Evening journal., 1922-04-06
LIBRARY DAY AT
CENTURY CLUB
Delaware City Women Plan
Celebration at Meeting
Tomorrow
DIR. COOPER TO
MAKE ADDRESS
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Special to The Evening Journal.
DELAWARE CITY. April g.
The Delaware City Century Club will
observe tomorrow as Library Day
and the program will be in charge OF
the library committee. Mrs. George
n. Bright chairman, Mrs. Charles
Jackson. Mrs. Roy Robertson, Mrs.
Arthur Hope. Jr.. and the Misses
Mary Money. Margaret Mulligan'
Margaret Schaefer and Mary Nc
Connel.
DR.. Richard Watson Cooper, direc-
tor OF the Bureau OF Education for
the service citizens, will address the
club. Mrs. Dorothy Delahay, OF
Wilmington, formerly Miss Dorothy
Metzger OF this place. will sing sew
eral selections, accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. c. l. williams OF Fort
Dupont. Mrs. c. Earle Baum and
Moore Whiteman will play piano
and cornet duet.
At next weeks meeting, Friday
afternoon officers for the ensuing
year will be nominated. They Will
be elected Friday afternoon, April
2S.
Seven or eight large touring auto
mobiles loaded with parents. friends
and students OF the local high school
will motor TO Middletown this even
ing TO attend the New Castle County
student Defamation Contest The
Misses Evaline Blalock and Mar
earet Davidson will represent the
a.. nanfncf
They were selected last SATURDAY
evening, when, in competition with
several other students OF the hlgh
school. they were awarded the non
ors by the Judges.
There will be no monthly session
Of the Delaware City Community
welfare Association next monday
evening as scheduled. Plans have
been arranged for a public mass
meeting OF citizens 10 be held IN the
Fire Hall. during the latter part OF
this month. Al the mass meeting
the possibilities OF erecting new
high school building for this place
In the near future will be discussed.
with the approval OF plans by
local school authorities 20 establish
a four year high school. by Prof.
John Shilling, assistant state super
intsndent in charge OF high schools.
comes the realization, by a large
number OF parents and other citizens
OF the inadequacy OF the present
school buildings.
Members OF the hrst year Home
Economics Class OF the high school
will prepare and serve an afternoon
luncheon IN the class room this af-
ternoon.
Miss Eiva Nelson. a member OF
the class will be IN charge. Miss
Battery the Instructor in this depart
ment has given fun supervision OF
the affair.
The Rev. Aquiila Webb. pastor OF
the First-C entral Presbyterian
Church. Wilmington. will preach at
the special Lenten services In the
First Presbyterian Church OF this
city.
Colonel J. p. Spur. commanding
ofioer al Fort DUPONT. Is IN wash
ington on Official business. and Lieu
tenant Colonel william Tidbal Is in
command during his absence.
Sergeant Frank A. Lawler. OF Fort
Dupont has been transferred to Con
cord, n. H, where he will assist
Captain Ben p. Blair. formerly OF
Fort Dupont as instructor OF Ma
tiona1 Guardsmen as Organized Re
serves.
The annual gunners examination
for FIRST and second-class gunners
Is now In progress at Fort DUPONT
with Lieutenant Tidball in charge
and Captain Edgar W. King and V.
P. Foster. and Lieutenants William
]. Burke and Albert Wick, OF the
Coast Artillery Corps. acting a. ex-
aiming officers. All duties except
kitchen and guard duties. have been
dispensed with during the period OF
examination, which is expected to
take at least the next two weeks.
The Fort DUPONT Athletic Asso-
citation IL preparing the baseball
field for the opening game next Sun
day.
The st. Georges Canning Company
has decided 70 pay $40 a ton for corn
and s12 a ton for tomatoes for can
ming purposes This company vii
NfN-oN' AAe armstrong factory
Armstrong; Corner. where the sam,
prices will prevail.
Mrs. Fritz Schroeder. OF Front and
Clinton streets. will leave next weel
for Camp Dix. where she will spen,
several months with her hsuban
who is employed there as purchasin
agent.
Mrs. Peter Meade. OF Carney
Point. n. J.. was the guest OF her At,
ter, Mrs. Mabel Tldwell. Clinic
street. yesterday