Evening journal., 1921-07-05

EAGLE SCREAM
Five Pointers Raise Flag
And Receive New Fire
Apparatus
ENGINE RESPONDS
TO BLAZE CALL
special to The Evening Journal.


RICHARDSON PARK, Del, July
5.-Nearly 1000 persons gathered at
Elmhurst last evening to join in a
community sing and fiag-raising
program, conducted under the aus
pices Of the Five Points Civics As
sociation. The affair marked the
closing Of a program that featured
the delivery OF the new $4,000 fire
apparatus to the association by the
United States Fire Apparatus Com
pany OF Wilmington.
The program kept the residents OF
the Five Points embracing Ashley,
Glynrich, Bellemoor, Richardson Park
and Elmhurst on the jump the en-
tire day, beginning with a baseball
game in the morning between the
Richardson Park Juniors and the
fremont team OF Wilmington The
Juniors won 13 to 3.
The new fire apparatus was deliv-
cred at 10 o'clock and from then
until early in the afternoon the ma
chine was put through various tests.
Water was lifted feet from Rich
ardson run and thrown through 1000
feet Of hose and then played on
houses 100 feet away. The tests
were witnessed by fire fighters Of
other rural towns. The Minqas Fire
Company members, OF Newport, as
sisted the local fremen-
The tests were satisfactory I'm
every sense, according to the fire.
men. The machine received its first
baptism of fire in the afternoon
when it responded to an alarm at
the home of H A. Thorp, at Roselle.
When the call was received the ma
chine was undergoing road test
| r. V. Rudolph, the driver, made a
record run Of two miles to this place.
The hose was hastily loaded into the
machine and run to the fire scene
was made. The firemen arrived seven
minutes after receiving word of the
blaze. The fire had been extinguish-
ed however, by the Cranston
Heights Company. by the time the
Five Pointers and the Union Com
pany, of Wilmington, reached the
scene. The fire damage was esti-
mated at $500.
In the afternoon the Five Points
team of the Suburban League was
defeated by the Fame A. A. in an
eighteen-inning contest, by the score
Of 6 to 1. The game was pitchers
battle throughout, and was ended
when Foster, the suburban twirler,
weakened.
II had been planned to conduct a
big sporting program, consisting of
races. in addition to the baseball
contests, but the program proved
too long to accommodate them, and
It was decided to postpone the sport
ing features until the next Five
Points game on the home diamond.
Last evening the flag present
ted to the Civics Association by
Nathan Weiss was unfurled from
the S0-foot Flagstaff. which had
association by Arthur NJ Matthes.
With the unfurling OF the Stars and
Stripes the Five Points banner was
also hauled to the top of the staff
Those assembled for fiag-raisine
were led in prayerby the Rev. A. w
Goodhand, OF the Richardson Park
Methodist Church, who gave thanks
that this country was free so far as
religious and personal liberty were
concerned, and for the fact that this
nation stood at all times ready to
champion the right.
Following the prayer. the audience
led by Frank Rodrigues. and accom-.
panied by the Richardson Park NJ
+. Orchestra. sang America" THE
Star-Spangled Banner" was sung al
the flag was hoisted TO the top Of tn,
staff, unfurled and allowed hundred,
Of small Gags to drift down upor
the heads Of those assembled.
The flag was raised by five littl,
girls OF the community. They were