Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-12
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Several Cottages TO Be Built
on Hopkins Beach by
Wilmingtonians
CURLEY ADDRESSES
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
Special to The Evening Journal.

OF land known as Hopkins Beach
just below the outer New Castl
Light House reservation. Is beini
rented to residents of Wilmington
and suburbs, who are erecting sew
eral summer cottages there for mex
summer. The land is the propert,
OF Shaw-Taylor Company and Il
possibly the most valuable land II
this vicinity as a summer resort. The
beach for several hundred yards
beyond low water mark is a slopine
sandgravel bottom.
The renters assisted by the owneri
of the land, are constructing a 49,
foot roadway from the southern end
of Riverside drive 10 the cottage
plots. Many churches OF Whining
ton. New Castle. and other subur-
ban towns have for the past three
or four years been making this
beach a picnic grounds for their
Sunday schools.
At the special meeting of the
Good Will Fire Company last even
ing the ambulance committee. John
p. Leonard, James Carlin. Edward
Leonard. Charles J. Dougherty and
James V. Campbell. reported they
had visited Trenton, n. j.. and in
spected a REQ ambulance, which
was demonstrated by the manufac-
turing company and were unani-
mously in favor of the purchase OF
the above type OF machine. The
cost OF the machine Is S2315. de-
livered at the Good Will Company
fire house. The committee was in
structed to make the purchase.
The ambulance will be delivered,
according TO agreement. either SAT-
urday or Monday. In letters on the
side of the ambulance will be Good
VIII Fire Company, New Castle,
Del"
Secretary Campbell, Of the COM
mittee, stated the committee had |
Investigated several makes Of ma
chimes before final decision TO rec
ommend this one.
John Doris. driver Of No. ? en-
CINE of the company, gave rope
scaling demonstration TO the com
pany officers yesterday. Driver
Doris has on several occasions Wis
tied the wilmington Fire Depart
ment and gave the demonstration to-
show methods used by them.
The stay OF the various COM
panies of the First United state. :
Engineers at the State Rife Range
about u miles south OF here, will
end this week for the season. Com
panies B, c, E and F. have com
pleted preliminary practice and rec
ord shoots. Several of the men
qualifed as sharpshooters, but only
Captain Vale, In charge of the |
range during its occupation by the
engineers. was able to qualify as
expert rifleman."
Companies A and B have done
similar work at Fort Mott n. j.,
while headquarters and service
companies and unattached members
OF the regiment. such as the quar-
termasters and medical corps, have
been put through similar drills at
Fort Dupont. At the forts new
ranges have been constructed, Civ
ing them 200. 800. 500 and 500
yard range targets. Every member
of the regiment who has qualified on
these shorter ranges as a sharp
shooter, will be given a tryout on
on the 1.000-yard range,
which IS the only place In this Sec
ton such a course exists.
The monthly meeting Of the State
Road Community Club was held at
the State Road chapel last evening.
The entertainment committee. Mrs.
9. H. Gebhart, chairman. present
ID the following program: Singing
America" by the club; dialogue
"A welcome" by Margaret Moore,
Myrtle Hufnall. Clara Hufnall
Frances Dashier, Catherine Dance.
Elsie Walker and Ruth Hamilton:
recitation, Marie Lavender; violin
selection, George whitfield: reading,
Mrs. BENJAMIN Richards; singing by J
a male quartet. william F. Harring
ton. Frank Silvers. Alfred Davidson /
Jr.. and Theodore w Lavender; S
recitation. Dividing" Norma Lieb; I
piano selection by Mrs. No. Valentines; I
recitation, Mrs. Hudson Walker; {
dialogue. Coon Concert" by Mrs I
S. Megginson, Benjamin
Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Cav :
ender and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Da-
wilson.
Following the literary program.
the refreSnmentS committee VIII
kinson E. Cranston. chairman
served refreshments.
Plans were made for the annual
party by the club 10 be
held at State Road chapel, Monday
evening. October 2s. Mrs. Alfred ].
was selected hostess for the
evening and will select her own as
Iistants. All members will be
masked. Z
A special meeting of the Street
Commission will be
leld In the Commons chamber at
o'clock this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Watson,
Z Eighth and Young streets, are be-
ng congratulated by their friends on
he birth OF son.
The Baptist Girls. members OF
FRS. F. W. Overhiser's Sunday
chool class, have completed ar
angements for their Halloween
arty this evening. The three socia
IONS of the church have been beau
fully decorated. Prizes will be
warded for the most comieal and
lie most beautiful costumes. The 81
ev. Frederick w Overhiser and Mr. al
Id Mrs. s. II. Hewitt will act as y
dyes In the prize awards. 81
The weekly session OF the Cur II
mt Events Class will take place in #
y New Castle Century Clubs par | q