Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-26
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Commission Provides for Better
Lighting Service; Personal
and General Notes.

| Special Correspondence of Every Evening.
| New Castle. March % Last evening
| complaint was made to the Water and
| Light Commission that l6 arc lights were
| out of service ut various places through
| out the city, caused bv the breakage of
| the globes The Commission consulted
the city solicitor, who advised them 10
procure the necessary globes. A broken
main on Clayton street which has caused
! several cellars of residents in that section
to be partly filled with water was ordered
repaired Two new end valves were re-
! placed by George | Ungef by order Of
| Messrs .Glassnyer and Derrickson of the
| Delaware Water Improvement Company.
! The board will meet on Monday evening
! for the purpose of electinR superln
! tendent and clerk There are three appl-
cants for superintendent and four for the
clrkship The commission reported that
everything was in shape for the transfer
| of the water and light systems from the
| Delaware Water Improvement Company
to the city on the first OF April The bonds
have been sold by Laird d Co
Miss Edna Dcemer, cheer leader Of the
| New Castle High school basketball team,
today was presented with handsome
chocolate Easter egg by the members of the
varsity team The presentation speech
was made bv Coach James McDevitt
The State Highway Commission hos
| begun 10 grade the State road from "
bouts corner to State Road Station and
about 100 men have been employed III the
line of work Detour signs have been
placed along the road during the copstric-
tlon and the commission recommend the
following routes To tourists North-bound,
First route. Tybouts corner 10 River
Road 20 New Castle to IIaros Corner.
Second route State Road to Tybnut 9
corner. to Old Kings Highway to state
/ Road station, to ilarcs Corner to Ncw
Castle South-bound. First. IIares Corner
to New Castle 70 River Road, to Ty-
bout : corner. second route Hare : Corner
to State Road station turn ~ the right
into Old Kings Highway going t. Bear
station. thence left tn State Road At
Tvhouts Corner
\ large trccIn Fifth ard fremont stroo
was cu down YESTERDAY In falling It tore
several Of the electric light and telephone
wlres from their poles
Adelphia Lodge. Knights Of Pythias,
FRIDAY evening will visit Oriental lodge
Of Wilmington At recent visit Of the
latter lodge TO this CITY gavel was
missing and mono Of the local members
could account for its disappearance. This
week a communication was received hy
the SECRETARY. stating that tho gavel was
in the possession Of the Oriental lodge and
had been beautifully engraved and viii be
given to them at the Friday evening ses-
sion.
j. Harry King and Mrs. Fannie l.
Thomas have sold in this city and in the
Wilmington markets n large number
OF Easter flowers from their hot houses.
Vest erday morning Mavor George
" Ecklcs got IN communication with the
] sNf I,tv ~ rpIo
tive tn the three runaway bows who were
held here The department notified the
relatives at the address given by the
youths and their parents came after them
In the afternoon.
Seminole Tribe. Improved Order of
Red Men, Thursday evening will visit
Hiawatha tribe in Wilmington and the
raising chiefs will take place.
New Castle Academy basketball eteam
this evening will play No. "a School at
the Y NJ G A.. in Wilmington The
members of the Academy team are ".
King, F. King, Wilson, Tobln, Lerry
and Ahen.
Fresh flowers and garden seed, rakes,
hoes, spades and etc.-Stoops s-Adv.
Tomorrow 10 Emmanuel Episcopal
Church. Easter Sunday service will be
conducted by Rev Joseph II Earp, the
rector; holy communion will be con
ducted at am; 10 30!holy communion
morning PRAYER and Sermon Tho Sig
nificance of Easter for the Year 1921;
, O'Clock, church school in the parish
house; 2l5, church school and festival
in the church with holy baptism and pres
entation of the Lenten offering. There will
be no evening service.
Delicious hand dipped chocolate Easter
eggs. l5c to S5c Easter cards, booklets
, and Easter egg dyes F.. Challenger Il Son,
Prescription Pharmacist ADV
Rev J. r Bicking, pastor of the Meth
| odist Episcopal Church, will have charge
| of the services tomorrow In the evening a
, cantata under the leadership of Chorlstel
James T. Challenger will be feature
''The Conquering King, by Alfred Jud-
= son. The entire choir will number 3t
voices The order of services Is. Clas
$50 in charge OF Rev John Hendrix
| | 030 Easter service; hymn, 3" hrs
/ the Lord is Risen Today prayer. AZ
them, THE Lord IS Risen effertory
( Christ Our Passover" baptism and re
T ceptiCn of members, hymn, Il know tha
My Redeemer Lives O'Clock Sunt
school; no Epworth League service
I 7.30. cantata The Conquerlng hing.
r with the following program BARTON
n solo, And After That They had Meeke
: Wondrous Cross, Miss Frances Sherfiar
r contrato solo. Silver Starlight Crow
Thy Dome Mrs Rudolph A Nallett.
tenor solo Love Divine. George |
Tobin; baritone solo And the FIRST {
the Week, Samuel Farmer soprano sol,
h Master and King Mrs Elmer MeggI
9 SON contralto solo. % Grave Where
It Thy Victory, Miss Laura Armpreiste
J soprano solo Come See the Place Wher
e the Lord Lay, Mrs LOOMS O Wise
n Special chocolates 49c pound. frida
II and SATURDAY. Whitmans Samplers, 81 81
n Pleasure Island package 81 Is L. Cha
i lenger 4 Son, Prescription Pharmacist
r Adv.
= Special Mems gun metal shoes ST no
e 50; $40 tan ST, Ladies tan oNfords, )
< now 1878; white pumps, So nov ).
r. Stnops Adv
The usual Sunday services will be hel