. y. j. This is
the third death in the Mullin ramiy
within two years. The father. Michael.
and two brothers. Joseph l.. and Fran
els J.. survive.
Arrangements are about completed
for the trip of the Senior and Junior
classes of the High School to Washing
ton. ID. g.. for three days beginning
next Monday. The students will bc
chapcrOned by Miss Lena Ruth Mesaick
home economies teacher and Miss
Louise \ Nelson. Latin and French
teacher. The followoing members Of
the two classes will make the trip leav-
ing Wilmington (FrenCh street stationD.
at "a m. standard time: Senior girls
Misses Mabel Ifskridge. blanche Sih-
ley. Dorothy Miller. Zelma Matthews.
Ruth NiCkerson. May Jones. Elsie Walls,
Junior girls Misses Elizabeth Mckay,
Gladys Maloney Gertrude Itatlcdgc,
Edna Dccmer Esther Berry Mario Mon
dcnhan. Helen DiehI: Senior boys. John
Davidson. John Leach, Chester Green
wood Merton White. George Tobiu.
Douglas Proud: Junior boys. Earle Veg
/ gennann. William King. Charles King,
/ Leon King Joseph Cannon. Charles
! Cannon. Pierce Fox. Ralph DulinE. Vie
tor Davis. John STANDBY. Alfred Grimes.
/ David Miller. Herbert Hewlett.
Tho members of the Water and Light
i Commission last evening met in their
office. on Delaware street near Fourth.
Tho contract for printing the office sta
tioncIy WAS awarded To Butler Inc of
/ Wilmington. At $9g Five other bids
+ were received. The contract for in
F.. stallinE tho electrical equipment al the
4 power plant near the car harm ~ the
traction company. was awarded 10 tn"
traction company Tor f2.7SA.5h moro or
css with a provis' in each case. tho
cost nf the electrical equipment and
thc amount pf labou plus ~ pCr cent
Thc agreement was signed hy -. u.
OFT Of the traction company and Iohu
Rics president of tho Water ANA Light
Commission The matter of using
I watcr from \oucSuCh creek or from,
tho ,ity staudpipC Was discussed and il
wae stated that the repairs that would
have t. ho made 10 the old water plaut
near Newport which supplies the Nouo-
such water would he too expensive in
Corrpa1 lson with the repairs to the plaut
supplying tho artesian supplN
Nj Easily Philadelphia engineer.
Vas instructed to prepare an estimate
for the repair parts FOR each plan
Various lills were ordered paid aud AN
order for g. 90 WAS ordered draw in fat Il
or of the Traction 60. in part payment ~
the material and labor for repairs to
the lighting system.
Mrs Margaret Hunter on Thursday
evening at O'Clock will give party
1T her homo for tho hcncfit Of tho High
. school Alumni Associs tion.
The funeral 81 Matthew sullivan. was
held yesterday from tht home of his
hrothcr-in-law Michael Boedy. anf
was largely attended. The service
were conducted hy Rcv J 2. DoughcrtS
II 81. Peters Church nd iutormcnt was
mad. in the St Peters church yard
Tho pallhoarers wery James White, ~.
Matthew Nahonoy. Matthew sullivan
Ir Patri. E sullivan. John sullivan an'
Edward Mcdaniel.
There viii D., "a lares cutry ~ ~
studrnt.. Of The High School ~ the tract
meet lt tnc { niversity ~ Delaware
,hi.l MI bc hold next saturday Th'
following students havt filed their namet
vsfr rru. John &. iIadley agriculture
md u,r...l i.auninC tea, her lohI
os n. rs. IT,. 100 ~ dash. runnin,
broad iuIup lnd ehnt put Ralph Dul
.ns on, mile .m,!" l"9-Hard dash
b..l ~; nd reisy Douglas Proud. ~
i, =. luic and lu"-varo dash iohf
T;l.v.s p mut lo0-yard dash liarr'
\hcIu p milo and l"o-yard dash WI
;um King lGu-Nard d:,sE. "20-yard dlTi
ana relay Merton White. shot put
charles cannon au6 Leon King, relay
Victor Davis 100 :a'd dash and = mil
dash Several ~ jh' students will Is
their names later.
TIL, FIRST drill OF the mCmb - of IN
sixth Company G. \. G.. was held las
: evening in the Van Dyke Armory unde
command of Captain Jesse a. Mckal
Forty members We're in attendance.
Teachers Of the various grades of IN
schools. especially the lower grades, ar
n / visiting different schools in the count
in accordance with the instructions q
prof eprv = SnaVelV the local super