Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-22
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Michael Serra's Storage Build
ing and Contents Destroyed
by Fire.
Special Correspondence Every Evsnins

Special Correspondence Every Evening
New Castle, Aug. 22.--The members
Of the Good VIII Fire Co.. yesterday
afternoon responded to fro alarm
shortly after o'clock. n tho western
building owned by Michael Sierra, To-
Gated on Young street between Tenth
and Eleventh streets, became ignited.
The building which was frame, sew
eral thousand feet OF lumber, and sew
eral hundred cord of fire wood In stove
lengths, 100 bicycle frames, new
gasoline engine and saw were de-
stroyed 1t is estimated that the loss
will reach $1,000. partly covered by
insurance. The flames were discovered
by Charles Sharp. watchman for
the Pennsylvania Railroad who at the
time was working in his garden near
by. The alarm was sent In by William
Montgomery. The No. 3 Public
School building, which was several
hundred feet from the burning struc-
ture was saved. by prompt action of
the fire company.
Yesterday afternoon over 200 per-
sons attended the annual outing and
picnic OF the State Road Community
Club, held at tho Chapel Grove. The
afternoon was spent in sports and
games after which refreshments were
served, in charge of Lee Brown, chair
man of the committee. The following
program OF events took place: Clothes
pin race, for girls, won by Miss Mary
Stroud. prize. n string of beads; for
boys, Roger Cranston. prize, n base
ball; for women, Miss Mary Eliason
prize, box OF candy; for men, Theodore
w. Cavender. prize, Columbia Phono-
graph record; cornacopia race for
girls. Miss Elsie Walker. prize, box OF
candy; for boys. Frank Johnson, fish
ing line; for women, Mrs. Wilkinson
L. Cranston, prize. Jar of olives; foi
men w. Mellary. necStie; potato race
for boys, Roger Cranston. prize, base
ball bat; for men, Frank w. Silver
prize, necktie; for women, Mrs. Franz
w. Silver, napkin ring; pillow rae,
between men and women, the latter
winning, prize. box Of candy; 60-yar,
dash for girls. Miss Margaret Moore
prize fan; for boys Roger Grams
ton, prize, bottle of shampoo secont
50-yard dash for boys Forest Uamil
ton. prize, box Of candy: swing con
test for men, Lee Brown, prize,
plate; whistling contest for women
Miss Dorothy Miller, prize pair o
hose; a cracker whistling contest 70
men, Frank w. Silver, prize, bottle o
hair tonic; nail driving contest 70
women. Mrs. Cooling Haman, prize,
hatchet: for men, Lee Hoffecker, prize
peach pie. second prize, Alfred David
son, apple pie; suit case race for NOR
Richard Appleby. prize. bottle O
toilet water. second prize James Black
burn, prize a napkin ring: pie eat!n
contest for boys Samuel Haman, priz,
Columbia record; duck race for wo
men. Mrs. Wilkinson Il. Cranstor
: prize muscovy duck: chicken race 70
children, Roger Cranston. barred roc
pullet; bean guessing contest, job
: Biggs, prize, bag Of -four, second prize
$ Mrs. T. T. T. Clark, prize, a pound O
coffee. The pint of beans counted /.
, 764. Mr.. Biggs guessed 1,765 and Mr..
Clark guessed 1850.
; This evening the members OF tn
New Castle Band will hold their regu
, lar weekly rehearsal in the old Armor
Building, beginning at S O'Clock
On Saturday afternoon the Me-
Castle Reserves baseball team wi
play the st. Paul's Church Leagu
team of Wilmington at Battery Parl
AT the local Health Center, yester
day, Miss Alice Vail, nurse in, charg