Middletown transcript., 1922-03-11
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

I'm IIllO ANU NEANb1 fOlN ID
Herring have appeared in the tribu-
taries of Chesapeake Bay and are sell
ing for 35 cents dozen.
The Parent-Teacher Association
cleared nearly $50 on parcel-post sale
recently held at the Academy.
Although many states have reported
deaths from sleeping sickness" to the
Government for 1920, Delaware had no
such deaths.
The Women's College of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, which was closed last
week because of scarlet fever, will re-
open Monday.
Transcript subscribers, who have
changed or are about to change to other
locations, would favor the office by
notice of their new addresses, in order
to correct labels on their papers.
The Ladies' Guild of st. Anne s
Church cleared SIP, at the bake held
on Saturday last in Redgrave Bros.
Store. The ladies desire to thank
everyone for their liberal patronage.
Chesapeake Council No. 81, Jr. 0 U.
A. M, of Chesapeake City, is circulat-
ing a petition among its members to be
presented to the County Commissioners
in regard to improving the Bethel road.
Improvement to the Delaware City
water plant was discussed at the meet
ing of the company on Friday after
noon. This company is considering
selling stock to finance much-needed
improvements to the plant.
In compliance with a petition of
voters of Delaware City, City Council
has ordered the clerk to have the
project of increasing the number of
Councilmen submitted on the official
ballot at the municipal election April d.
G. r. Snedeker, president of the st.
Georges Canning Company, announced
Thursday that the company had leased
the Armstrong plant at Middletown
and would operate both the coming sea-
son. Neither plant was operated last
year.
Under the will of the late DR.. f. N.
Crawford, of Ceciton, Nd, filed for
probate at Ekton, Nd, James Boyler
is bequeathed $500; Benjamin Harris,
c'lored, house. They We're employees.
The balance of the estate goes to son,
Arnold.
AS soon as survey can be made of
the plot of ground in the rear of the
Newark High School, where the Aetna
Hose, Hook AMI Ladder Co., is to build
its new home. the deed for the ground
will be turned over to the firemen and
plans for the new house will be made.
Forcing an entrance by breaking
lock on the door, robbers early Monday
morning visited the postoffice and gen
eral store at Farnhurst and stole CANDY
and cigars valued at $50. No stamps
or registered mail was taken. The
robbery was discovered about 6 o'clock
by James H. Matthews.
Milton litter of Chesapeake City, is
about to take out letters patent on
device he has perfected, which he claims
will so control the flow of gasoline, that
a special key will be necessary before
one can run car equipped with the
invention This it is thought would be
a preventive against the theft of auto
Thirty-fve head of pure bred Hol-
stein cattle will be among the consign-
ments of pure bred cattle to be offered
for sale at Middletown, Tuesday, March
IA. by the New Castle County Farm
Bureau and the Delaware Hosten-
Friesian Association. By all odds this
will be the highest class sale of pure
breds ever held in the State, it is
auarral