Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-18
Ne VS. OF THE DAY
At new CASTLE
City Council Meets and consid-
ers a Number OF Public
Improvements.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle, May 1s.--Iast evening
city Council met in special session with
City Engineer William KINNEY and
City Solicitor Francis de III. Janvier In
attendance. The matter of the recon-
struction OF the flooring of he first floor
or the fire company. building was dis
cussed Plans and specifications were
ordered drawn to be submitted to coun-
ell in order that bids can be secured.
The matter of necessary repairs to
the wharf property at the foot of Del
aware street was taken up and con-
sidered. Engineer KINNEY stated that
there was total of 253 lineal feet, In
his opinion, of wharf cap logs that need
ed replacing TO put 1t in first class con-
dition. He advocated the use of all new
wharf caps. Several of the Council
men objected. The engineer was au-
thorized TO make a sketch OF the wharf
showing the places that need repairs.
During the session of Council Polish
women, accompanied by three children.
whose ages ranged from To 10 years,
appeared in search of Mayor Cramer.
The woman was unable 10 speak good
English and her son of ten told the
story TO the mayor. stating that the
boys mother with broom handle until
she was black and blue. The trial took
place after II o'clock. The child said
his father was unable to procure work
and had come home just az the family
were eating supper and began TO argue
with the wife and demanded that the
wife hunt for work and threatened If
she refused TO get work that he would
do her bodily hn Ifp34.
to leave the small children, the boy said
he drove her from the house and beat
her. The mother and her children were
permitted TO go to their home and the
father was placed in the lock-up until
today, when II will be necessary to get
an interpreter in order to settle the case.
Andrew Elason. president of the
New Castle Civic Club, last evening an
pointed James T. Eliason chairman:
Edward s. Megginson and Moulten c.
Rogers. committee representing the
organization TO take up the matter with
the government relative to fish hatch
cries for supplying the Delaware river
with shad. as was done in previous
years. The committee VIII begin Inn
medately to work on this subject and
render a report at the regular meeting
of the club on Thursday evening, May
&c. in the meeting room on the second
floor Of the Town Hall
The ordinance relative TO granting
the Water and Light Commission OF
the city 10 trim and cut down trees
throughout the city where they saw
nt was given the first reading at the
special meeting of Council last evening.
The second and final reading will be
given at the next regular meeting. on
Tuesday evening, June
Arrangements are being made for a
baseball game TO be played next week
for the benefit of an ardent baseball
fan. John Palmer. a lad Of the western
section Of the city, who has been Grip
pied for years and who is compelled TO
use a wheel chair in order 10 get about
1t is the purpose of the committee Of ar
rangements TO raise enough money 40
that wheel chair can be procured that
is operated with levers in place of the
lad having 10 use his hands IN pro-
Polling the wheels,
The New Castle Athletic Assccia ton
baseball team on Saturday afternoon at
Battery Park will play the Grace team
of Wilmington. The game will begin
at 5.15.
Last evening about 500 persons at
tended the eighteenth anniversary
CeIeDra loD OF the RED Lion SocldI.
which was held in the Lebanon NJ. E.
Church. Excellent music was rendered
by the Grace orchestra OF Wilmington
program was given: Music
by the orchestra: recitation. Il Forgot.
Robert Schroth: recitation, r. p.
Hotes; solo. Miss Hattie Cochran; reci- |
tation. "Rodneys Ride" Mrs. Reese |
Jarman: selection by the orchestra:
recita ton. The Criminals Sentence"
Henry Mote: address. Value of Social |
Life TO the Church." Henry ]. Gable;
selection by the orchestra.
A large number OF the members of |
Forest. No. 20. Tall cedars |
OF Lebanon, last evening attended the !
session of the lodge held at the New |
Century Building. Wilmington.
The first local grown strawberries in /
the city were brought in yesterday |
morning by Edward s. Megginson of |
Baidton The berries were of large /
variety and excellent taste and readily |
of.
Tomorrow afternoon the regular meet
ing of the members Of the Women's |
Home Missionary Society will be held /
in the Sunday school room of the M. f..
Church at 100. Al large attendance is
requested as there will be quitting to
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