Evening journal., 1921-09-13
NEWSGOSSIP OF
DELAWARE CITY
Schools Overcrowded Extra
Room Will Have TO be
Provided
WANT MEN FOR
REGULAR ARMY
Special to The Evening Journal


DELAWARE CITY, Sept. "a
Services will be held in the Presby-
terian Church at O'Clock Thursday
evening preparatory to the observ-
ancc OF holy communion in that
church next Sunday.
The first fall session OF the Boy
Scouts OF this city was held last
evening in the Presbyterian chapel.
The services OF DR.. W. W. Ellis
was called upon last evening to close
severe cash in the forehead OF a
workman from the dredging COM
pany employed in deepening the
channel below this city.
The Girls Community Club. COM
posed Of young women and girls OF
the Protestant churches and Sun
day schools OF this city. cleared
about $50 at the bake held In a Clin-
ton street store last week.
A severe thunder shower and cleo
trical storm visited this city yester-
day afternoon and caused some
damage to the light. telephone and
telegraph wires. one pole at Fort
DUPONT was shattered by a bolt and
the shock was felt in several places
in this city. No real property loss
was sustained.
orders have been received at Fort
dupont to begin recruiting men for
the regular army. This is due 10 the
fact that so many soldiers were given
their honorable discharge recently.
in compliance with orders issued
from the department. at Washington.
that the army is now below the
$50 900 men. required by the recent
act OF Congress.
The local schools are so crowded
that the Board Of Education is con-
sidering employing another teacher
and securing an overflow room, for
the extra pupils.
The present school building IS
considered inadequate and the
board is making arrangements for
/ the erection Of a new building. A
special town meeting will probably
be called in the near future 10 per-
I feet plans for securing the necessary
enactment OF a bill 10 provide for
such building.
A meeting OF the committee in
charge OF the arrangements for the
Red Lion Hundred Sunday school
convention will be held in the Pres
byterian Church manse this evening.
There are four cases of typhoid
fever in Red Lion Hundred. one OF
which is considered by DR.. W. W.
Ellis. the attending physician as
critical The critical case is that Of
Myrtle Roberts. aged 90. a Negress
OF this city. The other patients are
Miss II. Sterling Of Red Lion; Harry
Saxton and William Fisher or Por'
Penn.
The Delaware City locks had one
of the business days IN the past sew
eral months yesterday. when about
twenty-five boats, OF various ton
mage and description passed
through them. Among them
were: The nsomers." gasolene
freighter; from Philadelphia 10
Baltimore; The Moore" gasolene
launch. pleasure craft, from Will
mineton to Lorewood Grove: Pima
easoiene freighter. from Salem. ~
IT,. TO Baltimore loaded with toma-
toes: Peerless" gasolene yacht from
wilmington, to Chesapeake bay;
Thomas B. Taylor" two masted
schooner. light from Philadelphia to
Baltimore; sea Kid" gasolene
launch, pleasure craft, Wilmington
TO Lorewood Grove; "COuntiss
Henry p. Scott. owner. enroute tc
Delaware Bay; Atlantic" gasolene
yacht. from Rockaway Beach to An
napoiis; "Oh Boyl" gasolene yacht
from Rockaway Beach to Annapolis
"Beulah" gasolene launch, from
Trenton 10 Washington. d. c.. and
Delaware" in tow by Tug "Corin-
thia" from Wilmington to Balti.
more.
The late tomatoe shipments are
light according to the number OF
craft load with this commodity that
pass through the locks.
Guy Vail. employed at the Della.
ware locks office. is spending hi'
vacation cunning and fishing.