Evening journal., 1921-01-03
news GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Fifty-four Deaths and l47
Births During Past
Year
FIRE DESTROYS
LARGE AUTOMOBILE
Special 10 The Evening Journal.


NEW CASTLE. Jan. 3.-Vital statis-
tics OF this city for 1920. as compiled
by the physicians and underiakers.
show the number OF births far in eX-
cess or the number OF deaths. 10 fur
ther shows that only one death during
the past year was due 90 a contagious
disease. and that was cerebro-spinal
meningitis. The causes OF death
among adults were pneumonia, cere-
bral hemOrrhage. tuberculosis. ne
phritis, cancer, Nalvular heart disease,
gangrene, senile debility, uremis. har-
dening OF the arteries, acute gastritis.
angina pectOris, ancmia. diabetes.
bronchitis and influenza. Deaths
among the children under i6 years OF
age were due 20 pneumonia. gastritis,
marasmus, enteritls, cholera infantum,
accident, cerebrOlepinal meningists.
Among the adults there were 80 deaths
and among the children under &c
years Of age. "a deaths. making a total
OF 81 deaths, as compared with the
birth Of 80 boys and 81 girls. totaling
la births during the year.
The committee appointed 10 enlist
men for the tank corps assigned TO
this city by Adiutant General j. Aus
tin Ellison, Jesse 4. Mckay, William
stewart Wesley Preston. Harry Hall
man and Edward Miller. are expert
encing dlfilculty In their effort TO Sc
cure the signatures Of men for the
corps. When they solicit a yOune
man to Join the tank corps they are
met with the remark. we are ready
TO join and will enlist as soon as the
state shows MS 10 intends TO properly
equip the Van Dyke Armory. so thai
we may have home. but we will nOl
enlist until something Is done loOkinl
10 the installation Of proper heatinl
apparatus at the armOry." This arm.
ory was built previous TO the wal
and completed ain but the heati1r IA
cilities. The local men. both formel
service men and those who have be
come eligible since. now demand. be
iore enlistlng, that something tangibl,
be done on this line.
a seNen-passenger automobile wa
destroyed by fire caused BY the en-
eine Dackiiring about $50 yesterda'
afternoon. on the dirt road leadinl
from state Road station TO Red Lion
near the farm OF Frank Biddle. I'M
occupants Of the car barely ESCAPE,
injury. one OF them was forced 4
leaNe his overcoat. which was de
stroyed. The owner OF the car sal
ne was from Wilmington but refuse
80 hANA'a NNE Incense IAN
we're also destroyed so that his iden
source. ''''
In their FIRST real test. the basket
bal team OF the New Castle Hir
scnool made good Saturday evenin,
Although defeated by lhe All-Co.
leeiates OF Wilmington. BY tho scor
or = TO p. The game was decide
m inc last few seconds or play. The
played two Commute halves. the loc.
team coming out on top In the nr,
hsll by the score OF i3 20 A. IN
scholastic schedule opens next Thur,
gay evening, when the strong NeWar
nisn School Team comes here 10 pla,
lnS hlRh Scnool orchestra will fui
nlsh music for the opening gam
/ Professor u. r.. Snavely Is bootps
open the evening with an address
The llne-up Saturday night follow
NeW Castle. All Collegiate.
hing. .......... forward .....NicDani
White........ forward ........Dov
s.edch ........ center .Sillivs
frouu.......... guard ....... pearcl
Nekeenmann. guard .GOrmlt
Wchnitt and Cannon substitu
guards; Carlin, substitute foikvar
Goals from the field. King. 4: Whit
a. Leach. 2; Proud. DOud. Q: sui
van, ?; Gormley. T. Foul goals. Leac
? Proud 4; Pearcill, 4. Referee. WI
81 The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Fir
. Baptist Church Will hold It's MONTH
meeting at the home Of Mrs. Jesse
MCKAY, Delaware street, at . O'clOC
next Wednesday afternoon.
At the business session OF the sur
day school OF the First Baptil
- Church yesterday morning. the ~
lowing officers were elected FOR N
ensuing year: Charles Lieb superb
- tendent: Harry j Cable, assistant ST
perintendent and chorister: Nj,
Elsie Walls, secretary: Mrs. Flol
; Hewitt, treasurer and Organist; Ia
. Sibley. assistant ohorister: Mi
Blanche Sibley, assistant organist.
At the Rose Hin Sunday school ye
= terday Afternoon the following Office
r We're elected: 5. Hickman Hewitt
: superintendent; Frank Megginson. a
; sistant superintendent: Miss Mario
secretary; Miss Clara sutton, trea
5 urer and assistant organist: Nj
z Flora Hewitt, organist; Howard Su
\ ton, chorister; s II. Hewitt, teach
+ OF Bible class: MIS- Flora Hewi
II teacher OF Willing Workers elias
Miss Clara Sutton, teacher Of Stan
" ard Bearers class Mrs. Clarence w
y liams. teacher OF Little sunbea
5 class: Mrs. Florence sutton. teach
u OF Busy Cleaners class.
Daniel Allen, OF ButtonwOod, W
y treated by Or. Julius Dodd for
y sprained ankle and internal lniurl
10 yesterday The Injuries were
y ceived Saturday afternoon, when
'e wagon in which he was riding "
struck by a trolley car at Sew,
ieenth and Greenhill avenue. Wilmir
ton. " Is said Allen Is In a seriC
condition.
m At the Baptist parsonage last p
n. dav evening Miss Ella Jane Da,
70 daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs John
i Davis, OF Rose Hill, and Pred p. n
70 Ter. 0f the United States Army. S
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