Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-17
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Contests for Democratic Con.
vention Delegate in Two
Districts.

6t0kIICkS
Special Correspondence Every Evening
New Castle, Aug. l7.-LAst evening
the Democrats representing the first,
second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth
districts assembled in the Town Hall
for tho purpose OF electing ak dele
gates and six altcrnates for the Dem
ocratlc State Convention which VIII
be held ut Dover on Aug. 20. Over
500 persons were present ut the meet
ing, including many women. The
meeting was presided over by Charles
j. Dougherty. the chairman OF the
New Castle Democratic hundred COM
mittee and the secretary chosen war
Horace l.. Deakyne, the secretary or
the Democratic hundred committee. A
caucus OF the first or Eastern district
WAS made in the mayors office, the
second, third. fifth and sixth In the
Town Hall and the fourth or southern
In the old armory. In tho six districts
there were only two contests, after
the caucus had taken place; these were
in the second and fourth districts. 1t
will be necessary to hold Democratic
primary election on Saturday, Aug.
26, in order that the voters Of the two
districts make their selection as to the
delegates. The result In the six dis
tricts was:
| First delegate, John r. Iambeon
alternate. Robert NJ. Newlove. inspec-
| tor. Frank T. Proud; Second. delegate
Albert Wilhelme: alternate. Theo-
dore w. Lavender; inspector, James
]. McDevitt. Third, Phillip c. Carlin
elected; Samuel Il. Miller and Aidol
Jordan, filed their names; alternate
John w. Thorn; inspector. Benja'
min II. Moore, Jr.. Fourth, delegate
Albert s. Boyce, elected; Andrew NJ
Gallagher, filed name; alternate. Mrs
Mary Price Phillips: inspector, JOIN
b. Montgomery. Fifth. delegate
George Il. Matthew'S; alternate, Al
fred j. Davidson; inspector. Sewel
ID. Scott. Sixth. delegate. Martin j.
Smith; alternate. John o. Lambson
inspector. w. b. Davis.
The members OF the Board of Edu
cation met last evening in the offic'
of the superintendent, Henry L
Snavely, in the No. l school building
~ NaiAAtNA w HttIt I1diitt VI Ntt SNett
Board of Education, was employed b,
the local board TO supervise the cree
ton of the two one frame story schoo
buildings on the Academy Plot TIL
contract for resnodeling No. l schoc
building was awarded TO John
Walls, a local contractor. at the sun
of $3.50. The other bidder was Harr
c. Clark. of Delaware City, the sun
being s2,362. Contractor Walls wa
also engaged TO supply in each port
able building a water bubbler. A rep
resentative of the Waterbury Heatin
System was present relative TO tn
cost of installing a heating system &
the two buildings and submitted pric
or Sl95. The matter OF installing
hot water or a steam system was die
cussed for the No. . school buildin
thus eliminating the hot air systel
now in use, and by Installing eithe
, the hot water or the steam heat IL
claimed that the two portable built
. ings could be taken care OF from III
0 No. 2 school building. A communities
$ ton was received from the Delawa,
School Auxiliary Committee. relative
schools at Buttonwoods. One Of the sit,
which is owned by the Lukens Ste
= Co, is not for sale at the present tim
Z and therefore there remains but OF
site for this school building. The COZ
tract fer the repairs to the heater
p the No. school building was awar
ed TO Theodore w. Lavender AT u
= sum OF 1921.
over 10 persons were present We
terday at the first annual picnic al
g outing Of the members of the Be
g Community Club. held on the lawn
q Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Othoson near Be
V Station. The day was epent in vario
sports. The committee in charge cor
e prised Lee Richards. chairman; Afr
d +. Davidson. Lee Hoffecker, Orvi
e Davis and James Hammond.
n The winners in the sport events we
as follows: Apple race for men, Clau
s Hannah. prize. base ball; apple ra
Il for women. Mss Louise Sillitoe. pri
box OF candy; nail driving contest I
s men. Alfred F. Davidson. priz.
It Ratchet; nail driving contest I
IS women. Mrs. John Mcdowell, pri
lie pocket book; carrying apples on
spoon, for men, Lee Davidson, pri
saw; carrying apples on a spoon, I
women, Miss Louise Sillitoe, prize.
mirror; shoe race, Lee Brown. pri
W safety razor; running race, for m,
n Lee Davidson, prize, pocket drink
= cup; running race for women, NJ
IS Marie Mendehall. prize, pocket drin
10 ing cup; chicken race, Miss Marga
Of Moore. prize, live chicken; mars
to mallow eating contest, Miss Beat-
er Sillitoe, prize. box candy; clothesl
lie contest, Mrs. Alfred f. Davidson, pr
he box OF writing paper; bean guest
e. contest, Alfred f. Davidson, prize
lie fashlight: running race. Lee Dav
lie son. prize, bottle of olives.
la One OF the oldest women voters
s. register in this city last Saturday y
Mrs. Mary Mcknitt of East Fou
street. age 81 years.
Misses Virginia and Dorothy Hun
he Of San Antonio, Texas, are spend
a two weeks as the guest OF Mr.. and n
la John Bridgewater and family OF n
&. Sixth and Delaware streets. The
n. visitors were former residents OF I
g. city
Il, Mrs. Bessie Everett of Clarksbu
a., / w Va Go cDandf,o Oa.taro1